Chapter 360: AKB's last days before his debut
In the AKB debut schedule that Zhou Xiao had experienced, the initial debut time was placed on December 1st, and it was placed on the 8th for various reasons, this time Zhou Xiao's akb is supposed to have enough time, let alone on December 1st, even if it is placed on November 1st, there is no problem, but Zhou Xiaocai is generous and not bad for money, so he simply put the time on December 8th, giving the girls more time to practice.
But a long time does not mean that the girls' training is easy, Mr. Xia Zhengong is a very serious and very strict person, the pursuit of perfection is unusual, Zhou Xiao estimates that Xia Zhengong in the previous life must be very dissatisfied with AKB's appearance when he first debuted, but the time has been set, so he reluctantly pushed the girls onto the stage and became very jerky stars.
Therefore, in Zhou Xiao's time and space, Xia Zhengong is also very crazy about training girls, it is common to be left to practice, and it is even more common to scold and cry, not to mention the very poor Maeda and others, even Itano Tomomi, Feng Annan, who has rich experience in dance, will be scolded and cried by Xia Zhengong in front of everyone because of a little mistake, Zhou Xiao is even afraid that Xia Zhengong will leave painful memories in the hearts of the girls.
However, Qiu Yuanyasu did not agree with this statement: "Don't look at the crying that they are being trained at every turn, and on the day of their official debut, they will feel that this qiē is not wasted, and Xia Zhengong will be better to them after their debut, that is to say, now Xia Zhengong's behavior is actually checking for you, if there are people among these children who can't stand the hard work, even if they stay now, they will be a cancer in AKB in the future, it is better to let such children leave first, but from now on, The performance of the remaining nineteen people is still very good, and there is no need to eliminate any of them before the performance. ”
Of course, Zhou Xiao can't say that he doesn't need Xia Zhengong or Qiu Yuankang to check these people's Su zhì. But he still said: "Don't go anymore, now there are only 19 people left, at least 16 people must play in a performance, and 19 people and three substitutes are already very stretched. ”
"It should be fine, right?" In Akimoto's opinion, nineteen people were enough, and he underestimated the physical fatigue caused by a performance every day.
Zhou Xiao didn't say anything, there is no need to quarrel on this kind of issue now, no more, let the girls of AKB perform for a week. Maybe they will show their fatigue, and then they will let Akimoto Yasu understand the real hard work of performing every day.
From Zhou Xiao to the members of AKB, to all the operations of AKZ and Yasu Akimoto, the preparation for the debut of the theater is like a faster and faster drumbeat, and after entering December, in everyone's ears, the speed of this drumbeat seems to be a line of sound, constantly urging everyone to make more preparations.
On December 1, invitations to major media outlets were sent. Starting from December 2nd, various variety shows recorded by Zhou Xiao and Qiu Yuankang before began to be broadcast, and the two also participated in many live broadcasts, not only on TV. Even on the radio.
On December 4th, the AKB Theater on the eighth floor of Don Quixote in Akihabara was officially renovated, and the formula photos of 19 girls were hung in the corridor outside the theater, and the decoration of the café outside the theater was completed. Cafes were actually only used at the beginning of the theater's existence, but the AKB store that AKB built outside Akihabara later should be regarded as the reincarnation of a café.
December 5th. Zhou Xiao and Qiu Yuankang also took time to entertain the members' families, there are very few members of the society, most of them are still children in school, for parents, let the child into this combination with an uncertain future will definitely have a lot of worry, and for parents, all the trust in this combination should come from their generation of Qiu Yuankang and the current era of Zhou Xiao, so, Zhou Xiao and Qiu Yuankang may not be called appeasement, but at least let the members' parents feel at ease, At least some reassurance is necessary.
On December 6th, the parents finished entertaining, but there were not necessarily any members who didn't entertain, so on this day, two days before his debut in the theater, Zhou Xiao specially invited nineteen girls to have a big meal.
Adolescent children, no matter how much they care about the figure, the pursuit of food will never stop, especially a large number of cakes, ice cream and other sweets simply make girls dream of laughing, you must know that while practicing crazy in the past few months, they don't eat very well, Zhou Xiao, who has seen the girls in the later stage, attached great importance to the body management of girls at the beginning of the establishment of AZX, unless it is crazy now, how much do you eat every day, especially the sweet agent, is to interfere.
After the day's meal, the next day the girls ushered in a rare day of complete rest, since the summer was selected, these girls have been busy for nearly half a year, during this half year, you have not enjoyed the vacation of their peers at all, and even when they usually have to go to school, after the end of each day's classes, they have to take the tram to the training place for a few hours of training.
