"Matsunaga-san, then I leave these things to you!" Lin Junxiu and Akimoto Yasushi said goodbye to a energetic old man at the door. After the old man turned around and returned to the house, Lin Junxiu breathed a sigh of relief, while Akimoto Yasushi

Somewhat unbelievable.

"Junxiu-kun, have we rented the martial arts gym now?" Qiu Yuanyasu asked.

For the older generation of Japanese musicians, the Budokan has too much meaning. Since the completion of the Budokan, it has been considered the totem of Japan's "martial arts". In the early days, in addition to judo, kendo, karate and other Japanese national sports,

Apart from being able to hold events here, the Budokan is not open to other activities. However, after the Beatles performed their first concert in Japan at the Budokan in 1966, the Budokan became

A venue in Japan dedicated to hosting concerts for top international music artists.

It was not until ten years later, in 1975, that the first artist in Japan held a concert at the Budokan; and this artist was Hideki Saijo, known as the Japanese male idol "Gosanke". That is, from Saijo

Starting from Hideki, the Japanese entertainment industry began to assume that only national idols with both virtues and talents were qualified to hold concerts here. Therefore, it can be said that Budokan is the most noble entertainment venue in Japan.

However, the capital and foundation of being noble is wealth. When a person can't even afford food, he will most likely not be noble. The same is true for Budokan. With the bursting of Japan's bubble economy, Japan has ushered in "lost

"20 years". The Japanese chaebols who once clamored to buy the entire United States could only reduce their investment to protect themselves, so the "nobility" of the Budokan is more of a symbol.

Especially after entering the 1990s, Johnny & Associates was the first to remove the underwear of the Budokan and let SMAP, who had not yet debuted, perform at the Budokan for a concert. So everyone knew that as long as you are willing to spend money, the Budokan

Everyone is welcome to entertainment activities.

In the parallel dimension, it will probably take another three years before the 48-series HKT48 tears away the Budokan's sense of superiority over girl idols, and it completely becomes a place for idols to compete for beauty. Although the level of the Budokan has now

It was not as good as in the 20th century, but at least the martial arts gym at this time was still wearing a pair of underwear that had been torn off by Johnny's Office, so it was better than nothing. Therefore, Lin Junxiu silently despised Akimoto Yasushi's little

When you are excited, look at yourself and you are very calm.

"Okay, Teacher Akimoto, I think we will have many opportunities to cooperate with the Budokan in the future." Although Lin Junxiu despises the Budokan's self-proclaimed aloofness in his heart, he still has to save some face at the door.

"Although the Budokan is not suitable for holding large-scale concerts, things like guessing games can be held here."

"What about our 48 Group Red and White Song Festival?" Yasushi Akimoto suggested, "Our theater is too small."

"This won't work!" Lin Junxiu was actually a little moved, but then he shook his head. "Teacher Akimoto, I am a businessman, but I am not a businessman who only takes advantage of the situation. If AKB48 and 48 GROUP want to maintain profits for a long time, we must maintain our

Relationship with fans. Although for us, idols are products and 48 GROUP is just business; but for fans, idols are belief, and 48 GROUP is their totem.

Since it is a business, of course we must consider the feelings of our consumers, so we cannot destroy this belief. The 48 Group Red and White Song Festival and Chuyi Festival every year are activities we use to maintain our beliefs. Only the most passionate

Only people from 48 GROUP can enter this hall. Why do I have to control the number of people? Why have I been unwilling to sell tickets? I just want to make this relationship strong and pure."

Yasushi Akimoto has more experience in running the idol business than Junxiu Lin. After being reminded by Junxiu Lin, Yasushi Akimoto immediately understood. Although business is all about money, if all relationships between people are based on profit, then

This kind of relationship is not pure, and it is bound to not last long. Although ironically, most of the time, relationships between people are about using and being used, but people still have to position their relationship based on factors such as temperament.

, preferences and other reasons that sound very emotional or spiritual.

But aren’t businessmen just such a group of creatures? Whatever you need, I will sell it to you. Even if I don’t have it, I will find something to pretend to sell it to you. Since what fans want is a pure relationship with idols

, then the idol operating company should come up with something pure and give back to the fans at the appropriate time.

In fact, Japan's idol operating companies have done a very good job in this area, such as Johnny's "nurturing" idols. I obviously paid for the idols to debut, but they were packaged as the bond between the idols and their fans.

It’s particularly touching. Domestic idol operating companies have learned the surface, but not the essence. Johnny’s idols can persist in not falling in love for many years for their fans (at least without making a fuss in the news), but domestic idols

What? Basically, the house will collapse within a year of their debut. In addition, the domestic idol operating companies completely treat their fans like leeks. It is no wonder that it is difficult for domestic idols to become popular in one year. After all, there will be new idols next year, and the old ones will

It’s time for idols and so on to be swept into the dustbin of history.

After returning to the company, the planning meeting set up some frameworks for the guessing game, and then began to warm up the publicity. Of course, the most important positions are the official website of Vernalossom Club (also the official website of the entire 48 GROUP) and

The official websites of AKB48, SKE48 and NMB48.

