"So, my vacation is over?" Lin Junxiu said distressedly, looking at the itinerary handed over by Xiaoshi Xiaoshu.

The most important task on the schedule is the release of winter singles. As a new idol who has only debuted for less than three years, Lin Junxiu’s single and album release plans are actually very lazy. Generally speaking,

In the five years before Japanese idols debuted, as long as their single sales were okay, then four singles and one album a year were standard. In conjunction with the release of singles, idols had to go through a round of various competitions.

The promotion of big TV and radio programs; and to coincide with the release of the album, it is a concert tour.

In fact, not only idols, but also new singers must ensure such a release schedule and promotion frequency. Japan's entertainment industry is very cruel. In the 1990s, the sales volume of a singer's single did not exceed 500,000, so the next single

The promotional efforts were immediately reduced to only the most basic sales; if it cannot even reach 200,000 copies, then we will never know when the next single release plan will be implemented.

The reason why the entertainment industry is so cruel is that Japan’s national TV stations are very limited. Apart from NHK, there are barely five TV stations. If you can’t get the promotional resources of these five TV stations, even if you are in Yomiuri TV, Kansai TV and others are based in the city of Osaka.

Even on the so-called sub-core TV stations in the industry, your popularity cannot increase. Without popularity, there will be no advertising endorsements; and without advertising endorsements, there will be no income; without income, neither the artist nor the agency behind the artist can survive. This is

Why is "going to Beijing" popular in the Japanese entertainment industry? In the AKB era, idols will cry bitterly once they are assigned to other sister groups. It can be said that even being a foot washer in the AKB48 headquarters is better than being in a sister group

The only exception is Sashihara, and her success has never been replicated by anyone so far.

Although Lin Junsu cannot be simply defined as an idol, as long as he is active in the entertainment industry, he cannot get rid of his identity as an idol. Therefore, Koishi Takaki still hopes that Lin Junsu can release singles in accordance with the rules, even if it is only two singles a year.

Okay. As for the album, Koishi Takaki thinks it's better to wait until Lin Junxiu has enough singles, and simply put together a best selection album and release it.

"Well, doesn't SMAP-senpai have plans to release films in the winter? Isn't it good for me to bump into him like this? And SMAP-senpai also has a concert tour." Lin Junxiu asked worriedly.

SMAP is now as powerful as a national group. Although it is not as well-deserved as it was after the release of Yihua, they are now almost overwhelming in the entertainment industry. It can be said that no singer or idol wants to compete with SMAP's

The entertainment industry has only so many resources, which can accommodate even a few big fish occasionally, but SMAP is a whale. When SMAP comes, they will basically suck up all the resources of the entire industry.

People don’t get any resources at all. In the entertainment industry, the advantage at the top is so scary and hateful. Moreover, Junxiu Lin also knew that Kimura Takuya would announce his marriage to Shizuka Kudo during this year’s winter tour, and the wedding news exploded.

The extent is simply terrifying.

"Don't underestimate yourself, Mr. Lin. Although SMAP-san has plans to release records in winter, our records are not released in one month." Koishi Takaki comforted.

In fact, within Johnny's Agency, currently only Lin Junsu and KinKi Kids' records can sell well for a month. The other groups usually just finish winning the weekly crown; while Lin Junsu and KinKi Kids are the ones who can still compete for the next month's crown.

. Therefore, within Johnny's Agency, it is usually enough to arrange for its artists not to release singles in the same week, and Johnny's normal arrangement is basically one month apart.

"But I found that I don't have any particularly outstanding works!" Lin Junxiu said with a sad face.

As the Japanese music scene entered the year 2000, he knew that physical records would soon be overtaken by digital singles. What's more, no one has yet reached a consensus on digital copyright, so not only the Chinese record market, the European and American record market, and the Japanese record market are also

Will be completely impacted by the pirated MP3 trend in the early 2000s. And more importantly, with the shrinking of the Japanese record market, the quality of Japanese idol music has also plummeted. Lin Junxiu found that if he did not plagiarize Johnny's love music,

Dou's songs, then only two groups, w-inds. and the Wandering Brothers Migrant Workers' Group, can make a profit.

"I have a headache!"

To be honest, Lin Junxiu really doesn’t want to continue to plunder w-inds. Although he once copied one of their songs, Lin Junxiu, who is familiar with the development of later generations, still sympathizes with w-inds. This is regarded as the love of Japanese men.

They are a tragic group in the history of idol groups. Their style is very close to Johnny & Associates, plus they are a male idol group, so naturally they are a thorn in the side of Johnny & Associates.

It's just that when w-inds. rose, it happened to coincide with the time when Johnny & Johnson's agency was in trouble. First, four major scandals forced the agency to close down, and then Kimura's marriage news almost caused SMAP to be disbanded. Therefore, Johnny's

The agency basically has no time to deal with w-inds...and w-inds. The three teenagers are considered to be first-class in terms of appearance, singing skills and appearance, so they took advantage of the fact that Johnny & Associates did not have a benchmark combination to hinder them.

It developed rapidly at that time, and even soon joined the red and white song competition.

However, when Johnny & Associates recovered, they spared no effort to suppress w-inds. Before the 2010s, w-inds.’s popularity in Japan began to decline, especially because of the obstruction of Johnny & Associates.

w-inds. participated in various TV programs (including red and white), and finally suppressed this group into a second-rate group in Japan.

