Chapter 550: Building a Healthy and Civilized Idol Circle
"Zhou Xiaosang! Zhou Xiaosang! "I just wanted to get into the car when I came out of the AZX headquarters this morning, and Zhou Xiao suddenly heard someone calling him.
Under normal circumstances, Zhou Xiao might not even look back, but this time he glanced at it with some curiosity, because this time the shouting was correct and round, and it was shouted by Chinese when he heard it.
It's been quite a while since the last time he saw Huang Feng, so when he saw him, Zhou Xiao didn't recognize his identity even though he felt that this person was familiar, so he also didn't stop his steps but was still preparing to get into the car.
"Zhou Xiaosang! I'm Huang Feng! The one from China! Introduced by Mr. Pan Jiale! Huang Feng shouted anxiously.
The three words Pan Jiale made Zhou Xiao finally think of this Huang Feng's identity.
"Let him get in the car!" Zhou Xiao was a little angry, pointed at Huang Feng and said.
After Huang Feng got into the car, the car drove directly to Zhou Xiao's destination.
"Mr. Zhou Xiao!" Huang Feng greeted with some flattery.
"Are you an idiot? Do you know what Pan Jiale's identity is? Can you shout his name in public? Zhou Xiao asked.
"Uh......" Huang Feng was stuck, when he shouted out in a hurry just now, Huang Feng didn't think too much, and now he realized what he had done.
"If there's anything you say, I'll give you five minutes, and if you can't say it in five minutes, go down." Zhou Xiao is too lazy to talk too much nonsense with this guy, AKB's new performance has a lot to do.
Huang Feng knew very well that a busy person like Zhou Xiao could give him five minutes, which was already quite good, so he didn't say any more messy things, but tried to tell Zhou Xiao everything he had seen and heard and his actions some time ago with emotion.
Huang Feng is not worried that Zhou Xiao will be worried about his company or his own artists, the difference between the two levels is too far, Zhou Xiao helps him is for him or can change the company and his own life, but for Zhou Xiao, this may just be a gesture.
With apprehension, I told what I saw and heard a month ago and what I had changed. In fact, in terms of time, Huang Feng's various explanations plus hesitation and language construction, when he stopped, nearly ten minutes had passed, but Zhou Xiao did not interrupt him, so Huang Feng was also quite encouraged in his heart, he felt that there was a drama in today's matter.
After listening to Huang Feng's words, Zhou Xiao didn't answer for a long time but sat there thinking a little distractedly, Huang Feng's conjecture was right, he was indeed a little interested.
Zhou Xiao is interested. It's not Huang Feng's little artist or Huang Feng's company, what he is interested in is the process of Huang Feng being moved.
China's rich people, especially those like Huang Feng, want to work hard from the bottom, they all need considerable ability and background, Huang Feng is estimated to have seen a lot of dark sides, but such a guy. was actually "assimilated" by the idol three times five divided by two, which in itself is a very special power.
Idols do have this ability, but not everyone can be assimilated, but ...... Even one in a hundred people can be assimilated and fall in love with an idol. It's going to be a lot of potential.
And the problem that Zhou Xiao is thinking about is not AKB itself, but the environment of female idols.
AKB is very popular, driven by AKB. After 2010, there was a so-called "idol Warring States era" in the Japanese entertainment industry, but it really came to AKB, an idol group that did not hesitate. In fact, there is only one peach grass.
The next level after AKB should be SKE, NMB, and Nogizaka, but in fact, these three combinations are strictly speaking, the AKB system, so it should not be compared with the AKB Group and Momokusa, because the reputation of AKB itself complements these combinations, and each has the aspect of borrowing from each other.
If you don't count these combinations, in fact, AKB and Momokusa are not successfully combined, AKB and Momokusa, calculated by concert level, both are super groups that can hold concerts at the National Stadium of Japan, like SKE Nogizaka, which cannot be counted among them, belongs to the top group that can hold concerts in stadiums such as Nagoya Dome and Seibu Dome, under which, National Stadium, Tokyo Dome, other arenas, Saitama and other arenas, Budokan and other large venues, AKB Group and Japanese idol groups other than Momokusa, perhaps the most successful is the Budokan Gym, there is so much difference between the two, in fact, it is not that the girl idol group really has a "Warring States" at the level of TV.
For AKB, this is naturally conducive to maintaining the group's dominance, but in Zhou Xiao's view, he prefers to see more idols become popular and prosper this market.
Female idols are not male idols, so in terms of company strategy, AZX and Jennis are also quite different, for Jennis, long-term management of the portfolio, trying to make each group from the teens to the forties and fifties is the company's purpose.
For female idols, age is very important, and any company that wants to run an idol group system will start to consider a problem at the beginning of its establishment, that is, how to update the group, unless it is like the peach grass of the stars, there are only five members to push, and they are not ready to run the same system for a long time.
However, the most critical question is, how to run a portfolio for a long time and make it never get angry? If someone else raised this question with Zhou Xiao, Zhou Xiao would definitely sneer at that person and scold the other party for not joking.
