"IH General Assembly hopes that I can collaborate with them on a promotional song this year?" Lin Junxiu asked with some disbelief when he saw the fax from Koishi Takaki.

Because Lin Junxiu has always participated in IH conferences, the IH conference did not specifically cooperate with Lin Jinxiu to promote songs, but only made some use of Lin Junxiu's status as a contestant.

To put it simply, the IH conference does not cost much. Although the IH conference is backed by the largest high school sports organization in Japan - the All-Japan High School Sports Federation and most of Japan's sports professional associations, there are too many parents.

If you don't, no one will love you that much. Major sports associations have their own events, even for high school students. He is his own son, so naturally he won't care about the IH conference.

It's a competition.

The IH Conference is also a headache. Although the IH Conference is known as the highest sports event for Japanese high school students, those super popular sports, such as baseball; or sports with relatively active sponsors, such as golf, bowling, and kendo, etc.

It is not included in the events of the IH Conference. So to put it simply, the IH Conference is a sports event that looks grand but is actually very poor.

Because of this, Lin Junxiu was curious why the IH Conference wanted to cooperate with him to promote the song. After all, this is beyond the scope of Lin Junxiu's obligations as a contestant. The IH Conference requires payment. And now Lin Junxiu's cooperation fee is not that cheap.

Woolen cloth.

"The ratings of the last two IH conferences are actually pretty good, so they have attracted more sponsors." Koishi Takaki explained, "Especially your victory in table tennis last year directly set a record for high school students last year.

The ratings of sports events are at their highest in an instant, and even the summer Koshien championship battle was suppressed by you. So I guess there are sponsors who hope that you can directly participate in the commercial promotion of the overall game, and have issued a policy for this purpose.

Correspondingly high-priced sponsorship amount.”

"The publicity of the IH conference is still sufficient. Although no commercial TV network will broadcast it, it is enough to cover the whole of Japan just relying on a few channels under NHK. What's more, several cable TV stations will also participate in the coverage." Lin Junxiu said about

I am still concerned about the broadcast rights of the IH conference, after all, it is related to my exposure.

"But the season of the IH conference actually largely overlaps with that of Koshien. If I choose the IH conference, I will have to give up the cooperation with Koshien. By the way, there is news from Koshien this year.

Are you willing to cooperate? Wasn’t it almost settled this time last year?”

"I haven't received any relevant wishes from my side," Koishi Takaki replied, "but the news I heard is that the tournament organizing committee feels that continuing to cooperate with us will lead to fans' aesthetic fatigue. They are now contacting the stars in the southern sky. I hope

Use their song "Tsunami" as this year's support song. This suggestion seems to be supported by NHK, and it is estimated that the possibility of final approval is very high. Of course, there are also some people who support continuing to cooperate with us, but the power

It’s just limited.”

"There's no need to think about it. Since they have almost decided on the candidate, they haven't considered renewing my contract at all." Although Lin Junxiu felt a little regretful, he didn't think it was a pity.

NHK's "Koshien" is indeed the TV program with the highest ratings during the summer Koshien period. Losing the promotion of this program will certainly cause a loss to Lin Junxiu's popularity and single sales. However, "Hot Koshien" has always been

I have the habit of changing my support singers every year, but I made an exception just because of myself. Since the other party is already worthy of me, there is no need to pester and beg for cooperation.

"Let's cooperate with the IH Conference, but let the people at the IH Conference release the news first. If a cooperation agreement is reached, then call them and people from Sony Records to directly discuss my summer single release plan.

.”

Sony Records was very disappointed when they heard that NHK was no longer planning to collaborate with Lin Junsu on the Koshien support song this summer. They were thinking about using their connections to persuade NHK, but it turned out that Lin Junsu's manager was doing well.

Let’s just say that we have already established a relationship with the IH Conference.

Although the IH conference is not as good as the summer Koshien, it is still one of the best high school competitions in Japan. And although baseball is indeed Japan's "national sport", there are still people in Japan who don't like baseball, so it is okay to go eccentric this year.

.

Now that they have found a partner, Sony Records has also begun to review the DEMO of Junxiu Lin's summer single. One song is a very typical popular fast song that Japanese idols love to sing, while the other song is a bit Japanese in ancient style.

ceremonial song.

The first song didn't go beyond Sony Records' expectations. Since it's an idol, it's better to choose a genre that is in the mainstream idol market. This is suitable for high sales. But the genre of the second song is completely unexpected.

Sony Records expected it, because in the eyes of Sony Records' music producers, Lin Junxiu is the kind of guy who "worships foreigners and favors foreigners"! From time to time, he mixes elements of European and American pop music such as rhythm and blues, electronic dance music, etc. into his songs. As a result, this

Fortunately, not only did they not continue to "kneel down and lick" Western pop music, but they returned to their local country to rummage through the past and used elements of Japanese ancient music.

In fact, Japanese traditional music has always had stable and good sales in the Japanese music market. For example, young singers in the entertainment industry generally do better than young singers in the pop music industry. Not only do their records sell well, but concerts or fan clubs also sell well.

It lacks box office. The important thing is that middle-aged and elderly people in Japan are very rich. As long as the singer sings well and has some good looks, he will be rewarded on the spot. It will be like the live broadcast of Internet celebrities in later generations. Mr. So-and-so will always reward him.

