I do less work, I get more money, there is such a good thing, who still appears in the show, you know, the travel show "itteQ" has to run all over the world, such as Ayako Imoto, after she took this show, in the three hundred and sixty-five days of a year, the most powerful period of time must be spent abroad for more than three hundred days, with Zhou Xiao's current number of jobs, it is impossible to take such a job.

Of course, this is also a situation that usually occurs, like now, when I take the program team out to shoot a show, it is still the first phase of the project that urgently needs to become famous, and it is no problem for Zhou Xiao to appear on the camera or even appear in a link.

The filming of "itteQ" took Zhou Xiao about a week, and after returning from South America, he quickly devoted himself to the selection of AZX this year.

The number of applicants for the AZX selection in 2006 did not increase much compared to 2005, but the more complex types of applications also made it a bit difficult for everyone in the company to look at what these people had to offer and not just look at their faces or listen to their voices.

And compared with last year's AZX audition, one of the more special things about this year's selection is that there is a TV station to pay attention to the whole process this year.

It's not Zhou Xiao's "Flash Trip", but there are really reporters sent by TV stations to follow the interview, although it is not enough to do some live broadcasts, but even if it is an ordinary variety news report, it is enough to prove that AZX has gradually begun to have influence in traditional media in the past few years.

In the midst of this attention, the first interview of the selection began.

In this year's selection, Zhou Xiao not only invited Yasu Akimoto, but even invited the music teacher of Being Company and the senior funny artists of Ota Company to do the judging together, of course, in addition to the star review, there will be no shortage of professional judges. In fact, these judges do not decide which person to choose as the final winner, what they do is to provide advice and reference with Zhou Xiao and others, and the person who finally makes the decision has always been Zhou Xiao alone.

The people who participated in the selection performed their talents in front of the judges one by one, acting, dancing, singing, and even cross talk, and many of them were quite good. It can be seen that they have received a very professional education, to put it mildly, it is said that many Korean artists are complete from their debut, while Japanese idols are incomplete and look clumsy, but in fact, if you really want to investigate, what is so black about this? Japanese idols provide this sense of nurturing to watch idols grow slowly, and if you really want the perfect body among Japanese artists, they are not nothing.

To say. Let's just say that people tend to see only the worst of a group.

When one person sings out of tune, it's like the whole group is out of tune, and when one person doesn't dance hard, it's like the whole team is crooked. Some might say that of course it should be. Who made you a team, things can't just be seen like this, it is precisely because it is a team, so we will tolerate those who don't seem to have excellent artists. Isn't that the best thing about AKB is that for girls like Mariko Shinoda, singing and dancing is not what she is good at. If she debuted alone, no, she would probably have been eliminated long ago if she didn't make her debut at all, but in AKB, among those girls who are far better than singing and dancing herself, she came out, relying on her character and her cleverness, step by step to become a star who can survive in the entertainment industry without singing and dancing, in the entertainment industry without AKB, this kind of dream is really difficult.

Mariko Shinoda is not good at singing and dancing, but she is cute, hard-working, and in good shape, and she has become a top idol in Japan.

There are many, many girls with weaknesses like Mariko Shinoda, and even those very good girls such as Yuko Oshima are often weak, and accommodating these girls with weaknesses and eventually making them grow into national idols is the best thing about AKB.

There are a lot of girls in the idol audition, but in the official audition of a company like AZX, although there are many girls in the unfinished state, the judges pay more attention to the ability and potential of a candidate himself, and they don't think about his or her ability at all, as long as the face is cute.

The selectors walked in front of Zhou Xiao and the others one by one, and another girl entered the room.

The girl looked like she was thirteen or fourteen years old, with a double ponytail over-the-shoulder hairstyle, an exaggerated guitar on her chest, and a nervous look on her face.

………………

After the girl came in, she stood in front of the crowd, holding the microphone but not speaking, looking dumbfounded.

Zhou Xiao and the others looked at each other, in such a link, most of the girls are talking endlessly as soon as they come in, there are really not many types of girls who come in and don't talk like this girl now, they should be nervous, right?

"Tell us a little bit about yourself and why you came to audition." Zhou Xiao broke the embarrassment and asked like a judge of a talent show in later generations.

"Ahh The girl suddenly realized: "I'm Nengnian Lingna!" I'm thirteen years old and I'm from Hyogo Prefecture! ”

The corners of Zhou Xiao's mouth couldn't help but pull out an arc, this girl, in fact, she saw it as early as when she flipped through the selection application, today's selection, it can be said that from beginning to end, he was looking forward to the appearance of this girl.

