"Approximately 55,000 people have been mobilized, and the DREAMS COME TRUE field tour Fukuoka has come to a successful conclusion!!"

"For the first time in the history of a girl band!PRINCESS PRINCESS Budokan 3-day performance decided!!"

On Monday, the newspaper entertainment section not only had the news that the first outdoor tour of DREAMS COME TRUE had been successfully completed, but also that PRINCESS PRINCESS would hold a three-day concert at the Budokan in July.

The last time the two bands appeared in the same day's newspaper at the same time was more than two months ago, when the two sides took turns to occupy the first place on the singles chart, teaming up to beat the popular idol and the top idol until they couldn't fight back.

This time, one has just completed a big concert, and the other is ready to break into its own record: the first girl band in history to hold a concert at a budokan hall.

In general, the more qualifiers you add to the record, the less valuable the record is.

In this place, the Beatles first performed here gilded, and the Rolling Stones were also scheduled to perform here, which was of special significance to the rock band of Yumoto.

Before Tokyo Dome was put into commercial use, the largest indoor venue was the Shomoto Budokan Museum, so for singers, holding a concert at the Budokan became a proof of being among the top ranks.

Since the Beatles first held a concert here, in the past 23 years, countless singers and idol bands at home and abroad have performed here, and there are many people who have held them for ten consecutive days.

However, there is really only one band with an all-girl lineup, PRINCESS PRINCESS.

With Shinichi Iwahashi's struggling performance at the beginning of the women's rock festival, you know how rare a popular girl band is in Yumoto.

This record is not very valuable among singers, but it is of great significance to the form of a girl band. Having the confidence to open in the Budokan for three days in a row means that you have the popularity and commercial value of being among the top lines.

As long as the three-day martial arts hall can be successfully concluded, PRINCESS PRINCESS's first-line status will be stable.

This is basically the same as Shinichi Iwahashi asking DREAMS COME TRUE to start a large-scale outdoor tour to show his strength, popularity, and status.

It's just that he chose to fulfill his agreement with Miwa-chan, while Sony chose a martial arts hall with special significance.

In the final analysis, this year is not only the year when DREAMS COME TRUE became popular, but also the year when PRINCESS PRINCESS entered the explosive period.

Going deeper, the two bands first joined hands to beat their idols on the singles chart, and now they are both opening big performances to announce the arrival of the band boom.

For the general public, there will be no subdivision of all-girl bands and female-centric bands. In their opinion, first the band, then the band of the female lead.

The essence of human beings is cooing, following trends, and lemon essence.

Tokyo's record labels, faced with the two most powerful bands of the year, are secretly envious and jealous of Sony's lead in the band era. While deciding to reduce and cancel the idol's debut plan.

Then, get ready to follow these two bands, hurry up to make a band plan, and join the battle.

......

"Nagato-san, it's here. ”

The driver reminded him, and Nagato took his attention off the newspaper in his hand, turned his head to look out the window, and closed it.

After taking over the production rights of the theme song of "Cherry Maruko", Daiyuki Nagato has been working hard around the planned limited group for the recent period.

was put on the spot by Iwahashi Shinichi, and this incident certainly made him angry. But after that, Nagato Daiyuki decided to go with the flow, and in turn used this limited group and this collaboration as bait to pave the way for his planned record label.

Under the guise of making this limited group, he successfully obtained the support of the investors behind the Star Office, introduced the president of the Star Office, and negotiated a decision to hold an interview between the models for the selection of the three harmony girls of the limited group.

Today is the day when I agreed to come to the Star Office for a small interview.

In order to save time and go straight to the topic, Xingchen Office first conducted an intention selection. But unexpectedly, there are more girls interested in joining the group than expected.

I thought that there were 12 people in the interview stage, but I didn't expect that there were as many as 23 models who were interested in participating in the interview through the agent.

It seems that Sachiko Kamaike and Keiko Utoku were picked up by the producers of the record company one after another, and Sachiko Kamaike also became popular as the lead singer of the band, and those two events brought many hopes to these models to become singers.

Anyway, I went to try it, and if I didn't become popular, I could go back and continue to be a model, if I became popular......

Sachiko Kamaike, whose album was a hit, appeared in fashion magazines, and got a feature on it, encouraged the girls with her "good luck".

