Budokan, the dream of countless Japanese artists.

Two days before the concert, the girls finally arrived.

Just standing on the stage, looking at the huge but empty stage, several girls have already begun to burst into tears.

Women, always sentimental, waiting for the martial arts hall is equivalent to realizing the dream, and it is normal to cry, but Uncle Inoue, you also feel emotional, and there are tears in your eyes?

Uncle Inoue felt the expression of Zhou Xiao not far away, quickly wiped his eyes, and said with some embarrassment: "A little emotional, I haven't been busy in vain in the past few years." ”

"yes, we've finally made it here." Zhou Xiao said.

"You're calm." Uncle Inoue said.

"Because this is just the beginning, the Budokan is just the beginning, in the future we will go to the Yokohama Arena, we will go to the Seibu Dome, Tokyo Dome, the National Arena......" Zhou Xiao's eyes were full of desire to fight.

"Can you even go to the country?" Uncle Inoue asked. The country is not something that anyone can go to if they want to, it is rumored in the industry that the country can only have one group of artists a year, but in the previous life, this statement was broken by AKB and Momocao, of course, Zhou Xiao also suspected that it was a little lack of money when the country was rebuilt. Uncle Inoue is already very accustomed to Zhou Xiao's ambitions, and with the current level of AKB, even if he doesn't become popular, he can dissolve the concert and go to a relatively large venue such as Seibu, so Zhou Xiao's statement, he just sees it as Zhou Xiao's expectation.

"This is just the most basic goal, I hope that AKB will perform at Taipei Arena, Hung Hom in Hong Kong, Bird's Nest in Beijing, and Madison Square Garden in the United States!" Zhou Xiao said.

"Wow! The more you talk about it, the more powerful it gets! Uncle Inoue laughed. Zhou Xiao's part of his ambition, he just listened to it as a joke, and if he wants to hold a concert in these places, AKB must have super popularity all over the world.

"Dreams still have to be had. What if it happens? Zhou Xiao said with a smile.

"If it could be realized, it would be surreal." Uncle Inoue said.

Not to mention that Uncle Inoue doesn't believe it, Zhou Xiao himself knows very well that it is almost impossible for AKB to reach that Cheng dù, and in his opinion, if AKB can really go to that Cheng dù, maybe none of the members in the group will be there now, and the AKB at that time will be very different from now.

Before the start of rehearsals, the girls stood on the stage together and greeted the entire concert staff: "Hello everyone. We are AKB48 and we will be holding concerts here in the next few days, so please take care of them. ”

After Takahashi finished speaking, the girls bowed together and said, "Please take care of me." ”

And with their voices, the voice of the director in the venue also said: "Please take care of me." ”

Unlike the inquiring stadium, the Budokan is set up in the form of a stadium with a large stage around two floors of grandstand and an infield, and this kind of Budokan actually looks similar to the format of an ordinary HALL-level small venue, but the level and capacity have been increased by several levels.

In such a venue. Surrounded by tens of thousands of people, what kind of experience it is to listen to so many people playing mix together is something that even Zhou Xiao has never tried.

Although Zhou Xiao also likes to sing, he is not particularly keen on live performances. There were only a handful of concerts and commercial performances when she was a singer, and in this regard, he was actually similar to Sakai Izumi, except for singing. He just has more opportunities to appear on camera and on TV.

He felt a high sense of accomplishment in being able to bring these girls to positions that he had never done before.

The girls on the stage appeared, and they were the first to appear. It's Shinoda with Noro Kayo, Megumi Ohori and Akimoto Cai's strange "cherryboy", this song was originally full of innocence, and it was fun for these three older members to sing it, and in the middle of the song, there was even a bridge where the lights suddenly turned red, and the voices of the four people suddenly became low.

And after this cute song, it was immediately ushered in the handsome song "bluerose", this song in the previous life, was led by Takahashi Minami Jurina, Mayu and Ono Reina sang together, in this life, because there happened to be Suzuki Airi, even Takahashi Minami didn't need it, four little Lori stood on the stage to play handsome, and once again performed a completely different song style.

This is the style of the first performance of the Budokan Theater, where the members who originally performed the songs with very different styles and explored the side of them that they did not often show themselves was the biggest allure of the artists' live.

Zhou Xiao watched the audience for a while before he reluctantly left, he actually wanted to keep watching, but he had other things to do, he was going to Japan TV to participate in the recording of a variety show.

The variety show recorded now will be broadcast in mid-September, before the finale of Kimura's "Antang Machine Qì People" is broadcast, and the participants are Zhou Xiao and Kimura and some other artists, to put it bluntly, this show is for the final episode of Zhou Xiao and Kimura's drama.

In fact, "Antang Machine QÌ People" doesn't need any publicity at all, this drama is very popular, the combination of Zhou Xiao and Kimura, coupled with more professional martial arts instructors and stunt teams, has made this drama a science fiction boutique, plus the inheritance of the previous one, but it also has a wonderful story with independent content, so it is understandable that the popularity of such a drama is high.

