"I'm going to shoot the cover for her new single?"

"Yes. Listening to this tone, it was as if I had said something terrible. ”

"It's not 'as it seems,' but 'it is.'" In the recording studio, Masaharu Fukuyama sat down on the sofa opposite Ye Zhao, picked up an acoustic guitar next to him, and improvised it, "Although I am very happy to receive such an invitation, I am not a professional photographer, so it would be a little rash to say yes." ”

"That's the way it is, but Fukuyama-san has always been interested in photography and has learned the skills of taking pictures, right?" Ye Zhao didn't beat around the bush, but directly stated his purpose, "To be honest, Miss Kawamoto is about to make her debut, as a singer who is my first time as a producer, of course I hope her results can be brighter, so I want to do everything I can for her, and invite Fukuyama-san to shoot a single cover for her, also to create some topicality." ”

Masaharu Fukuyama thought for a while, "Miss Kawamoto's performance video, Ye Jun also gave me a copy last time, and she is indeed a very talented girl." ”

"So, let's ask Fukuyama-san to help too?" Ye Zhao persuaded, "Besides, isn't Fukuyama-san planning to take a break from music activities next year to concentrate on learning photography? ”

"Well...... "Masaharu Fukuyama muttered for a moment, "it's not impossible to agree." But," Masaharu Fukuyama raised an eyebrow, "If you agree, is there any benefit?"

"Yes, of course...... Have a treat. Ye Zhao quickly replied.

Masaharu Fukuyama looked disgusted, "You want to buy me for just one meal?"

"If one meal doesn't work, two meals can do. ”

“……”

Regardless of whether it is one meal or two meals, in short, Ye Zhao still successfully pulled Masaharu Fukuyama into Kawamoto Makoto's debut plan, adding a heavyweight topic to her first debut single. As for the company, because it was just a friendly album cover and did not participate in the production of the single, there was very little involved, and after informing Amuse and verbally telling Tadao Okazaki, the executive producer of Makoto Kawamoto, the matter was settled.

Interestingly, Makoto Kawamoto's debut single "Love の Talent" and Masaharu Fukuyama's new single "Message" were released at the same time on October 2. Of course, one is a little transparent who has just debuted, and the other is a super-star who is undoubtedly in the first line in terms of film and television and singing.

In Ye Zhao's opinion, Makoto Kawamoto's debut single was able to break into the top ten in the first week of his debut...... Oh no, the first twenty, it's already a miracle. As for the follow-up, being able to enter the top ten on the list with stamina is a pretty good start.

After all, the era is different, and now is not the era when more than 75% of all sales are sold in the first week, and word-of-mouth and follow-up publicity and topicality can bring countless miraculous possibilities.

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In October, not only Makoto Kawamoto's debut single, Masaharu Fukuyama's last single before temporarily bidding farewell to the music scene, but also Ye Zhao's debut album to be released on October 10.

In terms of song selection, this album includes the two million-level singles "Rainbow" and "Inter, Again", as well as "Singer's Love Song", a single that is about to enter the 600,000-level level. Although it sounds like there is a suspicion that the single's sales are halved, but given that "Singer's Love Song" is a "quasi-first single", this result is already good.

As for what single broke one million, it's okay to think about this kind of thing, and if you want it to come true, forget it. If you want to become a top singer, you can't just sell good singles. The sales of singles reflect an explosive popularity, and if you want to see if those popularity can accumulate into the music industry for more than ten years or even longer, it still depends on the sales of the album.

If you look at the total sales of the historical charts, you will find that the singers in the front are very balanced in their single and album sales, and even the total album sales of many singers are higher than the total sales of singles.

In the case that two million-level singles and one 600,000-level single have been included, Ye Zhao did not scavenge all the famous songs of later generations into this album, but chose some songs of good quality, but not so popular to fill in the album.

