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733. Independence Storm

Today, all the people with names in the industry are present.

Under the background that the entertainment industry is deliberately trying to create a god, and the entire industry and even the general public are willing to cooperate, the scale of this funeral is unprecedentedly large.

In addition to those who came to express their condolences after receiving the funeral notice, there were also those who were not invited and had wreaths sent by the office on their behalf.

Around the Aoyama Funeral Home, a large number of ordinary people spontaneously came to bid farewell to the Enka Queen. In order to facilitate ordinary people's spontaneous mourning, arrow signs pointing the way were hung around the Aoyama Funeral Home.

In addition, there are also flower-laying locations located outdoors.

The rainy season has passed, and although the weather is a little gloomy, at least there is no worry of rain, and there is no need to worry about flowers and circles getting wet and messed up by the rain——

There were so many people paying their condolences that there was no space for the wreaths to be placed, and a considerable number of them were placed in the open air.

The television cameras were also working nearby, and reporters were busy recording the scene.

Of course, the camera also knows what's interesting, focusing on familiar celebrities and artists. In such an occasion, the most fearful thing is to be photographed with inappropriate expressions and behaviors, so everyone present pays great attention to managing their expressions.

The men wore black suits, and the women came without makeup. Some wore suits and some wore kimonos.

Shinichi Iwahashi registered at the entrance and handed over an envelope containing the memorial ceremony. He attended funerals and weddings, and no one showed up empty-handed. He signed, entered the auditorium, and offered incense.

Kato Kazuya, the adopted son of Misora ​​Hibari, bowed and thanked everyone who came to express his condolences.

After offering the incense, Shinichi Iwahashi temporarily retreated to the reception room on the other side to rest, and then returned to the auditorium after the funeral ceremony began. Two cameras in the auditorium were responsible for recording. After leaving the auditorium, reporters from the TV station were looking for celebrities everywhere.

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At this time, if a celebrity is accidentally photographed making unsightly expressions and movements, he will definitely be condemned.

At Misora ​​Hibari's funeral, Iwahashi Shinichi, a young and unfamiliar face, would always attract attention when he appeared here. Occasionally, strangers would come over to talk to him, exchange a few polite words, and exchange identities.

Occasions like funerals have unconsciously become a social stage.



Akina Nakamori finished offering the incense and walked out of the auditorium under the guidance of the staff.

She was wearing a black Western-style dress today, with her hair tied up and no makeup. She walked out of the auditorium and walked quickly across the road with her head lowered, avoiding the ubiquitous cameras.

Although it was a solemn funeral, the reporters outside the venue seemed to be suppressing some secret excitement. Because of this, the celebrities and entertainers present consciously stayed away.

It wasn't until I walked into the hall where the reception room was located that I felt relieved.

When she was a child, Akina Nakamori sang Misora ​​Hibari's songs with her mother. Such a mood at the moment was definitely not out of etiquette. She lowered her gaze and walked across the aisle.

On such an occasion, even in the reception room, the atmosphere makes people feel uncomfortable. People who know each other meet each other, greet each other in low voices, and express a few words of condolences for Misora ​​Hibari. Whether it is out of true love or courtesy.

Nakamori Akina met Morishin and his wife, stopped and bowed to them.

Mori Masako's face was pale and her eyes were red. She followed her husband and bowed her head slightly in return. This married and retired former idol was once a disciple of Misora ​​Hibari and had a deep relationship with Misora ​​Hibari.

"Akina-chan." The person who came over to say hello was Kato Tokiko.

When Nakamori Akina saw her, she became a little more excited and quickly lowered her head to her, "Hello, Kato-san."

"Long time no see." Kato Tokiko greeted her.

The two of them walked towards the reception room together with similar steps.

Two years ago, Tokiko Kato sent "Hard to Break" to Akina Nakamori, hoping she could sing that song. After the song was released, she won her third Record Award for this song.

My career has reached an unprecedented peak, and because of that song, I opened my heart to Shinichi Iwahashi.

"Still too young." Kato Tokiko looked unhappy. What she was talking about was naturally the age at which Hibari Misora ​​passed away. She was only fifty-two years old, which was indeed a premature age.

She raised her gaze and looked at Akina Nakamori. Her face without makeup still looked like a child, making it difficult to associate it with her appearance on stage. But precisely because of this, it was full of plasticity.

"Akina-chan just celebrated her birthday a while ago," Tokiko Kato actually remembered. Speaking of which, Toura Star, who became famous at a young age, celebrated countless birthdays in front of the camera.

