The signing was successfully completed. From today on, Fukuzawa Natsori and Fukuzawa Natsusa will officially become trainees of the cbee agency. After about a year of training, they debuted as idols in an incomplete cocoon form and began to gather fans.
, let fans pay attention to their growth until the moment they emerge from the cocoon and transform into a perfect butterfly - then they can turn into singers, actresses, broadcasters, models or MCs, depending on the situation, but only thirty idols can
Most of those who can go further into the entertainment industry will get married.
There is no way, training and idol activities basically take up time. In this case, wouldn't it be a joke if you asked these people to take the college entrance examination? There is no such time or energy, so they can barely finish the compulsory education, and
In this case, if your skills such as singing and dancing do not stand out and your development prospects are lost, what other good choice is there except getting married?
It is difficult to find a formal job with a college degree, and the pay for part-time jobs is low. It is more cost-effective to use a young and beautiful person to become a housewife - it is worse than being a bartender, right?
Jun Okada did not hide these things, he explained them clearly to Hideji Kitahara and others, and gave Natsuori and Natsusa their first idol lesson on the spot, explaining the idol constitution to them:
1. Idol is a profession that sells dreams - the idol itself is a commodity;
Second, hard work is a matter of course - without hard work, there will be no future;
3. Producers are always right - obey orders and strictly manage themselves;
Fourth, fans are gods and no betrayal is allowed - anyone who betrays will be cast aside.
His request was very clear. From now on, Xia Zhi and Xia Sha should not regard themselves as human beings, but as glossy and beautiful puppets. Whatever fans like about you, you should try your best to show it - you can be crazy, you can be yandere,
You can be black, you can be cute, you can be arrogant, you can pretend to be the girl next door, you can pretend to be a wealthy lady, you can pretend to be a energetic girl, you can pretend to be a snack food, as long as the fans like it!
Only by working hard can fans like you, and if fans like you, you can sell your dream, and then you can have a future.
The most important thing is, never betray your fans, that is, don’t do anything that offends your fans—for example, don’t fall in love, don’t let yourself fall in love with someone but let everyone down!
There are no requirements for these in the trainee contract. After all, the idols in the training system are very young when they start training, and love is still far away. But once they find out, they will be eliminated immediately, and they will be eliminated without mercy.
When an idol contract is officially signed, these will be written in black and white in the contract. If you violate it, it will not be as simple as being wiped out - two words: pay compensation!
After Jun Okada taught Natsori Natsusa the first lesson and the most important lesson for idols, he took them to the training room, threw them in, and handed them over to the instructor. In addition to completing all compulsory education, Okada Jun
I basically spend my spare time here - I come here after school at around three o'clock in the afternoon, practice until I go home at ten o'clock in the evening, and the company has a car driving around, so I don't have to worry about safety, especially on rest days.
Don't think about resting, you are stationed here 24 hours a day, and the company provides dormitories for shared training.
There was no discussion about cram schools, club activities, group worship, etc. After signing the idol contract, we didn't discuss living in a dormitory together.
There were nearly thirty people in the training room, like a class in school, and Xia Zhi Xia Sha was not afraid and left with the instructor, very impatient - you can say that what they pursue is superficial, but they
They just like it. They want to be on stage and look glamorous since they were young. They have been wild idols for several years, but they have no one to guide them and make little progress. Now that they have professional teachers, they can learn a lot.
If they weren't too young, they would probably want to stay here and not go home.
There's nothing we can do about it. They have this ideal but their families can't teach them at all - Fuyumi is occasionally gentle, but she can only sing nursery rhymes. She is good at eating in the snow and can sing without talking, while Haruna is very quiet and can't even talk.
Not much, let alone singing.
The three sisters are more fierce in fighting each other than the other. They have all the forward commanders, dog-headed strategists, and the three of them can easily defeat seven or eight people when they attack together. However, in terms of literature and art, they are not much different from a bunch of music idiots.
, and none of them are good at being cute - they have been waiting for a good teacher for a long time!
Natsori and Natsusa blended in here easily, without any discomfort, while Fuyumi frowned for a while and asked Okada Jun: "With so many people, how many official members are there expected to be in Good Morning Meow Meow?"
"It also depends on the training results of these people. It is expected that there will be ten to sixteen full members."
"Does that mean at least half of them are eliminated?"
"That's about it. Not every trainee can debut, but if they are not suitable for Good Afternoon Miaomiao, they may be suitable for other groups. These companies will consider it comprehensively." Okada Jun's attitude towards Fuyumi is quite polite, not because of her age.
He has despised her since he was a child and answers every question, "Cbee is still very strong. There are currently fifteen active idol groups, and we plan to form one every year within three years. There are many opportunities. Miss Fukuzawa doesn't have to worry too much."
cbee specializes in making girl group idols. The main reason is that the boy group can't do it in Tokyo. They tried several times but were beaten down. Now they have simply given up. The idols of several boy groups under them are half dead and can only operate in Aichi Prefecture.
