Due to the great success of the song "Jun がいるだけで", Cao Zhiqiang's second single "Tsunami" was first produced, and Japan's Warner Company attached great importance to this work.

To this end, Warner Japan fully adopted Cao Zhiqiang's suggestion, not only successively released the official version, solo version, and female version of the song "Tsunami", but also deliberately spent a lot of money to produce three high-level MTV for these three versions of the song.

Among them, the official version is the official version with electronic organs, violins, guitars, basses, drum kits and many other instruments, and a large number of backing singers to do background singing.

MTV, which is paired with the official remix, inherits the original storytelling style and tells a short story about a crush.

The plot of the story is very simple, it begins with a young male office worker, who walks home as numb and tired as a walking corpse in the night after working overtime as usual.

Just as he was on his way home, it suddenly began to rain heavily in the sky.

Because of the sudden rain, the numb man suddenly woke up, and then in order to avoid the rain, he hurried to the eaves of a nearby flower shop to take shelter from the rain, and saw a young girl who was also sheltering from the rain.

After seeing each other, the young man froze for a moment and opened up the dusty memories that had been sealed for a long time.

It turned out that the young man knew the young girl because he and the young girl were originally from the same small town, and the man had a crush on the girl for a long time.

However, because of his cowardice and shyness, the man never dared to confess to the girl, so the girl never knew about it.

In this way, time flies, and the man was successfully admitted to the university, went to school in other places, and then graduated, worked, and lived an ordinary and boring life that everyone was living.

During his work, many people have introduced him to female companions, but he has expressed no interest and has always been immersed in work.

Everyone else thought he was a workaholic, because he knew that he was trying to anesthetize himself through work.

Because since he left that town and that girl, his heart seems to have been hollowed out, and he just studies and works numbly like a robot every day, with no hobbies or interests, just numbly going to work and getting off work, and becoming a tool for work.

Until this day, because of the shelter from the rain, the man saw the girl he had always had a crush on, although he only glanced at it, but because the man knew the girl too well, he recognized her at first sight.

It's just that she didn't recognize the man, so she didn't do anything unusual.

Soon, the memories ended, the rain stopped, and the woman who was sheltering from the rain at the door of the flower shop smiled politely at the man and nodded, and then left quickly.

The man looked at the woman's departing back again and froze, unable to hold back his tears, but once again he did not dare to speak because of cowardice and inferiority.

At this moment, the proprietress of the flower shop, who had already seen that something was wrong with the man, took the initiative to smile and send a bouquet of red roses, and then said, "Don't you catch up?" If you don't chase it, it's going to be too late! ”

Hearing this, the man wiped his tears violently, took the bouquet of bright red roses sent by the proprietress, and then bowed deeply to the proprietress, then threw the briefcase, held flowers in his hand and shed tears, and chased after him like crazy.

At the end of MTV, the proprietress stood at the door of the flower shop with a smile, looking at the back of the man holding flowers and chasing after him in tears, but there was no follow-up, and the short film came to an abrupt end.

Obviously, the story is very well aligned with the lyrics, and it is also very much in line with the current trend in Japan.

Because Japan is at the peak of its economy at this time, there are many problems on the other hand, one of which is the large number of numb office workers.

The Japanese in the eighties, most of them had jobs and good incomes, but most of them were the kind of overtime dogs.

That's right, in the 80s, Japanese people, whether they were blue-collar workers or white-collar employees, overtime was the norm, and there were almost no companies that commuted to and from work on time and did not work overtime.

As a result of this situation, the pace of life in Japan is very fast, and most of the time as an adult is actually kidnapped by work, and there is basically not much spare time to play hobbies.

Because of this, the manga industry in Japan began to flourish at this time, and the reason is that reading manga doesn't take much time compared to other forms of entertainment.

In this case, just like the rise of the domestic Internet, the reason is that the Internet focuses on Xiaobaiwen, the entertainment method is simple and rude, and it does not cost too much money and time, which is very suitable for ordinary overtime dogs, learning dogs and squatting at home to eat.

And Cao Zhiqiang's MTV, on the surface, is a story of crush and courage, but it actually pokes at some sore spots in Japanese society, which is easy to empathize, especially the empathy of ordinary office workers who work overtime every day.

The plot that pierces people's hearts, beautiful pictures, and beautiful music, as well as night, street lamps, flower shops, rain, memories, childhood sweethearts and other elements that Japanese people like, combined is simply a big killer.

