Chapter 723: Preparing for an Attack
The news that Zhou Xiao went to the handshake meeting was not surprising, and he probably went to the handshake party more times than most AKB core meals.
But on this day, many people on the Internet sent out "Why is he still in the mood to shake hands?" after getting the news from Zhou Xiao? Feelings.
Because during this time, he and AKB actually had a lot of criticism.
Most of the criticism is actually focused on Zhou Xiao, or to put it more strictly speaking, most of the criticism is focused on Zhou Xiao's Chinese identity.
The first half of 2013 was a time when the whole of Japan was extremely disgusted with the Chinese and was working extremely hard to stir up the psychology of ordinary people.
The dislike of Chinese, even if the above does not pay too much attention to Zhou Xiao's side, the following is still easy to connect with Zhou Xiao's body.
Therefore, during this period of time, one of the most common and easily discussed questions in the Internet society is, what is Zhou Xiao?
This is not scolding, but a very common discussion among everyone, what is Zhou Xiao? Is it Chinese? Doesn't count, right? This man grew up in Japan since childhood.
Is that considered Japanese? If it was before, most Japanese people would definitely nod without hesitation, what is Zhou Xiao not Japanese?
But now, many people find that everyone seems to have to put a question mark on this issue.
Zhou Xiao did do a lot of work in the Japanese entertainment industry before, and these jobs don't seem to be done by Chinese, but when AKB became popular, anyone could see it. This man's work focus and work inclination are tilting towards China.
Not only is he inclined, but his knowledge of China is not at all like the Japanese that someone who grew up in Japan can speak. And although he never said it, anyone can see it, and the attention to the Chinese market......
Don't say anything else.,Just Japanese TV.,In the past, Japanese TV was called Japan's anti-China base station.,But now? Those programs that are openly and covertly anti-China, those that report all kinds of news that are biased against China at every turn. Among the major television stations in Japan, Chunichi TV is the least reported.
As a shareholder of Japanese TV, Zhou Xiao may not hate these in a clear position within Japanese TV, but as long as he is in one day. The Japanese TV side will worry about it for a day.
This kind of Zhou Xiao has always been on the cusp of the current Japan.
This trend of public opinion may be fueled by the upper echelons.
Zhou Xiao didn't bother to pay attention to these boiling voices. In the face of national events. He's just a very unimportant little character, and no matter how much he says and does, the above approach will not change in any way.
For example, a few days ago, when Zhou Xiao was devoted to the preliminary preparations for "Sorry Youth", an influential Japanese media issued an article.
And unlike previous manuscripts, this manuscript can be described in four words: "sensational"!
"Zhou Xiao's father and grandfather were spies from China, and their family funded many Japanese left-wing spies back then. leaning movement, Zhou Xiao's father is a core member of the Japanese Communist Party. ”
"AKB48 has a lot of financial backing from China. In the future, all of these outstanding girls trained in Japan will go to China to pan for gold. ”
"Japanese company. Japanese companies, we must be wary of Zhou Xiao's Chinese, maybe at some point, Zhou Xiao will defect back to China, and when the time comes, Japan will not get anything......"
In fact, there have been many such voices on the Internet in the past, but most of these voices are just ordinary people's groundless speculation and accusations against Zhou Xiao, and they don't have any influence.
But this time it's different, this time it's a large number of big media in Japan that speak out, and the other side also knows that just an article can't have much effect, so after the article comes out, the various attacks that follow are not just things that stand on their feet to cheer for this article, these things are really attacking.
These attacks, after a few days of fermentation, have reached almost the peak state at this time, because AZX has almost no response, so when I saw Zhou Xiao's casual activities, the voice on the Internet sounded.
"Does Zhou Xiao not care about this voice at all? Does he really not care, or is there nothing he can refute? ”
"With this kind of voice, can he still go to the handshake party as if nothing happened?"
"I'm tired of this man, AKB or something, the first five years of his artist career were so exciting, but since 2006, this man is just a moth, he has not made any contribution to Japan, or rather, his AKB is simply a super tumor in the Japanese entertainment industry!"
There are not many such voices, but human nature is to pay more attention to this kind of news, so when this kind of comment appears, its role is always greater than that of an ordinary comment in response to Zhou Xiao.
AKB's handshake party was held in Iwate Prefecture this week, and AKB is very popular in Iwate Prefecture, and after the earthquake, AKB's monthly condolences have been going on for more than two years, and now most of the members of the group have been here, and the local citizens have been accepting and welcoming the members every month since they didn't feel good about AKB at the beginning.
As soon as Zhou Xiao arrived at the venue by car, Uncle Inoue walked up, and it seemed that Uncle Inoue had been waiting here for a while.
"Zhou Xiao, don't you really respond to the remarks on the Internet?" The uncle said worriedly.
"What's wrong? Is it excessive? Zhou Xiao asked.
"Yes, it's almost the peak of online public opinion now, and many people are saying that you ......"
