Just two days after the interview, on January 17, the Kansai area suffered a devastating earthquake. Kobe City, Awaji Island in Hyogo Prefecture, and cities between Kobe and Osaka all suffered huge casualties. The assets equivalent to two percent of RB's GDP disappeared instantly. For RB, this can be regarded as an unprecedented huge disaster.

After the incident, without mentioning the outside world's reaction to this, the art world quickly organized assistance to the affected areas. In addition to donating money or preparing songs for disaster relief, companies of all sizes also donated generously. Nagato, whose hometown is Kansai, donated 100 million yen in the name of BEING.

Ye Zhao also donated 10 million yen for aid in the name of ZYE.

The land of RB has always suffered from natural disasters. Disasters may have tempered their will and enabled them to gain the qualities of "strong self-control and endurance", but there is no doubt that disasters have also made them live in fear, so they have a madness in their bones that "every day is the end of the world".

Especially after experiencing unprecedented prosperity, this disaster destroyed not only material things, but also left indelible trauma on the hearts of RB people. They began to look forward to tomorrow and indulge in illusory things that can bring comfort. For a time, religious and positive literary works began to become very popular.

(This topic is too sensitive, so I won’t expand it. I originally planned not to mention it, but such a big thing can’t be avoided.)

...

January 22nd.

It was the last cafe, but this time, Hexi Chengfu did not interfere in the matter anymore, but handed the menu to Ye Zhao.

The record player in the store is playing Yumi Yoshihiro Yoshimi's "The Hidden Sun" and Naigo Kawai seems to like Yumi Matsu Yoshimi very much, and he can't help but praise: "Miss Matsu Yoshimi is really worthy of being the queen of the music industry."

He had secretly tripped Ye Zhao a few months ago, but now he talked about music with a relaxed look on his face. Ye Zhao suppressed the discomfort in his heart and replied dryly: "I heard that President Zhou Fang of your club can tell whether a song will be a big hit by just listening to it."

"That's right, it's amazing, right?" When talking about Zhou Fangyu Xiong, Hexi Chengfu's expression was very proud. From this point of view, Zhou Fangyu Xiong should be a leader with strong personal charm.

"Before this, I only knew that the Beatles' agent had such ability." Ye Zhao was referring to Brian Epsten.

This sentence should be considered a clear compliment. Hexi Nakamo smiled, "So, it is precisely because of President Zhou Fang that BRUNING can become the BRUNING today. Ye Jun, in August this year, President Zhou Fang and I went to the Toro Gate to drink. There was a store that was putting your "Summer Color". After listening to it, the president said, 'This song will definitely be very popular'."

Ye Zhao's ears moved and he didn't answer.

"Later, I asked a little and found out that you were singing on the streets of Shibuya. Our scouts went over and listened to them for a few days and found that all the songs you sang were of high quality. After that, Xia Se was indeed as expected by the president. We sent our agency's agent to sign you in, but in the end it was BEING that took the lead."

"So, Mr. Hexi found me then?" Ye Zhao said implicitly.

Chengfu Hexi sipped his coffee, "In fact, although BRUNING's battle to become famous was to poach Guangmeisang from J Sang, I personally prefer to cultivate pure-blooded talents in the department."

If Ye Zhao could learn more about BRUNING, he would know that Hexi Natsuo and another executive, Heguchi Kio, are both "cultivation schools" in the firm. They are more willing to dig out artists by themselves than picking other people's peaches.

"In other words, Mr. Hexi had no intention of poaching me from the beginning?"

The corner of Hexi Chengfu's mouth raised slightly on his right side, and then said, "Ye Jun, in the past, most popular singers sang songs tailored by lyricists and songwriters for them. As an agency, we can gain wave after wave of benefits from them as long as we follow the audience's tastes. However, if we always eat the same dessert, we will get tired of it. Therefore, with the decline of the idol era, this trend has also changed, and more and more singers have emerged."

"At the end of the day, the core part of the emergence of singers, or the lyricist producer + singer model has not changed. For example, singers and writers are self-produced and sold by others, and the things sold are creative. However, the lyricist producers have a wider sales channel and more considerable value. You think that last year, Oda Sang's composition sales were 13 million. If he had to sing it himself, would he be able to?"

Hexi Chengfu's eyes were sharp and congested. Although he was in a cafe with full heating, Ye Zhao suddenly felt cold. Hexi Chengfu's idea was to kill his career and let him retreat behind the scenes to be a cow!

"Mr. Hexi, I am just a newcomer. How could Hede make you have such a 'love of talent'?" Ye Zhao took a sip of coffee before asking slowly.

"This also talks about the release of "Rainbow". After BEING signed you, I was very careful about your movements. I wonder if you were short-lived or could you continue to maintain that momentum. The assistant gave me your single. After listening to it, I only thought it was a good song, but after listening to it, the president praised you. Although it was not your music that was praised."

Hexi Chengfu paused, "The president said that your sensitivity to pop music is perfect. You know how to make music that your audience likes. In this regard, it is no longer inferior to the top producers today."

So, just for Zhou Fangyu Yu Xiong's praise, Hexi Chengfu condescends to deal with a newcomer like him... Is this a story of a so-called fan who devotes himself to the fullest for the Lord?

I'm so sorry, Ye Zhao didn't want to hear such pure idol-like lines at all.

"I still don't understand. Mr. Hexi, with the ability of your society, you should be able to do more perfectly in the matter of Mika Ogawa. Why do you have to leave me some room for turning over?" Ye Zhao asked the question he had always wanted to understand.

"Mika Ogawa's material was actually an accident. We didn't expect that the real negatives were still there. After all, the people in "Weekly Trend" were filming their chests to ensure that there would never be any problems."

Speaking of this, Hashi Natsuo smiled, "Actually, even if there is a problem with Mika Ogawa's information, we can still come up with other ways to make you unable to turn over. However, the time I met you, I felt that you were a person with a strong personality. If you really ruin your career completely, I am afraid you would rather quit the art world than accept our recruitment."

"Later, you still made the singles sell well while being isolated and helpless. The promotional strategy was very novel, which made me admire you. I asked about your trends. The teacher at the screenwriter school said that you were very hardworking. If you really were just out of interest, you wouldn't be that level. From this point of view, you were really ambitious. And I'm also very curious whether your ambitions in other fields were too ambitious or did you really have your sensitivity in music?"
Chapter completed!