Chapter 206 "Those Years" is about to be released

The roadshow of "Those Years" in Neon went very smoothly. Perhaps Xiao Baga learned from Xiao Xiba's lesson. There were no accidents during the five-day roadshow, which gave Cheng Cheng and others a very good experience.

By the way, the title of the drama "Those Years" in Japan is "あの晃, 心就いかけた". It was also remade in Japan in the previous life, with Saito Asuka as the heroine. This version is also included in Cheng Cheng's gift package.

Therefore, Cheng Cheng is relatively confident about whether Japan can accept the plot of "Those Years".

In the past five days, his book fans have come to him every day with copies of "The Little Prince" to ask for his autograph.

In Japan, 30% of Cheng Cheng's fans are book fans, 20% are movie or TV series fans, 20% are song fans, and the remaining 30% are fans of his looks and other types of fans.

It can be said that book fans account for a large part of Cheng Cheng's fans. Cheng Cheng carefully signed his name for every fan who came to him for an autograph:

Sign it once in Chinese, then sign it once in Japanese.

According to the available information, Cheng Cheng has no experience of formally studying Japanese, but his Japanese proficiency, whether in writing or listening and speaking, is very high, which can only be attributed to the fact that he learned it privately.

Therefore, the Japanese media highly praised him, thinking that Cheng Cheng respected Japanese culture very much, had very high quality and professional ability, and was a very good artist. The Japanese people also liked Cheng Cheng more and more.

This trip to Japan has gained Cheng Cheng a lot of fans.

On the last day in Neon, Cheng Cheng and others had dinner with the staff of Neon's distributor, including Watanabe Rikiya and Goto Risa.

During these five days, Watanabe Rikiya and Goto Risa attended the entire event and performed very hard. They danced and sang in every show, sang together with fans, and interacted with them, calling on everyone to watch "Those Years".

After learning a little more, Cheng Cheng finally understood why they insisted on going on the roadshow with them.

For Japanese artists, their first step usually starts with small offline theaters.

Some live houses active in Shibuya, Shinjuku and other places have attracted countless young boys and girls who want to become famous to perform. These places can accommodate dozens of people at most, and some do not even have seats, so all the audience have to stand and watch the performance.

For example, Japan’s national idol AKB48 also debuted in a theater in Akihabara, and later held performances almost every day.

Many people who don't know the situation think that AKB48 has only 48 members, but in fact, there are already 660 active members under AKB. So it is really difficult to make a name for yourself in the Japanese entertainment industry.

Risa Goto is a member of such an idol group, and because she is still a minor, she is accompanied by her parents to every performance.

Watanabe Rikiya started out as a model. Since the threshold for becoming a Japanese model is quite low, he was able to easily squeeze into the circle and gain a certain degree of fame, but the road ahead became difficult.

The Japanese entertainment industry is a small circle for self-entertainment. Not many foreign stars can squeeze in. Cheng Cheng is a very special and rare one among them. There are hundreds of media present on a small roadshow stage, which is more than the audience in small theaters such as live houses.

Therefore, Watanabe Rikiya and Goto Risa especially cherished this opportunity and performed very hard. When Cheng Cheng and Yan Gou'er were interviewed, they also got some shots. After five days, a small number of people began to inquire about who they are, and some of them became fans.

"In the future, please invite Cheng Sang to Japan more often. We Japanese people love Cheng Sang very much." Sato Takeru toasted Cheng Cheng.

Cheng Cheng said: "I will bring more works in the future."

Kenichi Sato: "At this age, Cheng Sang has already produced a lot of works, as numerous as the stars. In the future, Cheng Sang will definitely become a dazzling East Asian superstar."

After he finished his toast, he asked Goto Risa and Watanabe Riki to toast Cheng Cheng. Cheng Cheng stopped him and said, "No, underage people should not drink."

After that, he added: "Mr. Sato, you should be more careful in the future. It is very bad to persuade minors to drink. This is our responsibility as practitioners in the entertainment industry."

