"Mobilizing approximately 55,000 people, the DREAMS COME TRUE outdoor tour Fukuoka Station has been successfully concluded!!"
"For the first time in the history of a girl band! PRINCESS PRINCESS Budokan's three-day performance has been decided!!"
On Monday, in the entertainment section of the newspaper, there was not only the news that the first outdoor tour of DREAMS COME TRUE was successfully completed, but also the news that PRINCESS PRINCESS will hold a three-day concert at the Budokan in July.
The last time these two bands appeared in the newspapers on the same day was more than two months ago. The two bands took turns occupying the top spot on the singles chart, and joined forces to beat the popular and top idols until they were unable to fight back.
This time, one group has just completed a large-scale concert, and the other is preparing to hit its own record: the first female band in history to hold a concert at the Budokan.
Generally speaking, the more qualifiers in front of a record, the less valuable the record is.
Budokan is a place where the Beatles first performed and the Rolling Stones were also scheduled to perform here, which is of special significance to Japanese rock bands.
Before the Tokyo Dome was put into commercial use, the largest indoor venue in Japan was the Japan Budokan. Therefore, for singers, holding a concert at the Budokan became proof of being in the top tier.
Since the Beatles first held a concert here, in the past 23 years, countless domestic and foreign singers and idol bands have performed here, and many of them have performed here for ten consecutive days.
However, the only all-female band is PRINCESS.
Based on Shinichi Iwahashi's initial financial difficulties in hosting a women's rock music festival, we know how rare a popular girl band is in Japan.
This record is not very valuable among singers, but it is of great significance to the form of a girl band. Having the confidence to open the Budokan for three consecutive days means that it has the popularity and commercial value to be on the front line.
As long as these three days of martial arts training can be successfully completed, PRINCESS PRINCESS's first-line status will be stable.
This is basically the same as Shinichi Iwahashi asking DREAMS COME TRUE to hold a large-scale outdoor tour to show their strength, popularity, and status.
However, he chose to fulfill his agreement with Miwa-chan, while Sony chose the Budokan with special meaning.
After all, this year is not only the year when DREAMS COME TRUE becomes popular, but also the year when PRINCESS PRINCESS enters its explosive period.
To go deeper, these two bands first joined forces to beat their idols on the singles chart, and now they are both holding large-scale performances to announce the arrival of the band craze.
For the general public, they will not classify all-female bands or female-centered bands. In their eyes, bands are first, then bands with female lead singers.
The nature of human beings is to coo, follow the trend, and be lemony.
Various record companies in Tokyo, faced with these two bands that have gained the most momentum this year, secretly envy Sony for once again taking the lead in the band era and taking the lead. At the same time, they have decided to reduce the number of idols and cancel their debut plans.
Then, prepare to follow these two bands, hurry up and make band plans, and join the battle.
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"Nagato-san, here we are."
The driver reminded him, and Nagato Daiyuki took his attention away from the newspaper in his hand, turned his head to look out the window, and closed the newspaper.
After taking over the production rights of the theme song of "Chibi Maruko-chan", Nagato Daiyuki has been working hard on the planned limited group recently.
Being tricked by Shinichi Iwahashi certainly made him angry. But after that, Nagato Daiko decided to go with the flow and used this limited group and this cooperation as bait to pave the way for his planned record company.
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Under the guise of creating this limited group, he successfully obtained the support of the investors behind Xingchen Agency, introduced the president of Xingchen Agency, and discussed and decided to select the three harmonious female officers of the limited group among the models.
An interview will be held during the selection period.
Today is the day we agreed to come to Xingchen Office for a small interview.
In order to save time and go straight to the topic, Xingchen Office first conducted an intention selection. But unexpectedly, there were more girls than expected who were interested in joining the group.
I originally thought that twelve people would be enough for the interview stage, but I didn’t expect that there were twenty-three models who had been informed by their agent that they were interested in participating in the interview.
It seems that Sachiko Kamaike and Keiko Utoku were picked up by record company producers one after another, and Sachiko Kamaike also became popular as the lead singer of the band. Those two things gave these models many dreams of becoming singers.
Anyway, I’m going to give it a try. If I don’t become popular, I can go back and continue to be a model. If I become popular...
The album was a hit, and Sachiko Kamaiike was featured in a fashion magazine and received a special feature. Her "good luck" inspired girls.
