371 The Birth of SKE48 [Part 2]
"Speaking of this week, the final selection list of SKE48 students will be announced. What cute sisters will I really look forward to joining this AKB48 sister group in Nagoya?" Yuko Oshima said excitedly in a program called "AKB48's Friday afternoon tea".
This is a national radio program produced by TBS TV and broadcast on JRN Radio Network. Although it is just a radio program, it is a national program named by AKB48, so Vernalossom naturally asks several popular ace members to take turns to host the program from time to time. The focus of the promotion of this program recently is in addition to the single "Benz! Bicycle" that is also in the sales promotion period, it is naturally the selection activity of SKE48. Not only this program, it is mentioned in almost all AKB48's shows up in the program and even in newspaper interviews.
Seeing that operations attach so much importance to this matter, Yuko Oshima naturally knew how important the upcoming SKE48 is to operate. Although Yuko Oshima was a little worried about the establishment of SKE48, since he knew that the sister groups of AKB48 will be centered on a certain city in the future, Yuko Oshima felt relieved. As the largest city in Japan, Tokyo has almost absorbed half of Japan's economic resources and more than one-third of its population. If he was defeated by his "country" sister on this basis, Yuko Oshima would not have much face to stay in the entertainment industry.
"And I have a little secret to tell you in advance. On the day SKE48 was established, we AKB48 will also go to Nagoya to meet you! Not only me, but Guozi! Nanjiang! Everyone will go together. I wonder if everyone in Nagoya welcomes us? Please support AKB48 more in the future, but also our sisters - SKE48. I hope SKE48 can bring many surprises to everyone in Nagoya in the future!"
After the show was full of energy, Yuko Oshima took a short rest in her seat a little tired. The Japanese entertainment industry is very snobbish. Popular artists can arrange the daily announcement process slowly, while unpopular artists may not be able to wait for a notice for several months. Yuko Oshima followed AKB48 from being famous to the current momentum, so even if she was busy at work, she cherished it very much. Because as long as she had a job, she said that she had not been eliminated by the entertainment industry, which meant that she could still move forward on the road of her dreams.
After closing his eyes slightly for a rest, Yuko Oshima opened her eyes. At this time, there was no sign of fatigue on her face. She walked out of the recording room vigorously and thanked the producers of the guide room. Although everyone has been working together for almost half a year, the etiquette that should be had cannot be ignored. Only after Yuko Oshima got into the nanny car could she have a good rest. Although the agent and assistant felt distressed, they could not say anything, because this is the ecology of the Japanese entertainment industry.
Is SMAP popular at the turn of the century? And SMAP member Shingo Kasui was still selling millions of sales in Japan with the SOLO single "Shingo Mom's Good Morning Rock". In order to promote this single, Kasui Shingo, who has been busy with team activities and personal activities, has to squeeze time to promote this single in major music programs. As the youngest member of the SMAP group, Shingo Kasui has the best physical strength, but during that time, he was so busy that he had a high fever. Do you think he could stop promoting it if he was sick? Wrong! Japanese artists only ended up dying on the stage! Therefore, Shingo Kasui could only go to major program groups to record programs while doing some drip. Usually, the needle was removed when he started recording, and continued to do drip at once. At that time, Shingo Kasui was so tired that he could only move in a wheelchair, but when he sang, he still had to sing and dance.
The latest episode of "AKB48's Friday afternoon tea" was broadcast to the Nakakyo region through CBC Radio, which is also a JRN radio network. Japanese radio and television stations are both so-called prefecture-based radio, which means that programs can only be broadcasted for one prefecture. However, there are three wide-area radio areas of the Capital Circle, Kinki Circle and the Nakakyo Circle. The Nakakyo Circle is the Tokai metropolitan area centered on Nagoya City, so there is only one radio station here to cover it. "AKB48's Friday afternoon tea" is not a very popular program for ordinary listeners, but at least CBC Radio has a high coverage rate in Kochi Prefecture, Gifu Prefecture and Mie Prefecture, so many people have heard of this program.
For AKB48 fans, this show undoubtedly stimulated their interest in paying attention to SKE48. Although AKB48's popularity has opened up nationwide, it has not become popular all over Japan after all, so AKB48 has not yet been able to mobilize fans outside Tokyo to participate in concerts. Therefore, AKB48's concert has not considered places outside Tokyo at all, and the fan meeting has not been opened to other cities because AKB48 is steady in Tokyo. Now, for the first selection and release of SKE48, all official members of AKB48 will come to Nagoya City.
