Just two days after the interview, on January 17, the Kansai region was hit by a devastating earthquake that killed and injured the cities of Kobe, Awaji Island, and the cities between Kobe and Osaka in Hyogo Prefecture, and wiped out assets equivalent to 2 percent of RB's GDP.

In addition to the singers and artists who donated money or prepared relief songs, large and small companies also donated generously, and the hometown of Nagato in Kansai donated 100 million yen in the name of BEING.

Ye Zhao's side, also in the name of ZYE, donated 10 million yen for assistance.

The land of RB has always been plagued by natural disasters, and disasters may have tempered their will, allowing them to acquire traits such as "strong self-control and endurance", but there is no doubt that disasters have also caused them to live in fear from time to time, so they have a madness of "every day is the end of the world" in their bones.

Especially after experiencing unprecedented prosperity, this catastrophe not only destroyed the material, but also left an indelible wound on the psyche of the RB people, who began to look forward to tomorrow and indulge in ethereal and comforting things. For a time, religious and positive literary and artistic works began to become very popular.

(This topic is too sensitive, so I won't expand on it.) Originally, I was going not to even mention it, but such a big thing can't be avoided. ）

……

January 22.

It's still the café last time, but this time, Naruo Hexi didn't overstep his bounds, but handed the menu to Ye Zhao.

The record player in the store was playing Yumi Matsurenya's "あの日にかえりたい", and Nario Kawanishi seemed to like Yumi Matsurenya very much, and couldn't help but praise: "Miss Matsurenya is really worthy of being the queen of the music world." ”

Obviously, a few months ago, he quietly made a stumbling block and almost killed Ye Zhao, but now he was talking about music with him with a relaxed face, Ye Zhao endured the discomfort in his heart, and replied dryly: "I heard that the president of your society, Zhou Fang, can tell whether a song will be a big hit just by listening to it." ”

"That's right, it's amazing, isn't it?" Speaking of Zhou Fang Yuxiong, Kasai Chengfu's expression was very proud, from this point of view, Zhou Fang Yuxiong should be a leader with strong personal charm.

"Before that, I only knew that the Beatles' agent had such abilities. Ye Zhao was referring to Brian Epsten.

This sentence should be regarded as an obvious compliment, and Nario Kawanishi smiled, "Therefore, it is precisely because of the existence of President Zhou Fang that BRUNING can become today's BRUNING." Ye Jun, in August this year, President Zhou Fang and I went to the Tiger Gate to drink, and there was a store showing your "Summer Color", and after listening to it, the president said, 'This song will definitely be popular'. ”

Ye Zhao's ears moved, and he didn't answer.

"Later, I inquired a little and found out that you were singing on the streets of Shibuya. Our scouts listened to it for a few days and found that all of your songs were original songs of the highest quality. After that, Xia Se really became popular as the president expected, and we sent an agent from the head office to try to sign you into the company, but in the end, it was BEING who took the lead. ”

"So, Mr. Hexi will find me at that time?" Ye Zhao said implicitly.

Nario Kawanishi took a sip of coffee, "Actually, although BRUNING's battle for fame was to poach Mi-san Xiangguang from J-san, as a person, I am actually more inclined to cultivate pure-blood talents in my headquarters. ”

If Ye Zhao could know a little more about BRUNING, he would know that Nario Kawasai and another managing director, Norio Higuchi, are both "cultivation factions" in the firm, and they are more willing to dig out artists by themselves than picking peaches from other people's families.

"In other words, Mr. Kawanishi didn't intend to poach me from BEING in the first place?"

The corner of Naruo Hexi's right mouth rose slightly, and then said: "Ye Jun, in the past music scene, most of the popular singers sang songs tailored for them by songwriters. However, if you always eat the same dessert, you will get tired of it. So with the decline of the idol era, this trend has also changed, and more and more singer-songwriters have emerged. ”

"In the final analysis, the emergence of singer-songwriters, or the model of songwriter + singer, the core part of the inside has not changed, for example, singer-songwriters are self-produced and sold, songwriters are sold by others, and the things sold are all creativity, but songwriters have a wider sales channel and create more value, you think, last year's Oda San's composition sales were 13 million copies, if he was allowed to sing by himself, can he?"

Naruo Hexi's eyes were sharp and condensed, and although he was in a café with full heating, Ye Zhao suddenly felt a chill. Naruo Hexi is clearly the idea of killing his career and letting him retreat behind the scenes as a cow!

"Mr. Hexi, I'm just a fledgling newcomer, how can He De make you have such a 'love for talents'?" Ye Zhao took a sip of coffee before slowly asking.

This also comes to the release of "Rainbow". After BEING signed you, I was very attentive to your movements, and I wanted to know if you were a flash in the pan or if you could continue to maintain that momentum. The assistant brought me your single, and I only thought it was a good song after listening to it, but the president was full of praise for you after listening to it. It's not your music that's being praised though. ”

Nario Kawanishi paused, "The president said that you have a perfect sensitivity to pop music and know how to make music that is loved by the audience, and from this point of view, you are no longer inferior to the top producers of the moment." ”

Therefore, just for Zhou Fang Yuxiong's praise, Hexi Chengfu deigned to deal with a newcomer like him...... Is this the story of the so-called fan brother who did his best for the sake of the main word?

I'm really sorry, Ye Zhao didn't want to hear this kind of innocent idol lines at all.

"There's still something I don't understand. Mr. Kawanishi, with the ability of your company, you should be able to do a more perfect job in the matter of Mika Ogawa, why do you still leave me a little room to turn over?" Ye Zhao asked the question he had always wanted to understand.

"Mika Ogawa's material was actually an accident, and we didn't expect that the real negative would still be there, after all, the people of "Weekly New Trend" patted their chests to ensure that there would be no problems. ”

Speaking of this, Nario Kawanishi smiled, "Actually, even if there is a problem with Mika Ogawa's material, we can still come up with other ways that you can't turn over." However, the time I met you, I felt that you were a person with a very strong personality, and if it really ruined your career, I was afraid that you would rather quit the entertainment industry than accept our solicitation. ”

"Later, you made the single a big hit even though you were alone, and the promotional strategy was very novel, which made me even more impressed with you. I inquired about your movements, and the teacher at the screenwriting school said that you are very hardworking, and if you really just do it out of interest, you can't do it to that extent, so it seems that you are indeed ambitious. And I'm curious to see if you're ambitious in other areas, or do you really have your musical sensitivity?"

"So that's when I changed my mind. I suddenly wanted to try what I would get by 'cultivating' someone outside the company. Actually, I've already shown you that if I don't have the acquiescence of my side, the invitations to those groups sent to you will be reduced by at least two-thirds, not to mention winning the record award. ”