Traveling through the Tokyo bubble era

Chapter 131 Internal Screening

In the front yard of Master House, Hideki Hanyu stood in front of the barbecue pit as a guest chef.

The iron grid of the oven in front of him is full of beef, seafood, and various vegetables.

He observes the heat from time to time, turning the ingredients at the right time to avoid burning, or brushing various sauces with a brush to increase the taste.

On the table by the oven, the little female cat Nako Lulu was not interested in cooked food, and was holding a meaty beef bone and licking it.

On the other side of the oven, the three members of the vitality girl group were holding plates, staring straight at the ready-to-eat food.

Under the awning in front of the house, Hirohashi Asako and Yoshioka Shota were chatting with Ito Nobusuke.

Beside the fountain not far away, Miyazawa Rie and Hirohashi Saori were happily playing in the water, chasing each other and laughing constantly.

Today's Wanshiwu is extremely lively.

It was already a week after Hanyu Hideki participated in the Shinmi Nankichi Children's Culture Award, and Nobusuke Ito officially completed the editing of "Love, Go Home".

In order to help him relax and celebrate, Hanyu Hideki invited friends to his house for barbecue.

There were not many people this time, and even a few children couldn't eat much, so he didn't invite the service company, but cooked for himself.

The main consideration is that it would be inconvenient for outsiders to talk about the painting on the cloud.

After a while, the girl who played the role of guest waitress filled the table with food prepared by Hideki Hanyu.

"Rie-chan, bring Saori-chan to dinner."

After finishing the barbecue, Hideki Hanyu took out juice and beer from the house, and greeted the two wild children who were playing crazy.

"Hanyu-san's craftsmanship is really good, he can make money, he can cook, and he is so handsome. I don't know which girl will be lucky enough to marry Hanyu-san."

Hirohashi Asako praised Hideki Hanyu while helping her daughter peel the shrimp.

As soon as she said this, no one noticed. Among the vitality girls sitting opposite, Nanye Yoko looked inexplicably longing.

"I really can't think of any shortcomings of Hanyu-san. No wonder so many girls like Hanyu-san. If I suddenly become a woman, I will marry Hanyu-san."

As soon as Nobusuke Ito said this, Shota Yoshioka next to him couldn't help teasing immediately.

"If Ito-san turns into a woman, I guarantee that Hanyu-san will hide away when he sees it."

"That's right, that picture is terrifying just thinking about it." Hanyu Hideki echoed.

"Haha..." Everyone laughed together.

After teasing Nobusuke Ito, Hideki Hanyu asked Asako Hirohashi, "Which stop is Akina-chan's promotional tour?"

"It's Shizuoka County." Hirohashi Asako replied.

"Do you even want to go to Shizuoka? It seems that Akatsuki will be very hard for the remaining days." Hideki Hanyu sighed.

Shota Yoshioka then said, "It will be even harder when we debut in the future. Of course, the premise is that we can't be like Hanyu-san back then."

"Hey, Yoshioka-san, what do you mean by that? You're implying that I wasn't popular back then, right?"

"Isn't it true that Hanyu-san was not popular back then? It doesn't matter if I say it or not."

"Believe it or not, Yoshioka-san, as an idol, I can become popular in minutes."

"Is Hanyu-san sure you want to be an idol? Then I don't mind being Hanyu-san's manager at all."

"Forget it, I'm so tired that I don't even have time to sleep all day."

Of course, Hideki Hanyu was joking with Shota Yoshioka, and none of the people present thought that he would really become an idol.

"However, speaking of Hanyu-san being an idol, I remembered one thing. After Hanyu-san met Nagato-san a week ago, that guy ran to my house, dragged me and called it a pity."

Yoshioka Shota told the story.

"What a pity?" Ito Shinsuke next to him asked curiously.

"He said that Hanyu-san is so handsome and creatively talented. It's a pity not to debut. He said that he has thought about it. If Hanyu-san is the main vocalist and forms a band, it will definitely be popular all over the neon."

"Haha, I think it's a good idea to have Hanyu-san as the lead vocal band."

After listening to it, Nobusuke Ito felt that Hideki Hanyu's band was very interesting.

"Next time, let him say this to my face."

Hideki Hanyu thought to himself, the old thief Nagato deserves to be a lifelong member of the Appearance Association, so he dared to attack him at the first meeting.

"When Hanyu-san said it to his face, he wouldn't dare."

