The girls from AKB had seen Hira Kiyoshige when they were filming a movie, although they were not very clear about his role in the Sakura Girls project. But they had heard of the movie "Battle Royale" with a box office of 10 billion yuan, so when they passed by, they all bowed and greeted them. The girls from other groups saw the AKB girls bowing, and many of them, who didn't know who Hira Kiyosugi's sister was, also followed the people in front of them and bowed to say hello. In other words, the passage to the martial arts hall is big enough, otherwise it might get stuck here. As the girls finished singing their two new songs, the host gave a speech on the stage to connect the two. Before Ping Qingshan went on stage, there was a video prepared in advance. ~~~ The video begins with a scene of cherry blossoms falling. Next came a series of brokerage companies and idol group logos, such as AKB, NMB, SKE, Nogizaka, and so on. Further back, there is a huge "Sakura Girls 101" LOGO
After the various logos disappeared, the video began with a slightly old scene. The person in the picture is a girl wearing a sweater. Some fans who know a little bit about idol history quickly recognized the identity of this lady, Minami Saori In a broad sense, Minami Saori is one of the most famous figures among the first generation of Japanese idols, and is also known as the "original idol". She was the first person to embody the term "youth idol". Not only did she sing hit songs such as "17 Talent", but she also frequently appeared in the media. Saori Minami exhibits the greatest characteristics of an idol, with dark skin, long black hair, and a youthful demeanor that is endearing. Her strong fan appeal also makes the TV stations and agencies earn a lot of money. Next to appear was Yamaguchi Momoe, and her famous song played in the background at the right time. Next up is Seiko Matsuda. One by one, the girl idols in history appeared on the big screen. As the timeline continues to move backward, not only does the picture ratio begin to expand from the standard 4:3 ratio, but the video clarity is also constantly improving. Moreover, the picture began to accelerate, and more and more household-name idols began to quickly appear in the center of the picture. "A girl chasing her dreams." Each of the girl idols in the video represents a piece of history and a spirit: Minami Saori's youthful vitality, Yamaguchi Momoe's perseverance, and Matsuda Seiko's innocence. They have left a deep impression on countless people. As the video speeds up to the end. It is a meadow covered with cherry blossoms. The wind blew gently. The Sakura Girl's LOGO and a line of words appeared. “The next legend starts here.”
While everyone was still savoring the scene, the host had already invited: "Sakura Girls 101 Project Chief Producer Mr. Hira Kiyoshige" Ping Qingshan walked out under the lights, with a projection lighting up behind him, which showed his position in the project. 【Sakura Girls 101, General Producer】 Below is the Sakura Girls logo that everyone is becoming more and more familiar with. "Hello everyone, I am the chief producer of Sakura Girls 101, Ping Qingshan. I am very happy to appear in front of you in a new identity." Ping Qingshan speaks in a confident and steady voice and he also looks good. It makes people feel good at first sight. However, most of the fans at the scene had no interest in Ping Qingshan. Heikesugi's status in the entertainment industry is completely unimportant to Don and his friends; they just come to see their idol. However, the reporters in the front row have already raised their cameras and recorders and started their work. But soon, Ping Qingshan's words cheered up the fans of the idols in the audience. "Sakura Girls 101 is essentially a competition. Each group will select 9 members to participate in the competition. They will compete once a week to determine the strongest team." "At the same time, we will also organize a general election for Sakura Girls. All members who participated in the Sakura Girls Project can participate. In the end, the top 11 girls in popularity will debut again and become Sakura Girls." Although "Sakura Girls 101" also has a 101, the Sakura Girls 101 created by Ping Qingshan is very different from the previous life's Creation 101. In its previous life, "Produce 101" was a talent show that focused on selecting 11 members to debut as a group. Sakura Girls 101 is more like a competition, an alliance. Although they will eventually debut as a group, that is the monetization of overall resources rather than the goal. Compared to the members debut. During this process, the highlights include group PK, individual PK, dance, song, and even idol sports games, etc. At present, Ping Qingshan has decided on a competition system of holding a performance once a week, with 10 teams taking turns to perform on stage, and then the audience and guests will score and determine the ranking. The weekly performances are not necessarily all dance. It could also be an opera, a ballet, or even a stage play. Depending on the different performances each week, Ping Qingshan also planned programs with different themes based on the later Extreme Challenge. In this process. The members' personal charm and personality will be fully displayed to everyone. The groups that have decided to participate in this "competition" include AKB48, SKE48, NMB48, Nogizaka46, Morning Musume under UFA, and Momoiro Clover Z under SP. At the same time, this "competition" also has an affiliated campus idol competition. This may be a bit confusing.
