Tokyo bubble life

Within two days, audition advertisements for "The Sound of Neon" were spread out, in the folders of newspapers and magazines, on school bulletin boards, on KTV and nightclub posters, and in the gaps between Japanese TV programs~

The image of the hand holding the golden microphone alone made people know that this was a singer selection event.

"It's so attractive~" Akina sighed as she held a promotional leaflet at Yamasakura-in. "We will conduct a blind audition based only on the singing voice. If you are selected, you can form a team with a popular singer. In the end, you can also sign a contract with Shuyou. Get Naoki-san’s song.”

She turned to Naoki Nagayama, her eyes sparkling,

"Naoki-san, how about I join in too?!"

"." Naoki Nagayama was eating breakfast as usual, glanced at his wife and said, "If Akina wants to participate, she should also become a mentor."

"Eh??" Akina chuckled a little, "Mentor? Me? Is it too junior?"

"After all, it is a show, and it still needs some gimmicks and highlights. If Akina's first comeback program is this audio series, I think it is very good. Diva Akina!"

"Singer? This is too much. I will blush~"

Hey. He was obviously smiling happily~

Akina and Nagayama Naoki have discussed their future music career, and they plan to focus on singers instead of idols. That is, they will release records and hold concerts, but they will not participate in so many announcements and variety shows.

However, "Neon Sound" is, after all, in the name of looking for potential singers, so Akina's participation is not in the capacity of an idol.

"However, the first period should be more stable." Nagayama Naoki said, "The mentors for the first period are Sawada Kenji, Yoshida Takuro, Nakajima Miyuki and Saijo Hideki."

Some of these singers who have been working hard in the music industry for five to ten years are idol singers and some are singer-songwriters, and all of them are considered famous.

In fact, Naoki Nagayama even had the idea of ​​inviting Momoe Yamaguchi to come, which would definitely cause a sensation. But after thinking about it, forget it. With a happy family, there is no need to drag her into the pit of the entertainment industry.

"This issue is to build the brand of "Neon Sound". In the next issue, we can use more topical instructors, such as Yutaka Ozaki and Seiko Matsuda, to make the program more popular."

Nagayama Naoki said to Akina,

"The baby will be almost ready by then. If Akina wants to participate by then, she can become a mentor! Lead a team according to her own style."

"Hmm~~~My own style. Hehehehehehehehaha~wuwuwuwu~"

As if she thought of something strange, Akina's snickering at the beginning turned into a bit arrogant.

Naoki Nagayama had to roll his eyes and cover his wife's mouth. The young pregnant woman who was about to give birth did not look stable at all!

"Akina, be more reserved!" Nagayama Naoki let go of his hand under Akina's confused gaze, "Don't smile so evilly!"

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Then Nagayama Naoki was attacked by Akina's two-finger Zen and small fists, forcing someone to beg for mercy.

“Private Marseille~”

"Hmph~" After Akina's revenge was completed, she continued to reminisce about the scene when she was a mentor, "After I selected the team members, I asked them all to wear hip-hop kimonos and dance together on the stage!"

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The planning for Akina's song "Passion" has been prepared, and even the hip-hop style singing costumes are ready. If it weren't for her pregnancy, it would have been recorded and sold early this year.

Nagayama Naoki also saw the early makeup photos and found them very interesting. The big gold chain and the Japanese kimono. The conflict between the two cultures was very impactful and eye-catching.

If it pops up on "Neon Sound", maybe it will really become popular!

"Akina, you should register the hip-hop kimono brand and use it as a trendy clothing brand."

"What a great idea! I'll do it right away!"

Akina smiled and nodded. She already likes to design clothes. She already has a design studio. It’s not impossible to add a fashionable clothing brand. She also said she wanted to buy a clothing processing factory~

After having breakfast at home, Naoki Nagayama drove out.

Since July, his schedule has been very fixed.

In the morning, I had a leisurely breakfast at home and went out. I went to the Tree Friends Building to see the program preparations and the film editing progress.

Then go to the milk tea shop near the building to teach Tsuruko how to make new milk tea products.

Then I usually come back in the afternoon and take a walk with Akina, walking the dog, and petting the cat.

Anyway, I feel very fulfilled at the end of the day!

"Naoki-san, morning~"

Yukika Suzuki greeted Naoki Nagayama energetically.

"Good morning Yukika-chan~" Nagayama Naoki nodded, but he was a little surprised that he didn't see Xingka Hana, "Has Hana-chan asked for leave today?"

