A fine dining restaurant in Minato-ku, Tokyo. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Like many high-end RB restaurants in Tokyo, there is no flashy exterior or eye-catching signboard, and Kanda RB is hidden on the first floor of a private house in an alley of Motoazabu. In addition to the 8 seats at the counter, there is also a 6-person private room with a faint smell of cedar wood, and the interior is spotlessly clean. The wine collection here is amazing, with the best champagnes Salon 1996 and Krug 1990, as well as a variety of American cult wines, as well as the finest French wines, all selected by Kanda and the in-house sommelier Ichimine Hirose.

When he was young, Chef Yuyuki Kanda improved himself and left Paris for five years, stepping out of the box of RB people drinking wine and out of RB cuisine, which integrates the essence of French cuisine. Kanda, which has won three Michelin stars in Tokyo for many years, represents not only the affirmation given by Michelin, but also the nation's insistence on quality and the spirit of craftsmanship that hangs on for a lifetime.

Choosing to feast on Qiu Yuankang here, Zong Xue made a very careful consideration, first of all, Qiu Yuankang is a person who doesn't like to go far away, he rarely leaves the port area, and it is ideal to choose to feast him on the spot in the port area. Secondly, according to the intelligence, Yasu Akimoto is a well-known foodie, and he can be said to have tasted all the cuisines of various countries, so choosing this high-end RB restaurant with three Michelin stars can show his sincerity to the greatest extent.

Coming to this restaurant half an hour early, Zong Xue said hello to the boss, and then sat alone in the reserved seat.

This is his character, before talking about important things and meeting important people, he always has to be alone for a while, and carefully scrutinize what may happen and what may happen.

Planning, acting later, being cautious, and doing his homework in advance are his consistent guidelines and style of doing things.

Once you start, it is as fast as the wind, as fierce as fire, and as thunderous as thunder.

After drinking the barley tea and filling it up again, after repeating it three times, Akimoto Yasu's figure finally appeared in this small restaurant.

As with the memories of the technographer, Yasu Akimoto was a fat man with black-rimmed glasses and a black suit, not tall but very plump, with short parted hair and a large head that made his shoulders look narrow.

Sure enough, it was Feiqiu, Zong Xue recognized this "Father of AKB" at a glance, he immediately got up and greeted him very respectfully: "Teacher Qiuyuan! ”

"Uesugi, have you been busy lately?" Akimoto Yasushi spoke without hurry or slowness, very orderly, there would be a noticeable pause between each sentence, the voice was not loud, the tone was very gentle, you could hear it just from the voice, this is a human spirit.

At that time, he was almost cornered by this young man who suddenly appeared, and found RB Dentsu to successfully turn the tables, and he always remembered this favor.

In just a few years, the team he led has become a popular group of RB, causing a trend, and Uesugi Soyuki has also entered Sony Music and become a high-level executive, Yasushi Akimoto can't help but sigh that the world is impermanent.

"What am I busy with, Mr. Akimoto, you should know very well. Uesugi Muneyuki picked up a glass of sake: "Please." ”

"Please. "Yasushi Akimoto has been very busy lately, and he rarely enjoys a moment of leisure.

Like many restaurants, Kanda offers its dishes according to the season, and its summer cuisine is the most distinctive. In order to ensure the highest grade and freshness of the fish, Kanda cooperates with a specific fisherman, who will immediately call Kanda to inform him of today's catch as soon as he arrives at the port, and the highlight of the sashimi is the pale pink alfonsino, which is lightly grilled on the skin, delicate and rich, and can be tasted with two different flavors with wasabi and sea salt.

Another specialty of Kanda is beef. There are many grades of RB Wagyu beef, but Kanda uses the filet part of Miyazaki beef. For Kanda, the softness of the filet and the distribution of the oil splash are the perfect proportions.

"The crispy paper-thin crust wraps around the juicy and tender beef, and the soft texture of the Wagyu beef when you bite into it, and the slightly spicy watercress sprout seaweed salad is really a superb product!" said Uesugi Muneyuki.

After a few glasses of sake, Yasushi Akimoto's words gradually increased: "I read your plan, and the meaning is very clear, the positioning of this new girl idol group 'Nogizaka 46' is very clear, and I think it is very good, and I agree to be the producer of this group." ”

Uesugi Soyuki felt a burst of disdain in her heart, obviously you owe us Sony favors, so you agreed to help, why do you seem to be moved by our plan now before you agreed to help.

"I didn't expect that, Uesugi, that you'd be the head of this group yourself. Speaking of which, Akimoto Yasushi also seemed to be interested.

"Exactly, my father has liked idols since he was a child, and I'm also more interested in idols, and I especially like Yasushi Akimoto's kitten club, in the past, whether it was Yamaguchi Momoe, or Matsuda Seiko, and Akina Nakamori, it felt too high and unattainable. Zong Xue nodded: "So, I want to get to know you up close, idol." ”

If you say that you have been influenced by your family since you were a child, it's completely understandable that you will like idols.,It's normal to have some quirks one day.。。。 These thoughts turned in Akimoto's heart.

