Rebirth of the courtyard, the start is 80s

Chapter 692 What I want to do is to make you idols!

Cao Zhiqiang was really speechless about Reiko Ishiyama's sudden proposal. After all, he had never thought about opening a private school before.

Of course, Cao Zhiqiang is not unable to understand her thoughts. After all, in a certain situation, her idea is indeed very practical.

The so-called private schools are Japanese off-campus training institutions, which are various domestic training classes and interest classes.

It’s hard to say 30 years later, but in Japan in the 80s, it was indeed very profitable to open a private school, especially when you had a certain influence, it became even more profitable.

For example, the famous conductor Seiji Ozawa later opened a private school called "Ozawa Seiji Music School", and this private school was his most profitable business.

In other words, people like Seiji Ozawa only gained fame by attending various competitions. The real money-making industry was the private school he opened based on his fame.

To a certain extent, opening a private school, especially an interest class that teaches piano, violin and other Western musical instruments, does bring in a lot of money, making more money than ordinary celebrities.

After all, Japanese celebrities have low incomes and are among the most civilized in the world.

Even the singers who make the most money among Japanese stars, on the whole, are not as profitable as opening private schools.

Because as Reiko Ishiyama said, being a star has a shelf life, and the younger you are, the more popular you are.

But opening a private school is different.

Once the private school is ready, it can continue to recruit students and make money as its reputation grows.

If you are really good at it and advance from a private school to a private school, it will be even better.

For example, Waseda University was just a private school back then, but now it is a world-famous prestigious university.

Having said that, Cao Zhiqiang is still not interested for the time being.

The main reason is that his current stall is too big and there are too many projects for him to host, so he has no time to think about a music private school for the time being.

Of course, if Ishiyama Reiko is willing to do it herself and just borrow Cao Zhiqiang's fame and wealth, then she can give it a try.

Or put it this way, if someone is willing to be Cao Zhiqiang's white glove and manage this private school for Cao Zhiqiang, it is not impossible to have a hand.

It's just this specific candidate, you have to choose carefully.

After dealing with Reiko Ishiyama, Cao Zhiqiang took a short rest, and then started his formal schedule today, which was to give a short speech to these girls to let them understand what Aiyin Office's future plans are for them. .

Only by letting them understand how their future will take them can they be confident.

Of course, in addition to the 36 girls studying symphony, there are also 36 girls studying dancing.

So, while Cao Zhiqiang was resting, someone had already called over the contracted girls who were learning to dance.

Not to mention, purely in terms of body shape, dancing girls have better bodies.

After all, girls with bad figures can't dance.

And to a certain extent, learning to dance requires more talent than learning an instrument.

After all, most people can learn to play an instrument, it just depends on their level.

But to learn to dance, your body must be naturally flexible enough, and your body and height must be up to standard, which is not something ordinary people can do.

It's a pity that the conditions for learning to dance are obviously more demanding, but the employment situation after graduation is not as good as that of girls who learn to dance as girls who learn to play musical instruments.

Although there are many dance troupes in Japan, the number of places is limited and the competition is fierce. Therefore, most girls who study dance cannot continue to work in dance once they graduate. Instead, many work as employees in companies, or simply take advantage of the good times. Find someone to marry.

Unlike those who learn Western musical instruments, after graduation, they can find a career as a teacher in a training institution.

Soon, everyone arrived.

Dozens of young girls gathered together, even if few of them were particularly beautiful, was indeed a sight to behold.

When everyone arrived, Cao Zhiqiang asked everyone to sit in the front row of the auditorium, and he came to the stage with a wireless microphone.

When he came to stand in the middle of the stage, Cao Zhiqiang nodded in front of everyone, and then started to go straight to the topic very seriously.

"Everyone, please be quiet. I am not speaking to you now as the singer Morinaka Aizumi, but as the president of Aiyin Office. And these words will directly determine your future. Please listen carefully."

When Cao Zhiqiang said this, the chirping sounds below immediately disappeared and became audible.

