On Monday, after GENZO's regular meeting, Watanabe Manyumi called and said that she had something to discuss and also wanted to send a gift.
Although he knew in his heart that there was no free lunch here for the domineering president, after hearing that there were gifts available, Iwahashi Shinichi still took time out to visit her office in the afternoon.
The clerk led the way through the corridor to Watanabe Mayumi's office. Posters of movies and TV series were plastered everywhere, all of which featured actors from the agency playing important roles.
In addition, there are promotional posters for singers such as DREAMS E TRUE and Daikoku Moki.
On the one hand, GENZO is developing at full speed, and on the other hand, since last year, Watanabe Wan Yumi's acting business has reached its first small peak since the opening of the office.
Reiko Takashima, who has been working steadily for many years, finally ushered in the explosive period of her career after starring in a morning TV series. When they first signed Reiko Takashima, Shinichi Iwahashi and Manyumi Watanabe had imagined that as the number of professional women increased,
, the acting career of actresses will become wider and wider in the future, and this is now being fulfilled in Reiko Takashima.
As for Inamura Izumi, who was highly praised when she debuted, her "unreliable" temperament that made her stand out from the candidates in the audition also made her a director who was admired by well-known directors in the industry and named her as someone who wanted to work with her.
young actor.
Compared to Reiko Takashima, who has steadily built up popularity through small roles, or Izumi Inamura, who has gained recognition in the industry by making movies and winning awards, Watanabe Manyumi signed the agency's first actor Kazuki Sawamura with a huge sum of money, and the star
The road was smoother. As soon as he debuted, Watanabe Manyumi won him an important role in "Tokyo Love Story". The TV series became a sensation and he became an instant star. With the attention gained by starring in a masterpiece, he was well received by the industry.
Attention.
It must be said that Kazuki Sawamura was very lucky and got on the biggest ship at the beginning.
After becoming famous for her role in "Tokyo Love Story", Watanabe Manyumi continued her efforts. In order to increase Sawamura Kazuki's popularity, she accepted six advertisements for him with zero or low remuneration. She had many advertising contracts.
As a result, Kazuki Sawamura was asked to pay special attention to his image.
Although he is an actor, Kazuki Sawamura is the most restrained person in Watanabe Manyumi's office.
Of course, Kazuki Sawamura's good luck is also based on the premise that Watanabe Manyumi is eager to launch an actor and happens to know the information in advance that "Tokyo Love Story" is about to start filming. Kazuki Sawamura
The actors who were signed after that started honestly as walk-ons.
Watanabe Productions has many favors and connections in the industry. Although these old favors will not allow Watanabe actors to play important roles without much effort, they can ensure that their new actors will not be left out of roles.
Can run. With such an advantage, Watanabe Wan Yumi will not fail to take advantage of it.
However, she prefers male actors to use this strategy of playing small roles in TV dramas to impress her.
In Watanabe Manyumi's view, young actors can gain experience by playing minor roles and wait until they gain more experience. But young actresses must ensure that they are fresh. Unless, like Takashima Reiko, she was no longer young when she signed the contract.
, I will no longer compete with young actresses. Otherwise, young actresses must try their best to plan their career.
In fact, the discovery and training of young actresses has a strong influence on making idols. On the one hand, before the idol era began, some of the requirements for young actresses were quite similar to the requirements for idols later.
.On the other hand, after nearly twenty years of the idol era, the experience of making idols has become ubiquitous.
"Young actresses, in comparison, are more likely to be promoted to lead roles in idol dramas. But in the long run, investing in male actors will be safer."
Watanabe Manyumi was browsing the resumes of actors that had recently been sent to the office. Shinichi Iwahashi came over, and she sighed with him casually.
"Looking at this tone, the newcomer Wan Yumi-san is going to recommend next is an actor." Iwahashi Shinichi replied.
Watanabe Manyumi smiled and did not answer directly, "Focusing on training male actors or focusing on training actresses, in a sense, are actually opportunistic business models. But the difference is that the methods of speculation are different."
Iwahashi Shinichi also laughed, "I don't know anything about how to discover actors."
"Maybe it's just because you haven't discovered actors before." Watanabe Wan Yumi said, remembering, "...it was you who discovered Takashima Reiko."
"Thank you for taking me to play golf." Shinichi Iwahashi joked with her.
