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Chapter 65 Collaborative Singles (2/2)

Things have to go back to the backstage of MS that day. After talking about being set as a formula opponent by the magazine, Masaharu Fukuyama took the initiative to propose that Ye Zhao would be a guest on his radio program when he had time.

A large part of the reason for such invitations actually comes from the outside world.

When the rumors of "Fukuyama Masaji Second" gradually arose, Fukuyama Masaji's fans did some things about Black Akira. When Ye turned around with "WINTER, AGAIN", the fans of Ye Zhao who had been suppressed and the "Yuyi Passers-by" turned around and blackened Fukuyama Masaji.

Under such circumstances, both Fukuyama Masaharu and Ye Zhao, who are the parties involved, hope to calm down the situation quickly. Therefore, while Fukuyama Masaharu delivered the invitation, Ye Zhao also quickly took over, trying to alleviate the tension between fans.

The day after MS ended, Fukuyama Masaharu's agent sent the radio invitation directly to ZYE. Ye Zhao also made time to star as scheduled as agreed.

Although both of them look like "idols", in terms of guitar technology, both of them are quite good among singers. Of course, they are only relative to "singer", not "guitar player".

Both parties are guitar singers, and the music knowledge that has been constantly making up for it after rebirth gave Ye Zhao the confidence to talk about it. According to various reasons, after the broadcast ended, the two people who met too late immediately filmed a single, which shocked their agents.

...

RB's entertainment market has always played with itself, and this is also obvious in the strategy of record companies. In the RB music scene, even singers from the same record company rarely have the opportunity to cooperate in making records. The most common cooperation model is that one party provides lyrics and music for the other party to sing. For example, there are very few things to cooperate in making songs, not to mention that Ye Shoto and Fukuyama Masaharu are not only completely different from record companies, but also agency companies.

Of course, although there are few cross-company cooperation, it is not without them. Not to mention the distant ones, WANDS and Miho Nakayama are long-term cooperations across companies and cross-companies, firms and factions. Of course, this cooperation was jointly facilitated by senior management of all parties, which is different from the situation where Ye Zhaofukuyama Masaji has reached a private agreement now.

However, since there are precedents, it is not impossible to make progress smoothly.

Ye Shogun and Fukuyama Masaharu are both activists. After deciding to collaborate on singles, they agreed to negotiate with their own company bosses.

Ye Zhao should be simpler. His agency contract is in his own hands, and only Nagato is lucky. Fukuyama Masaharu needs to solve more. In addition to negotiating with the agency AMUSE, he also has to convince his record company BMG JAPAN. (Note: Fukuyama Masaharu's record contract was BMG JAPAN at this time, and then he changed jobs to Global).

AMUSE is a firm that may be a clear stream in the RB entertainment industry where slim turtle hair focuses on mode operation. Their business philosophy is quite delocalized, and they do not exploit artists as contract workers like other firms, but rather respect the wishes of their artists and always maintain a cooperative relationship.

To give an example that is not necessarily appropriate, AMUSE is like the operator of a large shopping mall. His artists are like merchants who have signed contracts with him. Although the merchants have to pay commissions (shares) to the operators, in essence, artists are "self-employed" rather than "company employees", so within the scope permitted, AMUSE artists are quite independent.

When Masaji Fukuyama found the senior management of AMUSE, the other side not only agreed to the cooperation plan happily, but also took the initiative to help Masaji Fukuyama negotiate with BMG. After having AMUSE's help, BMG also agreed readily.

As for Ye Zhao, BEING and BMG are still in good shape at this time, so Nagato Daiyuki has no special opinions on cooperating with AMUSE and BMG. The only thing that is a bit unhappy is that the publisher of this single is not BEING but BMG. In this case, BEING will have no cheap money on this record.

However, this is also an inevitable result. Fukuyama Masaharu has a reputation and fame above Ye Zhao. This single can only be "Fukuyama Masaharu x Ye Zhao" and cannot be "Ye Zhao x Fukuyama Masaharu".

Of course, BEING didn’t give the money out in vain. In exchange, BEING got TIE-UP of the TV series and movies that two AMUSE artists will star in.

