Traveling Through the Tokyo Bubble Era
Chapter 153
Chapter 153
The phased meeting of Yunshang Painting went on for a long time, and when the meeting ended, it was dark outside the window.
Hideki Hanyu, who was always forthright, waved his hand and invited everyone to dinner.
Of course, he ate alone with several partners, as well as the senior executives of the subordinate clubs.
Including Katsuhito Matsushita of YM Records, Taiyuki Nagato of MF Records, and the main manager of Yunshang Entertainment Office.
These people in the province sit with other employees, and everyone is uncomfortable eating.
These high-level people have dinner together, of course it is impossible to just eat, and some things that are not convenient to talk about in the meeting are inevitably chatted here.
Katsuhito Matsushita, as the president of YM Records, naturally chatted about the recent overseas sales of Vitality Girls.
Since there is no such relatively reliable list as Oricon overseas, the specific sales can only be calculated according to the shipments of YM records.
“I can’t believe it. In a week, the overseas shipments of youth albums have exceeded 80.”
When Katsuhito Matsushita spoke, there was a feeling that he couldn’t believe it.
Before Hideki Hanyu said that he wanted to develop the Asian market, Katsuhito Matsushita didn’t care much, because the scale was too small after all.
As a result, those small markets that he looked down upon gathered together one by one, but it was far beyond his imagination.
When the president of MF Records, Nagata Koto, heard this number, his eyes lit up.
He didn’t expect that the Asian market, which the neon music scene didn’t care much about, turned out to have such potential.
Unconsciously, he wanted to try, if Yalan Zhizi could also try the water.
“The sellers in those areas are now strongly urging Vitality Girls to carry out promotional activities. I feel that I can give it a try.”
After Katsuhito Matsushita finished speaking, Nobusuke Ito also interjected, “Shochiku is already dubbing such a cute movie, and I plan to use this opportunity to release it in other parts of Asia.”
“Really? There is a movie to help promote it, so the sales of the single will definitely increase.”
Katsuhito Matsushita looked even more excited.
“I think you guys are too happy.”
Although everyone is very happy, Hanyu Hideki still wants to pour cold water on it.
“Hayu-san thinks there’s something wrong?” Hirohashi Asako asked curiously.
The sales plan of Vitality Girl in Asia was arranged by Hideki Hanyu.
Everyone can see that Hideki Hanyu seems to know the Asian market very well.
Therefore, when Hideki Hanyu speaks, everyone wants to hear Hideki Hanyu’s different opinions.
“What I want to tell everyone is that first of all, the popularity of Vitality Girls in Asia is just an accidental case. The image of the group is relatively novel, and the sales of singles are so good. It is also because they released Chinese singles, and the style of songs is more acceptable.”
After Hideki Hanyu finished speaking, everyone fell into deep thought.
Especially Taiko Nagato, who had doubts about the slightest thought just now, couldn’t help but ask Hideki Hanyu.
“Ms. Hanyu means that if there are neon singers trying overseas Asian markets in the future, they may not be successful.”
“Of course, Vitality Girl is the first one to eat crabs, and of course she will receive preferential treatment. Even if someone releases a Chinese song, the chance of success is very small.”
Hideki Hanyu said and looked at Katsuhito Matsushita.
“Matsushita-san, if I remember correctly, our income from selling a record overseas is only half of that of Neon.”
“Yes.” Matsushita Katsuhito replied.
“So, unless you can be really popular to the extent of a girl with vitality, the effort and benefit are not directly proportional.”
Hideki Hanyu knows very well that the accidental popularity of Vitality Girl in Asia has not only caused the illusion of people in Yunying’s painting, but it is estimated that some people in the circle will not be able to see the situation clearly.
Hearing Hideki Hanyu’s words, Taiyuki Nagato, who had just raised his mind just now, immediately became cautious.
He wanted to wait a little longer, once the overseas sales of Vitality Girl were exposed, there would definitely be people who couldn’t resist trying it, and asked others to help him find the way first.
“President Hanyu, should we do the promotion of the promotional event?” Katsuhito Matsushita asked.
“You can choose a few key areas to visit, and contact the partner in advance, preferably a local TV station with relatively strong strength, after all, safety comes first.”
“I understand.”
After Matsushita finished speaking, he seemed to remember something, and said with a smile, “Actually, there is a very interesting thing when selling singles overseas.”
