Chapter 38: The Singer's Quest (2)
When Katsuto Matsuura pushed open the door and walked in, Jerry and Katsuto Matsuura were stunned for a moment. Neither of them expected to see each other in Tatsumi Ita's office.
However, compared to Jerry's surprise, Matsuura Katsuto was more of a surprise. I have been in TY Entertainment for so long, and I have never seen the soul of TY Entertainment, and I am embarrassed to say that I am an employee of TY Entertainment when I go out. Today, we will meet in such a way!
"Hello ~ It's Katsuto Matsuura, it's the first time we're meeting, please take care of me!"
"Oh~ Don't be so restrained, don't be so restrained, please take care of me when we meet for the first time." Jerry looked at Katsuto Matsuura, who bowed ninety degrees, and quickly shook his hand, he was curious about how this guy could appear at TY Entertainment. Walking in after Katsuto Matsuura was Ayumi Hamasaki!
"Hi ~ Ayu, long time no see!"
Ayumi greeted Tsunaki Ida, but replied to Jerry's hello with a hum.
Jerry scratched his chin with his fingers a little helplessly, how many years have passed, why hasn't this guy's problem changed.
Wait a minute, the guy that Tatsumi Ida said was hidden by him for ten years, is it Ayumi Hamasaki? Jerry silently crossed his fingers in his heart, since he saw Ayumi Hamasaki, it seems that it has been almost ten years. But the idea of snow hiding is completely incorrect. At that time, with Ayumi's conditions, if you want to enter the Japanese entertainment industry, the heat is not so bad. Could it be that as soon as she debuted, let her be a girl in the water? Even if it's a girl in the water, her figure isn't good enough! The current breast and height are still formed under the training of American steak papaya and Cindy Crawford. If you have a slap-sized Barbie face, you can't count it at all! And her high-pitched and hoarse singing voice, if not improved, I am afraid that it will not be long before her ears will have problems. What's more, AJX48 has so many trainees. Why did she leave her alone to study in the United States, and even the lyrics and composition of music brought her into contact? Isn't all this so that she can better improve all aspects of the conditions? Therefore, statements such as snow hiding are completely slanderous.
Yida Xun looked at Ayumi Hamasaki's attitude towards Jerry, and couldn't help but smile, "Hamasaki-san, adjust your state well when you go back, and Jerry-kun will be responsible for your debut single." The stage for his debut was arranged at TBS's New Year's Eve concert. ”
[Hey~Hey~Hey~ Yitian-kun, I haven't said anything yet, I haven't agreed to anything! 】
Jerry was stunned for a moment, Katsuto Matsuura was stunned for a moment, and Ayumi Hamasaki was stunned for a moment.
[Is it really good to say that it is completely self-assertive?] 】
"Got it, Mr. President." Ayumi was full of depression, but nodded in agreement. Worked hard for so long. Or do you have to have his help to make your debut? Ayumi suddenly felt a little aggrieved, "If there is nothing else, I will leave first, today's training is not over yet." ”
Ita Xun waved his hand. "Matsuura-san, you stay."
Knowing that Ayumi Hamasaki would debut on the stage of the TBS New Year's Eve concert under the operation of Jerry, Katsuto Matsuura's mental state changed. After waiting for so long, this potential stock is finally about to bottom out!
The board of directors passed the final decision, as Kawashima-san became the president of AJX48 Idol. The vacant position of the Top-Studio brokerage company is temporarily represented by you. Matsuura-san, don't let down the trust that the directors have placed in you! ”
"Hi ~ Mr. President, I will definitely work hard!" Katsuto Matsuura couldn't help but be overjoyed, and after the collapse of Avex, he hadn't been so high-spirited for a long time. If you run a company, it may be his shortcoming, but in the field of discovering artists and cultivating artists, Katsuto Matsuura feels that he is completely the strongest agent in Japan. Just take a look at Globe, Hitomi Shimatani, and Nanase Aikawa for cash. And now, the board of directors of TY has passed a final resolution to appoint him as the acting president of Top-Studio Agency, handing over all TY's huge artist resources to him, which is the biggest opportunity for him after entering TY Entertainment.
"So be it! If there's nothing to do, please leave for a while, I still have some things to discuss with Jerry-kun! ”
Katsuto Matsuura bowed over and couldn't help but leave the president's office with joy, and anyone could see the high-spirited aura.
