Yasusu Akimoto has been in a bad mood lately, because the prospects for the multi-person girl idol group AKB48 he created are currently bleak, not only the record company does not agree to continue the cooperation, but also the previous tour in Nagoya, Hokkaido and other places has almost no fans, although the daily attendance rate of the small theater here in Akihabara is not bad, but in general, the project has been in a state of loss, according to this state, several investors are really going to withdraw their capital. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Qiu Yuanyasu is really distressed about this, it is said that there must be no problem with his design ideas, and the little girls under his command are also very obedient, train very hard, and work very hard when performing, and he has taken out the greatest energy and talent to write songs for them, but why can't it become popular?

Just when Yasushi Akimoto was thinking nonsense, coach Makomi came in and reported to him: "Boss, there is a young man named Takeshi Fujishima who claims to be the owner of an office and wants to see you. ”

"Fujishima Takeshi?" After reading this name twice, Yasu Akimoto realized the meaning of this name, isn't this the eldest young master of the Genesy family, why did he suddenly come to me?

Although Akimoto didn't know why Takeshi Fujishima came to him, there was no reason to turn him away since he came, so he asked Mayuki to invite him in.

Although Takeshi Fujishima secretly complained about Fatty Autumn in his previous life, he still admired this visionary and capable music producer very much, so he bowed politely as soon as they met and said: "Hello Mr. Akimoto, please bear with me." ”

I still have some knowledge of Fujishima Takeshi, the eldest young master Akimoto Yasu, and I have the impression that he is a rather smug guy, but now it seems that the rumors are not accurate, at least this guy is still very polite and respectful to himself, so he is also very polite in return, and after a period of greetings, Fujishima Takeshi said: "Mr. Akimoto, I came today because I want to discuss something with you." ”

In fact, Yasu Akimoto was also very curious about the purpose of Takeshi Fujishima's visit, so he said: "Mr. Fujishima, you don't have to be polite, just say something." ”

"I'd like to sign a few members of your AKB48 group. Fujishima Takeshi said in a deep voice.

Hearing that this was the purpose, Akimoto Yasusu couldn't help frowning, and said with some displeasure: "Mr. Fujishima, I also have a special artist office office48 here, so we can solve this aspect ourselves." ”

For Yasushi Akimoto's answer, Takeshi Fujishima had long been mentally prepared, so he talked eloquently: "Mr. Akimoto, you can actually think about this matter from another angle. You are a senior in the entertainment industry, and you should know that there will inevitably be such a thing in the entertainment industry: a certain firm found a good seedling, so it mobilized a lot of resources and made great efforts to cultivate it into a unique and appealing artist, and achieved good market results.

But the good times didn't last long, and other firms followed the map and launched artists of the same type with a high degree of similarity, so that the market share that the company had a unique vision was quickly divided up by each company.

And for AKB48, which you have created now, a large team of non-professional artists, it is too easy to imitate, and they are not popular yet, so no one has imitated them yet, but once they are famous, I am sure that a large number of imitation teams will appear immediately. (This is not that Takeshi Fujishima is alarmist, in fact, after AKB48 became popular, a large number of follow-up groups appeared)

There is so much market share, if others take a little more, then you will take a little less here, and this kind of competition is a zero-sum game in "Game Theory", because for the overall situation, the new value created by this game is zero.

Therefore, it is better to transform this zero-sum game into a positive-sum game, and turn the traditional competition model into a new market model that can jointly create new value. You are responsible for cultivating these girls here, and our offices are responsible for external promotion, so let's make this cake bigger and make a fortune together. Isn't that the best outcome? ”

Listening to Takeshi Fujishima's words, Yasu Akimoto couldn't help but be shocked, who said that this guy in front of him was a gentleman, is there a gentleman who can study "Game Theory" so thoroughly? Mr. Fujishima, your approach is indeed very creative, but I feel that you are completely considering the problem from the perspective of the firm, because in doing so, your firm not only reduces the upfront investment in cultivating artists, but also can sit back and enjoy the results, so I will suffer a bit too much. ”

Fujishima Takeshi shook his head and said: "I believe that not only will you not suffer, but will make a profit from it, because this is a complementary relationship, we promote the operation of AKB among the girls, will drive more people to pay attention to AKB as a whole, so it is definitely beneficial to you." ”

Speaking of this, Takeshi Fujishima suddenly smiled mysteriously, and said: "Moreover, I heard that Defstar seems to have refused to cooperate with you for the next step, and you don't seem to have contacted other record companies that are willing to take over, but I can help you in this regard, after all, we have our own record company, and even I can invest in AKB." ”

Although Takeshi Fujishima didn't say it all, his meaning was already very clear to Yasu Akimoto, and his words could be said to be straight to the point, directly hitting Yasushi Akimoto's most painful place.

Due to the dismal sales of the first few albums, especially the third album "Once Dismissive Love", which set a record of "the fastest decline in the RB singles sales chart" (eighth in the first week, and fell to 98th in the second week), Defstar completely lost confidence in AKB, so it announced that it would terminate its partnership with AKB after the contract ended. (Defstar lost a total of 2.6 billion yen on AKB, but if he persevered, he would find that the 2.6 billion was not even a fraction of the subsequent gains, so Defstar's bowels of regret were blue afterwards.) Of course, judging from the situation alone, there was nothing wrong with him doing this. ）