I teach kendo in Tokyo

This is how people sometimes look for things. When they don't need it, they can find it wherever they go. But when they really need it, they can't find it.

Kazuma crossed his arms and sat there thinking for a long time, but he couldn't think of a suitable song.

Oiwakawa Houyi may have thought that there would be no results today, so he said: "Why don't we wait until tomorrow...or the day after tomorrow to bother Mr. Kiryu? It must be a holiday at Tokyo University, right? I can ask Saten, who is in charge of this matter, We must apply for a special fund so that teachers can go to Otaru or other places to soak in hot springs and think."

Kazuma was still thinking hard, but he perked up when he heard about the special funds: "Okay, can I bring my sister and apprentices with me?"

"No problem. Although our Sonny Music has not yet produced national-level works, we have sufficient funds."

As soon as Marquis Oiwakawa finished speaking, Teacher Da Zhang sneered: "It's just because we haven't cultivated our own national-level singers yet, so we have to make great efforts to win over people."

"Teacher Da Zhang, why don't you tell me if you see through it?" Supervisor Yamada tried to smooth things over with a wry smile.

Oiwakawa Houyi: "Then let's go back first and wait until the funds come down..."

"No! Don't leave in a hurry!" Kazuma stopped Oiwakawa who was about to stand up, "I already have an idea, just wait a moment."

Oiwa Chuan and others looked at each other.

Although Oiwakawa is not an artist, he has dealt with many artists. In his impression, artists' creations are like those who have not taken in plant fiber for a long time. It is extremely difficult.

He didn't believe that Kazuma could perform a national song on the spot. Even if Kazuma did come up with it, it would probably be a mediocre and utilitarian work.

However, Oiwakawa still held on to a little hope, because Kazuma's music theory knowledge was basically zero, so it would not be utilitarian.

Other composers who graduated from a music university can use their skills to compose music, but Kazuma probably doesn't have this ability.

Oiwakawa Houichi, who knew this well, looked at Kazuma with an expression that was half suspicious and half expectant.

The other two looked like they were waiting to learn more. They were both literary and artistic workers with professional backgrounds, and they knew what happened when things are difficult to give birth to.

On Kazuma's side, his thoughts became active after being stimulated by the special funds just now.

He first thought of the famous animated song "Do You Remember Love", but he immediately rejected this option because this song was released as an animated song and achieved relatively dazzling results among animated songs, but it did not It has reached the point of becoming a "national hit".

Then Kazuma thought of "Don't Give Up" by Izumi Sakai. It was definitely popular enough. There was only a ten-year gap between the time when the song was written and now, so the style of the song wasn't too advanced.

But the problem is that the background of this song is that the bubble burst and Japan entered the "lost decade". The nationals faced a huge psychological gap when their dreams were shattered overnight. At this time, such a song happened to be released, and it became popular.

It's a bit similar to Neckless Liu Huan's "Start Over". The success of these songs is certainly because they are excellent in themselves, but the needs of historical development undoubtedly play a greater role.

Japan is currently on the upswing, and all walks of life are booming. I'm afraid it would be inappropriate to sing "Don't Give Up".

Although he denied another one, Kazuma's thoughts became active and he was full of ambition. He firmly believed that he would be able to figure out who should be harvested today.

He and the first three people in front of Oiwachuan Hou looked at each other with subtle expressions.

Supervisor Yamada asked with his mouth: "What's wrong with Mr. Kiryu?"

Teacher Da Zhang spread his hands, and Hou Oiwakawa shook his head to indicate that the two of them should stop talking and just wait and see.

Shiramine Seiryu looked at Kazuma expectantly. She seemed to completely believe that Kazuma could produce a great work.

On Kazuma's side, he has just set his sights on the woman who supports half of the Chinese music scene. Since her debut, Miyuki Nakajima's famous songs have been continuously covered.

