The day after Yukiko Okada retired from the concert, it was her first day officially returning to ordinary life, and the new fiscal year also began.
The entrance ceremony, the initiation ceremony, and the adjustment of the TV station and radio station programs also started.
On the TV station side, the band Tianguo has added several new advertising sponsors.
Dentsu, which handles their huge publicity funds on behalf of companies, has raised Band Paradise to a prime-time level. As a billboard program of TV Asahi, this time it not only attracted new advertisers, but also raised the threshold for sponsorship.
was improved.
Watanabe Manyumi's u-miz recruited several new young members and cultivated its own direct lineage from scratch. On this day, although it was a small office, a solemn entry ceremony was held for the new young members.
In 1988, the employment situation was even more exaggerated than last year. Companies were facing labor shortages everywhere. College students who were about to become social workers were fiercely competed for. In order to seize newcomers, various means were used.
Last year, Takenouchi Akihito asked Shinichi Iwahashi to dress up as "Kimura-kun" and go out to eat and drink. This was outrageous.
This year, the situation has intensified, with large companies exaggerating to the point of bribing school professors in order to steal people, giving them cars, gifts, and joining bonuses, and even going to students' hometowns to get close to their parents.
Such a formation seems to be competing for some powerful talents, but in fact it is obviously not the case.
This kind of atmosphere invisibly raises the value of students higher and higher. These spoiled college students become more and more unscrupulous and play with the company, comparable to scumbags who have nothing to do with their feet. And this kind of atmosphere also makes
Companies that had no intention of doing so in the first place also joined in this war to grab people in this weird atmosphere, just to occupy people.
Even if after recruiting new people, you can only arrange chores for them, you still have to recruit them first.
Why? Because the current world is so prosperous, companies may expand their scale and become a large international company in a matter of minutes. Reserve talents first to avoid being in a hurry.
"People-oriented" has reached such an extent that people really don't know what to say.
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"It's just that my brain is broken."
On Saturday, I met with Watanabe Manyumi at her office and talked about yesterday's entrance ceremony. The topic inevitably came up with today's social atmosphere. It was just the two of them, Watanabe Manyumi said bluntly.
"This situation is not normal no matter how you look at it, isn't it?" Watanabe Mayumi's emotion was more like a complaint after finally recruiting suitable new people.
After hearing this, Iwahashi Shinichi laughed and said: "I have a friend who said to me, 'When the red light is on, we won't be afraid if we all rush together'."
"This kind of mentality is really scary." Watanabe Manyumi shook her head and immediately smiled.
It is indeed scary. Especially in the view of Shinichi Iwahashi, the current overzealous world seems even more ridiculous and terrifying when compared with the tragedy of the bubble bursting later.
However, the chatting topics stopped here.
After Akamatsu Haruko completely replaced Iwahashi Shinichi as Genzo's representative in the band Heaven, he and Watanabe Manyumi even met on Saturday. Naturally, they had something to discuss.
"Have you read the conditions of each record company?" Shinichi Iwahashi asked her.
The signing of DreamseTrue cannot be circumvented by Watanabe Wan Yumi. In addition, it is actually necessary to refer to the opinions of some TV stations. The TV stations may not directly say "Which company to sign with", but they will have their own tendencies to some extent.
"The conditions offered are pretty good," Watanabe Manyumi said, "This shows how much the band is valued."
"This can be considered the strongest band since the show started, right?" When Iwahashi Shinichi said this, he didn't feel like he was bragging at all, but he thought so from the bottom of his heart.
"Indeed." Watanabe Wan Yumi also thought so.
"Consider the company's strength, the band's production experience, the plan for DreamseTrue..." She listed several items in succession, "Of course, there are also the views of TV Asahi, as well as Yoshida-san and Nakamura-san, and finally you and me."
To be precise, it is the last "you and me" who really make the decision.
"Although there are twenty-six companies, after such a comprehensive analysis, the final options are only four." Watanabe Mayumi showed the cards in her hand on the table one by one, "Victory Records, CBS Sony, ewj
, and finally Toshiba emi.”
Similar to CBS and Sony, Toshiba EMI was also established as a joint venture after Japan's first capital liberalization. It was formerly Toshiba's own "Toshiba Music Industry Corporation". Later EMI took a stake and was changed to Toshiba EMI.
"Choose one of four."
This can be regarded as the truth. There is only one choice.
"Shinichi-kun," Watanabe Manyumi finished showing her cards and asked, "Which company do you like?"
Iwahashi Shinichi looked like he was thinking, thought about it, and then mentioned something, "Actually, it was during the previous discussion meeting."
"Huh?" Watanabe Manyumi expressed curiosity.
He then told the record company representatives that they regarded Masato Nakamura as the organizer of the band. Only Kazuo Hirai from CBS and Sony gave him his business card for this seemingly useless mascot.
"Has something like this ever happened before?" Watanabe Wan Yumi was a little interested.
"To be honest, I don't know why Hirai-san did this." Shinichi Iwahashi said, "Maybe it was because he had investigated some information. Of course, it could also be just because he felt that he could hand his business card to anyone."
"Maybe you really think so, just hand over your business card."
Iwahashi Shin nodded, "Yes, that's right." Then he smiled, "As a result, I don't know why he did this, but I paid special attention to him."
"Maybe this is the effect he wants." Watanabe Wanyumi seemed to be enjoying the fun of answering the conversation, one sentence after another, "It successfully attracted your attention."
"Indeed." Iwahashi Shinichi admitted.
Is this what is called "Uncle, you have successfully attracted my attention"? Realizing this, Shinichi Iwahashi was extremely moved. After taking the heroine script for so long, it was finally his turn to be the domineering president.
It's a pity that the opposite role is not a beautiful and cute girl, but a fat young man with a magical smile.
"Because of this, CBS and Sony's conditions were considered first." To play against such an opponent, Shinichi Iwahashi simply threw away the script in his hand, completely gave up his dream of being a domineering president, and went with his domineering president Manyumi Watanabe.
Keep talking about business.
In fact, among these four record companies, the conditions provided by CBS Sony are not the best, but after comprehensive consideration, the conditions provided by CBS Sony are considered the most suitable.
The reason why CBS Sony is mentioned in particular is not simply because it has successfully attracted attention, but after careful consideration and comprehensive comparison, I think it is a high-quality choice.
