Entering the year 2oo4, the preparation for AKB has become more and more concrete.

aZx, under Zhou Xiao's deliberate recruitment, has more and more figures, which make people feel familiar.

In fact, Zhou Xiao did not deliberately recruit members of the AKB Zuò team in the future, and now there are still nearly two years before the end of 2oo5, these people may not be able to do it for a long time even if they come to the company now, if they can work in the company for more than ten years, it is really very powerful.

aZx has been recruiting media talents from all walks of life, perhaps it is this kind of solicitation that makes many people familiar with Zhou Xiao appear in his sight, and he will pay attention to it and recruit it.

For example, on this day, Zhou Xiao was interviewing for the talent that aZx wanted to recruit, and the video production was there.

aZx's video production zuò also has a lot to do, Zhou Xiao's things he can deal with by himself, but including the head of the biological unit, the women's twelve orchestra, Horikita Maki and Aragaki Yui and other people's video production zuò, it needs to be done by the company's people, this production zuò is not the director's mV or photo album of these people, but according to the company's record of their camera data to edit out useful things, these so-called useful things, part of which will be used in various TV programs and introductions, The other part will be in the various dVds and other videos that these people will publish.

In fact, at this stage, whether it is Japan or Europe and the United States, it is relatively rare, or in other words, whether Japan or Europe and the United States, artists are more reluctant to this way of shooting, artists are often very sensitive to **, because they are born with a lack of **, so many times if they can, they will try to ensure that their ** is not stolen, if they have such a camera around them at any time to record their own qiē, then the artist will be very unhappy, the bigger the artist, the more so, If it's a small artist, maybe it's okay.

But for aZx, the reason why this can be carried out. There are three main reasons, one is that although the company shoots you, it is also principled, involving the best things, even if it is filmed, it will never be released, and the second is that almost every time the company shoots images, the company will contact the artist and release it after the artist determines the effect, and finally this work is implemented by the company's boss himself, that is, Zhou Xiao. As long as he works by his side, there is no shortage of cameras, and in the past three years, the company's photography of Zhou Xiao's activities has been saved, and even sometimes, even Zhou Xiao and Yuko Ogura. With Miyazaki Aoi Qingqing, my footage will also be recorded, of course, these things have never been released.

The records of more than three years are stored in the company's computer hard drive, and they will be sorted out every six months, deleting about 8o% of useless videos, leaving only 2o% of useful things, which will be permanently saved by the company.

The reason why Zhou Xiao is interested in recording the various activities and experiences of his artists is, of course, because of AKB.

akB is the kind of idol group that will be tracked by cameras for the vast majority of events. From this point of view, as commented in Europe and the United States, it is not so much that akB is an idol group, but that akB itself is a show, a show, and the girls in the video and video, they are recorded, and they grow up bit by bit. It is this show, and it is the focus of all the audience's consumption.

Many of these records were later turned into video materials for akB's various programs, performances, dVds, and documentaries, and became a favorite way for akb to watch girls grow up.

Of course, akB's artists are not idols, so not everything can be brought into it with its artists, but at least there is no disadvantage to this work, no, at most, aZx's daily operation investment costs more money. And the last thing aZx lacks now is money.

This time, we are looking for video production personnel, but aZx will not recruit all experienced people, aZx's work is actually complex and boring, and there is not much requirement for the ability of production personnel, especially artistic literacy. Therefore, aZx estimates that those who can do this work may not be able to do it for a long time in this industry, so for those who are capable, one of the most important things to do in this industry is to cultivate their own successors, otherwise aZx can't recruit new people every time.

Thereupon...... The man came.

"Kenji Kitagawa, long time no see!" Zhou Xiao said with a smile to the person in front of him.

"Do you remember me?" Kenji Kitagawa in front of him said in surprise.

When Zhou Xiao went to play golf with Ishibashi Takaaki and others, he had seen Kitagawa Kenji and his father Kitagawa Naoki, at that time he was just his father's little follower, and now more than three years have passed, Kitagawa Kenji didn't expect Zhou Xiao to remember him.

He didn't know at all, Zhou Xiao remembered that he was not because of his father Naoki Kitagawa, but because of him as a person.

Looking at this shy young man, who is actually only 25 years old now, Zhou Xiao asked a question: "Why do you want to do these jobs yourself and not enter your father's company?" ”

Kenji Kitagawa's father, Naoki Kitagawa, is the president of Sony Music.

"Music is not my forte, and I want to work with more people." Kenji Kitagawa said.

"Oh? Did someone recommend you to our company? Zhou Xiao asked, he didn't ask this casually, Zhou Xiao was very worried about what if Kitagawa Kenji was a person from the same way.