As a reward of 100,000 yen, Mrs. So-and-so gave a Patek Philippe watch... I watched the idol of the pop music industry hiding in the toilet and drinking lemons.

Of course, the entertainment industry has a very strict master-apprentice inheritance. Without the approval of the master, the apprentice cannot go out alone to release records and accept commercial performances. Therefore, the entertainment industry follows a less but more refined route, which is different from the popular music circle where there are many

The traditional route is completely different, no wonder people are so "money-attracting".

"Although it has some retro elements, it does not hinder the popularity of this song." Soon the producers from Sony Records reached a consensus.

Before Lin Junxiu created so many million-dollar singles, they also questioned Lin Junxiu. However, Lin Junxiu quickly used record sales to rebut their doubts, so they have now recognized the fact that even if Lin Junxiu

Junxiu made an experimental noise record on a whim one day, and it might be able to sell millions of copies. So now, all he has to do is praise it.

As the publisher of Junxiu Lin's records, Sony Records has also approved this single, so the single has entered the formal production process. Since the two parties have cooperated many times, there has been no problem with the team running in, so the recording and post-production work went very smoothly.

When the master disc was about to be produced, Lin Junxiu met with people from Sony Records and the IH Conference Organizing Committee to discuss the production of the single's PV. In any case, the single was mainly to promote the IH Conference.

, so elements must be implanted.

The songs used in Junsu Lin's album are songs by Boys and Man, a boy's idol group based in Nagoya. The title song "Evolutionary Theory" comes from Boys and Man, and the C/W song comes from the group's spin-off unit Nine

"You Chaotian Shooter".

Since AKB48 became popular, Akimoto Yasushi not only copied his 48 model throughout Japan and even Asia, but also launched a formula rival "Sakamichi System" with Sony Records. This model not only affected the development and operation of Japanese female idol groups

, and it also affected the business model of Japanese boy idol groups. Originally, Johnny Kitagawa was having internal strife because Johnny Kitagawa was seriously ill and could not attend work, so other agencies launched boy idol groups similar to the 4846 series.

Speaking of which, Boy and Man was born relatively late, but they caught up with Johnny's death and Johnny's Agency was no longer in glory, but they did win a few number one singles on the Oric chart. "Evolutionary Theory"

This is the case with "Youchaten Shooter". These two songs are not the traditional Tokyo-centered pop music, but pop music with a local Nagoya style. After all, Nagoya is also a famous cultural city in Japanese history. Although

Unlike Osaka, which is not as strong against Tokyo culture, Japan's Chukyo culture, led by Nagoya, still exists.

"The PV of the song "Evolutionary Theory" will be based on the element of 'running' and can be shot in Kumamoto Prefecture, where this year's IH conference will be held." Lin Junxiu explained his shooting concept, "We use 'running' to show

It feels like middle school students are evolving into adults. And "You Chaotian Shooter" can be shot in a festival style. This PV can be shot in a studio. Both songs are allegro songs, so the final PV edit is

A sharp and fast style.”

The shooting concept proposed by Lin Junxiu was recognized by Sony Records and IH Conference. IH Conference added some promotional elements that he wanted to incorporate, and Sony Records began to conceive the PV shooting script based on the needs of Lin Junxiu and IH Conference.

Although the most prosperous urban area in Japan and even Asia is in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area, and the essence of the Tokyo Metropolitan Area is in the 23 wards of Tokyo. But even so, the Valley, one of the three largest slums in Japan, is located in Taito Ward, Tokyo. Even so, the Valley is one of the three largest slums in Japan.

Not counting the valley area, Taito District is also a famous poor residential area in Tokyo. Because of poverty, many gray industries are also very popular here. Don't think that Kabukicho is the largest red light district in Tokyo. Strictly speaking, Kabukicho can only be said to be entertainment.

Industry, the real custom industry is in the Yoshihara area of ​​Taito City. This is a men's paradise together with Osaka's Nitta enclave!

At this time, a decadent middle-aged man was thrown out of a bubble bath shop in Yoshiwara by several men. One of the men cursed and said: "You come here to spend money when you don't have money! If we see you again, we will break your legs."

!”

"Who said I have no money?" The depressed middle-aged man said drunkenly, "Do you know who my son is?" The man struggled to stand up, but his brain, which was anesthetized by alcohol, could not control his body, and kept

Wandering there, entertainment news was playing on the TV in the izakaya next door, and Lin Junxiu appeared on the news. The man pointed at the TV and said, "Look! That's my son! My son is Lin Junxiu,

Are you still worried that I won’t have money?”

"Your son is Lin Junxiu? Then Kimura Takuya and I are still brothers." The little gangster laughed.

The middle-aged man's words aroused ridicule from the people nearby. Everyone was poor. It was not easy for him to find someone he could laugh at, so he naturally laughed freely. However, among this group of people, there was a man who squinted at

This middle-aged man.

Seeing that no one believed what he said, the middle-aged man could only curse and walk towards the valley area. The squinting man stood up at this time, found an excuse, checked out and left. He quietly followed the middle-aged man

, walked slowly.
Chapter completed!