After the cooperation was confirmed, Ye Shogh and Fukuyama Masaharu decided to make a spring single based on the joke on Tamori on that day. Although he only confirmed this concept and did not even bring out the specific song, both parties could not wait to spread the news of the cooperation through the magazine.

As soon as the news came out, the melon-eating crowd who had just watched "Fukuyama Hatsuki's Gun" had just been watching for half a year. The righteous passerby who was trampling on both sides of the world for his idol was stunned: What is this operation?

...

In terms of song selection, Ye Shogh and Fukuyama Masaharu agreed that everyone would write a song, and then based on the opinions of the record company, select one of them as the main song, and put the other as C/W.

In fact, there is a ready-made song "Sakurasaka" in the name of the spring song Fukuyama Masaharu. This single released in 2000 sold more than two million copies, making it the song with the highest popularity of Fukuyama Masaharu.

But Ye Zhao didn't plan to use this song. He just threw away the hat of "Fukuyama Masaji No. 2" and then took out a song with a very strong flavor of Fukuyama Masaji. What's wrong with it? Besides, the Sakurasaka in the Fukuyama Masaji Song refers to the Sakurasaka in his hometown of Nagasaki Masajima, not the Sakurasaka in Tokyo's Ota-ku. The danger factor of making a fool of himself in front of the main owner is too high, so there is no need to do it.

Finally, what Ye Zhao took out was another cherry blossom song. The name of this song is "Sakura", and the original singer, コブロ (Coku Cola), also happened to be a duo group.

It was about the beginning of the big sale of "Sakura Sakasaka", singers in the RB music industry will release cherry blossom songs every year. If the word "Sakura" is put in the search box, you will probably find hundreds of related songs. Among these cherry blossom songs, "Sakura" by Coku Cola is definitely not the best seller, but the melody and lyrics are both excellent. The cherry blossom songs will not be left behind every year. Considering that this single was officially released in 2006, it is no longer reliable to judge the quality of the song based on sales.

Interestingly, although it is a cherry blossom song, when Coku Cola released this single, it was not in spring, but in autumn.

As a copywriter, Ye Zhao's songs are really easy to come by, but Masaji Fukuyama has to really consume brain cells to create. Out of respect, he did not rush to contact Masaji Fukuyama, but decided to contact him after Masaji Fukuyama was finished.

...

On February 10, after a four-month litigation period, the case of BEING suing Weekly Xinchao was finally declared over. Under the premise of conclusive evidence, Weekly Xinchao was already destined to fail. At the final trial, the magazine did not even send representatives, and the final verdict was completed by lawyers throughout the process.

Four months are a long four months, but compared to a lawsuit that takes one or two years, it can be called "speed". In order to resolve this matter, Ye Zhao adopted a very "no RB" solution. After the verdict, he directly contacted Asahi Shimbun through ZYE and bought one-half of the page of the entertainment version for 5 million yen, and published the apology book "Weekly Trends" on it.

As for the source of the five million yen, although Weekly Xinchao was not really sentenced to pay more than 200 million yuan in compensation, it also faces compensation of up to 50 million yen. For this part of the compensation, Ye Zhao will get 10 million yen with BEING based on the share agreement when signing the contract. After buying the newspaper page, there will be 5 million yen to ZYE's account.

Of course, this is still a story later.

When the entertainment edition of Asahi Shimbun published the apology book for Weekly Trends as scheduled, the sales of Asahi Shimbun soared by 360,000 copies on that day. Even people who had never paid attention to entertainment specially bought one to see this unprecedented practice.

In this matter, the outside world's evaluation of Ye Zhao is mixed. Needless to say, the good ones are mostly praises him for his decisive behavior. If you think about it, you will know that the bad ones are nothing more than accusing him of being in power and being unreasonable and having no measure.

Ye Zhao always maintained a deaf attitude towards the comments from the outside world. However, his friends called him a lot one after another. Okuro Moji and Uesugi Tsuke firmly believed that Ye Zhao's approach was generous and relieved, and expressed 120 agreements. Oda Tetsuro said "It's so boring" in disgust. Masao Akishi was a little dissatisfied and criticized him for being too reckless.

