This spring, Utada Terumi and Fuji Keiko planned to travel to Africa to collect information, so they temporarily entrusted their daughter to the care of Shinichi Iwahashi and his wife.
Based on the educational philosophy of Utada Terumi and Fuji Keiko, over the years, they have given their daughters a break from school from time to time, and the whole family has gone on trips to explore the world.
"But there are occasional exceptions."
After leaving the filming scene of the movie and following Shinichi Iwahashi on his way back to the record company to go to work, they talked about the upcoming stay-at-home life, and Hikaru Utada expressed feelings that were inappropriate for his age.
Having said that, a child who is ten years old this year is neither too big nor too young.
Occasionally, she would say something that was unbecoming of her age. Iwahashi Shinichi couldn't help but find it funny when he heard it. However, this child was not pretending to be an adult. Rather, she had a calm side by nature.
When I first met Utada Hikaru in the recording studio, she was a child who was good at playing with herself. At this age where she already has her own identity, she no longer had a problem with "waiting for adults to get off work".
Iwahashi Shinichi took Utada Hikaru back to the company, and kept her in his office before going home from get off work. During this period, the female clerk took Utada Hikaru around the company, but not long after, she returned to Iwahashi Shinichi Kill time.
After Utada Terumi returned to China, she has maintained a cooperative relationship with GENZO as a producer in the past few years. Utada Hikaru often plays with his father in the recording studio, and Iwahashi Shinichi is very familiar with the father and daughter.
Despite this, he was still deeply surprised when Utada Terumi offered to entrust his daughter to his care. But then he thought that the reason why he was qualified to be the temporary guardian of a little girl was because he had a considerate wife at home.
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And a puppy who is very familiar with Utada Hikari.
There is a little guest coming to stay at home temporarily. This kind of thing is quite new for Mr. and Mrs. Iwahashi. Shinichi Iwahashi does not hate children, and he is an acquaintance with the Utada family. He was asked and it is not convenient to refuse. Go back.
After discussing with Akina Nakamori, this warm-hearted lady readily agreed.
Her personality is that she will definitely not refuse when she hears something like this.
However, Nakamori Akina agreed so readily, Iwahashi Shinichi felt a little uncomfortable for some reason. He himself had no way of knowing where this inexplicable feeling came from. The thought flashed through his mind and was quickly put aside.
In this way, the Iwahashi couple had just settled into their new home and were about to welcome a little guest who they would spend the next day and night with.
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In the evening, Akina Nakamori finished work and prepared to go home. She got into the car, thinking that she would entertain a small guest tonight, and she was very excited and planned the dinner menu.
The assistant knew that a guest was staying at the Iwahashi family temporarily, and found it interesting that Akina Nakamori was so interested in her, "Akina-san seems to be looking forward to it."
Akina Nakamori smiled and said, "I heard he is a very cute child."
When it comes to children, she seems to exude a motherly nature. However, the child who is going to live in the Iwahashi family is already ten years old. Rather than being a "child", it is better to say that she is almost a "girl".
The little assistant had this thought in her mind, feeling that Akina-san seemed to have underestimated the age of the guest. However, looking at her expectant look, he still couldn't help laughing.
After returning home, Nakamori Akina changed her clothes and called Shinichi Iwahashi. The spring dusk made people feel gentle. She held the receiver and walked to the window.
The phone was connected and Shinichi Iwahashi's voice sounded.
"I'm back~" Akina Nakamori told him.
On the other end of the phone, Shinichi Iwahashi was very cooperative and said, "Welcome home."
The two of them were used to making jokes like this when they were dating. Now, no one in this idiot couple thinks the other is stupid. Nakamori Akina asked him, "Where's Hikari?"
Iwahashi Shinichi told her that he took Utada Hikaru to the shooting site, and now he took her back to the company, "We will go back together in a while. Her luggage will be sent back first, and I will leave it to you to arrange it."
Akina Nakamori agreed.
All day today, Shinichi Iwahashi worked with Hikari Utada. Akina Nakamori put down the phone and thought of the child following behind him, and thought the scene was very interesting.
A few years ago, Shinichi Iwahashi showed Akina Nakamori a gift from Utada Hikaru - children's stickers. It was Shinichi Iwahashi who gave origami paper as a gift and received it as a gift in return from Hikari Utada. The man who opened the sticker book at the time, asked
The child whom Iwahashi Shinichi chose as a gift in return is now ten years old.
While Nakamori Akina thought back to her ten years old, she also thought about how to get along with a ten-year-old child.
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In the afternoon, the clerk brought over the audition tape that had recently been sent to the company.
Record companies receive audition tapes, performance videos, or lyrics and music demos from all over the country every day. These newcomers who have no chance to debut volunteer themselves and send these things to every company.
