Flying over the bubble era

Chapter 1235 1235. Complex Stage
On Monday, while busy, I received a call from Yokichi Osato from AMUSE.

Iwahashi Shinichi and Osato Yokichi and his wife from AMUSE have been in contact with each other over the years.Every New Year, Yanqiao Shinichi would go to Osato Yokichi's house to pay New Year's greetings, and if he received an invitation from Osato Yokichi, he would definitely go to the appointment happily.

When preparing for the music festival, I received great support from Yokichi Osato, and later on when I made the band Tianguo, I received great help from AMUSE.With such a solid cooperation first, Dali Yangji himself is very easy to get along with, so naturally, he maintains a good friendship with Dali Yangji.

Of course, Yanqiao Shinichi has always maintained enough respect for Osato Yokichi in his heart.

After all, the founder of the AMUSE firm was able to become a capable leader under Shin Watanabe, and with the support of Zhou Fang Yuxiong to start a business independently and open an independent firm, he was able to break up peacefully with the BURNING department afterward—such a figure.

The biggest contributor to AMUSE's success is Nantian Qunxing.The firm started with the band, and has been deeply involved in the band Paradise. It has several well-known bands under its umbrella. It is also relatively well-known in the industry. It is a firm that has a hand in managing bands.

Osato Yangji's ambition to run a band is not even limited to the discovery of local bands.

The phone was connected, and after a brief exchange of pleasantries, Yokichi Osato and Shinichi Iwahashi chatted about their arrangements for Fukuyama Masaharu.According to the plan, in the second half of this year, Fukuyama Masaharu will hold his first tour since his debut.

GENZO has always produced singers, and the work plan is handed over to the record company to be responsible for the formulation.But Masaharu Fukuyama is different. His work plan is formulated by AMUSE.

For the tour in the second half of the year, Masaharu Fukuyama is scheduled to perform at the LIVEHOUSEs operated by Shinichi Iwahashi.

Nowadays, LIVEHOUSE has opened branches in big cities. Singers who do not have high requirements for the threshold of "tour", as long as they perform in these stores once, they are already on tour.

Fukuyama Masaharu is now somewhat popular and famous. If he wants to hold a tour, he naturally chooses a small venue.On the one hand, a venue with a large number of people cannot support it; on the other hand, a small venue shortens the distance from the audience, which is a powerful tool for attracting fans.

Yokichi Osato discussed with Shinichi Iwahashi whether Shinichi Iwahashi could be a guest on Fukuyama Masaharu's radio program after the tour period started.

Although he seldom appears on TV, Shinichi Iwahashi has participated in radio programs a lot.Yokichi Osato opened his mouth, and Shinichi Iwahashi would naturally sell this favor.Besides, Masaharu Fukuyama is the singer of GENZO after all.

However, among other singers under GENZO, there are several people who have their own titled broadcasts, and Shinichi Iwahashi has never been a guest.

Yanqiao Shenyi came up with an idea in his heart. After starting this idea, he might as well hold a random surprise appearance on the radio program of his singers in the future, bringing surprises to the audience and scaring the singers anytime and anywhere—that’s okay Not so.

After all, Yanqiao Shinichi is a kind boss, not the dean who likes to observe secretly.

……

After receiving a definite answer from Shinichi Iwahashi, Yokichi Osato smiled brightly, and said the polite words before the end of the topic, "Our Fukuyama, I will also take care of you from now on."

Yanqiao Shinichi responded politely, remained silent, and waited for Yokichi Osato on the other end of the phone to speak—whether it was to hang up the phone or discuss other matters.

Dali Yangji understood, and didn't say any more polite words, and asked, "Yanqiao-kun, do you still remember a band called beyond from Xiangjiang?"

"Beyond?"

Shinichi Yanqiao reacted, "Before, Da Li-san recommended this band to participate in the music festival, right?"

Dali Yangji raised his voice slightly, "Exactly!" He laughed, "Everything is in order in Yanqiao-kun's heart."

Yanqiao Shinichi smiled politely, thinking that he would remember this band, not just because Yokichi Osato recommended the band to participate in the music festival.

This year, the music festival is still going on.At the beginning, with the goal of making the music festival an annual event, the organizing committee was established.Each year thereafter, in late summer, a major music festival and a female-only rock festival were held.

When AMUSE established a subsidiary in Xiangjiang, it brought beyond to Japan, recommended it to Iwahashi Shinichi, and performed at the music festival that year.

Listening to Yokichi Osato's introduction on the phone, at the end of last year, AMUSE officially confirmed that he would be in charge of beyond's management affairs in Japan, and at the beginning of the new year, he formally signed a contract with the band.

At the same time, the band's record contract in Japan was finally placed in Warner under the coordination of the people in Xiangjiang.

