The afternoon shoot went smoothly and passed the first pass without a hitch. After the director shouted to stop, he praised with approval: "Yes, the state has entered so quickly." ”

"Thank you, director, as it should be. Ye Zhao said modestly, his eyes crossed the director's eyes and saw Shiori Kudo, who was sitting on a chair outside the set with a mineral water bottle and drinking water, paused, and quickly moved away.

Although Ye Zhao is not an old driver, he is not a chick who has never seen the world, and he will not be nervous and afraid to look at each other because he was kissed by an eighteen-year-old girl, but because of this episode, when he was filming, facing Shiori Kudo, his demeanor was much more relaxed and natural, at least it seemed that people understood that he wanted to confess, not borrow money.

The last scene was in the evening, and the crew had to wait before dusk came. If it is for experienced actors, such a short advertisement is enough to only set aside this time in the afternoon, but who makes Ye Zhao an inexperienced newcomer.

Shiori Kudo has another shooting work next, and since there is no longer her footage, she doesn't have to accompany her, so after explaining to the director, she left the set under the guidance of her agent. Before leaving, Shiori Kudo said goodbye to the crew one by one, and when she came to Ye Zhao, she just bowed and said politely: "It's a pleasure to be able to cooperate with you, goodbye." "The well-behaved and introverted appearance and the little devil-like girl in the lounge seem to be two people.

Just like Ye Zhao didn't take the noon incident seriously, Shiori Kudo didn't take it to heart. For her, it may have been a joke on a whim, or she might have had a little affection for Ye Zhao at some point, but just like a young man playing a game of truth or dare in a karaoke box, this intimate contact was just a pleasure outside of work.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, it was getting dark.

The last scene is also the simplest scene in the entire advertisement, Ye Zhao only needs to walk down the street with a depressed look, and then take it out when the BP machine in his pocket rings.

In order to shoot this scene, the crew blocked a street with not a lot of traffic, and found dozens of extras who pretended to be passers-by to create a feeling of a bustling street.

Such a simple scene, of course, Ye Zhao passed. After the director announced the end, his first reaction was to quickly take off the jacket of the school uniform on his body, and his shirt inside was soaked with sweat when he wore it like this in June.

As a celebration banquet after the finale, the crew chartered a small Japanese restaurant in Asakusa. Shiori Kudo left the stage early, and the staff in the crew didn't know each other, at most, only Kyohei Inamura, who served as the director, had a relationship with Ye Zhao at the audition meeting, in this case, of course, Ye Zhao was concentrating on dealing with the food in front of him and pretending to be transparent.

After the staff began to leave the venue one after another, Ye Zhao, who was full of food and drink, also got up and said goodbye. Inamura Kyohei politely asked if he wanted to send someone to send him back, of course Ye Zhao would not agree without a smile, but left the restaurant alone and took the tram back to the apartment.

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Apollo Records is located in Shimura 3-chome, an old four-story office building that looks shabby and unremarkable. On the second day after the filming of the advertisement, Ye Zhao took the music sheet and followed the address on the Arakawa and Shi business cards to find this place.

The reception desk at Apollo Records was two girls in their twenties, both with black hair in ponytails, who at first glance looked like a pair of sisters. Because he had called Arakawa Kazushi in advance before coming, Ye Zhao had just reported his name, and one of the front deskers kindly took him up to the second floor and came to Arakawa Kazushi's office.

Arakawa Kazushi, who was standing in front of the window and making a call, made a gesture of waiting after seeing Ye Zhao. In addition to Arakawa and Shi, there were two staff members in the office, a man and a woman, who were sitting in front of their office at this time processing documents, Ye Zhao came in, and the two glanced up at him, but they did not show curiosity.

After about ten minutes, Arakawa and Shi finished the phone call, welcomed Ye Zhao to the reception by the window of the office with a smile on their faces, and personally brewed two cups of coffee, "Welcome over, I'm still impressed by your performance." ”

"Thank you. Ye Zhao took the coffee, "I'm here today to talk to you about the publication of underground singles." ”

"No problem, but before I do, I'll have to tell you about publishing underground records. "Actually, strictly speaking, Apollo Records is just a distribution company, and although we can contact the recording studio and printing plant for you, since the company itself does not have these two businesses, you have to pay an additional intermediary fee in addition to the recording fee, distribution fee, and printing fee." In addition, due to cost reasons, the minimum print run of records cannot be less than 1,500 copies. ”

The matter of releasing underground records, as a layman, may seem like a very simple thing when watching the excitement, but in practice, it is much more troublesome than imagined. And more than the trouble, what made Ye Zhao feel even more uncertain was whether the one million yen in his pocket was enough.

"Mr. Arakawa, how much would it cost to release a single with a minimum print run of 2,000 copies?"

"Well," Arakawa Kazushi got up, went to the desk and brought a calculator and pen and paper, and listed the expenses one by one.

"The cost of renting a normal studio is about 12,000 yen an hour, depending on the time you use it, and if you need to be accompanied by musicians, you have to pay a commission, and if you also need to arrange the music, the arrangement of underground records is a one-time buyout, so you will need to pay about 80,000 to 120,000 yen per song, and as for the budget for shooting PV and covers, it depends on how you plan to get it. Speaking of printing, the cost of a disc is about 15 to 30 yen depending on the quality, and the CD case is about 60 yen per sheet, in addition to the musical budget, plus the commission and brokerage fees given to us...... "Arakawa and Shi crackled and clicked the calculator and quoted a number: "1,180,000 yen." ”

Ye Zhao picked up the ballpoint pen on the table, and first crossed out the musician's accompaniment and arrangement, "I can solve the musician and arrangement by myself," and crossed out the PV shooting, "It's just an underground single, it doesn't matter if the PV doesn't shoot." The tip of the pen paused for two seconds on the cover design, and then crossed it out at the same time: "I'll provide the cover too." ”

In that case...... "Kazushi Arakawa subtracted the cost of these three items," 820,000 yen. After a pause, "Besides, I'll give you another discount, how about 790,000 yen?"

Ye Zhao nodded, 790,000 yen is already a fair price. Although this price is based on the fact that he can arrange and accompany the music, and the recording fee is not included in it.

At that moment, Ye Zhao and Kazushi Arakawa drafted a contract, stipulating that Apollo Records would provide recording equipment, CD production, and distribution channels, and the distribution scope would be limited to 392 record stores in the Tokyo area, while Ye Zhao would be responsible for the lyrics, composition and arrangement of the singles, and bring his own accompaniment musicians and record covers.

After confirming some details, Ye Zhao signed the contract and paid Apollo Records a signing fee of 150,000 yen in advance. As for the official recording time in the studio, I have to wait for Ye Zhao to find Qi Leshou before making an appointment.

If the main theme of a song is the person's appearance, then the arrangement is his skeleton, and the accompaniment is his temperament, and the three are actually indispensable. With Ye Zhao's current ability, the arrangement that is not too complicated can be barely competent, but it is absolutely impossible for one person to perform such a thing. So, he had to ask for other help.

The person Ye Zhao thought of was Watanabe Lu.