It is known that Akina Nakamori will definitely go to Dolimuzkom Turu's concert, but we don't know which one she will appear in. If you want to know which one she will go to, you will have to find out after she says it.
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The more I talk about it, the weirder it gets.
There were two people. One was very tired after a concert, and the other was about to go to a disco with a good friend. After saying a few words, he put down the phone.
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The next morning, while eating, the headline of the entertainment section of that day's newspaper published the news of Hibari Misora's death.
In the early morning of June 24, the encore queen Misora Hibari passed away at Juntendo Hospital in Tokyo due to acute respiratory insufficiency caused by interstitial pneumonia at the age of 52.
Iwahashi Shinichi was very calm after getting the message from Watanabe Wan Yumi last night. On the other hand, those who were traveling with him seemed shocked and surprised by this huge news in the entertainment industry.
After all, he is the person at the top of the entertainment industry right now, the jewel in the crown.
As soon as the news came out, Shinichi Iwahashi immediately went to communicate with the stage director of the concert, and also contacted Sony and Manyumi Watanabe. At today's concert, with Yumiwa-chan as the representative, a temporary commemorative session was added.
Just say two sentences to express my condolences to Misora Hibari.
The last time Shinichi Iwahashi came to Osaka for a business trip, he was in trouble during the Showa era. This time he came to hold a concert, and he encountered the death of the enka queen Misora Hibari.
After communicating with the stage director and two teammates, the stage director couldn't help but sigh in a rather nostalgic tone, "Unexpectedly, Misora-san also passed away soon after."
The words are full of emotions about the changing times.
But that's all, there will be no more unnecessary reactions.
She is indeed a queen of enka, and is said to be the singer with the highest sales in Japan. However, there is no sales statistics list for Misora Hibari's peak period. There are only rough estimates of how many she has sold.
By the time the sales statistics list was released, Misora Hibari's career had begun to decline sharply. His records were basically unsaleable, but the box office of his concerts was very good, and he had countless middle-aged and elderly loyal supporters. Even these supporters may not support
Her new works in recent years seem to be gathered around Hibari Misora, a symbol of the times.
Before her death, Misora Hibari was one of those old artists whose status in the world had reached its peak, and everyone respected her, but they might not be willing to pay for her records.
In the hearts of older people, this person still holds considerable weight.
To young people, she is a very powerful person who would be the centerpiece of a big party - but they don't really want to see her perform.
After all, even the form of enka itself has begun to decline significantly.
Even the elderly people feel regretful about her passing at this moment, and it may not be because they miss the time they have experienced. That regret may not necessarily be about Misora Hibari's death itself.
Newspapers and morning news that conveyed real-time news informed everyone in Japan about Misora Hibari's passing. Later, summative magazines and television special programs reviewed the life of the enka queen.
Singers and songwriters in the entertainment industry must express their condolences whenever they appear in public these days.
In addition, the place that best reflects the attention of ordinary people to Misora Hibari is probably the record store.
As soon as the news came out, record stores of all sizes spontaneously prepared large posters commemorating Misora Hibari and placed her records in the most conspicuous places in the store. At the same time, they sent requests to record companies for purchase.
Since the store opened in the morning, people who got the news have walked into the record store, wanting to buy Hibari Zhang's greatest hits album or see if she has any newly released singles.
Whether it's someone who has liked her or someone who just wants to join in the fun.
After all, the nature of human beings is to follow the trend, and the nature of the Japanese is to follow the trend twice as much.
Skylark's sales have been poor in recent years, and the number of records shipped has been relatively small. Record stores are also very conservative when purchasing. Smaller stores soon announced that their inventory has been exhausted.
For singers, the only big promotion they can use once in a lifetime is death.
But other than that, everything goes on as normal.
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"Anyway, I will send a condolence postcard to Misora Hibari-san's office first."
In the moving car, Omoto casually talked to Akina Nakamori about how to deal with the passing of Misora Hibari. Although she and Misora Hibari had little interaction, after all, they were well-known in the industry, and basic etiquette was still required.
Precisely because there is no intersection, at this stage, it is not rude as long as basic etiquette is completed.
"Yeah." Nakamori Akina was absent-minded, listening to Omoto's words.
Seeing this uninterested look, Da Ben didn't say anything more. However, it seemed that he was indifferent, but it was better to say that he was still digesting it.
