Chapter 101: Single Lineup

"It's the afternoon recording of "Where is Nogizaka", right?"

"Yes. ”

Mai Shiraishi gradually adapted to the fact that Juni Watanabe was the art director of Nogizaka 46.

"I'll send you back, and by the way, I'll also go see Mr. Akimoto, and ask him if you have any questions. Jun Watanabe said and stood up, and the two of them walked towards the outside of the restaurant one after the other, but it seemed that Reina was a little alone.

"Mai sheep, see you next time!"

You can't keep following others, Nengnian Lingna looked a little frustrated.

The Mercedes Benz sped all the way to the Roppongi Sony Music Building, where the operating company of Nogizaka 46 also works.

Then I met Yasushi Akimoto as I wished.

I met him first because I asked him about the novel last time.

"Mai Sheep is also here!" Akimoto Yasushi was a little confused, didn't this kid take a fancy to Nanase Nishino? Why did he get together with Mai Shiraishi again, is this planning to rekindle the old love?

"Sensei is good!" Mai Shiraishi looked a little reserved, but she didn't expect Jun Watanabe to take her to see Yasushi Akimoto!

I was nervous and excited, although Yasushi Akimoto was the chief producer of Nogizaka 46, he actually rarely visited the scene of the group in person, and he basically couldn't see anyone at ordinary times, but he only participated in the operation of the group through the dominator Yoshio Konno, and he was not usually responsible for specific affairs.

More like a strategist than a general who takes the lead in leading the army and attacking the city.

The members were in awe of him.

Yasu Akimoto felt tired, since Watanabe Entertainment's representative Ran Department took a stake in Nogizaka 46LLC, and Jun Watanabe served as the representative of the other party as the artistic director in the operation, he felt that the group was gradually out of his control.

What will be the future of Naituan, will be completely ruined by this young man, or will he become a phoenix, everything is unpredictable.

It's time to start the Toriizaka 46 project.

However, it remains silent on the surface.

"I've read both of your novellas. Yasu Akimoto said as he pushed the folder on the table in front of him, "I have also carefully annotated it, and now I will tell you about the shortcomings of your two novels." ”

Jun Watanabe nodded and sat upright.

"Please ask the teacher for advice!"

Mai Shiraishi listened a little deranged on the side, what?

Jun Watanabe's attitude of writing songs as ordinary as eating and shopping was enough to shock her, and she wrote two songs for her in a short period of time. Although the first song is not to her liking, from an objective standpoint, both songs are also high-quality works.

Not to mention suddenly becoming a genius in music creation, and now he has started writing novels again, and he also asked Mr. Yasushi Akimoto to advise him, so it's completely serious.

In just two years, Jun Watanabe has changed not only in height, from more than 170 cm to 187 cm, but also in appearance to the point of astonishment, and even his own talent is like a river bursting through the embankment, flooding out of control.

It's amazing.

"Then I'll tell you, I know that you are adapting it into a script (script), so the use of words enhances the sense of the picture, and the dialogue is also carefully carved, so if you adapt the script, there should be no problem. But as a novel itself, it is unqualified, and the words and sentences seem dry and unwritten, without taste to read, and without forming its own style. ”

""Innocence" is a running account, a little white text, and the plot is old-fashioned. Poignant first love, the heroine is dead, there is no freshness, no matter how deep the director's skills are, it is not suitable for adaptation into a screenplay. ”

The plot of "Drowning Knife" is also clichΓ©, but it is brilliant in the character setting, and compared with the poignant first love of "Innocence", the heroine died in the end, the heroine of this novel was forced X, and the male protagonist finally took revenge, leaving an open-ended ending for people to figure out, and the technique is more clever. ”

"So if you want to adapt the screenplay, the second novel is obviously more suitable. ”

Hearing Yasushi Akimoto's evaluation, Jun Watanabe knew it in his heart.

His online novel male writing frequently hit the street, even if the entire plot and character dialogue are in his heart, but he still has too much confidence to write in the form of a novel.

Fortunately, he never saw himself as a novelist, but was just familiar with writing scripts.

flipped through it casually, Yasusu Akimoto focused on the novel "Drowning Knife" circled with a red pen, annotated a lot of content, and any one of them benefited him a lot. Sure enough, he is worthy of being a senior who has published many novels and has also served as a director and screenwriter.

Sharp-eyed.

"Aligado!" Watanabe Jun stood up and bowed slightly.

"If the filming of 'Drowning Knife' starts, can you let me take the position of supervisor (director)?" Akimoto suddenly made a suggestion that no one expected.

"Overseer?"

"How?"

The two stared at each other, Watanabe Jun knew that Yasuya Akimoto was powerful, and he had made amazing achievements in lyrics and building a girl idol group, and he also served as a screenwriter for many film and television dramas, such as the "Ghost Call" series, and published many novels......

Of all the fields, but only in the field of supervision, Yasu Akimoto suffered an unprecedented blow. He has directed many films, none of which are impressive, not to mention, even if the box office is also on the street, the word-of-mouth box office has failed, and investors have also lost money, since then his directorial career has been completely cut off, which was before the establishment of AKB48.

Maybe it was because of his failure in the movie that he learned from the pain and returned to his old profession β€”β€”β€” engage in a girl group.

This led to the birth of the 48 series, the most influential and largest girl group group in the history of Ni Bang, and the Bandao series derived from the 48 series.

Let him take the position of supervisor, the film will definitely lose money, after all, "Drowning Knife" is congenitally insufficient, and it is not an outstanding excellent script, and it is necessary to hire a supervisor who is good at literary and artistic youth films and has successful experience.

