After Cao Zhiqiang's painstaking explanation, everyone finally understood what Cao Zhiqiang was going to do.

When they heard that everyone would perform on the regular stage in the future and would not become an underground idol who went to perform on the street, everyone's acceptance was much higher, and they even began to get excited.

Because everyone is not stupid, knowing what Cao Zhiqiang did, he was essentially building a song and dance troupe that took the high-end route by himself.

That's right, what Cao Zhiqiang wants to do is not only the role of an agent, but also the role of a song and dance troupe organizer.

He didn't want to recommend them to various bands and dance troupes that had become a climate, but to form a "Love Music Troupe" and "Love Music Dance Troupe" by himself.

As for the mix and match of musicians and dancers, although it is relatively rare, it is not impossible.

At least in the United States, such as Broadway, this kind of musician and dancer mixing and matching to perform stage plays is very common, and it is not a novelty.

It's just that it's a relatively rare place in Japan.

Of course, it is definitely not easy to start a song and dance troupe by yourself, which not only requires funds, but also connections, and more importantly, good works.

Cao Zhiqiang's creative ability is undoubted, they are indeed high-quality products, and his connections are passable, and the rest is a matter of funding.

After all, if the income is too low and just talking about dreams, it is very unrealistic for most of you here.

Fortunately, Cao Zhiqiang finally announced his income.

According to Cao Zhiqiang's plan, as long as he passes the assessment, he will become an official member of the song and dance troupe.

With a minimum of 200,000 yen per person per month, and at least 300,000 yen a month after five years, and performance dividends, everyone has no worries at all.

Frankly speaking, this income was very high in 1983.

This is because Japanese incomes began to rise rapidly, in fact, after the 90s, and then there was a bottleneck period when wages did not grow for a long time.

But in the eighties, the per capita wages of the Japanese were not so outrageous.

Strictly speaking, the salary of the Japanese is a dividing line in 85 years.

Eighty-five years ago, although the wages of most Japanese people were rising every year, the overall income was not outrageous, and the growth was not high.

But eighty-five years later, Japanese incomes began to soar, causing the whole country to fall into an era of consumption spree, until the economic bubble burst, and then entered a long bottleneck.

In other words, in 1983, not to mention 300,000 yen a month, even if it was 200,000 yen a month, many people who had just been admitted to the civil service could not get it.

In short, after talking about it, Cao Zhiqiang finally let these girls know his true intentions.

As for how many can be left in the future, and whether they can really make a song and dance troupe, it's really hard to say.

It can only be said that Cao Zhiqiang plans to give it a try first and see the effect.

Anyway, he is not bad at work, not bad at money, all he lacks is people.

Instead of going to the society to openly recruit those messy artists to try their luck, it is better to come directly to this kind of art academy to recruit art students.

At least the school screened him first, and those who can enter this university are basically not bad in terms of professional level.

Of course, it is also this era that allows Cao Zhiqiang to pick up the leaks.

Because in the 80s, Japan had actually entered a stage of surplus talent.

To make an analogy, Japan in the 80s was similar to China around 2008 in terms of talent reserves.

Think about the country at that time, after graduating from college students, only about 30% of them could find a suitable job immediately, and most of the other people were difficult to find a suitable job in a short period of time, resulting in having to cross the sea and show their powers.

As a result, most of the college students were unable to do their professional jobs after graduation, and many of them changed careers.

The legend of the so-called most difficult graduation season has been circulating since that year.

In the same way, when Japan entered the 80s, college students began to flood and it was difficult to find a job.

Among them, especially art students, it is actually the most difficult to find a job after graduation, because there are not so many suitable positions left for them in society.

Even though there are many off-campus training institutions such as private schools in Japan, the sum of these institutions cannot meet the large number of art students every year.

In addition, Japanese society has not undergone top-down reforms, and class straining is serious, so it is really difficult for ordinary art students from ordinary people to get ahead.

Now Cao Zhiqiang is willing to give everyone a chance, of course everyone must seize it.

Anyway, it's nothing more than multiple choices.

Success is naturally the best, if you don't succeed, it's a big deal to leave again, and find another job.

In other words, whether it is Cao Zhiqiang or those students, they actually have an attitude of giving it a try, and they rarely have the determination to break the boat.

On the contrary, people like Yuri Nakano, that is, Yuki Amami, are very interested in the matter itself.

After all, Yuri Nakano is not short of money at home, so he doesn't have to worry about money or work, so he can naturally focus on his interests himself.

In this way, when Cao Zhiqiang finished his speech and said goodbye to those girls with Mrs. Nakano, Yuri Nakano and Furukawa Yoshiyuki, those female students waved goodbye to Cao Zhiqiang very enthusiastically, looking very happy.

No way, Cao Zhiqiang at least gave them a hope, can they be unhappy.

