Flying over the bubble era

Chapter 859 859. Pointing the way
Since we want to entertain romantic and talented people, of course we have to do what they like.

When it comes to official business, you must do your best.Daben put aside his personal thoughts and tried his best to serve this young producer well.

But what Shinichi Yanqiao thought in his heart was that Akina Nakamori's manager was too warm and thoughtful.

The people at Warner also knew that the protagonist tonight was Shinichi Iwahashi, and they flattered him to the fullest.A group of men who were almost all older than Yanqiao Shenyi held him as a guest.During this battle, even the hostess was extra hospitable to him.

Eat and drink well, and play all the way until the early morning, when people from Yanyin prepare a taxi for Yanqiao Shinichi.He got into the car, Yanyin's manager nodded and bowed, "After that, I will ask Yanqiao Sang Duoduo to take care of him."

Yan Qiao Shen always returned the courtesy to him, saying "I will make an appointment later."

After the song selection meeting, we will meet again next time, so we need to make an appointment to audition at the recording studio at a time that is suitable for both parties.And before the official start of production, it is customary to issue a press release announcing another cooperation between the two parties.

However, as soon as April entered, he had to be busy for a while, so Akina Nakamori had to accommodate him.

……

In April, the new fiscal year begins.

GENZO will flex its muscles and expand its scale this year, recruiting many new employees.Although the stock market crashed just after the Chinese New Year, but in the whole frenzied society, this basin of cold water is not enough to cool people's minds.

The society is still bustling and lively, and college students still maintain the employment market of previous years.

There is only one thing. The financial securities industry, which was very popular in the past, has encountered a catastrophe at the beginning of this year.Until December last year, there were still voices in society clamoring that the Nikkei could break through [-] points. At that time, I signed an internal agreement with a securities company. After enjoying Guam, Hawaii, and at worst, Okinawa and Izu, college students transferred to In the new year, I have tasted a head-on blow and a dilemma.

However, a small group of people have tasted the bitterness, which does not affect those who have not tasted the bitterness to continue to be sweet.

Last year, it was not easy for GENZO to recruit newcomers. This year, it has become well-known in the industry and has released well-known works to the public. It has been much smoother to recruit newcomers.Among the applicants, there are students from prestigious schools.

What's more interesting is that because in the past two years, urban white-collar fashion dramas have become a popular TV drama for a while, and young people are full of enthusiasm for the industries in which the protagonists work-such as publishing houses, record companies, radio stations, etc... Interest, as well as romantic imagination, have been created for this reason, and the number of people who have joined these industries has also increased a lot.

In addition to recruiting new people, this year, some record industry practitioners with work experience were also recruited.

The two bands ZARD and BOLAN became popular one after another. When they become popular, things will become more and the team will have more people.After the band got on the right track, in addition to adding people to the team, a few of the staff who had been popular with them were also replaced, and then they were responsible for the formation of the new debut singer team.

With the expansion of manpower and more production plans, the venue of the record company will also expand accordingly.

The location of the company is in Qingshan, so it is very convenient to go to the TV station or the recording studio.However, if the scale continues to expand, the issue of relocation must be considered.

If you move again, you will not just rent the next floor or two.

Of course, no matter where you move to or how you move, at this juncture, you must only rent and not buy.

Utoku Keiko's debut press conference will be held in mid-April, and it will be released as the first card of GENZO and Xingchen's "newcomer discovery plan".

In addition to this debut press conference, it was also announced that an undisclosed selection meeting will be held in October, and those who are interested can prepare to sign up now.

The details of the registration form will be published in music magazines and fashion magazines for boys and girls.

Even Shinichi Iwahashi's plan, in the first single released by Keiko Utoku, also comes with a new recruit advertisement for this newcomer discovery plan.

"If you want to be like Keiko Utoku."

Then, according to the recruiting information printed on it, send your audition tape and information.

The newcomer discovery plan starts in the form of an audition meeting, and cooperates with the Star Agency to select candidates, and cooperates to decide who can make their debut in the end. In this way, the fairness that the Star Agency can rest assured can be maintained.

Both BOLAN and THE BLUE HEARTS are scheduled to release new albums this year, with BOLAN in April and THE BLUE HEARTS in July.

In addition to the new album, BOLAN has a pre-release single in March, and two regular singles are scheduled for the second half of the year.And THE BLUE HEARTS also has plans to release two singles this year.