Ito Shinsuke asked curiously, “What’s the matter?”
“Didn’t South Korea block neon music? Previously, Vitality Girl’s neon singles were secretly bought there. After we recorded the Chinese single, some powerful businessmen over there directly played Chinese music. In the name of buying goods, how do you put it in Huaxia’s words…”
Hanyu Hideki picked up what Matsushita Katsuhito said, “It’s called deception.”
“Haha, that’s right, it’s just deception.” Katsuhito Matsushita said with a smile.
After talking about the overseas sales of Genki Girls, Shota Yoshioka rarely vomited bitterness.
“Since Vitality Girl became popular, the public relations fees of the firm and the media have become more and more expensive. Last month, it cost more than 2000 million. This month will only be more or less.”
Shota Yoshioka said, complaining dissatisfiedly, “Compared with those tabloids, I like Wenchun better, at least they don’t charge money.”
“There are too many jealous people recently, and the money that should be spent is still spent. Isn’t the publicity effect of the international superstar before it very good.” Hideki Hanyu said with relief.
After speaking, he asked Yoshioka Shota, “Yoshioka-san, how are you busy with the training of trainees? Why don’t you see Matsui-san today.”
“Most of the work is done, but there is still a huge gap in the training of teachers. Now it is necessary to select people, and there is no one to teach.”
Shota Yoshioka was a little distressed.
When I first decided to engage in artist training, I thought it was a very simple matter.
But who wants to know that things are quite troublesome.
Although the trainees’ accommodation, meals, training classrooms, training equipment and other hardware conditions are troublesome, at least there is a goal.
But the trainer is a headache for them. Without a trainer, they can’t even determine the training course.
“Has Matsui-san gone to see the teacher?” Hanyu Hideki asked.
“That’s right, Masayuki Makino, the grandson of Supervisor Makino Sansei, is preparing for an acting school in Okinawa. A friend of Matsui-san was invited to be a teacher in Okinawa. Matsui-san wants to try and invite his friend to work with us.”
Yoshioka Shota explained Matsui Motoki’s whereabouts.
“Then let’s go on, since we have to do it, we have to stick to it.” Hideki Hanyu said.
Next to him, Shinsuke Ito gave a suggestion jokingly at this time.
“If it doesn’t work, go to Johnny’s Office to find a teacher. After all, Johnny Kitagawa is notoriously stingy.”
“I think it’s okay.” Hideki Hanyu agreed.
After Ito Nobusuke finished his suggestion of poaching people, he seemed to think of something and asked Yoshioka Shota.
“I remembered one thing. When I was filming a movie at the high school in Kanagawa, I found a girl with good singing and good appearance among the extras. I asked Kurokawa to send the information back to the office. Yoshioka Didn’t San see it?”
Shota Yoshioka asked, “What’s the name of the girl Ito-san said.”
Nobusuke Ito touched his head when he heard the words, with a slightly embarrassed expression, “Kurokawa said it once, but I forgot.”
“It doesn’t matter, as long as the information is in the office, I will definitely see it when I select trainees later. If it’s really good, I will have time to send out invitations.”
Shota Yoshioka didn’t care too much. There were many excellent children when they were young, and a few of them made their debut in the end.
Even if you can make your debut, it will be even more difficult to become popular.
Many children looked at Akina Nakamori and Genki Girl, idols who became popular when they debuted, rushing into the entertainment industry regardless of their own safety.
But they don’t know that from the beginning of the year to the present, there are no fewer than [-] idols in the circle who just debuted from formal firms.
There are still names and surnames, and there will only be more people who have gone underground without even signing a contract with the firm.
When Hideki Hanyu heard what Ito Shinsuke said, he wanted to ask, what kind of outstanding girl could Ito Shinsuke recommend.
But before he could speak, Mitomo Iijima and several managers happened to come to toast him.
After drinking, he remembered one thing, left Sanzhi Iijima to talk, and forgot about asking Nobusuke Ito.
“Iijima-san, have the artists’ schedules for Sunday been confirmed?”
Although Mitomo Iijima is Akina Nakamori’s agent, but as a direct descendant of Hideki Hanyu’s background as an assistant, she was naturally cultivated by Shota Yoshioka, intending to let her develop into a management position in the firm.
Mitomo Iijima was already in charge of the management of the artists’ itinerary of Yunshang Entertainment Office, so Hanyu Hideki left Santomo Iijima to ask.
