Chapter 649: Taking the opportunity to get angry
Zhou Xiao was moved by Akimotoyasu's words: "I didn't know this back then, so when I was the producer, I neglected the management of all the participating members of the entire project, which was the biggest reason why the kitten club only lasted for two years and was reluctantly disbanded, and it was also the thing I cared about the most, even if I was a rule breaker."
Today's AKB is like cooking oil on a fire, it is the time to pour a basin of cold water or sand, and only at this time can you still clearly understand yourself and see yourself, so that you really have a chance to maintain AKB for a long time, in my opinion, today's AKB Group, discipline and rules, is far more important than the idea of genius. That's what I learned when the kitten club was disbanded. ”
"Mr. Akimoto, I've been taught." After Zhou Xiao listened to Qiu Yuankang's words, he thanked him very seriously.
"To be honest, in the past few years of AKB, most of the things are from your hands, in addition to contributing some ways, I only have the work of writing words, compared with the work you have done in the past few years, my work is really a little sorry for the money I take, but just after saying that, I feel that my work of making zuò people has been completed in an instant!" Akimoto said with a smile.
"You've done a good job before, of course, this time I owe you a favor, if you're not there, maybe I'll be reluctant to kill them later. Right now...... Let's get started! Zhou Xiao said.
In a somewhat chaotic state, the concert finally ended.
Through the monitor, Zhou Xiao could clearly see that there was no trace of a smile on Takahashi's face.
You must know that it is on the stage, a creature like a professional idol, under normal circumstances, it can maintain its perfect smile all the time, and it is almost derelict for idols to be in a state like this when they are on stage but have almost no smile.
This girl must also feel that AKB's state is wrong, but what is wrong, I guess she can't say why.
Zhou Xiao also stood up. He walked over and said to the staff in charge of on-site dispatch: "Inform everyone, don't leave today, I have something to say." ”
"Yes! Boss! The staff said.
Zhou Xiao, who can barely be regarded as having played some roles, now has a tense face, looking fierce and wants to choose someone to eat, anyone can see that tonight is going to be bad.
The girls who had finished Encore were slowly retreating backstage, and the staff began to convey Zhou Xiao's orders by word of mouth.
The backstage seemed to suddenly become quiet.
Most of the girls didn't actually notice the problems that AKB was facing today, so they were very happy at first, but after these slightly noisy girls entered the backstage, the quiet and somewhat eerie atmosphere in the backstage quickly affected them, and the girls watched with some surprise as the staff ran quietly and anxiously worriedly. Not sure what happened.
The seemingly calm backstage contains rough waves, and the girls are gathered together under the call of the staff.
No matter how sluggish the girl was, she found out that there was a problem at this time, and no one spoke, and everyone was stern.
Zhou Xiao took the horn and stood in front of the girls with a stern face.
The 29-year-old handsome man who usually smiles restrained his smile and became a cold and handsome guy, and his handsome appearance made many girls and children feel like.
"Everyone has worked hard today." Zhou Xiao was the first to politely say.
"You've done a great job." The girls replied too.
Zhou Xiao didn't say anything politely anymore and said directly: "Today's concert should be the worst concert I've ever seen." ”
Just one sentence surprised the members, especially the sentence said by Zhou Xiao. This man, who has almost never murdered anyone, has never said such excessive things.
It's like the more Zhou Xiao beats his hands, the more good-tempered people are, the more chilling it is to start a fire. Zhou Xiao's words made many girls shiver on such a hot day, and even made the eyes of many girls and children almost instantly covered with a layer of water.
Zhou Xiao said sadly: "What happened today, I and Mr. Qiu Yuan saw it clearly in the background. While many of the problems are not your fault, you are also problematic.
Many of you don't have the consciousness to be a national idol yet, and Seibu Dome is a huge stadium that we've climbed on for the first time. You are trying to dispel the lack of confidence in navigating such a huge space with ease, but ...... I don't think it's necessary, even if you're new to the group, you're still part of the AKB48 group! Although it is always said that idols have become commoners, if you yourself have always thought that you are just an after-school entertainment and you don't need to take it too seriously, I advise you to give up this work as much as possible! ”
When Zhou Xiao said this, he put down his horn slightly and glanced at the more than a hundred girls in front of him.
Minami Takahashi stared directly at him, a tear slowly sliding down her cheek.
Yuko Oshima and Mariko Shinoda stood in a slight corner with a stern face.
Mayou hugged Airi's arm, biting her lip and not daring to look at Zhou Xiao, before the concert started, the two of them were very important members of the members who made a lot of trouble.
All the girls got serious, Zhou Xiao glanced at it, and even the impression was that she was smiling almost all the time, and Miyuki Watanabe, who regarded her smile as the strongest weapon, was stern at the moment.
For a moment, Zhou Xiao was a little reluctant, because of his deliberate connivance, today's AKB is worse in terms of discipline than the AKB of Yasushi Akimoto in the previous life, so the same is true for the girls today, they are obviously more excessive, and they play higher.