This morning, her agent came to pick her up and conveyed the news to her and how to deal with it.
After watching the news, my mother may feel very lonely...
When Omoto's tone was calm and he talked about the next response method, Nakamori Akina was thinking about the feelings of Chieko, the mother of Hibari Misora the most.
Chieko has been fond of Hibari Misora since she was young, and has listened to and sang her songs for decades. As a child, Akina Nakamori, who stuck to Chieko like a little tail, also learned to sing Hibari Misora's songs from her mother when she was starting to learn music.
For Nakamori Akina, Misora Hibari seems to be a symbol.
For Chieko, who once regarded Misora Hibari as a role model in life, the death of Misora Hibari was like the departure of an old friend who had been with her for many years, and her mood was probably more complicated.
I want to say hello to my mother.
Akina Nakamori was sitting in the car on the way to work, but her heart flew to Kiyose's hometown.
During the lunch break, she went to the public phone in the recording studio and called Kiyose's hometown, but the call was not connected. On Sunday, Chieko might go to the building in front of the station to have a look, or maybe Heita went to play.
Such thoughts ran through Nakamori Akina's mind. When she imagined that her mother might take Heita out to play, she subtly recalled herself pestering her mother and asking her to take her to Asakusa when she was a child.
Thinking like this, I seemed to feel a certain kind of loneliness, too.
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On the second day of free activities in Osaka, Miwa-chan ditched Shinichi Iwahashi and went to act with the two girls from Harmony - probably because she felt that acting together yesterday was too boring.
Iwahashi Shinichi, who was despised, had a stable mentality. After breakfast, he went back to his room and made a few calls to Tokyo. After that, he went to visit Osaka alone.
It happens to be Sunday, so I can go to Osaka Castle Park to have a look.
It's still the same as before. When I see a decent band, I put a coin in the piano case. If there is a band that I have seen, I hand over my business card and invite the band to perform at the LIVEHOUSE he and Miwa-chan Nakamura jointly own in Osaka.
Kansai's entertainment system is also developed and mature, and it has its own way of cultivating people. The probability of picking up a singer on the street who can debut after three months of training is about the same as winning the lottery jackpot.
Therefore, we need to cast a wide net appropriately, and whenever we see a bright spot, give it a chance to get out first.
After walking around and handing out two business cards, Iwahashi Shinichi bumped into the "Shooting Q" he picked up in Osaka Castle Park the last time he came to Osaka. Several young people still dressed up in fancy clothes and carefully made up to perform here.
After Iwahashi Shinichi and the others signed into the production company, he placed no restrictions on their actions except that they were not allowed to interact with the audience like comedians.
Usually, several young people go to Osaka's LIVEHOUSE to perform, and report to Tokyo two or three times a month. They communicate and learn from the musicians at the production company, submit homework regularly, and write new songs.
If they write good songs, they are willing to sell them, and the company is willing to pay for them.
At this moment, they were performing very hard, and the audience standing near them was much larger than when they first met them in Osaka Castle Park.
The most important thing is that these young people have finally stopped showing off their Kansai nonsense so frequently and have restrained themselves a lot. Although they are still far from being professional, at least they look like a band and will not be thought of as funny.
An artist.
When Iwahashi Shinichi stopped for them, several young people performing also discovered that there was an acquaintance in the audience. Mitsuo Terada's expression was about to lose control for a moment, but he held it back and continued the performance.
After singing this song, Shinichi Iwahashi went over and put a hundred-yuan coin into their piano case.
In the piano case, there were some scattered coins, and there was even a thousand-yen bill. Shinichi Iwahashi looked at this "Natsume Soseki" and thought that people in Osaka would also do something like giving a thousand yen to street performers.
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But maybe it was done by people from Tokyo who couldn’t guess what people in Osaka were thinking.
Staying in Osaka, Shinichi Iwahashi also opened fire on Tokyoites.
None of the young people expected to see Shinichi Iwahashi here. As soon as the song ended, they stopped the performance and said hello to him.
"Sorry to bother you," Shinichi Iwahashi said.
Mitsuo Terada smiled shyly and asked proactively, "Iwahashi-san watched the performance just now."
"Sounds like a new song."
