After Cao Zhiqiang signed and stamped the contract, he was about to hand it to Kodansha editor Yuno Watanabe when the doorbell rang again.
Cao Zhiqiang was stunned and was about to stand up and open the door, but Akina Nakamori said first: "No, I'll do it."
After saying that, Nakamori Akina quickly walked to the door with small steps, and then gently opened the door a crack.
As a result, Nakamori Akina opened the door and found that she was an acquaintance.
"Chief Tomioka, why are you here?"
That's right, the person who rang the doorbell turned out to be Nobuo Tomioka, the head of the publicity section of Warner Pioneer Records and the person in charge of Cao Zhiqiang's project.
Nobuo Tomioka was not surprised when he saw Akina Nakamori opening the door. He just laughed and said, "Why, can't I come?"
"No, no." Nakamori Akina quickly smiled and shook her head, "It's just that I'm a little surprised to meet you at this time."
Nobuo Tomioka chuckled: "This is normal, because I came here specifically to see Cao Sang. By the way, Cao Sang is at home, right?"
"Ah, I'm here." Akina Nakamori nodded, "Section Chief Tomioka, please come in."
Nobuo Tomioka smiled and nodded: "Excuse me."
When Nobuo Tomioka entered the room familiarly, he found Cao Zhiqiang sitting on the sofa entertaining guests.
"Oh, it turns out we have guests." Nobuo Tomioka smiled politely at Cao Zhiqiang, "Then I'll wait."
At this time, Cao Zhiqiang also saw Nobuo Tomioka and knew that the other party must have something to do with him, so he nodded to Yuno Watanabe and said: "Mr. Watanabe, please take a look at the contract first. If there are any problems, I will go over first."
"Ah, please do it." Watanabe Yuno stood up politely and nodded to Cao Zhiqiang.
After nodding to Cao Zhiqiang and greeting Nobuo Tomioka with a half-bow, Watanabe Yuno sat down again and read the contract carefully.
How should I put it, the Japanese in the 1980s should say that this etiquette is really in place.
Even if Nobuo Tomioka and Yuno Watanabe didn't know each other, since they met, they would bow to each other before sitting down separately without disturbing each other.
Unless Cao Zhiqiang intends to introduce them to them, neither Watanabe Yuno nor Tomioka Nobuo will easily get close to each other, especially in other people's homes.
Of course, Cao Zhiqiang had no intention of introducing them. After all, the two were not on the same channel at all, and Cao Zhiqiang was too lazy to introduce them.
At this time, Nobuo Tomioka had already sat down at the dining table, and Cao Zhiqiang also sat opposite him.
As for the flowers and vases on the dining table, they had naturally been packed away by Akina Nakamori long ago.
After Cao Zhiqiang sat down, he stopped being polite to Nobuo Tomioka and asked directly: "Mr. Tomioka, you came to me for business, right? Just talk about business. I don't like politeness."
Nobuo Tomioka was stunned for a moment, then nodded with a smile: "Okay, let me tell you straight, Cao Sang, I am here to congratulate you."
"Congratulations to me?" Cao Zhiqiang nodded thoughtfully, "Where does the joy come from? Wait, if you count it in terms of days, it won't be the initial sales of "As Long as You Are Here" Are you out yet?"
Nobuo Tomioka laughed: "Cao Sang is really smart, yes, that's why I'm here.
Well, although the initial sales of this single album have not been officially released to the public, nor have they been officially included in Oricon's weekly list, the results have probably been calculated, and I have received the results here, so I will go ahead this time. Coming to congratulate you.
Since Cao Sang, you have already guessed the purpose of my visit, please guess again, how many sales did your single have in the first week this time? "
Cao Zhiqiang thought for a moment and said, "This, three hundred thousand?"
Nobuo Tomioka was stunned: "You really dare to guess."
Indeed, in the early 1980s, record sales in the Japanese music scene were very sluggish, far less than they were in the 1970s.
During this period, if the Japanese music industry's first-week record sales exceeded 10,000 copies, it would be on the Oricon weekly chart. If it could exceed 30,000 copies, it would be in the top ten of the weekly chart. If it could be With 100,000 copies, the first place is basically locked.
Cao Zhiqiang said 300,000 copies. Well, it can't be said to be unprecedented, but at least since 1983, there has never been such a sales volume.
Even the hit song "Sakura Saka" that Cao Zhiqiang gave to Masashi Sada before, the previous initial sales, that is, the first week sales, was only 160,000 copies. This is already the highest first week sales since 1983. works.
And even now, the hit period of "Sakura Saka" has passed, but it can still stay within the top 20 of the Oricon chart, which means it has continuous sales of at least 10,000 copies every week. It can be said that This is a very good result.
It was precisely because of this that Masashi Sada had the confidence to say no to the record company and cancel the concert when he said it would be cancelled, without facing too much trouble.
After all, Masashi Sada is very famous now, and it is true that he is in poor health. He has a doctor's diagnosis, so the record company cannot force Masashi Sada to fulfill his contract.