“Tomoko Yalan is going to record her second single. Yamaha has an event in Ginza. Akina-chan and Genki Girl are invited to attend. Other schedules have not been confirmed yet.”
“Have you accepted Yamaha’s invitation?” Hideki Hanyu asked.
“Not yet.” Iijima Sanchi replied.
“Do you have to go?”
“It’s just a purely commercial activity, so you don’t have to go.”
“Then refuse, and let them all take a day off on weekends.”
“This……”
Iijima Sanzhi wanted to refute.
She, the president who does whatever she wants, is probably going to do something wrong again.
The sales of Vitality Girl’s album are declining, which is the time to promote it.
And Akina Nakamori has just released a new single, and the sales momentum is good, and publicity is also needed to consolidate sales.
Which artist would stop activities at such a time.
Besides, artists are not office workers, so what are they doing on weekends?
Hanyu Hideki knew a lot about his former assistant, so he immediately saw what Santomo Iijima was thinking.
“Considering that our turnover has been good in the past three months, and the weekend happens to be the Sumida River fireworks display, I plan to organize team building activities, take a houseboat to float on the Sumida River, and watch the fireworks display while eating delicious food. What does Iijima-san think?”
“Ah…” Iijima Mitomo was a little dumbfounded when he heard Hanyu Hideki’s plan.
I thought it was just a rest for the artists, who thought it was going to be a club building activity for the whole society.
“Don’t worry, it’s not mandatory. The statistics will start tomorrow. If you don’t want to go, you don’t have to force it. Every employee can bring one person. If they have children, they can bring children besides their wives. Does Iijima-san have a boyfriend to bring along?” ah?”
Hideki Hanyu’s last joke made Mitomo Iijima a little embarrassed.
Sanzhi Iijima is so busy with his career that he doesn’t have the time to talk about a boyfriend.
Speaking of which, Hideki Hanyu is not only the artists of his agency, but also the managers of the club.
The main administrators of the two systems of Yunshang Culture and Yunshang Painting are both women.
Among the subordinates are career women like Mitomo Iijima and Mimori Aishu.
This ratio looks at all neon, and there is nothing more feminist than it.
Others are just talking about women’s rights, but Hanyu Hideki is publishing articles and practicing.
It’s a pity that there is no political correctness in neon in this era, otherwise it would add a few more statuses to the body.
“I don’t have a boyfriend.” Iijima Sanchi said.
“That’s such a pity, but Iijima-san, please remember to ask Akina-chan and the others. If their family members are willing to come, arrange the itinerary and stay in the hotel in advance.”
“Yes, I understand.”
Santomo Iijima quickly took out his notebook and wrote down what Hideki Hanyu had ordered.
In that way, it feels like returning to the time when I was an assistant.
After Santomo Iijima finished memorizing, Hideki Hanyu spoke again.
“Iijima-san, entertainers are also human beings. They are always busy with activities, shows, and concerts. Let them rest when they should rest. Blindly busy will cause problems sooner or later.”
“I see.”
Hideki Hanyu didn’t know if Santomo Iijima had listened.
But he thought of the ups and downs of Yoko Minano’s life in his previous life, Yukiko Okada’s leap, Minako Honda’s withering, and Akina Nakamori’s tragic life.
Although he is not a nosy person, he doesn’t want these things to happen again in his hands.
“I’ll explain a few things, you write them down, and then do it right away.” Hanyu Hideki said.
“Yes.” Iijima Sanchi picked up the pen.
“First, find a long-term cooperation with a psychological clinic. According to the requirements of the psychologist, regularly arrange for artists to undergo psychological examinations, and report the examination reports in time.”
“Yes.”
“Secondly, entertainers undergo regular physical examinations, and the medical examination reports must also be reported in a timely manner.”
“Yes.”
“Third, assign a dedicated nutritionist to the office. Ming Caijiang and the others are still children, and it is time to grow their bodies. They must strictly follow the nutritionist’s assessment for body management.”
“Yes.”
“That’s all for now, remember to hurry up and go to dinner.”
“Yes.” Sanchi Iijima put away his notebook and left.
As soon as Santomo Iijima left, Asako Hirohashi stabbed Hideki Hanyu with her hand.
“What’s wrong?” Hanyu Hideki asked.
“I just feel that Hanyu-san is really a good person.” Hirohashi Asako said with emotion.
