Chapter 426: New Ideas
Airi Suzuki's singing voice is certainly very good, and she has an enviable talent and ability.
But Watanabe Mayou's singing voice is not bad now, Xiao Mayou has already thoroughly developed his singing skills after Zhou Xiao's training in the past few years, Watanabe Mayou's singing in his previous life is actually not bad, but the lack of professional training, professional singing skills are almost zero and habitual tension makes Mayou's singing voice only stop at the Cheng dù of ordinary idols. Now such a wonderful table, coupled with their age, the audience present seems to see that it is not them, but the speed of the year has been reborn again.
SPEED has not been reborn, but Zhou Xiao is confident that the two girls on the stage are no worse than SPEED!
On this day, the two girls' cousins caused an uproar on AKB's main network stronghold 2CH that night, Japanese otaku are completely crazy, many otaku do not have any professional music literacy, but this does not prevent them from hearing the strong singing skills of the two girls, and not only good singing skills, they are also young enough, the idol industry is a very age-test, not to mention 20 years old, even if they are 17 years old, their future will be a little worrying.
But now they are only under thirteen years old, which is a great age, they have a lot of time to accumulate popularity, and they have an extremely bright future.
The two girls at the end of the performance walked down from the stage, and when they walked down, they said hello to Zhou Xiao, looking at their appearance, they probably wanted to pounce, but unfortunately this kind of thing can't be done, so they can only say hello from afar, and they are pulled backstage by the staff.
There was nothing to do next to this day's handshake party, and the chorus between Mayou and Airi became the biggest highlight of the handshake party that day, of course, one of the reasons was that the two of them were already the top members of the people on stage.
The handshake will last until the end of the afternoon, and when the car back to the theater is over, the originally energetic girls are completely quiet, and the handshake will be really tiring on this day.
Although Zhou Xiao is very clear. Now what kind of tiredness will it be to shake hands for the first time, and the real tiredness will wait until AKB succeeds in the future, when the big TOP shakes from morning to evening, and has to go on stage to say hello to dinner in the middle, and only at noon can you take a break, and this kind of work will last for about two years every weekend, which is the most terrifying.
After a night's rest, the handshake will be held again the next day, and today's handshake meeting, the queue between Mayou and Airi has not grown too much. Because the handshake coupon has already been decided, many meals even if you want to queue up for these two people, you don't have a handshake ticket.
Although there is no growth in the queue, it can still be seen that the popularity of the two girls has increased greatly, first of all, according to the reaction of the staff on the other side of the queue, many of the people who came to shake hands today mentioned yesterday's chorus, and the other is that the cheers of the two of them were obviously much louder when they came on stage, and when they shook hands, they could attract a lot of attention from other queues, Zhou Xiao knew that as long as they could attract attention, it was enough. The two of them have good enough potential, and the future is limitless.
The handshake party on this day still lasted all day, and after the handshake was over, Zhou Xiao saw the girls backstage as usual.
It's just that today's girls are extremely quiet. The quarrels with Zhou Xiao in the past are gone, especially Yuko Oshima, this lively girl who has gradually begun to open her heart can be regarded as the least regarded as a big star in AKB, and sometimes her jokes are even considered excessive. Zhou Xiao is a superstar, a superstar or something, face is very important.
But Zhou Xiao didn't seem to care about this. Always smile at Yuko Oshima.,That expression seems to contain a lot of pampering.。
In fact, the reason why the girls are quiet is very simple, the girls who are not popular are still a little uncomfortable in the face of Zhou Xiao, and the girls with high popularity are tired after a day, especially the voices of these girls are even more dumb after two days, even if they want to say something, it is very difficult.
In the evening, Zhou Xiao called Mayou and Airi to his home and entertained them well.
"Brother Zhou Xiao, did you say that we will continue to go to high school after we graduate from junior high school?" Mayou asked while eating.
"Yes, of course." Zhou Xiao said.
"So are we going to correspondence high school or going straight to Horikoshi?" Mayou asked.
Correspondence high schools only need to take enough credits, and the requirements for students to enter the school are not very high.
"Correspondence? Horikoshi? No, I want you to graduate from a normal high school and get into a good enough university. Zhou Xiao said.
"Huh?" Mayou was a little surprised, and even Airi put down what she was eating and looked up at Zhou Xiao.
"I don't think you have to get into a good university, academic first or something, and I won't force you to do anything, but ...... If you ask me, I still hope you get into college. Zhou Xiao said.
"Really?" Mayou asked, Airi Suzuki is an absolutely good student, although Mayou is very smart, but he doesn't put a lot of thought into his studies.
"Of course, but it depends on your own choice." Zhou Xiao said.
Mayou took the delicious food, looked at Zhou Xiao, and was a little stunned after thinking for a few seconds and said, "Since this is the case, then we will go to college!" ”
"Really?" Zhou Xiao asked.
