April 1, 1988.

The day after Yukiko Okada retired from the concert, the first day she officially returned to ordinary life, and the new fiscal year began.

The entrance ceremony, the joining ceremony, and the adjustment of the programs of the television station and the radio station also began.

On the TV station, the band Kingdom of Heaven has added several new advertising sponsors.

Dentsu, which took the place of corporations at their expense for promotional purposes, elevated the show to prime-time status. As a Kanban program of TV Asahi, this time it has not only attracted new advertisers, but also raised the threshold for sponsorship.

Watanabe Manyumi's U-MIZ recruited a few new members and trained his own lineage from scratch. On this day, even though it was a small office, a ceremony was solemnly held for the new young members.

In 1988, the employment market was even more exaggerated than last year, enterprises were in short supply, and college students who were about to become members of society were fiercely contested, and various means were used to seize new people.

Last year, Akihito Takeuchi asked Shinichi Iwahashi to dress up as "Kimura-kun" to eat and drink, which was already outrageous.

This year, the situation has intensified, with large corporations boasting to the point of bribing school professors and even going to students' hometowns to get close to their parents.

Such a formation seems to be competing for some strong talent, but in reality it is obviously not the case.

Such an atmosphere invisibly raises the value of students higher and higher, and these spoiled college students are becoming more and more unscrupulous, playing with enterprises, comparable to scumbags stepping on eight boats. And such an atmosphere also makes the companies that did not plan to do this also join this war of grabbing people in this weird atmosphere, just to occupy people.

Even after recruiting new people, you can only arrange chores for them, and you must recruit people first.

Why? Because the world is so prosperous now, enterprises may have to expand their scale in minutes and become large international companies.

"People-oriented" to this extent, people really don't know what to say.

......

"It's like a broken head. ”

On Saturday, I met with Watanabe Manyumi in her office and talked about yesterday's joining the company, and the topic inevitably talked about today's social climate.

"It's not normal to look at this situation now, right?" Watanabe Manyumi's emotion was more like a complaint after finally recruiting a suitable newcomer.

When Iwahashi heard this, he smiled, "I have a friend who said to me, 'When the red light is on, everyone is not afraid to run together.'" ”

"It's a terrible mentality. Watanabe shook her head and smiled.

It's scary indeed. Especially in Iwahashi's view, the current overzealous world seems even more comical and terrifying once compared to the miserable bursting of the bubble later.

However, the topic of small talk stopped there.

After Haruko Akamatsu has completely replaced Shinichi Iwahashi as GENZO's representative in the band's heavenly kingdom, he and Watanabe Manyumi also specially met on Saturday, naturally there is something to discuss.

"Have you seen the conditions of each record company?" Iwahashi asked her.

The signing of DREAMS COME TRUE is not a bypass to Bian Wanyumi. In addition, in fact, it is necessary to refer to the opinions of some TV stations, which may not directly say "which company to sign", but they will have some of their own tendencies.

"The conditions are good. "This shows how much the band is valued." ”

"This can be regarded as the strongest band since the show started, right?" When Shinichi Iwahashi said this, he didn't brag about his feelings at all, but thought so from the bottom of his heart.

"Definitely. Watanabe Manyumi thought the same thing.

"Considering the strength of the company, the production experience of the band, and the planning for DREAMS COME TRUE,...... "She listed several things in a row," she listed several things in a row, "and of course, the opinion of TV Asahi, as well as Yoshida-san and Nakamura-san, and finally you and me." ”

To be precise, it is the final "you and me" that really makes the decision.

"Although there are 26 companies, there are only four options in the end. "Manyumi Watanabe is showing the cards in her hand on the table one by one," Victory Records, CBS Sony, EWJ, and finally Toshiba EMI. ”

Similar to CBS Sony, Toshiba EMI was also a joint venture after the first capital liberalization. The predecessor was Toshiba's own "Toshiba Music Industry Company", and later EMI became a shareholder and changed to Toshiba EMI.

"Choose one of four. ”

This can be regarded as the only choice for the truth.

"Shin Yi-kun," Watanabe Manyumi finished showing off her cards and asked instead, "Which company do you like?"

Shinichi Iwahashi made a thoughtful look, thought about it, and mentioned one thing, "Actually, it was during the previous meeting. ”

"Huh?" said Watanabe wondering.

He then saw the record company representatives as the organizer of the band, and only CBS Sony's Kazuo Hirai gave him a business card for the seemingly useless mascot.

"Anything else like this has happened?" said Watanabe Manyumi, a little intrigued.

"To be honest, it's not clear why Hirai-san did this. "Maybe it's because I've found some information, or maybe it's just because I think it's okay to hand my business card to anyone." ”

"Maybe you really think so—just hand in your business card. ”

Iwahashi nodded cautiously, "That's right, that's right. Then he smiled, "As a result, I don't know why he did it, but I paid extra attention to him." ”

"Maybe that's what he wants. Watanabe Manyumi seemed to be enjoying the pleasure of answering, one sentence after another, "Success has caught your attention." ”

"Definitely. Shinichi Iwahashi admitted.

Realizing this, Iwahashi Shinichi was extremely moved, the heroine script has been held for so long, and it is finally his turn to be a domineering president.

It's a pity that it's not a beautiful cute girl who plays the rivalry, but a chubby young man with a magical smile.

Because of this, CBS Sony's conditions were considered first. To play against such an opponent, Shinichi Iwahashi simply threw away the script in his hand, completely gave up his dream of being a domineering president, and continued to talk about business with his domineering president, Watanabe Manyumi.

In fact, among the four record companies, the conditions given by CBS Sony are not the best, but, after all considerations, CBS Sony's conditions are the most suitable.

The reason why CBS Sony is specifically mentioned is naturally not because it is as simple as being attracted by success, but after thinking about it, after comprehensive comparison, I think it is a high-quality choice.

"That's what you think. Watanabe nodded.