Two to three singles a year, an original album, and a themed tour, roughly the same.

For ZARD, this year's album-themed tour will start in the second half of the year. At the end of March, the band will go to Los Angeles.As the producer's assistant, Dahei Moji also followed. After helping to produce ZARD's album, she will transfer to New York to study.

To debut, I have to wait until the last one or two months of this year.

Iwahashi Shinichi does not intend to make Dai Kuromoki debut early next year.During the period when Dahei Moji went to study abroad for a short period of time, her debut plan had to be finalized.

This year, two solo singers, Utoku Keiko and Daikoku Moki, will be launched as the main ones.

In addition, the record company that started as a band still has to continue to launch two new bands after three bands became popular.

However, considering that the three popular bands ZARD, BOLAN, and THE BLUE HEARTS will be the main focus this year, these three signs must be improved to a higher level, and they must not distract from their limelight. The bands launched this year, unless one If the cannon becomes popular, most of them will still adopt the trend of accumulating and accumulating, accumulating in this year, transitioning smoothly to next year, and then fully exerting their strength.

With these three popular bands in hand, it is guaranteed to make a lot of money this year.

This year, the in-depth cooperation with Xingchen Agency has been reached, which has slowed down GENZO's efforts to seek cooperation with other firms in the industry and produce new singers for other firms.

Of course, slowing down doesn't mean not going away.The invitation that should be accepted should still be accepted, and the cooperation that should be sought should still be continued.

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As soon as April entered, one meeting after another was going to be held, and Yanqiao Shinichi was so busy that he kept his feet on the ground.While he was busy, at DREAMS COME TRUE, Miwa-chan and Nakamura were going to hold two reception concerts in Tokyo and Osaka this month in order to repay the debt owed to Fujifilm for the circus tour last year.

Starting with a reception concert, DREAMS COME TRUE, a two-person system, will be tried out.

At the beginning of the new year, for this adjustment, Sony issued a related draft.

The mascot in the band announced that it would no longer appear on the themed tour. As soon as this kind of news was released, there must be rumors like "DREAMS COME TRUE Giraffe Man is about to leave the team".

Not long after the release of the draft, in February, the band participated in the special program of "MUSIC STATION" as a three-member system.In the show, the host Tamoli asked them, "Is the band going to become a two-person system?"

The giraffe man, who has always been silent during the mascot interview, spoke for the first time: "Isn't the third person here?"

Speaking out, amused everyone in the studio.

Also includes the audience in front of the TV.

For ordinary people, if he participates in the records that can be seen on TV and bought, they will not feel that there is one less person in the band.As for the usual themed tour, as long as the main character, Meihejiang, is there, it won't have much impact.

If I really want to say, the circus tour focuses on the gorgeous stage and the sense of fantasy, and the giraffe man is in it, as if he is part of the stage.But for ordinary concerts, his existence is not that important.

Not only that, the new system implemented in the new year also conveyed one thing to the public.That is, the giraffe man of the band, the person under the hood is the same from beginning to end.

It was announced that Giraffe Man will not participate in the theme tour, but it proved that Giraffe Man is irreplaceable.

……

At the beginning of April, Shinichi Iwahashi and Mayumi Watanabe will be present at the entrance ceremony for new employees.

Especially Wanyumi Watanabe, she not only has to show up at the record company's entry ceremony, but also at the firm's entry ceremony waiting for her.

In addition, at Watanabe Productions, there is a reception for newcomers after the annual newcomers join the company—it is still the human touch management left over from the master-apprentice family management model in the Watanabe Shin era. .

Wanyumi Watanabe came out from the family, but he still has a job in Watanabe Production Headquarters, so he has to show up at that time.

As soon as Iwahashi Shin was with Watanabe Mayumi, he felt a lot more relaxed.I am afraid that people will compare with others.

Kidding.

After the joining ceremony was over, the two went to sit in the small reception room next to the president's office.

Be it Shinichi Iwahashi or Mayumi Watanabe after being busy with business for a long time, they all deliberately avoided serious topics, so that they could really relax for a while.

The waiter brought the tea, and in front of Mayumi Watanabe, Shinichi Iwahashi stretched his legs freely.She saw it, smiled, and suddenly said, "My sister gave birth in November this year."

"what."

