In the evening, Akamatsu Haruko was waiting at the agreed place, and Watanabe Manyumi picked her up and went to the TV station with her.
Just like the boss, there are the same kind of employees. Akamatsu Haruko was also very good at taking advantage of Watanabe Mayumi's car.
Of course, it's actually because Watanabe Mayumi has a smoother path.
"Sorry to trouble you." Akamatsu Haruko got in the car and thanked Watanabe Manyumi.
Watanabe Manyumi replied "It doesn't matter", turned the car in front and drove towards Asahi TV.
On the way, Watanabe Wan Yumi asked her: "Haruko, what are your former bandmates doing now?"
Akamatsu Haruko didn't expect Watanabe Wanyumi to ask about the members of Abnormal. She was a little surprised, but she quickly replied: "Hirakawa-san has been helping in the recording studio recently, and Kawazoe-san and Koyanagi-san both have tour contracts."
She didn't say any more, and Akamatsu Haruko couldn't guess the reason why Watanabe Mayumi suddenly asked about this matter, let alone ask it herself, so she only guessed in her heart that maybe Iwahashi Shinichi said something to her.
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Previously, Shinichi Iwahashi told Watanabe Manyumi that he was going to "take the initiative", letting her guess that he was going to personally produce a band and sell it.
Now, Genzo has two bands on hand, one is Bolan, which was reorganized after joining Gomi Takashi, and the other is Abnormal, which went into hiatus because Akamatsu Haruko wanted to retreat behind the scenes.
The three members of bolan, especially lead singer Moritomo Arashi, are determined to participate in more livehouse performances to hone themselves, so the band will not go underground for a while. Besides, after Iwahashi Shinichi mentioned this matter, he took the initiative to ask
About the selection meeting.
Because of this, Watanabe Wan Yumi guessed that he planned to personally choose a new lead singer for Abnormal. Not only that, the target was also a female lead singer.
From the time he produced the Girls' Rock Music Festival, Shinichi Iwahashi has attached great importance to the composition of a band with a female protagonist, and Watanabe Mayumi knew it very well.
Guessing this, she took the initiative to invite Shinichi Iwahashi to participate in the final interview.
It would be great if this lead singer could be selected in this audition. Watanabe Manyumi considered the cooperative relationship with Iwahashi Shinichi and felt that it would be a win-win situation if she could contribute.
Akamatsu Haruko was determined to move behind the scenes. Iwahashi Shinichi had previously promised that she would find a replacement vocalist, but she made no progress.
This time Iwahashi Shinichi decided to take action on his own. Watanabe Mayumi thought of the quality that Akamatsu Haruko had shown during her time as Genzo's representative, and Iwahashi Shinichi's private affirmation of Akamatsu Haruko, and felt that she might want to help in the future.
Iwahashi Shinichi built a step for Akamatsu Haruko.
Arriving at TV Asahi, Watanabe Mayumi parked her car in the guest parking lot.
After getting off the car, the two walked to the elevator one after another and headed to the lounge. They met every week, and the representatives had become accustomed to the partnership of these two beauties.
On such occasions, Watanabe Mayumi was able to communicate and chat with the representatives with ease, but Akamatsu Haruko was mostly silent, sitting upright next to Watanabe Mayumi, just a bystander.
Everyone present knew that the only backbone of Genzo was Shinichi Iwahashi. Therefore, although they took care of Haruko Akamatsu, they also knew that although these two beauties were partners, the one worth talking about in depth was the president of u-miz.
, the second daughter of the Watanabe family, Watanabe Manyumi who produced this band Heaven.
Going behind the scenes, the world she enters is extremely harsh for women with no background. In the eyes of others, Akamatsu Haruko is now a substitute for Shinichi Iwahashi, a follower of Watanabe Wanyumi, and a vase of band heaven.
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Compared to standing on stage and singing before, it can be said that I have turned on the hard mode.
Unless you can produce decent works, you can never expect to gain recognition and respect from the industry.
Akamatsu Haruko knew that Iwahashi Shinichi asked her to find a lead singer herself, as if he was asking her for this "work" that could prove herself.
With Watanabe Manyumi here and following her with ease, Akamatsu Haruko also felt relaxed. While feeling relaxed, she suddenly thought of Kamaike Sachiko, whom she met at the sorority party yesterday.
Perhaps it was because she felt relaxed when she and Kamai Sachiko shared the feeling of being out of place.
