After Nansha Zhiren retired, she did not put everything related to her idol into a box like Yamaguchi Momoe, add three locks and then sink it to the bottom of the sea, just to say a complete farewell.
When I was bored with raising children, I briefly played as a lyricist and did not deliberately avoid my idol career. Relatively speaking, my relationship with the entertainment industry was not so clear.
After her retirement, CBS and Sony took care of various copyright matters during her idol days. A while ago, Saori Minami received a call from the staff responsible for her post-retirement affairs, informing her that a new idol planned to cover her debut song "
17 years old".
She didn't take it to heart personally. To put it bluntly, the call from the staff was just to tell her that such an incident had happened. Although it involved a re-arrangement, the person who really needed to seek permission was the songwriter of the song.
For Minami Saori, the fact that her former songs are now being covered by unknown new idols is not something that needs to be taken seriously.
Later, Chisato Moritaka's single was released, and out of courtesy, Warner Pioneer also sent the finished single through CBS Sony, Saori Minami, lyricist Mieko Arima and composer Kyohei Tsutsumi.
After Minami Saori received the single, she listened to it and found that the song had been adapted into a popular style, and no trace of the past could be found.
When she first heard the unfamiliar "17 Years Old", Minami Saori found it a little hard to accept it. She really felt that her past idol career had been covered by the new era.
However, such a strange "17 Years Old" is at the same time a familiar "17 Years Old". While she feels that this is no longer her own era, she also has a tangible feeling that this era is born out of her past.
The feeling of the times.
Can your old songs still collide with current trends like this?
Nan Saori cannot say that she likes Chisato Moritaka's cover very much, but she cannot deny that this is a unique cover.
After listening to it, Minami Saori collected the single.
As a result, after a while, this cover of "17 Years Old" suddenly became a topic of discussion. Even the staff in charge of CBS and Sony called her to tell her that because Chisato Moritaka's cover received an enthusiastic response, even the original sung by Minami Saori
The version also gained attention again, and the company also received a petition to reprint her "17 Years Old".
"From the current situation, it seems that Moritaka Chisato's cover will definitely become popular and become a trend that cannot be underestimated. Therefore, the company is also considering the feedback from record stores and listeners, and is considering reprinting your "17 Years Old"
matter." CBS Sony staff reported to Nan Sha Zhihui.
Nan Saori was surprised when he learned the news.
Not only did the staff feed back such news to her, but her eldest son, who was already a primary school student, came home one day and told her that he heard her mother’s old songs on the school radio.
Unexpectedly, ten years after she retired, a cover version of her past songs would also become popular. Old things have blossomed into beautiful flowers in the new era.
Coming from the era of popular idols, she was once a star that was sought after by people all over the country. She has seen many big scenes. However, the attention paid to her through a cover song has made her extra special.
The touching feeling even surpassed the limelight that once attracted the attention of the whole country when I was a girl.
Through this cover, the audience has turned their attention to her debut song. The audience will remember that she also had a time when she was seventeen years old.
I also had a time when I was seventeen... When Nan Saori thought about this, she couldn't help but burst into tears.
For Minami Saori, who is already a mother of three children and has become a housewife in her middle age, this cannot help but move her. With the popularity of old songs, the audience's memories are awakened, and her youth seems to have also
Then he recovered.
Becoming an idol and leaving behind works has preserved her youth forever.
Because of these thoughts, when her husband Nori Shinoyama came home, she showed this single to him. When she first received it, she only listened to it once and put the single aside.
When introducing this single to Kishin Sasayama, Minami Saori said to him, "Now I can better understand the value of the photographer's job. It freezes beautiful things forever and makes 'beauty' never fade away."
, it’s an amazing job.”
It was rare for his wife to express her opinions on Sasayama Noribu's work, so Sasayama Noribu was surprised to hear such words suddenly from her mouth, but in any case, even if he is a first-class photographer, it is important for his wife to recognize his work.
A happy thing.
Then, Sasayama Noribu learned that his wife's emotion was not unreasonable, but came from a single that was a cover of her famous song.
