There is a banquet in the world, even if Akina Nakamori and Kyoko Koizumi, two stars who are rising in Japan, meet Cao Zhiqiang again, but after all, the song will end, the people will disperse, and the belly will be full, so they will soon eat and drink enough, and it is time to separate.

Akina Nakamori is fine, but Kyoko Koizumi obviously doesn't want to end here, and wants to pull Cao Zhiqiang to the karaoke room again and sing karaoke together.

Karaoke room, that is, KTV, has not yet risen in China at this time, but Japan is already very popular, and it is also relatively mature.

In Tokyo, Japan in the 80s, there were basically karaoke rooms in all the more prosperous places, and going to the karaoke room to sing was also one of the pastimes of young people at this time.

It's a pity that Cao Zhiqiang, who suddenly wanted to be a Japanese writer, was no longer in the mood to be with these two big singers, he just wanted to go back to write it as soon as possible and copy out "Norwegian Wood" as soon as possible.

Although it seems easier to become a singer, in fact, the social status of Japanese singers during this period was not very high.

To sum up, Japanese entertainment artists, whether they are actors or singers, although their social status is not as low as that of South Korean artists, is far inferior to that of writers.

In fact, it is the same in China, those who sing are not as good as those who write songs, and those who write songs are not as good as those who write.

The main purpose of Cao Zhiqiang's coming to Japan was to make money, so he had to open a market first.

Originally, he did want to start with singing, but considering his Chinese identity, he suddenly felt that it was not a good idea to show up as a singer as soon as he came.

How to say, in the 80s, although because of the honeymoon relationship between China and the United States, China and Japan were also a rare good time, and various exchanges between the two sides became closer and closer, but in the Japanese people, Cao Zhiqiang could feel that most Japanese people despised and looked down on the Chinese.

This experience was not obtained from the brothers and sisters of Masashi Sada, nor did it come from Akina Nakamori and Kyoko Koizumi.

These people are actually more careful, pay attention to this aspect, and try not to embody that sense of superiority.

Only Kyoko Koizumi, when he was talking about pagers before, accidentally reflected a little, but he quickly skipped it and didn't mention it, and later apologized for it, which should have been an unintentional mistake.

He really realized that the Japanese looked down on the Chinese, when he was playing and shopping, Xu Chun and An Ping because of the non-standard Japanese language, once asked where they were from, honestly said that they were from China, they could quickly receive a contemptuous smile and eyes.

Why Xu Chun was a little depressed after shopping with Anping, it is estimated that the continuous contempt is the main reason, not that he feels a lot of pressure when he sees the prosperity of Japan, and the pressure or something is probably an excuse.

This is also normal, after all, there is a saying that Japan in the 80s, both in terms of total GDP and per capita income, was far higher than China at this time, and the material life was completely incomparable.

It is normal for people in developed regions to look down on people in less developed regions.

Just like the Chinese in 2023, don't you also look at the Indo-Du people of the same period.

Cao Zhiqiang had expected this, so he didn't think it was a problem.

There is also a saying that perhaps because Japan's economy is on the rise at this time, ordinary Japanese during this period are probably because they have money in their pockets, and they are also unprecedentedly tolerant, and their acceptance of truly talented foreigners is also very high, including mainlanders.

For example, Teresa Teng, as an authentic Chinese, the Japanese love her very much at this time.

However, she was not loved by the Japanese all at once, and she was slowly boiled out.

It is said that when Teresa Teng first came to Japan for development, it was at the end of 1973, when she accepted the invitation of the Japanese side, officially signed a contract with Japan's Polydor Records, and decided to come to Japan for development.

This is actually very normal, after all, the Japanese record market at this time is currently the largest market second only to the United States in the world, and purely in terms of making money, the record market in the mainland is far less than the Japanese market, let alone the market on the treasure island.

However, after Teresa Teng first came to Japan, the company gave it to her

made a single record called "Tonight or Tomorrow", but unfortunately the teacher was unfavorable, the response was mediocre, and the results were very average.

For this reason, she was despised by many Japanese, thanks to Minoru Funaki, who was still the production director of Polydor Records at the time, and who persuaded her to go to Japan to develop in the first place, and constantly encouraged her, she persevered and continued to stay in Japan to work hard, and did not give up.

You must know that when Teresa Teng went to Japan, she was already a super singer in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and even the Southeast Asian market had a place for her, but when she went to Japan for development, the response was mediocre and disappointing.

However, it is said that Teresa Teng was not discouraged, in addition to practicing Japanese, she also pondered the singing style of Japanese singers, gradually looking for Japanese preferences, and changing her singing style by herself.

It wasn't until her second single "Airport" came out that it was an immediate success, and she also won the Newcomer Award at the 16th Japan Record Awards for this song, thus becoming one of Japan's top singers.