Zhou Xiao also knows that the work they will face in the future will be even harder, during their debut, in the absence of graduate student substitutes, all the work has to be done by themselves, in addition to performances, there are also media work and various handshakes and other activities, they are so busy, there is only a handful of time to rest.
Therefore, on the last day before their debut, let them enjoy an ordinary holiday that belongs to ordinary people for the last time, and after this day, they will be artists.
As for Zhou Xiao on this day, he seems to be resting, because he and Akimoto Yasushi went to eat delicious food together, but if there were only the two of them, it might be considered a rest, but now in addition to the two of them, there are also Uncle Inoue, Toyota, Sony, Toshiba and the president of Nippon TV, etc., who will only be higher than Zhou Xiao and not lower in terms of social status, and this so-called meal can only be regarded as work.
Yasushi Akimoto's AKB had almost no sponsorship when it was established, after all, the last time Yasushi Akimoto made something similar to zuò was traced back to the eighties of the last century, but if this thing was done by Zhou Xiao, at least it would be natural that those good companies that cooperated with Zhou Xiao would pay attention.
But Zhou Xiao is not ready to bring a bunch of endorsements or anything as soon as AKB debuts, his contact with these companies' TV stations is more of a daily contact, Zhou Xiao has now grown into a company leader of the same level as these people, don't look at the scale of AZX company is far less than these companies. However, AZX's income and potential are very huge, especially the several investments made by Zhou Xiao, which are the sources of AZX's massive cash.
After AKB's debut, it was not completely without endorsements, and the nineteen girls immediately endorsed AZX's own stuff, which was the AMEBA blog.
Zhou Xiao didn't actually eat much for lunch, this kind of lunch focused on socializing rather than what to eat, although each dish was very exquisite and delicious, but everyone just tasted it.
A dinner is extremely high-end, if it is an ordinary person Zhou Xiao in the previous life. I'm afraid I won't be able to eat such a high-end meal in my life, not only the food is high-end, but even the people who eat together are so high-end.
When everyone put down their chopsticks, Kenji Kitagawa's father, the president of Sony Music, asked, "What about that......?" Zhou Xiao, let's go to the second one, shall we? ”
"Okay." Zhou Xiao nodded in agreement, the elders invited to renew the stall, and it was very rude for the younger generation to refuse in Japan, and there may indeed be such a situation for the relaxed generation of ordinary people. But in such a high-level communication, every refusal must be very careful.
Zhou Xiao followed everyone to renew the stall, and the place to renew the stall was also in a Japanese bar in the most prosperous area of Tokyo, but it was just ......
I don't know if all Japanese people are like this. It seems that at the moment of entering this continuation stall, the original extremely reserved company bosses and TV stars have become another image as if a switch has suddenly been turned on!
"Zhou Xiao Zhou Xiao! Drink! Don't think I'm embarrassed to you if you're younger than my son! You kid is so powerful, now I can still drink with you as an elder and senior, maybe when you will be our financier and investor! Naoki Kitagawa said. The bald, white-bearded uncle looked like he had just gotten off work. Relax down like an office worker.
"......Forehead" Zhou Xiao was also a little frightened by this group of people, they didn't seem to have any discipline at all, and now they are hooking their shoulders. The appearance of hee-hee is no different from ordinary people.
The party lasted until almost midnight that night, if it weren't for Zhou Xiao's big work to do tomorrow, these people wouldn't let him go, and the people who were drunk even shouted that they wanted to go to the club, which is the place where the escort girl worked, that kind of place...... It's not that Zhou Xiao hasn't been there, one time because of entertainment, he and the presidents of other companies have also been there, like this kind of president-level character to accompany the wine club, that is directly cleared to contract the entire club, that time is the same, the entire nightclub of more than 20 girls to choose, and unlike under normal circumstances, the girls in the club do not accept the trade of skin and flesh, this kind of super boss is coming, almost no escort girls will refuse to spend a night with him, because it is likely to bring a lot of income, may even become his lover, in which case he will have a fall for the rest of his life.
But the day Zhou Xiao went, the situation changed, when Zhou Xiao and the pot-bellied company president walked into the nightclub, just like in a symphonic lover's dream, the protagonist Chiaki Shinichi went to a nightclub with his teacher, all the nightclub girls immediately got rid of the middle-aged president, and surrounded Zhou Xiao without hesitation.
Zhou Xiao, who said goodbye to everyone and went home, fell asleep directly after arriving home, his whole body and mind were waiting for the arrival of tomorrow, and he didn't care about other things at all.
And then...... It's just 5 hours later, the alarm clock that has been set on the phone rang on time, as if Zhou Xiao, who was already full of infinite energy in just five hours, jumped up on the bed, hummed a song and pushed open the bedroom door.
