The poster was not pasted on the window or hung on the street light pole, but was held in the hands of the worker responsible for replacing the poster and was about to hang it up.
What caught Shinichi Iwahashi’s attention was the theme of this poster
"Joan Jett visits Japan, her first performance in eight years since the Therinaways era."
Who is Joan Jett?
She was the guitarist in an all-female hard rock band called Therunaways in the 1970s. Although the band Therunaways only existed for four short years, it was the first commercially successful female hard rock band.
rock band.
After the band disbanded, Joan Jett continued to play her rock music and released a famous song called "Iloverokn "Roll". She shined in the field she loved deeply and was also very successful as a female rock singer.
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"I'm sorry." Shinichi Iwahashi called to the workers who were putting up posters.
"Excuse me, is Joan Jett coming to Tokyo to perform?"
"Yes." the worker replied, not looking at him, concentrating on hanging the poster. Shinichi Iwahashi stood nearby and watched the worker hang the poster, marking the time and place of the performance on it.
The Budokan one month later.
The poster showed Joan Jett in a leather jacket and carrying an electric guitar, which looked quite "rock and roll." The worker who hung up the poster then moved to the next place, ignoring the young man who was staring at the poster in a daze.
Iwahashi Shinichi stared at the poster for a while, feeling that the fog blocking his eyes cleared.
Instead of looking for a place to drink cold drinks, he found a public phone booth on the street, called the information desk, and asked for information about Joan Jett's visit to Japan.
The girl on the other end of the phone probably thought he was a fan inquiring about purchasing tickets, so she patiently told him the phone number and payment process for purchasing tickets over the phone. Finally, she kindly reminded him that there would be in-person tickets on the opening day.
"Thank you." Shinichi Iwahashi hung up the phone and walked towards the office.
When he returned to the first production department, his colleague told him that when he was leaving just now, Secretary Watanabe Wanyumi's internal line called and asked him to come over.
"I didn't expect you to come back so soon." said my colleague.
Iwahashi Shinichi politely gave a perfunctory excuse and changed the subject, "Wanyumi-san, let me go?"
Since the official launch of the project, Watanabe Wan Yumi has not looked for him again.
"Yes." My colleague's reaction was also very polite.
Watanabe Manyumi's support for Iwahashi Shinichi made him famous in the planning committee, and this gust of wind also spread to the first production department. However, unlike the atmosphere of the planning committee, colleagues in the first production department did not respond.
In fact, in the entertainment industry, the relationship between men and women is not as sensitive as in other industries, and moral constraints are relatively loose. For those in black behind the scenes, especially
in this way.
You can eat fast food, as long as you remember to pay the bill. Even if you are having an affair, as long as it is not known to everyone and the mistress comes to your door, and the company receives a letter of exposure, it will be fine. In other words, don't let it go so far as to cause trouble for others.
you.
His ability is obvious to all in the first production department, so no one cares about his private life, especially since he comes from a low background and is clearly not from the right family.
Even his colleagues on the planning committee, after he officially joined the team, handled his work in an orderly manner, and established himself, and confirmed that he was not a idiot who came to cause trouble, the eyes of his colleagues were only focused on the gossip between him and Watanabe Wan Yumi.
Faded.
Since you do a good job and have the ability, the rest doesn't matter.
Returning to his place, Shinichi Iwahashi picked up the phone and called Watanabe Manyumi's secretary. After a brief transfer, Watanabe Manyumi called him over.
Putting down the phone, Shinichi Iwahashi went over to see her.
At this time, Watanabe Wan Yumi accidentally missed Iwahashi Shinichi.
The blow given by her mother, Misa Watanabe, pinned her to the spot and could not move. Because of her mother's actions, she could not provide any help to Shinichi Iwahashi, who had just joined the team, and could only let him work hard on his own.
.
It wasn't until she watched him gain a firm foothold and use his work attitude to slowly eliminate the negative impact caused by the original differences between her and her sister that Watanabe Wan Yumi breathed a sigh of relief.
While waiting for Shinichi Iwahashi to come over, the phone rang suddenly. Watanabe Wan Yumi picked up the receiver and just listened to the beginning, her expression changed slightly.
When Shinichi Iwahashi knocked on the door and was allowed in, Watanabe Manyumi had just put down the phone. When she saw him coming in, her face was not very good at first, but she quickly calmed down, making it difficult for anyone to see anything.
"You are looking for me."
"I just received a call from Matsuzaki Junmi-san from tom★cat, saying that he can't come."
"can not come?"
tom★cat is a mixed-gender band that debuted in the same year as Rebecca. However, Rebecca was born in April and tom★cat was born in November.
Tom★cat became famous with his debut single "ふられ気分でroknroll". When Matsuzaki Junmi performs on stage, she likes to wear welding goggles as sunglasses, which is also a famous feature.
Matsuzaki Junmi was not among the first people to respond to Keiko Terada, but was contacted through Watanabe Productions after the planning committee was established. She was not very enthusiastic about this music festival and only agreed after several communications.
"Contract dispute." Watanabe Manyumi explained, "Tom★cat's recording contract and management agreement were signed separately. The invitation to this music festival was received through the record company. But we didn't know in advance that Tom★cat was
Prepare to become independent from the firm.”
"As a result, during the negotiation, due to unclear copyright, we had a disagreement with the agency, which offended the president. Matsuzaki-san initiated a strike, and all performances were affected. Now we can't even decide where the band will go."
"Tonight, the official fax will be sent to the planning committee's office."
I just do it if I don’t want to do it. I really don’t know if I should praise you, “Girl, you are so rock!”
But judging from the current situation, as the affected party, Shinichi Iwahashi wants to say, "Girl, you are really good at causing trouble."
It's better to break up than to get together. By creating such a big battle, they not only offended the agency, but also offended the surrounding community. I'm afraid that even if the contract is successfully concluded, they will no longer have a place in the mainstream music industry in the future.
"It sucks."
Matsuzaki Junmi is somewhat famous among the invited female singers. Now she suddenly said she would not do it, which was another blow. But Watanabe Manyumi said "bad" more to express her, as the decision-maker of the agency, about this kind of
Employee criticism.
However, after hearing this, Shinichi Iwahashi was very optimistic, "It's a good thing for us."
Watanabe Wan Yumi looked at him.
"The official list has not yet been announced. It is a hundred times better for Matsuzaki-san to announce her withdrawal now than to have her withdraw again after we have already started publicity with great fanfare."
"That's true." Watanabe Wan Yumi smiled.
I looked at Shinichi Iwahashi. He was calm and confident. His expression was exactly the same as when he had thought of a good idea. I couldn't help but be curious, did he have a new idea?
Sure enough, the next moment, Iwahashi Shinichi opened his mouth and talked about his plan.
"I think we might be able to take a broader view when it comes to the selection of the lineup for this music festival."
"For example?"
"Invite overseas female bands and singers to perform."