Although, following Watanabe Wanyumi as a foil on such an occasion, and having a wonderful connection with Kamaike Sachiko at the sorority party because of the same inability to deal with sociable people, are two completely different things.
Thinking about it today, Akamatsu Haruko was still deeply impressed by Kamai Sachiko's voice.
A girl who can sing so well has chosen to be a model. Does Kamachi-san aim to become a variety artist? It was the first time they met and they were not very familiar with each other. Akamatsu Haruko was not comfortable asking such a question.
But when I think about it, and from the bottom of my heart, I feel that Sachiko Kamaiike’s voice is very nice.
At this time, the staff came over and asked them to go to the studio and take their seats.
Akamatsu Haruko stood up with Watanabe Manyumi, and the two beauties walked one behind the other, walking towards the studio in a special conspicuous state among the representative lineup composed of blue and black.
"correct."
Watanabe Manyumi remembered something, paused for a moment, waited for Akamatsu Haruko to catch up, tilted her head and said to her: "Tonight, Glico's commercial will start airing."
"Really?" Akamatsu Haruko responded, naturally this was something she couldn't know.
Watanabe Manyumi didn't mean to get a response, but just wanted to talk to her about it.
Immediately, the two entered the studio and sat down in their own places.
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This night, Miwa Yoshida sat in front of the TV, watching this episode of Band Heaven as an audience.
We had band work today. After that and before everyone went home, Masato Nakamura mentioned it first and said that Glico commercials had started to be broadcast on TV.
Masato Nakamura should pay more attention to such matters.
Even if he didn't mention it, Yoshida Miwa was still thinking about it and wanted to see with her own eyes the commercials paired with her songs being broadcast on TV.
When Nakamura Masato mentioned it, he not only let Yoshida Miwa know that he remembered it, but also knew that Iwahashi Shinichi also remembered it.
The three people, who have gone from humble beginnings to the present, and finally made a difference, have a tacit understanding that goes without saying on this matter.
After returning home, Yoshida Miwa looked at the time and changed the TV to TV Asahi on time. As a normal viewer, when I saw the fun part, I would find the commercials annoying, but I didn't expect that I would look forward to the day when the commercials would be broadcast.
Yoshida Miwa thought about this and laughed by herself.
The actor chosen by Glico to shoot this advertisement is Rie Miyazawa. Rie Miyazawa, who debuted as a model at the age of eleven, has always been favored by advertisers. Last year, she became famous with an advertisement she shot for Mitsui Fudosan.
Big rise.
Now just fifteen years old, she is already a familiar face on TV and the darling of advertisers.
This kind of life is like pressing the accelerator button.
Miwa Yoshida watched the familiar program flow with gusto. What was different from usual was that before watching this program, she liked to watch the program itself, but starting from today, she even watched the commercials of the program.
like.
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Last year, Rie Miyazawa's popularity increased greatly when she wore a sailor suit. This time in the Glico advertisement, she once again wore a sailor suit, but it was not the navy blue color of last year, but a blue and white sailor suit that matched well with summer.
A fifteen-year-old girl plays the role of a schoolgirl in love in the advertisement, with baby-fat cheeks and a girlish air.
Shinichi Iwahashi saw Rie Miyazawa like this in front of the TV, and he felt sincerely that he was really the most dazzling fifteen-year-old at the moment... Being able to be like this at the age of fifteen is simply an example of God's blessing.
Having said that, when I recorded the demo tape for Amuse's Fukatsu Eri, I was surprised because the girl was only a teenager. By now, I have already gotten used to the Japanese saying "you have to be famous early"
In the entertainment industry, it is no longer strange for a fifteen-year-old advertising actor.
In the commercial, accompanied by the background music of "So happy! So happy! I love it so much!", Rie Miyazawa, who played the female student, took out Glico Pocky from her bag and happily shared it with the actor who played the male student.
The youthful atmosphere hits the face, the pure temperament of Miyazawa Rie, and the refreshing and shy male students give people a feeling of "youth is so good~".
Compared to the "senior" Miyazawa Rie, who has been in the industry for several years, the male student is probably still a newcomer, and she appears to be slightly inferior to Miyazawa Rie when she plays opposite her in a commercial.
However, because in the entire commercial, Rie Miyazawa plays the aggressive side, the greenness of the male student feels just right.
