On the side of Shinichi Iwahashi, since the end of last year, he and Watanabe Manyumi guessed Nagato Daiyuki's plan, and they have deliberately started to prepare for this cooperation. The final response strategy was finalized and came up with the Star Office.
Cooperate on a five-year new talent discovery plan, aiming to "jointly develop and work together to provide talents to the recording industry."
During this period, Xingchen Agency and GENZO worked together to discover talents. GENZO was responsible for the training and debut plan of new Xingchen singers. After their debut, both parties jointly cultivated them.
Then comes the key point. When the cooperation plan is signed, GENZO and Xingchen will jointly invest in establishing a sub-label affiliated with GENZO, which will be responsible for the operation of "Xingchen series" singers.
As for Keiko Utoku, who has not yet made her debut, if this collaboration can come to fruition, she will be the first singer to be launched in this new collaboration plan, and her record contract will be managed under this collaborative record.
The first phase of this newcomer discovery plan lasts for five years.
During the cooperation, Xingchen Office no longer acted as a hands-off boss like when ZARD debuted. Instead, it actually participated in the operation of the label, discovered new singers, and was trained and produced by the new label. As for using the resources at hand to promote themselves
Needless to say, there is no need to talk about things like being a direct descendant of the company and supporting each other with GENZO headquarters.
After the five-year cooperation period expires, it will be decided based on the actual situation whether the second phase will continue or end. Of course, how to continue and what the plan will be for the end, these must also be prepared during the first five-year cooperation.
Leave appropriate leeway.
In addition to cooperating with sub-labels, when formulating the plan, Shinichi Iwahashi also mentioned one additional point, that is, while reaching cooperation with GENZO and Xingchen, he should also find ways to try his best to promote the cooperation between Xingchen Agency and Watanabe Manyumi
Establish a business support relationship between the offices.
This plan is to deepen the relationship with the Star Office, and also to gain an ally for Watanabe Wan Yumi's office through cooperation in the recording industry.
Although U-Miz is not large in scale, on the one hand, it is backed by Watanabe Productions and has good relations with Fuji TV and TV Asahi. On the other hand, it has experience in actor training, film production, and variety show production, both visible and invisible.
There are many strengths.
If we reach a business tie-up with Xingchen, in the future, for example, we can jointly fund movies to promote new talents, mutually train and recommend each other's new talents to play roles that we are not suitable for, and so on, we can take care of each other and benefit from each other.
Similarly, Watanabe Mayumi's office is prospering, and GENZO, who is prospering along with her, is taking advantage of it.
This is the plan. If there are no objections in the general direction, we will move to the next stage and conduct more detailed discussions on more specific things.
The overall atmosphere of this night's reception was harmonious and harmonious, and both parties could talk together. The details still need to be discussed, but overall things are on the same line and have not deviated.
In this way, it is safe to enter the second stage of negotiation.
After the reception at GENZO, Xingchen Office quickly sent an invitation to return the invitation. Xingchen wanted to return the invitation, which means that this cooperation will continue.
On Saturday night, Iwahashi Shinichi and Watanabe Manyumi were in the same car, going to an appointment there.
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Minato area, BEING.
Nagato Daiko suppressed the surprise in his heart and confirmed with the other end of the phone, "Are you going to cancel the next round of golf?"
The previously planned itinerary was to go golf socializing this Saturday with a director from the investor side who is very supportive of the cooperation with BEING.
But now, I suddenly received a call from the other party, telling him that the subsequent golf social was cancelled.
"Although I'm very sorry, there's nothing I can do about it." The director on the other end of the phone sounded apologetic, "This is no longer something I can continue to interfere in..."
There is something in the words.
It’s not that Nagato Daiyuki couldn’t hear it, let alone that he didn’t understand it. There was no way around it. It wasn’t just golf that had to be cancelled, but also the possibility of reaching out to BEING.
Could it be that planning, planning and foreshadowing for such a long period of time just ended in vain?
"This is so sudden."
Nagato Daiyuki was surprised and unexpected, and felt slightly displeased with being betrayed and caught off guard. For a moment, he felt a little unable to recover. When he spoke the words, he was afraid that the other party would misunderstand that he was blaming him, so he quickly smoothed things over.
The director opposite me also felt that things were not interesting and was not in a good mood.
