Pull open the drawer, take out a silver-shiny paper-cutting knife from inside, and carefully cut it along the seal. When I opened the package, there was a thick brown paper envelope inside.

Opened the envelope and poured out the contents, leaving a stack of landscape photographs, a small glass necklace, and a beautifully written piece of stationery.

"Hello Ye Jun, thank you for the souvenir you sent last time, it was the most special 'souvenir' I received. This New Year, my family and I went on a trip to Europe, where we saw different scenery, experienced many new things, and tasted delicious coffee. Traveling is a wonderful thing. ”

"I liked the souvenirs you gave me last time, so as a gift in return, please accept my little care. In addition, the new single successfully reached one million, which is really gratifying. ”

The payment is Sakai spring water.

When he went to the north to promote and travel, Ye Zhao bought a lot of local souvenirs along the way, and after returning to Tokyo, he gave them to Yuki Tamura and gave them to his friends who had a good relationship in Tokyo and members of the BEER Club.

However, what was given to Sakai Spring was a special "souvenir", not a souvenir bought at a local souvenir shop, but dozens of photos of the scenery.

When he decided to go to Yuzawa, he bought a camera at a department store in Akita City, and he fell in love with the feeling of pressing the shutter and preserving the scenery forever. Everywhere he went, whenever he had time to go out, he would always bring his camera to take a big shot.

When he returned to Tokyo and washed out the photos, he did not send her ordinary souvenir products out of a whim, but selected more than 30 photos of the scenery that he was more satisfied with, sent them to Sakai Izumi's personal office, and "sent" the scenery he had seen to her.

So, Sakai Izumi also gave him a chic gift of her travel photos.

Roughly flipped through those photos, unlike Ye Zhao, a layman who can only press the shutter, the technique of taking pictures of Sakai Spring Water, which runs all over the world all day long, is quite good, whether it is light or composition and scene selection, there are some remarkable wonders.

Putting the photo back in the envelope, Ye Zhao was going to wait for Yuki Uemura to buy a photo album for him and put it up. Although he is nominally an agent, Jun Takeda has always been in charge of the announcement, and Yuki Uemura has always been an assistant.

After placing the photo, Ye Zhao pinched the small necklace and put it in the palm of his hand to look at it. In all fairness, the craftsmanship of this necklace is not very good, although it is not ugly, but it is also quite awkward, and it should be the work of a layman.

Speaking of laymen, a thought flashed through Ye Zhao's heart...... No way?

After thinking about it, Ye Zhao took out his mobile phone, found the number of Sakai Spring, hesitated, and dialed it.

In fact, this was the first time Ye Zhao had called Sakai Spring. Although he successfully got her number at that time, the relationship between the two can only be regarded as a company with more intersections at most, and they are not even friends, Ye Zhao is too lazy to call people to dislike him, and it is impossible for Sakai Spring to take the initiative to contact him, plus he is so busy with the new single, that although he is cheeky to get the number, he doesn't even have a place to use it.

But this time it was an exception, at least thank her for the gift, after all, it was probably her own work.

I waited on the other side of the phone for a while before it was answered.

"Ye Jun, hello. ”

"Hello, Sister Quanshui, I have received the package, thank you for the gift. ”

"You're welcome. The ......" on the other end of the phone hesitated, as if there was something he wanted to say but couldn't say.

Aware of this, Ye Zhao asked, "Is there something wrong with Sister Quanshui?"

Sakai Spring was silent for a while, and then asked a little embarrassed: "That Ye Jun, did you find a necklace in the package?"

"It's a glass necklace. Ye Zhao looked at the necklace in his hand, "That's why I called you, Sister Quanshui, did you make it yourself?"

Sakai Spring Water apologized even more, "Yes, but Ye Jun, although I am embarrassed to say this, but that necklace is not meant to be given to you......" Speaking of the back, Sakai Spring Water was almost so weak that he couldn't hear clearly.

"Huh?!"

Is the reality so cruel?

"But don't get me wrong," Sakai quickly explained, "I learned to make that necklace from my master in a local workshop when I went to Italy. A total of four were fired, and only this one was passable, so I originally wanted to keep it as a souvenir, and that ......"

"So that's the case," Ye Zhao breathed a sigh of relief, "In that case, I'll take some time to send Sister Quanshui back." ”

"Thank you so much, Ye Jun. Also, I'm really sorry. ”

"It doesn't matter. It's luxurious enough to have those landscape photos, and since the necklace is a souvenir of Sister Quanshui, of course I can't win people's love. But I'm going to be busy preparing a new song these days, maybe a little later, okay?"

"Of course it doesn't matter, just call me then, I'll set aside time for you. ”

Hanging up the phone, Ye Zhao looked at the necklace again. Shaking his head, he pulled open the drawer and carefully tucked the necklace inside.

……

I agreed with Masaharu Fukuyama to meet at 8 p.m. that night at the recording studio in Shibuya Ward.