"Huh! Sister Izumi! Zhou Xiao was surprised to see that the time was just past five o'clock, but Sister Sakai Quanshui had already started to make breakfast in the open kitchen.
"Woke up so early? Don't get a little more sleep? Sakai Izumi asked.
"No, since I'm awake, I can't sleep later." Zhou Xiao scratched his head and said.
"Yes, today is the most important day for my little man." Sakai Izumizu said when he was busy with his work.
"Actually, it's not that important, it's just looking forward to it." Zhou Xiao said.
"Not that important? If it wasn't that important, you'd start fidgeting a month early, and if it wasn't, you'd have done so much over the years just for today? If not that important...... You'll wake up today before you get enough sleep. The face is full of excitement as if it has eaten a bite? Sakai Izumi asked.
"Uh...... Sister, what are you doing...... Jealous? Zhou Xiao asked.
"Hey...... If I had been jealous, I would have left you long ago. Sakai Spring didn't seem to care about Zhou Xiao's words, and his subordinates didn't relax their busyness at all, as if they were perfunctory.
"Sister...... I'm sorry. Zhou Xiao said apologetically, she couldn't be considered a long time with Sakai Izumi, Yuko Ogura and Aoi Miyazaki, and she had her own big goals when she lacked skills, and Zhou Xiao was also very guilty about these three women.
"Okay, let's talk to the two of them like that, my sister is used to being alone, if you really go around me all day. I'll probably get rid of you soon. Sakai said Izumi.
The main reason why women attach great importance to marriage and marrying is that they lack a sense of security, and the things that bring a sense of security are not only men but also money and talent, so those so-called leftover women in their thirties with high incomes, many people's views on marriage are very different from those around them and their parents, and they may not care much about what marriage brings to her.
And in Japan, in this very developed country. He is also a person who is never short of money, and Sakai Spring Water doesn't care even more.
"Come and eat, I'm going to the theater when I'm done." Sakai Izumi didn't say anything more and put the breakfast he had made on the table. Beckoned Zhou Xiao to come over and eat.
And at almost the same time as Zhou Xiao was eating, similar things were happening all over Tokyo.
Atsuko Maeda's mother lit the girl's bedside lamp, because she is not from Tokyo but lives not far from Tokyo, so Maeda wakes up earlier than the local people in Tokyo or arrives later after school training.
The mother, who would be famous for her AKB dinners in the future, got up at 3 a.m. to prepare breakfast for her children and husband as usual. (About Maeda's breakfast.) You can directly search for "Atsuko Maeda's breakfast", and there is such a mother...... )
Maeda is like this, and there are also some girls who get up and make breakfast by themselves, such as Minami, who is very poor at home. There are even some girls who have breakfast prepared by the maid, such as Hirashima Natsumi, but no matter how it is prepared, these people, including Zhou Xiao, leave the house after eating breakfast and go towards the only goal.
The eighth floor of Akihabara Don Quixote, where they realized their dreams.
Because he lives in a very prosperous area of the city, Zhou Xiao, who went out with the girls at about the same time, was the first to arrive outside the theater, and the early morning in Akihabara was quiet as if Zhou Xiao was the only one in the world, he did not drive, but walked alone, wearing a very gorgeous suit in the early winter of December. A guy wearing such a sassy bag walked in Akihabara in the early morning, as long as it was passers-by, they would take a few more glances and recognize him, but unfortunately, perhaps because it was too early, the people who really noticed Zhou Xiao were just two or three people who also got up early and passed by.
Sending away the people who wanted to shake hands with him or even take a photo, Zhou Xiao continued to walk slowly until he walked to the place where the theater was located.
The current Don Quixote building is still very different from the future Don Quixote, first of all, the huge AKB48 signage does not exist at all, only on the eighth floor, it has just been installed with a small rectangular billboard with the words AKB48 Theater.
After Zhou Xiao looked up, he did not enter at the main entrance, but walked into an alley and entered the Don Quixote Building through the side door.
It was too early, and the main entrance didn't open at all.
Zhou Xiao, who entered the building, went straight up to the eighth floor and slowly paced towards the theater.
In the corridor, the photos of nineteen girls have been put out, compared with the photos of more than eighty girls in the future, the photos of more than a dozen girls now seem very thin, and the girls in the photos also look simple and ordinary, if it is nine years later, after seeing this series of photos, they will definitely wonder how it is possible to give birth to such a strong AKB.
And then...... It was the heavy red dà door, and the coffee tables that lay out of it.
In a few years, these coffee tables will be a thing of the past, and now, zài must be stored here, if not for gatherings, then another legend will be born here.
Zhou Xiao stood in front of the door, he stretched out his hand and gently shook the handle.
"AKB this time...... I'll start it! Zhou Xiao whispered in his heart. (To be continued......)