After ten years of retirement and becoming a mother of three children, she still feels the shadow of youth. Minami Saori feels as if she has become younger again. Even Saori Shinoyama feels incredible when she looks like a girl.
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Even when she reaches middle age, the girlish part of Nan Saori has not really been erased.
Realizing this, Sasayama Noribu felt very proud. Cynthia, who had come from the South, had not erased the shadow of her teenage years after marrying him, which was undoubtedly an affirmation of him.
In fact, Minami Saori's youth has always been there, it just fell asleep, rather than "disappeared". And now, this cover single has undoubtedly triggered dreams and shadows about youth.
Minami Saori thanked the person who produced this single from the bottom of her heart, so she thought of writing a letter to the producer of the single and Chisato Moritaka, who covered the song.
Before writing a letter, she had to first confirm who was writing to her. She found the words "Producer: Shinichi Iwahashi" on the record sleeve, and called the staff of CBS and Sony to confirm. She knew that this was outsourced by Warner Pioneer.
Single produced by genzo.
"Iwahashi Shinichi-san..."
Nan Saori wrote this name on the letter paper, and Sasayama Kishin also knew it.
The surname Iwahashi is not very common. Today I am taking a cover photo of this band. The band member’s surname is Iwahashi. His surname is Iwahashi and he is also a musician. Sasayama Noribu thought it was quite a coincidence, but he didn’t say anything.
After a while, the break was over and the staff came to call them. Iwahashi Shinichi picked up the hood and put it on his head again. Miwa-chan smiled beside him and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Shinichi-kun~"
The giraffe man, who lost all emotion as soon as he put on the hood, ignored her.
Shinichi-kun?
In this case, this person's name is "Shinichi Iwahashi". Shinoyama Kishino looked at it a little strangely. Is there really such a coincidence of the same name? Or is this Shinichi Iwahashi the same Shinichi Iwahashi?
Miwa-chan acted as if no one else was around and stretched out her hand to adjust Iwahashi Shinichi's headgear. Masato Nakamura stood behind the two of them, with his hands on his hips, looking at them with a smile, as if he was not surprised.
This picture looks so harmonious.
Sasayama was moved by the memory and raised his camera to freeze the scene.
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A few days later, Shinichi Iwahashi returned to Kawasaki's office and found a somewhat strange letter among the pile of letters sent by the clerk.
"Iwahashi-san, thank you for choosing this song and giving it a new color. I sincerely hope that you will bring more excellent works in the future."
Such a text message expressing gratitude was signed by Nan Saori.
The letter was not sent by Minami Saori herself, but she wrote it and gave it to the CBS Sony staff, who then sent it to Genzo through CBS Sony. This is a relatively standard approach of "doing business without creating personal relationships".
The top idol of the previous generation wrote him a letter of thanks in person. Iwahashi Shinichi was surprised, but he also realized how popular Chisato Moritaka's single is now.
Otherwise, this letter would not have been written before, but would have been written now.
Famous singers have their famous songs covered every year, but few of them deserve the attention of the real people. It is undoubtedly an affirmation to receive a letter of thanks from Minami Saori himself, both in terms of the quality of the song itself and the benefits brought by the song.
heat.
The next day, Iwahashi Shinichi went to Warner Pioneer to participate in the song selection meeting for Moritaka Chisato's next single. Moritaka Chisato herself was also present at this song selection meeting. She also followed Iwahashi Shinichi's previous instructions and brought the lyrics she had filled in with her.
passed.
The route for the next single has been decided, and the music style is still European dance. It took a lot of effort to gain attention through the adaptation of "17 Years Old", but a rash transformation will only lead to failure.
Again, it is better to knock out bricks one by one and replace them than to knock down a wall in one go.
During the song selection meeting, the lyrics written by Moritaka Chisato were also put on the conference table and included in the scope of discussion. Compared with when Shinichi Iwahashi took over, Moritaka Chisato's progress in writing lyrics was very obvious.
After deciding on the sales method of giving up the powerful ones and starting from scratch and adding points, Sentaka Chisato calmed down and left room for self-examination.