Jun Watanabe doesn't want his screenwriter to be ruined by Yasushi Akimoto like this!

"Smimarseille!" he refused decisively.

......

Mai Shiraishi looked very embarrassed on the sidelines, this Watanabe-kun is too ruthless, right? Even if he refuses, can't he use a slightly more tactful way?

"Forget it...... Anything else?"

Being watched by the young girl Mai Shiraishi from the side, Yasuya Akimoto, a middle-aged man, felt more or less faceless, and there was a trace of real fire in his heart.

This damn young man, with no manners at all, is so annoying.

"I still have something to ask the teacher!"

"If you have something to say, say it!"

Akimoto Yasu's patience has run out, and he originally wanted to try to see if he could return to the position of supervisor again and make a blockbuster youth film to wash away his humiliation in this field, but he didn't expect to be rejected by the teenager neatly and mercilessly.

Jun Watanabe took out the lineup list of Notuan's upcoming 11th single "Life Is So Beautiful" from his bag, and was about to hand it to Yasushi Akimoto, but the latter waved his hand with a gloomy face.

"I don't care about this single, you discuss everything with Konno-san. ”

Judging by his expression, Jun Watanabe knew it was time to leave.

Leaving Sony Music Headquarters, Mercedes Benz on his way to TV Tokyo.

Mai Shiraishi still couldn't help but ask about the 11th lineup list, and Junji Watanabe handed it to her without saying a word.

1 column: Sayuri Matsumura, Mai Shiraishi, Nanase Nishino, Nami Hashimoto, Rika Ikuta.

"Nishino-san is in the C position?" Mai Shiraishi looked suspicious.

"Don't look at me, it's none of my business, this lineup was made by Mr. Akimoto before. Jun Watanabe hastened to explain.

Mai Shiraishi gave him a blank look, but she believed him. After all, the pigeon (Nishino Nanase) c, it's not the first time, combined with what he said to Yasu Akimoto just now. (Pigeon 8 singles, 9 singles, 11 singles)

"Then you just wanted to suggest a lineup change to Mr. Akimoto?"

"Yes. ”

"Asuka?"

"Clever. ”

"It's Mayouyou's part-time job again, and it's Azuka's personal office, Watanabe-kun is quite busy!"

"Ahem!"

Jun Watanabe tilted his head to the side, not making contact with her piercing gaze.

"I took a look, Asuka Saito is in the 13th place in the third row! The last time I entered the selection was the 7th single, and I only entered the three selections before, and I have always been UG, and the third row is quite appropriate!"

Mai Shiraishi's tone was already a little shy.

"I think she is young and has a lot of potential, and she can be cultivated as the future core of the group!"

"Oh, where do you want to put her?"

"Second row. ”

"Second row?" Mai Shiraishi looked at the list in the second row.

2 columns: Yumi Wakatsuki, Maharu Akimoto, Rina Ikoma, Reika Sakurai, Mai Fukagawa.

"Which of them are you going to have Azuka replace?"

"Rina Ikoma or Akimoto Manatsu!" Jun Watanabe already had a plan in his heart, and he answered without panic.

"Who the hell is it?"

"I can't be sure for the time being, I also wanted to discuss it with Mr. Akimoto just now, but he asked me to go to Konno-san, and I can't help it, the teacher is too willful. This Akimoto Manatsu is related to the teacher, and if she is placed in the third row, the teacher will be unhappy?"

Jun Watanabe himself is quite embarrassed.

"Relative?" Mai Shiraishi was a little confused.

"Akimoto Manatsu is the only daughter of Yasushi Akimoto's younger brother, Hiroshi Akimoto. ”

"The teacher's niece?"

"Yes. ”

"You also know that the big landlords of Akita Prefecture, even the magistrate of Akita Prefecture have to sell some of the Ikoma family's thin noodles. ”

"What if you want to say that the persimmon picks up the soft pinch and throws one of them Wakazuki Yumi, Sakurai Reika, and Mai Fukagawa to the third row?"

......

Mai Shiraishi can understand his position, Asuka Saito is now an artist under Watanabe Entertainment, and it is normal to promote her to the second row.

It's just that this is unfair to the members of the second row, and the 11th single lineup formulated by Yasusu Akimoto is still relatively fair, and it is slightly unbalanced when Jun Watanabe does this.

"Can't you wait until the next order? Azuka is only 17 years old this year, so you don't need to be in such a hurry, right? And she is the first foreign signing agency, you won't leave it alone, right?

Mai Shiraishi persuaded bitterly.

Jun Watanabe is a very stubborn and even paranoid person who will definitely do what he wants to do, and nothing can stop him.

Mai Shiraishi still knows a little bit about this.

"Next order?" Watanabe Jun hesitated for a moment, met her hopeful eyes, and couldn't bear to refuse her after all.

"Alright then, let's move on to the next order. ”

"Aligado!"

"Needless to say, thank you, it's not for yourself. ”

"If one of me and Nana were to do a C, who would you choose?"

......

Jun Watanabe's heart suddenly jumped, looking at her clear eyes, he was silent for a long time, and finally held back a sentence.

"How's the double C?"

Mai Shiraishi bowed slightly, looking at him without speaking.

The gaze is intriguing.

Jun Watanabe was a little helpless, and he found that when he faced Mai Shiraishi, he couldn't refuse her.

But later, I think I can meet Nanase Nishino in the studio, right?

It seems that I haven't seen her in a few days, what is she usually doing?

Damn Asuka, she's really so disrespectful, she promised good things, but she didn't do a single thing!

Where are the good photos?

Where's the itinerary?

No, you must go and beat her, little girl, dare to play tricks with him!