Even though Nagato Daiyuki was put in a position by Shinichi Iwahashi, thanks to him, he had eleven more choices.
Thanks to him...that's weird.
When Nagato Daiko was in contact with the person in charge of Star Agency and learned that Kamaike Sachiko was originally a model at Star Agency, and now her agent is still with Star Agency, she felt an indescribable feeling.
That Sachiko Kamaiike has impeccable looks. When Nagato Daiyuki went to listen to ZARD's records, she took over all the lyrics. Reading the lyrics she wrote, you can tell that she has considerable talent and a unique style in the use of words and sentences.
It perfectly fit the image of the heroine he expected of a band centered on a female lead singer, but it was also different from the style of the band he envisioned.
Just one step away!
The guy named Iwahashi took the lead again!
The past has passed. Nagato Daiyuki only hopes to seize this opportunity and use Iwahashi Shinichi to make this limited group popular, so that he can use this limited group as the first release of the record company to open up the situation.
Then, stay away from that guy named Iwahashi! Never have anything to do with him again!
Nagato Daiyuki worked hard to select three harmony female officers from these twenty-three models - to be precise, he also had to select the fourth person quietly.
The suitable female lead singer of the band he wanted.
Don't be aggressive, but see plasticity.
It should have the crispness and sharpness of women of the Heisei era, but also the gentleness and restraint of women of the Showa era.
Nagato Daiyuki mentally described the image of the female lead singer in his imagination.
The interview began. From the 1st to the 23rd, the models walked into a small conference room provided by Xingchen Office one by one. The interview went very quickly. Nagato Daiko had already made a draft in his mind. He planned carefully. Three
The images of the female officers should not overlap, and try to give the audience the impression that they are three sisters with completely different personalities.
First of all, it must be beautiful. Cross out anything that does not suit his liking.
The images of the three sisters cannot overlap. If two people are similar, cross out the one with the lower score.
Good voice quality is more important than good singing skills. If the singing voice sounds cheesy, you should also cross it out.
"Haruka Murakami."
"Miwako Yamane."
“Watanabe is so beautiful.”
Nagato Daiyuki checked the names of the models who came in one by one. After the interview, he drew circles behind the names of the three girls. If nothing unexpected happens, there is no problem in letting these three girls play the role of harmony.
People from the Star Office accompanied him, and after the last girl left, he asked Nagato Daiyuki for his opinion.
"It's pretty good. The quality of the models in your agency is very high."
Nagato Daiyuki casually complimented, "Not only are there external conditions, but there are also many people who are good at singing." As he said this, he remembered that the best one was picked away by Iwahashi Shinichi, and he couldn't help but feel
Dull.
The people at Star Office didn't know what he was thinking, so they smiled politely when he heard what he said. Out of good intentions, they wanted to get close to Nagato Daiyuki - after all, they had heard that the two parties might become brother companies.
"I didn't know before that these models could change careers and become singers. When Iwahashi-san from GENZO came to pick someone..."
During the contact stage, people from Star Office knew that the limited group selected by Nagato Daiyuki this time was a production commission received from Shinichi Iwahashi.
ZARD was steadily on the road to upward growth. Just when Xingchen Office and GENZO were on good terms, they learned that Nagato Daiko was cooperating with Iwahashi Shinichi, and people from the office did not shy away from mentioning this name in front of him.
Every time it was mentioned, Nagato Daiyuki would hold his nose to listen and accompany him with praise. Star Office and BEING are not brothers yet, but they and Iwahashi Shinichi are real partners. Nagato Daiyuki cannot offend either of them.
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To a certain extent, Nagato Daiyuki believed that this harmony selection was tantamount to "bearing humiliation and bearing a heavy burden."
However, after such efforts, among the twenty-three harmonies, the suitable female lead singer was not chosen.
Nagato Daiyuki glanced at the list in his hand. In addition to the three girls with circles, there was another girl with a horizontal line.
Her name is Mako Fujitani, and she is the best singer among the twenty-three models this time. She has a good appearance and can be called a beauty, but she is still far away from the woman he imagined to have the temperament of Showa and Heisei.
He was wavering in his mind. He wanted to list her as a candidate, but he was a little unwilling to do so.
But no matter what, the three female officers of Harmony have been decided this time. Nagato Daiko asked Xingchen Office for people on the spot and prepared to sign a contract with them.
