Shinichi Iwahashi seemed to have no intention of formally introducing Ayumi Hamasaki to Tetsuya Komuro. He said nothing about the origin of this girl.
However, this approach may be in line with Tetsuya Komuro's wishes.
For the proud and complacent producer, this girl whom he met for the first time left such a difficult impression on him that Tetsuya Komuro was unwilling to have too much dealings with her.
Previously, Uno Kanda, who was appointed by Shinichi Iwahashi, had a personality far different from Tetsuya Komuro's own preferences. However, compared to the self-expressive princess, the stubborn girl in front of her, who didn't know what she was thinking,
Even more so, Tetsuya Komuro sensed some unpleasant qualities from her:
This girl, who was only fourteen or fifteen years old, actually showed a posture of daring to challenge authority.
For the producers who control the overall situation, this kind of behavior is full of unknown girls, which means trouble. But what makes Tetsuya Komuro find it even weirder is that Shinichi Iwahashi does not mind the offensive attitude shown by Ayumi Hamasaki.
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Realizing Iwahashi Shinichi's attitude toward Hamasaki, Tetsuya Komuro couldn't help but become curious about Iwahashi Shinichi's thoughts. Furthermore, he became somewhat interested in this girl of unknown origin again.
But this interest has become completely different from when I heard from the staff that Shinichi Iwahashi brought a girl to the recording studio.
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Shinichi Iwahashi did not mention Ayumi Hamasaki, and Tetsuya Komuro's attention to her passed by like a dragonfly on water. After that, the two of them avoided this girl in their chat.
However, after avoiding this girl, the two people who had just talked not long ago actually had nothing serious to talk about.
Ayumi Hamasaki listened to the meaningless conversation between the two people, as if it was the first time since he met Iwahashi Shinichi that he saw him engaging in boring social interactions as an adult.
She was thinking about something in her mind, but it seemed like she didn't think about anything at all.
Tetsuya Komuro is the most popular producer at the moment, and of course Ayumi Hamasaki knows his name. In her heart, she is full of respect for this man who created popularity. Even so, when she saw him in person, she did not reveal it.
The excitement of meeting a famous person.
But there was a feeling of being unprepared and being brought into a whole new world by this president Sang.
Whether it's a recording studio or a producer.
Although Hamasaki Ayumi had just auditioned, Iwahashi Shinichi did not mention it, and he had no intention of letting Komuro Tetsuya hear it.
In fact, Ayumi Hamasaki has a bit of a high-pitched voice, which is quite consistent with the voice Tetsuya Komuro is pursuing.
However, there is something more unique in this girl and her voice. Shinichi Iwahashi always believes that such a girl is only suitable to be herself, and is not suitable or able to become a famous producer to express her own "works"
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What's more, this girl who only wants to sing for him doesn't want to be a singer.
The two chatted for a while, and Tetsuya Komuro took the opportunity to stand up and say goodbye, "Then, I'll go back first."
Iwahashi Shinichi joked with him smoothly: "I wish you good progress and stay vigilant."
This is what Tetsuya Komuro said himself.
This kind of verbal retaliation is Iwahashi Shinichi's humor. Komuro Tetsuya smiled and retorted: "Iwahashi-san reminds me at any time, and I feel more at ease."
He accepted the move easily and responded to him with what Shinichi Iwahashi said.
The two of them said goodbye in a joke, but Ayumi Hamasaki laughed out loud when listening to the two of them repeating what the other had said, and couldn't help but secretly curse.
Iwahashi Shinichi went to see Komuro Tetsuya off, but Hamasaki Ayumi was left alone here. For some reason, he felt in a dilemma.
Fortunately, Iwahashi Shinichi came back soon. But after seeing off Tetsuya Komuro, I had to say clearly what I didn't say clearly just now.
Iwahashi Shinichi looked at Hamasaki again, but stopped talking. Seeing this, Hamasaki asked: "What do you want to say?"
Shinichi Iwahashi started to pack his things, erasing the traces of the sound check just now in front of Hamasaki. After tidying up the console, he asked Hamasaki, "Where do you plan to go next?"
"Where to go?" Hamasaki Ayumi's reaction was as if he was pushed away unexpectedly.
Iwahashi Shinichi reminded her, "Didn't you say you shouldn't come here?"
