Nagato Daiko stood in front of his desk, holding the phone receiver, with a polite smile on his face, and was talking to the other end of the phone.
"Is that so? I am presumptuous and have caused you trouble." He apologized to the other end of the phone.
On the other side of the phone is Sakurako, the author of "Chibi Maruko-chan".
Sakurako is just twenty-four years old this year - but she had already drawn "Chibi Maruko-chan" when she was twenty.
If he hadn't drawn a best-selling comic that became a topic, at this age, he would probably be working as a pink-collar employee in some company, or preparing to get married.
However, once he became a best-selling cartoonist, his life was completely different.
A while ago, Nagato Daiyuki learned that "Chibi Maruko-chan" was about to be animated, and began to think about the theme song for the anime. He wanted to bypass the manga editorial department and animation production committee and directly recommend himself to Sakurako herself.
For ordinary family-oriented animations, resources such as theme songs are not in demand.
Nagato Daiyuki is a member of the generation who grew up watching "Conch", which is also a daily animation for families. When he watched "Chibi Maruko-chan", he felt that this manga was more fashionable and interesting than "Conch".
"Miss Conch" is like a Japanese family inheritance. It is a traditional food on the table that only Japanese people can taste. But "Chibi Maruko-chan" is different. Although it is also Japanese-style, it is easier to eat and tastes better.
To be delicious.
Now, this manga is going to be animated, and it will be broadcast next to "Miss Conch" on the same day. Although it is an inconspicuous family-oriented daily animation - or it is precisely because it is a family-oriented animation that Nagato Daiyuki watched it
Got a chance.
It is family-oriented, which means that the chances of the whole family sitting together to watch the show are greatly increased.
The comic itself is very popular and topical, and the probability of it becoming popular after being adapted into an animation is not low. If the song is chosen appropriately and the animation is popular, it may become a popular children's song.
Even if the animation is lukewarm and is broadcast for two or three years at a time, it can still drive sales of the theme song.
The most important thing is that the cost of producing animation theme songs is very small. No matter how you think about it, getting the right to produce animation theme songs is a sure-fire way to make money, and you may even have the opportunity to make a lot of money.
Nagato Daiyuki is well aware of the development of Japanese pop music. Because of his understanding, he will not underestimate children's songs. "Black Cat Tango" and "Swim! Taiyaki" are both children's songs, and both have millions of singles.
.
...They are all textbook-level Yifawu.
People who become popular through children's songs rarely have the opportunity to transform, and they are often treated like disposable items that can be thrown away.
Because of this disposable nature, Nagato Daiyuki even began to consider that if he won the right to produce the theme song of "Chibi Maruko-chan", he would make a limited project for this theme song. It would be better to make a lively one.
The combination.
Make the people in the group look exaggerated and dreamy, and try to weaken the connection with reality.
In this way, when the project is over, the people in the group can change out of their costumes, wash off the makeup on their faces, and continue to transform and do other things.
After Oda Tetsuro received the assignment he assigned, he wrote a good song. After hearing it, Nagato Daiko immediately registered the copyright with the Music Association and prepared to contact Sakurako and send the song to her.
After Sakurako graduated from high school, she worked as a salaryman for a few days and then changed her profession to become a cartoonist. She drew the masterpiece of her career not long after her debut. She can be said to be favored by God.
Precisely because she debuted early, she is not deeply involved in the world and has no understanding of the ways of the world. Nagato Daiyuki is nearly twenty years older than her and is a man who understands human nature well. How to treat this new best-selling cartoonist
, no different from treating a child.
A middle-aged man said in a sincere tone that he was a fan of the comics, and also brought a song produced by his production company. When they finally met, Sakurako had never seen such an outburst, and he didn't say a few words.
I was persuaded by him and used the player that Nagato Daiko carried with me to listen to the music he brought.
"……Amazing!"
Sakurako's Maruko is a star-chasing fan who follows the trend. Since the character is based on the author himself, Sakurako herself is also experienced in chasing stars.
"Is this really a song specially written for comics?" she asked.
Nagato Daiyuki naturally gave an affirmative answer, "I wrote it after reading the manga and thinking about the manga."
