However, this time is different from every time before. In the future, I will never have the same mood as this time.
People who regard Tokyo as a stage to realize their dreams, with anxious longing for the future and a touch of sadness of leaving home, move closer to the center of Tokyo from all directions. There are countless songs and TV series about going to Beijing, but these
To Ayumi Hamasaki, who was still a young girl, it seemed a bit far away and incomprehensible.
For her, the motivation to go to Tokyo comes from a rebellious idea.
It is a dream for a small office operating in Fukuoka to be able to compete with the GENZO and Watanabe departments. The small office itself, which is far away in Fukuoka, does not have much local influence. It wants to catch up with the influence in Tokyo.
, it’s not even easy.
Although the office where Ayumi Hamasaki works currently has some connections with the offices affiliated with the Film and Television Department, there is no alliance between them, let alone any deep friendship.
Now, Shinichi Iwahashi has taken a fancy to Hamasaki and personally came forward to ask for him, which just gave him an excellent opportunity to contact him. The office in Fukuoka gave up Hamasaki's contract almost without thinking.
If Iwahashi Shinichi cuts off the contract before the contract is finalized, he will attract criticism from the industry. However, with his current status and situation, there is no need to elaborately arrange something to win over a small newcomer.
Bureau.
After his phone call, three days later, Zhang Zi and Hamasaki Ayumi, mother and daughter, went to Beijing again as planned.
However, the person negotiating the contract was replaced by Shinichi Iwahashi.
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After Akiko and Ayumi Hamasaki's mother and daughter arrived in Tokyo, the staff who came to pick them up took them to GENZO.
This was the first time for Zhang Zi to visit the GENZO headquarters, or in other words, the first time to visit a record company, and he felt quite strange in his heart.
The daughter who once contradicted the record company president when they first met is now going to become a member of the record company.
Looking back now, I don't know whether it was because of my predestined relationship with Shinichi Iwahashi, or because this legendary producer with first-class vision really saw some possibility early on in Hamasaki, who was just a child.
But for Akiko, no matter which answer it was, the appearance of Shinichi Iwahashi took Hamasaki away from the dilemma he might have faced.
Unlike her mother, who had a complicated heart, Hamasaki felt calm when she came to GENZO again.
However, on my third visit, the receptionist at the front desk and the clerk of President Sang probably felt that this girl looked familiar to many people.
The mother and daughter were taken to the reception room. After waiting for a short time, Iwahashi Shinichi opened the door and came in.
"Welcome you two." He was in a good mood.
Akiko exchanged greetings with Shinichi Iwahashi and expressed his apologies: "This incident has caused a lot of trouble for Iwahashi-san."
Iwahashi Shinichi denied: "I should thank Zhang Zisang and Ayu for their trust." Then his eyes fell on Hamasaki Ayumi and smiled, "Welcome, Ayu."
This "welcome" was no longer the same as in the past. Ayumi Hamasaki seemed to have this awareness in ignorance, and faced Shinichi Iwahashi with a humble expression.
After obtaining the opinions of Akiko and Hamasaki, they immediately took action at the last moment and intercepted her contract. No matter how the outside world views Shinichi Iwahashi's actions, for Hamasaki, this president, Sang Yinuo, is worthy of trust.
Unspeakable excitement surged in her heart until Shinichi Iwahashi poured a basin of cold water on her.
Iwahashi Shinichi and Akiko talked about their plans, "Ayu's record contract, needless to say, will be signed with GENZO. The first contract is for five years, and GENZO has her first right to renew. In the first five years
During the year, we will ask Ayu to undergo some singer training, but the specific debut date will depend on the situation."
Regarding these, it is expected.
Akiko feels that it is not easy for her daughter who has never been trained as a singer to start from scratch, but Hamasaki is still thinking about how to become a person like Akina-san.
Mother and daughter each have their own thoughts, but they both have no objections to the fact that they will not debut for the time being.
"Then there's Ayu's management contract." Shinichi Iwahashi changed the subject and mentioned another key point, "Although Ayu will not officially start her entertainment work in a short period of time, there are still some occasions or contracts.
It would be more appropriate for an office to take care of it on your behalf.
What's more, Ayu is still a minor and needs the care of a guardian. Watanabe-san's office has always been the closest collaborator with GENZO. Needless to say, Watanabe-san's talent is even inferior to mine, and his character is even more noble...
