Hearing him say this, Tadao Okazaki and Kei Yoshida both smiled.

"Indeed, it's really cute. ”

Although it may sound like a bit unreliable, the more simple and straightforward these parts are, the more important they are.

With the female lead singer as the core and the male musicians in the band, the female lead singer's appearance can make people feel cute at a glance, which is already a victory for the first impression.

has a good-looking and temperamental female lead singer, and then she can even shoot magazines as a model. In fact, there are many bands with female lead singers as the core, and the girls who serve as lead singers have also been idols or models before.

Speaking of which, the rise of this team model, in addition to allowing talented girls to show their talents, also provides a new path to success for many girls who are a little talented, but it is difficult to succeed alone.

Although not everyone can seize such an opportunity. Or rather, more failures.

"And then," Ye Zhao continued, "There is no decent British rock in the current music scene, and the strength of this band is not bad, so if you run it well, you can just fill the gap in the market." ”

"So, Ye Jun is optimistic about this band?" asked Tadao Okazaki.

"Anyway, I think they're going to go viral. Ye Zhao replied, as for whether he can grow red or not, it doesn't matter to him. After thinking about it, he added, "I should be able to feel this from the fact that I am so impressed with them, right? Seriously, when I saw their performance for the first time, I thought, it would be a pity that such a band could not debut." ”

"That's right. Tadao Okazaki laughed. Kei Yoshida's expression was also quite relaxed.

"However, although it is a bit rude, what is the 'T plan' that Mr. Okazaki mentioned just now?" Ye Zhao asked, "Of course, if it is inconvenient to disclose, forget it." ”

"It's not something to hide," Yoshida explains, "but it's a three-year star-making program in which we tailor a plan for the selected rookies, using first-class resources and producers, to alleviate the current lack of successors within the company." ”

The singer who took the lead either jumped ship and left or disbanded, Sony had to start in many ways, the plan was one part, and cooperating with him on an independent label was one part, and even, agreeing to Tetsuya Komuro to eat back grass was also part of it.

"I see. Ye Zhao nodded.

"You also told Ye Jun before, right?" said Tadao Okazaki, "Our Yoshida is a capable, courageous, and ambitious person who wants to make a career, and this T plan was also proposed by him. ”

"Please spare me, Mr. Okazaki. Yoshida smiled wryly, but his expression was quite useful.

As for whether his T plan was successful or not, just by looking at the fact that he can become the first president after the reorganization of DefSTAR, he already knows the result, right?

"There are many heroes in the record industry, and Mr. Yoshida must be one of them. Ye Zhao also followed.

Among the people with the surname Yoshida, there are high-level executives in the record industry like Kei Yoshida, and among the producers, there are two bigwigs, Takuro Yoshida and Ken Yoshida-Ken, the producer in "LOVELOVE I Love You", who also produced the band ULFULS from Kansai, which later appeared on this show many times, and is also related to such a relationship.

The uncle who sang the Ginza theme song with Queen Apple at the Red and White Song Party was the lead singer of ULFULS.

By the way, Ken Yoshida was also the producer of Takuro Yoshida's record label FOR LIFE, and the team of the show "LOVELOVE I Love You" also relied on the personal relationship between musicians.

Just ask about the things in other people's companies, and after a general understanding, Ye Zhao will no longer ask.

However, one thing can be known from the words briefly revealed by Kei Yoshida, that is, his "T plan" was originally selected for newcomers, that is to say, Ken Hirai, an old salted fish, has not yet entered his eyes at this time.

As for the opportunity to choose Hirai Jian later, Ye Zhao felt that most of it was the RnB trend that struck, and there was a powerful RnB singer who had never been popular in his hand, so he wanted to take the opportunity to salvage again.

The topic of Plan T was revealed, and after two more drinks, the time was almost up, and Ye Zhao finally led the topic to Ken Hirai and mentioned this person.

Yoshida thought for a moment, "I remember that I was recommended to make my debut here through Sony's internal draft...... However, there has been no improvement. Recent words......" He paused, thought for a moment, and didn't remember.

"I just happened to listen to his song by chance," Ye Zhao took over the topic, "I think it's quite tasteful." Kubota's songs became a big hit last year, and RnB has been booming all over the world, but there is still a gap in the RnB market in Japan, so I wanted to try making RnB. ”

"However, it is difficult to find the right singer. So even if it's a bit rude, I still want to try to ask. ”

Kei Yoshida thought about it for a moment.

Speaking of which, the timing chosen by Ye Zhao is quite good, Kei Yoshida's T plan has been launched, and the priority starters have been determined, at least for a while, DefSTAR's focus will be on TBG and those selected rookie singers, as for Ken Hirai, a little singer who has not improved and has almost been stamped as a "failure", just looking at Kei Yoshida for a long time and can't remember what he has been doing recently, he also knows that he is not valued at all.

It's not uncommon to outsource your own singers to other companies, but it's a win-win situation if you can use an outsourced production company to improve your singers' careers.

What's more, Ye Zhao himself has a production contract with Sony.

At this stage, the focus of DefSTAR's work is undoubtedly on the upcoming TBG, and as for yesterday's yellow flower that has never bloomed, no one really has time to take care of him and re-plan his career as a singer.

At this time, Ye Zhao opened his mouth and wanted to take Hirai Jian over again, which was not a bad thing. Anyway, it's just the right to pass the production, and it's not to pass the people together, if there is really a look, it's still their side that benefits.

Besides, hearing Ye Zhao mention Japan's RnB market, Yoshida Jing also has a little calculation in his heart.