Watanabe Manyumi smiled, "Yes, a correct move." She joked, and naturally changed the subject, "Now, the record market is booming, and the popularity of actors is also a huge selling point... not just actors."
There is no need to be far-sighted, there is nothing new in the market. When the record market is booming, anyone from actors to comedians can release one. You don’t even need to be a popular actor, you just need to have played an important role in a popular TV series.
Role.
Now that the record market is booming again, what happened in the past will naturally be repeated again.
Iwahashi Shinichi confirmed with her, "Wanyumi-san plans to release a record for the actors?"
"If it can be released, there's nothing wrong with it," Watanabe Manyumi replied.
She told Shinichi Iwahashi that she planned to let Izumi Inamura debut as a singer. Izumi Inamura, who debuted as a movie heroine, has attracted a group of loyal supporters with her unique temperament. With the prosperity of the record market today, with the popularity of actors,
After debuting, if a record can sell several thousand copies, the firm will make a profit.
In the audition that Inamura Izumi participated in, the singing skills of the candidates were reviewed. The reason why she left a deep impression on Watanabe Manyumi and Iwahashi Shinichi was because she sang Yamaguchi Momoe's "Zeta" at the audition.
"Death". Although Inamura Izumi is not as good as a professional singer in terms of singing ability, he is still a qualified karaoke singer.
Iwahashi Shinichi thought for a while and gave her a suggestion, "If you don't plan to seriously develop Inamura Izumi's career as a singer, it's better to let her make a cover debut."
Anyway, if an actress who has never been a singer suddenly says that she wants to release a record, no one will think that she wants to sing seriously. Since it is just for fun, the first thing to consider is to keep costs down and make it easy for the public to accept.
To cover a song, you don’t need to find a songwriter to buy the song. You only need to pay the music association, call the singer’s record company, and get a license to use it, and then you can go directly into recording. Songs that have been tested by the market and are familiar to the public can be recorded from now on.
In another sense, it is also an "insurance card" that the public can see when buying a new singer's record.
Although I don’t know what kind of singer he is, no matter how he sings a song like that, it won’t be too bad. Although it is a famous song that I have heard many times, if someone else sings it, maybe it will be a new style.
Thoughts like this will become the motivation for the public to decide to buy a record.
Watanabe Manyumi listened carefully to Iwahashi Shinichi's suggestion and expressed her approval, "He is indeed a master of singer production."
Iwahashi Shinichi made an expression as if he had been hit by something, and said with a smile: "I don't dare to take it seriously."
After confirming that Watanabe Manyumi's topic of letting Inamura Izumi debut as a singer had come to an end, Iwahashi Shinichi spoke at the right time and asked, "Didn't you say that you have a gift for me?"
He joked with Watanabe Wan Yumi, "I haven't seen the gift yet, so I'm going to help make some plans."
Watanabe Manyumi smiled and said, "I don't do anything that makes me lose money."
"Awesome." Shinichi Iwahashi also smiled.
Joking aside, Watanabe Manyumi brought up an old incident, "Shinichi-kun, do you still remember the movie "Slam Dunk"?"
Iwahashi Shinichi gave an affirmative reply, "Of course I won't forget it." He also sent a single volume of the manga to Watanabe Manyumi and told her to pay attention to the adaptation of this manga.
"That's good." Watanabe Wan Yumi stood up and walked to her desk. After a while, she came over with two comics, "This is your return gift."
It is the new single volume of "Slam Dunk".
...Is this the "gift" that Watanabe Mayumi said?
Iwahashi Shinichi took the comic and couldn't help but complain, "It's so vindictive."
Watanabe Manyumi corrected him, "After reading the manga, I felt unhappy, and then I returned the favor several times. That's called holding a grudge. Now, this is a normal exchange of courtesy."
Iwahashi Shinichi couldn't defeat her, so he surrendered, "It makes sense."
After Qingqiaoqiaoqiao won for a while, Watanabe Wan Yumi smiled slightly, did not get entangled, and said instead, "This manga has been confirmed to be animated."
Iwahashi Shinichi paused while flipping through the comics, closed the book, and smiled, "What a good news."
"The good news doesn't stop there." Watanabe Manyumi told him, "Toei Animation is responsible for the animation, so it will probably be broadcast on TV Asahi by then."
Toei Corporation was one of the shareholders of TV Asahi when it was founded.
