The circulation of Asahi Weekly is extremely large, reaching its peak of more than 1.5 million copies in the 1950s. Now the average sales volume per issue is still about 1 million.
This time, Asahi Weekly made Kang Jianfei and Sakai Izumizu the magazine cover characters. The main reason was that "Jurassic Park" was too sensational. Not only in Japan, but also the United States on the other side of the ocean also set off a dinosaur craze. The Japanese who always regard the United States as their fathers simply praised Kang Jianfei, believing that he is one of the greatest Asian directors to date.
Even the famous Japanese film master Akira Kurosawa publicly admits that Kang Jianfei is the best Asian director.
As a result, Asahi Weekly reported on Kang Jianfei's scandal, and even Sakai Izumizu appeared on the cover of the magazine.
"There is no doubt that Kang Jianfei is one of the greatest directors in Asia and even the world. His emotional experience is as exciting as his movies. According to Hong Kong's "Next Weekly", Kang Jianfei has at least eight rumored girlfriends and five illegitimate children (daughters), and he has a mysterious attraction to women...
The rumored heroine of Kang Jianfei this time is a Japanese actress. People may not be familiar with the name of Sakai Izumizu, but you may have an impression of the Zard band. Yes, Sakai Izumizu is the leading singer of the Zard band. Her "Don't Give Up" is now being sold hot and has won the singles chart for two consecutive weeks.
Sakai Izumizu is a talented woman. All the songs from the band z︽∞, w≯ were written by her own lyrics. Before she had an affair with Kang Jianfei, she had never heard of Sakai Izumizu having a boyfriend. This time, it may be Kang Jianfei's talent that captured her heart..."
Japanese society is very contradictory, with both open and conservative atmosphere, especially the tolerance for celebrities' incompetent relationships. Extramarital affair happens to be a type of incompetent relationships.
Therefore, some Japanese people have a strong critical attitude towards the scandal between Kam Kenfei and Sakai Insumi, believing that Sakai Insumi has lost all the face of Japan.
There are also some Japanese people who talk about their relationship. After all, Kang Jianfei is a foreigner and an internationally renowned director. Their foreign relationship is very romantic. Some people even hope that Kang Jianfei can immigrate to Japan after divorce and officially become a couple with Sakai Izumizu. In this way, Japan has another influential director.
The vast majority of Japanese citizens are purely watching and completely viewing this international scandal with a gossip mentality.
But no matter what, the biggest impact of the report "Asakhi Weekly" was that it allowed more than 1 million Japanese readers to know Sakai Izumi. With the follow-up reports from other media, Sakai Izumi's exposure rate increased by a geometric multiple. Its popularity is no less than that of the Japanese superstars. Her single "Don't Give Up" also saw a sharp increase in sales. The highest sales in a single week once reached 380,000.
In less than four weeks, the sales of "Don't Give Up" exceeded 1 million, while the standard for platinum records in Japan in the early 1990s was 400,000 (the record industry shrank and reduced to 250,000).
In less than a month, the double platinum score is just the beginning.
In another time and space, even without the appearance of Kang Jianfei, Sakai Izumizu sold 1.6 million copies. And now Kudo Shizuka, who is popular in Japan, has only sold more than 1 million in her new single. Sakai Izumizu is a song of the gods.
With the rumors with Kang Jianfei as a catalyst, perhaps Sakai Izumizu's single will eventually exceed 2 million copies. Even in Japan, the world's third largest record market, this can definitely be considered a miracle in the music industry.
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Ai returned to the music conference room, President Katsuto Matsuura suggested: "Mr. Kang, Miss Izumizu, has excellent image, singing skills and talent, and her fame is now rising sharply. I think she should go solo to become an idol singer, rather than being trapped in the Zard band and be a lead singer. Aibex now only has one Trf band that can be shown, and lacks a female singer, Miss Izumizu is enough to take on this role."
The trf band is a milestone band in the Japanese pop music scene. They promoted electronic dance music into the mainstream of the Japanese music scene in the 1990s. Aihui Music was able to grow and grow until a company occupied 70% of the Japanese record market, which required the huge profits created by the trf band and the Komuro family in the mid-1990s.
But Trf could only barely join the ranks of first-class bands at this time, and it was still more than a year before it became popular in the Japanese music scene, so Aihui Music really needed a leading singer.
Before Kang Jianfei made a statement, Vice President Chiye Longping said: "I think Miss Quanshui is not suitable for popular style. She is a literary and elegant female singer. We should take a different approach in publicity and promotion. We cannot frequently go on TV announcements and sing and walking on the catwalk like ordinary singers. Instead, we must keep enough mystery while vigorously promoting it."
Kang Jianfei glanced at Chiba Ryuhei in surprise. He found that the vice president, who owns 3% of the company's shares, had unique insights on packaging and promotion of artists, and he revealed the characteristics of Sakai Insumi in one word.