This kind of backstage table, if it is made, it is particularly fun, but if such a table is too exaggerated, it is very troublesome to manage, although such a picture cannot be put in the DVD, but the staff actually taught the members a lesson because of this matter, and in the past, Zhou Xiao was often on the side of the members, and even pulled away the staff or the person who blocked in front of the members to let them run quickly.
The sense of disparity is huge.
The words are not finished: "After the eighties, female idols lost their dominant position in the entertainment industry, and how difficult it is to get to where they are today, I believe the members of the first three phases know best." You're actually already at the top of your game, so you're all working so hard, not to mention those underground idols in Akihabara.
I ask you. If it's those people who are in Akihabara right now, if they get on this stage, will they have any slack? Look up, where are you now? This is Seibu Dome! From 2005 to the present, you, as well as the company's staff, hundreds of people have worked hard for several years, and billions of dollars of investment, before you finally sent you here!
Would you like to cherish this opportunity? You are here not just by your own efforts. It is also the result of the efforts of all the people who like you, including me, and it is a miracle that we have finally achieved after years of anticipation throughout Japan.
I love idols, I love idols, and it's because of love that I'm here to tell you......
I can't let AKB end up like this! We haven't gone to the Dome yet, we haven't gone to Nissan yet. Haven't been to the country yet! In the past, our goal was the Budokan and the Dome, but in the future, we have more and greater goals! I will give you Japanese idols the best treatment. I'm willing to play with you and write songs for you, but I can't watch you destroy AKB and destroy yourselves. ”
Speaking of which. Zhou Xiao stopped again and looked around at the girls before he started to say again: "Today's performance is a lesson for you, tomorrow, I don't want to see such AKB again, understand?" ”
"Yes......" the girls replied.
"Good. I'm looking forward to it. Zhou Xiao finally put down the horn and turned to leave.
As he walked forward, others followed, including Yasushi Akimoto.
"How?" His gaze kept looking ahead, and he didn't dare to look back and asked.
"Not bad, though...... A little verbose. Akimoto said.
"Alas...... The draft in my heart is actually just scolding them, I wanted to take the cool route, but ...... In the end, I still couldn't say those words, and I rolled in my heart many times, and finally it became a long-winded line like Obasan......" Zhou Xiao said helplessly.
"It's a little wordy, but your idea has basically been delivered, so don't worry too much." Akimoto said.
"That's right!" Zhou Xiao suddenly turned his head and said to Uncle Inoue beside him: "After the concert, except for the members, all the staff of the AKB department will have a meeting together!" Today's problem is not only the problem of the members, but also the slackness of the staff, and after this time, it seems that the company needs to be over-examined! ”
"I see." Uncle Inoue nodded, and it seemed that he also supported Zhou Xiao's actions.
Zhou Xiao and Yasu Akimoto came out from Seibu Egg to discuss tomorrow's work, and after a while, Takahashi Minami came out.
Before she could speak, the girl began to shed tears.
"Brother Zhou Xiao...... Sorry to disappoint you. Actually, I also felt something strange, but I couldn't say anything...... "Takahashi Minami is not a man of few words, standing in front of Zhou Xiao and crying and talking for a full five minutes before stopping.
Most of what the girl said was her disappointment with herself and her apology to Zhou Xiao, and some of the words were repeated over and over again, and at first glance, she was unscrupulous in her mood.
Zhou Xiao said after listening to the girl: "First of all, I want to apologize to you, there will be today's things, first of all, I have problems with the operation, and these problems will occur if I neglect your management, and then I know that you are very hard-working, but people are different from people, you and the staff have the same negligence, but the fault is not caused by you alone, so there is no need to care too much, as long as you work hard to do a good job in the future." ”
"Yes, yes!" The girl nodded while listening to Zhou Xiao's words.
Takahashi Minami went backstage to have a meeting with the members, Zhou Xiao sat for a few more minutes and then went back, before leaving, he also said to Akimoto Yasu: "The members may practice more tonight, I really want to take a look at it on the side......"
"Don't look at it, it's time for the members to be scared by you, and if you show up, they'll be very cautious." Akimoto said.
"yes...... I know that too, so ...... I had to go back first. Zhou Xiao said.
That night, according to the reaction of the staff, the girls of the AKB Group practiced on their own until 11 late at night before they went home or went back to the hotel.
If he didn't go back until 11 a.m., he would not be able to fall asleep until about 1 a.m., and the next morning's meeting time was 6 a.m., and he estimated that the girls would only sleep for four hours, including the morning traffic and wake-up time.
4 hours is too short a sleep time for ordinary people.
Although reluctant. Zhou Xiao didn't have much to do, this was their job.
The daytime weather forecast for tomorrow is 33 degrees on the phone, and Seibu Dome is a covered stadium with a certain gap between the wall and the roof, and it is impossible to use a large air-conditioning system in this kind of stadium, so no matter how cold or hot it is, everyone has to carry it themselves.
Today's anger and the failure of the concert will definitely exacerbate the hardships of the members, Zhou Xiao estimates that tomorrow's two concerts. I'm afraid it will be the hardest thing for AKB Group since its establishment.