When the commercial was broadcast, there was a line of text in the lower right corner of the TV, marking the title of the commercial song: "So happy! So happy! I love it so much!".
This is the biggest promotion for the band's debut single.
The official release of the single will be four days later, and the distribution will be earlier. Now that the advertisements have started to be broadcast, record stores are already stocking the shelves.
It’s not like a game to tell you when it will be officially released. You just need to move your fingers to allocate it. The prosperous places in Kanto, Kansai and the East China Sea can distribute goods earlier, while the countryside in remote cities can be distributed earlier than the official release date.
The time is later.
If you go to Ishigaki Island or the northernmost place in Hokkaido, you have to make a reservation one month in advance if you want to buy records.
Records must have a producer, a distributor, and a seller.
Small record companies do not have their own distribution network and have to entrust large distribution companies to distribute their records. Of course, for CBS and Sony, they are the only agents for others.
With the bonus of being the band's Champions of Heaven, record stores are quite optimistic about the band's sales prospects, so the number of orders sent from various places is also considerable. In addition, CBS and Sony also have high hopes, and combined with the success of Begin who debuted before them
The performance trend, the band's debut single, and various media combined together, the printing was quite large, 50,000 copies were printed in one go, half of which were kept in the warehouse, and the other half were distributed.
The record market is in a slump these days, so the first printing of 50,000 copies for a new band is already proof of high standards.
The debut album, which was released two weeks later, also had 50,000 copies in stock.
As a debut album, in order to gain fame, the album title uses the band's namesake "DreamseTrue", and comes with a nationwide tour schedule.
They are all small venues such as school auditoriums or civic cultural centers that can only accommodate two to three hundred people. We did not visit all the forty-seven prefectures. We only selected relatively large cities.
Not only that, CBS Sony had the heart to negotiate with the junior high school Miwa-chan attended and asked for permission to use their auditorium to perform Homecoming. But at least for Miwa-chan, it was her decision to leave Hokkaido and come to Tokyo to pursue her dreams.
An echo of a singing dream.
The evidence is that after confirming the venue, she immediately called her friends in Hokkaido and told them about it. She also excitedly announced to Shinichi Iwahashi and Masato Nakamura that her friends would promote the band there.
Every step forward towards her dream makes her jump with joy.
When working with people like this, I feel full of energy at all times.
On TV, after the Glico commercial, there were several more commercials. After that, the show switched back to the program, and the next one to appear was a band called theplease.
As soon as the performance started, Shinichi Iwahashi could tell that this band was what one might call a seasoned band, with no sense of "amateurism" at all, but rather a professional air.
The technology is adequate, but it is polished a bit too much, and the light emanates, as if it was thrown out by a polished plate.
Such a band cannot become popular, or in other words, it cannot be popular for a long time.
Iwahashi Shinichi thought that even if they shined, it would be the kind of light that would fall off as soon as it was wiped off and would not last long. They might be able to win one game, but as long as the next simple and solid band appeared, it would be easy to defeat them.
After theplease's performance ended, the evaluation received was roughly "solid" and "no edges", and the score it received was not low.
The show continued, and one band after another appeared. In the end, this band did not get a chance to win. In this episode of the show, the winner of the previous show won the championship for the second time in a row.
Declare the end.
"The winner of this issue is blankeyjetcity who has won two consecutive victories! Congratulations!"
On the TV screen, with the words of Yuji Miyake, the program came to an end. Amid the cheers in the studio, the list of cast and crew members scrolled past quickly.
Shinichi Iwahashi turned off the TV.
The next weekend, I made an appointment to have dinner with Watanabe Wan Yumi. At the dinner table, she mentioned that she had a party that evening, "I want to visit Suzuki-san at his house. Suzuki-san has worked with his father before, so it's not easy to show up empty-handed..."
After a pause in his tone, he invited: "Do you have any plans later? Shen Yijun."
"Do you want me to choose a gift with you?" Iwahashi Shinichi looked at her face and guessed what she was going to say.
Watanabe Manyumi didn't feel guilty at all and asked calmly, "Is that okay?"
"My poor apprentice's vision is not worthy of reference, right?" Iwahashi Shinichi complained to himself. After thinking about it, he still said: "However, if 'Watanabe-sensei' makes special extra lessons, I would be happy to take it."
Watanabe Mayumi’s smile lies in this “Watanabe-sensei”.
