Tokyo Reborn: Dark Superstar

Chapter 195: First time winning the Japan Record Award

"Ten Years", "Blue Bird", "Lemon", "Fruits of Midsummer", "Faith"...

Bunta Takakura came up with five high-quality original songs at once, which shocked Ryuichi Sakamoto greatly.

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"Ten Years" is the champion of the top ten Chinese love songs in Hong Kong in the new century.

As the king of the Chinese music scene in 2003, Chen Yixun quickly gained popularity in mainland China.

How can I describe how popular this song was at that time? It was played on the radio in endless loops and heard everywhere in the streets and alleys. People born in the 1980s and 1990s may not dare to say that they can sing it, but there are definitely very few who have not heard it.

A truly blockbuster song.

And the most important thing is that this song was not only popular at the time, but has remained popular to the point where countless people are still listening to it even after 2020;

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"Blue Bird" is the opening theme song of "Naruto Shippuden".

The whole song has a brisk rhythm, the melody at the beginning is very uplifting, and the tone of the whole song is energetic and positive. The singing of the biology section chief appropriately expresses the theme of "Blue Bird" to break free from its shackles and fly into the sky;

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"Lemon" is a song written, composed and sung by the genius Kenshi Yonezu. It is also the theme song he created for the forensic professional drama "Unnatural Death".

During the period when he was composing this song, Kenshi Yonezu was already exhausted both physically and mentally, and his grandfather passed away at that time.

This made him completely reset his understanding of the value of death, and he began to rethink and gain a deeper experience of death. As a song written in memory of his grandfather, he incorporated his sorrow and longing for the death of his relatives, as well as his own considerations on life and death.

《Lemon》于2018年3月14日发售，发售后的一周时间内销量达到300万张，电子版下载量750.2万次，总销量突破1000万。

The song topped the Oricon Electronic Singles chart for sixteen consecutive weeks and won the Best Theme Song Award at the 96th Japanese Drama Academy Awards;
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The Cantonese version of "Fruits of Midsummer" is "Northern Lights", sung by Karen Mok. The song was originally sung by UA in Japan, and the title was "Water Color".

Karen Mok’s unique voice and the lyrics of this song make us think about love. After listening to it for so many years, how many people really know what the fruits of midsummer mean?
Spring brings flowers and autumn brings fruits. The fruits should ripen in autumn, but the fruits in midsummer come too early and are therefore bitter.

When you first hear the song, you don’t understand its meaning, but when you hear it again, you are already one of the people in it.
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Many young people know the song "Faith" from the movie "Fleeting Time". Some children even said that this song is not very popular...

But in 2000, who didn’t know who the Prince of Love Songs was? ! !
Love songs such as "Love Like Tide", "Over the Top", "Love Is Just a Word", and "I Want to Love You So Much".

Zhang Xinzhe's song "Faith" became popular in Southeast Asia, won the first place in Singapore Radio 933's Top 100 Golden Songs, was one of the top ten popular songs in 1, and dominated the KTV charts for a long time.

I have never been loved firmly and passionately in my life...

Sometimes, it’s not that an old song suddenly becomes good, it’s that you have a story;
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The above 10 songs in the album "Ainu" include elements of Showa nostalgia, lyrical love, folk songs, rock and roll, with diverse styles.

At the same time, they are brand new and innovative, have strong musical aesthetic connotations, and are widely sung, with every song being a hit.

Not only the Japanese music market is taken into consideration, but also the music markets in the Red Earth Continent, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and Southeast Asia.

It can be said that cramming so many excellent songs into the same album may even cause some songs to be sacrificed and fail to achieve the same achievements as in the original time and space, which is somewhat like "using a cannon to kill a mosquito."

But Takakura Bunta also took the risk.

Since you want to become a god, then don't be stingy. Just sweep the charts in one go. Only then will you have the invincible momentum to reach the top and dominate the music scene.

Only by settling the Asian music scene as soon as possible can we rush into the international music scene as quickly as possible and lead One Piece Entertainment to carry out cultural exports around the world.

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Compared with the two most prosperous industries of the Takakura Bunta Group, Totland Capital and One Piece Entertainment are much more low-key.

Regular products of the universe entered the Northland, Hong Kong, and the United Kingdom. Among them, the striped slug was deployed in England.

