There is a celebration party, and there is no way that Watanabe Manyumi will not be present.
Shinichi Iwahashi smiled and called her over. He turned around and introduced Shunichi Baba to her, "This is the horse farm manager of VERMILLION Records."
On official occasions, he was polite and called "Watanabe-san".
Watanabe Manyumi saw Shinichi Iwahashi's enthusiastic introduction and knew what was going on. She handed over her business card and called her home. The situation became two-on-one, and Baba Shunichi was also very sensible. After chatting for a few words, he said goodbye and walked away.
"VERMILLION is a record company founded by President Nagato of BEING." There were only two of them left. Iwahashi Shinichi was serious and introduced the origin of this record company to Watanabe Wan Yumi.
Watanabe Manyumi nodded and asked knowingly, "Then what?"
"That's it." Iwahashi Shinichi said calmly.
Watanabe Manyumi said of him, "I was so enthusiastic just now, I thought it was something important."... Ninety-nine percent of the time, he didn't want to deal with that BURNING imperial envoy, and she happened to come over to help him escape.
There was something in her words. Iwahashi Shinichi took her sarcasm and said with a smile, "It is not an insignificant matter to introduce you to the racecourse manager."
Looking at what position Baba Shunichi holds at VERMILLION, we can roughly deduce how deeply involved this record company is with BURNING, and what role BURNING plays in it.
"Too."
Watanabe Manyumi accepted this statement. She was thoughtful, and Iwahashi Shinichi suddenly asked, "Where is Manyumi-san, is there anything you want to tell me?"
Watanabe Manyumi said "Huh?"
Iwahashi Shinichi looked at her and began to ask knowingly, "Did I guess wrong?"
Watanabe Manyumi smiled and just followed his words and said, "It just so happens that there is someone I want to introduce you to."
Those present tonight are not only the staff of Fuji TV, but also people related to the Japanese animation production company and "RIBON" magazine, who have been transformed into BEING of VERMILLION Records, and people from GENZO, and even people who are closely related to Fuji TV
Artistic people.
Watanabe Manyumi just finished exchanging business cards with Michiyo Yamada, the president of entertainment agency PAPADO.
Michiyo Yamada was a staff member of the film production company Kitty Films. In 1982, she became independent from her old employer and established the agency PAPADO.
Pori Kanon, a subsidiary of Fuji Sankei, has been the distributor of Kitty Films for many years. Therefore, the relationship between Kitty Films and Fuji TV is also quite good. Michiyo Yamada, the president of Kitty Films, relied on this relationship to get Fuji TV.
With little care, the actor business is running smoothly.
The officials of Fuji TV intended to introduce President Michiyo Yamada to Shinichi Iwahashi and Manyumi Watanabe, and invited her as a related party. It just so happened that both parties could take the opportunity to expand their contacts in the industry.
Kitty Films, a film production company, was mainly engaged in live-action films when it was first established. It produced "Infinitely Close to Transparent Blue" written and directed by Ryu Murakami, which failed miserably at the box office and was recorded in history. The company has a deep love for Ryu Murakami.
, after finishing this film, he invested in a larger production and continued to shoot Murakami Ryu's "Don't Worry, My Friend", but this time the loss was even worse, and he almost went bankrupt.
The president of the film production company, Hidenori Taga, was first a director of POLYDOR.KK. In the late 1970s, he established the film production company Kitty Films and the associated record company Kitty Records.
This Taga producer loves movies so much that he invests all the money he earns from selling records into movies. He makes money like a stream of money and spends money like a flood. Through hard work in making movies, the company almost went bankrupt——
"Don't worry, my friend."
At the critical moment, because the animation "Lucky Boy" that he participated in the production became very popular, and later cooperated with Toho to produce the animation "Miyuki Miyuki", the company not only came back to life, but also stepped into prosperity.
After that, the company that was saved by animation gradually began to give up on live-action film production and switched to the animation market. Two years ago, the OVA animation "Legend of the Galaxy Heroes" produced became a hit again, and it made a lot of money from animation.
.
Because Kitty Films has its own record company and animation production company, when producing "Fuck Star Boy", the production of animation and theme songs should be outsourced to the "Kitty family". Taking advantage of this innate condition, Taga Hideori
Starting from this animation, we tried to reform and use pop music as the opening and ending songs of the animation.
This attempt paid off handsomely in the subsequent "Miyuki Miyuki" produced by Kitty Films. The animation's ending theme song "Thinking Out" (Full of Memories) became a hit. Although the group that sang the song, H2O, became a one-stop shop, the song was not
It became a masterpiece that left its name in the history of Japanese pop music.
