Chapter 746: A

The topic returns to the Tokyo Olympics.

For this grand event that was finally applied for, Japan invested huge manpower and material resources this time.

Just for the opening ceremony, it invested several hundred million US dollars.

As a country with world-class modern art attainments and world-class music and film, the whole world is actually very expectant.

And the Japanese government is also ambitious, wanting to take this opportunity to make a comeback.

The so-called comeback actually refers to the Tokyo Olympics held in 1964, after which Japan's economy took advantage of the Olympic wind to soar and entered a golden development period.

Ten years later, Japan's economy once had a shocking trend of catching up with Britain and surpassing the United States.

At that time, Japanese aunts could be seen buying and buying everywhere in European and American countries. These nouveau riche from Asia waved money that seemed to be endless, buying whatever they saw, and were extremely generous.

At the peak period, the Japanese even claimed they could buy New York, which shows how powerful the economy was and how inflated the mentality was.

However, there is a good saying in *Young and Dangerous*: "If you hang out, you will have to pay it back sooner or later."

Will the United States watch Japan return to the peak after being skinned and dismantled?

Obviously impossible.

The subsequent economic sanctions directly broke the backbone of Japan's economy.

With the rapid plunge of the yen exchange rate, the economic bubble that was originally a castle in the air was also pricked.

At that time, the stock market crashed, and there were countless people jumping off buildings.

I'm afraid that even if Luo Quan were put in that era to sing, she probably wouldn't be able to save that crazy society.

Because the damage caused to Japan after the economic bubble burst has not recovered until now. People in the first half of Heisei enjoyed themselves to the extreme, and people in the second half worked hard to pay off debts.

Fortunately, after half a century of suffering, Japan finally waited for the Olympics again.

Many Japanese believe that this is their opportunity to take off again.

The grandfather generation of the last century could do it, so there is no reason why they in this century cannot!

Gambling on national destiny is a common method used by Japan; its entire modern history is gambling on national destiny.

If it wins, it develops for decades and dominates Asia.

If it loses, the consequence is eternal damnation.

However, even so, they have never hesitated in this regard.

After all, resources are too scarce, and there is no other way but to gamble.

Therefore, despite the country's heavy debt and the new birth population hitting new lows every year, the government still puts all its energy into hosting this Olympic Games well.

As long as it is done well, maybe it will be another golden decade.

But if it is not done well, it will be the continuation of the "lost thirty years."

I remember that China gained huge influence in the world, also starting from the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

The economy and national strength also climbed step by step.

This is a very positive example.

The Japanese also want to achieve the same effect.

For this reason, they spent a lot of money, invited many people, and rehearsed quite a lot of programs.

What exactly it is is not yet known, but it will be known at this time next year.

As one of the first batch of invitees, Luo Quan originally had the opportunity to be the music director and creative director.

However, because of well-known reasons, Luo Quan chose to refuse and stay at home to enjoy life.

But she didn't do nothing. Besides writing a song, she also gave a suggestion to the Tokyo Olympic director team:

"Absolutely, definitely, must not bring out any art forms related to Japanese thriller. I won't say specifically which ones; you know it in your heart. In short, it is to make the scene sunny and positive.

If you really don't know how to do it, moving those game and anime characters to the opening ceremony to hold a two-dimensional carnival will be very interesting.

This is the cultural product with the most influence in Japan now; nothing else is as useful as this, and young people all over the world have a very high acceptance of these.

After all, the nickname 'Country of Two Dimensions' is not just for show."

Because she didn't think too carefully, Luo Quan's suggestion was actually relatively general, without specific details.

But there was actually no problem with the general direction.

Looking at Japan's cultural style, sometimes they always like to bring out some strange things on important occasions, making a group of viewers confused.

By comparison, although the history carried by the game and anime carnival is shorter, not as thick as China, but the popularity is high.

But anyone who plays electronic games, who doesn't know Super Mario or arcade games.

In the new century's game consoles, Sony and Nintendo are also two mountains that cannot be ignored.

Through these two platforms, too many excellent and classic works have been produced; just talking for a whole night wouldn't finish them.

