Chapter XVIII, Final Preparations

After the turn of the millennium, the entertainment industry began to become a kind of big input and big output, without big investment, it is difficult to have big output, and in order to avoid risks, co-financing often becomes an option. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

As a partner, AKS will definitely have a certain share of this new idol group, and as a strong supporter of AKB48, Dentsu will not sit idly by.

Here I would like to talk about the strength of Nippon Dentsu.

DentsuGroup is Japan's largest advertising and communications group. Founded in 1901 and headquartered in Tokyo. Formerly known as Nippon Advertising in 1901 and Nippon Telegraph News Agency in 1907, it provided news and advertising agency services, and in 1936 it was transferred to a specialized advertising agency. It is currently the world's largest independent advertising agency. TBS, one of Japan's five largest private television stations, also has a close relationship with it. Dentsu's operations are mainly located in the United States, Europe, Japan and other regions, and the group has more than 100 subsidiaries and joint ventures.

A company whose turnover is measured in trillions of yen.

It should be emphasized here that no TV station, no law firm, has the ability to confront Nippon Dentsu, and it is up to Nippon Dentsu to decide how much income the TV station can make and how much profit the firm can make.

Therefore, the high-level members of Dentsu Japan have the title of "Dentsu Man" in the entertainment industry, and they are the dream marriage partner of all female artists, and being able to marry "Dentsu Man" means countless glory and wealth.

For example, the famous actress, Hitomi Kuroki, was born in Japan's most famous Takarazuka Opera Company, and after quitting Takarazuka in 1985, Hitomi Kuroki married a "Dentsu man" in 1991.

Since she married this Dentsu executive, in addition to being a housewife for a few years after getting married, every year, she will play a major role in at least one big-budget movie, and even more than a year is not unusual.

If you really want to compare the size, Sony can't compare to this behemoth.

Dentsu has already made a lot of money on AKB, and when he heard that Sony was also planning to make an idol group, he offered to cooperate, and Kitagawa Naoki saw this and simply proposed at the meeting: "How about this new girl idol group as an attempt by Sony Music to enter the female idol market, and jointly funding?"

Sure enough, as Techner remembers, when he first did this group, Sony did not choose to produce it wholly by himself, but chose a joint venture, and this project is more like a test of the current popular female idol group.

After tasting the sweetness of Nogizaka's project, the second installment of the later Sakamichi series, Hisaka, became a wholly-owned production by Sony and a controlling stake.

In that being the case ... Uesugi Soyuki suddenly stood up: "I'll be in charge of this project, I'm more interested in this aspect." ”

"Director Uesugi yet?"

"If Director Uesugi comes to do it, indeed... ”

There is a lot of discussion among the Sony directors, but most of them feel that this new independent director is a bit of an eyesore in the board of directors, and it is better to let him be in charge of one thing, otherwise he is usually not responsible for anything, and he has been staying on the board of directors, which is not a lot of pressure on them.

"It is estimated that the funding gap of the project is almost 1.5 billion, and I will fill this one, and I will be completely responsible for this project. Uesugi said expressionlessly, and it really wasn't clear from his face that he was interested.

Naoki Kitagawa nodded slowly, injecting 1.5 billion, which means that Uesugi Soyuki will hold 30% of the shares of this new girl idol group, and Sony will appoint him as the project leader, then this girl idol group will really be his own world!

Thinking of Uesugi Soyuki's surname, and then thinking of his financial resources and connections, Naoki Kitagawa first wanted to agree, and then he didn't want to agree.

"Uesugi, this girl idol group will always be under the umbrella of our Sony Music, and if you step down from the board of directors, it will automatically be regarded as giving up the position of head in charge, can you agree to this?"

"Yes. Uesugi said.

He is an independent director who holds 3.5% of Sony Music's shares in his personal capacity, and the board of directors cannot fire him, and if you want to fire him, you need a general meeting of shareholders.

As a result, the new girl idol group project was officially approved by the board of directors.

"What about the name of the project?"

Uesugi looked at Yui Nango, a young member who was in the limelight at the meeting today.

"Isn't there a Nogi Shrine near our company, and the location of the company building is called Nogizaka, so I propose that our new group be called Nogizaka 46?" Nango Yui was very excited, he knew that as long as this plan was approved, he, as the proposer of the plan, would definitely be promoted to the middle level of the plan, and a salary increase would be inevitable.

"46?Why don't you call 48?" asked Naoki Kitagawa suspiciously.

"It shows the difference between us and AKB48, we don't have as many people as AKB48, and we have one less than AKB48 by 2, it seems that we are less than AKB, but we are not inferior to them, I think it is okay. As the main messenger behind the scenes, Uesugi Muneyuki spoke up.

