Rebirth of the courtyard, the start is 80s

Chapter 565 Don't Care About My Face, I'm Just a Singer

Seeing Nobuo Tomioka being so respectful, Cao Zhiqiang, who had been typing for a day, didn't think much, just nodded slightly.

"Ah, Mr. Tomioka is here, what's the matter?"

"Hey, it's really something." Nobuo Tomioka smiled, "Well, do you have time now? It's something about songs."

Cao Zhiqiang nodded: "That's it, wait a moment, I'll go to the bathroom and talk to you when I come back."

"Yes, you are welcome." Tomioka Nobuo bowed lightly and politely.

Cao Zhiqiang didn't say anything, he just nodded and went to the toilet.

Everything is good in Japan, but the etiquette of nodding and bowing is too much, which makes him a little uncomfortable.

He himself doesn't care, but if others take the initiative to bow to him, he always has to nod in response, or else he feels uncomfortable.

It’s better to be in China, where there are so many bows, even when you buy a dish, you have to nod and bow, isn’t it tiring?

No wonder it is said that the Japanese are craftsmen, and they really like to bow.

Bowing may seem respectful, but if you bow too much, it will be a formality, and no one will pay attention to bowing anymore.

After going to the bathroom and washing his hands, Cao Zhiqiang came to the dining table and sat down.

Before she could speak, Akina Nakamori came over meekly and asked, "Zhiqiang-san, what would you like to drink? Coffee? Or black tea?"

"Black tea." Cao Zhiqiang said, "Add some lemon slices."

"Okay." Akina Nakamori nodded with a smile, "Please wait."

Cao Zhiqiang nodded, and ignored Akina Nakamori.

On the contrary, Nobuo Tomioka smiled kindly and joked: "Oh, Cao Sang, I really admire you! Ming Cai-san is a flower of our Warner, many people like her, and many rich young men are chasing her. But she doesn't like any of them, she didn't expect to be succeeded by you, it's amazing!"

Cao Zhiqiang smiled faintly: "Well, in matters of relationship, the main thing is that two people see each other right. If they don't see each other right, it's useless to chase after each other."

Nobuo Tomioka was stunned for a moment, then rubbed his head and smiled, "Hahaha, that's right. But Cao Sang, you have to be good enough. Ming Cai-san has a very high vision."

Cao Zhiqiang nodded, and then went straight to the point: "Section Chief Tomioka, let's get down to business first. You came to me on purpose, you didn't come to investigate my private relationship with Akina, did you?"

"Ah, yes, there is indeed a business." Nobuo Tomioka nodded.

Immediately afterwards, Nobuo Tomioka became serious, and said to Cao Zhiqiang, "Cao Sang, did you listen to the music broadcast on the radio yesterday afternoon?"

"Yesterday?" Cao Zhiqiang shook his head, "Sorry, I was busy writing novels yesterday and didn't have time to listen to the radio."

"Writing a novel?" Nobuo Tomioka was taken aback for a moment, then he didn't care about it, but continued, "It's a pity that you haven't heard of it."

After a pause, Nobuo Tomioka smiled and said, "That's right, yesterday's music radio program, your song "Kimi がいるだけで" (as long as you are there) was broadcast as scheduled, and the effect was very good .

Let's just say that right after the song was played, there were a lot of hotline calls asking the station to play it again.

Then after the host played it again, before the second time it was finished, many hotline calls came, all asking for another broadcast.

In this way, it was played five times successively, and there were still a steady stream of hotline calls, either asking for a replay, or wanting to know the detailed information of the singer named 'Senaka Qingquan'.

It's a pity that the radio station can't play a song all the time, so it stops after playing it five times.

However, even though the song was stopped, the hotline still kept calling, asking about the name of the song and the situation of the singer.

At the beginning you said you wanted to keep it a secret, so we just asked the host to report your stage name, height and age, and didn't say anything else.

Not to mention, your method of keeping it mysterious is really good. The less information about you, the more curious they will be about you.

In addition to many people asking about your specific situation, there are also many people calling the radio station, asking when you will officially debut and when the album will be released. They all said that they must buy it as soon as possible. "

Speaking of this, Nobuo Tomioka shook his head with a smile, and then said: "Cao Sang, based on my experience, the effect of the radio station is so good, and most of them are young people. The record release this time should not be bad."

Cao Zhiqiang nodded calmly, his expression was not particularly happy, just a look of course.

Just kidding, this is "Kimi がいるだけで" released by Mimi CLUB in 1992!

In Cao Zhiqiang's previous life, this song was very powerful, with an initial sales volume of 92.5 copies. This achievement is unprecedented. It was not surpassed by B'z's "LOVE PHANTOM" until 1995.

