Tokyo: The evil god doesn't want to be the top star

Chapter 157 New Song Release Conference

"Let me see. The publishing price, the scope of authorization, and the waiver of royalties..."

"……etc?"

After a long reaction time and digesting the information in the document, Yamazaki Hiroshi was petrified for twenty seconds.

"I'm sorry, I've gotten old lately, my hearing is bad, my eyes are blind, and my mind isn't clear, I must have been hallucinating just now."

"No, you read that right."

Manager Konishi shook his head and confirmed with Yamazaki Hiroshi who was taking off his glasses and wiping them vigorously.

"..."

Yamazaki Hiroshi lowered his head and tore the document into pieces without saying a word.

"This is a photocopy. It's useless if you tear it up."

Xiaoxi's agent remained unmoved.

"How is it possible!!! With this kind of publishing price, and giving up royalties, even if Xia Fan is stupid, is Miss Yayoi also stupid?"

"This is Yayoi Tsuki's first single this year, and it may even be her 'retirement work'!"

"You know, the sales figures of her previous songs were at the top of the industry. Do you know how much money they gave up with this decision?

Yamazaki Hiroshi could no longer hold back and jumped onto the sofa, screaming nervously.

"I'm Yayoi Tsuki's manager, so I know better than you. This is at least a loss of 100 million yen."

Xiaoxi lowered her head, drank the cup of tea, and sighed.

As a top singer of the new generation of Bethesda, Yayoi Tsukiko is beautiful, has a sweet voice, is good at singing and dancing, and has access to all kinds of top resources. In addition, Xia Fan's song is of high quality and sincere emotions, so it is entirely possible that she will break the sales record.

"But even if the singer and producer agree to implement this incredible release plan, the company will not agree to it, right?"

This issuance plan is equivalent to directly burning money. It is unheard of and unreasonable behavior in Yamazaki Hiroshi's career...

"The group headquarters has agreed."

"what?"

"Although Yayoi did not reveal the details of the song, there was official interference and manipulation behind the scenes."

"The promotion of the song, its online launch, the holding of the press conference and other matters are all handled by a special agency of the Ministry of Education. Bethesda has been completely excluded and has no say in it."

"The Ministry of Education, are they organizing this? Are they dissatisfied with the royalties earned by Company B, so they are inviting the public to listen to the new songs for free?"

But what Konishi said next made Yamazaki feel that the world was becoming more and more magical, and perhaps even gods and demons and monsters really existed.

"In short, everything has been decided and there is no room for change. I only came to inform you in person after receiving the notice out of personal relationship."

"Look, the trailer has just been released. The new song launch will be held tomorrow, and the song will be released online on the same day..."

“At the launch event, Yayoi will perform the song live across the network.”

Xiaoxi seemed unwilling to talk about this matter any more and handed the phone to Hiroshi Yamazaki.

The news that "I've also thought about ending it all" has been released on major media websites. "Shouldn't the new song be released at least half a month in advance? If it's so rushed, sales will be..."

"That's right. With this kind of distribution policy, sales volume doesn't matter at all."

Thinking about Yayoi Tsuki's illness and the release policy of this song, Yamazaki Hiroshi, who was already numb with surprise, suddenly felt that it didn't matter if he released it in a hurry.

"Wait, the content of this announcement seems a bit unprecedented..."

Putting his glasses back on and looking at the trailer again and again, Hiroshi Yamazaki took a deep breath.

"After the new song release conference, I think the entire entertainment industry will be even more shocked than I am now."

……

Chiyoda, S Company Building.

"Everyone, I am the idol business director of S Company and the producer of the group "Tetsudo AK", Manjiro Akimoto."

"Is everyone here? Today we are convening an emergency meeting of all the representatives of the Railway AK Production Committee. There is only one item on the agenda..."

In the large conference room, a middle-aged man with a thick mustache and a fleshy face sat at the head of the table with a serious expression.

"As you all know, in the past seven years, the top three songs of the year have been monopolized by the singles of idol groups from S and J companies. B company has no chance of getting involved at all."

"It wasn't until last year and the year before that Bethesda released Yayoi Tsuki, the 'walking siren', which broke our monopoly on the top three and limited competition to internal teams."

“So this year, S Company and J Company jointly established the limited group "Tetsudo AK" to regain the top spot on the annual new song list that belongs to us.”

In the conference room, more than a dozen men and women in suits sat solemnly and listened to him respectfully. No one dared to interrupt or be distracted.

This has something to do with the fact that Manjiro Akimoto, who is presiding over the meeting, has a fierce appearance and always exudes the aura of a "gang boss".

But more importantly, in the industry, he is a legendary figure known as the "creator of the girl group" and the "starter of the idol war."

Manjiro Akimoto, lyricist, screenwriter, director, writer, supervisor...

But his most famous identity is not the above, but "girl group producer".

As early as 40 years ago in the "Golden Age of Television", Manjiro Akimoto tried to create the first generation of girl group "Meow Meow Club". After performing regularly on Fuji TV, the response was enthusiastic...

After that, he had mediocre achievements in music production and film shooting, but the more than ten well-known girl groups he founded, such as AK47, Teppanyaki 46, and Kaede Saka48, became very popular. He also personally established and improved the "girl group selection and elimination mechanism" which is cruel but fair, and makes people in the industry love and fear it.

Even though other entertainment companies followed suit and created a series of "copycat girl groups" such as AKSB48, no one could reach the heights he once achieved.

This time, the crossover group "Tetsudo AK", both of the original girl groups, were actually founded by Manjiro Akimoto when he was jumping back and forth between S Company and J Company, so naturally he personally took charge as the producer.

"Recently, Yayoi Tsuki has been caught up in the 'deaf' public opinion, and there has been no news about her new songs. People in the industry believe that she will withdraw from the music market competition this year..."

"However, half an hour ago, Bethesda released a preview of Yayoi Tsuki's new song release conference through all channels without any warning."

"From the preview, Yayoi Tsuki's new song is called "I Once Thought of Ending It All". It will be released tomorrow, and she will sing the song live at the press conference."

"'Coincidentally', our 'Tiedao AK's' first single 'You Are My Favorite' has been scheduled to be released tomorrow since we started preheating a month ago..."

"Therefore, we must speed up discussions, develop a comprehensive competition response plan, and implement it within 24 hours."

(End of this chapter)