There are circles in the Japanese entertainment industry, like Yasu Akimoto, Takaaki Ishibashi of the tunnel duo, Fuji TV, Sony Music, Genesys' Iijima Sanchi, etc., which are obviously one circle, and like Donton, Shimada Shinsuke, Yoshimoto Kogy, Genesys's Sekihachi and even their agent Fujishima Keiko and even Ai Hui Music, this is another circle, the two circles are usually considered harmonious, and there is nothing special about cooperating to make money on the show, only when you arrange work, or go deep into it, After seeing the relationship between the two parties, you will feel the gap between the two parties.

Akimoto Yasu and Kitagawa Kenji's father, Kitagawa Naoki, obviously have a relationship, you must know that in the history of Zhou Xiao's experience, akb's music contract was signed to Sony Music, and later akb really lost too much money to terminate the contract with Sony and sign with kingRecords, but the breakup at that time was also a peaceful breakup, otherwise it would be impossible for Akimoto Yasushi to later make another Nogizaka 46 with Sony.

"No, no one recommends, I just finished my studies. Although I have worked part-time before, this is the first time I have applied for a full-time job, and I came here because I wanted to deal with you. Kenji Kitagawa said.

25-year-old Kenji Kitagawa is the kind of man who looks very shy, but Zhou Xiao will not be deceived by his appearance, Japan's rich second generation does not seem to be doing well compared to China's rich second generation, and there have even been news that the rich second generation was bullied at school, but no matter how you say it, people are also rich second generations. In the case of not caring about money at all, this kind of rich second generation comes to work for two purposes, to exercise themselves and learn knowledge.

"In that case, let's come to work tomorrow. I won't be assigned a specific job for you in the first two months, and I will take over the job after I've almost learned, what do you think? Zhou Xiao asked.

"Okay, thank you very much." Kenji Kitagawa nodded in agreement.

Seeing off Kitagawa Kenji, Zhou Xiao turned his head and asked Uncle Inoue: "The music contract between the Twelve Women's Orchestra and the head of the biological unit is almost the same, right?" ”

The music contracts of aZx's artists are all signed with being, and the signing of these two groups of artists with being is regarded as one of the few wrong choices in Zhou Xiao's career.

The reason is very simple, Zhou Xiao signed with being nothing, or rather. Zhou Xiao has no problem no matter where he signs, but these two groups of artists have a problem.

The reason why the music company Being has been declining after the glory of the 90s is because of its single music genre, such as Ai Hui, Sony, emI and other record companies, which do not sign many kinds of artists. There will be today's dominance, but what about being? There is only one genre of rock under being's banner, and this kind of music has been done for a long time, from being's singer to the producer, the whole team will only have this kind of music, unless it is recruited Zhou Xiao who has not been dyed with any color, or has an unknown plug-in. Otherwise, you will be able to keep to the outdated music genre and follow being to perish little by little.

aZx's two sets of artists...... Now there is no tendency to perish, because their music is personally handled by Zhou Xiao. But as Zhou Xiao's time becomes less and less, the number of opportunities for this kind of interrogation is also decreasing, and the time for the two groups of artists to follow up with their works is getting longer and longer.

And being has been going through painful changes, their music records have been shrinking, the company is not without investment, o2 years, they quit Sugasaki Akane, Mieda Yunatsu, Kitahara Aiko, Yamaguchi eucalyptus, Ono Aika, o3 years, they quit Drusa Yumi, Kishimoto hayo, this year, they are expected to launch doa, Takaoka Ai, Shiori Takei, and even the Korean girl group JeeLRy......

But these names ...... Ten years from now, who will remember any of them except for the outright being?

"After the contract with being expires, find a way to get them out, remember not to hurt everyone's face, as for the successor company, you can sign it with Sony or a subsidiary company related to Sony." Zhou Xiao said.

The music company in the previous life of the biotech chief was epIcrecords, which was originally a subsidiary of Sony.

Zhou Xiao knew very well that this kind of removal of artists didn't seem appropriate, but he didn't have a choice, the music types of these two groups of artists are different from being, and it's quite good to have Zhou Xiao to take care of the popularity, but after Zhou Xiao is getting busier and busier, the current being is no longer enough to maintain their normal exhibition, I believe that Nagato Daiyuki will also understand him.

In addition to Kenji Kitagawa, aZx also received another person.

This man's name is ...... Iwasaki Natsumi, if history goes on as usual, in 2oo9, this Iwasaki Natsumi will publish a novel called "If the Female Manager of High School Baseball Reads Dulac", which makes people make up the number of words and feel at ease, this novel referred to as "If Dura" has not only been filmed as an anime, but also made into a movie starring Atsuko Maeda, which is quite famous among AKB rice.

Natsumi Iwasaki didn't find aZx to apply for the job by himself, but was recommended by Yasu Akimoto to study the establishment of a girl idol group with Zhou Xiao, yes, this is an employee who works for Yasushi Akimoto's private office, and it's also ...... Yasushi Akimoto's apprentice.

What Iwasaki Natsumi learned was not the kung fu of Yasu Akimoto to write lyrics, but the kung fu of Yasushi Akimoto to make a variety show.

