Hearing his footsteps entering the door, Sakai Izumi walked towards him.

She had just finished taking a shower, her hair was still wet, and she looked good, not tired.

As soon as he saw her, Ye Zhao blurted out: "I'm back." ”

Sakai Izumi replied, "Welcome back."

It was as if the ball had been struck back again, and the satisfaction of getting a response rippled in my heart.

"That's right, a gift from Okuda-san. Ye Zhao handed her the thing in his hand and explained, "It's a small musical instrument called 'Kalimba'. ”

Sakai Izumizu took it and didn't open the case, "When I was studying, it was popular among my classmates for a while. ”

"It's a colorful school day. Ye Zhao said jokingly.

"Okuda-san has recently been obsessed with such a small instrument, and he has bought a lot of them in one go, and he deliberately develops his hobby at the party. Ye Zhao explained, "For a moment, I thought of your friend who opened the trunk of the car to distribute ukuleles. ”

Sakai Izumii laughs, "It's a bit of a similarity in general. Remembering what he said just now, he said casually, "If you had met Ye Jun when you were a student, maybe your life would have been much more colorful than ours." ”

"I'm afraid it won't work," Ye Zhao said, "When you were a student, I was just a stinky little ghost who would cry when I was beaten, how could there be any colorful things." After washing his hands, he made himself a cup of barley tea.

"Then I'll be born ten years late......" Sakai Izumizu followed his words and joked with him.

"Ten years," Ye Zhao thought for a moment, "Then you will be twenty years old now? If we meet when you are a student, I may run to peek when you participate in club activities, and when you are soaked in the sweat of sports......"

Speaking of this, he retracted his smile and looked up at her, "Still, I think it's better now." ”

"Really?" Sakai Izumi remained silent.

Ye Zhao let out a "hmm" and looked at her with a smile, "When I meet you, it will be the best." ”

"It's a bit of a trick. Sakai Izumii also smiled.

Fool yourself. It's shameful, but it's useful.

After drinking tea, Ye Zhao got up and went to the bathroom. Sakai Izumi was a little bored, opened the kalimba he had brought back, held it with both hands, and plucked it with his thumb.

The sound of ding-dong sound flowed from her fingers.

She thought of what Ye Zhao said just now, which she said was a trick, and felt that he was right.

……

As soon as the fifth day arrived, it was like Cinderella after twelve o'clock, and the relaxed and comfortable atmosphere of the previous days was swept away, and she immediately entered the work of the new year.

The first thing that was put in place was two tasks that were being carried out at the same time, one was to release the two songs that Ken Hirai had revealed during his family performance, and the single had to be produced quickly while the audience was still impressed at the time. Although he seems to be quite free now, he has never forgotten the military order he received from Sony.

The release of this single went very smoothly, the song itself was written a few years ago, and it was recorded in the studio a few times, and there were plans to release it before it was revealed. At this time, it's just a matter of following the trend.

For them, what needs to be treated with is actually the next single after this single, and that's the point.

So, by the time "The Old Bell" was on the release schedule, a second new single had already begun to be made. Ken Hirai is a singer-songwriter, but this time, Ye Zhao still refuses to use his original, from the title song to the C/song one, he should be in charge.

For his rampant domineering, Hirai Ken was not so much dissatisfied as he was taken aback.

However, what Ye Zhao said also understood, "Now, it's not yet the time for Jiansang to show himself, although sooner or later there will be that day." ”

The truth is not good, but it is honest, and Ken Hirai admits it.

As for the second project, it was a project album that had been in existence since 1996, crossed 1997, and was finally able to carry out smoothly until 1998.

During this long period of time, the project was able to maintain and overcome one difficulty after another to reach this stage, rather than die halfway, whether it was him or his allies, it could be called dead.

However, thanks to such a dead eye, I have the album I want to do next.

Based on the results of various discussions, we wanted to make this project a large-scale project that spanned the beginning of the year to the end of the year, and in addition to releasing the record, we also planned a performance based on this collaboration.

