Young people with light music will not encounter lonely rock music

"Ah...even if it is divided among the five of us...each of us can get more than 700 million..."

Kita counted with his fingers. "This is higher than my father's salary..."

It is definitely a huge shock for high school students to suddenly know that they can make so much money.

"This is just the sales on the first day. The total sales will definitely increase several times after that, because there is also income from digital albums..."

The girls were so surprised that they were speechless.

Especially Goto Kazuri, she almost fainted after hearing the number 900 million.

"Kotobuki-kun is really awesome... He can still remain calm in the face of such a fact."

Contrary to the girl's surprise, Kotobuki Hikaru still looked calm.

"Because I already knew about this in advance."

"If it were me, I would definitely not be able to sleep for several days because of this number..."

It's like winning the lottery jackpot.

It can even feel a little scary.

"It's okay." Kotobuki said. "After all, I'm not interested in money."

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Chapter 251 Guilty Crown

Hiroyuki Sawano is a well-known composer in the animation industry and has won many music awards at various animation awards.

His composition and arrangement style is very unique and full of personal style. He is known as a genius in the industry. The animation works that can invite him to serve as music supervision are definitely works with sufficient funds and are regarded as core projects by animation companies.

For example, Sawano has composed music for the famous Mobile Suit Gundam before, and more people know about his so-called Nuclear Explosion Divine Comedy than those who have seen this animation.

However, although Sawano is very famous in the animation industry as a composer, he still works behind the scenes most of the time and rarely composes music for celebrity artists.

Therefore, in fact, Maezawa only knew the name of his genius, and did not have a deep understanding of Sawano.

After all, composing music for an anime by a performing rock band is definitely a crossover in itself. Maezawa is also a little confused as to why the other company specifically named the band to compose the music.

Although he relied on his friends and shamelessly stuffed each other with gifts, he made the song that ended the band the theme song of the upcoming animation, and the response from the society was also very good.

But after all, the band is just a fledgling band, and it was only a few days ago that it was officially debuted as a student band.

It's really surprising that such an important project would be assigned to them.

For a while, Maezawa didn't know whether it was a good thing for them, who wanted to become a famous rock band, to continue to get involved in the animation song industry.

If this kind of business is done too much, it is likely that others will leave it and end the band?Isn't it that band that specializes in animation songs? 'impression.

Despite this thought, Maezawa worked overtime again as the new year was approaching and came to Sawano's personal studio.

"Generally speaking, musical geniuses like this should be guys with very strange personalities..."

After adjusting the tie of his suit, Maezawa inexplicably thought of the figure of another golden boy with this thought.

In his opinion, Kotobuki Mitsuru can definitely be called a genius boy. Even the big guys in the industry are always full of praise for the songs he writes. What's more, he is just a high school student. At this age, unless they are children from aristocratic families whose families are involved in the music industry, basically no one has experienced systematic learning since childhood.

But...he is not even interested in money. Maybe he is really a person who has been influenced by music since he was a child.

"Forget it, it's still important."

Shaking his head, Maezawa cleared his throat and rang the doorbell in front of the apartment in front of him.

Ding dong...ding dong...

You can vaguely hear the doorbell ringing from inside the door.

drop--

After the doorbell rang two or three times, Maezawa heard the sound of the doorbell suddenly stop, and then the intercom started to sound a noisy signal.

"Hello, this is Sawano...who is it?"

A male voice with a magnetic voice came from inside.

"Hello, is this Mr. Sawano? I made an appointment with you to meet today. Maezawa from JAC, is it convenient for you to meet now?"

With a business-like smile on his face, Maezawa spoke in the tone of a door-to-door salesperson.

"Oh... Mr. Maezawa, now that I think about it, we did make an appointment to meet today."

The voice on the intercom paused. "please wait for a moment."

Then, the signal was hung up.

Maezawa waited silently in front of the apartment door.

After a long time.

click-

The apartment door suddenly opened, and a figure appeared in front of Maezawa.

Maezawa glanced at Sawano up and down with eyes that were not too rude.

Sawano's figure is a bit slender, and he seems a bit sickly for a man...even sick, and his expression also looks a bit lethargic. He is obviously at home, but he is still wearing an uncomfortable suit, but he doesn't Wear a tie.

His hair was a little messy, and just like Maezawa's usual face, Sawano also had stubble on his face, and his slovenly appearance was somewhat in contrast to the neat suit he was wearing.

"Is it Mr. Maezawa?"

"Ah... first meeting, Sawano-kun, I am Maezawa from JAC... and the manager who ended the band."

Still a little unaccustomed to calling himself an agent, Maezawa felt that he was burdened with heavy pressure for no reason.

Then, he handed over the business card he had prepared.

Recently, he was promoted and became the manager of the band that ended. After asking Kotobuki about it, he agreed.

Therefore, the business cards were just printed today. The business cards I had been using before, those few boxes of inventory were wasted and had to be thrown away.

"First meeting, Mr. Maezawa, I am Hiroyuki Sawano... Please come in first, this is not the place to talk about things."

"Okay, Sawano-kun, I'm really sorry that I still took the liberty to visit you even though it's already the New Year's Eve. Please accept this New Year's gift in advance."

