Minato-ku, BEING.

Nagato Daiyuki was standing at his desk, holding the phone receiver, with a polite smile on his face, talking to the other end of the phone.

"I see? It's the presumptuous ones who are causing you trouble. He apologized on the other end of the phone.

On the other side of the phone is Cherry Seed, the author of "Cherry Maruko".

Cherry is just twenty-four years old this year – but by the time she was twenty years old, she had already drawn "Cherry Maruko".

If it weren't for the best-selling comic that became a topic, at this age, most of them would be working as a fan collar employee in some company, or they were preparing to marry themselves.

However, once he became a best-selling cartoonist, his life was completely different.

A while ago, Nagato Daiyuki learned that "Cherry Maruko" was about to be animated, and he started the idea of playing the theme song of the animation, wanting to bypass the manga editorial department and the animation production committee, and go directly to Cherry to recommend herself.

Ordinary families are animating every day, and making theme songs is not a sought-after resource.

Daiyuki Nagato is a generation that grew up watching "Miss Conch", and he is also a family daily anime, and when he watched "Cherry Maruko", he felt that this manga was more fashionable and interesting than "Miss Conch".

"Miss Conch" is like a kind of Japanese family heritage, and it is a traditional food that can only be tasted by the person on the table. But "Cherry Maruko" is different, although it is also Japanese, it is easier to eat and more delicious.

Now, this manga is going to be animated, and it is still being played next to "Miss Conch" on the same day, although it is an inconspicuous family-oriented animation - or it is precisely because it is a family-oriented animation that Nagato Daiyuki sees a glimmer of opportunity in it.

Family-oriented, which means that the whole family has a lot more opportunities to sit together and watch.

And this comic itself is popular enough.、The probability of becoming popular after being adapted into an animation is not low.,If the song is chosen appropriately.,If the animation is popular.,Maybe you can make a big selling children's song.。

Even if the animation is tepid, this kind of animation will be broadcast for two or three years at a time, and it can still drive the sales of the theme song.

On top of that, the cost of making an animated theme song is minimal. No matter how you think about it, getting the production rights of the animation theme song is a sure thing to make a profit, and even have the opportunity to make a lot of money.

Nagato Daiyuki knows the development of pop music well, and because he understands it, he doesn't take children's songs lightly. "Black Cat Tango" and "Let's Swim! Taiyaki" are all children's songs, and they are all million-dollar singles.

...... It's also a textbook-level one-shot house.

People who become popular with children's rhymes have a hard time having the opportunity to transform, and they are often like disposable items that are thrown away after use.

Because of this use-and-lose characteristic, Nagato Daiyuki even began to consider that if he won the right to produce the theme song of "Cherry Maruko", he would make a limited project for this theme song, and it was best to make a lively combination.

Dress up the people in the group as exaggerated and dreamy, and try to weaken the connection with reality.

In this way, when the project is over, the members of the group can change out of their costumes, wash off the makeup on their faces, and continue to do other things.

After Tetsuro Oda received the assignment he assigned, he wrote a good tune. After Nagato Daiyuki heard it, he immediately registered the copyright with the music association, and was going to contact Cherry and send the song to her.

After graduating from high school, Cherry changed her career to become a cartoonist after a few days as an office worker, and she drew a masterpiece of her career not long after her debut, so she can be called favored by God.

It's also because of her early debut, she is not deeply involved in the world, and she doesn't understand anything about human feelings and sophistication, Nagato Daiyuki is nearly twenty years older than her, and she is a human spirit who is well versed in human nature, and she looks at this new best-selling cartoonist like a child.

A middle-aged man, who said in a sincere tone that he was a fan of manga, also brought a tune made by his production company, and when he finally met, he had never seen a cherry like this, and he was persuaded in a few words, and he used the player that Nagato Daiyuki carried with him, and auditioned the tune he brought.

“...... It's amazing!"

Cherry's Maruko is a star-chaser who keeps up with the trend, and since it is a character drawn based on the author himself, Cherry himself is also highly qualified in star-chasing.

"Is this really a song written specifically for comics?" she asked.