"
Iwahashi Shinichi has high hopes for Hamasaki and insists on asking for her contract through himself. Since he has shown the change in his style to the outside world and has not concealed his ambition in front of Watanabe Manyumi, then,
We can't let Watanabe Manyumi show nothing.
Even if Ayumi Hamasaki's management contract is handed over to Watanabe Wan Yumi now, and Iwahashi Shinichi does not make plans, Watanabe Wan Yumi will not plan for Hamasaki Ayumi's future without authorization. As for Hamasaki Ayumi, does he have an agency?
Has little effect.
But for Shinichi Iwahashi and Watanabe Manyumi, handing Hamasaki Ayumi's management contract to Watanabe Manyumi was like proof that they had reached a tacit consensus before entering a new era.
Watanabe Manyumi had previously suggested to Iwahashi Shinichi that she should come forward to get Hamasaki Ayumi's contract, which was a response to this approach.
Iwahashi Shinichi was generous in his praise for Watanabe Mayumi. Akiko heard this and felt that it would be great to have such a female president to take care of her daughter.
Hamasaki stared at Shinichi Iwahashi's lips, and an idea came to his mind.
...not only this president-san, but also another president-san.
Waiting for her here is not only Iwahashi Shinichi, but also Watanabe Manyumi.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! A few years ago, when Shinichi Iwahashi met Hamasaki for the first time, he left her Watanabe Manyumi’s business card, but Hamasaki and Ayumi
This time I went to Kyoto, I didn't even think about going to see President San who was praised by Iwahashi Shinichi.
Previously, on the filming set of "Twin Teachers", Hamasaki Ayumi saw Wanabe Wan Yumi from a distance, and he still remembered that she was a very professional-looking person, as calm as a professional woman in a TV series.
As a female president who is older than herself, Ayumi Hamasaki had serious thoughts about Watanabe Watanabe. However, when she actually met Watanabe Watanabe from a distance, the female president seemed quite gentle.
Even so, this does not eliminate Hamasaki's repulsion towards being controlled by older women.
Or perhaps, her resistance does not come from her rejection of the older female president's control of her, but from some kind of secret hope and some disappointment in the failure of her hope.
Hamasaki couldn't help but ask: "Why do you still want to sign a contract with Watanabe-san's agency?"
Akiko was surprised by her daughter's somewhat rude attitude, "Ayu..." She showed an apologetic expression. But in her heart, she was secretly glad that the president of the firm who was praised highly by Shinichi Iwahashi was not there yet.
…
"You said you wanted me to do what I want to do." Hamasaki stared at Shinichi Iwahashi.
Iwahashi Shinichi corrected, "I want you to do a job that allows you to maintain yourself."
He looked at Hamasaki's irritable face, and before she asked her question, he told her: "GENZO does not handle singers' management contracts. Watanabe-san's agency is the closest partner here.
Bian Sang only takes care of the singer's work and does not participate in the singer's planning."
"So, you can rest assured." Iwahashi Shinichi told her.
Akiko looked at her daughter and couldn't figure out why she was struggling with this matter. Hamasaki himself also knew that he was rude. When he raised his eyes, he felt awkward when he saw Shinichi Iwahashi's gentle and tolerant face.
She hesitated, but in the end she only said one sentence: "I thought all I needed to do was sign a contract with you."
Childish speech.
Iwahashi Shinichi smiled, "Contracts are very complicated things." He did not change his mind, but repeated, "Don't worry," and told her, "The reason why we signed the contract with Watanabe-san's office is just to facilitate the arrangement for you to take over.
Down to life in Tokyo.”
"I thought you would arrange my life in Tokyo." Hamasaki said something back to him without thinking. His heart skipped a beat when he said the words.
Iwahashi Shinichi was surprised by her sudden display of arrogance and unreasonableness, "I'll make arrangements?"
He calmed down and told her his arrangement: "Usually, underage artists are cared for by the company's senior executives. This is the industry's practice. Watanabe-san is a woman, so she will take care of you.
Just right."
"But, isn't there a child living in your home?"
Ayumi Hamasaki said this and looked at Shinichi Iwahashi's stunned expression. He felt guilty for a moment, as if he had asked him for something he shouldn't have.
Why are you always so arrogant and unreasonable in front of President Sang?
When this idea came to Ayumi Hamasaki's mind, she suddenly refused to be outdone, opened her eyes, and met Shinichi Iwahashi with her eyes, as if she was asking him for something that belonged to her.
