"As a band, I didn't even want to tip 10 yen for a performance of that calibre. ”

Iwahashi Shinichi's words made Watanabe even more confused.

"But," he asked, "Wan Yumi-san, makeup is a lot of trouble, isn't it?"

"What?"

Watanabe Manyumi, who didn't know what Shinichi Iwahashi wanted to say, could only be led by his nose and answer the question, "It's not easy." ”

"How's the makeup of the members of that band?" he asked.

Watanabe Manyumi thought about it for a moment, "It's pretty good. ...... At first glance, it is well drawn. ”

"So, I deliberately prepared such gorgeous costumes and put on makeup, so that it didn't look like a roadshow in Osaka Castle Park, but like a solo concert at a budokan hall. ”

"Such a band can't work so hard to put on a comedy with a passing audience. Iwahashi said.

Watanabe Manyumi felt a little clue, didn't answer, and waited for him to continue.

"Not being deterred by the boos of the audience during the performance is of course the quality that singers should have. It's good that they can have that mentality. If it weren't for the overly solemn dress, I would have had a good time. ”

However, the band, which takes even roadside performances so seriously, Shin'ichi Iwahashi doesn't think they're here to join in the fun.

"Maybe the talent of Kansai people is to resolve embarrassment, but I think there must be a line between the singer and the audience that cannot be crossed. Turning the boos into interaction and mingling with the audience seems free, but it's not advisable. ”

"If this line is removed, the singer will no longer be a singer. ”

This is the reason why Shinichi Iwahashi couldn't stand it after seeing Shooting Chaos Q and the audience playing together. Once he did so, forgetting the theme he was performing there, the band ceased to be a band in his opinion.

...... It's better to roll up your sleeves and jump into the audience to fight with the cheers.

"That's right. "Watanabe Manyumi thoughtfully.

"When the band started interacting with the audience, it was like watching a funny show than a live music. She said.

"If you don't think of them as a band, it's worth about 100 yen as a comedy show. ”

When Shinichi Iwahashi said this, Watanabe Manyumi couldn't help but think in her heart, whether this sentence regards Shooter Q as a band or a funny artist, it is spicy enough.

- Admission to Yoshimoto's small theater is 500 yen.

"That's why I think it's a bit of a pity. Shinichi Iwahashi told her.

"We've probably seen it in Osaka Castle Park, and there aren't many official bands like them. In a place where everyone performs easily, it actually takes courage to be so seriously fully armed. ”

"Playing with the crowd was probably the best way for this team of recruits to defuse the crowd's boos. However, blindly relying on this method of resolution will undoubtedly also dissolve their original musical possibilities. ”

Iwahashi's consideration is not unreasonable. But Watanabe Manyumi listened obediently and asked, "So, are you optimistic about their musical possibilities?"

"It's not 'bullish', but it's a possibility. ”

Shinichi Iwahashi said, "Tokyo's visual system is okay on a scale now, and authentic glam rock is rare. The band just now, although the level is amateur, it can be heard that they are actually novices. It's hard to say how much room for improvement there is. But as a band, there are at least two more merits. ”

"Oh?"

"One is that the song they just wrote is original, although it is not very well written, but it is indeed creating. "Second, although the performance level is not very good, I am already very conscious of being a glam rock band. ”

As long as they don't start their performance, it's quite bluffing to stand there.

This merit was said to be too sarcastic, and Watanabe Manyumi couldn't help but laugh.

Not sarcasm, of course.

"A novice amateur band, there are two good things to offer. What's more, it's still a rare glam rock. ”

However, to know whether they have this possibility, we must first point out and correct the way they interact with the audience. Throw this away, and then there is a "possibility".

So, I left the record company's business card. Shinichi Iwahashi told Watanabe Manyumi, "If a band that has been prepared to this level has been carefully prepared, and when they receive a business card from a record company, they will call me." ”

But any singer who wants to make his debut, what he dreams of when performing is to have a talent scout hand over a business card.

Watanabe Manyumi wanted to say something.

Shinichi Iwahashi guessed what she was trying to say, "If the record company employees who suddenly appeared out of nowhere, when they were just after the performance and were excited, directly pointed out the way they had come up with a response, it would provoke their rebellion." ”

Leave a business card and leave, and give them the initiative, which makes it easier to communicate later.

"That 100 yen, it can't be the phone bill you paid them, right?" said Watanabe Manyumi, half-jokingly.

Iwahashi Shinichi cooperated, "That's fine." ”

Seeing that her expression became subtle, she explained with a smile, "This is the step that was handed over." Putting a tip in with a business card will give them a hint of 'we're in for a match' and will be a little more motivated. ”

"Of course," Iwahashi said with a smile, "it's not wrong to say that it's the phone bill that was paid to them." ”

Manyumi Watanabe, who casually said it, didn't know whether to laugh or be speechless for a while.

However, he was convinced of his ability to ponder people's hearts, "It is worthy of you." Instead, he asked, "So, you're going to sign them?"

"It's not that far away, but I just want to invite them to the LIVEHOUSE first. "If we want to open a livehouse and return to the mode of discovering new people from the underground to the ground, it is inevitable that we will cast a wide net." ”

Invite them to perform first, correct their problems, discover their possibilities, and then decide whether to give a contract or not, and what kind of contract will be given.

The two left Osaka Castle Park.

In the evening, Shinichi Iwahashi and Manyumi Watanabe went to see ZARD's performance together.

The number of spectators who arrived tonight was about the same as yesterday, and not only that, but after entering, it was obvious that compared to the indifferent attitude of the audience waiting for the opening last night, the atmosphere in the audience hall tonight began to heat up a little.

It seems that last night's performance was well received by the audience.

When the time came, the band walked up to the stage.

Sachiko Kamaike, who was surrounded in the middle, finally didn't forget the greeting "Osaka audience" at the beginning of the show.

In front of the audience, she is still very young, and she looks no different from last night.

Iwahashi Shinichi looked at the young Sachiko Kamaike, and remembered the shooting chaos Q he saw in Osaka Castle Park and interacted with the audience, and this time, he finally made up his mind about the stage style of Sachiko Kamaike.