The familiar voice made Ye Zhao unable to help but say "Ah..."

"Sister Quanshui?"

Sakai Izumizu on the other end of the phone chuckled, "It's been a long time since I was gone, Ye Jun." It was probably his own thoughts, as if the voice was coming from a very far place, with a slight sense of inreality.

Of course, this is true. They are now separated by a straight line of tens of thousands of kilometers.

"It's true..." Ye Zhao echoed. He hadn't contacted him for a long time, and for a moment, he didn't know what to say.

Sakai Izumizu didn't care, "The concert on the first day has ended successfully, right?"

"Yes, now we are having a party with the staff and band members at Nakano SUNPLAZA." Ye Zhao said slowly, feeling a little warm in his heart, "I still remember these things, thank you very much."

"Of course, because it is Ye Jun's first concert worth remembering. Although, I can't go to support you." Sakai Izumi said with regret.

"I received a flower basket from Sister Quanshui to send Ms. Imai, so I am very grateful." Ye Zhao laughed silently, feeling that his mood relaxed a lot with such chatting. "By the way, Sister Quanshui still has to stay in Europe for a long time?"

"That won't... I can go back around mid-November." While saying this, the sound from the receiver was mixed with thorny noises from time to time.

"I thought Sister Quanshui would spend the New Year this year when she traveled overseas."

"Although I want to try this a little bit, there is still a lot of work waiting for me in the recording studio in Tokyo."

At the peak of her career, Sakai Izumi, on average, produces at least one album, three to four singles every year. Except for such a public-private travel, she spends most of her time in the recording studio. This time is no exception. After enjoying this overseas trip during this period, she is still waiting for her busy schedule that is reversed day and night.

"What I say now will definitely make you feel very long-winded." Ye Zhao said deliberately, "Although work is very important, but..."

"...Please be careful about your health." Sakai Izumi took half of his words and then smiled and said, "I have heard this sentence too many times. However, thank you very much. Then, I also gave this sentence to Ye Jun, who is very busy recently. Please take care of your health."

Ye Zhao also laughed, "Please rest assured about this."

...

"Now in England, France, Spain, or?"

Sakai Izumizu said "Well...", "I'm sorry, I didn't say anything." She kept it a little bit, and Ye Zhao also cooperated to wait until she said the answer: "Actually, I'm in Chianti, Italy now."

"Chianti? Where does Chianti wine produce?"

"Yes, roughly, it will take about an hour to go from Florence? However, it may not be that long. I originally wanted to come here to visit, but I found a very interesting hotel here. It is really fresh for tourists like me. So I couldn't help but want to stop and stay for two days."

"And," Ye Zhao added jokingly, "Since you are in the wine production area, of course you have to drink a little bit."

Sakai Izumizu smiled, "It's true. Although I don't think I love alcohol, I feel fluttered when I'm not careful when I'm not careful." The fluttered thing she said is probably a little drunk after drinking.

"In the middle of November," Ye Zhao thought, "I probably have a chance to catch up with the final stage of Hibitani Noto on the 25th?"

"I think it's OK."

"If that's the case, I will leave a ticket to the final venue for Sister Quanshui." Ye Zhao said.

"Thank you. Then I'll accept it first without politely?" From the voice of Sakai Izumi, you can feel that she is in a very happy and comfortable mood. "By the way, Ye Jun's side, it's late at night, right?"

"Well," Ye Zhao raised his hand and looked at his watch, "It's almost eleven o'clock in the evening. Where is Sister Quanshui? Maybe..." He probably converted the time zone.

However, before he could calculate it, Sakai Izumi replied first: "I am leisurely enjoying the afternoon sunlight here."

"It's really amazing." Ye Zhao couldn't help but sigh.

Hang up the phone and return to the lively celebration scene. Everyone was still drinking with great pleasure. The people who were drinking more were obviously drunk. After returning to their own position, Mika Kawashima, who was next to his seat, hooked his neck quite "indifferent" and held a beer mug in his other hand, "I have been calling the phone for so long, Ye Jun."

"It's not long, right?" Ye Zhao looked at Mika Kawashima whose cheeks were red, and replied in a vague tone.

Mika Kawashima didn't want to bother who the phone call came from, so she didn't care about his perfunctory behavior. "What a pity, Ye Jun can't drink today. It's a rare celebration, and I want to discover Ye Jun's alcohol."

"That kind of thing doesn't need to be discovered." Ye Zhao twitched the corner of his mouth and pointed at the wine glass in her hand. "And, Sister Meixiang, if you don't control it a little, if you drink your throat, I won't forgive you later."

The two concerts in Osaka are on November 10th and 11th, less than half a month away. During this period, there are three concert rehearsals. If someone really has a sudden accident, it will definitely bring a series of trouble.

"A real man~" Kawashima Mika took a sip of beer with a smile, "It doesn't matter if you drink it so little."

"..." But your posture has nothing to do with "Drink it once"? While complaining in your heart, Ye Zhao lowered his body and avoided Mika Kawashima's arms pressing against him, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Of course, although he was talking about "real man", Mika Kawashima really didn't care about letting herself go. After drinking the cup in his hand, although he was still a little unhappy, he put down the wine glass. Ye Zhao poured the cup of oolong tea with a wink and handed it to her. Mika Kawashima patted his head, "He is so gentle, Ye Jun."

"Although I'm very grateful, Sister Meixiang's head-slapping technique seems to be touching a puppy," Ye Zhao said disgusted.

Mika Kawashima was overwhelmed, "How could this happen?"

It was already late at night at twelve o'clock, and the last tram had stopped, and Tokyo's transportation became the world of taxis.