Iwahashi Shinichi was even more excited, "It seems like GENZO is bound to win the anime's theme song."
They have a very good relationship with TV Asahi. Besides, Watanabe Manyumi has always been paying attention to the trends of animation, and she signaled her interest in this comic from the beginning. She wants to win the theme song of the animation, so
Not a difficult thing.
Besides, animation theme songs are still not as popular as TV series theme songs.
"If you come forward in person, Shinichi-kun, you will have a greater chance of winning," Watanabe Manyumi said.
This is not something she said casually. Previously, "Let's Dance" was a huge hit. Although Oda Tetsuro's talent is worthy of praise, what the industry appreciates more is that Iwahashi Shinichi is promoting this animation.
The strategies he used when singing songs, and the broad-mindedness he showed when distributing benefits.
"Let's Dance" was a huge success. Fuji TV, which had enjoyed this single, praised Shinichi Iwahashi, and other TV stations also saw it. Cooperating with Shinichi Iwahashi was a win-win situation.
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The hot sales of that single brought GENZO and Shinichi Iwahashi a variety of benefits beyond imagination.
"Of course." Iwahashi Shinichi agreed.
In short, we will produce the theme song for "Slam Dunk" and then release Daikoku Moki's football song.
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After the business was finished, the waiter came over to replace the tea that had become lukewarm.
Watanabe Manyumi casually mentioned to Iwahashi Shinichi that the TV production company that is cooperating with Kenyin has reached a cooperation with Kansai TV and is preparing to produce a new TV series together.
When it comes to the production company, Watanabe Manyumi said something special, "Nakamori-san is now guaranteed to have ratings." The Yuejiu TV series she stars in will have its finale next Monday.
Iwahashi Shin nodded, "Anyway, Akina is Kenyin's signature."
Akina Nakamori herself has the talent of an actress and is very popular among the audience. However, to be able to be cast in two high-rating TV series in a row, in addition to her own talent and charm, the resources of the same agency and the television
The attitude of the production bureau also has a lot to do with it.
Shinichi Iwahashi was hardly involved in the affairs of the TV production company, but he was not completely unconcerned. When Watanabe Manyumi mentioned the new TV series, he remembered it and asked for a role in it for Kurobuto.
"Kurobutou?" Watanabe Manyumi was a little surprised.
Iwahashi Shinichi explained, "Kuroki-san's husband is from Dentsu's Kansai branch. Before, Narita's brother-in-law asked me to take care of her." Since Narita Hiroyuki had asked him personally, Iwahashi Shinichi also took it to heart.
Watanabe Manyumi smiled, "That's it." She said with emotion, "Kuroki-san was Daichi Mao-san's former partner."
When we went to Osaka together, Watanabe Manyumi once mentioned that the last time she went to see a Takarazuka Theater performance, it was starring Mao Daichi. At that time, Iwahashi Shinichi and she had an appointment to go to the Takarazuka performance, but in the end they didn’t.
OK.
"The development of Kuroki-san is not going well," said Shinichi Iwahashi.
Her partner, Mao Daichi, focused on stage plays and left the Takarazuka Theater Company. However, he is still a well-deserved top performer in the industry and has won various awards. However, Kurokidō, who chose to become a TV actor, has a somewhat difficult development.
As soon as she quit the group, she acted in a movie originally written by Junichi Watanabe, which established her image from the beginning. Although she won an award for her performance in this movie, it was difficult for her to receive any decent work after that.
character of.
However, now that she is married to a Dentsu MAN, her husband still wants her to stay in the industry and doesn't care what type of role she takes. Such Kuroki Dou's situation in the industry will surely gradually improve.
After all, even Iwahashi Shinichi received a request from his brother-in-law to take care of this Kuroki-san.
"Kuroki-san's choice after quitting the group was very personal." Watanabe Manyumi commented, "Although judging from her current development, it seems that she has taken the wrong path. However, from the point of view of drawing a clear line with Takarazuka
, it was quite successful.”
As soon as I quit the group, the first thing I did was to smash "Qing Zhengmei" into pieces. Such an attitude can even be said to be decisive.
Iwahashi Shinichi had never thought about it from this perspective. Hearing her say this, he felt fresh, "So, Kuroki-san doesn't really like his experience in the Takarazuka Theater Company."
