"Look at this side and smile, don't be shy, Smile, Smile, Smile~"

"Shen Yijun's talent for singing still hasn't grown at all. Miwa-chan looked at Shinichi Iwahashi and commented unceremoniously.

"......" Iwahashi was speechless.

The two of them are in the recording studio at the moment, sitting facing each other across the table, and Brother Nakamura is sitting in the "referee's seat" next to him. If you consider that these two people are frying soybeans with their mouths, it is okay to say that they are sitting in the "audience".

However, although watching the two of them bickering from the side, Brother Nakamura was not completely out of business, he could hear that the melody of the lyrics that Iwahashi Shinichi sang just now was written by him, although he had never heard the lyrics.

Miwa-chan choked him, but she was quite happy, leaned forward, and asked him with a smile, "Why did you suddenly think of singing?"

She laughed carefree. Sitting face to face with her, looking at such a smiling face, Iwahashi Shin thought to himself, this smile, it would be a pity not to take pictures of camera advertisements.

It's a pity that Fujifilm only wanted them to make a commercial song, and didn't plan for the band to do an entire commercial.

Making a song is laborious, unlike filming commercials, where there is more money and less to do. How many actors and idols work hard to maintain their national image just to be favored by advertisers.

Iwahashi Shinichi is still thinking about the matter of applying for some advertising for the band with Watanabe Manyumi......

He gave up arguing with Miwa Chan and went straight to the point, saying to his two teammates, "The sponsor of the band's tour has been settled. ”

"Fujifilm is interested in being the sponsor of the band, and of course, the condition is that there must be ......"

Shinichi Iwahashi first put aside the conditions that would only be implemented after the start of the collaboration for Fujifilm's reception performances, "One of them, and the first, was to create an advertising song for their popular product, Quick Snap. ”

"Is that the disposable camera?" Miwa-chan knows this very well.

Look at Brother Nakamura, he also looks like he understands.

Sure enough, only Shinichi Iwahashi hadn't seen the market of the era and didn't know what Quick Snap was, so he had to buy one and come back to study it.

"That's it. Iwahashi Shinichi replied.

"Fujifilm's advertising song was required to be a relaxed, western-style song. He then asked, "Do you remember a song written by Masato-san before, and you filled in two lyrics, which I just sang-"

He remembered Miwa-chan's comment that "singing can make no progress", and in order not to be pricked twice, he didn't sing it again.

Brother Nakamura got up from his seat, "I'm going to look for a sample song." ”

"Hmmm......"

Miwa-chan searched for the melody in her head, and while reminiscing, she casually hummed the phrase that Iwahashi Shinichi had just sung.

Alas, sure enough, she sings well.

can have this good voice of God appreciating food and food, and the god of inspiration who will take care of her at every turn, the mouse will carry the gun, and the mouse will carry the gun.

How many people are still waiting to rely on her for food......

Miwa-chan repeated it a few times, and finally remembered, and continued with the next sentence, "With that smile that only I know, Eyes to me~"

"This is it. Iwahashi nodded cautiously, "Isn't it appropriate to advertise for a camera?"

Miwa-chan muttered, "Looking at this and smiling, it's a lot like what you would say when you take a picture." ”

It's okay to complain about yourself. Shinichi Iwahashi listened to it next to him and couldn't help but laugh. He smiled, and Miwa-chan stared at his face. The two stared at each other, and the air fell silent for a moment.

It wasn't until Brother Nakamura came over with a sample of the song he found that Shinichi Iwahashi prepared the playback device and stuffed the tape in.

A light, smooth, relaxed, and foreign melody sounded.

......

"This is a good commercial for a camera, isn't it?" Shinkachi Iwahashi made two copies of the song sample and took it to Manyumi Watanabe.

After passing the gas with the Fujifilm representative, he returned to Tokyo, and Manyumi Watanabe was in charge of discussing the details of the cooperation with Fujifilm on behalf of U-MIZ, and Shinichi Iwahashi went to ventilate with his two teammates and prepare the song.

According to Fujifilm's meaning, it was after the successful cooperation of this advertisement that the cooperation officially began.

Therefore, both of them can be called a great responsibility.

Although Watanabe Manyumi didn't understand music and heard a melody without lyrics, she also felt that it was a light and hearty song that was not old at all.