What a joke, let the president of the partner make his debut as a band, and he is also a national-level writer.

Unless Nagato Taiko was stupid, he would say such things in front of Hanyu Hideki.

The topic of Taiko Nagato reminded Hideki Hanyu of Tetsuya Aragaki who was playing with the G&W game console when he first met Nagato.

The other party seemed to be from the post-production department of Yunying Pictures, which was the department under the management of Ito Shinsuke, so he asked Ito Shinsuke directly.

"Ito-san, is there an employee named Aragaki Tetsuya in the post-production department?"

"There is an Okinawan with that name, how did Hanyu-san know him?"

Nobusuke Ito was very curious that Hideki Hanyu would care about an ordinary employee.

"I met him once before and thought he was very talented."

"It's true that he's talented, but in a way he's terrible."

"What do you mean?" Hideki Hanyu asked curiously.

"Because he graduated from the Fine Arts Department of Tokyo University of the Arts, he was recruited into the post-production department intending to be an art artist. As a result, he couldn't understand how to draw a poster for a long time. Instead, he liked to tinker with various machines. Before the editing machine had problems, he was the one who repaired it. .”

"Is that so?" Hideki Hanyu was thoughtful.

"Recently, I want to help Yinghua make a title. Some techniques are not easy to implement, so I asked that kid to help,"

"It seems that Ito-san is very optimistic about him."

"It's not enough to say that it's optimistic. Let's train it as a technician. Anyway, art workers can't be counted on."

Ito Shinsuke showed a helpless expression.

Although Hideki Hanyu had some other thoughts, he felt that now was not the time, so he didn't say anything for the time being.

While Hideki Hanyu was chatting with Nobusuke Ito, Shota Yoshioka also talked about the debut of Genki Girl with Asako Hirohashi.

After the new year, Shota Yoshioka gradually handed over the outreach work of Yinghua to his subordinates, and began to help Asako Hirohashi handle the work of Yunshang Entertainment Office.

Akina Nakamori is mainly in charge of Warner Pioneer, and is assisted by Santomo Iijima, a rapidly improving agent, so Yoshioka Shota doesn't need to worry about it.

Therefore, Yoshioka Shota's main energy is still on Genki Girl. At this time, the two of them are discussing the recruitment of Genki Girl's agent.

"The previous ones are not suitable. It's okay to be an assistant to train them first. I'm afraid there will be mistakes if they are directly responsible for the main work."

"I do have a candidate on my side, but I am afraid that Hanyu-san will disagree."

Hideki Hanyu was listening, and suddenly found that Shota Yoshioka mentioned him, and asked a little strangely, "Why would I disagree with Yoshioka-san choosing a manager for the girl with vitality."

"Because Matsui-san, who I think is good, used to be Masahiko Kondo's manager."

"Huh! Is that the one Johnny Kitagawa publicly fired at the press conference last time?"

Hanyu Hideki remembered who this Matsui manager was.

Before participating in the recording of "Teko's Room", I seemed to have seen this guy in the rest room. I remember that he should be under 40 years old, and he is thin and tall.

"Yeah, after being fired by Johnny's, and suppressed by Mary Kitagawa, the clubs in the circle don't want to offend Johnny's office because of him, so they are not willing to give him a job."

Shota Yoshioka said something that Hideki Hanyu didn't know.

The consequences of Masahiko Kondo's outspokenness that time were not only his unlucky one, but all the staff around him were implicated, and this manager Matsui was the most serious.

"How is his ability?" Hideki Hanyu asked.

If you have the ability, just recruit Yunshang Arts Firm.

Others were afraid of offending Johnny, but he was not.

No matter how powerful Johnny is, he can't control the film and television industry.

Anyway, after the previous incident, although he did nothing from the beginning to the end, Masahiko Kondo, the Johnny's firm's cash cow, was cut down in the middle, and the Kitagawa sisters and brothers are sure to hate him.

The Kitagawa siblings hated him, and he also didn't like those two perverts.

Previously, Dentsu had several advertisements for cooperation with Yunying Pictures. He originally wanted to cast Johnny's male idols, but he rejected them all.

At the beginning, Dentsu had some objections, fearing that without Johnny's idol, the advertising effect would not be good.

As a result, the commercials shot with ordinary models were surprisingly effective, and Dentsu also realized that it was Yun Ying Hua, not the so-called stars, who were the most powerful, so they no longer struggled with whether to use stars or not.