Teresa Teng's famous song "Walking on the Road of Life" is a cover of Miyuki Nakajima's "Good at Being Alone". What's interesting is that the Cantonese version of the lyrics was deliberately written to have the completely opposite meaning to the original song, which is also a good story.

The first thing Kazuma thought of was naturally the song "Riding on the Back of the Silver Dragon" by Miyuki Nakajima. He was very familiar with this song, because Fan Weiqi's cover of "First Dream" was very popular in the country back then.

At that time, Kazuma was just reviewing for the college entrance examination, and every day the school radio station played "The First Dream" as if it was a blood test, which made Kazuma almost suffer from PTSD.

He Ma made up his mind, okay, let's copy "Ride on the Back of the Silver Dragon"!

But before he could start performing, a worried voice came into his mind: Although Grandma Miyuki is a singer-songwriter who has emerged in the Japanese music scene in the 1970s, how can we guarantee that the songs she wrote in 2003 will be in line with this era? What about aesthetics?

People will also evolve.

Let’s change to some of Miyuki’s grandmother’s early works.

"Good at Being a Person" seems to have been released last year. This year, according to Kazuma's memory, it's time for "Evil Girl". Maybe the score has been written and I'm working on the orchestration. If I copy the same song now, I can really catch up. If "The Villain" is released before its release in October, it will also attract a lot of criticism.

Unfortunately, I didn’t pay much attention to Grandma Miyuki’s early songs and horses. Apart from these two songs, I can’t remember anything else. Others like “Stars on the Earth” are all works from the 21st century.

Kazuma felt that the excitement brought by the special funds was fading, and the requirement to conform to the popular style of the times was too restrictive.

"Ride on the Back of the Silver Dragon" will definitely become popular if copied now. After all, the song is really good and can be remembered by people once it is over.

But it is not a popular music style now. Capitalists will not spend money just because they think it sounds good. They specifically ask He Ma to write it in line with the current popular style.

What’s popular now are all the sweet Showa love songs, disco, and vaporwave.

Kazuma scratched the back of his head and glanced at Oiwakawa Houichi.

Oiwakawa Houyi looked like "I still can't get out", sighed, and was about to speak——

At this moment, Kazuma suddenly thought of a person and a song.

——I can copy Oda Kazumasa's "Sudden Love Story"!

This song catches up with the last tail of the bubble era, and the music style is suitable, very suitable. It can be said to be a collection of sweet love songs from the Teruwa era.

Kazuma looked enlightened, smiled like a retard, and stared at Oiwakawa Houichi.

Oiwakawa Houichi was a little confused: What happened? Did this drive Mr. Kiryu crazy? Then his female disciples who are full of martial arts must be beaten to death. Can I still get out of this dojo?

Kazuma: "Yes!"

Oiwa Chuanhou didn't react for a while: "Who has it?"

"me!"

"Congratulations?"

Kazuma clapped his hands vigorously: "Amao! Bring me the piano!"

"I'm at school!" Qingliu rolled her eyes, "I'll get it for you. How about you use mine?"

"No, no, I'm going to play it with my piano!" Kazuma suddenly showed his persistence as an artist.

Qingliu walked towards the door of the dojo, and heard the sound of people eavesdropping outside the door running around in a hurry.

Those thumping footsteps, no need to ask, it's Mikako.

Seiryu opened the door with a swipe, and Jinguji Tamamo came over holding Kazuma's koto: "Do you want the koto?"

"Yes, thank you." Qingliu took the piano and was about to close the door, but Tamamo's feet were pressed against the bottom of the sliding door.

"Everyone's tea is almost cold. I'll change it right away."

Kazuma: "No, no, it's so hot, it's just right to drink something cold."

As he spoke, the fan shook its head in his direction, and the strong wind blowing at full speed blew his hair.

"I understand." Tamamo retracted her foot and smiled at everyone.

Seiryu closed the door, carried the piano case to Kazuma, put it on the ground and opened it.

The moment they saw Qin, both Supervisor Yamada and Teacher Oucho gasped.

