Chapter 248: You come and go
As NHK's trump card program, the Red and White Song Club was indeed looked down upon in the sixties and seventies, and once achieved a rating of more than 80 percentage points.
But then this result has decreased year by year, although the ratings are still strong, but it is much worse than the peak. Especially a few years ago, some of the Big Five TV stations also began to launch their own evening programs before Chinese New Year's Eve to compete with NHK.
The biggest contender was TTV's "Music of the Year", and after the launch of this show, the ratings of the Red and White Song Club dropped dramatically.
Because "Red and White Song Club" is no longer the only choice for many artists and singers on this day, and in order to break NHK's decades-long monopoly on Chinese New Year's Eve, TTV is also willing to spend more money to create this show.
Therefore, NHK has also taken great pains to compete for ratings.
"Interested in my Song of Bamboo?" Fujiwara Kei was a little helpless, "Why can't even he ......?"
"But it has nothing to do with me."
It is true that NHK's producer's exposure to "Song of Bamboo" had little to do with Katsura Arima, because the photographer named Imai approached the producer and asked him to watch an edit of "The True Colors of Experts" and listen to a song of bamboo.
When the producer heard this, he was immediately interested. So after careful questioning, I learned that it was a song written by Kei Fujiwara's mother before her death.
The producer was instantly interested, his knowledge of music was still deep, otherwise he would not be in charge of such a grand music program. He could hear that this was a rare good song, and at the same time immediately thought that the person who could write this song must not be simple, maybe it was a musical talent hidden in the folk.
After hearing that Kei Fujiwara's mother had died, he felt sorry, but at the same time he wanted to release the song, so he wanted to contact Kei Fujiwara.
He didn't have any intersection with Fujiwara Kei before, and it seemed a bit rude to contact him rashly, and he just thought that Arima Katsura was going to participate in the Red and White Song Club soon, so he contacted Arima Katsuka, hoping to ask her to help introduce him.
Why did you ask Katsura Arima to help with the introduction? Just kidding, who in the circle doesn't know the relationship between these two now......
Fujiwara Kei thought for a moment and nodded: "Okay, I'll go with you tomorrow." ”
"Uh-huh."
Katsura Arima buried her face in Kei Fujiwara's chest again.
The next day, Kei Fujiwara came to NHK in Arima Katsuka's car, and there were many reporters nearby who were squatting and secretly filming - none of them could be called candid photography, it should be said that it was taken openly, but the NHK staff forbade them to shoot for the sake of secrecy.
But there is no way to completely eliminate it, so when Kei Fujiwara and Katsura Arima got out of the car together, they instantly felt a commotion around them, and there were suddenly a lot more reporters shooting with cameras.
Kei Fujiwara was escorted by NHK staff into the TV station headquarters building, and seeing that it was about to be a big day, the artists were hurrying to rehearse.
"Oh, Fujiwara-san, it's been a long time, and I really miss it." Kameda stepped forward and made a hugging gesture. He is also the producer of NHK's show, Iron Mouth Heroes.
"Haha, my colleague is also a little shy, so I'm embarrassed to meet you directly, please ask me to be an introduction, please come with me." Kameda said.
Several people walked through the rehearsal venue, and two singers were rehearsing, singing a song that was more popular this year.
After a while, I finally met the producer in charge of the Red and White Song Club, Eikoro Yagami.
Eikoro Yagami is a well-known music producer and MV director, has his own record company, and has produced many music variety shows, and this year is also the second time he is in charge of the operation of the Red and White Song Club.
However, in the face of competition from the outside world, his work pressure is much greater.
After seeing Fujiwara Kei, he pushed his glasses, stretched out his hand to shake Fujiwara Kei, and asked casually, "Did Ling Tang create a song called "Song of Bamboo"?" ”
There's no kind of nonsense at all...... Fujiwara Kei said in his heart, but he also understood the speaking style of the person in front of him, so he said: "There are a few more, but I have to go back and sort them out." ”
The man's eyes lit up, "There are many?" ”
Kei Fujiwara smiled, "It's a lot. ”
"Great, great......" Eikoro Yagami looked happy, and sighed casually, "Oh, it's a pity ......"
Fujiwara Kei knew that he said that it was a pity that Fujiwara Kei's mother had died, and it was probably because he listened to "Song of Bamboo" and lamented the death of this talented woman.
"Fujiwara-sensei, I have a request." Eikoro Yagami suddenly said, "I want to let "Song of Bamboo" appear on the stage of the Red and White Song Society, I wonder if you agree?" ”
Fujiwara Kei nodded: "No problem, but I ask that Arima Katsura sing this song first, and if she doesn't want to, then make another plan." ”
Eikoro Yagami nodded: "No problem." I'll go get the standard contract, you wait a minute. ”
Saying that, Eikoro Yagami turned around and left, and Kameda Producer was a little stunned from the sidelines, and the conversation process was too silky, and it took less than half a minute to talk before the matter was settled?
It's also good and hassle-free......
Regarding the copyright fee for the appearance of "Song of Bamboo" at the Red and White Song Festival, Kei Fujiwara only received a symbolic amount of money, almost the price of a meal.
The reason why Fujiwara Kei agreed was not only to manage a relationship with a state-run television station, but also when Fujiwara Kei's TV series was broadcast, his friends on NHK also helped promote it. When Shinya Matsushita's old boy splashed dirty water on Kei Fujiwara, and when Kei Fujiwara splashed the dirty water back, NHK launched [Survey: Who stole our intellectual wealth? The program added fuel to the fire for Kei Fujiwara.
Before her official debut as an actor, Katsura Arima often performed in the theater of [Hakutsuruya], so she was also half a singer. And since becoming an actor, she has almost parted from her singing career, and the reason why she can still appear on the stage of the Red and White Song Club is also related to the fact that she starred in a historical drama on NHK half a year ago.
Soon, Eikoro Yagami came over with a contract, and he didn't ask Kei Fujiwara to sign it immediately, and it was no problem to find a lawyer to review it and sign it again. Then he didn't communicate much with Fujiwara Kei anymore, and after giving Fujiwara Kei a business card of his own, he hurried to his music production team to rearrange the music for "Song of Bamboo".
"I'll go first, and I'll look for you in the evening." Katsura Arima kissed Kei Fujiwara lightly on the face, and then went to rehearsal.
After meeting the person in charge of the Red and White Song Club on NHK, Kei Fujiwara rushed back to the set non-stop to shoot other people's scenes.
Inoue Mori's role is almost over, her role is not too much compared to the Arima siblings, and in four or five days, it will be officially completed.
And with Inoue Mori about to leave the crew again, Arima Sai has also been a little impatient recently.
After another day of shooting, Arima Sai suddenly found Kei Fujiwara and said mysteriously, "Mr. Fujiwara, come here." ”
Fujiwara Kei walked over, and Arima said as if he had made up his mind, "Fujiwara-sensei, I decided to listen to you and try to confess to that guy in Inoue." ”
Some people died, but not completely......