Flying over the bubble era

Chapter 891
The profession of comedian is exhausting when you first enter the industry. You have no dignity and can't make a lot of money, but once you climb up, all walks of life open their doors to it.

Akashi's saury partnered with the famous actress Otake Shinobu, who starred in TBS TV's "Seven Men and Women Summer Story". happy match.

There is also the self-directed and self-acted Takeshi Kitano, who won a bunch of awards as soon as he made a move, and has become a top-notch comedian and actor-director.

Shinsuke Shimada and the tunnel duo who came tonight are not just comedians.Anyone who sings or acts in a play comes here.Especially for the Tunnel Duo, the sales of their albums are surprisingly good.Probably because the profession of comedian is too competitive and the ecology is extremely cruel, those who can stand out in this industry and get mixed up in the head are all decathlon figures.

In Japan's entertainment industry, it is common for singers to act, actors to release records, and comedians to appear in TV dramas.Among them, the record industry is the easiest to reach out. As long as there is a company to help with planning, anyone can release a record.

Anyway, even at the level of "support of love", there are tuners with an annual salary of tens of millions standing by all the time.

Those who came to the party, in addition to the big comedians, there were also new actors or comedians who came to serve as errands and waiters and stood by, so they looked familiar.

Actors and comedians need to appear on TV, so they are especially likely to be brought to such occasions by the president of their own company or the seniors of the firm to serve tea and water, and introduce them to the producers by the way.Yanqiao Shinichi came to a party and received a bunch of business cards from people he met for the first time, and a bunch of bows and greetings from newcomers, which was quite fulfilling.

During the period, Yanqiao Shenyi left the meeting together.He came out on his front foot, and within two steps of walking out, a voice came up behind him, "President Yanqiao."

Yan Qiao Shen turned around and smiled politely, "Gentlemen help Sang."

Shinsuke Shimada grinned, "President Iwahashi."

Seeing this, the waiter who was leading Yanqiao Shinichi retreated knowingly.

"Speaking of which, I haven't seen President Yanqiao for a long time." There was something in his words.

Different from the lowered posture and compliment at the banquet just now, Shimada Shinsuke is careless at this time, showing a little bit of casualness like a little hooligan.

As soon as Yanqiao Shen heard it, he replied naturally, "Indeed." He did not shy away from his experience as a manager, "The last time I saw Shinsuke-san, I took Matsumoto-san to say hello to you."

"Our Matsumoto-san is in your care." Iwahashi Shinichi smiled.

Shinsuke Shimada pretended to salute, and ignored Shinichi Iwahashi's words, and said to himself, "It's on my side, and I will be taking care of President Iwahashi from now on."

The more Iwahashi Shinichi doesn't avoid his experience as a manager, the better Shimada Shinsuke's impression of him will be.However, Shimada Shinsuke brought up the old matter again, certainly not to tell Iwahashi Shinichi that he recognized him.

He said with a smile, "President Yanqiao—"

Yanqiao Shinichi also sold it well, "It's enough for Shinsuke-san to call me by my name."

"Then I'll be called 'Shinichi-kun'." As soon as Shimada Shinsuke changed his words, the relationship with Iwahashi Shinichi seemed to be drawn closer again.In terms of the ability to climb along the pole, maybe this one is stronger.

The two walked and chatted.

Shinsuke Shimada didn't hide it either, "Shinichi-kun is a person who can plan to turn an idol into an artist, which is different from ordinary music producers."

Yanqiao Shinichi smiled at his compliment.

Firstly, Shinsuke Shimada didn't hide his personality, and secondly, he has been in the industry for so many years, and he has a position inside and outside the industry, and he has no scruples.After chatting for a few words, I turned to the topic and mentioned that I also want to be a music producer.

Want to be a music producer, not want to put out a record.

Shinichi Iwahashi found this proposal strange, "If it is Shinsuke-san, it couldn't be easier to become a music producer." Shimada Shinsuke's company, Yoshimoto Productions, has its own record company.As long as he wants to do it, he can do anything.

"That's what I said... But, I am very clear about how much I am." Shimada Shinsuke smiled, "If it's just messing around, it doesn't matter how messy. But since I want to do it seriously , still have to do good."

As soon as he got serious, that fierce face unexpectedly showed a little boyish stubbornness, and it didn't look so scary anymore.What Shinsuke Shimada means is that he wants to cooperate with a real producer and live a producer's addiction.

