Of course, Lin Junxiu knew who Akimoto Yasushi was referring to. Although in this plane, Lin Junxiu and Akimoto Yasushi teamed up to suppress Kubota Yasushi, Shiba Kotaro and others. But in the entire company, everyone is a minority, and the real

The major shareholders of the company are Sony, Toho, Dentsu and Kodansha. These four major shareholders collectively hold more than two-thirds of the shares. Basically, they have no problem if they want to announce the dissolution of the company.

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It's just that these four shareholders are like four clay statues of Bodhisattvas. Most of the time they support Lin Junxiu, but this premise is that Lin Junxiu can let everyone see the prospect of making money. If this debut single fails, Kubota Yasushiwa

If Shiba Kotaro proposes to make money through "water photos" and "little yellow songs", it is estimated that these four major shareholders will have a high chance of supporting them. After all, they are capital, and capital never treats people. They consider

It's always about how to make a profit.

Oricon statistics are released weekly while the Recording Industry Association of Japan releases them monthly; Oricon releases the sales data of the top 200 singles or albums in Japan, while the Recording Industry Association of Japan announces which records have sales of

Data on gold record, platinum record or million sales certification. Since AKB48's "Petals of Sakura" has only been released for a week, there is naturally no data from the Recording Association of Japan. The only data Vernalossom can expect is

Oricon.

Oricon's data will be published on the top 20 or top 30 through the magazine that is published every Tuesday. To see the sales data of all the top 200, you have to subscribe to their service from Ori, the parent company of Oricon. However,

As the publishing company of AKB48 records, Sony Music United Records has subscribed to Ori's paid service, so Vernalossom Club does not need to purchase it separately and can just wait for Sony Music United Records to fax the relevant data. Although there is no additional fee, it is still waiting.

It will take a little longer. After all, Sony Music United Records not only releases AKB48's records, but we also have to wait for others to check them out.

Not only the staff of Vernalossom Club became extra cautious under the low pressure of several big bosses, but also the regular members and alternates of AKB48 who were trained at Vernalossom Arts Academy became a little listless. Fortunately, the training teacher also

I knew what they were worried about, so I was very considerate and did not arrange any particularly complicated training, but just let them consolidate their previous training.

"Boss, the sales data is here!" Just as Lin Junxiu kept pouring boiled water for himself, his secretary walked in quickly with a fax. "The sales volume of AKB48's debut single in the first week has been surpassed by Sony's

I faxed it over!"

"Show me!" Lin Junxiu took the fax and felt relieved when he saw the two figures above. "The first-week sales according to Oricon were 70,000 copies. If we work harder, we can break through the gold record sales.

!”

Since the Japan Recording Association simplified the statistical standards in July 2003, the sales certification standards for singles have also dropped a lot. It used to take 200,000 copies to be certified as a gold record, but now there are only 100,000 copies. If AKB48 can complete the gold record within the month

With record sales, Lin Junxiu's voice in the entire club can be further amplified.

"Sony Music United Records shipped 100,000 records in the first week. It seems they still underestimated us a little." At this point, Lin Junxiu's lips turned up. "I'll inform the Arts Academy.

Let them also be happy, they have been worried for several days. In addition, I will inform Sony and let them prepare for the record to break through platinum sales. After all, we also sell discs in the theater."

The most criticized thing about Oricon is that it only counts the sales of its system alliance. Although this system alliance covers most record stores in Japan, supermarkets, retail stores, video stores, and future online stores are not included in the statistics.

For example, NEWS’s debut single “NEWS NIPPON” is only sold in 7-11 retail stores, so the Oricon chart does not include data on this album.

In the future, because AKB48 will have a lot of overseas sales and theater sales, these will be cut off by Oricon. It can be said bluntly that in the era when AKB48 was at its peak, Oricon would eat up at least 50% to 60% of their sales.

Because he knew Oricon was so deceptive, Lin Junxiu still reminded Sony to stock up.

Idol's records can usually only be sold for about a month, and if they can be sold for three months, they can go to the shrine to fulfill their wishes. If the sales of records cannot increase because the distribution company lacks stock, then there really is no place to cry.

After the secretary left, Lin Junxiu immediately sent an email to Qiu Yuankang who was outside. Soon, Lin Junxiu received a reply from Qiu Yuankang. Qiu Yuankang's joy was beyond words. After all, the two of them finally stood firm.

"Huh? Is it really 70,000? It's really great!" And at school, when the main members learned that their debut single had performed so well in the first week, the girl

They all shed tears.

For this sales, everyone is under too much pressure. Even though they debuted with resources like "Musi" and were bundled with the most popular Japanese drama this spring. But everyone knows that if their sales are not worthy of these

If we don't have enough resources, the entire entertainment industry will ridicule everyone to quit the industry. Fortunately, the sales volume is pretty good. Although there will definitely be a busier schedule next, everyone is very happy.

"Although the sales volume of 70,000 copies in the first week is worthy of congratulations, considering the resources the company has invested in everyone, this sales volume is not enough." Natsu Mayumi, who is in charge of training everyone, said to the group of girls who were crying or laughing.

, "So I hope you don't relax, it's time to see your abilities next! In addition, I have two pieces of news to inform you. One is that your second single is finally being planned. This is due to your hard work."

