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Chapter 207 Is this a gift?

"There are bands that came from Osaka today." Watanabe Lu introduced to Ye Akira, "The underground music circle in Osaka is well-known and is said to have received invitations from record companies."

"Oh?" Ye Zhao was a little interested, "What kind of band is it?"

"The name is 'Sanjoya'." Watanabe Riku.

Ye Zhao thought about it in his mind and had no impression of this band at all. It seemed that either the band changed its name later or made its debut after reorganization, or it had been active in the underground music circle.

Compared to this band called "Sanjoya", which has not yet arrived, Ye Zhao is more interested in. In fact, a band that is already present. Although Sanjoya is well-known in the underground music circle in Osaka, it has not appeared in the future development trajectory. However, the band that is now in the backstage will actually enter the mainstream music world in the future and become a popular figure, which has influenced many later singers.

"Good evening, good evening." Watanabe Riku, who entered the backstage, greeted a young man who looked light and knew it was a Japanese man at a glance.

"Good evening, senior Watanabe." The Toshisaku bowed to him politely, "I'll ask senior to take care of you."

"If that's the case, the audience here has a very high evaluation of you." Watanabe Lu smiled, noticed that Shunsaku and Ye Zhao were looking at each other curiously, and began to introduce them considerately, "This is my junior at high school, Toshisaku Okuda. He has been in bands when he was a student. This is my partner when he was a band in Tokyo, Ye Jun."

"Good evening." The two of them bowed to each other and greeted each other.

Toshisaku Okuda obviously knew Ye Zhao and said politely: "What a lucky thing to do."

"I'm here." Ye Zhao hurriedly replied to the gift, and the two bowed back and forth according to the Japanese's sticky greetings, without any topic at all. However, what Okuda Toshisaku didn't know was that Ye Zhao also knew him.

After entering the second half of the 1990s, the assembly line band and producer bombing model gradually declined after reaching its peak. More and more singers and bands with personality and strength emerged in the music industry. A band called the Brilliant Green showed its mark in this new vitality and successfully left a mark in the pop music industry.

This band called the brilliant green consists of two iron triangles such as two men and one woman, namely the lead singer Tomoko Kawase, the guitar Ryo Matsui, and the head of the bass... That's right, it's the current Tomosa Okuda who is greeting Ye Zhao.

After confirming that this Toshisaku Oda was the Toshisaku Oda, Ye Zhao subconsciously looked behind him and found a girl quietly leaning against the wall of the corridor waiting for the opening. There is no doubt that it was Toshiko Kawase. Such a band supported by talented musicians, it is normal for a face-blind musician to have a face-blind heroine, and it is absolutely impossible for a face-blind heroine to have a face-blind heroine.

What's more, in the profession of female lead singer, Tomoko Kawase's face recognition is very high. As for the degree of appearance, it is a matter of opinion. However, Ye Zhao personally thinks it is quite beautiful.

Having said that, looking at Toshisaku Okuda who was casual but quite gentle while talking to Tomoko Kawase, Ye Zhao couldn't help but gossip in his heart. A combination of two men and one woman, one of them took most of the composition and became a soul figure, and finally married the pretty female lead singer home... Do you think he was talking about Kobayashi and MLL?

This is actually Toshisaku Okuda and Tomoko Kawase. Of course, it is too far to say this now.

"Shun Saku-jun's band was just spotted by Sony Records not long ago, but the producers there seemed to be ambitious and did not intend to make them debut soon. They were ready to take out the previous way of crafting the band and slowly polish them." After Toshisaku Okuda said goodbye and went back to take the stage, Watanabe Rik acted as a supplement and explainer.

Such a band that is quite powerful and aims to debut mainstream as the main stream, as early as the underground period, either sent DEMO crazily to win the favor of record companies or were booked by record companies early. In addition to taking action faster than anyone else, it is still difficult to get the coincidence of being a mentor when the other party is "unappreciated" when the other party is "not seen" in his eyes.

"In that case, the strength is really exciting."

"Yes. Because all three of the band are from Kyoto and their base camp is also in Kyoto, I stayed here during the period before the official opening preparation period, and conducted professional course training and accumulated experience in the clubs here. Just a few months ago, Jun Zuojun and I met at a pizza restaurant here. I heard that I was running a club, so he asked if I could come and perform."

Ruo Watanabe smiled, "Of course I'm absolutely OK. Their bands only have guitar and bass, but Shunzaku is able to play drums a little, and occasionally when I can't take into account both, Shunzaku is the drummer, and I'll play bass for guest appearances. To be honest, I'm very happy to perform with such a high-level band."

Although he gradually retreated behind the scenes, Watanabe Riku still enjoyed the joy of performing in front of the stage. He knew how to use a variety of instruments and had a solid musical foundation. Perhaps because of this, or perhaps he had also experienced a long career in an underground band, able to deal with all kinds of people and tolerate all kinds of personalities. The band members here respected him very much.

"However," because he met Ye Zhao, a famous future band in Watanabe Rik's club, said in a slightly emotional tone, "Did you actually meet in a pizza restaurant? It's so wonderful." Although he was talking about the pizza restaurant, he was thinking that he would actually meet such a person in Watanabe Rik's club.

"Because Kyoto is not a big city." Watanabe Riki didn't know what his words meant, "It's not like in Tokyo, once people are separated, they may never meet again in their lives." At this point, he was silent.

Ye Zhao guessed that he probably remembered the other members of the band at that time. At this moment, he also recalled the people and events when he first arrived. But that was all, and he was soon thrown away. For him, those related past events were not so much like books that were turned over, but rather as old newspapers that had expired.

He will neither go back to look around nor care about what content it has in it.

