Chapter 98: Shigeru Kubo

"Lawyer Miki, our family Yamaguchi Baihui, but I endorse big companies like Toyota, Shiseido, and Sony."

Shingo Oda looked at the emotional Miki Ichiro and said calmly.

"Aren't they signing a long-term endorsement? The money we give is the same. Miki Ichiro retorted.

"Of course, we don't discriminate either. Toyota, Shiseido, Sony, East RB Railway Co., Ltd...... All agreed to change the long-term contract to a short-term contract of three months. ”

Shingo Oda looked at Ichiro Miki and Nobunaga Hato, with a hint of disdain in his eyes.

"Nani?"

When Miki Ichiro heard Shingo Oda's reply, he looked at Nobunaga Hato, in shock, could it be that Yamaguchi Momoe is really retiring this year as President Nobunaga Hato's prediction.

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"Agent Shingo Oda, what is the specific reason?" Nobunaga asked.

"Hey...... I won't hide it from you. We're here to help you avoid risks. Shingo Oda sighed and said, "Actually, there is a hidden bomb in the Yamaguchi Momoe family. ”

"Hidden bombs?" Nobunaga was suddenly interested.

Yamaguchi Momoe family, there is a hidden bomb......

Could it be that there was an extramarital affair?

Whether it is the derailment of Tomokazu Miura, or the scandal of Momoe Yamaguchi.

According to the broken window effect, this means that you also have a chance.

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"It's Momoe Yamaguchi's background, and her father ......"

Shingo Oda said with a sigh.

"Isn't that a matter settled?"

Miki Ichiro recalled Yamaguchi Momoe's information, and Yamaguchi Momoe's life story incident did cause a storm of public opinion. However, the turmoil has been subsided for a long time.

"It would have been resolved. However, now that Momoe Yamaguchi is getting married, her bad father is starting to be aggressive again. ”

"It's a win-win for a short-term contract of three months."

On the one hand, Yamaguchi Baihui can avoid legal risks.

If you sign a long-term contract and negative news occurs, you will have to bear the penalty for endorsement.

On the other hand, brands can be informed of the risks in advance.

If a scandal breaks out, it can also be cut in advance to avoid the loss of brand image;

Shingo Oda explained sincerely.

Miki Ichiro looked at Nobunaga Hato, waiting for the big benefactor to make a final decision.

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Yamaguchi Baihui's life experience set off a storm of public opinion a few years ago.

Momoe Yamaguchi was an illegitimate daughter, and her father had another family, about the birth of her and her sister.

The father simply wrote two words on the birth certificate: "Acknowledgement".

The man had promised Yamaguchi Momoe's grandfather that he would marry Yamaguchi Momoe's mother. However, there was no news after that, until Baihui's sister Shuhui was born......

There was no news about her father in the household register.

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Momoe Yamaguchi mentioned in his autobiography "The Vast Hour" that when he was young, his father also came to visit him, take him to play, and buy her snacks.

At that time, Momoe Yamaguchi still had a very good impression of his father.

However, after that, he found out that his father was secretly asking his mother for money behind his back, and he did it very many times, and his behavior was very shameful.

Even his father's original wife often asked Yamaguchi Momoe's mother about it, and all the support of the family at that time depended on her mother's part-time salary.

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When Yamaguchi Momoe was in middle school, he was already slim.

At this time, her father, Shigeru Kubo, looked at her not with his daughter, but at a woman.

There was a desire to possess in the eyes.

The father's obscene gaze at his own daughter made Yamaguchi Momoe instinctively disgusted.

He also ran to her and scolded:

"Don't think you can get a boyfriend when you go to middle school! You profligate little geisha! ”

"If you go to and from school with the boys, I'll beat you up!"

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After Yamaguchi Momoe became popular, Kubo Shigeru and his wife often went to ask Yamaguchi Momoe for money and said some nonsense in the media.

In the eyes of his father, Shigeru Kubo, he always thought that Momoe Yamaguchi was an illegitimate daughter.

Then the job after that is the same as that of the mother, either as a geisha, or as a concubine for others.

However, what Shigeru Kubo never expected was that his illegitimate daughter Momoe Yamaguchi would achieve such success and social status.

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Momoe Yamaguchi made his debut at the age of 13 when he participated in a singing contest and won second place, and from the age of 15 to his retirement at the age of 21, he participated in RB's Red and White Song Club for six consecutive years.

From "The Dancing Girl of Izu" in 1974 to "Ancient Capital" in 1980, she has starred in a total of 13 movies and more than a dozen TV series.

Among the top 100 Japanese songs of the 20th century, Momoe Yamaguchi, who has only been active in the music industry for seven and a half years, has two songs in the top 10 of the list.

In the minds of RB people, she is an eternal "generation singer" on a par with Misora Skylark.

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In the face of Yamaguchi Momoe's success, her father, Shigeru Kubo, played the sign of 'Yamaguchi Momoe's father'.

Shigeru Kubo borrowed money everywhere in her name and held a press conference in the ward without permission to count his daughter's unfilial piety.

He extorted millions of dollars from her and promised not to harass her again.

Wait until Tomokazu Miura proposes to Momoe Yamaguchi.

