Flying over the bubble era

Chapter 1061 1061. A little face

After listening to a demo, Yanqiao Shinichi took out the tape, looked at the scribbles written by Dai Kuromoji on it, and couldn't make up his mind.

Looking at the message left on it, it's clearly a song written for football.But... Yanqiao Shenyi couldn't help but had an idea. ——What is football?

Not basketball?
Is the theme song of a basketball cartoon a football song?That would be too outrageous.

At first, hearing the familiar melody, Shinichi Iwahashi thought it was a released song that he had heard somewhere, and planned to contact the music association to confirm whether this song "collided" with the released song.

However, keep listening until you get to the end of the song.The sense of familiarity in Yanqiao Shenyi's heart suddenly found its source.It seems to be a song I heard in a cartoon about playing football.

Did the inspiration for this song happen to fall into Daikoku Morki's mind, or was this song born for Daikoku Morki? ...Could it be that this was originally a basketball song, but now it's a song written because of football?

Yanqiao Shenyi thought about it, put the tape in again, pressed the play button again, and listened to it again.No matter whether this song is written for football or for a cartoon about playing football, there is no doubt that it is an excellent song.

While Dahei Moji soared into the sky when he debuted, his own creative power also came to maturity at exactly the right time.

This is not only the luck of her, a singer who was forcibly promoted, but also the luck of GENZO, who was forcibly promoted for her.Of course, the mature talent she showed at the beginning is the reason why she became the "chosen one".

Iwahashi Shinichi recovered from this little accident, called his clerk, and arranged for him to confirm this football song by Dai Kuromoki with the music association.

In any case, for the sake of safety, the possibility that Dahei Moji happened to be inspired by other singers should be considered.

Arranging a clerk to confirm with the music association, Iwahashi Shinichi thought about it, and called another clerk to come in.What I want to confirm this time is the basketball-themed manga that is currently being serialized.

In Iwahashi Shinichi's impression, there is no animation called "Slam Dunk" broadcast or popular in Japan at the moment.However, having experience with "Chibi Maruko-chan" first, his first reaction was to find related manga.

……

The clerk who was sent to confirm the basketball-themed manga came back to report first. Since October last year, "Weekly Shonen Jump" began to serialize a manga called "SLAM DUNK". The author, Takehiko Inoue, is a new manga artist who has just debuted.

The manga released its first booklet two months ago, and it's selling well.It is said that the second volume is already on the way of planning and publishing.

In addition to bringing relevant information, the clerk also brought this volume of published comics.Iwahashi Shinichi casually flipped through a few pages, and the similar sense of familiarity as when he heard the football song earlier reappeared.

Those who are qualified to issue single volumes are without exception popular manga.It's only been a few months since the serialization started, and it will be released as a single volume, which obviously has a good response among comic fans.In other words, the future is limitless.

The fact is that basketball, at least in Japan now, is not a sport that attracts a lot of attention.Baseball stars and football stars often appear in TV shows and commercials, but basketball stars are not seen.In other words, there is no "basketball star".

However, whether it's manga, animation, or anything else, for anything that sells well, you definitely don't just count on the support of fans.To use an analogy, any idol star who has successfully transformed must not only have the love and support of fans.

When planning the development route of GENZO at the beginning, there was a plan to move closer to the animation industry and use animation to promote its singers.Although the combination of BBQQUEENS has nothing to do with GENZO, the benefits gained from the animation theme song of "Chibi Maruko-chan" can be regarded as the first piece of sugar tasted from this part of the plan.

Tasted the sweetness, this road is even more attractive.

Compared with confirming what manga is being serialized, it takes longer to confirm whether a new song coincides with other songs.The last waiter who came back brought back the news that there was no song similar to this new song in the music library.

After confirming this, Iwahashi Shinichi suddenly felt amused.The thought came back in my mind——

What is football?

Is the theme song of a basketball cartoon a football song?
...Even if it is, so what?

Although what I have now is only the song, and there are no complete lyrics, but even if Daikoku Moji wrote the words "I fell in love with football" in the lyrics, it will not prevent this song from becoming the theme song of basketball animation.

