Chapter 760: Cooperation Can't Help, It's Okay to Pay Money
"I know it's vexatious, but ...... Please, Zhou Xiao, to acquire Good Morning Group, at least think seriously and give it a try! The 45-year-old, idol group that has sung millions of singles and is popular as a producer Top artists and producers throughout Japan knelt in front of a man who was more than a decade younger than him.
If kneeling helps, then maybe 10,000 fortunes can kneel.
Zhou Xiao helped Chunjun up, and looked at this man who was doing the same job as himself with a complicated face.
Junjun is a very good person, and for the Good Morning Group, he can be said to be a very respectable producer. His love for Good Morning Group is by no means inferior to Zhou Xiao's love for AKB Group.
helped Chunjun up, and the two of them started over and chatted about the Good Morning Group.
Chunjun has done a lot for the Good Morning Group, and most of the songs of the Good Morning Group are produced by him, although the trend has passed over the years, it can be said that Good Morning still maintains a fairly good income and expenditure.
But the situation of Good Morning can be said to be okay, but it is definitely not good, this situation...... To be honest, it has nothing to do with AKB.
Zhou Xiao estimated that Chunjun's H! On the P side, it is estimated that there are many people besides Junjun who will be indignant about the popularity of the AKB group, and in the eyes of these people, it may be that AKB is blocking the way of Good Morning, which makes Good Morning face such a predicament now.
But Zhou Xiao knew that compared to Chunjun, he also knew in his heart that AKB had nothing to do with the decline in popularity of Good Morning.
Good Morning's heyday was around 2000, when they had millions of singles, a huge audience of shareholders, and the entire Japanese entertainment industry, from 2000 onwards, especially after Maki Goto graduated. Good Morning is actually starting to go down the road of recession.
The most obvious proof of this decline is that in addition to the ratings of the Good Morning title show, there is also the appearance of the Good Morning Red and White Song Club, which appeared from the beginning of 1998 to the 10th anniversary of the B Gong and the Cute Group in 2007, and to 2007. In fact, Good Morning Group is already in an extreme recession.
In Zhou Xiao's previous life, at the end of 2007, Good Morning completed their last appearance.
In the same year, it was also this year's red and white, and AKB Group quietly completed its first appearance of red and white with Leah Disan and Shoko Nakagawa, two cross-era idol groups, and completed the handover of the times without knowing it.
It can be said that when the good morning recession is extreme. AKB is not popular, AKB is popular, and it is definitely not borrowed from the light of good morning, the rise, decline and inheritance of the two combinations, there is no connection except time.
If you can't be popular, you can honestly admit it, in this state, what position does AKB have in the way of good morning?
Of course. It's understandable that it's not easy to admit your shortcomings and mistakes.
Zhou Xiao also likes good morning very much. But for Good Morning, he didn't have any guilt, and on the other hand, he didn't feel the need to help Chunjun resist this burden that might not necessarily be profitable.
He would definitely care more about the thoughts of the current members of the AKB group than good morning, for AKB. Multiple good mornings will definitely not be a good thing, because this is equivalent to making Zhou Xiao busier and increasing their most direct opponents, maybe the girls will look surprised and surprised on the surface, and some members who have shouted like good morning before, such as Yuan Kashiwagi, will also lean over to express their kindness. But behind everyone, they must not want to see this scene appear.
Now there are two or three hundred members in the entire AKB group, and if they can, they wish that Zhou Xiao was just a producer by themselves, not to mention dozens or even hundreds of people.
Zhou Xiao's mind is very firm, he doesn't have any idea of taking over Good Morning at all, but Chunjun's statement is not completely unreasonable.
The first thing he did was to bring the two closer to each other.
"We are all doing this business, we know the hard work and intentions of this line of work, I believe you and I must have the same idea, that is, for our own group, I am definitely the person who loves this team in the world, if there is no choice, we definitely don't want to send them to others.
But...... When we have to change people, we have to choose a successor, we definitely want this person to be the most suitable, don't we? It's like...... The father's perspective is the same when the daughter gets married. Chunjun said.
"Senior, this metaphor is too inappropriate, if it is really a father's perspective, why would you look for me, a woman with other people, who can only let your daughter be a little ...... I don't know if it's a little smaller. Zhou Xiao smiled bitterly.
"This is Zhou Xiao's ability, you are really a rare producer, I am the most relieved to hand them over to you, even if they will never be your first choice, my side is still the most assured, your own ability is too prominent, so that even if you are not as dedicated as other successors, I still hope that you can take over the Good Morning Group." Junjun said.
"Aren't you afraid that I will put them in place after I take over Good Morning and let your hard work go to waste?" Zhou Xiao asked.
"I've been in the entertainment industry for so many years, if I don't have any knowledge of people, then I'd better retire quickly." Junjun said.
"Okay, what about your head office? What do they say? Zhou Xiao asked.
"I came to ask for your opinion when they confirmed it." Junjun said.
"Speaking of which, it's really Shen Qi, how did you get them to agree?" Zhou Xiao even felt a little funny when he asked this, a plan that even he thought was whimsical, it was really a shame that Chunjun could agree to it.