But then, Cao Zhiqiang did not take Mrs. Nakano and Yuri Nakano back to the Aiyin office, but went straight to the headquarters building of Warner Pioneer.

After arriving there, Cao Zhiqiang first met with Masashi Sada and Nobuo Tomioka, who were waiting there, and then entered the conference room together, where they saw a strange middle-aged man with short hair and a strange middle-aged woman with short hair.

The middle-aged woman named Ryoko Moriyama is just that, although she knows that this is a very famous singing voice, but Cao Zhiqiang doesn't know her, only that she is very enthusiastic and very talkative.

It was the middle-aged short-haired man who really surprised Cao Zhiqiang.

Because his name is Shinji Tanimura!

You must know that the name Tanimura Shinji is not unfamiliar to Chinese people.

Not for anything else, just because Shinji Tanimura once went to the Peking Workers' Stadium in China to hold a concert in 1981.

Although Shinji Tanimura went to China for a concert later than Masashi Sada, the sensation caused was not small, so that many people still remember this man.

For example, his song "Star" is still very famous in China and Japan.

Cao Zhiqiang never expected to meet him here, and the purpose of his coming here was to plan to form a band with Cao Zhiqiang.

Of course, the woman named Yoshiko Moriyama also has this purpose.

After continuing to ask, I found out that it was Sada Masashi who got the song Cao Zhiqiang gave him, and knew that Cao Zhiqiang planned to form a band with him, so he immediately began to study the song that Cao Zhiqiang gave him.

Then Masashi Sada believes that in order for this song to be performed perfectly, a band with tacit understanding is needed.

So Masashi Sada found a few old friends with whom he had a good relationship, namely Ryoko Moriyama and Shinji Tanimura.

Among them, Masashi Sada, and Ryoko Moriyama are old friends who have known each other for a long time, and have worked together many times before.

As for Tanimura Shinji, it is because both of them like Chinese culture, and both have performed in China, so they have a lot of common language.

So, when Shinji Tanimura finished his performance at the Beiping Workers' Stadium, Masashi Sada contacted him.

This time, Masashi Sada took the lyrics and music score of the song "Viva la Vida" given by Cao Zhiqiang and the demo tape, and found Yoshiko Moriyama and Gucun Shinmura respectively, and explained the intention.

As he expected, both Ryoko Moriyama and Gucun Shinmura were very interested in the song "Viva la Vida" and the creator Cao Zhiqiang, and they were also very interested in forming a multinational band for Sino-Japanese cooperation.

In this way, without Cao Zhiqiang's knowledge, Sada Masashi invited these two heavyweight musicians over, ready to talk to Cao Zhiqiang about specific band cooperation.

In fact, Cao Zhiqiang didn't think about it so much at all, he just felt that after he came to Japan, Sada Masashi fell ill soon, and the two sides did not form a band, which was very regrettable, so he decided to make up for this regret after Sada Masashi's health was a little better, and it was also a little closer to the heart of a friend.

But he really didn't expect that Masashi Sada's ambition was so big and his mind was so wild, that he would come up with the idea of a multinational band with Sino-Japanese cooperation.

But on second thought, this gimmick is not bad.

And whether it's Yoshiko Moriyama or Shinji Tanimura, they are all well-known musicians in the industry, who sing and write well, and they can play various instruments.

Like guitars, basses, violins, drum kits, and electronic organs, these people basically have two or three things.

If these people form a band together, there is indeed a head.

But the only problem is that these people are older and may not be willing to be foils.

After all, once the band is established, it is impossible for Cao Zhiqiang to be a foil, he will inevitably be the lead singer, and the others will be the chorus at most.

Fortunately, no one else cares, and I just think that working with a genius like Cao Zhiqiang is the most meaningful thing.

After getting to know each other, Yoshiko Moriyama suggested that they should first come up with a group name.

Next, everyone said a name, but they were not satisfied.

It was Masashi Sada who proposed, saying that it was because he liked the Yangtze River in China that he went to China to shoot the movie "Yangtze River", which made him in debt, and it was precisely because of this movie that he met Cao Zhiqiang, a genius, by chance, and there was today's reunion.

Since the source of everything is the Yangtze River, it is better to simply call it the "Yangtze River Band".

Cao Zhiqiang is fine, but Yoshiko Moriyama and Shinji Tanimura both think it's good.

After all, the Yangtze River is very famous, not only the Chinese people know it, but even the Japanese people almost all know about this first river in Asia.

Even if it is put into the world, the Yangtze River is also very well-known, and there is a sense of history and mystery.

Although Cao Zhiqiang felt that the name of the Yangtze River Band was a bit vulgar, everyone else agreed, there were already three votes, and it didn't matter whether he agreed or not, not to mention that he was the only Chinese in the group, so he simply agreed.

In the end, the unanimous vote passed, and the name of the group was officially named "Yangtze River Band".

After the band name was chosen, the next step was to discuss how to rehearse and play the song "Viva la Vida".

