This is how people sometimes look for things. When they don’t need them, they find them anyway. When they really need them, they can’t find them.
He Ma crossed his arms and sat there thinking for a long time, but he couldn't think of a suitable song.
Oikawa Houyi might feel that there will be no results today, so he said, "Why don't we wait until tomorrow...or the day after tomorrow to bother Mr. Tongyu? The University of Tokyo should be on vacation, right? I can ask Saten who is in charge of this matter. Apply for a special fund, let the teacher go to Otaru or other places to think while soaking in hot springs."
He Ma was still thinking hard at first, but when he heard about the special funds, he became more energetic: "Okay, can I bring my sister and apprentices?"
"No problem. Although we, Sony Music, have not yet produced national-level works, we have sufficient funds."
As soon as Da Yanchuanhou finished speaking, Teacher Da Zhang sneered: "It is because I haven't cultivated my own national-level singer that I have to spend a lot of effort to win people over."
"Teacher Da Zhang, don't tell me if you see it through." Supervisor Yamada smoothed things over with a wry smile.
Oikawa Houyi: "Then let's go back first, and wait for the funds to come down..."
"Don't! Don't hurry!" He Ma stopped Oikawa who was about to stand up, "I already have inspiration, just wait a moment."
Oikawa and the others looked at each other.
Although Oikawa is not an artist, he has dealt with many artists. In his impression, the creation of artists is like a person who has not consumed plant fiber for a long time, and it is very difficult.
He didn't believe that He Ma could play a national song on the spot. Even if He Ma Zhen did it, it would probably be a mediocre utilitarian work.
However, Oikawa still holds a little hope, because Kazuma's knowledge of music theory is basically zero, so he can't be utilitarian.
Composers from other major music universities can compose tunes with their skills, but He Ma should not be able to do this.
Knowing this well, Oiwakawa Houyi looked at Kazuma with a half-doubtful and half-expectant expression.
The other two looked like they were waiting to learn more. They were all literary and art workers with a professional background, and they knew what it was like to have a difficult delivery.
On Hema's side, stimulated by the special funds just now, his thinking became active.
He first thought of the famous animation song "Do You Remember Love", but he immediately rejected this option, because this song was released as an animation song, and achieved relatively dazzling results in animation songs, but it did not Reached the point of "national hit".
Then Hema thought of "Don't Give Up" by Izumi Sakai, which was definitely popular enough. There was only a ten-year difference between the time when the song was completed and the present, and the style of the song would not be too advanced.
But the problem is that the background of this song is that Japan has entered the "lost decade" after the bubble burst.
It's a bit like "Start Again" by Liu Huan without a neck. The success of these songs is certainly because they are excellent in themselves, but the needs of historical development undoubtedly played a greater role.
Today's Japan is on the rise, and all walks of life are booming. I'm afraid it's inappropriate to sing "Don't Give Up".
Although he denied another one, Hema, who was active in his thinking, was full of ambition, and firmly believed that he would be able to think of whose wool to grab today.
He looked at each other with Oikawa Houyi and the other three in blank dismay, with subtle expressions.
Supervisor Yamada asked with his mouth: "What's wrong with Mr. Kiryu?"
Teacher Dazhang spread his arms, and Houyi Dayanchuan shook his head to signal the two of them not to talk and just wait and see.
Baifeng Qingliu looked at Kazuma with full expectation, she seemed to fully believe that Kazuma could produce a superb work.
On Hema's side, just set his sights on the woman who supported half of the Chinese music scene. Since her debut, Miyuki Nakajima's famous songs have been sung continuously.
Teresa Teng's famous song "Walking on the Road of Life" is a cover of Miyuki Nakajima's "Being Good at Being Alone". What's interesting is that the lyrics in the Cantonese version deliberately fill in the exact opposite meaning of the original song, which is also a good story.
The first thing Kazuma thought of was Miyuki Nakajima's "Riding on the Back of a Silver Dragon". He was very familiar with this song, because Fan Weiqi's cover of "The First Dream" was popular all over the country.
At that time, He Ma was just reviewing for the college entrance examination, and every day the school radio station broadcast "The First Dream" like chicken blood, which made He Ma almost PTSD.
Make up your mind with the horse, okay, just copy "Riding on the Back of a Silver Dragon"!
But before he started to perform, a worrying voice popped up in his head: Although Grandma Miyuki is a singer-songwriter who started to emerge in the Japanese music scene in the 1970s, how can she guarantee that the songs she wrote in 2003 must be in line with this era? What about aesthetics
Humans also evolve.
Let's change to Miyuki's early works.