"I don't get along with that kind of music producer who is like a boy." Shinsuke Shimada said carelessly, "But Shinichi-kun is a person who can figure out what is 'funny', which is different from that kind of producer."

He didn't mind speaking ill of the music producers in front of Shinichi Iwahashi.Of course, the reason why Yanqiao Shenyi was found on the head is not all because "Iyanqiao Shenyi understands comedians", but also has something to do with him being the hottest producer now.

Shinsuke Shimada did not hide this point, "Since we want to cooperate, we must of course cooperate with the top producers." Rather, the idea of ​​cooperating with the most popular music producers is more realistic.

With the position of Shinsuke Shimada, if he wants to participate in music production, he will definitely not want to do it casually in obscurity.According to his thinking, if he wants to do it, he must make it more famous, so that everyone can pay attention to it, and this will satisfy him.

Shinsuke Shimada is very talented and has a strong memory. I heard about this "producer Iwahashi" from other places earlier. He was Akiko Matsumoto's manager at the beginning. There is a chance to meet him and talk about it face to face.

"Can it work? Shinichi-kun." Shimada Shinsuke finished speaking, and couldn't wait to ask him.

Yanqiao Shinichi thought for a while, and neither refused nor recruited, but asked him, "What kind of music does Shinsuke-san want to make? If it's something I'm not capable of..."

When he said this, Shinsuke Shimada was not in a hurry, and interrupted him with a smile: "It's too simple to discuss music production in the corridor. If you can, how about finding a place to sit down and chat next? "

Now that the conversation had begun, Yanqiao Shinichi didn't hold back, and readily agreed to the appointment.After the banquet, he got into Shinsuke Shimada's car and went to another member-only bar that Shinsuke Shimada frequented.

On the way there, Shimada Shinsuke chatted endlessly.This gentleman is recognized as a genius in the world of comedians, and his mind is spinning so fast, there are probably not many people who can match him.Yanqiao Shen listened to the excitement, but also relished it.However, after agreeing to find a place to sit down and chat, Shinsuke Shimada would never talk about cooperation in the car, only talk about other things.From this point, we can also see a corner of this person's character.

……

Iwahashi Shinichi didn't just blindly answer Shimada Shinsuke's words.There is no doubt about the talent of this kind of comedian who is popular with first-class audiences. If he really wants to play music across borders, Yoshimoto Xingye supports him, and the TV station is also happy to praise him.

Several major TV stations hold shares in Yoshimoto Xingye in different forms.The reason why the comedian base camp can become a comedian base camp is not only because they have sent more than half of the comedians to the industry.

Besides, none of the comedians who can get into the first echelon are idiots, and Shinsuke Shimada is no exception.He wants to lead the production of music planning, and Shinichi Iwahashi also wants to take the opportunity to experiment and try music production in different directions.

After listening to Shinsuke Shimada's speech all the way, when they got to the bar, after sitting down, it was Shinichi Iwahashi who spoke.He didn't say too many polite words, and asked Shimada Shinsuke, "Does Shinsuke-san have any general ideas?"

Shimada Shinsuke scratched his hair, "That's it, I want to discuss it with Shinichi-kun and hear your opinion." He threw the ball to Iwahashi Shinichi first.

Shinichi Iwahashi deliberately said: "I started out as a female idol, and then I also made a pop band."

Shinsuke Shimada shook his head, "There are already a lot of such things—although it's a bit rude to say so. However, I want to make a little different music."

"Different music?" Yanqiao Shinichi listened.

He made a posture of listening carefully, Shimada Shinsuke was also a little excited, "I left school in my teens, wandered around, and suffered a lot. Light and fluffy idols, or gorgeous band performances, for me That said, it’s all very far away.”

"Among the audience who support me, young people or housewives, go after idols as much as they want, follow and watch band performances. Older people, and perform songs."

The more Shinsuke Shimada said, the more excited he became, "But middle-aged office workers, there is no one who can sing for them. Therefore, I want to make a production that can make middle-aged office workers think, 'It's the Shinsuke Association. do stuff' music."

Yanqiao Shinichi thought this was interesting.

However, these words and his thoughts were not unexpected by Iwahashi Shinichi.After all, he would not think that a person who went to the rivers and lakes in his teens and reached the top after experiencing all kinds of hardships, once wanted to become a music producer, so he became an adult Lyrical, or urban pop or something.