Although Nagato Daiyuki was put on the table by Shinichi Iwahashi, he also benefited from him, and he had eleven more choices for him.

Tota's blessing...... It's weird.

When Nagato Daiyuki was in contact with the person in charge of the Xingchen Office, he learned that Sachiko Kamaike was originally a model of the Xingchen Office, and now the agency contract is still in the Xingchen, there is an indescribable feeling.

That Sachiko Kamaike, with impeccable appearance, Nagato Daiyuki went to listen to ZARD's records, she took all the lyrics, and read the lyrics she wrote, you know that she has quite a talent and unique style in the use of words.

It fits perfectly with the heroine of the band he expected to be centered on the female lead, but it is different from the style of the band he envisioned.

Just one step away!

The guy named Iwahashi took the lead again!

The past is over, and Nagato Daiyuki only hopes to seize this opportunity to use Shinichi Iwahashi's hand to make this limited group popular, so that he can use this limited group as the first round of the record company to open up the situation.

Then, stay away from that guy named Iwahashi!

Nagato Daiyuki mustered up all his strength to select three female harmonic officials from these twenty-three models—to be precise, to be precise, and quietly select the fourth person.

The right lead singer for the band he was in.

Don't be aggressive, but be malleable.

It must have both the crispness and neatness of women in the Heisei era and the gentleness and restraint of women in the Showa era.

Nagato Daiyuki depicts the imaginary image of the female lead singer in his heart.

At the beginning of the interview, from the first to the twenty-third, the models walked into a small conference room provided by the Star Office in turn. The interview went on quickly, and Nagato Daiyuki had already made a draft in his heart, and he planned carefully, the images of the three female officials should not overlap, and try to make the audience look at a glance, with the impression that they are three sisters with completely different personalities.

First of all, it has to be pretty Those who don't look like him will be crossed out.

The images of the three sisters cannot coincide, and if two people are similar, the one with the lower score is crossed out.

Good sound quality is more important than good singing skills. If the song sounds tacky, it should be crossed out.

"Haruka Murakami. ”

"Miwako Yamane. ”

"Watanabe is so beautiful. ”

Nagado matched the models who walked in one by one, and after the interview, he drew circles behind the names of the three girls. Barring no surprises, it's no longer a problem to have these three girls take on the role of harmony.

The people from the Sagashi Office were accompanied, and after the last girl left, he asked for the opinion of Nagato Daiyuki.

"It's very good, the quality of the models in your office is very high. ”

Nagato Daiyuki casually complimented, "Not only do you have no external conditions, but there are also many people who sing well." As soon as he said that, he remembered that the best one was picked up by Shinichi Iwahashi, and he couldn't help but feel bored.

The people at the Xingchen Office didn't know what he was thinking, but when they heard him say this, they smiled politely. Out of good intentions, I want to get close to Nagato Daiyuki - after all, I heard that the two sides may become brother companies.

"Originally, I didn't know that these models could change careers to become singers, but when GENZO's Iwahashi-san came to pick people......"

At the contact stage, the people at the Stellar Office knew that the limited combination selected by Nagato Daiyuki this time was a production commission received from Shinichi Iwahashi.

ZARD was steadily on the way up, and it was when the Star Office and GENZO had a good relationship, and when he learned that Nagato Daiyuki was working with Shinichi Iwahashi, the people at the office did not shy away from mentioning this name in front of him.

Every time he mentions it, Nagato Daiyuki has to pinch his nose to listen, and pinch his nose to accompany and praise. Xingchen Office and BEING are not brothers yet, but they are real partners with Shinichi Iwahashi, and Nagato Daiyuki can't offend either of them.

To a certain extent, Nagato Daiyuki thinks that this harmony selection is tantamount to "bearing the burden of humiliation".

However, after such a dedication, among the twenty-three candidates for harmony, they did not choose the suitable female lead singer in their minds.

Nagato glanced at the list in his hand, and in addition to the three girls who drew circles, there was also a girl who drew a horizontal line.

Her name is Mako Fujitani, and she has the best singing skills among the twenty-three models this time. She looks good, she can be called a beauty, but it's a little far from the kind of woman he imagined to have both Showa and Heisei temperament.

He wandered in his mind. wanted to list her as a candidate, but was a little unwilling.