"Teacher Kiryu is so generous. This piano costs four to five million." Supervisor Yamada said with surprise, "I heard from Oiwakawa's producer that Teacher Kiryu is in a financial straits. It seems..."

"You misunderstood, this is a gift from the boss of Earth House." Kazuma explained.

"The Earth House...is it the Earth House?" Teacher Da Zhang was so shocked that his pupils shrank, "That tough old man, so generous?"

Qingliu said to the three of them very proudly: "My master's guitar was brought in by my old man."

Oiwa Chuan and others looked at each other.

Kazuma thought to himself that the music industry was indeed very small, and the old man's reputation was used here.

With the help of Qingliu, he memorized the piano, and then said to the three of them: "I have just learned guitar for a week, and I have no vocal training. I can only give you a demonstration. Please be patient."

Dazhang smiled slightly: "We are all professionals here, we can understand."

Kazuma nodded and was about to start when he suddenly thought of something and turned to the dojo gate and shouted: "Egg! Come on!"

Tamamo opened the door with a swipe, as if she had been in front of it all along: "What's wrong?"

"Come here, sit here, and beat me."

Tamamo came over immediately and sat down where Kazuma pointed.

Kazuma: "Just follow the rhythm of dong, cha, dong, cha."

"I see."

Oiwakawa Hou looked at Tamamo with wide eyes. Today Tamamo was wearing a strapless dress, looking exactly like a young lady out for an outing. Kazuma actually asked her to sit next to him and take the time.

Have the beauties in Kiryu Dojo become so inflated?

As soon as Oiwakawa Hou withdrew his gaze, he originally wanted to praise Tamamo's beauty - it was etiquette to praise the beauty of the hostess.

But now, I always feel it's a little weird to praise a person who makes beats.

Qingliu also put his guitar on his back again: I will sing the chorus for you later depending on the situation, you can just sing.

Kazuma nodded, took a deep breath, and plucked the strings.

It was the basic chord that the old man from Earth House taught him before. He and Ma practiced this chord very seriously after getting the piano.

He didn't know if this chord was suitable for "Tokyo Love Story", but there was nothing he could do about it. He was the only one who knew how to sing that song, so he had to sing it first.

Jinguji Tamamo waited for Kazuma's chords to go through for a round before joining in. She did not beat time on the wooden floor with her hands, but sat there dignifiedly, making a sound like a drum with her mouth.

This made Oiwa Chuanhou and others look at her in even more astonishment.

Kazuma started singing.

He is not good at singing, which is karaoke level.

But it is said that a truly good song can be listened to by ordinary people, and only Conan or Fat Tiger can ruin it.

When Kazuma sings this song, there is a bonus of emotion. For his generation, "Tokyo Love Story" is "the first Japanese drama for young people."

His grandfather's generation became very energetic because of the movie "O Marine"; his father's generation started to imitate Du Qiu's coolness and regarded Mayumi as a goddess because of the movie "Manhunt"; to his generation, "Tokyo" Love Story" created the popular lover Akana Rika.

Kazuma strummed the strings and sang as if he had gone back to the days when adults were not at home and secretly played a borrowed VCD to watch Tokyo Love Story.

When entering the chorus, he remembered the scene when he graduated from junior high school and hired a KTV, and everyone sang loudly together, waving goodbye to those ignorant feelings that could not be expressed.

Well, in fact, at that time, we also sang "The Girl Opposite Looks Over", "Single Love Song" and so on, but that's not important. The song "Sudden Love" is the absolute protagonist of the scene in Kazuma's mind now.

Where was that day and that moment/If I had never met you——

Kazuma glanced at Haru, but he just glanced at her casually.

Qingliu's face turned red, as if steam was coming out.

She hurriedly lowered her head to hide her blush, and ended up playing several wrong notes in succession.

This actually adds a different flavor to this already simple song.