For the "grapes" of the album, you can't eat the best and sweetest in one go, and finally face the situation of having no songs available, nor can you use the worst and most astringent part first, and lose the word of mouth in the early stage, the best way to match it is this combination of divine comedy hits and good songs.

In addition to the three singles scheduled for collection, this single also includes the song "Fly" from the monkey trick that was rewritten by Izumi Sakai, the album song "Youth" from the band called The High LOS that was reunited by Hiroshi Komoto and Masashi Majima after the disbandment of Blue Heart, the single "Ultramarine" released by the band Spitz in 2007, and the single "The Sun Will Rise" released by Takahashi in 2012 as the theme song of the movie "I Heard that Kirishima is going to retire" …… And so on for a total of 10 songs.

Among these tunes, there are two tunes that deserve special mention. The first song, of course, is "Fly" with the help of Sakai Izumi, and it is the work of a national-level band lead singer and lyricist, and there is a lot to say just that the name is printed in the lyrics.

As for the second song, it is "The Sun Will Rise", which will be the theme song of the movie. Originally, it was the theme song scheduled for a movie, but it seemed more appropriate to make it into a single and release it as the main song. However, Ye Zhao wanted to do the opposite, put this song on the album in advance to disclose, and grandly printed the description of the theme song of "I heard that Kirishima is going to retire" in the lyrics. Of course, this is not because he is "willful", but because he suddenly came up with another idea to "play" the song.

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As the release of the album drew closer, the recording was fully announced. In addition to the seven songs that were newly included as album songs, the three songs that had already been released as singles were also re-recorded.

At the same time as the song was recorded, every time it was completed, it was sent to the mixing machine room for production, and the last song was not completed until the end of September due to Ye Zhao's procrastination, and after the recording of the single "Green Days" released by Yuan Keiyuki in 2007 was completed, the other nine songs have all been produced, and the arrangement will be smooth after the production of this one is completed.

Qu Shun's matter was decided by Nagato Daiyuki, who was the producer, and Ye Zhao didn't intervene, making an attitude of letting you arrange. Anyway, this kind of thing is left to Nagato Daiyuki, and it can definitely be done beautifully. Moreover, this attitude of boldly letting go and giving full authority to Nagato Daiyuki also made Nagato Daiyuki, who was accustomed to dictatorship, quite satisfied.

In addition to these ten official songs, Ye Zhao also produced an additional album intro of only twelve seconds, this short intro, which has neither music nor lyrics, but as if announcing the beginning of a new era, it contains Ye Zhao's simple but not imposing "Are you ready?"

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It takes about two hours by car from Tokyo to Minamiboso, which is located in the southern part of Chiba Prefecture.

It is surrounded by the sea on three sides, as if floating on the Pacific Ocean. The warm tide is a warm current that makes the climate warm all year round, and it is home to many nature parks, botanical gardens, and flower fields, and is a health resort for people living in the surrounding areas of Tokyo.

The topography of the Boso Peninsula is very interesting, with the beautiful scenery of the Inner Shore facing Tokyo Bay, and the Outer Coast facing the Pacific Ocean, which has been eroded by the waves, creating a rugged and bold scenery. However, because of the island's easy accessibility, you don't have to worry about missing out on the scenery of both places.

Sitting in the car to Nanfangzong, Ye Zhao flipped through the travel brochure and saw these on it. …… Don't get me wrong, he didn't really go on a trip, but to shoot the cover and inside pages of the new album.

"Kamogawa City, I only know about Kamogawa, a famous spot in Kyoto. It seems like this, "Let's cross the Kamogawa River when the flowers bloom and set off to meet." Ye Zhao looked at the travel manual and said something that seemed meaningless.

"I didn't know anything like that. The staff member of the same company answered with a smile, "This eighty percent was made up casually by Ye Zhaosang, right?"

"That's not ......," Ye Zhao denied, "but the Kamogawa River in Kyoto is the place where the thief Ishikawa Goemon was sentenced to pot boiling, right?"

