Mika Kawashima grabbed Ye Zhao's arm very casually and pressed him to the empty seat on Akashi Masao's right, "Don't be stunned, sit down quickly, this is your first time at a party, everyone is waiting to drink the first glass of wine with you!"

"That's right, I've been waiting to meet you!" "Maeda Wataru Hui, who looks like an ordinary office worker, smiled very casually, "Anyway, this summer has your song "Summer Color", and TUBE has lost a lot of color. ”

TUBE is a band famous for its summer golden songs on the same level as the stars of the southern sky, and the top few on the list of various summer golden songs are basically divided between TUBE and the stars of the southern sky. In later generations, despite these two strong bands chasing and intercepting, Yuzu's "Summer Color" still broke through the encirclement and firmly locked the first place on various summer gold song lists, and now Ye Zhao took out "Summer Color" in advance, with the super strength of this song, it is not surprising that Maeda Watari expressed such emotion.

Even so, there is still the necessary modesty, "Where, where, it's nothing compared to TUBE, after all, when it comes to summer, it's TUBE, which is common sense that the RB public knows." ”

Mika Kawashima couldn't help but complain: "Are you two going to turn my BEER party into a mutual praise conference?"

Masao Akashi picked up the beer glass, first poured a glass of beer into his own cup, and then filled the cup in front of Ye Zhao, raised his glass and said, "Today is Xiao Ye's first time attending the BEER party, let's welcome him together." ”

"Cheers~!" everyone raised their glasses together, because the table was relatively long, so they just touched each other's glasses with the people next to them.

After a glass of wine, Mika Kawashima said with a little regret: "It's the first time you attended the party, and I wanted to call everyone here, but it's a pity that Brother Inaba has something to do and returned to his hometown, and Meiling and Mari have a radio ...... tonight."

"And that Oda guy," Masao Akashi interjected coldly, "I don't know what's going on, but I wanted to be a judge at the audition meeting on a whim, and I'm going to have dinner with the organizers tonight." ”

"I'm flattered by this line-up now. Ye Zhao said. He said the truth, B'z, WANDS, TUBE, Big Black Moji, whoever pulls it out, it is enough to make ordinary people scream.

"That's right, Matsumoto-san," Ye Zhao raised his glass to Takahiro Matsumoto, "Thank you for the accompaniment tape you helped record." ”

Takahiro Matsumoto took a sip of beer and said, "It's just a gesture, and besides, I also like the song "Because of You", you can make such a delicate punk, you can be quite good." ”

"And me," Da Hei Moji also joined in the fun, "Ye Jun, won't you thank me?"

"Of course, thanks to Sister Daiko. "Whether it was to help connect Takahiro Matsumoto, or to introduce him to the composers and arrangers of BEING, if it weren't for her help, Ye Zhao would not have been accepted by this small circle so smoothly. He quickly filled his glass with beer, clinked glasses with Daikokumoji, and drank the entire glass in one gulp.

"The amount of wine is good, Ye Jun. Mika Kawashima put a few pieces of roasted beef belly on his plate, "You told me before, 'not under the age of twenty', it's clear that he is a veteran of the wine market!"

Ye Zhao smiled "hehe", picked up a piece of beef belly and stuffed it into his mouth, "It's so delicious!

Next, everyone with their own wine attributes pushed their glasses and changed their glasses, and drank happily, only Ye Zhao, after drinking the third glass, was taken away by Akashi Masao, and advised: "Don't drink anymore, you are not yet twenty years old, and you are a newcomer who has just debuted, it will be bad if you get drunk and be photographed." ”

"That's right, although there are a lot of artists who drink underage, it's one thing to drink in private, and it's another thing to be found out in public. Dahei Moji chimed in.