**

Mikako and Honami were eavesdropping outside the door at this time. At this time, she let out a long sigh: "It's over, Honami, let's go have a lovelorn feast. With the lyrics like this, it's hopeless. Let's divide our luggage and go home!"

Honami: "Are you Zhu Bajie? You have to divide your luggage all day long."

"This song has been written! Even though I'm a music fool, I can tell that this song is going to be a hit. It will actually be a grand confession in front of all Japan!"

"So what?" Honami asked, "Are you no longer coming to the dojo and becoming Kazuma's apprentice?"

"Not really..."

"Besides, I'm not sure who this song is written for." Honami whispered.

**

Kazuma finished singing the song.

He himself knew that his level was really not that good, so he apologized after singing the last two notes: "I'm sorry, my singing is really bad, and my piano skills are not good either. You just have to listen to me."

After He Ma finished talking, he realized that the three people in front of him seemed to have seen Medusa's head being petrified by magic, and their expressions were very consistent. Their mouths were slightly open and their brows seemed not to be furrowed, and they were frozen in that moment.

Oiwakawa Houichi obviously had a lot of resilience and was the first to break free from the petrification effect: "OH MY GOD!"

When Kazuma heard this, what happened? Japanese is no longer enough to express your shock. Do you have to borrow your father’s language?

Mr. Da Zhang also reacted at this time. He raised his hand and started clapping: "The rubbish singing skills and the crude soundtrack cannot cover up the greatness of this song. I feel like you have written all the love songs for the next ten years!"

Indeed, this is a masterpiece of Japanese pop love songs in the 1980s.

When Kazuma thinks about it, he feels a little sorry for the current love song creators. No matter whether history will end or not, the love songs of the 1980s ended here anyway.

Supervisor Yamada was the last one to finish the petrification effect. He also applauded: "It's really incredible. It's even more amazing than I imagined. I wouldn't believe it unless I saw it with my own eyes. I definitely wouldn't believe it. Now I'm starting to believe it. Will it really happen?" There is a god of music, and you are his apostle."

Kazuma's heart skipped a beat, his expression became serious, and he stared at Supervisor Yamada: "You mean the God of Music? Are they having activities again?"

Director Yamada obviously didn't know the inside story of many previous events, so he didn't understand why Kazuma suddenly became serious, and replied with an inexplicable look on his face: "It's quite popular in the music circle recently, but it's more of a joke. But now I began to feel that I was not joking, you are the apostle of the God of Music, no, you couldn’t be the one who came down to earth to show his holiness, right?”

Kazuma looked serious: "I'm not. I'm just an insignificant amateur."

Mr. Da Zhang laughed loudly: "What an amateur. Are you forcing us 'professionals' to jump off the building?"

Oiwakawa Houyi was already thinking about specific things at this time: "Can I leave the music score to you, Teacher Oazhang? I will try to get it done within today. I will report it to Special Agent Saten when I get back. We will try to get it done by the weekend." Submit the sample to the board of directors.

"Teacher Kiryu, do you have any ideas about singers who will sing the demo? As long as they are not from our opposite families, I can invite them!"

Kazuma pointed at Seiryu.

Supervisor Yamada shook his head: "This song is particularly suitable for male voices. Of course, girls can perform it as well, but... As expected, the way you sang it just now, Kiryu-sensei, is just right - even though your singing skills are really bad."

"You don't have to stress over and over again that my singing skills are bad." Kazuma was speechless.

Qingliu: "I also think it's better to have a male voice sing this song. Of course I can also sing a female version, but it's definitely not the same as the male version."

Kazuma saw that Qingliu had said this and had no objection. He thought that he could just sing "Have You Remembered Love" to Qingliu later? With the blessing of this song, as long as the things he wrote were not too bad, he would probably be able to sell them.

Oiwakawa Houyi: "Which male singer do you like better? Of course, it can't be from our opponent. Those ones will definitely not be invited."

Kazuma: "Do you know Oda Kazumasa?"

The three professionals looked at each other in confusion after hearing Kazuma's question.

