In the afternoon, Teacher Watanabe took her poor students. They put down their books, walked out of the classroom, and went to the Ginza Teaching Practice Base to launch a unique teaching activity.
...Okay, we just went to a department store in Ginza together to discuss what gifts to buy and visit that Suzuki-san.
When going to such an occasion, there are actually rules to follow when it comes to choosing gifts, and there is no need for anything fancy. It is said that Iwahashi Shinichi is called. Rather than asking him to be a consultant, it is better to call two of them.
It will be more lively if you choose them together.
By the way, we can chat again and talk about business and private matters.
"Yesterday, I went to Mori-san's house to visit Masako-san." As soon as she started shopping, Watanabe Wanyumi's steps became brisk and the topics she talked about became lighter. The magic of shopping is really incredible.
"It's been a while since those two young masters were born." In contrast, Shinichi Iwahashi, who was shopping with him, was a little absent-minded. It seemed that what was added to him was a debuff.
In April this year, the eldest son of Shinichi Mori and Masako Mori was born. They even sent a postcard to Shinichi Iwahashi, apparently because they still remembered him as their former manager.
Even so, it would be a different matter if he was already married and had his wife to go out diplomatically. But now, with his relationship with Mori Shinichi, he was not able to visit his wife who had just given birth to a child.
Therefore, after receiving the news, Shinichi Iwahashi bought a gift and sent it along with a congratulatory card.
"I heard from Chang Zisang that the child's name is Guikuan."
Watanabe Manyumi told Iwahashi Shinichi, "I made a joke at Masako-san's place."
"What joke?"
Watanabe Manyumi smiled at first, "I have no experience, so I don't know what a baby of this month should look like. After seeing it, I thought he was pitifully small, and I still thought to myself, 'Is it okay to be so small?'. As a result, Masako
Sang said that he grows faster among babies."
"This is not a joke, I just don't understand." Iwahashi Shinichi replied.
Watanabe Manyumi nodded slightly, "However, it's incredible to think about it. Masako-san is also the first time to become a mother, right? It's obviously the first time to be a mother, so you know so much."
"Perhaps Shoko-san was like you at first, feeling that the child was too small." Iwahashi Shinichi thought about it and said, "Because I was worried, I asked countless people in private before I found out so much."
When Watanabe Wan Yumi heard what he said, she suddenly imagined a mother using her hands as a ruler to measure her sleeping baby every day.
This kind of imagination has a certain warmth. She smiled and said, "Shen Yijun's heart is too careful."
"Have it?"
"It's not easy for ordinary people to be so considerate of others." She said this, half jokingly, half seriously, "No wonder you have such an accurate eye for newcomers."
"If it's a compliment, I won't accept it politely." Iwahashi Shinichi is not modest in these matters.
After Watanabe Mayumi selected a gift, she discussed with Shinichi Iwahashi to have tea and take a break. Passing by the grocery store, the dazzling array of things caught Watanabe Mayumi's attention again.
Sure enough, whether she is a domineering CEO or an innocent little white rabbit, a woman who likes this kind of gadget is like a dragon who likes gems. And Quan is a brave man who walks through the maze and takes a short path to go with the dragon who likes gems.
The brave man Iwahashi Shinichi stopped here again. He was bored and looked at the gifts sold inside.
In the glass cabinet, there were music boxes of various styles. His eyes wandered around and landed on one of them.
then
"Shenyi-kun, what did you buy?"
Watanabe Manyumi, who came out empty-handed, looked at Shinichi Iwahashi who was holding a paper bag in his hand, and asked curiously.
The dragon who likes gems didn't take anything, but the brave man was dazzled by the light of the gems. Just think of it as the hero's trophy, and walked a short way to eat an energy fruit. This is a double standard.
Forget it, anyway, a brave man has the possibility of turning into a dragon, just like a person who buys women's clothing and doesn't know whether he is a cute girl or a cute cross-dressing guy.
Iwahashi Shinichi told her that it was a music box.