In other words, this child wants to participate or even lead an idol group himself out of curiosity about idols?

Doesn't this coincide with the core idea of "idols who can be met" as I imagined?

Thinking of this, Qiu Yuanyasu's whole person was like eating a bowl of shaved ice on a hot summer day, and a burst of happiness poured from head to toe.

The fact that I have been thinking about what I have learned over the years and that I can be recognized by an "old-school newcomer" like Uesugi Soyuki in mainstream society is the best proof of my ability.

From the final failure of the kitten club, which led to the ice age of idols, Akimoto himself has been thinking, why did the kitten club go from a super female idol group that dominated the public trust list for 38 weeks a year to have to disband after just over a year, because of the rapid decline in ratings and popularity?

After years of thinking, Akimoto Yasushi came up with the answer - a sense of disparity, and a sense of freshness.

The kitten club, with Yamaguchi Momoe and other jewels in front, has created too many girl idols in a short period of time, forming a kind of idol exhaustion and beginning to feel disgusted. Although "amateur idols" can bring short-term freshness, in the long run, the transcendent status of "idols" will decline more and more, resulting in the desire to see idols and even be idols gradually disappearing.

Among them, the most important point is that the operation team led by Yasushi Akimoto can't help but take action against the female idols they have created.

After the real situation was exposed to the world by the media one after another, fans were naturally shocked that there would be such a bad shady scene behind the original unattainable and dazzling idols, and the huge sense of gap made these originally fanatical fans naturally "turn black", and it is not surprising that these female idols will end so quickly.

So now, Yasu Akimoto has made a banner as an idol who can meet.

The idol group created by Yasushi Akimoto will start from the lowest and lowest theaters, cultivate an image that is close to the people and close to the fan circle, so that fans can accompany the idols out of the theater, to the TV station, and to a higher stage.

The idols who can only be seen on TV and DVDs, the unattainable idols, will put down their figures, get close to the fans, as long as you want to, spend a little money, you can get close to the idols, and the idols grow up with the fans, this is the method that Yasuya Akimoto summed up after learning the lessons of failure.

This method, after enduring countless difficulties, led him to success.

"One more thing, Mr. Akimoto, we still have some gaps in the funds for the establishment of this group, your side... Uesugi Soyuki looked like he wanted to say something.

But his eyes shone strangely.

This was Akimoto's first reaction, and he couldn't be more aware of Uesugi Soyuki's strength.

Among other things, this young man's holdings of Google stock are worth more than a billion dollars, not to mention his Facebook and Twitter stocks.

How could he be short of money? Akimoto thought for a moment that he had misheard.

Yasushi Akimoto slowed down in his meal, and he didn't answer Uesugi Muneyuki's question.

Zong Xue didn't rush to force him to make a statement, he knew that Qiu Yuanyasu needed time to think.

Melodious Japanese-style music surrounds Uesugi Muneyuki and Yasusu Akimoto, and Soyuki even had time to listen to a short segment.

It wasn't until this beautiful piece of music came to an end that Yasushi Akimoto spoke.

"I see, how much is missing?"

Akimoto understood what he meant, and Uesugi Soyuki smiled and nodded: "About two or three hundred million." ”

"Yes, I can still get the money. ”

The two of them smiled at each other, everything was silent, and the matter was brought over quietly.

In the following time, the two tacitly did not mention anything about Nogizaka and AKB, but changed to other topics.

Whether it is Zong Xue or Akimoto Yasu, they both belong to the elite class in society, they have a lot to talk about, Akimoto Yasuki's decades of experience in the entertainment industry is a treasure trove, and in the face of Uesugi Soxue's sincere advice, Akimoto Yasushi will naturally not be stingy to give advice.

The rest of the dinner time, the relationship between the two is really a bit like that of a teacher and a student.

After the meal, I walked out of the restaurant, and when I was leaving, the two hands were tightly clasped together.

"Thank you very much for enjoying the light today, Mr. Akimoto. ”

"No, no, I just want to thank Director Uesugi for the invitation, and tonight was a great pleasure. Yasushi Akimoto's chubby, round face was full of smiles.

After a brief goodbye, Uesugi Soyuki got into a black Mercedes and left here.

Today, AKS sent the director (manager) of the AKB theater - Togasaki Tomoto to pick up Yasushi Akimoto, for this meeting with Uesugi Soyuki, AKS company also attaches great importance to this, Togasaki Tomobu is an employee of Shiba Kotaro's company office48, was sent to assist Yasushi Akimoto to deal with the affairs of the AKB48 theater, he came to pick up Yasushi Akimoto, and it is also the president of AKS, Yasushi Kuwata, and Shiba Kotaro have a little bit of the meaning of inquiring about the news.

"Akimoto-san, the president said that Sony's new director intends to build a new idol group, you today... ”

"I agreed. Yasushi Akimoto didn't say much.

He knows that the current AKS is not the same as before.

This starts with the formation of SKE.