Oiwakawa Houyi: "I have no impression. But I remember that we have a young man who plays in a band named Kobayashi Kazumasa, who is the lead singer of their band."

Kazuma thought it was probably him.

So he immediately agreed: "Just ask him to sing."

Mr. Da Zhang asked doubtfully: "Can I ask the reason? Who is this Oda Kazuki?"

——Original author... But I can’t say this.

"Maybe the impression is confused," Kazuma shrugged, "I usually don't remember the names of singers well when listening to music. I used to always remember Matsu Seiko as Matsuda Seiko."

"I see." Mr. Da Zhang accepted Kazuma's statement, "Then I will pick up the score from memory when I get back."

Kazuma was shocked: "Can you figure out the score just by listening to it once?"

"Of course, I am a professional." Mr. Dazhang said confidently.

Oiwakawa Hou stood up: "Then, let's say goodbye. Kiryu-sensei has come up with the Divine Comedy, and we have to work hard!"

"Wait a minute!" Kazuma stopped him, "Although the song has been written, if you release a single, you have to have two songs on both sides, right?"

After entering the MP3 era in the 21st century, Kazuma once had a question: Why do those Japanese "single" discs contain two songs even though they are called singles?

Later, Kazuma learned that this was a "traditional rule" handed down from the audio tape era. Audio tapes had two sides, so the title song and accompaniment were on the A side of the single tape, and conversely there was a "send" song on the B side.

Here Kazuma deliberately emphasizes "there is another song", what does it mean...

Oiwakawa Hou understood in a second: "Okay, special funds! Just tell me which hot spring you want to go to, and we will book the best hotel in the area immediately."

Hema smiled brightly: "I'm so sorry. There are so many people in our dojo. There are only six apprentices, as well as my sister, senior assistant Gao Jizeze, and the banquet toolman Huashanjun... No, no, no. , so many people, it’s too expensive.”

"We will book the room directly for 20 people. You can also bring a few friends." Hou Oiwakawa said with a smile.

"Oh, tsk, it's hard to refuse such hospitality. Then it will be a problem for your company." Kazuma said with a smile.

"No trouble, no trouble, we just want to thank you. Now we can finally have a decent Japanese song."

Kazuma thought to himself that it was originally yours, and it was me who was embarrassed.

The overseas part of Sonny Music now is probably as good as it has been in my entire life. Not to mention signing Michael Jackson, it has taken off.

But in Japan, it still has to wait for its aces to gradually grow up. The 1990s is the real period of strength.

Kazuma just did a little bit of work to advance the time a little bit.

"Then we'll take our leave."

After Oiwakawa Hou stood up, he bowed ninety degrees to Kazuma again.

Yamada's recording supervisor and Da Zhang's arranger also did the same thing.

Tamamo Jinguji, who had just finished beating the beat with beatboxing and had been silent, also stood up and guided the three of them to the gate of the dojo.

The sound of footsteps was heard outside the door again, and it was obvious that Mikako was eavesdropping again.

Tamamo opened the door, and Honami Nanjo stood in the corridor outside the door, saluting the three of them: "You three, go slowly."

"Oh, isn't this Ms. Nanjo! You are actually here, please help your brother for me." Producer Oiwakawa said.

Kazuma remembered that Honami's brother seemed to be married to a female anchor, who was half in the entertainment industry.

"I will." Honami maintained her demeanor and responded with a smile, "Please ask Mr. Oiwakawa to pay more attention to my master's songs."

"Absolutely! Then I'll take my leave first." Oiwakawa bowed to Honami, and then followed Tamamo out of the dojo.

Yamada and Ouchi also saluted Honami in turn, and then hurried away with Oiwakawa.

As soon as the guests left, Kazuma stretched out and said, "Okay! Now I think Haruyu has paid for your music high school tuition."

Qingliu: "I think it's more than that. You can buy an air conditioner with the extra money. It's so hot."