"No." Suzuki Yuka shook his head, "Hana-chan took the postman to the conference room on the third floor."

"?Postman?"

"Hi!" Suzuki Yukina explained, "DEMOs have started arriving one after another in the past two days, and this morning there were two large boxes. Hana-chan took the postman directly to the third floor."

The third floor has set up a working group specifically for "The Sound of Neon", which is responsible for the earliest auditions. It is to choose directly from the DEMO. Of course, it is impossible for several instructors to blindly audition from the beginning, otherwise there will be so many neons. Participants will have to listen for ten days and a half.

During the blind audition stage of the recording program, there can be about fifty or sixty contestants.

"That's it." Nagayama Naoki nodded, "I'll take a look."

"Hi~"

When Nagayama Naoki arrived on the third floor, he heard faint singing outside the elevator door. This was not a soundproof room after all, and there would definitely be sounds if he listened to music.

After pushing open the "Neon Sound" studio, noisy sounds suddenly flooded into my ears.

There is an employee sitting in seven or eight workstations. Each person has a player at his position, and they put in the demo after a demo, play it, listen to it for a while, and then take it out, sometimes for more than ten seconds. , sometimes half a minute can decide whether a registered player will stay or go.

It's impossible to wear headphones, not to the point where you need to block out other noise and listen exclusively.

After the initial screening, there will be a higher-level screening, which will be selected by the team leader or music producer. Finally, the person in charge at the level of music director will select the contestants suitable for participating in the recording of the program, and then call them to invite them to Come to Tokyo to record.

"Naoki-san?"

Xing Jiahua came out of the temporary storage room with a postman pushing a trolley. When she saw Naoki Nagayama, she quickly said hello.

"Good morning!"

"Good morning Naoki-san!" "Naoki-san is here~" "Oh~" "."

Then everyone who was listening to the tape paused and asked how they were doing. Even the postman said "good morning" in this atmosphere. Sure enough, Neon's gregarious culture is reflected in every detail~

"Hmm, good morning~ There are still many DEMOs during this period, thank you for your hard work~"

Naoki Nagayama greeted everyone with a smile, and now he is at ease.

"Hua Jiang, are there many tapes delivered today?"

"Yes, a lot of people came in that day after the publicity went out. Now the tapes sent from other places should have arrived." Xing Jiahua pointed to the postman Noda Haisei, "Noda-san said that the post office in Ikebukuro said they are still arriving."

"I caused trouble to the post office~" Naoki Nagayama apologized to the postman with a slight nod.

"No, no, this is the responsibility of the post office~"

Anyway, the post office charges money for mailing and door-to-door delivery, and entertainment companies like Shuyou are even more important. Various artists have already established long-term cooperation through fan letters and packages~

Xing Jiahua took the postman out, while Nagayama Naoki walked around the workshop.

The first wave of audio tapes sent over can be said to be of all kinds, colorful and colourful.

The songs sung by the contestants are of different styles, some are soft folk songs, and some are heavy metal rock and ghost songs.

Some even came to join in the fun, recording a strange rap, and some telephone answering, electric sizzling, and silent mute.

If you hear it in the dead of night, you might think of the ringtone from "The Ring"

Nagayama Naoki walked into the storage room and took a look. There were several cardboard boxes stacked against the wall. Maybe the entire storage room would be full in the future.

"If we recycle these tapes, we can make a lot of money."

That's how he thought about it. These DEMOs had names, addresses, contact information and other information written on them. Although they didn't need to be returned, they would be destroyed after special processing.

When walking out of the workshop, Naoki Nagayama happened to bump into producer Kazuhisa Fujiwara who had just rushed back from outside.

"Naoki-san?"

"Fujiwara-san, just came back from outside?" Nagayama Naoki greeted with a smile. Naturally, he had met producer Fujiwara Kazuhisa in the past two days.

"Hi, I'm back from Japanese TV." Fujiwara Kazuhisa is a trendy middle-aged man with semi-long hair. He looks like an artist at first glance. "There is something wrong with the decoration of the studio over there."

"Oh? What's wrong with the studio?"

"It's the lighting on the stage floor that lights up when the style instructor turns around." Fujiwara Kazuhisa briefly said, "It's all a minor problem and has been coordinated."