“For no reason, I don’t want a good card.” Hanyu Hideki joked.
“I’m afraid Ming Caichan and the others know and will say the same thing as me.”
“That’s really unlucky, to be issued a good card by so many girls.”
“Working with Hanyu-san, you never need to worry about your back.”
“It sounds like I’m still very reliable.” Hanyu Hideki smiled slightly.
“It’s just reliable.”
Hirohashi Asako nodded seriously.
……
August 22, Sunday, evening.
On the surface of the Sumida River, a series of houseboats slowly moved towards the best viewing point for the Sumida River Fireworks Display.
A large part of these boats were taken out by Yunshang Pictures, and the employees and their families of Yunshang Pictures were sitting on them.
This group activity is a reward for everyone who worked hard some time ago to help Yunying Pictures create a new high in turnover.
No need for boring team building games, because there is no schedule.
There is also no need to consider catering to the leadership, because the top management and employees of Yunshang Pictures are not on the same boat.
You can accompany your family or lovers, watch the beautiful Tokyo night view, taste exquisite dishes and wine, and wait for the gorgeous fireworks display to start.
On the largest ship in the fleet, Hideki Hanyu took his younger siblings and Yumi-chan, watched the surrounding scenery recede from the top of the ship, and waited for the start of the fireworks display.
The three children have been brought by him for so long in Tokyo. Tonight, to fulfill Yumi-chan’s wish, after watching the fireworks display, they will go back to Sendai.
During this year’s summer trip, although the children did not watch the Hagar baseball game, they really played for so long.
Playgrounds big and small in Tokyo, all kinds of delicious and fun places, plus shopping, Hanyu Hideki took them to play all over.
There is no taboo to spend money, big bags and small bags, he bought a lot of things for his family.
Basically, what the younger siblings want, toys, game consoles, clothes, as long as he asks, he will be satisfied.
He thinks that if he earns money, he spends it. He can spend millions of dollars on a woman, but when it comes to his family, there is no reason for him to spend it.
As for worrying about his younger siblings developing bad habits, he wasn’t worried at all.
It’s only once in a while, not every day, and there is still that old-fashioned old man watching at home, and it will definitely not turn the sky around.
The fourth word of Shuxiangmen is not just talking.
As the houseboat sailed through the Oyokogawa Hydrophilic Park, it soon came to the river near Oshigami, Sumida District.
This is where the fireworks display will be held.
It’s a pity that the location on the north bank of the river, the future Tokyo landmark building, and the Tokyo Sky Tree have not yet been built, which makes the night view less interesting.
On the boat that Hideki Hanyu was on, apart from a few high-level executives with their families, there were only artists from the firm.
In Nakamori Akina’s family, except for the elder sister Minghui who had to take care of the children at home, and the father who didn’t know where to go, everyone else came.
Although Tomoko Yalan didn’t bring her family with her, she got together with Nagato Taiyuki who didn’t bring her family. The relationship seemed extremely close, and there was a problem at first sight.
If Hanyu Hideki remembers correctly, Nagato is fortunate that this old boy is married.
Later generations seem to have divorced several times, and took a 39-year-old female singer as his wife.
The woman posted about luxury goods and mansions all day long, but it made the fans very angry.
All these bigwigs in the entertainment industry have a rich love life.
The wife is at home, and the man is promiscuous outside,
Divorce and marriage, marriage and divorce, and subordinates, and singers, various lovers, all kinds of ambiguities.
It’s just too normal.
Being a scumbag?
You are not a scumbag like Akina Nakamori, or a popular singer like Ayumi Hamasaki, and you are ashamed to call yourself a scumbag.
Compared with this, he is really a simple and good man.
It seems that we still need to work hard.
As for the three little Vitality Girls, it was basically just a parent who came with their brothers and sisters.
This time, the benefits provided by Yunying Pictures to the artists of the firm must be better than those of ordinary employees.
Not only can I watch the fireworks display as a yakatabune, but I will travel in Tokyo for the next week, and the accommodation and other expenses will all be paid by the office.
The artist has made so much money for the firm, so it’s nothing to give this benefit.
Hideki Hanyu and several partners are already thinking about it. Due to the contract limitation, although they can’t directly share it, a large bonus at the end of the year must be considered.
Even if the family conditions are relatively good among the vitality girls, that is, the normal family level of Nihong, of course they hope that their children can earn more money.
