"Is this the candidate you got from Takami Ze-san?" Qiu Yuanyasu looked at the three documents Lin Junxiu brought and looked at him with some suspicion. Aiu Yuanyasu always felt that Lin Junxiu and himself were in tune, and even fell in love with women.

The taste of the beans is always the same, but this time it seems a little too different, right?

"This girl is too mature and would be out of place in a girl idol group." Yasushi Akimoto first eliminated Narumi Konno's information, "Although her appearance is okay, there are too many carving marks and she is no longer a rough stone.

." Immediately afterwards, Yasushi Akimoto threw out the information about Rurika Yokoyama, "This girl is okay, but she also has a bit of a polished look. I'm a little worried about whether she will be accepted by fans." Yasushi Akimoto took out Yuko Oshima's information.

Information, he said with some worry.

I have to admit that Yasushi Akimoto is very familiar with the idol industry, and he can judge her future just by looking at photos and information. You must know that Yuko Oshima was very unpopular when she first entered AKB48. Her stage

I was bound to be booed by the audience, and some fans even said, "As long as you're here, I won't come to the show."

What's even more embarrassing is that in the previous life, Team A had already begun to become popular and had regular fans, but Team K seemed to be a foot-washing maid who was not paid attention to by fans. Especially when Oshima Yuko replaced Itano one time

When Tomomi appeared in Team A's performance, the cheers off the stage made Oshima Yuko envious and jealous. Fortunately, Oshima Yuko has a character that refuses to admit defeat. If you, the audience, want to boo me, then I have to know why.

Boo me. While improving herself, Oshima Yuko also led Team K to continuously improve itself, and finally completed redemption, allowing herself to eventually become one of the two C positions alongside Atsuko Maeda.

"Since Akimoto-san thinks Oshima Yuko is good, there is no need to stop her. If she can pass the second round of selection, then we will accept her. I have a hunch that Oshima Yuko will become our most important AKB48

member and become the soul of Team K." Lin Junxiu said with a smile, "As for Yokoyama Rurika, in addition to the selection team, we should also consider those regular members who stayed in the theater, right? Rurika has the kind of unifying temperament.

, although it may be difficult for her to enter the selection group, she will definitely become the hub connecting the selection group and the non-selection group. Just like the company's employee management, there is still a need for a lot of middle management between senior management and lower-level management."

Akimoto Yasushi took Rurika and Yuko's information in his hands and looked at it for a while, and finally nodded. "If they can pass the selection, I have no objection to them staying in AKB48. But what about this girl?" Akimoto Yasushi pointed out.

He pointed at Narumi Konno who was placed on the table.

"She will not join AKB48, but will become the sister group of AKB48. Or, she will belong to another series of girl groups we created." Lin Junxiu said.

Originally, Lin Junxiu wanted to give an example of a Korean girl group, but he found that this was the most embarrassing period for Korean girl groups. With the great success of Korean boy groups such as H., at this time, major Korean agencies were cultivating and launching

Boy groups. Therefore, after the first-generation girl groups such as Baby V.O.

They made a splash, and their style is not much different from the first-generation girl groups, so many people also classify them as the first-generation girl groups, regarded as the "1.5-generation girl group".

The heyday of Korean girl groups will not appear until 2009, with the popularity of Wirl and Girls' Generation. So now if Lin Junxiu gives an example of Korean girl groups, he will probably only be laughed at by Akimoto Yasushi, so Lin Junxiu can only try his best to describe them.

The style of a generational girl group. Compared with the first-generation girl groups, the second-generation Korean girl groups completely subvert the definition of Korean girl groups.

Compared with Japanese pop, Korean pop is closer to European and American styles. At the same time, Korean pop is not as closed as Japanese pop. Therefore, by the 2010s, Korean pop was obviously more fashionable than Japanese pop. And Lin

Junxiu also felt that Japanese pop music was getting worse and worse, so he decided to open up the situation with Narumi Konno.

"Of course, the mature-style girl group we created must take a sexy route, but in order not to be overly rejected by the female community, our sexy style cannot take a European and American route." Lin Junxiu briefly sketched the future girls on a piece of paper.