At least in this era, this short and fast short video mode can definitely express your heart directly and quickly make people cry.

Of course, in order to save costs, and at the same time for better publicity, the heroes and heroines are still Cao Zhiqiang and Akina Nakamori.

Among them, Cao Zhiqiang plays the leading role, that is, the overtime dog who is like the walking dead.

Akina Nakamori plays the childhood sweetheart that the male protagonist has had a crush on since childhood.

There is also a flower shop owner, who specially found Kurihara Komaki to star.

Kurihara Komaki is indeed a household name in China at this time, but in Japan at this time, Kurihara Komaki can only be regarded as an outdated star, and it cannot be compared with a star like Yamaguchi Momoe, who is still popular.

It's like right now, Kurihara Komaki is actually in a semi-retirement stage, and there is no work.

Of course, Kurihara Komaki's family conditions are good, and she doesn't need to work to support herself.

Later, the reason why Kurihara Komaki continued to visit China and frequently engaged in Sino-Japanese cultural exchanges was actually the fundamental reason that she did not have enough coffee spots in Japan, and she was very quiet and wanted to make a breakthrough in this way.

In short, it was Cao Zhiqiang's proposal to find Kurihara Komaki to play a supporting role as the proprietress of the supporting role, after all, this song and MTV may become a part of Sino-Japanese cooperation in the future and be sold to China.

You must know that Cao Zhiqiang's identity is not simply a singer who came to Japan to work, he is also the head of a Chinese state-owned enterprise and the owner of a record company.

Therefore, if Warner Pioneer cooperates with the audio-visual company controlled by Cao Zhiqiang, it is possible to sell Japanese records to China, which is equivalent to opening up the market, which is a good thing for fame and fortune, so why not do it.

If it weren't for Cao Zhiqiang's identity, even if he had musical talent, President Yamamoto of Warner Pioneer would not treat him so favorably.

Since these songs may be sold back to China in the future, it is necessary to invite a Japanese star who is familiar to Chinese.

So Kurihara Komaki was proposed by Cao Zhiqiang and was invited by Warner Vanguard to play a supporting role in MTV.

For Kurihara Komaki, it was also a good attempt to play a supporting role on MTV, and she had also heard the song "Tsunami" in advance, and she really liked it very much, so she readily agreed.

In this way, everyone hit it off, and MTV finished filming quickly, and after some necessary post-production, the official shooting was completed.

The plot version of MTV is matched with the official version of the song, but the solo version is different from the female version.

The so-called solo version is Cao Zhiqiang wearing an ordinary white shirt and jeans, sitting in front of the piano and singing while playing the piano.

The only instrument that accompanies him is the piano, and the only one who sings is Cao Zhiqiang, so it is also called the solo version, or the piano solo version.

The MTV that cooperates with it is also very simple, that is, the picture of Cao Zhiqiang playing the piano and singing songs on the spot is filmed, which is a live version of MTV.

Not to mention Cao Zhiqiang's singing voice, his piano playing skills are also quite strong, after all, they are all produced by the system.

Through this way of live performance and live shooting, you can also take the opportunity to publicize a wave of Cao Zhiqiang's versatility, telling everyone that Cao Zhiqiang is not only good at singing and writing, but also has a very high level of playing the piano.

The solo version of the song and MTV highlight a sense of reality and presence, so that the audience and the audience can intuitively understand Cao Zhiqiang's singing process and show Cao Zhiqiang's strength.

Because the SOLO version seems simple, but it is actually the least simple.

The reason is that the solo version is a solo piano and a single cappella, without too much accompaniment and mixing, so there are high requirements for the singer's piano performance skills and singing expressiveness, and if the strength is slightly worse, it can't be suppressed.

This is why powerful singers like to play real singing on various occasions, the reason is that real singing can reflect their strength to the greatest extent, while fake singing is easy to overturn.

Whether ancient or modern, Chinese or foreign, the general public likes powerful singers, and they are disdainful of idols who do not have real singing strength.

And the launch of the solo version is to tell everyone that Morinaka Qingquan is a real powerhouse, so even if he doesn't like to be in the limelight, doesn't like to show up, and doesn't like to be on TV, or hold concerts to interact with fans, this is forgivable.

After all, powerful singers must be busy polishing their strength and pondering good songs, so how can they have time to show off and show off everywhere.