As time ticked in, the fireworks show finally started.
One after another fireballs rushed from the river bank to the sky, and clusters of dazzling fireworks bloomed in the dark night sky, just purple and red, in different shapes, short-lived but extremely dazzling and beautiful.
Everyone is watching every flickering moment attentively.
The multicolored brilliance falls from the sky, shining on the face of the viewer, and shining on the calm water of Sumida River.
For a moment, the stars and the bright moon in the night sky, the brilliant lights on both sides of the river, and the fleeting gorgeous fireworks all reflected each other on the water.
And at this moment, Akina Nakamori, who was watching the fireworks with his family, inadvertently glanced at Hideki Hanyu, who was holding his sister to watch the fireworks, and never looked away.
Hanyu Hideki’s appearance at this time made her wonder that perhaps Hideki-kun would like children very much.
Inexplicably, she felt that she was looking forward to something more.
Unbeknownst to Akina Nakamori, on the other side of the boat, where the three little soul girls were, there was also a gaze looking at Hideki Hanyu.
Together with Akina Nakamori, watching the brilliance of the fireworks shine on that fair and handsome face, it is gorgeous and charming.
……
After the fireworks display, the employees of Yun Shang Pictures continued to work.
However, as Vigorous Girl’s singles continued to sell well overseas, it was soon revealed by the media that the overseas sales of “Youth Album” have exceeded one million.
Faced with such a terrifying sales volume, many colleagues in the entertainment industry were jealous, and at the same time, they also had different thoughts.
If you can’t beat it, then choose to join.
Isn’t it just a girl idol group? It seems that no one can be the same. Following the trend is what the entertainment industry is best at.
Seeing that Vitality Girl has become popular, everyone has a feeling that the current trend of idols may be biased toward groups.
In the beginning, Johnny’s & Associates launched the Shishi Persimmon Team, which made great achievements by relying on music and variety shows.
However, only one set of comparisons is obviously not convincing.
Immediately after the vitality girl was born, she directly beat all the seniors to pieces.
Even the senior team Shishi Persimmon did not survive a round.
Super first-line girl idol Matsuda Seiko surrendered after only resisting for a week.
As for the scumbag who released a single secretly, no one paid attention to the one who was crushed.
All kinds of achievements seem to tell everyone that female idol groups are more popular than boy groups.
Coupled with the explosion of overseas sales, how can the industry peers bear it.
A lot of firms and record companies are gearing up to launch their own female idol groups.
Hideki Hanyu is still very interested in the actions of his peers in the industry, and wants to know who will be the first to follow suit.
As a result, an unexpected firm made a move.
Research Office.
This is the firm that Akina Nakamori was cut off by him, and he heard that he signed a few girls who participated in the same session of “A Star Is Born”, but has never acted.
In this life, the other party did not hook up with Warner Pioneer, but hooked up with Philips Records.
Just a week after Akina Nakamori’s single “Girl A” was released.
Yanyin Office and Philips Records jointly promoted a three-member girl idol group named Blue Girl to make their debut.
Vitality Girl’s debut was at Akina Nakamori’s concert.
The debut stage of the Blue Girl group was chosen at the concert of the senior idol singer of Philips Records, Yoshie Kashiwahara.
It’s just that if Yanyin Office and Philips Records want to replicate the success of Vitality Girl, it’s definitely not enough to rely on the popularity of their predecessors.
Besides, although Yoshie Kashiwahara’s popularity is not bad now, there is still some gap compared with Akina Nakamori who has been blessed by “Future”.
Although Yanyin Office and Philips Records are not short of money, they can do it with overwhelming posters and media publicity.
But if you want to use exaggerated advertising resources like Yunshang Pictures, and make a movie promotion alone, you can’t do it with money.
I haven’t seen so many firms in the industry, but I have seen Yunying Pictures successfully promote people with TIE-UP business law one after another, but there is no one to learn from?
It’s not that I don’t want to learn, but that I can’t do it at all.
Since Keyan and Philips dared to follow suit and push the Blue Girl group to make their debut, they were naturally prepared.
It seems that in order to match the name of the group, the singing uniforms of the three members of Blue Girl are light blue sailor uniforms.
But different from ordinary sailor suits, Blue Girl’s singing suits are extremely exposed.
In terms of the appearance and style of the whole group, it is completely different from the vitality and cute style of the vitality girl, and it takes an extremely mature and sexy route.
