Inside the conference room.

"Akimoto-san, if Sony quits, what should we do?" One of the operations members had a face full of sorrow, he was a new member of the operations team, and he felt terrible when he encountered such a desperate situation not long after he joined AKS.

"You know, our current funds can only last for a few months, if we can't find new investors as soon as possible, then we AKS, as well as AKB, there is only one way left to dissolve!" As the daughter of Ota Office, Kumiko Isono couldn't hide her deep worry in her tone.

As a disciple of Yasushi Akimoto for nearly 20 years, Kumiko Isono of Ota Office is second only to the Big Three in the operation of AKS.

Speaking of which, the relationship between Ota Office and AKB is a bit interesting.

Back in '05, before AKB was founded.

Yasu Akimoto wanted to start a novel girl idol group, with the idea of a gang of three heroes, so he found his friend Yasushi Wata, who in turn found Kotaro Shiba, and finally, the three took the initials of their three surnames, Akimoto, Kubota, and Shiba established AKS.

Of the three people, Yasushi Akimoto is undoubtedly mainly responsible for planning, Yasushi Kuwata is responsible for paying for relationships, and it is Shiba Kotaro who established Office48.

On the one hand, the money is paid, and on the other hand, the early members are in charge of the affairs, so the rest of the huge chores must be done by people.

So who does it?

And the person who stood up at this time and did these huge and complicated work was none other than Yasushi Akimoto's disciple, Kumiko Isono of Ota.

In the AKB-related video, the name of "Kumiko Isono" is listed in the producer column in the list of doctors who broadcast the broadcast.

In other words, Kumiko Isono is both a person from the Ota office and a doctor at AKS.

It can be seen that in fact, from the establishment of AKB, Ota Office has been involved in the AKB girl group.

It's much earlier than other firms.

This is also the reason why Ota has benefited the most from the AKB migration wave.

More will be said later here.

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"Sony can go, we can find other companies and inject capital... A relatively simple operation member said a little angrily.

As soon as the voice fell, this too simple child was immediately scolded.

"Are you an idiot?! We're talking about it for a few months, and if it's not good, we're going to finish it in a short period of time, if we don't have a lot of money coming in!"

"In such a crisis situation, coupled with the fact that we have been in deficit on the books since our establishment, those companies are too late to hide, where will they be so kind to come over and inject capital into us?!" said a veteran operation member of AKS, with a look of hesitation.

"What did you say?!" The hapless boy, so angry that he stood up abruptly, with an angry look on his face.

Watching the two of them almost stage a full martial arts, Akimoto Yasu, who had been closing his eyes and pressing his temples with his hands, opened his eyes, stretched out his hand, and slapped it on the table.

Syllable!

"Quiet!"

Don't look at Akimoto Yasu, who has always been the fat face of "I want to remain majestic, so, I want to be expressionless".

People who can't see joy, anger and sorrow are likely to be people who are very deep in the city.

And Yasushi Akimoto is such a person.

In the entertainment industry, Yasu Akimoto and the producer of the Good Morning family, Junjun, are also experts in female idols and gold medal producers.

And in his twenties, Yasu Akimoto became a well-known all-round producer in the entertainment industry.

Whether it's lyrics and production, directing and writing screenplays, supervising programs, or even writing books, he will.

Such a person, in more than 20 years of production career, has not seen any wind and waves.

Now, when he saw that his subordinates began to show their ugly faces when they encountered difficulties, he was very dissatisfied.

In his opinion, even if Sony quits AKB, with his contacts accumulated over the years in the entertainment industry, as well as his huge influence, this is not the time to give up.

So, he stepped in to stop the embarrassment of his subordinates.

As the core of AKS, Yasu Akimoto, as soon as he spoke, the conference room was suddenly silent.

Akimoto Yasushi opened his small eyes, hidden under black-rimmed glasses, and scanned everyone.

It took two rounds before he spoke.

"Now, it's not our desperate situation. ”

"Togazaki. ”

"Yes!" said yes, and the person who said yes was Togasaki Tomonobu who was sitting in the right seat and the theater manager of AKB.

This is a middle-aged man, with a calm temperament, as well as a thick eyebrow and big eyes, all of which make people feel that "this person is reliable!"

"Next, you must stabilize the AKB members, not let the theater performance stall, everything must go on as usual, you know?"

"Yes!"

"Kumiko. ”

The next one is Yasushi Akimoto's long-time disciple, a descendant, Kumiko Isano.

"Yes, Mr. Akimoto. ”

"Regarding the problem of funds, I will solve it as soon as possible, and I must not let the outside world know that there is not much left on our books, and the more this time, the more we can't give others a chance to fall into the well, understand?" Akimoto Yasu pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose, and his tone was undoubted.

