There is no shortage of new people under Watanabe Wan Yumi, and he has no idea of new people from other agencies. Of course, Iwahashi Shinichi knows this. However, he remembers the girl he met on the set that day, and he does not want Watanabe Wan Yumi.
Go out and poach people.
He replied, "Don't TV Tokyo's variety shows need actors?"
In TV variety shows, the importance of actors is self-evident. That girl's acting skills are fresh and natural, and her image is unique. She is also an unknown newcomer who plays a small role. If appropriate, sending an invitation will be a win-win situation for both parties.
As for the future, let’s make plans for the future.
Iwahashi Shinichi told him his plan, and Watanabe Wan Yumi understood why this matter was not mentioned during the meal just now. It was indeed something that only needed to be mentioned casually.
She thought about it and invited him to sit upstairs, "Just wait for a while."
Last month, Watanabe Mayumi's office just moved to a new location. It's still in Roppongi, but the place is much larger. It rented a three-story office building in one go.
Among the singers, her agency holds the money tree of DREAMS E T breasts. INAL LOVE has developed rapidly in more than a year after becoming famous through its collaboration with Akina Nakamori, and there is also a big black girl who has just become a blockbuster.
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Among the actors, morning drama heroine Reiko Takashima was at the height of her popularity and visibility. Advertisers came to market products for housewives. Inamura Izumi has been highly praised by the industry ever since she won an award for her debut film.
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There is also the actor Kazuki Sawamura, who was signed by Watanabe Manyumi for 8 million yen. This time he played the role of Kenichi Mikami in "Tokyo Love Story". After the TV series was broadcast, the ratings were both high-profile.
It was a big hit. After the last episode was aired, the ratings reached as high as 33.5, which was a perfect ending. It gave Fuji TV a big step ahead in this spring, and it also took the lead in scoring in the drama war after entering the new generation.
The heroine Suzuki Honami and the hero Oda Yuji both gained a lot of attention due to this TV series. Kazuki Sawamura, who played the role of the charming Mikami Kenichi in the TV series, also relied on this TV series to become the ""
He ranked third in the survey of "New Actors Most Promising to Become Popular This Year".
Although voting does not count, it also shows how much attention Kazuki Sawamura received.
Cultivating an actor often requires a steady approach. The first important role Sawamura Kazuki got was in a phenomenal work such as "Tokyo Love Story". It can be said that it was his luck and the agency's luck.
But how to convert the popularity brought by this luck next is another matter. However, now, relying on the popularity of the character Kenichi Mikami, Kazuki Sawamura booked three advertisements in one go, giving away
Film appointments at the agency are coming in one after another, and the future is bright.
The firm's performance is good and its financial resources are rolling in. However, Watanabe Manyumi pursues a strategy of elite troops and does not blindly expand recruitment. Counting the newcomers who have signed contracts but have not officially debuted, the entire firm now only has more than a dozen groups of artists, and the scale cannot be smaller.
Resources are also concentrated on these few actors who need to be highly praised.
On weekdays, nothing happens, and artists don't come to the company. At noon, when I pass by the office, it's quiet, with only the occasional phone ringing.
Iwahashi Shinichi and Watanabe Manyumi returned to her president's office together. Watanabe Manyumi asked him to wait a moment while she went to make a phone call. After a while, she sat down next to him and said, "Newcomers who participated in the filming of "Lovely Season"
The actor's information will be sent over in a while."
Iwahashi Shinichi smiled and said, "As expected of Wanyumi-san."
Watanabe Wan Yumi did not accept this trick and said, "Don't come."
After being exposed mercilessly, Iwahashi Shinichi stopped. He casually looked at the reception room, "It's really grand."
"Compared to the previous one, it's much better." Watanabe Wan Yumi also casually added. After a pause, he joked: "In the early years, the firm that made a fortune,
They will all go out and buy land and build buildings."
When Iwahashi Shin heard what she said, he jokingly replied, "Watanabe Productions is probably the best among them."
"It's not bad." She replied lightly.
Thinking about the large amount of business under Watanabe Productions' name, the phrase "not bad" sounds strange.
However, when the previous office made a fortune and bought land to build office buildings, Watanabe Manyumi still rented offices. In comparison, it is indeed frugal. Of course, in the current situation, if you blindly buy land, you will definitely be causing trouble for yourself.
