Chapter 87: AKB48 Popularity Survey
The girls in Group K, including Yuko Oshima, who has a strong personality, also have to admit in their hearts that to some extent, it is the hard work and struggle of Group A that led to Group K and later members. In the past, they were very disgusted with Group K and were jealous of their preference for the members of Group A, but now they understand that the glory of Group A is based on the sweat and tears they have paid more than others, and for a moment Yuko Oshima suddenly envied her seniors very much, and it was they who started the era of AKB.
Group B and graduate students are relatively young, they have not experienced the period when Group A and Group K were hostile to each other, and they have heard of the experience of Group A or the first semester. But when they heard the difficulties and ups and downs of their predecessors again from Kagawa Yu's singing, all of them had respect for the group of seniors standing in the middle! If it weren't for the hard work and hard work of those seniors who weren't much older than themselves, AKB48 wouldn't have been in the same situation as it is now, let alone the so-called third- and fourth-term students.
"Thank you, Kagawa-sensei." The girls of the first phase bowed deeply to Kagawa Yu.
Kagawa Yu smiled indifferently, "Don't thank me like this, the efforts of each of you are moving, even if many or even all of you graduate many years later, the future generations and AKB will never forget, in the winter of 2005, there was a group of lovely girls who started a new era, and each of your names will be engraved in the history of the RB idol world with AKB48 in the future!" ”
"This song is the team song of Group A, Matsui-san. When you perform on stage in the future, you must not forget the efforts of your predecessors and the glory you shoulder. Kagawa Yu looked at Reina Matsui, who was standing alone, and said a few words of encouragement.
"Kagawa-sensei. I will remember your words today. Reina Matsui had red circles in her eyes and nodded vigorously.
"What else would you like to ask?"
Yuko Oshima wanted to speak and stopped, but she held back. But Akimoto raised his hand.
"What do you want to ask? Akimoto-san. ”
"Mr. Kagawa, when will this single be officially released?"
Hearing Akimoto Caijia ask such a question, Yuko Oshima breathed a sigh of relief inexplicably, she was afraid that Akimoto Caiga's stunned young man would ask an inappropriate question and make Kagawa Yu unhappy.
"The release date of this single is on the graduation performance of Masayama-san, so the K-K-B team has been able to relax a little bit lately. Especially for those of you in Group B, you can also travel abroad for free. Mr. Akimoto is planning to hold AKB's first overseas performance in China, so keep it up! Hoshino-san will also visit you then. Hoshino-san now has a large number of fans in China, and I think if Hoshino-san returns to AKB now, her popularity will definitely be the highest, and it is estimated that Maeda, Tomochin, Yuko, Maimai, and Yona don't have as many fans as others. Kagawa Yu said with a smile.
The little girls in Group B after hearing Kagawa Yu's words. They all became very excited and excited. It was the first time for everyone to go abroad. And it's really nice to be able to perform there.
The members of Group K are not to mention how depressed they are, Group A got their own team song, and Group B can go to China to hold AKB's first overseas performance, so Group K....
"Brother Kagawa, shall we live with Sister Hoshino?" Mayu Watanabe said excitedly, Hoshino Man took care of a little girl when she was in AKB48, so she was very sticky to Hoshino Man.
"This is okay, but you must listen to Hoshino. Don't get her in any trouble. Got it? Kagawa Yu thought for a moment and agreed to Mayu Watanabe's request. Anyway, it will be Qiu Yuankang who will go when the time comes, and I believe that Qiu Yuankang will also be satisfied with the little girl's request.
"Okay, Mr. Togazaki and Mr. Natsuma, what else do you have to say?"
Xia Zhengong hesitated for a moment and walked in front of the members, her eyes softly glanced at all the girls.
"There's actually something I want to tell you here, the next single will be the last dance rehearsal for you, and I won't be your dance teacher after September."
All the girls present were frightened by Natsu Zhengong's words, and the sensual members like Minami Takahashi and Atsuko Maeda had already shed tears of reluctance.
"I know that people have always thought that I am a devil teacher, and you guessed that I am a devil teacher. I love to see you girls scolding me behind my back. Xia Zhengong's face showed a rare smile.
