Chapter 1208 Yasushi Akimoto's invitation to cooperate [Fourth Update, Asking for Subscriptions and Monthly Passes]
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While Kim Sung-won is developing in Japan and Asian countries, the latest program "Runningman" has finally started filming the first episode. However, because his announcement was too busy, he was able to squeeze out enough time for a long time, and in the end he had no choice but to be absent.
Not only him, but Song Ji-hyo was also absent because of the announcement, which made Liu Zaishi a little angry. No matter what the reason, it is an indisputable fact that he was absent from the recording of the first episode, which makes Liu Zaishi, who has always been extremely responsible for his work, a little dissatisfied.
When Jin Shengyuan called to explain, Liu Zaishi nagged a few words in a tactful way. However, he really couldn't get out.
With the end of the first week of June, his song "Stay With Me" officially topped the charts, along with two other Japanese songs, "Believe" and "Letter to Fifteen-Year-Old You," ranking ninth and eleventh respectively. Among the Korean songs, "Aiqing Rain" ranked eighth, and "Like a Shot" ranked seventeenth.
This achievement is unimaginable for a foreign singer who has just opened up the Japanese market! But the most powerful thing is that these songs are all arranged by Jin Shengyuan himself, which makes him purple in the Japanese music industry!
The reason why he couldn't return to South Korea to participate in the recording of "Runningman" this time was because he received an invitation from a heavyweight artist in Japan!
Yasu Akimoto, a famous Japanese screenwriter. Writer, lyricist, TV show, film producer, member of the Japan Film Directors Association, and general producer of AKB48, SKE48 and many other groups.
Among them, AKB48 has a faint trend of becoming "Japan's No. 1 girl group", especially this year's development momentum is very strong! The results on the singles public trust chart are almost the same as those of Japan's national group Arashi.
And Yasu Akimoto, who served as their chief producer and personally planned the project, suddenly sent an invitation letter to Kim Sung-won this time.
Yasu Akimoto has always called himself a "lyricist", perhaps out of sympathy, or a challenge to Kim Sung-won, a foreign singer who has rashly broken into the Japanese music scene, or simply wants to seek cooperation...... He invited Kim Sung-won to compose a lyric for a song he had just written.
Japanese entertainment industry. It also attaches great importance to qualifications and status. No matter how popular Jin Shengyuan is, even if he holds the title of "international superstar", the strong dragon does not suppress the head snake and faces the invitation of Yasushi Akimoto. He also needs to think carefully. And. That's not a bad thing.
Jin Shengyuan was a little curious about Akimoto Yasu. Today, AKB48 is at the top of its popularity in Japan. Last year's advertising value alone was equivalent to 8.015 billion yen. But who would have thought that this group would only have an audience of seven at its first performance?
When learning about Yasushi Akimoto's information, he found that AKB48 has more than 300 original songs so far. All lyrics were written by Yasushi Akimoto, and different composers were invited to collaborate.
After agreeing to the invitation and getting in touch with Yasu Akimoto, Kim Sung-won went directly to his office.
"It's out! It's out! As soon as he went out, some media reporters who were waiting outside perked up and quietly followed.
"Huh? What did Kim Sung-won do when he came to Akimotoyasu's company? After following Kim Sung-won to his destination and taking pictures, some people couldn't help but mutter.
"Mr. Jin Shengyuan, hello!" Yasu Akimoto personally came out to greet him, and he behaved very enthusiastically. He had already had a detailed understanding of Jin Shengyuan, so the invitation was very officially issued.
"Hello, Mr. Yasushi Akimoto." Jin Shengyuan bowed back and looked at him slightly. Akimoto Yasushi is not tall, a little fat, has a rustic hairstyle of four or six points, wears a pair of black-framed glasses, and his eyes are always slightly squinted, making it difficult to see his eyes.
"Mr. Kim Sung-won's achievements in the United States are really admirable!" After greeting each other, the two came to the living room, and Akimoto Yasu did not go straight to the point, but praised Jin Shengyuan's achievements.
Kim Sung-won chuckled and in turn constantly expressed his admiration for his ability. When you meet for the first time, you need a way to increase the distance between the two parties.
After a cup of tea, Yasushi Akimoto took out the lyrics he had written.
"Beginner" is the name that Yasuya Akimoto gave to this song. Composing music against words is the most difficult thing, especially if it's a Japanese song.
After a cursory glance at the lyrics, Kim Sung-won frowned slightly and began to think in his head to see if he could find some inspiration. Once you have an inspired beginning, composing music becomes a lot easier.
The lyrics fit the title of the song, and it has the meaning of breaking the shackles and starting over, and it is a very liliang song. This made it even more difficult for Jin Shengyuan. Although he is not limited to soothing lyrical songs, he is really good at it.
"How? Mr. Kim Sung-won, are you sure you can complete it? After waiting for Jin Shengyuan to put down the word score, Qiu Yuan asked. Inviting Jin Shengyuan is actually a gamble for him! Jin Shengyuan's strength and popularity made him make this decision. Moreover, he believes in his own vision, and it is with his own vision that he has been able to achieve his current results.
"Could you please tell me about the creation of this lyric, the theme and the form of expression?" Jin Shengyuan asked slowly.
