There was no words all the way, and the plane landed smoothly at Tokyo International Airport.
Tokyo International Airport is actually Haneda Airport. In addition, there is a new Tokyo International Airport in Tokyo, which refers to Narita Airport.
At this time, in China, due to old habits and ease of differentiation, Tokyo International Airport was generally called Haneda Airport, and New Tokyo Airport was called Narita Airport.
Although Narita Airport is now open, there are not many flights because it is a newly built airport.
Generally during this period, direct flights from China to Japan land at Haneda Airport.
After getting off the plane, I passed the security check and entered the terminal. After getting my suitcase, I quickly entered the waiting room.
However, in the waiting room, Cao Zhiqiang and his party did not see Masashi Zuotian, who had agreed to come to greet them. Instead, they saw a strange young man in a suit among the crowd.
The reason why Cao Zhiqiang noticed the young man in a suit and leather shoes was not because he looked a bit like Zuoda Masashi, but because he was holding a big wooden sign with the words "Welcome Mr. Cao Zhiqiang from Peiping" written on it in big letters.
Well, these things are written on the sign, clearly welcoming Cao Zhiqiang.
So Cao Zhiqiang took two "secretaries" and quickly came to the young man holding the wooden sign.
"Hello." When Cao Zhiqiang walked up to him, he smiled directly and said, "I am Cao Zhiqiang. Who are you? Was it Masashi Zuotian who asked you to come and pick me up? Where are the others? Why didn't they come?"
Hearing Cao Zhiqiang speaking in such Japanese, the young man holding the sign was stunned.
After subconsciously exchanging glances with an ordinary-looking woman in a suit next to him, the man who looked somewhat similar to Masashi Zuoda quickly handed the sign to the young woman next to him, and then bowed to Cao Zhiqiang.
After bowing, the man in the suit smiled and said to Cao Zhiqiang: "You are the Cao Sang that my brother has been talking about. Hello, I am Zuotian Shigeri, and Zuotian Masashi is my brother. Since my brother is now a public figure, it is not convenient for him to appear in public. , so this time I will pick you up instead of him."
At this point, the other party seemed to see Cao Zhiqiang frown, thinking that the other party didn't believe it. He quickly took out a wallet from his arms and pulled out a photo: "Look, this is a photo of our three brothers and sisters. There is a brother on it." , I still have a sister.”
Cao Zhiqiang looked at the photo and found that in the photo of the three of them above, there was indeed Masashi Zuoda and the guy who called himself Zuoda Shigeri, and there was also a girl who was not very good-looking, but very cheerful and lively.
"That's it." Cao Zhiqiang returned the photo to the other party.
After taking back the photo, Zuoda Fanri smiled slightly, and then said: "Cao Sang, although it is a bit presumptuous, this is the first time I have met you, so I am not sure of your true identity.
But my brother said that when he was in China, he took a group photo with you, but he was in a hurry when he returned to Japan and forgot to take the photo.
Then my brother also said that when you were on the phone before, he specifically asked you to bring the photos you took together, and you agreed at the time.
So, did you bring any photos? Can you show me the group photo? "
Cao Zhiqiang smiled: "Of course it's no problem, but it's inconvenient here. Let's go aside first."
As a result, a group of people came to the rest area and sat on the seats together. Then, Cao Zhiqiang opened his suitcase in public, took out an envelope, and from the envelope took out a letter that he and Masashi Zuoda had signed. Take a photo.
After seeing the photo of Cao Zhiqiang and Zuotian Masashi, Zuotian Fanri nodded: "Yes, it's my brother. It seems that you are really Cao Sang."
Immediately afterwards, Zuoda Shigeri introduced the woman next to him, named Hojo Mami, who was the translator he specially brought.
However, since Cao Zhiqiang is very good at Japanese, the translator has never had a chance to speak from the beginning until now.
Now, when they started to introduce each other, Hojo Mami finally had a chance to speak.
Although the other party was a translator, Cao Zhiqiang heard what the other party said was just so-so, with a strong Japanese emphasis, and he seemed to be an authentic Japanese.
Of course, Cao Zhiqiang also took the opportunity to introduce his two secretaries, Anping and Xu Chun.
It's just Anping, but Xu Chun's Japanese is quite good, and his original identity is also Cao Zhiqiang's secretary and Japanese translator.
After confirming each other's identities and introducing each other, Zuoda Shigeri warmly invited everyone to follow him, saying that his brother was already waiting for them at home.
Next, the group quickly left the terminal, but instead of being picked up by a special car or taking a taxi, they went to take the monorail.
Currently, this is the most convenient and fastest way to go to Tokyo from Haneda Airport.
Of course there are taxis, but they are too expensive, so you usually take the tram.
Get off the train at Hamamatsucho Station, then transfer to the subway and get off at Roppongi.
When I arrived in Roppongi, I took a taxi and got off in a residential area. Then I walked a short distance and arrived in front of a small villa with a single courtyard.