Since then, Teresa Teng, with her own strength, has completely opened up the Japanese market, and finally won the recognition of the Japanese, and even many Japanese believe that she is the two major singers in Asia who can be ranked alongside Misora Skylark.

Unfortunately, the good times did not last long, and after 1979, because of the fake passport incident, she had to leave Japan and take refuge in the United States.

It's 1983, and Teresa Teng is still living in the United States, but when it comes to her name, most Japanese people know and have an impression.

The reason is very simple, that is, although Teresa Teng no longer continues to work hard in Japan, her singing voice has remained, and it is a must-have track for many karaoke.

Not only that, Teresa Teng's status in the Chinese-speaking circle is also increasing day by day, and her songs are not only popular in Hong Kong and Taiwan, but also crazy in the mainland.

That is, with the help of her popularity in the mainland, Deng Lijun, who is still taking refuge in the United States, has risen in popularity instead of falling, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is in full swing, far stronger than in 1979.

Not only in the Chinese-speaking circle, but also in the Japanese-speaking circle, Teresa Teng is becoming more and more famous, even if she has not come to Japan for a long time to develop.

In short, although China and Japan have established diplomatic relations, if a mainlander comes to Japan to develop at this time, normally speaking, he will still be subjected to a lot of difficulties.

Although Zuo Tian Masashi is a good person, he also wants to sign Deng Lijun as an agent like he signed with Teresa Teng back then, and then let him develop in Japan.

From a political point of view, this is really good, after all, this period is a period of Sino-Japanese friendship, if he comes to Japan to develop, at least at the political level, there will be no problem, at least there will be no fake passport incident, and it will be easy to travel to and from Japan.

But there are two more problems here.

First, the strength of Zuo Tian Masashi's firm was too small, and he rashly signed a contract with him, which was a bit cheap.

After all, once you sign a contract, it's a five-year start!

Second, Masashi Sauda obviously wants to push himself hard at his concert and make his debut at his concert.

Although this is a good intention, it is somewhat handover, and this trick is very risky, in case the audience does not buy it, they will also be affected.

is like Akina Nakamori before, she obviously did not agree to Masashi Sada's request, and she should also be aware of the risk of special guests.

In fact, it is no problem to find some other singers as special guests at the concert, but the premise is that you yourself have to sing seriously, if you don't sing because your voice is not good, just beep, and then only let the special guests sing, which is easy for the audience to feel deceived.

At that time, no matter how strong Cao Zhiqiang's singing strength is, he may not be able to please a large number of fans and audiences who are resistant.

Fans have always been very confused, and turning pink to black may be a matter of minutes, especially when you feel deceived, it is unreasonable to turn pink to black.

Once the pink turns black, no matter how good your friends sing, they won't pay attention.

Therefore, Cao Zhiqiang felt that Zuo Tian Yazhi's idea was too naïve, no, not naïve, it was a big hole at all.

Therefore, with Masashi Sada, he feels that he should be more cautious.

In addition, he felt that he should also learn from Teresa Teng.

Why is Teresa Teng in Japan?

Ben debuted and quickly became famous, just because she worked hard enough?

In fact, it is not the case, the biggest problem is that when Teresa Teng came to Japan to debut, she originally had her own halo.

Because when she came to Japan, she was already a singer of Chinese rights, and her strength is obvious to all, and her words and songs also have many fans in Japan.

If it weren't for Teresa Teng, who was already very famous and had many fans in Japan, Minoru Funaki, who was still the production director of Polylido Records, would not have taken the initiative to invite Teresa Teng to Japan for development.

In the same way, although Cao Zhiqiang is now in the mainland, he is also a little famous, and the name of singer Ah Qiang is barely known to everyone, but this is still not enough.

Therefore, he thinks it is better to replicate his success in China first and start first.

It would be much better if you could publish here first, become a famous best-selling author, and then sing as a famous author.

In addition, it's okay to cooperate with Masashi Sada, but you can't rush to his concert, which is very disgraceful.

Cao Zhiqiang estimated that when everyone knew that Zuo Tian Yazhi had a bad throat and wanted the special guests to save the scene, not many people would agree, which was too risky.

And Zuo Tian Yazhi is also a sincere person, he is also honest when he asks someone to help, he said at the beginning that he has a bad voice, who dares to help him if he is a little famous.

However, if you think about it carefully, Masashi Sauda is really difficult now.

He has a bad voice, but the concert can't break the contract, in case no one helps, he has to start singing, but the singing effect is not good, then there may really be a performance accident.

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It's no wonder that he thought of me, I guess I really had no choice, and I rushed to the doctor.

