Lifting the corner of the curtain, the setting sun has gilded the sky and the earth with a pale gold. Ye Zhao lowered the curtain and glanced at the Sakai spring sitting beside him.

"You're wondering, why did I invite you all of a sudden?" Sakai Izumi has a library magazine that she bought at the station spread out on her lap, and she is mildly short-sighted, with a pair of lightweight, round-framed glasses on the bridge of her nose, which looks intellectual and approachable.

"Whatever the reason, it's just extravagant. Ye Zhao replied.

"Luxury?" Sakai Izumi was a little surprised by Ye Zhao's words.

"Of course. After all, in the first twenty years of my life, I never thought I would be able to travel with Sister Izumi. ”

Sakai Izumizu chuckled, "I was worried that you would lose your energy, but now it seems that this worry is still very redundant. ”

"As long as Sister Izumi doesn't leave me alone and go back to Tokyo because of this, this kind of thing will be fine. Ye Zhao also replied jokingly.

……

Ye Zhao met Sakai Izumi in the recording studio of BEING's headquarters.

When the tabloids dug up his old story, Ye Zhao only regarded it as a big doxxing of information that he had to go through after becoming famous, but when the rather directional report of "Weekly Women" came out, he immediately noticed that something was wrong, and at the same time, the words of Hexi Chengfu in the café that day, "Maybe one day I will fall because of something" also clearly appeared in his mind.

THIS SERIES OF REPORTS IS ORDERLY, FIRST USING SOME OF HIS PAST TO AROUSE PEOPLE'S CURIOSITY, AND BECAUSE IT IS JUST SOME INNOCUOUS LITTLE THINGS, NOTHING IMPORTANT, SO EVEN BEING'S SIDE WILL NOT BE GUARDED, AND THEN BOILED IN WARM WATER LIKE A FROG LITTLE BY LITTLE, WHEN HE WAS CAUGHT OFF GUARD, HE SPLASHED DIRTY WATER ON HIM. Such a smooth operation, and the big deal of uniting so many tabloid magazines at one time, no one can do it except for BRUNING, the industry giant. Ye Zhao had to suspect that when Hexi Chengfu found him that day, he had already prepared a plan for this ring, and talking to him about poaching was just a trick he played to salute first and then soldier.

In BEING, the only person who can accept his questions and answer his grievances with BEING is Masao Akashi. And when he made an appointment with Masaio Akashi and arrived at the recording studio of BEING's headquarters on time, he met Sakai Izumi in the corridor.

"Sister Quanshui, are you here too?"

Sakai Izumi nodded, "I've been preparing a new song recently, and there is a place I don't think is suitable, so I'm going to come over and borrow the studio to change it." After a pause, he asked with concern: "The reports this time are really enough, Ye Jun, it doesn't matter, right?"

"It's okay to resist it for the time being. Ye Zhao opened the door of the recording studio, and the two walked in one after the other, Akashi Masaio looked at Ye Zhao and Sakai Spring Water who came in together, and was a little surprised: "Spring water is also here?"

"We just happened to run into each other. Mr. Akashi, I'll go to the other side, and if you have something to do, just talk about it, don't worry about me. After Sakai Izumizu finished speaking, he waved at the two and entered the recording studio.

There were only two people left in the control room, Ye Zhao and Akashi Masao, Akashi Masao sat on the chair, and pushed a swivel chair next to him in front of Ye Zhao, "Sit down." Needless to say, it must be for the sake of those reported things?"

"Teacher, someone from the BRUNING office came to me a while ago and wanted to poach me from this side, but I refused. After that, the first magazine on me appeared on the market, so I think it was mostly the work of BRUNING. I just don't understand what kind of grudge our company has with the Ran system? When I went to MS, Bruning's Koizumi Kyoko spoke coldly to me, and now these reports are also the same, not only me, but even the company's three generations of old backgrounds have been exposed. ”

After listening to Ye Zhao's words, Akashi Masaio did not rush to answer, but glanced at the recording studio opposite-although Sakai Izumi closed the curtain of the glass wall connecting the control room after entering, which was a unique habit of Sakai Izumi when recording. After a while, Masao Akashi said: "It is said that most of the fans of artists are a little similar to artists, which is true. ”

"What do you mean?"

"I ask you, when did you become a fan of the springs?"

"Well...... Ye Zhao thought for a while, "from the very beginning." "Although I had heard ZARD's songs in the 90s in my previous life, by the time he really liked the person Sakai Izumi, she had already died. Now back in 94, knowing the entire trajectory of her life, it is not an exaggeration to say that it was the beginning.

"In that case, you must know about her experience as a model before her debut, right?"

Ye Zhao nodded, "Sister Quanshui used to be a contracted model of Xingchen before the singer's debut. "I also took some large-scale photos.

