In the evening, before going out, Katsuto Matsuura combed his hair in the mirror. Even with such hard work, the shriveled face in the mirror is still listless, and he is not more chic because of this effort.

When you go out at this time, drink an aperitif, and then go to the main meal. After dinner, go to the club to renew the stall and then go to the disco for dancing.

The magic of socializing lies in this, which can repeat a set of processes over and over again 3,650 times.

After tidying up his appearance, before Katsuto Matsuura went out, he silently recited in his heart as if he was going to put an amulet in his shirt pocket:

Eurobeat will definitely come back to life in my hands.

For the past few months, Katsuto Matsuura has been campaigning for Eurobeat-related matters.

With the help of his seniors in college, he introduced the ALFA Records executives to him and worked hard to receive the distribution rights of the Eurobeat they held from ALFA Records.

Eurobeat was briefly on the rise of the book, but now it has long since passed, and ALFA Records, on the other hand, has no obsession with the distribution rights that no longer have value.

The negotiations, including acting as an intermediary for Katsuto Matsuura and the Italian side, are all easy to say.

Since Eurobeat has already been out of fashion, Katsuto Matsuura has gone to such great lengths to fight for the right to distribute it, and it is impossible to be interested in something that is already worthless. On the contrary, it is because we see the value in it that we strive for it.

Now, the disco craze is sweeping in this area, and on the side of the Bay Shore Plaza, large discos that have been converted into warehouses are opening one after another, and the venues are full at night.

Katsuto Matsuura has been obsessed with disco since he was a student, and he knows everything from the old disco to the disco hall that is now converted into a warehouse. He decided that if he wanted to make Eurobeat popular again, disco was the perfect breakthrough.

Start with the disco and light the fire. In the past few years, in addition to dealing with ALFA Records, Katsuto Matsuura has also actively made friends with the relevant persons in charge of Tokyo discotheques and paved the way.

That's not enough. To take over the issuance rights, you need to have a company that can take over. To make a Eurobeat album, there is also a recording studio available.

Sbecks S. DD was engaged in the wholesale sales of imported records, and Katsuto Matsuura was only a wholesaler of records, so he didn't know much about record production and other things, let alone have any experience as a musician or working in a recording studio.

From the beginning to the present, he has always been a businessman.

I was negotiating the distribution rights of Eurobeat and had a relationship with the person in charge of disco、...... While doing these things, Katsuto Matsuura also had to make plans for the preparation of the record company.

Please ask your father, who runs a second-hand car business in Yokohama, to finance some of the funds and get a loan from a bank. But you can't do it alone, and it's important to have the support of a network of people who have a lot of power in terms of record distribution.

When he was working hard for his career, Katsuto Matsuura felt that he had endless energy. And, whenever he thinks of a good idea, or moves a step forward, he still feels that he is full of charm -

Even though I look sorry, no matter how I comb my hair ten or twenty times, I can't get a satisfactory hairstyle.

But he has a talent that goes beyond superficial appearances.

However, this self-confidence, when I met Tetsuya Komuro, always failed unconsciously.

When meeting with the cadres of ALFA Records, Katsuto Matsuura was introduced to Tetsuya Komuro. At first, Katsuto Matsuura thought that Tetsuya Komuro also wanted to sell the Eurobeat distribution rights held by ALFA Records, but he immediately said that he had no intention of doing so.

That time, Katsuto Matsuura thought that a competitor had appeared out of thin air, but as a result, the two of them had a bit of an intersection because of that meeting.

Katsuto Matsuura was keen to make friends when he was in college, and although he was not a musician, he made many musician friends, and he also helped poor underground musicians to work in his own record store.

Now, I intend to enter the record industry, and I don't mind getting to know more of a person who has already become famous.

However, in front of the talented, dashing-looking, and successful group of people who have already gained fame and fortune at a young age, Katsuto Matsuura always feels a little uncomfortable.

But it's not so much inferiority as secret jealousy.

It's just that Tetsuya Komuro is arrogant and arrogant, and in front of Matsuura Katsuto, he doesn't restrain his light at all. Not only that, although Tetsuya Komuro and Katsuto Matsuura often talk happily, but unconsciously, they will reveal a slight sense of superiority.

This makes Katsuto Matsuura's perception of Tetsuya Komuro extremely subtle.

Especially after Katsuto Matsuura learned something from the cadres of ALFA Records-

The other party revealed that Tetsuya Komuro took advantage of the current bad market of Italio Disco and the low price of the related distribution rights, and he bought the distribution rights of two emerging local labels in Yiduli at a low price.