It might be possible for someone else to do this.However, this person is Shinsuke Shimada, a small Kansai kid, who is not ashamed of his origin, but proud of his origin, regards his rudeness as very precious, and even cares about him as a small manager The president of a record company who was born in China, would he deliberately pretend that this is the first meeting because he cares about his background? ...such an awkward guy.

Tonight, Shinsuke Shimada had probably been thinking about this matter in his heart since the first sentence he spoke to him.

Since Shinsuke Shimada said "I can't get used to my sons and sisters", he has already planned what to do in his heart from the very beginning.Therefore, Shinichi Iwahashi deliberately refused to answer Shimada Shinsuke's words that he wanted to listen to his opinion, and instead pushed the words back to Shimada Shinsuke.

Shimada Shinsuke is ten years older than Iwahashi Shinichi, and is middle-aged.In recent years, he has also started to host TV programs whose audiences are mainly middle-aged office workers. Among middle-aged men, he has overwhelming support.

From this point of view, when he wants to be a producer, he regards middle-aged office workers as the target of production, and there is nothing wrong with making efforts in this direction.In this way, not only can he take advantage of his support among middle-aged office workers, but at the same time, for Shimada Shinsuke, who is middle-aged and has experienced the sophistication and coldness of the world, this kind of emotion is also the range he is good at.

Shinsuke Shimada is definitely a smart guy.In other words, there is absolutely no idiot who can be a comedian.

Yanqiao Shenyi thought about the feasibility, and took over the words, "This idea is really good."

Having been recognized, Shinsuke Shimada showed a trace of self-respect.At the same time, I also feel that I chose Iwahashi Shinichi as the producer, and this matter is not a waste of effort.

Yanqiao Shinichi thought for a while, then had an idea, and added, "I also have a little idea."

"What do you think?" Shimada Shinsuke seemed very concerned.

This gentleman is quite conceited.I have a well-thought-out idea of ​​what I want, and I just got the approval of Shinichi Iwahashi.Just when he was proud, Yanqiao Shinichi's words sounded like he was about to turn a corner, so he couldn't help but care about it.

Iwahashi Shin smiled, "Shinsuke-san's idea is already very good. Practitioners in the entertainment industry are like this. They not only have to consider the audience of the things they produce when making music or programs, but also vice versa. , make what you want to make while considering who the audience is. Since there is a lack of music for middle-aged office workers, then it is right to make them.”

Shimada Shinsuke's expression relaxed a little.

Iwahashi Shinichi didn't care too much, and continued to speak out his thoughts, "What I'm thinking about is not only making music for office workers. At the same time, I also want to make music that can let middle-aged office workers sing in karaoke. up music'."

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Previously, when ZARD was about to be launched, Shinichi Iwahashi's positioning for the band also referred to Sachiko Kamaike's own ideas, "to produce rock music that can be sung in karaoke".

The karaoke that Sachiko Kawachi mentioned, of course, refers to the karaoke boxes that are popular now.Although when making music, I didn’t deliberately make rock music that was only sung in karaoke boxes, but ZARD’s music is indeed more suitable for the atmosphere of karaoke boxes, and it’s not easy to sing in places like karaoke bars .

However, the rapid development of karaoke boxes is bound to be the general trend, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with ZARD's route.

Mineshima loves karaoke taverns very much. After watching the LIVE HOUSE performance with him, Yanqiao Shinichi followed him. When he went to drink, he would be dragged into the karaoke tavern by Mineshima and listen to his voice.

Unlike Shinichi Iwahashi, whose singing voice is not very good even though every note is accurate, Mineshima is surprisingly not unpleasant even though the tune is not accurate.

The biggest audience of karaoke bars are middle-aged office workers. Here, the songs of THE BLUE HEARTS can be sung, but the songs of ZARD and BOLAN have no chance to be ordered in such places.

When listening to Shinsuke Shimada talk about his own thoughts, what appeared in Iwahashi Shinichi's mind was the time when he went in and out of the tavern with the middle-aged man Mineshima.

Since it is going to be produced, it should not be the old-fashioned ballad that the middle-aged office worker is full of exhaustion, but a song with a cheerful tune but a little bit of "joy in bitterness".

(End of this chapter)