Chapter 11, Disputes and Compromises

"Atsuko Maeda is a Fudo C, this is a rule that Akimoto Yasushi has set since the beginning of AKB's establishment, do you have any objections?" Kumiko Isono, the daughter of Ota Office and the director of Ota Publishing, immediately retorted. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Center, which means center, extends to the girl idol group, which refers to the person who stands at the front singing and dancing most of the time, and in AKB, Atsuko Maeda is the one who has occupied this position for many years, this cute girl with a round face and a sweet smile, who has accompanied AKB through countless ups and downs over the years, she is the center, from the operation, to the members, to the fans, she is convinced.

Now, there will be an operation to stand up and express dissent, these things that were unimaginable in the original AKB, hearing this, Yasushi Akimoto closed his eyes again.

He recalled that time, two or three years ago, in that dark period, sales were slow to rise, and operating costs were rising because of the continuous recruitment of new members, in order to alleviate the strong financial pressure, his assistant, who was also his disciple for twenty years, Kumiko Isono, came up with a plan.

Citizenship.

The members who moved from AKB are still members of AKB48 and still have to perform and work with the team, but from now on, these members are no longer artists contracted by AKS, and their personal activities and schedules will be decided by the contracted office, and the management will negotiate with the office to handle these matters.

Yasu Akimoto agreed, and the first crisis of AKB was resolved, and the expenses of the members after the transfer dropped significantly, and because most of the core members who moved out, such as Yuko Oshima, Atsuko Maeda, Minami Takahashi, Yona Kojima, Mayu Watanabe, etc., these members relied on their own hematopoietic ability to give back to AKB48, relieving AKB's financial pressure.

As the firm closest to Yasu Akimoto and a die-hard supporter of Yasu Akimoto, Ota Office received the most resources, and the best and most important in AKB, Atsuko Maeda and Yuko Oshima, were acquired by Ota Office.

As soon as the mouth opened, it couldn't stop at all, and by the middle of 09, almost all of the members who had a certain reputation and strength, and even only showed some potential had all emigrated, Ota, Ogi, Watanabe, and Horipro, and these firms had already carved up most of the selection group.

Then, as AKB continued to become popular, the selection team had begun to become a battlefield for major firms to wrestle, and the selection team, which was originally decided by Yasu Akimoto alone, began to take into account the strength and exchange of interests in all aspects, and was no longer purely determined by the operational level.

"So, Airborne C?" Tomonobu Togasaki, the theater manager, came out to mediate, first signaling the excited Kumiko Isono to calm down, and then said to the representative of the Ogi office.

Togasaki Tomonobu is a dark-skinned, sturdy middle-aged man, only in his thirties this year, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a round mouth, over the years, he has done a lot of work from the position of the theater leader, and his ability is recognized by everyone, as soon as he comes out to mediate, he is quite majestic, and Kumiko Isono stopped talking, so he motioned to Representative Ogi to speak first.

"It's not like we've landed in the C, and we've even had successful precedents, so why can't we do it again?" said the Ogi representative.

Naturally, he said that at the end of '08, the 11-year-old Kina Matsui landed in the center of the single "Loud Diamond", and AKB also brought back to life with this single.

Moreover, everyone has also seen that the success of the single "HR" has caused a pop boom in society, and the center of this single is not Atsuko Maeda. ”

"Then how about continuing with Yuko Oshima?" Kumiko Isono immediately added, these two are the most popular in the group, and the fat water does not flow to outsiders.

Yasushi Akimoto's big head shook slightly, and reached out to push his black-rimmed glasses: "Yuko can't center anymore." ”

For a period of time, with the addition of RB Dentsu, the infiltration of major firms, and the cooperation with Kyoraku SKE, Yasu Akimoto has begun to change from a decision-maker to a planner, but he is still the producer of this group, and he also holds a certain percentage of AKS's shares, and his right to speak is still there, and everyone still needs to respect his opinion.

The next single, Yuko Oshima can no longer be a center, this is the opinion of Yasusu Akimoto, and it is also the consensus of the operators.

General election,Yuko Oshima won.,The operators don't have anything to say.,The third-party company that helped check the votes in the general election is a large company responsible for the RB government election.,The operators can't have the ability to let this company help them fake.,So,Yuko won't win.,Center is for her.,But the next single.,Yuko Oshima really can't be a center anymore.。

This starts with Yuko Oshima's origin.

Unlike other members who were ordinary girls before joining the group, Yuko Oshima was born as a child star, served as a child service actress, and even appeared in the Yuejiu drama (the prime time drama of the TV station), she is more aware of these things in the entertainment industry than other members, and knows more about the curves and various rules.

This means that this girl is even more difficult to control.

