The release date of "Let's Go Wandering" is set for November 22, and the release date of "WINTER, AGAIN" is scheduled for December 6, with only two weeks in between.

There was very little time left for the production of the single, and Ye Zhao and his team had to work overtime to avoid delays. And when Masao Akashi asked about the arrangement, Ye Zhao showed for the first time that he wanted to control the style: "Teacher, this song already has a relatively mature arrangement in my head, so this time I hope to complete it exactly according to my ideas." ”

"You're going to make your own music?"

"It's not like arranging the music myself," Ye Zhao explained, "I plan to make this song a little more complicated, so although I have a preliminary structure, I have to ask the teacher for help in how to arrange it, after all, I still don't have enough experience in this area." "The original song itself is already very good, and as a copyist, he can restore the song to the greatest extent, which can be regarded as a kind of respect for the original author of the original song.

"Hmm...... All right. Masao Akashi nodded, acquiescing to his statement.

It took Ye Zhao a whole week to complete the arrangement of the new single with Akashi Masao, and after the finished product came out, although Akashi Masao praised it, he said with some regret: "It's good everywhere, but there is no taste of BEING." ”

Ye Zhao smiled, "That's what makes it interesting, people who listen to it will definitely be surprised." "The reason why there is no smell of BEING is because the arrangement of the whole song is led by Ye Zhao, and Masao Akashi only plays an auxiliary role. Without him, an arranger with a strong style, it is natural that the whole is out of the flavor of BEING.

In the recording studio late at night, Ye Zhao recorded the song over and over again at the request of the recording engineer, and his energetic appearance did not show that he had been singing for two hours in a row. "WINTER, AGAIN" IS A SONG THAT TESTS SINGING SKILLS VERY MUCH, YE ZHAO HAS BEEN TAKING VOCAL LESSONS UNINTERRUPTED SINCE SIGNING WITH BEING, AND HIS SINGING SKILLS HAVE BEEN UPGRADED FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF RELYING ON YOUNG HU TO BECOME A QUALIFIED SINGER, ALTHOUGH IT CAN'T BE CALLED AN A-LEVEL SINGER, BUT IT'S ALWAYS OKAY TO GET A B WHEN DOING SINGING RANKINGS. If it weren't for this, Ye Zhao would not have been bold enough to choose such a difficult song.

"Ye Zhaosang, please take a break. The recording engineer used the intercom microphone connected to the recording studio to inform Ye Zhao.

After receiving instructions, Ye Zhao took off his headphones and sat down on the sofa in the recording studio, and after a while, the assistant Akihiko Aragaki sent a cup of honey water prepared in advance, Ye Zhao frowned, drank it all as if he had finished the task, put down the cup, and his face was full of disgust. Seeing this, Akihiko Aragaki teased: "Ye Jun, it's the first time I've met a singer who hates honey. ”

"No way, you can't do it if you don't take care of your throat. Ye Zhao unscrewed the mineral water bottle and rinsed his mouth. It is said that in order to maintain his voice, some singers will deliberately drink turtle blood, which he will never reach in his life.

After resting for a while, Ye Zhao got up and walked towards the control room opposite. BEING's supervision model for singers is relatively looser and freer, and the kind of producer who says nothing about it, and the iron-fisted state in which singers can only obey unconditionally almost non-existently, so its singers can basically participate in the production of songs, if the singers themselves have enough creative ability, do not have to be subject to composers, and do not plan to play anything unconventional, then this company is actually a pretty good choice.

In the control room, there was some discussion about the recording and the recording engineer just now, and some things to be modified and paid attention to in the next singing, Ye Zhao looked at his watch, it was almost twelve o'clock at night. Feeling a little hungry, Ye Zhao instructed Akihiko Aragaki to "Go buy some oden or something like that for a supper, count the number of people, and prepare one for the Staf-san." ”

Recording engineer Yutaka Shimatani smiled: "It seems that it is going to be blessed by Ye Zhaosang." ”

"It's thanks to all of you that you still have to work with me so late. Ye Zhao said politely.

Half an hour later, Akihiko Aragaki went and returned, but he came in with another girl.

"Miss Imai?" If Ye Zhao remembers correctly, this girl should have been the assistant who followed Sakai Spring when she first saw her.

Akihiko Aragaki explained for her: "When I came back just now, I met Miss Sakai who came over to record tonight and asked Imai to buy a supper and bring it with her. ”

Imai raised the plastic bag in his hand very cooperatively, "Ye Zhaosan, Mr. Shimatani, Miss Sakai asked me to bring it to everyone." ”

"It's so nice, please help me thank Miss Sakai!" Yutaka Shimatani hurriedly took the plastic bag, and the terrifying popularity of Sakai Spring Water can be seen here.

"Miss Imai, has Miss Sakai's recording started?"

"Not yet, Ye Zhaosang. The assistant sound engineer is also working on the commissioning of the equipment. ”

"In that case," Ye Zhao put down the music sheet in his hand, "Can I go and visit Miss Sakai?" Since the seniors are here, it's not polite for the juniors not to greet them. Besides, she also sent a supper. ”

Sakai Izumi has its own recording studio in this birdman WEST recording studio, when Ye Zhao passed, she was holding a cup of hot tea in her hand, and she was chatting with her recording engineer Shimada Katsuhiro, and the staff holding the video recorder in the corner stood there silently, and both Sakai Izumi and Shimada Katsuhiro were not surprised. Since Izumizu Sakai has announced that she will no longer appear on TV in '93, she is often surrounded by photographers who record her every move when she is not aware of it, and use it to edit and make a single music video or release video in the future.