Therefore, something that Masashi Sada was originally worried about was awakened by Cao Zhiqiang, and he openly discussed it with the record company. And with his current popularity, the impact of the canceled concert was easily eliminated.
In fact, the record company even took advantage of the trend and used reverse marketing. While announcing the cancellation of Masashi Sada's concert at the Budokan, it also explained why this was the case.
To put it simply, it was a misfortune. It was said that Masashi Sada was exhausted from writing songs and practicing. Now he is seriously ill and is being hospitalized.
The organizer also said that originally Masashi Sada wanted to attend the concert despite being sick in order to live up to his fans, but the doctor strongly opposed it, so the organizer canceled the concert with tears in mind for Masashi Sada's health.
In short, the organizer slightly exaggerated Masashi Sada's condition and described him as an inspirational singer who worked hard to write songs and did not want to let down his fans. By the way, the organizer also praised the organizer himself to show his humanity.
In this way, although they can no longer make money from the concert, they have spread everyone's good reputation and gained a lot of sympathy. It can be said that it is a win-win situation.
Why doesn't Masashi Sada appear more recently? It was because so many fans spontaneously went to visit him since the announcement came out, and the number of people at the support club was so large that he had to be readmitted to the hospital and continue to receive hospitalization.
Otherwise, the marketing of Masashi Sada, a sick singer, would be false.
Fortunately, Masashi Sada really has liver disease, it's not fake, it's just not as serious as the outside world said, so he can go home and rest.
Well, now, with such marketing and promotion, Masashi Sada must be sick even if he is not sick, and he must be hospitalized even if he does not want to be hospitalized. Otherwise, once the character collapses and people know that he is a liar, it will be all over.
"Why don't you dare?" Cao Zhiqiang said with a slight smile, "Anyway, you asked me to guess, and I'll take a big guess. What's the problem?"
Nobuo Tomioka nodded: "That's true."
"How much?" It was Nakamori Akina who asked this question.
She is really curious, and to a certain extent, she cares more about the initial sales than Cao Zhiqiang.
After all, a wife is as valuable as her husband.
Although Akina Nakamori is not Cao Zhiqiang's wife yet, she has already put herself in this position.
Therefore, the better Cao Zhiqiang's grades are, the happier she will naturally be, and she will feel proud.
In addition, the song "君がいるだけで" has a special meaning for Akina Nakamori.
Because this is not only Cao Zhiqiang's debut single in Japan, but also an opportunity for her and Cao Zhiqiang to be together, which is of great significance.
If it weren't for this song, Cao Zhiqiang would not have had the opportunity to cooperate with Nakamori Akina, the two parties would not have further exchanges, and Nakamori Akina would not have fallen deeper and deeper in love during this period, unable to extricate herself from the love.
Or it can be said that if Cao Zhiqiang and Nakamori Akina never contacted each other after meeting each other, Nakamori Akina might have forgotten Cao Zhiqiang after a while.
Because when she first met Cao Zhiqiang, Nakamori Akina had a very average impression of him. She just thought that Cao Zhiqiang was handsome, relatively calm, and had a unique charm, but it was not love at first sight.
On the contrary, Kyoko Koizumi is a good-looking person. She fell in love with Cao Zhiqiang the first time she met him, which was very obvious.
Strictly speaking, Akina Nakamori gradually became attracted to the song when she and Cao Zhiqiang co-produced the MTV of the song "Jun's がいるだけで".
Akina Nakamori also asked herself what was going on. Later, the answer she gave herself was that the song "Kun Nakamaki" was so nice, so Akina Nakamori took advantage of the situation and wrote this song, and she could sing it so well. The affectionate Cao Zhiqiang has interest and affection.
When filming MTV, Nakamori Akina was also amazed by the plot proposed by Tsao Zhiqiang himself, and was a little too involved in the drama. She really fell in love with Tsao Zhiqiang during the filming process.
Even though the entire MTV filming process is very short, it takes less than one day.
But for an eighteen-year-old girl, falling in love with a man may only happen in an instant.
After completely falling in love with Cao Zhiqiang, Nakamori Akina finally burst out with a strong emotion, and even started to engage in conspiracy. This was all self-taught.
In short, if it weren’t for this song, if it wasn’t for this song that I collaborated with Cao Zhiqiang and had more close contact with Cao Zhiqiang, Nakamori Akina would not have fallen so quickly, and she knew that Cao Zhiqiang had a girlfriend, and even knew that Koizumi Kyoko also liked her Even in his situation, he took action decisively without hesitation.
All I can say is that everything is fate.
After that, Nakamori Akina finally got what she wanted, and finally became neighbors with Cao Zhiqiang. She even slept with Cao Zhiqiang smoothly, had an intimate relationship with him, and lived together openly. Nakamori Akina's love brain exploded completely. Apart from Cao Zhiqiang, there is no room for anything else in my mind.