There is no impenetrable wall in this world. Yun Shang Pictures refused to use Johnny's artists. Although they didn't say it clearly, everyone could see it.

While everyone was gloating, they also privately told their subordinates not to offend Hanyu Hideki.

Regardless of the fact that Yun On Pictures only got a small part of the commercial shooting business from Dentsu and Hakuhodo, it is impossible to completely block an artist from accepting commercials.

But the problem is that the brands that cooperate with Yun Shang Pictures are all top echelon brands in various industries, and they are also the brands that pay the highest performance fees.

What's more, after entering 1982, Yunshang Pictures began to cooperate with foreign brands. The Green Arrow chewing gum advertisement just aired in March was another hit advertisement.

Being blocked by such a cloud-based painting is almost equivalent to missing more than two-thirds of the high-end brands of Neon, and this is the most terrible thing.

The Kitagawa sisters hated Yunying Hua so much, but they still wanted to reconcile with Hanyu Hideki through the relationship party, but Hanyu Hideki never responded.

So, the conflict has already reached this level, who would care about Yun Ying Hua if he offended Johnny & Associates a few more times?

"Matsui is a senior agent in the industry. He first worked at Watanabe's office. After going to Johnny's, he was also responsible for the management of JR (trainees). His ability is still very good."

Shota Yoshioka told another piece of news he heard, "On the day when Masahiko Kondo and You were recording the show, Matsui-san persuaded that guy several times to ask you to say hello, but it didn't work."

"Is that so? If Yoshioka-san thinks it's appropriate, you can ask him to try with the vitality girl first."

Hideki Hanyu joked again, "When Matsui-san joins Yunshang Entertainment, the Kitagawa siblings will probably hate us even more."

"So what if they hate us? How could they knock on the door and smash Yun Shang's painting?"

Shinsuke Ito didn't like Johnny at all.

In the past at Shochiku Photography Institute, Nobusuke Ito followed his predecessors to make the most swords and halberd films and Ren Xia films.

I'm used to seeing hot-blooded men, and seeing Johnny's idols, it's no wonder Ito Shinsuke likes them.

"We just do our own thing and don't need to care about other people's opinions."

Hirohashi Asako was very calm.

But having said all of this, she still thought of one thing, "I think it's better for that Matsui Sang to be an artist than let him help us establish our own student training system."

Hideki Hanyu nodded, "This can be considered, but don't worry about it now, let him take the Vitality Girl first, and test his ability before we talk about it."

"Ito-san, did the Nagato president of BEING contact you?" Hideki Hanyu asked.

"I've brought people here a few times, watched the rough-cut movies, and said that I want to arrange the soundtrack. Didn't Hanyu-san say that he would do it himself?"

"Try their level, and Ito-san will check it carefully. Later, Asako-san will talk about cooperation with them, depending on Ito-san's evaluation."

"Don't worry, I know what to do."

Several people continued to chat, and the topic unknowingly returned to Akina Nakamori.

Shota Yoshioka talked about the promotion that Warner Pioneer arranged for Akina Nakamori, with a troubled expression on his face.

"Right now, I can't even see a picture in the media, and the TV shows are only reserved for TV Tokyo's Yanyan Studio and Neon TV. Star Is Born, and Star Is Born was only shown because of my former contestant status."

After Yoshioka Shota finished speaking, Hirohashi Asako shook his head and continued.

"Si Linchao discussed with me before that he planned to buy all the pages of ORICON magazine except the rankings, and use them all to promote Ming Caijiang. I always felt that it was a bit inappropriate to do so."

"Has Asako-san agreed?"

Hideki Hanyu thought that Warner Pioneer was still planning to use the same flamboyant operation as in his previous life.

"I haven't agreed to it for the time being. Such a monopoly of resources will definitely cause resentment, but Terrin-san has no choice. Warner Pioneer has limited resources on Neon's side, and these are the only methods they can use."

Hirohashi Asako said helplessly.

"Asako-san can go to Yukio-san to ask. After all, he is also a shareholder of the firm. He knows Ohashi Juizumi. The TV program may not work, but it is probably okay to broadcast on a few popular radio stations."

"I see."

"I'll try to ask Hao Yisan again to see if I can arrange Ming Caijiang to go to Ye HIT to show her face."

"Hit Studio at Night" can be regarded as the current first-tier audio program of Neon, but idols and singers on this program do not need certain results like "The best ten".

