Chapter 680: Reform AKB
On April 1st, BLUESKJY suddenly announced that it was going to hold a press conference, and many media reporters who got the news quickly rushed to Blue Sky Bird, and Kagawa Yu, who had not appeared for a long time, was finally about to speak.
After many reporters rushed to the press conference hall of the Blue Bird of Paradise, Kagawa Yu had been waiting inside for a long time.
After seeing that everyone had arrived, Kagawa Yu didn't talk much nonsense, and directly began to announce the start of the press conference.
"I invite you here today to announce one thing to you. BLUESKY will take over half of the operation of AKB48 from AKS, plus half of the previous operation. In other words, BLUESKY will be fully responsible for the development of AKB48 in the future. ”
As soon as Kagawa Yu's words fell, the reporters at the scene couldn't help but get up, although there were many people who speculated that BLUESKY would take over AKB. But when Kagawa Yu really announced this, everyone felt very shocked.
After the reporters finished their round, Kagawa continued to speak.
"In addition to the rights to operate AKB48 will be the sole responsibility of BLUESKY, NMB48, SKE48, HKT48 and the newly established NGT48 will also be handled by the original company. The first thing BLUESKY did when it took over AKB48 was reform. Kagawa Yu said lightly.
One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and all the AKB fans who watched the live broadcast on the Internet began to get excited, and everyone was eager to know what kind of reform Kagawa Ha would make to AKB48.
The many reporters present looked at Kagawa Yu expectantly.
"First of all, AKB48 has too many members and the team is too bloated, so the first step in running AKB48 at BLUESKY is to lay off employees. At present, there are more than 150 members in the AKB48 headquarters and 80 full members. In the future, we will abolish the newly established 4 and 8 groups. There are only three teams left: A, K, and B, and each team will have 16 members. This means that in the future, AKB48 will have 48 full members, and the total number of graduate students and alternate members will not exceed 80. ”
Kagawa Yu's words stunned the reporters at the scene and AKB fans who watched the live broadcast on the Internet, if it really follows Kagawa Yu's current reform plan, then more than half of the AKB members will be swept away. Other girls will be unemployed or even have nothing to eat. For the girls. This measure is really a bit too impersonal, and it can even be said to be ruthless.
"Kagawa-san, may I ask what are your criteria for eliminating members?" A reporter asked a question that everyone really wanted to ask.
"The standard is their performance in concerts, performances, variety shows and general elections in recent years, with good performances staying, and members with poor performance or who have been fishing in troubled waters will either choose to be dismissed. Either they will move to other sister groups, and members below this standard will stay in the AKB. Kagawa Yu's expression became serious.
The reporters were nervously looking forward to Kagawa Yu's announcement, and at this time, in front of the computer, many AKB members were also anxiously waiting for Kagawa Yu's evaluation of them.
"If Matsui doesn't graduate. She will be the most uncontroversial and suspenseful person on this list. But it's a pity that she chose to graduate from AKB. The members who are now determined to stay in the AKB are Takahashi, Kojima, Oku, Matoyu, Shiraishi, Tanabe, Everyone, Yokoyama, Okada, and I'm talking about Yui Yokoyama and Nana Okada. You may wonder why the very unpopular Tanabe and everyone are on this list. I want to say that I look at people not only in terms of popularity, but also in their personal qualities. In the past seven years or so, I have seen the efforts of these two girls. Although they rarely made it to the circle during the general election, they barely even participated in the recording of AKB48's singles. But I admire such girls, because they will work hard as long as they are on it! So I will not hesitate to be a full member of the AKB, and perhaps you will ask why Yokoyama and Okada, who are not very senior, are also on this list, and the same is true. I appreciate their hard work and seriousness. The world is unfair, and maybe hard work doesn't necessarily pay off. But let me see and feel your efforts. I'll give you as much justice as you want! Kagawa Yu said domineeringly.
Many reporters at the scene fell into deep thought, and soon everyone burst into warm applause.
Yokoyama Yui sat in front of the computer nervously watching Kagawa Yu's press conference, he knew that Kagawa Yu didn't like the people of Ota Office very much, thinking that he was likely to be purged,。 But I never thought that Kagawa Yu would have such a good evaluation of herself, and the girl burst into tears with excitement.
"Thank you. Kagawa-sensei. ”
It's not just Yokoyama Yui, everyone Shizuka, and Tanabe who are born two girls who burst into tears of excitement when they saw Kagawa Yu praising their loyalty by name. They never imagined that they would one day be praised by Kagawa Yu in front of so many media, this is the most glorious time in their lives.
The members who didn't get Kagawa Ha's praise looked uneasy, Kagawa was not the kind of person who joked, he did what he said.
"Except that this is a member. I will give the remaining members a chance to express themselves in the next three months, and the members who finish in the top 10 in this year's general election will stay in AKB, and the members who finish in the top 20 will most likely stay in AKB. Those who perform well in the top 30 may become full members of AKB, may become graduate students of AKB, or may be eliminated. You may say I'm too ruthless, but that's the rule of the arts world, the survival of the fittest. Kagawa Yu said lightly.
The reporters at the scene gasped at me, Kagawa Yu's words were ruthless and cold enough. But soon everyone became extremely excited, and today's press conference was not in vain! Is the news breaking point this time, enough for them to eat this year's meal. Sure enough, this is everyone's favorite Kagawa-san!
"The second reform measure is that AKB48 will not have concurrent members in the future." Kagawa ignored the reporters' reactions and said to himself. (To be continued.) )