The meeting with Nakamori Akina and Utada Hikaru, and that dinner, cast such a shadow in Hamasaki's heart. She thought to herself, if the child named Utada Hikari had not lived in the Iwahashi family, she would not have
Such thoughts.
...I am not making trouble unreasonably.
Under such circumstances, Iwahashi Shinichi was surprised when he heard her mention Utada Hikaru.
Akiko felt sorry for himself and apologized to Shinichi Iwahashi: "Ayu's matter has caused trouble to Iwahashi-san..."
As a mother, she cannot understand that her daughter's rejection of the female president whom she has never formally met is actually the result of rebellion from being born into a woman's family.
Similarly, Zhang Zi, who only raised an only daughter, could not understand his daughter's competitiveness for a while.
When her mother Akiko apologized to Iwahashi Shinichi, Hamasaki Ayumi suddenly fell silent. The girl who was almost careless just now disappeared without a trace at this moment.
…
Watanabe Wanyumi deliberately arrived a moment late to give Shinichi Iwahashi an opportunity to communicate with Ayumi Hamasaki and her daughter.
She has an excellent memory, and can remember the names of even little-known minor characters. Because of this, when flipping through the production materials of "Twin Teachers", she glanced at Hamasaki Ayumi's name and immediately remembered it in her heart.
It left a vague impression.
However, apart from the name, nothing else is clear.
After Iwahashi Shinichi mentioned this girl to her, Watanabe Wanyumi thought of the TV series "Twin Teachers" and originally planned to watch the character "Tachibana Momo" in it. However, she immediately gave up the idea.
Judging from Iwahashi Shinichi's intention, he treats Hamasaki Ayumi as a blank sheet of paper.
In this case, instead of leaving a vague old impression of Hamasaki, it is better to wait for her to stand in front of him, like a blank piece of paper.
GENZO and her office were very close to each other. As Watanabe Wan Yumi set off there, she secretly thought about it.
A girl who entered the entertainment industry as a young actress, but threatened that she could not work as an actress. Before meeting Ayumi Hamasaki herself, Watanabe Wan Yumi had already felt the stubborn and independent part of this girl's personality.
While she felt that this girl's personality would rather bend than bend, she also felt that Iwahashi Shinichi's accommodation to this girl was unbelievable. But then she thought about it, the girl who would rather bend than bend would have suffered a lot if she had not met such a person who could accommodate her.
From this point of view, the encounter between Shinichi Iwahashi and Ayumi Hamasaki was like fighting and enduring.
When Watanabe Mayumi was thinking about this, a ridiculous idea flashed in her mind. After Nakamori Akina won "STAR! Birth", if the agency she signed with was not Kenyin, with such an outstanding personality, she would have suffered a lot.
.
This momentary inexplicable association made Watanabe Mayumi frown slightly, but she also had a subtle understanding of Iwahashi Shinichi.
GENZO headquarters has arrived.
Watanabe Manyumi was lost in thought when she was suddenly interrupted. She thought nonsensically that sometimes it was not a good thing if the two companies were too close.
Shinichi Iwahashi's clerk led the way and sent Wanyumi Watanabe to the reception room. She knocked on the door gently and stepped in. A middle-aged woman and a girl had already stood up.
Iwahashi Shinichi naturally acted as the introducer, "This is Watanabe-san... The two people here are Hamasaki Ayumi and her mother Akiko-san."
Watanabe Wan Yumi nodded slightly and smiled: "First meeting."
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This female president, who was admired by Shinichi Iwahashi a few years ago and is still admired by him a few years later, is as gentle and capable as Hamasaki Ayumi has seen from a distance, not like the kind of older woman who treats others harshly.
Not only that, he also looks very approachable when he smiles.
After everyone sat down again, Hamasaki raised his eyelids and secretly looked at Watanabe-san.
Zhang Zi had a very good first impression of Watanabe-san, and he was relieved for the most part.
Iwahashi Shinichi didn't pay attention to Hamasaki's little move, and pulled Watanabe Wan Yumi into the discussion, "What's your first impression of Ayu?"
Watanabe Manyumi looked at Hamasaki, smiled again, and answered him: "Now, I can understand your feelings about signing her."
Watanabe Mayumi made a pun.
However, there is another level of "understanding" in her words that only she knows.