If it is said that Vitality Girl deliberately exposes her shortcomings, which is already different from traditional idols, then Blue Girl has completely let herself go.
Not only is the style of the group bold, but the lyrics of the debut song “Memories of Cherry Blossoms” are extremely ambiguous. Coupled with the carefully crafted seductive dance, the whole group focuses on the sexy line.
The promotion of Blue Girl by Yanyin Office and Philips Records also firmly grasped the style of the group.
However, it is naturally impossible to succeed only by marketing the sexy route.
Therefore, Yanyin Office and Philips Records came up with a new way of publicity that no one in the industry had thought of.
Including Hideki Hanyu, everyone in the industry has discovered that, besides focusing on sex appeal, the Blue Girl group also bundled up energy girls for their debut promotion.
What kind of sexy mature version of Vitality Girl, what girl group do you want to see more, adult Vitality Girl and other gimmicks are not clearly stated, but they are mentioned in various veiled aspects.
Hideki Hanyu was stunned by the forced bundling and other side-effect marketing methods.
However, what everyone didn’t expect was that this seemingly vulgar marketing method, which was publicly criticized by many moral people, was successful.
I don’t know if the public is out of curiosity, or if the neon old man really likes it, the Blue Girl group has received a lot of attention since its debut.
Yanyin and Philips Records even publicly announced that Blue Girl’s album sold more than [-] copies in three days.
But this is not the most exaggerated, the exaggerated is the music video of this song, which sold [-] copies in three days.
The fighting power of the neon old-fashioned ruffian is so terrifying.
It’s just that these sales figures are announced by Yanyin and Philips themselves, and everyone will have no chance to verify them later.
As for why, because the Neon Music Censorship Association can’t stand it anymore.
Before the debut of Blue Girl, the Neon Music Censorship Association focused on Akina Nakamori’s just-released “Girl A”, which the Censorship Association said contained sexually suggestive elements.
As a result, as soon as Blue Girl came out, “Sakura-colored Memories” didn’t play hints at all, and directly showed you clearly.
Compared with “Memories of Cherry Blossoms”, the Censorship Association found that Akina Nakamori’s “Girl A” was so pure that it couldn’t be more pure.
Everyone immediately abandoned Nakamori Akina’s “Girl A” and focused all their fire on Blue Girl’s “Sakura-colored Memories”.
In addition to the Neon Music Censorship Association, the National Student Parents Association in the Ministry of Education also protested against Blue Girl’s debut song on the grounds that it affects the mental health of young people.
Under this pressure, NHK TV station took the lead in announcing that it would not broadcast Blue Girl’s “Sakura-colored Memories” and blocked it.
Immediately afterwards, several major TV stations also announced that they would ban the broadcast of “Sakura-colored Memories” and jointly block it.
Various well-known audio-visual stores also announced that they would not sell the song “Sakura-colored Memories” under the protest of the parents’ association.
As a result, “Sakura-colored Memories” was almost completely banned before a week’s sales statistics came out.
Oricon saw that the situation was wrong, and followed the “trend” closely, announcing that “Memories of Cherry Blossoms” would not be included in the list.
It stands to reason that the Blue Girl group should be cold after being blocked in such an all-round way.
But on the contrary, because of the ban, the Blue Girl group has attracted more people’s attention.
Everyone is wondering what kind of song “Sakura-colored Memories” is and what kind of combination Blue Girl is.
After attracting a lot of public curiosity, Blue Girl, which still maintains the group style, immediately launched “Sakura Falling Season” with the same composition, but only modified the lyrics and song title.
Compared with “Memories of Cherry Blossoms”, the song style of “Sakura Falling Season” has changed from ambiguous to pure and sad.
Then, with a lot of curiosity and attention from the public, “Sakura Falling Season” directly entered the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart in the first week of its release!
The operation of Yanyin Office and Philips Records, the popularity of the Blue Girl group, and the sales of the records made all the clubs in the industry dumbfounded.
It turns out that you can still do it like this when you make a debut?
At the same time, the success of Blue Girl has also made everyone more convinced that female idol groups are the new trend.
For a while, some people have already shouted that the solo female idol is dead, and the era of girl groups will be in the future.
Many clubs in the industry are gearing up to launch their own female idol groups.
Industry firms and record companies launched an arms race, and the ongoing 1982 “A Star Is Born” became the most direct beneficiary.