Akina Nakamori showed a small smile, nodded, and told her, "She is already twenty-four years old."

"It's a good time." Kato Tokiko smiled, "The next step is the peak period of stage creation."

Nakamori Akina listened carefully and accepted the encouragement and praise from her seniors. Kato Tokiko saw her as an obedient student, and felt the love and affection of an elder in her heart.

Now Akina Nakamori's whole body is shining like it has been washed, making people happy for her.



At the subsequent funeral ceremony, singer representatives from the entertainment industry gathered in front of the altar to sing Hibari Misora's posthumous work "The Stream".

All the big names in the entertainment industry came forward. Among the female idols, only Akina Nakamori received this "honor".

The TV station's cameras were operating dutifully, and when introducing the singers who would sing "The Stream" to bid farewell to Misora ​​Hibari, they used the word "representing everyone in the entertainment industry."

As for who should stand in front of the stage, in addition to the distance and distance between them and Hibari Misora, identity and status were also taken into consideration.

""The Everlasting Stream" was written by Yasushi Akimoto and composed by Yue Zhang."

Together with the name of the songwriter and songwriter, it was read out and sent to thousands of households through television.

While the funeral ceremony was being held in the venue, outside the venue, ordinary people from all over the country came to pay their respects in an endless stream.

When singers representing the industry sang "The Stream", the crowd outside the venue also spontaneously sang the song. Afterwards, statistics showed that there were about 42,000 people who went to bid farewell to Misora ​​Hibari that day.

However, just like "the stream never stops flowing", the river of farewell flows by, the beautiful skylark goes with the wave, and everything in the world goes on as usual.

The entertainment industry and the general public are quickly attracted by new major events.

Idol Seiko Matsuda suddenly announced that he would hold a press conference to become independent from SUNMUSIC, which he had been with for ten years since his debut.

A blockbuster bomb exploded in the industry.



Matsuda Seiko called Sunmusic's president Hidesaki Aizawa and told him that he was going to end the contract with the firm, open his own personal firm, and take responsibility for his own career and life.

After receiving such a call, Aizawa Xiuzhen choked at her words and became very drunk.

Even before Matsuda Seiko's scheduled press conference, gossip details about her independence have spread throughout the entertainment industry, even reaching the ears of Shinichi Iwahashi.

"President Aizawa Hidesaki was sulky and drunk." This kind of detail seems to have been seen hiding under the table at the president's house. It has grown up and traveled around the entertainment industry. It seems that it is deliberately spread.

It spread throughout the industry.

In 1978, Seiko Matsuda participated in an audition jointly organized by Sony Records and the girls' fashion magazine "SEVENTEEN" and won the championship in the Kyushu region. After that, she signed a contract with SUNMUSIC and went to Tokyo.

The brokerage contract will last exactly ten years until this year.

In the past ten years, he has become a top idol, an unprecedented mother idol, and a unique idol. Behind this, it is inseparable from SUNMUSIC’s all-out promotion. And for this agency, Seiko Matsuda is also a heavyweight in the facade.

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Now, the firm's front office has announced that it will leave SUNMUSIC and become independent.

It is undoubtedly a huge blow to SUNMUSIC.

But for Seiko Matsuda, it is not that easy to withdraw from the firm. The more important he is to the firm, the more difficult it is to become independent.

SUNMUSIC is not just a small office in the industry. Not only that, it is also the backbone of the Music Association. President Aizawa Hidesaki still holds a position in the Music Association.

As long as you give an order, there will be a "surrounding net of the Holy Son".

However, things are not that simple. Matsuda Seiko, who decided to be independent, did not just consider everything and announced that he would go it alone as soon as his forehead became hot.

When she got married to Masaki Kanda in a flash, there were rumors in gossip magazines that "The Son was interested in the power of the Ishihara Legion."

Masaki Kanda is the backbone of the Ishihara Office, which was founded by Yujiro Ishihara, one of the industry's leading stars. The members under his command are collectively known as the "Ishihara Legion."

Such a well-known Ishihara Yujiro passed away due to illness two years ago, and the influence of the Ishihara Corps in the industry has dropped significantly. At the same time, rumors of a bad relationship between Matsuda Seiko and Kanda Masaki have been spread frequently.

In the eyes of the Japanese, Seiko Matsuda, a scheming girl, never gets up early without any advantage. When it comes to big things like independence, she is definitely not someone who acts without thinking. It can be said that she only dares to make a big deal after she has an idea.