Zhou Xiao's estimate was not wrong, at one o'clock in the morning, Yuko and Shinoda Kojima finally dragged their tired bodies back to Zhou Xiao's side, ...... Is it Zhou Xiao's family? To be precise, it should be that the three of them returned to the house where Zhou Xiao lived today, which was the closest to the Seibu Dome.
"I'm so tired......"
Looking at the three tired girls who fell directly to the floor and didn't want to get up after entering the house, Zhou Xiao also smiled helplessly, he had to carry the three girls to their respective rooms one by one, and helped them take off their shoes, clothes, socks, and covers, and even put on pajamas for the three girls. Then I went back to my room and went to sleep, as for what happened? You're not afraid of the sudden death of the girls?
After sleeping until five o'clock, the three girls got up.
Take a shower and grab a bite to eat. The three of them went downstairs and drove to Seibu Dan, all of whom were over 20 years old, and they had already obtained their driver's licenses.
Of course, Zhou Xiao didn't need to work as hard as the girls, and he didn't get up from bed until eight o'clock in the morning. I called the assistant and came out of the apartment after eating and taking a shower, and the car driven by the assistant was already waiting downstairs.
"When was the operations group disbanded yesterday?" Zhou Xiao asked after getting into the car.
"Most of them didn't go back last night. There were a lot of problems with the orchestration of the concert yesterday, so after the members disbanded last night, everyone spontaneously worked overtime all night to check most of the work of today's concert. The assistant said.
Zhou Xiao nodded and said, "When they get to the scene, the more tired staff will let them take a break, at least to ensure the normal progress of the two concerts." ”
"Yes, I see." The assistant said.
I took the car to Seibu Dome, and by the time Zhou Xiao arrived, the girls had been rehearsing for a while.
Zhou Xiao didn't go to say hello to most of the members but went to the video center in between, and he sent a fire yesterday, and now he was a little embarrassed to see the girls, so he was going to monitor the members more here.
"How's it going to be today?" Zhou Xiao asked the staff after entering the media center.
"It's a bad situation, most of the members are tired and worrying." The staff member said as he looked at the monitor.
"Who's the one who seems to be having a hard time?" Zhou Xiao asked.
"It's all hard...... Maeda Oshima, Kashiwagi Fingerbara, Ojima Shinoda ...... Everyone is tired...... "The staff said.
In the midst of everyone's worries, the next day's concert passed.
There are a lot of people who have problems. Maeda seems to be suffering from a little heat stroke, Aika Tada, Tomomi Kawasai and other girls have dehydration, and girls such as Kaoru Mitsumune and Akari Hayami have been breathing because of nervousness and the original condition of their bodies.
The most worrying thing was Maeda, who was picked up by the staff after the performance without even attending the reflection meeting, and I didn't know if the girl would be able to stand on the stage of Seibu Dome on time tomorrow after a night's rest.
But the effect of this day is not even a single word for the most demanding people.
After yesterday's introspection, the girls are in the best shape today, both singing and dancing are unusually good. The same goes for the staff, the whole concert choreography, there were a lot of problems on the first day, these problems are much less today, after a night of work, most of the holes have been filled, and the stage effect is perfect.
After finishing the day's performance, everyone went home to sleep as usual, and Zhou Xiao waited until the three of Yuko went home in the middle of the night as usual.
The slight difference is that the three of them came back early today, about an hour or so.
Because of this, the three of them finally have time to take a shower or even remove their makeup before going to bed today.
This makeup removal even frightened Zhou Xiao.
The three of them with perfect makeup couldn't see anything, and after removing their makeup, they came out, and Zhou Xiao was stunned for a moment and then went up and hugged the girls.
"Ugly, right? I was shocked. Yuko whispered in Zhou Xiao's arms, and the voice seemed to fall asleep at any time.
"I'm sorry for your hard work." Zhou Xiao said distressedly.
The three people who removed their makeup were indeed not good-looking, but of course Zhou Xiao didn't care about this, what he cared about was that the state of the faces of the three of them was really bad, and the gray faces were simply terrible, Zhou Xiao estimated that if the girl's state was discovered by her parents, it was estimated that she would have the heart to kill herself.
"I'm so tired...... These days. The girl said.
"I know, go to sleep, I'll send a notice, tomorrow's meeting time will be postponed by one ...... No, two hours later. Zhou Xiao said.
"That won't be enough time, right?" The girl asked.
"Just squeeze it and remove some less important things, you can't be tired enough to affect your future physical condition." Zhou Xiao said.
"But ......"
"Okay, AKB, I'll take the shot, go sleep in peace, I'll call you tomorrow." Zhou Xiao drove the three of them into the room. (To be continued......)
PS: Damn, I set a break on the 20th a few days earlier, but I found out on the evening of the 19th that the 20th was a Chinese Valentine's Day! Lao Tzu originally wanted to go out to eat with his friends, but if he went out with his friends on this day, wouldn't Lao Tzu have to come out of the closet! Moreover, on the morning of the 19th, I started to have stomach trouble! It's not good to make a fuss all day until the 20th! Decisive pigeon friends at home recuperate! Damn, I didn't take a leave of absence to recuperate!!