Sure enough, after Cao Zhiqiang and Zuo Tian Yazhi returned to their residence, Zuo Tian Yazhi, who was already a little drunk, immediately apologized to Cao Zhiqiang.

The reason for the apology is also very simple, that is, he should not ask Cao Zhiqiang to help him attend next week's concert, which will hurt him Cao Zhiqiang.

"Zuo Tian-kun." Cao Zhiqiang sighed and said, "I understand your difficulties, but why aren't you honest? Wouldn't it be nice for you to make an announcement in advance and tell your fans that your voice is bad and you can't hold a concert?"

"But that's a breach of contract." Masashi Sauda sighed.

"My throat is broken, it's force majeure, right?" Cao Zhiqiang said, "This is not your subjective will. Wouldn't it be okay for you to discuss with the organizer and explain your situation clearly?

Rather than breach of contract, the organizers don't want performance accidents, right?

If the organizer really embarrasses you for breaking the contract, you can go on TV, or find a reporter to give you an exclusive interview, tell the matter out, let the fans condemn the organizer for being inhumane, and use public opinion to put pressure on the organizer.

Of course, you don't have to do this, you can talk to your organizer about it, so that the organizer understands that in the case of your bad throat, forcing you to pay liquidated damages according to the contract is morally untenable, which is equivalent to breaking up in two, and everyone is not benefited.

On the contrary, let the organizers be more lenient, and when your voice is better, you can continue to cooperate.

In short, while the concert has not yet started, you can sit down with the organizer and have a good talk to see if you can not pay liquidated damages, only take the cost of the venue fee, and as for the advance tickets, they will also be refunded.

It's good to discuss and measure, as long as the organizer doesn't have an enmity with you, they will generally agree, what do you think?"

Zuo Tian Masashi did not reply immediately, but wiped his forehead with a cold wet towel and forced himself to wake up, only then did he frown and said, "This, is it really okay?"

Cao Zhiqiang was speechless: "No, you have to give it a try?" Wait, you haven't told the organizers about your bad throat, have you?"

Masashi Sauda opened his mouth, then nodded and lowered his head.

As soon as he saw Zuo Tian Yazhi's appearance, Cao Zhiqiang immediately understood.

It turned out that the news of his bad throat hadn't gotten out, at least

The organizer who helped him run the concert is not clear.

Then, without notifying the organizer that his throat was bad, Masashi Zuoda wanted to quietly use the form of special guests to save the venue and continue the concert, hoping to get the concert lake over.

"I'm convinced!" Cao Zhiqiang shook his head, "Zuo Tianjun, you can't do this. You still have to be honest, you have to really hide it from the organizer, you want to get the concert lake over, and you will suffer in the end."

Zuo Tian Masashi sighed, raised his head again, and said, "However, what if I really tell the story that my throat is broken, and the organizer insists that I pay liquidated damages and compensate me for the loss?

The advance tickets are all sold out, and if you say that you can't hold a concert now, you will have to get a new refund, and then it will be another fee, which I'm afraid will have to come out of it.

I've already got a lot better debts, and if I owe another liquidated damages, I'm afraid I really can't afford to pay it."

"You're a lake!" Cao Zhiqiang said earnestly, "Zuo Tianjun, you already owe a lot of money anyway, and it is nothing to owe a little more, but your reputation must not be ruined.

If your reputation is ruined, and you want to make a comeback in the future, it will be very difficult.

Your strength is there, your reputation is there, and sooner or later you can turn the tables.

But if you covet that bit of liquidated damages now, covet that bit of concert ticket money, and ruin your reputation, you will never be able to turn it around in the future.

When the time comes, not only will the fans abandon you, but the key is that you have offended the organizers, how will you mix in the circle in the future?

If the money is gone, you can make it again, and the reputation is gone, but there is nothing!

Take advantage of the time to admit your mistake to the organizers.

It's still too late to make amends!"

As soon as he heard Cao Zhiqiang say this, Zuo Tian Masashi suddenly smashed his fist on the tatami mat, and then took a deep breath and said, "Understood, I know what to do!" Cao Sang, thank you for waking me up, thank you so much!"

After speaking, Zuo Tian Yazhi directly took a few steps back, and then gave Cao Zhiqiang a standard kowtow.

Seeing this situation, Cao Zhiqiang snorted: "Okay, just know it's wrong, don't do this."

"Thanks!" Masashi Sada, who continued to bow and bow, yelled again, "Thank you so much!"

Cao Zhiqiang scratched his head a little embarrassed: "That, how long do you have to kneel?" When will you get up? I want to take a shower."

Zuo Tian Yazhi sat up again, looked at Cao Zhiqiang quietly, and then said, "Cao Sang, knowing you is really the luck of my life!" You are a true friend! Big drop friends!"