The most interesting thing is Fukuyama Masaharu's reaction. Although he decided to collaborate on a single, the two did not keep numbers with each other, but their agents exchanged contact information.

The day after the newspaper was released, I just arrived downstairs of the office. Uemura Yuki received a call from Fukuyama Masaji's agent. After the call was answered, the voice from Fukuyama Masaji came from there, "Hello, I am Fukuyama. If it is convenient, can I ask Ye Jun to answer a call?"

"Oh, please wait." Uemura Yuki handed the phone to Ye Zhao, "Ye Zhaosang, Fukuyama Sang's phone number."

Ye Zhao took the phone call, "Hello Fushan Sang, I am Ye Zhao."

"Hahahahaha..." A burst of crazy laughter came from the other end of the phone. Ye Zhao looked at the number displayed on the screen and asked Umemura Yuki in confusion, "Umemura, are you sure it's not a harassing call?"

"The harassing call is too much, Ye Jun." On the phone, Masaharu Fukuyama said while laughing.

"No, this is completely a problem with Fukuyama Sang, right?" Ye Zhao complained.

"Sorry, sorry, I just want to express my feelings after seeing the newspaper more intuitively." Having said that, there was no apology in my tone, "Ye Jun, you are really fun."

Ye Zhao twitched the corner of his mouth, "If you appreciate it, I will accept it. Otherwise, please allow me to refuse with it with all my might."

"Appreciate, definitely appreciate!" Fukuyama Masaharu's tone was a little serious, "Ye Jun, I like your handling very much."

"Thank you," Ye Zhao said thanking and changed his mind, "But did Fukuyama Sang call for this matter?"

"Of course... no!" Fukuyama Masaharu said, "Ye Jun, you won't forget that we made an appointment with each person to write a song, right? I've already finished it here, don't you tell me that it's not yet?"

"Of course..." Ye Zhao dragged his tone as he learned from his previous tone, "Of course it's done!"

"Since that's the case, let's make an appointment to listen to it?"

"No problem, the time and location will be determined by Fukuyama Sang."

...

Go upstairs and come to the office.

As soon as he sat down, Yuki Tamura walked in with a small package.

"President, have your package."

"Put it on the table." Ye Zhao nodded and glanced at Yuki Tamura, "Hair cut?" Yuki Tamura had long shoulder-length hair before, but now he suddenly turned into a tomboy-like neat short hair.

Yuki Tamura subconsciously touched the beginning, "It was cut according to Miss Uchida's hairstyle. What do the president think?"

"Is Uchida Yuki?"

"That's right! I've never seen someone who is as suitable for short hair as Miss Uchida, and I can't help but learn from her."

"It's pretty good, but you can't learn her heroic feeling."

"Of course, Miss Uchida is unique." Yuki Tamura said with a smile, owed her body and left the office.

"Uchida Aki..."

Speaking of Uchida Yuki, Ye Aki has two and a half impressions of her. The first is that she filmed the bloody lily drama "Who Stealed My Heart" in 1992, and in the play she betrayed the heroine Sae Iso, who had originally had a crush on Takuya Kimura, and achieved an epic achievement of "successfully robbing women with Takuya Kimura."

The second one is that in 2012, she participated in the series "Doctor~X~ Surgeon·Damen Unknown" starring Ryoko Yonekura. In this drama, her role as an anesthesiologist and Ryoko Yonekura "feels love" and spreads a sense of ecstasy in a medical drama. Whenever she appears, she always comes with countless "pregnant eyes".

The other half is the leader of Ji's circle. He had a long relationship with Ye Zhao's current partner Masaharu Fukuyama. It is said that he was at the level of marriage. As for why Ye Zhao knew a little about this gossip, it was also attributed to the reports of tabloids such as the Fruit Daily when their relationship was on red.

It was 1995 now, and Masaharu Fukuyama and Akihi Uchida were still very hot... After secretly plaguing the gossip in his heart, Ye Zhao fell on the package on the table.
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