The earliest decision to take on this job was in the middle of last year.

At that time, Mori had just left the group, and he accepted Iijima's invitation to perform for SMAP for the second time, and when he went to visit Kitagawa's house, he verbally agreed to settle down on the matter.

At the end of the year, he announced in public that he was going to provide a debut song for the boy in the program "LOVE LOVE".

After that episode of the show aired, it set the highest ratings since the show was broadcast, and it has not been broken until now, regardless of whether it is the heartthrob Takuya Kimura or which big singer comes.

And when he announced that he was going to perform music for the boy, the expressions of the two teenagers who were caught off guard also became a famous scene of the show.

After the show was broadcast, fans of his father, mother, and girlfriend, who had been waiting for the Kinki boy's debut for many years, called the Genesys office and the TV station, and even some fans specially called Ye Zhao's office, saying something like "Please take care of my family's KinKi".

I don't know who KinKi is, but it's absolutely necessary to take care of them more, after all, this group is really popular in Japan, and China on the other side of the sea is also all the rage, and the existence of a cash cow is a sure thing to make money for them.

The song was prepared after it was publicly announced that he was going to provide them with a song, and Kitagawa wanted to make a sound, so the minimum goal for KinKi's debut single was to exceed one million copies.

This kind of goal of making people Alexander, conservative composers probably don't dare to take on this job.

If you want to say why Ye Zhao is confident, it is not because he knows that they are very popular now, and there are fans waiting for money behind them, but because he understands how much Kitagawa attaches importance to this group, or the matter of making records on his own, so he will definitely do his best to attack this goal, even if he invites the best-selling composer, he will not be superstitious about which best-selling composer.

In a way, Kitagawa is the kind of person who doesn't pin his hopes on others, but trusts more in his own energy.

Such resilience allowed him to finally build a huge Genesys empire after many failures.

Of course, regardless of his personality for the time being, in short, for the composer who takes on this task, it is really a business that only makes money and does not lose money. What's more, he even took over the work of lyrics.

After the debut song was decided, Ye Zhao and Kid had only met once, and it was not the kind of formal meeting, but when the TV station passed by, they stopped and chatted for a while.

"I want to make a song that you can sing from now until another twenty years, forty years from now...... It was with this in mind that this song was made. ”

For this song "Glass Boy", Ye Zhao gave this explanation.

"Twenty and forty years from now...... Sounds so far away. The two teenagers sighed slightly.

"That's right. Ye Zhao nodded. For two eighteen-year-olds, it was indeed very far away. "But time flies, and twenty or forty years from now will come sooner or later. ”

Although it may be called "Glass の Middle Age" after 20 years, 40 years later, it will become "Glass の Old Man", but as long as you can keep a juvenile heart, 20 years later, or 40 years later, it will still be "Glass の Boy".

The title song was finalized for a while, and it is said that since the song was handed over, the next thing has nothing to do with Ye Zhao, and the reason why he came to participate in the internal meeting of Genesys in April was because Kitagawa also entrusted him with the production of his debut single.

This is truly carte blanche to deliver.

In this way, a 22-year-old young producer was hired to produce a debut single for an 18-year-old young group, and then released it through a newly established young record company, which was full of "youth" from beginning to end.

As for what such "rejuvenation" will bring, it is still unknown for the time being.

Then again, at the end of the year, it was publicly announced that they would offer the song, and the song was sent over the next year, but it was only now that the meeting was held to discuss the recording, and the degree of delay was really a bit ......

HOWEVER, IT'S ONLY BEEN THREE MONTHS, AND THIS TASK IS ENTRUSTED TO YOSHIKI, A PATIENT WITH ADVANCED PROCRASTINATION...... I'm sorry, but it's too despicable to pull someone into the water.

In short, although it was a little late, it didn't delay KinKi's debut plan.

Of course, while waiting for him to come up with time, the two teenagers did not do nothing, but rushed to another pace first to produce a new album.

That's right, Kitagawa's cannon is not a small move, he not only wants KinKi to hit the debut single million, but also the debut album million wants to try, and plans to release the debut single and album on the same day.

This film plan can only be described as "bold".

The production lineup of the debut album is different, and there is no need for Ye Zhao to intervene in this part. Therefore, when he was procrastinating, the two of them recorded the album without delay.

It's the same thing to be an outsourced producer for idols, as long as you collect money to do your job well, and other things are not within your care.

Not to mention that he's in charge of a single, even if it's an album, maybe there will be a situation where they are given one of the songs and only help make that song.

At the meeting, neither of the boys was there, but the agents of the two of them were here to accompany them, although they were only eighteen years old, but, as idols, they had been squeezed for several years, and today is no exception, still working.

Ye Zhao secretly thought to himself, the reason why Jennis is so short may be related to the lack of sleep at work every day, not to mention that he has been trained in acrobatics since he was a child.

"Roughly speaking, it has been confirmed that the debut conference will be in May, and as for the official CD debut, it has been confirmed between July and August...... "The staff member on Dennis's side said.

"Understood. Then the time is not too tight. ”

"But it's better to do it as soon as possible, because there is only a limited amount of time to coordinate with you and us...... Also, if that's all right, the first recording will be four days later at our studio in Shibuya......"

The two sides continued to confirm some details, and the time passed quietly, and before I knew it, two hours had passed. After the end, everyone greeted each other again, and Ye Zhao officially said goodbye and left.

