"Dear fans!! We are!!" "Sakura!! Girl!!" When the girls shouted Sakura Girl at the same time The fans in the audience also burst into thunderous cheers. Watching the girls interacting with fans, Ping Qingshan, who was standing backstage, couldn't help but feel moved. Although he put a lot of effort into the entire project, the success of Sakura Girls is essentially also due to the efforts of these girls. It is closely related to the fact that these girls have won the recognition of fans with their own charm. The girls’ blooming youth and the fans’ recognition. This is the key to the success of the plan. And now, I want to add a sense of ritual to this recognition.
After the girls came out and greeted the fans. Ping Qingshan also walked onto the stage with a cue card and a microphone. "Shan-chan!!!" "Shan!! I love you!!" Ping Qingshan originally thought that his performance on stage would be rather dull, but unexpectedly, when he appeared on the stage, the fans in the audience gave him an enthusiastic response. This is actually not difficult to understand. Anyone who is a fan of Sakura Girls knows Ping Qingshan. Everyone knows the role that Ping Qingshan played in the popularity of Sakura Girls. If under normal circumstances. A male producer and a female idol group. It often makes people have some bad associations. But Ping Qingshan is a little different. On the one hand, Ping Qingshan has a relatively good reputation in the entertainment industry. Secondly, Taira Kiyonari has a relatively high status. He is not only the producer of Sakura Girls, but also a film director. He is also of Chinese descent, and his father is a senior executive at Dentsu. This information can be found on the Internet. Knowing this, any fan with a little bit of brains can easily understand that under normal circumstances, even if a member of Sakura Girls were to pay for it, they might not be able to get it... Although, it sounds a little incredible. But it is what it is.
This result actually made the fans of Sakura Girls feel more at ease. They were not worried at all that Sakura Girls would get involved with the bosses of the production team like the Kitty Club did back then. And, as long as you are a fan. After watching a few episodes of the show, you can also find that Ping Qingshan is actually a very refreshing and interesting person in the show. I also pay more attention to the boundaries with girls. In fact, Ping Qingshan has rich experience, broad knowledge, and good conversation and temperament. It also attracted a lot of fans. During the general election, some fans left messages under the official announcement, asking why they couldn’t vote for Ping Qingshan. Even Ping Qingshan's personal blog has hundreds of thousands of fans. If there is a real vote, maybe I can get into the circle... There are even some twisted "daughter fans" [fans who treat their idols as their own daughters] who openly encourage their idols to pursue Ping Qingshan, on the grounds that Ping Qingshan has good conditions and if she really wants to get married, they are willing to support their idols to marry Ping Qingshan. This result is much better than marrying some ordinary member who suddenly appears in the future. Under such circumstances, it is not so incomprehensible that Ping Qingshan's appearance was welcomed. Facing such excited fans, Ping Qingshan bowed and waved repeatedly. "Thank you, thank you..." After expressing his gratitude for a while, he started the next stage of the procedure. "Thank you for your company for half a year. During this half year, we have witnessed the birth and growth of Sakura Girls together." “I’ve witnessed a lot of beauty, and I’ve also witnessed a lot of tears.” "And today Dong." "We will witness together, witness the most shining girl among the Sakura Girls!!!" When Ping Qingshan finished saying this. Background music suddenly started playing. And with the passionate music. Center stage. The huge stage equipment customized in advance began to rise gradually. Its shape is a semicircular staircase with seven levels, which gradually narrows from bottom to top, forming a pyramid shape. Each floor is lined with gorgeous seats made of silvery-white material that sparkle under the spotlights. Regardless of whether it is comfortable to sit on or not, it really looks good. The entire seating area from bottom to top.
According to the pyramid arrangement, there are 13 seats, 11 seats, 9, 7, 5, and 3. And the golden 1 at the top. 49 positions in total. In other words, from the time of the announcement, she was the girl ranked 49th. Those whose names were not called out are naturally those after 49th. All that was left for them were two rows of benches in front of the pyramid. Very cruel. But that’s also what elections are about. When this seven-tiered seating area appeared on the stage, all the audience, including those watching the live broadcast, exclaimed in surprise. There is no other reason. This seat is so exquisitely made. The positions of each row are differentiated. At the same time, there is an escalator on each side for the winners to go up to the stage. The design of these two escalators is also very clever. They rise slowly and blend into the entire seating area, like two elegant silver ribbons. This expensively built facility doesn't look like a seating area at all from a distance, but more like a gorgeous building. Especially when the lights are on, it looks even more dreamy. Chapter 207: The Ceremony is Complete For those girls who are about to go on stage, this seat is a runway for their dreams to take off. After the seats rise. The girls were also directed to the opposite side of the stage. After walking through a long aisle, in front of the fans' seats were their seats. When everything is ready. Ping Qingshan stopped talking nonsense and started the most important scene of the day. "Next, let us reveal the number of votes for the 49th place in the first general election of Sakura Girls..." As soon as the three words "number of votes" came out. On the big screen on the stage, a huge digital scrolling special effect began to appear. "57 votes!" As soon as the number came out, even before the name of the winner was announced, a unified exclamation was heard from the entire venue.
"Eh!!!" Following this exclamation, there was a discussion like a rainstorm. Off the court. Naoki Kitagawa, who attended as an invited guest, was obviously surprised. He glanced at Yasushi Akimoto and asked. "How many votes did the first place get in your general election this year?" "13 votes" Akimoto Yasushi was still in shock at this time. As the saying goes, there is no harm without comparison. In June of this year, AKB held its third general election as usual. The first place was still Maeda Atsuko, with 6 votes. The entire AKB system was very excited at that time. Because last year at the same time last year, the first place only received 3 votes. The votes increased by 10 at once, proving that AKB's popularity did experience explosive growth in 2011. However, this growth seems so small after the emergence of "Sakura Girls". The current AKB48 election voting ticket is included in a single before the election. Each single comes with a voting ticket, and the single price is 1600 yen. There are also those who don't want singles, but sell voting tickets alone. It's about 1 yen per ticket. This price is higher than the Sakura Girls' vote. In addition, considering that Sakura Girls can get tickets for free when buying peripheral products. Therefore, although they all spend 1000 yen, fans of Sakura Girls can get something of almost corresponding value. AKB fans can only get one voting ticket. The difference will definitely have a certain impact on the final number of votes. But the problem is. The difference in impact is too great. The number of votes for the 49th place is 57. Although, before the black box. The total number of votes for Sakura Girls has reached 2000 million, but during the black box process, the specific number of votes was sealed and no one can view it. So when the 49th place announced 57 votes, everyone was shocked. This means that even if the subsequent rankings were all 57 votes, the total number would be nearly 3000 million votes!!! This is not just about the number of votes, it also corresponds to the appeal behind this idol. These tickets were bought with real money.
57 tickets, 500 yen per ticket, that’s a turnover of million yen!!! This is only the 49th one!!! too exaggerated. As the person who understands the idol market best, Akimoto Yasushi naturally understands what this number means. This is too scary! !