When he was a student, when Jin Watanabe was still alive, Watanabe Manyumi had an in-depth conversation with his father about Watanabe's productions.

At that time, Miki Watanabe had not yet become Miki Yoshida under the mediation of her parents, and the future of Watanabe Manyumi was still unknown.

Compared with the eldest daughter, Watanabe Jin has always preferred the second daughter who has a similar style to him, but even so, he has never moved the idea of abolishing the eldest child. Not only that, but Watanabe Manyumi herself is also very firm that she will not fight for power with her sister.

"However, I don't want to obey my sister's words. ”

"Oh, what do you want to do?" asked Watanabe Jin.

Watanabe replied to her father, "I want to be freer, to rush forward with enterprising courage, and not to think about what needs to be protected." ”

If she had taken the helm of the firm and guarded the signboard of the old store that her parents had worked so hard for, she would not have been able to get the freedom she wanted.

However, after listening to his youngest daughter's words, Watanabe Jin corrected her: "No, even then, you have something to protect." ”

"What you want to protect is Watanabe's innovative and enterprising fire. ”

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Watanabe Manyumi retracted her thoughts and cast an encouraging glance at Shinichi Iwahashi as she waited for his next words.

"The popularity of teenagers is a bellwether. Shinichi Iwahashi said, "The Walker Heaven Kingdom, which once gathered the Bamboo Son Clan, is now occupied by amateur bands from the roadshow, and it is already a 'Band Heaven Kingdom' at all." ”

"Now, the scouts are gathering over there, Rebecca's popularity is also a sign, and there are a lot of up-and-coming bands recently, so I think the next time should be the time when bands can make a difference. ”

"Not only that, but I think there's a lot to be done by female-centric bands in this coming trend. Iwahashi pondered the language and conveyed his thoughts to Watanabe Manyumi.

"Rebecca has proven that a girl band, or a band with a female lead vocals, is the first thing that distinguishes it from the mainstream all-male bands. ”

"Definitely. After Rebecca became popular, this kind of female lead singer and male musician star-studded composition of the moon became a topic of conversation for a while.

However, the freshness brought by such a difference is only one of the benefits, and after bringing the topic and the attention of the public, how to use the work to attract the curious audience is the point, so the meaning of the band composition is not the most important. ”

"Even so, bands with women as the protagonists have an innate advantage. Shinichi Iwahashi made a very fresh point, "That is, they can seamlessly integrate the performance style of their idols on stage into their own performances." ”

"Oh?" Watanabe was intrigued by his novel perspective.

"Bands in the past, including those that are now debuting, have always been musically improving, but their performance style is still very old-fashioned, and for some young people, especially young girls, if they say they like the band when they chat, they may be called 'old-fashioned' and 'old-fashioned' by their female peers. ”

"Quite possibly. Watanabe Manyumi agreed with a smile.

She herself used to be a female high school student and a female college student, and Iwahashi Shinichi's statement made her immediately think of several female classmates who had such thoughts when she was a student.

"There are men and women in idols, but after all, the beginning of the profession is women. In the past ten years, when it comes to idols, although there have been new royal three among men, Tahara Toshihiko and Kondo Masahiko who are now Tahara Trio under Genesys, as well as popular idols such as the Junior Team and the Shibu Persimmon Team, the presence of female idols is still greater than that of male idols. ”

Not only that, but because of the different attitudes towards men and women in the country itself, as well as the short career prime period of female stars - not to mention idols, male actors can play the leading role from twenty to old age, but most actresses have to play supporting roles as soon as their flowering period is over. is as strong as Sayuri Yoshinaga, and when people reach middle age, they have also been silent for a while.

In this way, it is a profession that sells its own charm, and it is difficult for female idols and male idols to be compared.

Or it can be said that the public's fanatical pursuit of female idols, as well as the national female idols that have been constantly changing for more than ten years, are like this because of the "short-lived" characteristics of female idols.

"So, bands with women as the main characters have such an innate advantage, first of all, because they are not so traditional in terms of composition, so they don't have to follow the style of traditional bands. ”

Shinichi Iwahashi said, "In addition, they can freely learn from the performance style of their idols, enrich their expressiveness on stage, and increase the 'observability' of the performance. ”

"Idols have flourished for more than ten years, and they are something that the public has long been accustomed to, and by borrowing from the stage style of idols, it has become easier for the audience who are used to being used to idols to 'enter'. For young people, bands can also turn into 'fashion' things. ”

However, idols and bands are two completely different professions after all, so although I see the shadow of idols in girl bands, their core is still a band, which is a completely different new thing from idols. Therefore, after the entrance, the audience tastes something completely new. ”

Watanabe Manyumi understood.

Shinichi Iwahashi is the idea of using the power of idols to beat idols and take the path of idols so that idols have no way out. Contact his debut masterpiece and let the orthodox idol destroy the idol personality...... Yes, it was an idea he could come up with.

"It's a bit mean, Iwahashi-san. Watanabe smiled.

This reaction, the fool can also see that she doesn't really think he is despicable.

Shinichi Iwahashi also curled the corners of his mouth slightly, "Actually, it's the experience of learning and using idols." After all, for more than ten years, the industry has been studying idol packaging, and it can be said that there is no one in the world who knows how to package idols better than this one, and these valuable experiences are worth learning. ”

Xiaoxiao made a joke, he returned to the original topic again, and said: "If the next to replace idols is a band, then, instead of continuing to cling to idols, the firm might as well seize this opportunity and become a pioneer." ”

"In terms of bands, women are still weak. However, these advantages make me think that if I focus on girl bands, I must have a lot to do. This women's rock festival is unprecedented, and once it is successfully held, it is sure to attract the attention of the outside world. Watanabe Productions can take this opportunity to attract these attention. ”

First set up a setting that fully supports women's rock, this old-fashioned, no longer sharp firm, in the underground musicians, has a name again.

People are the most important thing at all times.

Watanabe Manyumi listened carefully to his last words, thought for a while, looked at Shinichi Iwahashi, and said, "Very good." ”