Not to mention the age-sensitive storage of girls, even men, can't avoid the trouble of being out of breath, as strong as Kimura Okami, the average rating of 30% of the year, in 2014, the ratings can't exceed 20%, and it may even be difficult to maintain 15%? It is very, very difficult for artists to be angry, in Zhou Xiao's opinion, the Japanese entertainment industry can really ensure that they are not angry, in addition to appearance, singing skills, and acting skills are not the key, the key is three points, one is that you are really interesting and talented, and the second is that you can keep up with the trend of the times, the audience's aesthetic tastes are changing, your variety show participation system can keep up with the audience's preferences, and the third and most important point is ...... You have to be in good health.
Chunjun's throat cancer, Miyazu Hiroyuki's stomach cancer, and Tokumitsu Kazufu's myocardial infarction are all quite dangerous, but this is still okay for the time being, and there are also many who have passed away due to illness, and the body is the capital of long-term work and study at any time.
Zhou Xiao is still very sensible. He knows very well that it is not easy for anything to last for a long time, let alone a female idol.
But...... Thinking about this, Zhou Xiao thought of a question, if an idol group can't become popular for a long time, and even an entertainment company can't control the market for a long time, what about an industry? A whole, healthy, competitive, with friends. What about the female idol industry that also has rivals?
When this industry stabilizes, it can't be so fast, and if you say it's angry, it's too angry, right?
Of course, it would be better if the leader of the industry was still AZX, and the other companies in the industry were more or less supported by themselves.
Looking back at his current layout, not to mention the AKB Group, HIRO's E-girls also have a deep relationship with themselves, and Momokusa also started her own activities after recruiting two of the most important producers into the company, so ...... Able to control all three. Will you be able to control the entire Japanese entertainment industry in the future? Zhou Xiao doesn't think so, and compared with the upper class, Zhou Xiao found that he didn't particularly understand the idol circle at the lower or even the bottom of Japan, and AKB actually broke away from the original bottom of the idol group's hard work process from the beginning of its birth.
So. Although he has heard about the hardships of low-level idols, Zhou Xiao has not really been exposed to the hardships of low-level idols, especially when AKB has become popular recently, and has driven all Japanese firms to want to intervene in the idol industry. Zhou Xiao didn't have the time and energy to study the little idol in the Akihabara Small Theater recently.
Originally, he didn't have the time or energy to study, so he simply didn't study it, and the main thing about his work was filming and AKB. As for other idols, Zhou Xiao can manage it, participate if he can, if he can't participate, he will simply give up, and he will not let these things affect his main work.
As a result, now that Huang Feng has sent it to the door, he can't help but think about it seriously.
Is Huang Feng serious? Does he have what it takes to control this combination? If this is possible, will he have the ability to control more groups, or even contact other idol groups and their companies, abandon each other's rival identities, and unite together when necessary?
Zhou Xiao was very worried about these problems.
Of course, there is also the problem of Huang Feng's character, why did Huang Feng come to Japan Zhou Xiaoke has not forgotten, now he seems to be moved by the girls, shouting to open up the way for this group of girls and establish an idol group, so what? Zhou Xiao has the determination to prepare for the girls for five years and work hard for more than ten years, can Huang Feng, a local tyrant who has just noticed the idol group, do it?
Zhou Xiao, who couldn't be sure of this qiฤ, also couldn't really give his trust to him.
After thinking for twenty minutes, Zhou Xiao said slowly: "I can give you some chances, but your chances won't be too big, at this stage, I can't fully believe you." โ
"Yes!" Huang Feng was a little excited, Zhou Xiao could give him a chance, which was great news for him.
Looking at the excited Huang Feng, Zhou Xiao thought of the matter of HIRO and Matsuura Katsuto, before Zhou Xiao heard that HIRO went to ask Matsuura Katsuto about it, he still didn't understand why Matsuura Katsuto would help HIRO, is it really just because the two are fellow villagers? Now Zhou Xiao understands a little bit, for a top leader in the entertainment industry like Katsuto Matsuura, a stable order and a wide range of contacts are very necessary things, not only a single person, like when Tokyo TV was on the verge of bankruptcy and other TV stations came to the rescue, in the huge entertainment industry, the more stable the environment is for large companies, the greater the help for large companies, only those spoilers, small companies, will like to "turn around" and "avoid" a more convenient atmosphere.
How to help Huang Feng, Zhou Xiao is not suitable to come forward in person, and it is not even appropriate for AZX to come forward to help, Zhou Xiao feels that on the surface, he has no relationship with Huang Feng at all, not how taboo he is with Huang Feng, the two are linked because of Pan Jiale, and the name Pan Jiale is never suitable to appear in front of anyone.
In addition, Zhou Xiao will also be worried that other companies will see him meddling in the bottom idol industry, and other companies will suspect that Zhou Xiao is preparing to dominate the female idol industry in the Japanese entertainment industry, if it is really thought of as such, it will be a big trouble for both Zhou Xiao and Huang Feng, so Zhou Xiao will simply hide behind.