Well, it looks like a two-story villa, but Cao Zhiqiang knows that this is actually a famous one-family house in Japan. Only ordinary people live in such a place. Rich Japanese at this time generally do not live here.
But considering this is Tokyo, and Masashi Suda seems to still owe a lot of debt, there is nothing wrong with choosing to live here.
After pushing the door open and entering, he saw Masashi Zuotian in the small courtyard, and a young woman next to him who looked unattractive but dressed in a rather fashionable style.
Cao Zhiqiang had an impression of that young woman. When Zuoda Shigeri took out the photo before, she was in the group photo.
Moreover, along the way, Zuotian Fanri often talked about his family affairs. Therefore, Cao Zhiqiang knew at a glance that this woman should be Zuotian Masashi's sister, Zuotian Reiko.
Sure enough, after entering the room and making some introductions, the woman was indeed Masashi Sabota's younger sister, Reiko Sabota, who is also a part-time singer.
The reason why it is said that she is a part-time singer is because Reiko Suda is working as a general employee at Suda Co., Ltd. and at the same time she is a singer at Suda Project.
Zuoda Co., Ltd. is actually the company of Mr. Masashi Zuoda. It is registered in Nagasaki. Its main business is the timber business and also does some trade.
The current president of the Zuoda Club is Masashi Zuoda's father, Masato Zuoda. The president is Masashi Zuoda's younger brother, Shigeri Zuoda. Reiko Zuoda is in charge of finance, assisting Zuo's second brother in running the club.
As for Zuoda Project, it has nothing to do with Zuoda Co., Ltd. It is actually a personal agency run by Masashi Zuoda himself. It is similar to a personal company. Its main business is music production and its side business is film production.
In other words, Masashi Zuoda actually left the family company long ago and started personal development.
Not only that, but it was also thanks to Masashi Sabota that the Zuotada Club was able to come back from the dead and survive to this day.
It turns out that the Sauda Club suffered heavy losses in the Isahaya Flood in 1957. The debtor at that time was Masato Sauda. Fortunately, Masashi Sauda later became a pop singer and continued to sell songs to help repay the money until 1975. Only then did the debt be completely paid off.
But later, after Masashi Sabota became famous, controversy also ensued. Many critics began to criticize his songs for not being positive enough. Especially after the release of his single "Guan Bai Declaration", it aroused a lot of feminist sentiments at this time. attack.
Because of this, Masashi Zuoda went to China with his father to relax, and the idea of filming "Yangtze River" was born and put into practice.
Originally, he and his father thought that this matter would be easy, and that they could make a good film by raising 200 million yen.
As a result, during the actual filming, problems arose one after another, and the funds continued to burn. In the end, after the filming was completed, the actual cost exceeded 3 billion yen.
Throwing out the 200 million yen prepared by Masashi Saoda himself, he actually owes 2.8 billion yen in debt. If interest is added, it is actually a debt of 3.5 billion yen.
In Cao Zhiqiang's previous life, Zuotian Masashi spent most of his life paying off debts. After he paid off his debts, he was already 58 years old and very old.
From this point of view, Masashi Zuoda is actually quite miserable. He made a good documentary, but spent most of his life repaying it.
In order to pay off his debts, Zuotian Masashi is now working very hard.
Not to mention anything else, let's just say that in 1982, he held 162 concerts in Japan. Later, he held more than 100 concerts almost every year.
Unfortunately, due to the resistance of a large number of feminists and the fact that Masashi Sabota rushed to concerts to pay off his debts, he did not have much time to settle down. Therefore, he never released any hit songs. Even though he had many concerts, they were not How to sell well.
Originally, he went to China this time with the idea of selling "Yangtze River" to CCTV, hoping to get a good price, but he was ruthlessly rejected.
There is no way, who made the country poor now? CCTV doesn’t have much money.
Furthermore, Masashi Zuoda felt that there were many Chinese people and wanted to make money by holding a concert in China. However, after the actual event, he discovered that although many people came and the scene was very popular, the actual income was not as much as if he had held a concert in Japan. You will make more money.
There is no way, the domestic economy is still very weak, and there is no comparison with Japan's economy. It can only be popular but not popular.
Just like Cao Zhiqiang, he had always wanted to go to Japan, and he originally wanted to make money by singing in Japan.
It was only because the system came up with some tricks later and gave some special rewards that were difficult for individuals to use, that it gained an additional layer of purpose.
No matter what, Zuotian Masashi really regards Cao Zhiqiang as a close friend now.
For no other reason than that Cao Zhiqiang once translated some songs he wrote privately into Japanese lyrics, with lyrics and music, and gave them to Masashi Zuotian free of charge.
It was by relying on the songs given by Cao Zhiqiang that Masashi Zuoda regained his glory in the Japanese music scene. No, it cannot be said that he restored his glory. It should be to take it to a higher level and directly rush into the ranks of top singers.
I won’t talk about other songs, just the single "Sakurazaka".