"Being Good at One Person" seems to have been released last year. According to Kazuma's memory this year, it's time for "Evil Girl". Maybe the score is already written and I'm doing orchestration or something. Now I can copy the same song and I can really catch up Before "Evil Girl" is released in October, it will also attract a lot of criticism.
However, Grandma Meixue didn’t pay much attention to her early songs and horses. Except for these two songs, I don’t remember anything else. Others like "Stars on the Ground" are works of the 21st century.
He Ma felt that the excitement brought by the special funds was fading, and the requirement to conform to the popular style of the times was too restrictive.
"Riding on the Back of a Silver Dragon" is sure to be popular if it is copied now. After all, the song is really good, and it can be remembered once.
But it is not a popular style of music now, and capitalists will not spend money when they hear it and think it sounds good. They specifically request that He Ma write it in line with the current popular style.
What is popular now are all the sweet Showa love songs, as well as disco and vaporwave.
Hema scratched the back of his head and glanced at Oikawa Houyi.
Houyi Oiwakawa sighed with an expression of "Sure enough, I still can't get out", and was about to speak—
He Ma suddenly thought of a person and a song at this moment.
—I can copy Oda Kazumasa's "Sudden Love Story"!
This song catches up with the last tail of the bubble era, and the style of the song is also suitable, very suitable, it can be said to be the culmination of the sweet love songs of the era.
Hema looked enlightened and smiled like a mentally retarded man, staring at Oikawa Houyi.
Oikawa Houyi was a little confused: What's the matter, this is driving Mr. Kiryu crazy? Then don't let his female disciples who are full of martial arts be beaten to death, can I still go out to the door of this dojo
He Ma: "Yes!"
Oikawa Hou Yiyi didn't react for a while: "Who has it?"
"me!"
"Congratulations, congratulations?"
He clapped his hands vigorously with the horse: "Amao! Bring the piano!"
"He's going to school!" Qingliu rolled her eyes, "I'll get it for you. How about you use mine?"
"No, no, I'm going to use my piano to play!" He Ma now suddenly showed his persistence as an artist.
Qingliu pattered towards the gate of the dojo, and then heard the sound of eavesdropping people running around in a hurry.
Those thumping footsteps, needless to say, are Mikako.
Qingliu opened the door with a swipe, and Jinguji Yuzao just came over holding Kazuma's piano: "Do you want the piano?"
"Yes, thank you." Qingliu took the piano and was about to close the door, but was held under the sliding door by Yuzao's feet.
"Everyone's tea is almost cold, I'll change it right away."
He Ma: "No, no, it's so hot, it's just right to drink it cold."
The fan was just shaking his head in his direction as he spoke, blowing his hair at full third gear.
"I understand." Yuzao withdrew her foot and smiled at everyone.
Qingliu closed the door, came to Hema with the piano box, put it on the ground and opened it.
The moment they saw Qin, Supervisor Yamada and Teacher Dazhang gasped.
"Ms. Kiryu is so rich. This piano costs four to five million." Supervisor Yamada was speechless. "I heard from Oikawa's producer that Mr. Kiryu is in financial difficulties. It seems..."
"You misunderstood, this is a gift from the boss of Earth House." He Ma explained.
"The earth house...is that the earth house?" Teacher Da Zhang was so shocked that his pupils shrank a circle, "That iron cock old man, so generous?"
Qingliu said to the three of them very proudly: "My master's guitar was brought in by the old man."
Oikawa and the others looked at each other.
He Ma Xin thought that the circle of the music industry is really small, and the old man's reputation is used here.
With the help of Qingliu, he memorized the piano, and then said to the three of them: "I have just learned guitar for a week, and I have no vocal training, so I can only demonstrate the meaning to you, please bear with me."
Da Zhang smiled slightly: "Everything here is professional, we can understand."
Hema nodded, and was about to start when he suddenly thought of something, turned his head and shouted at the gate of the dojo: "Danzi! Come!"
Yuzao opened the door with a swipe, as if she hadn't left in front of the door: "What's wrong?"
"Come here, sit here, and beat me."
Yuzao came over immediately and sat upright with the horse finger.
He Ma: "Just beat the beat according to the rhythm of Dong, Cha, Dong, Cha."
"I see."
Marquis Oiwakawa stared at Yuzao with wide-eyed eyes. Today Yuzao was wearing a long off-the-shoulder dress, completely dressed like a young lady who was out for an outing.
Have the beauties at the Kiryu Dojo been inflated to such an extent
As soon as Marquis Oiwagawa looked away, he originally wanted to praise Tamamo's beauty - it's polite to praise the beauty of the hostess.