In fact, you can refer to the National Basketball Association. Or any sporting event. Sakura Girls 101 is the main competition, and the Academy Idol Contest is a secondary event. The champion and runner-up of the Academy Idol Contest can join the main competition of Sakura Girls 101. "I.. am still a little confused." When Ping Qingshan told his father about the plan, Ping Qingyinan felt it was a mess and said directly: "I don't understand." "It's actually like forming a big league like the NBA, except that the league teams are replaced by idol management companies, the players are replaced by idols, and everyone works together to create a big commercial brand. In addition to regular performances, releasing singles and CDs, releasing albums, appearing on variety shows, filming dramas, and publishing photo albums, idols also have to have internal competition, hold general elections and votes every year..." Chapter 117: Ping Qingshan's Ambition The logic that Ping Qingshan talked about is actually an enlarged version of AKB in later generations. In the past, when AKB was at its peak, it had many sister groups, including SKE48 in Kansai, NMB48 in Kyushu, HKT48 in Kyushu, and the short-lived SNH48 and JKT48 overseas, and so on. It has actually formed a huge transnational idol alliance, but it is obvious that as the scale expanded, Akimoto Yasushi failed to integrate this alliance. Each group was more like the vassal states during the Spring and Autumn Period, and Akimoto Yasushi had no control over them at all. SNH48 later directly withdrew from the AKB system. The reason is that Akimoto Yasushi's ability is not enough to support such a big venue. In this world, what Ping Qingshan has to do is to unify these vassal states, evolve them, and at least turn them into an ancient feudal system. However, even though Ping Qingshan tried very hard to explain, Ping Qingyinan still didn't quite understand what he heard. However, Ping Qingshan was his son, and the whole plan was very detailed, so he finally agreed to the plan and allocated funds. Now, it was the audience's turn to be confused. They could probably understand what Ping Qingshan said. However, this is clearly a completely new concept, and there is no organization to refer to in Japan today. The hardest thing in this world is to describe to the world something that doesn't exist yet. However, Ping Qingshan was well prepared. He was on the stage listening to the audience gradually becoming lively, and then he paused and continued. "Well, everyone can understand it as an idol competition in essence." "Having said so much, since this is a competition, let's take a look at the rewards first." "Please look at the big screen." Ping Qingshan took over the host's job and directly directed the video playing on the spot. Like all major leagues in the world, the "League" organized by Hira Kiyosugi "Sakura Girls 101" naturally also has rewards. Moreover, Ping Qingshan attaches great importance to this reward system. Ping Qingshan believes that the AKB alliance in its previous life has actually formed its own competition mechanism, which is the annual AKB general election.
But this mechanism has a fatal flaw. There are no results and no rewards. The so-called general election is just a ranking. Fans spend real money to vote, but apart from giving the little idol a ranking and a position for a single, there is nothing else. This is problematic. Rocket Girls 101 are at least ranked at the top and can make their debut. Although there was later a scandal involving fraudulent votes among South Korea's 101 girls, at least when the show was aired, fans thought that their hard-earned money could really help their favorite idols debut. But what about AKB's general election? The top idols don’t need you as the center of the list. Even if the younger idols who rank low in the rankings enter the circle, they won’t be able to get any resources. People spend money on mobile games, and they get rewards after spending money, but in this AKB general election, after I spent money on the girls, I got nothing. This mechanism without positive feedback caused AKB's general election revenue to decline rapidly after reaching a peak for several years. Idol otakus just like idols, they are not stupid. Therefore, in Sakura Girls 101 of Hira Kiyoshi. There have been major changes to this fan growth mechanism. He listed all kinds of rewards into bars, and members with corresponding rankings could get corresponding rewards. In addition to the regular single positions, there are also personal songs, movie appearance rights, TV drama appearance rights, variety show appearance rights, and even Ping Qingshan has prepared two idol variety show projects. There are even bonuses, clothing, and other material rewards. In his previous life, Guo Degang told an interesting joke, saying that crosstalk artists cannot wear jewelry or watches when they go on stage, because once they bring these things. It will make the audience unhappy and feel that you have made money from them. "Did you see that? This is all my money!!! Damn, this stinky crosstalk artist is so cocky" But the beautiful girls who sing Beijing opera are different. They can wear beautiful cheongsams, jewelry, gold bracelets, and watches. Because if they wear this, the audience below will not be angry, but will be very proud. "See? Everything that girl has on her was bought with my own money!" Same words, but completely different feelings. The same should be done for Ping Qingshan, who wants to let those who spend money to chase idols see that their money can really help their idols grow and make their idols famous. This will make them spend more money to vote next time. With the support of this set of ideas, the rewards given by Ping Qingshan soon shocked everyone, and not just ordinary fans.
For idols, these things are also very shocking to them. The first thing to appear is the group awards when the screen lights up. 【Prize 1000 million yen/person】 When the money was announced, the young idols backstage were already exclaiming in amazement. After all, this amount of money was not a small amount for them.