Fans were still very excited when they thought of seeing AKB48 at their doorstep. At the same time, they thought that SKE48 is AKB48's sister group, so everyone also had a lot of expectations for the upcoming girl idol group at their doorstep.
There are many ways to get from Tokyo to Nagoya, but Lin Junxiu finally chose to charter a bus. On the one hand, taking the Tomine Expressway saves nearly 3 hours than taking the Shinkansen Keibin Tohoku Line. On the other hand, AKB48 is now a quasi-first-line girl group. If you really want to take public transportation together, it will inevitably cause a commotion. According to the habits of the Japanese, it will definitely be a scandal in the end. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Lin Junxiu simply asked everyone to take a trip bus together.
While Lin Junsoo was taking a car to Nagoya City with AKB48 members, Akimoto Yasu was arranging the upcoming SKE48 first-year student press conference in the theater that he temporarily borrowed. The representative color of the SKE48 team chose orange that represents vitality, so the main color of the entire stage was still orange. The first-year student, who had not yet formed a group, was nervously listening to the guidance and lectures in the backstage, and checking each other's makeup and clothes on their faces.
They knew that the seats outside would soon be filled with reporters and fans. I heard that the reporters who came to report this time also had national media from Tokyo. But everyone also knew that these reporters and fans really came for themselves? Perhaps only by taking down the families mixed with fans is the one who truly supports them, right? The rest of the people were probably for AKB48, right? Thinking of this, many girls felt a sense of "jealousy".
For girls born in the Heisei era, they almost grew up with happy education, so they have stronger star dreams than girls in the Showa era. This is why after entering the new century, Japanese underground idols and geographic idols suddenly showed explosive growth. Even if they could only perform on the school stage, many girls would be excited for weeks. When they saw those girls like themselves transform into AKB48 and perform on the national stage, they also fantasized about being them one day.
When AKB48 announced the establishment of a sister group SKE48 in Nagoya City, these girls were excited. Although Japanese girls were full of fantasy, they were cautious at the same time. Those who dared to think and ventured had already gone to Tokyo to participate in the AKB48 selection. The remaining girls felt that being a little idol in the surrounding area of Nagoya City was not bad! Sometimes, Japanese girls were easily satisfied by small goals.
Although the girls of SKE48 did not form a group, they still needed to perform the show after the list was announced later, so a special dance teacher came to teach them to perform the AKB48 single "Benz! Bicycle". As for the singing part, the director on the scene decided to speak out after listening to the rehearsals several times. After all, everyone got together temporarily, and it would be good if they could not touch each other.
In the afternoon, there were people queuing up in the theater, and the AKB48 convoy also arrived at the crew. The fans in Nagoya City were not crowded, but they still caused small-scale congestion. Fortunately, the operation was prepared for a long time, and immediately, security guards and staff separated the fans and the convoy. The convoy drove straight to the backstage, and then the members sorted out and got off the bus. Although they were a little far away from the fans in front, the members still smiled and greeted the fans in the distance with great responsibility.
"Their aura is so strong!" Rikako Hirata said with some envy. As the person who attracted the most attention in the first episode, Rikako Hirata was a little proud. However, when she saw members of AKB48 walk in, she suddenly became unconfident.
On the stage, Lin Junsoo and Akimoto Yasu are still hosted by the combination of Lin Junsoo. Although Lin Junsoo doesn't care so much about SKE48, he doesn't want to leave any talk. Kyunglao is still very supportive of himself, and he doesn't have to block the way for others to make money, right? Therefore, Lin Junsoo and Akimoto Yasu both vigorously introduce SKE48 to the media and fans. When the members were released, the operation also thoughtfully edited the behind-the-scenes interviews for all the selected members. Because it inherited the style of AKB48, SKE48 also wants to give fans a feeling of "accompanying and growing", so the operation released these seemingly immature and even clumsy shots.
When all the members of SKE48 took the stage, the fans still applauded enthusiastically. No matter how these girls develop in the future, they are Nagoya groups after all! Just because everyone is a fellow villager in the Donghai area, the applause cannot be stopped. Amid everyone's applause, SKE48 performed a somewhat stiff "Benz! Bicycle" for everyone. The fans and media on the scene did not have too high expectations for SKE48, and they were very satisfied to see that they could finish the performance smoothly.
After the SKE48 performance, AKB48 also appeared. With their appearance, the scene immediately set off a small climax. AKB48 performed a skewer song, but they thoughtfully did not perform the latest single "Benz! Bicycle". Because SKE48's performance just now was not ideal, if AKB48 also performed once, someone would probably deliberately edit the two stages together.
Chapter completed!