In fact, as early as last year, Lin Junxiu had talked with people from Sony Music about the impact of the Internet on genuine physical music. After all, Maruyama Shigeo was very good to Lin Junxiu, so much so that it was rumored in the Japanese entertainment industry that Lin Junxiu was the Maruyama family living abroad.

This is why he received special preferential treatment from Shigeo Maruyama. Although Junxiu Lin knew that this incident was pure nonsense, President Maruyama's kindness to him was real, so Junxiu Lin reminded him.

It is a pity that although Shigeo Maruyama is indeed a tycoon in the history of the development of Sony Music Entertainment Group in Japan, it is undeniable that his age hinders his view of the Internet. Shigeo Maruyama has the courage to build Live Houses in Japan and even Asia to provide Sony Music with

The development of the 2010s left a foundation, but he did not understand how terrible the impact of the virtual network on the physical record industry that has been developing for more than a hundred years. Probably all the record industry employees in the world will really reach the end of 2000 and see all the records this year.

When the sales volume for the year was actually less than half of the previous year, we realized how terrible the impact of the Internet was.

However, their response to this threat is not to embrace the Internet and find ways to launch genuine digital music, but to research various encryption methods for physical records that are ultimately ineffective, and to try their best to suppress all digital music download platforms. In the new century

At the beginning, Napster, which was the world's largest digital music sharing website at the time, tried to reach a settlement with the five major record companies and provided relatively paid genuine digital music downloads.

But the five major record companies stubbornly believed that as long as I killed Napster, no one on the entire Internet would dare to provide digital music downloads anymore. As a result, Napster was forced to go bankrupt and shut down by the record companies, while the market for pirated digital music was

It has grown exponentially. To this day, the flag of Pirate Port is still flying in the sky of Northern Europe.

It is a pity that Shigeo Maruyama was not persuaded and Junxiu Lin was actually let go. Considering Sony's position in the consumer electronics industry, if Sony Group can see the importance of digital music and digital distribution platforms, it may not be able to kill Apple in the future, but it can maintain a Western Apple.

The situation of Sony East is still okay. Since Shigeo Maruyama still insists on the old-school record man's approach, Junxiu Lin can only leave with regret.

After leaving Sony Group, what Lin Junxiu thought of was to increase investment in Google and Apple. Lin Junxiu once wanted to build a digital distribution platform by himself, but he soon discovered that this was an impossible task. He was in Hollywood

There is no foundation. Why should European and American record companies and film and television companies cooperate with me? And with the degree of conservatism of Japanese record companies and film and television companies, I have no chance to convince them. Therefore, in the end, I have no way out except for piracy.

But Japan’s copyright laws are very strict, and Japan’s piracy industry is controlled by the Yakuza. If you don’t want to deal with the Yamaguchi-gumi, it’s best not to touch other people’s cakes.

Since Lin Junxiu is in the promotion period of his single at this time, he still has to run the schedule. It is the new century, and Japan’s record promotion methods are still stuck in the 1960s. It is nothing more than singers singing on TV and radio programs, accepting

Next, music critics and reporters write music reviews and interviews in newspapers and magazines. The American MTV television network has covered the entire North America and is planning to enter Europe. Even in Asia outside Japan, News Corporation's el

V and Viacom's MTV are fighting for their respective viewership shares. Even relatively conservative mainland China has a joint awards ceremony between CCTV and MTV, and VMA JAPAN is still not popular in Japan at this time. It can be imagined that the Japanese music circle

How conservative.

Although Lin Junxiu complained from the bottom of his heart, he still finished all the scheduled programs in an orderly manner. Now Lin Junxiu is also a very top presence in the music circle, although many music critics criticized the artistry and avant-gardeness of Lin Junxiu's music.

Sex is not enough, but sales are king. As a musician who has sold millions of copies of all his singles since his debut, Lin Junxiu still has a good reputation in the circle. What everyone is interested in now is whether Lin Junxiu's new single may be more popular.

Achieving one million sales, after all, the sales performance of physical records this year is quite pathetic. Many analysts say that it should be possible for Lin Junxiu's new single to reach one million sales, but it will be difficult within this year. It is estimated that in the future

There is still hope to achieve one million certification through cumulative sales within five years.

However, everyone failed to calculate that Junsu Lin actually won an important award at the Venice Film Festival before releasing the single. Therefore, professional statistical companies including Ori have raised the first week sales of Junsu Lin's new single. But even though

The sales volume was increased, and everyone did not expect that the sales volume of "Because of You" in the first week would actually reach a red list of 350,000 copies per week. Although this sales volume was not comparable to Lin Junxiu's previous sales of more than 500,000 copies in the first week,

But what time is it now? The singles that have been sold for half a year may not have sold 100,000 copies, but they sold 350,000 copies in one week. It is really depressing!

"Oh, now even I doubt that guy Lin Junxiu is really the grandson of that guy Shigeo Maruyama." Johnny sat in the office, looking at the recent statistics of various film companies, while complaining to his sister Mary.

"The production cost of this single is probably enough for us to make several singles, right? How much does it cost to use a movie camera to shoot a short play as a PV in Venice? Buy time slots on major TV stations half a month in advance.

How much does this short play cost?”