Kazuma looked at the fan that was still trying to dispel the scorching heat in the dojo and nodded: "That makes sense, but it will probably be next year when the royalties come."

Royalties in Japan are very complicated and the cycle is very long. Therefore, in order to prevent creators from starving to death while waiting for royalties, there are industry rules for publishers to advance part of the royalties.

Honami entered the dojo and sat next to Kazuma: "How about we wait for the prepaid royalties to come and get an air conditioner first? When Haruyu goes to music high school next year, the first batch of royalties will almost arrive. What about Sonny? I take Hema seriously and will definitely complete the process as soon as possible.”

"Who knows," Kazuma shrugged, "I'd better save it just in case. Anyway, I can go to the hot springs for a trip soon. Let me stay for two weeks to relieve the heat. After the hot spring trip is over, I will go to your island villa to continue. Vacation! Does your island villa have air conditioning?"

Honami raised her eyebrows: "My grandpa doesn't like air conditioners and likes to use them to fight the heat. But I can call them now and ask them to install it. It can be installed in a month."

Ten thousand words of criticism against capitalists floated through Kazuma's mind.

Suddenly, he had an idea: "By the way, the Nanjo Consortium has invested in the Matsushita Group, right? They produce air conditioners, right? Do they have a sample machine, the kind that people can try out? I would be happy to try it out!"

At this time, even Honami was shocked by Kazuma's shamelessness: "This... I asked, but I don't have much hope. Air conditioners are a hot commodity now."

Kazuma pouted.

At this time, Mikako entered the dojo - I don't know where she had been hiding just now, and it took so long to appear.

"It's so hot! I'm almost dying of heat!" she shouted, then ran to the fan to occupy her position, and then shouted to the fan:

"Ah ah ah ah ah!"

So her voice was given a strange vibrato by the fan.

Kazuma laughed out loud. He actually liked to play like this when he was a child. For some reason, he just felt that something was wrong if he didn't do it like this.

Qingliu complained loudly: "Are you a little brat!"

"Yes, I am only eighteen years old." Mikako said, and then pulled up the hem of her shirt, exposing her belly to let the electric fan blow on her.

Tamamo, who had just sent Oiwakawa Houichi and the others away, came in at this moment and frowned slightly at Mikako's rude behavior: "Mikako, you are a girl, be more reserved."

"What does it matter? There are no outsiders here. Senior Sister Gao Mize and Senior Huacheng are both at school and have not returned."

Then Mikako glanced at Kazuma and smiled with a meaningful smile.

Then she put down the hem of her clothes and lifted her skirt in front of the electric fan.

Tamamo: "Monkey?"

"Nobunaga-sama!" Mikako is indeed a person who aspires to be the best manga actor in English, and her interjection is extremely smooth, "My subordinates have found out, it is Mitsuhide-sama!"

"That's it, it's Mitsuhide...it's not like that!"

Seiryu looked at Tamamo in shock: "Why are you talking about Mancai?"

Honami: "You have to get used to it. If you stay in this dojo for a long time, you will start talking about manga involuntarily. The patron saint of this dojo is probably a failed comedian."

Qingliu: "Is that so?"

Honami smiled at Haruru, then turned to Kazuma: "Tomorrow is my last class, and I will move into the dojo in the afternoon. I will be in trouble for the next two months."

Kazuma: "Oh, okay."

Mikako: "Kazuma! I told my mother, and she approved me to move in for two months! There is still one room available, right? I'll take it!"

Kazuma nodded: "Okay, I understand, you can make an agreement with Chiyoko when she comes back."

"Oh." Mikako answered and looked at Tamamo proudly.

Tamamo: "Well, it seems I can only share a room with Chiyoko."

You have to come too!

Kazuma scratched his head: "Even if you and Chiyoko share a room, the rent cannot be discounted."

Tamamo smiled and said, "Of course."

As he finished speaking, the wind suddenly picked up in the courtyard outside the dojo, and then the cicadas began to make a noise in unison.