"Ye Jun, I have already received the tune, you are willing to take out such a good song!" Iijima Sanzhi on the phone was excited, and even the title of Ye Zhao changed from 'Ye Zhaosang' to a closer 'Ye Jun'.

"Iijima-san is too polite, if it weren't for a small confident tune, I wouldn't dare to take it to SMAP sang. Ye Zhao said politely, "Since I promised Iijima-san, of course I have to do my best to do it well." ”

Iijima smiled happily, "The company has decided to use this song as the title song for the next single, and both the executives and me and SMAP believe that this song has the potential to be a big hit." Ye Jun, you are willing to give us such a valuable song instead of singing it yourself, I have written down this love. ”

Speaking of the last sentence, Iijima Sanchi's tone was very solemn. Although I don't know what kind of weight this "favor" has in her, it is not a bad thing to be able to exchange such a promise. Being able to establish a good relationship with the future national celestial group can only be beneficial and harmless to his future path. There is no shortage of good songs here, and if you can exchange the tunes for something else, it is naturally something that you can't ask for.

Hung up the phone, and the car happened to be parked downstairs at the BEING headquarters. Today he made a special trip to BEING to see Nagato Daiyuki for the sake of the new album.

"How's the album ready?" In the president's office, Nagato Daiyuki reached for the teacup while talking to Ye Zhao. After a while, the short-haired female clerk who used to deliver coffee to them had been replaced by a young man who looked very capable.

"I did six new songs, plus "Rainbow" and "WINTER, AGAIN" that are ready to be included, and it will be ready to go right away. Ye Zhao pointed to the paper bag on the table, "The samples of the six new songs were also brought today, and the president can listen to them first." ”

Nagato didn't touch the paper bag right away, "I'll listen to it later." To be honest, I still trust Ye Jun's musical taste. ”

"The president has won the prize. ”

In the single part of the new album, Ye Zhao and Nagato Daiyuki agreed, considering that it was almost winter when the album was officially released, it was somewhat inappropriate to put "Sakura" in spring and "Summer Color" in summer, so these two best-selling songs were eliminated.

Speaking of which, the album is not a big hit if you put all the best-selling singles together, or if you do that, sales are more likely to die, after all, what is going to be released now is a regular album, not a summary of the nature of the collection, there are too many singles included, but it will give consumers a perfunctory feeling.

"The last single was a collaboration with Fukuyama-kun in April, right?" said Nagato Daiyuki slowly in a reminiscent tone, this time the album is basically scheduled to be between mid-October and the end of October, and if there is no action at all from April to October, this window period is too long. Singers who are on the rise should maintain a single for two to three months and an album exposure per year that is reasonable. So, in the gap before the release of the new album, let's choose one song from the new song as the main song, and release another single around the end of August. ”

Isn't it like cheating money to release an album in October and a single at the end of August? Yes, this is cheating money, and to put it bluntly, singles exist to cheat money. But whether it is a record company, a singer or a consumer, they all acquiesce to this method.

In this golden age of records, popular singers almost make one to earn one, and the intensive single release not only makes money faster and more, but also continues to maintain exposure to build momentum for future albums, so as not to be photographed on the beach by an endless stream of newcomers because they have been silent for too long - after all, hundreds of groups of singers debuted almost every year in the 90s, and the speed of the music industry is unprecedented. And RB people are not as humane as the Chinese, even if they are outdated, or have done something out of the ordinary, as long as there are one or two well-known masterpieces, they can live by brushing their feelings, even if it is Sakai and others, when they come to China to have a dinner show, the Chinese people can read the love of the star gold coins and the green rabbit in the year to cheer for her.

In RB, anger is the original sin. Once it is replaced by a latecomer, it will immediately become a situation where tens of thousands of people step on it.

As for consumers, the song that can be used as the main song of the single must be the best in the album, if they don't want to buy the whole album, it is more convenient and affordable to just buy the song they like, so it has become a matter for Zhou Yu to hit Huang Gai, one is willing to fight and one is willing to suffer. Although with the development of the times, this kind of "convenience and affordability" is difficult to be recognized, especially the emergence of online delivery, which has made singles something that only die-hard fans will compete to buy, but in the final analysis, the reason why the single market is so vigorous is not because of this demand.