Regarding the group’s clothing, “The shoulders, waist and long legs can be exposed, but other parts must be covered up tightly. We must break the Japanese myth about European style!”

"Actually, the myth of European style is caused by traditional aesthetics." Yasushi Akimoto laughed, "You know, in the era of geisha, the Japanese people at that time could be fascinated by just relying on the makeup that left a blank space on the back of the neck.

. If you could catch a glimpse of the geisha's white wrists while she was changing cups, it would be enough to excite the Japanese man for several days. It was precisely because of the aesthetics of that era that Japan quickly followed Europe and the United States after the war, thinking that Europe and the United States

The exposure aesthetic after ****' is the real aesthetic. However, this aesthetic has been popular for almost half a century. No wonder our young people don't like it a little bit. Lin Jun's proposal is really great!

Sure enough, we still need to get closer to young people like you, otherwise we old men won’t know what kids like nowadays.”

Akimoto Yasushi agreed with Lin Junxiu's idea of ​​launching a second series of idol groups at the appropriate time in a way he understood. Then he said to Lin Junxiu: "Jun Lin, actually I have a very willful proposal here. I plan to start from the second series of idol groups.

Starting from the second single, the number of members in the selection group for each single will be reduced from 20 to 7. That is to say, starting from the next single, only 7 members will appear on the cover of the single, and they will appear on the cover if there are no other problems.

We will assume the responsibility of promoting our single to the media. This is a lesson I learned when thinking about the early promotion. Although our 20 girls in the selection group worked hard to promote our single in the major media, how many people can remember them?

What? So we can only focus the most limited resources on a smaller number of girls to make them popular as soon as possible."

When operating an idol group, the biggest problem is how to balance the interests between the members and the team. The ideal situation is of course that all members of the entire group and the group become famous. Everyone has the same fame, so they receive the same resources.

However, this ideal state is impossible to exist. Even Johnny & Associates, which pursues "group spirit" and "group feeling" the most, will only appoint the oldest member as the captain of its male idol group.

But as the team develops, an Ace will still be born within the team. Even if the firm deliberately suppresses Ace in order to balance the team members, in the end, Ace will still be Ace.

As for other brokerage companies, they usually pour all their resources into it immediately after the emergence of an ace, and finally let the ace go solo, and the remaining members are disbanded. But AKB48 obviously cannot take the latter route. After all, AKB48 has too many members.

It is huge, and both Lin Junxiu and Akimoto Yasushi hope to operate sustainably, so this method of killing the goose and taking the egg will definitely not be adopted. And if you deliberately suppress Ace, it is obviously not in everyone's interest. After all, you can't win the C position through the general election.

Just break it? So AKB48 also has a guessing game in addition to the general election, using a more entertaining and operationally controllable way to cultivate official C positions.

At the same time, in order to balance the popularity between sub-units and sister groups, group festivals and part-time positions are measures to redistribute popularity. In fact, these strategies were originally enough to allow AKB48 to develop relatively smoothly, but unfortunately, the hands of the subsequent operations are getting longer and longer.

In addition to operating the cabinet formation festival and the guessing game, it is not enough. They even want to move to the general election. However, in this dimension, those guys who are considered to be the masterminds behind the scenes are sitting on the bench. I think the results will be much better in the future.

"I don't object to the method of pooling resources, but how does the selection team select? After all, the cover girl of our debut album is the one we picked at the selection meeting. Now the selection meeting is for the second-generation students, how do the first-generation students decide who will be selected?

What about next?" Lin Junxiu asked. The plan for the general election will not be until 2009. I wonder what method Akimoto Yasushi will use to decide on the birth of the selection team now.

"Isn't that simple? Doesn't our AKB48 Shop have a membership system? Just let members vote with their consumption points." Akimoto Yasu said slyly.

Due to Lin Junxiu's early intervention in this aspect, AKB48's official fan club and AKB48 Shop membership system are connected. As long as fans register the official fan club, they can earn points in the AKB48 Shop in the future. Points can be used for fan level.

By upgrading your level, you can not only enjoy discounts and limited products in AKB48 Shop, but also enjoy privileges such as priority ticket purchase and priority seat selection after ticket purchase.