Kenichi Sato's expression froze.

Risa Goto shrank her head, fearing that Kenichi Sato would vent his anger on her, and was also shocked by Cheng Cheng's bluntness.

In fact, she was asked by Kenichi Sato to toast with others more than once, because there was nothing she could do about it. The Japanese entertainment industry has a strict hierarchy and is a complex society with intricate human relationships that suppresses human nature the most.

But this was the first time this was brought up, and even Kenichi Sato was criticized.

Kenichi Sato's expression changed several times before finally returning to normal.

He forced a smile and apologized sincerely:
"Cheng Sang, you are right. I was negligent in this. I am really sorry. I will pay more attention in the future to make sure that something like this does not happen again."

He added, "Watanabe is not a minor. He is already 20 years old. Let Watanabe toast you. Cheng-san, you are a great director. You may have plans to film in Japan in the future. If you need Japanese actors, please consider Goto and Watanabe. In addition, we have active artists in our agency, of all types."

Upon hearing this, Watanabe Rikiya immediately stood up, holding the wine glass in both hands, and toasted Cheng Cheng very respectfully:
"Director Cheng, I have always admired you. This glass of wine is for you."

"Well, it's been hard these past few days."

After dinner, Cheng Cheng left the contact information of Watanabe Rikiya and Goto Risa.

The next day, they rushed to Tyrande. After the five-day roadshow in Tyrande ended, it was already September 9th. After returning to China, Cheng Cheng and his team immediately started roadshows in the three cities of Imperial Capital, Magic Capital, and Guangzhou.

At the same time, domestic public opinion has been quite lively during this period.

"Singer 2022" has aired two more episodes since Xi Xiang successfully announced the winner.

In the seventh episode, Xi Xiang covered Cheng Cheng's "Moonlight Serenade" (the fourth episode of "Masked Singer") and won first place, and Xu Lin covered Cheng Cheng's "The Wind Rises" and won second place.

In the eighth episode, Xi Xiang won the first place again by singing Cheng Cheng's "Fukua". This "Fukua" was not the version by Eason Chan, but the version by Lin Zhixuan. Xu Lin sang the song that appeared in "Love Apartment", Stefanie Sun's "Tears Become Poems", and won the second place. (In the third episode of Love Apartment, Yifei found a note with strange poems in the trash can. She associated Ziqiao's recent abnormal behavior and couldn't help but feel worried. She determined that Ziqiao suffered from depression caused by emotional frustration. But in fact, it was just a note with lyrics written on it).

In these two episodes, Cheng Cheng did not give them two new songs, but Xi Xiang and Xu Lin unexpectedly dominated the charts because the effects brought by these songs were definitely no worse than those of new songs.

First of all, "Moonlight Serenade" and Xi Xiang are so suitable for each other, as if they were tailor-made for each other. Xi Xiang's restrained singing style and the lyrics of "Moonlight Serenade" are a perfect match made in heaven, and it sings out a grace and affection that even Cheng Cheng has never had; "The Wind Rises" is the first time it has been covered, and it is also very suitable for Xu Lin's voice, as if there was born to be a female version; there is no need to say much about "Fukua", the lyrics of Lin Zhixuan's version have been completely changed, and it has become another song, which is completely created for Xi Xiang; the most exciting one is "Tears Become Poetry", although this song has appeared in "Love Apartment", there is no complete version, and although fans and drama fans have called on Cheng Cheng countless times to let him release the complete version, he has never done so. This time, he brought it out on the singer's stage, which is nothing short of a blockbuster easter egg.

"The Singer 2022" has been dominated by Cheng Cheng's songs. If Xiangjiang Satellite TV does not take other measures, I'm afraid that the Singer will really be a wedding dress for Cheng Cheng.

At the same time, during this period, two stars in the domestic entertainment industry had their reputations ruined for different reasons. One star caused major controversy, and a drama flopped so badly that no one even recognized him... It was very exciting.

Finally, time moved forward and it came to the day before the release of "Those Years".

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