Before 2013, there may have been very few people who had heard of this name, but by the end of 2013, the name had become a household name throughout Japan because she starred in a popular morning drama "Amenye".

The drama "Sea Girl", although the ratings are also very high, if you compare it with Maki Horikita's "Doctor Xiaomei" in front of her, or with Apricot behind her, Yuriko Yoshitaka's "Hanako and Annie" can't be compared, but this drama is very big in terms of fame and social repercussions, and even far exceeds her three or four works before and after.

Why is this happening?

It's very simple, because of the other works, the vast majority of the audience is just the most common audience, the ordinary audience of the morning drama, housewives and elderly people all over the Japanese countryside, there are not too many young people and middle and high school students who will really watch it every day, and it is precisely because of this that most of these works will choose to describe the life of a woman, and the healing content of the final finale scene.

But "Sea Lady" is slightly different from before in terms of content. "Sea Girl" is based on a girl's mental journey of wanting to be a sea girl at the beginning, and then wanting to be an idol, such a plot is actually not very attractive to most audiences of morning dramas, but such a plot can attract the attention of most non-morning drama audiences, and among these audiences, including otaku who like girls and idols, middle-aged people who miss the idol era, etc., and the most powerful is. Compared with the usually silent elderly and housewives, these people are accustomed to making their voices heard on the Internet and in the media, and their appreciation often has more attention than silently providing ratings, because they are often the ones who have the right to speak.

With the help of such attention, "ama" has unsurprisingly become the most watched morning drama in Japan in recent years, and it has a very huge influence.

And as the protagonist of this drama, Xiaoqiu's actor Neng Nian Reina also successfully walked in front of the audience, making the audience shout cute.

Many years later, the heroine of the morning drama sent her to the road of a big actress, but it really depends on the talent of Nengnian. Abilities, personalities, and so on...... To be honest, she is really not the kind of person who immediately feels unlimited potential after seeing it, and desperately wants to be included in her own company. The type that makes money for yourself.

"I see you're holding a guitar, are you going to perform a guitar?" Yasu Akimoto asked.

"Ahh Be! I want to sing a song by Zhou Xiao. The girl said that she didn't even add honorifics when she said this, although in fact, as a Chinese soul. Zhou Xiao didn't care about this at all, but he was still quite surprised that he had been in Japan for so long. On a very formal occasion, facing an absolute senior and a possible boss, and daring not to add honorifics, Zhou Xiao This is the first time I have seen it.

I didn't care, but I was very, very surprised.

Several judges also obviously noticed this, they looked at each other, and some shook their heads slightly, such a move is obviously not optimistic about this girl.

Nengnian Rena picked up the guitar, fluctuated a few times, and then began to sing, and after singing for about a quarter and a half, she had to stop, because ...... The tone is wrong.

"I'm sorry......" The girl apologized, then adjusted for a few seconds, and then straightened the strings again.

Only this time, she didn't sing two words and had to stop.

Zhou Xiao rubbed his eyebrows, this time, the guitar in Nengnian Lingnai's hand was right, but the key was too high, and after two sentences, he found that he couldn't sing.

"I'm sorry!" The girl apologized again and began to adjust again.

"Okay, don't do it anymore, we basically know, you go down first, if you are admitted, we will notify you." Uncle Inoue saw that Zhou Xiao and Qiu Yuanyasu didn't speak, so he interrupted the girl by himself.

"Yes......" The girl nodded while holding her guitar, her head lowered deeply, and she looked very lost.

Zhou Xiao estimated that she already felt that she had no chance at all.

"Do you have any other interests besides singing?" Zhou Xiaowen suddenly asked when the girl was packing up her things.

"Me? I like it...... Love watching movies! The girl said.

"What type of movies do you like to watch?" Zhou Xiao asked.

"I love watching XXXX' in XXX." Nengnian Lingna said that among all the people present, Zhou Xiao barely watched the movie, but because it was too long, he had almost no impression at all.

"Oh? Is there anything else besides this? Zhou Xiao asked.

"Well........................ Without. ”

"None? That's all there is to it? But if there's only one, watch it once and it's gone. Zhou Xiao said.

"Sometimes...... I'm at home, and I'll watch this movie all day long, four or five times......," Nengnian Rena said slowly.

"May I ask you why you didn't apply for the AKB audition?" Uncle Inoue asked from the side.

"I applied, but ...... It seems that I was not admitted. Nengnian Rena said.

"Voted?" Even Zhou Xiao was surprised, several people looked at each other, this girl's appearance is still very cute, except for Zhou Xiao, others may feel that they were accidentally eliminated, only Zhou Xiao knows, this girl may have lost the letter or delivered it in the wrong place in the process of delivery, otherwise, with her name, Zhou Xiao, who is very sure that she has seen every application, cannot miss it.