Because there was too much time to think, by the time Zhou Xiao arranged to help Huang Feng, the car had already driven downstairs to the theater.
"Do you want to come and see our AKB?" Zhou Xiao invited.
"Huh? Got a show right now? Huang Feng asked. It's not yet noon.
"No, AKB hasn't performed for the past few days, because it's going to be a new performance, and AKB is rehearsing a new performance." Zhou Xiao said.
"Uh...... Then forget it, don't bother you, I'll get out of the car. Huang Feng said.
"That's fine." Zhou Xiao didn't leave Huang Feng much, and asked people to park the car on the side of the road and let Huang Feng get out of the car.
Watching Huang Feng stop a taxi and leave from the car, Zhou Xiao felt that it was quite interesting, even if he couldn't compare with himself, Huang Feng was a billionaire in China. If it is in China, his life will be quite good, but he doesn't want that kind of life to come here to do the entertainment industry, in fact, China's entertainment industry is much easier for him to do, and he who can work hard at the bottom of the mainland to become a billionaire Cheng Dรน must be a person who knows the policies and rules, so he will be like a fish in water in China, which seems to be the rule in Japan, but in fact, there are many differences with the rules of Europe and the United States. There are also a lot of unspoken rules, and he has to learn a lot of things before he can take this path well.
That alone is enough to be respected. Even Zhou Xiao in his previous life can't guarantee that he can abandon some of the entertainment industry in Japan after earning 100 million yuan.
A lustful idealist, this is Zhou Xiao's definition of Huang Feng.
After seeing Huang Feng off, Zhou Xiao also got out of the car and walked into the AKB theater. Before AKB's spring concert, the three AKB teams have one important thing to do, and that is that their performance is finally going to be renewed.
AKB performance update from the previous life. It took a long time from March to July to finally complete, needless to say Zhou Xiao in this life, and Yasuya Akimoto was also a lot more relaxed, so the work of arranging a new performance was still very easy, and it didn't take long for AKB's three performance repertoire to be released.
At the beginning of 2010, AKB was so busy and crazy, there were countless variety shows to be played, countless magazines and interviews, and the filming of TV dramas has changed from a late-night file in the previous life to a prime time file today, not to mention that the time has doubled, and the increase in investment and drama has made the members of the starring role feel like death.
In addition to these tasks, they also need to prepare for rehearsals for new performances and deal with handshakes every week......
The entire AZX is running at high speed with the girls, even Akimoto Yasu has to stand up and do a lot of work that Zhou Xiao can't get to the scene but needs a leader to do, and Zhou Xiao should be regarded as the least one person who does AKB work during this time, on the one hand, he is busy with the filming of "legalhigh", on the other hand, after the members are really popular, he will need to do less work, Zhou Xiao's only AKB work that is almost never absent during this time, It should be the rehearsal work for the new performance.
A6 performance witness, K6 performance RESET, B5 performance theater goddess, these three performances are also the last three original performances Zhou Xiao has seen in his previous life, after this, although the AKB group has ushered in the take-off, but the new performance has been facing difficult birth, after the three new performances, even if it is the entire group, only SKY and NMB each team have got a new performance, and there has been no new performance update in five years, although it will never hinder the audience from selecting the performance, and it will not hinder AKB's popularity, But I have to say that the performance is not renewed, which is a very disappointing thing.
The quality of these three new performances is quite good, although there are some regrets, but there are also many songs that have been sung by the three performances, and after taking out three performances at the same time, AKB will complete all the performances of the three teams in just one month in March, as well as the exchange of new systems and new teams.
Huge investment, not only the members have to be tired of practicing performances, vocal and dance teachers are also about to reach the limit, these teachers not only have to manage the members' music recording, voice and breath correction, dance choreography and learning, but also have to fight with Zhou Xiaoqiu and Yuankang from time to time with a flash of inspiration, change the choreography and lyrics anytime and anywhere, and even the song combination of the performance has changed several times, sometimes the teachers have just numbered the dance steps of a song, and the above order comes down, this song is not needed, change to something else, The teachers had to scold my mother for choreographing new dance steps from scratch.
Not only these teachers, but also the graduate students of AKB also played a considerable role at the critical moment.
Vocal dance class or something,There are actually a lot of members of the selection group who don't have time.,For example, Mariko Shinoda,AX ended,In the two months before the start of spring CON,AKB's schedule is like this.,Shoot "Road Suga School Park" during the day from Monday to Thursday.,Participate in handshakes during the day from Saturday to Sunday.,Monday to Wednesday night.,Members participate in variety shows or practice new performances.,And from Thursday night to Friday.,The members may have some big work to arrange during this time.ใ During this period of time, Shinoda had to go abroad almost every Thursday, take a plane on Wednesday night, shoot a new travel program abroad on Thursday, fly back overnight on Friday night, and attend a handshake party on Saturday morning......
Due to her busy work, Shinoda can only rush out of her TV series appearance in advance, and as for the rehearsal of the new performance, she can only rely on graduate school to take time to teach her. (To be continued......)