The Warner of the world has been responsible for the promotion of many singers from Hong Kong and Taiwan.I chose Warner because the other party has rich experience in dealing with singers from Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Yokichi Osato was explaining, but Shinichi Iwahashi was thinking in his heart that AMUSE was in charge of beyond's management affairs in Japan, which naturally included making the band's work plan in Japan.

In other words, the well-known accident that resulted in Wong Ka Kui's death was also taken over by AMUSE.

Thinking of this, Iwahashi Shinichi didn't have any thoughts about AMUSE's tricks or anything like that.To look at this matter, it can only be said that the reasons are very complicated.

It is well known that Japanese variety shows have no lower limit.But after the bubble burst, the situation became more and more serious, and the content of variety shows became more and more exaggerated.

When the TV station's budget is tight, not only will it cut down expensive programs, but it will also cut a little bit in places such as the set and props of the show. The effect of variety shows will also focus on the performance of the guests.Those who participate in the show need to work hard to show the effect, and the artist must work hard.

In other words, when the stage becomes valuable, people become worthless.

In the past few years, the music programs on the TV station were rich in variety, and they did not stop all day long.But with the end of the idol era, record companies have also realized that frequent playing on TV will affect sales. At the same time, TV stations feel the pressure. Various factors have been combined. They are all ordinary unknown soldiers who are not eligible to participate.

No matter how brilliant the bands from Xiangjiang have been in their homeland, when they arrive in Japan, everything is still nothing.Even, in a sense, it is a "negative number".

If Japanese singers want to break into the United States, those who wait there are failures.As the center of global pop culture, how can the audience there think that a singer from Japan will bring something worthy of attention?

The singers from Xiangjiang come to Japan, and the Japanese audience will also have such a natural rejection.

If an idol group came to develop, that might be a different matter.The audience can watch it like a pot of bonsai from a foreign country.But the band is different, the band needs to output something.If you can't convey exactly what you want to convey to the audience, then you are not a band on stage.

For foreign singers, language issues are important, but language issues are only basic issues.

It is hell mode for Japanese singers to enter the United States, and the situation for foreign singers to enter Japan is not much better.In fact, even if a singer from the United States came to attack Japan, as long as he was a foreigner, he would end up just looking at a fresh bonsai.

Yokichi Osato longed for internationalization as early as Watanabe's production period. Later, he opened subsidiaries all over the world and won the performance agency of Broadway plays in Japan. Even the artists under his banner are also called "Artiste". Instead of using "actor" or "singer" to distinguish them like ordinary firms.This kind of AMUSE naturally has an ambition to go international, but the more you start working hard to realize it, the more difficult it is to realize it.

After the contract was signed, beyond officially moved its headquarters to Tokyo and started music production.On the other hand, AMUSE also began to arrange corresponding work plans for the band.

But it doesn’t need to be said by Osato Yokichi, Iwahashi Shinichi can also imagine that the band can at most cosplay the stake man in the program sent by AMUSE through the relationship of the TV station, and pass the host’s polite words through the translator, which is regarded by the guests and the audience as It was monkeys who came to watch.

In fact, from a certain point of view, watching stars from foreign countries struggling to adapt and trying to maintain a smile and understanding in the programs of their own countries will bring a little vanity to people in front of the TV.

Osato Yokichi had a bit of humor, and said to Yanqiao Shinichi, showing off with a joke, "After the staff hung up the posters of the band's performance, there were even tourists from Xiangjiang who went to join them."

After hearing this, Yanqiao Shenyi replied, "It seems that AMUSE has signed a super band from Xiangjiang."

"I've never doubted this," Oli Yangji said.

"It's very difficult to sell overseas bands." He spoke frankly to Iwahashi Shinichi, "Even such a successful band has to face various difficulties when it comes to Japan. ...Of course , this is the scenario that was foreseen when I decided to sign the band. However, I am still willing to give it a try.”

Osato Yokichi's words, no matter how sincere or false, but one thing is certain, AMUSE will not give up the promotion of beyond easily.However, Osato Yangji paid so much attention to beyond and showed an attitude of being willing to give them more time. Most of the reasons came from the fact that he wanted to collect relevant experience by promoting this band.

Pitching a band that has had major success in their own market...

An idea came to Yanqiao Shinichi's mind. He thought, perhaps, the more successful a band is in its own territory, the more difficult it will be for a band to succeed in an unfamiliar new market.

Because, being able to succeed in their own territory means that this band has characteristics that are deeply loved by the people of this place.Conversely, it is more likely to make audiences who are unfamiliar with new markets feel "difficult to swallow".

Hearing Osato Yokichi say this, Iwahashi Shinichi felt that if he were to sell the product, he would choose a blank piece of paper and make it from scratch.

(End of this chapter)