Whether it is a family album or a childhood souvenir, I participated in the entire creation of the album, which still makes Utada Hikaru feel full of accomplishment.
In addition to the sense of accomplishment of participating in the production of an album, for this child who is just over seven years old, a family of three can produce an album together, or she can complete one thing with her parents, which may make her even more happy.
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During the production of the album, Shinichi Iwahashi was on the phone with Utada Hikari, and he heard this quirky little girl who looked a bit like Chibi Maruko-chan saying in a grown-up tone: "If daddy and mommy quarrel about music,
Get up and there will be reconciliation immediately."
...That said, other things are not necessarily the same.
"Moreover," Hikari Utada changed the subject and spoke freely to Shinichi Iwahashi, "when it comes to music-related matters, my mother will be very patient. She will be gentle half the time, and the other half...the other half will soon become gentle.
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When she said such words, instead of showing loneliness, there was a hint of satisfaction in her tone.
Keiko Fuji and Hikaru Utada, mother and daughter, respectively serve as the lead singers of this album. The mother, who is a professional singer, wants to tell her daughter, who is still a child, how to sing.
When they couldn't reach an agreement and couldn't teach her well, Fuji Keiko lost her temper at her daughter, and Utada Terumi had to be there to smooth things over. But because both mother and daughter liked music, it was natural for them to get back together after that.
For many years, Fuji Keiko has suffered from mental illness and has been too busy taking care of herself. It is difficult for her to give her daughter a love that she can understand and experience. She and her husband Utada Terumi have also been separated, divorced, remarried, remarried and divorced.
After living together for a while, they naturally came back together.
For the little Utada Hikari, she has always been in this kind of "unstable". But in addition to the "unstable" family relationship, there is the "stability" of a family of three who all like music. For her
She said that because of their common love for music, a family of three came together to make an album. This not only gave her a sense of security, but also brought her a love that she could experience and understand.
And Shinichi Iwahashi, who agreed to help the family release this album, unintentionally fulfilled her wish.
Because of this, Utada Hikaru trusted Iwahashi Shinichi even more and had no reservations. The two people who originally established a friendship because of origami, after the album production was completed, the friendship became stronger.
The album was put into printing, and a thousand records were sold out. Within a month, 200 were returned. However, this did not stop her from waving crayons and designing promotional posters with the help of her father Terumi Utada.
This little poster will not be hung anywhere in record stores or on tram carriages. In fact, apart from a few radio promotions and a small space in music-related magazines, this album does not have any decent publicity.
Publicity. If it weren’t for Shinichi Iwahashi’s help, there wouldn’t even be that little publicity.
Of course, for this family of three, it is good to have some publicity, but it is also a happy thing to have no publicity at all.
After the album was completed and printed, Hikaru Utada told Shinichi Iwahashi about the poster when he called him. Shinichi Iwahashi suggested that the poster be hung in the record company.
...all the paintings are done.
Of course, the reason he gave is also very good. Since other GENZO singers will put up posters in the company when they release records, U3's records should also have a place on promotional posters. Iwahashi Shinichi's suggestion immediately received a positive response from Utada Hikaru.
, next time, I will go to the company with my father, Utada Terumi, and take the poster with me.
Utada Hikaru happily hung up the promotional poster, turned around, and Utada Terumi thanked Iwahashi Shin for his serious attitude towards the matter.
At first, Iwahashi Shinichi persuaded Utada Terumi, a free agent, to sign a formal producer contract with GENZO on the condition that he would release home records for the family of three. Now, not only has the promise been fulfilled, but it has been fulfilled to the satisfaction of Utada Terumi.
Because of the successful production of this album, our relationship has become much closer.
However, although he felt in his heart that the pieces of music that Utada Hikaru participated in the creation were talented, Iwahashi Shinichi did not praise his daughter's talent to Utada Terumi, nor did he say any words of encouragement to Utada Hikari.
Utada Hikaru's compositions reminded Shinichi Iwahashi of Miwa-chan. I remembered that she once said that she had liked to sing melodies that she found beautiful since she was in kindergarten. When she was just in elementary school, she wrote her own songs——
Although it was hummed on a tape.