"Yes!" Akimotoyasu's eyes narrowed again and nodded in response. Jin Shengyuan's sophistication and steadiness made him appreciate it very much.
The next thing was relatively simple, Jin Shengyuan listened and asked questions, while memorizing by heart. After Akimoto finished speaking, he asked again, "When is this song?" ”
"The sooner the better, of course!" "However, if it's a bit difficult, you can wait until September." He didn't want Jin Shengyuan to be perfunctory. If he really took advantage of Kim Sung-won's popularity, he wouldn't have given the lyrics of this song, which was going to be the next title song of AKB48, to Kim Sung-won to arrange it.
"Haode, I'll do my best." Jin Shengyuan nodded. "I'll give you this song by September at the latest." "He's got a clue, which means he's ready to move on.
At this time, the two negotiated on remuneration and other aspects. It went well! Because it was the first time for Kim Sung-won to compose a Japanese song, he had relatively low requirements for remuneration. And Akimoto Yasu also learned about Kim Sungwon's remuneration in South Korea, although he would not give it that high, he did not deliberately lower the price. He pays more attention to befriending Jin Shengyuan.
"It seems that we need to know a little bit about AKB48." After leaving Akimoto Yasu's office, Kim Sung-won shook his head and said. He just knew that there was such a combination in Japan, but there were so many of them that he didn't know much about it.
Mention the song. He thought of another song.
Last year I used to write haode. The song that I was going to give as a gift for Girls' Generation's 3rd anniversary is now ready to prepare!
Two tasks have been added out of thin air, and the new album has finally been released, and it will return to the Korean music scene. Now he just feels like his head is about to become two big!
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On the afternoon of June 8th. The press conference of "Bread King Jin Zhuoqiu". Kim Sung-won was unable to attend because of a Chinese announcement.
On June 9th, it can almost be said that the much-anticipated "Bread King Kim Zhuoqiu" finally started, taking over "Cinderella's Sister" starring Moon Geunying. But. Because there are no Kim Sung-won, Yoon Eun-hye, Yoona and others, fans' expectations are not so high.
At noon on June 10th, when the members were there, Yuna didn't know how to get a big package from the place and put it in the living room.
"Are you moving? Yoona. Yuli asked jokingly. It was clear that she was trying to avoid something, though.
"Sister, and Xiaoxian, you should remember what we bet on before!" Yun'er bared her teeth and said to everyone with a bright smile on her face, her eyes narrowed, like when Jin Shengyuan was in trouble.
"Gambling is a crime, how can we gamble?" Yuli said with her eyes wide open and an innocent expression.
"Sister Yuli, admit if you lose!" Yun'er looked at her speechlessly and said, "It's not a good behavior to repay the debt!" Otherwise, there will be no one to play with you next time! ”
"Okay!" Yuli shrugged and said, "I'm not the only one, anyway!" I'm even more curious, where did you find such a large package of clothes? "It's easy to tell that the package contains clothes.
The bet they are talking about is a speculation about the ratings of the first episode of "Bread King Kim Zhuoqiu". Yuna was very cunning and directly adopted the figure estimated by Kim Sung-won, 16.1%. If she loses, she can give her clothes to Jin Shengyuan to wash; If she wins, she can hand over Jin Shengyuan's clothes to the members to wash as she does now.
The ratings of the first episode of "Bread King Kim Zhuoqiu" have come out, and it is 15.9%! It was a good start, and at the same time, it also won the bet for Jin Shengyuan.
The main actors of the crew each had 10,000 yuan, and Yun'er took the initiative to collect it, and then Jin Shengyuan called and handed over the clothes left in advance to her.
Yuna happily packed the clothes and brought them back to the dormitory, which was now in their living room.
"Yikes! You little fox! After Taeyeon and the others heard Yoona's story, they all couldn't cry or laugh.
"Admit defeat and admit defeat!" Yun'er triumphantly pointed to her head and said, "This is the liliang of the brain!" ”
"Shengyuan OPPA is too serious! How did you leave so many clothes? Xiuying rummaged through the clothes after the package was opened, and muttered.
"There are a lot of clothes in Shengyuan OPPA, we buy one set for each of them is nine sets, one set of clothes a day, and I can't wear them all in a week!" Yuna said with a grin, full of gestures.
"Are we doing it ourselves?" Xiao Yuan immediately shook his head and said.
"Yikes!" At this time, Sunny, who had not yet done anything on the side, suddenly discovered that Hyoyeon, Suyoung, and Yoo Li had actually picked out the most washable T-shirts and sweatpants! After screaming, she also hurriedly crouched down.
This is no stranger to Yu Li, Xiao Yuan and others, who often helped Kim Sung-won wash clothes in 2004. Not to mention Taeyeon, Sunny is a very casual personality after getting acquainted with it, and that's okay.
zuihou, only Tiffany, looked at the rest of the clothes, sighed helplessly, and squatted down.
"Won't all the underwear be left by you to Pani?" Yuli, who had picked out her clothes early, blinked and asked.
"Huh?" Tiffany, who had just reached out, blushed and retracted her hand as if she had been electrocuted. (To be continued.) )