"Then let's respond casually, but in terms of wording, I don't think it's necessary to deny it so bluntly, but to express more of our seriousness about our work and our concern for the disaster area."
"How?" Uncle Inoue asked.
"Well, I'll make an announcement when I come down to power. For example, the total amount of donations to AZX so far, the future focus of the AKB Group, and the purpose of my visit today. You still have contact with that kid last time, right? Let her come over today, and we'll put on a show. Zhou Xiao said.
This so-called child is about a seven-year-old girl who lost her whole family in the earthquake, the little girl is very pitiful, she was originally going to enter the welfare home here, but Zhou Xiao adopted her after knowing about it, but the news AZX has not yet been announced.
"Today's announcement is nothing. The things that were originally prepared had already been done, but the child didn't come over in advance today, so let her prepare first. Counting the time to send a car to deliver it and teach her how to speak, she may not be able to play until the end. ”
"Then here comes in the end, and the best play is, of course, the finale. I'll give her a call before then. Zhou Xiao turned his head and gestured to the assistant.
The assistant was also quick to respond. After three or two clicks, I found the little girl's phone and dialed it.
After taking the phone, Zhou Xiao's voice became happy.
"Xiaoguang, do you hear who I am?" Zhou Xiao asked.
"Brother Zhou Xiao!" Xiao Guang on the other side of the phone shouted happily.
Although this Xiaoguang is a seven-year-old girl, before she was adopted by Zhou Xiao, she was the most ordinary little girl in Iwate, so in terms of ordinary appearance, she is outrageous, ...... It's a bit ashamed to say that ordinary is ordinary, this little girl...... If you are rated, you may only get about 4 points on a 10-point scale.
"Brother Zhou Xiao's family looks like you!" The little girl shouted.
"Do you think I'm still thinking about Sister Yuko?" Zhou Xiao asked with a smile.
"Well...... It's a little bit of it! The little girl said.
Yuko here. It's not Yuko Oshima but Yuko Ogura, and the adoption of Koko Hikari was done by Yuko Ogura's parents instead of Zhou Xiao. Adoption must be done by husband and wife, Zhou Xiao, a thirty-year-old and legally single man, cannot have the right to adopt a child of any gender and age, in fact, waiting for the announcement, Zhou Xiao will only announce that Xiaoguang, the girl, was adopted by Zhou Xiao to find a suitable family, and he will simply pay attention to the girl's growth from childhood to adulthood.
Zhou Xiao didn't say that she didn't want children, but in the case of not getting married, Yuko Ogura might be a little troublesome if she really gave birth to a child, so after the two discussed, they postponed her time for her first child by five years and waited until she was about thirty-five years old.
Although I can't have children for the time being, but Ogura Yuko's motherhood has been erupting during this time, Xiaoguang's adoption has given her a good way to release, in fact, according to the adoption relationship, she and Xiaoguang should be sisters, and Xiaoguang is indeed calling Ogura Yuko's sister, but the way Kogura Yuko treats Xiaoguang, anyone can see that it is simply raising a daughter.
And Xiaoguang, although Zhou Xiao's brother is also very good, she is obviously closer to Yuko Ogura.
"Xiaoguang, I'll send a car over later, are you ready now, can you wait here?" Zhou Xiao asked softly.
"Okay, am I going to be announced Brother Zhou Xiao?" Xiaoguang has also been prepared for a long time.
This adoption of Zhou Xiao is not to say how big a show he is going to make, he does these things a lot of the time, he doesn't really care about these things, of course, this is for him, for Xiaoguang, it really changes Xiaoguang's life.
After arranging everything, he walked out of the office, and the next thing was to relax.
The venue of the handshake party was chaotic and orderly, and the girls in the background were enjoying the break between the handshake party.
On stage, the girls of SKE were putting on their own shows.
SKE is now in a very strong period, and what creates this strength is the popularity of Shuangmatui and the rich personal roles of the successors led by Akira Takayanagi, and the SKE in the previous life has already seemed a little weak at this time, because after Takayanagi's group of members, SKE lacks enough eye-catching members, and many of the members launched later have proven to lack the potential to truly become excellent members.
Therefore, Zhou Xiao will introduce a new member who was not in SKE at all in his previous life.
Kanna Hashimoto.
Some time ago, SKE, NMB, and HKT conducted a nationwide tour all over Japan for a period of time, and this time the tour was relatively small, and although the three sub-groups went to many cities, all the performances were not held indoors but outdoors. What's even more interesting and discussed, this three-group tour is a whole process where you can take pictures, and in Japan, which attaches great importance to copyright. This is rare.
There is not much to say about the content of this tour, and most of the members sang songs from the AKB Group and their own singles during the tour, and there is only one person who has really achieved this tour, and that is Kanna Hashimoto.
And it was achieved by Zhou Xiao himself.
