"What now?" Kitagawa Naoki asked worriedly. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Go talk to Mr. Zhu Zi, his target should be Nogizaka 46. For the sake of an idol group, it's not worth it to accompany the whole of Sony. Kazuo Hirai said helplessly.

"That's all there is to it."

………………

Purple Moon Office, Zhu Zi Office.

Kazuo Hirai and Naoki Kitagawa came together, and Zhu Zi asked the staff to wait early as if he knew that the two of them were coming.

"Come in, two of you."

Kazuo Hirai hesitated, but pushed open the door to his office.

"Welcome both." Zhu Zi smiled and took the initiative to shake hands with Kazuo Hirai and Naoki Kitagawa.

"President Zhu Zi, this time I took the liberty of disturbing again." A hint of embarrassment flashed across Kazuo Hirai's face.

"Nothing." Zhu Zi said lightly.

"President Zhu Zi, the two of us are here this time mainly to discuss cooperation." After a few pleasantries, a few people went straight to the point.

"I wonder what kind of cooperation President Kitagawa wants to work with?" Zhu Zi asked knowingly.

"Does President Zhu Zi want the group Nogizaka 46 or the record industry?" Kazuo Hirai didn't answer the question, but asked Zhu Zi instead.

"I'm not interested in the record industry." Zhu Zi said lightly.

Naoki Kitagawa breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

"So Mr. Zhu Zi's target is Nogizaka 46?"

"That's right, Nogizaka is my target, I'm not interested in anything else, I just want to be the boss behind Nogizaka 46. You two should be here today for this purpose, right? ”

"Yes."

"In that case, I'll be blunt. 75% of the portrait rights of the members of Nogizaka and the decision-making power of Nogizaka belong to me. As for the agency of the members of the record income company, how about Sony? ”

Kazuo Hirai and Naoki Kitagawa glanced at each other.

"Good!" After a long time, Kazuo Hirai gritted his teeth and made up his mind.

"It was a wise choice."

…………

On the 24th, AKB48's 22nd single "Flying Start" was released.

The title of the single originally meant to be the act of someone buying a product such as a video game, manga, music CD, or computer software before it was officially released, but lyricist Yasuya Akimoto became interested in hearing fans mention the word and wrote it into a song, and in this single he extended it to "show you love before you confess" and "get your love faster than anyone else". In addition, the original name of the single is the kana "フライングゲット", which is literally translated with the Chinese character "飛翔入手". AKB48 held the "AKB48 22nd Single Selection General Election" before the release of the single, thus deciding the main participating members of this single.

The A-side song "Flying Start" was sung by the top 21 members (selection team) of this year's selection election.

The single went on to reach number one on multiple music charts. In addition, this is the first time that a music work has achieved more than one million sales on the first day of its release, making it the first time that a single has successfully broken the record for the highest sales on the first day and first week of the charts at that time. The single also reached No. 1 on the Oricon Charts in 2011. On the other hand, AKB48 also won the 53rd Japan Record Awards for this song, which is the first time in the history of Japan that a girl group has won this award.

There are five versions of the cover design of "Flying Start", of which the design of the limited-edition production version of Type-A and Type-B is almost the same as the corresponding regular version, except that the edges of the words "AKB48", "Flying Start" and "フライングゲット" on the cover have changed from white to gold. On the cover, the Chinese character "飛翔入手" is the main character, and the kana "フライングゲット" is the secondary. In addition, the promotional photo of the single and the cover photo are also in the style of illustrations.

In addition to the five cover versions mentioned above, there is also a sixth version made for the advertisement, with a picture printed with the gold "フラゲ認定" stamp.

On August 23, the day before the release, an advertising board at Shibuya Station covered the cover of this edition, with a total of 3,000 copies for pedestrians to pick up and sweep away within an hour of being placed.

[7][8] Websites such as Oricon and Natalie have pointed out that the cover of Type-A is related to the music video for Flight. The special feature page of the news site Tokyo Headline explains "why this single is more popular than usual", stating that the cover "is very similar to Showa-style or traditional kung fu movies, and will make an impression on anyone who is not a fan of [AKB48]."

There are five versions of the single, including Type-A Regular Version, Type-A Limited Production Version, Type-B Regular Version, Type-B Limited Production Version, and Theatrical Version. Both Type-A and Type-B come with a photo shoot, the two limited-edition production versions come with a ticket to participate in the National Handshake Party, and the theatrical version comes with a ticket to participate in the Theatrical Commemorative Handshake and a photo of the Theatrical Edition. The music video for "Flying Start" was directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi.

The advertising tagline for the single is "'Fly to the Start', i.e. what?" ”

AKB48 revealed "Flying Start" for the first time at a live event during the performance at Seibu Dome on July 22-24, and the single cover was revealed by Oricon on July 29. On August 23, the fifth type of cover of 3,000 singles appeared at Shibuya Station, and these free covers were swept away by passers-by within an hour. AKB48 was invited to attend the outdoor concert a-nation held by iBecks for the first time, and sang "Flying Start".

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"Flying" is the theme song of Fuji TV's TV drama "Boys and Girls Over Flowers ~Beautiful Boy ☆ Paradise~", and if PSP games and AKB1/48 idols fall in love in Guam... the theme song, the advertising song of PeachJohn, Apamanshop network and internet service provider plala; "Can't Hug You" is an advertising song for travel agency H.I.S., "Unwitting Youth" is the ending song of TV Tokyo's TV drama "Majisuka Gakuen 2" and Groupon's advertising song; "Ice Cream Kiss" is an advertising song by confectioner Ezaki Guliguo; "Wild Vegetable Divination" is an advertising song for the food and beverage company Kagome