old events in tokyo

Chapter 211 Sister Looking at the Camera

After taking over the camera and fiddling with it twice, he picked up the machine like a decent one, and slowly fixed the lens on the figure in front of him.

After dealing with the behind-the-scenes personnel for so long, he can handle the simple operation of the camera by himself.

Maybe I can take some pictures myself in the future, huh?Why do I have this strange idea.

Because it is not a studio-style recording room, but a semi-open recording studio.Without the barrier of curtains and glass, Kazuki Akiyama easily found her figure in the camera.

Izumi Sakai, who was singing, saw the camera that had been circling around him, and couldn't help but glance at it from the corner of his eye.

Ok?Why is this figure somewhat familiar?

After two more glances, Izumi Sakai suddenly showed a dumbfounding expression.

She has never looked at the camera, and she rarely has vivid expressions in the picture.Because of this unexpected performance, Kazuki Akiyama caught him straight.

Seeing her weird expression, Akiyama Kazuki tried his best to hold back a smile.But the slightly trembling shoulders betrayed his desire to laugh.

Izumi Sakai, who was wearing a pink long-sleeved sweater, was also amused by him. Although she was still singing in a serious manner, the smile on her face could still be seen from the slightly raised corners of her mouth.

Kazuki Akiyama carried the camera and circled around for a while, and then returned the machine to Suzuki Kenichi.

After a simple on-site teaching, Coach Long Island sang a few harmony words without too much problem.

After all, when the harmony is not noticed in the song, many people will subconsciously ignore it.

Next is Kazuki Akiyama's singing part, and it's his turn to play.

For publicity, he was specially placed on the left of Nagashima Shigeo, and Sakai Spring on the right.

In this way, the three of them wore earphones, stood together, and performed live radio.

It is also mainly the two of them who are singing. Most of the time, Shigeo Nagashima stands in the middle with his hips crossed and poses.

This song has some high-pitched parts, and Izumi Sakai sang it very easily.

I have to say that her treble is very powerful at this time, giving people a clear and transparent feeling, which will make people's eyes shine.

Although there is a Long Island coach with his head held high between the two, the inadvertent eye contact can still see the tacit understanding between them.

Kazuki Akiyama's slightly turned eyes often stayed on her, and Izumi Sakai occasionally glanced at him with gentle and shy eyes.

This scene was faithfully recorded by Kenichi Suzuki, who surrounded them.

Because it is a multi-person song, there are not many parts sung by each person, and it can be done in less than two hours.

Of course, only the part of coach Long Island has been done, and other singers will need to record the parts they are responsible for later.

Kazuki Akiyama, who had already completed his task after seeing off Coach Nagashima, was not in a hurry to leave.

Instead, I helped debug the equipment at the console. This year, not only myself, but also Sakai Quanshui were busy around.

He has become the most dazzling male solo at present, and ZARD has also become popular across the board this year.

Nagato Taiyuki also brought her the newly released single "Swinging Thoughts", and the commercial CM of Takarazuka Pharmaceutical's Pocari Sweat series is TIE-UP.

And this single lived up to expectations, and won the weekly crown on the Oricon Chart in the first week.

This is also the first time that ZARD has reached the weekly crown in its initial sales. The continuous popularity of ZARD's singles has also drawn people's attention to this special rock band again.

Being's artists have been popular this year, and it has successfully achieved a long-term dominance on the ORICON list.

This year is also destined to be the most glorious year for Being in the music world. The complacent Nagato Taiyuki even feels lonely seeking defeat alone.

If Akiyama Kazuki knew Nagato Taiyuki's state of mind at this time, maybe he would write a song for him, how lonely the master is...

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Kazuki Akiyama read the contract carefully, and after the firm's lawyer nodded, he signed his name and stamped it.

"Kadokawa-san has been taken care of." Kazuki Akiyama closed the document, got up and bowed, his first novel was finally about to be published.

"I'm very glad to be able to cooperate with Akiyama-kun." Kadokawa Rihiko also heaved a sigh of relief, and after several confrontations with the other party's lawyer and agent, the cooperation was finalized.

Whether or not his own Media Works can make a name for himself will most likely fall on him.

It took several rounds of negotiations to confirm this cooperation, and Kazuki Akiyama couldn't help but be careless.

After all, this is the first time I am involved in this field, and it also involves various copyright management, as well as possible future film and television cooperation.

If you are accidentally taken advantage of, there will be no place to cry in the future.

He had heard about the chaos of copyright management in the previous life of Ghost Blowing Lantern.The same goes for Liu's Three-Body Problem. He sold the copyright early, and the subsequent big profits have nothing to do with him.

Although I am not sure whether the novel will be popular or not after I write it, it is better to keep an eye on it, in case it suddenly becomes popular one day.

Instead of slapping your thighs afterwards, it is better to write these rules into the contract at the beginning.

When it came to his own interests in the future, Kazuki Akiyama listened to the lawyer's explanations several times before he understood the truth.

The contract signed with Kadokawa Rihiko's Media Works, first of all, the main content, of course, is about publishing.

As agreed last time, 15% royalties, [-] copies of the first edition.

The royalties for subsequent reprints will be adjusted appropriately according to the number of reprints.Simply put, it is a ladder system, the more reprints, the more he gets.

This contract is already quite generous for a person like Kazuki Akiyama who has no writing experience.

Of course, it is not without conditions. In terms of overseas publishing, Kazuki Akiyama gave up some royalties.

For him, if the book can sell well in China, he will be satisfied.

As for overseas, because of cultural barriers, he does not expect to gain much.Therefore, he thinks it is cost-effective to give up some overseas royalty benefits in exchange for local tax rates.

And in the future, if the feedback is good, Media Works has the right to adapt the comics.

Of course, this part of the income will also pay him royalties, but the tax rate is pitifully low, only about 1%-3%.

But if there is a day when it is adapted into a manga, Kazuki Akiyama doesn't care about the mosquito legs.

Being able to adapt it into a comic shows that the sales of the original book are booming, and the big head has already been obtained by then.

Finally, it is about the film and television, and the two parties finally reached an agreement.If the novel is filmed, Media Works has the priority investment right.

Of course, the investment share has also been limited, and there will be no situation where one company dominates.

The main focus here is actually filming, because Japanese TV dramas are all produced by TV stations themselves.

Even if it is adapted into a TV series in the future, there is a high probability that the TV station will buy the copyright first and then adapt it by itself.

Even so, this part of the content is what Yoshitaka Watanabe is most concerned about.

His division of this part of the interests is more persistent than Akiyama Kazuki imagined.

After negotiating with Kadokawa Lihiko many times, they made some concessions to each other, and the two parties reached a consensus through compromise.
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