When cooperating with Fujifilm, Shinichi Iwahashi negotiated with the company, borrowed a darkroom, and an experienced developer, and took the opportunity to learn a craft.
Learning to develop photos from a film factory is not an opportunity that ordinary people enjoy.
If the photos taken by the disposable camera are used to be washed by others, the relationship between the two people is self-evident. Again, even if they are really exposed, they cannot be leaked to weekly magazines because of private photos.
Iwahashi Shinichi made enough food and clothing by herself, studied for a while, and was only half-hearted. Finally, she developed the photos on her birthday without really delaying it until next year.
"Anyway, that's what happened." He explained.
When answering this question, Shinto Iwahashi was sitting on the sofa in Akina Nakamori's apartment, and Akina Nakamori, who was responsible for asking the question, was looking at him without smiling.
In order to be able to develop photos, she went to learn how to develop photos from a film factory. In her heart, she felt that Shinichi Iwahashi was exaggerating, but also felt that he was really powerful. How could there be such a powerful person?
Just now, Akina Nakamori couldn't help but pick up the phone after looking at the photos and paged Shinichi Iwahashi.
While dialing, I was thinking about it. This Saturday and Sunday, DREAMS COME TRUE will hold a concert in Nagoya. There will be a rehearsal for the concert tomorrow morning.
Right now, Shinichi Iwahashi is probably in a hotel in Nagoya. I don't know if he is awake or has fallen asleep.
If you have already fallen asleep, you can only talk again tomorrow.
Thinking of others being in Nagoya, Nakamori Akina remembered that Shinichi Iwahashi rushed from Kobe to Nagoya late at night in order to see her, and then returned to Tokyo from Nagoya.
At that time, without thinking about it, she felt the warmth of Iwahashi Shin's whole body rushing towards her. Although it was a pity that they could not celebrate her birthday together, Nakamori Akina still wanted to call him and talk to him.
As a result, after calling her back, after a few words, Iwahashi Shinichi told her that he was still in Tokyo. So, they had a hurried meeting late at night.
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That night, Iwahashi Shinichi and Sakai Masatoshi were drinking together.
With the support sent to him by Mitomo Iijima, the planned album, and the debut plan of Ayako Fuji, the relationship between Shinichi Iwahashi and Masatoshi Sakai has grown by leaps and bounds, and they can be regarded as the producers with whom he has the closest relationship recently.
In addition to this, Sony, the record company that Masato Sakai works for, has sought support from there during the production of Band Paradise, and then a series of cooperation and signings. Now the record company with which Shinichi Iwahashi has the closest relationship in the industry is also Sony.
Masatoshi Sakai took a staff member from his office as a driver, and Shinichi Iwahashi took Mitsuo Iijima who came from his office as a driver.
The two of them were drinking and chatting here, while the two drivers silently went to the lounge to wait.
"Iijima-kun is now in charge of BOLAN, and he is very reassuring when doing things." Iwahashi Shinichi and Sakai Masari praised her. Although they were meant to be polite, they were also sincere.
"BOLAN is now cooperating with Fujimura, so it's fate." Sakai Masari said with a smile.
On the day when I first met Ayako Fuji, Iwahashi Shinichi sent some songs to Sakai Masatoshi, with the idea of providing them to Johnny's new idol group Heikepai.
The group that was used to pay off debts had a very high standard when they debuted.
Johnny negotiated with Nippon TV, which he had always had a good relationship with, to produce a special variety show for this group called "Heike Pai". For the title song of the debut single, he hired the composer Ma Kai, who had a good relationship with Kitagawa Hiroshi.
Provided by Noyasuji.
When it comes to releasing a debut single, Kitagawa Kaguo is quite prudent and prefers to cooperate with big names.
As for the song selection for the album, Masatoshi Sakai was solely responsible for it. Two songs by Seiichiro Kuribayashi that Shinichi Iwahashi brought were selected and included in the group's debut album.
Johnny's idols bring their own fans when they debut, and their results are often good. Heikepai's debut single has sold 300,000 copies in less than a month since it was released, and the debut album that followed it has sold 300,000 copies so far.
There are also nearly 200,000 pieces.
As one of the music contributors to the album, Iwahashi Shinichi forgot about the matter after he gave the music. After the album was released, he started to make money. No wonder songwriters like to write songs for popular idols. It’s really because of the music provided.
too much.