"But their single was successful in the end!" Mary replied nonchalantly. "The single is still expected to exceed one million sales within the year, and Junxiu Lin's sales myth still exists. Gee, this is as good as Takuya Kimura's

It's on par with the Japanese TV series' myth of ratings. As long as they are popular, are you still worried about not getting advertisements? What's more, Lin Junxiu's game is much more high-end than ours, and they directly engage in copyright joint ventures.

The movie "Five Young Boys" had just made a fortune in the cinema, and the filming plan for the second part was started. Moreover, all the actors had to be replaced in the second part, but there were still so many agencies waiting to recruit people.

Not only is the movie going to be a sequel, but the TV series is also getting very good ratings on TBS. I guess plans are being made for a second season and a SP, right? Thanks to the good relationship between Julie and him at the beginning, several popular projects have been released.

Thinking about our side, we got a few children to get up."

"Haha, aren't they his friends? Yuuki Obara's kids and Kansai's kids?" Johnny snorted coldly, "I heard that he always wanted to take away those band members.

A child? He’s really heartbroken!”

"Whether he is willing to support his friends or take care of his subordinates, aren't they all our Johnny's children? Is it possible that he should voluntarily promote your Takizawa-kun?" Mary said sarcastically, "You

How much money did you give them? As for the kids who were playing in the band, they couldn't make it in our place, so we might as well let them go to his place.

Anyway, Julie has a new company. Are you going to find a new company for your Iijima soon? Let me tell you, that woman’s ambition is not small! And Lin Junxiu is not very interested in the company, but that woman

But what I want is this firm!"

"If it weren't for Iijima-kun in the office, we wouldn't be where we are today!" Johnny retorted.

The failure of SMAP in its early stage of debut was actually not only the failure of SMAP itself, but also the failure of the agency. Although Johnny immediately cultivated TOKIO and V6 after SMAP failed to become popular in the early stage, their early development was actually not much better than that of SMAP.

On the contrary, it was SMAP who supported the agency after establishing a foothold in Japanese dramas and variety shows, which led to the popularity of TOKIO, V6 and KinKi Kids. Although the success of the three TVK groups cannot be entirely attributed to SMAP, SMAP's route has given these three groups

There is still inspiration.

"Then we didn't pay that woman enough?" Mary asked, "She is an employee of the firm, and she has the obligation to give everything to the firm! The firm recovered with her help, and we not only paid her a high

Regardless of status, she was also given shareholder status.

In fact, she and her SMAP are the most special existence of the company. Isn't that enough? Are you planning to let her inherit your position? Johnny! The firm was established by us together, and there must be no one other than Kitagawa's surname!"

Originally they were discussing Lin Junxiu, but when the topic turned to Iijima Sanchi, Johnny and Mary started a new round of quarrel. If Lin Junxiu was here, he would directly encourage Johnny to just do it.

He adopted Hideaki Takizawa. Japanese laws and customs allow stepsons to inherit family property, and the succession is very high. Although Junxiu Lin and Hideaki Takizawa do not get along, he does not deny Hideaki Takizawa's contribution to the firm.

Didn’t Mary always say that the firm could not be inherited by anyone other than the Kitagawa family? Then she adopted Hideaki Takizawa, and then arranged for him to change his name to Hideaki Kitagawa and join the company’s management. With Johnny’s current energy, he has always brought Hideaki Takizawa with him.

After being trained by his side until 2015, Lin Junxiu did not believe that Hideaki Takizawa could not stand up.

In the final analysis, the dissolution of SMAP was the internal strife of Johnny's Agency. Johnny's physical condition meant that he no longer had the energy and ability to suppress the struggles of the major factions within the agency. So as the two major factions in the faction, the Empress Faction and the Female History Faction

The conflict completely intensified. The empress, who grasped the "righteousness", sent a quick knife to expel the head of the female history group Mijima Iijima from the company, and even forced the dissolution of SMAP to "kill the monkeys and scare the chickens." So after Mary and Julie quickly seized power,

The whole office was as quiet as a chicken.

Even SMAP can kill at will. Who else dares to jump out and seek death? Even Tomohisa Yamashita, who was a little late in expressing his loyalty, was told by Julie to hide it and not give him any resources. If it weren't for Tomohisa Yamashita

The TV dramas in the early years were all successful, so I had some resources of my own; and later on, I fell in love with Sony's father, so I was finally able to make ends meet with a few TV dramas.

A national idol group and a Japanese drama star, two women killed them just to suppress the internal struggle! Women are so ruthless that even a scumbag like Kondo Masahiko would sing the magic of love and spin around in circles to be the first to show his loyalty.

By the time Lin Junxiu's single promotion is over, the new year is about to pass, and the winter vacation of the second year of high school is also here. Japan's winter vacation usually coincides with the Japanese New Year, and Lin Junxiu specifically asked an agency for the winter vacation.

SMAP concert tickets. Singers generally have artist seats at their concerts to entertain their friends. These friends can also be regarded as little bonus Easter eggs arranged by the singer at the concert.

Junsu Lin and SMAP are both nominally owned by Johnny & Associates, and Junsu Lin also wrote songs for SMAP, so Iijima Sanchi quickly gave away several tickets for the artist seats. Since he got the tickets

, Lin Junxiu also asked Xiaoshi Xiaoshu to send flower baskets to SMAP. As Lin Junxiu's status improved, Lin Junxiu also became qualified to send flower baskets to senior SMAP.
Chapter completed!