Seeing that everyone was listening carefully, Cao Zhiqiang nodded and continued seriously:
"Everyone, although many of you are older than me, because I am your president, for the sake of convenience, I will speak to you in plain English.

Well, I believe that everyone here has signed an agreement of intent with our Aiyin Firm.

In other words, at this time, although you are not officially contracted artists of our Aiyin Office, you are considered reserve contracted artists.

I believe everyone knows that our intention agreement has an inspection period, which is three months.

During these three months, our Aiyin Office will give you a large amount of sponsorship money every month as a reward for coming to rehearse the programs provided by our office after studying.

In this way, you don't have to worry about income and are forced to take time to work.

In other words, this sponsorship fee actually buys your work-study time and then uses it to work on our projects.

In other words, we were selective when we selected you.

What is the first criterion for selection?

I didn’t explain it clearly to you before, but now I can explain it clearly to you.

Yes, the first criterion for choosing you was not your talent or your looks, but your background.

Maybe by now, you probably know it yourself.

That's right, all of you are from commoner backgrounds, or simply from poor backgrounds.

So when you study here, you basically have to work while studying, and very few of you go to school entirely relying on money from your family.

I don't mean anything else by saying this, but I want to tell you, under normal circumstances, your way out.

In fact, I don’t need to say more, you probably know what kind of path you will probably take after graduation.

Except for a few of you who are particularly outstanding or very lucky, most of you will be unemployed after graduation.

In other words, most of you, once you graduate, will either use your academic qualifications to find a job here in Tokyo, or go back to your hometown and find a local school, private school, etc., and become a teacher. , or simply take advantage of your youth, your beauty and talent, find a promising man to marry, and become a housewife as soon as possible.

I don’t know how many of you are willing to live this kind of life, but in my opinion, this kind of life that ends immediately after graduation is too boring and too failed. "

Having said this, Cao Zhiqiang paused for a moment and observed the girls in the audience. He found that most of them were looking at him quietly, with no sadness, no sadness, and no anger.

It seems that they have long been immune to what Cao Zhiqiang said, or have been psychologically prepared for it.

After smiling slightly, Cao Zhiqiang continued: "However, there is a saying in China that there is no perfect path. In my opinion, the disadvantage of your background is also an advantage.

What are the advantages?That means you are open-minded enough and open-minded enough, and you don’t have so much baggage on you.

I think most of you didn’t come to this school to pursue so-called art, right?
You probably all wanted to rely on your talents to get into a good university, get a good degree, and then find a good job after graduation, or marry into a good family, so as to complete the class jump and get a better life, right? Bar? "

After asking this question, the students and girls below continued to remain silent. They all looked at Cao Zhiqiang quietly, and no one said a word.

Obviously, Cao Zhiqiang's words touched their hearts.

Of course, even if there are a few people who don't think so, under such circumstances, they will not contradict Cao Zhiqiang.

After all, Cao Zhiqiang was right. He is now the president of Aiyin Firm and their interviewer.

Whether the intention agreement with only a three-month internship period can be turned into a formal contract in the future depends on Cao Zhiqiang.

As for whether the Aiyin Office is a good place to go...just kidding, of course it is.

If nothing else, just saying that the major shareholder of Aiyin Firm is Cao Zhiqiang is attractive enough.

Who doesn't know that this Cao Zhiqiang is Morinaka Aizumi, known as the most talented musician in contemporary Japan.

If he only releases one song now, it will definitely be a pop hit.

It can be said that in the current Japanese pop music industry, as far as musicians are concerned, Morinaka Aizumi is invincible.

Anyone who makes popular music is no match for Cao Zhiqiang at the moment.

The only one who can defeat Cao Zhiqiang is himself.

Of course, this is a head-on struggle. If you try to take advantage of the situation, let's talk about it separately.

However, with Cao Zhiqiang's current status, I'm afraid those off-the-board moves won't be of use to him.

After all, it is said that Cao Zhiqiang has a good relationship with the president of Warner Pioneer, and has a close friendship with Endo Minoru. Even Sayuri Yoshinaga has praised him in public, and it is said that he will cooperate further in the future.

