Akimoto Yasushi glanced at Zhou Xiao in great surprise, and then lowered his head and flipped over the information about Mita Yurika in his hand, her eyes showed a hint of understanding.

In the application for the selection together, although the photos of Yurika Mita are also very beautiful, they are not the kind of top girls, but everyone on the selection company knows very well that photos can be faked, so most of the photos in the primary selection are only looking at the most basic foundation of a girl, as long as she has good facial features and is suitable for age.

But the selected girls don't know this, and they always have a habit of grooming themselves.

But this Mita Yurika is different, the photos she sent have neither any PS and other means to correct, nor do they have any 45-degree oblique shooting techniques, just a frontal single photo, without any retouching.

"This girl...... It's not easy to choose idols at this age, and you can still have such a high level of self-confidence......" Akimoto thought to himself.

"Hello teachers, my name is Yurika Mita is nineteen years old, and I will enter university this year." The girl standing in front of more than a dozen judges was downright and generous, with a touch of arrogance in her eyes, almost everyone had the same idea as Zhou Xiao, such an excellent girl, why did she come to the theater to sing and dance for the otaku?

Don't look at what they do as idols, this will not prevent everyone from looking at idols from an objective point of view, and they will not feel that idols or anything must be the best in the world.

"Mita Yurika, I'm very interested in your purpose for participating in AKB, can you tell me why you are here to participate in this?" Zhou Xiao asked, although the information in his hand wrote the girl's age and school, but did not write her family history, so Qiu Yuankang and the others may just think that this girl is just a good child who is more talented.

"I ...... I wanted to join AZX because I liked your songs, but I wasn't in Japan last year. I didn't make it back to participate in last year's two auditions, but this year I finally had a chance, but before the AZX audition started, I thought about coming to AKB first. Mita Yurika said.

"It's fanatical." Qiu Yuankang said with a smile, he liked Zhou Xiao so much that he participated directly without considering the content of the audition, this girl is a real meal.

But surprisingly, Zhou Xiao didn't seem to be optimistic about the girl's mentality.

"I'm very grateful to have such a good girl like you, but if you come to the audition with this idea, I advise you to go back and be an ordinary girl and like me, because cooking is a better way to see the excellence of a star. If you have a relationship with me in private, I'm afraid you'll quickly feel disappointed, I'm not perfect at all, on the contrary, I have many, many shortcomings and weaknesses, and when you see this, you will start to hate me. ”

"And ......" Zhou Xiao continued: "Don't think that being an idol is a simple job, you may have good talent, but you must understand." Idols are different from actors, singers and female anchors, those three industries are considered entertainment industries, and many times you can do your own thing. As long as you have enough ability, you will become very popular. That's your fate, and you don't have to pay too much.

But idols are different, idols are more of a service industry! You have to serve your meals. Please them and give them a good experience! And you, a famous lady? I don't think you can do it lightly! ”

Yasu Akimoto nodded secretly. Zhou Xiao's statement is very mature, a 23-year-old man, it is really unusual to have this kind of maturity.

As for Zhou Xiao himself, he is actually talking about this issue very seriously, in fact, after discovering Mita Yurijia's application, Zhou Xiao's first thought of possibility should be that Mita Yurika participated in the AKB selection because of himself.

Because it was only a second selection, it was relatively simple to ask questions, but after a few questions stabilized, Zhou Xiao began not to want to choose Mita Yurika as the second student.

In Zhou Xiao's opinion, Mita Yurika is too good, she has enough talent to do more difficult things, if she is an idol, it is really a bit overkill for this girl, maybe, such behavior will affect her future path, if she can't be a female anchor, Zhou Xiao's sin will be great.

And something even more worrying, Yasu Akimoto also thought of it.

Mita Yurika was about to cry when she left the interview room, Zhou Xiao didn't save her face at all, and directly reprimanded her for running to be an idol because of chasing stars, in fact, if you really want Zhou Xiao to say it, it may not be good to do this, is there less in AKB to chase stars and chase the entertainment industry? There is no shortage of her at all, what Zhou Xiao really cares about is the other parts, those thoughts about himself and chasing stars, are more of an excuse for righteous words.

When Mita Yurika left the room, Zhou Xiao and Akimoto Yasushi glanced at each other, and they both saw a familiar look in each other's eyes.

"What do you think?" Zhou Xiao asked.

"The two of us should want to go together, right? Such a good girl, not to mention what it will be like to be an idol, her excellence alone is enough to suppress everyone in the entire group, and when the time comes, the remaining thirty or forty people in the team will just be her backup dancers, and everyone's eyes are on her, such a guy may not be a good thing for the team...... And how can the so-called team, which is the only one working hard, succeed? ”

Yes, this is another issue that Zhou Xiao cares about, his purpose is the prosperity of AKB and not the strength of one or two people, not to mention that now Mita Yurika is just a girl that Zhou Xiao is more optimistic about, even if Zhou Xiao pushes her to take her in. Gong, it is impossible for Zhou Xiao to delay the operation of the entire group for her, maybe women will delay their business because of men, but if men do the same, it will definitely be the stupidest behavior in the world.

