"genzo? What kind of company is that? I've never heard of it."

When the music production company in Minato is being, the president of Nagato Daiyuki, heard the name reported and showed a confused expression.

Today, the company's scout came to report and said that it was the young musician Seiichiro Rirabayashi who had been in talks before, who refused to recruit the company. During the previous negotiations, Seiichiro Rirabayashi showed some interest in being. He thought he had a great chance of winning, but he didn't expect that Cheng Yaojin came out halfway and signed Seiichiro Rirabayashi away.

Nagato Daiyuki has heard a song sample of Seiichiro Riribayashi brought back by the scout, and he appreciated his talent very much. The company now has its own early stages of its business, and Tetsuro Oda, who was recruited as a veteran, was deeply trusted by Nagato Daiyuki. But it has never been the reason to rely solely on the same tree, and it is urgent to expand the composer. Finally, there was a composer I liked and wanted to take him under my command...

It's a different matter if someone was snatched away by a big company, but the one who signed Seiichiro Ririhara was an unknown production company.

While Nagato was confused, he felt like he was shot with a cold gun.

Nagato Oyuki was born in Kansai and later went to study at Aoyama College University in Tokyo. When he was a student, it happened to be the period when groupsounds were on the rise. He also formed a band and performed in a tea restaurant in Tokyo. By the way, the probability of a musician and actor at Aoyama College University is really terrifyingly high.

There are reasons for this, but the reason is probably because the school has a loose academic style, many children from the country, strong music clubs, and is also the pioneer in accepting foreign cultures. As a top private university, there are many students from a superior family background, so it has become a fertile ground for the growth of musicians.

After graduating from college, I went home to inherit the family business and study and do business, but in the end I decided to make music a lifelong career.

In 1978, after accumulating experience in working everywhere, Nagato Daiyu brought a sponsorship and established his own music production company Being. That year, he was just 30 years old. The newly established Being had no such person in the industry, but he had helped many assists, working as song producers for some bands and idols, and the lyrics and musical arrangements were carried by the other party. The company was like a parts assembly factory.

The company has not earned anything that can be put on the table for odd jobs. In this case, the company has not become famous in the industry for seven years. Until G received an order from CBS Sony to produce a band called Tube.

This time it was different. It was no longer assembling parts, but the lyrics and musical arrangements were handed over to being, and even the band's route was handed over to Nagato Daiyuki to decide.

1985 was the year when Shinichi Iwahashi came to Tokyo.

It was a year of idol carnival and an year of idol band carnival. Tube debuted as an idol band, with an average age of nineteen. Nagato Daiyuki served as the producer and produced two singles for Tube, but the results were not very good. When preparing for the third single, Nagato Daiyuki decided to treat this single as his last try. If he couldn't make any splashes, he would give up the band and return CBS Sony, saying that they had no commercial value.

As a result, this single sold 300,000 copies. Now that the record market is shrinking, it is a very impressive result. Tube has become a new idol band, and being finally got a name in the industry.

Although it is far from being a well-known company, it is always much better than a company like Genzo that has never heard of or has no works.

The rabbit that was almost obtained was snatched away by the eagle that suddenly came out, and Nagato Yuki was depressed.

After asking around, I finally knew where genzo came from. It turned out to be a production company established by the previous planner after the independent office.

The underground bands that performed on stage before, except for his own dreamsetrue, all signed a record company. Shinichi Iwahashi was regarded as a mentor by some underground musicians and had a very good reputation. Seiichiro Kurirabashi was also in the underground music circle, and it is unknown that Shinichichiro Iwahashi was summoned by the charm of Shini Iwahashi alone.

Knowing the whole story of the matter, Nagato Yuki was still a little depressed, but now that things have come to this, he had to give up.

Not to mention whether a new composer who has not been tested by the market is worth the effort to poach. If it is due to conditions, it may be possible to try it out. Personal charm is... unsolvable.

...

