"However, it won't work, Akimoto-san. ”

Iwahashi Shinichi interrupted the slightest hint that Akimoto had exposed after drinking.

Yasushi Akimoto saw his talent from the way Shinichi Iwahashi made Chisato Moritaka and WINK.

This kind of talent is different from the talent of writing lyrics and composing music of Goto Jili, another partner in the kitten club, but a talent that judges the situation and comes up with just the right plan at the right time.

This talent allows Shinichi Iwahashi to accurately find and shatter the weaknesses of idols, and can also lead idols who are spinning around in the maze and can't find their way to a practical path.

Producers who don't like idols very much may know better than anyone how to make idols popular.

Goto was still an artist at heart, lacking the means of a businessman.

But Yasu Akimoto himself did not find the right balance and find the right path to continue before the kitten club got out of control.

Iwahashi Shinichi first smashed idols, and then he was able to successfully promote idols, two completely different approaches before and after, but both were successful, which made Akimoto Yasushi have an expectation of him.

Although the kitten club ended in a sloppy end, it also left something behind - for example, the fact that these girls were able to set off such a buzz proves that this production model, which is different from traditional idols, can be promoted among the public.

Because this model is feasible, there is the popularity of kitten clubs.

Now, we have experience in making non-traditional idols, but there is a lack of ideas and methods on how to operate the idol scenes produced by this model.

Yasushi Akimoto looked forward to perhaps achieving even higher achievements if Shinichi Iwahashi was brought in to regroup and explore a path that could go further......

He is obsessed with idols, and he is even more proud of the project of the Kitten Club, and always wants to complete the half-finished product of the Kitten Club.

That could probably become a super idol like never before......

But he was ambitious, and as soon as he got up, he was poured a scoop of cold water by Shinichi Iwahashi.

Such a simple refusal made a trace of unhappiness flash in Qiu Yuanyasu's heart. But it's not incomprehensible, and it seems presumptuous to talk about it suddenly. Besides, Shinichi Iwahashi is different from him, and his focus is clearly on the band.

Shinichi Iwahashi's heart for the band is like Yasuya Akimoto's heart for his idol.

However, Akimoto Yasushi did not give up.

After a pause, he spoke again: "Indeed, the kitten club has just ended, and after a while, there will be another 'kitten club 2.0' immediately, and the public may feel that there is no novelty, but although the kitten club proves that the production model of amateur idols is feasible, it is not immutable to apply the original model......

He was moderately weak in his words, but he still wanted to pull Iwahashi to make a plan.

This chubby young man, after watching his proud combination fall into ruins, still wanted to regroup, so he used the materials cleaned from the ruins to build a new building.

"That being said, now is not the time. ”

Yasu Akimoto was a little curious and asked, "So, when do you think it's 'time'?"

Iwahashi Shinichi asked Yasushi Akimoto, "How long is the 'one and a half moments' that Akimoto-san said?"

"This ......"

"Is it a year and a half, three years and five years, or ten years and eight years?"

It is clear that idols are going downhill, and among idols, the kitten club is particularly special.

Although the orthodox idols have different styles, there is something in the same vein, which is always the same, so that the orthodox idols can be smoothly renewed.

The audience will not hold the myth of Baihui for life and disdain the successors because there was a Yamaguchi Baihui.

Therefore, the downhill path of orthodox idols is first reflected in the fact that the peak is lowered, the peak period is shorter, and it is more difficult for newcomer idols to get ahead.

However, the kitten club, a combination of swords and edges, on the one hand, lacks something to inherit, on the other hand, they are not good at singing, dancing and dancing, giving the public the impression that they are shallow female high school students who can see the bottom at a glance, so when they first appeared, they set off a boom, and the freshness collapsed immediately.

There was not even a process of an orthodox idol slowly falling, and it collapsed directly.