The process of the girl's popularity is similar to Zhou Xiao's previous life, and Zhou Xiao also went on a tour, and then that night. He posted two photos on his Weibo with the caption: "I found a once-in-a-millennium idol."
The girl in the photo is wearing a beautiful dress from SKE, smiling like an angel. Captured the hearts of countless people almost instantly.
In fact, is Kanna Hashimoto really cute to the point of a once-in-a-millennium occurrence?
Cute, pretty, beautiful or something, this kind of word is actually very subjective. Everyone has their own subjective opinion about this kind of thing.
Put it on Zhou Xiao. If you ask him the truth, he thinks there are at least 20 girls in the AKB group who are more beautiful than Kanna Hashimoto.
In terms of beauty, Mariko Shinoda, Yona Kojima, Mai Shiraishi, the beauty of these girls has been recognized by countless people.
In terms of cuteness, many girls after the ninth phase of AKB are very cute, and Haruka Shimazaki is not inferior to any top idol at all. Rena Kato is also top-notch, and as for the national sub-group, it is even more powerful. Let's not talk about the strength and plasticity of these people, at least in terms of appearance, Kanna Hashimoto's so-called once-in-a-millennium level appearance really can't be considered very powerful.
Before Hashimoto Kanna, there are actually countless beauties on the edge of the folk and entertainment circles in Japan who have been excavated, after Hashimoto Kanna, all kinds of beauties of two thousand years, three thousand years, ten thousand years, and six five million years of beauties are like carp across the river, and the AKB group alone includes Owada Nanna, Saito Asuka, Oguri and other girls have successfully promoted to "cultural relics value" idols, but are these people popular?
There is wood, and the red person has only one person from beginning to end, Kanna Hashimoto.
Is it because of the first-mover advantage?
There is a certain reason, but the real reason is still on Kanna Hashimoto herself!
As mentioned before, there are many naturally beautiful girls after the ninth phase of AKB, Haruka Shimazaki and Rena Kato are all such members, and even Minami Owada, whom Zhou Xiao likes very much, are all such members, what are the common characteristics of these three members?
In addition to being very cute, these three girls ...... It's all salty!
Well...... This is actually very normal, a girl is so beautiful that she is in the entertainment industry, and she is considered a top level in AKB's combination, not to mention one of the millions, she is about the same, she obviously has such a top-notch appearance, why should the girls smile at those otaku uncles, such a girl, they are obviously natural winners who are treated by others wherever they go.
Therefore, it is difficult for the vast majority of such members to really become popular.
I'm afraid that only Shimazaki is the only one in particular, this girl's salt corresponds to the attribute, and it is really a typical case of an attribute achieving a person.
Except for her, no one can rely on salt to correspond to this road of popularity.
That's why Kanna Hashimoto can become popular, although it is praised as a once-in-a-millennium encounter, but this girl takes a cordial route, not only when she participates in activities such as handshakes, but also when she is on variety shows, she has no idol shelves, she can sell cute, she can pretend to be cute, and she is also very kind to the staff outside the show, which makes people like it when they see it.
Unlike the predecessors who have experienced the cold winter of idols and know the importance of work, so they will always go all out, unlike most of the young members, who lacks good correspondence, in such an environment, who doesn't like to use a little girl like Kanna Hashimoto?
In his previous life, Kanna Hashimoto was discovered, it was a photo of a very coincidental ordinary idol rice, it was very difficult for Zhou Xiao to shoot this kind of "coincidence", there was no coincidence, he had to replace it with quantity, on the day he took the girl's photo, he held the camera and shot under the stage throughout the whole process, almost all the time in a state of continuous shooting, he took thousands of photos, and finally found one of the gods in his heart after coming back.
After that photo, all of Japan paid attention to Kanna Hashimoto.
The girl's photos are too cute, and Zhou Xiao's very deliberate guidance, the whole of Japan began to sing the name of Kanna Hashimoto.
The major companies in the Japanese entertainment industry are envious and jealous of Zhou Xiao and AZX, and the appearance of Kanna Hashimoto is a coincidence for the Japanese entertainment industry in the previous life and the follow-up of the brokerage company later, but for today's entertainment industry, it is impossible for other companies not to know that there is AZX's handiwork behind this.
For major companies, the nature of this matter has actually changed from previous lives.
What is represented behind today's event is not the coincidental rise of the child Kanna Hashimoto at all, but the miracle of AZX cooperating with social networks to successfully create a thousand-year-old idol in a short period of time, the so-called millennium, for people in the industry, does not refer to the once-in-a-millennium encounter of Kanna Hashimoto, but the once-in-a-millennium great cause that Zhou Xiao, who became popular with a person through a photo, can do!
This is the most celebrated and legendary part of this event.
Looking at the smiling faces on the big screen, the girls who now belong to AZX and will fight for SKE and AKB Group in the future, and then look at the handshake meeting where the number of spectators in the venue has not declined at all, Zhou Xiao is full of expectations for the future of SKE and AKB. (To be continued......)