The entertainment world is cruel and fickle. There are hundreds of groups of singers debuting every year. Anyone who can make a splash is considered a victory. Of course, a popular star will be treated very differently.
After the success of Daikokumoki's dome performance, invitations for cooperation and interviews came in like a whirlwind. Even for the debut album, which had been released for more than a month, advertisers asked to use it as a commercial song.
The new album has just reached the song selection stage, and even the songs that will be included have not yet been decided. Three songs have already been scheduled to be used as commercial songs or TV show theme songs. Decide on cooperation first, and then decide on the songs. This kind of
This is normal practice in the industry.
And now that she has made her public appearance, TV stations are also trying their best to invite her to participate in TV shows.
After the dome performance, the sales of Daikoku Moki's debut album, which had already started to decline, increased strongly again. The attention brought by the public appearance is still there. Shinichi Iwahashi plans to wait until the popularity begins to subside before letting her appear on TV.
Show up.
There is no need to worry about which program to make your debut in, there is no other program except "MU Private". It's not because of the relationship with TV Asahi, it's just that the prime time audio series that are still alive belong to this category.
The rate is high and there are not many options to choose from.
Daikuro Moki wants to be a pure singer-songwriter, so in principle, apart from music programs and talk shows, she will not be allowed to participate in entertaining variety shows. And since she is a star singer, it is her first time to participate in a music program.
Of course you have to choose the best one.
After the popularity generated by her debut in "MU Private" was almost used up, her new single and her cooperation with VER fans LLION Records were immediately announced, and there will never be a shortage of new topics.
When a singer is on the rise, he must continuously release works and maintain a steady stream of topics until he reaches a higher level and until the public in the world remembers this star who emerged from nowhere and his works.
Tonight, in addition to Daikuro Moki as the "talker", there are also several newcomers who have plans to debut next. They follow Shinichi Iwahashi and are introduced to relevant people by him.
Daikoku Moki, who has become a star, is calm and composed, while the unknown newcomer who has not yet debuted is cautious.
Two brothers, Kenichi Kurosawa and Hideki Kurosawa, who have been working as behind-the-scenes musicians at the production company owned by Shinichi Iwahashi for almost two years, now have plans to come to the stage. Tonight, Shinichi Iwahashi called him to join in the fun.
A familiar face.
At present, the momentum of the band is still strong, and GENZO has entered a period of rapid development. Since these two brothers have reached the threshold of debuting and singing on their own, then let them stand on the stage. Of course it is good to be popular, but it doesn't matter if they are not.
This is how a creator behind the scenes turns to the front of the stage, which is different from a singer who was trained as a star on the stage from the beginning.
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Iwahashi Shinichi took advantage of this thank-you party to bring newcomers to meet the big shot. Over at LLION Records, a VER fan, Baba Shunichi came over this time and also brought a few young people with him, leading them to say hello to Iwahashi Shinichi.
After the greetings, Baba Shunichi introduced: "Iwahashi-san, these are the members of the band WANDS."
Following his words, several young men bowed and saluted. Iwahashi Shinichi's eyes quickly swept over the faces of these young men. The three young men looked to be in their early twenties, and each of them had a straight face.
Looks socially awkward.
Among them, the one standing in the middle has an unruly face. Although I don’t know the level of this band, but looking at this young man’s face, he is a natural rock band lead singer. If you stand there,
The feeling comes.
WANDS debuted a little later than Daikoku Maki, but there was not much splash after their debut, and they are still a newcomer who is taken everywhere to worship the mountain. This band was discovered and formed by Nagato Daiyuki. In the VER fan LLION record, it belongs to the "
"Nagato faction", it is said that it will not pass through Baba Shunichi's hands.
But the possibility that this band would collaborate with Daikoku Moki changed things.
Junichi Baba and Shinichi Iwahashi have met several times and are considered acquaintances. This time LLION, a VER fan, wants to cooperate with GENZO, and Junichi Baba is here to deal with them as the representative of LLION, a VER fan.
Both parties knew what happened between the two families before. Now it is true that they want to cooperate. In the next period of time, both parties will do their best to complete this cooperation, but what will happen after the cooperation is over?
It's another matter. Because they knew this, the people on both sides met each other, and they were extremely polite and enthusiastic to each other, and they had a good time.