But now, it always feels a little weird to praise a beatmaker.
Qingliu also memorized her guitar again: I will sing with you later depending on the situation, and you can just sing.
Hema nodded, took a deep breath, and plucked the strings.
It was the basic chord that the old man of Earth House taught him before, and he practiced this chord seriously with the horse these days when he got the piano.
He didn't know if this chord was right for "Tokyo Love Story", but there was no other way, only he knew how to sing that song, he sang it first and then said it.
Jinguji Tamamo waited for a round with the chords of the horse before joining. She did not beat the time with her hands on the wooden floor, but sat there dignifiedly, making a sound like a drum with her mouth.
This made Dayan Chuanhou and the others even more astonished when they looked at her.
And the horse started singing.
He is not good at singing, which is karaoke level.
But it is said that a really good song can be sung well by ordinary people, and only Conan or Fat Tiger can destroy them.
Singing this song with a horse has added feelings. For his generation, "Tokyo Love Story" is "the first Japanese drama for young people".
His grandfather's generation became very energetic because of "Ah Navy"; his father's generation, because of "Hunt", began to imitate Du Qiu's coolness and regarded Mayumi as a goddess; to his generation, "Tokyo" "Love Story" created a popular lover Rika Akana.
Playing the strings with the horse, singing and singing is like going back to the days when the adults were not at home and secretly played the borrowed VCD at home to watch Tokyo Love Story.
When he entered the chorus, he remembered the scene of graduating from junior high school and setting up a KTV, and everyone sang together loudly, waving goodbye to those ignorant feelings that could not be expressed.
Well, in fact, they sang "The Girl Opposite Look Over" and "Single Love Song" at that time, but that's not important. The scene in He Ma's mind now, "Sudden Love", is the absolute protagonist.
Where was that day at that moment If I had never met you—
Hema glanced at Qingliu, but he was just taking a casual glance.
Qingliu's face was flushed red, as if steam could come out.
She hurriedly lowered her head to hide her blushing, but she played several wrong notes in succession.
On the contrary, it adds a different flavor to the already simple song.
**
Mikako and Honami were eavesdropping outside the door at this time. At this time, she sighed: "It's over, Honami, let's go to have a broken-hearted meal. The lyrics look like this, there is no hope. Share your luggage and go home!"
Honami: "Are you Zhu Bajie? You have to divide your luggage all day long."
"I wrote this song! Although I'm a music fool, I can tell that this song is going to explode. It will actually be a grand confession in front of the whole of Japan!"
"So what?" Honami asked back, "Don't tell me you won't come to the dojo and be Wazuma's apprentice from now on?"
"Not really..."
"Also, it's not certain who this song is written for." Honami said in a low voice.
**
Finish the song with the horse.
He himself knew that his level was really not good, so he apologized after singing the last two notes: "Sorry, my singing is really bad, and my piano skills are not good, just listen to the meaning."
After talking with Ma, I realized that the three people in front of me seemed to have seen Medusa's head bewitched by petrification magic, and their expressions were very consistent. They all opened their mouths slightly, and their brows seemed to be wrinkled, and they were frozen in that moment.
Oikawa Houyi obviously built up his toughness, and was the first to break free from the petrification effect: "OHMYGOD!"
Listen to He Ma, what's the matter, Japanese is no longer enough to express your shock, you have to borrow Dad's language
Mr. Da Zhang also reacted at this time, he raised his hand and started clapping: "The garbage-like singing skills and the simple soundtrack can't conceal the greatness of this song. I feel that you have written all the love songs for the next ten years!"
Indeed, this was originally a master of Japanese pop love songs in the 1980s.
Thinking about it like this, He Ma feels a little sorry for the current creators of love songs. Regardless of whether history will end, anyway, the love songs of the 1980s will end here.
Supervisor Yamada was the last one to end the petrification effect, and he also applauded: "It's amazing, it's even more amazing than I imagined. If I didn't see it with my own eyes, I wouldn't believe it. I definitely wouldn't believe it. Now I'm starting to believe it, will it be true? There is a god of music, and you are his apostle."
Kazuma's heart skipped a beat, his expression became serious, and he stared at Supervisor Yamada: "You mean the god of music? Are they active again?"
Director Yamada obviously didn't know the inside story of many things before, so he didn't understand why Kazuma suddenly became serious, and replied with an inexplicable face: "It's quite popular in the music circle recently, but it's more of a joke. But now I began to feel that it was not a joke, you are the apostle of the God of Music, no, you should not be the God who descended to manifest himself, right?"
Hema looked serious: "I'm not. I'm just an insignificant amateur player."