Nagato Daiyuki naturally gave an affirmative answer, "I wrote it thinking about the manga after reading it." ”

Receiving such an answer, a look of surprise appeared on Cherry's face. She is not deeply involved in the world, although she is a popular cartoonist, but in her eyes, the entertainment industry is still a bit far away.

Now, a music producer (listen to his introduction, and have made songs for many well-known singers) has come to her by writing music for her comics.

A little vanity, a little contentment.

But most of all, Cherry loves this tune.

Nagato Daiyuki's ability to know the ballad of Yamamoto is at work at this time, from Yamamoto Rin to Yamaguchi Momoe, but there is nothing he doesn't know about the stars that Cherry has liked and is liked.

The two of them had a good conversation in the café where they had agreed to meet—and the song was left in Cherry's hand.

It's not that Nagato Daiyuki doesn't know that the comic book author has no say in animation.,But after all, it's a family's daily animation.,The theme song of this kind of animation has always been taken seriously.,It's often just contracted out casually.。 In this way, the original author suggested that when no one was competing for it, it was only a matter of convenience for the production committee to sell personal favors.

said that Cherry moved and asked her to act as an intermediary, as well as the tune that had already been made...... There is a high probability that the production committee will go with the flow.

As the parting approaches, Nagato Daiyuki even encouraged Cherry to try to compose the lyrics for the song herself.

"I've never written lyrics before, and my grades in Chinese language weren't very good when I was in school. Cherry said.

Nagato Daiyuki said softly, "Lyrics have nothing to do with the grades of the Chinese language class, but have other skills......" he said him, and Cherry was stunned when he heard it.

By the time it was time to say goodbye, the two had already exchanged contact information with each other, and said that if Cherry wanted to learn lyrics, they would ask him for help.

Everything is going well, and it's all in Nagato's plan.

After sending the song, he began to think about how to make this project.

Since it's a family-oriented animation, why don't you make a group of members according to the traditional Japanese family configuration, there are fathers and mothers, and a daughter who is clever and mischievous like Maruko.

There are friends, there are pets. He even thought of arranging a backup dancer to play the role of a daughter's day doll.

However, while he was thinking about it, Cherry suddenly called again and told him that he couldn't show the song to the production committee and that he couldn't introduce him to the editorial department.

"I've heard from the editorial department that Imoto Animation, which has been commissioned to produce the animation, has decided to transfer the soundtrack and the theme song to the company. ”

"A record company that you work with?"

Nagato Daiyuki made a lot of calculations, but he didn't calculate, and the major shareholder of this animation company actually expanded its business to the record industry.

In this way, no matter how he operates, it is useless. The elbow doesn't turn outward, and it's impossible for Ben Animation to bypass Brother Records and reach out to other companies.

The theme song of this kind of animation has always been taken lightly, and it is often just contracted out casually. Originally, this was the confidence of Nagato Daiyuki when he went directly to find Cherry, but now, it is the same for the animation production committee, since it is a casual contracted job, it is better to sell a favor to Yumoto Animation Company and the major shareholder behind him than to make a difference.

No matter how bad the resources are, if the other party doesn't give them, there is no way to get them.

On the other end of the phone, Cherry didn't know what Nagato Daiyuki was thinking, her lack of involvement in the world made her gullible Nagato Daiyuki, and now, too, she was generous and told him what she heard from Sato.

"It's like a record company called GENZO, and the person in charge is a producer surnamed Iwahashi. ”

She remembered what Sato had told her about the Iwahashi-san who had worked as a producer for popular idols like Chisato Moritaka and WINK, but she didn't think it was appropriate to tell Daiyuki Nagato.

However, the long family on the other end of the phone had a stiff expression.

Fortunately, they couldn't see each other's expressions through the phone line. He vaguely remembered hearing the name...... After a pause, repeat, "Is the surname Iwahashi......"

Sakura couldn't see his expression, and she didn't know what he was thinking, "Does Nagato-san know this Iwahashi-san too?"

"I've heard of it. Nagato Daiyuki replied gently and politely.