For a moment, it’s not very famous.
There is competition everywhere, and it is no different when you are an idol! Kitahara Shuji looked at the indoor training from the window. There were all a bunch of children, all around 10 years old - I don’t know if they were forced to do so by their parents, or if they were forced to do so.
Someone like Xia Zhi Xia Sha wants to do it by herself.
Probably the latter, right? They all look very hardworking.
However, he looked at it for a while and found that there were many little girls who could not be called good-looking. Among them, Xia Zhi and Xia Sha turned out to have first-class looks. He couldn't help but asked curiously: "What are the selection criteria for trainees?"
He doesn’t know anything about this industry, so he feels that idols should at least be pretty, right?
"Let me take you to visit cbee!" Okada Jun smiled, extended his hand to invite you, and his attitude towards Kitahara Shuji was quite gentle. As he walked, he said: "In the selection process of the idol industry, appearance is not the first priority. Sometimes being too beautiful can lead to...
Points deducted. Usually during selection, the first priority is the plasticity of the character and the memes, followed by self-discipline, thirdly talent potential, and appearance and figure are the last consideration... Of course, it cannot be so ugly that it cannot be seen.
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Okada Jun took Kitahara Hideji and others around this floor and explained to him in detail.
Idols have been around since the Showa era and have been developing over the years. However, no matter how pure and charming the idols were in the past, they could only satisfy the tastes of some people. In order to make more people like her, we can only be more cautious and let ourselves
The image of the Japanese idol industry became more positive, which resulted in the Japanese idol industry stagnating after a period of development. The idols were all carved from the same mold, neat and pure, and cautious in everything they did. This caused the idol craze to subside briefly.
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Today, Japan's idol industry has not only begun to shift toward cultivating, but also expanded the number of groups and diversified roles, so that idols can show off their cute personalities at will and attract fans who like such cute personalities. At the same time, the company also
Don’t worry about this kind of character arousing resentment from other fans - we have prepared a lot. If you don’t like cute cats, do you like goth luoli? What about the girl next door who looks ordinary but works very hard? We all have them.
, right next to this cute cat.
This kind of cute conflict is also a highlight that attracts fans. Do you want to see the snack guy hugging the tsundere queen and acting like a baby? Do you want to know about the lily joke between the sinister and the cute?
"So that's it!" Kitahara Hideji nodded repeatedly after hearing this. Sure enough, everyone has their own skills!
Okada Jun took them around for a while and took a look inside the company. The main purpose was to reassure them and prove that they were a legitimate company and a powerful company. They could just leave their children to be raised with peace of mind and ensure that they would not abuse them.
Bullying them, so try not to come here every three days to check on the children just because of worry - he is good at dealing with parents and knows what these people are thinking.
After walking around in a circle, he brought Kitahara Shuji and the others back to the reception room, and concluded with a smile: "Now is the golden period for the development of the idol career. Your decision is not wrong. Please rest assured!"
Then he took out two more brochures and handed them to Kitahara Shuji and Fuyumi, and said with a smile: "We also have exclusive agent business. If Kitahara-san and Fukuzawa Yuki-san want to develop in the entertainment industry, they can come to me at any time to discuss
,cbee’s door will always be open to you two.”
Kitahara Shuji and Yuki are very popular on the Internet recently, especially in the Nagoya area. Anyone who doesn’t know them now is considered out of date. Producers like Okada Jun who make a living by creating idols will certainly know about them, but they also know that Kitahara Shuji and
Xueli has no intention of developing into an idol.
Part of it was confirmed through online conversations with Natsori Natsusa, and part of it was confirmed through the performances of Kitahara Shuji and Yuki - these two people couldn't get through on the phone, and they obviously didn't want to have contact.
He felt it was a pity that Kitahara Shuji and Yuki were in good condition. The boy was handsome and the girl was pretty. If they didn't follow the training system and debuted directly as idols, they could definitely form a powerful sports CP team, but it was obviously impossible.
However, he didn't catch the big fish, but catching two small fish like Natsori and Natsusa was a bit of a gain. At the same time, he wanted to make a good relationship - what if Kitahara Shuji and Yuki changed their minds one day? Such a thing
It’s impossible to tell!
It’s not strange for young people to have one thought a day.
He simply mentioned a few words about the exclusive agent, and then sent them out of the house with a professional and polite attitude. After Fuyumi walked a little further, she looked back at Cbee's three-story building and couldn't help but sigh.
Take a breath.
Her sisters have grown up and have their own ideas and don't listen to her much anymore, which makes her feel a little uncomfortable.
I don't know whether it was right or wrong to agree to them. Although Kitahara Shuji's words were reasonable. With so many people in the family, it would be impossible to watch these two naughty guys sink to the level of barmaids and find them a serious job in the future.
