Since he was selected by Japanese officials, one day Lin Junxiu and Akimoto Yasushi appeared in a conference room in an office building in Kasumigaseki. In the conference room, in addition to the heads of some entertainment companies and media companies that Lin Junxiu was familiar with, there were also

There are people in charge of enterprises related to cultural fields such as game companies, animation companies, etc.

After a round of business cards were handed out, Lin Junxiu found that basically all the companies that otakus could name were here. It seems that Japan attaches great importance to this overseas cultural promotion.

Although many of the companies that came were friends from the same industry, everyone was still in a friendly mood. After greeting for a while, someone came in to remind them that several officials presiding over the meeting were about to arrive. So everyone sat down one after another.

, sitting upright and waiting for the meeting to begin.

Speaking of which, this was the first time that Lin Junxiu participated in a Japanese official meeting in such a formal way. As a result, he found that Japan's bureaucracy was simply terrifying. After a three-hour meeting, all he had to do was read out the documents that had been handed out.

Everything else is just nonsense and clichés. Obviously, the person hosting the meeting does not want to take responsibility at all, so he is not willing to say more than the text of the document. Since you are just reading the document, it is better to just send the document to a group email.

"If this kind of meeting is going to be held in the future, I think we should just send a representative." After the meeting, Lin Junxiu complained to Qiu Yuanyasu in the car. "We can all listen to their nonsense if we have this time.

Let’s make a plan.”

"There is no way, what people want is this feeling of having thousands of fans." Akimoto Yasushi has cooperated with the government more, so he is no longer surprised. "What do you think of the major countries they proposed? We

Do you want to follow their wishes?"

"No." Lin Junxiu shook his head, "We just need to listen to their suggestions. Don't completely follow them. After all, they are stubborn and don't care. We don't have to jump in with them."

Japan's layout in Southeast Asia and South Asia is definitely aimed at those major countries. Some areas that are temporarily unstable or whose economy is temporarily underdeveloped are naturally not what the Japanese government is willing to go to. Therefore, the countries and regions designated by Japan for various companies are not "

The "Four Little Dragons" are the "Four Little Tigers", and finally India, an important country in South Asia, is added.

Lin Junxiu first crossed out the country of India in his mind. Although 48 Group established DEL48 (New Delhi) and MUB48 (Mumbai) here, the final development results were very unsatisfactory. Although it was once because the Japanese government wanted to win over India.

DEL48 was forcibly renewed for a while, but it only lasted for more than a year before disappearing. In Lin Junxiu's view, India is a country with an underdeveloped consumer economy, and the vast majority of Indian civilians have no spending power at all.

If you don’t have enough to eat, who will chase stars? At the same time, India is not a culturally unified country. You must know that there are dozens of official languages ​​in India, and the people who speak these languages ​​are hostile to each other. You let

How does 48 Group operate?

The next thing Lin Junxiu gave up was the "Four Asian Tigers" of the year. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Taiwan Province are both Chinese territories. China, from the government to the people, does not like Japan. Therefore, as a Japanese entertainment company, it occasionally

This activity is still okay, after all, we are guests from afar, and the Chinese are not stingy to that extent; but if you want to run an idol group here that affects all teenagers, it is absolutely taboo.

As for South Korea, South Korea is originally an extremely xenophobic country. In addition, South Korea’s entertainment strength is not inferior to that of Japan, so it is very unwise to fight with Korean entertainment forces in South Korea. In the end, the media in Singapore is completely

It is controlled under the name of state capital, so if you want to do entertainment here, you have to share most of the profits.

Among the remaining "Four Asian Tigers": Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines and Malaysia, Lin Junxiu only crossed out Malaysia. The problem with Malaysia is that it is a religious country and it is becoming more and more conservative.

A few days later, Junxiu Lin, Yasushi Akimoto and several senior executives of Vernalossom Club set out from Tokyo with Oshima Yuko, Minami Takahashi and other AKB48 representatives, preparing to visit Thailand, Indonesia and Japan in the next few days.

the Philippines.

"Minami-chan, why did we suddenly go to Southeast Asia for activities this time?" Oshima Yuko asked Takahashi Minami with some confusion.

Generally speaking, AKB48's activities are notified at least three months in advance. After all, top members like Oshima Yuko have very full foreign affairs announcements. However, this event was indeed notified at short notice, and the original schedule was almost announced on the same day.

The scheduled activity schedule has been squeezed out. And Oshima Yuko looked at the people traveling with him. In addition to the regular team, there were several senior executives who were obviously the company. These people rarely come to the company. If they are not big

Shima Yuko is the captain of AKB48, which makes her qualified to meet and greet these executives and directors at the company's annual meeting.

"Teacher Lin didn't go into details, he just said that AKB48 will set up a sister group overseas. It seems that our trip this time is to let the local partners see our appeal, and at the same time, Teacher Lin and the others also want to check the strength of the partners.

"Because Takahashi Minami is a contracted artist under Lin Junxiu, he will know more about this trip. "By the way, maybe some of us will be sent to these overseas groups to work part-time. After all, the new group has just been established.

We need some familiar faces to boost our popularity.”

"Huh? I want to take a part-time job overseas? Is it true?" Oshima Yuko asked in surprise.