Obviously, Akimoto Yasushi hopes to consume members' points by voting, so that members cannot use points to deduct part of the cash when purchasing AKB48 peripherals. And if you want to vote for your favorite "push", you need points.

How to get points? The only way is to spend money at AKB48 Shop.

"Okay, I will let someone develop the voting system. In order not to cause controversy, it seems that I have to add a double confirmation." Lin Junxiu thought for a while and agreed to Akimoto Yasushi's suggestion. After all, Lin Junxiu is the same.

A businessman will not refuse to make more money.

After dealing with the affairs of Vernalossom Club, Lin Junxiu will of course also be concerned about the business of the next show production. Since "Always Sunset at 3-chome" was not selected for any official section of the Cannes Film Festival, Lin Junxiu did not go there to compete.

He has communicated and confirmed his ideas and requirements with the public relations company again, and the public relations company has no longer dared to deceive him as a fool after seeing Lin Junxiu's operation in Nantes.

"Always 3-chome Sunset" was screened at Cannes mainly for the "Febich International Film Critics Week" and "Directors' Fortnight", and these two selection events are basically the so-called Jury Prize. As long as the public relations

There will be no problem if you leave the jury. You must know that "Always 3-chome Sunset" came with the Golden Balloon Award for Best Film, Best Screenplay and Most Popular Film at the Nantes Three Continents Film Festival. At the same time, it happened to be

Such a film that was a hit at another film festival was inexplicably not selected into the official section of the Cannes Film Festival. Is there something shady about this?

As the most commercial of the three major European film festivals, the Cannes Film Festival also has the most conspiracy theories. Seeing that such a film that has won awards and is of good quality has been rejected by Cannes officials, "Febisch International"

The organizers of the Film Critics Week and Directors' Fortnight were immediately excited. In addition, with Lin Junxiu's money-making ability, the public relations company continued to buy the media and royal film critics, and "Always 3-chome Sunset" was immediately

It created an image of a victim suppressed by the film oligarchic forces.

People always sympathize with the weak, so people go to watch "Always 3-chome Sunset" one after another. To be honest, as a feature film, the quality of "Always 3-chome Sunset" is definitely around 80 points. Now there is so much sympathy

After the blessing, the quality of this movie was touted to be 90 points. Now film critics and audiences don't say a few words of praise for "Always 3-chome Sunset" as if they are not qualified filmmakers, so they tout "Always 3-chome Sunset"

Chome Sunset" became the right topic at the Cannes Film Festival.

Coerced by this atmosphere, the most unscrupulous "Febisch International Film Critics Week" directly awarded the three awards of Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay to this film. And the Japanese who were squatting in Cannes

The media immediately spread the news back, immediately triggering a wave of enthusiasm in Japan. Now, not only Toho, as the production committee, is anxious, but the rest of Toei, Kadokawa and Shochiku are enthusiastically inquiring about what this movie is about.

It's time to be released in Japan.

In order to appease domestic film producers, Lin Junxiu held a small meeting with everyone at Dongbao's headquarters. Lin Junxiu came up with a promotion plan for the film and guaranteed that the film would win another award at Cannes.

, and promised to release an official release date after this award. The publicity before the film's release has also begun, with trailers, advertisements and soft articles for "Always 3-chome Sunset" on major Japanese TV stations and newspapers.

However, the specific release date has not yet been made public, which is regarded as hunger marketing to consumers.

After confirming the promotional schedule, the four major film producers were finally satisfied. As a reward for Lin Junxiu, the four major film producers promised to give "Always 3-chome Sunset" the best schedule and the largest number of films in the first week of its release.

Looking forward to jointly participating in the grand event.

After struggling with this group of businessmen, Lin Junxiu actually met a Japanese national treasure actor at the Dongbao headquarters. This actor is not only outstanding in Japan, but also very famous in China. If nothing else, he will

Next year, he will collaborate with Guo Shi on a movie called "Ride Alone, Thousands of Miles". Unfortunately, it will also be the penultimate movie in which he stars.

"Takakura-san, I didn't expect to meet you here!" Lin Junxiu naturally took the initiative to say hello as a junior when meeting a senior person in the film industry.

"Oh, Mr. Lin." Ken Takakura is not the kind of person who talks a lot, but he is a well-known actor in the film industry.