"Brother Zhou Xiao, you said that you want us to go to college, how can we not go to the exam, really." Mayou said with a look of some unhappiness.
"Even if you don't go, I like you just as much." Zhou Xiao said.
"That's why we have to be the best we can be." Mayou said.
It can be seen how important Zhou Xiao is in the hearts of the two girls, if the two girls are admitted to college or something, if it is their parents, maybe the two girls will roll their eyes.
"That'...... Then let's test Zhou Xiao's brother's celebration! Airi patted Mayou and said.
"Celebration...... Keio!? ”
"Oh!? If you take the Keio exam, I'm afraid that my graduation from Keio will be delayed for a few years, at least until you really become my junior! Zhou Xiao said with a smile.
"Really!? I'm definitely going to do my best! Airi said excitedly.
"Mayou, you'll work hard, right?" Zhou Xiao turned his head and asked Mayou.
"I ...... Kindness...... Can I get into Keio? "Mayou doesn't look confident.
"Mayou is so smart, how can he not pass the exam, and I have Airi to help." Zhou Xiao said.
"Really?" Mayou asked.
"Of course it's true, huh?" Zhou Xiao turned his head and asked Airi.
"Well...... Actually, I don't have much confidence, but ...... Dreams always have to come and go! Airi said.
"That's right, I'm waiting for you in Keio." Zhou Xiao said.
After being busy with the handshake meeting. In 2007, there was nothing special for Zhou Xiao to do.
Starting from 2008, AKB will enter a very important year, in the original time and space, 2008 is the year of AKB's nirvana rebirth, but now in Zhou Xiao's time and space, at the end of 2007, after the most important thing of the handshake meeting was sacrificed in advance, it can be expected that the future AKB may not experience the kind of decline in the previous life, and they will start their nationalization in 2008 instead of delaying until 2009.
But Zhou Xiao couldn't rest immediately, although the work in 2007 was basically over. But in 2008, he had to start preparing for the work now.
In 2008, in addition to AKB's work, what else did Zhou Xiao do?
In Zhou Xiao's original idea, 2007,08 should make at least two movies and a TV series in two years, but he didn't expect that this year's movie would waste nearly a whole year's time.
What does Zhou Xiao want to shoot? This is also a very distressing thing for him.
Among Zhou Xiao's thoughts, there are several Japanese dramas that he wants to shoot by himself, such as SPEC2. This drama is a sequel to the 1999 SPEC, but apart from the continuation of some of the characters, the plot does not have much to do with it.
Although Zhou Xiao has rarely used plot scripts other than himself since his debut, this drama is a type that doesn't hurt to use other people's scripts for him. And for Zhou Xiao, another reason why he wants to shoot this drama the most is that this drama has a very complete worldview setting, if it is managed well. It's easy to make the whole drama into a huge sequence of a series that includes Japanese dramas, Japanese drama specials, and even movies.
What would be the effect of a huge superpower system setting? Take a look at the American Marvel after 2010, for Zhou Xiao. If he can create such a series of brands, even if he retires in the future, the company will have a long-term and sustainable money-making project.
But...... This is actually just something in Zhou Xiao's imagination, and if he really does it, the difficulties may be more difficult than creating the Avengers in the United States.
Why is this happening? In fact, it is very simple, the Women's Federation, as an American work, has very complete American values, which is the standard so-called American dream, but what about Japan? Is there any Japanese dream in Japan?
American movies and American values also have a market in China, because China is also a big country, and China and the United States still accept Cheng dù very well in this movie.
But Japan is different, when the Women's Federation entered Japan, it can be said that there is also a lot of expectation, nearly 1,000 theaters in Japan jointly released the momentum, but what I didn't expect is that it got 280 million on the first day, and 1.3 billion box office in six days, but the original seemingly good momentum did not continue, in the end, this super masterpiece that got a box office of 640 million in China finally only got a box office of 3.6 billion yen in Japan, which is only about 35 million US dollars when converted into US dollars, is this number much?
As a super masterpiece, this number is simply too little, a movie that has won the global box office of 1.5 billion US dollars, in Zhou Xiao's opinion, how can it get about 100 million US dollars in Japan, it should be regarded as excellent.
What is a red and purple European and American masterpiece in Japan? Take a look at 2014's "Frozen", an animated film that grossed $400 million in the United States, but in Japan it earned a staggering 25.7 billion yen, which is equivalent to about $250 million...... In Japan, I am afraid that only Miyazaki can compete with it head-on, even if it is Zhou Xiao, it is too far behind. It can be seen that the box office in Japan has very amazing potential, but the vast majority of works can't be tapped.
If the Women's Federation can't do it, can Zhou Xiao do it?
He didn't have that confidence.