Fortunately, w-inds was also popular in other Asian countries at that time, and they could still make money through their annual Asian tour concerts. Therefore, this group was able to survive and was not completely beaten to death by Johnny & Associates.

And if Lin Junxiu takes away all the classic singles from w-inds.'s early years, this group may really have no chance to rise.

"Forget it, it's fine as long as you are a dead Taoist friend and not a poor Taoist." Lin Junxiu sighed, and finally decided to steal two songs from w-inds.

"Give me some time and let me see if I have any inspiration." Lin Junxiu said to Xiaoshi Xiaoshu.

Just as Lin Junxiu was preparing for the winter single, an international email from Italy was delivered to Junxiu Film Production Company under Lin Junxiu's name. At the same time, the email was also sent to Toho Company. When Lin Junxiu returned to the company,

At that time, Koishi Takaki and several executives from Toho were looking at him excitedly. Lin Junxiu looked at these middle-aged and elderly men inexplicably, with greed in his eyes as if he was looking at beautiful women. When he thought of Japan

Lin Junxiu suddenly felt his anus tightening due to the tradition of "sexual intercourse" in traditional society, and looked at these old men with a look of horror on his face.

"What are you doing? This expression makes me nervous!"

"Teacher Lin, congratulations! Your "Midnight Flight" has been shortlisted for the official competition section of the Venice Film Festival!" an executive from Toho said excitedly.

Even though he is already in his sixties, he actually bowed to Lin Junxiu very respectfully. Japan is indeed a country with a very strong sense of hierarchy, but once your strength far exceeds everything else, the so-called hierarchy is meaningless.

It is not that there are no works by masters in the films released by Toho, but we have never encountered a director like Lin Junsu who was shortlisted for the three major European film festivals in his sophomore year of high school. Regardless of whether Lin Junsu can win the award, in the international arena

He is also famous.

Although the Japanese film industry has had an era when masters such as Kurosawa Akira and Ozu Yasujiro emerged in large numbers, it is now in the awkward position of relying solely on animated films to hide its shame. Nowadays, Japanese film masters may still be called "masters"

Just Kitano Takeshi, even counting Kore-eda Hirokazu and Iwai Shunji, Japanese live-action film directors are already in a very embarrassing position. Therefore, whether it is Toho or other Japanese film companies such as Shochiku, Toei, Kadokawa, etc., they are all looking forward to it

Japan can give birth to a new generation of directors. And now, Lin Junxiu obviously has this ability. Lin Junxiu has proven his ability in commercial genre films, and now this can be regarded as proving his ability in literary films, so for

Dongbao has unlimited reveries about Lin Junxiu's future.

"It's just that I was shortlisted for the competition, not nominated, let alone won an award. You are too excited." Lin Junxiu was not so excited. "Xiao Shijun, did the other party say when we will go? It seems that I have to take leave again.

.”

"Don't worry, Azabu Middle School will definitely agree to Teacher Lin's request for leave." Toho's executives assured, "It is something that Azabu Middle School could not have imagined to give birth to a world-class director. Even if

You are just running with me this time, which is unimaginable for Azabu Middle School. I am afraid that you will be the most outstanding alumnus of Azabu Middle School in the next ten years!"

"This is a bit exaggerated." Lin Junxiu naturally refused to admit it. Students who graduated from such prestigious high schools, God knows what achievements they will have in the future. There is no need for him to quarrel with these real academic masters because of some false reputation.

With the invitation letter from the Venice Film Festival, Lin Junxiu found his teacher. Unlike the homeroom teacher system in China, due to the student self-government system implemented in Japan, there is no such position as a homeroom teacher. Most teachers are only responsible for teaching and answering questions.

.But if a student needs to communicate with the school, a responsible teacher will be set up to act as an intermediary. Therefore, if Lin Junxiu needs to ask for leave, he usually needs the approval of the responsible teacher and then reports it to the Discipline Committee. Otherwise, Lin Junxiu

The attendance record in the annual report book will not look good, and it will also affect Lin Junxiu's further education, etc.

"Lin Jun's film was shortlisted for the Venice Film Festival?" The teacher knew something about the Venice Film Festival, so he looked at Lin Junxiu with some dumbfounded eyes. Although he knew that his student was indeed not simple, he did not expect his sudden achievement.

It extends to the international world. Japan is a country that dreams of "leaving Asia and joining Europe", so it attaches great importance to international awards in the Western world. "This is really! The teacher doesn't know how to describe it! It's a holiday."

During the period, the teacher will communicate with the school, so Lin Jun can go to Venice with confidence! The teacher hopes that Lin Jun’s movie will shine in Venice!"

Sure enough, as Dongbao Company said, the school would not stop it at all. At this time, Dongbao Company was desperately promoting Lin Junxiu's nomination for the Venice Film Festival through the media. They were not worried about whether Lin Junxiu could win the award.

Judging from Lin Junxiu's age, it is normal not to win an award. If he wins an award, it will almost be the rhythm of saving the galaxy in his previous life. Japanese society generally has a positive attitude towards Lin Junxiu's nomination, and even NHK has produced it.

A special report was made to report on the incident.

Maybe the only one who feels a little regretful is Johnny & Johnson. After all, they refused to participate in the movie because the role involved homosexuality. Now seeing the movie being shortlisted for international film festivals, some people in the agency feel a little regretful again, and they start to hate Lin Junxiu again.
Chapter completed!