"Ikoma...I..."

After the recording, Mai Shiraishi came to Rina Ikoma, but she couldn't say a single word of the previously preset scene and the words of comfort she had thought of.

Because she replaced Ikoma Rina as the new center!

If positions are exchanged, no matter how heart-warming words come out of her mouth, they will all become false sentiments, right?

"I'm fine. Congratulations on becoming the center. It will be better if Nodan is led by you!" Rina Ikoma forced herself to smile. She followed the man's figure out of the corner of her eye and saw that he was about to disappear from sight.

"Sorry, I have something else to do."

Rina Ikoma passed over Mai Shiraishi and chased after the man. Only half of the words left in the girl's mouth were stuck in her throat, and complicated emotions rose in her heart.

The surrounding members came to congratulate her and coaxed her to treat her to dinner.

Shiraishi Mai listened absently, but the man's cold eyes flashed before her eyes, and Ikoma Rina's impatient expression flashed before her eyes.

Why is it that even though I have become the center I have always wanted, I don’t feel any joy in my heart?

"Director, please wait a moment!"

Ikoma Rina finally caught up with the man.

In the lounge.

"What's the matter?" Ye Xiao glanced at her lightly and stopped looking at her.

"Can I know...the reason?" Ikoma Rina asked with courage.

"Reason?" Ye Xiao looked at her with a smile.

It seemed that this casual attitude irritated the girl. Ikoma Rina blushed and felt that her dignity had been insulted.

"Can't you tell me?"

"It's not that it's impossible, but it's not necessary. The truth often touches people's hearts, and few people like to hear the truth."

"I want to know where I'm lacking so I can improve in the future."

Rina Ikoma seemed extremely eager. Obviously, she fell from position C this time and was not as calm as she appeared on the surface.

I have enjoyed the center of the stars, the center of the stage, the center of everyone and the camera, and the sense of accomplishment and vanity that arises from within.

Once you get through the initial difficulties and get used to the pressure, the rest will be the joy that follows.

No one wants to be noticed, no one wants to be thrown into a cold corner and ignored, but not everyone can become the center of a female idol group!

Ikoma Rina is lucky, but at the same time she is unfortunate.

Fortunately, she was the center of five singles from the first to the fifth! She enjoyed everyone's attention, applause, and countless spotlights shining in front of her eyes.

Unfortunately... she does not have the strength to shoulder this responsibility and honor. This is not because she does not work hard enough. In fact, as akb48, she has achieved the ultimate in all aspects of her efforts.

But just like some people’s starting point is their ending point, someone like Mai Shiraishi is one of the core leaders who will lead Nogizaka46 forward because she has a face that God loves to eat, and she works hard enough.

Just like Nishino Nanase is not outstanding in terms of appearance, but she stands out from the crowd of girls with her unique feminine charm and clothing!

It's like Saito Asuka has gone through the dark period of under. As she gets older, the girl changes, becoming more and more cute and charming, and crushing everyone with her natural good looks!

Talent and hard work are indispensable, but the only thing Rina Ikoma lacks is talent.

Therefore, you often see many female stars in the industry having plastic surgery, especially in South Korea, a country where plastic surgery is a big country. It is estimated that more than 70% of female stars have had their faces done.

The gap in appearance cannot be made up by hard work alone!

Of course, Rina Ikoma also played her role. Her spirit and will inspired everyone's morale to a certain extent, and she led Nogizaka46 through a difficult period in its early stages!

But now Nogizaka46 is in its third year of debut, and the second-generation members are already ready to go. If they still can't make any achievements, then how can they surpass akb48 in the future?

According to akb48's script, Yasushi Akimoto is going to create a Fudou C, and then introduce a member to confront and compete with this Fudou C, in order to stage a legendary story.

Any great game, like World of Warcraft or League of Legends, needs an epic story background and hero experience.

The character design of an idol is actually similar to the character design of a hero in a game. The Feiqiu girl group itself is a kind of RPG role-playing and development game.

Yasushi Akimoto, who has a girlish heart, was actually an artistic young man when he was young. Not only was he good at writing lyrics and planning program scripts, he also had his own unique understanding of idol management.

The girls in the story, their involvement and bond, competition and passion, tears and parting, these are all his usual elements.

So in the future Nogizaka46, you can see the matchup between Shiraishi Mai and Nishino Nanase.

