Chapter 189, East Egg, the apex of AKB
2o12 August 24, Tokyo Dome.
Tens of thousands of spectators entered the venue early, and many people had even been waiting outside for the whole day just to enter the venue early.
Just afternoon, hundreds of staff and hundreds of security guards had already started working to prepare for the next grand event.
At this time, Uesugi Soyuki and Kitagawa Kenji also entered the venue.
Looking around, Uesugi Soyuki also sighed that the Tokyo Dome is really worthy of its reputation. This gymnasium with 55, ooo seats (45ooo seats, others are floating seats) has always been an important basis for whether artists are top-notch and whether they are generally recognized in Japan.
Of course, the same thing is true. The artists of Johnnie are not counted. On December 22, 2oo7, the Japanese popular boy group hey!say!jump held a debut concert at the Tokyo Dome. The average age is 15.2 years old, becoming the youngest singer in the history of the Tokyo Dome.
The J family and Dongdan are basically of binding nature.
Of course, due to its universality (that is, most Korean pop artists are a group of people) and cheapness (that is, the artists' share is very low and cheap), it is easier for Japanese artists to perform on Dongdan.
In fact, the Tokyo Dome is not unattainable as everyone imagines. That is, as long as you can afford to pay, rent a venue, and then don’t go against the Johnnys office, you can go to the Dongdan to perform. From this perspective, it seems easy to get to the Dongdan.
Since the O9 year, the Korean pop began to invade Japan, more and more Korean pop artists have been able to play Dongdan in recent years. This year, nearly 50% of Korean pop artists have been singing in Dongdan. However, Uesugi Soseok knows that the good days of Korean pop are coming to an end. To this day, Japanese citizens have actually become tired of the excessive promotion of Korean pop culture. The relationship between Japan and South Korea has reached a deadlock due to diplomatic issues. Therefore, in addition to a few Korean groups that have opened up, there are also s.m companies that can obtain channels through Aihui Records, other Korean groups will be more difficult to do in Japan.
But this has nothing to do with me... Uesugi Soyuki turned his attention back to the Tokyo Dome in front of him.
On the surface, it seems easy to climb Dongdan, but for many artists, if you climb Dongdan, you fail to get the attendance rate to at least 90%, especially if you can't even finish for 40,000 people, that is a very, very failure, very embarrassing situation, and will be ridiculed by everyone and nailed to the pillar of shame. Therefore, even if you have money to get artists to go to Dongdan, the firm and artists will consider themselves, can you fill this venue with 55,000 people (adding and decreasing seats depending on the situation) or even more capacity?
For many artists, Dongdan is not the end point. The real peak is the National Arena, which can accommodate at least 80,000 people in the Tokyo National Arena. For example, since 2008, Lan has held concerts at the National Arena for four consecutive years. However, for female idols, being able to hold concerts at Dongdan is already the peak.
Of course, the technical otak remembers that akB later held a concert at the National Arena...
However, Dongdan in 12 years was the real peak of AKB. Until the end of the memory of the technical otakus, even with the momentum of Nana Hashimoto's ungraduated single sales barely reached a million, Nogizaka 46 was still a little different from singing in Dongdan.
"Zongxue, the concert will take some time, let's have something to eat first." Kitagawa Kenji took a few lunch boxes from the staff and took one for Uesugi Sosei.
"No need...you eat!" Uesugi Soxue smiled and shook her hand.
Kitagawa Kenji didn't think much about it, and started to sniff his head and started to eat.
After taking him, he had not eaten a few bites, several waiters wearing delivery clothes were jogging over after negotiating with the staff: "Hello, Mr. Uesugi, the delivery service we provided for you in Xuxuyuan has arrived."
After saying that, the waiters set up iron plates on site and started making dishes.
"Well..." Uesugi Soxue called Akimoto Yasushi. Soon, wearing a black suit, fat, with a dull expression but couldn't stop being excited, Fei Qiu appeared.
Seeing this, Fei Qiu was not polite. He sat down and ate with Uesugi Soxue: "Uesugi, I really want to do it."
"Teacher Akimoto, you have to be polite. I ordered a luxurious package for four people." Uesugi Soyuki said with a smile.
"Bao, bah, bah!" Kitagawa Kenji quickly spit out the dishes in his mouth, put the lunch box aside, and sat down to eat together.
"Can you add me one?" Togazaki Togazaki also appeared. The middle-aged man with dark skin and strong figure seemed to smell the fragrance of food and walked over to the smell.
Soyuki Uesugi naturally didn't care, so the four of them sat down to have a meal together. It was obvious that Hikiki and Kitagawa Kenji were both fine. Togazaki Tomonobu was really tired, so he ate without hesitation.