It shouldn't be difficult, but if they fail, they will feel particularly uncomfortable, right?
Ten years from now, will Xia Zhi and Xia Sha be disappointed in herself because she didn't stop them today?
In the future, when they enter the society and see that others have graduated from college, but they are only at a college level, will they feel inferior?
Will mother think that she has failed to fulfill her entrustment and failed to take good care of everyone?
She was lost in thought there for a while, worrying about gains and losses. Kitahara Hideji gently touched her hair and comforted her: "Sooner or later it will happen. Don't worry. They will have to walk their own path. We just need to be a good backing for them."
You can't raise a tiger by staying in a hole, and an eaglet that doesn't leave the nest will never spread its wings and fly high. As a family, there is only one thing we can do to support it at this time.
Fuyumi was silent for a moment, raised her face and looked at him, and asked with deep expectation: "Will they succeed?"
She believed Kitahara Hideji and hoped that he would nod, but Kitahara Hideji sighed and did not dare to look at Fuyumi's crescent-moon eyes - he was actually more worried than Fuyumi, but he was more hypocritical and concealed it better.
This is probably how Chinese parents feel when they hear that their son is ready to give up his studies temporarily and devote himself to e-sports!
He hesitated for a while, but chose to be honest, sighed and said, "I don't know."
The future is unknowable, which is why it makes people upset.
Suzuki Noki frowned and looked at Kitahara Shuji's hand on Fuyumi's head. She was unhappy - I'm not dead yet, and you are openly abusing the dog again! It's so unlucky that I can't go back to lie down after school, so I was caught and repaid.
If you want to be abused, do you, a man and a woman, have any sense of fairness?
She said angrily from the side: "Okay, Short Winter Melon, Xia Zhi and Xia Sha are a hundred times stronger than you. Where do you have the courage to worry about them? Worry about yourself first!"
In her opinion, Fuyumi is just a hard worker. In the future, she will be a screw in the big social machine. She is still inconspicuous and completely dispensable. If she hadn't met Kitahara Shuji, and she doesn't know what it is that fits him.
Appetite, in the future Xueli, Haruna, Natsuori and Natsusa will all be more promising than her - you still have the nerve to control your sisters, all of your sisters have greater potential than you, okay? They really don’t have any.
, the stupid short winter melon.
Without you, if you let your sisters develop freely, they would have soared to the sky! You are the stumbling block to your whole family!
She belittled Fuyumi out loud, and Fuyumi usually would have started to sneeze a lot earlier, but instead of being angry, she felt a little relieved - she hoped that her sisters would be better than her, and her main task in life was to take care of her younger brothers and sisters.
She needs to take good care of them, and when all these bastards are successful, she can feel completely at ease.
If someone doesn't learn how to do it well, she won't dare to close her eyes even if she dies, and might even have to cover her face with her hair before she's willing to be buried - she won't be able to see her mother.
She ignored Suzuki Noki and just asked Kitahara Shuji: "Just now, Mr. Okada said that now is the golden age for idol development. What does that mean?"
Suzuki Nozomi became even more angry, "Dwarf Winter Melon, how dare you ignore me?" She replied angrily, "The economy is in recession now, don't you understand the lipstick effect? This kind of thing that you can understand with your butt also needs others
Explain to you?"
She really couldn't figure out what Hideji Kitahara fell in love with Fuyumi, she was obviously better!
Fuyumi rolled her eyes at Noki Suzuki, and smiled, "I don't know what it has to do with it, as long as my boyfriend knows," and Kitahara Shuji actually explained it to her - of course he was talking to his girlfriend, and he is not stupid.
The idol economy is about making money during the economic downturn. Since Japan's economic bubble burst in 1991, the economy has continued to decline, and naturally the economy is not booming.
As the economy continues to decline, people's wealth will inevitably continue to shrink and they dare not invest or waste. However, this does not mean that people have no desire to consume. At this time, big items such as houses and cars are naturally not considered, and people will be more inclined to compare.
Cheap consumer goods, this is the lipstick effect.
And what is relatively cheap in Japan right now? Idols!
500 yen for a designated photo album, 750 yen for a handshake, and 1,000 yen for listening to an exclusive song. The total sum is at most the money for a simple meal. This consumption is not stressful and can provide spiritual satisfaction, which is very cost-effective.
After hearing this, Fuyumi was even more reassured. The sisters still have great hope that they can live a good life in the future. Maybe they can earn enough money to retire at the age of twenty, which is not bad.
She immediately wished that Japan's economy would completely collapse, and then she got into an argument with Noki Suzuki - Noki Suzuki refused to walk and wanted to take a taxi, but Fuyumi refused and dragged her into the subway station.
Kitahara Shuji took one last look at Cbee's small building and silently wished Natsori and Natsusa that they could realize their ideals in life - I hope everything goes well for them!