In other words, if Katsuto Matsuura can really make the Eurobeat series famous again, then, sooner or later, there will be a chance to deal with Tetsuya Komuro about this matter.

Not only that, but the copyright in Tetsuya Komuro's hand has also appreciated.

Knowing this, I also know that Tetsuya Komuro coincides with Katsuto Matsuura at least in some things. The arrogant musician even showed the side of a businessman.

Katsuto Matsuura could have used the other party to excuse himself by not being the same person, but knowing that Tetsuya Komuro not only hid a hand, but also contacted him casually, and looked at this person again, his feelings were even more delicate.

On the one hand, Tetsuya Komuro has shown a good eye for both music and business, and Katsuto Matsuura has benefited a lot from dealing with him.

On the other hand, this friendship is mixed with Tetsuya Komuro's sense of superiority in front of Katsuto Matsuura, as well as Katsuto Matsuura's secret inferiority complex and jealousy towards Tetsuya Komuro—so complex and yet increasingly intimate.

It is like a plastic flower that has been made of bad materials, and although it does not wither, its color is extremely strange.

Tetsuya Komuro was far more powerful than Katsuto Matsuura thought, and tonight, after being half drunk, several people were ready to move to the next place.

During the casual conversation, the senior Kamiki asked Katsuto Matsuura how the progress of preparing for the record company was, and Tetsuya Komuro didn't interject at that time, but later, while the others went down to dance, only he and Katsuto Matsuura were there, and brought up the matter.

"Does Matsuura-kun know the president of BURNING?" he asked nonchalantly.

Katsuto Matsuura reacted.

Tetsuya Komuro saw his expression in his eyes and couldn't help but curl his lips and smile. Katsuto Matsuura's listless face would look particularly stupid and funny if it showed a confused look.

In fact, Tetsuya Komuro didn't look down on Katsuto Matsuura, but his life was smooth, and he was used to being self-centered in everything since he was a child, so even expressing kindness seemed to be high.

But Katsuto Matsuura is the one who doesn't like Tetsuya Komuro the most.

Tetsuya Komuro said of himself, "BURNING is one of the largest firms in the industry, and their president, Aisai, likes to give young entrepreneurs a chance. ”

"Really?" Katsuto Matsuura was still confused.

This funny expression, looking at Tetsuya Komuro's eyes, felt even more funny. He nodded, solemnly said "um", and deliberately straightened his face and stared at Katsuto Matsuura.

Tetsuya Komuro, who is handsome and dashing, looks particularly imposing when his expression is serious, stinging Katsuto Matsuura's eyes.

But in his heart, he was thinking back to what Tetsuya Komuro had just said.

PRESIDENT OF BURNING, ONE OF THE INDUSTRY'S LEADING FIRMS, LIKES TO SUPPORT YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS...... Is that so?

......

The disco on the shore, at night, is full.

Disco in the warehouse reconstruction, Shinichi Iwahashi is usually rare to come over. Once I came over, I was definitely not alone. In other words, he didn't come because he wanted to come to Kuga to dance, but because his fellow travelers wanted to come.

However, I'm going to come here today for a more special reason.

Two days ago, Shinichi Iwahashi went to Sony's side to talk about things, and happened to meet someone from Mimi CLUB who went back to shoot the cover of the single. It's just right.,There's never been such a "just right" opportunity a few times a year.,Although DREAMS COME TRUE signed with Mimi Club on the same record label.,It's rare to meet in the company.。

After all, the singers of the same company are not colleagues.

The two sides are usually busy with their own affairs, and they have no interests involved, and they don't know much about their respective trends. At this meeting, Shinichi Iwahashi found out that the members of Mimi CLUB had changed.

The band's backing dancers were expanded to three, and new musicians in charge of saxophone and trumpet were added.

When Shinichi Iwahashi went to work as a backup dancer for Mimi Club, there were already as many as eight members in the band, and after expanding the recruitment, it became an orchestra of more than a dozen people in one go.

Fortunately, the band is now popular and can perform on a bigger stage, otherwise, the former cardboard box-sized stage would never have allowed twelve people to stand on it at the same time.

The other bands use this kind of musician as a supernumerary team, or Mimi CLUB is capricious enough, not only letting the backup dancer as an official member, but also expanding and expanding the team to become a giant.

