Flying over the bubble era

Chapter 368
(two chapters in one)
On Monday, Shinichi Iwahashi appeared again on TV Asahi for a regular meeting of the band Heaven.

The content of the meeting was as usual, nothing was missing when Shinichi Iwahashi was absent, and nothing was added after Shinichi Iwahashi returned. The current program is like a tram on the right track, as long as No one is killed on the rails or in the tram, so it can run so smoothly.

After the meeting, Kenichiro Nozaki of Kenne came running over to say hello to Shinichi Iwahashi.It's just that he hasn't shown up for a week. This buddy's performance is like reunion after a long absence.

Since the broadcast of the program, Shinichi Iwahashi has only been absent from the weekly routine meeting last week. People who are always full of attendance occasionally ask for leave, which is particularly surprising.

For example, the author of Salted Fish made an unprecedented breakthrough, and some readers asked if they had eaten Spring Xiaoyao Pills.

"Iwahashi-san, if you want to say that the idol who has received attention recently, it must be Moritaka Qianli." Kenichiro Nozaki and Mayumi Watanabe praised him, but when they saw him, they came again.

Watanabe Wanyumi watched from the side, secretly holding back a smile.

It was the first time for Yanqiao Shinichi to hear it. Mr. Nozaki wanted to praise him, so he accepted it. Anyway, it is true that Moritaka Chisato is now attracting attention.

Kenichiro Nozaki is not a broken mouth. When he told Wanyumi Watanabe about this, Yoshiichiro Kawabata’s article had just been published, and Warner Pioneer was still waiting for the big move and refused to replenish the stock on a large scale. Kenichiro Nozaki was more Admiration for this publicity strategy.

But now, after the promotion from magazines to radio, Warner Pioneer’s replenishment is also in place, the publicity effect has come out, and it has begun to be transformed into more practical things. What is praised is not only the idea of ​​Iwahashi Shinichi, but the real Moritaka Chisato. Achievement.

"Iwahashi-san's whimsical tricks seem to be inexhaustible." Nozaki Kenichiro said, "I said that to Wan Yumi-san before, it's really amazing."

When he said it himself, Wanyumi Watanabe didn't have to hold back her laughter, and testified for him: "Yes." Of course, neither of them would say it again if Shinichi Iwahashi was said to be an alien.

Being caught by Mr. Nozaki and boasting wildly, Iwahashi Shinichi didn't know what to say. In order to divert the atmosphere, he turned to look at Mayumi Watanabe with an expression of "then why didn't you tell me?"

Watanabe Mayumi returned him with a smile that "happened to forget".

Kenichiro Nozaki had other arrangements for his itinerary, exchanged some pleasantries, and left in a hurry.Since this year, Koko Nozaki's career as an actor has basically entered a semi-resting state. Although he still has the status of an actor, more people have already started to participate in the operation of the firm, making warm-up preparations for his official retirement and return to the firm.

Originally, Kenichiro Nozaki envisioned a longer career as an actor, but because he was attracted by Shinichi Iwahashi's idea of ​​revealing his hole in the show, he volunteered to join the production of the show as a representative of Kenichi.

I wanted to see what new tricks Iwahashi Shinichi would come up with next, but through Iwahashi Shinichi, I learned more about the beauty of being a behind-the-scenes person. I originally wanted to be an actor to accumulate experience and go deep into the industry. , also appear to be floating on the surface.

Kenichiro Nozaki is eager to try and become someone who can bring fresh air to the industry.

Compared to Iwahashi Shinichi's words, Nozaki Kenichiro's start must have been a hundred times better than him.This kind of Nozaki Kenichiro has a kind of self-confidence that is completely different from Iwahashi Shinichi.

And Yanqiao Shinichi's self-confidence comes entirely from the energy generated in the process of rushing forward.

……

The back of Mr. Nozaki looked imposing, like a straight growing tree. Kazuo Hirai of CBS Sony watched Kenichiro Nozaki, looked away, walked to Shinichi Iwahashi and Manyumi Watanabe, and said hello.

"Thank you, Iwahashi-san."

Yanqiao Shinichi said a few words politely, and then said: "After that, I will go to CBS Sony, and today I will choose the cover of the single, and I will also choose the inside page of the album."

The scheduled release date of DREAMS COME TRUE's debut single is less than two weeks away, and of course all production has been completed. Once the cover of the single is decided, it will immediately enter the stage of printing and pressing.