"Yes, I see. ”

In this way, Yasushi Akimoto gave specific instructions to the operating members who were in charge of all aspects of AKS's affairs.

At last.

"I know that this is a critical moment for AKS, and probably the most difficult time. ”

"However, just because Sony has given up does not mean that we have to give up. ”

"I'll figure it out as soon as I can. ”

"So, Mina-san, come on!"

It's rare, Akimoto Yasushi said some very encouraging words, but on his face, it's still the paralyzed face that can't see joy and anger...

However, when they saw Yasushi Akimoto say this, the members of the operation shouted excitedly.

"Okay!"

"Yo Xi, dry daddy!"

It was not Akimotoyasu's words that aroused everyone's emotions, but Akimotoyasu's statement.

After all, the fat man in a suit standing in front of them was an omnipotent god-level producer!

If even Akimoto Yasu can't turn the tide, they feel that no one else can.

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Meetings resume to normal operational meetings.

However, at this time, Tomonobu Togasaki, the theater leader of AKB, seems to remember something and proposes something that seems to be ignored by everyone.

"By the way, now that we have terminated our cooperation with Sony, shouldn't we continue to let them stay in the operation as people on Sony's side?"

"Sony's people" refers to Kiyoshi Sakamoto and Masaki Chiba.

"This... Togasaki's words once again caused controversy among everyone.

In the end, it was Yasu Akimoto who once again suppressed the heated discussion of everyone.

"I don't think there's a need to kick Kiyoshi Sakamoto out even if Sony withdraws. ”

"After all, with Kiyoshi Sakamoto's current popularity and popularity, it is likely to become a weapon that our AKB may rely on in the future. Moreover, I have to say that Kiyoshi Sakamoto's creative ability is not inferior to me at all. ”

"There are more benefits than disadvantages to keep him. ”

"As for Chiba-kun, he wasn't a member of the operation in the first place, just a young man who studied with me in private, and he can be regarded as half of my disciple, with him or not, it's not bad. ”

After listening to this, everyone also nodded frequently in agreement.

In this way, AKS in the "post-Sony era" ended the first and most important operational meeting...

The next day.

From Chiba Masaki, Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who learned the news, also sighed at Yasushi Akimoto's shrewdness.

After all, at the beginning, Kiyoshi Sakamoto's identity was equivalent to the commissioner sent by Sony to supervise.

For the AKS people, Kiyoshi Sakamoto is definitely an outsider.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto originally thought that his identity as an AKB music producer would also be revoked with Sony's withdrawal.

However, because Kiyoshi Sakamoto, the rising future king, was needed to help AKB, in the end, after the AKS deliberated, it was decided to retain Kiyoshi Sakamoto's position as music producer.

And Masaki Chiba also continued to serve as a music producer for AKB with the personal support of Yasushi Akimoto.

But not in front of the stage, but behind the scenes.

However, Chiba Masaki was happy that he could continue to stay with Yasusu Akimoto to study.

However, Kiyoshi Sakamoto directly pierced his true heart.

"I look at you.,It's not because you can continue to study with Akimoto-san and you're happy.,It's because,You can continue to mix in the AKB theater.,Being called "Chiba-kun" by the girls.,It's going to be so happy.。。。 ”

"How do you know?!" Chiba Masaki looked at Kiyoshi Sakamoto with a look of surprise.

"Please wipe the saliva from the corner of your mouth when you say this, so you can cut it... ”

"Hey, hey, hey... ”

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Ginza, Tokyo.

In the box of a Japanese restaurant, there are two old and one young who have not seen each other for a long time, Kiyoshi Sakamoto and Yasuya Akimoto.

Although the decision to quit AKB was not made by him, moreover, he tried to prevent this from happening.

However, Kiyoshi Sakamoto still felt that he should express his feelings to Yasushi Akimoto.

That's the only thing you can do.

Therefore, he privately asked Akimoto Yasushi to meet to express his deepest apologies.

"Akimoto-san, I'm really sorry, although I argued with President Kitagawa to make him continue to believe in you, but I still couldn't stop Sony's withdrawal. ”

"I'm so sorry!"

And Akimoto Yasushi was also very moved by Sakamoto Kiyoshi's words, but comforted Sakamoto Kiyoshi and said, "Hehe, Sakamoto-kun, this is not your fault, after all, you are just an artist under Sony, and you can't do anything about high-level decision-making... ”

"And, according to President Kitagawa, you're still in front of him, supporting me with all your might. ”

Not only that, Yasu Akimoto showed a rare smile on his face, "Although AKB's record company is no longer owned by Sony, you can also come to the theater often." ”

"We can also talk about creating something together. ”

"After all, you're still a music producer at AKB... ”