This debut performance is far ahead of other idols. Even within Johnny's, it is a top-notch figure.
"It looks glamorous, but I don't know what Marissan's next step will be." Masatoshi Sakai's tone was quite tactful.
Of the 300,000 copies of Heike's debut single, 150,000 were sold in the first week. That week, the group achieved its wish to win the weekly championship, but it began to dive steadily from the next week, showing a lack of stamina.
In this group, except for the selection of songs for the debut single, Kitagawa had almost no involvement. Although Keiko Fujishima served as the group's nominal manager, she was assisted by Kitagawa Mari throughout the whole process.
The Heike team debuted, and Kitagawa Marie helped coordinate a lot of publicity resources and launched the group in one go.
However, this diving trend, in addition to the strong publicity in the early stage of the debut, which gathered the spending power of fans in advance, also truly reflects one thing: the general public other than fans have little interest in this group.
Now, the idol market is shrinking, and it all depends on that small audience to keep it going. Once it is drained, it will be gone.
Strong publicity and the fact that the group had already accumulated popularity before their debut led to this start. But it will take a lot of effort to maintain it.
If the momentum of the next single can be maintained, it is very possible. But if the momentum drops, it will be harder to gain public attention.
"I don't know what Mari-san is going to do." Sakai Masatoshi said, "Keiko-san is still young." The implication is that the person behind the scenes is actually Kitagawa Mari.
When he said this, he couldn't help but smile, "You are young, Iwahashi-kun, you are also young..."
Iwahashi Shinichi just smiled and listened.
This Saturday and Sunday, DREAMS COME TRUE will hold a concert in Nagoya. There will be a rehearsal for the concert tomorrow morning.
The distance between Tokyo and Nagoya is much closer than the previous Fukuoka and Osaka. Therefore, the concert team went to Nagoya this afternoon and spent the night there. Miwa-chan and Nakamura-san also booked to participate in a program of Nagoya Broadcasting.
radio program.
Giraffe men rarely appear in this kind of activity.
Among them, there are reasons why Iwahashi Shinichi is very busy and does not have time to participate in radio programs, and there are also reasons why he deliberately reduces his presence outside of live performances.
After all, his main position is still behind the scenes.
But having said that, for the general public, in a radio program where you cannot see the face and can only listen to the voice, the difference between the presence or absence of the giraffe man is actually not that big.
I'm going to work separately from the team, and I just happen to have an appointment with Sakai Masatoshi tonight.
Halfway through the drink, someone else joined in.
It was Watanabe Mayumi's brother-in-law, Yoshida Masaki, who seemed to have a good personal relationship with Sakai Masatoshi. Iwahashi Shinichi hadn't seen him for a while, and he expressed his greetings seriously, which made Yoshida Masaki laugh.
laughing out loud.
In addition to Masaki Yoshida, there is also a middle-aged man who looks unfamiliar to him. At a glance, he can tell that he is the person behind the TV station.
People who work in places like TV stations all have a similar temperament. Upon introduction, it turned out that he was actually the director in charge of music programs at Fuji TV, his surname was Takabe.
Yoshida Masaki introduced Takabe to Iwahashi Shinichi. Not only did he not mind, he seemed to be happy to cultivate Iwahashi Shinichi. This was the intention when he introduced Iijima Sanchi to Iwahashi Shinichi. Now it is even more so.
in this way.
As long as the cooperative relationship between Iwahashi Shinichi and Watanabe Manyumi exists, both parties will be prosperous. However, for Yoshida Masaki, he is willing to work harder for Iwahashi Shinichi not only because of Watanabe Manyumi's relationship.
From the bottom of his heart, he felt that Shinichi Iwahashi was a good person. He was talented and reliable.
After a few drinks, Gaobu said with emotion, "Today's idols are disobedient." He was in charge of music programs and dealt with idols all day long. Maybe he had a reason for saying this.
However, Iwahashi Shinichi listened to a few words, and after thinking about it, the "disobedient" Takabe said was not referring to the idols playing big names, but something else.
"Minamino Yoko-chan."
Takabe asked, "Aren't you having a big quarrel with Mizukura Junichi-san over independence from the office? You are quite willful."
It was just right not to mention Minamino Yoko. When he mentioned it, Sakai Masatoshi smiled and pointed at Iwahashi Shinichi, "Iwahashi-kun is cooperating with Minamino."
"Really?" Gao Bei looked quite surprised.