"It's a good song. She thought for a moment, "Listening to this song, I kind of want to go on an outing." ”

Iwahashi smiled and said, "Is it an outing? This is the time of year, where can I go on an outing?"

In early February, it was not long after the beginning of spring.

"If you don't go too far," Watanabe Manyumi really pondered as he said, "It's almost the time to enjoy the early cherry blossoms in Atami right now." ”

When it comes to enjoying the early cherry blossoms, for a moment, she remembers taking Shinichi Iwahashi to Atami for a reception and taking pictures with Kenichiro Nozaki of Kenne.

But there was only that moment, like a dragonfly dotting the water, skimming the surface of the lake of memories.

"It's not bad to see the early cherry blossoms. Iwahashi nodded cautiously.

Watanabe Manyumi half-jokingly, "I guess I really plan to go on an outing to Atami, right?"

"That's fine. Shinichi Iwahashi really thinks it's good, "Make a bento box in advance, have a picnic under the cherry blossom trees, and take a photo with 'Smile~', you can also go on an outing." ”

"That's the plan. Watanabe Manyumi laughed at him.

Iwahashi Shinichi didn't care, and even thought along this line, "If I were to do an advertising plan for this camera, I would follow the Sakura front, all the way from the earliest Okinawa to Hokkaido." ”

The territory is long and narrow, from the northernmost Hokkaido to the southernmost Okinawa, the months are the same, but the climate is very different, the earliest Okinawa can see early cherry blossoms in January, but Hokkaido's cherry blossoms do not bloom until May.

The order in which the cherry blossoms bloom is from the southernmost to the north, which is also known as the "cherry blossom front".

In fact, it is a cherry blossom viewing guide.

Cherry blossoms are the national flower of the year, and in order to serve the people who love cherry blossom viewing, the Meteorological Agency of the year will release the cherry blossom viewing guide every year, predicting the opening time of the cherry blossoms in the north, for the public's reference, for the fanatical cherry blossom admirers to chase the flowers all the way.

From south to north, there are cherry blossom viewing spots.

For example, Maizuru Park in Fukuoka Prefecture, Arashiyama in Kyoto Prefecture, Ueno Onshi Park in Tokyo, and Joshita Town in Akita Kakunodate...... Wait a minute.

In his opinion, it is to shoot advertisements at these cherry blossom viewing spots, and the "cherry blossom watchers" follow the cherry blossom front, taking photos to commemorate every cherry blossom viewing spot, and the cherry blossom front will broadcast which advertisement wherever it is announced.

Of course, in each cherry blossom viewing spot, there must be a corresponding advertising plot, preferably in line with local customs.

He said casually, and Watanabe Manyumi listened to it and teased him: "If you really shoot it according to what you say......"

"I saw the burning funds. Shinichi Iwahashi spoke for her, "Right?"

Watanabe Manyumi smiled but didn't answer.

......

Of course, Shinichi Iwahashi wasn't all about it, and Watanabe Manyumi said that she wanted to go on an outing after listening to this song, which gave him a little inspiration for Miwa-chan.

After finding this song, both Shinichi Iwahashi and Brother Nakamura felt that it was a good idea to use it as a commercial song for a camera, and the two lyrics that Miwa-chan had hummed on a whim earlier were even more clever in the advertising song.

So, Shinichi Iwahashi gave Miwa-chan an assignment and asked her to fill in the appropriate lyrics for the rest of the song.

Miwa-chan casually hummed these two lyrics in order to cheer up Shinichi Iwahashi, but unexpectedly, after a few months, these two lyrics became handcuffs and shackles on her body.

The more detailed the rules and regulations she has for an inspired player like her, the more she has no idea where to start. After Iwahashi Shinichi finished her homework, she fell into a rather confused state and didn't know how to write.

The two lyrics of Miwa-chan's whims are too ingenious, but it makes it difficult for her to start herself.

Fujifilm gave a deadline of February 26, which is a little more than half a month.

In addition to this first choice, the band has prepared several additional alternatives.

There are stock songs that have already been written by Miwa-chan, and the atmosphere is relatively close to that of the album that is currently in production. Shinichi Iwahashi also selected two other songs from Brother Nakamura's stock song and gave them to Miwa-chan, and if she was really uninspired, she tried to fill in the other two.

All in all, eggs can't be put in the same basket.