Ayumi Hamasaki was speechless when the old talk was brought up again. Iwahashi Shinichi was amused when he saw her reaction. He was helpless and asked, "Do you still want to sing for me?"
"Since you want to sing for me, then sing the song you really want to sing." Shinichi Iwahashi said.
If "Barefoot Season" is not the song that I really want to sing, then which one is? Hamasaki listened to Shinichi Iwahashi's words and remained silent.
Iwahashi Shinichi took advantage of the victory and pursued it, "Besides, Ayu, you are not suitable for singing the Son's song."
Ayumi Hamasaki was initially shaken, but after hearing his assertion, he raised his eyes and showed a stubborn expression, "Why am I not suitable?"
Her reaction made Shinichi Iwahashi laugh again. He expected Hamasaki's reaction and said of her, "I'm so eager to refute, and then later, just to prove otherwise, I just do it. I don't like it."
How can you not regret something you are good at?"
"Have I ever done this?" Hamasaki's eyes stared at him closely.
Shinichi Iwahashi reminded her, "I still remember the way Ayu looked when she said she wanted to become an actress."
When Shinichi Iwahashi met her for the first time in Fukuoka, Hamasaki, who was still a child, confronted him. Not only did he tell him that he had no interest in singing, but he also firmly stated that he would become an actress in the future.
The last time she came to Tokyo, she went through so much trouble just to tell him that she had appeared in a TV series. But now that she thought about it, the last time she came to Tokyo, she went to Shinichi Iwahashi just to tell him that she had acted in a TV series.
What is hidden in this approach is precisely her confusion and distrust of the actor's career.
Ayumi Hamasaki seemed to have been hit on a sore spot by Shinichi Iwahashi, and his stubborn expression slowly softened.
Shinichi Iwahashi saw it, changed his subject, and told her, "Ayu's voice is very distinctive, but it doesn't match Seiko-san's style. This is what the recording just told me."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "My voice?" Hamasaki listened to him say sentences that were unfamiliar to him.
Iwahashi Shinichi seemed to realize it later, and showed an expression as if he had just remembered, "I haven't listened to the recording I just made for you."
Ayumi Hamasaki made a sound, reminding him, "You don't look like you at all when you act." She added silently in her heart, just like herself.
Iwahashi Shinichi laughed again, and he admitted generously, "Everyone who has watched my acting said so."
Is it because you can't act well because you can only be yourself? Hamasaki wanted to ask him this, but couldn't say the words. When she was distracted, something was handed to her hand.
Ayumi Hamasaki came to his senses, it was an earphone.
She honestly put on her earphones and watched Shinichi Iwahashi operate the console. After a while, a dry and harsh singing voice came out of the earphones.
If this was her own voice, it would indeed make Sheng Zisang's singing a mess.
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Ayumi Hamasaki had a sullen face. After listening to the recording he just made, his imagination of "singing for that president-san" seemed to be broken by his own singing.
After listening to her performance just now, she returned the earphones to Shinichi Iwahashi. When her eyes fell on his face, she saw a smiling face.
Iwahashi Shinichi reiterated his old words, "Let's just say, it's not that easy to become a singer, right?"
"I don't want to be a singer." Hamasaki contradicted him subconsciously.
Iwahashi Shin nodded, "That's right. But singing here isn't a boring thing, right?" He looked at the girl's face and his expression became serious: "Don't be in a hurry to refute me."
"...I don't want to refute you." Hamasaki said, not knowing whether this was a refutation or an admission, showing an expression of embarrassment and anger at being teased.
She actually didn't realize that she had fallen into the trap of Shinichi Iwahashi's words.
Shinichi Iwahashi breathed a sigh of relief, "I feel relieved when you say that." He only refuted his words "Don't refute me", but did not refute "Singing is not a boring thing".
Hamasaki closed her mouth tightly, as if she was afraid of being led by him again. However, Shinichi Iwahashi had already spoken to her gently, "The recording studio is a place like this. Once you open your mouth, everything will be exposed."
Problems. As a producer, it can be said that you are constantly dealing with problems."
"However, having problems is not a bad thing. On the contrary, only when problems are exposed can we solve them."
Ayumi Hamasaki finally couldn't hold it back anymore, "Isn't this the same as when the supervisor yells 'stop' over and over again when acting?"
Iwahashi Shinichi shook his head, "For singers, shortcomings are sometimes advantages. There is no standard answer to the way of singing. Even if actors have various performance styles, they are not as rich and free as the singer's singing style."