Yanqiao Shinichi didn't expect her to say this, so he sat upright.After a pause, "That's really congratulations."

Wanyumi Watanabe picked up the teacup as if it was inconvenient to accept the congratulations for her sister.

"If Miki-san gives birth, I should also prepare a gift, right?" Iwahashi Shinichi seemed to be saying something stupid, "Even if nothing else is mentioned, Masaki-san has always been very caring of this place."

Wanyumi Watanabe felt that Shinichi Iwahashi said this because of Yoshida Miki's embarrassment to him earlier.But it wasn't because he held a grudge, rather, it was because he didn't know how to arrange the etiquette when he didn't get a signal of complete reconciliation.

"It's November. It's too early to think about gifts." Watanabe Mayumi replied.

Yanqiao Shinichi smiled, "That's right." Changing the topic, "In the first month of this year, I visited Sensang's house." To be precise, it was Mori Shinichi who held a party at home and invited him over.

In the past, he was a small manager, and Mori Shinichi was a big singer.Now, Shinichi Mori will never take the initiative to bring up the manager's past in front of Shinichi Iwahashi, and similarly, Shinichi Iwahashi must be polite and give enough face to Shinichi Mori's invitation.

"Sensang's son Guikuan Jun is also two years old."

Yanqiao Shenyi said casually, "A little introverted child. However, I heard from Sensang that during family gatherings, he would sing into the microphone. Although according to Sensang, I don't know what he sang .”

Wanyumi Watanabe smiled, "It's really strict." She was only two years old.

"It's really strict." Yanqiao Shinichi also laughed, "Sen-sang's statement, parents are both great singers, even if they sing better than ordinary people, it's just a bit of innate cleverness, not worth mentioning."

As soon as Mori Jin acted like a strict father, he refused to say a good word about the child in front of outsiders.Not only that, but he seems to have no interest in his son becoming a singer in the future.

Watanabe Manyumi frowned, "Masako-san will be sad when he hears this." His eyes fell on Iwahashi Shinichi's absent face, and he thought to himself, these things are beyond the imagination of a man.

In mid-April, as well as TV Asahi, that tricky show will start broadcasting.Although they don't need to intervene in the specific production, but before and after the broadcast, as one of the planners and investors, they should also ask questions.

The chubby young man Akimoto Yasushi was in charge of script production, and he got involved. He wanted to invite female idols from the Kitten Club, so it was easy to talk.

To be precise, it is easy to talk about inviting Shizuka Kudo to pretend to be a girl.

As for the other cats, after the disbandment of the group, they offended the TV station all over the place because of their poor business ability. Few have received such a job offer.

In the first episode of the show, Shizuka Kudo was the biggest guest among the selected guests.

Watanabe Wanyumi thought of Kudo Shizuka's reputation from the kitten club, and said with a smile, "You are also wicked enough." Let an idol who is rumored to be a female A Fei, really play a small A Fei in the show girlfriend.

Iwahashi Shinichi also laughed, and moved out a fat young man to block the gun, "According to Akimoto-san's words, 'Isn't it fun?'"

Watanabe Mayumi was a little helpless, and said to him, "No wonder you and Akimoto-san get along well."

It's hard to say whether it's a compliment or a sarcasm.But no matter what, Yanqiao Shinichi accepted her words calmly.

ZARD is going back to Tokyo this week, and then back to Los Angeles.During the production of the album, flying between the two places is also common.Wanyumi Watanabe asked Shinichi Iwahashi, "When will you go to Los Angeles for inspection?"

Yanqiao Shinichi said to her, "You have to be prepared. If you rush through like a chicken without a head, you will definitely only hit a wall."

"My mother."

Watanabe Wanyumi suddenly spoke.

Iwahashi Shinichi looked at her, as if he guessed what Watanabe Wanyumi was going to say.As if wanting to confirm, he asked, "Misa-san?"

Mayumi Watanabe let out a "huh".

"My mother," Wanyumi Watanabe said to him, "even if I can't help much... If there is a need, I won't stand by."

The phrase "Even if it doesn't help much", if she uttered it, it would be unpleasant to listen to.Shinichi Iwahashi probably knew how much help he could get from Watanabe Productions.despite this.

He smiled, "For headless flies, having a direction is a big help."

Watanabe Mayumi didn't smile.

(End of this chapter)