"This should be the first time we hold an operations meeting after AKB48 released their debut single." As the chief operating officer, Lin Junxiu naturally sat in the chair of the conference room and spoke.

In Vernalossom Club, the Operations Meeting and the Operations Conference are two meetings of different scales. The Operations Meeting is the top management meeting that actually handles AKB48’s daily affairs. It can usually be held with Yasushi Akimoto or Junsu Lin present. And between Junsu Lin and Akimoto

With Kang's tacit understanding, the operations meeting has gradually eclipsed the operations conference. In fact, the operations conference is more like the board of directors of Vernalossom Corporation. Not only Yasushi Kubota, Kotaro Shiba and others will participate, but even Sony, Toho and others will participate.

People will also send representatives.

"First of all, I will announce some operating data. Although the debut single "Sakura Petals" is currently the runner-up on the Oricon Chart for three consecutive weeks, the sales recognized by the Oricon Chart have almost exceeded the double platinum sales; at the same time, we have won the 2018 Gold Medal Award from the Recording Industry Association of Japan.

The shipment sales volume is also certified to reach triple platinum. Although it is relatively difficult for this single to achieve one million sales certification within the year, there is still great hope to achieve it within two years. In addition to the excellent performance of the single, we

The average attendance rate of theater performances has reached about 45%; and in the nights after our certification ceremony, the seats were full for three consecutive nights, and the attendance rate thereafter was also above 70%. Finally, in terms of peripheral sales, related

For detailed data, please read the briefing we sent to you.”

AKB48's sales and other operating data are indeed gratifying, especially since everyone did not have high expectations, AKB48 gave everyone a complete surprise.

After announcing the operating data, Lin Junxiu continued, "Secondly, AKB48's second single and second audition are being planned. After that, everyone is asked to coordinate more resources."

When this request was made, everyone naturally smiled and agreed. If idols can make money, everyone is still willing to spend resources. Regardless of how much the resources are quoted, if they are not realized, they are worthless.

After announcing these two news, Lin Junxiu said the most important proposal of this conference, "According to my discussion with Mr. Akimoto, AKB48 will maintain the frequency of auditions twice a year in the future, during summer vacation and spring break.

Held. Therefore, the number of AKB48 members will expand rapidly in the recent period, which will also cause a huge burden on our operations. Therefore, we want to set up sub-units and limited combinations within AKB48, and we will also add other regions to

The regional sister group planning has been listed as a priority plan in the near future. Because it is related to the operation strategy of the entire project, we specially held this operation meeting to listen to everyone's opinions and see if there are any good suggestions that can be incorporated.

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"The squad will be a permanent internal sub-group of AKB48 and other sister groups, mainly grouped according to the personalities of the members. If the members' personalities later change or we think the members' personality needs to be changed, then we can still make arrangements.

"Akimoto Yasu continued.

Akimoto Yasushi actually knows AKB48 better than Lin Junxiu, so after learning about Lin Junxiu's idea, he immediately came up with a plan that was relatively easy to implement.

"In the future, AKB48 may set up four teams: Team A, Team K, Team B and Team 4, and more may be set up in the future. We will gather girls with the same personality into one group, for example, in a sports style.

We will put the girls in Team K. The future Team K will use "vitality" as its selling point, and the songs and dances arranged for them will be more difficult; and the girls who have a younger sister style will be placed in Team B, and then Team B will

With 'cute' as the selling point, the songs arranged for them are in a kawaii style... and so on.

It needs to be emphasized that there is no difference between the main players and the alternates among these four groups. Even if they arrange a performance, they will receive exactly the same resources. The limited group is not necessarily limited. This will be arranged according to the needs of our operations or fans, and the number of people

No. Whether the limited group will be assigned songs, or even get the chance to release a single, will all depend on the ultimate popularity of the limited group. This is our current thinking."

Even people like Yasushi Kubota who attended the meeting had many years of business experience, so they quickly understood the meaning behind Junxiu Lin and Yasushi Akimoto's words. Now that the main brand AKB48 is developing well, we plan to make a few subtitles in the future.

Try the brand, do you agree? Everyone is in the entertainment industry, and we all know that for idol groups, Wei fans always have the largest number, followed by CP fans, and finally the poor Tuan fans.

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Usually, only fans and CP fans will also support the group's singles; but if it is an album or peripherals, the mobilization rate of only fans and CP fans is very low. Therefore, small teams and limited groups are good stimulation tools

, prompting these non-fans to spend money to buy more peripherals. Because everyone understood it quickly, the relevant proposals were quickly passed at the operation meeting. AKB48 is now on the rise, so everyone is friendly

Woolen cloth.

After internal discussion and decision-making within Vernalossom Club, Yasushi Akimoto announced the relevant news on behalf of the operation on a certain AKB48 performance stage. Although there was controversy among fans regarding the formation of Team A and Team K, fortunately it did not cause any controversy.

The entire fan base rioted. Driven by network operators, fans focused on the future members of Team A and Team K. But Lin Junxiu also thought of a question at this time,

That is, the members known as the "God Seven" are still short of Oshima Yuko and Watanabe Mayu. In particular, Oshima Yuko can be regarded as one of the core figures in the early days of AKB48, and is considered to be

The soul of Team K, so Lin Junxiu is thinking about where she is now.

Yuko Oshima is a quarter of European and American descent, which makes her appearance quite advantageous in the Japanese entertainment industry. In addition, Yuko's mother has the dream of being a "star mother", so Yuko Oshima entered film and television at a very young age.