It is indeed not a lucky chance that Aihui Music can develop into the world's largest record company. There are both a visionary president like Katsuto Matsuura, a gold medal music producer like Tetsuya Komuro, and a vice president like Ryuhei Chiba who can pack artists.
"I agree with Vice President Chiba's opinion very much," Kang Jianfei echoed, "We want to create a contrast that allows Japanese citizens to know the name of Sakai Izumizu and have heard the songs she sang, but few people have seen her on camera. The only opportunity for fans to get in touch with her is to try not to show up at Izumizu's personal concert, but always maintain a high enough exposure."
Katsuto Matsuura said thoughtfully: "Mr. Kang, the packaging and promotion method you mentioned is really alternative and challenging. Once successful, Miss Izumizu will have a much higher style than other singers."
Kang Jianfei smiled and said, "I believe in the abilities of you and Vice President Chiba."
Chiba Ryuhei said: "Now due to scandals, Miss Izumizu's exposure is enough. What we should do most is to take advantage of the single "Don't Give Up" and hurry up and record a single of her solo album, and strive to be released before the popularity has subsided."
Kang Jianfei said: "Don't worry about this. Izumizu's solo album has been written for 9 songs, and the rest of the work can be handed over to Mr. Tetsuya Komuro."
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When Kang Jianfei returned to Hong Kong, Sakai Izumizu's solo album had already begun to be recorded. At the same time, she also followed the company's arrangements and disbanded the Zard band and went solo.
When she left Tokyo, Kang Jianfei bought the apartment rented by Sakai Izumi and gave it to her as a token of love. This gift was really exquisite. If it were replaced by other valuable things, Sakai Izumi would probably not accept it with her personality. However, the apartment was where she lived for two years and had feelings for her. And she had many shameless and happy memories of Kang Jianfei in the house. Giving this as a gift is both weight and sincerity, which makes Sakai Izumi unable to refuse.
Until the Lunar New Year approached, Sakai Izumizu's single "Don't Give Up" sold 1.83 million copies, which was better than the original time and space. Unfortunately, this single was launched after New Year's Day and could not be included in the 1992 single sales list.
The Japanese single sales champion in 1992 was Mimi C Lu B's "As long as you have you", which sold more than 2.76 million copies. As for the second place, it only had 1.7 million copies, which was lower than Sakai Izumi's "Don't Give Up".
The hot sale of "Don't Give Up" has set off a craze for BFM Legion in Japan. Its influence has surpassed the song itself and has become a phenomenal existence. Sakai Izumizu has also gained recognition from Japanese music fans. She no longer regards her as a rumored singer who uses Kang Jianfei's reputation to hype her, but is a first-line creative female singer.
Sakai Izumizu's "Don't Give Up" ranked first in the 1993 Japanese single sales chart, and it was not until April that it was surpassed by BZ's new single.
While the single was selling well, Ai Hui Music released her new album "Winter Love Song" for Sakai Izumizu. The main song was the song "Winter Love Song" she wrote in collaboration with Kang Jianfei.
Streets of Tokyo.
Ono shook the broken snow on his body, walked quickly into the roadside audio-visual store, and asked the clerk: "Is there a new album of Sakai Izumizu in your store for sale?"
"Yes, the goods arrived this morning." The female clerk asked with a smile, "Do you want a tape or a CD?"
In 1992, Japan's economy was very sluggish, but the music industry was even more prosperous, with music and singers of all styles blooming. At the same time, audio technology was developing increasingly mature, and CD machines and cassette recorders alone sold 160 million units.
This is just one year of sales, and 160 million units sold in a year, which is more than the population of Japan. You can imagine how developed the Japanese music market is (ignoring the purchases of overseas tourists).
"Give me a cd." Ono took out his wallet and said.
Holding the CD box of Sakai Izumizu's solo album, Ono did not immediately take it apart, but looked carefully at the track list on the back of the packaging.
There are 12 songs in the album. Ono was surprised to find that 9 of them were composed by Kang Kenfei and lyrics by Sakai Izumizu. The title song of the same name, "Winter Love Song", was composed by the two of them.
"This must be their love song." Ono couldn't help but think.
As a loyal fan of Kang Jianfei, Ono began to pay attention to Sakai Izumi after the two had an affair and quickly became her fan. In Ono's mind, he always believed that Kang Jianfei and Sakai Izumi were very compatible, and believed that the two were born with a pair.
The love work of a Hong Kong genius director and a popular Japanese female singer is the special meaning given to the album "Winter Love Song" by the Japanese media.
The super high sales of this record made Katsuto Matsuura, the president of Aihui Music, feel extremely moved by Kang Jianfei's journey to pick up girls, and actually created a leading female singer for the company.
Chapter completed!