This was originally a name that was adopted, and it was not a place to be debated, and the name was quickly adopted.

Everything is in full swing.

The next day, as Nango Yui expected, he was transferred to the operation of the project, and he was also given the false title of consultant.

Don't underestimate this false title, it means that he has the power to dictate the whole project everywhere.

But at the same time, there is another person who was also sent here by Naoki Kitagawa.

"Your name is ... "In Uesugi Soyuki's office, a slender young man with a handsome face was standing in front of Uesugi Soyuki.

With sword eyebrows and starry eyes, a small beard on his chin, a handsome posture, and dyed blonde hair (yellow hair), this is Uesugi Soyuki's first impression of him.

Sanada Kengang is not a few years older than Uesugi Soyuki, but he is also a young man: "Yes, in Shimosanada Kenyo." ”

"Okay, you can report to Yoshio Konno. Uesugi Muneyuki simply took the order, signed it, and handed it back to Sanada Kenyo, without saying a word.

A trace of displeasure flashed on Sanada Kengang's face, he took the document and did not leave: "CEO Kitagawa arranged for me to come over as a vocal guide. ”

"Got it, it says on the appointment that Yoshio Konno is in his office on the fourth floor, so go and report to him. Uesugi didn't raise his head, just looked at the computer monitor.

Yoshio Konno is an old man of Sony Music, and he will become the head of Nogizaka Contract Company, specializing in internal management.

Sanada Kengang gritted his teeth, bowed, and took his order to report to Yoshio Konno.

It wasn't until the door was pulled by Sanada a little hard that Uesugi Soyuki raised his head and looked at the door, his face was not very good-looking.

Sanada Kenyoshi, a descendant of Sanada Yukimura, the "first soldier of Japan's Warring States", and a relative of Kenji Kitagawa, also relied on this identity to be able to enter Sony as a graduate of a regular university.

The descendants of the famous clan have made this guy develop an unruly temper, and in less than two years after entering the company, he has quarreled with almost all his colleagues in his department, and the relationship with his boss is not good.

He loved to call himself a famous man everywhere he did.

But his ancestor's reputation is not small, and the Minister of Personnel is not very easy to dismiss him, and this guy has a hand in vocal music and composition, and the company loves and hates him, and he has been making trouble until Kitagawa Naoki's side.

Naoki Kitagawa also felt that this relative was not easy to deal with, and this time he saw that Uesugi Soyuki was working on a new project, so he simply sent him.

This is a thorn in the head, Uesugi Soyuki called up Sanada Kenyoshi's file on the computer, and found that this guy won numerous awards in high school, and at the same time was punished a lot of times for violating rules and disciplines.

Thinking about his origin and temper, he understood the meaning of Naoki Kitagawa sending him over.

A person who is proud of his identity must find a stronger person to suppress him.

Uesugi Muneyuki is such a person.

No matter how powerful Sanada Yukimura is and how famous the Sanada family is in Japan, they still have an embarrassing place that they can't hide - they are not even Chinese.

The origin of the Chinese clan was established on June 17, Meiji 2, that is, on the same day that the daimyo returned their copies to the imperial court, the Taisei issued an order announcing the abolition of the title of the daimyo of the minister, and all the names were changed to the Chinese in the future.

Therefore, the Chinese are either from a daimyo or from a minister, and the descendants of Sanada Yukimura were either forced to change their surnames or wanted criminals during the Edo shogunate.

Throwing Sanada Kenyoshi's advance behind him, Uesugi Muneyuki dialed Kenji Kitagawa on the phone.

"Kenji, are you busy?" the two of them had begun to become familiar enough to call him by his first name.

"Busy, busy, call you at night!" Kitagawa Kenji only had time to deal with a few tones, and then hung up the phone, obviously, the environment on that end was very noisy, and it was not a suitable place to talk about things.

"Now ... There is still one candidate in charge of external work... Uesugi Muneyuki came up with a long list of candidates who had been given to him by the HR Department as a list of candidates who could be transferred.

Originally, the Nogizaka project director system set up by Sony was COO (CEO) Toshiyo Matsumura, and in this life, due to the strong insertion of Uesugi Soyuki, this big guy is destined not to have anything to do with Nogizaka again, because at this level of high-level, one project is very sufficient.

Yoshio Konno is in charge of the interior, so who is responsible for the outside? Uesugi looked at the list in his hand and fell into deep thought.

At this time, he found a familiar name in the list.

"Is that him? how can he have his name?"

"If it were him, there should be no problem. ”