Sakura made a "I see" sound, but she still felt a pity, "I like this song by Nagato-san very much, and I've been working hard to learn lyrics recently,...... If only I could use this song. ”

But Nagato's strength has faded. He and Cherry had a few more polite words on the phone, and when they finally put down the phone, the smile on their faces that they had just maintained slowly collapsed.

GENZO。

Iwahashi-san, Iwahashi Shinichi.

In the past two years, this young producer has been in the limelight, whether it is making idols or bands, he is at his fingertips, and people in the record industry, more or less, will notice this name.

However, for Nagato Daiyuki, when he first heard the name, neither GENZO nor this Iwahashi Shinichi was an unnamed company that was inconspicuous enough to be no different from the weeds on the side of the road.

is such an unknown company, but the newcomer who made him fall in love and want to sign gave up BEING and switched to GENZO.

The rabbit that was about to arrive flew into someone else's pot, and Nagato Daiyuki remembered the deflated time he had eaten. I thought I was just missing Seiichiro Kuribayashi, and I won't have any intersection in the future.

But now!

The young producer who made him deflated not only became the operator of the record company, but the company even had the same major shareholder as the animation company.

Not only that, but the theme song of "Cherry Maruko", which he was thinking about, also came to that guy.

It's not even the initiative of the person called Iwahashi.,It's just because he's a brother company with the animation company.,Don't have to do anything.,This resource belongs to him.。

I worked hard for a long time, but I was cut off by the guy who made me deflated.

Nagato Daiyuki thought about this person named Iwahashi, and his heart was entangled. I don't know where he came from......

He thinks about Shinichi Iwahashi and then the theme song of "Cherry Maruko". Anger is anger, but you have to face a problem, how to deal with that tune.

Even if the plan for the anime theme song does not work, the song cannot become a scrap song. Be improvised. Besides, it wasn't a plan that I decided to make later, and now it's just a gamble to lose......

Nagato Daiyuki continued to use his brain while comforting himself, only to think of the name "Iwahashi" inadvertently and frown in disgust.

I hope it doesn't have to do with that name again!

......

On Monday, Shinichi Iwahashi went to work as if nothing had happened, with a faint tooth mark on his ear.

The faint tooth marks can't be seen if you don't look closer. When he goes to work, no one will come to his ear to take a closer look. He had the bottom in his heart, so he went out generously and held a meeting with great energy.

Michimo Iijima was assigned by him to join BOLAN's debut team, and he also sat in the conference room early this morning. She lowered her eyebrows, and she had long forgotten that she had been called by her boss to Kobe on a business trip the day before.

When it was her turn, she was organized and reported on the progress of BOLAN's debut.

The debut conference was scheduled at the Takanawa Prince Hotel, and before the debut, I took the band and the debut single to visit the cable broadcasting, broadcasting and broadcasting bureaus, and TV broadcasting bureaus.

"The store signed a contract with Cable Broadcasting to play the song as BGM in the store and pay the corresponding usage fee. ”

Iijima Sanchi even took the initiative to suggest, "We're going to visit the cadres of Cable Broadcasting with the tune here, and find a way to persuade them to recommend the band's debut song to the contract store as the store's BGM." ”

The people present had no objection to Iijima's proposal, and it was unanimously approved.

Although Moritomo Lanshi is handsome and has enough strength to perform live, he is introverted and sensitive, and is not suitable for participating in joyful shows that require high reflexes, which is similar to the problem when ZARD debuted.

And Shinichi Iwahashi's attitude is also clear, without a suitable program, he will not put the singer who is not good at dealing with the camera into an environment that is incompatible with him, so as not to be ugly.

He's not in a hurry, waiting to see the effect of BOLAN and Fuji Ayako's collaboration single after the project begins. All three members of the band can compose, and every week they hand in their homework, they send in the songs they have written, and Shinichi Iwahashi selects the songs from them.

Iwahashi Shinichi's side will choose a round first, and after choosing the song, he will take it to Sakai Masatoshi and listen to his opinion. BOLAN's record contract and agency contract are all in his own hands, saving a lot of communication trouble.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Daikoku Moki came to the company as promised before, and talked to Iwahashi Shin about signing the contract.

Almost a consensus had been reached before, and this time she came, and everything was under control.