"Although it is a bit overwhelming," Nagato Daiyuki calmed down, "Golf is not available in distant places. If you can enjoy it, I will entertain you from here. I wonder what you think."
What was the reason for the cancellation? Nagato Daiyuki must know the reason.
The director opposite had been close to Nagato Daiyuki before, and tried his best to help connect people. Now that things have become like this, I am not happy about it, but I feel that I should give an explanation.
"Then, I'm grateful for Nagato-san's hospitality," he said.
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At the reception hosted by Xingchen in response to the invitation, the two parties continued to exchange views on cooperation, negotiate, and finalize more details.
Both parties agreed on the idea of establishing a sub-label. After the cooperation began, Star Office hosted the selection of new singers every year, with GENZO assisting. The selected singers were signed to the sub-label to prepare for their debut.
At this point, BEING's Nagato Daiyuki no longer needs to continue negotiating with him.
The Star Office itself, and the investors behind it, are interested in getting a piece of the record industry, but it’s hard to say how much they want to delve deeper into the record industry.
This time, Sachiko Kamaike was sent to participate in the audition, and she won the first prize by mistake, which made them feel that the cake in the recording industry is delicious. But in the next wave, if the recording industry is in recession, they will not
Love war.
This mentality of wanting to take a ride rather than starting from scratch is the reason why Iwahashi Shinichi is confident about completing the cooperation. On the other hand, even Nagato Daiyuki is also waiting for the theme song of "Chibi Maruko-chan" to be released.
Selling, with a group with best-selling songs in hand, and a budding B'z who just released a mini-album last year, there is a chance to catch the eye of the stars.
To talk about cooperation, to smooth out Nagato Daiyuki's calculations, and to get in touch with potential crises, this process requires not only making plans, but also thinking about the other party's thoughts while making plans, so that we can prescribe the right medicine.
For the Star Office, it is more reliable and realistic to take advantage of Shinichi Iwahashi and GENZO than to start from scratch with Daiko Nagato, who has no idea what the future holds and may be in vain.
He said that ZARD's success is ahead of him, Keiko Utoku's debut is in preparation, and Shinichi Iwahashi's reputation as the "Golden Touch" is well known.
After this reception, both parties had already figured it out and no longer thought about it.
Investors in Stars will no longer consider Daiyuki Nagato's BEING, and the crisis that GENZO was stuck in has been relieved. When talking about a big event, my nerves are tense when talking about it. After the discussion, I feel relieved and feel exhausted physically and mentally.
After the show, we found another place at GENZO to have a drink and relax.
Iwahashi Shinichi and Watanabe Manyumi, the officials sent by Takeda Printing Company to GENZO, and the staff who came to talk about business, it was another grand scene.
Let’s drink a glass of wine to relax and unwind, and give benefits to the accompanying staff. They can go and have fun tonight, and the bills will be sent to the company for reimbursement afterwards.
The staff members cheered and prepared to show off their skills on this Saturday night. After sending away the officials from Takeda Printing Company, Shinichi Iwahashi and Manyumi Watanabe exchanged glances, both full of things to say.
"Let's find another place to sit and sit." Iwahashi Shinichi suggested.
Watanabe Manyumi made fun of herself, "Why don't you take the staff to the nightclub when I'm there?"
"Do you want to go? You can enter if a man leads you."
Iwahashi Shinichi didn't answer her words, but instead teased her. This cunning way of saying things was easy to use. Watanabe Wanyumi smiled and said back in a neither soft nor hard tone, "I want to go to the male eldest sister's bar."
"Please forgive me for this." Shinichi Iwahashi admitted defeat at the speed of light.
Watanabe Mayumi was calm and collected, looking like she was winning effortlessly.
That's what happens when you're too familiar, and you know where to hit the most painful spot when you open your mouth. However, teasing each other with such words may not be a way to relax after accomplishing something big.
I didn’t go to a nightclub, and the male eldest sister wouldn’t go to a bar. In the end, I went to a members-only bar in Roppongi. Both of them were members there, and Shinichi Iwahashi’s introducer was Watanabe Mayumi.
"This way, it's temporarily stable."
The two people toasted to each other. Before the wine even entered their mouths, they uttered these words of relief.