If Ishihara Yujiro was still alive, with the help of his husband and Ishihara Yujiro's mediation, the Music Association could sell him some face. However, after Ishihara Yujiro's death, the influence of the Ishihara Legion was greatly reduced, so this road would not work.

It seems that the record company is the one who can exert more efforts.

And Seiko Matsuda's record company is Sony - it is also a ten-year win-win cooperation.



Minano Yoko is in a bad situation right now.

When the news came out that Seiko Matsuda was going to hold an independent press conference, Shin Iwahashi suddenly thought of Yoko Minamino, who was negotiating with Sony.

Minamino Yoko, Mizukura Shunichi, and Sony are still negotiating. The matter has been suppressed and not exposed until it is finalized.

The Sony family has a big business, and each department does its own thing. Minamino Yoko and Matsuda Seiko have different people in charge, and they usually have little overlap. No one knows who is busy with what.

Or, Minamino Yoko doesn't know what Matsuda Seiko is busy with, but Matsuda Seiko has the opportunity to know what Minamino Yoko is busy with.

"Today's idols are disobedient." The next time he met Masatoshi Sakai, Shinichi Iwahashi brought up his old words again, referring to the words of a senior executive at Fuji TV.

Hearing these words come out of his mouth, Sakai Masari laughed and clapped his hands, "That's it."

Indeed, from the perspective of the firm, it is quite irritating that one after another popular idols have their wings stiffened and want to fly. The money tree has legs to run away on its own, and if it cannot be trapped, it will want to chop it into firewood and burn it.

"Be honest" is the agency's basic requirement for its artists.

Minamino Yoko kept it secret and secretly communicated with her co-producer, and she happened to be invited by Iwahashi Shinichi to participate in a cooperative project, which helped her, and finally made progress.

But Matsuda Seiko is better at hiding things than she is. I'm afraid that long before Minamino Yoko sought asylum from Sony, she had already discussed independence with her guardian at Sony.

Having signed a contract with Sony for ten years, she was once the pinnacle among idols. She got whatever she wanted. Such Matsuda Seiko's influence within the record company is far beyond that of Minamino Yoko, a young girl who has only been famous for just two years.

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"Can Sony help two female idols become independent at the same time?" Shinichi Iwahashi said.

It was more of a statement than a question. Sakai Masatoshi remained silent, picked up the glass and took a sip. Tonight, Shinichi Iwahashi took the initiative to ask him to meet, and when they met, they started talking about Matsuda Seiko's independence.

The answer is obvious: Sony cannot help two female idols become independent at the same time.

What's more, after one becomes independent, the original firm will close down, and after the other becomes independent, the original firm will lose its appearance.

The two female idols have special status in their respective agencies, and the heads of the agencies have close relations with the Music Association. Even a big company like Sony can have some minor friction with the Music Association, but it cannot have any conflicts with the Music Association.

Trouble the relationship.

If the relationship really breaks out, rival record companies will contact the Music Association and take the opportunity to snatch people away.

Among the backbone of the Music Association, there are many famous ballad songwriters. These people and idols achieved mutual success and ushered in the era of idols. However, as ballads gradually became outdated, idols began to use more new-school songwriters, and a sense of crisis ensued.

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Now, self-singing bands have become popular, and the idol market has shrunk, which has greatly affected these once-big songwriters. Because of this, they cannot allow idols who rely on songwriters to "harden their wings."

Songwriters who work in the Music Association cannot tolerate the betrayal of their idols, and when they join an agency in the Music Association, they cannot tolerate the departure of their facade and brand name, and the years of training are in vain.

At this point, it is almost natural for the entire music association to reach a consensus.

Now, two female idols want to be independent. If the Music Association does not take action, I am afraid that other idols will follow suit. Even if it is to suppress other people who are ready to take action, action must be taken.

Sakai Masatoshi felt that Iwahashi Shinichi was paying attention to Minamino Yoko's affairs.

Compared to Matsuda Seiko, whom Iwahashi Shinichi had never met or interacted with before, Minamino Yoko, who was indeed familiar to Iwahashi Shinichi, deserved more attention. What's more, he had indirectly contributed to her independent negotiations because of his unintentional interference.

Not long after he was happy for her and Okada Yukiko, such a big change suddenly occurred, which made him feel a little bit tricked.

Iwahashi Shinichi always felt that Matsuda Seiko deliberately chose this moment.

If she declares independence now, Minano Yoko will be on the receiving end of the fire.


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