Brother Nakamura even jumped to try it himself, planning to fill out a backup version himself.

Shinichi Iwahashi mentally advised him that it was best not to do so.

But if he insists on writing, when he is complained by Miwa-chan that "Masato-san's talent for lyrics has not grown up until now", Iwahashi Shinichi will also watch the excitement from the side.

In the same band, the friendship between the two Zeng Yi is so strong.

But no matter how many backup plans are prepared, the first plan in Iwahashi's mind is "Look at this side and smile, don't be shy, Smile, Smile, Smile~".

The joy and fun of taking pictures is all in this sentence.

Even Brother Nakamura thinks so.

That being said, to make a song, you have to make a complete song, and there is no reason to write only these two sentences.

In fact, the two main creators of the band are deeply influenced by Western music, and the songs they write are also very foreign, and there is no shadow of ballads at all, so it is not a problem to come up with a song that is "relaxed and comfortable".

There is no standard answer to music, and as long as Fujifilm sends a song that is "light and catchy", this collaboration can continue.

Even if this first plan fails, the cooperation can continue.

Shinichi Iwahashi is so persistent, not because Fujifilm has given him an unsuccessful task, and there is no second song other than this song, but because he has taken into account another thing.

According to the plan, after winning this commercial song collaboration, this commercial song will be released as a new single of the band, and it will be promoted during the broadcast period of the advertisement.

This so-called "new single", which is scheduled to be released, has not yet started production. However, it is crucial because it is both a precursor single for the next album, as well as a voting single and a promotional single for this tour.

For this circus tour, the selection of songs has been decided by the audience, and the voting ticket will be included in the planned single.

If you want the public to want to buy this single, you have to make a "worthy" single out.

Fujifilm's advertising songs are a great opportunity to get the most out of them, but there's no better way to make the most of them than to make a song that works well with the camera commercial, so that people can watch the ad and praise the song.

The idea of giving away things on records wasn't pioneered by Shinichi Iwahashi, but as early as the 70s, for the record industry, there were singers who bought records and gave souvenirs.

If he didn't start this, there would be no burden in carrying it out.

Of course, there is a limit to what comes with the gifts, and they are all dispensable gadgets that don't make people move boxes for giveaways, and no record company dares to do a project like collecting cards in the noodles.

And for things like touring, regardless of whether the audience votes or not, the concert will be on the right track, so you can buy a single or not, you can vote, and if you don't vote, it won't affect the performance.

It all depends on the public's own choice, there is no forced buying and selling, and there is no violation of the rules.

They can do things that don't break the rules. Otherwise, as soon as the record is released, the music association will have to find trouble, and when the time comes, it will be directly beaten to the point that it can't turn over.

......

Pop music is made for ordinary people, so the opinion of Wan Yumi, an ordinary listener, is very important to Shinichi Iwahashi.

She listened to the song sample, and her impression of the melody was that she wanted to go on an outing, and Iwahashi Shinichi regarded it as an ordinary listener, and the melody of this song hid the physical and mental stretch after leaving the steel and iron bones of the city.

So, I wanted to take Miwa-chan to see it.

After talking to Watanabe Manyumi here, he turned his head, and Iwahashi Shinichi went to discuss with Miwa-chan and Brother Nakamura, planning to go to Atami to enjoy the early cherry blossoms for an outing.

Bring a disposable camera and go to enjoy the flowers and take pictures.

Watanabe Manyumi said that he should write the bill to the office, but Shinichi Iwahashi refused, "This is a private visit." ”

He didn't even use the word "scattered."

The reason why this is so is because Miwa-chan is not sullen at all.

Although she couldn't write satisfactory lyrics, she was not irritated at all, and the process of exploring inspiration did not hinder her other creations at all.

Whether the new album should be produced or produced, whether the recording should be carried out or carried out, she will still use the tape to sing the melody that suddenly came to mind, and after getting the melody she sent, she will go to the music association's music library for comparison to see if someone else has written it.

Shinichi Iwahashi is so busy now, except when he was involved in the production of the album, he rarely went to the studio, and the work of dictating her cassette cappella is now almost always handled by Brother Nakamura.

Although she didn't delay in other work at all, as soon as she asked her about the progress of the lyrics for that piece, she would show an expression as if she had eaten a sour plum.

Escaping the shameful ......

And useless in this matter.