"For music producers, they prefer a distinctive voice to impeccable singing skills, even if the singing skills are so-so or even full of loopholes."
"Because the most important trait to become a singer is a unique 'personality'." Shinichi Iwahashi told her.
Ayumi Hamasaki blinked and remembered what he said to Shinichi Iwahashi. No matter what role I play, I am still me. At that time, the president Sang said that this was an idea only a stage singer would have.
This fragment flashed through her mind, and then, inexplicably, she remembered the scene where Tetsuya Komuro and Shinichi Iwahashi joked about each other's words before saying goodbye.
Does my association at this moment count as using my own words to annotate what Iwahashi Shinichi told me?
Ever since she met the president, Ayumi Hamasaki had been contradicting him and wanting to confront him. However, at this moment, when Shinichi Iwahashi was describing to her the matter of becoming a singer, Hamasaki was not thinking of refutation.
Rather, it provides annotations for what he said.
Ayumi Hamasaki didn't know if this came from the subtle influence of President San.
At this moment, Iwahashi Shinichi suddenly woke her up and said, "Let's go."
Ayuru Hamasaki woke up from his dream and asked blankly: "Where are you going?"
"Where to go depends on Ayu's thoughts." Shinichi Iwahashi told her, "Should this be it, you have already sung the song you want to sing just now, or do you want to sing the song you really want to sing?"
Hamasaki asked him: "Is there any song you want to listen to?"
"Since you are singing for me, it is better not to sing the songs I like." Iwahashi Shinichi replied.
Ayumi Hamasaki suddenly muttered "That's weird." This president, Sang, is a weirdo. If it were anyone else, since they were singing for him, they would definitely order their own favorite songs.
Thinking of this, she replied: "If you say so, I have already sung in front of you."
If it was just about "singing for Shinichi Iwahashi", it would have been accomplished just now.
What Ayumi Hamasaki said was not out of anger. But after hearing this, Shinichi Iwahashi sighed softly, as if he was helpless in the face of her willfulness. He turned to ask: "So, next, what will Ayu do?
Where do you want to go?”
Feeling that President Sang was giving in, Hamasaki wanted to lose his temper again, but he couldn't.
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Finally, Hamasaki took Shinichi Iwahashi to the karaoke box.
Although it was Iwahashi Shinichi who listened to Hamasaki's idea and asked the driver to take them to the karaoke box, in terms of deciding the destination, it was Iwahashi Shinichi who followed Hamasaki.
Ayumi Hamasaki couldn't imagine the president-san in the karaoke box, nor could he imagine himself singing karaoke with him. Because of this, he felt faintly excited about deciding on this destination.
It seems that she is a bad girl who leads others into bad ways.
Although from the perspective of the outside world, it was Iwahashi Shinichi who took an underage girl to a closed space like a karaoke box in broad daylight.
"Just sing the song you want to sing, anything will do." Shinichi Iwahashi looked at Ayumi Hamasaki who was confirming the song clicker and couldn't help but smile, "I just chose the wrong place."
"What?" Hamasaki Ayumi's attention was still on the karaoke machine.
Iwahashi Shinichi answered her, "It's still like this now, it's more like being an audience."
The recording studio was like a newbie interview for her.
Ayumi Hamasaki, who had never received professional training, was very good at singing in karaoke, but when she entered the recording studio, she was exposed to the most rudimentary singing ability. Of course, there are also her distinctive voice and her ability to sing without a teacher.
Tong possesses some sound processing skills.
However, the interview just now was actually incomplete. Iwahashi Shinichi thought this for a while because Hamasaki sang a song that he didn't like.
Whether it is for a quiet interview or to fulfill her wish to sing for him, she should sing songs that she likes and is good at.
After listening to Iwahashi Shinichi's words, Hamasaki didn't raise his head and just chose the song to sing.
In karaoke, she and her friends would sing songs by popular singers, songs that could heat up the atmosphere, and songs by favorite singers. Of course, she would also sing songs by Akina-san.
Iwahashi Shinichi was thinking about the songs that she might be able to sing, and she had been singing them all the time.
Despite this, even if he switched to karaoke, Hamasaki was still unwilling to order Akina Nakamori's songs in front of Shinichi Iwahashi.
It seemed that if I sang Akina-san's song in front of him, I would show timidity.