For example, who is the lead singer, who is the lead guitarist, who is the keyboardist, who is the drummer, and who is the deputy guitarist.

In the end, the result of the discussion was that for the time being, Cao Zhiqiang would be the lead singer and lead guitarist, Ryoko Moriyama would be the drummer, Shinji Tanimura would be the deputy guitarist, and Masashi Sada would be the keyboardist.

As for whether to add a bass player in the later stage, it depends on the situation.

Several of them were action-oriented, and immediately after the discussion, they got up together and went to Warner's recording studio to try the preliminary cooperative exercise.

During the whole process, it seems that Cao Zhiqiang was so involved that he forgot to follow Mrs. Nakano and Yuri Nakano.

Fortunately, with Furukawa Yoshiyuki's assistant, and Warner also has some staff on the side, Mrs. Nakano and her daughter were not left out in the cold.

Of course, when Cao Zhiqiang followed Masashi Sada and Nobuo Tomioka into the conference room and met with Ryoko Moriyama and Shinji Tanimura to discuss, Mrs. Nakano and Yuri Nakano did not follow in, but waited outside.

waited until Cao Zhiqiang walked out of the conference room with someone and planned to go to the recording studio to rehearse with someone, only then did he see Mrs. Nakano and her daughter Yuri Nakano, that is, Yuki Amami.

In this regard, Cao Zhiqiang just asked Furukawa Yoshiyuki to send people back, and then left in a hurry with Sada Masashi.

It's a pity that Mrs. Nakano and Yuri Nakano don't want to leave, so they have to go to see the rehearsal.

Because he didn't know the specific relationship between these two people and Cao Zhiqiang, in desperation, Furukawa Yoshiyuki had to arrange for them to watch outside the recording room.

In this way, Mrs. Nakano and Yuri Nakano were able to enter the observation room outside the recording room to watch how Cao Zhiqiang rehearsed the song with others.

Although the process of rehearsing the song was a bit boring, Mrs. Nakano and Yuri Nakano watched it with relish.

Relatively speaking, Yuri Nakano's expression is calmer, but Mrs. Nakano has been very excited, holding Yuri Nakano's hand at every turn, and whispering non-stop next to her.

"Yuri, look, I'll just say he's very powerful!"

Mrs. Nakano covered her mouth and chuckled softly.

"Look at Cao Sang, whether he sings or plays the guitar, and the way he talks about work with others, he is really handsome!

Alas, if he hadn't been too young, I would have been married!

Alas, why did I have to meet him so late, alas! ”

Hearing his mother say this, Yuri Nakano, who had been looking at Cao Zhiqiang, who was singing inside through the glass window, subconsciously looked at the tuner who was concentrating on serious work not far away, and then whispered to his mother helplessly: "Mom, don't do this!" You're like this, it's embarrassing to hear. ”

"That's right." Mrs. Nakano touched her cheek regretfully.

"I'm not young anymore, and I'm a married woman, and my husband is still very kind to me, I shouldn't be like this.

But, he's so handsome, people can't help but want to hug him, don't you think? ”

"Calm down, calm down." Yuri Nakano smiled bitterly, "Mom, if you want Cao Sang to hear this, it will frighten him." ”

"Hehe, too." Mrs. Nakano smiled and nodded, "Forget it, you still don't know your mother and me?" I was kidding you, hehehe. ”

Yuri Nakano smiled wryly again and did not reply.

"But Yuri." Mrs. Nakano continued to whisper to her daughter, "Cao Sang seems to be singing all English songs, I don't understand it, can you understand it?" ”

Yuri Nakano nodded: "Well, I understand a little, but it's not too complete, it seems to be narrated in the tone of a king, it sounds grandiose, but specifically, I don't quite understand." ”

After a short pause, Yuri Nakano said seriously: "But Mom, seriously, even if I really understand it, I can't tell you the lyrics." ”

"Why is that?" Mrs. Nakano asked in surprise.

Yuri Nakano said: "It's very simple, the song they are rehearsing should not have officially debuted yet, so at this time, the lyrics should be kept secret, and it is said that we should not listen to it here." ”

"Ah, that makes sense." Mrs. Nakano nodded, "Then let's get out of here?" ”

"No, it's Mom, you leave by yourself." Yuri Nakano smiled and said, "It's good if I'll stay by myself." ”

"Huh?" Mrs. Nakano was stunned, "What do you mean?" ”

Yuri Nakano said: "It's very simple, I'm already his signed artist now, I am my own person, and I am also obliged to keep it secret, so of course I have no problem staying, but you are different."

So, Mom, in order not to cause trouble, you better go back first.

I'll just take a taxi back by myself, or they can send me a car, don't worry. ”

"But ......"

"No, but!"

Yuri Nakano suddenly said domineeringly to his mother: "That's it!" Be obedient, Mom, and go home! (End of chapter)