Traveling Through the Tokyo Bubble Era

Chapter 368 Future Singer
Hideki Hanyu holds octopus balls in his hands and is dressed very down-to-earth.

Although he had not been to such a pyrotechnic place for a long time, it did not affect him at all. He squeezed into the crowd skillfully like an ordinary passerby.

Then, he saw the source of the sound he just heard.

She was a girl who was not tall, had dark skin, could not be said to be beautiful, but was extremely energetic.

The other party's voice is very textured, slightly hoarse, but has a unique sense of power.

When the girl sang, she had a smile on her face, obviously enjoying the joy brought by the music.

Let’s not talk about the girl’s singing skills.

This kind of warm and generous style is something that many famous singers cannot imitate.

Hanyu Hideki listened carefully, but he was not impressed by the song the girl sang.

It was already a little late when he came, and the girl ended after singing a few words.

Then thank those around you.

If you were in China at this time, there would inevitably be applause from all around.

After all, although the girl's song is unfamiliar, she does sing it well.

But in Neon, everyone around them turned around and left with expressionless faces.

It was as if the onlookers just now were fake.

However, the singing girl was not discouraged and continued to express her gratitude enthusiastically.

It can be seen that she truly enjoys singing.

At this moment, a man in a suit walked out of the crowd and started chatting with the girl very politely.

The voice was so low that Hideki Hanyu couldn't hear clearly what the man in the suit said.

But he saw the other party hand the girl a business card.

Hanyu Hideki has been in the entertainment industry for so many years, so he can probably guess what he is doing.

He is probably an underground agent working for a single gang, here to try his luck.

I took a fancy to this girl and wanted to help introduce some business.

The business here is of course not about signing with a record company, releasing records and making a debut.

Although the neon music market is huge.

But to some extent, it is actually very small.

Most musicians who want to make a living through music will find it difficult to enter the mainstream music circle throughout their lives and can only hang out underground.

In the beginning, just like the girl in front of me, I performed in an open-air performance in a place like Yoyogi Park.

If you have money, you can rent your own venue to hold performances.

If you don't have money, you can only try to "apply" at LIVEHOUSE to get opportunities to perform and make money.

Neon's huge LIVEHOUSE market has also given birth to the underground broker industry.

Most of them do not belong to formal firms or record companies.

The main job is to help underground singers or bands introduce profitable venues to perform.

Some of them have connections in the mainstream music circle and can also introduce some "regular" businesses.

For example, serving as a supporting musician for a recording artist, or as a tour accompanist, a warm-up performer, etc.

The person in front of me is a typical underground agent.

After all, practitioners in the mainstream music industry would rather go to formal venues that have been screened by the market.

I won’t come to a place like Yoyogi Park to discover new people and waste time.

Because in those LIVE HOUSEs, there are singers who are outstanding and already have a certain number of fans who want to be favored by record companies.

And whether you can debut or not, to put it bluntly, has nothing to do with your strength.

This period is the golden age of idols.

The girl in front of me, first of all, does not "conform" to the trend in terms of appearance.

Want to sing about success?

There are so many popular female idols under Yunshang Entertainment, and except for a few, most of them are far from the girls in front of them.

If nothing else, he is a member of the Kitten Club under AKS Agency.

Except for Kamai Sachiko, there are a few other people who can listen to their singing.

But it's still a hot mess.

Since the New Year, a group of little girls have almost monopolized the Oricon charts.

No wonder there will be a big backlash in a few years.

And while Hanyu Hideki was thinking randomly, the underground agent who contacted the girl had also left.

Even the people who were watching around him all left.

then……

Only the tall Hideki Hanyu, holding an octopus ball in his hand, stood there in a daze.

The picture is somewhat funny.

"Sir, you didn't leave with them. Do you still want to hear me sing?"

Hideki Hanyu wanted to say, I just thought about it for a while and didn’t have time to leave.

Seeing that Hanyu Hideki didn't answer, the girl asked again.

"Are you, like the gentleman just now, also an agent?"