As Ye Zhao said, the RnB market has not really risen in the Japanese music scene, and there is no doubt that there is a huge space for development, but there is still a lack of someone to ignite this heat.

In the 80s, Toshinobu Kubota once opened the door of RnB and created an RnB that was acceptable to the Japanese. The quirky Japanese of Guri, no matter what they are, have to be localized once they enter Japan, such as the maddening "Japanese" loanwords spelled out in katakana.

The same goes for music. A cosmopolitan aesthetic doesn't work in Japan, and if you want the Japanese to accept something, you have to find a way to cut the head and end and do a new "daily chemical", so that it will be easier to succeed.

If you want to be successful, then, while "daily chemicals", you must retain the freshness of "Western".

What kind of RnB can be accepted by the Japanese is something that needs to be explored. There must be sacrifices to explore, and Yoshida admits that he is not a record company manager who is too eager for quick success, but he can't do it if he wants to abandon the current hot band tide and turn to reclaim the wasteland of RnB.

He was the head of a record label with a unique vision, not an artist, and he didn't have that kind of feeling. For him, his primary goal is how to make the company profitable, how to get a piece of the cake in this record market, and alleviate the current situation of Sony's lack of success.

And now, Ye Zhao proposed that he wanted to reclaim this wasteland, although it was not so much that Yoshida was respectful, but it also made him quite moved.

The music scene in recent years has shown one thing, as long as something becomes popular, people who take advantage of the east wind will soon appear in clusters, and then push such things to the top, and more and more lose judgment, and consumers who are keen to follow the trend also contribute to this trend.

If Ye Zhao can really do something in RnB and make a little start, then he can take advantage of this head to launch newcomers in this area into the market.

Even if Ye Zhao fails, his failure is quite a valuable experience, and learning from his lessons can also free up DefSTAR's side to avoid those pitfalls when exploring the RnB market.

With all of this in mind, Kei Yoshida is not unimpressed. Even, Tadao Okazaki, who would deliberately introduce Kei Yoshida to Ye Zhao, may not have such an idea in his heart - to pay a little singer whose career is half dead to gamble on the future.

Actually, the TUBE that was thrown to BEING by Sony at the beginning was not a new star with high hopes, but a band with a bit of idol flavor formed by Sony with a try-and-see attitude, but I didn't expect to be really touched by BEING - of course, it was also after a few consecutive pounces on his debut, and Nagato Daiyuki even said that if there was no improvement in the next release, then he had to disband them.

However, although it was originally a bit of an idol flavor, this band actually has its own stable creative output, and it is not the kind of "performance band" that only plucks the instrument on stage.

Kei Yoshida and Tadao Okazaki wanted to borrow Ye Zhao's hand, but for Ye Zhao himself, getting Ken Hirai over was not only because this person's strength was ready-made, which was easier than finding a new person from scratch, but at the same time, he also had similar thoughts to those two people in his heart.

Exploring the market through a singer like Ken Hirai, who already has a deep RnB foundation, can greatly save his own energy and summarize the experience he needs from him.

And while succeeding, as the person who watered and fertilized this peach tree, he would never give up the opportunity to pick peaches.

In this regard, in Hirai Ken's body, he really has a lot of expectations.

Although each thinks about their own interests in their hearts, but the things considered on the whole are similar, therefore, this matter is not too difficult to talk about, although it is not directly said that "no problem", but, as far as the attitude of Yoshida Kei during the banquet, this matter is basically stable in his place.

As for how to pass the production rights of Ken Hirai in the future, Ye Zhao said that this matter does not count, and Kei Yoshida has the final say. At least he can't take the initiative to ask for a singer who has debuted under DefSTAR for two years on the surface, and if he does, it would be a bit too rude.

Therefore, this matter can only be led by Kei Yoshida, who asks for Ken Hirai's production rights to be transferred to him, and then he accepts it.

That's why it's important to meet in private to discuss things first, and sometimes, some etiquette has to be observed.

At first glance, in this matter, it seems that the three of them have coincidentally crossed Hirai Ken's own opinion, and they also have the meaning of not caring about his opinion, but this does not mean that Hirai Ken himself has no right to refuse.

Although his own refusal was more of a reference, not to mention that he himself was unknown, and his words carried no weight.

So in fact, it is almost the time when three people chatting about the sky will determine the next career of a young singer.

However, even if it is the kind of big-name singer, when faced with the requirements of the record company, there is actually only one agreement, or after a fierce struggle, the difference between the two sides taking a step back under the premise of the company's requirements.

For example, the theme song of "Tokyo Love Story" "Sudden Love", in fact, when the single was first released, Oda Kazuzu wanted to release it as a single C/song, but it was opposed by the record company.

After some bickering, both sides took a step back, so there was the double-A single "Oh! yes!/ラブ?ストーリーは suddenly", and relying on the song that was disliked by Kazumasa Oda, the single ended up selling 2.58 million copies.

Ye Zhao thought to himself, the reason why he had to fight, he had to fight hard to stand on his own, he just didn't want to be so easily decided by a few words, even though what he was doing now was like this.

But the reality is like this, and there can't be anything in the world that everyone is the same, and to borrow the words of that Dazai, this is a terrible idea that will make people lose their self-esteem and give up all their efforts.

Of course, because people are different, what awaits above the rules is another layer of rules. Therefore, the idea of pursuing "absolute freedom" is definitely a daydream, and there is no absolute freedom in this world.

In that case, let's also pursue a "maximum freedom" that you can pursue.