Flying over the bubble era

Chapter 1546 1547. Taking Advantage of the Situation

As a producer, Tetsuya Komuro's vision and methods are impeccable. This is not only a talent for music, but also a first-rate business sense that has enabled him to achieve such success.

Not only did Tetsuya Komuro move his work base to the United States, but before Hiroyuki Narita brought this information, Shinichi Iwahashi had also heard that Tetsuya Komuro often traveled to Hong Kong and also went to Shanghai. His vision was by no means comparable to that of traditional industry people who were complacent.

Such a broad vision and action are also a manifestation of absolute self-confidence.

This newly successful person has the courage to look down on the industry.

But the weakness of Tetsuya Komuro is that although he has some courage, he often reveals a bit of complacency that makes others look like fools. This weakness is harmless when he is just a "music producer" and can even be a manifestation of genius. But if he has other ideas, this weakness will be a fatal flaw that can ruin his career.

If you don't understand this weakness of Tetsuya Komuro, you won't be able to understand many of his actions.

Suho Ikuo's people, by throwing out the tempting card of Amuro Namie, may have glimpsed some of Komuro Tetsuya's arrogance and discovered the restlessness in this person's personality. However, for outsiders, they have never really approached this person's true nature.

In the past few years, Shinichi Iwahashi has cooperated with Tetsuya Komuro and fully supported him. He seems to be indifferent to everything, but the thing he does most is observation.

Human nature is mysterious. Complexity and simplicity are like the two sides of a coin. The direction of many things is just a matter of tossing the coin.

Understanding who your collaborator is can help you minimize misjudgments.

At least one thing is clear: Tetsuya Komuro is not a chess piece, but a chess player. He is qualified to be on an equal footing with the black-clad people in the entertainment industry.

If you get his position wrong, nothing will happen.

To make a chess player work for you, you need to plan and lead him forward, rather than trying to manipulate him. The people behind Namie Amuro are certainly a little clever, but in the face of big things, little cleverness is useless.

This sentence is also appropriate when applied to Tetsuya Komuro.

The media is a dangerous box, but the record market is even more dangerous to some extent. To open it, you also need a strategy to open it. Simply relying on talent, or temporarily gathered power that can be dispersed at any time, will push yourself into the abyss.

It has always been an established fact that Tetsuya Komuro is not someone who is willing to be inferior to others. The only question that needs to be answered is how high he wants to go.

And now, the piece of puzzle brought back by Hiroyuki Narita has given Shinichi Iwahashi the answer.

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In the second half of the year, one of the major events that Shinichi Iwahashi was trying hard to promote was the establishment of the Record Store Clerk's Choice Award.

GENZO is a printing record company with the support of the printing industry, which gives it a natural advantage in establishing an award. But what really gave Iwahashi Shinichi the confidence to set up an award by focusing on record stores is that GENZO has its own record distribution network. It can distribute products to record stores without relying on distribution companies.

Only when you have your own distribution network can you talk about in-depth cooperation with record stores.

Today, GENZO is a record company that has everything from production to publishing to distribution. Relying on an independent distribution network, it is possible to get involved in other industries. In order to enter a new era, we must start laying the foundation in advance. Without a solid foundation, it is just a castle in the air.

Organizing the Record Store Clerks' Choice Awards is an idea that can only be formally proposed today.

Shinichi Iwahashi has set his sights on the forgotten musicians—at least on the surface. Tetsuya Komuro is independent of the GENZO system and does not participate in GENZO internal topics except for the Komuro system's production meetings. But this complacent producer, seemingly lacking interest in Shinichi Iwahashi, is actually always paying attention to the movements of this collaborator, intending to use Shinichi Iwahashi's actions to evaluate the future of his cooperation with him.

It is necessary to observe and understand the collaborators who cannot be trusted wholeheartedly. Tetsuya Komuro also believes this.

Although Shinichi Iwahashi is still the chief producer of GENZO, he has hardly taken care of any new artists this year, except for the singers he has been responsible for. However, within GENZO, Akamatsu Haruko, who is known as "Iwahashi's disciple", has shined this year.

The reason why Haruko Akamatsu was able to mobilize so many resources was of course the support of Shinichi Iwahashi.

In addition, Shinichi Iwahashi also served as the overall producer for Katsuto Matsuura's Avex DD label, but the specific production was left to Katsuto Matsuura.

Whether it was a close confidant like Haruko Akamatsu or an outsider like Katsuto Matsuura, Shinichi Iwahashi gave them great autonomy.

It seems that the only person he really cares about is the girl named Ayumi Hamasaki.

If Ayumi Hamasaki is confirmed to be the rising star that Shinichi Iwahashi values, then his future direction may not be the same as that of Tetsuya Komuro.

When Tetsuya Komuro chose to work with Shinichi Iwahashi and joined GENZO, he quickly became a top-notch producer. But the only person who was truly indispensable to this success was himself.

If singers can be chosen by him at will, then the people who support him can also change.

At first, Tetsuya Komuro's goal was to lead the trend as a producer. Now that he has achieved success, his goal has changed.

Tetsuya Komuro paid attention to the movements of this collaborator, but he could not help but become disappointed in him, thinking that Shinichi Iwahashi, at such a young age, had already lost his determination to make progress. It was so obvious that the future belonged to the era of new media, but Shinichi Iwahashi did not show the courage to touch it, and only conspired with the industry.

During the New Year, Tetsuya Komuro met his rumored disciple.

At that time, Tetsuo Hira seized the opportunity to hand over his business card. Over the past six months, the head of this agency, along with VERMILLION Records' executive director Shunichi Baba, has become a frequent guest of honor at Tetsuya Komuro's gatherings.

Tetsuya Komuro realized that the two men were intentionally approaching each other, but he went with the flow.

Shinichi Iwahashi was able to set up his own label and provide him with first-class resources, and Ikuo Suho, who was behind VERMILLION Records, could not give him more than that. In other words, hoping to change jobs would not be a big deal.

However, despite knowing all this, Tetsuya Komuro did not intend to refuse.

Komuro Tetsuya saw the ambiguous olive branch from Baba Shunichi and knew that it was an inducement for him to take advantage of the situation.

Namie Amuro is indeed a perfect candidate that even he has nothing to say, but her existence can play another huge role.

Seeing Baba Shunichi's foolish look as if everything was according to his plan, Komuro Tetsuya laughed secretly in his heart.

Who is being used by whom will only become clear when the fuse is lit.