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

Chapter 407 Caught off guard
"Humph, if the music department didn't have too little control over its subordinates, how could they wait until they ran out of songs to cram for something?"

"Does the Minister of Communications think that he can get away with not attending the review meeting in person and burying the issue of the song library being in urgent need and the quality declining?"

Sitting opposite Hiroshi Yamazaki, a middle-aged man with side-parted hair snorted with disdain.

"Minister Uchida, you are being biased... Minister Tsukuchi was busy with other things, so he asked me to attend the meeting on his behalf..."

"Moreover, our music department's creations rely on inspiration and aesthetics, so unstable production is the norm... This is different from your performing arts department, which has been following the same process for ten years..."

"In short, the performance of artists in the performing arts department is determined by their own level, and the blame cannot be placed on the music creators."

Not being intimidated by the fact that the other person's position was one level higher than his, Yamazaki Hiroshi adjusted his glasses and responded tit for tat...

Because at this moment, at this conference table, he represents the entire music department.

The man with the side-parted hair is called Uchida Yuuma, and he is the director of Bethesda's entertainment business department. He is specifically responsible for the overall management of Bethesda's directly signed artists, as well as the allocation of entertainment resources within the company.

The performing arts department has long accused the music department of "lack of productivity leading to a waste of performing arts resources" and "no golden songs so the artists' music market performance is not good"...

The music department often uses excuses such as "the precious golden songs are wasted by the artists in the performing arts department" and "there are so many songs in the music library but no suitable artists to perform them"...

Therefore, the two parties are in a relationship of "urging the song to be released and being urged to release the song" and "blaming each other", and they are absolute enemies at the company's internal meeting table.

"Let's talk about the music department and the performing arts department first. I can't wait to listen to your new work."

The publicity and promotion director, Kawashima Chengfu, interrupted the daily bickering between the two departments.

"Yes, let's get started. I have a short meeting with the bank later."

The Minister of Finance, who had been impatient for a long time, also joined in.

"Sorry, I'm rude..."

"Please continue with the review."

The person with the highest position at the scene, together with the "God of Wealth", spoke at the same time, and the two men immediately stopped arguing.

"Well, as usual, let's go through the demo first..."

Everyone at the conference table put on their headphones tacitly and played the DEMO recorded by Hoshina Hanami and Xia Fan.

"To this day I can still remember the coastline I looked out at that day."

"The words carved on the beach, and your back."

"What did the surging waves sweep away as they passed by my feet..."

Hoshina Hanami's clear, simple, and romantic girl's voice rang out in the headphones...

The entire conference room fell into a kind of pink silence...

Immersed in the singing, everyone suddenly felt as if they were in the night of the summer festival.

Fried noodles, popsicles, soda, masks, scooping goldfish and other familiar yet unfamiliar memories come to mind...

There was also a young figure in a yukata, walking side by side with him, with their shoulders occasionally bumping against each other.

Just when everyone wanted to see this figure clearly in the song, and hold the soft hand that they had never dared to hold in their memory...

All these fantasies turned into brilliant fireworks in the sky with a "bang", blooming in the dark night and disappearing in the blink of an eye.

“Great song.”

"It reminds me of the days when I was a student and secretly went on dates to the summer festival without my parents' knowledge..."

After an unknown amount of time, Hexi Chengfu sighed quietly.

"As expected of you who came to earth... I will give you my greatest support within the scope of my authority for the publicity and promotion of this song." Looking up and wiping away the tears from his cheeks, he gave his "judgment opinion".

"I heard it, the passionate, regretful, yet regret-free youth... and the sour smell of love..."

"Our Finance Department has invested in this song, and the budget is based on top-tier standards!"

The Finance Minister also gave his opinion with tears in his eyes.

"I agree. Our production department will fully undertake the recording of the soundtrack and the filming of the MV."

"The review has passed. Copyright Management Department will handle the song pre-registration procedures after the meeting..."

Then, the heads of other departments participating in the review also raised their hands one by one to approve.

“Hiss…Hurulu…”

"Everyone knows the quality of the works of talented musicians, and we are not qualified to judge them..."

"But what I want to say here is that for such an excellent work, the music department recommends Miss Xingming to be the original singer. Do you still need to consider it..."

Uchida Yuuma, who spoke last, wiped his nose and questioned slowly.

"Minister Uchida, what do you mean by that?!"

A flash of white light flashed across Yamazaki Hiroshi's glasses, and there was a hint of anger in his words.

"What do you mean... our performing arts department submitted more than ten applications for new song production to the music department more than a month ago, nominating producers..."

"So far, there has been no news."

Smoothing his messy middle-parted hair, Uchida Yuuma said calmly.

"That, that's because of the production capacity of the producers who came down to earth..."

Being caught with the weakness of "urging to sing", Yamazaki Hiroshi's momentum suddenly weakened.

"Productivity? According to the company's rules, the singer of a new song should consider a variety of factors, such as the time of application submission, the singer's status, and the compatibility of the song, and then make a reasonable decision."

"After careful consideration, our Entertainment Division recommends Ms. Fukada Kumi to be the first singer of this song."

Uchida Yuma took advantage of the victory and made an unexpected suggestion.

"What...recommendation, let Fukada sing..."

"But... Miss Xingming's original singer was the producer's intention..."

Yamazaki Hiroshi was obviously caught off guard and began to stammer.
"The producer is still young, and probably gave the new song to Miss Hoshina because of the cooperation with "Sakura"..."

“Perhaps, after he works with more outstanding singers in the company, he will have different ideas.”

But Uchida Yuma didn't give him any chance to refute and continued to press on.

Fukada Kumi has released compilation albums with sales exceeding one million in the past two years and has won two Gold Record Awards. She is a new generation female singer of Be company under the age of 30 whose strength and fame are second only to Yayoi Tsuki.

The music department ignored more than a dozen nominations, including that of Fukada Kumi, and assigned the new song to a new singer from a subsidiary company...

In addition, from the perspective of the company giving high-quality works to first-line singers is more conducive to development...

From any perspective, his doubts and suggestions are well-founded.

"Uchida, your department strongly recommends Ms. Fukada, how do we know if she is willing?"

Just when Yamazaki Hiroshi was speechless, it was Kawanishi Shigeo who raised a new question.

(End of this chapter)