Chapter 169: Yasu Akimoto and Sony

Kitagawa glanced at his stubborn old sister a little helplessly. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Over the years, she has been in the eyes of the old man to help Fujishima Keiko fight against Iijima Sanchi, if it weren't for Fujishima Keiko is his niece, maybe he would have given up Fujishima Keiko.

Iijima Sanchi is a very good manager, and she definitely contributed to S.Map becoming a national celestial group. It's a pity that Iijima Sanchi is not really his own person.

"Let's do it. Mr. Zhu Zi should also know what Chixi did, this time Mr. Zhu Zi should have given Yamashita face, and we will also give him a face. Kitagawa Road.

Yasuko Fujishima was silent.

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Unknowingly, Zhu Zi has been on the set of "Hot Blood College" for a month.

In between, except for two lectures at Waseda University and Nagoya University, he spent the rest of the time with the crew and actors. In a month's time, Zhu Zi has had a very good relationship with many of the main creators of the crew.

In the summer of Yokohama, the weather is quite hot. Zhu Zi wore a white shirt, black de trousers, and sunglasses to sit comfortably next to Takashi Miike.

In the distance, Takayuki Yamada, Shun Oguri, Kenta Kiritani, and numerous extras wore black school uniforms and were exposed to the scorching sun.

"Mr. Zhu Zi, do you think there will be any problems for them to continue to bask like this?" asked Zhu Zi when Miike Chongshi turned his head sideways.

Zhu Zi shook his head: "There won't be any problems." They have all carried it over the past month, and the weather temperature today is not high. I think with their character, they can persevere. ”

Kuroki Mingsa, who was sitting on the other side, moved the corners of her mouth slightly.

Today's weather is already 30 degrees, and this Mr. Zhu Zi actually said that today's weather is good.

What a devil!

Kuroki Akira had such thoughts welling up in her heart.

"Director Miike, I may have something to do these days. Leave the matter to someone else here. Zhu Zi said to Miike Chongshi.

"Mr. Zhu Zi, just go and get busy with yourself, it's really hard for you these days. Miike Takashi said with a smile.

Zhu Zi glanced at Takayuki Yamada, Shun Oguri and others in the distance, picked up his black suit, and left the crew.

Yasu Akimoto has signed a contract with Sony's record label.

Zhu Zi, as the legal counsel of AKB48, will attend the signing ceremony.

The two parties signed a contract at the office of AKS Yasu Akimoto.

In fact, this time the cooperation between Yasu Akimoto and Sony was not successful, and the relationship between the two parties was very stiff for a time because of the termination of the contract that happened later.

But then AKB48 proved that this was a very unsuccessful decision for Sony Music.

In Yasushi Akimoto's office, Zhu Zi met Yasushi Akimoto and Yasushi Wata, the president of AKS.

Although Yasushi Wakuta is the president of AKS, he is actually more of a puppet, and the reason why he is the president of AKS is that he values the social background behind him.

"Mr. Zhu Zi, please take care of me when we meet for the first time. When Yasushi Wataa saw Zhu Zi, his attitude was quite respectful, and he didn't have the slightest posture of the president.

"President Kuwata, please take care of us when we meet for the first time. Zhu Zi smiled and shook hands with Yasushi Wata, with an attitude that was neither humble nor arrogant.

Zhu Zi has already seen too many super-powerful presidents, which one is not more aura and background than Yasushi Wata.

Compared with Zhou Fang Ikuo, Nozaki Kenichiro, Kitagawa, and Nishino Yoshiro, Yasushi Watata is just like ordinary people.

"Mr. Zhu Zi, the people from Sony Music are coming over soon. This time, it was Kenji Kitagawa who came over there. Akimoto said.

Zhu Zi thoughtfully, this identity of Kenji Kitagawa is not simple, on the surface he is a photographer, but in fact he is the son of Naoki Kitagawa of the CEO of Sony Entertainment.

The son-in-law who is rooted.

After signing a contract with Sony Records, Sony Music will be responsible for AKB48's PV shooting and record promotion

Record labels are generally responsible for the development of the market. They may sign artists and composers directly to manage record brands and artists. Of course, this includes packaging artists, shaping the image of artists, managing record brands, market reputation, and style. In order to promote the artist, the record company will put a large number of advertisements and promotional materials, carry out promotional activities, and train the artist, and formulate detailed development plans and marketing plans for the artist. In particular, the five major record companies have a very large distribution network, which can be used for the overall design of singers, promotional activities, etc. Because the five major record companies can provide artists with the best objective environment such as recording engineers and accompanists, and formulate a complete marketing plan, they often have the ability to shape an ordinary person into a big star. For the sake of commercial interests, artists under big record companies are often forced to sacrifice some ideals and persistence. And there are some independent record companies that will support some artists who produce their own albums and release albums according to their own ideals without doing a lot of commercial promotion. Record labels have an extremely important weight in the industry.

RB record promotion is more like "product promotion", and the important means is "hard advertising", including street sign advertising, subway advertising, buying record shops, etc. In addition, large-scale and high-density TV promotions are also a shortcut to record promotion.

In addition, market research before the release of the record is also an important part. Because of Japan's well-established sales system, it is possible to track the sales path of almost every record. Therefore, before the release of records, the number of records to be produced will be decided according to the ratio of "record production cost + publicity fee + profit due". Generally, the overall cost of promoting an artist is about 30 million yen to 50 million yen, and of course it will be adjusted depending on the artist.

And idol groups like AKB48, which have a larger number of people and a larger scale, often need more publicity costs. Generally, it is more than 300 million yen.

Why Sony Concert later chose to forcibly terminate the contract with AKB48 is because Sony has invested too much, and AKB48's record income is somewhat unsatisfactory.

That's why Sony forcibly chose to terminate the contract with AKB48. It also led to a rather bad relationship between them and Yasuya Akimoto.

"Mr. Akimoto, when will AKB48's official single be released?" asked Zhu Zi.

"It is conservatively estimated that it will be released around October, and we will decide on the selection of the official single based on the performance of the members in their usual popularity. Akimoto said

The corners of Zhu Zi's mouth were slightly hooked, and he didn't even believe in punctuation marks in this sentence. (To be continued.) )