In other words, Cao Zhiqiang has now established a firm foothold in Japan, and generally speaking there will be no problems.

What, how do these people know this?

Of course it's because of gossip.

Although Warner Pioneer and Yoshinaga Sayuri have greeted the media, some major entertainment media did not report on Cao Zhiqiang's personal life issues. For example, no one exposed the fact that he and Nakamori Akina were living together and dating.

Small entertainment media even dare not report randomly.

After all, this was the 80s, a time when Yakuza organizations were still rampant.

Offending Cao Zhiqiang is tantamount to offending Warner Pioneer, Fuji TV, Toho Pictures, and the Music Copyright Association represented by Minoru Endo.

If you dare to report randomly on Cao Zhiqiang, you will offend these major forces at the same time, and you will die without knowing how.

But, instead of digging up Cao Zhiqiang’s personal dirt, just brag about his head office.

Anyway, to be fair, whether it’s black people or bragging, it’s all about gaining people’s attention and sales.

Therefore, many entertainment media began to boast about Cao Zhiqiang's talent and his connections.

For example, how did Cao Zhiqiang get the insight of Endo Minoru, how he recommended him to try his luck at Warner, and how Warner decisively signed him as a foreigner and finally gave him full support. Finally, Cao Zhiqiang, a powerful horse, became famous in one fell swoop.

In addition, there is also the question of how many big shots in the entertainment industry favor Cao Zhiqiang.

For example, director Akira Kurosawa is said to admire Cao Zhiqiang very much.

Sayuri Yoshinaga also praised Cao Zhiqiang in public, saying that he was not only good at writing songs and singing, but also talented at writing scripts, and hoped to have more cooperation opportunities in the future.

There are also famous actors such as Ken Utsui and Tomokazu Miura. It is said that they all have a good relationship with Cao Zhiqiang and they are good friends who cherish each other.

Not only that, those newspapers and magazines also dug up Cao Zhiqiang’s identity in China.

According to those media reports, Morinaka Qingquan, whose real name is Cao Zhiqiang, is a famous singer in China with the stage name Aqiang.

Moreover, Cao Zhiqiang is not only a well-known singer in China, he also has his own record company.

Cao Zhiqiang's domestic records are all produced and discovered by his own record company. It is said that the sales volume is terrible.

Because of this, it is said that Warner Pioneer is preparing to cooperate with Cao Zhiqiang to enter the mainland music market in the future.

In short, after the flattering reports of those entertainment newspapers, many people actually know that Cao Zhiqiang is not only a singer who sings well, he is also a master of script writing, and he is also very powerful in the mainland.

Currently, China and Japan are in their honeymoon period, and cultural exchanges are becoming more and more frequent. Under such circumstances, the importance of Cao Zhiqiang is beyond doubt.

More importantly, Cao Zhiqiang is particularly young now.

As long as his talent does not wither prematurely and lasts for two or three years, he will definitely be able to make a name for himself in the entertainment circles of both places.

For these reports, ordinary people just watch the excitement, but for these students who are about to graduate and have signed an agreement of intent with Aiyin Firm, it is different.

This means their future is bright.

From the current point of view, following Cao Zhiqiang is indeed quite promising.

In particular, Cao Zhiqiang's Aiyin Firm is in its early stages. If you join at this time, once the firm becomes a large club, everyone will be a veteran.

By then, the situation will be different.

There is no way, the children of the poor have long been in charge of the family.

For these female students from ordinary backgrounds, their thoughts are of course more complicated.

Of course, Cao Zhiqiang didn't know what these female students were thinking at this time. Even if he knew, it wouldn't matter, and he would be even happier.

After Cao Zhiqiang found that no one said anything, he continued to lie:
“Now that it’s happened, I’ll tell you the truth.

I selected you and put you together for training. I didn’t want you to follow the formal path of an artist at all.

In other words, I will not arrange for you to perform in any formal symphony orchestra, nor will I arrange for you to perform in any formal dance troupe.

What I want to do is to make you idols!

Yes, I want to make you an idol group! "

(End of this chapter)