In the dormitory, Kamai Sachiko was lying in front of the desk, pen in hand, thinking hard.
The song Yang Ye gave her was so good that she tried very hard to write a song that matched it.
However, after several revisions of the draft, I was still very dissatisfied.
Aikawa Minase knocked on the door and came in. He stood at the door of the room and said softly: "Sister Sachiko, your phone number!"
"Thank you!" Kamachi Sachiko stood up and walked out, casually asking: "Who called?"
"Record company!"
Kamai Sachiko suddenly felt a little uneasy. She walked to the landline and picked up the receiver: "Hello!"
"Ms. Sachiko, have you finished writing your lyrics?"
"Ah, it's still a little bit close, please give me some time."
"Please report to the recording studio on time at nine o'clock tomorrow morning."
"Okay, I'll be there on time, thank you."
Seeing that she had finished the call, Aikawa Minase picked up the remote control and turned the volume down again.
"Let's go have dinner later!"
"Sorry, you can go and eat by yourself, I want to write lyrics."
“Isn’t it written yet?”
"Yes, I will use it tomorrow."
Kamachi Sachiko sighed and went back to the room.
Minase Aikawa was helpless when it came to writing lyrics, so she stayed on the sofa and continued watching TV.
She was watching the popular "Winter Sonata" on Star TV, which is the second part of the "Blue Life and Death Love" series planned and created by Yang Ye.
After the previous broadcast of "Autumn Fairy Tale", the story of "brother and sister sadomasochism" set off a viewing frenzy in Asia.
Not only did the lead actors Louis Koo and Su Huilun become extremely popular, but Nicholas Tse and Tang Ning, who played them when they were young, also became popular.
Star TV struck again while the iron was hot and launched the second part of the series "Winter Sonata", which is still very popular.
After the release of the theme song "From the Beginning to Now" sung by Zhang Xinzhe, it has firmly occupied Taiwan's golden song list.
The sales volume in Taiwan alone exceeded 700,000, making it his masterpiece.
As the TV series becomes popular across Asia, this album is bound to become popular across Asia and its sales will explode.
The title of "Prince of Love Songs" was obtained in advance.
……
About half an hour later, the doorbell rang several times.
Aikawa Minase ran to open the door, and then shouted in surprise: "Uncle!"
Yang Ye stood at the door and said with a smile: "Long time no see, Minase-san."
"Yeah, long time no see!"
"Won't you invite me to come in and sit down?"
"Ah, please come in!"
Aikawa Minase quickly invited Yang Ye to the living room and diligently gave him slippers to change.
Yang Ye's big feet were barely stuffed into a pair of pink Hello Kitty slippers, and she walked to the sofa awkwardly and sat down.
Aikawa Minase was behind him and saw him wearing slippers that were a few sizes too small and walking in a weird way. He covered his mouth and almost laughed out loud.
"Where's Sachiko?"
"She's in the room. I'll call her."
Yang Ye waved his hand to stop him: "Has she finished writing the lyrics yet?"
"Well, Sister Sachiko said that your song was so good, uncle, and she wanted to write a song to match it."
After hearing this, Yang Ye couldn't help but shake his head and said, "I'll go see her!"
……
When it comes to writing, the more anxious you are, the less likely you are to write.
This is the situation for Sachiko Kamaike. After receiving a call from her record company to urge her to write a manuscript, when she returned to her room, her mind went blank, and all the words she said disappeared without a trace.
"Dong dong dong!" Someone knocked on the door and then pushed the door open.
"Minase, I don't have time to play with you now!" Kamai Sachiko said weakly, lying on the table.
"No inspiration?"
A gentle voice rang out, and Puchi Sachiko was startled. She turned around and quickly stood up, bowing to Yang Ye: "Yang Sang, why are you here?"
"I heard that you're stuck. Let me come over and have a look. Can I come in?"
"Of course, please come in!" Sachiko Kamachi quickly invited Yang Ye in.
Yang Ye walked in with a weird posture wearing Aikawa Minase's pink Hello Kitty slippers.
He looked at the messy manuscript papers on the table and asked, "Do you mind if I take a look?"
"Uh...ok!"
Yang Ye flipped through it and was surprised to find that the poem he wanted was not there.
Could it be that the environment has changed and Kamaike Sachiko is no longer inspired to write?
But the song "Spending This Life with You" that she helped Deng Lijun write has not disappeared?
Yang Ye read several versions of Kamai Sachiko's lyrics and confirmed that she had not written "Don't Give Up", and asked aloud: "Are you hungry?"
"Huh?"
Sachiko Kamaike is still waiting for Yang Ye to give her opinions on her lyrics. After all, Yang Ye is a top lyricist.
I didn't expect him to ask such a question without thinking.
However, Kamachi Sachiko was really hungry, and she didn't even eat much for lunch.