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This year, not only Watanabe Mayumi's office will move, but GENZO will also move to a new office building in September. Of course, they will also rent a house. Although there are many singers who can make money, the stingy and budget-conscious Shinichi Iwahashi
, I still haven’t thought about buying land at all. If I want to build GENZO’s own office building, I have to wait a little longer.
Victory belongs to the waiting party...
In fact, not necessarily. The one and a half square meters of land in Shinjuku, which was the first pot of gold he borrowed for the loan, suddenly disappeared while he was standing still.
To be precise, it's not just the piece of land that has no context, but the development of that block.
Originally it was going on in full swing, and there were even some extreme front-end companies taking care of it, as if they were going to annex the scattered land in one go. However, after a headless murder occurred in that block, it suddenly stopped.
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Iwahashi Shinichi didn't regard the one and a half square meters of land as a problem, nor did he regret that he didn't readily agree to the young man's offer of five million yen. At most, he felt in his heart that this vigorous development plan had stopped too inexplicably.
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However, he didn't take it to heart.
If he really couldn't sell it, he would build a promotional booth there to put up promotional posters of GENZO singers and turn it into an attraction. At that time, the posters would be hung outside the booth. During the promotion period, in order to prevent people from stealing the posters,
The people sent out to guard can still rest in the pavilion... It must not be wasted.
Watanabe Wan Yumi's clerks are very efficient. Before the first clerk brought in a few sips of tea, another clerk sent over the compiled information about the new actors who participated in the filming of "Lovely Season".
After all, there are specialties in the art industry, but acting agencies are different.
Watanabe Manyumi took the folder and handed it directly to Iwahashi Shinichi without reading it. Iwahashi Shinichi said "Thank you", opened it and looked through it. Within a few pages, he found the new person he was looking for.
"My name is Shinohara Ryoko." He pulled out this resume and showed it to Watanabe Wan Yumi.
Watanabe Manyumi glanced at it and said with a smile: "What a coincidence." She pointed to the office where Shinohara Ryoko worked, "It was opened by Watanabe Production's agent after he went independent.
Business support relationship.”
"Really?" Shinichi Iwahashi also smiled, "It's indeed a coincidence."
Watanabe Manyumi became a little more interested. She took a closer look at Shinohara Ryoko's resume and commented, "She has a face that is precocious but immature."
Iwahashi Shinichi was filled with admiration, "Wan Yumi-san has a precise eye for seeing people."
"Do you have the same impression of her?" Watanabe Manyumi joked, "It doesn't sound like you are praising me, it seems like you are bragging about yourself."
Shinichi Iwahashi smiled and accepted her sentence without replying.
Watanabe Manyumi read Shinohara Ryoko's resume and told him, "Afterwards, I called President Fujioka of her agency to see if President Fujioka would let her go... I thought she was an actor, but she didn't
Thinking about it, he is still a member of an idol group."
Tokyo Dance Dolls has not released an album yet, and most of its members are active in the magazine modeling industry, or have small roles in TV dramas like Ryoko Shinohara. Considering the agency's positioning of the group, they may not agree to Ryoko Shinohara acting in short variety shows.
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"In short," Shinichi Iwahashi knew all the twists and turns, "Whether it will succeed or not, just give it a try."
Watanabe Manyumi agreed.
The conversation was almost finished. Shinichi Iwahashi was just stopping by to sit there. At this moment, he was planning to leave. However, Watanabe Manyumi spoke again and asked: "Shinichi-kun, don't you have any plans to buy land?"
Iwahashi Shinichi reacted, a little strange, and asked, "Buy land?"
Watanabe Wan Yumi saw his expression and smiled, "...it's nothing else."
He was a little helpless, "Even Wan Yumi-san has become a master at selling people off."
Watanabe Manyumi did not admit his accusation, "I don't think I am selling out." She said in a relaxed tone, "I just asked what I wanted to ask, so naturally I have nothing to say."
Iwahashi Shinichi was defeated, "Okay." After saying this, he was about to stand up, "Thanks for the hospitality, I will leave first... in case you have nothing to say." He joked.
Watanabe Manyumei's face didn't change, she accepted his blow and said softly and skillfully, "Thank you for your understanding." Iwahashi Shinichi was defeated again.
