Chapter Twenty-Eight: First Acquaintance with You

In 1990, BB.QUEENS became popular with the theme song of "Cherry Maruko", and BEING took advantage of the situation to hold an audition for B.B.QUEENS in August of that year.

Her name is Sachiko Kamaike, she was just a nameless model at the time, she was already 25 years old, and she was already on the verge of elimination in the environment where she had to become famous in the RB entertainment industry, and with the last faint hope, she came to the audition venue held by BEING. Although the audition ended in failure, her excellent conditions caught the attention of Daiyuki Nagato, and after the audition, she was invited to join BEING.

The following year, in 1991, Sachiko Kamaike changed her name to Sakai Izumisui and became the center and only permanent member of the band ZARD, and the legend of an era began.

In China, ZARD's most famous song should be Detective Conan's "Turn the Wheel of Fortune", and the classic melody has accompanied many people to grow up. But in RB, her classic song is the song "Don't Admit Defeat" released in 1993, this song hovers in the top three of various inspirational song lists all year round, and later it was included in music textbooks and became a classic for generations, and it was also after the release of this "Don't Admit Defeat" that ZARD announced that it would no longer make public appearances.

Although he no longer plays on TV and does not hold concerts in public, ZARD has not disappeared because of this, but has maintained a strong momentum, setting a miracle of 37 million copies sold in his career and nine consecutive albums exceeding one million. And as the soul of ZARD, Sakai Izumi has also become a legendary figure.

When he decided to join BEING, Ye Zhao also imagined meeting Sakai Izumi. Maybe I met her unexpectedly at the company, maybe I wrote a song for her and met her at the audition of the new song. He also thought about how to greet her, how to tell her that he liked her very much and was her fan, which was the truest reaction of anyone in this era when they saw Sakai Spring Water.

But when Sakai Spring Water really appeared in front of him, this strong impact made all the words that Ye Zhao had rehearsed before lose their meaning. For others, seeing Sakai Izumi is just meeting a superstar who won't appear on TV, but for Ye Zhao, this encounter is not the distance between fans and idols, but the gap between life and death - in 2007, she would fall down the stairs of the hospital and die when she was seriously ill and recuperate, and her life came to an abrupt end at the age of 40.

At this moment, the Sakai spring standing in front of him is not a photo and image for posterity to remember and sentimental, but a living real person who is in the best time of her life. There had never been a moment like now, where Ye Zhao was grateful for the rebirth.

"Who is this?" noticing Ye Zhao's overly hot gaze, Sakai Izumi tilted her head slightly, and when she was sure that there was no bad meaning in the eyes of this young man who was looking at him with blazing eyes, she asked Akashi Masao.

This is the newcomer just signed by the company, that is, the underground singer Ye Zhao who sang "Summer Color". Masao Akashi smiled and announced a little proudly, "Now follow me to learn arrangement, you can be regarded as my apprentice!"

"Are you Ye Zhao?" Sakai Izumi looked at Ye Zhao a little curiously, "It's so young." ”

"I'm only 19 years old, and I'm terrible. Akashi Masao looked at Ye Zhao, who was still in a semi-petrified state, patted him on the shoulder, and urged: "Don't hurry up and say hello to the seniors!"

Reminded by Akashi Masao, Ye Zhao, who came back to his senses, got up from his chair suddenly, "Hello Sister Izumi!"

Seeing this, Sakai Izumi laughed out loud, "There's no need to be so serious, I'm not that kind of fierce senior." But you call me 'sister'? No one has ever called me that except for my younger siblings back home. ”

"Uh......" Ye Zhao is purely used to it, after all, in later generations, her fans will call her "sister".

"You don't know that, Spring. Akashi Masao smiled evilly and exposed Ye Zhao's old bottom, "This kid just arrived at the company on his first day, and Meixiang wanted to pull him into the BEER club, but his first reaction was to ask if you were in it." Looking at the way he looked when he saw you just now, eighty percent of them are your fans, maybe they joined the company for you. ”

"Really?" Sakai Izumii looked at Ye Zhao with interest, with a little mischievous light in his beautiful eyes. This kind of style is something Ye Zhao has never seen, and it belongs to the other side of Sakai Spring Water outside the camera.

Being looked at like this, Rao is last life and lived for more than twenty years, Ye Zhao was still a little embarrassed, his brain was hot, and his mouth came out baldly: "That, in fact, I came in because of BEING's free style." ”

"I see~" Sakai Spring Water dragged out his voice and made a look of loss.

"Stupid!" Masao Akashi said disgustedly, "The standard answer at this time should be 'Yes, I joined the company because I worship Miss Sakai,' and Izumi will definitely be happy if you say that, and then you can take the opportunity to climb up the pole and set up a set with her, maybe she will have a treat for supper!"

"It's Mr. Akashi who wants to eat supper, right?" Ye Zhao twitched the corner of his mouth.

I don't know if Ye Zhao underestimated the friendship between Sakai Spring and Akashi Masao, or if Sakai Spring Water is actually not as restrained as it appears in the camera, Akashi Masao made such a joke, Sakai Spring simply made a joke, "Ye Jun, since Akashi Teacher wants to eat supper, do you also have to do something as an apprentice?"

Ye Zhao heard this, and cooperated to make a meditative look, looked at Sakai Spring Water and said, "I like Sister Spring Water very much...... Miss Sakai joined the company because she admired Miss Sakai. ”

"Yes, it's perfunctory, but for your obedience, I'll treat you to supper. Sakai Izumii smiled, "Also, there is no need to change my words, I don't hate the title of 'sister'." With that, she went out and told her assistant.

There were only two people left in the control room, Ye Zhao and Akashi Masao, and Akashi Masao teased: "I didn't expect your apprentice to be so fragile in your temperament, and a supper was bought." ”

"Who am I doing this for!" Ye Zhao rolled his eyes and sat back in his chair, too lazy to pay attention to this old indecency.

Sakai Izumi came to the recording studio in the middle of the night, definitely not to chat with Akashi Masaio and Ye Zhao, just when she went to instruct her assistant, the staff of the recording studio came to remind her that the recording studio was ready, Sakai Izumi said hello to the two, and went to the recording studio that belonged to her.

About ten minutes later, Sakai Izumi's assistant, a baby-faced girl in her early twenties, entered the control room with a plastic bag in each hand, "Mr. Akashi, Miss Izumi asked me to send supper." "Put down the plastic bag and retreat.

Late-night snacks are oden and Japanese fried dumplings, accompanied by a cup of iced coffee. When Ye Zhao knew that Sakai Spring Water not only invited him and Akashi Masao, but also invited the whole recording studio staff to have supper at one time, he couldn't help but secretly give a thumbs up in his heart: She is worthy of being Sister Quanshui, and she is really affinity.

On this day, Ye Zhao did not see Sakai Spring Water again, and after eating supper, he entered the recording studio for the second time with the summarized experience. This recording lasted for two hours, and after Akashi Masao shouted to stop, Ye Zhao yawned, rubbed his sour eyes and went to the lounge, squinted on the recliner until six o'clock in the morning, and then dragged his tired body out of the recording studio.

Two days later, the second recording began, this time with the addition of three harmony crews......

By the end of the fourth recording, the recording of the two songs was almost over......

After all the recordings are completed, all the tracks are sent to the mixing room, where the mixer blends the fragments together, adding compression, equalization, distortion, reverberation and other effects to finally present a complete and three-dimensional finished product.

When the final mastering was completed, it was already August 22, and there was still no more than half a month to go before the release date of the single scheduled by BEING on September 7.

And the TIE-UP of Ye Zhaoxin's single has finally been decided.