No matter what career or best friend, in the face of love, they are all just playing around.
Wa was so happy that she only wanted Cao Zhiqiang, this man who was so loveable that people couldn't stop loving him!
Why give up the whole world for this man?
Well, this may seem exaggerated, but it is really a true psychological portrayal of Akina Nakamori at this time.
If Akina Nakamori were Chinese, she would definitely know a word called love and rape.
Yes, at this time, Akina Nakamori was in the stage of love and adultery, so in her eyes, Cao Zhiqiang was everything at this time, and there was no one or thing that could make her interested.
It was precisely because of this mentality that she decisively chose to take a long leave during the rising period of her career.
Then, without asking or caring about anything, she lived with Cao Zhiqiang wholeheartedly, became her own housewife wholeheartedly, took great pains to take care of Cao Zhiqiang's daily life, and felt very happy for it.
Even though Cao Zhiqiang is more casual in real life, this is where Akina Nakamori is happy.
Because only Cao Zhiqiang lives a casual life, can Nakamori Akina have the opportunity to appear.
If Cao Zhiqiang himself likes to do housework and does it meticulously, how could Nakamori Akina have the chance to do housework and prove herself with it.
Otherwise, if a woman doesn't like to do housework after marrying a man, and still quarrels with the man all day long about housework, it may not be just laziness or selfishness, but more likely, the woman does not love the man enough.
As long as there is love and you love him hopelessly, no matter how lazy a woman is, you can instantly become the most diligent housewife.
Well, to a certain extent, Akina Nakamori is really not normal at this time.
To say that she was crazy about love might be a bit too much, but to say that she developed a pleasing personality for a man, like a drug addict who couldn't extricate herself, is not an exaggeration at all.
Because she cared so much about the other person, she started to please the other person in every way, so that she didn't care about herself at all. It's just that she didn't know these changes in her.
No wonder Nakamori Akina was tricked by scumbags in various ways in her previous life, and she still followed him without any regrets. It was really her own problem.
Fortunately, Cao Zhiqiang is not that scumbag, at least he will not really use Nakamori Akina as a servant, let alone dump him after the fun is over.
On the contrary, Cao Zhiqiang will definitely give Nakamori Akina a good ending and good results. Otherwise, Cao Zhiqiang himself will feel uneasy.
In short, Cao Zhiqiang has been in seclusion these days and has not heard anything outside the window, so he took a long vacation and came here specifically to take care of Cao Zhiqiang's Akina Nakamori, and stopped asking about things in the entertainment industry.
Therefore, like Cao Zhiqiang, she has been isolated from the entertainment industry during this period.
Although during this period, Akina Nakamori stopped asking about things in the entertainment industry, it doesn't mean that Akina Nakamori doesn't understand anything.
For example, she knew that Cao Zhiqiang's song "Jun がいるだけで" has started to be sold at various sales points. Promotional posters for this song can be seen everywhere, and the MTV she and Cao Zhiqiang filmed frequently appeared on TV. There are many people playing this song on the roadside, so based on her own experience, this must be the company increasing its promotional efforts.
There is only one explanation for the company's increased publicity efforts, and that is that the results were particularly good in the first three days of the sale, so it had to increase its publicity efforts and take advantage of the trend.
Yes, although record companies nowadays attach great importance to initial sales, that is, sales in the first week, when they release records, there is actually another measurement indicator, which is sales in the first three days.
If the sales in the first three days are particularly good, it means that the record is very popular, and the record company will automatically increase its promotion efforts, such as placing more billboards and advertising slogans, putting more MTV on TV, and even Place relevant TV ads, radio ads, etc.
Among them, the placement of TV ads is basically a fixed-frame promotional configuration, especially the TV ads during the first week of release, which is a treatment that only certain super singers can have.
Cao Zhiqiang's song can be used in TV commercials and has been played a lot. This shows that the song is very popular. Otherwise, the record company would not be able to spend a lot of money on TV commercials.
After all, TV ads cost a lot of money, and they are still charged on a per-view basis. If they are not played one more time, they will be charged one more time.
If the sales of records were not particularly good, it would be absolutely impossible for record companies to do business at a loss.
"How much is it?" Akina Nakamori asked again, "Section Chief Tomioka, tell me quickly!"
Nobuo Tomioka then laughed: "Okay, let's not talk about it anymore, the results this time are very good, the initial sales volume is this number!"
After speaking, Nobuo Tomioka held out five fingers.
"Fifty thousand?" Nakamori Akina subconsciously covered her mouth, "Wow, there are so many sales. This is a really good result!"
Indeed, the initial sales of 50,000 single albums are really impressive for a newly debuted singer, and it is enough for him to enter the top ten of the Oricon Chart.
At least when Akina Nakamori debuted, her first single was far from having such high first-week sales.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she finished speaking, Cao Zhiqiang frowned: "Impossible, fifty thousand is too few... Wait, it can't be five hundred thousand, right?"
(End of chapter)
