Japanese Entertainment: A Comeback Beginning from Bankrupt President

The editing work was also handed over to the band members.

They have been active in this field for almost ten years, and have tried to create their own songs and upload them for distribution. Editing is just a piece of cake for them.

With the matter entrusted to them, Kazuya Sawashiro busied himself with another equally important task.

The filming of the music video.

There was no photographer, no director, and no high-performance camera, but these things weren't that important to Kazuya Sawashiro, since he had people to rely on.

The photographer can do it himself, and the camera can be his own mobile phone. If a higher shot is needed, he can stand on a ladder to shoot... Not to mention the students who have not been exposed to it much, even Amano Aki has never seen such a poor shooting method.

"This... can we really use this to shoot a music video?" On the wide riverbank, Tachibana Misaki scratched her head and pointed at Sawashiro Kazuya's phone. "We don't have much money, but renting a camera shouldn't be a problem, right?"

The others weren't familiar with Kazuya Sawashiro, but she often exchanged opinions with him, so the two spoke very directly to each other.

Misaki Tachibana couldn't understand why Kazuya Sawashiro was using his phone to film a music video.

Amano Aki didn't understand either, so she stood next to Tachibana Misaki and chimed in, "Yeah, isn't using a cell phone too rudimentary? Why don't we go find someone to rent a video camera right now?"

Honestly, it's definitely not too late to rent one now.

Ke Zecheng didn't think so either. He waved his phone smugly and said, "You two don't understand, do you? This is a camera that can be used to create buzz. It can bring us traffic and help us generate topics. It's a hundred times better than a regular camera!"

It might sound like I'm exaggerating, but that's just an exaggeration of the effect; it will definitely keep the topic trending.

Kazuya Sawashiro uses an iPhone, which has been used by users in the past to replace cameras and complete some film clips. These clips were even used in the final release version and received a lot of praise.

To make their debut smoother, they have to jump on any trending topics they can.

"Really?" Amano Aki and Tachibana Misaki asked in unison.

"Trust me, okay? How could I joke about something like this? This will definitely become a hot topic," Kazuya Sawashiro said confidently, conveying the same confidence to the two of them. "Get ready, we're going to be filming in a lot of places today."

The dozens of students were divided into groups according to their respective schools.

Although he couldn't go to the designated locations to film, he still had alternative plans, even if they required taking a longer route.

Riverbanks, parks, under bridges, etc... There are a lot of places in District 23 that can be used without submitting an application. It's just that you can't use them to attract crowds while filming, but you definitely won't be disturbed if you use them.

Since Kazuya Sawashiro had said so, Aki Amano and Misaki Tachibana naturally chose to believe him, and the two immediately threw themselves into the preparations.

A few minutes later, filming officially began.

As the music started playing, the students began dancing the steps they had choreographed for the song. Kazuya Sawashiro, along with their instructor and the homeroom teacher who came to help, acted as photographers to take pictures.

The two teachers were like fixed-position cameras, while Ze Cheng was like a crane camera, either walking around or climbing up and down the ladder.

To film this music video, the teachers even secretly brought out the school's folding ladder.

If this music video becomes a huge hit, the credit will definitely go to the two of them equally.

...

The filming lasted all day.

After the students finished filming at one location, they took a bus to the final location to wait. Then, Sawashiro and Amano Aki, along with the teachers, packed up the ladder and drove to the next location. Finally, everyone finished filming at Shiba Park.

After filming, Kazuya Sawashiro personally handled the editing, after all, he used to be known as the "fitting room" professional editor.

The music video, which is just over 4 minutes long, was meticulously selected by Kazuya Sawashiro over an entire day.

By the time he had picked out the footage and pieced it together to create a complete video, the band had also sent over the edited audio, which he immediately added to the silent video as background music.

As for the music video, it should only be suitable for this one song.

After a busy day, the music video for the new song was finally completed.

Thanks to the homeroom teacher for supporting Kazuya Sawashiro's equipment, Kazuya Sawashiro had dinner at his house again. He will compile the clips from each school separately and use them as promotional materials on short video platforms.

After organizing everything, I checked the copyright issues one by one.

We will confirm the use of students' portrait rights and the right to use the venue, and confirm whether there are any infringing elements in the video. If so, we will replace or delete them immediately.

Once everything is confirmed to be correct, it's time to release it.

Distribution must be done through an agent, because only agents can achieve multi-platform distribution coverage. NexTone was once Kazuya Sawashiro's first choice, after all, it is a copyright management and distribution company on par with JASRAC, and its professionalism is beyond question.

However, after careful consideration, Kazuya Sawashiro couldn't guarantee that he wasn't a fierce beast like Watanabe Entertainment, so in order for the song to debut smoothly, he chose Tunecore Japan as the distribution agent.

This is a joint venture distribution platform between a large foreign music group and a Japanese music company. The president of the Japanese music company is very dissatisfied with Watanabe Entertainment.

Well, it's all just news from Bunshun; believe it or not.

Kazuya Sawashiro chose to believe, and then he and Aki Amano registered an account on the platform, uploaded the materials for the single, set the official release date for August 10, paid a cheap annual fee, and waited for Tunecore Japan to approve it.

This process takes about three days, so Amano Aki has nothing to do these days, and Sawashiro Kazuya has her practice a new move—the English version of "Ultramarine".

As for Kazuya Sawashiro himself, he was secretly busy with other things.

He always leaves early and returns late, and is often covered in sweat.

Amano Aki had no idea what he was busy with, nor did the detective watching him. But when he reported this to his employer, he was met with a furious outburst: "I pay you that much every day? And you're telling me you don't know what he's doing? And what are you doing?"

Detective: I'm keeping an eye on someone.

To put it bluntly, that detective is a legal stalker. All he can do is keep track of what people are doing and take photos of them having affairs.

He only saw Kazuya Sawashiro looking for people everywhere, seemingly needing help from others, but he couldn't get close to eavesdrop, and the people talking to Kazuya Sawashiro wouldn't say what they talked about.

Most importantly, the people that Kazuya Sawashiro recruited covered all sectors of society.

Men and women, young and old, wage earners, company presidents, civil servants—you can't guess their motives just by looking at the people they meet.

If we had to pinpoint a highly probable reason, it would likely be related to the production of her debut single. Amano Aki's personal accounts on Instagram and Twitter have been consistently updating the public on the single's progress, stating that her debut single is currently in production.

Don't you believe this?

"..." Upon receiving this reply, Watanabe Sōta's face darkened, and he vented his anger on his secretary. "Fire him right now!"