Chapter 55: A Single Publicity Activity (I)
"Ah, the scenery is so beautiful!" Rina Ikoma exclaimed in praise as she looked out the window of the car.
It's about to be February 22nd, the day Nogizaka's single will be released. Today's announcement of the selection members of Nogizaka is to go to eight cities across the country to promote Nogizaka's debut, and the whole process of publicity will be edited and produced into two episodes of Where is Nogizaka. Due to the success of the performance revealed earlier, the members of the selection team have a lot of confidence in completing this task.
At 4 o'clock in the morning on January 29th, the members of the selection who were suddenly called, everyone was still in a half-asleep and half-awake state, and they were told by the agent to gather urgently and hurry to the activity room to get ready.
"Good morning, everyone!" Nango Yui was already waiting for them in the activity room, and he felt a little funny when he saw the listless appearance of the members.
"Good morning!" the members bowed in return.
Nanase Nishino didn't have the sleepy-eyed and lazy look of the others, and she quickly packed up her clothes after being notified. She saw several large cardboard boxes on the table in front of Nango Yui, as well as the Staff holding the camera next to Nango Yui, and felt that this matter was not so simple.
"Today, in order to promote everyone's debut single, "γγγγγ«γΌγγ³", we will travel all over the country, and 16 people will be divided into 4 groups, each group of 4 people, and the members of each group will go to two cities to promote, and then the 4,600 packs of tissues in the carton in front of me will be distributed within today...... Nango said.
"Oh, it's really fake!" Hearing this, the members who were still in a state of dissociation were instantly pulled back to reality, and they expressed all kinds of shock at the news and discussed it enthusiastically.
"Let's announce the grouping. Asuka, Hashimoto, Ikoma, Sakurai, you're going to Sendai and Reihor!!, Nango Yui announced.
"Okay!" replied Reika Sakurai, who was happy with the members of her group.
"Hehe, what about a group with Nanamin......" Asuka Saito was also there with his own thoughts, and he laughed as he thought about it.
"Next for the city, Kawamura, Matsumura and Nakata will go to Niigata and Osaka. Nango Yui announced.
Although Matsumura Sayuri wanted to be with Mai Shiraishi and Nanami Hashimoto and them, but the result that had been prescribed, he couldn't change it, so he had to look at Mai Shiraishi reluctantly, and Mai Shiraishi also gave a comforting look back.
"Nishino, Yusato, Takayama, and Wakatsuki will be heading to Kyoto and Nagoya. Nango Yui announced again.
Erika Ikuta, who was supposed to participate in the selection of this event, had to be absent because of the exam, so Yumi Wakatsuki was asked to complete the event as a substitute.
"Hmm...... Komi, Wakatsuki, are all very reliable people......" Nishino Nanase also thought secretly in his heart, and he was also very satisfied with his grouping.
"The last four remaining people, Shiraishi, Inoue, Nojo, and Hoshino, will go to Hiroshima and Fukuoka. Nango Yui finally announced, "I hope everyone will work hard to cheer for us." β
"Yes!" the members all replied. Then they went back to their rooms to change their clothes, wash up and put on makeup, and got ready to go.
Yui Nango, Yoshio Konno, and the other two agents will follow the members of the 4 groups throughout the whole process to prevent any problems and difficulties, so as to help the members solve them in time.
Back in time, the members have already boarded the trains to various places, and they are getting closer and closer to the target city.
Today's task is to complete the distribution of paper towels printed with the promotion of Nogizaka's debut single, and the number of paper towels, according to the number 46, a total of 4,600 packs, each group has been allocated 1,150 packs, and each group must go to two cities within a limited time, and distribute paper towels while carrying out effective publicity, and the distribution place of paper towels is collected through the Twitter of the national meal, and then the members choose their own places to go, and each group member has already gone to the first city to carry out publicity.
First of all, these four people arrived at their destination Sendai first.
"It's finally here, Sendai. Rina Ikoma said to the others.
"Yay~" The other three people also applauded and cooperated. These are all for the filming of where Nogizaka is, so it is necessary to have this conversation according to the needs of the program.
"It's so cold, I feel like the air is frozen!" said Reika Sakurai. What they are wearing now is just Nogizaka's system.
According to the recommendation on Twitter, the first place to visit is the tourist spot, Aoba Castle.
"There, isn't there a big screen?" Nana Hashimoto didn't notice a super big and super obvious display not far away.
"If there's a PV of our "γγγγγ«γΌγγ³" broadcast there...... Maybe it will be good!" a possibility suddenly came to Hashimoto's mind.
"That's amazing! This is the best method of publicity!" Several other people also expressed their approval and support for this method, and they all felt that it would be very effective.
"I'm going to negotiate with the people in the mall!" Nango Yui also thought that this method could be tried, and then asked the members to continue recording with the film crew, and he went to the relevant personnel to discuss the feasibility of this idea.
According to the information provided by Han, the members immediately went to Aoba Castle, which has a bird's-eye view of Sendai City.
The four people who were in high spirits in front of the bronze statue of Date Masamune suddenly found that there were no passers-by or tourists around. The scene was very deserted.
Since the weather was too cold, the members all wore thick coats to prevent symptoms of getting sick and cold.
"Not a single one...... Sure enough, I came from Tokyo...... It's kind of ......," Rina Ikoma complained.
Although it is a tourist attraction in Sendai, there are still not many people at 9 o'clock in the morning in the cold winter, and the four of them have to recognize this reality and have to go somewhere else.
