Traveling Through the Tokyo Bubble Era

Chapter 63 You Say It's a Small Matter?

To Yoko Minano's regret, the trip between her and Hideki Hanyu ended too soon.

Sendai Yuying High School, supported by Hanyu Shuri, was ruthlessly eliminated by the opponent in the first game after the draw.

Daisuke Araki, supported by Yui Hanyu and Yoko Minano, and Waseda Industrial High School, where he was located, faced Hotoku Gakuen, a local team from Hyogo Prefecture, in the round of [-].

This is a one-man team that completely revolves around the ace player Yoshiaki Kanemura. Yoshiaki Kanemura is not only the main pitcher, but also the most important fourth batter.

The two star-level players met in advance in the top sixteen. All fans knew that this was almost a preview of the final.

And the two teams did not disappoint the fans. The game continued to fight until the sixth inning, and the score between the two sides was still 0.

Waseda Industrial High School took the lead in scoring 3 points in the seventh inning, and each scored 1 point in the eighth inning. Finally, Hotoku Gakuen scored 3 points in the ninth inning to tie the score and the game entered an extended inning.

And in the final tenth inning, when Daisuke Araki threw a curveball, he was hit by the fifth batter of Hotoku Academy and flew out of the outfield wall.

Deafening cheers erupted immediately. Daisuke Araki, the favorite of the two girls, and the hope of Tokyo fans, Waseda Industrial High School was eliminated.

At the same time, Hideki Hanyu and his team's trip to watch the game ended.

The teams supported by the three young fans were all eliminated, and they were not interested in continuing to watch. Hanyu Hideki had little interest in baseball, so he simply returned to Tokyo with the three of them.

When the three of them arrived in Tokyo, mid-August had passed, and after arranging for someone to send the younger siblings home, they sent Yoko Nanno to Yunshang Entertainment.

The floor where Yunshang Yineng's office is located is still empty and unpopular.

The training of the three girls has just started, and apart from the assistant arranged by Hirohashi Asako, no other staff is needed for the time being.

After Hideki Hanyu gave Yoko Minano to his assistant to take care of him, the other party looked at him before leaving, with a hint of reluctance for some reason.

Seeing this scene, Asako Hirohashi stared at Hideki Hanyu suspiciously, with an expression of what did you do to this girl.

Seeing this, Hideki Hanyu expressed his innocence.

"Asako-san, don't look at me like that. I don't know what's going on. There are Shurichi-kun and Yui-chan along the way. Besides, I'm not interested in 14-year-old girls."

Looking at Hideki Hanyu's gentle and handsome appearance, thinking about the other party's talented, young and well-known writer status, and his easy-going, gentle and considerate personality, Hirohashi Asako realized the problem.

"I want to give Hanyu-san a suggestion."

"Please say."

"If Hanyu-san doesn't like a girl, it's better not to get too close." Hirohashi Asako said seriously.

"What?" Hideki Hanyu was confused by Asako Hirohashi's words.

"Hanyu-san just listen to me."

Hirohashi Asako finally understood that Hideki Hanyu in front of her didn't know how much damage she could do to the girl.

That is to say, Hirohashi Asako knew each other when Hideki Hanyu was a kid, and she was married and had children, otherwise she might not have any other thoughts.

"Before you came, didn't Asako-san say that there was something important, you can always talk about it now."

Too lazy to guess the meaning of Hirohashi Asako's nagging words, Hanyu Hideki directly asked about the business.

"Sony Music said that the sales of Melaleuca Routines are not good, and Hanyu-san's royalties probably won't earn much."

"Only this?"

Hanyu Hideki thought this was an important matter.

"Of course there are more important things. I'm sorry that Sony Music is so cute. I want to release this single and sign the record contracts of the three girls at the same time." Hirohashi Asako said the key point.

"How did Asako think about it?" Hideki Hanyu asked.

In today's neon record market, Sony Music is the absolute trump card boss, not only has many popular singers, but also many independent labels are cooperating with it.

For example, Johnny's independent record label, record sales are also done by Sony Music.

The girl group they want to create, if signed to Sony, would be a good choice.

"I think it's good, but when I said I was going to form them into a group, Sony didn't agree."

Hirohashi Asako spread her hands helplessly.

"Why?" Hanyu Hideki wondered.

"Because of Momoe Yamaguchi's success and Seiko Matsuda's popularity, compared to the outdated Pink lady, Sony feels that girl idols who debuted as solo are more suitable for the current market than groups."