But in terms of ratings, the ratings of this show are actually not particularly amazing, after the first episode failed to exceed 30% of the ratings, the ratings of this drama in the next few episodes did not rise but fell, which attracted quite a lot of media to want to sing down the cooperation between Zhou Xiao and Kimura.

But the strange thing is that in stark contrast to the slightly "sluggish" ratings of this show, it is the one-sided support and discussion on the Internet, and the attention of young audiences has been completely mobilized, and they have said, "Finally, there is a TV series that does not only consider housewives but begins to consider us." ”

Therefore, although the number of this drama is not particularly good in terms of ratings, the reputation of the whole show, and most importantly, the contribution of various peripheral product industries that accompany the whole drama is quite good, which also proves that this era is no longer the era when TV is king. The Internet, an emerging media that anyone can join, can seize it, and whoever can grasp it well, will be able to obtain enough benefits from it.

Although it is still a TV series broadcast on TV, this drama's dependence on TV can be said to have fallen to the lowest level in the history of Japanese dramas, with an average rating of about 25% which is low in Zhou Xiao's dramas, but it is still an absolute leading drama compared with other dramas in the same period.

It's normal that such a "Antang Ji qì person" doesn't need to be promoted on TV.

But Ri TV still invited Zhou Xiao and Kimura, but their purpose is a little different from normal publicity, and now they want it. It's not propaganda but a show co-starred by Zhou Xiao and Kimura, among these two people, although Zhou Xiao is important in Japanese TV, he appears a lot of times, but Kimura rarely appears on this station, so Japanese TV also attaches great importance to Kimura's ability to star in his own TV drama this time, and even sees this as the biggest opportunity to get in touch with SMAP and strive for SMAP resources.

So. The TV station will be very concerned about the promotion and Kimura's appearance, and what they are looking forward to is not a cooperation but a longer cooperation.

In addition to Zhou Xiao and Kimura, this special publicity. Japanese TV even found Mitsura Uchimura to be the MC of the show, this is also a super-big comedy artist, Zhou Xiao is the producer of zuò's "itteQ", and he is the main MC.

There's really not much to say about the recording of the whole show. Zhou Xiao himself is a very playful personality, not only pretending to be stupid in front of the camera, but even occasionally telling a silver gray yellow joke or something. And Kimura, his advantage is in his age, men in their thirties are already ripe, although the so-called idol identity will be more in the way, but as long as he is by Zhou Xiao's side, all kinds of topics will be more free. The Japanese are very tolerant of Zhou Xiao, Takeshi Kitano, big-name writers and the like, like Takeshi Kitano, not only have he done nasty programs on TV for many years that invite "teachers" from all walks of life to star, but even on the programs of Zhongju, he can talk a lot about the problem of "teachers" in the TV shows that complained about the hotel.

The show itself didn't say much, and in the gap between shooting, Kimura also became curious about AKB.

"AKB is now ...... It's amazing. Kimura accosted Zhou Xiao.

"It's okay, it's not much red yet." Zhou Xiao said.

"In the next two years, the Japanese entertainment industry may be the world of AKB." Mitsura Uchimura on the side also felt a lot about AKB's popularity.

At this time, Kimura smiled evilly as if he suddenly thought of something, and asked, "Will you marry a member of the AKB?" ”

"Poof!" Behind the three of them, becky, who also participated in the show, squirted out, Zhou Xiao has been taking care of bekcy for the past few years, in fact, the two are about the same age, but their status is now much different, when Zhou Xiao chatted with Mitsura Uchimura and Takuya Kimura, she could only sit in the back and listen.

And the reason why Kimura asked this is obviously because Yasushi Akimoto's wife is Mamiko Takai of the Kitten Club.

After listening to Kimura's words, Zhou Xiao was not angry, but said with a smile: "AKB is still very popular now, I plan to wait for AKB to be not too popular, and then find one from the last group of members to be his wife." ”

"You're going to die!" Kimura scolded with a smile, Zhou Xiao's words alluded not to Yasu Akimoto but to Kimura himself, because her wife was Shizuka Kudo, who entered the kitten club at the end of the year.

"From the second half of this year to next year, AKB is estimated to be on a lot of variety shows, and it will depend on everyone to take care of it at that time." Zhou Xiao said.

"Don't worry, Zhou Xiao, as long as they can be on my show, I will definitely take care of them." Mitsura Uchimura said.

Zhou Xiao didn't take Uchimura's words too seriously.

Among the funny artists, Uchimura is the most handsome type, although he is middle-aged, he is becoming more and more masculine, in the early years, Uchimura was known as the "female anchor hunter", and he had a preference for female anchors, this kind of man will definitely not be completely uninterested in idols, and Zhou Xiao has nothing to do with Uchimura in private, although he patted his chest and said that he would take care of it, but Zhou Xiao estimated that he would only take a hand at most when it was convenient, and throw a topic or something.