The name of the limited group was decided to be B.B.QUEENS. At first glance, this name is a play on B.
The reason why I thought of this name is first of all because the core figure of the group, Kondo Fusanosuke, is a blues singer, and the god of music in his heart is the king of the blues kingdom, B.
Furthermore, Nagato Daiko hoped that the name of this group would be easy to remember and distinctive.
After comprehensive selection, we decided on this name.
The main vocals are Kondo Fusanosuke and Tsubokura Yuiko, the three female officers are these three models, the five accompanist musicians are played by musicians from BEING, and Tetsuro Oda also joined in, all of them are BEING's lineup.
"correct."
Nagato Daiyuki finally spoke up and asked for someone from the Star Agency, "There is another person named Fujitani Mako..." He told the people from the Star Agency that he had a project that needed a female singer, and he hoped to get Mako Fujitani to give it a try.
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It takes four people to speak at one time.
Fujitani Mako was outside the plan, and no one from the Star Office expressed his agreement or disapproval on the spot.
Nagato Daiyuki was not in a hurry.
This interview meeting took most of the day. At noon, he had a light meal with the people from Xingchen Office. In the evening, he also agreed to invite the staff who accompanied the interview to have a meal and drinks.
After a full day of work, Nagato Daiyuki was quite tired.
The next day, he went to the company and ordered the clerk to prepare to negotiate with the Star Office about the work contracts of the three harmony female officers. While he was busy, Matsumoto Takahiro called and asked Nagato Daiyuki if he could come over now.
trip.
Nagato Daiyuki answered "yes".
When he put down the phone, he was not in a relaxed mood. Especially when he thought of Matsumoto Takahiro's stubborn personality and B'z's completely lackluster performance.
While DREAMS COME TRUE and PRINCESS PRINCESS were killing everyone in the industry, B’z were performing in live houses across the country.
Two-thirds of the way through a cigarette, Matsumoto Takahiro knocked on the door.
Nagato Daiyuki put out the cigarette in his hand and waited to hear what this decisive man had to say.
Matsumoto Takahiro came well prepared and went straight to the topic when he entered the door, handing a CD to Nagato Daiyuki. His office was equipped with all kinds of listening equipment.
Nagato Daiko wanted to use headphones, but was advised to use speakers.
Although he couldn't guess what Matsumoto Takahiro was going to do, he still did as he was told and put the CD in.
As soon as the prelude sounded, Nagato Daiyuki's heart moved.
"disco?"
It was obvious that he was the one who brought the CD, but Matsumoto Takahiro seemed to be turning a deaf ear to the passionate music and slowly said his thoughts, "Nagato-san, how about letting the band collaborate with disco?"
Now there is not only a band craze, but also a disco craze.
Making an album that can be played in disco might open things up.
Takahiro Matsumoto has been a member of the accompaniment team for TM NETWORK for a long time, and has learned a lot of relevant production experience from Tetsuya Komuro, who is passionate about electronic music. You might as well give it a try and integrate this experience into rock music.
Anyway, I can't find a suitable way to become popular now.
"Just give it a try."
Nagato Daiyuki thought about it for a while and felt that it was a way. However, he took advantage of this opportunity and added conditions, "There is no chance anymore. If this attempt fails..."
Matsumoto Takahiro didn't answer and listened silently. His serious expression made it impossible to guess whether he agreed or not.
But this time, Nagato Daiyuki had made up his mind.
Let Matsumoto Takahiro do whatever he wants this time. If the band still hasn't improved, we must take back the production rights and listen to his command!
You have to pinch your nose externally, but you can no longer be weak internally!
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After DREAMS COME TRUE’s performance in Fukuoka, the equipment at the outdoor venue was dismantled and prepared to be transported to Osaka, the next stop of the concert.
Temporary workers are supposed to do whatever they need to do after their wages are paid, and the staff move in batches, each with their own tasks.
As for the three members of the band, they are still staying in Fukuoka for half a day. On Monday morning, Miwa-chan and Nakamura-chan are going to record a radio show and will leave for Tokyo in the afternoon.
In the morning, Miwa-chan and Brother Nakamura took a special car to Fukuoka to broadcast, while Shinichi Iwahashi stayed at the hotel and made a call to Tokyo.