This breath of relief meant that the crisis of being attacked by Nagato Daiko and his BEING was resolved. However, while the crisis was resolved, there were also new challenges waiting for him.
"With the rise of band craze, the rise of creative solo singers will also rise." Shinichi Iwahashi mentioned, "Because there are similarities between the two. Especially since there is an idol era that continues.
The background of more than ten years.”
The reason why bands take over from idols has become a new trend. On the one hand, the bands are highly watchable. On the other hand, it is also closely related to the fact that bands that focus on strength and creation are at odds with idols who focus on packaging.
If the reason for the band's popularity is due to two factors: strength and creation, then individual singer-songwriters will have more opportunities to stand out.
"So, when Utoku debuted, he focused on 'personality' and 'creation.'" Watanabe Manyumi said.
Iwahashi Shin nodded, "That's right. If she stands on the stage and fails to leave an impression on the audience, it won't work. So, you must consider these when making your debut plan."
He said, thinking of a person, "Yu De is a 'star type', but we also have a real 'GENZO type' female singer-songwriter."
"Okuro Moki." Iwahashi Shinichi mentioned this name.
He thought about it briefly, "Compared to Utoku, Dahei is indeed not beautiful enough. However, she has something more important than looks. She is the kind of person who can naturally attract attention when she stands on the stage...like Nakajima
Miyuki-san, Yumi-san is like that.”
"The rating is so high?"
Iwahashi Shin nodded, "So, her management appointment must be placed in your office. Only in this way will you not be tied up."
This is what people who trust each other would say. Watanabe Manyumi smiled.
"However," Shinichi Iwahashi changed his subject, "In the first half of the year, we have to focus on completing the cooperation with Xingchen, so Utoku's debut must be the first priority. Daikoku's debut can only be postponed temporarily.
Press it."
"Okoku is outstanding in talent and proud. We are both rookies in the reserve army. If she falls one step behind Keiko Utoku, it will probably be a big blow to her." Shinichi Iwahashi mentioned.
However, when taking the overall situation into consideration, you must make appropriate choices and change the order.
Watanabe Manyumi didn't know much about the newcomer Daikuro Moki, but she just guessed that he had another plan and waited for the next chapter.
"So, we have to change our approach."
Iwahashi Shinichi told Watanabe Wan Yumi, "I want to prepare a very large debut project for Daikoku. Therefore, in order to arrange the project well, temporarily postponing it is an expected adjustment."
"How cunning." Watanabe Manyumi said of him.
Iwahashi Shinichi laughed, "It's not cunning, I mean it sincerely. Dahei and Utoku are two different types. Yutoku needs to be cultivated slowly and steadily, but Dahei is the 'explosive' type."
Daikoku Moki's energy, if you take it slow, will waste her impact on the public. Therefore, you have to hold back your big move.
"I am not telling you this casually." He mentioned, "Dahei's manager has made an appointment with you. When preparing for the project, I will leave it to you for the publicity funds and necessary joints."
Watanabe Wan Yumi was a little speechless, "Is it just to say this?"
"This is very important." Iwahashi Shinichi said seriously.
He was not joking. Watanabe Wan Yumi also became a little more serious. She understood what he meant and nodded, "Okay, in order to witness this 'explosion', I will accept Daikoku's management contract."
To put it bluntly, preparing a huge debut plan for Daikoku Maki was something Shinichi Iwahashi had been planning in his mind for a long time. And handing Daikoku Maki to her was what he really set aside to appease Daikoku Maki.
step.
"Stay tuned." Shinichi Iwahashi said.
Watanabe Wan Yumi accepted his man, was too lazy to answer the question, and drank whiskey slowly.
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On the same night, Nagato Daiyuki met with the director with whom he had become acquainted.
The plan was ruined, and the expected cooperation was also ruined. Nagato Daiyuki was so worried that he had to force a smile and pretend that nothing happened.
He behaved like this, and the director who was also not very happy felt a little more comfortable.
Even though both of them pretended to be worried, they both knew what the other wanted to hear and say, so they still endured it and drank and had fun as if nothing had happened. When chatting with the hostesses, they both made witty remarks.
After drinking at two stalls first, we moved to a third shop before finally turning to the topic, talking about the incident that Nagato Daiyuki was worried about.
"It's Iwahashi-san from GENZO." The other party revealed the answer.