Iwahashi Shinichi nodded politely. Takabe smiled and said in a gentler tone, "Youko-chan is in trouble right now, and Mizukura-san is bragging about such a disobedient idol. She should be given some color."
.I never thought that Iwahashi-kun could lend Yoko-chan to someone like Mizukura-san."
"It's just a song project." Shinichi Iwahashi couldn't guess what Takabe meant, and he didn't know why Masato Sakai specifically mentioned this, so he spoke vaguely.
Takabe smiled and said, "Anyway, the contract is not over yet, and Yoko-chan hasn't officially announced the non-renewal of the contract yet, so it doesn't matter now."
Ninety-eight percent of the annual sales of Shunichi Mizukura's office come from Minamino Yoko. If Minamino Yoko terminates the contract, it is obvious that the firm will close down.
But beyond that, there are things under the table.
This is what Takabe said, "Today's idols are disobedient."
Since the birth of the idol profession, it has been a cash cow for the agency, a product packaged and manipulated by the agency. From before debut to after debut, every step taken is done according to the requirements of the agency.
Because of this, idols who dare to refuse packaging and famous lyrics and music will become an alternative that is often mentioned.
Just giving opinions on the packaging of goods is within the allowable range. Especially after entering the 1980s, more and more idols have their own ideas, which makes idols more diverse and gives people more opportunities to express their opinions.
It gives talented and charismatic idols a chance to stand out.
What is really intolerable in the industry is when idols lose their wings and leave the agency.
Takabe finished lamenting that "today's idols are disobedient", and then became curious about the collaborative project mentioned by Sakai Masatoshi, and asked questions with great interest.
Whether Minamino Yoko was obedient or not, and what Mizukura Shunichi's attitude was, seemed to have nothing to do with everyone here. However, when Iwahashi Shinichi accidentally looked at Sakai Masatoshi, he found that his expression was quite subtle.
Noticing Iwahashi Shinichi's gaze, Sakai Masari glanced back and raised his glass to him as if nothing had happened.
I always feel like this producer knows something else.
Iwahashi Shinichi still remembers that Minamino Yoko’s records were sold at Sony.
Minamino Yoko is currently popular, and Sony has made a lot of money from her. Junichi Mizukura has said that he wants to give her some credit, but I don't know what Sony plans to do.
…
After finishing the drink, everyone went back to their homes.
Mitsuo Iijima sent Shinichi Iwahashi back. At this time, it was already past ten o'clock in the evening. Sitting in the car, he was thinking about the birthday gift he had sent to Akina Nakamori and took out his pager to check.
She worked late tonight and didn't know if she would go back at this time?
And that gift that was sent.
With Taopusta's impatient personality, he would definitely call him and want to know how the photos were developed. After being together for so long, Iwahashi Shinichi knew Nakamori Akina very well.
Sure enough, when he was almost home, Iwahashi Shinichi's pager rang. He looked around and asked Iijima Sanchi to stop the car.
Iwahashi Shin got out of the car, went to a phone booth, and called back. After that, he put down the phone and asked Mijima Iijima to take him downstairs to Akina Nakamori's house.
Mijima Iijima, who neither listened nor saw, didn't even show any excess curiosity, and didn't care at all why Iwahashi Shinichi didn't just go home.
…
"How about those photos?" Shinichi Iwahashi asked.
Akina Nakamori complained to him, "Why did you take so many strange photos?"
"Strange?"
She nodded "Yeah, yeah", "Weird."
"Aren't they all pretty cute..."
Iwahashi Shinichi went to get the photo album and tried to make up for himself. Nakamori Akina laughed and acted coquettishly with him, "I lied to you."
However, these are photos that can only be viewed privately, which is true.
Especially the last one... is a photo that must never be shown to outsiders. Even if the relationship with him is made public in the future, it cannot be seen by anyone.
Nakamori Akina was thinking this, and when she glanced at him, Iwahashi Shinichi was turning the page in his hand and looking at it.
Looking at his expression again, he looked as if he was admiring a masterpiece. He seemed too proud, right? Akina Nakamori took the album away from his hand, closed it, and said, "I won't let you see it."
"..." He is really willful.
Iwahashi Shinichi was amused by her childish appearance and stared at her intently.
Akina Nakamori pouted and looked at his face, "What are you doing?"
Then there's no need to ask. I wasn't allowed to see the photo, so I had to look at the main character in the photo.