“A Star Is Born”, whose popularity has already begun to decline, has attracted unprecedented attention in a short period of time with many young contestants.
Akiko Matsumoto, Asuka Suita, these highly popular participating girls, are the focus of attention of all the firms.
As for why this is so, it is all because of the Blue Girl group launched by Yanyin Office and Philips Records. All three members are contestants in “A Star Is Born” in 1981.
In the Kenon office, the new president Hanami Yakura and the representatives of Philips Records raised their glasses to celebrate the success of the Blue Girl group.
At this moment, Hana Jianhe was not only happy, but at most rejoiced.
After failing to chase Akina Nakamori last year, Chairman Nozaki decided to settle for the next best thing.
Among the “A Star Is Born” contestants in that session, three unpopular contestants, Yuko Murakoshi, Yuka Umemoto, and Reiko Sakuma, were signed.
But after signing them, Yanyin found that the talents of these three girls were really bad, and they had to undergo long-term training in order to debut.
Just when Yanyin was preparing to train the three girls for a year, just like how Burning Production trained Kyoko Koizumi, Vitality Girl suddenly became popular.
Looking at the three ready-made people in hand, Hua Jianhe immediately had the idea of following the trend of a young girl.
But in terms of talent and appearance, there is a gap between the three members of Blue Girl and Vitality Girls.
Yanyin and Philips also do not have the strength of Yunying Pictures, so they finally chose to take a slant and develop the current combination style and publicity plan.
From the very beginning, whether it was deliberately showing off sexy songs, or bundling the marketing methods of Vitality Girls, it was just a prelude to publicity.
In the plan of Yanyin Office and Philips Records, a series of preludes were designed to arouse the greatest response, and then “Memories of Cherry Blossom Color” was banned vigorously.
The real propaganda started after the ban.
“Season of Sakura Falling” with the same song and changed lyrics is the real debut song of the Blue Girl group. It was prepared early in the morning, and it was not re-released after it was banned.
Using this slanted debut marketing method, Yanyin and Philips are ready to deal with various emergencies.
What I didn’t expect was that things would go surprisingly smoothly, and the Blue Girl group became popular as planned so smoothly.
The most important of these, of course, is that the attention brought by the girl who rubs the vitality is higher than expected.
Think about it, they just bundled up the publicity and caught the enthusiasm of the vitality girl, and they achieved such success.
This shows how popular the vitality girl is nowadays, Hua Jianhe can’t stop being envious just thinking about it casually.
That Hanyu Hideki’s methods are really awe-inspiring.
However, what makes Hanami Hyuk satisfied is that at the moment when everyone judges that girl idol groups are a popular trend, Yanyin succeeded in following the trend immediately.
Even though the Blue Girl group is far less popular than Vitality Girls, compared to those industry peers who haven’t made any moves yet, Yanyin has undoubtedly been considered a success.
Meanwhile, draw on the cloud.
The office of the president of Hideki Hanyu.
Hideki Hanyu was looking at the Oricon magazine sent by Asako Hirohashi, and seeing the name of Blue Girl, who was at the top of the list, he couldn’t laugh or cry.
It’s nothing more than being advertised by the girl who is rubbing vitality. How did Yanyin finally promote the popular method of the Blue Girl group so familiar to him.
In the previous life, Yanyin made his debut with Akina Nakamori, after the first song “Slow Motion” was not popular.
After the second single “Girl A” was released, it became popular precisely because it was banned by NHK TV station and then attracted attention.
Now that he has cut off Akina Nakamori, Yanyin’s new group is relying on the ban to attract attention, but the intensity is much more exaggerated than Akina Nakamori.
Most importantly, the Neon Music Censorship Association focused all its attention on Blue Girl.
Akina Nakamori’s “Girl A”, which was supposed to be banned, won the weekly championship twice, but no one paid any attention to it.
It is also understandable that compared to Blue Girl’s debut song, Nakamori Akina’s “Girl A”, it seems a bit too much to describe it as rebellious.
In fact, for the song “Girl A”, neither Akina Nakamori nor Yunshang Entertainment really want to use it.
But the problem is that although Akina Nakamori has sold over a million singles thanks to the popularity of “Future”, she has become a super first-line idol who can stand shoulder to shoulder with Seiko Matsuda.