Togasaki Tomonobu and Kagawa Yu have black lines on their faces and have personalities! But the faces of the AKB48 girls are full of reluctance and sadness.
"I still remember the first time you girls saw my eyes, whether it was Maeda and Matsui who were the first to enter, and Matsui and them were the last to come, everyone saw me like a mouse and a cat, this is what I am most proud of!" The smile on Xia Zhengong's face became brighter and brighter, but more members couldn't help but shed tears.
"But here I want a girl to apologize, and this girl is Tomochin." Xia Zhengong changed his words and glanced at Itano Tomomi in the crowd with an apologetic expression.
"Strictly speaking, among your people, my favorites are Takahashi and Maeda, they have always been very down-to-earth and serious in training, and you are the same. What makes you better than the two of them is that your dancing skills are the best, so a lot of the time you will master the dance moves very quickly, and I appreciate your talent. But I just didn't like you who were rebellious, and then I realized that everyone's personality is different, and I can't ask everyone to not have an honest character like Takahashi and Maeda, and here I want to apologize to you. ”
Itano Yumi lowered her head expressionlessly, she still remembered the days when Xia Zhengong drenched her mother's dog with blood, and for a long time, she couldn't figure out why Xia Zhengong treated her like this, and now she finally understood, but her heart was still difficult to let go.
"Thank you, Mr. Xia Zhen, for taking care of you for more than two years." Itano Tomomi said softly, she didn't clearly express her understanding of Xia Zhengong, Xia Zhengong was a little disappointed, this is Itano Tomomi's character.
"Okay, let's keep up the good work in the future! I believe that you will achieve very good results, and your efforts will pay off in the end! ”
After Xia Zhengong finished speaking, he left the training hall with some interest.
"Alright, if nothing else, let's all disperse." Togasaki Tomoshin gave an order, and the girls left the training hall in twos and threes.
"Kagawa-san, I think Tomochin's character is very similar to you." After everyone left, Togasaki Tomonobu said suddenly.
"Why do you say that?" Kagawa Yu looked at Togasaki Tomonobu strangely.
"Stubborn, rebellious, and a little arrogant."
"That girl is indeed a little stubborn, but doesn't that also mean that she is very straight? To like is to like, to hate is to hate, and I admire her!" Kagawa Yu said with a smile.
"But it's likely that she'll lose a lot, like friendships."
"You're wrong, Togasaki-san, if someone really cuts ties with Itano because of her character, it's them who lose, not Itano."
Togasaki Tomonobu shook his head with a wry smile when he heard this...
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Kamino Masuyama's approaching graduation did not change Yasushi Akimoto's determination to change the AKB48 single selection system. On August 20, he proposed a popular election at an internal meeting of AKB48's top management.
Kagawa was stunned when he first heard this suggestion, because this initiative is like a talent show held by a local Chinese TV station, and finally relies on the audience's support to decide the ownership of the champion. However, the suggestion and system proposed by Yasushi Akimoto are obviously different from the talent show in China, and he hopes to get a large number of people to participate in the single selection by selling CDs.
However, in the end, most people rejected this suggestion for two reasons, one is that the time is not ripe, and the other reason is that AKS and Sony Music have philosophical differences in some aspects, and the two sides are likely to part ways, so everyone's opinion is to wait until the contract with Sony Music is terminated and the contract with the next record company is signed before bringing this system to the forefront.
Although Yasushi Akimoto's system did not pass in the end, AKS and BLUESKY decided to hold a two-month AKB48 popularity survey from September to November, and the graduate students did not enter the voting list, and all the eligible members were official members of AKB48, including the first and second students, the third and fourth students, three girls, Reina Matsui, Amina Sato, and Asuka Kuramochi.
The voting method is much more rigorous, and fans can vote for their favorite members on the official website of AKS, and each person can only support one member at most.
After the news was announced, almost all the members of AKB48 were gearing up, and all the girls hoped that they could get a relatively high ranking in this survey, and no one wanted to be surpassed by their peers and juniors. In this case, everyone worked very hard during the performance.
For example, Mai Oshima often canvass for votes on her blog, and the other girls don't have any accounts on social networking sites because of the firm, so everyone can only watch Mai Oshima canvassing with envy. (To be continued......)