But...... As Takahashi Minami said, hard work will definitely pay off, and there is also a "dream must have" on the Internet in later generations. What if it comes true", Zhou Xiao personally still wants to try it.
Because he has always had this idea, in the past few years from time travel to the present, he has been enriching the idea of this super masterpiece that started from SPEC and contains almost all the stars of the Japanese entertainment industry, this will be a Japanese drama version of the Avengers, but this alone is not enough, Zhou Xiao hopes that this drama will become a work that runs through the Japanese entertainment industry for decades under the company's lasting operation!
In this work, the characters will no longer be mainstream. The actor is the most important, what role is used is only related to what actor is used, in addition to the characters in the original SPEC2 have their own settings, Zhou Xiao also hopes that more people will add more settings to it, for example, such as Kimura Takuya, with Kimura's status, it stands to reason that it is almost impossible to play a role in a series of works, no matter what role he plays. should be the absolute protagonist, but if the person filming is Zhou Xiao, then Kimura will not be a co-star, even if it is just a supporting role or even a cameo. Janis will also agree.
And the role set by Zhou Xiao for Kimura is also very interesting, of course, there will be no role for Kimura in SPEC2, but Kimura played an Antang machine qì in 2013, compared with SPEC2. This Japanese drama that uses animators such as Hideaki Anno originally had great potential, but because of the limitations of Japanese dramas, the ratings were not satisfactory, according to Zhou Xiao's idea, if this drama is integrated with the worldview of SPEC2. Maybe it's going to be fun, too.
All kinds of ideas kept flashing in Zhou Xiao's head, in addition to SPEC2, Sakai Masato's two hit dramas after 2010 "legalhigh" and "Hanzawa Naoki", which had been created by Zhou Xiao in the form of a novel before, were all types that he wanted to shoot very much, plus another housewife Mita, who also had super ratings, and in 2007, Zhou Xiao really began to feel that there was not enough time.
Zhou Xiao, who was struggling very much, started to call, Yasu Akimoto, Yuichi Fukuda, who has been his deputy in recent years, a person from the Funny Artist Troupe, the director of SPEC's previous work, Tiyukihiko, and even Takeshi Kitano and other super big names were called out by Zhou Xiao and gathered in a high-end restaurant in Tokyo to help him study what he wanted to do next.
This meeting with a very high grade in the Japanese entertainment industry is destined to go down in history, and all the people who came to participate in this party are the big bowls in the industry, compared with these big bowls, Zhou Xiao's deputy Yuichi Fukuda and even one person in the troupe can only accompany the last seat, and those who are qualified to sit in the forefront are all very talented people in the industry, and among these people, Zhou Xiao is undoubtedly the youngest one, except for him, there are very few people under the age of forty who can sit in the front.
A group of super big things get together, and it's not in a hurry to talk about work or anything, first of all, everyone should express their long-term admiration for each other and express their feelings about their respective works.
After everyone finished eating, more than two hours had passed, and at this time, Zhou Xiaocai finally clapped his hands and gathered everyone's attention and began to say his recent thoughts.
Zhou Xiao first started talking about the general plot of SPEC2, and this plot has actually been modified by him in many parts.
Although the original SPEC2 is a super energy system, it is still the most standard Japanese drama structure, and as a drama that did not want to make many derivative works at the beginning, many of the superpower settings of this drama are not rigorous, but the SPEC2 set by Zhou Xiao has already set these things more completely, the background setting of the whole drama is complete, and the superpower will not affect the balance too much.
After telling the plot of the whole drama, Zhou Xiao asked, "What do you think of this drama?" ”
"It's very good, purely as a Japanese drama, this drama is already very good." The first person to speak was Takeshi Kitano, his status should be the highest among the people present, and his words are also very interesting, although it seems to be praising Zhou Xiao, but in fact, taste it carefully, with Zhou Xiao's status and ability, it is not much better if he just makes a "good" work, Takeshi Kitano said that he was complimenting, but in fact, it was more like expressing his dissatisfaction with Zhou Xiao.
"Senior, this is just the plot of a drama, I haven't finished what I want to say yet." Zhou Xiao also heard it, so he quickly explained.
"Oh? What else? Takeshi Kitano said.
"Everyone here...... You've all heard of The Avengers, right? Zhou Xiao said.
"The Avengers?" Everyone looked at each other, and the expressions on their faces were obviously aware of this work, especially like Hideaki Anno, who already showed an expectant look on his face.
"Zhou Xiao, you don't mean ......," Yuichi Fukuda asked.
"That's right, that's what I thought...... Make zuò out of Japan's super system! Zhou Xiao said.
"Japan's ...... Super energy system? Hearing Zhou Xiao's words, few of the people present showed expectant expressions, and most of them had hesitation on their faces...... Lose sleep over something? (To be continued......)