Chapter 26 Capturing the shining moment
July passed by, and the streets and alleys of Tokyo were gradually occupied by Ye Zhao's "Summer Color". In addition to the store merchants playing on the audio, Ye Zhao often encountered singers singing his singles near the station on the way back and forth on the way back and forth on the company.
Apollo Records has made its third print. After successfully releasing "Summer Color", the reputation of this unknown underground record company in the industry has suddenly soared, and it has promoted the cooperation with Ye Zhao. It has also received olive branches from several mainstream record companies because of this "knowing eyes to recognize talents". As for whether he sticks to his old club or goes to a higher place to jump to other companies, this is not something Ye Zhao cares about.
On this day, he came to the vocal classroom at BEING headquarters before nine o'clock as usual. The moment he opened the door, Ye Zhao saw a woman standing in front of the classroom window with a slender and tall figure as a model, wearing a white chiffon shirt, loose light blue jeans, and long hair with chestnut shawls.
Teacher Maeda is less than 1.55 meters tall, and her hair is also the kind of high school class teacher-like short hair. This is obviously not her. Ye Zhao subconsciously withdrew from the classroom and confirmed that she did not make a mistake before entering again.
This movement alarmed the woman in the classroom. When Ye Zhao went in again, the woman had turned around, her hands behind her back, and looked at him with a shy smile, "Hello." The woman's skin was clean and fair, with long eyebrows and almond eyes. At first glance, she looked very soft, but if she looked closely, she felt a sense of heroism. The two completely different temperaments mixed on her, not only did she not feel inconsistent, but she added a bit of charm.
What a beautiful woman! This is Ye Zhao's first reaction.
"Hello, where is Maeda's teacher?"
"Myster Maeda is not here today, I will be your vocal teacher at the time." The woman took a step forward and introduced herself: "I am Mire Takahashi, and I will give you more advice in the next hour and a half."
"Is it that Takahashi Mirei, MANISH?"
"So you know me." Mire Takahashi smiled happily.
Ye Zhao of course knew that MANISH, a female band composed of lead singer Mire Takahashi and keyboardist Mari Nishimoto, was one of the few bands launched by BEING in the early 1990s that never became popular from the beginning to the end. The two of them did not win any championship in their entire team career, whether they were singles or albums. The most famous song was "Capture the Shining Moment" which they sang for Slam Dunk. Later, the band suddenly terminated their activities in 1998, and the two members also never appeared in front of the public again.
However, although this band is not as popular as her predecessors, it also leaves behind two topics that make people talk about. One is the high-pitched and clear voice of the lead singer Mire Takahashi, and the other is the beauty of the two members, especially Mire Takahashi, whose appearance at its peak is definitely the top part of female singers.
"Did Miss Takahashi still serve as a vocal teacher?"
"Miss Takahashi is so awkward. She is all colleagues from the same company. Just call me Takahashi or Mirei." Mirei Takahashi said shyly, "Mr. Maeda went to B’z's concert to help with the harmony. I'll come here to help."
"So that's it, so I'll give you more advice today."
Although Mire Takahashi is a singer, she is not vague when teaching. She teaches by herself, which allows Ye Zhao to learn a lot of things about professional singers.
"It's not right here, you have to use your abdominal cavity to make a sound." Mire Takahashi put her hand on her lower abdomen and gestured.
Ye Zhao nodded and sang again.
Mire Takahashi frowned and finished listening to the song, sighing: "You have to get rid of your previous bad habits and learn to sing with skills, so that your singer career will last longer."
"sorry."
"Forget it," Mire Takahashi shook her head, came to Ye Zhao, and gently placed her right hand on his lower abdomen, "Sing it again, remember to focus on this."
The temperature in Mire Takahashi's palm came through the thin T-shirt. Ye Zhao lowered his head and smelled a faint fragrance at the tip of his nose. His eyes moved down. The delicate cup-shaped flower on her lace underwear could be vaguely seen through her shirt.
Ye Zhao took a breath.
"Hey, it's starting." Mire Takahashi didn't notice his abnormality and urged.
"Okay." Ye Zhao looked away calmly, recalling the skills taught by Mr. Maeda in his mind, and sang them again.