If the second half of the last century was the era of film and music.

Then the first half of this century is undoubtedly the era of anime and games.

At least for young people, it is like this.

And in these two aspects, Japan has advantages that other countries cannot compare with at all.

Therefore, as long as the program design is centered on these two major elements, it will basically be stable.

As for the cultural thickness, it is indeed a bit worse.

After all, compared with China, all existing civilized countries in the world, count one by one, cannot be compared with China.

After all, it is the only ancient civilization that has not been interrupted, which is indeed unique in this regard.

As for whether it can reach the height of the 2008 Olympic opening ceremony, that is unknown.

The plan Luo Quan gave is not perfect; it can only be said to be a stable strategy that will not fail.

But whether Japan will adopt her opinion is hard to say.

Probably it shouldn't be.

After all, her current status is just an idler.

But after the release of the new album *Paprika*, it still received quite a lot of praise in Japan.

This kind of music sung entirely by children's voices hit the "cute point" in the hearts of the public. The melody of the song is also catchy, and the lyrics are positive and upward, belonging to a top-notch work among cheering songs.

Of course, compared with *Don't Give Up*, which she "single-handedly saved Japan's national destiny" back then, it is still a bit worse.

This song now has the status of a second national anthem in Japan. All elementary schools play it in a loop when holding sports meets. Although there is no mandatory requirement for students to learn it, most children can basically sing it, and even sing it more beautifully than the Japanese national anthem.

This matter also became an interesting topic on Twitter, and finally it was passed back to the country, attracting a lot of teasing.

Being able to produce such an effect is mainly because of the right time, place, and people, just catching up with such a time.

As the saying goes, "Times create heroes."

Luo Quan, this hero, was created under the crisis of "Japan Sinking" at that time.

Thinking about it now, it's really quite magical.

The new songs of the album have reached this point, basically satisfying the expectations of the fans who have been waiting for a long time.

It can't compare to the divine album *Coming-of-Age Ceremony*, but placed in the Japanese albums of these past two years, it is still the well-deserved number one.

Because it is too excellent, even though there are two songs left, this album has been designated as number one again, and it is estimated that it will receive soft awards at the Record Awards next year.

Since Luo Quan debuted, the music awards in China, Japan, and the United States have almost been monopolized by her, and she can sweep the army every year.

So much so that netizens jokingly said that Luo Quan going on stage to receive awards is like going home; they have never seen any singer more frequent than her.

To this, Luo Quan wanted to say: Actually, I also want to be low-key, but the conditions don't allow it.

Every time Luo Quan says this during a live stream, she will be scolded by fans for a while, saying she is shameless, getting cheap and selling well, and how capable she is.

But scolding is scolding. Once there is a little sound outside the station saying that Luo Quan receives awards too many times and doesn't leave opportunities for peers, the fans are absolutely intolerant and attack in groups.

Luo Bao can be scolded and teased by them, but outsiders absolutely cannot say half a bad word about her, especially this kind of accusation that makes no sense at all.

This extreme protection, added to the huge number of Luo Quan's fans, makes Luo Quan the most difficult star to provoke in the country.

And there is no one else!

Now there is no one in the entertainment industry who dares to provoke her. At most, there are a few young boys who can't withstand Luo Quan's temptation and muster the courage to chat her up when they finally have a chance to get close to her.

This situation has appeared many times, and Luo Quan and the fans have no opinion.

Yearning for beauty is human nature, as long as it is not too frequent.

And fans are also quite tolerant of such behavior.

Put yourself in their shoes and think about it. If they met Luo Quan, wouldn't they also be unable to hold back and want to go up to ask for an autograph and a photo?

After all, this is Luo Quan. Which boy can resist her temptation?

Therefore, in most cases, Luo Quan's fans still appear relatively gentle.

When Luo Quan live streams herself, she also often reminds fans not to "KY" (kill the atmosphere) in irrelevant places.

Her fame is already very high now. If they keep mentioning her everywhere, it will make passersby feel annoyed.

Many stars who are popular and purple start to turn from passersby to black fans like this.