Mr. Da Zhang laughed loudly: "What an amateur player, are you forcing us 'professionals' to jump off the building?"
Oikawa Houyi was already thinking about specific things at this time: "Is it okay for Teacher Da Zhang to hand over the score to you? Try to get it done within today, and I will report to the special manager Zuo Tian when I get back. We will try to get it on the weekend." Hand the sample to the board.
"Mr. Kiryu, do you have any ideas about the singer who will sing the demo? As long as it is not our opposite family, I can invite you!"
Hema pointed to Qingliu.
Director Yamada shook his head: "This song is especially suitable for male voices. Of course, it's okay for girls to perform it, but... as expected, the taste you sang just now, Mr. Kiryu, is just right—although your singing skills are really bad."
"You don't need to emphasize over and over again that my singing skills are bad." He Ma was speechless.
Qingliu: "I also think it's better to have a male voice to sing this song. Of course, I can also sing a female voice version, but it's definitely not the same taste as a male voice."
He and Ma Wangqingliu have said so, and they have no objection. He thought about singing "Did You Ever Remember Love" to Qingliu in the future, and with the blessing of this song, as long as the things he wrote were not too bad, he might be able to sell them.
Oikawa Houyi: "Which of the male singers do you like better? Of course, it can't be our opponents, those are definitely not invited."
Kazuma: "Do you know Kazumasa Oda?"
The three professionals looked at each other after hearing He Ma's question.
Oiwakawa Houyi: "I have no impression. But I remember that we have a young man who plays in a band under our name, named Kazumasa Kobayashi, who is the lead singer of their band."
He Ma thought it might be him.
So he immediately made a decision: "Just ask him to sing."
Mr. Dazhang asked suspiciously: "Can I ask the reason? Who is this Xiao Tianhe?"
- The original author... But this cannot be said.
"Probably my memory is confused," He Ma shrugged, "I usually don't remember the singer's name when I listen to music. I used to always remember Song Shengzi as Matsuda Shengzi."
"So that's how it is." Mr. Da Zhang accepted Hema's argument, "Then I'll make the score from memory when I go back."
He Ma was startled: "Can you figure out the score just by listening to it once?"
"Of course, I'm a professional." Mr. Da Zhang said confidently.
Oikawa Houyi stood up: "Then, let's say goodbye. Mr. Kiryu has brought out the Divine Comedy, and we have to work hard!"
"Wait a minute!" He Ma called him, "Although the song has been written, but if you release a single, you have to have two songs on both sides of AB, right?"
After entering the MP3 era in the 21st century, Kazuma once had a doubt: Why do those "single" discs in Japan have two songs even though they are called singles
It was only later that Hema learned that this is a "rule" handed down from the tape era. The tapes are double-sided, so the title song and accompaniment of the single tape are placed on the A side, and on the B side there is also a "send" song.
Here He Ma deliberately emphasizes that "there is another piece of music", which means...
Marquis Oikawa understood in a second: "Okay, special expenses! Just tell me where you want to go to the hot spring, and we will immediately book the best hotel in the area."
He Ma smiled and said, "I'm so sorry, there are so many people in our dojo, there are only six apprentices, my sister, and the helper Gao Jianze, and there is a banquet tool man Hua Shanjun... No, no, So many people, it’s too costly.”
"We directly book rooms based on the standard of 20 people, and you can also bring a few friends." Dayan Chuanhou said with a smile.
"Oh, tsk, it's hard to turn down the kindness. Then I will trouble your company." He Ma laughed.
"No trouble, no trouble, we have to thank you, now we can finally have a Japanese song that can be sold."
He Ma thought that it belonged to you in the first place, and I was the one who was embarrassed.
Now the overseas part of Sony Music is probably the same as it is in the memory of Ma Ma's life, it is already very good, not to mention just signing Michael Jackson, it will take off.
But on the Japanese side, it still has to wait for its aces to grow gradually, and the 1990s is the real period of strength.
Hema just did a little bit of work to advance this time a little bit.
"Then we shall take our leave."
After Oikawa Houyi stood up, he bowed ninety degrees to Kazuma again.
Yamada's recording director and Da Zhang's arranger also did the same.
Jinguji Tamamo, who had just finished beating the beat with ventriloquism, also stood up and led the three of them to the gate of the dojo.
There was another sound of footsteps outside the door, apparently Mikako was eavesdropping again just now.
Tamamo opened the door, and Honami Nanjo stood in the corridor outside the door, saluting the three of them: "Go slowly, three."
"Oh, isn't this Ms. Nanjo! You're here too, show your brother my best wishes for me." Producer Oikawa said.