"So, what if you gave it to her this time?" Yasu Akimoto asked with the information of Yurika Mita.

"Let's pass, she has such a big potential and such a good image, if she can't even pass the second round, it's really unreasonable, it depends on whether she comes to the final selection, of course, if she comes, let's take a good look at her spirit." Zhou Xiaodao.

"Okay, it's your meal anyway. It's up to you. Akimoto said.

After dealing with Mita Yurika's matter, there is nothing else to do in this interview, as for Takemura Kiriko, Zhou Xiao also saw it, but now this little girl is still a very thorough little girl, without the shadow of the fashion leader of later generations, in the eyes of everyone except Zhou Xiao, this Takemura Kiriko looks ordinary, whether it is past or not, and even whether she can be elected as a second-term student in the end. It's just a thought in everyone's mind.

For Zhou Xiao, it is normal for them to have this kind of thought, after all, what talent a person has for fashion is not something that can be seen with his eyes.

This view even directly continued to the third final selection.

After the second audition, about two weeks passed quickly, and during these two weeks, Zhou Xiao continued to run around the company and the filming location, in addition to these two venues, he now has another place that he often goes to, that is, the AKB Theater in Akihabara.

The performance at the AKB theater is basically on track, and because of Nana Ozaki's help and Mariko Shinoda joining. Let the members have a much better schedule when they perform, as for Shinoda integration Zhou Xiao is still more assured, she is not the kind of withdrawn character, and the unfriendliness between the members is Zhou Xiao's high-voltage line. In addition, the addition of Shinoda has indeed alleviated the problem of tight playing time for the members, and it is impossible for Shinoda to get a good single position in one or two singles, which does not pose a substantial threat, so it is logical to integrate into the team.

As for AKB48's singles. The first single had already dropped off the Oricon chart after selling tens of thousands of copies.

For this sales, it seems very low and disappointing to people who don't know the truth of the matter, but in the eyes of most people. Since it is Zhou Xiao who pulls Zhou Xiao's system, then the sales volume should also be at the same level as Zhou Xiao, but unfortunately this is impossible, times have changed, and today's Japanese music market is falling into hellish darkness, no matter how much you roar, it is useless, the next few years will be the era of Arashi, and then the era of AKB.

The time for the final selection has come, as the final selection to examine the ability to sing and dance, so after such an investigation, the shortcomings of several people in Zhou Xiao's target are obvious.

TeamK was originally a team that was good at dancing, not to mention Akimoto Caiga, who is known as the Iron Triangle of Group K, Sae Miyazawa and Yuko Oshima, and even Meina Ono and Nami Okuma of the soft and cute department, it's still very good to dance, but what about the five people in Zhou Xiao's target?

Miyu Dawson doesn't seem to have learned to dance at all, Riyin Kawanishi is not much different from her sister Tomomi Kawanishi but is behind her age, Kiriko Takemura and Ai Shinozaki are completely amateur standards, as for Mita Yurika, the problem with this one is that she can't completely let go of herself, she is the eldest lady, she is a real lady who has been used to being served by servants since she was a child, Zhou Xiao estimates that this Mita Yurika may be much more squeamish than the legendary two eldest ladies in Group A, Hirashima Natsumi and Watanabe Shiho, although such a girl dances very hard, But it always feels like she can't let go of her hands and feet.

The only satisfying thing is that this time her attitude is much better than the second selection, Zhou Xiao feels that the passage of her second selection not only did not extinguish Mita Yurijia's thoughts, but after two weeks, she completely thought about it, and left a burden to come here again.

Among these five people, after the end of the dance session, Miyu Dawson has basically been eliminated, and Kawasai's sister Kawanishi Riyin is also on the verge of being eliminated, in Zhou Xiao's opinion, there is no problem with the signing of Kawanishi Riyin's girl AZX, it doesn't necessarily have to be her popular, even if she can play a sister card with Kawanishi Tomami in the future, it is very good.

As for the situation of the remaining three, it is not bad, Ai Shinozaki is very young, Zhou Xiao thinks it is good to put her in AKB for a few years of observation, no matter whether she can stick to the team in the future, her Su zhì is at least much better than those girls in group K who are basically not famous or even stay for a long time, even if they leave AKB in the future, at least they can stay in AZX, and it is no problem to be a photo idol above the level.

In the selection of Kiriko Takemura, Zhou Xiao disagreed with most of the mainstream opinions in the review.

"Among the people who are basically confirmed now, Reina Ono, Nami Okumana, Kaoru Hayano and Ai Shinozaki are basically monopolized by the junior members of the team, so many young members, is it really okay to add a Takemura Kiriko? What's more, her ability is not particularly outstanding. What's more important is that each of the first four people has something special about her, but she can't see any characteristics, is it really necessary for her to become a second-stage student? Uncle Inoue asked.

