Treasure Island 1992, starting from the Four Little Heavenly Kings

Chapter 150 Ryukyu People

On November [-], the weather was fine.

This is the first day of the release of Chen Qiming's Japanese album "Chen Qiming".

When all major audio-visual stores in Japan began to sell this album, Chen Qiming held a signing event in Tokyo Plaza.

The main purpose of this signing event is to increase the sales of the album before the album is released, so as to achieve the purpose of hitting the public trust chart with the album's songs.

Of course, another reason is that Chen Qiming is under a lot of pressure.

In terms of popularity, he is definitely not bad in Japan now.

But his rivals who released records at the same time were not weak at all.

In November, a large number of singers in Japan released records.

Among them, there are no less than five or six people who are regarded by Warner Records as possibly his biggest opponent.

The first one is Miyuki Nakajima, who has considerable influence in the Hong Kong music scene and is even dubbed the mother of Hong Kong Music.

She released her album Time at the beginning of the month.

As soon as this album was released, it entered the Oricon chart strongly, and even broke into the top ten aggressively.

Then, the second opponent is ZARD, who is currently popular in Japan and is called the ghost band by Japanese fans.

Izumi Sakai, the lead singer of this band, almost never shows up, and many fans still don't know her true face.

Mysteries are what people want to explore the most.

In addition, the songs of this band are very nice, so this band has a very strong popularity in Japan in recent years.

Earlier this month the band released the EP "Never Forget".

As soon as this EP was released, word-of-mouth sales immediately exploded. It has only been released for more than ten days, and the sales volume has reached more than 30 copies.

Then the third opponent.

This opponent is also a band, and it is Asuka and Chuck who won the Artist of the Year, Pop Album of the Year, and Single of the Year at the Japan Record Awards this year.

Asuka and Chuck should be the most popular band in Japan at the moment.

From 91 to this year, the sales of four consecutive albums exceeded 200 million.

The band's songs have also been adapted by the Hong Kong music scene.

"Flower Heart" in Zhou Huajian's album that sold 500 million copies this year is adapted from the band's song "Men to Women".

In addition, many of his albums in recent years have been adapted, and Qi Qin's "The Original Me" was also adapted by them.

Also earlier this month, they released the EP "You Are Free".

In addition to the above, there are two powerful opponents.

One is Tokunaga Hideaki, who became popular in Japan in the late 80s and has been awarded the most popular overseas artist in Hong Kong and Taiwan for many years.

The other is Noriyuki Shinhara, the most popular Japanese solo singer in Japan, who also brought his new album "ズル秀み" this month.

A wave of Japanese first-line singers gathered together to release records during this period, and Chen Qiming and Warner Records were naturally under a lot of pressure.

Therefore, on the first day of the album's release, Warner prepared this signing event for Chen Qiming.

Although the holding of this signing event was not comparable to the large number of thousands of people that Chen Qiming had when he was in Baodao.

But overall it was very successful.

A total of nearly 1000 fans came to the scene.

The vast majority are young female students, but there are also some middle-aged women.

Well, most of these middle-aged women came with their daughters.

At first, Chen Qiming was puzzled that the Japanese star chasers dragged their families with them?

But if you think about it carefully, it seems normal.

Japan is a country where men are in charge of making money and women are in charge of beauty at home.

Especially after the Japanese economic bubble in previous years.

Affected by the economic crisis, a large number of Japanese women have been laid off and can only stay at home.

Staying at home every day is naturally boring.

What do you do when you're bored?Naturally, it is watching TV and listening to music.

Then, slowly, some crazy women will naturally become a member of the star chasing group.

Why are there so many boy groups in Japan, and some of them even have uncles who are dozens of years old?

The reason is because their audience is actually these housewives.

Compared to young girls, these women have money, and they are not weak in the slightest when they are chasing stars.

Let's just talk about the women who appeared in Chen Qiming's signing.

When I buy records, I buy five or six copies directly, and the money is not ambiguous at all.

Chen Qiming was naturally happy about this, and even took two photos with them at their request.

Because today is the first day of the record release, most of the fans who can come to the signing event at this time are die-hard fans.

Therefore, Chen Qiming and Warner Music generously prepared a lot of gifts for the fans present today.

Some exclusive posters about Chen Qiming, and some autographs.

Although the items were not too valuable, the fans who got the gifts were very excited and expressed their support for Chen Qiming forever.

After the day's signing session ended, it was still early, and Chen Qiming did not relax, but went to participate in another TV variety show.

His appeal in Japan is not as good as Hong Kong and Taiwan.

In Hong Kong and Taiwan, as long as fans hear the news of his song release, they don't need Chen Qiming's large-scale publicity, and they will spontaneously buy the record.

In Japan, all sales need a little bit of positive publicity accumulation.