Taking a break at the coffee shop in the department store, Shin Iwahashi took the music box out of the paper bag and put it on the table. It was a common music box with a walnut outer box. After being wound up, along with the music,
There are also girls dancing mechanically spinning on the mirror.
Amidst the tinkling music, looking at the expressionless girl dancing the mechanical dance, Watanabe Wanyumi asked him, "Who is Shinichi-kun bringing this gift for?"
If you buy it for yourself to play with, it seems a little inconsistent with his appearance and usual style.
"It can be considered a gift for others."
"Really?" he said, and Watanabe Wan Yumi stopped asking.
The music stopped, and Shinichi Iwahashi took the girl on the mirror and held it in his hand.
"I was in the store just now, and I just remembered that this kind of music box with girls dancing in it happened to be on sale, so I bought it. I wanted to take it to Yamauchi-san, who is in charge of wink, to have a look."
"Huh?" This answer is a little different from what Watanabe Wanyumi thought.
"Look," he put the girl back again and wound up the clockwork. Amidst the music, the emotionless girl continued to dance her emotionless dance, "You have never seen such an idol on the stage.
Bar?"
Expressionless, without any communication with the audience, dancing mechanically to the music, if people imitate the puppets in the music box, it is as if the lively side of being a "human" has been taken away.
"Thank you for figuring it out." Watanabe Manyumi didn't know whether it was a compliment or something else.
Iwahashi Shinichi explained, "Those two girls are too ordinary, and I have a headache. I have thought about how to make ordinary become extraordinary, but, unfortunately, they just lack such a sense of letting go."
A person’s memorable temperament or ability.”
"But on the other hand, this kind of temperament that is not memorable by itself also has advantages." Shinichi Iwahashi said, "It is better to have models who take photos for clothing catalogs who can highlight the clothing itself.
?In contrast, models with too strong personal styles are slightly inferior."
"Yeah." Watanabe Manyumi agreed, taking the opportunity to sort out the meaning of his words in her mind.
Iwahashi Shinichi was not inspired on a whim when he saw a music box, but after receiving a commission from Kenichi Yamauchi, watching Wink's performance video, and considering various conditions, he has been thinking about it.
I have a rough outline in my mind, but I can't find a form that can be used to express it.
When I saw the music box today, I suddenly remembered the old-fashioned music box I used to play with. As soon as I opened it, there were two girls dancing on it. The one I bought today, although there is only one girl dancing alone, is just a similar "evidence"
It's just the same description.
Don't the two girls Sachiko Suzuki and Shoko Aida have a mechanical feel to their restraint when facing the camera?
What impressed Shinichi Iwahashi the most about the two girls now is that they are not coordinated enough, not professional enough, and have not yet mastered their skills. This is the difference between them and the real "ordinary idols" before.
.
If you lose this sense of rawness and become a sweet and orthodox lover who is comfortable on stage and interacts easily with the audience, then you can find three hundred such street lovers in the entertainment industry.
If Suzuki Sachiko and Aida Shoko were so reserved as ordinary idols, they would be ridiculed for being unprofessional, but if that restraint becomes part of their identity, then it's a different matter.
Are Suzuki Sachiko and Aida Shoko as reserved as girls dancing in music boxes?
You can't do it anyway, so just don't do it.
Being passive at work also has the meaning of being passive at work. It is also sabotage, and social animals will be expelled if it is done by artists. If it is done by artists, it is art.
It was like a flash of inspiration in the mind of a Shinigami elementary school student when he was solving a case. This music box seemed to be the most crucial evidence, allowing Shinichi Iwahashi to find the key piece of the wink puzzle in his mind.
Although it has not yet become a complete puzzle, once the key parts are found, the next puzzle will fall into place.
"A girl dancing in a music box is not as good as two girls dancing in a music box." Shinichi Iwahashi said to Watanabe Manyumi, "It's a pity that I didn't buy one for two girls."
"This may indirectly prove that duet dances are more popular than solo dances." He said jokingly.
Watanabe Manyumi cheered, and she could laugh at such a cold joke, and said to him: "Anyway, as real people, it is more appropriate for two people to make a fool of themselves on stage together than to make a fool of themselves on stage alone."