"Actually, they don't want good morning for a long time." Chunjun said suddenly.
"What?" Zhou Xiao was surprised.
"Good Morning really made money for only a few years, and after 04 years, although the concert live was opened desperately, it was getting harder and harder to make money, and in order to make money, we had to work hard to do a lot of things to maintain the situation that could be easily maintained."
"In order to make money, we have to invest more resources, but popularity has been declining, so more and more resources have been invested, although the money is still earned, but we are indeed a little tired on our side, to say that it is better to make money in the last two years, thanks to the popularity of your AKB......," Chunjun said with emotion.
AKB's popularity, Zhou Xiao spent a lot of effort to pull outside the AKB Group. Even other idol groups other than AZX, even if he didn't do this, when AKB became popular in his previous life, he really brought a trend.
Like Good Morning, it began to enter a recession after 2007, and the years from 07 to 13 can be described as the dark period of the most recession of Good Morning. During this time, Good Morning was the lowest from the number of media appearances to the sales of CDs and other released works, but after 12 years, Good Morning has gradually improved, and the reason for the improvement is mainly AKB, AKB has brought the entire Japanese idol trend, and more people have begun to like idols, which has made more people pay attention to Good Morning again.
It can be said that the entire industry was brought up by AKB. From Momokusa to E-girls to Good Morning Girls, we owe it to AKB.
"Let's make money...... It's not a lot of money, so disband...... How can there be no dissolution of a money-making combination, and there are examples of such a historical combination, the only thing that can be considered is to sell, but ...... You know, such a combination...... It's hard to sell. Chunjun said helplessly.
It's really difficult, the music library may be something that everyone wants, and everyone wants famous artists and artists with strong potential. There are two main things that hinder everyone, one is that those are no longer popular. But because of his debut during the New Year, the so-called New Year's work sequence and an artist who needs a lot of money to support, and the other is such an idol group, even Chunjun can't bring it, who can bring it?
And when it comes to Zhou Xiao, there is another thing to worry about, that is, it is impossible for him to live up to the original idols of the AKB Group because of good morning.
"Senior ......" Zhou Xiao spoke very entangledly: "I'll tell you directly, even if you give me the whole good morning money." I won't ask for it either, I'm sure you know how important AKB is to me. I won't affect them because of AKB. ”
Chunjun's face showed a very disappointed look, for him, in fact, he didn't really expect him to agree, he came to ask him more because of a kind of illness and medical treatment.
"But ......" made Chunjun stunned. Zhou Xiao's words didn't seem to be finished yet!
"I won't buy Good Morning because it's unfair to AKB, but...... H! If P is willing to go independent, AZX can consider talking to H! P collaborates to form a new performing arts company! ”
"New Performing Arts!" Junjun's heart beat violently.
“H! It's good for the P department to go their own way, and forcibly merging into the AKB group will not be a good choice, not only will there be a lot of resistance on the part of the members, but it will also be difficult to operate on the operation side, but if you just ask me to pay for it, then it's fine, so my problem is ...... Seniors, if you let H! Are you willing to be the head of this joint venture? ”
"I'll do it?!" A look of disbelief appeared on Junjun's face.
All the while, H! P's head office has actually been criticized by fans, and H! P's operation fans have a belly of words that they want to talk to H! P says above.
Chunjun himself is also constrained in the company's operation, many ideas are difficult to implement, externally, of course, he will not say bad things about the company, but after a long time, he will inevitably have some unhappiness in his heart.
But what can be done? To put it bluntly, he is just a high-level worker, and it is no problem to control a combination, but the question of how much money to spend is not something he can control.
In this way, he has definitely dreamed of controlling the entire company and the freedom brought by controlling the entire Good Morning Girl Group countless times.
The price of this freedom will be very huge, such as financial constraints, and the risk of operating alone is even too great for him to bear before.
But...... What if Zhou Xiao makes a move? One reality is that if he invests in a future joint venture, then one of the most important problems is that in essence he still does not have the ability to control the entire Good Morning, but if it is Zhou Xiao, with his understanding of Zhou Xiao, Chunjun is confident that he will definitely give himself the greatest freedom possible, this is Zhou Xiao and H! P Those who were originally at the top were fundamentally different, H! P's senior management is more businessmen than people in the entertainment industry, while Zhou Xiao attaches more importance to the ideas of its idol group itself.
Of course, if he could, Chunjun would definitely like to have a bigger stake in the company.
Chunjun must have welcomed the idea proposed by Zhou Xiao with both hands, and what he originally hoped was just for Zhou Xiao to buy Good Morning Group. His purpose is to hope that Good Morning will not fall into the hands of people who are not good to him, and rightfully so, and in doing so, he will lose control of Good Morning himself.
It can be said that he would rather hand over Good Morning himself than entrust it to someone he trusts enough.
Unexpectedly. Zhou Xiao came up with a better idea and let him control the portfolio by himself, while Zhou Xiao and his AZX were just a contributor, which was definitely a better proposal than he had expected.
"Of course, once our cooperation is completed, Good Morning Group can have more and more comprehensive cooperation with AKB Group." Zhou Xiao said.
