Flying over the bubble era

Chapter 992 992. Honey Arsenic
No one loves wearing a headgear.

Once transformed into a giraffe man, when he appeared in the background, he became another person.

The backstage of the Makuhari Messe was crowded with people, and the singers who had arranged rehearsals on the same day were led by different staff, and hurriedly shuttled through the corridors with their heads down.When meeting with other singers who are going to be on the same stage, the younger generation salutes the older generation.Of course, there are also individual singers who are indifferent and act on their own.

The staff temporarily hired for this special program treated the singers equally, but the TV station's own staff obviously had to be extra considerate to the popular singers. DREAMS COME TRUE came in a hurry, did not stop after the rehearsal, and left in a hurry.Even so, there is a lounge backstage dedicated to the band.

Such an arrangement, of course, also considers that the giraffe man, Shinichi Iwahashi, can breathe a sigh of relief.

And on the day of the live broadcast tomorrow, in order to avoid the singers getting together and getting bored, TV Asahi prepared rooms in a nearby hotel and arranged staff to be in charge of scheduling.It is also a four-hour special program with a crowd of 5000 people. TV Asahi is much more generous than NHK.

Of course, the reason for this is because the advertisers of this special program are rich.

Last week, DREAMS COME TRUE just performed the song "Snow Christmas" on TV, and it will be a rehearsal in a few days, so naturally it will not be a problem.After all, the so-called publicity period is to sing the same song until you vomit—including the rehearsal session.

In the narrow corridor, the band met two young men head-on.

Brother Nakamura smiled and took the lead in greeting, "Matsumoto-kun!"

It's the two of B'z.

Takahiro Matsumoto on the opposite side twitched the corners of his mouth and responded, "Masato-san."

Matsumoto Takahiro and his partner Inaba Hiroshi, both of them were sweating profusely. It seemed that they had just finished the rehearsal performance.Brother Nakamura has a wide range of friends. He spends his days in various bars and clubs. From time to time, he reveals a little bit of interpersonal relationship that Iwahashi Shinichi and Miwa-chan don’t know. He can be called the social butterfly of DREAMS COME TRUE.

Takahiro Matsumoto has a calm face, is not tall, but has a strong physique.Set off by his ordinary face, his partner Hiroshi Inaba is extraordinarily handsome and sparkling.Of course, this gentleman is indeed a standard handsome guy.

It is said that when Matsumoto Takahiro chose the lead singer for his partner, one of the requirements was that the other party should be handsome.

When Nakamura-san greeted Matsumoto Takahiro, Iwahashi Shinichi and Miwa-chan stayed out of the matter.Similarly, Matsumoto Takahiro's partner was also indifferent, just waiting for the greetings of the two acquaintances to end before going their separate ways.

After saying goodbye, and walking out for a while, Brother Nakamura chatted about his friendship with Matsumoto Takahiro, and added casually: "I heard that Inaba-kun didn't drink alcohol to protect his throat. So, there is not much chance to meet him .”

Mihe-chan admired her admiration, "It's amazing." In an instant, she was full of kindness towards the lead singer who respected her singing career so much.Of course, this kind of admiration for generosity was partly because she couldn't do it herself.

Yanqiao Shinichi listened beside him, and couldn't help but feel admiration.

He had listened to B'z and had an idea of ​​the lead singer's singing ability.He is a singing genius not to lose to Meihechan.Before his debut, this young man was a top student in the Department of Mathematics of Yokohama National University and a reserve of mathematics teachers.However, life took a fork in the road, from a math teacher to a band lead singer.

Before debuting, I didn't have any music-related work, and I didn't have a major in education. I was singing with my talent.Of course, such a self-disciplined young man has a strong sense of professionalism and willpower.With how much he cares about his voice, it will be a matter of time before he masters the scientific singing method and perfects his skills.

There is also Matsumoto Takahiro, who is as immobile as a mountain, and who does not show his emotions or emotions. He knows that there is a line in his heart at a glance. He seems to be easy to discuss, but he is definitely not the kind of person who will let others arrange.

B'z's performance this year is quite good. It has accumulated a lot of money and has accumulated a certain popularity. When Taiko Nagato cooperated with BURNING, the band was merged into VERMILLION Records. With the support of media resources from the Burning Department, it is even more powerful.

In the list of performances announced by the Hongbai Song Club before, B'z was also a member of the list.