Mimihaji PMC has established the first supply base in Southeast Asia, the second supply base in the Middle East, and has officially entered the Balkan region, which is the powder keg of Europe. It has also supported a number of international NGOs.

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Compared with Metaverse and PMC, which have already begun to go global, Totland Capital is applying for nine non-bank financial licenses, including securities, insurance, trust, fund, financial leasing, consumer finance, futures, wealth management subsidiaries and financial asset investment, based on Hokkaido Bank.

Its PAC (Political Action Committee) is actively expanding the influence of the centrists in Congress.

Prepare to build a complete multinational capital group.

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One piece Entertainment is busy eating the corpse of Burning Production and carrying out mergers and acquisitions in the Japanese entertainment market.

Its news, comics, game, fashion, film and television-related magazines and newspapers have begun to enter the Korean, Hong Kong and Southeast Asian markets.

At the same time, the Telegram software is being promoted across Asia, and the number of daily active users has now exceeded 1000 million.

The main focus is on cultivating content and completing the transformation from a studio to a super large entertainment company.

The third album of the Beasts Band, "Ainu", One Piece Entertainment, the entertainment industry war machine, has initially completed its integration and entered the expansion mode...

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While the Beasts were recording their album, the results of the 40th Japan Record Awards began to be announced.

The Japan Record Award is a famous music award in Japan that has been held since 1959. It is the most representative music award in Japanese commercial music.

The organizers are the Japan Composers Association and the Japan Record Awards Establishment Committee, and TBS TV assists in the organization.

TBS TV producer Seiko Uchiyama worked closely with Bunta Takakura in the selection of "Clouds and Smoke Become Rain", the overseas version of the theme song for the TV series "Itazura na Kiss", and during the filming of the special drama "Iron Armor Little Treasure".

Now, with the advertising resources and program sponsorship of Metaverse Planning Co., Ltd., Seiko Uchiyama has become the ace producer of TBS TV station.

In 1998, Seiko Uchiyama was the producer of the Japan Record Awards, so she naturally strongly recommended the band Beasts.

In this case, compared with only being nominated for the "Best Newcomer Award" in the previous session, the Beasts Band, which had completely opened up the red soil mainland market in October last year and was promoted to Asia's top group, won four nominations this time.

Japan Record Award, Best Singing Award, Best Album Award, Best Arrangement Award.

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Seiko Uchiyama, who is already a member of Night Tokyo Charity Welfare Institute, provided information that the Beast Band has a chance to win an award this time, and has a chance to win two.

However, Bunta Takakura did not attend the award ceremony, but asked Akina Nakamori to attend instead.

Among the songs in the new album, Akina Nakamori is the lead singer of eight of them, so it is necessary to increase her exposure.

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On the day of the awards ceremony, the Best Singer Award was lost to Namie Amuro, the Best Arranger Award was given to Tetsuya Komuro, and the Best Album Award was won by the SMAP group led by Takuya Kimura.

After failing to win three major awards in a row, Kanda Kei analyzed and reviewed the situation based on the information provided by Uchiyama Seiko.

It is very likely that the remnants of the old guard of Burning Production used the influence of the connections left by Suho Ikuo, coupled with some groundless rumors, to successfully put pressure on the judging committee.

The organizing committee temporarily changed some of the results.

However, the rise of One Piece Entertainment is unstoppable.

The soft power is soft enough, and the public relations department under the management of Kanda Keiko is also very generous;
The hard power is strong enough. The combat effectiveness of Majisuka Girls' Academy has made a great reputation in the Japanese underworld, and the "rat girl" Watanabe Mayu is resourceful (insidious and cunning).

No one wants to be like Ikuo Suho, with a neat and tidy family...

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So, at the end of the award ceremony, the most influential "Japan Record Award" was given to the Beast Band.

Akina Nakamori took the stage to receive the award, and the reporters below were all guns and flashes...

One piece's media outlets, including Tokyo Shimbun, Osaka Mainichi Shimbun, Kyushu Shimbun, Ultraman Information Book, Showa 40 Year Man, Ray, Vivi, and Mina, had already prepared press releases and started to hype the event crazily.

Comic magazines such as Monthly Harta, Dengeki Daioh, Gundam Ace, and Feel Young have all started to collaborate with popular characters from popular comic series such as Akina Nakamori...

So, the band won the Japan Record Award for the first time in 1998...

(End of this chapter)