If you want to do a project, of course, you have to think about making money. And to make money, it's not just about releasing records.

The concert is very expensive when it starts, and the venue rental fee, the labor cost of hiring staff, the rental fee of stage design and equipment, when the layout is arranged in the venue, every time you change the layout inside, whether it is the layout before the performance or the removal after the performance, you have to pay the corresponding fee.

However, if you sing in the same venue for a few days in a row, or more than one in a day, and then cooperate with peripheral sales, counting the savings and the earnings, the prospects are still quite good.

These things are negotiated by the representatives of all parties at the time of the meeting, and one advantage is that there are often such platter performances in the singing industry itself, and the four people except Yoko Nagayama are brought together from time to time.

Therefore, although it is a bit of a hassle to plan the album, at this point, when it comes to the performance, you just need to follow the old routine.

As soon as the New Year is over, the first thing is to let the five singers come to the studio to audition and finalize the songs they are responsible for next.

According to the plan discussed earlier, this project album will be released as a single with the title song before the official album release, just like the previous project album at being.

In terms of the distribution of songs, the first thing to do is to have five singers finalize a solo song. For this, Ye Zhao still adopted the old example when he was working on the last project album, and asked them to audition the samples and choose the songs they wanted.

In addition to solo songs, there are also plans for unilude songs.

Thinking that this came from the chorus of Fuyumi Sakamoto and Ayako Fuji that day, after watching the intimate cooperation between the two of them, Ye Zhao came up with the idea of singing with a small group between them.

It's rare to work together, so you might as well have fun. It is not in vain that this cooperation, which has only been realized in its third year.

In terms of solo songs, Fuyumi Sakamoto got "どうしてこんなに", Fuji Ayako chose "Luck", Kasaika is going to leave "Snow Umbrella", Takeshi Natsuko took a fancy to the song "Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter", and Yoko Nagayama put "Hope という名の光" under her name.

Such an arrangement includes Ye Zhao's opinions, as well as the results of their mutual consultations.

As for the arrangement of the unitary song, it first depends on the willingness of them to cooperate, and then consider the coordination of voices.

In general, the small lineup is drawn, and then I will refer to Ye Zhao's opinion.

After coordinating with each other several times and recording a preview tape, it was only after the year that the distribution of the song and the specific release plan were finally finalized.

Of course, I have to mention the song "OSCA" that once made Fuyumi Sakamoto bitter, and when the other four people got the sample of this song, they also reacted to what he had done wrong.

However, whether it is said "can't be done", or "can't be done", or after savoring it, they think it's good to give it a try, anyway, even if he is a thief ship here, they have already come up.

To say "jumping ship", that is also impossible.

Therefore, at most, when it was recording, the beauties who were tortured by this song lost their reserve and etiquette, and scolded a few words of "Baga Ya Road" and "Kuo Nuo Ya Lu".

Although the probability of such a situation is almost non-existent, it is also interesting to be lucky enough to let him experience it.

Although this should be bad taste.

……

In the recording studio, after finishing a round of recording, Ye Zhao announced that he would take a break for the time being.

While he was fiddling with the equipment, Fuji Ayako came out of the recording room, walked up to him, and said to him, "Ye Jun, I want to hear the recording just now." ”

Ye Zhao took off his headphones and looked at her, "What?"

Fuji Ayako repeats it again.

"Oh, please. Ye Zhao gave up his position.

To make this album, you had to work in the same studio as Ayako Fuji, which I knew when I decided to go ahead with the project.

But even so, he continued the project and did not back down because of this incident, and then changed his mind. Ayako Fuji is still willing to join in the project.

From her decision, Ye Zhao felt a kind of tenderness.

While she confirms the recording, her assistant prepares tea for her, while her agent, Mr. Kumagai, acts as an air man next to her. Ayako Fuji is not the kind of singer who has to clear the scene before she can go to work, so during the recording period, the two rarely spend time alone, at least accompanied by the staff who accompany her.

It's easy to do that.

Ayako Fuji finished listening to the recording and took off her headphones.

