Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 2155 Neon Female Idol

The neon idol circle prevailed very early, Johnny's & Associates, which specializes in male idols, and the early kitten club composed of women.

In Japan, Johnny's Office can be said to have almost monopolized the male idol market, and Johnny's company can be said to be extremely domineering, absolutely not allowing others to threaten their status.

As for female idols, Neon has produced many well-known figures, such as Momoe Yamaguchi, Yoko Minano, Shizuka Kudo, Miho Nakayama and so on.

However, Baihui Yamaguchi has long since quit the showbiz and is at home with her husband and children, and she will never come back, so she has already become a legend.

After Momoe Yamaguchi, there is actually one person who can become a super female idol, and that is Yoko Minano.

How famous is she? Let’s take the manga “Detective Conan” as an example. The idol Yoko Okino, the star of Kogoro Mori, is based on Yoko Minano.

But it's a pity that although Yoko Minano is extremely talented, and she became famous very early, she was unlucky because she signed with an unscrupulous firm.

The four most popular idols in the late 80s were Yoko Minano, Yui Asaka, Miho Nakayama and Shizuka Kudo.

And the president of the s1 office to which Minano Yoko belongs is called Tokura Shunichi, and later this guy became a director of the Neon Music Copyright Association.

At first, the firm didn't think that Yoko Minano would become a big hit later, so she signed two brokerage contracts very early, and she belonged to both s2 and the youth theater troupe.

Because she has two economic contracts at the same time, it is no problem when she is not popular, but after 86, Yoko Minano became one of the most popular female idols in neon. At that time, she was already in full swing, so the disputes produced.

Both firms wanted to squeeze money out of her to the greatest extent. According to Yoko Minano's later statement, she only slept for 3 hours a day at that time, and even the work hours she received often conflicted.

In the end, she could only make adjustments by herself, so instead, she left a bad impression of playing big names and having a bad personality.

While the workload is astonishingly large, Yoko Minano's income is pitifully low. At the beginning, her monthly salary was only 3 yen, and in the second year, she only mentioned 2 yen. In the heyday of the bubble economy, this amount of money was so small that it could be ignored.

It’s okay to have less money, but the firm invested in real estate in the name of Yoko Minano without authorization. When the investment failed, hundreds of millions of yen in debt were incurred, and these debts were all recorded in the name of Yoko Minano. It was not until she was independent for many years that she gradually paid off.

Faced with such a cheating S1 agency, Yoko Minano's only choice is to quit the agency and become independent, and quitting the agency is precisely one of the biggest taboos in the Japanese entertainment industry.

Many stars who couldn't bear the pressure of the firm were banned from the company because of this. Even at the end of 1988, Yoko Nanno received an invitation to a party similar to the Spring Festival Gala, but had to cancel the performance because the firm intervened.

At this time, Yoko Minano had already quit the company, but she was also facing tremendous pressure. Naturally, this pressure came from the president of S1 Office, Tokura Shunichi himself.

This guy has a very wide network in the neon entertainment industry, so he was very annoyed by Yoko Minano's unauthorized withdrawal from the agency, and has been trying to sabotage her performing arts activities, just to force Yoko Minano to return to S1 office.

Yoko Minano came to audition for "Onmyoji" this time, hoping that she could finally get the heroine of this play smoothly and maintain her reputation in the entertainment industry.

And "Onmyoji" was directed by Lin Daoqiu, or was it co-produced by Shochiku Yinghua and Toei, even if Tokura Shunichi has a wider network, can he surpass Lin Daoqiu?

Even if he was given a hundred guts, he wouldn't dare to trouble Yoko Minano here, unless he was crazy.

"Yoko Nanye?" When Lin Daoqiu saw Yoko Nanye on the registration form, he was a little surprised.

Because in the previous life, Lin Daoqiu had read some history about neon female idols on the Internet, and Nanye Yoko was one of the very important figures.

But it's a pity that she fell at the speed of light after the 90s, but as for the reason, those reports didn't write too clearly, so Lin Daoqiu didn't know that Yoko Minano's fall had a great relationship with Tokura Shunichi, the president of S1 office.

"Yoko Nanno is actually a pretty good kid, with acting skills and outstanding temperament, but unfortunately, she has some conflicts with the agency, so it is difficult to continue to be popular in the entertainment industry."

Qian Chuanqing knew something about Nanye Yoko, so when he said this, Lin Daoqiu immediately got his idea.

The reason why Maekawa Kiyoshi didn't take action to rescue Yoko Minano was also because he didn't want to get into trouble. After all, Shochiku Films is not a brokerage company, and Yoko Minano hasn't achieved much in the film industry.

If she can make a few blockbuster movies like Momoe Yamaguchi, then the president of S1 Tokura Shunichi will never be able to threaten her. I am afraid that those big firms and film companies will find her passed.

"Since Mr. Maekawa said that, I'm really curious about how good she is."

Lin Daoqiu didn't know about the conflict between Nanye Yoko and the office, but even if he knew, he wouldn't take it seriously.

Because in Lin Daoqiu's view, he has already declared war with Dongbao, and there is almost no force stronger than Dongbao in the neon movie circle. His office didn't matter to him either.

"If she can really be selected this time, Shochiku Films is going to sign her."

Maekawa Kiyoshi did not hide her thoughts in front of Lin Daoqiu. After all, Yoko Minano is indeed excellent, but her excellence was always shown in idol activities before.

If she can successfully get the heroine of "Onmyoji" this time, Shochiku Films will naturally not miss this good opportunity and must sign her.

"It seems that Mr. Maekawa is planning to steal someone from me."

Lin Daoqiu's words made Qianchuan Qingze confused. When did Lin Daoqiu open an artist's office in Neon, why didn't he know?
Seeing Qian Chuanqing's shocked expression, Lin Daoqiu said with a smile.

"I'm just joking. If Yoko Minano performs well, even if she is not selected, I will suggest Shochiku Films to sign her."

Lin Daoqiu intends to reach out to help Yoko Nanno, even if she is not selected as the heroine of "Onmyoji", it does not mean that she is not good enough.

(End of this chapter)