Ita Xun looked at Jerry holding his arms, looking like he was waiting for him to explain, and got up with a smile and poured him a cup of tea, "I've seen Matsuura Katsuto's resume, he is a very capable guy, he has been in Top-Studio for a long time, and he is very familiar with Top-Studio's affairs, after Kawashima-san left, Top-Studio needs someone to preside over the overall situation, so I mentioned his name on the board of directors." ”
"You know what you want to know, it's not that."
"Hamasaki-san's words are not my decision alone. The original meaning of the manager level was that Tetsuya Komuro was in charge. There was nothing wrong with them in deciding to do so, Komuro-san's ability is obvious to all, and the artists under the H.O.T brand and the work of the 48 series are enough for you to be busy. It's just that I think that since you have been hiding her for ten years, it will be better for you to push her onto the debut stage. Wasn't it you who put Namie on the throne of the pop leader? Jerry-kun should know that the position of the pop leader is very important to TY! So, the meaning of the manager is that you and Tetsuya Komuro are jointly responsible! The band Globe is in the limelight right now, and Komuro-san's workload is not light. ”
"Can't you give it to General Ichihiro?"
"Ichi-san still has to be in charge of the upcoming AJX48 squad Speed, I'm afraid I won't have much time to be in charge of the solo female singer." Yi Tian Xun saw that Jerry wanted to ask something, so he simply said everything, "Junjun has been busy with AJX48, and Kobayashi-san, as you know, his interest is not in pop artists." ”
Jerry groaned for a moment, not shaking his head to refuse, but said, "Help me contact Yasu Akihara from the Kitten Club." ”
"Yasu Akihara of the Kitten Club?" Yi Tian Xun asked suspiciously.
"I need help." Jerry smiled with a smile on his lips, it was obvious that with so many jobs assigned to me, someone always needed someone to help me do it!
Kitten Club is a large girl group founded in 1985, speaking of which, it should be the originator of the 48 series team, and the AJX48 group was created almost to abandon some of the shortcomings of the kitten club. Founded in 1985 by Yasu Akihara, the Kitten Club was a huge success based on the amateur interests of high school girls, but it was precisely because of the amateurism and the scandals between the members of the Kitten Club and the staff behind the scenes at that time (at that time, Meguri Nitta married a member of Fuji TV, Sonoko Kawai married Goto Jitoshi, and Mamiko Takai married Yasushi Akimoto), and in 1987, after a sharp decline in ratings, the Kitten Club came to an end.
A few years later, AJX48 was born, abandoning amateur attributes, abandoning dating scandals, and completely abandoning the girl idol mechanism. The age of the idol ice age is gradually broken!
As for Yasu Akihara, this genius did not fall into a period of silence due to the death of the kitten club, and he is still quite active in film, television, comics, songwriting and other fields.
"Understood."
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United States.
"Is it really not possible?"
"It's not that no, Ms. Keiko Fuji, but if you don't have a contract, I beg your pardon for not being able to release a new record for you right now."
"Not for me, it's for Xiaoguang."
"She's the same."
"However, we have already agreed before, and Mr. Bladrent personally promised that if Xiaoguang can create it independently, EMI will help Xiaoguang promote her new album. How can you EMI not be trustworthy? ”
"I'm sorry, but Blunt has been fired by EMI and you can't get a contract for that."
“FU~CK!” Utada Terumi clenched his fists and had an urge to punch people.
The U3 band relied on the meager salary earned by singing in CBGB to make a black disc for Xiaoguang, for this, the U3 band can almost be said to have run out of food, and even Tax's recording and production fees and the cost of borrowing CBGB recording studios have not been paid!
I didn't even admit the previous single "Ill-Be-Stronger"!
EMI turned its face and didn't recognize people to this extent, it's just, it's just disgusting.
Utada Terumi eventually smashed a stool and was almost taken to the police station by EMI's security guards.
Do you want to go back to CBGB?
There are so many new generation bands in CBGB, and their family exotic band has no X-Japan explosion point at all, how can they survive in the United States, no, the world's new generation of bands.
Hikaru Utada crossed her hands in the pockets of her blouse, her head bowed, and she kept kicking the bottles and cans on the side of the road with her left foot.
"Let's go back to Japan!" Keiko Fuji, who had been covering her face and thinking about it for a long time, suddenly raised her head, "Back to Japan, let's do it again." If it's a big deal, I'll make a comeback again. ”
Fuji Keiko is also a rare sober.
U3 spent so much effort to help Xiaoguang produce an album, but it was thrown on the table by EMI.
This time, Keiko Fuji was also angry.
Are you going back to Japan?
Hikaru Utada raised her head and looked at the dawning sky in the distance, the light shining through the clouds and hitting her face. (To be continued......)