Therefore, it is inevitable that a self-sufficient singer-songwriter, an ordinary singer who relies on an external composer, or an idol who sells songs based on his popularity, will be able to maintain the number of singles released every two months during the rising period.

Knowing this, Ye Zhao nodded and agreed to Nagato Daiyuki's decision without surprise.

After chatting about the new single and album, Nagato Daiyuki suddenly asked, "Does Ye Jun have any plans to hold a concert?"

"Concert?"

"It's not long before you debut for a whole year, and Ye Jun hasn't thought about performing in public?" ”

Ye Zhao pretended not to hear the little dissatisfaction of Nagato Daiyuki, "Does the president already have an arrangement?"

"Generally speaking, the itinerary of the tour is published around the same time as the album's CD, and if you want to do so, the company will arrange it immediately. ”

In fact, the vast majority of venues have to apply in advance at least a year before the concert, and it is not just a matter of thinking of holding a concert in a month today and paying the money tomorrow.

It's just that a big record company like BEING, in the concert venues it often cooperates with, will apply for several places in advance every year in case of emergency, and it is impossible to really make its singers wait for a year. (Note 1)

Although Ye Zhao held several open-air performances during the publicity period, he really didn't think about it when he was facing hundreds of audiences at most, and he used the most rudimentary equipment, such as bringing a band and singing in front of thousands or even tens of thousands of people in the concert venue. However, although he didn't think about it, Ye Zhao's heart does not reject public performances, and he really wants to be a live singer who can enjoy the stage.

Having said that, he confirmed first, "How does the president plan to arrange the number of concerts?" If it was the kind of national tour that went south from the Sapporo Cultural Center to the Fukuoka Civic Center, he would not hesitate to refuse it, because this kind of tour was too time-consuming, and once it was started, it would take at least half a year to achieve nothing.

Nagato Daiyuki replied, "The plan here is to open five games for you, three of which will be held in Tokyo and two in Osaka. The venues are not large, with two performances at Nakano Sunplaza and one at Hibiya None in Tokyo and two at Osaka at the Osaka Festival Hall, both of which have a small venue of about 2,000 people and less than 3,000 people. ”

Nakano Sunplaza is located in Nakano-ku, Tokyo, with a maximum capacity of 2,222 people, and Hibiya None, located in Hibiya Park, Chiyoda-ku, with a maximum capacity of 3,114 people (including 450 standing seats).

For singers, starting at Nakano Sunplaza, then moving on to Hibiya None, Osaka Castle Hall, and finally Budokan until performing at the Dome at their peak, it is a dream to progress.

Although when it comes to martial arts halls in later generations, people are already left with AKB using this place to hold a guessing boxing tournament, whether it is a third-rate, domestic or Korean idol, as long as the money is in place, they can get a cheap impression, but this kind of thing is like Genesys idol using MUSIC STATION as a back garden, and Jr can hold a concert at the Dome when he has not debuted, this situation will occur because Genesys is wealthy, and it does not mean that MS and Dome are cheap.

Imagine sitting on the top of a three-story hill at Tokyo Dome, which can accommodate 45,600 people, and the people on the stage look like bouncing peas, and the sound and noise are basically heard in your ears.

Therefore, many singers who pay attention to the effect of their performances do not like to open large venues, so the budokan has become their best choice for a slightly larger venue. The Budokan not only satisfies their pursuit of stage effect, but also has a rather sacred significance: when the Beatles visited Japan in the 60s, the place where the performances were held was in the Budokan Hall. And as the first girl band PRINCESS PRINCESS to appear in Budokan, this incident was also written into the record.

In that case, I'll ask the president to arrange the specific itinerary. After determining the number of performances, Ye Zhao agreed.

Nagato nodded with satisfaction, "Please come up with the next new singles and albums." ”

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