419 The next generation of AKB48
There are roughly two types of relationships between groups and group members. One is that the group remains unchanged but the group members will change. Whether it is the early Kitty Club or the later Morning Musume, this is roughly the same route; the other is that once the group members
If a big change occurs, the combination will no longer exist, such as combinations such as SPEED.
For the company, the first combination is naturally more in line with its own interests. After all, I hold the name of the group in my own hands. Even if the current members change their minds, I can still continue to operate the group. At worst, I will just change people. But
From the perspective of the group members and some fans, since more than half of your members have left, is it a bit too much for you to continue to keep the group name? Fortunately, both groups have their own base among fans. As long as
If the operator makes it clear in advance, there will be no problem.
However, even for an operating company, it is best for the first type of combination not to have drastic changes in members, and at least to ensure that those popular members do not leave. But in fact? As popularity accumulates, the combination will often become
There is a burden on those ACE or TOP members, so it is not surprising that members want to leave. Although the Japanese entertainment industry is a place dominated by agencies, the ace members of popular idol groups will still be interested in other large agencies.
You know, the agencies that run idol groups are usually not big companies in the Japanese entertainment industry. When faced with large companies asking their top members to "immigrate", small companies really don't have much say. For big companies
Generally speaking, it's okay for a small company to be obedient, and it will still give some compensation if it loses face; if it is not obedient, then don't blame me for killing you.
Back when Johnny & Associates was not as prosperous as it is now, Hiromi Go, who she had trained, became the "Japanese male idol Gosanka" and was attracted by Burn Production. Burn Production is a real big capital in the Japanese entertainment industry. Originally, Burn Production
Kitagawa thought he could rely on his connections with the royal family of the United States and Japan to compete with Iris Production. But what happened in the end? Hiromi Go abandoned Johnny's Agency and along with it, Kitagawa also trained the first-line Johnny's who were about to debut.
Poach them all. If Kitagawa's brother-in-law hadn't been a classmate of Emperor Akihito, Kitagawa would have been sunk in Tokyo Bay.
And AKB48 made it clear at the beginning of its establishment that it does not prevent girls from looking for a bigger stage after AKB48 achieves their dreams. Therefore, Vernalossom Club is not that kind of strong agency, but more like several agencies.
An alliance formed by temporary investment for a large-scale project. As for Lin Junxiu's Lin Studio and Akimoto Yasushi Studio, these are small studios that essentially serve individuals. Not to mention Ran Production, LesPro, and Stardust
I'm afraid even a second-tier brokerage firm like Yanyin can handle such a big guy. So as Maeda Atsuko and Oshima Yuko's momentum grows, even Lin Junxiu knows that it's time to let this go.
The two people left.
However, they must make a plan before leaving to avoid internal turmoil within AKB48. Speaking of which, AKB48 in the parallel dimension rushed Maeda Atsuko to graduate, and then inexplicably arranged for Oshima Yuko to graduate. As a result, AKB48 has been in turmoil.
state. If it weren’t for Minami Takahashi’s support and the amazing woman Rino Sashihara in the later period, AKB48 might have been doomed long ago. But even so, AKB48 still fell into a state of stagnant development after Minami Takahashi graduated.
Since this dimension does not plan to leave the Sakamichi system, then AKB48 cannot fall like this.
"Actually, the graduation plans for the two of them should have been prepared earlier." Lin Junxiu said with some regret.
Reborn beings are not omnipotent. Lin Junxiu increasingly feels that the power of correction in the world is too powerful.
"It's not good for AKB48 to bear too many imprints of a certain member. I can accept that this is AKB48's Atsuko Maeda era or Oshima Yuko's era, but I cannot accept that this is Maeda Atsuko's AKB48 or Oshima era.
Yuko's AKB48. If AKB48 develops into Atsuko Maeda, Yuko Oshima and their foot-washing maids in the future, then the meaning of AKB48's existence will be gone. Therefore, we must let these two children leave the team. However, we cannot
Let both of them leave at once, and you can’t just let them leave.”
"Lin Jun, what you said gave me a headache." Qiu Yuankang rubbed his temples, "I am not opposed to letting them graduate, and I also agree that they must plan well for their graduation. Why don't you tell me your opinions first, and then I
See what you can add or delete.”
"Actually, it's very simple. The general election and the cabinet formation ceremony that we have been planning have not been implemented. I think they can be implemented now." Lin Junxiu said.
"The general election arranges for Maeda Atsuko to win the championship, and then she will issue a graduation declaration. The first general election ticket will be Maeda Atsuko's farewell ticket. At the same time, Maeda Atsuko's graduation concert will be arranged after the general election ticket is released. After the general election
We have to arrange the establishment of Team 8 and the establishment of the Osaka sister group, and then the big group festival. During this period, our main recommendation is Oshima Yuko. Oshima Yuko will win the championship in the second general election, and then
Arrange for graduation.
From now on, all the ACEs we recommend will graduate before the general election. Before the second general election, we will reduce the number of first-term students to about half, and also consider graduating some second-term students. In short, we must speed up our internal metabolism.
In addition, the number of graduate students must also be controlled. If they are not suitable to join AKB48, then arrange for them to form another team. For example, SKE48 is promoted as a sister group of AKB48, while other teams composed of our graduate students are promoted as
BFF group."
