Chapter 24, Final Judgment (I)
Today, in the Great Hall of the Sony SMZ building, there is a lot of noise. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Nogizaka 46, a girl idol group that Sony has been preparing for a year, and this group that has spent countless public relations resources and countless publicity expenses, is about to usher in the final review.
In a specially built scene, the final review of AKB48's formula opponent group "Nogizaka 46" is held here.
Because the final review was public, a lot of media came to the venue.
It was still early, the staff was setting up the scene, and the venue was full of people coming and going.
Producer and planner Yasushi Akimoto, Sony's project director Muneyuki Uesugi, project manager Ichiro Satomi, Nogizaka 46 contract president Yoshio Konno, dentsu representatives Kazuhiko Abiru and Hiroyuki Fujita, AKS president Yasushi Kuwata and Kumiko Isono were present at the event.
"Ning Sang, today's final trial, I'm sorry for you, remember, you have to pay more attention to those two people. Uesugi said to Ichiro Satomi, who was sitting next to him.
Satomi Ichiro, an ordinary employee of Sony Insurance, just has a long working experience and rich work experience, he is forty years old this year, with a Chinese face, looking neutral and peaceful, and he looks like an old fritter in the workplace.
If this was the case, it would have been absolutely impossible for Uesugi Muneyuki to transfer him as a project manager.
Just because Satomi Ichiro, there is another identity.
What he really makes people know and is famous is that he is active on 2CH, that's right, this unmarried man who is forty years old is actually an idol house, and his screen name is the famous sunspot on the 2CH message board "Pick up the fierce dry の Ning"!
This product's ability to complain and make up jokes is simply god-level, and his sentence "Ayama Yamamoto is only the body when his chin is exposed" made Uesugi Soyuki spray tea on the table.
Out of curiosity, he asked the professionals in Sony's network department to track down the account, and finally, he found this middle-aged man who was doing business at Sony Insurance.
Satomi Ichiro has been immersed in the idol industry for many years, and he is very familiar with all kinds of curves and curves, and he is very clear about the unspoken rules and unwritten tacit understanding of the industry.
"I see, and what you told me last time, I have eyebrows. Satomi Ichiro glanced at the staff who were arranging the scene with a grim look: "This kind of thing has not been investigated clearly, is it trying to make us make a fool of ourselves?"
"So, what I said is true?" Uesugi Soyuki's face was also ugly.
What he said was the sudden dismissal of Nogizaka's two first-term students, Yamamoto Honoka and Yoshimoto Ayaka.
This incident caught Sony off guard, and it was very scrambling for a while, especially Yoshimoto Ayaka, which was the new center identified by Yasushi Akimoto.
It's been many years since the crossing, and Uesugi Soyuki's memory of the tech house has become increasingly blurred, and many things don't remember much anymore, after all, after so many years of life, who can still remember the original things, this matter, he only vaguely remembered it after looking at the final review list, and it took a long time to recall it in the end.
Uesugi Muneyuki only remembered that the two men had been fired, but he couldn't remember why, so he asked Satomi Ichiro to take a closer look.
After listening to Zong Xue's request, Satomi Ichiro felt strange, but he still carefully and thoroughly investigated the two girls.
Sure enough, something went wrong!
Yamamoto Hono is fine, but Yoshimoto Ayaka is running when he has already signed a contract with another firm!
That's why Uesugi was willing to build a new project and a new office to handle Nogizaka 46's affairs, and he didn't choose to attach this project to Sony Music.
Because Sony's internal organization is bloated, the multiplicity of personnel and institutions has become a serious problem.
Not to mention, in Sony's personnel distribution, grass-roots management personnel, can account for 40% of the number of grass-roots people, every ten grass-roots employees, there will be a minister, an acting minister and two section chiefs, and there are only six staff members, in order to manage these six people, set up four management positions, Sony's institutions and personnel bloated can be seen.
This kind of inefficient management is not what Uesugi Soyuki wants, and he will build a new "Beihe" office with Kenji Kitagawa to be responsible for the sales of records and merchandise, which is also an important reason.
Yasu Akimoto also came.
As always, Feiqiu was wearing a black suit and black-rimmed glasses, he first walked into the venue, said hello to the media people who arrived at the scene, and then saw Uesugi Muneyuki who had already sat down.
"Uesugi, are you here so early?" Fatty Qiu sat beside him, looking very happy, what Sony's compromise and accession, he knew too well.
He took another big step forward in the direction of controlling the entertainment world.
Looking at the complacent Fat Autumn, Uesugi Soyuki sighed slightly, even if he inherited the ability of the technology nerd, he still can't compare with Fat Autumn, not to mention anything else, just two hundred lyrics a year, the planning of more than a dozen groups, and countless affairs, Akimoto Yasu can do it with ease, which he can't compare to at all.
Although Zong Xue was envious, he really didn't have that level.