Shigeru Kubo, Yamaguchi Momoe's biological father, once again skillfully used the psychology of RB people to sympathize with the weak, crying poor and selling miserable, and using the identity of the weak to win the sympathy of the society.

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The dispute between Momoe Yamaguchi and his biological father Shigeru Kubo.

HORIPRO maintains a neutral attitude.

Superstars, it's a good thing for the firm to have some trouble.

On the one hand, it can arouse the enthusiasm of fans to defend their idols;

On the other hand, when these gray area things are done, they are out of control. If the firm comes forward to solve the problem, it can make the artist owe a favor that cannot be paid off;

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Heaven wants it to perish, and it must first make it mad.

In the end, HORIPRO intervened.

Shigeru Kubo actually signed another brokerage company for Momoe Yamaguchi privately, which violated the bottom line of HORIPRO firm.

As a result, Shigeru Kubo disappeared......

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"Momoe Yamaguchi's father is indeed a potential thunder."

"However, in terms of this price, when converted, it is 120% higher than the monthly advertising cost of a long-term contract?"

Miki Ichiro listened to the explanation of Shingo Oda's agent, looked at the advertising fee quotation on the contract, and said.

"You know that, too. Last year, Mr. Tomokazu Miura proposed to Ms. Momoe Yamaguchi. After getting married this year, this kind of superposition on business is greater than two. ”

"This is the first family of RB that surpasses the emperor, and it will be a child, a family trip, and a warm festival for the future...... It's all commercially mined gold mines. ”

Shingo Oda talked about the commercial value of Yamaguchi Momoe after marriage, and he gushed endlessly.

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"However, we only have a three-month short-term contract. With a 120% increase in endorsement fees, we can't enjoy family travel, the birth of a child, and so on. ”

Nobunaga remembered the photo of Yamaguchi Momoe's fortune ten years later, shook his head, and interrupted Oda Shingo's mouth.

"Don't worry, President Nobunaga Hato. I promised that after three months, I would give you priority in signing the contract, and I would give you a discount in terms of price. ”

Oda Shingo was interrupted by Nobunaga Hato, frowned, and for the sake of this large business, suppressed his anger and explained.

"Will the priority and price concessions of follow-up endorsements be written into this contract?" Miki Ichiro asked.

"Of course not. These are the company's standard contracts, and they can't be modified casually!! Lawyer Miki, you don't even have this kind of legal attempt, do you? ”

Shingo Oda got a little impatient, and his tone became harsh about Ichiro Miki.

"You ......"

The young Miki Ichiro is clearly at a disadvantage.

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Shingo Oda joined HORIPRO in 1968.

Before Momoe Yamaguchi, he unearthed phenomenal idols like Kenko Wada.

Kayoko Wada topped the music charts with the song "You're the One Who Rings the Bell" and won the Best Singing Award at that year's RB Record Awards.

His representative songs such as "There Is Really No Good Way" and "Good at Hugging" were very popular among female employees.

So far, he has released 40 singles and albums, and is regarded as the ancestor of the R&B soul music genre in the RB music scene.

This performance has allowed Shingo Oda to stand firmly as the top agent of HORIPRO FIRM.

Compared with the veteran Shingo Oda, Ichiro Miki, who has only been founded for two years at Miki Law Firm, is obviously much more immature.

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"It's a pleasure to work with."

"Hey! Happy to work with. Thank you for your kind attention. ”

Nobunaga Hato, and Shingo Oda, signed a three-month endorsement contract for Ishikariya from Yamaguchi Momoe. The endorsement fee for this short-term endorsement contract is equivalent to the cost of ten months of five-year long-term endorsement.

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After Shingo Oda left, lawyer Ichiro Miki was a little ashamed and bowed to Nobunaga and apologized.

"Lawyer Miki. I would like to meet Miss Momoe Yamaguchi. In this matter, please communicate with the agent of Shingo Oda again. Nobunaga said as he lit a handmade cigarette.

"Rest assured, I will make this meeting happen." Miki Ichiro bowed again and said.

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In the RB entertainment industry, it is not uncommon for celebrity idols to accompany big advertisers to drink, eat, sing KTV, and even go to bed.

Of course, a superstar like Yamaguchi Baihui is naturally impossible to do this kind of thing.

But Nobunaga just wanted to meet Momoe Yamaguchi, and this request was not too much.

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In the afternoon, Nobunaga heads to the infinity pool on the rooftop of the building, ready to enjoy the beauty of Tokyo.

Through the hallway of the room, Nobunaga Hato, confronted a cleaner pushing a cleaning cart full of cleaning tools.

He stumbled upon a lacquerware box with the Ishikari logo on it inside the cleaning cart's storage bucket......

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"Hello, is this a customer who left it?"

Nobunaga stopped the cleaner and pointed to the lacquerware food box in the trash can, and his blood pressure rose a little.

"No, sir. We will hand over everything left by customers to the front desk. ”

"The trash can in the hotel lobby, I saw that this thing was beautifully packaged, and I chased after him and asked the gentleman."

"He said it was just some useless food waste, and I just picked it up."

Faced with Nobunaga's inquiry, the cleaning aunt hurriedly explained.

Nobunaga Hato: "......"