One topic is over, and immediately follows the next.

Watanabe Manyumi sighed, "Anything else?"

This posture seems to be secretly brewing some conspiracy between inside and outside, deliberately trying to drag her down and not let her go back to the office.

Shinichi Iwahashi joked, "I've prepared a basket." ”

"It's horrible. She said this, but she smiled at it. Complaining is complaining, but in the end he didn't move, and continued to listen to Iwahashi Shinichi.

Hearing the good news from DREAMS COME TRUE beforehand, Watanabe Manyumi was not so anxious to go back.

Of course, Shinichi Iwahashi didn't really prepare a basket.

At the meeting just now, we also discussed BOLAN's debut. The official debut is scheduled for June 17, and the debut press conference will be held on May 21.

According to the record company's plan this year, late May to June is the window production period for ZARD, and BOLAN is arranged to debut at this time, just enough to free up some resources from ZARD and put them there.

Unlike ZARD, which has the Seraku office behind it, BOLAN signed with Watanabe Manyumi's office.

Although it is enough to be "descendant", after all, there are no extravagant conditions for joining a family with poor resources. It's all about hard work.

In addition, the first performance of DREAMS COME TRUE's circus tour will be held in Fukuoka on June 11. BOLAN, who has been scheduled to follow the band as a touring team, just happened to rub off on the popularity of his predecessors and make a debut advertisement.

This kind of means of first becoming popular and then becoming popular is not special, and many well-known bands will invite them to perform warm-up performances in order to promote their favorite newcomer bands. Don't rub white, don't rub.

There are more people available at hand, and when things are done, there are more choices.

The heat of the open rubbing is the heat, and the resources can be exchanged secretly.

This trick was used when I went to Osaka to promote ZARD before, and this time I will continue to use DREAMS COME TRUE to participate in the show as a condition and exchange promotional resources for BOLAN.

ZARD has just made a successful debut, and it is not yet at the point where it can be exchanged for resources...... First, consolidate the existing popularity. EVEN SO, IN THE DEBUT OF BOLAN, ZARD IS NOT COMPLETELY INVISIBLE, BUT CONTRIBUTES IN ANOTHER WAY.

If BOLAN wants to debut, it must have its own dedicated production team. Shinichi Iwahashi continued to take charge of the overall situation and served as the chief producer of BOLAN, and not only him, but also several people in the team in charge of ZARD came to support BOLAN.

This is not only because of the lack of talent resources in the small company, but also because the team has accumulated a certain amount of experience with ZARD, and now it is time to use BOLAN.

However, although Shinichi Iwahashi continued to serve as the chief producer, this time, he went to negotiate with Masatoei Sakuma's personal office and entrusted BOLAN's music production to him, and he was only responsible for taking over the general production.

Masahide Sakuma is the producer of the disbanded legendary band BOOWY, the censor of the band's heavenly kingdom, and has a knack for producing pure Japanese rock, he is only responsible for music production, not songwriting, and is a quality assurance in the industry for the production of rock bands.

"BOLAN AND ZARD ARE NOT THE SAME. ”

Shinichi Iwahashi recalls the old words he said at the meeting just now, "BOLAN actually has more potential as an orthodox rock band than ZARD, so we can't copy ZARD in terms of strategy for BOLAN." ”

The two bands belong to the same record company, and the production team is originally overlapped, and if the music producer is also the same, it is easy to have the risk of "cross-flavoring", and there is a suspicion of coming down from a chocolate candy assembly line.

One of the advantages of this is that listeners who are used to eating chocolate candy produced on this assembly line will go back and buy BOLAN songs if they think ZARD is good.

But the disadvantage is also obvious, the style is too similar, and those who don't like ZARD will never like BOLAN, and they can't open up markets other than chocolate candy.

ON TOP OF THAT, ONCE THE LISTENER GETS TIRED OF CHOCOLATE CANDY, ZARD AND BOLAN ARE ABANDONED AT THE SAME TIME – MUSIC IS MORE BRUTAL THAN FOOD.

There is still a new audience when the chocolate candy is tired, but the singer is tired of listening to it and is eliminated, so he has to go back to the furnace and reinvent it.

Whether a small record company that has just started will use this similar style to open the market faster, or choose its own style, let Iwahashi decide Shinichi, then he will obviously choose the latter.

It's not that the style can't be the same, maybe after ZARD becomes popular, a similar style of band will be launched according to ZARD's model, but BOLAN, a band created as a signboard in the initial period, can't be the same.