What surprised Ye Zhao the most was Uesugi Sheng's actions. Tonight's Uesugi Sheng has been drinking silently, and he has hardly joined any topics, plus his appearance is a somewhat cold type, Ye Zhao thought that Uesugi Sheng hated him, and he only came to the party because he couldn't wipe his face. But after hearing the words of Akashi Masao and Daikoku Moji, he quietly poured a cup of oolong tea, got up and handed it to Ye Zhao.

"Thank you, Brother Uesugi. Ye Zhao hurriedly thanked him.

"Hmm. Uesugi nodded, continuing to drink his wine to himself.

"This guy is this virtue, cold on the outside and hot on the inside, don't take it to heart. Mika Kawashima attached to Ye Zhao's ear and whispered.

The meeting lasted until 11 o'clock at night, when everyone left the barbecue shop together.

With ladies first, Daikoku Moji and Mika Kawashima got into the first taxi. The second taxi followed, and Maeda Wataru and Akashi Masao dragged Takahiro Matsumoto and Michiya Haruhata along with the four of them to the lounge in Ginza. On the empty street, there were only two people left, Ye Zhao and Uesugi Sheng.

The first to break the silence was Noboru Uesugi, "Why do you want to join BEING?"

Ye Zhao thought for a while and said: "I don't like to be bound by too many rules and regulations, I joined BEING because I want to be more free to do what I like, and BEING has many excellent composers and arrangers, and I can learn a lot here." ”

"More freedom to do what you like?" Uesugi sneered, "Sure enough, the fledgling stunned Qing is thinking about the same thing." He muttered in a low voice, "...... Me too. ”

"What?" Ye Zhao didn't hear the last sentence clearly.

"Nothing. Uesugi regained that cool expression again, stared ahead, and no longer paid attention to Ye Zhao. Seeing this, Ye Zhao didn't bother to be bored, so he didn't talk to him anymore.

A taxi was late, and Uesugi raised his chin, "You go first, I suddenly feel like I'm not having enough of it, and I'm going to find a nearby izakaya to have a few drinks." ”

Ye Zhao was also polite, thanked him, and sat in the back of the taxi. After giving the address, the driver started the engine.

Ye Zhao, who is familiar with history, naturally knows why Uesugi Shengsheng said those words.

Until the mid-80s, BEING did not have a successful group of singers, and although they did not achieve anything commercially, they produced songs for many well-known bands and idols in the RB music scene, accumulating considerable experience and contacts for them to build the "BEING Dynasty" in the future.

Later, with the launch of a series of bands such as TUBE and B'z, the impression of "BEING = Rock" was deeply rooted in the hearts of RB people, and Noboru Uesugi, who had a great passion for rock, joined a group called "BEING Promotion Association" under BEING with a vision, and was later selected to become the lead singer of WANDS.

However, what followed did not go as Uesugi had hoped.

Daiyuki Nagato is a businessman who is a leading businessman, and at his request, WANDS sang commercial pop rock, and even when they couldn't make a name for themselves when they debuted, they collaborated with Miho Nakayama, an idol who became popular in the 90s, to play a song "I Love You More Than Anyone in the World", although it was nominally a collaboration, but the protagonist of the whole song was Miho Nakayama, and the members of WANDS stood at the back of the stage to serve as the harmony and accompaniment of Miho Nakayama.

Later, WANDS finally became popular and became one of the pillars of the "BEING Dynasty" in the 90s, adding a strong touch to the sales myth of BEING. But as the band became more and more popular, Uesugi became more and more dissatisfied with this commercial packaging that deviated from his initial expectations, and after several years of playing with BEING and boldly changing the band's style several times, he finally chose to quit WANDS and BEING in 1996 and formed a grunge (grunge) style band AI.NI.CO.

It can be said that when Uesugi first joined BEING, he also wanted to be free to do what he liked, just like the current Ye Zhao, but the reality gave him a hard blow and turned him into a commodity in the window.

Ye Zhao had no intention of commenting on Uesugi Sheng's experience and his subsequent series of struggles, and he didn't even have time to sigh about Uesugi Sheng's situation, because his first crisis after his debut had quietly approached him.