Then they racked their brains to think of a new battle, that is, the battle to distribute tissues to the souvenir store, and everyone felt that they could try it, and they started to act.
"Excuse me, we're the idol group Nogizaka 46, and our debut single "Around the Curtains" will be released on February 22 this year, so please take this tissue ......" Coming to a specialty shop, Rina Ikoma took the initiative to introduce to the sellers in the store, and then handed the promotional tissue to the other party with both hands.
The shopkeeper was surprised and smiled and took the tissue.
"If we can, we would be grateful to thank you for posting this poster here, and we will be very happy! Can we put it up?" Rina Ikoma was sincere and modest, carefully asking the store's opinion, and handed the store a poster of Nogizaka 46 to the store.
"Yes!" the shopkeeper smiled and accepted Nogizaka's poster, and all four members bowed to her and thanked her.
Rina Ikoma's first success gave the four of them a lot of confidence, and they did a rustic promotional campaign in the souvenir shop, and each store was kind and friendly enough to accept Nogizaka's tissues and signed posters, and successfully pasted the signed posters in the store.
At this time, the manager of the souvenir shop came over and said politely to the members, "In Sendai, Date Masamune's edamame sauce is a famous item, and no one has a special gift for you." β
All four of them were pleasantly surprised to receive the special food from the manager, and they didn't expect to have such an unexpected benefit, they were so lucky.
Then the camera also gave a close-up of the specialty food and the happy expressions on the faces of the members when they ate it, which was equivalent to promoting the store.
"If you come to Sendai, you'll take a commemorative photo with this specialty!" After getting the staff's approval, the manager took out his mobile phone and took a picture of Nogizaka members eating edamame dumplings, and the manager smiled with satisfaction.
On the side, Nango Yui's phone rang, and after confirming, he put down his mobile phone and said to the members: "The big screen in front of the station just now, I communicated by phone, and from 10:54:15, the PV will be played, and the negotiation has been established." β
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"I didn't expect it, it's really possible!" Sakurai Reika said with exaggerated emotion, provoking Nango Yui next to her and the staff of the film crew laughing.
There was still some time before the broadcast.,The four people of the Sendai group came to the CD store called Shinxingdo.,After sincerely explaining the intention and requesting with the store manager.,The store manager took the paper towel very enthusiastically.,And generously accepted the four posters and promised to stick them in the store to help promote it.,All four people praised the store manager as a good person.γ In the face of the praise of the cute members, the store manager also said that he blushed a little.
Then it was a little more publicity, and finally, it was time to make the PV public.
At the convocation of the members, more than 200 Nogizaka Ikei gathered in front of Sendai Station, and these people waited here with four members to wait for the PV to be broadcast.
"Five seconds left!" the Staff next to him prompted, and all four of them looked at the big screen expectantly, nervously waiting.
The moment the PV was announced, the four of them jumped up excitedly, and the rice behind them also applauded and happily cooperated.
Surrounded by many meals, the four people who saw the moment when the PV was released continued to distribute tissues on the street with gratitude. With the help of more than 200 people at the Sendai Station gathering place, the members distributed a total of 400 packs of tissues in Sendai. The members were very impressed by the enthusiasm of Sendai Rice, and after taking a commemorative photo with them, they stopped shooting. The film crew and members began to prepare for the next city, and the problem of eating was solved on the train.
At 8:30 a.m., the Hiroshima Fukuoka group of Shiraishi, Nojo, Inoue, and Hoshino arrived at the airport in Hiroshima, and immediately logged on to Twitter to check about local events, and was surprised to find that many people left messages on Twitter. Finally, I found out that there is a mini 4WD event in the local area today, although the four people don't understand what the situation of this conference is, but they think that if there are many people, they can try it.
After communication with the staff, members were allowed to enter the conference site.
After entering the venue, I first introduced myself to the crowd and explained my intentions.
Most of them are onlookers who don't know the truth, and the distribution of tissues is not optimistic.
"I don't have the courage to send it......" Mai Shiraishi was also a little cowardly, and she couldn't hold it anymore.
Then the four of them cheered each other on, and finally took the step of handing out tissues to the guests of the 4WD conference. The members were very sincere in asking for tissues to be delivered to the people around them.
"Can you tell me your name......" the passer-by asked Mai Shiraishi with a bright smile.
Mai Shiraishi shook his hand cordially, and replied with a smile, "Mai Shiraishi." Gradually, the number of people gathered around Shiraishi began to increase.
Most people don't know Nogizaka 46 yet, and in this case, it was a big challenge to introduce his debut single for 4WD Rice. So in order to publicize it to more people, several people walked into the venue of the conference.
The members who were shocked by the warm atmosphere in the venue continued to exclaim. Then I was invited to participate in the competition together, and the members couldn't wait to watch it for a long time, so they agreed. The members borrowed 4x4 vehicles from the participants to participate in the race together. If you can win here, it will also play a good role in publicity.
At the start of the race, Nogizaka's four-wheel drive started a little late, and he was left far behind by the others. But in the second half of the race, the other rivals' cars rushed off the track one after another, and the speed was too fast to control. Nogizaka 46's Yellow Curry became the only 4WD to complete the course, and the 4WD diners in attendance applauded and praised the members, and then took advantage of the crowd to promote their debut single in time.
Everyone present expressed their support, and several members were very touched and continued to distribute tissues with gratitude. Due to the effect of the four-wheel drive conference, about 200 packs of paper towels were successfully distributed, and several members also gained confidence.