The circulation of "Asahi Weekly" is huge, reaching its peak of more than 1.5 million copies in the 1950s. Today, the average sales volume of each issue is still about 1 million.
This time "Asahi Weekly" put Kang Jianfei and Sakai Izumi on the cover of the magazine. The main reason is that "Jurassic Park" is too sensational. Not only in Japan, but also in the United States across the ocean, there is also a dinosaur craze, and the United States has always been regarded as
My father's Japanese self praised Kang Jianfei to the heavens, thinking that he was one of the greatest Asian directors to date.
Even the famous Japanese film master Akira Kurosawa publicly admitted that Kang Jianfei is the best Asian director.
As a result, "Asahi Weekly" reported heavily on Kang Jianfei's scandal, and even Sakai Izumi appeared on the cover of the magazine.
"There is no doubt that Kang Jianfei is one of the greatest directors in Asia and even the world. His emotional experience is as exciting as his movies. The pertinent "Next Weekly" reported that Kang Jianfei had at least eight rumored girlfriends and five illegitimate children at the same time.
(Female), he has a mysterious attraction to women...
Kang Jianfei's rumored heroine this time is a Japanese actress. You may not be familiar with Izumi Sakai's name, but you may be familiar with the band zard. Yes, Izumi Sakai is the female lead singer of the band zard. She
"Don't Give Up" is now a hot seller and has topped the singles chart for two consecutive weeks.
Izumi Sakai is a talented woman. She wrote and composed all the songs of zard band herself. Before the scandal with Kang Jianfei, she had never heard of Izumi Sakai having a boyfriend. Perhaps it was Kang Jianfei's talent that captured her this time.
The heart of..."
Japanese society is very contradictory. The atmosphere is both open and conservative. In particular, it has a very low tolerance for celebrities' unethical romances, and extramarital affairs happen to be a type of unethical romance.
Therefore, some Japanese people are strongly critical of the scandal between Kang Jianfei and Sakai Izumi, believing that Sakai Izumi has lost Japan's face.
There are also some Japanese who are talking about the relationship between the two. After all, Kang Jianfei is a foreigner, and he is also an internationally renowned director. Their foreign relationship is very romantic. Some people even hope that Kang Jianfei will be divorced.
I immigrated to Japan and officially married Izumi Sakai, thus adding another influential director to Japan.
The vast majority of Japanese citizens are simply watching and looking at this international scandal with a gossip mentality.
But no matter what, the biggest impact of the Asahi Weekly report was that more than 1 million Japanese readers were introduced to Sakai Spring Water. As other media followed suit, the exposure rate of Sakai Spring Water increased exponentially.
, her popularity is no less than that of the Japanese superstars. Sales of her single "Don't Give Up" have also surged, with the highest sales volume in a single week reaching 380,000 copies.
In less than four weeks, the sales of "Don't Give Up" exceeded 1 million, while Japan's standard for platinum albums in the early 1990s was 400,000 (reduced to 250,000 after the recording industry shrank).
In less than a month, the double platinum achievement is just the beginning.
In another time and space, even without the appearance of Kang Jianfei, Izumi Sakai's single sold 1.6 million copies. And Shizuka Kudo, who is now popular in Japan, sold just over 1 million copies of her new single.
Sakai Izumi This is the rhythm of a song that enshrines gods.
With the scandal with Kang Jianfei as a catalyst, maybe Sakai Izumi's single will eventually sell more than 2 million copies. Even in Japan, which is the third largest record market in the world, this is definitely considered a success.
A music miracle.
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When Ai returned to the music conference room, President Matsuura Katsuto suggested: "Mr. Kang, Izumi has a very good image, singing and talent, and her fame has skyrocketed now. I think she should go solo and become an idol singer instead of
Trapped in being a lead singer in the Zard band. Aibex currently only has one trf band that can do it, and lacks a leading female singer. Miss Quanshui is not good enough to take on this role."
The TRF band is a landmark band in the Japanese pop music scene. They promoted electronic dance music into the mainstream of the Japanese music scene in the 1990s. Aihui Music was able to develop and expand until one company occupied 70% of the Japanese record market.
All thanks to the huge profits created by the trf band and the Komuro family in the mid-1990s.
But at this time, trf can only barely make it into the ranks of the first-class bands, and there is still more than a year before it takes the Japanese music scene by storm, so Aihui Music really needs a leading singer.
Before Kang Jianfei expressed his position, Vice President Chiba Ryuhei said: "I think Miss Quan Shui is not suitable for the pop style. She is a female singer with a literary and artistic temperament. We should find another way in publicity and promotion. She cannot be like ordinary singers.
We have to appear on TV announcements and perform and perform on catwalks so frequently, but we need to vigorously promote it while maintaining a sufficient degree of mystery."