"What do you think, Shinobi?" Zhou Xiao didn't answer the question directly, but turned his head and asked Shinobu Chino, who was in charge of the costume.

"Huh!? I? Although she is also a member of the judges, in front of Zhou Xiaoqiu Yuanyasu and others, Chino Shinobu usually has no chance to speak, and it is rare for a topic like Zhou Xiao to be thrown to her now.

"It's okay to say what you think, don't be nervous." Zhou Xiao said.

"I ...... I just thought her clothes were weird. Chino said after holding back for a long time.

As soon as her words came out, it attracted other people on the side to adjust their sitting postures uncomfortably, maybe one or two people are uncomfortable doing this and need to change their positions. But after this sentence, several people changed their positions, and it was obvious that they were a little dissatisfied with what she said.

"Do you think she's missing the point?" Zhou Xiao asked.

Then, without waiting for everyone's reply, he continued: "I think Chino Shinobu is right, this girl looks relatively ordinary, but wearing clothes gives people a feeling of brightness, put her in AKB, I am curious what kind of private clothes she can wear in the future." ”

"That's it...... Just because of this? Some people couldn't understand Zhou Xiao's vision, but Qiu Yuankang spoke at this time.

"As soon as Zhou Xiao said this, I understood, it turns out that you are optimistic about her aspect. That's not bad, an idol who wears weird and weird clothes? Sounds interesting! Akimoto said.

"Akimoto-sensei!" Most people were surprised, Zhou Xiao and Qiu Yuankang were the most powerful people among the members who decided to be selected, and both of them nodded. No amount of opposition from others is of any use.

"It's okay, this girl is very interesting, just join." Akimoto said.

So, Kiriko Takemura was also determined. The next remaining problem is only Mita Yurika.

"A child with such good potential, but we have to struggle with whether to add her in. I'm really asking for trouble. Zhou Xiao said with the information of Mita Yurijia.

"yes, it's just too much of a struggle, and if you add worry, you will feel very sorry if you don't add it......," Akimoto Yasuya said.

"Mr. Akimoto, what should we do when neither of us can make up our minds?" Zhou Xiao asked.

"That'...... Why don't you vote? Akimoto Kandy said.

"Vote?"

"That's right, don't we have 11 judges? Mita Yurika can't get over it in the end, let's vote to decide. Akimoto said.

"But in this case, I still have to make a decision......," Zhou Xiao said.

"Of course, it is indispensable to torture and understand herself, and we are worried that what we hesitate about is whether it will affect the development of the team and herself after she enters AKB. Akimoto said.

"Good...... Well, then it's decided! Zhou Xiao said.

Zhou Xiao and Qiu Yuankang made a decision here, and naturally the following staff immediately prepared eleven pieces of paper and handed them to a reviewer, and the judges didn't need to write anything on it after they got it, as long as they drew a circle or crossed it, they could make their own decisions.

Zhou Xiao didn't know what others thought, in short, he himself did experience some struggles, he was very worried about AKB, and he was also worried that it would affect the girl's future path, but while thinking about this reason, he was also very much looking forward to what kind of effect such a girl would have in AKB.

Agree? Disagree? Countless thoughts swirled countless times in Zhou Xiao's mind, and in the end, he still put pen to paper and drew a circle on the paper in front of him!

"Come on, come on! I don't believe it, you can really make AKB popular alone! Zhou Xiao said ruthlessly in his heart, he felt that sometimes this kind of self-confidence was also very necessary!

At this point, the seventeen people in the second selection of AKB have been decided, these seventeen people are Akimoto Caika of the Yuan K Iron Triangle, Miyazawa Sae and Yuko Oshima, Umeda Ayaka who is good at singing and dancing, Masuda Yuka, Matsubara Natsumi, Okuma Nami of the Lori group, Ono Reina Ono, Hayano Kao and the newly added Ai Shinozaki, Takemura Kiriko, and Ohori Megumi and Kobayashi Kana who were unsuccessful in the first phase of the student selection, it is said that Noro Kayo who lied about her weight in the second phase of the student audition, and the eldest lady Mita Yurika, and the sisters were selected Kawanishi Tomomi, Kasai Riyin.

Compared with the previous life, the selection of these seventeen people seems to be more compact, and for Zhou Xiao, everyone has something to pay attention to, which can be regarded as a fairly complete team.

So, the next question is the first personnel transfer after the establishment of the team, yes, that's right, Zhou Xiao is going to carry out the personnel transfer between the groups now, so that the members will gradually get used to this kind of personnel transfer first! (To be continued......)

PS: (This chapter is dedicated to the new expansion of World of Warcraft, as a player on the first day of the open beta, this game has been with me for ten years...... ）