Although Kyoto is a thousand-year-old capital, it is actually a rock capital, with many musicians starting from here. Ye Zhao couldn't help but wonder what kind of characters will be welcomed in the club in Watanabe Rio in the future.

...

After actually meeting the members of the band named Sanjoya, Ye Zhao was even more sure that there was no face that he later knew.

Even so, after actually watching their performance, I had to admire their performance skills and the performance of the lead singer.

As for why they refuse to recruit record companies, in short, in this world, since there are people who have tried their best to enter the art world and want to enter the art world, there must be people who are indifferent to fame and fortune and refuse business and only want to be themselves.

When the performance was in the second half of the midfield, the band "Brickian" by Toshiba Oda also officially took the stage, and the audience cheered enthusiastically to Ye Zhao's concert at Osaka. Not only did the scouts understand this, but the audience also knew it very well. Therefore, they would offer more enthusiastic support than when facing mainstream singers.

After a long underground career, singers have an advantage that cannot be compared with those selected singers after their mainstream debut, that is, even if they do not do any publicity, their audiences and supporters in the underground era will help their singles and albums get a better ranking.

The slightly different thing from the two bands that were on stage before is that the brilliant green sang all their original songs. Although the two bands performed original songs, they still covered two songs from other bands respectively.

They sang four songs in total. One of these four songs was later included in their mainstream debut albums, and the other three songs were not heard before, and they should have become a waste song. At this time, Toshi Okuda's creative ability was not as mature as it was later, and the direction of chords could be easily guessed.

Although there is a suspicion of giving advice to the country, even if you have never planted an apple tree, occasionally talking about the taste and appearance of the apple is not something that needs to be specially approved.

After the performance of the Brilliant Green ended, Ye Zhao suddenly lost interest in the singer who was about to appear on stage, left the venue, and returned to the backstage.

"Don't continue watching?" asked Ruo Watanabe.

"No, it's almost time to take a break and prepare for the stage afterwards." Ye Zhao smiled. He was preparing to appear as the "extra" of this show, and the time period was arranged at the end. After all the people participating in the performance ended. At that time, whether they were surprised or disgusted by his appearance, they would not be unhappy or affected by the performance of later generations.

It was not very convenient to chat in the lounge, so the two of them came out together and stood in the stairwell and started chatting.

"What song is going to sing later?" Watanabe Riki lit a cigarette.

"I haven't decided yet." Ye Zhao thought for a while, "Sing whatever you think of, be more casual."

"By the way," said Riki Watanabe, "When the performance is over, remember to leave a signature here. At that time, I will hang it on the club wall."

"Compared to me," Ye Zhao also laughed, "Watanabe Brother remembers to ask for an autograph with Okudasan and others. With that kind of strength, he will definitely become popular in the future."

"When talking about this, after Jun Zuojun and the others finished their first performance at the club, I said to them, 'It's so great, I feel like I'm going to become your fans'. The three of them were very excited and signed me on the spot."

"Ha ha."

While he was talking and laughing, Ye Zhao's cell phone rang.

Watanabe Rik slowly put away his smile and pointed to the direction of the corridor, indicating that he would avoid it for the time being. Being good at maintaining a moderate sense of distance is also a popular place for Watanabe Rik.

Ye Zhao answered the phone.

"Good evening, Ye Jun." On the other end of the phone, Sakai Izumizu's voice was a little childish tone, and it sounded like she was in a very good mood.

"Good evening...and then good afternoon."

"Good afternoon?" Sakai Izumizu was slightly confused, and then smiled and said, "From now on, just say 'good evening'."

Ye Zhao understood, "If you say so..."

"...I am looking at the moon above Tokyo very comfortably now."

Ye Zhao could imagine the way Sakai Izumi nodded gently when she said this. This thought arose so naturally that it made him feel wonderful and even a little surprised.

He didn't know when he knew her trivial little movements.

"Have Sister Quanshui been back for a long time?" Ye Zhao was talking to her on the phone, and involuntarily walked out of the Morinaga Building, standing in a slightly desolate alley, raising his head, a little white Zhang Xianyue hung in the sky.

"I arrived at Narita Airport yesterday afternoon, after a little rest. This evening, Miss Imai sent me a letter I had accumulated during this period when she was not in Japan. I just had nothing to do and found the photos of Ye Jun taking in Shirahama." Speaking of this, Izumi Sakai paused for a moment, "Then I want to call Ye Jun a little."

"Thank you, I'm so happy to receive the call from Sister Quanshui." Ye Zhao couldn't help but smile, recalling the scene at Shirahama, and asked, "How about those photos?... But let's say it first, all the good-looking ones are written by photographer Sang, so I won't be greedy for merit and pretend to be honest."

Such frank words made Sakai Izumizu laugh. After laughing, she replied in a little bit: "I care more about the good or bad of the photos, but the scenes in the photos are a bit familiar."

"My memory is good, right?" Ye Zhao boasted in a slightly proud tone.

Sakai Izumizu did not answer. However, he guessed that she was probably smiling silently now.

So he asked deliberately: "By the way, I have been to Europe for so long. Has Sister Quanshui brought a gift back?"

"Is Ye Jun asking for a gift?"

"Of course." Ye Zhao admitted openly, "I have always been very greedy in terms of gifts. What's more, it's a gift from Sister Quanshui."

"Even if you compliment me like this, there will be no additional benefits."

"This is not a compliment," Ye Zhao looked at his watch. Less than half an hour before the performance in the club ended. He relaxed a little more and blurted out: "It's the truth, I really want to receive a gift from Sister Quanshui."

The other end of the phone paused for two or three seconds, and Sakai Izumizu asked, "Where is Ye Jun now?"

"Kyoto."

"Kyoto?"
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