"Uh……"

Hideki Hanyu said, I am just a passerby who is going to eat octopus balls.

Thinking that I can't remain silent forever.

He simply asked, "Whose song did you sing just now?"

"This is a song I wrote when I was in high school. It's pretty good, right?"

When the girl said that she wrote the song, her tone was excited and her expression showed a little pride.

"Not bad." Hanyu Hideki praised.

I thought to myself that it was no wonder that there were some irregularities in the creation of this song, as if the person who wrote the song did not know music. It turned out that it was written when he was in his teens.

"Thank you for the compliment. Although I can't read music, everyone says I'm pretty good at writing songs. I'm going to finish my performance today, but if sir is willing to listen, I can sing one more song."

The girl's words left Hideki Hanyu speechless.

I just thought that song was written by someone who couldn't read music, but it turned out that the other person really didn't know music.

and many more!

Not able to read music...

Hanyu Hideki seemed to remember something.

Using the dim light cast by the street lamp, Hanyu Hideki carefully looked at the girl's face.

Without makeup, not pretty, but a bit familiar.

"Are you from Hokkaido?" Hanyu Hideki tried to ask.

"Hey! How do you know I'm from Hokkaido?"

Hanyu Hideki said, your Tohoku accent is not too obvious!

But that's not the point. What he wants to know isn't where the girl is from.

After confirming the place, Hanyu Hideki asked again, "Can I know your name?"

When the girl heard this, she smiled heartily.

"My name is Miwa Yoshida."

The moment he heard the name, Hanyu Hideki thought that he had guessed correctly, it was really this person.

Then the first reaction was to instinctively check left and right.

Miwa Yoshida asked curiously, "What are you looking for, sir?"

"Nothing." Hanyu Hideki replied.

He just felt that after the little foxes appeared, there was a Winnie the Pooh and a giraffe hidden around them.

Of course, this is just a joke.

Counting the time, the former should have not yet met Miwa Yoshida.

As for the latter, this time and space does not exist at all.

Even so, I was able to meet Miwa Yoshida, the lead singer of the future neon national band DREAMS COME TRUE.

What a wonderful experience.

I have to say that although the 20-year-old girl in front of me is not a beauty, she has a really lovable personality.

In the neon music circle of later generations, who doesn’t know that Masato Nakamura of the band Dream Come True may look like Winnie the Pooh with a smile, but he is actually a bad-tempered person.

On the contrary, Yoshida Miai, who looks cold and cool, often plays the role of a good old man in the band.

Seeing that Hanyu Hideki didn't speak, Yoshida Miwa couldn't help but remind him, "Sir, do you still want to listen to music?"

"Of course." Hanyu Hideki replied.

"Then I'll start."

Miwa Yoshida was very happy to hear that someone was willing to listen to her singing.

Then, she sang a song she composed for Hanyu Hideki.

It’s still the kind of unconventional composition.

There is a different kind of pleasant feeling in "Awkward".

It is indeed created by someone who cannot read music.

Accompanied by the singing, Hanyu Hideki finished the octopus balls in his hand and finally returned to normal.

"Sir, today's performance is over, goodbye."

After finishing her singing, Miwa Yoshida began to pack her things.

Hearing this, Hideki Hanyu stepped forward and asked, "Do you still have the business card that the agent gave you just now?"

Yoshida Miwa replied, "Yes."

Hanyu Hideki said, "Can you lend me some?"

Yoshida Miwa didn't know why, but still gave the business card to Hanyu Hideki.

Hanyu Hideki did not read the information on the business card, but wrote a series of phone numbers on the back.

When returning the business card, don’t forget to say, “Please be sure to contact me.”

"Are you also going to introduce me to perform at LIVEHOUSE?"

Yoshida Miwa apparently also regarded Hanyu Hideki as an underground agent.

"LIVEHOUSE?" Hanyu Hideki thought to himself, how do I know LIVEHOUSE?

However, there are many LIVEHOUSE owners who rent his space.