And he's also in the tunnel. Donton has held positions on a number of shows.

The reason why Yasusu Akimoto sent Iwasaki Natsumi over was mainly because he listened to Zhou Xiao's words that the girl group was actually a reality show, so he sent Iwasaki Natsumi to learn and prepare for the girl group system, and he could only agree with Zhou Xiao's words and was not surprised, because his kitten club back then was a complete girl reality show.

It's still about a year before it really starts to be established and recruited, with Natsumi Iwasaki, when he's not making movies. Zhou Xiao began to prepare for AKB alone.

What was the first work to prepare for the establishment of a girl group?

In Akihabara, the theater on the eighth floor of Don Quixote was the first work to enter Zhou Xiao's sight. Originally, the establishment of AKB, the location of the theater was the result of repeated discussions between Yasushi Akimoto and Yasushi Kuroda, and at first, Akihabara was not their goal. Tokyo is so huge, including Roppongi and Shibuya were once candidates for the site, Zhou Xiao knew very well that if AKB chose that kind of place, then I am afraid it would be absolutely difficult for it to become popular later.

Why do you say that? Akihabara is one of the most special places in Tokyo, a place that was originally a shopping street that has gradually evolved into an anime street in modern times. Otaku Holy Land, AKB is such an idol group that focuses on meeting people in the early days of its establishment, and has no threshold, only here can it arouse the interest and resonance of otaku, as for Roppongi Shibuya and other places, Roppongi is Tokyo's huge gold grotto, the center of Tokyo's nightlife. Zhou Xiao estimated that if he wanted to be an idol group here, it must be the idea of the Roppongi bar owner in Togasaki. And what about Shibuya? If Roppongi is a gold cave, the entire Shibuya area is full of fashionable and prosperous blood.

And unkempt, not good at talking, indifferent to people otaku. It's inherently insulated from a place like this.

If AKB's theater is located in such two places, all you can get is a bunch of frivolous handsome guys, and it is impossible to get the support of otaku selling kidneys.

Zhou Xiao calculated the time, and the contact with Don Quixote should almost begin.

akB's recruitment and establishment began in August of the year o5. Because of the urgency of time, when AKB was practicing in the theater at that time, the decoration of the theater had not yet been completed, and the girls had to wear masks and take time to practice singing and dancing at the messy renovation site.

Getting Don Quixote done is of course the most important thing in the early stages of AKB's establishment work, but of course there is more to do than that.

In addition to this job, singing and dancing are the two most important jobs of an idol group, and the prerequisite work required to do these two jobs is naturally the recording studio and dance studio.

Recording studio, Zhou Xiao estimated that Qiu Yuankang was only temporarily rented when he established AKB, and it was not until it became completely popular that there was a dedicated shed, and the dance studio for practicing dance, from the fact that the girls still had to practice singing in the theater, it can be seen that even if there is a dance studio, it must be rented and cannot be used all the time.

It's still easy to find these two places, the only thing Zhou Xiao needs to pay is money, so he booked a lot of silver, and the two jobs finally made good progress.

In addition to hardware, as a "person" of software, of course, we must also start looking for it.

akB's music and dance, Zhou Xiao may be able to participate in music, as for dance...... Of course, it's Xia Zhengong.

Xia Zhengong, the choreographer of the Good Morning Girls Group, has not left there yet, but Zhou Xiao knows that it is not far from the time she leaves, but Zhou Xiao is not ready to wait until the matter is born and then wait for her to obediently apply for the position of dancer, because the earlier the entry means the earlier the start of training, AKB in the early days of establishment, from the first day of dance practice to the stage, a total of only about thirty-five days, thirty-five days, their first performance is twelve songs, you know, most of the girls when AKB was first established were still students, Many girls go to school during the day and only go to the theater or dance studio to practice after school, and in this case, it is not a problem for a girl like Tomomi Itano who has already received professional dance training to learn an entire performance in 35 days, but it is not possible for other girls who have just come to the theater or dance studio to practice.

"How can I hook up with Mr. Xia Zhengong to the company as soon as possible, and then try to advance AKB's application and various preparations as early as possible, and then leave more time for the girls to contact?" This is a question that Zhou Xiao has been worried about recently.

And this question leads to another question: "If you apply early, even if it is a month or two months in advance, will history be unfolded as it was?" Minami Takahashi, Atsuko Maeda, Mariko Shinoda ...... Will you vote for your application form like Zhou Xiao did in his experience? ”

ps: The Japanese entertainment circle described in this issue of God Tongue 823 is really yd's explosion in the eyes of Chinese, Daisuke Muramoto and two fat girls split three times, the handsome actor was drunk by three Shibuya babes and pulled to the room ooxx next to the mountain Liang too boring to watch the whole process and went home fiercely 1U one, comrades, this is on TV! What can be said on TV, the truth of real life may be more than double that of this! This YD's Japanese entertainment industry is simply too much! I just want to say one thing...... Please take me!

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