Iwahashi Shinichi always pays attention to the trends in the industry, so it is impossible for him to be unaware of B'z's performance.Even so, the only time I saw this band was at the celebration party held by the organizing committee for the musicians after the previous music festival.

At that time, the band had performed at the festival as an invited member.

However, there were a lot of people at the celebration party, and the band was just introduced to him and greeted him, not acquaintance.

If I really want to say it, thanks to Brother Nakamura today, I have a more three-dimensional understanding of the two members of this band after watching him and Matsumoto Takahiro greet each other.

Iwahashi Shinichi and Nagato Taiyuki have a bit of a conflict. For this reason, although BBQUEENS released "Let's Dance Together" through his record company, after the cooperation ended, the two lead singers of the group were very self-conscious. Keep a distance from Iwahashi Shinichi.

Even so, after knowing B'z as much as today, Iwahashi Makoto is quite interested in those two young people.

Of course there is such a thing as family differences, but if you care about it to the point where even personal relationships are clearly distinguished, it will be meaningless. It was understandable for the two lead singers of BBQQUEENS to do that, but Shinichi Iwahashi felt that it was unnecessary.

Of course, the so-called interpersonal relationship also depends on whether you hit it off.

Shinichi Iwahashi vaguely remembered that Takahiro Matsumoto also served as an accompanist for TM NETWORK.That being said, there is also a connection with Tetsuya Komuro.

Ever since Komuro Tetsuya and Lin Jiashu entrusted Iwahashi Shinichi as the agent for the two of them, Takamizawa Toshihiko, and the three of them to cooperate, Iwahashi Shinichi got very close to that true romantic talent and communicated a lot.

Seeing Matsumoto Takahiro today, thinking of this incident, Iwahashi Shinichi thought about it, and next time he met Tetsuya Komuro, he would mention it.

……

I ran into Masato Nakamura from DREAMS COME TRUE by chance, and after saying hello, Takahiro Matsumoto and Hiroshi Inaba continued to move forward.

The rehearsal is over, and the band will return to Tokyo next.In the evening, I will participate in the class reunion organized by the veterans of BEING.

This year, B'z performed very well commercially, and won the band's champion single and champion album, becoming a striking star in this era of the band.Outstanding results, naturally become the focus.At the end of the year, all kinds of work are also fully arranged.

It also includes the red and white song meeting on the last day.

It is a great opportunity for a singer to get a ticket to the Red and White Song Concert within one year of his debut.However, Matsumoto Takahiro and Inaba Hiroshi never mentioned the matter of being selected for the Red and White Song Club from the day the list was announced.

Because from the beginning to the end, the two of them were not interested in participating in the red and white song meeting.

Being in the BURNING department, there is never a shortage of various media resources.The reason why the band leaps forward in one fell swoop is of course not unrelated to the fact that Nagato Daxing has joined the big tree of Zhou Fangyuxiong.

Matsumoto Takahiro believes that after accumulating and having the experience of the successful mini-album before joining the BURNING department, the band has already identified the next direction. Even without the media resources of the BURNING department, it can still become popular.

However, he also admitted that the rich media resources fueled the band's fire.

Takahiro Matsumoto has no opinion on Nagato Taiko joining the BRUNING department.In other words, there should be a tacit understanding between him and Nagato Taiko——

He and Hiroshi Inaba are in charge of music, and Taiyuki Nagato is in charge of taking care of things other than music.

Compared with other people in BEING, Takahiro Matsumoto is more independent and assertive.He doesn't consider himself a "subordinate of Taiko Nagato", although Taiko Nagato looks amiable and actually considers himself the absolute authority of the company.In the same way, Matsumoto Takahiro seems to be indifferent to everything, but actually has his own ideas.At that time, I silently listened to Nagato Taiko's words, and then went my own way afterwards.

Taiko Nagato joined the BURNING department, followed by B'z entering a rising period.After enjoying the media resources of the BURNING department, the band quickly became popular, and conflicts also appeared unexpectedly.

But on the other hand, there will be conflicts, which are actually seeds that have been planted long ago.

……

After Zhou Fang Yuxiong incorporated BEING and formed VERMILLION Records, he was eager to make a name for himself and expand the influence of the record company.

Although BBQQUEENS has gained a lot of attention this year with "Let's Dance Together", and sold as many as 150 million records.However, apart from this single, the group has no second song remembered by the audience.

This is actually something that was foreseen when this group was formed.A combination created for the theme song of a cartoon means that it will become a part of the cartoon. Without the combination, it is nothing.