But thinking about it this way, it seems to be about the same.

So I simply said, "I'm not an agent. I have my own LIVEHOUSE. Since you like singing, you should sing to more people."

After speaking, he glanced at the old tape player at Yoshida Miwa's feet that was used to play accompaniments.

"And if you have professional musicians to accompany you, you will be more happy singing."

Yoshida Miwa put away the business card, "I will consider it."

Hideki Hanyu made a phone call gesture, "Then I'll be waiting for your call."

Yoshida Miwa blinked, "I didn't say I would definitely contact you."

Hideki Hanyu affirmed, "You will."

"Why are you so sure?"

"Because you belong to a bigger stage."
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Farewell to Miwa Yoshida, Hideki Hanyu wandered around Yoyogi Park for a while.

Heard Mancai jokes and watched lame magic tricks.

Then go home and rest.

The next day.

The Tokyo Electronics Entertainment Exhibition has entered its last day.

Hideki Hanyu does not plan to attend the closing ceremony.

When he woke up in the morning, he contacted his assistant Uemura Reiko.

Tell the other person that if someone named Miwa Yoshida calls recently, find a live house who rents his house and introduce him to perform.

He was in no rush to sign the other party immediately.

After all, in his opinion, this young singer who had just left Hokkaido and came to Tokyo still lacked enough training.

Besides, the current atmosphere in the music industry is not suitable for Miwa Yoshida to debut.

After giving the instructions, Hanyu Hideki thought that Miwa Yoshida would wait for a while before calling.

After hanging up the phone, he went out to pick up the little female cat from the pet center.

Turn on the TV and get ready to watch cloud satellite TV programs.

Uemura Reiko's call came back.

At this time, less than two hours had passed.

Reiko Uemura reported on the phone, "Ms. Hanyu, that Miss Yoshida called."

Hideki Hanyu asked, "Have you contacted LIVEHOUSE?"

"No, I just contacted Yata-san and I haven't decided which live house to go to yet."

Uemura Reiko finished her answer and then said, "But I told her your identity."

"It doesn't matter, I didn't intend to hide it." Hanyu Hideki said nonchalantly.

I put on a disguise outside last night just to avoid attracting onlookers.

"If it's a live house, choose one that is suitable for the band to perform. If there is no suitable one, you can find Miji Iijima. She will definitely have channels."

"Ok."

"Tell me when you're sure."

"Yes."

Uemura Reiko hung up the phone and simply stopped looking through Hanyu Hideki's pile of rental information.

Instead, he called his best friend Mijima Iijima directly.

As the president of Yunshang Entertainment, Mitsuo Iijima naturally has no shortage of LIVEHOUSE performance partners.

We quickly contacted the place.

But what Iijima Mitsuchi found strange was that if Hanyu Hideki wanted to arrange an artist, why didn't he contact her directly, but insisted on asking Uemura Reiko to go around.

But it was not easy for her to ask her boss directly about such a trivial matter.

If you want to understand the situation, it’s better to actually go and see it.

On the other hand, Reiko Uemura contacted the boss of LIVEHOUSE with the help of her best friend.

Immediately afterwards, I got in touch with Yoshida Miwa and asked her to perform at a live house in Shinjuku tonight.

Finally, he told Hanyu Hideki what he had decided.

By this time, it was already afternoon.

Hideki Hanyu, who had been at home all day, was about to go out.

Because Akina Nakamori, who went out to work, is back.

In order to be invited by the Governor of Tokyo tomorrow, she needs to try on clothes and styling.

Then she begged Hideki Hanyu to be her adviser.

Hanyu Hideki had nothing to do, so he agreed.

In this way, he accompanied Nakamori Akina out in the afternoon and waited until dark in the private styling studio.

The Pokeball C handheld device he took along with him was completely out of battery.

Walking out of the door of the styling studio, Hanyu Hideki stretched greatly.

Upon seeing this, Nakamori Akina immediately came up to hold Hanyu Hideki's arm.