Shinichi Iwahashi knew little about Kitty Films. He first learned about the company before the record company was established. Considering the broad prospects of animated music in the future, he wanted to seek cooperation with animation production companies. When collecting information, he scanned
Take a look at this company.
However, with the background of POLYDOR.KK and its own record company, Kitty Films would definitely not be the cooperation partner that he and Watanabe Mayumi could seek. Therefore, he took one look and quickly passed it.
Today, however, at the banquet celebrating the hit sales of "Let's Dance", Watanabe Manyumi, who met Michiyo Yamada first, introduced PAPADO in advance, and also learned about the history of Kitty Films' fortunes and losses from her.
Watanabe Manyumi said that she wanted to introduce Yamada Michiyo to her. In fact, it was better to say that she was replying to Iwahashi Shinichi's words about introducing Baba Shunichi to her.
After all, on this occasion today, it is the first time for both parties to meet each other.
As both female presidents, Michiyo Yamada and Mayumi Watanabe are two completely different types - of course, President Yamada is almost forty years old, and there is a generation gap between him and Mayumi Watanabe.
Watanabe Manyubi looks capable, but Yamada Michiyo looks very gentle, not like a president at all.
PAPADO has been a small agency since its establishment, and has been very low-key in the industry. Even Watanabe Wanyumi, a second-generation artist in the entertainment industry, has never heard of it.
I even heard from the Fuji TV executive who introduced Michiyo Yamada that when this firm recruits new people, it adopts an "acquaintance recommendation system" and does not make the selection public. The more I heard, the more it sounded like some kind of mysterious organization.
However, the artists under it have never been short of acting. The agency is currently recommending actor Eguchi Yosuke, and Yamada Michiyo is very talkative. When she smiles, fine lines form at the corners of her eyes that make people take off their guard.
Be polite to Mayumi Watanabe and Shinichi Iwahashi, and hope that we will have more opportunities to collaborate.
Watanabe Mayumi didn't know PAPADO, but Yamada Michiyo knew the details of Watanabe Mayumi. As soon as she opened her mouth, she mentioned Inamura Izumi, whom the agency was strongly promoting, and praised her for her excellent acting skills and good temperament.
Compared to the non-smiling way I dealt with Junichi Baba just now, it was easier to deal with Michiyo Yamada - at least in terms of the communication experience.
Of course, the good impression of Yamada Michiyo is not wishful thinking or an illusion. While the two were chatting, I learned a piece of news from her mouth.
Fuji TV is planning to adapt Shibamon Fumi's manga "Tokyo Love Story" into a TV series. The project has not yet been officially launched, but if nothing unexpected happens, it should be a certainty.
Tokyo love story.
Tokyo love story…
Shinichi Iwahashi pricked up his ears, waiting to hear more information from Michiyo Yamada. However, after the other party said this, he smiled and stopped.
Is that all you need to say?
There are already quite a few of these.
The comics of "Tokyo Love Story" are currently being serialized, and the project has not yet been officially launched. If each agency wants to find a role for its actors, it will be easier to find out earlier so that they can make arrangements earlier.
This comic has been a popular work in recent years. If it were to be adapted, it would be impossible to put it into a late-night slot where no one cares about it. And given the prevalence of urban white-collar fashion dramas, if it were to be aired, it would most likely be scheduled to be a hit in the city.
The ninth section of the play.
The ninth slot of the month is Fuji TV's bulletin schedule. If you can get a good role, your career as an actor will take a big step forward.
Yamada Michiyo's PAPADO currently promotes actor Eguchi Yosuke, and Watanabe Mayumi's agency has all the famous actresses. There is no competition between the two parties, so they are naturally happy.
What's more, in the industry, there are many ordinary staff members in the industry who don't know that Watanabe Wanyumi is the second lady of Watanabe Maker, but there are probably only a few who don't know that she is the person in charge of Watanabe Maker's second daughter.
…
At today's celebration banquet, as soon as Baba Shun arrived, Nagato Daiyuki had no reason not to come.
Iwahashi Shinichi and Nagato Daiyuki met each other and congratulated each other politely. By the way, they looked forward to the broad prospects of "Let's Dance" together, and the atmosphere was harmonious and cordial.
After everything had become a foregone conclusion, Nagato Daiyuki saw Shinichi Iwahashi again, and the hatred in his heart for this naughty boy faded away. It was not so much that it faded away, or it should be said that he wrote down each stroke after stroke.