"Kind of!" she said.
"You can't write it by force. Let's go. I'll take you to eat and then relax. If you feel relaxed, you may have some inspiration..."
Yang Ye said and walked out of the room. Sachiko Kamike made sense after thinking about it, so she followed him.
The two of them left the room, and Minase Aikawa, who was nestled on the sofa, turned around and looked at them curiously.
"Minase, have you eaten?"
"Not yet!"
"Let's go, let's go together!"
"Hai!" Minase was very happy.
Yang Ye nestled on the sofa and watched TV for a while. After the two girls packed up, he took them out.
Not long after, Yang Ye drove to the Kowloon Typhoon Shelter, where his yacht was parked.
"Ah, do you want to go to sea?"
"Yeah, I'll take you somewhere."
……
Yang Ye brought two girls to his secret base.
It was getting late at this time, and we were far away from the shore. All the lights in the city disappeared, and only the stars in the sky were reflected on the sea.
Yang Ye took out a bag from the cabin and sprinkled something on the sea.
The two girls were curious about what he was doing, but Yang Ye didn't answer and just said: "We'll find out later!"
About seven or eight minutes later, Yang Ye pointed to the sea and said, "Here we come, look!"
The two girls lay on the side of the boat and looked at the sea. They saw little fluorescent lights suddenly appearing in the deep sea water.
Those fluorescent lights floated up quickly, and soon became one, and complemented each other with the starlight on the sea, like a dream.
"It's a squid!"
“So beautiful!”
The two girls exclaimed.
After watching for a while, Aikawa Minase asked Yang Ye curiously: "Uncle, why are there squids here?"
"Oh, I often ask people to come here to feed food, and they are used to it."
"So that's it. Uncle is really a kind and romantic person!" Yang Ye chuckled, picked up a net bag, stretched it into the sea water and fished it out.
He caught a lot of squid, and after handling them briefly, he started grilling them.
Minase-san couldn't help but be dumbfounded when he saw Yang Ye's skillful operation.
"Do you think I'm cruel?"
"That...a little bit!"
"Open your mouth!" Yang Ye fed her a freshly roasted squid: "Does it smell good?"
"Smells good!" Minase couldn't help but nod as she ate the deliciously grilled squid.
"Hahaha!" Sachiko Kamachi couldn't help laughing.
The three of us gathered together, eating barbecue and drinking beer. The sea breeze blew and the atmosphere was very good.
Aikawa Minase was young and had a low drinking capacity. After finishing a meal, she was already a little dizzy.
Yang Ye carried her to the cabin to sleep, and then returned to the deck.
"Sachiko, can I ask you to dance?"
"Ah... ok!" Sachiko Puchi did not refuse.
Yang Ye used the CD player to play the sample song he had just made, took Sachiko Kamai's hand, and jumped up on the deck.
In this time and space, Izumi Sakai has received strict vocal and physical training, and dances very well. He is not just standing still like in the original time and space.
The song was very dynamic and the two danced happily.
After dancing, the two of them lay side by side on the deck. Yang Ye put his head on his hands and looked at the bright starry sky and said: "What I wrote is a song full of hope, and you want to fill it into a love song." , this is wrong.”
"So that's it!"
Sachiko Kamai finally understood why she had filled in so many lyrics for this song, but she was not satisfied with them all. Whatever happened, something was wrong.
The direction is wrong, no matter how hard we try, it will be useless!
"I see, I should write it as a support song!"
Kamaike Sachiko was so inspired that she quickly found pen and paper, lay down on the deck, lit up the light, and wrote the title of the song "Negative けないで" (Don't admit defeat):
In an accidental moment, my eyes met with yours.
You must still remember this exciting throbbing feeling.
I fell in love with this pastel-hued season, just as I fell in love with you shining brightly that day.
Don't give up, keep working hard, and please keep running until the end.
No matter how far apart we are, my heart is always with you.
Be brave enough to pursue that distant dream.
No matter what happens, you act like you don't care.
He told me jokingly that there would always be a way.
Dance with me tonight, please don't forget, I also like you like that now.
Don't admit defeat, look, the end is not far ahead.
No matter how far apart we are, my heart is always with you.
Be brave enough to pursue that distant dream.
……
Kamai Sachiko is very serious about the creation of lyrics. She usually carries a small notebook with her and writes down whatever comes to her mind.
When it comes to formal creation, it will be revised several times and considered over and over again.
Yang Ye watched from the side and occasionally expressed his opinions. For example, he said that the dancing plot could be included.
Although it is a small lyric, it took almost a whole night to write.
When the draft was finally finalized, a red glow appeared in the light blue sky, and it was already morning.
Kamachi Sachiko was stunned and said in surprise: "It's dawn!"