On the one hand, Nagato Daiyuki felt sorry for missing Seiichiro Kurirabayashi, and by the way, he secretly guessed in his heart that Shinichi Iwahashi would do anything after establishing this music company. No matter what, although it is a music production company, although there are many differences at this stage, this is not a gap that cannot be surpassed. It is not an exaggeration to say that genzo is a potential opponent to be.

Especially when Shinichi Iwahashi is famous, what actions will be next, which are both defensive and exciting.

On the other side, Seiichiro Kurirabayashi, who was unfortunately lucky by Nagato, also officially signed a contract with genzo to become the exclusive composer of genzo.

Although Seiichiro Kurirabayashi trusts Shinichi Iwahashi, he is also responsible for his life and cannot be fully entrusted. Therefore, when signing a contract, he hopes to sign a short-term contract.

If you sign a new employee from the firm, this condition will naturally be ng.

For artists, signing a five-year contract at one time when debuting is a very basic operation. Because it takes cost to train a new person, from nothing to something, the investment in the middle is very large. If the contract period is too short, the new person will leave as soon as they are trained, and the company will not be worth the loss, so it will naturally not work.

Of course, in Japan, if you want to fly if your wings are hard, you will most likely be broken by the firm and you can't even get up. Unless you are with someone, you won't even think about it.

There is another one of the domineering firms when signing a contract, that is, even if the contract is terminated after the contract is terminated, it will take one to two years to not appear in the four major private sectors, which is the so-called anti-competition contract.

If you offend the original firm instead of getting together and breaking up, and the other party happens to be in power, even if the two-year deadline is over, you may be able to continue banning it. Five years is not a dream.

With such a fast update, the art world can basically be in a state of chaos if it doesn’t work in two years without being on TV.

It’s not that Japanese artists are loyal to the firm and have a contract spirit, so they don’t commit suicide by fighting a breach of contract lawsuit. It’s because the firm’s strength is greater than everything, and the little arm can’t twist its thighs.

Signing an artist requires a death contract, but signing a composer is okay to be more relaxed. Because composers do not need this kind of training cost, it is more like recruiting as employees, but even when recruiting employees, no one likes short-term employees. Therefore, if you sign once a year, it will be a disadvantage for Shinichi Iwahashi.

However, it would be boring if it was unhappy on the contract. Shinichi Iwahashi thought about it and gave Seiichiro Ririhara a somewhat special contract.

Within one year, Seiichiro Kurirabayashi can debut in the industry as a composer. If this is done, the contract will be automatically renewed for one year when the contract is settled in the next year.

After that, on the premise that he had been allowed to publish his works every year, he renewed the visa in this way until five years.

However, during this period, the treatment terms were used, the contents of the first contract were used.

After five years, genzo has the right to renew the contract. If he continues to stay in the company, he will replace the brand new contract based on his achievements at that time.

However, if Seiichiro Kurirabayashi cannot publish his works for two consecutive years, the contract will be terminated when the next year is settled.

In this way, Seiichiro Kurirara didn't have to worry about being tied to this tree with uncertain future. Shinichi Iwahashi actually didn't lose much, but he used this method to calm Seiichiro Kurirara's heart.

Of course, in the past two years, Seiichiro Kurirabayashi had the indicator of how many songs he had to deliver every month. After the song was written, Shinichi Iwahashi had the right of first refusal.

Because it is not a buyout, the reward for buying a song will not be too high during the contract stage of the newcomer. However, after the song is put into the warehouse, it is produced and no matter who it is given to sing, Seiichiro Kurirabayashi has royalties.

Japan's copyright system is destined to be difficult to buy out the copyright of lyrics and music at one time, even for unknown newcomers.

If a buyout occurs, it is either a kind of thing that is more likely to happen in singing, which is a relatively special situation, children's songs. The audience of children's songs is special, which makes it possible to pay a one-time buyout royalties in terms of royalties.

There are few popular children's songs, but once they are available, they will show a terrible monster-level trend.

There is a miserable Chestnut, the highest-selling single in Japanese music history, a children's song called "おえげたいややきくん" (you can go! Yakitoki), a sausage.

This song was sold in total, and it was ranked first in the singles' sales in history. As a result, because the copyright was bought out, the huge royalties had nothing to do with the real person in Zimen.