"To be honest, it's a really good tune. She said.

"It's too bad, I'm too embarrassed to show it to you. Ye Zhao said very politely.

"How can you be so cunning," Fuji Ayako chuckled, "Among the samples made by Ye Jun, I like this one the most, and if you want to sing it, you have to sing this one." ”

Speaking of this, she said in a fluttering tone: "When you listen to the song you love, it can be regarded as a 'sense of fate', right?"

"Such a word ......"

The taste of old-school, should it be said that it is worthy of being a singer?

Ye Zhao smiled, didn't forget the matter, and made an opinion, "By the way, when you record later, please try to sing with a more refreshing feeling." ”

"Hmm...... I know. Ayako Fuji nodded.

At this time, her assistant brought tea, and Fuji Ayako left the console to take a break. Ye Zhao also walked out of the recording studio and went out for a while.

The song "幸せになるために" recorded by Ayako Fuji was finalized as the first single in the project, and one of the reasons for this decision was that her record company was Sony, and in any case, it was easier to discuss many things between her own people.

Towards the evening, Natsuko Takeri also came to the recording studio, and she and Fuji Ayako had a chorus on this album, so she was added, and it lasted until nearly eight o'clock in the evening, and the recording of the day came to an end.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry," Wu Dai Natsuko clasped her hands together after leaving the recording room, "because I came too late, so I delayed this time." ”

That being said, with the cooperation of so many people, and each person has their own arrangements, it is impossible to take a long time to take a few weeks together as if a driving school is sharing a dormitory.

Therefore, it can only be like an office worker who takes time to go to the driving school every day to check in, little by little, and finally successfully passes the test.

"As an apology, please leave it to me for today's dinner. Wu Dai Natsuko proposed.

Ye Zhao glanced at Fuji Ayako.

"In that case, it's time to pick the more expensive ones. Fuji Ayako half-jokingly told her.

Wu Dai Xiazi sighed and said with a smile: "It's really a shame that you can say it if you are so calculating." He went to call Ye Zhao again: "What's the matter?" Ye Jun. Ayako said she wanted to pick the expensive points, but what about you?"

"Then I'll be considerate of Wu Daisang and be a little more restrained. Speaking of this, Ye Zhao also joked.

Fuji Ayako teased him: "The things that pretend to be good people have been done by Ye Jun." ”

Ye Zhao pretended not to hear it and didn't answer the words.

Counting the respective staff, after eating, Ye Zhao and the two of them said goodbye on the spot. When I got home, I saw the Sakai spring water, and for some reason, I felt a sigh of relief in my heart.

"I just came back. Sakai said that he was still wearing the clothes he had left for going out.

Today she went to Osaka for work, leaving early in the morning and returning late at night.

"Have you eaten dinner?" Ye Zhao asked.

She thought for a moment, "I'm a little hungry now." ”

"If you don't feel tired," Ye Zhao proposed, "go out for some supper?"

"Supposedly, you shouldn't eat anymore at this time......" Sakai Izumii hesitated, but agreed.

Ye Zhao went to get the coat he had just changed.

"I remember that Ye Jun likes to eat supper very much, and he used to go to eat every night after recording. Turning from the wide street into the alley, Sakai Izumizu talked about it with a little nostalgia.

"What's more," Ye Zhao took her hand and put it in his pocket, "When Cultural Broadcasting is broadcasting, the guests of each episode will invite them to have supper. It seems that it was complained about in the show as an anecdote later, 'King of Supper' or something. ”

Sakai Izumi smiled happily, "That's right, I was also one of the invitees. After a pause, he raised his head, "And now, too." ”

Ye Zhao looked at her cheerful smile, suddenly leaned over and kissed her gently.

Sakai Spring was taken aback.

"It's okay," Ye Zhao said with a smile, "no one is watching." ”

She said a little at him, "Really." The tone of complaining conceals the shyness and sweetness of being suddenly attacked. I want to chat with more like-minded people about "{?$article_title?} ", WeChat pays attention to "excellent reading literature", chatting about life, looking for confidants~