Black fans cannot be completely eliminated, but she also wants to reduce the appearance of black fans as much as possible.

"Tonight, the last two songs of the album will be released. I will also hold a lottery in the live broadcast room. All fans in the live broadcast room have the opportunity to win a physical album of *New Style*, which contains one of my new photos. The total quantity is 1000, and it will be sent until it runs out."

Luo Quan said, setting up the lottery system.

As long as the audience has watched in her live broadcast room for more than one hour in total, they can participate in the lottery.

However, because it is a type of public welfare, in order to avoid the psychological gap of fans who didn't win, the photos here are not signed photos.

Her autograph is worth quite a lot of money now, and the market price is stable at around 50,000 US dollars.

And it varies according to the year of the signed photo.

For example, the signed photo of 16 is the rarest and most precious.

In the eyes of fans, it represents Luo Quan's most green and pure period, which is simply a priceless treasure.

Fans who can own Luo Quan's signed photo from this period are all hardcore old fans.

Currently, it is rare to see anyone selling it on the market; they are all showing off their signed photos to everyone.

Speaking of which, in Japan, where there is the largest number of signed photos in 16, there are thieves who specifically investigate the addresses of these people who post photos, and then go to their homes to steal.

TV Tokyo even specially produced a few programs to track and report the psychological changes of those Luo Quan fans who lost their property.

Most of the victims finally recovered their lost property, but there were still a few whose signed photos had already been sold abroad and could not be recovered.

After this happened, these fans once wanted to commit suicide.

Luo Quan heard about it and signed a few overnight and sent them over, so that these fans wouldn't think about it and see them on the rooftop directly.

By now, this kind of funny theft case happens relatively rarely.

It may also be related to the improvement of fans' safety awareness.

In short, there is no signed photo in this lottery.

And this time, getting a signed photo for the album depends entirely on luck.

Luo Quan signed 1,500 photos and randomly mixed them into the printed records. Anyone could buy them, which was considered relatively fair.

Soon, the lottery results came out.

Although it wasn't letting the audience participate in the lottery by sending barrage, the entire screen was still completely covered by dense text of various colors.

Even with Luo Quan's fan base, the barrage volume of ten thousand per minute was still a bit exaggerated, so much so that the live broadcast room appeared to lag.

After the lottery results came out, the vast majority were increasing the denominator for the winning probability.

But there is always a lucky person in this world.

"Congratulations to these 1,000 fans." Luo Quan pulled the list. "You should receive a station message soon. Everyone, fill in the address and contact information according to the prompts.

Only these two pieces of information. Others asking you to pay money, fill in bank card numbers, or ID numbers are all scams. Report them directly."

"How do you ensure you are not a scam?"

"Good guy, is this 'grass and trees are all soldiers'?"

"Correct, be careful of others, even Luo Bao cannot be completely trusted."

"My mother said that the more beautiful the goddess, the more she will lie."

"Yes, I once suspected that Luo Bao wanted to cheat my heart. (Shy)"

"Hello, I am Director Tong from Shanghai Psychiatric Hospital. How long have you had this symptom?"

"You guys want to laugh me to death, and then inherit my Huabei?"

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Although most didn't win the record, with this group of sand-sculpture netizens who are always playing tricks, joy always fills the live broadcast room.

In the conversation, the remaining two new songs of the album were finally released.

They were *Zenzenzense* and *Gunjo*.

The release of these two songs also made the evaluation of this album reach its peak tonight.

Luo Quan always likes to release big moves at the last moment, and this time was no exception.

The production of the two songs *Zenzenzense* and *Gunjo* was completely at the top level of current Japanese popular music.

The arrangement can be called a masterpiece.

"I feel that there must be an interesting story hidden behind the song *Zenzenzense*. I don't know if there will be a day when Luo Bao finishes telling this story."

Below the comment section of the new song, a fan said so.

People's intuition is sometimes so accurately terrifying.

As for whether to finish telling this story, Luo Quan felt that this opportunity would definitely not be missed. ===== CHAPTER 747 =====