"KinKi's debut single, Kanehisa-sama's debut single, and the album you're on your own contract...... Now, all kinds of things are crowded together. ”

On the way back to the office, Takahashi Ryuya sighed with emotion while confirming Ye Zhao's plan.

"And that's just what it's for. Yuki Uemura interjected.

That's right. If you receive another commission halfway, then it's another story.

In addition, there is also the top priority, how to complete the contract signed with Sony.

After returning to the office and taking a short rest, Ye Zhao picked up the phone and called Takahashi Ryuya, "Now I have something to ask you." ”

"Yes. ”

Takahashi Ryuya's location was next door, and when he received a call, he came over after a while, "Do you have any orders?"

"Please go to a record store in Tokyo and buy me a few records. ”

"Yes, the record ......" Takahashi Ryuya took out his notepad and opened it, ready to memorize his name.

"The singer's name is 'Ken Hirai,' and it doesn't matter which one it is, you can buy it all in one go, so let's buy his records. Ye Zhao commanded.

"Ken Hirai......" Takahashi Ryuya noted down the name, "I see." But I don't think I've heard the name before?"

"Because it's not famous," Ye Zhao replied, "However, I heard his song on the radio before, and I thought it was pretty good, so I remembered the name, so I wanted to take the opportunity to collect this singer's record and listen to it." ”

"I see. Takahashi Ryu also nodded, "Then, I'll go." ”

At that time, while thinking about the best-selling singles that would come out in the next few years, a single called "Hitomi をとじて" and his singer Ken Hirai appeared in Ye Zhao's mind.

The name Hirai Ken is naturally famous for Ye Zhao, who is a latecomer. As Sony's first sister (crossed out), Sony's first brother, his position in the music world is pivotal, and he is a representative of Japanese male SOLO.

In addition, the appearance of a purebred Japanese who has crooked nut genes no matter how you look at it, coupled with his unpredictable falsetto singing voice, also impresses him.

That said, in 1997, when Ken Hirai is mentioned, nine out of ten people respond with "Who is this person?"

He has debuted in 1995, and his career as a male SOLO is not tragic, as a singer-songwriter, since his debut, the released records have not made a splash, and the entire debut history is a miserable history, and he can't become popular no matter what.

Just looking at his current appearance of sending a flutter and a five-body face to the ground, who would have thought that this salted fish would turn over one day?

It is not so easy for a singer whose record does not sell at all to buy his record. When there are more than 300 copies sold, the corresponding shipments of record companies will decrease.

Actually, there are also ways to contact Sony directly, ask them for Ken Hirai's resume and released records, and even ask for people directly, but for some reason, it is still a little strange and conspicuous to ask for a little-known little singer.

Even if he really planned to polish the gem hidden in Sony with a layer of coal dust on the outside, it would be better for him to at least understand Ken Hirai's current situation first, and analyze a feasible plan and a credible reason.

What's more, if you really want to talk about it, Ken Hirai's first popularity can be regarded as more or less stained with the light of the R&B trend in the Japanese music scene, of course, he can continue to become popular and popular after that, that is, he was able to take advantage of this east wind to convert virtual popularity into real popularity, so that the public accepted the success of his Hirai Ken's music style.

Otherwise, just by borrowing the popular east wind, it will only be short-lived.

In the afternoon, Takahashi Ryu also brought Ken Hirai's record.

"I'm sorry, because I haven't heard the name of this singer at all, and I don't know how many records he has released, so I just bought what I can find on the market, and here it is......"

"Good work. Ye Zhao nodded, "By the way, please help me get another record player." ”

"Yes. He went to get the record player, and then said goodbye with interest, "Then I'll go and wait for it first." ”

After Takahashi Ryuya left, Ye Zhao checked the record on the table and said casually, "You're really young." "Ken Hirai on the cover of the record now is indeed a very fresh and tender little student.

Of course, the appearance is still as rough as ever.

After checking the back cover of the record, he opened one of them, put the CD into the record player, put on the headphones, and pressed the play button.

The current Hirai Jian, the style is very different from when he was popular in the future, and there is no unpredictable falsetto singing voice later, on the contrary, his current singing voice is quite wild, compared to the future, it can be said that the change in singing style is also the reason why he was able to become popular after a few years of salting fish and almost after the package was transferred.

In fact, although he is a talented singer-songwriter, the song "Paradise" that really made him achieve a reversal, no matter which one of the songwriters has nothing to do with him, from this point of view, his success is actually a successful judgment of the producer's vision.

After listening to a few songs, Ye Zhao took off his headphones and rubbed his ears. After thinking about it, I called Yuki Tamura, "Try to contact ORICON and ask them to pass on the top 500 singles of last year's ORICON and the top 500 of the singles of this year." ”

"Yes. Yuki Tamura took the task, turned around and left to make a phone call.

In his own impression, the soil of 1997 was not enough for R&B to thrive, and if he really wanted to bring Hirai Jian from Sony, it would not be to take advantage of the east wind, but to lead the new trend, and then the risk would increase a lot.

But then again, if it's the time of the R&B boom, it's not easy to pick up the cheap while it's hot. After all, Ken Hirai is an "old" singer who has been half-dead at Sony for two years, not someone who has not yet debuted and was casually picked up by him in the studio.

Since the soil is not very fertile, he must first figure out how many of the crops that are growing in this soil belong to R&B, and what position they occupy.

Viewing and analyzing the ORICON rankings is the most direct and effective way to obtain this information.