With this kind of reverse operation, it will deepen everyone's recognition of the character of "Forest Green Spring" as a shy and talented, and down-to-earth and hard-working, so that a group of real iron fans will appear.

Only the emergence of a large number of real iron fans is the proof of a powerful singer.

Finally, there is the female version.

The so-called female version is sung by Akina Nakamori, and most of the lyrics are the same, but the "female" in the lyrics is replaced by a man.

The purpose of this female version is actually very simple, mainly to bring the popularity of Akina Nakamori, and by the way, increase the audience of this song, so that women can also empathize with it, and try to achieve equality between men and women.

After all, Japanese women in the 80s, but in the era of women's awakening, women's spending power naturally cannot be ignored.

Of course, MTV, which is relative to the female version, has also made a trick, that is, the same story, interpreted from different perspectives.

In the female version of MTV, the story is the same as the official version, except that the protagonist becomes a girl, and the perspective also becomes that of a female voice.

It's just that in this girl's perspective story, this girl has actually been secretly in love with that boy, but because this boy has always been very good and his academic performance has always been at the top of the class, the girl has low self-esteem, although she has always liked each other, but she has never dared to confess.

Later, when the girl learned that the boy had been admitted to a prestigious university in Tokyo, she was very disappointed because she had failed the list and did not rely on the university.

After failing the list, she found a job as a convenience store salesperson in the local area, and lived a boring and ordinary life every day.

Because she looks good, many people persuade her to marry early and become a housewife, so that she doesn't have to work so hard every day.

But the girl has always disagreed, because she has always had him in her heart.

Later, the girl saved enough money and resolutely went to Tokyo alone, just because she heard that the boy she had always had a crush on was now in Tokyo.

After coming to Tokyo, the girl suffered a lot because of her low education, worked as a porter, worked as a beer promoter, and then she studied on her own while working, and finally was admitted to a vocational school, using the method of part-time work and study, and finally graduated as an "expert", similar to a domestic college degree.

After graduating, she became a beautician, specializing in beauty services for female clients.

After work, she has always had many suitors because of her beautiful appearance, but she has never been tempted or interested, just because she has always had the shadow of that boy in her mind, which is also the motivation for her to come to Tokyo alone for so many years and persevere.

As a beautician, she often works late and usually goes to the same flower shop to buy a bouquet of flowers after work.

Even if her income is not very high, even if the place where she lives is very small, she still keeps flowers in the house every day, because she remembers that the boy in her heart once said that he likes flowers very much.

However, on this day, because of the sudden rain, she saw him at the door who had not been seen for a long time.

The moment she saw him, she recognized him, but she could only pretend not to know him because of fear and cowardice.

But because of fear and cowardice, she forgot the purpose of coming here and forgot to buy flowers.

As soon as the rain stopped, the woman hurried away, afraid that if she continued to stay, she would be in a goof, and she would not be able to hold back her tears.

In other words, in this version of MTV, it is the woman who has always had a crush on the man, but the man doesn't know it, which is exactly the opposite of the situation in the male version.

But in fact, if you compare the official version, that is, the male version of MTV, you will know that this is a story where both parties like each other, but because both parties are cowardly and dare not confess, they miss each other, but they insist on liking each other in their hearts.

This kind of different interpretations of the same story from different perspectives is an innovation in itself in today's Japan, and with beautiful pictures and beautiful songs, if it weren't for the short time, this could be regarded as a short film.

It is precisely because of this innovation, coupled with the fact that the songs are really good, and the previous results are the foundation, so Warner Pioneer has really invested heavily this time, and all aspects are attentive, and the quality is a bargain.

To this end, Warner Pioneer not only produced the ordinary cassette version of the three songs on the same record, the vinyl version and other record versions, but also combined the three MTVs together, and launched the video version and LD version, which is equivalent to the record and the video disc together!

Not only that, but at the beginning of the publicity, a lot of money was spent, and 130 million yen was directly paid for the publicity, which can be said to be unprecedented.

Of course, this amount of money is actually nothing to Warner Japan.

Even President Yamamoto said that it is okay if this work does not make money, as long as it can open up popularity and let everyone recognize Warner's brand.

Under the crazy spending of money on publicity by Warner Pioneer regardless of the cost, the quality of this song itself is excellent, and MTV is also very good, plus the trend of the previous song has not subsided, and it has been boosted by previous results, so the sales results of this single, as soon as it was launched, it opened a feast of hurricane!

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