After receiving such an answer, a look of surprise appeared on Sakurako's face. She was not very experienced in the world, and although she was a popular cartoonist, in her eyes, the world of entertainment was still a bit far away.
Now, there is a music producer (according to his self-introduction, he has produced songs for many well-known singers) who specially composes music for her comics and is trying to find her.
A little vain, a little contented.
But most importantly, Cherry likes this song very much.
Nagato Daiyuki's ability to know Japanese songs very well came into play at this time. From Linda Yamamoto to Momoe Yamaguchi, there was no star that Sakurako liked that Kazumasa liked, that he didn't know.
The two chatted happily in the cafe where they agreed to meet - and the piece of music remained in Qingzhi's hand.
It’s not like Nagato Daiyuki didn’t know that manga authors have little say in animation, but after all, it is a daily animation for families. The theme songs of this kind of animation have never been taken seriously, and they are often just contracted out casually. As a result, the original author made suggestions,
When there is no one to compete for it, it is only convenient for the production committee to sell favors.
After persuading Sakurako to act as an intermediary, as well as the songs that have already been produced... the production committee will most likely go with the flow.
When the separation was approaching, Nagato Daiyuki even encouraged Sakurako to try composing the lyrics for that song herself.
"Writing lyrics? I've never done it before, and my grades in Chinese language class weren't very good when I was in school," said Yingyingzi.
Nagato Daiyuki's tone was gentle, "Lyric writing has nothing to do with your grades in Chinese class, but it has other skills..." He said his own words, and Sakurako was stunned for a moment.
By the time they said goodbye, the two had already exchanged contact information with each other and agreed that if Cherry wanted to learn to compose lyrics, just ask him for help.
Everything went smoothly and was according to Nagato Daiyuki's plan.
After sending the music, he began to think about how to produce this project.
Since it is a daily family animation, why not create a team with members configured according to a traditional Japanese family? There is a father and a mother, and a smart and naughty daughter like Maruko-chan.
He has friends and pets. He even thought of arranging backup dancers who would act as Dolls' Day dolls.
However, when he was thinking about it, Sakurako suddenly called him again and told him that he could not show the music to the production committee, and there was no way to introduce him to people from the editorial department.
"I heard from people in the editorial department that the Japanese animation company that took over the animation production commission, a record company that has regular cooperation, has decided to transfer the soundtrack and theme song work there."
"Record company that we regularly cooperate with?"
Nagato was lucky, but he never expected that the major shareholder of Japan Animation Company would expand his business into the recording industry.
In this way, no matter how he operates, it will be useless. The elbow will not turn outward, and the Japanese animation company cannot bypass Brother Records to contact other companies.
The theme songs of this kind of animation have never been taken seriously, and they are often contracted casually. This was originally the confidence that Nagato Daiko had when he went directly to find Sakurako, but now, it is the same for the animation production committee, since it is contracted casually.
Instead of creating unnecessary problems for the job, it is better to sell favors to the Japanese animation company and the major shareholders behind it.
No matter how bad the resources are, if the other party doesn't give them to you, you won't be able to get them.
On the other end of the phone, Sakurako didn't know what Nagato Daiyuki was thinking. Her lack of experience in the world made her trust Nagato Daiyuki easily. Now, she openly told him what she heard from Sato.
"It seems to be a record company called GENZO, and the person in charge is a producer named Iwahashi."
She remembered what Sato had told her about Iwahashi-san working as a producer for popular idols such as Chisato Mori and WINK, but she felt that it was not appropriate to tell it to Daiyuki Nagato.
However, Nagato Daiyuki's expression froze for a moment on the other end of the phone.
Fortunately, they couldn't see each other's expressions across the phone line. He vaguely remembered hearing this name...he paused and repeated, "Is your surname Iwaqiao..."
Sakurako couldn't see his expression and didn't know what he was thinking, "Does Nagato-san also know this Iwahashi-san?"
"I've heard of it." Nagato Daiyuki replied gently and politely.
Sakurako said "I see", but she still felt it was a pity, "I like this song by Nagato-san very much, and thanks to you, I have also worked hard to learn lyrics recently... It would be great if I could use this song
Already."
