Reborn Japan for entertainment

Chapter 459 THE SUNRISE TOUR
National, refers to the Tokyo National Stadium.

Completed in 1958, the Tokyo National Stadium is located in Kasumigaoka Town, Shinjuku District, Tokyo, Japan, and is also known as the Kasumigaoka Land Arena.

It is the most important sports venue in Tokyo and the home stadium of the Japanese national football team.

It is also a giant venue that can accommodate up to 9 people to watch games or concerts at the same time.

However, the word "National" is like a dream that will never come true for Japanese singers.

A gorgeous stage that is almost impossible to get on!
If the Budokan used to be a temple in the hearts of musicians, and they were all proud to hold a concert at the Budokan, then to them, holding a concert at the National Stadium is like a miracle of a castle in the air, and they dare not even think about it Thought.

Because, the National Stadium has an unwritten rule.

That is, only one group of singers can be on the national stage and hold a concert every year!
This makes the national status even more lofty.

You must know that many top singers, such as B'z, Mr. Children, GLAY, Ayumi Hamasaki, Hikaru Utada, etc., have not yet been able to make it to the national stage. . .

Since 2005, the Japanese group SMAP has become the first singer to be on the stage of the National Stadium!

The following year, SMAP once again held a concert in Guoli.

It wasn't until last year that the well-loved old group DREAMS COME TRUE interrupted SMAP's national three consecutive championships.

This year, Guoli sent an olive branch to THE SUN, who returned from the European and American music scene.

It is worth mentioning that there is also a small episode in this.

The Johnny idol group Arashi, which has never been popular, has finally become the overlord of the music world in addition to THE SUN in 2008 after the cooperation single with Kiyoshi Sakamoto and the popular IP "Boys Over Flowers" all over the country. !

The 2008nd single released on June 6, 25, the theme song "One Love" of the movie "Boys Over Flowers", under the influence of the continuous popularity of the movie, sold more than 22 copies in just two weeks!
Lan, who was gaining momentum, took advantage of the trend and released her 23rd single, the 4th double A-side single, "truth/to the other side of the wind" two months later.

Among the singles, "truth" is the theme song of the TBS Jinyao drama "The Devil" starring member Satoshi Ohno; "To the Other Side of the Wind" is the impression song of the 2008 Japanese TV program "BJ Olympics".

It may be the power of various TIE-UPs that caused the sales of this double A single to explode like a bomb!

The sales volume exceeded 20 copies on the first day alone, and exceeded 2 copies on the second day, surpassing the initial sales volume of the previous work and the previous work.It broke through 30 copies on the 4th day, and finally sold nearly 40 copies in the first week!

Like the previous work "One Love", the sales volume exceeded 50 copies in just two weeks, and until November, the cumulative sales volume had reached 11 copies.

It is also the only single in 2008 with cumulative sales exceeding 60 copies!
One can imagine how popular Lan was in the second half of 2008.

Therefore, with such a powerful Lan, Johnny saw a good opportunity to further support Hong Lan.

So, after the first dome tour, Johnny sent a request to the National Stadium.

Let Lan become the third singer to hold a concert at the National Stadium after SMAP and DREAMS COME TRUE!

However, the reply from the National Stadium made Johnny's president, Mr. Kitagawa, only sigh secretly.

Because, the reply from the national side is as follows:

"First of all, I would like to thank Johnny's firm for your kindness. However, our candidates for this year's concert have already been decided, so I am really sorry that I cannot use your firm's Lan..."

When Johnny asked who the candidate was, the name that the national side said was:

"THE SUN!"

That's right, for the National Stadium, the candidate for the annual concert invited is THE SUN, who has returned from the European and American music scene.

This kind of news also made Johnny, who was a little upset, die down in an instant.

"If it's THE SUN, then there's nothing I can do about it..." Mr. Kitagawa felt regretful in his heart.

Although, compared to THE SUN, Lan made his debut earlier and has more senior qualifications, and in 2008, he was almost the most shining star in the music scene.

However, it still can't hide the brilliance of THE SUN, which rushed out of Asia and went to the world.

If you use a metaphor to describe Lan in 2008, it is like the Big Dipper in the sky, the brightest star in the night sky;
But THE SUN in 2008 is the sun in the sky, shining on the earth, everywhere!
The difference between the two cannot be compared.

Therefore, in the face of the rejection from the national side, Johnny had no choice but to accept it.

After all, the opponent is THE SUN.

Wuzi Lan, who received the news, felt very regretful in his heart, but at the same time remained silent.

Speaking of which, the relationship between THE SUN and Arashi has obviously improved a lot since the private alliance between Sony Music and Johnny's.

The two groups sometimes even have a meal or something together.

However, in Lan Wu's opinion, THE SUN, a band that has been suppressing them since their debut, can be said to be the goal they have been chasing.

Although the gap is a bit big, they have never slowed down to catch up.

However, to their dismay, THE SUN has grown to the point where they need to look up in just a few years.

You know, they debuted five years earlier than THE SUN!
Originally, they started to take off this year, thinking about taking the opportunity to steal the limelight of THE SUN.

They are self-aware, and they didn't think about surpassing THE SUN in one fell swoop.

who knows. . .

Leaving aside THE SUN's stunning performance in Europe and America, the album sales of THE SUN alone have directly dampened the ambitions of the five of them!
Now, even the chance to be on the national stage has been cut off by THE SUN.

This feeling of powerlessness made Wuzi Lan feel very uncomfortable.

"It's not that our army is too incompetent, it's that the enemy is too powerful!!!"

Just when Sakurai Sho comforted the members, he said, "It's okay, it's okay, if you can't go to National University this year, then try to go next year! As long as we don't give up, we will surpass them sooner or later!"

"Yeah, Xiang is right, let's keep going!" Captain Satoshi Ono echoed.

"That's right, we never thought that we could surpass them all at once..." Aiba Masaki, the vitality agent in the group, showed a warm smile that made the female fans scream.

"However, we still have one thing this year that they failed to do..." At this time, Ninomiya Kazuya said with a proud face.

"What is it?" Several people focused their curious eyes on him.

"That is, we had a dome tour this year, and they didn't!"

"That's right, haha, finally there is one thing, we are better than them!" Matsumoto Jun said with a smile and clenched his fists.

"Haha, what NINO said is right, at least on the dome tour, we are one step ahead of them!" Sakurai Sho also cheered everyone up.

Suddenly, the five self-comforting people looked at each other and laughed like a patient in the late stage of the second disease. . .

However, just two days later, Sony announced that THE SUN will start its first dome tour "THE SUNRISE TOUR" in the next mid-November, which made Lan Wuzi instantly confused.

"What the hell is going on..."

(End of this chapter)