"It's cruel, just mentioning this makes my scalp tingle. The female staff of the makeup artist shook her body in a gesture.

"Don't worry," Ye Zhao waved the travel brochure at her, "There is no such cruel thing in Kamogawa City in Chiba, although there is a famous spot called Renyouemon Island, but this 'Renyouemon' doesn't seem to have anything to do with that thief." ”

Ye Zhao is no stranger to the place name Nanfang Zong, as a fan of the Dark Glory Three Kingdoms and Nobunaga's Wild Hope series, while playing the game, he also followed some information about Japan's Warring States, and remembered some things such as "Shang Zongguo and Anfang Guo are called Fang Zong", I don't know what useful little knowledge is.

Of course, even if he hasn't read the information, he knows the name of the "Fang Zong Water Army" in the game, which is as nasty as a fly on horseback.

In addition to these, Ye Zhao's other, more real impression of Nanfang Zong, is from the photos that Sakai Spring once sent to him, and she took when Nanfang Zong's Shirahama traveled to recuperate.

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The filming took place in Tomoura, and the staff booked a resort hotel in the heart of Minamibosokokuji Park, where they would stay overnight and return to Tokyo the next day.

I have the experience of spending hours on the cover of the first few singles, and the reason why I spent the night in the south room was definitely not to enjoy the sea view at night, but that there was really not enough time.

The hotel is surrounded by the sea and ultramarines, and from every room you look out onto the Pacific Ocean. The makeup artist cleaned up Ye Zhao's hairstyle, and in terms of clothing, he adhered to the light and natural style that being is used to, with a white shirt and blue denim, which is very compatible with the leisurely and pleasant place of the Fangzong Peninsula.

The hotel leads to Tomoura Beach via a winding path full of flowers, and the Boso Peninsula has a pleasant climate that can be felt in all but the coldest winters of the year, and the beauty of being surrounded by flowers can be felt in all three seasons of the year.

In late September, it is a weekday other than Saturday and Sunday, whether it is a hotel or a seaside, there are few tourists or pedestrians, and the occasional local, dressed in simple T-shirts and shorts, wearing a wide sunhat, saw Ye Zhao and the staff, waved in a rather leisurely tone: "Yo!

That kind of casual and a little cheeky look inexplicably reminded Ye Zhao of Kansai people. And this kind of casualness can only be nurtured in this kind of place where time passes slowly.

However, he did like this way of greeting, at least, ten times more than the traditional nodding and greeting etiquette. So, after being greeted like this, he also replied with a smile: "You are also very energetic!"

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Early the next morning, the filming location was moved to Flower Park in Shirahama. Although it was the first time he came to Shirahama, because he had seen the photos sent to him by Sakai Spring, Ye Zhao was looking at the surrounding scenery with a little sense of "searching" along the way. When passing by the pier or a souvenir shop, I sometimes let out an exclamation with the meaning of "I see".

The staff couldn't help but ask him: "Has Ye Zhaosang ever been to Baibang before?"

"Not really. Ye Zhao shook his head and said in a joking tone: "However, I have dreamed of it when I dreamed. ”

The staff member who spoke to him was surprised, "Really?"

"Maybe it's true," Ye Zhao's tone was vague, "So now I see the exact same scenery as in my dream, but I'm really startled by it." ”

This clear tone of "I'm talking nonsense" made the staff sigh and said in disgust: "Ye Zhaosang really likes to fool people." ”

"That's wrong, I've never fooled people. ”

The staff member gave a "So what are you doing now?" expression.

Ye Zhao smiled innocently, "I never fool people, I'm just talking nonsense seriously." ”

"Really. The staff held their foreheads, "Ye Zhaosang, are you really a singer, aren't you a funny artist...... "Everyone is an acquaintance, so they are not so polite when they speak."

"Don't worry, if a comedian is only of this level, he can probably only perform in the park with a beer crate for parents who take their children for a walk. Ye Zhao said. 2k reading web