In fact, in terms of fame, Chen Qiming definitely has a strong reputation in Japan at this time.

Under the promotion of Johnnys and Warner Records, his posters and news are everywhere.

Anyone who follows entertainment news knows his name.

But this is like Michael Jackson also has a good reputation in China.

In Hong Kong and Taiwan, when it comes to Michael Jackson, most people say they have heard of it.

But if you let him buy his records, then nine out of ten it is impossible.

Fame is indeed wealth and the guarantee of sales.

But the two don't match.

It takes a long process to convert fame into sales and appeal.

But now, what Chen Qiming has to do is to actively promote himself and convert his fame into appeal and record sales.

……

Osaka.

Ichiro Kinjo hung up the phone, feeling very depressed.

He had just received news from Okinawa that one of his children had passed away, in a traffic accident.

As soon as he recalled the playful scenes of the two when they were young, his eyes gradually became moist.

He really wanted to go back to attend Faxiao's funeral, but when he thought of work, his mood became more depressed.

Along the street, Jincheng Ichiro began to walk towards the place where he lived in a trance.

Suddenly, he stopped, and couldn't help looking not far away.

"The sky of the island where I was born"

"I probably understand"

"How much of it?"

"Whether it's a star in the sky"

The fluttering sound of the song made Ichiro Kaneshiro's thoughts return to his boyhood.

At that time, he and Nagato were best friends, and his favorite thing to do every day was to catch fish in the fish pond on the island with a harpoon.

The two often sit in the wilderness and count the stars, imagining that in the future, they will leave the small island and go to the big city to see the wider world outside.

However, after growing up, he successfully walked out.

The friend who used to talk about dreams with him is not there. He is still managing the foundation passed down from his father's generation on that small island.

Listening to the familiar three-shin Ryukyu, Ichiro Kaneshiro made up his mind.

He decided to go back, to see Fa Xiao one last time.

Before leaving, he walked towards the video store where the singing came from.

This video store is doing very well, and there are many people picking records in the store.

Even, one of the corners was surrounded by six or seven female students in school uniforms with short skirts.

Wiping the moisture from the corners of his eyes, Ichiro Kaneshiro walked towards the smiling boss who was collecting money.

"Boss, what is the name of the song that is playing now? Is this record still available?" he asked.

Hearing this, the boss looked up at him, "You mean "The Treasure of the Ryukyu People"! This album is a song by Hong Kong and Taiwan singer Chen Qiming, and the album is called "Chen Qiming".

Now, those little girls over there are all buying this album, you can go to the shelf over there and pick up the record yourself, and then come over and pay for it. "

"Treasure of the Ryukyu people..."

Hearing this name, Ichiro Kinjo couldn't help being taken aback.

Before Okinawa was occupied by Japan, it was called Ryukyu.

Until now, the name Okinawa is still not a name recognized by Ryukyu people.

Most of them still call themselves Ryukyu people.

Moreover, every year, a large number of Ryukyu people call on everyone to stand up and resist and go out independently.

"Thank you!"

Ichiro Jincheng thanked him, and then walked in the direction the boss pointed.

If it is said that when he heard this song just now, he only liked this song because it made him feel a little bit, then after hearing the name of this song, his attitude towards this song directly changed into a good impression Bursting.

He feels that this is simply a song of the Ryukyu people themselves.

"Oh!! What should I do! I like the covers of these three albums very much, but I can only buy one, what should I do!"

"I think the picture on the beach is beautiful and warm, just like Brother Jiro."

"No, I think the one on the boat is better. Look, Qiming O'Neill is showing her breasts!"

"I still like this one. Don't you guys find this one the most handsome? It's bad, woohoo...I really like it..."

In the corner, several girls were arguing about who had the better covers on several albums.

Because the covers are all beautiful, several people couldn't pick a favorite for a while.

"Can you pass me a record, please? Thanks!"

Ichiro Kinjo, who was blocked by a few girls and couldn't get the record, spoke.

"Uncle, do you also like Qiming Oni Sauce?"

A girl handed a record to Ichiro Kinjo, and couldn't help asking with wide eyes.

"I don't like him, but his songs are so good! Reminds me of my hometown.

My hometown is Okinawa, which used to be called the Ryukyu Kingdom.

pity……"

Ichiro Kinjo took the record and glanced at the arrangement of songs on the back.

I saw the word "Treasure of the Ryukyu People" at a glance.

"Is that so? Didn't Qiming Oni-chan say that Ryukyu belongs to China?"

A girl looked suspicious.

"China!" Ichiro Kaneshiro recalled the stories his grandfather told when he was a child, and said melancholy: "Yes, Ryukyu belongs to China, including our Okinawa, which used to be a vassal state of China..."

(End of this chapter)