Especially this year, Fuji TV combined songs and animations for publicity. It even happened that during Boys’ Day on May 300th, the combination was linked with animations. There is such a thing as a super luxurious carp streamer performance worth [-] million yen that has become a topic.

It was Shinichi Iwahashi who planned the show, he is not the owner of BBQUEENS, he is only in charge of this song.Therefore, he doesn't have to think about how the group will get rid of the status of "Chibi Maruko Momoko's Queen's Group" in the future. He only needs to consider the current affairs and how to achieve the best publicity effect.

But on the other hand, when Nagato Taiyuki formed this group himself, he knew in his heart that after the combination, he might face a situation of losing money. And for.

Even though VERMILLION Records owns BBQQUEENS, at the end of this year, as a representative of the record company, they won a lot of awards. However, anyone can see that this combination is about to be short-lived.

If you want to seek transformation, you have to climb the mountain called "Let's Dance Together".

Not only that, "Let's Dance Together" was released through GENZO, and the world knows that this is a group that "producer Rock Bridge" participated in, but the VERMILLION record that took over the group later fell behind.

The more this happened, the more anxious Zhou Fang Yuxiong was to play a VERMILLION record.But now, in the entire company, there is no one other than the two young men of B'z who can take on this important task.

……

The road conditions back to Tokyo were not good, and Matsumoto Takahiro and Inaba Hiroshi were the last to arrive at the meeting place.

Those who appeared at the party were all from the BEING era of the production company.Before Takahiro Matsumoto met Hiroshi Inaba, he was active as a studio musician and stage accompanist, and it was a relatively standard way to go from behind the scenes to the front of the stage.

Because of this, he has a good relationship with BEING, and they are all behind-the-scenes people who have gathered together since the establishment of the production company.

Takahiro Matsumoto doesn't stick together, but obviously he gets along better with his former partners.Besides, most of the production team used by B'z is from the BEING era.

As for Hiroshi Inaba, until he joined BEING, he was still a piece of blank paper that had nothing to do with the music industry. Following Takahiro Matsumoto, he was introduced to musicians of BEING.

The relationship between the two members of B'z is not close, so they can be regarded as colleagues who get along well.But Takahiro Matsumoto also served as Hiroshi Inaba's bole and guide.At the beginning, it was Takahiro Matsumoto who chose Hiroshi Inaba.

For Hiroshi Inaba, the people attending this "classmate reunion" were the first people he met after entering the industry.

Takahiro Matsumoto and Hiroshi Inaba, who arrived last, were seated, and everyone toasted together——

"cheers!"

Of course, only Hiroshi Inaba's cup was filled with water.Still water without ice.

When he was first invited by Matsumoto Takahiro to form a team, his restraint was more than that, but since the band got on the right track, he has paid more and more attention to these details, maintaining his voice nervously.

Akashi Masao, who was in charge of the arrangement of the band, drank a big mouthful of beer and teased him, "Inaba-kun's voice can sing until he is 88 years old."

Hiroshi Inaba heard this, and followed up with a wisecrack, "That's not enough." From the outside, he doesn't seem to be easy to get close to, but in front of acquaintances, he is relaxed.

……

After drinking for three rounds, except for Hiroshi Inaba, who didn't drink at all, everyone else was slightly drunk, and their speech became more casual and presumptuous.

"This year, the two signboards of VERMILLION were brought by President Nagato."

Not long after BEING was established, the musician Ogiso Nagaryo who joined the production company muttered, "If you put it this way, joining VERMILLION is different from President Nagato setting up a record company by himself."

"That is to say, next year may not be the case." Akashi Masao continued.

Taiyuki Nagato merged BEING into VERMILLION Records. The new record company initially used the team of BEING, including the band REV, which was also produced by the old BEING present.

However, with the strength of the BURNING department, naturally they will not only rely on the team brought by Nagato Taiyuki from BEING.This year, on the one hand, it is developing through the team of BEING, and on the other hand, the new record company is also aggressively recruiting new musicians.In addition, agencies related to the BURNING department also joined the team to help VERMILLION Records select newcomers.

And these are all things that can't be obtained only by Nagato's great luck.

Masao Akashi told the truth, but Chengliang Ogiso was not very happy to be refuted, and looked at Takahiro Matsumoto, "No matter how powerful BURNIG is, why don't you force Matsumoto-kun and Inaba-kun to support the scene?"

(End of this chapter)