Just because I knew this flower was a plastic flower, I was able to perform it without reservation.
On one side, the two men in black behind the scenes were chatting and laughing with each other. On the other side, the three WANDS young men who had followed Junichi Baba to pay homage to the mountaintop were in an uncertain mood.
The legendary producer Shinichi Iwahashi
It is impossible for the three young men not to know the name of Shinichi Iwahashi.
Not only that, for the three people who had music dreams in their hearts and volunteered to form a band, long before they formed the band WANDS and before they officially signed with VER fans LLION Records, as just music lovers, they were very interested in this band.
The man who has great influence in the underground music scene is full of respect.
The three young men all had the idea of meeting this hero in the music industry. But they never expected that this wish would be realized in this way.
It turned out to be a collaborative single with a new artist, Shinichi Iwahashi.
There was only about a month difference between the debuts of Daikoku Moki and WANDS, but Daikoku Moki jumped to the top at an unprecedented speed and became a star singer that attracted much attention.
WANDS's debut single sold less than 20,000 copies, and its highest ranking on the charts was 17. The second single released last month only sold about 10,000 copies.
Within three weeks, the band was nowhere to be found on the charts.
In front of the shining Daikoku Moki, WANDS is just a small role to set off her.
The debut single did not create much of a splash, and the three members of WANDS were calm and did not feel impatient.
Not only that, because this single composed by Oda Tetsuro did not achieve very good results, when deciding on the second single, Nagato Daiyuki relented and agreed to let the band's own song be used as the lead single to test the waters.
, this unexpected opportunity to sing the band’s original songs also excited the three young people who were confident in themselves.
In imagination, if this second single can sell more than the debut single, it will prove that the band can create independently. At that time, they can negotiate with President Nagato, who always thinks that the band is not popular enough, and insist on singing the band.
My own original creation.
However, the reality is cruel.
It’s not Tetsuro Oda’s music that doesn’t work, but the band WANDS.
The band's own original single sold like crazy. The three young men had nothing to say when faced with Nagato Daiyuki's request that they temporarily give up singing original songs. They could only continue to create and submit their homework, hoping to write a song.
It was a good song that made President Nagato express his appreciation after hearing it.
Other than that, just calm down and listen to President Nagato’s arrangements with an open mind. Several young people who initially felt that they were being underestimated by President Nagato had to lower their heads in the face of the sales results of real money.
.However, what I didn’t expect was that what followed was the company’s plan to arrange for the band to collaborate with Daikoku Moki on a single.
The newly born female singer once participated in an interview with BEING, which was still a production company. However, according to President Nagato’s explanation, because of her conceited and arrogant personality, she was at odds with President Nagato, and the two parties could not reach a consensus.
In the end, Daikokumoki turned to the sect of Shinichi Iwahashi.
It was also when she was trying to join BEING that she formed a friendship with Tetsuro Oda.
Now that Daikoku Maki has become famous, she wants to sing the song that Oda Tetsuro gave her that witnessed the friendship between the two. Due to copyright issues, Iwahashi Shinichi came up with the idea of letting WANDS and Daikoku Maki
Cooperate together.
...WANDS was chosen by Shinichi Iwahashi to use, and was chosen by him to complement Daikoku Moki, right?
A band, three young people full of ideals and ambitions. First, they were asked by the producer to sing the composer's songs for their debut, and then they were used as green leaves to set off the stars. Since the beginning of their music career, they have been manipulated in various ways and have been unable to be themselves.
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Daikoku Moki is very strong. Even if she doesn’t mention her unique debut method, as a creator, her creative ability is outstanding, and as a singer, her singing skills are also impeccable. She can even start a Tokyo giant on her own.
Egg Concert. But so what?
Even though WANDS can't match her in terms of creative ability, and his reputation is not worthy of being compared with her, he doesn't want to be a foil.
If you can't do everything independently and have to listen to others' arrangements, can such a band be called a "band"? Is it worthy of being called a "band"?
From the moment they learned that they had been selected to collaborate with Daikoku Moki, the three young men were not in high spirits. Especially Yasuyu Oshima, the band leader, was even more dissatisfied with this matter.
However, unlike Uesugi Noboru and Shibazaki Hiroshi, these two young men trusted President Nagato. After hearing Nagato Daiko’s explanation that he felt helpless and had to compromise, the two young men were disappointed with President Nagato’s situation.
