Tokyo Reborn: Dark Superstar

Chapter 136 Position of Chess Players

The next day, the Beasts band team was waiting for their flight at Kaohsiung International Airport when they saw it being broadcast on the news.

"Last night, there was a serious conflict at a Japanese food store in Liugui District. The scene was in a mess, with slash marks, and the door was severely damaged. Three people, including legislative candidate Ding Zongshu, were killed and 15 people were seriously injured."

"The police have been involved in the investigation and the reason is yet to be investigated..."

The surveillance footage from the restaurant was played on the TV in the terminal.

A monster wearing a huge Tengu mask burst in directly.

This mask is vividly painted, with exposed fangs, piercing eyes, and delicate paintings on the mask.

There was a long knife on his waist, and the blade shone with a cold light, revealing its unparalleled sharpness.

In terms of pure body shape, standing there is like a mountain, which is even bigger than Takakura Bunta, probably two meters high.

His body is burly, with clear muscle lines, full of strength.

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After life is returned, you can freely control your body, hair, and internal organs. As long as you pour your consciousness into it, you can freely control anywhere.

Changing your body shape is just the simplest basic skill.

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The sales volume of the album "PLANET" is increasing day by day, and the reputation of the band Beasts is also growing. Several songs are performing more and more well on major charts in Asia.

In mid-October, Ayumi Hamasaki, the second professional singer artist from Takakura Bunta Studio, released her new song "Trust".

This is a song written by Ayumi Hamasaki based on his childhood experiences.

Ayumi Hamasaki's father abandoned the family when she was 2 years old and ran away with no news. Therefore, Ayumi Hamasaki's impression of her father is very vague. Her childhood was spent with her mother and grandmother.

At the age of 7, in order to support his family, Ayumi Hamasaki worked as a special model at Fukuoka Central Bank and Iwataya. Until middle school, Hamasaki continued to work as a model to help support his family.
Based on this childhood experience, Hamasaki wrote the song "Trust" and won the "Best Newcomer Award" from the Japan Cable Awards and the Osaka Cable Awards for this single.

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The combined resources of Takakura Bunta Studio and Sony allowed Hamasaki Ayumi's "Trust" to quickly enter the charts, taking a lot of pressure off of its own mainstay, the Beasts Band.

Beasts, Ayumi Hamasaki, and Namie Amuro worked together to barely suppress the momentum of Elton John's "Candle In The Wind '97" (Candle in the Wind 1997).

After winning "Candle In The Wind '97" (Candle in the Wind 1997), Hamasaki turned around and started a war with Namie Amuro.

However, all the resources of Takakura Bunta Studio are now concentrated on the Beast Rock Band.

Newcomer Ayumi Hamasaki mainly relies on the publicity channels of Sony Records. His popularity is still unable to compete with the surging Namie Amuro. The disadvantage is too obvious and it is difficult to succeed.

In addition to Ayumi Hamasaki, there is also a singer and two bands, officially launching an attack...

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First of all, Arashi, the successor to SMAP that Johnny & Associates is promoting, has released a new song "ARASHI".

This is their theme song for the Volleyball World Cup.

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From 1996 to 1997, he temporarily suspended his music activities. During this period, in addition to continuing to work as a radio host, he only participated in the charity concert of the agency Amuse, the singer Masaharu Fukuyama.

In October, he announced his comeback and released his 10th single "Heart/you", which immediately attracted widespread attention.

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Of course, when it comes to new songs in October, the most popular one is definitely Izumi Sakai, a popular singer from Being Music Production Company.

Her band, ZARD, released the famous song "DAN DAN心enchantかれてく" (Gradually Being Attracted to You).

This is the opening theme song of the Japanese TV animation "Dragon Ball GT" and is hailed as a divine song by Dragon Ball fans.

This single is backed by an unprecedentedly strong production lineup.

Among them, the lyricist is the "Legendary Japanese Diva" who won many awards during her lifetime - Izumi Sakai, the lead singer of the band ZARD. The composer is Tetsuro Oda, a king-level music producer who is almost a household name throughout Asia.

ZARD, the Japanese band that performs this song, has gradually reached the peak of its singing career with the theme song of "Dragon Ball GT".

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The song "DAN DAN心enchantかれてく" (Gradually Being Attracted to You) has also become popular from Japan to South Korea, Xiangjiang, Yizhou Island, Southeast Asia...