"Good evening, Sister Quanshui. ”

Sakai Izumi smiled kindly, "Good evening, Ye Jun." Do you want to come over and record today?"

"Yes. The new single is scheduled for December 6, so you can't do it if you don't rush to work. ”

"What kind of music did you prepare this time?"

Ye Zhao thought for a while and invited, "If Sister Quanshui is interested, do you want to listen to it?"

In the recording studio, Izumi Sakai put on headphones and quietly listened to the song "WINTER, AGAIN". After listening to the song, Sakai Izumi praised, "It's really a good song." The words changed, "But the change in the style of this song is really big, if you hadn't shown it to me yourself, I would have thought it was the wrong song." ”

"That's what I want. In 1998, GLAY made a trick of releasing two new singles on the same day, and at the same time occupied the first or second place on the weekly singles chart, triggering many singer bands to follow suit, and the planner of ZARD also did the same, and released the singles "New Gate ~ Winter Sunflower" and "GOOD DAY" at the same time on December 2, 1998 , but the result was unsatisfactory, and the release of two singles at the same time dispersed the sales, so that ZARD's Zhou Guan was finally cut off by the Rainbow Band.

In addition, GLAY's selection "REVIEW" released in 1997 led to RB's selection boom, and the top few albums on the album list at that time were all selected albums, and BEING naturally did not let go of this opportunity to make money, and successively released gold and silver plate double selections for B'z, and released three selections for ZARD in two years, which directly led to ZARD's exhaustion, and the original album plummeted from one million sales to 300,000 directly, and never recovered.

Even in the total sales list, GLAY and ZARD are also "enemies", and ZARD, which was originally the seventh in the history of total sales, was dominated by the latecomer GLAY, and was squeezed to eighth place with a gap of less than 500,000 copies. All kinds of subtle connections, so that although the two bands have little overlap in their debut and fame and music style, they are often put together, although they are not very polite to GLAY's fans, but in a sense, GLAY can be described as ZARD's nemesis.

After listening to the title song, perhaps he was quite confident in Ye Zhao's song, Sakai Izumi also became interested in the C/W of the single, "What song has C/W prepared for this time? I received a fax, as if I sampled "Don't Admit Defeat". ”

"Well," Ye Zhao smiled, "Maybe Sister Quanshui will be disappointed when she hears it." "According to the provisions of the RB Copyright Law, singers can use songs as long as they obtain the consent of the music publisher and pay a royalty to the music association, but in practice, even if it is only out of necessary courtesy, singers often have to ask for the consent of the original singer and songwriter. YE ZHAO AND ZARD BELONG TO THE SAME COMPANY, SO WHEN THEY WERE PREPARING TO RECORD, THEY HAD ALREADY INFORMED ODA TETSURO BY PHONE, AND THEY ALSO SENT A FAX TO SKAI IZUMI'S PERSONAL OFFICE SENSUI THROUGH BEING.

Track1 has not yet been officially recorded, and Ye Zhao gave Sakai Spring Water the same sample that he originally gave to Akashi Masao, and Sakai Spring Water finished listening to the song and muttered, "Isn't it pretty good." I don't know much about composition, but the melody is funny, not cliché at all. ”

"Really?"

"Of course it's true. The current best-selling songs often use the kind of song with chord routine, so it sounds very catchy, and this melody is just the opposite, so it sounds a bit chaotic at first, but if you taste it carefully, it's actually quite exciting. ”

"In that case, Sister Quanshui, I have a small request......" Listening to her words, an idea appeared in Ye Zhao's mind.

"Huh?" Sakai Izumi tilted his head and looked at him with sparkling eyes.

"It's rare to meet Sister Quanshui, so although it's a bit rude, I also want to ask Sister Quanshui to help sing the climax of "Don't Admit Defeat" at the beginning of this song. Is it okay?" Ye Zhao finished speaking, looking at Sakai Spring Water with some apprehension.

Sakai Izumi thought about it, and finally nodded in agreement, "Okay!"

Not long after, Sakai Quanshui's assistant came to invite her back to the recording studio, Ye Zhao got up to send her out, and while there was no one around, he whispered: "Sister Quanshui, thank you for last time and this time." ”

Sakai Izumi shook his head, "I'm very happy for you that you were able to clean up the scandal." Then comes the time when you are crucial, and since you have brought it up, I can always help with this. ”

"Sister Springwater ......"

Sakai Izumizu smiled and softened the atmosphere, "Instead of looking like you're too moved, you should think about what else can I do." I'm not the kind of person who will be good to others as long as I identify it as my own person, if you don't take advantage of my generosity to make a few more requests, next time I won't have such a good opportunity. ”

"Will Sister Quanshui agree to any request?" Ye Zhao's eyes lit up.

"It's too much, but it's absolutely NG. ”

"That'...... I want the phone number of Sister Izumi!"

Sakai Izumii wrinkled his nose, "Is that all you have to pursue?"

"How is this a 'point'?" Ye Zhao Zhenzhen said, "Being able to have the contact information of Sister Quanshui is something that everyone in RB dreams of!"

Ye Zhao's arrogant appearance amused Sakai Spring, and she faced Ye Zhao and stretched out her right hand.

"Huh?" Ye Zhao was stunned for a moment, then immediately came back to his senses, took out his mobile phone from his pocket and handed it over. Sakai Izumi's deft fingertips skimmed over the keyboard and handed the phone back.

"Remember to keep it. Sakai Spring did not forget to joke.

"Don't worry, you won't lose it!" Ye Zhao took the phone with satisfaction.