Just like Maeda Atsuko and Oshima Yuko, Watanabe Mayu and Oshima Yuko, Watanabe Mayu and Sashihara Rino.

But in fact, the relationship between Shiraishi Mai and Nishino Nanase is not as explosive as the management expected, and of course it is not as deep as the sisterly love that fans yearn for.

After all, Bai Qi CP is just the wishful thinking of fans.

Neither close nor alienated, always maintaining a small distance, watching and helping each other, walking side by side, and fighting hand in hand.

"Do you know what is the most important thing for an idol?" Since she was not convinced, Ye Xiao could only tell her the truth.

"What is it?" Ikoma Rina asked unwillingly.

"Cuteness is justice, appearance is king."

"Is that so? Then hard work and talent are not important?"

"Edison once said that genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. But that one percent inspiration is the most important, even more important than the ninety-nine percent perspiration.

Important. For idols, cuteness and good looks are the one percent inspiration. As for talent...interesting souls are all the same, good-looking skins are only one in a million, but you seem to have forgotten, Nogizaka46's

The members are all selected from thousands of miles away.”

"Director, you are really a very superficial person." Rina Ikoma heard this man stressing the importance of cuteness and good looks, but she completely put all efforts behind, feeling sorry for this legendary novelist.

Very disappointed.

"Shallow? Let me tell you a story. Once upon a time, there was a street writer who created a novel on the Internet. He thought that it was very deep and had an ideological quality that ordinary Internet novels did not have. But what?

?After it was put on the shelves, subscriptions were sold out!”

"He immediately conducted a survey and asked the readers who had collected but did not subscribe to the reasons. The readers told him in unison that it was too sad, it looked unpleasant, and there was no climax. Moreover, the author liked to drop the book bag to make sense, which affected the flow of the story.

sex!"

"Sure enough, the novel ended in a hurry. He made full preparations for the subsequent new books and completely abandoned his own ideas. Instead, he borrowed the settings and plots of a popular novelist. He wrote how to make it feel good and how to pretend to be cool.

Where did the face come from? After writing it, it became very popular. Although it was not a big hit, it still achieved good results."

"Does the director mean to say that it's not you who are superficial, but the public?"

"If you think others are superficial, then the superficial person is actually you. For operations, Nogizaka46 is a product. How to package the entire product beautifully and sell it to the public, you must first cater to the public's psychology.

Accurate market positioning is essential. We will launch what kind of idols they like! Of course, operators are not gods, and there are often mistakes, but...as long as we find this member

If it is valuable, the operation will promote it at all costs to obtain corresponding benefits."

"I understand, thank you for the director's explanation. The moment I was announced for selection, I learned that I had lost the C position. I actually felt angry and unwilling for a moment. But when I looked back and thought about it calmly, it was better for me to put down the C position.

Isn't that a relief?" Ikoma Rina's smile was bright and touching.

"Although I am no longer the center, wouldn't it be better if Shiraishi Mai is more suitable than me to lead everyone forward?"

"Excuse me, Director!"

Ikoma Rina said, bowing deeply, and then left Ye Xiao's lounge, but her thin back looked a bit sad.

Actively rejecting the center position and being forced to give up the center position are essentially completely different!

Of course, Rina Ikoma has not yet realized this at this moment.

That is to say, starting from today, Ikoma Rina's name and figure gradually faded away, until one day no one could remember her name.

When Nogizaka46 is mentioned in the future, the name that everyone will talk about is:

Mai Shiraishi, Nana Hashimoto, Nanase Nishino, Erika Ikuta, Asuka Saito...

What matters is not the number of times you have been a c, but the impression you have left on people's minds.

There will always be people who remember Rina Ikoma and her contribution to the development of Nodan.

"Erika, please wait a moment!"

Erika Ikuta was about to leave when she was stopped by an ordinary staff member of the TV station.

"What's the matter? I'm going home." Erika Ikuta looked puzzled.

"Teacher Ye Xiao, please come over. He has something to ask you."

"What?"

"Anyway, I've already told you, it's up to you whether to go or not."

...

Ye Xiao didn't wait long in the lounge when he saw Erika Ikuta pushing open the door with a sullen face.

"Does the director want to see me for anything?"

Ye Xiao didn't talk nonsense and pointed at the two slices of watermelon on the table.

"You ate them."

"What if I don't eat?"
To be continued...