After completing the handover with Akiko Matsumoto's agent, Shinichi Iwahashi and Akiko Matsumoto completed their first meeting in the small conference room inside the office.
"Hello Matsumoto-san, I am your new manager Iwahashi Shinichi."
When he came to work in a serious company, Iwahashi Shinichi also put on a suit, tie, and briefcase, dressing up just like an ordinary office worker.
The image has changed so much, it's like a student who yelled about revolution, then put aside the declaration when graduation was approaching, and dressed like a dog to sneak into a big company and work.
"Hello, my name is Matsumoto Akiko."
Matsumoto Akiko returned the gift, looked at him for a moment, and said a little carelessly: "So young." As soon as she finished speaking, she probably felt a little impolite and stuck out her tongue.
The first impression made Shinichi Iwahashi feel that if he hadn't known about it in advance, it would be difficult to imagine that she was an idol.
However, there is also a feeling that it is not difficult to get along with someone who behaves a little rashly or lively. When you are a manager, no matter you are managing a big name or a street person, if you get along with him day and night, artists with too difficult personalities will inevitably make people murmur in their hearts.
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"Then I leave Matsumoto-san to you, Iwahashi," Akiko Matsumoto's manager said.
"Yes." Iwahashi Shinichi responded.
Artists produced by Watanabe have managers who rotate very frequently. It is rare for a manager to follow the same artist for many years without changing. For example, Sekimura has been with Busi Ming for three years, which is considered a long time.
Just three years after Akiko Matsumoto debuted, Shinichi Iwahashi was already her third manager.
Her first agent was Teresa Teng and Chen Meiling, two senior Chinese agents who had managed Rumiko Koyanagi and Meiling Chen. They were both signed by Watanabe Productions when they were in Japan.
The next year, Matsumoto Akiko’s agent, the one she is taking over now, is a backbone agent who has been with the company for four years.
And now, the person who became her third manager is a newcomer who just joined the company.
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Forget it, it's no longer interesting to talk about it all.
In 1983, Akiko Matsumoto released her debut single "♂♀kiss". The title of the song has a street-sounding flavor, and the final result was very eye-catching. It did not make it into the top 100 on the list.
As a talent show champion, he is as bad and miserable as Duan Linxi.
I'm afraid not many people know that the last Supergirl champion was Duan Linxi.
By the way, the composer who provided this debut single was Goto Juri, who is now colluding with Yasushi Akimoto (crossed out), a win-win cooperation, and serves as the official composer of the Kitten Club, which has become a social phenomenon.
This guy is not bad in appearance and has quite a lot of talent. He also provides music to idols all day long and is known as the idol killer.
Watanabe Productions, who originally thought that signing a champion was a treasure, let her trick her for a while. However, it can also be felt from this that Watanabe Productions' sense of market trends is no longer what it used to be.
To be precise, when it comes to making idols, Watanabe Productions cannot compare to his apprentices.
In the early 1970s, Mari Tenchi, one of the "new three girls", was created by Watanabe. The innocent idol whose debut slogan was "Snow White" also experienced great success. Before Yamaguchi Momoe
The most popular female solo, the concept of personal guards and making calls all started from her fans.
However, after becoming famous, Tiandi Zhidao quickly became out of date.
Although the external impact cannot be ignored, Watanabe must also bear considerable responsibility for the wrong planning of the production. The positioning of Tenchi Mari's fan base is too young, which makes her transformation difficult. After Tenchi Mari became popular, she continued to repeat
Singing songs with the same style consumes the freshness of the public.
Of course, Tianchi Zhenri's own psychological quality is not good enough, and it is difficult to adapt to the sudden gap. Psychological problems are also an important reason.
As a result, she disappeared after releasing her last single "The Day I Am Snow" in 1983. Of course, the public had already forgotten her before this single.
However, just two years later, in 1985, the name Tianchi Mari became the center of the topic again, although it was not a good thing. She went to sea and filmed a pink movie that exposed her body.
Pink movies have a long history in rb, and there are many masterpieces among them.
But who is the truth of heaven and earth? He is an idol who used the banner of "pure as Snow White" when he debuted.
The impact that her entry into the sea brought to the public was far beyond the comparison of the pawns in later generations who used the banner of "former graduate student of so-and-so Fifty-Nine Group". Even if she only filmed a pink movie and did not shoot a real gun.
Likewise, the side effects are also severe.
Could it be that the so-called pure and flawless idol has this kind of virtue? The public's doubts about this dream career have deepened.
In the year when Mari Tenchi was eliminated, Watanabe Productions signed Akiko Matsumoto, the winner of "Star! Birth", hoping to create another popular idol and get a share of the idol era.
As a result, after experiencing the disastrous failure of her debut single, the record company continued to release, and Akiko Matsumoto continued to release. From the time she officially debuted in 1983, she released one release after another in two years, but her idol career showed no improvement.
In the nearly twenty years since the word "idol" was first used by NHK, there have been no less than a thousand idols who have never become popular.
In this era where new idols debut almost every week, Akiko Matsumoto, who has not been popular so far, is like a flower that withered before it bloomed.
Watanabe Productions is not a charity, and has lost patience with idols who are not popular. Now Akiko Matsumoto is facing a somewhat embarrassing dilemma.
Either pack up and go back home when the contract expires, or find a way to turn around.
The professional world has always been cruel, but even so, among all kinds of cruel professional worlds, the cruelty of the entertainment industry ranks high.
Although she has not become popular, it is good to rely on the current era. It is the golden age of idols. Whether it is on TV or outside the TV station, there are many singing programs or activities. No matter how bad Matsumoto Akiko is, she can still stand up.
If you go out with a name like "Former "Star! Birth" Champion 83 Group Idol", you won't be without a job.
However, "the title of former "Star! Birth" champion brought her little buzz, but it also became a heavy shackles for her.
Especially in the rb entertainment industry, there is still a "fine" tradition of taking pleasure in destroying other people's self-esteem, as well as the indifference of worshiping others and being indifferent.
I heard that in the entertainment industry, a rookie agent is more compatible with an unknown idol. Just kidding.
But there is no doubt that street artists need to have a strong heart, and being a manager for street artists also requires a strong heart.
