Rebirth of the courtyard, the start is 80s

After Cao Zhiqiang's painstaking explanation, everyone finally understood what Cao Zhiqiang wanted to do.

After hearing that everyone would perform on regular stages in the future and not become underground idols performing on the street, everyone became much more accepting and even started to get excited.

Because everyone is not a fool, and they know that what Cao Zhiqiang did is essentially to establish a high-end song and dance troupe.

That's right, what Cao Zhiqiang has to do is not only the role of an agent, but also the role of an organizer of a song and dance troupe.

He does not want to recommend them to join various established bands and dance troupes, but to form his own "Love Music Troupe" and "Love Music Dance Troupe".

As for the mixed performance of musicians and dancers, although it is relatively rare, it is not uncommon.

At least in the United States, such as on Broadway, it is very common for musicians and dancers to perform stage plays together, and it is not a pioneering work.

It's just that in Japan, it's relatively rare.

Of course, it’s not easy to start your own song and dance troupe. It requires not only funds, but also connections and good works.

There is no doubt about Cao Zhiqiang’s creative ability. They are indeed high-quality works and his connections are decent. The rest is a matter of funding.

After all, if the income is too low and you are just talking about dreams, it is very unrealistic for most people here.

Fortunately, Cao Zhiqiang finally announced his income.

According to Cao Zhiqiang's plan, as long as he passes the assessment, he will become an official member of the song and dance troupe.

After guaranteeing a minimum of 20 yen per person per month and at least 30 yen per month after five years, as well as performance dividends, everyone has no worries at all.

Frankly speaking, this income was very high in 1983.

Because the income of Japanese people began to increase rapidly, actually after the 90s, and then there was a bottleneck period when wages did not increase for a long time.

But in the 80s, the per capita salary of Japanese people was not that outrageous.

Strictly speaking, [-] is the dividing line for Japanese wages.

Before [-], although the salary income of most Japanese people was rising every year, the overall income was not outrageous and the growth was not high.

But after [-], the incomes of Japanese people began to soar, causing the whole of Japan to fall into an era of consumption spree. It was not until the economic bubble burst that it entered a long bottleneck period.

In other words, in 1983, not to mention 30 yen a month, even 20 yen a month, many people who had just passed the civil service examination could not get it.

In short, after much talk, Cao Zhiqiang finally let these girls know his true intentions.

As for how many of them will be left in the future, and whether they can actually build a song and dance troupe, it’s hard to say.

It can only be said that Cao Zhiqiang plans to give it a try first and see the effect.

Anyway, he lacks neither works nor money, what he lacks is just people.

Instead of trying your luck by openly recruiting those random artists in the society, it is better to come directly to this kind of art academy to recruit art students.

At least the school screened him first. Those who can enter this university are basically good at professional level.

Of course, it is in this era that Cao Zhiqiang can make mistakes.

Because Japan in the 80s had actually entered a stage of surplus talent.

To make an analogy, Japan in the 80s was similar to the country in the previous life around 2008 in terms of talent reserves.

Think about the country at that time. After graduating from college, only about 30.00% of them could find a suitable job immediately. It was difficult for most other people to find a suitable job in a short period of time. As a result, they had to cross the sea and show their magical powers.

As a result, most college students were unable to find professional jobs after graduation, and many of them changed careers.

The legend of the so-called most difficult graduation season began to spread from that year.

By the same token, when Japan entered the 80s, college students began to overpopulate the country and it became difficult to find a job.

Among them, especially art students, it is actually the most difficult to find a job after graduation because there are not so many suitable positions left for them in society.

Even if Japan has many private schools and other off-campus training institutions, those institutions combined cannot satisfy the large number of art students every year.

In addition, Japanese society has not experienced top-to-bottom reforms, and the class structure is serious. Therefore, it is really difficult for art students from ordinary civilian backgrounds to get ahead.

Now that Cao Zhiqiang is willing to give everyone a chance, of course everyone should seize it.

Anyway, it’s nothing more than multiple choices.

Success is naturally the best. If you don't succeed, the worst thing you can do is leave and find another job.

In other words, whether Cao Zhiqiang or those students, they all have a try attitude and rarely have the determination to burn the boat.

On the contrary, people like Yuri Nakano, Yuki Amami, are very interested in the matter itself.

After all, Nakano Yuri's family is not short of money, so he doesn't have to worry about money or work, so he can naturally focus on his interests.

In this way, when Cao Zhiqiang finished speaking and took Mrs. Nakano, Nakano Yuri and Furukawa Yoshiyuki to say goodbye to the girls, the female students waved goodbye to Cao Zhiqiang very enthusiastically and seemed particularly happy.

There was no way, Cao Zhiqiang at least gave them a hope, how could they not be happy.