The release time of the debut album will be two weeks later, and with the release of the debut album, the band's national tour will also begin.

The commercial song with Glico Pocky was scheduled a week later, a few days earlier than the release of the single, and it was broadcast during the commercial time of the band's Heavenly Kingdom program, to oil the audience's ears in advance.

"I'm looking forward to the debut performance of DREAMS COME TRUE." Kazuo Hirai laughed.Unlike people who pronounce the band's name as "Dolimuz Kom Tulu", Uncle's pronunciation is very standard.

The band's name was pronounced correctly, which may be one of the reasons why the band ended up signing with CBS Sony (what?)

"In this mood, I, Hirai-san and Watanabe-san, the three of us should be the same." Shinichi Iwahashi replied.

With the band as a link, the three of them are now teammates standing on the same front.

Kazuo Hirai also wanted to return to CBS Sony, so next, Shinichi Iwahashi said goodbye to Mayumi Watanabe, left the TV station, stopped a taxi, and went to CBS Sony with Kazuo Hirai.

Fortunately, I just took a taxi instead of a ride, otherwise my uncle's name would be added to the list of cars passed by Yanqiao Shinichi...

That's exactly what I thought.

However, because the taxi coupons given to employees by CBS Sony are very generous, the taxi fare is paid by my uncle.In this way, it seems to have become a car rubbish again?

Forget it, the life of being able to catch a car is also commendable.

Even so, Yanqiao Shinichi also secretly thought that when Chisato Moritaka's [-] production shares were paid, he would put the matter of buying a car on the agenda.In any case, it is convenient to have a car.

Previously, I insisted not to buy a car, and it may not be just because I have no money.Installment payment is so convenient today, even college students have to pay in installments to buy a car and drive it. GENZO also has some money in its account, so you don’t have to worry about emptying your family if you really want to buy a small car.

The reason why it has been delayed until now, Sen Gao Qianli's performance has improved, and the company only considers buying a car when it is about to earn a lot of money, is naturally to buy a better car.

Big and small is also the president of a production company. If you drive a Corolla to talk about work, in this era where people are judged first by horses and clothes are respected first, [-]% of them will be looked down upon.

……

For the work of selecting the album cover and inner pages, all three members of the band were present, and the staff in charge of the team were also present. Everyone brainstormed and discussed.

During the three days of their recuperation, CBS Sony developed all the photos taken during the London trip, and now they are piled up on the long table in the conference room, allowing them to look at them one by one.

Meihechan really liked the photo of three people sticking their heads out of the corner of the wall, trying to observe secretly but being betrayed by a deer man with too big a goal, and the staff of the team also took a fancy to this photo.

Through the photos, you can also feel the good, harmonious and joyful atmosphere of the three people getting along.

It is naturally the most important to be the cover of the signboard, so everyone needs to agree.

When it comes to the choice of inner pages, it is much more relaxed.Generally speaking, the cover should make people in the team nod, and the photos on the inside page mainly focus on the preferences of the three members of the band, and pick out the photos that you like.

A little fox who smiles all day long and loves to wear the aesthetically disastrous clothes he designed on the stage, a bear with amazing facial expressions, who is more like a comic contestant than a musician, and the last one The giraffe man is even more frightening, and he showed his true form directly on stage.

Such an atmosphere in the team is doomed to their band, which has nothing to do with words like cool and handsome.Not only the cover of the single is happy, but also the inner pages of the album are similar. More than half of the selected photos have a happy atmosphere.

This point is quite different from the general public's impression of the band as "cool, handsome, quiet, and very gorgeous", and it seems very civilian.

In fact, the same goes for the lyrics written by Meihejiang. They are neither cynical nor discuss the philosophy of life, and there are no themes floating in the clouds. Close to "people".

For a long time, Shinichi Iwahashi has regarded the fireworks in Miwachan's music as a precious quality, "So Happy!"so happy!Really like! "is very popular in the band Heaven, precisely because it is a song about ordinary people.

A song sung to ordinary people gets a response from ordinary people.

And the wonderful thing is that no matter what kind of person, he has his side as an ordinary person.

Because of this, even if he signed a record company, when choosing a record company before signing the contract, Shinichi Iwahashi placed the first review condition is whether he can respect the style of the band.

If Mihe-chan has to be a lady, he and Nakamura-san will pretend to be cool guys with a straight face, and they must never take the tram when going out, that is absolutely impossible.

Although more than half of the selected photos have a happy atmosphere, there must be a combination of movement and stillness, so I also selected a few more stable ones.