This time, his performance was finally recognized by Mire Takahashi. Her slightly frowned brows stretched out and she applauded gently: "That's right, that's it." The warm palm pulled away, making Ye Zhao feel a little disappointed.
An hour and a half passed by. After Takahashi Mire announced the end of the course, the two walked out of the vocal classroom together. Takahashi Mire, who just turned 20 this year, is considered to be a peer of Ye Zhao. Perhaps because of his age, they get along very relaxedly, and they always maintain a talking and laughing atmosphere in the elevator. Of course, most of the time, Ye Zhao is talking, and Takahashi Mire listens with a smile.
There is a vending machine on the first floor of the company. After leaving the elevator, Ye Zhao went to the vending machine and bought two cans of coffee. He handed one of them to Mire Takahashi, "Please use it."
"Thank you." Mire Takahashi took the coffee, opened the pull ring, and took a sip.
Ye Zhao originally wanted to invite Miling Takahashi to have lunch, but he hadn't received the royalties yet. After BEING's basic salary was paid, the rest was to ensure that he could not starve to death. Now the pocket was almost cleaner than his face, and it was impossible to invite a coffee. I was thinking about how to say goodbye to Miling Takahashi, Miling Takahashi said first: "I have a job next, so I'll take a step first."
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On August 2, Ye Zhao came to the company to check in on time to report that before going to the vocal classroom, the receptionist at the front desk told him that Gaotu was very lucky to invite him to the office.
He took the elevator to the president's office on the top floor. After knocking on the door, Nagato Daiyuki's voice came. Ye Zhao pushed open the door. Nagato Daiyuki stood up from the president's seat, and smiled and let Ye Zhao on the sofa in the reception room. While instructing the female assistant to make coffee quickly.
"President Nagato, is there anything wrong with you asking me to come?"
Nagato Daiyuki handed Ye Zhao a document on the table, "Look, this is the sales of the single last week calculated by ORICON."
Ye Zhao took the document and subconsciously started from the 20th place in the single rankings, not twenty to ten, not ten to five. Ye Zhao's gaze moved up little by little, surpassing the fourth place, third place, second place...
"No. 1?" Ye Zhao looked at the top of the singles chart. His "Summer Color" won the weekly championship of the ORICON singles chart with sales of more than 337,000 copies this week! The total sales of the singles also exceeded 450,000 copies, and rushed towards 500,000.
"It's so amazing!" Nagato Oyuki patted Ye Zhao's shoulder hard, "This is simply a miracle!"
It is indeed a miracle. There are only a few examples of underground singers winning the ORICON weekly chart championship. No matter which underground singer does this, it is a feat worthy of being a big hit. Various music series and radio stations must be mentioned. After RB people who like to follow the trend see that Zhang's singles are the ones that occupy the weekly chart, they must also buy them with curiosity. It is equivalent to another wave of invisible advertisements.
While Nagato was happy, he did not forget to mention the important matter, "Now the momentum of your single is almost at its peak. There will be several fireworks conferences in August. Taking advantage of this east wind, it will be fine to pass August. It is just that when autumn comes, the decline will inevitably come. Therefore, we cannot wait until this craze fades away before preparing for a new single. Try to officially release your debut song from the end of August to the beginning of September. By the way, are you prepared for the new single? If not, it doesn't matter. There are many composers in the company's music library, and you can pick it."
"Thank you, President, I'm ready for the new song." Ye Zhao smiled. How could he sing someone else's songs with his own music library?
"Oh? What kind of song is it? Can I listen to it?" Although Nagato Daiyuki showed expectations, he was thinking that if he felt that this song was not good, he must convince Ye Zhao to debut with the song "Book". He knew very well that Ye Zhao was not loyal at all and was selling songs based on his reputation. If he continued to produce good songs, this popularity could continue until he accumulated fixed fans. Once he could not produce a good work, he would be instantly beaten back to his original form.
Ye Zhao didn't care about Nagato's little bit, because there was no such thing as him, there was no way to produce good songs. "Then let's use the president's guitar." Nagato's Daiyu, who is a music lover and has formed a band, even though he has become a businessman, it seems that he has collected many rare guitars in the office to show that he has not forgotten his original intention.
"If you like it, I'll give it to you if you like it." Nagato Daiyuki said generously.
Chapter completed!