Maezawa also climbed up from the most basic business position, so he is also very skilled in going out to meet customers.

When meeting for the first time, a greeting is still necessary.

However, it is not good to give too expensive gifts. After all, the matter is not finalized yet. If you give too expensive gifts, it may make the other party think that you have the idea of ​​​​bribing. If he is the kind of upright person, he may be punished immediately. Will shut yourself out.

Therefore, Maezawa chose Tiger Balm as a gift, a high-end snack that was not too expensive and showed sincerity.

He made a special trip to Ginza just to buy this snack gift box.

The company would reimburse it anyway, so Maezawa didn't feel any distress when he bought it. He even bought two copies, one as a gift to Zeye and the other in his car, ready to be enjoyed by himself.

This feeling of plundering the company's wool is the feeling that you have made money. The salary and bonus you get from your work are just legitimate rewards for your hard work.

"Thank you. Please come in and take a rest first, Maezawa-kun."

Sure enough, the strategy of giving gifts was extremely effective, and the other party's name changed.

Even if the other person is a genius with a strange and lonely personality, normal people know how to avoid hitting the smiling person and not cause trouble to others... This is a rule of life that most people in this country abide by.

Following Sawano's footsteps into the apartment, Maezawa looked at the environment inside the apartment with some surprise.

This is Sawano's personal studio, and it seems that he usually composes music and other things here.

Generally speaking, a composer's studio will be filled with all kinds of messy equipment, including various types of effects units.

However, this place is unexpectedly full of classical atmosphere...

After entering the door, you can see a grand piano in Noda's living room, a Steinway. Maezawa also saw a similar one at Kotobukimitsu's house.

This should just be a place to entertain guests, right?Maybe the work place is in the inner room.

"Maezawa-kun, can I just have tea bags from the convenience store?"

"it does not matter!"

Sawano sat in front of the coffee table and threw a few tea bags into the glass teapot.

Then, after the tea in the teapot was boiled, he poured the fragrant tea into disposable paper cups.

"Is this Sawano-kun's studio... He really has a unique style of genius."

When the tea was being poured, the atmosphere became a bit too awkward, so Sawano began to look for topics to talk about.

"This is just a place to live and I will use it occasionally. When I really work, I will mostly work in the company."

"Sawano-kun, you should already know that the band will be composing music for the animation you will be responsible for next."

In just a short period of getting along, Maezawa roughly figured out the other person's temperament.

Obviously, the other party is not the kind of person who is very tactful, who has to mince words when speaking, and who has to carefully understand the meaning of what the other party says.

When dealing with this type of person, talking about business directly is what the other person wants.

"End the band...?"

Ugh...

For some reason, Maezawa noticed that the man in front of him inadvertently let out a slight sigh.

His brows couldn't help but frown a little.

"This band has been very popular recently, and I've gotten to know a little bit about it."

"Really? I wonder what Sawano-kun thinks about ending the band?"

When the topic of business came up, the expressions on the faces of the two men began to become serious.

"The composers and screenwriters of this band are very good. They are absolutely professional. For a band that has just debuted, anyone would be surprised by its ability. Some time ago, their songs were quoted by other animations, and the effect was very good. good."

Sawano was leaning on the sofa, his elbows supporting the armrests of the sofa, and his palms completely covering the lower half of his face. For a moment, Maezawa couldn't tell what kind of expression Sawano had now.

"Considering that they are still a student band composed of high school students, they can be said to be geniuses."

"I think they will be very happy to be recognized by Sawano-kun, who is also called a genius."

Maezawa said complimentary words to relieve the somewhat dull atmosphere.

"I didn't expect Sawano-kun to have such a high opinion of the band that is about to end... In other words, Sawano-kun agrees to our cooperation this time?"

However, after Maezawa asked the most important question, a cold silence filled the air.

"Mr. Maezawa used to be a music producer, right?"

"Ah... yes."

Maezawa didn't react for a moment.

Why would he ask himself such a question?

"The industry rules of animation music and pop music are still different. Maybe Mr. Maezawa is not clear about it, but I am serving as the music supervisor of this animation. Logically speaking, all personnel related to animation music should be I'll decide it when I come."

Maezawa really only knows a little about the rules of the animation industry.

Moreover, because the animation has not officially started production, the information he knows is very limited, and he does not even know the content and name of the animation.

“Does this have anything to do with ending the band?”

"Of course it is related. Although the opening and ending songs of this animation have not yet been selected, the ending band was actually forced into the music group list by the Governor."

When Sawano finished speaking, even Maezawa couldn't help but frown.

Such behavior would definitely not make Sawano happy as the governor of music.

His rights were violated, and the band was inserted by the Governor, which was no different from going through the back door.

No, no, no, it’s completely the back door.

Maezawa remembered that when the president talked about this matter with him, he also mentioned that "a friend invited me to end the band."

"I'm very sorry...but hasn't Mr. Sawano already confirmed his ability to end the band?"

"The song that ends the band is indeed very good, and it is not an exaggeration to say it is genius, but that is really based on the fact that they are a band who compose music for the purpose of performance."

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