In particular, ZARD has not yet become popular, and if BOLAN is also close to ZARD's model, it is equivalent to putting eggs in the same basket.

And since it was decided to make it separately, it was also necessary to build a new product line for BOLAN.

Although the R&D personnel overlap with the chocolate candy side, the boss is still the boss of the six chinchillas company, and the packaging box may also have the shadow of chocolate candy, but what is contained inside is the latest flavor of crab roe broad beans.

The purpose of opening a record company is to make the public feel that the singers of this company are rich and diverse, and the quality is high, so they like it very much, rather than making the public feel that the singers of this company are on the same assembly line, which just suits their own taste.

On the one hand, for the long-term development of the record company and the band, on the other hand, it is also necessary to consider that Shinichi Iwahashi is now wearing many hats, and will soon devote himself to the production of the planned album, and there is also a circus tour of DREAMS COME TRUE waiting for no one.

If it's not enough for a person to divide themselves into quintiles, it's time to think about letting go.

Iwahashi Shinichi felt that it was better to try to cooperate with the outside than to grasp it himself.

With a first-class producer like Masahide Sakuma, it is not easy to recruit him.

It's still thanks to the production of the band Heaven, during the broadcast of the show, Shinichi Iwahashi was complained about enough as "Iwahashi-kun outside the picture", and at the same time, he and the three censors also established a deep friendship outside the show-

Only gave Iwahashi Shinichi a chance to negotiate, instead of saying nothing and saying that it was okay.

This time, Iwahashi Shinichi went to ask Sakuma Masaoei, and even talked to him about it, telling the big producer that the band BOLAN had participated in the band Heaven, and after being eliminated, he moved to his production company.

Not only that, but I also went to negotiate with TV Asahi to ask for the video of BOLAN's participation in the band Heaven, along with the video of the band's current performance, and sent two copies to Sakuma Masaoei.

Put the candor on the table ten.

This is to move Masaoei Sakuma to produce this undebuted rookie band, and secondly, to take this opportunity to let the big producer evaluate the potential of BOLAN.

Masei Sakuma received the two videotapes he sent, and after watching them, he called Shinichi Iwahashi and published his impressions in a serious manner, telling him, "BOLAN is a band that shines more and more the more it is polished." ”

RATHER THAN MAKING A NAME FOR THEMSELVES ON A TV SHOW, THEY'RE CLEARLY BETTER SUITED TO THIS WAY OF HONING THEMSELVES FROM BASIC LIVEHOUSE PERFORMANCES.

"The music production was entrusted to Sakuma-san, and BOLAN made his official debut first, and then he also had them participate in this new project. For the first time, Shinichi Iwahashi made it clear that BOLAN also participated.

"You've got a picture of how to arrange them?" Watanabe wondered.

Iwahashi Shinichi didn't answer, but repeated the old words, "Manyumi-san said that Mori Yukun is a fragile beautiful man. ”

Watanabe Manyumi reacted for a moment, remembering that he had indeed said that, but couldn't guess why he suddenly brought it up and remained silent.

"After you said that, I tried to observe. Shinichi Iwahashi told her.

Although it is a bit strange to secretly observe the male lead singer of the record company next to him to see if he is a fragile beautiful man......

"And then?"

Watanabe Manyumi thought of it with him and began to think it was funny.

This smile made Iwahashi Shinichi look quite heartbroken.

There's no way, the words are open, it's important to get down to business," ...... Wan Yumi-san's eyes are very accurate. ”

To be precise, it is to grasp people's temperament accurately enough. When she was in the photo before, the unreliable temperament of Izumi Inamura had already shown her superiority in this area, and this time she was here at Moritomo Lanshi, and she didn't look away.

"Really?"

Hearing him say this, Watanabe Manyumi seems to be in a very high mood, and there is a little bit of a wonderful feeling that people are praising the right place.

She asked more: "Do you want me to be more specific?"

It's not really because Iwahashi Shinichi is complacent after being praised in the right place, but I know that Iwahashi Shinichi will not say things without a beginning or an end for no reason.

"Please. Iwahashi Shinichi was not polite to her.

There is such a tacit understanding between the two people.

Watanabe told him, "Tomokun Mori gives me the feeling that it is very similar to the two pieces in the traditional repertoire. Fragile and childish, but has the advantage of being able to exile himself and martyrdom for the sake of women. ”

"Ahh ”

Iwahashi Shinichi looked at her with a subtle expression.