If a song is used as a theme song or a promotional song, it is of course impossible to play the whole song. According to the length of the opening or ending of the film, a special arrangement is made to use it.Even if there are inappropriate lyrics, just cut it out.

As for the audience who bought the single after listening to the TV version, it doesn't matter how they react to the lyrics like "I love football".Even, the theme song of the basketball animation is a football song, which can also become a marketing selling point.And these are exactly what record companies have to do.

If it is all up to the singer himself to write songs that fit the plot, how can the role of the record company be reflected?
What is football?

It's wonderful because it's football!

Therefore, regardless of whether it was an accident that the theme song of the basketball animation became the song of football, Iwahashi Shinichi had no intention of interfering with the creation of the song Daikoku Maki.there is always a solution to a problem.

Of course, "Slam Dunk" was only released as a single volume, and it seems a bit too much to think about it now, and it seems to be strategizing against the air.But on the other hand, because everything has not started yet, it is a good time for him to use his brain.

Just work hard so that the football song of Daikoku Moki can become the theme song of basketball cartoons, why not?

However, if you want to get this opportunity, you need to pay more attention to the development related to this comic.

Nagato Taiyuki wanted to get the right to produce the theme song of "Chibi Maruko-chan", but because of the relationship between GENZO and the Japanese animation production company, he failed, and finally had to outsource from GENZO. Since Shinichi Iwahashi aimed at this To read "Slam Dunk", we must focus on the copyright owner of this comic and the relationship behind it.

Once the clues are captured, it's time to use the relationships that can be used here to further achieve the goal.

This way of doing things is not uncommon. In fact, there are many projects in the industry that are actively contacted by practitioners with keen sense of smell when they are just taking the initiative, so as to win this opportunity.After all, look at the means first, and the relationship between people.

As for the method of building a good relationship with the original author, if the other party is a famous person who already has status and the right to speak, it is still somewhat useful.However, when the other party is a newcomer who has no right to speak, the original author has no say in the adaptation.

Yanqiao Shenyi made up his mind and decided to temporarily include the football song Daikoku Moji in the music library.After thinking about it, he picked up the phone again and called Mayumi Watanabe, "Manyumi-san, there is a manga I would like you to read."

He imitated the way Watanabe Wanyumi showed him the original work of "Kitchen".

"comics?"

Wanyumi Watanabe suddenly received such a call and reacted.After a little deliberation, confirm with him, "Let's hear it."

Shinichi Iwahashi told her, "A basketball-themed juvenile manga is being serialized in "Shounen Jump." He briefly said a few words and agreed with her, "I will send the manga to you later."

"Just to make sure, what are your plans?"

"I'm not sure yet." Iwahashi Shinichi replied, "I just think it's a manga with great potential.... In short, please read it first."

For specific ideas, we still have to wait until Wanyumi Watanabe has finished reading, and the two of them will talk face to face.If this matter is to be done, it is inseparable from Watanabe Mayumi's contribution.

He was vague, but Wanyumi Watanabe was not in a hurry, and only agreed.Putting down the receiver, Iwahashi Shinichi arranged for his assistant to run errands and send the manga to Watanabe Mayumi's office for him.

GENZO is not far from her office, a visit is like a walk.

……

The matter could not be unfolded for the time being, Yanqiao Shen put "Slam Dunk" and the football song aside, and only wrote something in the notepad.

Go over the important things at hand. Before Friday, as usual, he flipped through the letters sorted by the clerk into the "not important" category.Most of them are personal exchanges, and out of etiquette, it doesn't matter even if they don't go through other hands, but Yanqiao Shenyi made it a habit to look through them once a week.

He flipped through it hastily, and when he found one of them, he reacted a little.

This is a letter sent from the Fujima family. To be precise, it is a letter of thanks. The content is to thank Iwahashi Shinichi for the honor of going to watch Ichikawa Somegoro's Kabuki performance.The wording of the content is modest, and it does not match the impressions of "Kabuki is tall" and "Liyuan's threshold is high" imagined by layman Iwahashi Shinichi.