For most Japanese girls, other Asian countries outside of Japan are probably rural or even simpler existences. It is still acceptable to work part-time in SKE48 or NMB48. After all, if you really miss Tokyo, you can just go back and forth on the same day using the Shinkansen; as for

HKT48 or SNK48 is still acceptable. At least you can fly there and back on the same day. But if you go to these countries part-time, it will probably take a week to get home? Thinking of this, Oshima Yuko began to worry. Leaving Tokyo for a week

, I guess I will be forgotten by my fans, right? And God knows if the hotel here can take a hot bath or have a flushing toilet?

"Don't worry, even if I am sent here to take on the part-time job, it won't be your turn." Minami Takahashi didn't know what Yuko Oshima was worried about.

It is true that after Maeda Atsuko graduated, Oshima Yuko's attention immediately rose to a higher level. But the problem is that there are more and more people who hate Oshima Yuko. This controversial image makes Oshima Yuko fall into

She was extremely panicked because she knew that the Japanese public hated controversial idols. Especially Oshima Yuko was a child star who had failed in her transition back then. She had a deep experience of the entertainment industry’s “favoring the popular and suppressing the unfavorable”, so she only now

I am always afraid that I will "fall" again.

Seeing that Takahashi Minami exposed her feelings, Oshima Yuko blushed a little.

Seeing Yuko's shameful look, Takahashi Minami couldn't bear it, and comforted: "Have you not observed the part-time strategy of the operation side? There are usually three types of members who work part-time in sister groups. One is those with strong business capabilities. They

In the past, they were their role models and took the lead; one was with management capabilities, and they used to help build the portfolio framework as quickly as possible; the last one was the popular ones, but they would never pick the most popular ones. You

I think, if the most popular people all go to SKE48 and NMB48 to take part-time jobs, wouldn’t that destroy our own popularity as AKB48?”

The chat between Minami Takahashi and Yuko Oshima did not affect Junxiu Lin, who was reading information in the first-class cabin. He knew that in a parallel plane, 48 Group had adopted three completely different operating methods in Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines.

In Indonesia, 48 Group completely delegated power to Dentsu’s wholly-owned subsidiary in Indonesia, Dentsu Media Group Indonesia, thus creating JKT48, which is very popular locally but has almost no contact with the headquarters; in the Philippines, 48 ​​Group and

The local media group ABS- cooperates, but ABS- also has its own artists, so MNL48 has not reached the status of a first-line girl group in the Philippines; while in Thailand, 48 Group adopts Japanese business methods, bringing together local Thai record companies and

Is Ma (iAM) was formed as a media company. As a result, iAM not only made BNK48 famous, but also made CGM48 famous.

Since there are references to parallel planes, Lin Junxiu decided to adopt the Thai model.

Junxiu Lin, who is capitalizing on the Japanese side, still brought Dentsu and Sony Music. After all, Dentsu is the fifth largest advertising agency in the world, and it still has a lot of presence in Asia, and even in countries like Indonesia, it is almost a local snake.

As for Sony Music, they have been responsible for the overseas distribution of 48 Group's music works. Relying on Sony Music's overseas distribution channels, it is expected that the three Southeast Asian countries will have a deeper understanding of their own strength.

After a week of investigation and contact, Lin Junxiu found that the partners he finally chose were still similar to the parallel planes. The Philippines chose ABS-. At the same time, the future record contract of the Philippine sister group will be owned by Star Music, a record subsidiary of ABS-

All, but the overseas distribution agent is naturally Sony Music; Thailand chose GMM Entertainment, the largest entertainment company in Thailand; and Indonesia finally chose Dentsu Indonesia, but this time Junxiu Lin did not give up the operating rights.

This trip to Southeast Asia was not only fruitful for Junsu Lin and Vernalossom Club, but also opened up opportunities for Oshima Yuko and other AKB48 members. In order to show their strength, the partners allowed Oshima Yuko and others to visit their respective countries.

major TV stations, and even arranged to hold small fan meetings in several major commercial stores in the country.

Partners have also seen the popularity of AKB48. It is not false that Vernalossom Club has been deeply involved in the Internet for AKB48 over the years. The registered members of the AKB48 online fan club can be said to be all over the world, and the most exaggerated ones include fans from Gambia, Africa.

.The official websites of groups such as AKB48 are mainly for the Asia-Pacific region, and Japan is an economic powerhouse compared to most countries in Southeast Asia. Therefore, Japanese pop culture is very popular in these countries, and AKB48 also has a high reputation.

In fact, this is not surprising. Around 2000, when Takizawa Hideaki released an album, he also released the so-called Asian version. That is, in addition to singing the Japanese version of a theme song, he also sang the Chinese version, Thai version, Filipino version, etc.

.Although I don’t know how much sales Takizawa Hideaki has in Southeast Asia, it is still very popular when people come to Southeast Asia to hold fan meetings, and fans basically block the door.

Similar to Takizawa Hideaki, several public events of AKB48 were also crowded with people. Naturally, Lin Junxiu asked the local TV station to make the recorded scenes into CDs for himself. These materials could be taken back and cut, and he could make an AKB48 Southeast Asia show.
Chapter completed!