"Thank you for your hard work, Hanyu-kun. You must be bored after spending so long with me. How about I treat Hanyu-kun to dinner?"

"Okay, I suddenly want to eat barbecue. I know there is a restaurant in Shinjuku that does a good job."

"Then let's go."

"Set off."

Hideki Hanyu got into his Mercedes-Benz G and headed straight to Shinjuku.

Enter the selected barbecue restaurant and have a full meal.

Hanyu Hideki felt a little strange inexplicably when he saw Nakamori Akina calling the waiter and taking the initiative to pay the bill.

In these years of dining out, it has been a long time since someone else paid the bill.

Thinking of this, Hanyu Hideki laughed interestingly.

Seeing this, Akina Nakamori came over and asked curiously, "Why is Hanyu-kun smiling?"

"It's nothing."

"Tell me..." Akina Nakamori acted coquettishly.

"I just find it interesting that Akina pays the bills, and I feel like I'm being supported by Akina."

Hanyu Hideki's words made Nakamori Akina smile like crescent moons and asked, "Hanyu-kun, do you really think so?"

"Really, I'm still thinking that if one day my business fails and goes bankrupt, I may really have to rely on Mingcai to support me."

Of course Nakamori Akina knew Hanyu Hideki was joking.

But I still couldn't help but say, "If that day comes, I will definitely work hard to make money and support Hanyu-kun."

"Hmm... I'll leave it to President Akina from now on."

Hanyu Hideki said pretending to be serious.

Then Akina Nakamori smiled even more happily.

After some joking, the two left the restaurant and looked at the moonlit night sky outside.

Akina Nakamori asked, "Are you going home next?"

Hanyu Hideki thought of the news that Reiko Uemura told him on the phone in the afternoon. It seemed that the LIVEHOUSE that helped Yoshida Miwa contact was nearby.

Then he said to Akina Nakamori, "It's too early to go back now. How about we go to LIVEHOUSE to listen to music?"

"Okay, okay, I'm too busy with work. I haven't gone to LIVEHOUSE to watch a show in a long time."

"I know there is one nearby, let's leave now."

"Have you been here before, Hanyu-kun?"

"No, but..."

Hideki Hanyu told Akina Nakamori about Miwa Yoshida.

"Then let's go quickly."

I heard that Hanyu Hideki was wandering around Yoyogi Park alone, and accidentally discovered a very talented singer, and he also helped find a live house for the performance.

Nakamori Akina immediately became interested and wanted to meet Miwa Yoshida.

The two of them walked away as they pleased, and soon arrived at the door of the LIVEHOUSE.

But before entering the door, Nakamori Akina suddenly pointed to Hanyu Hideki not far away.

"Hanyu-kun, that seems to be Iijima-san."

"Huh? It's really her."

Hanyu Hideki also saw Mito Iijima standing next to a taxi at this time, paying the driver.

"Iijima-san!"

After confirming that it was Mijima Iijima, Akina Nakamori hurriedly shouted hello.

Although Mijima Iijima is now the president of Yunshang Entertainment.

However, I also worked as Nakamori Akina's manager for a long time, and the personal relationship between the two is still very good.

However, Nakamori Akina's shout attracted the attention of many people around her.

She was so frightened that she quickly shut up.

If she, the top neon queen, and Hideki Hanyu, the national writer, are seen through, they will no longer be able to go to LIVEHOUSE.

However, because of Nakamori Akina's shout, Mijima Iijima over there also noticed the two of them.

After paying the fare, Mijima Iijima walked over quickly.

After the three of them greeted each other, Akina Nakamori asked in a low voice.

"Iijima-san, why are you here?"

After hearing this, Sanzhi Iijima looked at Hanyu Hideki.

"Hanyu-sensei suddenly wanted to introduce singers to perform at LIVEHOUSE. I was a little curious, so I decided to come and have a look."

Nakamori Akina immediately said, "It turns out that Iijima-san is also here for that Miss Yoshida, so let's go in and have a look together."

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