The so-called initial sales volume refers to the weekly sales volume one week after the release.

In 1992, it was not considered the golden period of the Japanese music industry, at most it could only be regarded as the frontier of the golden period. During this period, it was absolutely extraordinary to be able to achieve 92.5 copies a week.

In addition, in 1992, this song achieved a total annual sales of 276.2 million copies, and won the highest single-week record of Oricon Ranking. At the same time, it also won the first prize of the Golden Disc Award and the Japan Record Award. No two.

And the Mimi CLUB back then, before releasing this song, was just a band with a mediocre reputation. The results are very watery, which is largely related to the vigorous promotion of Japan Airlines.

On the contrary, the later song "Jun がいるだけで", although it was the theme song of a popular TV series, it didn't have much money to promote it before, and it was naturally popular.

Although this song also had the addition of the TV series "Su Yan の ままで" back then, in general, the quality of the song itself is excellent, and it belongs to mutual achievement.

In this time and space, although Cao Zhiqiang released this single as his debut song, it does not have the bonus of the TV series "Su Yan のままで", but don't forget, this is not 1992, but 1983.

The Japanese music scene in 1983 is completely incomparable with the period of 1992 when a hundred flowers bloomed.

It can be said that the Japanese music scene in the early 80s could not be said to be tepid, but its popularity was limited. It is not an exaggeration to call it the dark age of the Japanese music scene.

For this point, just look at the Oricon Chart's historical single sales rankings.

Among the top 90 singles sold on the Oricon Chart, most of them are songs from the 2000s and early 60s, and before that, they are songs from the 70s and [-]s.

Of the 80s songs, only one of Tatsuro Yamashita's "クリスマスイブ" made it to the top 1983 singles list, and it seems to be a song from 12, but it was only released in December.

Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that the 80s in the Japanese music scene is called the dark age, and it is true.

Otherwise, with Nakamori Akina's strength, she would not have started to dominate the entire 1985s Japanese music scene after 80. In fact, there is really no one who can play in the Japanese music scene since then.

But it’s strange for you to say that it’s true that the Japanese music scene began to enter a dark period in the 80s, especially in the mid-to-late 80s, but Japan’s economy was also the hottest in the 80s, especially in the mid-to-late 80s. Is the actual peak of the economy, also known as the bubble boom.

On the contrary, it was the 90s when a hundred flowers bloomed in the Japanese music scene, and that was all after the bubble burst.

It seems that the entertainment industry, especially the music industry, is indeed the opposite of the economy.

The better the economy is, the worse the entertainment industry will be, and the worse the economy will be, the better the entertainment industry will be.

Thinking about China carefully, the 80s and 90s, when China’s economy was poor, actually produced many good songs and movies.

On the contrary, after 2000, when China's economy began to develop rapidly, good songs and movies gradually decreased.

Not to mention Hong Kong movies.

It seems that the more in the early stage of the economic downturn, the entertainment industry, especially the music industry, will be crazier.

On the contrary, when the economy is taking off, the entertainment industry is not very prosperous.

And the United States, the United States in the 80s, such as the current Reagan period, was actually not good. The entire economy showed a period of stagflation, not much better than the Soviet Union in the same period.

But it was also during this period that the United States had a singer Michael Jackson!
In the earlier Elvis Presley era, that is, the 70s when he was active, the U.S. economy was actually not very good.

It may be because of this that Elvis Presley's achievements are far from being compared with Michael Jackson.

After all, the 80s, when Michael Jackson was active, was a period when the economic crisis in the United States was more serious.

Of course, this is not absolute, nor is it always the case, but it seems to be the case in most cases.

That is to say, the more prosperous a country's economy is, the worse the entertainment industry will be. On the contrary, the entertainment industry will be quite developed.

The same reason, that is the Korean economy.

In fact, the period when South Korea’s economy took off was from the 70s to the 90s. The so-called miracle of the Han River was basically this period.

However, the Korean entertainment industry during this period was not good at all, and it basically had no sense of existence. Local movies were basically dominated by Hollywood movies and Hong Kong movies, and the same was true for music, which was brainwashed by American music and Hong Kong music.

On the contrary, after 2000, South Korea began to revitalize the entertainment industry, and the entertainment industry began to flourish. However, it was precisely during this period that South Korea’s economy was actually declining. It was just that the economic decline was not obvious due to the inertia of the Han River miracle.

It has been declining until 2023, and the South Korean economy will be completely broken, but its entertainment industry has gone abroad, completely hanging up the Hallyu style.

It can be seen that the economy and entertainment may really be the opposite.

Anyway, the quality of "Kimi がいるだけで" is undeniable. When it was released in 1983, it was a bit too much to say that it was bullying, but it is not wrong to say that it was a blow to dimensionality reduction.