It was because of her talent of humming whatever came to her mind and doing whatever she wanted that she became Miwa-chan. At that time, if there was an enthusiastic teacher who noticed that she had some talent, he insisted on teaching her how to be professional.
Composing music, maybe now Miwa-chan is still working as a resident singer in a nightclub.
Since it is an unfettered and unrestrained talent, it is better to let Utada Hikaru do as she pleases and let her grow up slowly and explore the path that interests her. Besides, a child who is only seven years old should not let his talent become
her burden.
In the future, when the child grows up and wants to be a singer or engage in music-related work, if she finds him, Iwahashi Shinichi will definitely try his best to help her - relying on the origami friendship established through origami.
If I have the opportunity in the future, I will also introduce Miwa-chan to Utada Hikaru. When she grows up, if she wants to be a singer, maybe Miwa-chan can teach her how to sing.
Although Miwa-chan seems to be gifted and can sing since she was born, in fact, she is a serious technical person. Among the singers of the same period, her singing skills can be said to be one of the best.
Of course, it's too early to consider this.
Miwa-chan and Nakamura brother were still touring outside at this time, and Utada Hikaru, who was only seven and a half years old, was just a child who loved music. At this moment, Utada's family of three went back to New York before her summer vacation was over.
Stay for a while.
Iwahashi Shinichi himself was sitting in the car sent by Kenyin, preparing to go on a date.
After listening to his explanation, Assistant Momoi suddenly realized: "So that's it! Let's just say that the poster looks a little different..."
She considered her words and sentences, and after thinking for a long time, she couldn't think of a suitable word, so she suddenly said: "I thought maybe I was pursuing some kind of contrast."
"Contrast?" Iwahashi Shinichi found it interesting.
Listening to this tone, he must have been laughed at by Iwahashi-san, right? The little assistant thought to himself. However, since the words were spoken, he still had to continue talking, "Although I used such a cute poster, it is actually a cruel
rock band..."
Shinichi Iwahashi smiled, "Is this such a 'contrast'?"
Partly because he wanted to tease the little assistant who talked a little too much, he deliberately said to her: "Next time, when making promotional posters for other singers, you can consider using this contrasting method to make them."
The little assistant was so excited that she exclaimed: "Really?" as if the brilliant idea she contributed was being used. She didn't hear that Shinichi Iwahashi was teasing her at all.
Really, I can probably only be a little assistant...
However, to complain about her naivety, the assistant who follows Akina Nakamori is such a little girl, and Shinichi Iwahashi is quite relieved for Akina Nakamori. Similarly, with the innocence of the assistant, the person who follows Akina Nakamori,
It’s also a good thing.
Thinking of this, Iwahashi Shinichi smiled and replied: "If it really works, I will give you a thank you gift."
As expected of Iwahashi-san, you are so generous!
The little assistant was beaming with joy, but he did not forget to say a few polite words, "If it can really be used, it will be a happy thing." Thanks for the gift or something...
Iwahashi Shinichi laughed even harder - purely amused by her reaction.
It was ridiculous, but my attitude was a little more serious than the previous joke. I thought about giving a "thank you gift" to this little assistant later. For no other reason, the more I found that this little assistant was indeed innocent, the less I wanted to tease him.
people.
Compared with the emotionless driver and the emotional driver, the assistant Akina Nakamori did talk a lot. The road conditions from the company to Kyobashi were not smooth, and the topics in the car were one after another.
Iwahashi Shinichi is kind and patient, and can reply to her on any topic. This is certainly the reason why the assistant can’t hold back her chatterbox. However, the reason why she talks so much is because she is really curious about Iwahashi Shinichi.
It’s about the heart.
Now, with this opportunity to talk to him alone, Iwahashi-san is still very talkative...
The little assistant got carried away and talked too much. He couldn't focus on reciting the assistant's manual silently. He regarded Iwahashi Shinichi as one of his own, so he talked about one topic after another, until he suddenly spoke quickly and said, "Iwahashi-san used to also
At that time, I met Akina Nakamori at Warner's recording studio, and she was followed by this assistant. The assistant also thought about this, so she said it casually. But when she actually said the words, she suddenly felt that she had made a mistake.