Going to Kabuki Theater to watch a performance was purely a temporary idea with Akina Nakamori.At that time, I was confused, and I didn't pay attention to it afterwards——

Instead, the photo taken by "FRIDAY" was published in the magazine for the two of them as a permanent souvenir.

Being photographed by a magazine, even though it was unexpected, it was something that could be imagined.But afterwards, such a polite thank-you letter from a kabuki actor who had seen it really exceeded Iwahashi Shinichi's expectations.

He read the letter slowly.

The person responsible for writing and sending this letter is the current head wife of the Fujima family, Ichikawa Somegoro's mother.It’s not easy to be a wife in Liyuan, if you get married, from then on, you have to live the life of a wife who gets up earlier than chickens and sleeps later than dogs, takes care of her husband every day, is filial to her parents-in-law, and has sons to inherit the family business from sons to daughters , to educate the children, in order to protect the precious kabuki actor, never let him get a little bit of human fireworks, and even carry the bag for her husband.

As for the fact that her husband, who is an actor, goes out to enrich his life experience, it should be taken for granted.

In addition, as a Liyuan wife, she has to take care of her husband's external relationships, wait outside to greet the audience when her husband has a performance, and so on. The standard is extremely standard.Since Ichikawa Somegoro did not have his own family and the head of the Fujima family was his father, then it was his mother who came forward at this moment.

In fact, if the Kabuki family is regarded as an old family theater troupe, the Kabuki actor as the head of the family is the head and face of the troupe, and the wife of the family is responsible for the logistics. This can make sense Why did the head wife of the Fujima family send such a letter.

It is a fact that Liyuan has a high status and that kabuki actors from famous families are respected.But a kabuki actor can stand high and put on airs, but it is impossible for the support staff who serve him to follow suit.On the contrary, in order for a kabuki actor to maintain his image and style, the support staff must do their best to do those trivial and humble things.

At the moment when kabuki is in decline, there are families that still put on a high profile, and there are families that are actively seeking change.Looking at this family, the style of both father and son actively participating in TV shows is definitely not the former one.

In the report of "FRIDAY", I wrote an extra sentence that Shinichi Iwahashi and Akina Nakamori went to see Ichikawa Somegoro's play, which led many people who were not interested before to wonder who Ichikawa Somegoro was. advertise.

Perhaps it was because of this that the head wife of the Fujima family sent such a special letter.But it is also possible that this letter is an introduction.Today, Yanqiao Shen has already become a big shot who will be seized by the outside world and take the initiative to make friends with him early in the morning.

No matter how Shinichi Iwahashi reacts, anyway, it is his wife who is doing the business of showing up in public, and he is not worried about hurting the face of the "man on the cloud".

Thinking of this, Yanqiao Shinichi couldn't help feeling admiration in his heart.

A woman married into a Kabuki family is simply a brave man, a ninja, and a saint.

The Fujima family is a top-notch family in the kabuki industry, and they also have a bit of face in the entertainment industry.The headed wife sent a letter of thanks, Yanqiao Shenyi saw it, and couldn't be indifferent.After reading the letter, I thought about it and found an opportunity to support this family.Since the Fujima family showed their favor, it is natural to give them some face.

……

On Friday night, the thank-you party for the Dahei Moji concert was held, and all the related people came to join in.

Officials from the record company and office stood at the entrance of the venue to welcome the guests, and Shinichi Iwahashi brought Daikoku Maki and introduced her to the important people present.

It wasn't the first time that Shinichi Iwahashi led him to meet a related party.Before and after Dahei Moji's debut, he had personally taken him to meet various people.Even though socializing is boring, since he chose to debut in the mainstream and is full of ambitions for the future, Daihemoji doesn't think much about bowing all the time.

Now, Daikokumoki has jumped to the front line, and Iwahashi Shinichi values ​​her highly. At this thank-you meeting held in her name, everyone's attitude towards her is even more different.

(End of this chapter)