The photographer's skills are good, and if Mihe-chan and Nakamura are willing to manage their expressions well, the photos they take will be fine.One is a girl with a pretty face, and the other is also a spirited young man.

As for the faceless giraffe male Iwahashi Shinichi, he only chose two.In one, he took off his hood and turned his back to the camera, with a plastic giraffe on his shoulder to identify him.The other one is eye-to-eye with a real giraffe at the London Zoo.

……

The cover of the single is selected from the photos taken during the London trip, and the cover of the debut album will be photographed later. CBS Sony decided early on that the work of shooting the cover will be done by the famous photographer Kishin Shinoyama.

The recent schedule of this guy is quite full. It is said that a band with an unknown future could not invite him for his debut album. However, CBS Sony came forward, and he married a singer who was popular with CBS Sony. He is the son-in-law of CBS Sony, so Take an afternoon to help shoot the cover of the band's debut album.

The place where the album cover was shot was in the studio of CBS Sony. In the afternoon, Ji Xin Xiaoshan came in a hurry.This guy has a face like a frog with bulging eyes, which gives people a nervous feeling.

Yanqiao Shen didn't know anything about this photographer's achievements in photography, but he knew that he especially liked to shoot beautiful girls, and he also liked to take pictures of beautiful girls who had removed all disguises. I don't know how many beautiful girls were included in the lens.

Not only did he take enough photos of the beautiful girl, but he also married the beautiful girl Nan Sazhi, the idol of the Yuanzu, back home, a real ginseng winner.

Before coming to the scene, Xiaoshan Jixin didn't know anything about the subject he was going to shoot. To be precise, he only knew that he was going to shoot the album cover for a band.

He is more or less a photographer who believes in intuition and inspiration. He does not make any understanding and preparation before shooting, and pays more attention to the "first feeling" after coming here.

So, after I came here, I found out that a member of the band was going to appear wearing a mask.

"How did you come up with the idea of ​​wearing a giraffe headgear?" Before shooting, Shinoyama Kishin looked at Shinichi Iwahashi's giraffe headgear carefully, and then looked up and down Shinichi Iwahashi himself, as if evaluating him.

"This is the band's captain and producer." The staff explained to him, "He's basically in charge of the behind-the-scenes."

Xiaoshan Jixin puffed up his mouth, "Really? I see."

It's the leader and producer of the band, that's the support for the "inside" side of the band.

The band is composed of three people, which can be three points on a straight line or a triangle.A triangle is the most stable figure, and a triangle relationship is the most stable relationship.Xiaoshan Jixin muttered in his heart for a while, and made up his mind.

For such a formal matter as shooting the album cover, the costumes are selected by the costumer, and there is no indulgence in the wonderful aesthetics of Meihejiang.All three of them changed their clothes, the makeup artist put on makeup for Miwa-chan and Nakamura-san, and Shinichi Iwahashi put on his headgear.

"Let's shoot the triangle." Xiaoshan Jixin decided.

Then, according to his idea, Miwa-chan, who appeared in front of the stage, stood in front of the camera with Brother Nakamura, and the two points formed a line.Yanqiao Shinichi turned his back to the two of them and stood behind them.

His "point" stands there, just forming an equilateral triangle.

In this arrangement, it also includes Xiaoshan Jixin's understanding of the band's appearance and inside.

As the band's captain and producer, Giraffe Man, who mainly works behind the scenes, is the "inner" of the band, while Yoshida Miwa and Nakamura Masato, who are active in the front, are the "outside" of the band.

The combination of the surface and the inside constitutes the perfect triangle now.

Also, having the giraffe man turn his back to the camera, in doing so, detracts from the sense of comicality that a band with a hooded figure might have engendered in the audience.

The shooting lasted for about three hours. In addition to the triangle that Xiaoshan Jixin decided instantly based on intuition, several sets of costumes were changed, and several different sets were shot.

During the break, the three members of the band gathered in front of the computer to check the results of the shooting just now, and chatted with Xiaoshan Jixin.Although this guy looks a little neurotic, he is also easy to talk to. He is not the kind of artist whose temperament is unpredictable and can only be offered.

When it came to the setting of the giraffe man, Nakamura called Shinichi Iwahashi by name.In front of outsiders who met for the first time, the three of them called each other politely by their surnames.

On the contrary, Xiaoshan Jixin felt a little familiar when he heard the name Yanqiao.

(End of this chapter)