But then, Cao Zhiqiang did not take Mrs. Nakano and Yuri Nakano back to Aiyin Office, but went straight to the headquarters building of Warner Pioneer Club.

After arriving there, Cao Zhiqiang first met up with Masashi Sada and Nobuo Tomioka who were waiting there, and then entered the conference room together, where he saw a strange middle-aged man with short hair and a strange middle-aged woman with short hair.

That's just the middle-aged woman named Moriyama Ryoko. Although he knew that she had a famous singing voice, Cao Zhiqiang didn't know her well. He only knew that she was very enthusiastic and particularly talkative.

But it was the middle-aged man with short hair who really surprised Cao Zhiqiang.

Because his name is Tanimura Shinji!
You know, the name Tanimura Shinji is very familiar to Chinese people.

For no other reason than because Shinji Tanimura once held a concert at the Peking Workers' Stadium in China in 1981.

Although Shinji Tanimura went to China to hold a concert later than Masashi Sada, the sensation caused was not small, so many people still remember this man.

For example, his song "Star" is still very famous in China and Japan.

Cao Zhiqiang never expected to see him here, and the purpose of his coming here was to form a band with Cao Zhiqiang.

Of course, the woman named Moriyama Ryoko also had this purpose.

After further questioning, I found out that Masashi Sada got the song that Cao Zhiqiang gave him, and after learning that Cao Zhiqiang planned to form a band with him, he immediately began to study the song that Cao Zhiqiang gave him without sleep and food.

Then Masashi Sada believed that in order to perform this song perfectly, a band with a tacit understanding is needed.

So Masashi Sada found a few old friends with whom he had a fairly good relationship, namely Moriyama Ryoko and Tanimura Shinji.

Among them, Masashi Sada and Ryoko Moriyama are old friends who have known each other for a long time and have collaborated together many times before.

As for Tanimura Shinji, it’s because they both like Chinese culture and have performed in China, so they have a lot in common.

Therefore, when Shinji Tanimura finished his performance at the Peking Workers' Stadium, Masashi Sada contacted him.

This time, Masashi Sada took the lyrics and score of the song "Viva la Vida" and the demo tape given by Cao Zhiqiang to find Ryoko Moriyama and Shinmura Gucun respectively, and explained the purpose of his visit.

As he expected, both Ryoko Moriyama and Shinmura Gucun were very interested in the song "Viva la Vida" and its creator Cao Zhiqiang, and were also interested in forming a Sino-Japanese multinational band.In this way, without Cao Zhiqiang's knowledge, Masashi Sada invited these two heavyweight musicians over to discuss specific band cooperation issues with Cao Zhiqiang.

In fact, Cao Zhiqiang didn't think so much at all. He just felt that Masashi Sada fell ill soon after he came to Japan, and it was a pity that the two parties did not form a band, so he decided to put Masashi Sada into the band after he got better. To make up for this regret, it is also closer to my friend's wishes.

But he really didn't expect that Masashi Sada would be so ambitious and wild-minded that he would come up with the idea of ​​a Sino-Japanese multinational band.

But on second thought, this gimmick is not bad.

Moreover, both Ryoko Moriyama and Shinji Tanimura are well-known musicians in the industry. They are good at singing and singing, and they can play various musical instruments.

Like guitar, bass, violin, drums, electronic keyboard, these people basically know two or three of them.

If these people formed a band together, it would really make a difference.

But the only problem is that these people are all older and may not be willing to be foils.

After all, once the band is established, it is impossible for Cao Zhiqiang to be a foil, he will definitely be the lead singer, and the others will be the backup singers at most.

Fortunately, no one else cared. They just felt that being able to cooperate with a genius like Cao Zhiqiang was the most meaningful thing.

After getting to know each other, Moriyama Ryoko suggested that we first come up with a group name.

Next, everyone said a name, but no one was satisfied.

It was Masashi Sada who suggested that it was because he liked the Yangtze River in China that he went to China to shoot the movie "Yangtze River", which made him heavily in debt. It was precisely because of this movie that he met the genius Cao Zhiqiang by chance, and that led to today's experience. get together.

Since the source of everything is the Yangtze River, why not just call it the "Yangtze River Band".

That's all for Cao Zhiqiang, but Moriyama Ryoko and Tanimura Shinji both think it's good.

After all, the Yangtze River is very famous. Not only all Chinese people know it, but almost all Japanese people also know this first river in Asia.

Even around the world, the Yangtze River is still very well-known, and it also has a sense of historical significance and mystery.

Although Cao Zhiqiang felt that the name Yangtze River Band was a bit vulgar, everyone else agreed. There were already three votes, and it didn't matter whether he agreed or not. What's more, he was the only Chinese in the group, so he simply agreed.

In the end, unanimous votes passed, and the group's name was officially named "Yangtze River Band".

After the band name was chosen, the next step was to discuss how to rehearse and perform specifically around the song "Viva la Vida".