After all, it’s Manyumi Watanabe.
Shinichi Iwahashi was convinced and said goodbye to her. After walking a few steps out of her office, the question she had just begun came up in his mind.
Buy land?
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Tokyo Dance Dolls was founded in 1990. There were seven members in the first phase. It is hard to say whether the seven girls are all good at singing and dancing, but they all have excellent appearances and have received systematic debut training.
It is said that the structure of this group should be similar to that of the former Kitten Club, which recruits new members one after another. However, compared to the chaotic semi-amateur group like the Kitten Club, Tokyo Dance Dolls is very strict in the selection of members.
There must be more emphasis on professionalism.
It's like a combination of traditional idol selection and the unprecedented kitty club model.
However, at a time when the newly debuted idols are almost wiped out, if this idol group can have a short-lived glory like the Kitty Club, if it can debut smoothly and continue to operate, everything will be fine.
The group has been established for a year, and more than half of the members already had work experience in the entertainment industry before joining Tokyo Dance Dolls.
After Shinohara Ryoko came out of the actor training class, she played several supporting roles. In addition to her, members Yuri Ichii is a model, Yuko Anai is a beauty girl audition background, and Chisa Kawamura, who serves as the team leader, is a member
Among them, the one who really wants to be a singer.
In terms of development momentum, Yuko Anai is currently the most popular, and Yuri Ichii is also very good at modeling work. On the contrary, she, the eldest sister, plays small roles in TV dramas all day long.
Precisely because everyone joins this group with a blank slate, they also want to accumulate popularity through idol activities, and use this identity as a springboard to achieve what they really want to do, so the relationship between the members is quite subtle.
Individuals form cliques, and there is no fuel-efficient lamp.
Ryoko Shinohara, who was a bad girl in her hometown of Gunma, is also a big sister-like figure in the group.
However, the eldest daughter in the group, Ichijo Yuri, who was born in Tokyo and has a good family background, has never bought into her, a country bumpkin with a lusty and soft heart. The more this happens, the more Shinohara Ryoko tries to show off her authority in front of the eldest daughter in Tokyo. The relationship between the two
It's so bad that the "Shinohara faction" in the group don't even talk to Ichiro Yuri.
An idol group has not yet officially debuted, but the relationship is already so subtle, it can be regarded as a skill.
In "Lovely Season", Ryoko Shinohara only had one scene that day. After the shooting, there was no need to imagine that there would be flowers and applause. Instead, she had to bow to them one by one and thank them for their care.
When the filming of the TV series is in full swing, no one cares about the whereabouts of a supporting character. After Shinohara Ryoko finished playing this part, she had to find another supporting role and was taken by her agent to bow to the producer.
The road ahead is bleak, and there is no chance of even getting a decent role.
The good news is that the manager revealed that Tokyo Dance Dolls are negotiating to sign a contract with Sony Records and are preparing to debut. If the idols debut and get more exposure opportunities, there may be a possibility of a comeback.
When they heard that they were going to debut as idols and sing, the members were naturally very happy, and Shinohara Ryoko was also looking forward to it.
This is the first good news in April.
With their debut coming soon, the members have to practice singing and dancing even harder. They spend all day in the practice room, going back and forth between the practice room and the dormitory. They have a common goal, and the subtle atmosphere brought about by the Lila gang is temporarily gone.
It calmed down a bit.
On this day, the members came to the practice room as usual.
The eldest sister, Ryoko Shinohara, is always surrounded by people who support her. Although the situation has temporarily returned to calm, when there is no practice, the members can still be clearly distinguished from each other.
For example, Ichikai Yuri would never get close to Shinohara Ryoko, and Shinohara Ryoko would never take the initiative to talk to her.
While the girls were chattering, the manager suddenly came over, stood at the door, and greeted: "Ryoko-chan!"
Shinohara Ryoko raised her hand, "Yes!" She stood up, walked over to her manager, and bowed, "Suzuki-san." She was always the most polite towards the staff.
The agent named Suzuki looked at her and asked in a frivolous tone, "Have you met that Iwahashi-san?"
"Eh?" Shinohara Ryoko was a little unable to react.
Suzuki repeated, "That GENO Iwahashi Shinichi-san." He looked at Shinohara Ryoko's confused face and said, "He invited you by name to participate in his program."