This is also the reason why Akimoto Yasu sometimes doesn't appreciate Yuko Oshima so much, this girl is very good and smart, she is not trained, but she is so good when she comes in, AKB sells the brilliance of the rough stone after it is polished, it is the sweat and hardship of growing up, this girl is very hard-working, but she is born full of brilliance, which is actually inconsistent with Akimoto Yasu's original intention.

Yasushi Akimoto's idea is that Yuko Oshima is very good, and she occasionally makes a cameo appearance in the center, or it is no problem to be a center every two or three times, but it is better not to have a C in a row.

Kitagawa Kenji, who was sitting in the crowd, said silently in his heart: "Are you going to change C again?"

"I think the top priority at the moment is to eliminate the influence of Yuko Oshima's center as much as possible, and now many people who have just met us think that Yuko Oshima is our center, but this is not good. Akimoto said.

Because Yuko Oshima does not represent AKB, Yasuya Akimoto wants AKB to be popular, but not Yuko Oshima to become popular, just like in the football world, when people see Raul, they will think of Real Madrid, only Atsuko Maeda, who has not moved for a long time, will make people think of AKB for the first time.

Yuko Oshima's momentum is too great for AKB's publicity.

But other members, such as Yona Kojima, Minami Takahashi, Mariko Shinoha, Mayu Watanabe, etc., their status in the group is not as good as Maeda Oshima, and the two can convince the public, and rashly parachuting C will make these early veteran members resist, and fans will find it difficult to accept, such as Matsui Jurina Airborne C This kind of thing is good to do once or twice, but it's not okay to do too much.

The meaning of the Odagi office is obvious, and it is unfair that we cannot accept that a member of the Ota office will always serve as the center.

Of course, there is also Watanabe Office, Hori Office is eyeing it.

Yasushi Akimoto looked around, Akihiro Makino, who was his disciple, was silent, Kumiko Isono was Ota's, Yasushi Kuwata wouldn't care about these things, Yuasa Hiroshi was Kyoraku's, Kenji Kitagawa was Sony's, and the two heads of Dentsu...

I don't know when it began, but AKS has been infiltrated by major forces.

In that case, why don't you just do it to the extreme, Yuko, I'm sorry! Akimoto Yasu muttered silently, and then said: "Why don't you just do this, more C, how about it?"

"More C?" exclaimed everyone.

"We shoot multiple versions of the MV for the next single, and the C of each version is different, and the C when the members go up to perform is not necessarily, it is decided before the operation of the performance, as for who C, everyone can still discuss, how about it?" The method proposed by Yasu Akimoto is a very straightforward method of dividing the fruit, and everyone thinks it is acceptable.

"Also, we need to alleviate the tension and negative relationship brought by the general election to the members, then, let's just establish a random C system, so that all the members of the 48 family can participate, after playing some games with strong randomness, layer by layer selection, randomly find a C, for example, guess the winner or loser, how about it?"

Akimoto Yasu's thinking shocked everyone present, everyone thought about it carefully, and found that this is a good way, in RB, a place where the entertainment industry is extremely developed, what artists need is continuous exposure and a lot of information, otherwise they will soon be overwhelmed by other news like a sea of smoke.

So during the most difficult period of AKB, Yasu Akimoto would rather have the newspaper publish the rumors of AKB's dissolution all day long, and let the group keep in the newspapers.

The crowd discussed it a little more, and the problem was settled, and then, Kenji Kitagawa suddenly said, "As for the Osaka side, Akimoto-san, they said that they are all ready and can start." ”

"I'll get in touch with the tune and write the lyrics as soon as possible and tell them not to rush. ”

Yasu Akimoto was talking about the 48 family, the branch in Osaka, NMB48.

NMB48, from the very beginning of its establishment, is different from other sub-groups.

NMB48,Affiliated to a local office in Osaka - Yoshimoto Kogyo Company,This company is a veteran artist agency,They have monopolized the major prime-time variety shows of the TV station for many years,More than half of the funny artists of the entire RB come from this agency,They are the local snakes in Osaka,There is also a deep underworld background。

To do this kind of theater, you need the protection of some local forces, which is why Yasushi Akimoto wants to pull Yasushi Kuwata.

If SKE, which was established in collaboration with Nagoya's Kyoraku, is owned by Kyoraku but operated by AKS, then NMB48 is owned by Yoshimoto from beginning to end, and even the artist contract is completely owned by Yoshimoto, so it can be said that AKS and NMB48 have little to do with each other except for one name.

Yasu Akimoto doesn't care, what he cares about is promoting this series, AKS is like collecting copyright franchise fees, and he doesn't care, but because of the current situation of NMB48, he doesn't care much about this group, and the promised songs have not been fulfilled for a long time.

"Over there, you have to worry too much about Beichuan. "Yasu Akimoto knew that Kenji Kitagawa and Yoshimoto had a good relationship.

"That's it for today, adjournment!"