Akimoto Yasushi only felt that the three words "general election" had great magic power, and there was a particularly important feeling in the dark. However, the beautiful white dove named inspiration only flapped its wings and did not flap its wings high. fly.
If Fujiwara Nao hadn't been here, Akimoto Yasu might have dropped everything and carefully followed the traces of the white pigeon.
The top priority was to resolve the matter with the record company, so Akimoto Yasu smiled and talked with Fujiwara Nao again.
Leave professional matters to professionals. Hayato Minakami is not a macho man who wants to take everything on himself. He has great faith in Fujiwara Nao's negotiation skills, which are definitely higher than him.
So in order to make the atmosphere less awkward, he communicated with the seven young idols who had been peeking at him.
"Oh, I remember your names. Really, you are Oshima and you are Kojima."
"Yes, yes! I am Oshima!" "I have a nickname called Empress~" "Huh? Empress is so cunning, so call me Yuko." Oshima Yuko and Kojima Haruna obviously have a very good relationship. .
"And you are Huya, right?"
"You can't call someone based on their characteristics!" Itano Tomomi smiled and showed his fangs, but refused the title.
"Then Maeda, 148, Mariko!"
"I'm Maeda." "What the hell is 148?" "Can I call you Minami-kun?"
"The last one, mayuyu! Right?" Mizuna Hayato smiled.
Mayu Watanabe nodded with a standard smile, her black ponytails swaying with her movements, but her neatly combed bangs remained motionless.
Relying on the knowledge he learned from the idol otaku in his previous life, Mizuna Hayato successfully memorized all seven little idols and got some basic impressions through their initial reactions.
Everyone has unique characteristics. Although everyone cannot be called "stunning in the world", they are all lovely young girls. Although they still have many "amateur" characteristics, their long-term theater training has also allowed them to develop some of the characteristics of idols.
Mizuna Hayato seems to understand why Akimoto Yasushi's idol group has become so popular.
"Mizumi-kun, Mizunak-kun." Oshima Yuko is the most active and outgoing one, just like a boy: "If our fans like one of us, they will 'push' that member. Then today's number one When you see us for the first time, if Mizunami-kun were to choose, who would you choose?"
This question seemed to be a must-have question for them when they met other artists, and the others also looked at Minakami Hayato curiously.
"Hmm..." Hayato Minato stroked his chin and thought for a while: "Maeda's voice is very cute, Takahashi's short and distinctive, Shinoda's figure is very good, Itano's tiger teeth are very distinctive, and Kojima's I think is the most suitable for me. Aesthetic..."
Mizuna Hayato called them by name one by one, and they all looked particularly happy every time they mentioned someone.
"That's why I chose Mayuyu. I really want to see what she looks like under her bangs and whether it's her switch." Hayato Minakami said seriously.
"What about me?!" Oshima Yuko pointed at herself.
Watanabe Mayu opened her mouth and seemed shocked by the answer.
In fact, Hayato Minakami was just chosen at random. It is impossible to promote young idols because he has no interest in them.
As for choosing Mayu Watanabe, it was just because the idol otaku in her previous life was a loyal fan of hers.
Speaking of which, the idol otaku seemed to have spent a lot of money to raise funds for Watanabe Mayu's general election with a group of people. The final result seemed to be that the person in charge of raising funds ran away and used the money to buy a sea view. house. Mayu Watanabe lost the championship that year.
Whenever this matter was brought up, the idol otaku would excitedly pick up the oguchi sword they usually used for practice and gnashed his teeth, as if he would immediately pick up the sword and drop it if the person who ran away with money appeared in front of him.
When listening to this idol nerd's Amway in his previous life, Minato Hayato's patience was not as strong as when he listened to Wang Shinai talk about the stock market. However, the long-term brainwashing allowed him to learn a lot of idol knowledge.
One of the most important ones is the "sharp weapon" that allows AKB48 to truly rise - the general election.
The concept of the general selection election was originally copied from the election of politicians. Simply put, fans vote, and then the little idol gets a position in the single selection, and the first place gets the C position.
So where do the fan votes come from? It's very simple, just buy.
As long as you buy, you will not only get the voting ticket to send the idol to the C position, but also the handshake ticket to hold the smooth and tender hand of the little idol, the life-like photo of the little idol, and finally, you can even get the song they sang. And the MV!
Yes, when this method comes out, the purpose of fans buying idol singles will completely change.
Mizuna Hayato can almost see that the future record industry will gradually wither, but idol singles are bucking the trend and rising to new highs every year. But at the same time, in second-hand recycling stores, garbage recycling points and other places, there are also piles of CDs with only a few coupons and photos removed.
"Wow..." Even Fujiwara Nao couldn't help but sigh when he heard Minakami Hayato's description.
"Although this method will be criticized by countless people and even called 'evil business method', it will definitely make a lot of money!" Hayato Mizukami laughed.
"Is this why you insist on accepting AKB?"
"It can be considered one of them." Mizuna Hayato affirmed.
"You are really a villain. The future record industry may be destroyed by you." Fujiwara Nao looked at Minami Hayato with complicated eyes: "It turns out that you still have this kind of talent in marketing. Do you want to consider it in the future? Can you help me share the company's business?"
"What? No, no, I didn't think of this."
"Who is that?"
"Akimoto Yasushi!"
"But... didn't you come up with the concept of the general election yourself? Just when you were eating?" Fujiwara Nao looked at him with a look that said, "Stop pretending."
"..."
Wash the motor! I said it too early!
Mizuna Hayato was panicking.
"This matter has a lot of room for maneuver." Fujiwara Nao said: "But it will be bad for your reputation. I will ask Mita to submit a business plan later. AKB's future marketing will follow this method."
At the dinner that just ended, Akimoto Yasushi and Fujiwara Nao reached a preliminary agreement. Specific negotiations will take a few days, but overall the development is in a good direction. The day when Minakami Hayato becomes a minority shareholder of AKB is not far away. .
"I just want the dividends."
"Yes! Let's do it this way. If you have any bad ideas, just mention it, and say to the outside world that you are just paying dividends." Nao Fujiwara looked at Mizumi Hayato with admiration: "You really know how to market."