"As expected of Wan Yumi-san." Shinichi Iwahashi praised, "He grasped the key points right away."
"Don't come." Watanabe Wan Yumi refused to listen to his flattery.
However, what she said is indeed true. If this kind of restraint and imperfection are regarded as selling points, the advantages of a duo are much stronger than that of a single.
If both people maintain that restrained and imperfect state, then the audience will be led to think that this is a characteristic of the group. If it is a single person, the audience is more likely to feel neglected.
When you want to introduce new talents or create any projects, you must first consider the audience's thoughts and figure out the audience's psychology. Being behind the scenes, you are not only a promoter, but also a substitute for the audience.
Because of this, Watanabe Mayumi had the idea of recommending newcomers because Shinichi Iwahashi is careful.
"However, the duo alone is still not able to completely immerse the audience into the idea that their combination is a unique feature. For this reason, additional packaging is needed."
"Additional packaging?"
"Well, I want to add a bit of 'unreality' to the two of them."
"That's not easy. Today's audience is different from before." Watanabe Manyumi said.
Iwahashi Shin nodded, "Yes, yes, times have changed."
In the early days, the audience was chasing stars and regarded them as unattainable idols. Until the advent of television, big stars who could only be seen on the big screen began to shoot advertisements.
People who were out of reach in the past are now on TV, smiling kindly at the audience and introducing products to them. From that time on, the halo of celebrities is destined to dim.
Because from that moment on, the audience will gradually realize that celebrities are not actually the ones they want to chase. On the contrary, celebrities need to live by pleasing the audience.
Therefore, the national talent show "Star! Birth" can be a great success, and people all over the country can witness girls from ordinary people's homes entering television and becoming household stars.
People around you may appear on TV in the future, so the star no longer has that sense of sanctity.
"I'm really curious about how you can create that 'unreal' effect."
Not to be outdone, Watanabe Manyumi made a joke that was as cold as it gets, "Now, it's an era where nothing is weird and everything is possible."
"Haha! That's quite the truth." Iwahashi Shinichi was also very supportive and smiled happily.
He closed the music box and put it into the paper bag, "Then please look forward to it." He reached for the coffee, took a sip, and found that the coffee had become cold while chatting.
"Okay, I'm looking forward to it," Watanabe Wanyumi replied.
The packaging techniques and various strategies that will be involved next are things that cannot be told to her, but should be told to Kenichi Yamauchi and listen to his opinions.
…
Mondays are always busy, so Iwahashi Shinichi and Yamauchi Kenichi made an appointment to meet on Tuesday afternoon, in the cafe opposite his office.
After exchanging pleasantries, Shin Iwahashi put the paper bag on his seat on the table.
Kenichi Yamauchi cast a puzzled look and watched him take out a music box from the paper bag, his expression a little confused and a little strange.
What does he mean by bringing a music box?
"I watched the performance videos of Suzuki-san and Aida-san. Both girls are quite reserved and not natural enough." It was clear that Yamauchi Kenichi's curiosity was aroused first, but Iwahashi Shinichi put the music box aside and started talking.
Talk about this.
He made the first move, and Yamauchi Kenichi, who was aroused, could only follow his lead and replied: "There is nothing we can do about it. Both of them are people who have nothing to do with the entertainment industry before, and they have only formed a team not long ago.
, and still need to practice.”
"But don't worry about this. The two girls are not the kind of people without talent. With practice, they will soon overcome this problem." Yamauchi Kenichi spoke for Suzuki Sachiko and Aida Shoko.
"Of course." Shinichi Iwahashi agreed, and then asked: "Then, what happens after overcoming this problem? They will become idols with smooth movements, professional smiles, and the ability to interact with the audience using wink just like their group name.
combination."
"Ah." Yamauchi Kenichi heard what he said and felt that there was something in his words.
"There are already a lot of such idols." Shinichi Iwahashi prepared the ground for what he will say next, "To stand out, you still need something unique."
“Different.”
Only then did Shinichi Iwahashi tell Yamauchi Kenichi what he had said to Wanyumi Watanabe before.
