The SME Robancho Building in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo is where Nogizaka LLC, which was just established on February 14 this year, has its office.
Amamiya Souri stayed alone in a lounge, waiting for the end of the management meeting next door.
The quiet environment gave her time to think. After going through the announcement of the results in the morning, contacting the operation, and then being interviewed, her emotions gradually calmed down from the initial excitement.
She needs to think about her future plans.
The first is the issue of how to coordinate study and work after entering Tokyo University.
Although with the reputation of Dongda University, she can still make more every month than she does now even if she is tutoring for others, but she has no plans to graduate yet.
She is very happy to be in the group. Everything in the entertainment industry is new to her that she has never experienced in her previous life, not to mention that there are so many cute girls and so many interesting people in the group. She has nothing to lose by staying in the group for a few more years.
The key is that Nogizaka, which has been aiming to be on par with AKB since its establishment, will definitely have more and more work in the future. Coupled with the upcoming personal foreign affairs, it will definitely take up a lot of time, which conflicts with the attendance requirements of university courses. , how to coordinate the two must be discussed with the operation after obtaining the class schedule and understanding the specific policies.
Secondly, there is the issue of personality. Personality is a very important business card for idols. Now that I have become a Toda idol, my personality will inevitably become that of a top student. However, this is not a likable personality, especially for female idols.
In Japan, girls are expected to be "cute" from the time they are children. What is the value of cuteness? In being loved, chosen, and protected, there is an implicit guarantee that one will never threaten the other person.
Social prejudice causes boys' values and excellent grades to be consistent, while girls' values and grades are easily distorted by the world.
Take Dongda as an example. When it comes to socializing with other schools, the boys of Dongda are very popular. After all, they all belong to the high-income group after graduation. And if someone asks the girls of Dongda, "Which university are you from?" The answer will be "University in Tokyo". On the one hand, it is caused by male pride and not wanting to be inferior in front of women. On the other hand, it is also related to the trend in Japanese society where most women give up their jobs after marriage and support their husbands and raise children. No matter how highly educated you are, it is not as valuable as the word cute.
Amamiya Sori is self-aware, and there is a huge gap between her and those real geniuses with superior intelligence and abilities. She is not the kind of person who likes to show off how smart she is and how knowledgeable she is.
So even though she will be labeled as a top student, she is still going to try to avoid showing off her behavior in variety shows. She doesn't like it herself, and instinctively feels that fans won't like it.
In the entertainment industry across the sea, many artists like to portray themselves as academics, and even do not hesitate to commit academic fraud. Fans are also proud of their idols' high academic qualifications. However, it is different over the sea. In the Japanese entertainment industry, ability is still the most important factor. For many Famous artists rarely talk about their academic qualifications.
Amamiya Suga secretly reminded herself not to be proud, she just got admitted to Tokyo University. As an idol, I am still a rookie in the entertainment industry, and my real career has not yet started, so I cannot boast about a flashy name.
She waited in the lounge for dozens of minutes. Before the meeting was over, she first received a call from Mai Shiraishi.
It was probably time for work to end. Mai Shiraishi took out her phone and saw the message from Amamiya Souri, and called her immediately.
"Passed the exam?" Even after seeing the photo, Mai Shiraishi still had a tone of disbelief. If she hadn't been at the filming site, she would have jumped up from her chair.
"Of course! With my level, how can I still fail the exam?" Amamiya Sugawara could imagine Shiraishi holding his cell phone and making a call, and smiled knowingly. She didn't want to pretend to be in front of the audience, but it didn't mean that she didn't like being with her friends. Put a cup in front of you.
"As expected of Xiaozhi! A genius!" Mai Shiraishi smiled from ear to ear and kept praising her, "Why are you so awesome!"
"Hmph~" Amamiya Sōri proudly accepted the praise.
She introduced to Shiraishi Mai the interesting things she encountered when the results were announced, and Shiraishi also congratulated her while listening attentively.
"Where are you now? I want to find you now and get some exposure from Dong Dasheng."
"Well, I'm in the SME building now. I reported to the operation before, and Konno-san asked Nango-san to pick me up and want to talk to me alone."
"Have you finally told the operation? I thought you wanted to keep it a secret." Mai Shiraishi said jokingly. Previously, Amamiya Soi had not revealed her plans for further studies to the management or other members except Shiraishi. She had always kept a low profile, and it was obviously not a shameful matter.
"I've passed the exam, so I can't hide it anymore, so why don't I just make it clear. I don't know how long I'll be chatting with Konno-san, but I should be able to go back to the dormitory in the afternoon. There's no need for Mai to come over. Let's see you in the afternoon."
"Okay, see you in the afternoon, Dongda student!"
"Goodbye!" Amamiya hung up the phone.
The brief phone call with Mai Shiraishi made her very happy.
"Please come in." After waiting for another ten minutes, there was a knock on the door.
Amamiya Shiori quickly stood up from his seat, and it was Konno Yoshio and Kitagawa Kenji who walked into the room.
"Sit down." Yoshio Konno nodded.
Facing the first and second leaders in charge of operations, Amamiya Suga sat down.
Sitting across the long table, Yoshio Konno and Kenji Kitagawa were smiling and seemed to be in good spirits.
"Amamiya, you really gave us a surprise." Yoshio Konno looked at the girl in front of him, still feeling incredible.
"Well, may I ask, how surprised or happy are you?" Amamiya Shiori was not afraid at all, and continued what Konno said.
"Let's go." Kenji Kitagawa, who was in his early thirties, crossed his arms.
"Seven points happy?" Amamiya Shiori joked.
"Absolutely shocked!" Yoshio Konno shook his head, "Amamiya, let me ask you, why didn't you say anything about getting admitted to Tokyo University before? You didn't write it on the blog, and you didn't mention it to us. If it hadn't been for today When the results were released, I thought you failed the college entrance examination!"
"I don't want to keep a low profile. If I had said before that I wanted to get admitted to Tokyo University, and the management, members, and fans all knew about it, it would have been embarrassing if I didn't pass the exam in the end." Amamiya Shiori explained, "To How bad it is to be labeled as overestimating one's abilities and talking big words."
"You can tell the operation, we will keep it confidential, and it's not something that can't be seen." Yoshio Konno half accepted this reason.
"I'm sorry." Amamiya Suga bowed slightly to express his apology. It was indeed a bit unethical to remain silent.
"Okay, you don't have to blame yourself too much. Konno-san, everything has happened anyway, it's not a bad thing, it's just a little sudden." Kitagawa Kenji advised.
"In the future, for things like this, you must first ask for the opinion of the operation, whether it is good or bad. Remember, you are an idol now, and any behavior will affect your image." Konno warned.
"I understand!" Amamiya Soi said that he would reflect deeply.