Compared to the initial eagerness to show off his lyrics in order to gain recognition, the lyrics Moritaka Chisato writes now appear to be much calmer.
Rather than "showing herself", she began to pay more attention to thinking about what she wanted to express and the theme she wanted to describe. Although she was still immature, she already had the awareness to construct a world view of her own lyrics.
This is undoubtedly a good sign. Similarly, Chisato Moritaka's talent as a lyricist is also obvious when he can realize his own problems and correct them for the better after receiving advice.
The people at Warner Pioneer read some of the lyrics and found them to be quite remarkable. Of course they are not qualified to be used as the lead of a new single, but if they are used as c/w songs or album songs,
Not bad at all.
After the song selection session was over and they left the conference room, Chisato Moritaka and her manager were waiting to say hello to Shinichi Iwahashi. Kawashima seemed to always be in the same routine, "Iwahashi-san, Moritaka will be looking after you next."
Being an agent is such a job that requires you to keep lowering your head and saying nice things. Iwahashi Shinichi is also an agent himself, so he is accustomed to this. He politely greeted Kawashima, and then turned his attention to Chisato Moritaka who looked expectant.
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Her expression almost said "I have something to tell you" written on her face.
"Iwahashi-san."
Chisato Moritaka finally got the chance to speak, "I received a personal letter from Nansa Orisang himself."
"Yeah?"
"Nansa Ori-san said that she liked the version I sang very much and cheered for me. She is such a gentle star." Chisato Moritaka was flattered and satisfied after receiving encouragement from the main host.
Nan Saori wrote letters to the producer and the singer respectively, and Saori Minami really meant it. But now, no matter who is affirming it, it is like the icing on the cake, because the hot sales have already proven everything.
In the new week, the record sales statistics were released. At the same time, both Warner Vanguard and Chisato Moritaka's office were reporting the same thing.
"...Next is the sales status of Chisato Moritaka's single "17 Years Old"." Chisato Moritaka's direct manager said.
Kenichi Yamauchi is still sitting here today, waiting to hear the sales situation of Chisato Moritaka's single. Ever since he was assigned the task of contacting Kawahata Kichiichiro, he has been particularly concerned about the sales situation of this single.
As the performance of the single got better and better, Kenichi Yamauchi's concern changed from "whether his efforts were in vain" to "wanting to see how far this single can go."
"A total of 27,000 CDs, LPs, and cassettes were sold, once again setting a new record for her best performance since her debut, ranking eighth on the charts, and entering the top 10 for the first time since her debut."
Breaking into the top 10 for the first time, this is really exciting news!
And the report with a sense of victory continued, "...on the cable broadcast side, Moriko-san's single on-demand number ranked fifth on the on-demand list, making him the fastest-rising singer in recent times."
There is nothing more comforting than sitting aside and listening to good news, Kenichi Yamauchi thought.
From being a street idol to being in the top 10, it took a little more than half a year, which is not a long time.
After the transformation, the three singles were released step by step. First, the transformation was carried out through the first two, and then the cover of famous songs was used as a sign to gain fame. Every step was planned, and the expectations were accurately fulfilled.
Although Kenichi Yamauchi had never met Shinichi Iwahashi and didn't know where this producer came from, he developed an unknown trust in him because of this beautiful transformation plan.
The source of this trust may also be related to the fact that Chisato Moritaka is currently reporting on his impressive achievements. It is like when going on a blind date, you already have a good impression of the other person, but there happens to be a matchmaker who always says good things to the other person.
Water can cook porridge and push a boat.
The small boat slowly floated over and landed in front of Yamauchi Kenichi.
Kenichi Yamauchi listened to the report and thought to himself that this Iwahashi-san seems to be quite good at making idols. Now that the company is preparing to launch, new people directly under him have been allocated. Is it possible to consider inviting this Iwahashi-san to come?
Be a producer?
Although his reputation is not as good as those of well-known big-name producers, his methods are very beautiful and he has his own ideas.
This idea popped into Kenichi Yamauchi's mind, so the more he thought about it, the more he felt it was necessary to at least have a chat with Iwahashi-san and hear his thoughts.