I don’t know if it is particularly worth mentioning, that is, in addition to the celebration party dinner tonight, Nagato Daiyuki, the transportation costs of everyone attending were also fully reimbursed by BEING. Although BEING is a stingy and stingy in terms of production and publicity, there are still benefits that should be given.

Yuki Uemura drank too, so Ye Zhao had to call a taxi back. However, before he left, he still sent Mika Kawashima to the taxi. Fortunately, she had an amazing alcohol tolerance and was not drunk at all.

...

In the last week of October, the Shiseido advertisement paired with Kawamoto Makoto's debut single officially began to be broadcast on TV. Thanks to the TV station's bombings every day, this single was unprecedentedly popular.

After officially finalizing the cooperation with Shiseido, Sony expected the possible grand occasion in the future. Although the cumulative sales of this single were less than 100,000 copies at that time, Tadao Okazaki still sided with the opposition and boldly produced 200,000 copies in advance and put them in stock for later use. Of course, this also took considerable risks. If the subsequent sales of this single were not as expected, the record company would lose a lot.

On October 27, the day before Ye Zhao's concert began, Shiseido's advertisement officially started broadcasting on the TV station.

On October 29, Sony received a request for additional orders from the record store.

On the last day of October, after the weekly charts came out, Kawamoto Makoto sold 90,000 copies this week, which was more than the cumulative sales in the first three weeks of release. Moreover, given that Shiseido's advertisement was only two days from the start of the week to the list of the week, the weight of these 90,000 copies was really amazing, and the effect of this advertisement was unquestionable.

In October, 180,000 copies were sold, and it can be expected that with the bombing of the advertisement, the sales of this single will continue to rise in November. The bet of Ye Showa and Okazaki Tadao's bet on Yami and Yoshimura Yumi is also about to be in front of you.

If you want to say that this single was so popular because it was chosen by Shiseido and could not be considered as Ye Zhao's own strength, it would be similar to being a scoundrel. Small things and small-scale things can be completed by your own efforts, such as studying hard and finally getting into the university you want.

However, what is the effort of selling records? Could it be considered to be his own efforts if you set up camp in the open air, put 300,000 singles there and sell them in the street, and shake hands and high-fives with everyone who bought the records? That would be too ridiculous.

So, now, Tadao Okazaki didn't wait for Kawamoto Makoto to really sell 300,000 singles, so he directly found Ye Zhao and discussed the debut of two girls, Dakan Yami and Yoshimura Yumi. Anyway, since it is profitable, of course, the sooner you start making money, the better.

Ye Zhao is naturally confident about these things. After all, there is a template that has been successful in his mind. In fact, from the success of Kawamoto Makoto and the performance of some other new singers in 1995, it can be seen that the music scene is not only becoming more and more inclusive, but also gradually becoming tired of some of the routines he was playing before.

Even if they prepare for their debut six months in advance, the debut dates of Daikan Yami and Yoshimura Yumi will be at least set to March to April of the second year, which is almost the same as the debut dates in their original historical trajectory.

Interestingly, just when the two of them were notified by Tadao Okazaki that they would have the opportunity to debut and arranged corresponding courses, the two met someone who should have become their real mentor in the recording studio inside Sony: Minsheng Okuda.

At this time, after experiencing the disband of Unicorn, the self-rest after the disband, and the successful start after solo, Okuda Minsheng has increasingly gained his own insights on pop music. After meeting the two interesting girls, Daikan Yami and Yoshimura Yumi, he immediately became interested in these two girls.

However, when he found his own executive producer and proposed this production plan, he learned that Ye Zhao had already made plans to make the two of them make a group debut. What's more interesting is that after simply listening to Ye Zhao's idea described by Tadao Okazaki, Minsheng Okuda found that their ideas coincided with each other.

In this way, as November began, Ye Aki, who had just completed his first rehearsal in Osaka and returned to Tokyo on the Shinkansen, met with Okazaki Minsheng, one of his favorite musicians.

Facing Okuda Minsheng, Ye Zhao looked a little restrained. Although he had met many big names after entering this circle, even when facing people like Saburo Kitashima, he just followed the etiquette of treating seniors.

But Minsheng Okuda is different. If he is participating in a strange interview program now, when it is about to end, the host with a bitter look on his face will ask him to say the last sentence, and he will definitely say "I really want to see Minsheng Okuda/Koshi Kamoto". No matter what age or where he is, there will always be one or two people who are particularly admired and want to meet in his heart.

However, no matter how reserved it is, there is absolutely nothing like being so excited that you can't speak or dare not look at each other. At most, after bowing and seeing each other, Ye Zhao added: "I like Mr. Okuda very much."

From the outside, Minsheng Okuda is like an ordinary member of the club. If he is not wearing casual clothes but a black suit, white shirt and a twill tie, he will definitely look like an honest and honest office worker. Facing Ye Zhao's direct "confession", Minsheng Okuda, who is a little introverted by nature, is embarrassed and smiles, "Thank you."

The two of them met to discuss the debut of two girls, Daikan Yami and Yoshimura Yumi.

Komuro Tetsuya's success made many musicians unwilling to be lonely, and they switched to the role of producers. Okuda Minsheng was no exception. He wanted to see his ability to be a producer, so when he met Daikan Yami and Yoshimura Yumi in the recording studio, he immediately had the idea of ​​making them into a group.

Although his idea was finally lost because Ye Zhao booked the two of them in advance, it coincided with Ye Zhao and made him decide to come and have a meeting with Ye Zhao to discuss specific debut matters.
Chapter completed!