Please applaud yourself for the result.”

When the girls heard that they had a second single, they naturally clapped excitedly.

"Another news is that while you are preparing for your second single, the selection of AKB48's second trainee will also start simultaneously. Therefore, I want to remind you that if you think you can just hang around in the future, then the company has plenty of people to replace you.

your position."

Xia Zhenyong's words made the originally excited girls suddenly stunned.

"Of course, compared to the new girls in the future, the training you have received and the things you have experienced during this period will be your capital. As for how far you can use these capitals, that is your own ability.

.Okay, I’ll give you ten minutes to rest! In ten minutes, we will start dance training. Remember, your challenge is coming soon.”

After confirming the first-week sales of AKB48's debut single and arranging the subsequent publicity plan, Lin Junxiu finally walked out of the office and took a breath. There are several stairs from the office area on the ninth floor to the performance area on the eighth floor, and Lin Junxiu

Junxiu took one of the few stairs that are not open to the public today. The reason why these stairs are set up is to facilitate the office area to arrange people to come down and understand the needs of fans. Under Lin Junxiu's initiative, Vernalossom Club finally set up a special one to target and serve fans.

Fans department, one of the jobs of this department is to pretend to be fans and get inside the fans.

Lin Junxiu arrived at the eighth floor and saw that although it was not performance time, there were still many otakus who came here to visit. Some of them came to buy tickets. After all, online ticket buying is not popular now, and it is not so easy to make reservations by phone or email.

It is convenient, so many otakus choose to queue up and buy tickets on site. After buying the tickets, they take a walk around Akihabara to pass the time.

In the past, Japanese people looked down on otakus, but now many Akihabara merchants have discovered that otakus’ spending power is really amazing, so AKB48, which can attract a large number of otakus, is becoming more and more popular. As the Don Quixote closest to the AKB48 theater

De Department Store loves AKB48 so much that it even asked Vernalossom Club to do a joint promotion. If AKB48 becomes more famous, Don Quijote Department Store will probably be the first merchant to cooperate with them.

One of Lin Junsu's hobbies is to drink a cup of hazelnut latte at the AKB48 cafe, and this habit of Lin Junsu is also familiar to AKB48 fans. After all, Lin Junsu is one of the investors of AKB48, and fans still have a lot of affection for Lin Junsu.

Concerned. Originally fans were worried that Lin Junsu would imitate Yasushi Akimoto and attack idols, but during this period they discovered that Lin Junsu was basically the boss. Apart from the regular promotion of AKB48, Lin Junsu rarely had personal contact with the members.

Since you don’t covet my idol’s body, then we are good friends. So when Lin Junxiu drinks coffee in the coffee shop, many fans will say hello. Occasionally, he will meet a female fan of AKB48 and ask Lin Junxiu for help.

Take a group photo, after all, Lin Junxiu can be regarded as Johnny's idol.

"Lin Sang, this is your coffee." Just after Lin Junxiu finished greeting with a few fans, a girl brought Lin Junxiu's coffee over.

Normally, the people who work in the AKB48 cafe are members of AKB48 (including graduate students and candidates). But this girl is obviously not a member of AKB48, and there are not many members of AKB48 now, but Lin Junxiu can still recognize her.

.However, although she is not AKB48 now, Lin Junxiu knows that she will definitely be AKB48 in the future, and she will still be a very famous one.

Just why does she appear here? And why is she the one who happens to serve me? If a coincidence happens once, it can be said to be a coincidence, but if coincidences happen one after another, it is not a coincidence. What's more, in such a small coffee shop, it's okay if someone wants to interfere.

Very simple.

"I wonder what else Lin Sang needs? If not, then I will leave."

The girl's etiquette was perfect. Although her appearance was not as stunning as it would be in the future, she could already tell her general appearance. Lin Junxiu smiled and asked, "What's your name? Well, bring your agent to me tomorrow."

office, let’s chat.”

"I just work here, I don't have an agent!" the girl denied, but her eyes were a little flustered.

"It's okay, I don't mean to blame you." Lin Junxiu comforted, "In this circle, everyone will seize every opportunity. This is a quality worthy of Chen's praise, so I don't mean to criticize you in any way.

.But since someone has arranged for you to come here, he must want to meet me. Just tell him and let him come directly to see me."

"I understand." The girl bowed, "I'm really sorry, Lin Sang, we were presumptuous!"

Lin Junxiu waved his hand and let the girl leave. He knew that this girl was the only 1.5th generation student of AKB48 and one of the future "God Seven", Mariko Shinoda!

In her previous life, Shinoda Mariko also worked part-time at the AKB48 coffee house and met Akimoto Yasushi, and then entered AKB48's main selection as a "transfer student" under Akimoto's recommendation. This operation is actually a new step for AKB48's selection system.

It was a fatal blow. Fortunately, AKB48 was not very famous at the time, so it did not attract anyone's attention. In addition, Shinoda Mariko's business ability was outstanding, so this incident was forgotten by fans.

But what Lin Junxiu is curious about is, doesn’t anyone wonder about these things? Why did Mariko Shinoda appear in front of Yasushi Akimoto? Why did Yasumoto Akimoto make an exception for Mariko Shinoda? Of course, the most important thing is that since Mariko Shinoda’s business ability is already outstanding
Chapter completed!