"Oh, that's good~" Naoki Nagayama didn't ask much about such trivial matters, "Fujiwara-san, in the early stages of the "Neon Sound" program, all kinds of things were complicated, and there were still registered DEMOs to screen. You have to worry a lot. "

"It's my honor to be able to participate in this show!"

Kazuhisa Fujiwara had a sincere expression. When Yoshimura Otomo talked to him about the "Neon Sound" project and invited him to be the producer, it was like pie in the sky.

He is extremely convinced that this program will definitely become a popular music talent show.

"The new equipment I purchased from the United States should arrive in the next few days. Please also take care of the debugging."

"Hey, I've invited the best sound engineers in the industry"

Lighting, stage design, sound effects. Naoki Nagayama set a very high budget limit for "The Sound of Neon" this time and was determined to produce a high-quality program. Even the music equipment was newly purchased from the United States.

After standing in the corridor and chatting for a while, Naoki Nagayama took the elevator back to the office. He thought about the follow-up production and promotion of "The Sound of Neon" for a while, and felt relieved that there was no problem.

I took out a DEMO from the basket on my desk and listened to it

This is already a high-quality tape after two layers of screening. The first issue of "Neon Sound" is also one of the final levels that determines whether a contestant can be admitted. The working team will send the tape to his office every day.

About an hour or two later, it was almost noon. After listening to the DEMO in the basket, there was no particularly heart-warming song. Only then did Naoki Nagayama walk out of the Tree Friends Building again and walked towards the milk tea shop.

"Eh? I seem to have forgotten something?"

Naoki Nagayama, who was approaching the milk tea shop, suddenly remembered something.

"Ah, forget it because I didn't go to the editing room to watch the progress of the movie today. Let's watch it tomorrow!"

He walked into Mixue Milk Tea, looked at Tsuruko and Ishii Junsui and smiled:

"Tsuruko, let's study happily again!"

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TBS's Akimoto Yasushi was originally very proud of himself during this period.

After jumping from Fuji to TBS, his reality show has received very good ratings. It is one of the best among Neon TV's variety shows, and it continues to rise.

If you continue to play a few more episodes, maybe you can catch up with the popularity of "Dusk Meow".

It's a pity that "Fighting People" is not an audio series, but a comedy variety show. In this era, there is no Internet platform to keep the topicality of comedy variety shows in the headlines.

Therefore, apart from advertising, there is no subsequent revenue from records, peripherals, etc. Otherwise, this program will definitely be more popular with TV stations and various agencies in the entertainment industry.

However, a few days ago, Japanese TV suddenly released news that it would cooperate with Shuyou to produce a music talent show - "Neon Sound".

I saw the promotion of "The Sound of Neon" again, and saw the words "mentor", "selection", "team" and so on. Yasushi Akimoto is very familiar with these words. They were all used when improving "Dusk Meow Meow". Nagayama Naoki talked to them

So, in fact, this time "The Sound of Neon" is entirely the work of Naoki Nagayama!

"Naoki-san, Naoki-san, why do you put another layer on me every time I want to step out of your shadow?"

Qiu Yuanyasu was a little miserable, but he couldn't say anything.

Because Naoki Nagayama has mentioned most of the content of "The Sound of Neon", but there is just an additional "blind choice turn".

"Why didn't I think of taking these out separately and making a talent show?!"

"Oh, what a mistake!"

After feeling sorry for himself for a while, Akimoto Yasu regained his energy,

"Fortunately, "Neon Sound" and "Fighting People" are on different tracks this time, so there is no similar competition."

But it is a variety show after all, and it has to compete for the audience’s attention~

"Then, let's see which one the audience likes to watch! Naoki-san, I won't lose!"

Akimoto Yasushi thought for a moment, picked up the phone and called the deputy director of the show:

"Otani-san's recording of the next few episodes, I want to add a few special guests!"

"Please help me contact Toshihiko Tahara, Ikaya Fujii, Yukiko Okada, and Kyoko Koizumi."

He wants to invite the most popular male and female idols to shoot, so that the topicality of the show will reach a new level in a short time.

"Um." Assistant director Kaito Otani was surprised, "Akimoto-san, these guys are all very busy people. It depends on the schedule."

"Please be sure to invite us," Yasushi Akimoto said, "I will ask Director Kotaro Ogata to coordinate. With our current popularity, it is a rare opportunity for them."

Otani Kaito was silent for a moment and agreed:

".Hey, I'll try my best!"

"Sorry to trouble you!"