"Oh? What kind of cooperation? ”
"For example...... JPN48? Zhou Xiao smiled evilly.
“J…… PN!? Chunjun was stunned, but he quickly reacted.
“JPN…… Not bad! He smiled, JPN48 is really not a new suggestion, and they have always had this kind of expectation. But the AKB group doesn't seem to have the idea of qualifying, and people used to think that AKB's current single itself has a sub-group selection group position, so there is no need to make JPN, but I didn't expect Zhou Xiao to finally put forward this idea in a chat with Chunjun.
"Is this something you had in mind?" Junjun asked.
"JPN is an ambition, it's one of those things that I think it's amazing to think about, and I've thought about it before but I don't take it seriously, but if I work with Good Morning, I think JPN48 can think about it.
In the early days of the group's existence, it didn't necessarily need a special theater to perform any performances, but just a single was enough to look forward to. 16-person selection team lineup, AKB. Good morning, Momoca, and other combinations each have a certain number of spots, so it should be fun to have JPN like that. ”
"Then, once it works, you can expand it. Will JPN48 really expand the number of people to 48, and maybe even split into three groups for the performance? Junjun asked.
"yes, once AZX and H! The joint venture company that P built together after becoming independent has been set up smoothly, and we can consider this, I think. Even if the original JPN was just an advertisement or publicity project, like the one in Pachinko. Zhou Xiao said.
"That's amazing!" Chunjun exclaimed, he was so surprised, he didn't expect Zhou Xiao to be so ...... Crazy idea!
JPN48, which includes Japan's top girl idols, has been spending on this plan for a long time, and one of the problems is, how do you divide the cake?
What is the 16-man selection lineup? Which company is out of the record? Where does the copyright go?
Don't look at the first thing that AZX took the lead in doing this, but if you really want to build such a plan, some of the major companies will fight games and verbal battles.
But if it's just an advertising project, it's easy to do, such as AKB Pachinko's project, a surprise performance of 12 songs, each company may have a different song, the idol group itself can also have its own selection, and the money earned by the advertising project is very good for each company to divide it equally according to how much or absolutely it is handled.
"If it happens, I have something to tell you that will definitely surprise you." Zhou Xiao said.
"Oh? What is it? ”
"I can't say it, I can't say it now." Zhou Xiao smiled and waved his hand.
What can't be said now is the legendary performance he prepared before, which is a performance created by legendary idols such as Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori, which few people know even within AZX!
This performance will never be used in the Pachinko project, after all, Pachinko is just a gambling machine, although it is very profitable, but this kind of thing is a certain obstacle to nationalization, and the super performance of the legendary producer and the legendary performer must be presented on the biggest stage at the best time.
AZX and H! There is still talk about the creation of a new joint venture company by P, and it is impossible for this kind of big cooperation that may be related to the entire Japanese entertainment industry to make substantial progress, but as a by-product of this cooperation, in Zhou Xiao and Chunjun, and even H! After P's parent company was prepared enough, the news was intentionally released.
"AKB48 Family and Good Morning Family May Merge! 》
"I caught Zhou Xiao and Chunjun discussing! 》
Amazing Collaboration! AZX's eventful season, Zhou Xiao was completely unaffected! 》
Many of these articles were simply handed over to the media by AZX.
This news is absolutely explosive, but for the members of AKB and Good Morning, the explosive meaning of the news is not the same as for the Japanese entertainment industry, for the parties themselves, everyone will worry and look forward to it, but for the Japanese entertainment industry, Zhou Xiao is not affected at all, and even other forces in the entertainment industry are not worried about Zhou Xiao at all, and give him the greatest support, this is the biggest news in everyone's eyes!
The release of this news, coupled with the news that everyone in the entertainment industry spoke in support of Zhou Xiao before, brought a lot of pressure to those who wanted to deal with Zhou Xiao, so that they must start thinking seriously about a question before they want to move Zhou Xiao, such a man who is very popular in all walks of life in Japan and has done so many good things for more than ten years, in case of great resistance, and finally disappointing ordinary people, it is an exaggeration to say that even the regime may be shaken! (To be continued.) )
PS: SMAP is not disbanded? But what I'm most concerned about in this matter is the last stay of Iijima Sanchi, if Iijima is gone and SMAP still stays, does that mean that SMAP will be managed by Keiko in the future? Janis's family, people who care about Japanese entertainment should know that few people have a good impression of grandma and aunt, especially this accident, Jingzi's sentence "Janis is Kondo Masahiko", it's disgusting to death, I definitely don't want SMAP to disband, but compared with disbandment, I also hope that SMAP will no longer be angry with Jingzi's family.
Now I only see a title that SMAP does not disband, and I will observe it after seeing the specific article......
As for Becky, I like Becky very much, but I laughed when she had an accident, it's actually really fun for the super favorability artist to be broken, as for what will happen to Becky in the future, in short, the little junior who made himself, the money he lost, and the favorability he lost, there is nothing to sympathize with, and there is nothing to despise.
As for why this chapter is late...... I really forgot to send it......