Yang Ye glanced at the end of the sea and the sky, then naturally put his arms around Kamachi Sachiko's shoulders and said, "Just in time to watch the sunrise together."
Kamachi Sachiko didn't think there was anything wrong. She leaned on Yang Ye's shoulder and looked at the horizon with him, quietly waiting for the red sun to jump out of the sea.
Not long after, the sun rose from below the sea level, jumped out of the sea, broke through the clouds, and radiated dazzling brilliance.
The entire east was dyed into a brilliant golden color. Kamachi Sachiko turned her head and Yang Ye said happily: "It's so spectacular!"
Yang Ye looked at Kamachi Sachiko's pure and beautiful face. The white skin was penetrated by the sun, showing an amber-like color, which made people's hearts beat.
"Xingzi, you are so beautiful!" Yang Ye couldn't help lowering his head and kissed her lips.
Such love, such a gentle kiss, how could Sachiko Kamaike, a novice in love, stand up to this? I couldn't help but feel so drunk that my whole body melted into Yang Ye's arms.
"Hey, didn't you sleep all night?"
Aikawa Minase walked out of the cabin at some point, and when she saw the two of them leaning together and looking at the sea, she felt an inexplicable sourness in her heart.
Kamachi Sachiko felt a little guilty and said, "Well, we wrote the lyrics all night."
Yang Ye directly changed the subject: "Are you awake? Do you have a headache?"
Aikawa Minase touched her forehead: "One thing, did I drink too much last night?"
"That's right. I sent you back to the cabin and you fell asleep."
"What a pity, I didn't see the sunrise." Minase blamed herself.
"This is easy. If you want to see it, you can come and see it at any time."
……
Originally, I was supposed to go to the recording studio at nine o'clock. I didn't sleep all night and needed to rest. Yang Ye made the decision and changed it to the next morning.
After the recording of "Don't Give Up" was completed, Kamaike Sachiko also officially used the stage name Sakai Izumi.
The recorded songs were immediately sent to Japan, finally catching up with the broadcast of "Shiratori Reiko".
After "Reiko Shiratori" was broadcast on Fuji TV, it topped the ratings, and "Don't Give Up" also became a hit.
The song "Don't Give Up" has a moving melody and positive lyrics, which symbolizes a kind of tenacious faith and spirit.
Especially the sincere line "Don't give in" in the lyrics is extremely contagious.
After the song was released, it became the motivation for many Japanese people to move forward courageously and not to admit defeat.
Today's Japan is gloomy, with a comprehensive stock market collapse and low employment rates.
Companies continue to lay off employees, the suicide rate in society as a whole has increased, and we have entered the "lost decade" of long-term economic stagnation. People are under much greater life and psychological pressure than before.
"Don't Give Up" was released at the right time, inspiring many people and making sales explosion inevitable.
After "Shiratori Reiko" became a hit, Sakai Izumi's single "Don't Give Up" was officially released. It sold 192,000 copies in the first week and ranked second on the Japanese Oricon weekly song chart.
By the fourth week, it climbed to the top of the list with sales of 206,000 that week, becoming the champion single.
Six weeks after its release, sales exceeded one million copies, with final sales of 1.645 million copies, ranking sixth among Japanese single sales in 1993.
A newcomer, a single, became an instant hit, recreating the miracle of Nakamori Akina's debut.
The difference is that Yang Ye personally led Mingcai to make her debut back then, and she also went to major TV stations to participate in various variety shows to gain popularity.
But this time, Yang Ye did not appear. Not only did he not appear, even the singer of the song, Izumi Sakai, did not appear.
Everyone only knows that she is a very beautiful girl who sings rock music.
You must know that rock singers are generally men, and there are very few girls. This makes many boys and girls think she is cool, causing her popularity to skyrocket.
Many people hope to see Sakai Izumi on TV, but she just doesn't appear on TV.
If the audience wanted to see her, they had to buy her records. This had the opposite effect and left a good impression on everyone.
When Ai returned to the music store and saw that Sakai Izumi had become an instant hit, he was so excited that he wanted to urgently summon Sakai Izumi back to Tokyo to start activities, but Yang Ye refused.
Yang Ye asked Sakai Quanshui not to participate in any activities except for singing songs every now and then. This anti-routine gameplay has achieved very good results.
Ai Hui Music's Matsuura Katsuto, Komuro Tetsuya and others could only express their deep admiration, but they didn't expect that this would be possible.
Of course, although Sakai Spring Water does not show up in person, it actually does a lot of marketing.
Every time a new song is released, a lot of money is spent on promotion.
The more popular the song, the more mysterious the person becomes. Sometimes even frontal photos are not released, only a few silhouettes. The sense of mystery is overwhelming.
At this moment, the water of Sakai Spring, which is extremely mysterious to the Japanese people, is lying in Yang Ye's arms.
Where can I find any secrets in my body? (End of chapter)