"The talk broke down?"

"Yeah, Sony won't cooperate unless we split up the three children and debut separately." Hirohashi Asako was helpless.

"Then I'm sorry to say no to them releasing such a cute single."

In fact, taking advantage of the popularity of cute advertisements, the three of Minano Yoko took advantage of the opportunity to debut with "I'm Sorry So Cute" as their first single, which should arouse some repercussions.

But considering their building plan, it's really not worthwhile to lose the big for a little popularity.

Besides, if it becomes popular in the future, it is estimated that I can make more money by duplicating this song and re-arranging it to release a nostalgic single.

After the important matter was finished, Hideki Hanyu asked Asako Hirohashi, "I'll leave first if there's nothing to do. I still have something to look for at the Shokokan."

Hirohashi Asako heard the words, recalled a little and suddenly called Hanyu Hideki to a stop.

"It's really a small matter. I didn't tell Hanyu-san before. Terabayashi-san of Warner Pioneer asked me to talk about cooperation. A few days ago, I finally talked about cooperation."

"What cooperation?"

Hideki Hanyu didn't care either. Compared to Sony Music just mentioned, Warner Pioneer really didn't have much influence in the neon music circle except foreign music.

"The star of Neon TV was born Hanyu-san, you should know that Warner Pioneer has a fancy for this year's player, and Terabayashi-san wants to join us to sign it."

Hirohashi Asako's words made Hanyu Hideki's heart tremble.

"A Star Is Born", a talent show launched by Neon in 1971.

Masako Mori, Junko Sakurada, Momoe Yamaguchi, these well-known female idols in the 70s all came out of this program, and it was this program that created the history of neon female idols.

Especially Momoe Yamaguchi, who publicly announced her marriage and retirement in October last year, even in his previous life, he was well known, and I don’t know how many neon girls have embarked on the road of idols because of his influence.

Thinking of someone who participated in the birth of a star this year in memory and was finally signed by Warner Pioneer, Hideki Hanyu tried to ask.

"Who does Terabayashi-san want to sign?"

"It's Akina Nakamori, the contestant who scored the highest score in the show's history in the episode of A Star Is Born in July. I watched the video, and the voice is very distinctive."

Hearing Hirohashi Asako say that name, Hanyu Hideki couldn't help shouting in his heart, it really was her!Asako-san even said that signing Nakamori Akina is a trivial matter.

This is recognized as the first singer of neon. Together with Seiko Matsuda, she supported the neon idol prosperity of the 80s. Various song awards were given soft hands. After more than 30 years, she is still a super idol who will never be forgotten.

If I remember correctly, Akina Nakamori's record sales exceeded 67 billion yen in the second year of her debut, winning the sales champion of the year.

In the recognized seven-year peak period, the total sales of records alone exceeded 350 billion yen, excluding other income such as photo shoots and advertisements.

The total sales of albums in his career exceeded 500 million copies. Even after 30 years of silence, he still ranks among the top [-] in the sales list of neon singers.

This is not a person, it is simply a humanoid money printing machine.

In my memory, the Kenyin Office that signed Nakamori Akina was built on the basis of Nakamori Akina, so much so that I joked that the new Kenyin building was earned by Nakamori Akina,
But what Hirohashi Asako said next made Hanyu Hideki's liver tremble again.

"But Warner Pioneer's high-level executives feel that we have just established and want to find other firms to cooperate with. Terrin-san suggested that if we want to reach a cooperation under such circumstances, we must show enough sincerity."

When Hirohashi Asako said this, she shook her head uninterestedly.

"Serabayashi-san wants to help Warner Pioneer open up the neon market. He is so eager to cooperate with us because we, as a new firm, are easy to control. After signing a contract, we can smoothly take away the dominance of the artists."

Pointing to the downstairs, Asako Hirohashi continued, "We still have Yoko Minano and the others waiting to make their debut, sign another newcomer, and compete with sincerity. It's really troublesome. I didn't agree at the time. Ask me to forget about it."

"No trouble! No trouble at all! Asako-san must facilitate this cooperation."

Hanyu Hideki couldn't hold back for a moment, his voice was a little excited.

He really wanted to tell Asako Hirohashi that although the three of Yoko Minano were excellent, in terms of achievements, they were not as good as the Akina Nakamori you mentioned when they were tied together.

(End of this chapter)