Circle. Although Oshima Yuko's works as a child star are not many, they are all quite important. She has played the childhood roles of such big actresses as Wakui Eimi, Nakama Yukie, and Sato Aiko.

Popular TV series such as "The Western Confectionery Shop". However, Oshima Yuko did not enjoy it. On the contrary, her career as a child star made her realize that she likes to take care of others, which prompted Oshima Yuko to plan to quit the entertainment industry.

Be a social worker.

However, according to her past life experience, Oshima Yuko has not really left the entertainment industry at this time. She should now be a member of the female idol group Doll's Vox, which is produced by Toshihiko Takamizawa. Doll's Vox is a group similar to HP.

Girl groups mainly select members through TV programs and gain popularity through TV programs. This is the traditional model for cultivating Japanese girl idol groups. Of course, Doll's Vox is not a big-name group, so they will definitely not arrange for online broadcasts.

The main event stage was a satellite TV program on Fuji TV 2, a subsidiary of Fuji TV, so it was not well-known. It only released one single before disbanding. The group originally had 22 members, but in the end only Oshima Yuko was left.

Ririka Yokoyama and Manyo Kobayashi were accepted by other groups, and the remaining members basically said goodbye to their dreams of stardom.

Oshima Yuko was lucky enough to eventually join AKB48 and become a treasure among the second-generation students. The group that Kobayashi Manao later joined disbanded after just one year, and she said goodbye to the entertainment industry. And that group is not even Chinese, it is estimated that it is even Japanese.

I don’t know. Rurika Yokoyama is quite lucky. The “Beautiful Donut” she joined has been in the Japanese entertainment industry for almost 10 years, and has even come to Taiwan to hold concerts.

"If I remember correctly, Doll's Vox is currently mainly operating under Fuji TV, right?" Lin Junxiu muttered as he drove to Fuji TV's headquarters in Odaiba.

The shape of Fuji TV's headquarters is so unique that it is considered a landmark building in Tokyo. After arriving at Fuji TV, Lin Junxiu contacted the management he was familiar with and learned that Doll's Vox's program was held in a relatively remote place.

Recorded in the studio. At this time, Doll's Vox has begun to decline, and the TV program they participated in has been moved from the late night time slot of Fuji Channel to Fuji TV 2. After listening to this person's introduction, Lin Junxiu was quite satisfied

I sympathize with Oshima Yuko. After all, she was famous as a child star, but she didn't expect her transformation into an idol during her teenage years to be such a failure. It's no wonder that she once had the idea of ​​quitting the entertainment industry and becoming a social worker.

At the recording site, Lin Junxiu soon saw Oshima Yuko. In addition to Oshima Yuko, Lin Junxiu also discovered another person. Seeing that person's beautiful appearance and the kind of innocence and

Lin Junxiu admitted that he was a little attracted to the wild temperament. Another person Lin Junxiu is now interested in is Konno Narumi. She entered the entertainment industry as the champion of Shueisha's "All Japan Girls High School Uniform Show".

If I remember correctly, after the disbandment of Doll's Vox, she worked as a photo actress for a period of time. However, Konno Narumi's style was not the nude style, but the relatively conservative sexy style. But this kind of slightly wild style

The combination of her style and her innocent and childlike face created good sales in Japan, so she sold four photo albums in a row. You must know that in the Japanese photo industry, if you don't show naked photos, you can still sell books and the model is not a big name.

There are not many examples. However, Narumi Konno also knew that photo actresses would not go far, so she transitioned into becoming an actress after shooting four photo books.

In later generations, she was also one of the most famous supporting actresses in the Japanese film and television industry, and she was doing okay. But Lin Junxiu was thinking about what would happen if Narumi Konno was pulled into AKB48 to join the light-hearted group.

How about it? Isn’t this kind of idol with characteristics of both a girl and a mature woman not attractive to otakus? And after confirming the standard of Narumi Konno, it will be easy to find subsequent members.

Of course, Lin Junxiu would not be stupid enough to directly tell Oshima Yuko and Konno Narumi that they should join AKB48. After all, Takamizawa Toshihiko is the guitarist of THE ALFEE, the oldest active J-POP band in Japan. He officially debuted in 1974.

He is so senior that even Akimoto Yasushi bows and says hello when he meets him. Moreover, this old man is not someone who rests on his laurels. Even in the 2010s, he was still very active on TV.

If you are a fan of the Johnny Johnny family, then you will often see this old man with long blond hair on the KinKi Kids show. And every time Junxiu Lin sees Toshihiko Takamizawa, he will wonder if he is from a Japanese band.

Guys never age, right? Not only Toshihiko Takamizawa, but also people like Lin Jiashu, even when they are in their fifties or sixties, they are all still handsome men. I really don’t know what the secret of maintenance of these old men is!

"I didn't expect Lin Jun to come to me to choose actors." After the program was finished, Toshihiko Takamizawa said to Lin Junxiu a little tiredly. "These children are very good children. It's a pity that I can't help them anymore."

.Lin Jun, I heard that you and Qiu Yuan Jun formed a combination? If you can, please help me select a few children, they are not easy!"

Hearing such frank words from Toshihiko Takamizawa, Lin Junxiu was a little embarrassed. He could only say awkwardly: "AKB48 is about to hold the second round of auditions. If Mr. Takamizawa is still at ease with us, please tell us the news.
Chapter completed!