After the four of them ate a little, Togazaki Toshinobu immediately said that he was still busy and was about to leave. Akimoto Yasuki stood beside Uesugi Soyuki: "Uesugi, look, akB, has already climbed the East Egg!"
"Yes... it took almost seven years." Uesugi Soyuki said, with a very emotional expression.
This is Akimoto Yasushi's victory. As the creator of akB48, he created a brand new idol concept with his own strength, then established an idol family, and finally sent it to Dongdan.
Those who once questioned Feiqiu and those who once looked down on this idol model all closed their mouths. Feiqiu once again proved that he was a well-deserved gold medal producer in the field of female idols.
He has successfully established an idol industry chain that can create 200 billion yen worth every year. As the leader of this industry chain, he has established his position in the art world in one fell swoop.
"The theater is really close to 183om's dream, only 183om, but it took us seven years to get on board this place." Fei Qiu looked a little moved, and he looked at the huge stage and said nothing for a long time.
Kenji Kitagawa was also moved. The second son of Sony Music chairman, who joined AKS after graduation, has been working for several years. He has been watching the AKB exhibition, from childhood to becoming increasingly sluggish, to the darkest moment of losing the record company. Then he suddenly resurrected with "Diamond Loud" and embarked on the road of Fusuo, a national idol. The concerts ranged from the Japanese Youth Hall, to the Seibu Dome, Saitama Arena, and then to the Tokyo Dome.
The girls of akB48 walked into this place step by step.
What is condensed is the sweat and tears of countless girls.
Uesugi Soxue looked at Fei Qiu next to her with a deep sense. Unlike many fans who imagined that he had established a 48 family by himself, the technical lord knew that he could not leave Fei Qiu alone. Only Fei Qiu had the ability to gather these connections, these resources, and these girls with different personalities and talents through this special means. He himself could not achieve Fei Qiu's level at all, let alone the lyrics of two hundred lyrics a year, more than a dozen program plans, and countless personnel and resources were mobilized.
After talking to Akimoto Yasushi, Taiqiu began to try and ask: "Look, Uesugi, akB has already done this to this extent, if I proposed Jpn..."
"Teacher Akimoto...isn't it the time to talk about this matter or the occasion, right?" Uesugi Soxue deliberately looked around and Yasushi Akimoto thought about it, and then stopped talking, saying that he had something to do, so he proposed to say goodbye.
Uesugi Soyuki and Kitagawa Kenji looked at each other, and they both knew that there were so many people here that they were not talking. The two began to quietly wait for the start of the concert.
As night falls, the lights are on, tens of thousands of fans have all entered the venue, and the concert is about to begin.
In the center of the concert, a huge screen lit up, and countless fans in the audience were sensational. They all raised their glow sticks in their hands and shouted loudly.
“a,k,B,48!”
"Hey! Hey! Hey!" The fans of the audience waved the glow stick in their hands and responded loudly.
"Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!" The huge screen opened from the middle, and countless steel bar brackets were divided into small pieces. Among each piece, there was a girl wearing a red leather dress and red leather boots.
Six rows, countless columns and countless small squares, are extremely spectacular from a distance, giving people a strong sense of visual oppression.
akB This is to express his meaning: "Tokyo Dome, we are here!"
Then, the square made of steel bar brackets was opened from it, and the lights began to dim now.
“areyouready?”
“are!you!Ready???”
Dong! The audience sounded and the lights rang out. The familiar music came from it, which made many old fans who had followed this group since its inception.
"Party!party!" Six girls ran out from the middle, wearing pink and navy plaid uniforms, black puffy skirts, black stockings and black uniform boots, tied with large navy berry head flowers, and made their debut.
"Hina Koshima, Tomomi Ono, Takahashi Minami, Atsuko Maeda, Nakaki Nakaki, Mariko Shinoda..." Uesugi Soyuki was silently recited.
All of these people are first-stage students (Mariko Shinoda is actually in the 1.5th period, which means they are recruited in additional terms, but they are generally considered first-stage students). They are almost the entire Yuan A.
It has brought countless brilliant, Yuan A.
"Party! Everything is left behind~"
"Party! Let your body move!"
This song was sung by AKB when she debuted, and the first song "Party Begins!", "Party Begins".
At the beginning, they could only perform this song in a theater with two large pillars that supported the pillars that blocked the view. The first performance opened to the public (actually the second one, because the first one was only open to the media and journalists) had only seven audiences, and the number of girls was even more than twice as many as the number of audiences.
But now, they sang the first song of this debut performance at the Tokyo Dome.
Now, forty-eight,528 audiences are watching their performances, and more than 840,000 people are trying to buy tickets to this concert.
Chapter completed!