After Reina Nengnian turned to leave. Zhou Xiao first looked at Qiu Yuankang, this fat man with glasses looked at the information in his hand, and even Zhou Xiao couldn't see what he was thinking in his heart.

Since Qiu Yuanyasu didn't say it, the question about Nengnian Lingna could only be raised by Zhou Xiao.

"How's that girl just now?" Zhou Xiao asked.

"Does that girl still need to discuss?" Someone said.

"Why not, I think she's very good, she's cute, and she's quite funny." Zhou Xiao said.

"But it seems that there is no scheming at all, such a person can't survive in the entertainment industry." Uncle Inoue said.

"Is it appropriate to take someone just because she's interesting? It's hard for her to be a talent in the future, right? Someone asked.

"I also agree with Zhou Xiao's idea, this girl always feels like an actress." Yasu Akimoto said suddenly.

"Oh? Actress? How can you see it? The crowd asked. Even Zhou Xiao was surprised, how did this Qiu Yuankang see it?

"I've seen a lot of natural actors with good acting skills, some actors are the kind of people who are exquisite, but some actors will look very stupid and a little stupid, this Neng Nian Lingnai's appearance reminds me of such actors, in reality they are actually very clumsy, but because their ideas are very simple, they can play the role very well in many cases." Akimoto said.

"Really...... It's true? Someone asked, a little incredulous.

"Actually, that's what I thought. This kid ...... It feels like there's a lot of potential. Zhou Xiao said.

"Potential...... It's hard to get people to agree. Someone said.

It's just that even Zhou Xiao and Qiu Yuankang said so, and no one can refute it, if these two both nod. That shows that this person really has potential, even if she doesn't succeed in the future, it is because she hasn't released her potential, these two people can't be wrong.

"Let her know tomorrow. Seeing that she is very disappointed, don't let her go to the audition of another company. Zhou Xiao finally clapped his head and said.

When AZX was auditioning, AZX's network department was also announced.

AZXniconico officially started operations. Unlike the previous life of Niconico, who only borrowed videos from the youtube website and added barrage, AZX's niconico used its own video player and storage server, which made AZX invest a lot of money, but also allowed AZX to be completely free from the constraints of other companies and be able to use all resources freely.

In view of the relationship between AZX and the entertainment industry and the energy of boss Zhou Xiao, AZXniconico continues the star-led strategy, including AKB48, almost all AZX artists even have better cooperation with AZX, and the artists of its company have received cameras and software provided by AZX, which can easily upload videos.

Although portable cameras and other things are not a valuable thing in Japan for a long time, but dozens of units are not a small gesture, you know, even if the camera is sent, it may be difficult for other artists other than AZX to set up their own homepage and upload video materials in niconico with great fanfare, after all, the two parties are not the same company, and AZX also has a brokerage business.

Although the publicity effect is not too perfect, Niconico still successfully entered the eyes of the vast majority of people, and as soon as the name is typed out like this, the effect comes out. Watching videos online anytime and anywhere on the Internet is already a very new thing,Now there is a barrage system added to the video,Such a fresh thing,People on the Internet,Especially otaku otaku otaku how can they not flock to it,For a while,The number of people online at the niconico video station has skyrocketed,It directly crushed several other small video sites that have just emerged on the video today,Instantly became the leader in the Japanese online video market。

As for AKB, which uploaded videos on niconico, the video that has attracted the most attention since the establishment of niconico should be the video posted by AZX itself, especially AKB.

AKB's videos are not from the girls' contributions, but from the work of several photographers of the operator.,Some small,From the girls' training and daily life, small video animations have been uploaded to the Internet for people to watch.,These small videos are very cute and fun.,Especially the girly atmosphere in it is full of cuteness.,People like it very much.。

These small videos instructed by Zhou Xiao,Combined with the barrage culture that has just begun to emerge,I thought it should be able to play a considerable role in publicity,It's not that the Japanese haven't seen the noisy tidbits of the girls,From the idols of the 80s,There are a lot of similar things,But the two should work well together.,But I didn't expect it.,I didn't wait for AKB's video how to coax.,This barrage video site itself or up.,So in the end,AKB added a barrage video, I don't know if AKB is promoting niconico or if niconico is promoting AKB.

Of course, no matter which side is promoted, it is a great thing for AZX, and the fame of the two is very much hoped to be played, and the win-win results that complement each other like this are undoubtedly what everyone is looking forward to appreciating the most. (To be continued......)