The record company that published his singles for him built a building with the song, and he only received a million yen from beginning to end.

It can be regarded as the strongest and most unlucky one in history.

...

The way to sign the contract was proposed by Shin Iwahashi. This proposal was obviously deeply loved by Seiichiro Kurirabayashi, which made even his last little worry disappear.

Of course, to put it in the contract, a formal contract must be drawn up, and the sentences that may be controversial were selected, and then signing them.

Genzo has no legal affairs, Nakamura Masato, Yoshida Mika, or Abnormal, although he followed Shinichi Iwahashi, he did not sign such a contract.

Shinichi Iwahashi originally planned to take advantage of the legal affairs of Watanabe Manyumi's firm as before, and asked him to help draft the contract, but when he received a postcard, he changed his mind.

The postcard was sent to the newly moved apartment he had. Iwahashi Shinichi came out to open a production company shortly after moving. The entrepreneurial period was just a busy time, and he only went home two or three times a week.

Or if I had known it, I would immediately live a life like entrepreneurship, and I might as well stay in Gaoyuan Temple and not move... Then how could it be?

The improvement of quality of life is the most clearly felt compliment to himself. Even if he can only go back for half an hour a week, he wants to stay quietly in a clean house with beds.

For Shinichi Iwahashi, his current apartment is his first real home.

A moment of peace is worth a thousand gold.

Because he didn't go home often and he didn't have the habit of checking his email, this postcard was discovered by Shinichi Iwahashi after almost a month after sending it.

It was sent by my cheap sister Iwahashi Toko.

When I moved, Shinichi Iwahashi sent her a postcard for the moving house. At that time, he just felt that it was inappropriate not to notify her, and afterwards, he forgot that he had never contacted her anyway.

Unexpectedly, I would receive a postcard from her.

Although there is no important thing written on it, it is just a normal expression that you already know, for Shinichi Iwahashi, the sister who existed in his memory was a little clearer because of this postcard.

After receiving the postcard for moving, they will write a reply to their younger brother. This is not a must-write thing, at least it proves that the two siblings are not that kind of hostile relationship.

However, in Tokyo, Iwahashi Asoko never contacted Shinichi Iwahashi.

She seemed to never take a step towards Shinichi Iwahashi, but when Shinichi Iwahashi waved to her, she would wave to him like she did.

Shinichi Iwahashi seemed to feel a wonderful way for this sister to get along with others, and then became curious about her.

This time he wanted to draw a contract, and he thought that he might take this opportunity to meet her.

Iwahashi Asoko's office was two streets away from Ginza High Road, on the sixth floor of a small office building. After knocking on the door, someone immediately opened the door for him.

Shinichi Iwahashi said he came to find lawyer Iwahashi, "I have called before."

The young female staff member who opened the door nodded as if confirmation after hearing this, "Yes, please come here." He led him to the empty seat next to him and sat down.

It is said that he is a young female employee, but he is several years older than Shinichi Iwahashi.

When I suddenly arrived, I didn’t have a customer who made an appointment, Iwahashi Asoko couldn’t come to see him immediately, so she could only wait slowly. Shinichi Iwahashi already knew when he called just now, so he was not in a hurry.

Called Asako Iwahashi and told her that she would visit him later. Asako Iwahashi seemed not surprised at all when he received his call.

Shinichi Iwahashi said that he had a contract and wanted to ask her for help. When Asako Iwahashi heard it, he paused and then told him that he had a half hour to meet between four and four. He hung up the phone.

From the beginning of entering the door, I heard the phone ringing constantly. The busy ringing sound made people feel nervous, as if I saw fighters competing with time.

Shinichi Iwahashi imagined the situation where Asako Iwahashi answered the phone. In this busy atmosphere, she received a call from her younger brother who almost never contacted her, saying that she was going to meet. What was she feeling?

"Your surname is Ionhashi, are you a relative of Ionhashi's lawyer?"

The young female staff member who opened the door for him just now called and looked at him and asked curiously.
Chapter completed!