In the past, Shinichi Iwahashi and Miwa-chan also wrote handwritten self-introduction letters and sent out audition tapes widely, but until they gained some attention as DREAMS E TRUE, when promoting Miwa-chan's solo, their efforts were rewarded.
The only achievement is "Busch Ming's concert harmony".
Geniuses like Miwa-chan are still like this. The industry pays attention to the right time, place, people, and fate.
Every few days, Shinichi Iwahashi listens to the various audition tapes recently sent to the company, eliminates 99% of them, and then instructs the clerk to send the remaining 1% for interviews.
invite.
Newcomers who stand out are often competed by several record companies at the same time. In this case, it depends on the methods of the talent scouts sent. But even the one percent who are selected may not be able to retain many after the interview.
indivual.
Shinichi Iwahashi fiddled with the playback equipment and listened to one piece after another. The ones that he knew were boring as soon as he listened to them would be eliminated in thirty seconds, but the ones that were listened to completely might not stand out.
He was used to doing this kind of thing and found it very easy. While listening to the demo tape, he raised his eyelids and saw Utada Mitsu looking at him, so he couldn't help but press the pause button.
There was natural curiosity in her eyes.
Iwahashi Shinichi thought for a while, took off his headphones, and called her over, "Xiaoguang, do you want to listen too?"
Utada Hikaru asked: "Would you like to listen to the demo tape?" The daughter of a music producer is not very young, but she already speaks the terminology of the recording industry very smoothly.
Iwahashi Shinichi invited her, "Xiaoguang, listen to it and choose the one you like."
In order to avoid talking about aesthetics, within GENZO, Shinichi Iwahashi was not the only one to listen to the demo tape. At this time, it was not a big deal for him to invite his children to listen too.
He called the clerk and sent another set of playback equipment. Two people, one large and one small, listened to their own music.
During this period, Nakamori Akina called and informed her that she had gone home and had decided on the dinner menu. After Iwahashi Shinichi answered the phone, he arranged for a clerk to send Utada Hikari's luggage back first.
After listening to dozens of demo tapes, Iwahashi Shinichi took off his headphones and rubbed his temples. He propped up his elbows and looked at Utada Hikaru, who was still listening patiently to the demo tapes, curious about what feedback he would get from her next.
Shinichi Iwahashi, who is used to listening to demo tapes, has his own set of standards and is very efficient. Even if he was distracted and answered the phone during the process, he still finished it first.
But for Utada Hikaru, this was the first time this happened. The freshness and curiosity about different creators made her listen carefully to every demo tape.
When she got serious, Iwahashi Shinichi was waiting for her. This afternoon, after Utada Hikaru followed Iwahashi Shinichi to the company, he just played with himself. At this moment, the situation changed and Iwahashi Shinichi was there.
keep patient.
Finally, after listening to the last demo tape, Utada Hikaru took off his headphones.
She looked at Shinichi Iwahashi, thought about it again and again, and said, "Being the head of a record company is hard enough."
"Huh?" Shinichi Iwahashi raised an eyebrow.
I don’t know why, but I feel like I’m being sympathized with by Utada Hikari.
Although this child was only ten years old, Iwahashi Shinichi could not guess what she was thinking. Utada Hikari stretched his body, tilted his head, and did not look away from his face, "Obviously they are different creators, but there are many
The same creative ideas. However, there are also creators who are working hard to write new melodies..."
Her comments were clear and logical.
But this is not so much a "review" as it is an intuitive judgment made by a child with musical talent after hearing the music.
Iwahashi Shinichi found her words interesting.
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Utada Hikaru and Iwahashi Shinichi finally selected different audition tapes. Iwahashi Shinichi asked the clerk to send interview invitations to the selected people.
Shinichi Iwahashi doesn't think there is any talent that has been missed among the newcomers that a ten-year-old child chooses based on her feelings. Although Hikari Utada showed her talent, that's a completely different matter.
But since she invited this child to listen to the audition tape, Iwahashi Shinichi gave the newcomer she selected a chance and did not regard her impulse invitation as teasing her.
Utada Hikaru expressed his feelings about his arrangement in a decent manner, "Iwahashi-san is very trustworthy."
Iwahashi Shinichi smiled, "Of course."
The response came without thinking.
However, even respecting the opinions of a young girl without thinking will not make people feel rash, but will make people know that he is trustworthy.
In fact, being willing to live in Iwahashi's house represents trust.
People who can do all kinds of origami are not bad people. Although he has grown a few years ago, Utada Hikaru's hobby of collecting small things has not changed, and he still maintains his love for the little bear.
I also remember the past memories of Shinichi Iwahashi playing with her in the recording studio when she was a child.
After listening to the audition tape, Shinichi Iwahashi got off work early and took his little guest home with him.