At this moment when I came back to my senses, I finally remembered that being an assistant has a career manual...
Shinichi Iwahashi did not delve into the topic and instead asked, "Does Momoi-san have any favorite singers?"
The assistant breathed a sigh of relief and replied: "There are many singers I like, such as Watanabe Misato-san, Yoshikawa Koji-san, and of course I also like Akina-san. However, the one I like the most is Nakajima Miyuki-san."
"Do you like Nakajima Miyuki-san?" Iwahashi Shinichi was a little interested. I couldn't help it, because the name Nakajima Miyuki was too familiar and to some extent too special.
The little assistant nodded and continued to think in his mind that Iwahashi-san and Akina-san had actually known each other before their first cooperation, and replied, "If you want to talk about comforting people, it is Miyuki-san."
The little assistant who said this seemed to have more than just this nagging innocent side.
"I heard that Akina-san's team has invited Miyuki-san to sing." The assistant unknowingly turned the topic to Nakamori Akina.
Iwahashi Shinichi asked her, "At that time, you were not responsible for following Akina-san?"
"At that time, I was still studying at Junior College." the assistant replied.
Iwahashi Shinichi said "Oh", "I see."
The assistant was a little embarrassed, "I heard what other staff said when I joined the company and started working with Akina-san." Inadvertently, he let out something he secretly gossiped about in private.
It seems that he became Akina Nakamori's assistant right after he joined the company.
The bigger the name, or the star that has entered a stable period, the less qualified the staff assigned to it will be. On the contrary, newcomers who need someone to give advice at any time need to be followed by experienced staff.
When Shinichi Iwahashi first joined Watanabe Productions, he was sent to follow Akiko Matsumoto. On the one hand, Akiko Matsumoto had almost been abandoned at that time and was not worthy of much investment. On the other hand, Akiko Matsumoto was quite qualified.
Old fried dough sticks are also related.
Iwahashi Shinichi said lightly, "It was only after I met Akina-san that I gradually got to know her."
Although it was not the same thing, when he said this, the assistant breathed a sigh of relief and revealed what he had accidentally said. The traffic light in front started to flash. Before the green light ends this time, he should be able to pass this intersection smoothly.
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While paying attention to the traffic, the assistant said to Shinichi Iwahashi, "After joining the job, the person I followed was Akina-san. I'm lucky."
I mean this sincerely.
In fact, she couldn't hold back her chatter and couldn't help but talk to Shinichi Iwahashi. In addition to being full of curiosity about Shinichi Iwahashi because of his kind attitude, it was also related to her good intentions towards the producer.
I don't believe that such a person is a "romantic talent" in Omoto-san's words, and I would rather believe in Akina-san's happy appearance.
If these two people had already dated earlier, earlier...
After successfully passing this intersection, the little assistant recited the assistant manual in her mind, and while thinking about it, she kept the little discovery in her heart, continued to protect Akina-san's smile, and sent her sweetheart to her side.
Thinking like this, the assistant suddenly felt that he was doing something great.
Although I was just following the instructions of my manager Sang, I went to Iwahashi Shinichi’s company to pick him up for a date...
But isn’t that just protecting Akina-san’s smile?
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Akina Nakamori worked until the evening today. After her work was over, Omoto sent her to the appointment. She had a sweetheart to meet, so as soon as the shooting was over, she got out of the greetings and politeness, returned to the lounge, took off her makeup, and packed her things.
Set off.
After finishing everything, she smiled and said to Daben, "That's all, Daben-san."
Daben nodded, his heart still.
The office all agreed, and Nakamori Akina looked like she could fly there by herself. As an old agent, of course he had to cooperate, helping to book hotels and help send people there...
Since he didn't even have anything to say to the office, it wasn't his turn to have any ideas.
Having said that, that Iwahashi-san is really amazing.
Not only is he a talented person, but he is also a top-notch CEO.
