"Since you're in good shape, it couldn't be better. Sit down, sit down, don't be so nervous, today is just an ordinary conversation between agents and artists. “

"After all, you, Shiraishi, and Matsumura are the only members of my direct jurisdiction in Nogizaka, and since the first day of Nogizaka's establishment, I have been most optimistic about the future of the three of you. ”

Fuji Lin Jing sighed, as if he remembered something, and said with a little interest: "You also know that because of the selection of the initial center, I have collided with Mr. Akimoto many times. Now that you've finally become a Center, I'm so happy for you. ”

Hashimoto nodded, indicating that he understood what Fujibayashi was saying. Of course, this is also a gossip that has been widely circulated among the operation and members.

When Nogizaka 46 was first established, the original center was Ayaka Yoshimoto, but due to the girl's intimate headpost incident before her debut, Yasu Akimoto, as the chief producer, had to settle for the next best thing and chose Rina Ikoma with a similar positioning to AKB48 chief supervisor Minami Takahashi to be C.

At that time, Fujibayashi Kagami strongly opposed Yasushi Akimoto's choice.

Because in his opinion, Nogizaka 46 is positioned as the formula opponent of AKB48, then the most important thing is to attract the attention of fans as soon as possible to achieve a confrontation between the two sides. In other words, what Nogizaka needs most is instant combat power that can be used, and he is an idol of the finished product.

In this case, why choose the direction of the cultivation system, the 15-year-old Ikoma, instead of directly letting Mai Shiraishi, who has excellent abilities and is more mature, be C?

The two of them couldn't convince each other after a long talk several times, and finally broke up unhappily, and Akimoto Yasusu had to leave a sentence for Fujibayashi, "Let time prove everything." ”

Fujibayashi directly listed his favored Nianshang group, Mai Shiraishi, Nanami Hashimoto and Sayuri Matsumura as members of his direct management, as a way to express his dissatisfaction to Yasusu Akimoto.

At that time, many people were shocked, thinking that Fujilin Mirror's position as the chief agent was about to be lost, but who knew that even if he offended Yasushi Akimoto so much, his position in Sony was still as stable as Mount Tai.

Fujibayashi not only has won the trust of Sony Music's top management, but also has an excellent reputation in the Toei industry, and all of this comes from his brilliant track record.

In 2002, just two years after Fujibayashi started his career, he was traveling in Okinawa when he discovered a group of 19-year-olds formed by a band: Orange Range.

After getting to know the boys in depth, Fuji Lin, who was still a little scout at the time, persuaded his boss to sign the band with the fighting spirit of firing me without success, and took the initiative to ask Ying to become their agent.

At the beginning of his business, he took these teenagers to wander around various bars and underground live in Tokyo, and after several months of training, the band finally became famous.

The boys of the new orange band did not live up to his expectations, and in 2003, the band's second single "SH Honey" after their debut reached No. 5 on the Oricon chart upon their release.

Later, in 2004, Orange Range's music swept through Dongying like a whirlwind, becoming the hottest band at the time: the single "Flower" sold 1 million copies because it was paired with the pure love movie "Say I Love You Through the Rain", and the cumulative sales of the album "musiQ" were as high as 2.8 million.

Unfortunately, the good times did not last long, and after the band became popular, the members gradually stopped obeying his strict management.

After several unsuccessful negotiations, he parted ways with Orange Range and moved to UNDER HORSE RECORDS, which plummeted in 2005 due to the departure of the main team and the plagiarism scandal.

In 2006, he found out that all the members of the group were studying at the dental department of a university in Fukushima Prefecture.

Whether it's whether all members have dental licenses, or never appear on TV, the Internet, music videos, or CD covers, these unique characteristics have brought the band a huge amount of attention.

In 2007, their third single "Aibei" was released, ushering in a career explosion: this single not only received more than 200,000 CD sales, but also became the first song in Toei's history to receive more than 1 million mobile phone ringtone downloads.

On May 28, 2008, GREEEEN's first single "Miracle" was released as the theme song of the TV series, and not only did it reach the top of the ORICON Chart on its debut, but it also won the first place in the second week, and it was also the first single in 2008 to win the first place on the ORICON for two consecutive weeks.

As of June 2009, "Miracle" has been downloaded 2.4 million times and passed the Guinness Book of World Records, becoming the most downloaded single at that time.

This is also the reason why Sony Music spent a lot of money to dig Fujibayashi Mirror - he is not only good at discovering and managing artists, but also can single-handedly make popular artists in the case of a small firm with scarce resources.

As an agent, he always finds the characteristics of the other party and amplifies them: Tachibana New Ensemble has a casual and relaxed style that is unique to Okinawa, while GREET is the catchy ballade melody of the song and the beautiful harmonies of the members.