Watanabe Manyumi smiled, "Of course, maybe in Shin Yijun's opinion, banishing himself and martyrdom for the sake of a woman is not an advantage in any way. But the function played by the two actors in the repertoire is to be able to die for the woman they love. ”

The so-called two pieces of the eye are the beautiful male characters who are responsible for falling in love in the traditional repertoire.

During the Edo period, folk theater flourished, on the one hand, because of the background of the era of reverence for samurai, and it was not possible to arrange decent protagonists to have children grow up, and on the other hand, it was the common people's yearning for love and love. In this way, there are two items that specifically satisfy the appetite of the common people.

It is not advisable to praise or criticize a certain thing alone without combining the upper and lower scenarios.

"Not really. ”

Shinichi Iwahashi denied it and smiled, "I have no problem with the function of the Nimeme actor......" He just admired Watanabe's accurate eye for seeing people again in his heart.

"MANYUMI-SAN," IWAHASHI TOLD HER, "I WANTED BOLAN TO WORK WITH A SINGER, AND I FOUND A SUITABLE CANDIDATE OR TWO." ”

Watanabe Manyumi was surprised. After a brief moment of surprise, I began to feel curious.

Although Iwahashi Shinichi didn't really prepare a basket of things to tell her, this one thing alone was enough to keep her.

......

ZARD's new single will be released this Friday, a day or two in advance, and the record store will start hitting the shelves. When the single was released, I returned to the record company more often than a while ago.

You have to have a meeting with the people on the team, listen to the arrangements for the promotion period, and have a bunch of singles waiting for them to do activities and give favors after they sign them.

Shinichi Iwahashi didn't have time to see ZARD, but he didn't forget to ask the staff to convey it to the band members to prepare a signed version of the single, and then send it to Osaka and give it to Mitsuo Terada's mother.

Last Saturday night, after the performance, I had just met Mitsuo Terada himself at a restaurant and found out about it. With such a little friendship, the band members are very attentive to doing this.

Sachiko Kamaike signed an autograph, but she hadn't forgotten about inviting Shinichi Iwahashi to the show.

This week, from Friday to Sunday, there are performances in the evening.

The band members were working hard to sign autographs in the company's lounge, and Haruko Akamatsu came out of the office of the production department and stopped by to take a look.

Haruko Akamatsu finished her studies and officially joined the record company.

She also has the identity of the former female lead singer of the band, quit the band, but worked hard for ZARD as a black coat behind the scenes. In the record company, many employees secretly said that she was the "fifth person in ZARD".

On the one hand, it's for the fledgling band to do something that keeps lowering her head and asking for it. On the other hand, the classmates who graduated at the same time as her and are now joining large companies and living a life of singing night after night feel unreasonable that she, a famous student who graduated from Waseda University, came to work as a staff member in a small record company.

Elite students have a wonderful sense of self-esteem, and if they feel that their classmates are engaged in a job that does not match the identity of "elite students", they will look at this person differently.

However, Haruko Akamatsu made up her mind, so she no longer wavered, and devoted herself to being her behind-the-scenes man, and signed a formal employment contract with GenZo, changing from a temporary worker to a regular employee.

When she was still a part-time worker, she was attached to the production team of ZARD, and after following ZARD, once she officially joined the company, her daily work was no longer just about circling around the band like a personal agent.

......

"Then, I'll miss out first. ”

Haruko Akamatsu said goodbye to the members of ZARD and came out of the lounge.

At the meeting on Monday, it was decided that BOLAN's debut. Haruko Akamatsu was unable to attend the meeting that day, but she was later informed and seconded to BOLAN's production team as a foreign supporter.

Haruko Akamatsu worked part-time in the production of the band before graduating, and also sat on the representative seat as a representative of the production company in the band Heaven, and although she was a full-time employee who had just signed a contract, she had a lot of work experience.

Not only that, but it was from her that BOLAN was brought to Shinichi Iwahashi, just like she took Sachiko Kamaike to the recording studio......

Both bands have a little bit of a wonderful relationship with Haruko Akamatsu.

She accepted the arrangement, and this morning, she packed up her things and went to the team at BOLAN to report in. Anyway, the overlap rate of the staff of the two teams is quite high, and there is no trouble of changing the environment and having to adapt again.

Haruko Akamatsu turned the hallway.

"Akamatsu-san?"

Suddenly, he was stopped.