But the problem is that “Future” is the theme song of a movie, and it was not produced by Warner Pioneer. It is not Akina Nakamori’s debut song, and it is even less likely to be included in the album.
And the original debut song “Slow Motion”, although driven by “Future”, has been exhausted on the Oricon Chart and has not yet been dropped.
But the problem is that everyone is just curious about this song, and the sales have been tepid.
As of now, it has been on the list for fourteen weeks, and it has only sold for a little over 40.
Compared with the sales of “Future” exceeding one million, Warner Pioneer is of course anxious.
If there is no comparison, 40 yuan is considered a success, but with “Future” as a comparison, [-] yuan is a bit unattractive.
That’s why I hope to make a change in music style when I release my second single.
When seeing the song “Girl A”, Akina Nakamori, who has always been assertive, disagreed to sing.
As a manager, Santomo Iijima kept in mind Hideki Hanyu’s order, firmly stood by Akina Nakamori, and also refused.
At this time, Warner Pioneer did not fight hard, but played the bitter card.
Terrin Chao personally approached Nakamori Akina, and said that when “Future” was promoted, Warner Pioneer contributed a lot, and did not perfunctory because it was not a song he produced.
Now that YM Records is making a lot of money, they must help a bunch of Warner Pioneers.
Nakamori Akina was originally a person who attached great importance to emotions, and under the offensive of Si Linchao’s bitterness, he soon loosened up.
After Akina Nakamori agreed, Yunshang Entertainment had no reason to object.
When “Girl A” was released, everyone was most worried that the rebellious style would leave a bad label on Akina Nakamori.
After the release, due to the joint effect of “Future” and the platform promotion of Vitality Girl, “Girl A” achieved very dazzling results, sitting firmly in the championship for two consecutive weeks.
And the previous worries also began to appear, and the Neon Music Review Association focused on Akina Nakamori’s “Girl A”.
Just when these people were about to do something and NHK TV issued a warning to block “Girl A”, the Blue Girl group was born.
No matter what, once there is a reference, it will immediately become different.
Compared with Blue Girl’s debut song “Memories of Cherry Blossoms”, the little rebellious elements in Akina Nakamori’s “Girl A” are as pure as Xiaobaihua in the eyes of the public.
For a while, the Neon Music Review Association and NHK TV station lost interest in “Girl A” in an instant.
Just when professional organizations targeted the Blue Girl group, the influence of “Sakura-colored Memories” also directly diluted the bad impression of “Girl A”.
What Warner Pioneer and Cloud Entertainment were most worried about never happened at all.
On the contrary, with “Memories of Cherry Blossoms” as a comparison, the word-of-mouth of “Girl A” bucked the trend and rose a wave.
Although Blue Girl’s new single airborne at No. [-], it ended Akina Nakamori’s two-week streak.
But the problem is that the sales of “Girl A” are quite stable due to the influence of good word-of-mouth.
Don’t look at “Memories of Cherry Blossoms” can beat “Girl A” now, but once everyone’s curiosity and freshness pass, it is still unknown who will win.
In the office, Hirohashi Asako saw Hideki Hanyu staring at the Oricon magazine in a daze, and couldn’t help asking.
“Is Hanyu-san worried about this Blue Girl group, worried about her influence on our artists?”
Hanyu Hideki shook his head upon hearing this.
“I’m not worried at all. If Yanyin and Philips let them follow this style, it is impossible to become the top idol.”
As he spoke, he pointed to the sales data on the Oricon List.
“Now everyone is just buying records with freshness and curiosity. When the heat passes, I estimate that sales will return to normal soon. It will be very difficult for Blue Girl to hold on to the front line.”
“The first-line is already very good. There are a few firms in the industry who can support first-line idols. You must know that some singers never make it to the top ten of the Oricon chart in their entire lives.”
Hearing Hideki Hanyu’s words, Asako Hirohashi was speechless.
They, the great writers, are obviously used to success.
He thought that anyone could be like him, and he would be able to hold top idols like Nakamori Akina and Vitality Girl casually.
Nowadays, due to the successive success of the combination of Vitality Girl and Blue Girl, the entertainment industry is already shouting that the era of combination is coming.
Even in order to distinguish it from the old idol groups in the 70s, the industry simply referred to the emerging groups such as Vitality Girls and Blue Girl as girl groups.
And the vitality girl who set off this trend, as a matter of course, was crowned the title of “Yuanzu Girls Group”.
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(End of this chapter)