He expressed sympathy. But in the eyes of Oshima Yasuyu, what he saw was the hypocrisy of Nagato Daiyuki.
As the president, he keeps saying that he has full confidence in them, but he can't even protect the dignity of the band.
The band can temporarily sing songs by other composers to hone themselves because they are not good enough, but how can they flatter an already-famous singer because they are not famous, and serve as a foil for a female singer who debuted at about the same time as them?
However, no matter how they viewed Nagato Daiyuki, whether they sympathized with or despised the president, when it came to viewing Shinichi Iwahashi, the three young men had surprisingly similar thoughts and were deeply disappointed.
The heroes they longed for in the past did something like this. It is true that the three of them are not good at socializing, but it is not just because they are not good at handling such occasions tonight that they appear so dull.
Otherwise, why would you react like this to meeting the legendary music producer?
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Iwahashi Shinichi reciprocated the courtesy, met the three young men from WANDS, and introduced Daikuro Moki to Baba Shunichi.
Baba Shunichi smiled broadly, "I went to see Daikoku-san's concert, and that performance was really amazing." He praised Daikoku-san, then turned to Shinichi Iwahashi and said with emotion: "It's possible to create such a debut plan.
, Iwahashi-san is really admirable.”
It’s true that Daikuro Maki’s performance was impeccable, and it’s also true that I admire Shinichi Iwahashi’s plan.
But these words were spoken by Junichi Baba, so they were somewhat subtle.
Last year, when Daikoku Maki's first debut plan was cancelled, Baba Shunichi contacted Daikoku Maki privately and persuaded her to leave GENZO.
Daikoku Moki still remembers this "kind-hearted" racecourse manager. During his appreciation meeting, his boss introduced him to people who had poached him. This kind of experience is probably not something that everyone has the opportunity to have.
...Of course, it is best not to have this kind of experience.
When Daikuro Moki saw that face, he felt a little nervous. He quickly glanced at Shinichi Iwahashi and relaxed involuntarily. The little discomfort disappeared immediately.
But in her heart, she couldn't tell whether she was glad that she told Iwahashi Shinichi about Baba Junichi's meeting with her, or she felt that she shouldn't have told Iwahashi Shinichi about that incident.
Under this situation, Daikuro Moki directly experienced the complexity of the entertainment industry for the first time. After saying hello, she lowered her head slightly and silently listened to Baba Shunichi's praise and Iwahashi Shinichi's response, thinking deeply.
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After Daikuro Maki told Iwahashi Shinichi that Baba Shunichi had approached her, he didn't take it to heart at all. At this moment, he didn't have any special thoughts when accepting Baba Shunichi's compliment in person.
Not only him, but also Baba Shunichi himself, after the provocation failed, he just pretended that nothing happened. After Daikuro Moki's debut was a great success, GENZO and VER fan LLION discussed cooperation. Now, what happened in private at the beginning
The matter will not be mentioned again.
Baba Shunichi didn't know, but he didn't care whether Iwahashi Shinichi knew what kind of role he had played. He had written off the past, and now he was calm and composed, and he praised Daikoku Moki's debut.
However, after witnessing this series of arrangements with his own eyes and understanding why Iwahashi Shinichi canceled Daikoku Maki's debut in the first place, Baba Shunichi not only admired Iwahashi Shinichi's methods and courage, but also secretly regretted it.
If Daikoku Moki had not been so determined and chose to terminate the contract with GENZO... the current situation would have been very different.
But considering it from another perspective, it also proves how much trust Daikuro Moki has in Shinichi Iwahashi. For a newcomer to have such trust in the person who determines her career destiny, it also proves Shinichi Iwahashi’s charm as a producer.
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The company GENZO was held together by Shinichi Iwahashi's personal charm. When Baba Shunichi thought of this, he secretly considered it and felt that if he wanted to weaken GENZO through poaching, this approach would never be feasible.
Baba Junichi put away his thoughts for a moment, and finally said politely: "For the next cooperation, please ask Iwahashi-san for your guidance..."
He nodded to Dai Hei Mo Ji, "The same goes for Dai Hei Sang."
Iwahashi Shinichi smiled politely, and Daikuro Moki bowed his head in return. The three young men who followed Baba Shunichi still bowed with their unsociable faces.