"Sister team and BFF team?" Akimoto Yasushi smacked the difference between the two terms.
The word BFF originated from the United States and is the abbreviation of Best Friend Forever. This word is used by American girls to refer to their best friends. Of course, most of them are of the same sex. If you have to translate it into Chinese, then "best friend"
"It is undoubtedly a good translation. There are many English words in Japanese, and a large number of English words pour directly into Japanese every year. Especially in the spoken language of young people, it is full of more such strange and weird words.
abbreviation of.
"Well, let's distinguish it like this! There is not much problem with your graduation plan. I will arrange for someone to prepare a detailed plan and then notify them to come over. But after they graduate, have you considered what kind of business they will go to?
So? Do you have any plans to sign them both?"
"Me? I've never signed an actress here, right?" Lin Junxiu refused without even thinking.
Today’s show productions account for almost one-third of the prime-time TV drama broadcasts of the five major private broadcasters. If they still monopolize those potential actor resources, then other agencies will not unite to kill themselves? Now it is because Lin Junxiu knows how to make money
Everyone makes money together, so everyone barely tolerates the power of show production in the Japanese film and television industry.
"And I don't recommend that Vernalossom Club sign them. Theoretically, Vernalossom Club is only responsible for the operation of AKB48 and its sister groups, BFF Group. If it involves individual artists, we will not participate. Unless they are not popular but want to
For graduated artists who remain in the entertainment industry, we can consider representing them on contracts for a period of time, but we still need to arrange for them to relocate as soon as possible. After all, a big tree attracts attention!"
Akimoto Yasu immediately thought of Johnny & Associates. The Johnny's of that year may not be a reference for the future Vernalossom Club. Moreover, Vernalossom Club did not have as much capital as the Johnny & Associates of the past, so why put itself on the edge of the cliff?
Thinking of this, Akimoto Yasushi did not think about continuing to sign Maeda Atsuko and others. He just continued to ask: "After Maeda Atsuko and Oshima Yuko, who do you plan to find to be AKB48's ACE? You don't plan to push Takahashi Minami
Bar?"
"Takahashi Minami is not suitable to be the ACE of an idol group." Lin Junxiu shook his head.
Although many people say that Takahashi Minami is the soul of AKB48, if Takahashi Minami is really allowed to become the C position of AKB48, many people will probably object. After all, everyone thinks that the group ACE should be the kingly idol, and Takahashi Minami
More like a good friend. You can see the temperament of AKB48 in Minami Takahashi, but you would never want Minami Takahashi to represent AKB48.
"Mayu Watanabe will be the third president."
"What about Mayu Watanabe?" Akimoto Yasushi didn't have any objections to Mayu Watanabe. Now he wanted to know what happened next.
"Maybe it's Shinoda Mariko, maybe Kojima Haruna, or Mr. Akimoto. Isn't it too early for us to discuss it now?" Lin Junxiu said with a smile, "Maybe there are other better choices besides the two of them?"
After Lin Junxiu and Akimoto Yasu agreed on the general election and that future general elections will be the stage practice for successive ACEs to announce their graduation, Lin Junxiu returned to the film crew. Although the crew of "Baseball Heroes" was established, filming has not officially started because
There is still some preliminary work to be done. Let’s not talk about the script reading, which is already the norm in Japanese film and television crews. Since this comic book movie is about sports, several main characters need to undergo special sports training.
Asakura Minami, played by Masami Nagasawa, is a gymnast, so Masami Nagasawa must at least be able to do a relatively complicated set of gymnastics moves. If the movie is set as a gymnast, the actor can't even have a basic sense of balance.
It’s funny. The Uesugi brothers played by the Saito brothers are both baseball players, so they must also know something about baseball. Fortunately, baseball in Japan is considered a national sport, and basically all boys have played it, so basically
The movements are still decent. However, Uesugi Tatsuya, played by Shota Saito, has also practiced boxing for a period of time, so Shota's appearance is slightly closer to that of a boxer.
In fact, most active athletes are really not suitable for being photographed, and the same is true for baseball players. In fact, if you want to play baseball well, it is inevitable to have a strong back and a strong waist. There are really no slim bodies among baseball players, so they basically do not meet the expectations of East Asian audiences.
Aesthetics. But a movie is a movie after all. If the two male actors are really trained to become muscular men like those in Europe and America, I guess there won’t be many viewers to watch this movie.
"Nanjun, how is everyone's training going?" Of course Lin Junxiu didn't worry about the details of actor training, so he asked his assistant director Nan Yangping directly.
Nan Yanghei was born in the Showa era and had been working as an assistant director at Toho Club. Lin Junxiu met him by chance and felt that his execution ability and cooperation were very high, so he recruited him. For a director
Having an assistant director who can perfectly coordinate with you and execute your orders will undoubtedly save you a lot of trouble.
"Nagazawa-kun's gymnastics training course went very well, and the instructor said that she has fully met the needs of the movie. In baseball, both Saito-kun are qualified; only in boxing, Saito-san needs to work harder to gain muscle.
." Nan Yangping said, "In addition to the other members of the baseball club, in addition to the help we received from the school, the baseball clubs of other nearby schools also expressed their willingness to provide support. I just hope that we can thank them at the end of the film."
Chapter completed!