"So," Miwa Yoshida said, turning the subject back, "let's start with Yamaguchi's retirement." ”

"Okay. Iwahashi nodded and asked her, "Anyway, Yamaguchi's career in the art world is perfect, right?"

"Of course. Miwa Yoshida nodded.

Yamaguchi Momoe's experience of being an idol can be called an industry benchmark. Since his debut, as a high-quality idol, he has achieved great success in film and television dramas and music, not only in his own country, but also in the opposite China, and is also an idol in the hearts of a generation.

The career is impeccable, and the emotional aspect is also pure and fresh, and Miura Yuhe fell in love because of the play, and it went smoothly after that, until he entered the marriage hall.

And the choice of marriage and retirement completely pushed her to the altar.

Before the loss of popularity, draw an end to the career that is still impressive, open a new chapter in life, freeze your idol career at the best moment, and bring the public a complete dream.

The background of the times, the policy of the firm, the character of Momoe Yamaguchi and Tomokazu Miura, and the right time and place have created the most successful female idol in history.

What is an idol? An artist who uses his own charm as a selling point.

However, with the retirement of Yamaguchi Momoe, the charm of the idol itself has reached its peak - and the public's expectations for the idol have also reached the peak.

The truth that the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment, was something that Iwahashi had already understood when he was a child.

Obviously, the second Yamaguchi Momoe is unlikely to appear, and since her retirement, the female idols who appeared under the banner of "Yamaguchi Momoe Second" have disappeared. Not only is her route difficult to replicate, but her life is also difficult to replicate.

“...... In this way, it will become a different situation, that is, the expectation will gradually collapse and be shattered. Iwahashi said.

Miwa Yoshida listened with relish, nodding from time to time, "There is some meaning in saying this." So, what about after that?"

"After that......"

Honkai is not only a process, but also requires a long-term accumulation, as well as a fuse that will eventually detonate.

"When Seiko-san and Mi-san Xiangguang were in love, there were also voices that wanted to replicate 'Baihuiyu and mythology'. ”

However, Seiko Matsuda chose to break up when Hiromi Matsuda asked her to resign and go home to become a housewife, and soon got out of the emotional wound and married Kanda Masaki in a flash marriage, which happened to be contrary to the public's expectations.

"I really appreciate what I did. Miwa Yoshida was blunt.

Shinichi Iwahashi also thinks that Seiko Matsuda is quite remarkable, knows what he wants, and never compromises where he does not compromise, and he is a character.

However, appreciation is appreciation, as a TOP idol who is not inferior to the peak of Yamaguchi Momoe, what Seiko Matsuda did was indeed something that shattered the public's dreams.

Although for now, she happily married Kanda Masaaki, and the 200 million yen wedding is also very dreamy, but it is not "complete" in the end. She jumped out of the public's regulations on idols, and invisibly made the public have a sense of collapse.

Speaking of which, Shinichi Iwahashi himself thinks these ideas are unreasonable and extreme, but idols are such a profession, and what the public pins on idols is completely different from those of other stars.

In the past, when there was no TV, the star was a mysterious existence that transcended the real society, and was the real "person on the cloud".

But this does not mean that the idea of the past has disappeared, but it has existed in a different way, that is, the birth and prosperity of idols, a profession that in a sense, transcends the real society.

It's just that idols are not only for people to look up to, but also to live a dream life that they can't live on behalf of the public. Idols do not appear naturally, but are artificially created "commodities" after incorporating the preferences of the public.

"Does Yoshida-san know about the Meow Meow Incident?" asked Iwahashi Shinichi again.

Miwa Yoshida shook her head, "I don't know." What's that?"

In 1983, Tomoko Takabe, a member of the female idol group わらべ, was photographed smoking in bed by a magazine, when she was only 16 years old. Iwahashi Shinichi explained.

I didn't expect him to be a traverser who made up for his evil, and he could also popularize their big events for the natives.

"So exciting?" Miwa Yoshida's reaction was a little excited, "What else can idols do?"

"Because it can't be big news, besides, it's illegal for minors to smoke, and it's enough to choke if you don't have idols being photographed. Iwahashi Shinichi said, "So, after the incident, Takabe was fired." ”

The original trio has also become a two-person turn.

However, because idols have always been the kind of image that shines like characters in comics, the sudden exposure of such a scandal has brought to the public, and it is not something that can be uncovered by expelling a Takabe Tomoko.

This Takabe Tomoko gives the public the possibility of a bad imagination when imagining idols.

The idol of righteousness and beauty may be a person who smokes, drinks and swears in private, and is not worthy of pursuing worship. As soon as someone begins to think about this possibility in their hearts, the idol profession will be overshadowed and lose its brilliance.

Although it is not appropriate to put scandal and marriage together, the meow meow incident of Tomoko Takabe and the century wedding of Seiko Matsuda can be said to be the accumulation of the process of collapse, but I don't know when the accumulation will explode.

"Anyway, after all that, it's 'sooner or later'?" Miwa Yoshida sarcastically mocked him.

Iwahashi smiled and said, "That's right, 'sooner or later'." After a pause, "So, let's wait and see, what will rise when the idol popularity subsides." Maybe we'll find our own opportunities in it. ”

"I don't know how long it will take. Miwa Yoshida was joking. Putting down the magazine, he patted his knee, "It's more practical than that, at the moment, it's better to sort out these audition tapes." ”

Indeed, what idols ebb and what new trends are rising are not as important as what is in front of them. Shinichi Iwahashi also stretched, "Then hurry up and get them done." ”

The two forgot about the small talk, and like a crappy student writing an exam paper, they finished writing the rest of the letter of introduction one by one. By the time I put the letter of introduction and the listening tape into the file bag and sealed it, it was almost four o'clock before I knew it.

When it was done, Miwa Yoshida "snapped" and fell on the low table, looking like her body had been hollowed out.

Shin Iwahashi went into the kitchen together, opened the box of chocolate shortbread she brought today, and there was no tea at home, so he took the canned oolong tea drink and put it on the table.

"Thank you for your hard work, please have afternoon tea. ”

Miwa Yoshida raised her eyes and glanced at the so-called afternoon tea, "This can't be said to be 'please me', right?"

Obviously she brought it herself......

"Tea is for you. Iwahashi said with a smile.

...... You're a genius, Iwahashi-san.

Miwa Yoshida spat at him with her eyes, picked up a piece of chocolate chip shortbread that she had been thinking about since the morning, and put it in her mouth.

"Delicious!"