[Article] J-pop queen popular in Shanghai, China

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Music queen Ayumi Hamasaki, in Shanghai maintain security worth a royal empress!

By: Takako Huang

On October 18, the Shanghai concert will be held in a bigger league and scale than last year. Music queen Ayumi Hamasaki arrived China on October 13, to rehearse and shoot the MV-round for her new exclusive song, not yet named.

After 10 years in the spotlight Hamasaki still holds Japan's number one diva status, now in 2008 her status in Asia is sky-rooking. She is always surrounded by fans, giving her massive support. Her agency Avex Trax hired 30 guards to secure her stay in Shanghai this week, mainly past military. In her native country only the Japanese emperor family can match this high value of security.

But in the arrival of the airport lobby, Hamasaki was greeted by only smiling and enthusiastic fans, with homemade signs, posters and gifts., In return Hamasaki showed them friendly attitude , signing autographs and shaking hands.

In Shanghai Hamasaki will be shooting a brand new high value MV, especially focused to attract China's youngsters and the Asian market. The MV will focus on the original atmosphere of China in the early 40's, with an emotion and fragile plot. The MV will maintain a high budget, with production cost of more than $1,600,000 and can be compared to the level of her 2005 summer hit fairyland produced at Hawaii U.S.

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