"The investors of BEING and Xingchen are the same consortium, so at the beginning of their establishment, there was a lot of cooperation between the two companies. At that time, when the company selected B.B.QUEENS and Tone, Xingchen sent several newcomers to participate in the audition, and Izumi was one of them, and when President Nagato chose her to debut as the lead singer of ZARD, he transferred her contract from Xingchen to BEING. ”

"In 1992, ZARD slowly got on the right track, appeared on TV many times, and decided on the date of the first tour, and just when the situation was good, the magazine suddenly also reported on her student days and as a white-collar worker in the office, because the singers in our company have less exposure, so this kind of magazine has always been very popular with the public. Just when this curiosity reached its peak, the photos she had taken when she was a model suddenly flooded the sky, in addition to the real part, mixed with some fake black materials. ”

"Since you have entered this circle, you should also know that the most toxic thing about tabloids is the kind of half-truths and half-truths, because there is a real part, and people will subconsciously believe in the fake part. Izumizu's personality is shy and introverted, and he is not good at arguing, and after seeing those false reports, he broke down and cried in the recording studio. The audience, who originally loved her, also became suspicious of her after reading these reports, and even canceled the scheduled tour in order not to cause unnecessary commotion. ”

"Well, doesn't that sound familiar?" asked Masao Akashi slowly.

"BRUNING's whole hand is really the same. Ye Zhao's voice was a little low. He knew about Sakai Spring's so-called "black history" before his debut, but he never knew that this black history was exposed, and it was in this bloody way.

"BRUNING's rapid dominance in the arts world is due to its constant annexation and encroachment on small companies. At first, BEING was just a small production company that didn't go into the stream, and naturally we didn't take it seriously, but when we successfully launched TUBE and B'z, BRUNING tried to repeat the old trick and offered to buy the song rights of its singers, but it was flatly refused, and since then, the two companies have had a mustard. ”

"Later, in order to prevent being swallowed up by the Burning Department, BEING, Xingchen, and several other companies in the industry formed an alliance to fight against the forces of BRUNING, and now they completely stood on the opposite side of BRUNING, so you will be treated coldly by BRUNING's artists on MS. IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, BEING HAS BEEN IN THE LIMELIGHT FOR A WHILE, AND WHEN BLING HAS NO FOLLOW-UP IN MUSIC AND CAN'T SEIZE THE MARKET, THEY BEGAN TO DIG UP THIS KIND OF SCRAPS EVERYWHERE, AND PUT THE TRUTH AND FALSEHOOD TO MAGAZINES, USING THEIR MEDIA RESOURCES TO HYPE UP. ”

"So," Ye Zhao thought of BRUNING's network of relationships all over the entertainment industry, and asked with a flash of inspiration: "The reason why BEING's artists are low-key and not on TV is also because BRUNING suppressed it?"

"That's right. Part of the reason is that the company itself doesn't like publicity outside of music, but the bigger reason is the pressure from BRUNING, who not only used lower remuneration to grab our resources in advertising and film and television, but also spoke to the media who are close to them, if we didn't have a good relationship with TV Asahi, and TV Asahi is so powerful that it is not BRUNING's turn to dictate, you don't even have a chance to go to MS to play songs. ”

Ye Zhao didn't expect that in this era, there were still so many secrets hidden. As a latecomer, Ye Zhao only understands the so-called low-key essence created by BEING for the outside world to see, and he can't imagine that in this low-key essence, there is also a necessity to choose another way to break out of the encirclement. In order to pursue freedom to enter BEING, he also made a big enemy for himself when he first entered the entertainment industry.

"How? After hearing this, do you feel a lot of pressure?" asked Masao Akashi.

Ye Zhao smiled, "Instead of feeling stressed, I am more motivated." "If BEING is afraid of BRUNING, he can take the initiative to surrender when BRUNING delivers an olive branch, and with their support, maybe this small production company can develop into one of the largest record companies in the industry, but Nagato Daiyuki would rather give up all media resources and only be a production company dedicated to music than be swallowed as a ration by a big studio.

Similarly, if Ye Zhao is afraid of BRUNING, then he can get rid of all the predicaments by accepting the solicitation of Hexi Chengfu, but in the final analysis, no matter how powerful the force is, if it only blindly succumbs to the party that is stronger than himself, then it will always be a piece of fish belly on the board, no matter how weak the force is, as long as there is a heart that dares to resist, one day it will be able to get rid of the shackles of the strong and become the master of its own destiny.

AFTER GETTING WHAT HE WANTED TO KNOW, YE ZHAO'S MOOD RELAXED A LOT, AT LEAST, BEFORE THE BATTLE STARTED, HE HAD TO KNOW WHO THE OPPONENT WAS, RIGHT? ALTHOUGH NOW HE IS STILL 108,000 MILES AWAY FROM THE OPPONENT IN HIS EYES, BUT IF HE WANTS TO GO UP IN THE JAPANESE ENTERTAINMENT CIRCLE, THERE WILL BE MANY SUCH CONFRONTATIONS IN THE FUTURE.

After the master and apprentice finished talking, Sakai Spring told Akashi Masui through the microphone connected to the control room, asking him to help supervise the shed, and it was rare to see the recording of Sakai Spring Water, Ye Zhao simply stayed and listened to it. After Sakai Spring Water was recorded twice, he came out to discuss some details with Akashi Masao, and Ye Zhao also participated, and considered putting forward his own opinions.

After the discussion of the song came to an end, Sakai Izumi raised his hand and looked at the watch on his wrist, and suddenly asked Ye Zhao: "Ye Jun, do you have any arrangements next?"

"Nope. ”

"In that case, can you accompany me to Kamakura?"

"Huh?!"

In this way, Ye Aki and Sakai Izumi took the train to Kamakura together.