“By the way,”

Before leaving, Ye Zhao asked a nonsensical question like last time, “Do you two like Asia?”

The question of whether to like pandas is Ye Zhao on a whim, and the question of whether to like Asia is that Yangshui Inoue specifically asked two girls questions before writing a song for PUFFY.

It was only after I got the answer from the two girls that I "liked!" that I had the famous song "Innocence of Asia".

At this moment, although the person who asked the question changed and the scenes of the question were very different, the two girls returned without thinking: "Of course I like it!"

Moreover, after saying "like", Yoshimura Yumi blinked and added with a cunning look, "By the way, Ye Zhaosang, I also like pandas."

"Yes... that's great." Ye Zhao said with a smile.

...

PUFFY, which originally debuted in May next year, has not met their producer Okuda Minsheng yet, and the two sides are probably not far from meeting each other. Therefore, if Ye Zhao wants to capture the PUFFY set of cards, he can only make himself faster.

Without further ado, after saying goodbye to Yami Daikan and Yumi Yoshimura, Ye Ao immediately contacted the director of Sony Records Production, Okazaki Tadao, who served as the executive producer of Kawamoto Kawamoto.

In the record company, there is not only one producer standing behind a singer. For example, Tetsuya Komuro, Takeshi Kobayashi, and what Ye Zhao is doing now are just "music producers". As the name suggests, the part that the music producer is responsible for is only the singer's music planning, such as the choice of lyrics and music and the decision of the style and style route, etc.

In addition, for example, the budget for producing Kawamoto Kawamoto's debut single, the specific debut date, the planning and cycle of release, the channels and numbers of distribution and distribution, and subsequent promotion, etc., all of the power outside of a series of music are controlled by Tadao Okazaki.

As a person with great power in a large record company, it is still a bit difficult to meet him immediately if you want to see him. After making an appointment in advance, Ye Zhao met him in the small reception room in Tadao Okazaki's office two days later.

"I haven't met for a while, Ye Jun." Tadao Okazaki had a good impression of Ye Zhao, so after getting to know each other, he became much closer to him when he met in private or on the phone. "Is it still necessary to discuss matters about Miss Kawamoto when I come here?"

"Actually, there is a question that I want to ask Mr. Okazaki." Ye Zhao did not answer, but asked back: "How does Mr. Okazaki view the current idol market?"

"Idol..." Tadao Okazaki pondered for a moment, "To be honest, the idol market is difficult to do very well now. The situation on the male idol side is in an upward stage, but the entire male idol's survival soil has almost been completely penetrated by Johnnys. If other companies want to intervene, it will not only be difficult, but also face the risk of offending Johnnys."

"As for female idols," Tadao Okazaki smiled bitterly, "After experiencing the stage of collective scandals and character collapse in the past few years, the so-called frank and beautiful IDOL has long become a trick for the audience to deceive themselves. If you want to launch another influential female idol, I think there should be very few companies doing this."

The outside world is always much more harsh about women than men, which is more obvious in the art world.

"That's right," Ye Zhao carefully said, "However, the market's demand for idols has definitely always existed, but the way this demand exists is changing."

"I agree with this," Tadao Okazaki nodded. "Although idols are declining now, I have to say that the techniques used to package idols in the past were actually very high-end and highly feasible. Therefore, when the company launched some singers who are not so powerful, it also intentionally or unintentionally learn from the techniques of packaging idols."

"So, although the idol market is difficult to do, it is not really dead. However, the way they exist in the future will change as the audience needs change."

"Change it?" Tadao Okazaki asked, "Why is Ye Jun talking about using the method of packaging idols to package people with strength, but not overwhelming strength, go with the vague positioning system?"

"The second half is right, but the first half is not very correct." Ye Zhao thought, "I just became popular through SMAP and Kinki Boy, and thought of one thing. There is no need for idols to produce them according to the previous templates. In other words, the current SMAP, Kinki Boy, is more like an artist than an idol."

"However, it is not easy to make girls look ugly and funny, and it may be counterproductive," said Tadao Okazaki.

Ye Zhao corrected, "The template for an unorthodox idol may not be just about making ugly or funny. Like the gorgeous costumes in the past, like carefully calculated dreamy words, these things are not only far from the public, but after experiencing a series of previous events, this 'out of reach' trait has become a joke."

"So, we might as well just target the part that the public hates, and put forward idols that say whatever we want to say, wear clothes we want to wear, with a full personality, and do not please the audience with performance or personality, and even let teenagers imitate them. Of course, the idol here does not refer to Idol, but Star. To be honest, launching idols during the idol ice age is a matter of asking for trouble, so even if the core is an idol, you must not use the name of an idol."

"It sounds quite interesting..." Tadao Okazaki nodded, "But why do you say this suddenly? No, you have any other new ideas about Miss Kawamoto now, right?"

"Actually, when I went to monitor Miss Kawamoto a few days ago, I met two Kawain, a subsidiary of your company in the recording studio. Both of them looked very cute, had good singing skills, and were very likable in their personalities, so I thought of these things. I think there is still something worth a try."

"That's it," Okazaki Tadao reminded tactfully, "Is Ye Jun planning to make these two again? Although it's a blessing for them to be liked by you, Miss Kawamoto here has not made her official debut yet."
Chapter completed!