"Yes." Mitsuo Terada replied. After getting familiar with it, he unknowingly became the spokesperson for Shinichi Iwahashi. "Because I wanted to collect the audience's feedback in person, I came to the Osaka Castle Park Roadshow specially."
“What was the response like?”
"Anyway, I wasn't laughed at." He did have a sense of humor.
Iwahashi Shinichi laughed when he heard what he said, "I think it sounds pretty decent. Next time I go to Tokyo, I will make a demo of the song and listen to it again."
After being praised by him, these young people seemed to be recognized, and they were visibly more energetic.
It just so happened that at noon, Shinichi Iwahashi simply invited them to dinner.
Several young people packed up their musical instruments and prepared to go to the tooth festival with Shinichi Iwahashi. Behind them were several young men wearing flashy shirts who looked like they were not serious young men. Shinichi Iwahashi once again enjoyed the treatment of being shunned by passers-by.
"My mother asked me to thank Iwahashi-san."
Mitsuo Terada followed Shinichi Iwahashi and whispered softly, "Thank you for the ZARD album... I originally planned to thank you in person the next time I see you in Beijing."
When I told Shinichi Iwahashi about the album he sent me, Mitsuo Terada remembered his mother's sparing no effort in promoting ZARD in the shopping mall.
If we say that Mitsuo Terada's mother only liked the band ZARD at first, but after her son joined Shinichi Iwahashi's company, Shinichi Iwahashi deliberately remembered her liking for ZARD and made a special trip to send her the band's new album.
, after that, she had an even more unusual passion for the band ZARD.
It’s as if he has some responsibility for ZARD becoming popular and Iwahashi Shinichi’s company growing.
After receiving the new album, Mitsuo Terada's mother began to use her clever yet unobtrusive sales skills of Osaka Shopping Street Obasana to promote the album to people around her.
A few days ago, ZARD came to Osaka to hold a concert. Mitsuo Terada's mother was upset because she didn't get a ticket. However, the negative emotions came and went quickly. She couldn't watch the concert, so she stayed in the store to look after the house.
However, this was obviously not something suitable to be said to Shinichi Iwahashi. Mitsuo Terada thought about it in his mind and swallowed it back.
"Mom also said," he remembered, "if Iwahashi-san thinks the dry goods in the store are good, I will bring you some more next time."
As Mitsuo Terada said this, he felt embarrassed in his heart. He felt that it was too embarrassing to offer something useful to Shinichi Iwahashi as a return gift.
"The quality of the dry goods in your store is very good." Iwahashi Shinichi was very happy.
She has already begun to plan in her mind that if she really receives the dry goods, she will send them to Nakamori Akina's house. If she can't finish them, she can give half of them to her mother.
Anyway, the Terada family's dry goods have received five-star reviews from Nakamori Akina and her mother.
He gladly accepted the Terada family's offer to give him valuables. This attitude also made Mitsuo Terada feel a lot more relaxed, and the embarrassment he felt just now also faded away a lot.
However, thinking about the last time he brought the large bag of dry goods that Shinichi Iwahashi asked for to Tokyo, Mitsuo Terada couldn't help but wonder in his heart, could Iwahashi-san's family be able to digest so much dry goods?
Iwahashi-san is really mysterious.
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While eating with the young men who shot Ran Q, Iwahashi Shinichi's pager rang. He took it out, looked at it, and left the table temporarily to find a public phone in the store.
When I called back, it was Akina Nakamori on the other end of the phone.
"It's a public phone," she said.
Iwahashi Shinichi cooperated with her and replied, "I also have a public phone here."
Two people who often played the phone booth game, each holding the receiver of a public phone, laughed in unison.
"I want to talk to you." Akina Nakamori sounded like a coquettish child on the phone.
Iwahashi Shinichi said "Yeah", "I'm listening."
She didn't want to do it anymore, "Why don't you say something?"
"Say something?"
Iwahashi Shinichi didn't know what to say for a while. He remembered the package of dry goods that Mitsuo Terada mentioned that had not yet been delivered, and deliberately teased her, "Do you still want the dry goods?"
"..."
The receiver was silent for about three seconds. Akina Nakamori replied angrily and funny, "No!"
this……
If Nakamori Akina doesn't buy it, what will happen to the useful information Mitsuo Terada brings to Tokyo later?