"I don't think Kitten Club 2.0 is going to succeed until at least the Kitten Club disappears from the minds of the audience. Iwahashi thought for a moment and added, "To be precise, it's impossible until there are major changes in the daily life of female high school students." ”

Because, a large part of the appeal of the kitten club to the public comes from their identity as real female high school students. Now, the public is well aware of the daily life of female high school students in this era, and no matter how much it changes, this attraction will not increase again.

Akimoto Yasushi heard this, with a thoughtful expression.

"What if you give up the label of 'high school girl' and replace it with a new one?" he asked.

Shinichi Iwahashi still shook his head, "No matter how the label changes, the fundamental things still haven't changed. "What's more, the idol market is still declining as a whole.

To put it bluntly, what the chubby young man is obsessed with is to promote an idol model with the lowest probability of turning around in a market that is constantly going downhill. He could explore, but Shinichi Iwahashi didn't want to get involved.

At this point, Akimoto Yasushi knew that Iwahashi Shinichi would definitely not be involved in this matter, so he had to smile and make a round of his own game, "In the end, Shin Yijun is really not interested in this." ”

Shin Iwahashi smiled, "Maybe it's just a matter of believing too much in what I think is the 'timing'. ”

"Still, your judgment is strong. The chubby young man said.

"It's hard to say whether the judgment is strong or not, maybe the timing I believe is the wrong time. But I'm a person who trusts my own judgment. ”

Shinichi Iwahashi tried to end the topic as peacefully as possible, "So, when I think the timing is not right, even if the combination made by Akimoto-san is ten times more popular than the Kitten Club, I won't want to sign up to participate." ”

"But, the reverse is also true. If I think it's the right time, even if the group made by Akimoto-san is performing in the open air on the dirt floor behind the concert venue and can't even release a single, I'll help. ”

Akimoto laughed, "If that's the case, then I should make a group that performs on the dirt floor right now." ”

Obedient and obedient, although he failed to win over Iwahashi Shinichi, he did not dispel the idea of continuing to stumble on idol production. However, since he didn't plan to mix, Iwahashi Shinichi didn't ask anything more.

The chubby young man suddenly threw away an intention to cooperate, but was rejected by Shinichi Iwahashi, even so, the Tao will not affect the friendship between the two people.

The wine was drunk, and the bill was credited to Akimoto Yasu.

The chubby young man, who came out to fool around, didn't even need to take his wallet out when he came to the store he often visited. The proprietress keeps the accounts and sends them to his personal office for settlement.

......

Since he said hello to Chihiro Kameyama, Iwahashi Shinichi sent the band's audition tape to the TV bureau after that. Chihiro Kameyama listened to the audition tape and thought it was quite desirable, so he called the record company.

Shinichi Iwahashi made an appointment with him to meet, and took Sachiko Kamaike to the TV bureau to meet him and talk face-to-face.

On such an occasion, Sachiko Kamaike went, in fact, it was useless, basically Iwahashi Shinichi chatted with Kameyama Chihiro, especially brought her, and more importantly, in order to increase Kameyama Chihiro's impression of her.

In the future, I may continue to fight for opportunities such as TV series theme songs or interludes for the band here at Kameyama Chihiro, rather than taking the initiative to find Kameyama Chihiro every time to say hello and then send the audition to listen.

It's better to introduce Sachiko Kamaike and Chihiro Kameyama to each other, so that this producer has a more three-dimensional impression of Sachiko Kamaike, and when the time comes, when there is a suitable opportunity, maybe I will think of such a person first.

I met, and this time, with the intention of cooperation, I talked a little more specifically about the TV series.

It is worth mentioning that Sachiko Kamaike herself is quite concerned about the plot of the TV series and what she wants to convey through the plot, and she asked several questions more actively than expected.

This kind of performance was a bit unexpected by Iwahashi Shinichi.

Still on the way back, Sachiko Kamaike confided in her heart, "It's a little immature idea." I think that as the theme song of the TV series, even if there are one or two lyrics in it that make the audience think that it matches the plot of the TV series, when the theme song is heard at the end, it will feel even better, right?"