As soon as this song came out, it immediately became a hit. So far, not only has the record sales in Japan officially exceeded two million, but even radio and television stations have frequently invited Masashi Sauda to do programs.
In addition, Masashi Sabota became famous because of this single, so much so that when he held another concert, not only were the venues sold out, but the ticket prices also soared, five times as much!
Not only that, the song "Sakurazaka" is actually very popular among Japanese women because of its beautiful and warm melody and lyrics that sound a bit like an infatuated man.
It can be said that currently more than 70% of the fans of the song "Sakurazaka" are women, and there are especially many die-hard fans.
As a result, the release of "Sakura Saka" not only brought Masashi Suda's singing career to a higher level, but also made the majority of Japanese women forget about Masashi Suda's past male chauvinism, thinking that he was a prodigal who could not change his fortune, and began to criticize him one after another. Turn into fans.
The Japanese female group in the 1980s had a lot of consumption power and power, and they directly put Masashi Sabota on the altar.
Not only that, this song also broke out of Japan and began to conquer East and Southeast Asia. Masashi Sada's name also began to break out of the country and became popular not only in Japan and China.
However, today, the trend of "Sakurazaka" has gradually subsided, but it is difficult for Masashi Sada to write a good song of similar level.
If someone like Masashi Sabota can't take advantage of the situation and keep working hard to produce a good song, he will easily be overtaken by the endless stream of newcomers.
And listeners are also forgetful. No matter how good your song is, you will still get bored of it if you listen to it for three consecutive months.
Therefore, Zuotian Masashi invited Cao Zhiqiang to come over this time. Firstly, it was to fulfill his original promise of creating a Chinese-Japanese group. Secondly, he also hoped that Cao Zhiqiang could give some more powerful songs, so that Zuotian Masazhi could continue his efforts and create greater glory.
It doesn’t matter even if Cao Zhiqiang has no new songs for the time being.
Tsao Zhiqiang's previous popular album in mainland China, namely "Blooming Life," was considered very good by Masashi Zuotian.
If the songs in this album can be changed into Japanese lyrics and then performed together with Cao Zhiqiang in Japan as a group, the effect should be good.
Of course, there is another plan, which is that Cao Zhiqiang sells the copyright of "Blooming Life" to Masashi Zuoda, and he sings the Japanese version of "Blooming Life" alone.
"Isn't it? Zuoda-kun."
Hearing that Masashi Zuoda was eager to buy the Japanese copyright of "Blooming Life", Cao Zhiqiang immediately couldn't laugh or cry.
"I've just arrived, and I haven't even taken a sip of water, but you're going to talk to me about copyright sales? Are you too anxious?"
"Ah, blame me!" Zuotian Masashi slapped his forehead and grinned, "I'm sorry, Cao Sang, it's all my fault for being too anxious.
You don't know how stressed I have been during these days, so I'm a little anxious. "
"Yes!" Reiko Zuoda laughed beside her, "My brother is right. He can't sleep well every day. He smokes a lot of cigarettes and drinks a lot of wine every day, and a lot of his hair is falling out. If he continues like this , I’m afraid he will become bald soon.”
"Ah!" Zuotian Masashi glared at his sister, "What are you talking about? How can you be so rude? Go and pour tea for Cao Sang!"
"Hey!" Zuotian Lingzi covered her mouth and smiled, then straightened up and poured a cup of tea for Cao Zhiqiang, "Cao Sang, please drink tea."
Cao Zhiqiang smiled and nodded, took the tea and took a sip.
As soon as he took a sip, Cao Zhiqiang frowned.
Well, it’s so bitter!
It is really bitter, because this is not ordinary tea brewed in water, but matcha powder.
During this period, most Japanese, especially young people, liked drinking coffee or matcha.
Matcha, in particular, was so popular among young people in the 1980s that it once overtook coffee drinking.
Matcha is a kind of green tea powder. It is instant like instant coffee. You only need to pour a few spoons into a cup and brew it with hot water. It is much simpler and more convenient than making regular tea. It can be regarded as instant. Tea powder.
Generally speaking, drinking matcha is equivalent to drinking tea, because matcha is made by grinding tea leaves into ultra-fine powder and then mixing it with water to drink. It is no different from drinking tea porridge.
Therefore, drinking matcha contains much more active ingredients than simply drinking tea.
After all, only 35% of the tea leaves are actually soluble in water. Drinking tea can only drink 35% of the active ingredients. Drinking matcha is equivalent to eating the entire tea leaves, and naturally more ingredients can be effectively used.
Experiments have proven that a bowl of matcha contains more nutrients than 30 cups of ordinary green tea.
Of course, because of this, the taste of matcha is really bitter, so it is usually added with sugar and milk.
However, many Japanese people like to drink pure matcha because they like the unique bitter taste, which is particularly refreshing.
But unfortunately, Cao Zhiqiang is not used to the taste of pure matcha.
Too over the top!