I'm really not worried about the various problems that may be brought about by being too bloated - including but not limited to member conflicts, uneven distribution of benefits, and various conflicts that may result from love within the team.

To a certain extent, the existence of Mimi CLUB is quite a match for the current bubble era.

But......

In addition to the expansion of membership, there has also been a change in the original membership.

During the greetings, Shinichi Iwahashi and his old acquaintances greeted each other one by one, and found that there was one person missing.

"Isn't Sakamoto-san here today?"

In Iwahashi Shinichi's heart, when it comes to Mimi CLUB, the first three people that come to mind are Masashi Amatani, who cooks deliciously, Ryuya Ishii, the lead singer who wears a pair of pants with him, and then the women's clothing boss Takuji Sakamoto (Emi Hakata).

Minako Ishii tells Shinichi Iwahashi that Takuji Sakamoto has quit the band.

"Sakamoto-san is now a DJ at Juliana. It was Maori Amaya who gave Iwahashi a more detailed explanation.

Iwahashi nodded cautiously, "I see." ”

This group of young masters and ladies from rich families formed a whim.、It's like a mess.,Whether it's a sudden plan to expand the recruitment,Or one of them is tired of playing and wants to change careers and do something else.,Iwahashi Shin'ichi is not surprised.。

The stage style of Mimi CLUB is too gorgeous, and Ryuya Ishii's presence is infinite, except for the mascot Onoda Yasuhide, who serves as a "spiritual symbol", the other members come and go, and the audience doesn't care much.

This also gives them the freedom to come and go.

Minako Ishii didn't change her personality of loving to watch and be lively, and especially added to Shinichi Iwahashi, "When Takuk-kun was a DJ, she was still dressed as a woman. I heard that there are also office workers who cheer for him. ”

“......”

In an instant, Shinichi Iwahashi had a picture in his mind of the picture that he had witnessed with his own eyes, when Takusa Sakamoto was beautified, kicking his legs and waving his hands on stage, and the audience cheered hoarsely and cheered "Megumi Kobe——!!".

"It's amazing. He sighed.

Amaya Maori was beside him, and he couldn't help but laugh when he saw his emotional expression in his eyes. Minako Ishii didn't think it was a big deal to see the excitement, and continued to ask Iwahashi Shinichi if he wanted to go and cheer for Takusa Sakamoto.

"Let's take Iwahashi-san with us, and I must be shocked when I see it!"

"When the time comes, you have to remember to call it 'Hui Sauce', and call it 'Zhuo Jun' to reveal the filling. ”

You and I can't say a few words about these guys, so the brothers and sisters of Ryuya Ishii invited him to play with Juliana, and then took the time to meet Takuji Sakamoto.

"It's a special treat for customers to meet with popular DJs in private. Ishii Ryuya also had the tone that Shinichi Iwahashi had earned.

In this posture, if Iwahashi dares to say "thank you", he dares to reply "You're welcome".

Thinking back to the fact that they ganged up and wanted to trick themselves, and let Takusa Sakamoto, who was dressed as a woman, go to talk to him, it's not good because the two brothers and sisters still remember the tricks on him at the beginning, or they just like to use Takus Sakamoto to tease him.

But anyway, after all, I had a little friendship with Mimi CLUB, and it was an invitation after not seeing each other for a long time. Iwahashi Shinichi agreed, and after agreeing with Minako Ishii, he made an appointment, and the two sides went to their own businesses.

After that, Minako Ishii called him and set a time and place to meet. Let's go drinking together first, and then go dancing when we're done.

"Do you want to call Amartya-chan up too?" Minako Ishii discussed with him.

The reason she gave was also quite speechless, "When we get to the disco, my brother and I are likely to patronize and have fun and forget about the meeting." If that's really the case, let Tenya-chan take care of taking Iwahashi-san to see Tsun-kun. ”

Therefore, it was specially called Shangtiangu Zhenli, is it because the girl is honest and obedient?

The youngest "last son" in a group will either become everyone's favorite younger brother and sister, or they will be called infinitely. Maori Amaya is obviously the latter kind.

And so—

That night, the two Ishii siblings, like sharks smelling at disco, began to go to their own party, gradually forgetting the real purpose of coming this time.

Iwahashi Shinichi turned his head to look at Maori Amaya, and Matoshi Amaya also turned his head to look at him.

"Minako-san really knows herself well. Shinichi Iwahashi couldn't help but complain.

Matoshi Amaya smiled at his words.