Hashimoto saw that Fujibayashi's mood was a little low, so he stood up again and said, "Fujibayashi-san, thank you very much for taking care of me all the time, I will definitely take advantage of this opportunity and live up to everyone's trust in me." ”

Fujilin smiled and shook his hand, sat down on the desk, skillfully took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, and was about to get over the addiction to smoking.

It's just that after he glanced at Hashimoto, he silently put the cigarette back: "It's better to forget if there's a lady there, haha." When I was younger, I was a snorting gun. ”

"Fujibayashi-san, it's okay, don't worry about me, I don't really care about the smell of smoke. ”

"Oh, really, so I really smoked?"

"Please. ”

With a "snap", Fujilin lit a cigarette, closed his eyes and took a hard breath, and then two white smoke slowly emerged from his nostrils.

WITH A LITTLE NOSTALGIA IN HIS EYES, HE LOOKED AT THE PHOTO OF HIMSELF AND ORANGE RANGE RANGE WHEN HE WAS YOUNG ON THE WALL, AND SAID SLOWLY: "HASHIMOTO-SAN, THIS TIME, YOU MADE A BEAUTIFUL MOVE. ”

Seeing that Hashimoto lowered his head and didn't reply to himself, he continued: "There's nothing embarrassing about this, Sony's current resources are like this, "Where is Nogizaka", "NOGIBINGO" are all late-night groups. Even if it's a single promotion, we just advertise it in our own show, and at most we will have another round of music groups. Like this time, holding HNA's thighs and showing up in prime time every day, I couldn't have imagined it before. ”

"Such a good opportunity, such a good resource, why not go for it yourself. As an idol, if you don't have a sense of crisis and don't expand your fan base as much as possible, sooner or later you will have a day when you will sit on the mountain. After speaking, Fujibayashi flicked the cigarette ash and took a hard puff again: "Among the three of you, Shiraishi-san is capable and ambitious; “

Nanami Hashimoto hurriedly explained: "Fujibayashi-san, in fact, Matsumura has been working hard, and I don't have any ambitions......"

"In my place, ambition is not a pejorative term. As an artist, no ambition is disqualified. Fujibayashi interrupted Hashimoto's words, snuffed out the cigarette butt, stared at the girl with his eyes, and said seriously, "In my opinion, ambition is desire. The desire for money, the desire for status, the desire for one's own value to be recognized. In this circle, people who have no desires and no desires cannot survive. Now you have the ambition to become a center, and you have the idea of adding clocks, and that's what I want to see the most. When people are ambitious, they are motivated to improve, and I hope you will always remember that. ”

Hashimoto nodded, silently digesting Fujibayashi's words. This is also the first time that Fujibayashi has revealed his opinion of himself in front of a girl in the nearly three years since he was the general agent.

In life, after all, you can't escape the word money, and no matter how many ideals you have, you have to succumb to reality.

Especially after dropping out of Musashino Art University this year, Hashimoto has become more aware of the importance of money: if he doesn't have money, his younger brother will probably have to follow in his footsteps, right?

"By the way, Hashimoto-san, this is your activity plan for the rest of the period, take a good look. Fujibayashi took out the documents he had prepared and handed them to Hashimoto, which showed the work schedule he had arranged for the girl.

He found a pen and began to check with the girl one by one: "The eighth handshake will be full attendance, open 30 (hold 600 people for one), no problem, right?"

Hashimoto looked at the information and replied categorically, "No problem." ”

Fujibayashi took a pen and typed a √ on the paper.

""Where's Nogizaka, the recording of "Nogibingo" is full, and there is a separate release prayer project, no problem, right?"

"No problem. ”

"How about shooting for BOMB August, BLT August, Big comic spirits NO 29, BRODY, ENTAME, EX Volkswagen, Samurai ELO, Street JACK, UTB, VIVI, WPB, YES WEB, if you have a slot?"

Hearing the long list of magazine names, Hashimoto was taken aback: "Fujibayashi-san, why, how can there be so many magazine jobs?"

Fujilin smiled disapprerovingly: "Some resource companies don't have it, but it doesn't mean that I don't have it." After being an agent for so many years, I still have the relationship I should have. This single is crucial to your future, and I won't be stingy with my face when it's time to use favors. ”

Hashimoto listened to Fujibayashi's words and was quite moved, she bowed deeply to her agent: "Thank you, Fujibayashi-san, you just look at the arrangement." ”

"Haha, don't be so excited, I still count on a few of you to help me stand up on the gold-lettered signboard of the vine forest mirror. Besides, how can I prove my ability without making some achievements?"

Fujibayashi wrote down the note on the paper, "All the magazines are OK", and then continued to the next one: "TBS RADIO's Yusuke Osawa and I have a good relationship, and his radio program TOKYO 9PM is very popular, so I'll give you a chance to show your face." Hmm~~~ There are also banana people and Tamura Jun's late-night radio program, I will also say hello to them, you go and record two episodes in a row, although the audience is not wide, but it is better than nothing. ”