Calculate slowly next.
And once I put aside my hatred for him for the time being, as fellow record industry practitioners, and they had just collaborated on a hit single, naturally I could only smile on my face, say all the nice things, and go their separate ways after being polite.
Yes, that's all.
After eleven o'clock, Iwahashi Shinichi and Watanabe Manyumi were ready to leave. Before leaving, he took the initiative to invite Watanabe Manyumi to find a place to sit.
The two of them left the lively banquet and went to a members-only club to have a drink.
The most important thing is to say what you want to say first.
Iwahashi Shinichi was still thinking about PAPADO. To be precise, he was thinking about Kitty Films, which Michiyo Yamada worked for. When he opened his mouth, he said the same thing, "The success of the single "Let's Dance" proves that it passed.
We can also work with animation to produce theme songs."
Kitty Films, a model that combines animation production with music production, is ten years ahead of Shinichi Iwahashi. Because of this, there are many things that can be learned and worth learning from this "Kitty system". The only thing that does not need to be
What I learned is to invest the money I earn from music into big-budget movies——
Watanabe Mayumi's low-budget productions that specialize in promoting newcomers are not within this scope.
Iwahashi Shinichi's main business is a record company, but he and the Japanese animation production company are brother companies. If this advantage can be used, and the cooperation with the brothers can be closer and more detailed...
It may not be impossible to take the "Kitty style" path, or even make this path wider.
The more Shinichi Iwahashi thought about it, the more he thought it was feasible. He couldn't help but tell Watanabe Manyumi first, "If we deepen our cooperation with Japanese animation production companies, we can also learn from the 'Kitty system' and take the path of animation music."
If we can get through, the future will be bright.”
"Not only the theme song of the animation, but also the soundtrack. Even," he mentioned, "it is not impossible to release a single for the protagonist of the animation or the voice actor of the character. If you can sell three thousand copies, you can make back the money."
Watanabe Wan Yumi listened patiently, neither objecting nor supporting, "Can you do it?"
"Then we have to bring up the old story again." Iwahashi Shinichi told her, "It's almost the same. We should also consider expanding the scale."
Watanabe Manyumi nodded and said nothing. Iwahashi Shinichi did not intend to deepen the topic at this time, and turned to talk about something else, "If I didn't want to be close to the animation production industry, I wouldn't choose Takeda Printing Company...
…Previously, Fengdao also mentioned that many musicians who have no hope of success in the mainstream music industry have switched to the animation and game industry.”
Iwahashi Shin paused, "Today's animation musicians are worthless."
"Ah." Watanabe Manyumi responded, knowing what he meant, "So, buy it when the price is low."
Iwahashi Shin nodded, "That's it. I've been doing this consciously. Otherwise, the soundtrack for the anime "Chibi Maruko-chan" would be a problem."
What GENZO got was the music of "Chibi Maruko-chan", not just the theme song. On the one hand, the production rights of the theme song were outsourced to BEING, and on the other hand, the animation musicians he supported were responsible for writing the soundtrack.
"I plan to recruit another group of musicians." Shinichi Iwahashi said.
Watanabe Manyumi did not interfere with the recruitment matter, so she just listened to what he said. She did not continue the topic, but brought up another matter, "The TV series adaptation of "Tokyo Love Story" said by Yamada-san of PAPADO...
…”
Iwahashi Shinichi thought that Michiyo Yamada had contributed to the topic of the whole night. But he did not want to interrupt Watanabe Mayumi's words, so he just thought about it in his mind.
"I've read this comic," she said.
Iwahashi Shinichi said "Oh", "How do you feel?"
Watanabe Manyumi thought for a while, "This comic is perfect because it was born in this era."
Iwahashi Shinichi laughed at her comment, "It sounds really mysterious."
"Really?" Watanabe Wan Yumi also laughed.
However, she smiled, because she really thought so, "Only in this era can such a comic appear, and it is also because this comic appeared in this era, it can be said to be perfect."
Watanabe Manyumi's words were a bit convoluted.
"However, the TV series adapted from comics is half and half," she said to Shinichi Iwahashi.
"Half and half?"
"It's either success or failure."
Iwahashi Shinichi found it interesting, "If you put it this way, is there anything that isn't 'half and half'?"
Watanabe Manyumi asked him to ask this question and couldn't help but smile. But she smiled and answered him, "Compared with the original script, the adapted script is still different."
"It sounds like the experience of making a movie adapted from a novel." Shin Iwahashi half-joked.