And Ma remembers that Honami's elder brother seems to have married a female anchor, who is considered half of the entertainment industry.
"I will." Honami maintained her demeanor and responded with a smile, "Mr. Oiwakawa, please take care of my master's song."
"Definitely! Then I'll take my leave first." Oiwakawa bowed to Honami, and then followed Tamamo out of the dojo.
Yamada and Dazhang also bowed to Honami in turn, and then hurried away with Oikawa.
As soon as the guest left, He Ma stretched his waist a lot: "Okay! Now Qingliu probably has your music high school tuition."
Qingliu: "I don't think so. Buy an air conditioner for the extra money, it's so hot."
Kazuma looked at the fans who were still trying to dispel the scorching heat in the dojo, and nodded: "It makes sense, but when the royalties come, it will probably be next year."
Royalties in Japan are very wordy, and the cycle is extremely long, so in order to prevent creators from starving to death in the process of waiting for royalties, there are industry rules for publishers to advance part of the royalties.
Honami entered the dojo, and sat next to Kazuma: "Why don't you get an air conditioner when the prepaid royalties come? Next year when Qingliu will go to the music high school, the first batch of royalties will almost arrive. How about Sony? Pay attention to He Ma, and will definitely complete the process as soon as possible.”
"Who knows," He Ma shrugged, "just in case, let's save it first. Anyway, I can go to the hot spring trip soon, and watch me stay for two weeks to relieve the heat. When the hot spring trip is over, I will go to your island villa to continue Vacation! Does your island villa have air conditioning?"
Honami raised her eyebrows: "My grandfather doesn't like air conditioners, he likes to use his roots to fight against the scorching heat. But I can call them now to install it, and it will be installed in a month."
Ten thousand words of complaints about capitalists floated in He Ma's heart.
Suddenly, he had an idea: "By the way, the Nanjo consortium has injected capital into the Matsugami Group, right? They produce air conditioners, right? Do they have a sample machine, the kind that people try out? I'd be happy to try it out!"
Now even Honami was shocked by Kazuma's cheekiness: "Well... I'll ask about it, but I don't have much hope. Air conditioners are in short supply right now."
He curled his lips with the horse.
At this time, Mikako entered the dojo—I don't know where she hid just now, and it took so long to show up.
"It's so hot! I'm dying of heat!" she yelled, then ran to the fan to take her place, and shouted at the fan:
"Ahhh!"
So her voice was added with a strange vibrato by the fan.
He Ma laughed out loud. He actually liked to play like this when he was a child. For some reason, he just felt that there was something wrong not doing it like this.
Qingliu complained loudly: "Are you a brat!"
"I am, I am only eighteen years old." Mikako said, and then pulled up the hem of her jacket, exposing her stomach for the electric fan to blow on.
Tamamo, who had just sent Oikawa Houyi and the others away, entered the door just at this time, frowning slightly at Mikako's rude behavior: "Mikako, you are a girl, be more reserved."
"What's the matter? There are no outsiders here. Both Senior Sister Gao Jianze and Senior Huacheng have not returned from school."
Then Mikako glanced at Kazuma and showed a meaningful smile.
Then she lowered the hem of her dress and lifted her skirt against the electric fan.
Tamamo: "Monkey?"
"Nobunaga-sama!" Mikako is worthy of being the one who aspires to be the best manga actor in English, and she answered the stalks very smoothly, "My subordinates found out, it's Mitsuhide-sama!"
"That's it, it's Guangxiu...it's not like this!"
Qingliu looked at Yuzao in shock: "Why are you talking about Mancai?"
Honami: "You have to get used to it. After staying in this dojo for a long time, you will involuntarily start talking about Mancai. The patron saint of this dojo is probably a comedian who has no ambitions."
Qingliu: "Yes, is that so?"
Honami smiled slightly at Haruyuu, then turned to Kazuma: "Tomorrow is my last class, and I will move into the dojo in the afternoon, and I will be disturbed for the next two months."
He Ma: "Oh, good."
Mikako: "Hema! I told my mother, and she approved me to move in for two months! There's still one room available, right? I've taken it!"
Kazuma nodded: "Okay, I got it, you can talk to Chiyoko when she comes back."
"Oh." After Mikako answered, she looked at Tamamo triumphantly.
Tamamo: "Well, it seems that I can only share a room with Chiyoko."
You have to come too!
Hema scratched his head: "Even if you share a room with Chiyoko, the rent cannot be discounted."
Yuzao smiled and said, "Of course."
After the words fell, the wind suddenly picked up in the yard outside the dojo, and then the cicadas croaked at the same time.