But anyway, the three female officers of harmony have already decided this time. Nagato Daiyuki met with the dignitaries of the Star Office on the spot, ready to sign a contract with them.

The name of the limited group was decided to be called B.B.QUEENS, and this name is a meme that you can tell at first glance that it is playing B.

The reason why I came up with this name is first because the core character of the group, Kondo Bonosuke, is a blues singer, and the god of music in his heart is the king of the blues kingdom.

In addition, Nagato Daiyuki wanted the name of this group to be easy to remember and full of character.

After a comprehensive selection, the name was finalized.

The lead vocals are Kondo Bonosuke and Yuiko Tsubokura, the three female officials are the three models, and the five accompaniment musicians are played by BEING's musicians, and Tetsuro Oda also joins in, all of which are BEING's lineup.

"That's right. ”

Nagato Daiyuki still spoke in the end, and asked the Xingchen Office, "There is also a ...... named Fujitani Mako" He told the people of the Xingchen Office that he had a project that needed a female singer, and he hoped that Fujitani Mako would give it a try.

It takes four people to open your mouth at a time.

Fujitani Mako was out of the plan, and the people at the Star Office did not agree or not on the spot.

Nagato Daiyuki is not in a hurry to urge.

This interview took up most of the day, and he had a light meal with the people of Xingchen Office at noon, and in the evening, he also said that he would invite the staff accompanying the interview to eat and drink.

After tossing this full day, Nagato Daiyuki was quite tired.

The next day, he went to the company and instructed the clerk to prepare to negotiate the work contract of the three female woo singers with the Xingchen Office, and while he was busy, Takahiro Matsumoto called and asked Nagato Daiyuki if he could come over now.

Nagato replied "Yes".

When the phone was put down, his mood was not relaxed. Especially thinking of Matsumoto Takahiro's stubborn personality and B'z's achievements that have not improved at all.

While DREAMS COME TRUE and PRINCESS PRINCESS were killing all over the industry, B'z was performing in LIVEHOUSES across the country.

Two-thirds of the way through a cigarette, Takahiro Matsumoto knocked on the door.

Nagato extinguished the cigarette in his hand, waiting to hear what the assertive man had to say.

Takahiro Matsumoto came prepared, and as soon as he entered the door, he went straight to the point and handed a CD to Daiyuki Nagato. In his office, he has all kinds of listening equipment.

Nagato Daiyuki wanted to use headphones, but was advised to use speaker equipment.

Although he couldn't guess what Takahiro Matsumoto was going to do, he did what he said and put the CD in.

As soon as the prelude sounded, Nagato Daiyuki's heart moved.

"Disco?"

It was clear that he was the one who brought the CD, but Takahiro Matsumoto seemed to be deaf to the warm tune, and slowly said his thoughts, "Nagado-san, how about having the band work with disco?"

Now it's not just the band craze, it's also the disco craze.

Making an album that plays on a disco might open things up.

Takahiro Matsumoto has been a member of TM Network's backing team for a long time, and he has learned a lot of production experience from Tetsuya Komuro, who is a keen electronic musician, so why not give it a try and incorporate this experience into rock music.

Anyway, I can't find a suitable way to become popular now.

"Just give it a try. ”

Nagato Daiyuki thought about it for a while and felt that it was a good idea. However, he took this opportunity to add more conditions, "There is no more chance, if this attempt does not work......

Takahiro Matsumoto did not answer, and listened silently. With that unsmiling expression, it is impossible to guess whether he agreed or not.

But this time, Nagato Daiyuki has already made up his mind.

Let Takahiro Matsumoto be willful this time, if the band has not improved, it is necessary to take back the production rights and listen to his command!

I have to pinch my nose externally, and I can't be weak internally!

......

After the performance of DREAMS COME TRUE in Fukuoka, the equipment of the outdoor venue was dismantled and prepared for shipment to Osaka, the next stop of the concert.

Temporary workers do what they should do after their salaries, and the staff work in batches, each with its own task.

As for the three members of the band, they stayed in Fukuoka for half a day, and on Monday morning, Miwa-chan and Brother Nakamura were going to record a radio program, and then left for Tokyo in the afternoon.

In the morning, Miwa-chan and Brother Nakamura took a special car to Fukuoka to deliver it, and Shinichi Iwahashi stayed at the hotel and called Tokyo.

Monday was supposed to be his busy time.