For example, who will be the lead singer, who will be the lead guitarist, who will be the keyboard player, who will be the drummer, and who will be the secondary guitarist.

The final result of the discussion was that for the time being, Cao Zhiqiang will be the lead singer and lead guitarist, Moriyama Ryoko will be the drummer, Tanimura Shinji will be the assistant guitarist, and Sada Masashi will be the keyboardist.

As for whether to add a bass player later on, it depends on the situation.

Several of them are action types. After the general discussion, they immediately got up and went to Warner's recording studio to start preliminary cooperation exercises.

During the whole process, it seemed that Cao Zhiqiang was so involved that he forgot about Mrs. Nakano and Yuri Nakano who were following him.

Fortunately, with the assistant Furukawa Yoshiyuki and some staff from Warner, Mrs. Nakano and her daughter were not left out in the cold.

Of course, when Cao Zhiqiang followed Masashi Sada and Nobuo Tomioka into the conference room to meet with Ryoko Moriyama and Shinji Tanimura to discuss, Mrs. Nakano and Yuri Nakano did not follow them in, but waited outside.

When Cao Zhiqiang and others walked out of the conference room and planned to go to the recording studio to rehearse, he saw Mrs. Nakano and her daughter Yuri Nakano, also known as Amami Yuki.

In response, Cao Zhiqiang just asked Furukawa Yoshiyuki to send the people back, and then left in a hurry with Sada Masashi and others.

Unfortunately, neither Mrs. Nakano nor Yuri Nakano wanted to leave and insisted on following the rehearsal.

Since he didn't know the specific relationship between these two people and Cao Zhiqiang, Furukawa Yoshiyuki had no choice but to arrange for them to watch outside the recording studio.

In this way, Mrs. Nakano and Yuri Nakano were able to enter the observation room outside the recording studio and watch live how Cao Zhiqiang rehearsed the songs with others.

Although the process of rehearsing the songs was a bit boring, both Mrs. Nakano and Yuri Nakano enjoyed watching it.

Relatively speaking, Nakano Yuri's expression was relatively calm, but Mrs. Nakano, on the other hand, was very excited all the time, holding Nakano Yuri's hand at every turn and whispering beside her.

"Yuri, look, let me just say he is awesome!"

Mrs. Nakano covered her mouth and laughed softly.

"Look at Cao Sang, whether he is singing or playing guitar, or the way he talks about work with others, he is so handsome!

Alas, if he hadn't been so young, I would have been married long ago!

Alas, why did it take me so late to meet him? Alas! "

Hearing what his mother said, Nakano Yuri, who had been looking at Cao Zhiqiang who was singing inside through the glass window, subconsciously looked at the sound engineer not far away who was concentrating on his work, and then said helplessly to his mother He whispered softly: "Mom, don't do this! It's embarrassing for people to hear you do this."

"Yes." Mrs. Nakano touched her cheek regretfully.

"I am no longer young, and I am a married woman, and my husband is still very nice to me. I shouldn't be like this.

But, he is so handsome that people can’t help but want to hug him, don’t you think? "

"Calm down, calm down." Yuri Nakano said with a bitter smile, "Mom, if Cao Sang hears what you say, it will scare him."

"Haha, that's right." Mrs. Nakano smiled and nodded, "Forget it, you still don't know your mother? I was just joking with you, hahaha."

Nakano Yuri smiled bitterly again and did not reply.

"But Yuri." Mrs. Nakano continued to whisper to her daughter, "Cao Sang seems to be singing all English songs. I can't understand them very well. Can you understand them?"

Nakano Yuri nodded: "Well, I understand a little bit about this, but not completely. It seems to be narrated in the tone of a king. It sounds grand, but I don't quite understand the specifics."

After a brief pause, Nakano Yuri said seriously: "But Mom, to be honest, even if I really understand, I can't tell you the lyrics."

"Why is this?" Mrs. Nakano asked in surprise.

Yuri Nakano said: "It's very simple. The song they are rehearsing should not have been officially released yet, so at this time, the lyrics should be confidential, and we shouldn't be listening here."

"Ah, that makes sense." Mrs. Nakano nodded, "Then let's get out of here quickly?"

"No, mom, please leave on your own." Yuri Nakano said with a smile, "I can just stay on my own."

"Ah?" Mrs. Nakano was stunned, "What do you mean?"

Nakano Yuri said: "It's very simple. I am now his contracted artist, considered one of his own, and I am also obliged to keep it secret, so of course it's okay for me to stay, but it's different for you.

So, mom, in order not to cause trouble, you'd better go back first.

I can just take a taxi back, otherwise, they can send me a taxi, don't worry. "

"But……"

"No but!"

Nakano Yuri suddenly said to his mother domineeringly: "That's it! Be obedient, Mom, and go home quickly!" (End of Chapter)