"Wow! Teacher Lin really means what he says. Is he really going to hold a guessing contest?" Soon AKB48 fans noticed the news.

Japanese idols actually have various activities every year, and sports events are very common. Not only the male idols of the Johnny's family have baseball games, track and field games and other activities every year, but even the Good Morning series and the 48 series also have various events.

Sports activities. After all, what Japanese teenage idols sell is a sense of youth similar to campus clubs, so it is not surprising to copy the "sports festivals" and "culture festivals" that are common in Japanese campuses.

The "sports festival" on Japanese campuses is not completely similar to the school sports meeting in our country. The purpose of our school sports meeting is to encourage students to participate in physical exercise, but the Japanese campus sports festival advocates more cooperation and competition among students. Therefore, Japan's school sports festival

There are many weird projects in the campus sports festival, such as building human towers and so on, and guessing can be regarded as one of the popular projects in the Japanese campus sports festival.

"Oh my God! This guessing game will be held at the Budokan? I thought it would be a few years before my little sister would have the chance to come here!"

The news that the 48 GROUP rock climbing competition will be held at the Budokan soon spread, which naturally received polarized feedback. Fans of AKB48 and sister groups are of course very happy, regardless of whether people in the industry have begun to look down on the Budokan, but for

To outsiders, this is still a very high-end place. After all, in the first year of Reiwa, Japan also released a cartoon called "Idols Recommended by Gods to Go to the Martial Arts Hall and I Will Die Without Regrets." You can think of martial arts.

The museum's status in the hearts of idol fans has increased. Fans of 48-series idols are happy, but naturally fans of other idols are not happy. And this time, not only the girl idol circle regards 48-series as an enemy, but also other styles

Female idols have also joined the camp against the 48 series.

"What? There are even fans of male idols who are against AKB48 and the others?" Lin Junxiu asked in disbelief when he heard the public opinion report sent by his subordinates.

In Japan, as long as male and female idols are not in love, fans of male idols and fans of female idols will have nothing to do with each other. Unexpectedly, a guessing game actually broke this restriction. After all, Japanese male idols have nothing to do with each other.

There are not many idols who have held activities in the Budokan. If you want to count, before AKB48, the only Japanese artists who have appeared in the Budokan as idols are Saijo Hideki, Yamaguchi Momoe, Matsuda Seiko and SMAP

Just four groups.

Hideki Saijo was already a Gosanke when he started singing at the Budokan, and can be called a generation totem of Japanese pop culture; Yamaguchi Momoe’s Budokan concert was her farewell concert, so it was no problem given her popularity and the nature of the concert.

; Matsuda Seiko and SMAP's initial qualifications were a bit weak, but they were both considered to be the successors of the previous generation's top idols, and they have achieved this in the future.

What about AKB48? Who are their successors? Will AKB48 have the same high national character as the previous four groups of idols in the future? It does not worry about the lack of numbers but the inequality. AKB48 will naturally attract the love of all the fans when it comes to the Budokan.

Douban’s anger.

"We need to keep a low profile these days." Lin Junxiu decisively gave in after recognizing the situation.

People are drifting in the world, and they have to stay safe. Before you have absolute power, keeping a low profile is the best way to protect yourself. Johnny & Associates was just drifting back then, thinking that it would be invincible if it could only support a beautiful girl. But it turned out that it was invincible.

The production directly poached Hiromi Go and brought along several young Johnny's that Kitagawa had worked so hard to train, and directly beat Johnny's Office to the point where it almost closed down.

Although Ran Production is not involved in the management business of the girl idol group, who can guarantee that the boss Ikuo Shuu will suddenly want to get involved one day? Besides, the most important thing is to gain reputation, and you can let go of face for the time being.

to the side.

Although AKB48 was ordered to comment externally on the rock climbing tournament and the Budokan, everyone internally was very happy. Who among the artists in the Japanese entertainment industry doesn’t want to be on the Budokan? Even in the 2010s, Japanese Budokan

The Budokan has completely taken off its former gorgeous robe, but its symbolic significance to Japanese artists is still very high. Under the stimulation of the Budokan, whether it is AKB48, SKE48 or NMB48, they have become particularly active.

Despite a lot of opposition, the 48 GROUP guessing game is still being promoted in an orderly manner. In order to give fans a sense of participation, Lin Junxiu specially asked Vernalossom Club to issue guessing lottery tickets in the official mall. Gambling is prohibited by Japanese law.

Therefore, Lin Junxiu limits betting and rewards to consumption points from the 48 series mall.

Consumption points cannot be exchanged for Japanese yen, so in the final analysis, the entire betting competition is an online game, which perfectly avoids legal risks. In order to stimulate fans to place bets, AKB48 and other members have recently shown off their guessing abilities from time to time. Don't say

, this guessing game has become extremely popular. In addition to supporting their own recommendations, some fans will also publish so-called "odds recommendations" based on the idols' guessing abilities.

"Should Atsuko Maeda still be assigned to the C position on the cover of the guessing list?" Yasushi Akimoto suddenly asked.

"Of course not." Lin Junxiu shook his head, "We agreed, everything will be decided by guessing. Besides, Teacher Akimoto, don't you think this kind of uncertainty is interesting?"
Chapter completed!