If the company is strong enough, newcomers can still join.

Naturally, you don't need to think about relay singing or something. As long as Akina Nakamori can go up and get acquainted, it will be fine.

After getting a little bit of fame, they can arrange other programs through the relationship between Dentsu and Hakuhodo, as well as their partners.

Before they became popular, that was all they could do.

Although he and Johnny didn't deal with each other, Johnny's method of using the old to bring out the new and laying out in advance is still very advisable, allowing JR to accumulate popularity before his debut.

For example, the youth team, which only debuted in 85, actually started activities last year, and this is especially true for Shibuyaki, who is about to debut. Toshihiko Tahara and the others will bring him to the show.

Hirohashi Asako wanted that Matsui manager to help build a trainee system, and she also had this consideration in mind.

Then, if the Yunshang Entertainment Office has a head star, it can naturally follow Johnny's approach, but whoever made Yunshang Entertainment have no one who can fight now.

But it's not right to say that there is no one who can fight. Hanyu Hideki's popularity is no worse than that of a popular star.

If he is willing to take artists around, it will definitely be effective.

are you willing?Of course he doesn't want to.

He didn't even bother to promote his own works, let alone bring them to the scene for the promotion of his artists.

"If Terabayashi-san knows the news about Hanyu-san, he will probably invite Hanyu-san to drink in person to thank him."

But Asako Hirohashi knew that Chao Terabayashi's few hairs were about to fade out because of Akina Nakamori's promotional work recently.

"It's fine to thank you. Later, when I invite Gang Haoyi to eat, he can reimburse the bill."

Hanyu Hideki joked.

There was a barbeque that was stop-and-go, during which we chatted about personal affairs and work, and a few friends had a hard time getting together, and the conversation ended when both Rie-chan and Saori-chan fell asleep.

As time came to mid-April, after BEING completed the arrangement of the soundtrack and passed the approval of Ito Shinsuke, the post-production of the movie "Love, Go Home" was basically completed.

Yun Shang Pictures decided to hold an internal preview.

On the afternoon of the internal preview meeting, many invited parties were present.

One of the members of the production committee, Shochiku Films, the film's distributor, is the most important invitee to the preview.

Toyonobu Otani, director of the distribution department of Shochiku Films, came to participate in the preview screening. From the name, you can tell that he is a member of the Otani family, the founder of Shochiku.

Along with Toyonobu Otani, there were also representatives from Shochiku Cinema Line, and they were all accompanied by producer Kiyoshi Shimadzu himself.

Another member of the production committee, Xiao Xiaoguan, was also invited, with two heads of the business department as representatives.

As a film producer, Yunying Pictures is of course indispensable, but because of the soundtrack arrangement that BEING participated in, Nagato Taiyuki and two musicians who participated in the arrangement were also invited.

Finally, there are a few representatives of the sponsors. Yunying Pictures made its debut for the first time, and some brands gave some sponsorship because of their previous advertising achievements and the face of Shochiku Pictures.

In the screening hall, watching representatives from all parties arrive one after another, Shota Yoshioka glanced at the empty seats around him, and asked Asako Hirohashi anxiously.

"Why hasn't Hanyu come here yet?"

Hirohashi Asako replied, "I told him not to come."

"Why?" Yoshioka Shota looked strange.

"We are a partner of Shochiku, not their affiliated club. If the president of Shochiku Pictures is Ryuzo Otani, of course I will let Hanyu-san come forward. He is just a director of the distribution department. There is no need for Hanyu-san to accompany him."

"Well, it seems that we are used to getting along with Hanyu-san on weekdays, and we have almost forgotten who Hanyu-san is."

Hanyu Hideki put aside his identity as the chairman of Yun Ying Hua, but still had a lot of halos on his head.

When Toei was filming "The Gate of Youth", the writer Hiroyuki Itsuki said that he wanted Keiko Matsuzaka to play the leading role.

For this reason, Toei President Shigeru Okada even had to go to President Shochiku in person to negotiate a loan.

If Hideki Hanyu cooperated with Shochiku purely as a writer, with the popularity of "Love, Go Home", it is estimated that the treatment will not be worse than that of Hiroyuki Itsuki.

While Hirohashi Asako and Yoshioka Shota were talking, the host of the preview, Nobusuke Ito, announced that the preview had officially started.

　Almost missed the update time, so dangerous.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)