Compared with Uchimura's politeness, Kimura's answer seemed as if he didn't treat Zhou Xiao as an outsider at all: "Of course it's okay to help, but is there any benefit?" ”

"What benefits do you want?" Zhou Xiao asked.

"The members of your regiment ......," Kimura said with a wicked smile.

Zhou Xiao looked at Kimura's appearance and understood what he meant, and he said: "If it were someone else, I might have punched it at this time, but if it was you...... Shinoda Oshima, who are you interested in other than Mayu Airi. ”

"Huh!? You kid! Better than me! Kimura heard the meaning of Zhou Xiao's words.

Zhou Xiao did not hide from the inner village on the side or even Becky behind him. This kind of thing is too normal in the entertainment industry, Zhou Xiao and Shinoda Oshima, even if he knows, at most he knows the most superficial level, and no one knows what Cheng Dù he is with these two girls. As long as people in the entertainment industry are strict, it is very important to be strict, there are some things that must not be said to ordinary people and the media, no matter how clear they are in their hearts. How much I have said to others behind my back, I must not say it to ordinary people.

For example, Uchimura, who had the title of female anchor hunter back then, the outside world only knew this title and didn't know what he did, in fact, at that time, he almost slept with the female anchors of the five major private stations in Japan at that time! Zhou Xiao even heard a friend in the industry specifically count the list of female anchors who slept in the inner village, and Zhou Xiao was sweating profusely at that time, compared to this one, Zhou Xiao's women were simply nothing.

This kind of super gossip inside story must never be told to the media or ordinary people. If you really say it, even with Zhou Xiao's current identity, I am afraid that he will end up in ruin, because there are almost no clean people in this circle. If you say it, don't blame others, say it too, if you are really the kind of person who comes out of the mud and is clean. Unless you don't want to get mixed up in the Japanese entertainment industry, you can't say it, otherwise who in the industry would dare to chat with you. Working with you?

A man who looks upright and kind can't see anything on the surface, God knows what kind of darkness is hidden behind him. Like Hideaki Ito, who collaborated with AKB on the MV of the song "Surprise of Tears", is very handsome and gentle, so much so that there have been rumors that it is GAY, if it weren't for the photos and videos that were exposed, who would know that he was a 3P with his sister in private?

"Sure enough, there is no one who does this business without stealing......" Kimura said with some emotion.

"You haven't said who you're interested in." Zhou Xiao asked.

"You're really going to introduce them to me?" Kimura asked.

"No, if you're serious and this member isn't the most important person, I'll let her graduate and introduce her to you." Zhou Xiao said. Is Kimura really interested in AKB members? He is a man, and he is a very manly man, how can a man not like a woman, but Zhou Xiao also has a bottom line, if you are really interested in AKB members, I won't even mind that you are married and will definitely not divorce, but correspondingly, even if you don't marry her, you should have her and the responsibility of a man must also have.

As for whether the AKB members will agree to such a thing......

There are now three men that all Japanese women can't refuse, Masaharu Fukuyama, Takuya Kimura and Zhou Xiao.

"Forget it, do my job...... It's not easy. Kimura said with some emotion.

Zhou Xiao nodded, female idols are not easy, male idols are not easy, female idols work very hard, they are very busy when they become popular, and the golden period is very short, but what about male idols? It's hard to get ahead, in order to maintain your image, you have to be the same for decades, for example, in the Genesys group, there are only a handful of people who can get married, and even if they are married, they must ensure their image many times.

Like Kimura, he paid a huge price to marry Shizuka Kudo, and this marriage is not an image burden, since he got married, he can never divorce, as for extramarital affairs or something, it must not happen, and even if he divorces because of an extramarital affair, he can still become popular again, and there are even artists who simply say that they have an extramarital affair and are found by their wives as a joke.

As for introducing AKB members to Kimura and the like, it is estimated that Kimura is also the only one in the Japanese entertainment industry who can be said by Zhou Xiao, Kimura is a very good person, judging from his relationship with Kudo Shizuka for so many years, as well as the protection of his daughter, Zhou Xiao's belief in him lies in the fact that he believes that even if Kimura makes a move on AKB members, he will definitely take good care of this girl and will not get tired of playing and get rid of it. And Zhou Xiao himself doesn't really want to be exclusive or anything about the AKB members, so except for Shinoda Oshima and the two girls who have been around him since they were children, the others think it would be very good if they could really climb the big tree of Kimura.

However, Kimura's next sentence made Zhou Xiaoleng pause.

"Shinoda Oshima can't do it, but someone else can...... In that case, I'll go back and ask......" Kimura said.

Hey? Who to ask? Ask Shizuka Kudo? Zhou Xiao didn't understand at first.

"You really think I'm interested in AKB, but what's interested...... Our ...... over there," Kimura said with some hesitation.

Zhou Xiao opened his mouth wide and understood what he meant.

Is someone in SMAP really interested in someone in AKB!? (To be continued......)

PS: Some people say they want to hear my thoughts on the graduation of the chief superintendent, and I will write about it in the novel, so I won't talk about it now, and I will make it very clear in the novel in the future.