Kang Jianfei glanced at Ryuhei Chiba with some surprise. He found that the vice president, who owned 3% of the company's shares, had unique insights into the packaging and promotion of artists, and he revealed the characteristics of Sakai Spring Water in one sentence.
It is indeed no fluke that Aihui Music has developed into the world's largest independent record company. We have a visionary president like Matsuura Katsuto, a gold medal music producer like Komuro Tetsuya, and Chiba Ryuhei who knows how to package artists.
Vice President of.
"I very much agree with Vice President Chiba's view," Kang Jianfei echoed, "We want to create such a contrast, that is, all Japanese people know the name Sakai Izumi and have heard her songs, but
But not many people have seen her on camera. The only chance for fans to get in touch with her is at Quan Shui's solo concert. She usually tries not to show up, but she has to maintain a high enough exposure."
Matsuura Katsuto said thoughtfully: "Mr. Kang, the packaging and promotion method you mentioned is really alternative and challenging. Once it is successful, the style of Izumi Girl will be much higher than that of other singers."
Kang Jianfei smiled and said: "I believe in the abilities of you and Vice President Qianye."
Chiba Ryuhei said: "Now because of the scandal, Miss Izumi's exposure has been enough. What we should do most is to seize the time to record a song of her while the single "Don't Give Up" has not been taken off the shelves.
I will try my best to release my solo album before the popularity subsides."
Kang Jianfei said: "No need to worry about this, Izumi has already written 9 songs for his solo album, and the remaining work can be left to Mr. Tetsuya Komuro."
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When Kang Jianfei returned to Xianggang, Izumi Sakai's solo album had already begun recording. At the same time, she also followed the company's arrangements and disbanded the band zard to pursue a solo career.
When leaving Tokyo, Kang Jianfei bought the apartment that Sakai Izumi rented and gave it to her as a token of love. This gift was really well chosen. If it had been replaced with something else valuable, Sakai Izumi's character would probably not be enough.
She would accept it, but that apartment was where she had lived for two years, and she had already developed feelings for her, and she and Kang Jianfei had many happy and shameless memories in the house. Giving this as a gift has weight.
There is also sincerity, so there is no way to refuse Sakai Spring Water.
Until the Lunar New Year came, Sakai Izumi's single "Don't Give Up" had sold 1.83 million copies, which was better than the original sales. Unfortunately, this single was released after New Year's Day and could not be included in the single sales of 1992
List.
In 1992, Japan's single sales champion was Mimi Club's "As Long as I Have You", which sold more than 2.76 million copies. As for the second place, it only sold 1.7 million copies, which was lower than Sakai Izumi's.
"Don't Give Up" is even lower.
The hot sales of "Don't Give Up" set off a bfm craze in Japan. Its influence has surpassed the song itself and has become a phenomenon. Sakai Izumi has also been recognized by Japanese music fans.
Let’s think of her as a gossip singer who used Kang Jianfei’s fame to promote her, but as a first-line female singer-songwriter.
Sakai Izumi's "Don't Give Up" topped the Japanese single sales chart in 1993. It was not surpassed by bz's new single until April.
Taking advantage of the hot sales of the single, Aihui Music released a new solo album "Winter Love Song" for Sakai Izumi. The title song is the "Winter Love Song" she co-wrote with Kang Jianfei.
Tokyo streets.
Ono shook off the snow on his body, walked quickly into the roadside video store, and asked the clerk: "Does your store sell Sakai Izumi's new album?"
"Yes, the goods just arrived this morning." The female clerk asked with a smile, "Do you want a tape or a CD?"
In 1992, Japan's economy was in a very sluggish state, but the music scene was even more prosperous, with various styles of music and singers flourishing. At the same time, audio technology also became increasingly mature, with CD players and cassette recorders selling 160 million units.
department.
This is just one year's sales. 160 million units were sold in one year, which is more than the population of Japan. It can be imagined how developed the Japanese music market is (ignoring purchases by overseas tourists)
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"Bring me a CD." Ono took out his wallet and said.
Holding the CD box of Sakai Izumi's solo album, Ono did not open it immediately, but carefully looked at the track list on the back of the package.
The album has a total of 12 songs, and Ono was surprised to find that 9 of them were composed by Kang Jianfei and Lyrics by Sakai Izumi, and the title song "Winter Love Song" of the same name was composed by both of them.
"This must be their love song." Ono couldn't help but think.
As a loyal fan of Kang Jianfei, Ono only started to pay attention to Sakai Izumi after the scandal between the two spread, and quickly became her fan. In Ono's mind, she always thought that Kang Jianfei and Sakai Izumi were a perfect match, and believed that the two were born.
A pair.
The love work between xianggang's talented director and a popular Japanese female singer. This is the special meaning given to the album "Winter Love Song" by the Japanese media.
The extremely high sales of this record made Aihui Music's president Katsuhito Matsuura extremely emotional - Kang Jianfei's trip to pick up girls actually created a leading female singer for the company.