Movies like "Toys" and "Trust" were defeated by their opponents, and ZARD has officially entered the first echelon of Japanese entertainment.

"DAN DAN心Charmかれてく" is coming in force, but it is difficult to defeat the band Beasts, which has already established its momentum.

"Candle In The Wind '97" (Candle in the Wind 1997) has been pressed down, and the Beasts band is full of momentum.

Now, even if SMAP, Japan's first-day group, appears, Takakura Bunta and others dare to face it...

Sakai Izumi confidently entered the Oricon charts with "DAN DAN Heart Charm", but as a result, it was completely bumped in the rankings and could not even make it into the top three.

There was no way, the Japanese music scene at that time.

The first place is "PLANET" by Beasts, the second place is "Concentration20" by Namie Amuro, and the third place is "Candle In The Wind '97" by Elton John.

Beasts and Namie Amuro are extraordinary, and "Candle In The Wind '97" (Candle in the Wind 1997) is even more influential.

Izumi Sakai couldn't break through the solid defense of these three songs, so he could only stay in fourth place and bully the singers below.

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At the end of October 1997, the battle for supremacy in the Japanese music scene that spread from summer to autumn came to an end for the time being.

The Beast Band became the well-deserved winner.

Some media have already added the prefix "Asian Tiantuan" when reporting on the band Beasts.

Everyone knows that it is only a matter of time before Beasts becomes the number one band in Asia.

The media and magazines under Totland Investment Holdings Co., Ltd. have prepared relevant articles. Once the right time comes, the new king will ascend the throne and the world will spread the news.

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The entire Asian music scene is silently waiting to witness history, but the lead singer of Beasts, Bunta Takakura, is focusing on another thing.

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On November 1997, 11, Northland declared a default on its sovereign debt.

At the beginning of 1997, Northland's foreign debt had reached US$1820 billion, accounting for 40% of GDP, of which US$1670 billion had to be borne by the government.

The government has to spend 30% of the federal budget on repaying the national debt.

However, due to the side effects of "shock therapy", Northland's economic conditions continued to deteriorate, the inflow of new investors stopped, and it became more difficult for the government to pay interest on the bonds issued earlier.

The sovereign debt crisis finally broke out in November! !

After the debt default, the Northland economy fell further into recession. For example, Russia's GDP fell by about 1997% in 15, and industrial production fell by nearly 30%.

Foreign direct investment fell sharply, the ruble depreciated sharply, and the ruble's exchange rate against the US dollar fell sharply.

In August 1997, 8 US dollar was worth 1 rubles.

On November 11, Northland President Yelit announced the issuance of "new rubles". The original 7 old rubles could only be exchanged for 1000 new ruble, and 1 US dollar was equal to 1 million old rubles.

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The Moscow office of Yuanverse Business Promotion Department was reorganized and used to be a branch of Livehouse Miss Yotsuya Coffee Bar.

Here, through the connections of Euphemia Salazar, the prima ballerina and major shareholder of the Bolshoi Ballet and winner of the Russian Benoit Dance Award, a person from the Northland military was contacted.

The Russian Benoit Dance Award is an international dance award known as the "Oscars of the Dance Industry".

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Euphemia Salazar is the first VIP client of Night Tokyo Charity Welfare Institute in Northland and the first overseas charity fundraiser.

During the period of shock therapy, this former prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Theater and a national treasure artist started a brokerage business.

She made so much money that she even bought her own workplace, the Bolshoi Ballet.

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According to Goro and Euphemia Salazar, the initial contact was in Xiangjiang.

The extent of the collapse of the entire Northern Kingdom can be described as shocking.

Once one of the most powerful armies in human history, this army launched a large-scale border smuggling, arms trafficking, and even mulberry trade.

During Vladimir's administration in the North, re-investigation found that in the 20s, 90% of captains, 56% of majors, 75% of lieutenant colonels and 84.5% of generals were involved.

The federal armed forces, the national guard, the border guard, the railway army, the federal communications force, etc., involve staff from various departments, industries and levels, and can lead to strings of relevant personnel vertically, and in the end they may all point to Some big shots…

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Takakura Bunta looked at the Northern Colonel who came to negotiate.

I saw it on the Internet in my previous life.

He realized that this time he really stood in the position of a chess player.

(End of this chapter)