Have you ever seen an ordinary otaku in his previous life who can travel through time and then become a superstar who plays film and television music? And then turn his head into a dozen terabytes of mobile hard drives, and can memorize all the novels, movies, and songs he has read every minute and every second? Perfectly plagiarize every sentence and even every word?
Then an otaku who has never studied music theory, has not undergone vocal training, and only knows how to listen to songs, can sing and beg in the subway station in an instant like a golden throat treasure, smell sad, and cry when he sees it, and then be discovered by passing stars or talent scouts in one fell swoop, and then make his debut and sell well, so far he has reached the pinnacle of life, become popular, become rich and handsome, and marry Bai Fumei?
Maybe someone can do it, but Zong Xue can't do it.
Some people are born with singing, and some people are born with a strong sense of musicality and a good voice.
Zong Xue himself didn't have the same, and after the crossing, he also tried to sing.
No, without formal vocal training, coupled with his lack of talent, he can't easily make a fortune by singing and writing music like those crossing brothers.
In the future, it would be good to be an honest capitalist, although Zong Xue was unmoved on the surface, he actually had some regrets in his heart.
The path of producer is cut off.
At this time, there was a commotion at the door of the venue, and an old man slowly walked in from the door, the old man's figure was not tall, just medium-looking, wearing a pair of rimless eyes, a gray suit, a blue tie, and the clothes were only seventy percent new, but they could not hide the sharp breath of the old man at all.
It was a look that pierced people's hearts, like the waves of the sea, and under the power of the old man, no staff member dared to go up and stop him, even if he didn't even have a work permit or anything to prove his identity.
The old man was a little old, his hair was all white, but he was very energetic, his figure was straight, and there were not many wrinkles on his face, and he walked directly to the judges' bench without any scruples, ignoring the staff who walked up to persuade him.
"Director Uesugi, what is the origin of this old guy?" Satomi Ichiro was very strange, he had to ask Uesugi Soyuki beside him, because judging from the direction of the old man's actions, he was here for Soyuki.
"Huh?" The question was not answered, and several of the judges present looked at Uesugi Soyuki, only to see Uesugi Soyuki open his mouth wide and have an expression of disbelief on his face, people like Kitagawa Kenji and Yasusu Akimoto find it very interesting, Uesugi Soyuki usually looks calm and calm, and it is so interesting to see this young man show this expression.
"Lord... Grandpa?" Uesugi Soyuki's mouth was open for a long time, and then he spit out a few notes.
What?!Everyone present was stunned!
This person is actually Uesugi Soyuki's grandfather, Uesugi Kuniken, a permanent professor at the University of Tokyo, a professor at the Institute of Cosmological Sciences of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, and Culture, a Japanese cosmonautics scholar, specializing in astronautics.
Uesugi Soyuki hurriedly got up, trotted all the way, repelled the staff surrounding his grandfather, and carefully helped him: "Grandpa, why are you here." ”
"Why can't I come? My grandson wants to choose a few girls to be idols, but I can't come yet?" Bangxian was full of authority: "Also, don't help me! I can go by myself!"
The old man walked directly to the judges' bench and sat in Zong Xue's original position, and the staff quickly wrote a new sign, and then moved the original Zong Xue's sign to the side.
Bang Xian directly reached out and grabbed Zong Xue's sign, and changed positions with his own sign, so that he and Akimoto Yasushi sat next to each other.
"Qiu Yuanyasu, it's been a long time!" the old man's words brought heavy pressure to Feiqiu.
It was obviously not the first time he had seen Yasushi Akimoto.
"At the beginning, my son was addicted to the kitten club and couldn't start a family, it was a good thing you did, and then what? After the scourge of my son, you are now eyeing my grandson again?" Uesugi Kuniten's gaze seemed to penetrate Akimoto Yasu, Akimoto saw sweat on his forehead, and said in a low voice: "No, don't dare." ”
The joy of conquering Sony was also swept away.
Uesugi Kuniten, who is the current head of the Yonezawa Uesugi family, not only that, but he is also a master of the academic world, with connections, and disciples all over most of Japan, with terrifying energy.
Akimoto Yasushi is the most reluctant to offend such people, these old professors in academia don't seem to be very rich and have no power, they seem to just concentrate on research, doing academics, and have no quarrel with the world.
However, if they really offend them, then as long as they say a few words in the newspaper, Yasushi Akimoto's idol career will suffer a huge blow!
Moreover, this old man is also one of the leaders of the Chinese clan, these old guys have always been in the same spirit, and their hidden terrifying energy can completely engulf Akimoto Yasu.
"I hope you don't!" Uesugi Kuniken snorted, obviously not very happy, and then he looked at his grandson: "Jiro, what are you doing here?"
When he looked at Zong Xue, his grandfather's expression suddenly changed, and he looked like a kind old man, as if the terrible Chinese boss before was just an illusion of everyone.
"Okay... Okay!" Uesugi was already sweating profusely.
So, under the chaos of his grandfather, the final trial of Nogizaka 46 officially began.