As soon as he entered the door, Ye Zhao saw an unexpected figure.

"Miss Uchida?"

Looking at Ye Zhao, who looked surprised, Masaharu Fukuyama raised the corners of his mouth and gently wrapped his arms around Yuki Uchida's shoulder, "Let me introduce you, this is my girlfriend Yuki Uchida." ”

At this time, Masaharu Fukuyama and Yuki Uchida were dating was almost public, so he did not shy away from bringing his girlfriend to the studio.

Uchida Yuki broke free from Masaharu Fukuyama's arms a little shyly, owed a debt, and said, "Hello, I'm Uchida Yuki." ”

Hiccup~ I didn't eat much tonight, why did I suddenly feel like I was very supportive?

……

Masaharu Fukuyama and Yuki Uchida came together directly after eating at a barbecue restaurant in Shibuya, and when they heard that both of them were going to come up with a new song to do a "duel", Yuki Uchida was also very interested.

Masaharu Fukuyama and Yuki Uchida occupied a couch, while Ye Zhao pulled a swivel chair and sat down, each of them picked up an acoustic guitar, and they were about to fight and sing.

"Fukuyama-san is a senior, so please do it first. Ye Zhao covered the sound hole with his right hand and took the initiative to say.

Masaharu Fukuyama was not polite, took off the pick pinned to the neck, adjusted the pitch, gently swept the strings, and played the guitar in a chic manner.

The song that Masaharu Fukuyama came up with is called "Beauty しき Flower".

In terms of singing skills, Masaharu Fukuyama is by no means the amazing type, but his voice makes up for the flaws in his singing skills. As a singer-songwriter, Masaharu Fukuyama has always been aware of his shortcomings and rarely writes songs that are beyond his ability.

This song "Beauty しき Flower" is no exception, continuing the consistent Fukuyama style. Savor it carefully, the matching of chords is quite exquisite, which is enough to see his solid musical skills.

After the song ended, Ye Zhao applauded lightly, "It's really a smooth song, worthy of Fushan Sang." ”

Masaharu Fukuyama has always been confident in his music, and when he heard Ye Zhao's appreciation, he was not modest, but raised the corners of his mouth confidently and accepted it calmly. Yuki Uchida, who was sitting next to him, looked intoxicated, and his big eyes, which were later called "pregnant eyes", seemed to be filled with stars.

A feeling of being full and panicked came up again.

Masaharu Fukuyama put the guitar on the stand on the side, "It's your turn next, Ha-kun." ”

"Okay!" Ye Zhao rubbed the strings with his palm, "Fukuyama-san, Uchida-san, please listen to this "Sakura". ”

……

It wasn't until Ye Zhao's hand covered the sound hole that Masaharu Fukuyama and Yuki Uchida both applauded, "What a good song!"

Speaking of which, in the selection and creation of spring songs, Masaharu Fukuyama and Ye Zhao thought of it together, and neither of them directly came up with a song titled "How is Spring", but borrowed the image of flowers, vaguely expressing the theme they decided.

"Gee, that's going to be hard now. Masaharu Fukuyama sighed, "Although I don't want to admit defeat, Ye Jun's tunes are not lost to me at all, it's really difficult." ”

"Not necessarily, but I think Fukuyama-san's songs give a stronger impression if they are the main song. Ye Zhao told the truth, in terms of ear grasping, this song "Beauty しき Flower" is more suitable for the main hit.

"On the record company's side, I think Fukuyama-san's song is more suitable, and it doesn't hurt to do C/W for my song. Ye Zhao took the initiative to say.

Masaharu Fukuyama hesitated, "You came up with such a good song, it's too condescending to do C/W." ”

As a layman in the record industry, Uchida Yuki thinks much more simply, although her boyfriend's rights and interests must be fully protected, but in her heart, she also has a very high evaluation of this "Sakura".

There were only three of them in the room, and Yuki Uchida thought of something to say, "In that case, wouldn't it be nice for you to make a double A-side single." ”

Ordinary singles are usually a title song (A-side song) with one or two C/W songs (B-side song), and when it comes to publicity, in principle, only this title song will be promoted, and this title song is basically the only one that is used to shoot MVs and include albums.

And the so-called double-A single refers to the situation where both songs in a single are all titles. Double A singles date back to the 70s, so it's not uncommon, it's just a little troublesome.

The inclusion of two title songs at the same time is not only a change in the title, but also changes in the TIE-UP, MV shooting, song promotion, and even the cover. After all, since the two songs are the title songs, you can't just give one of them a full set of treatment.

The lead of this single is in the hands of AMUSE and BMG, Ye Zhao is not suitable to ask this question here, Uchida Yuki is so careless, it is better to poke this matter away.

Masaharu Fukuyama was reminded by her, and his eyes lit up, "Yes, Ye Jun, let's do it!"