In addition to his superb acting skills, there is no doubt about his support for younger generations and his love for movies. Although Takakura Ken starred in fewer movies in his later years, he still participated in quite a few movies. He is willing to give

The junior actor does not support the scene for money, but because he is sincerely optimistic about the movie or the actor, and hopes to use his fame to save these people from making some detours.

"A few days ago, I took the liberty to watch the sample film of Lin Jun's "Always 3-chome Sunset". It is really a good movie! It's a pity that Lin Jun can't cooperate with this movie. This really makes me so happy.

What a pity!" Toho naturally had sample films of "Always 3-chome Sunset" in the company, and Takakura Ken felt that the director's hard work was somewhat offended because he did not watch the movie in a theater, so he apologized in his words.

"I dare not take it seriously! It is really an honor for me to let Gao Cang-san see my humble work. As for being praised by Your Excellency, I am really grateful to the younger generation." Lin Junxiu said humbly.

In the Japanese film industry, seniors such as Takakura Ken and Kitano Takeshi are golden names. If you can ask them to speak and perform a few lines in your movie, it will be very helpful to the movie box office and future awards in Japan. As for the cooperation mentioned by Takakura Ken

Lin Junxiu actually remembered a movie. Wouldn't it be a pity if he hadn't collaborated with Takakura Ken when making a movie in Japan? Moreover, Takakura Ken's health was not very good in the second half of the 2000s. By 2014,

, the great actor returned to the west.

Thinking of this, Lin Junxiu decided to take out the movie that was supposed to be Takakura Ken's last starring role in advance. "Takakura-san, I have a movie script here. Could you please correct me?"

"Oh? I have something else to do today. If Mr. Lin doesn't mind, why don't you come to my house tomorrow?" Takakura Ken asked.

"No problem." Lin Junxiu naturally agreed. After a few pleasantries with Takakura Ken, the two parted.

After returning to the show production headquarters, Lin Junxiu immediately locked himself in the office and began to write the script. Although there is no need for scene scripts or detailed scripts when contacting actors, a script outline is still needed. Lin Junxiu

The script to be released this time is the script of Takakura Ken's 2012 movie "To My Dear".

This movie was originally directed by Yasuo Fanghata, and before this movie, Yasuo Fanghata and Takakura Ken collaborated on another classic movie "The Railway Man" in 1999. If this movie can be distinguished by Western movie genres,

It can be classified as a road movie. Road movies nominally film the journey of one or several people, but in fact they show the protagonists’ thoughts. The so-called end point is actually the end point in the protagonist’s heart. When they arrive there

, everything finally returned to peace, and the protagonist completed the final self-salvation. Road movies are usually restrained and even depressing, just like the long lonely road in the wilderness, everything is concealed in the boundless nothingness and emptiness.

.And the various people encountered on the journey more or less echo the protagonist's heart somewhere.

"To My Dear" not only stars a super actor like Takakura Ken, but also the supporting actors who come to play the role are all top actors in the Japanese film and television industry. Among these more important supporting actors, perhaps Ayase Haruka and Miura Takahiro

They are really the two most inconspicuous ones. The one with a slightly more presence than them is SMAP member Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, whose acting skills are definitely top-notch among Japanese idols.

As for the remaining supporting actors, they are Kitano Takeshi, Yu Kimiko, and Otaki Hideharu. These actors are not talking about whether they will win the Best Actor or Best Actress. They have all won official medals issued by the Japanese government. Even the guest star Mieko Harada

, she is a national treasure-level actress who has collaborated with Akira Kurosawa and Kinji Fukasaku. As for the actors not mentioned here, they all have at least one Best Actor or Best Actress nomination.

It can be said that the original version of "To My Dear You" is enough to scare away a large number of Japanese movies. Lin Junxiu is not sure whether he has the appeal of Yasuo Hahata, but fortunately, he is also a famous figure in the Japanese film industry.

He has gained some status, and if you add the request from Toho, it shouldn’t be difficult to gather these big actors, right?

When he thought that he could direct such a star-studded super movie, Lin Junxiu was so excited that he even typed on the keyboard faster. He just wanted to finish the script tonight and bring it with him tomorrow.
Chapter completed!