But Nagato Daiyuki's enthusiasm faded. He and Sakurako exchanged some polite words on the phone. After finally putting down the phone, the smile that had been on his face slowly fell away.
GENZO.
Iwahashi San, Iwahashi Shinichi.
In the past two years, this young producer has been in the limelight. Whether he is producing idols or producing bands, he can do it all with ease. People in the recording industry will more or less pay attention to this name.
However, for Nagato Daiyuki, when he first heard the name, neither GENZO nor Iwahashi Shinichi were still nameless companies that were no different from weeds on the roadside.
It was such an unknown company that he fell in love with. The newcomers he wanted to sign gave up BEING and switched to GENZO.
The rabbit that was about to arrive flew into someone else's pot, and Nagato Daiyuki had a profound memory of the rabbit he had eaten. He originally thought that he just missed Seiichiro Kuribayashi and would never have any interactions with him in the future.
But now!
The young producer who frustrated him not only became the manager of a record company, but the company actually had the same major shareholder as the Japanese animation company.
Not only that, the theme song of "Chibi Maruko-chan" that he had been thinking about so much was also in that guy's hands.
It wasn't even Iwahashi who took the initiative to fight for it. It was just because he and the Japanese animation company were brother companies, so he didn't have to do anything. This resource belonged to him.
I worked hard for a long time, but was cut off by the guy who made me suffer.
Nagato Daiyuki was extremely troubled thinking about this man named Iwahashi. He didn’t know where he came from...
He thought about Shinichi Iwahashi, and then thought about the theme song of "Chibi Maruko-chan". He was angry, but he had to face a problem, how to deal with that song.
Even if the plan for the theme song of the animation fails, the song cannot become a useless song. It must be adaptable. Besides, it was not a plan that was made after the decision was made, but now it is just a lost bet...
Nagato Daiyuki comforted himself and continued to use his brain. Only when he inadvertently remembered the name "Iwabashi", he frowned in disgust.
I hope I don’t have anything to do with this name anymore!
…
On Monday, Shinichi Iwahashi went to work as if nothing had happened, with a faint tooth mark on his ears.
There were faint tooth marks that could not be seen unless you looked closely. When he went to work, no one would lean into his ear to take a closer look. He knew what was going on, so he went out openly and held meetings with great energy.
Mitsuo Iijima was assigned by him to join BOLAN's debut team, and she was also sitting in the conference room this morning. She lowered her eyebrows and had long forgotten that she was asked by her boss to go on a business trip to Kobe the day before.
When it was her turn, she was very organized and reported on the progress of BOLAN's debut.
The debut press conference was scheduled to be held at the Takanawa Prince Hotel. Before the debut, I took the band and debut single to visit people from cable broadcasting, radio broadcasting bureaus and TV station broadcasting bureaus.
"The store signs a contract with the cable broadcaster to play the song as BGM in the store and pay the corresponding usage fee."
Mitochi Iijima even took the initiative to make suggestions, "Let's take the song to visit the executives at the cable broadcasting company and try to persuade them to recommend the band's debut song to the contracted store as the store's BGM."
The people present had no objections to Mijima Iijima's proposal and unanimously approved it.
Although Moritomo Rashi is handsome in appearance and capable of performing live performances, his personality is introverted and sensitive, and he is not suitable for participating in fun and high-reaction programs. This faces the same problem as when ZARD debuted.
And Iwahashi Shinichi's attitude is also clear. Without a suitable program, he will not put a singer who is not good at handling the camera into an environment that is incompatible with him, so as to avoid making a fool of himself.
He was not in a hurry, and was waiting to see the results of the collaborative single between BOLAN and Fuji Ayako after the project started. All three members of the band were able to compose, and they handed in their homework every week and sent over the songs they wrote. Shinichi Iwahashi would
Select songs inside.
Shinichi Iwahashi will choose a round first, and after selecting the songs, he will give them to Masato Sakai for his opinion. BOLAN’s recording contracts and management contracts are all in his own hands, which saves a lot of communication trouble.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, Daikoku Maki came to the company as previously agreed to discuss the contract with Shinichi Iwahashi.
We had almost reached a consensus before, and this time she came over and everything was under control.