The reason is very simple, that is, in the so-called dark period of Japanese music in the 80s, it was not that the audience's aesthetics became worse, but that the artist's creativity was not good enough.

Music is art and a kind of creativity. Only when good music is written first, and then good words are written, can it become a masterpiece.

As long as there are good songs and lyrics, even if the singer's level is not good, he can still take off on the spot.

Just like the famous poems of the Tang Dynasty, as long as the quality of the poem itself is good, it will not be too bad if it is sung by an old man or a cute girl. This is the power of poetry itself.

Songs and poems have the same thing in common, even if it is a popular song, it is actually the same.

In short, Cao Zhiqiang took this famous song as his debut single, and he felt that there was no need to promote it at all, but any Japanese with a basic sense of aesthetics would be able to hear this song well.

Even if this is the 80s, and there is no TV drama bonus, the results may not be as good as when the song appeared in the previous life, but it is more than enough for the first move, or the sales of [-] copies in the first week.

In the 80s, the records of the Japanese pop music scene, with an initial move of 1 copies, can be ranked in the top five of Oricon's weekly charts, and No.[-] is very likely.

If there is an initial sales volume of 20, no need to ask, at least during this period, it can definitely rank first in the Oricon weekly list.

It is enough to have this kind of achievement, there is no need to be more demanding.

"Cao Sang, you don't seem surprised to hear the news." Nobuo Tomioka smiled.

Cao Zhiqiang shrugged: "Not really, but I'm new here and I don't know the situation here, so I can't comment."

"I see." Nobuo Tomioka nodded, "That's right, on our side, if there are more than three rebroadcasts during the water test before the release, that is, the radio test, it can basically be concluded that this song is a big song. It’s a hot song, and your song has been replayed five times, which is the capped number of replays on the radio station, so it’s okay to be a big hit.”

After a short pause, Nobuo Tomioka said: "Because the test results were good, we decided to increase the promotion before the official release.

For this reason, I also specifically approached the president, who agreed to increase the promotion fee to 8000 million yen.

You know, this fee is very high. Ming Caisan is so popular now, and her record promotion fee is not so high.

So, we would like to invite you to go to the company to take some photos. At that time, we will make your photos into posters, calendars, street sign advertisements, subway advertisements, etc.

At that time, we will promote it for three days. When it is officially released, we will launch TV MTV as an advertisement. I believe the sales will be good.

What do you think? "

Cao Zhiqiang frowned: "Photography, when?"

"It's best to go tonight." Tomioka Nobuo said, "Of course, if it's not convenient for you, you can do it early tomorrow morning. But it's best to hurry up, not later than tomorrow. After all, today is Sunday, tomorrow is Monday, and we will be on Wednesday." It will be officially released in a few days."

Cao Zhiqiang nodded after thinking for a while: "Yes, I can go with you now, but I have one condition."

"What conditions?" Tomioka Nobuo asked.

Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly: "When taking photos, I don't want to show my face, I want to wear a mask on my face.

Considering that I might have to do some singing poses, the mask can only cover the upper half of the face and expose the mouth like Zorro's mask,"

"Wearing a mask? Not showing your face?" Nobuo Tomioka was stunned, "This, isn't it appropriate?"

Cao Zhiqiang smiled and shook his head: "No, no, Mr. Tomioka, you need to open up the pattern and don't be bound by traditional thinking.

You think, since I followed the mysterious style from the beginning, it would be better to carry the mystery through to the end.

Since the radio station only introduced my stage name, age, and height, wouldn't it be more mysterious and more curious to shoot photos of me wearing a mask? "

"That's what I said, but I haven't done this before." Tomioka Nobuo frowned.

"Nobody did it before, so it doesn't mean we can't do it." Cao Zhiqiang smiled.

"Tomioka-san, you also said that the radio test of my song did a good job, and everyone likes this song very much.

Since the listeners of the radio station can't see people, they can only hear my singing, so we simply use my voice as a selling point.

For example, slogans can be spoken, but for the sake of songs, people can be known by hearing them.

In other words, don't care about my appearance, I'm just a singer.

In this way, won't you be taller immediately?

In addition, my voice is indeed very recognizable. Anyway, I have never heard of a singer with a voice similar to mine, so just listening to my singing will not make a mistake.

In this way, this is all a gimmick, and it will definitely make people curious.

Human beings are curious animals.

Once human beings become curious, whether they like it or not, they have to find out.

In this way, will sales still be poor? "

Nobuo Tomioka frowned first, and then suddenly slapped his thigh in surprise: "Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, really wonderful! This idea is great, I think let's do it like this!"

(End of this chapter)