"There's nothing 'premature' about that. ”

Iwahashi listened and said, "On the contrary, it's a great idea. ”

Thinking from the audience's point of view, after watching a whole episode of the TV series, emotions were substituted into the plot, and when the protagonist walked, the theme song that fit the plot sounded, and the effect at that moment was absolutely great.

The idea was affirmed, and while Sachiko Kamaike breathed a sigh of relief, her self-confidence also rose a little.

Sachiko Kamaike has seen it, and I've heard it on the trial tape, and the production team of Yuejiu finally agreed that ZARD would sing the theme song of "Falling in Love with Your Eyes".

This issue is scheduled to be broadcast on January 9 of the following year, and the release date of the band's debut single is two weeks earlier than the broadcast time of the TV series, stepping on the tail of 1988 to debut.

However, since the settlement year for record sales ends between late November and early December, it is actually a new year.

......

On the one hand, Shinichi Iwahashi negotiated with Fuji TV for ZARD's debut, and on the other hand, Manyumi Watanabe decided to sing a new song for DREAMS COME TRUE, and went to discuss with the production committee of the Red and White Song Society.

During this period, the second version of the arrangement was produced, and the whole song was seven minutes and twenty-six seconds long, which would not have been possible to fit such a long song on a single disc in the past.

A song that is more than seven minutes long, and even the radio station is reluctant to broadcast it.

Therefore, the result of the negotiation is also obvious, five minutes is already the limit that can be set aside for the band. So, the band has two options at the moment.

"The first is to shorten the length of the song. The second is to sing another song. ”

Watanabe Manyumi conveyed the results she had predicted a long time ago to Shinichi Iwahashi again.

"Hmm. Shinichi Iwahashi's expression was not good-looking.

Watanabe saw his reaction, "It's a bit troublesome, but I still have to think about it again." ”

"Until then......"

Tell both teammates first, and change it again.

......

Iwahashi Shinichi went to the recording studio, and Miwa-chan and Brother Nakamura were recording as usual today.

He, a giraffe man, can't work in the studio all day because he wears many hats. Therefore, part of the recording work related to him is to record together at a predetermined time, and the other part is to come and record alone when he has time.

Anyway, music production is supposed to put together a piece of audio track. Recording together or separately does not affect the final result.

By the time the others arrived, the recording was not over.

Iwahashi was still thinking about how to tell his two teammates and how to make a choice, so he didn't have the heart to go to the prison booth, so he sat at the table and waited for the recording to end.

Two roads.

Either shorten the length of the song, or make a new one.

It's easy to say that making a new song is also easy to say, and now the band has a considerable number of stock songs, so it's not a problem to choose another song from it.

But what's the next sentence in a bang?

"So happy! So happy! I like it!" was killed because of the suspicion of cursing the locust, should "Future Prospect II" be killed because the performance time was too long?

The repudiation of two confident songs in quick succession will inevitably dampen the band's morale.

We can't let that happen.

So, recreate a special version that can be performed in five minutes?

But Watanabe's reminder is still in her mind, she says, that the song has another peculiarity, which is that it is so interlocking that removing any of the lyrics would tarnish it.

But is there no solution?

......

"Shen Yijun—"

A voice woke Iwahashi Shinichi from his contemplation. When he came back to his senses, Miwa Chan sat across from him, holding his cheeks in both hands, looking serious about him.

"What's wrong?" said Shinichi Iwahashi with such a serious expression.

If a bear child suddenly becomes particularly obedient one day, parents will first suspect that the bear child is in trouble. Shinichi Iwahashi's psychology is similar to this.

Miwa-chan stared at his face and smiled heartily, "I'm imitating Shin Yijun's expression just now." ”

"......" Iwahashi was speechless.

Sighing, "My expression shouldn't be that bad, right?"

"It's five times worse than that. "Miwa-chan is a bit of a mess.

If he continued to talk like this, before he could tell Miwa-chan that he was going to adapt the song to make her frying, he himself would be so angry with her that he would blow up his hair, and Shinichi Iwahashi simply didn't answer her words.

"Angry?" Miwa-chan looked at his expression carefully.