Chapter Thirty-Four Half a Person

  A fortune-telling episode left to Sakai Izumi was a few words that couldn't guess the true situation at all. Soon, Sakai Izumi forgot these things in her mind. What really made her think of Lao Dao again and feel some creepy feeling was that she finally met that person a week after meeting Lao Dao.

  Osamu Nagata, a name that even Japanese people rarely know, but he brought up big-name singers like B'z. This gold medal producer and entrepreneur took notice of her and brought her to his company, and is going to produce music for her!

  A few days ago, she was just a third-rate artist in the Japanese entertainment circle who took risqué photos and could only entertain people with her sex appeal. A few days later, however, she became a contracted singer of a well-known company in the industry?

  Are human experiences so magical?

  Especially in these few days, he was also calculated to have such a strange fate?

  Sakai Izumi was frightened, for the old Taoist's prophecy that she would soon meet the first important person in her life had really come true! That is to say, if the old Taoist was really so accurate, then the second prophecy...!?

  What's with this half-person! Where did this half-person come from!?

  Sakai Izumi thought of going back to find that old Taoist priest, but how could she possibly find him? When she arrived at the fortune-telling location on that day, she was informed by nearby residents that there had never been any fortune-telling Taoist priests here, and that house had not been inhabited for decades!

  At this time, Sakai Izumi was finally scared, she had a feeling of seeing a ghost in broad daylight.

  From 1990 to 2000, she never gave up searching for the old Taoist priest, and her efforts to find even a single clue led her to secretly visit China several times in search of the truth about the old Taoist priest in her memory.

  But she never found any clues until ten years had passed and it was 2000.

  Ten years was enough time for Sakai Izumi to think through many things, and she had basically given up on searching for the old way. She rarely thought about that so-called half-person, what did it represent? In the old way's words, having only half of oneself meant a 50% chance of meeting this half-person, but what did this half-person mean? Did being half-Japanese mean being mixed-blood? Sakai Izumi had been pondering this for ten years.

  Until this day, he really met half a person.

  Sakai Izumi felt as if there was a mysterious fate at work, and in her life, over the past decade, she had actually met many mixed-blood children of Japanese descent, but none of them had ever given her any special thoughts. However, this all changed when she met the person in front of her, and she felt that this young brother, who was only in his teens, seemed to be that very half-person!

  Perhaps this is a connection brought from blood ties, or perhaps women really have a sixth sense. Or perhaps all of this was just her grasping at a straw that may not be useful after making no progress in 2000 years. But the result was that Sakai Izumi nodded seriously at Zhou Xiao, she wouldn't let him go, she had already let that old Daoist get away once, and this time with Zhou Xiao, she wouldn't miss the opportunity again.

  Sakai Izumi seemed to be lost in thought, and Zhou Xiao and Kawashima were both taken aback for a moment. Suddenly becoming distracted while talking is undoubtedly very rude, but the two people didn't think Sakai Izumi was that kind of person at heart, so they believed that Izumi must have thought of something important. Therefore, the two people tacitly did not interrupt her and instead started to enjoy the delicious food in front of them.

  At last, Sakai Izumi's eyes cleared up again: "Sorry, I suddenly thought of something."

  She apologized at once.

  "It doesn't matter, let's continue," said Zhou Xiao.

  "Before discussing the contract, I have a question that must be clarified, is that little love song really written by you?" Sakai Izumi asked.

  "Yes." At this time, Zhou Xiao couldn't say yes, what else could he say?

  "It's really strange..." Sakai Izumi thought for a moment and looked at Kawashima beside her, feeling somewhat perplexed.

  "What's wrong?"

  "That day I heard your song, Kawashima also called me at the same time you were singing and expressed his doubts. We thought that with your current level, to be able to create a song like this... is really amazing and not easy." Sakai Izumi trailed off, seemingly wanting to say more.

  Zhou Xiao was also startled by Quan Shui's words and only then did he remember that there seemed to be a problem that had been overlooked.

  That's how he cultivated his musical talent, and later on, if he wanted to establish AKB, what would he need to do?

  Don't think that just anyone can write a song, it's almost impossible. Without years of musical training and influence, the songs you write will seem like doggerel to professional musicians. It's not that there aren't geniuses - there are indeed talented people in this world. For example, MONGOL800, which was formed in 1998, was just a high school band at the time, but they managed to create a hit song "Little Love" in 2001 that sold millions of copies. However, the spark of inspiration doesn't last forever, and their subsequent songs were unable to reach the same level.

  Tsutomu ōdaka, Misato Nakajima, Keisuke Kuwata, Kazumasa Oda, those who can create excellent songs for decades like these four are rare geniuses with years of effort and fiery passion.

  Zhou Xiaoming understood Sakai Izumi's intention, the song "Small Love" was created by an 18-year-old kid, no matter how talented this kid is, it's probably still need a lot of coincidence to make it possible.

  But for Zhou Xiao, the problem is that if you're a genius, creating an immortal song is normal, but his original intention was to compose songs with Akimoto Yasushi writing lyrics, and even some important songs he wrote himself. Thinking this way, from now until 2014, he would have to produce several hundred or thousand songs, and Akimoto Yasushi would be vomiting blood from writing so many lyrics. If he really dared to do this, probably the whole of Japan wouldn't believe these were his independent creations.

  It's simple: creating a masterpiece is proof of your genius, but if you create hundreds of songs year after year that are catchy and even surpassing in quality, even if they deviate from some musicality, it's somewhat exaggerated.

  If you were truly proven to have a musical talent that surpasses others and also possess boundless energy, then Japan's Zhou Xiao, who had no professional music training since childhood, would likely be unbelievable to many musicians.

  "It seems that after earning the first pot of money, while accumulating wealth, I should also learn music and film... These two things are not something you can do without a foundation, only when you've learned enough can you confidently create works and shoot films..." Zhou Xiao silently decided in her heart.

  "The process of writing this song was actually quite simple, the inspiration came and it was finished quickly, but after that I tried to write many more songs, yet very few could reach this level," said Zhou Xiaodao.

  "It was like this after all..." Sakai Izumi nodded thoughtfully, perhaps it could be passed off somehow.

  "After you sign with our company, I won't rush you to release a song. I'll tell the boss to find some teachers for you and have you take some music courses first. Once you've learned enough, we can consider..." said Sakai Izumi.

  "Uh... Spring Water Sister." Zhou Xiao interrupted her.

  "Really?"

  "This... actually I haven't thought it through yet whether or not to join the company." Zhou Xiao said with some difficulty.

  After recognizing Sakai Izumi, Zhou Xiao fell into a struggle, because the temptation brought by the conditions on the opposite side was too great.

  What company is Izumi Sakai from? The name of the company is Being, and people who are new to the Japanese entertainment industry may not have heard of it, but in reality, this is a super company that is no less legendary than Izumi Sakai himself, especially between 1990 and 2000.

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