If you want to ask Oda whether he cares about the Seven Gods of Fortune, he definitely does. However, Oda has a habit of considering the worst case scenario before doing something - as one of the absolute main players of Nogizaka46
, she believed that she would never fall out of the selection. As for being dropped out of the Seven Lucky Gods, she was somewhat mentally prepared, so she was not as emotionally excited as Ikuta and Hoshino.
"She works twice as hard as others. We must work hard together in the future, Sayuri Inoue." Shiraishi was already standing on the stage and began to announce the remaining nine selected members.
The names of "Yuri Saito", "Nariyoshi Miyazawa", "Rena Ichirai" and "Kiyora Hatanaka" were reported one by one, and each member left the meeting room crying.
Then, "Nishino Nanase".
Nishino didn't know what kind of reaction she had when her name was called. In other words, her head went blank after hearing her name.
Walking to the door of the conference room with his face covered, Nishino turned back and glanced at the members who were still sitting there.
And Oda sitting in the front row.
Seemingly noticing Nishino's gaze, Oda turned his head slightly to meet her gaze. That gaze seemed to say "congratulations", and also seemed to say "wait for me". No matter what the meaning was, Nishino was
She felt like she was given a boost of motivation, allowing her to muster up the courage to lift her feet and leave this oppressive room.
"I have worked really hard to be able to enter the selection this time." Facing the camera, Nishino could no longer control his tears, "It's great to work hard to do your best and catch up with them.
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"I don't know if this sentence can be conveyed to Xiaoshi." Nishino thought like this and opened the next envelope, but to her regret, the name on the envelope was not the one she was familiar with.
"Hoshino Minami" and "Ikuta Erika" were called after the two former Seven Lucky Gods one after another, and as they left, the atmosphere in the conference room had dropped to freezing point. For other members, the girl who was still sitting in the first row
It's like an insurmountable mountain.
Under Shitara's guidance, Ikuta picked up the last envelope. It seemed that he was shocked by the contents in the envelope. Ikuta opened his mouth wide and could not speak for a long time.
"I have always been like a sister, very caring and considerate, and have always supported everyone along the way. Thank you very much." After hearing Ikuta's words, the members were more certain about the last person to be called, especially the one in the last row.
Most of the non-selected members looked like they had given up hope and shed tears.
"As the eldest, Iwase Yumiko." Iwase didn't seem to realize that she could enter the selection. She covered her mouth in surprise and stood up, bowed deeply and fled the conference room.
Although there are still follow-up content in the recording of this episode, for these girls who have not been selected, it is over.
"I was not selected?" After hearing Iwase's name, Oda was stunned, "Why? Why?"
Is it because my singing and dancing performance is not good enough?
Am I not active enough in the series and broadcast?
Or did I offend the producer somewhere?
Oda thought about his performance during this period, but could not think of any reason why he was not selected.
Although Oda has made it clear before that her purpose of becoming an idol is not to achieve great results or to be a god of good fortune, but she does not want to see no response or reward for her efforts.
This statement may not be particularly appropriate for other members, but Oda believes that he can be said to be one of the best in the group in all aspects of idols.
but why...
After a while, Nanxiang walked in from the door and said a few words of comfort. The words "music test" and "business collaboration" were all cliche. But Oda kept his head down, not knowing what was going on.
Thinking about something.
"Oda-san, come out with me." After finishing speaking, Nanxiang called the thoughtful Oda out of the conference room.
In the silent corridor, there were no cameramen following or staff everywhere, only Nanxiang and Oda. After standing still, Nanxiang began to carefully observe the girl in front of him - to Nanxiang's surprise,
Her face showed more confusion than sadness or anger, as if she was waiting for Nanxiang to explain to her.
"Oda-san, this matter is the result of discussions between the Nogizaka Operating Committee." Nango quickly explained. In fact, he was also very confused about this decision. Konno also went back and forth to discuss it with Akimoto.
Reply, but finally got this answer, "Because we will set up a member group called 'under', which is composed of the unsuccessful members of each single. The under members will also have under's dedicated tracks in each single."
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"So the operation wants me to become a user?" Oda's mind became extremely calm after being pulled out of the conference room by Nanxiang. After listening to Nanxiang's explanation just now, she roughly understood what the operation meant.
"Well, that's right." Nanxiang nodded, "Actually, this is also an affirmation of your strength, Oda." Nanxiang forced out a compliment that he himself felt was a bit outrageous.
"Okay, I will try my best." Oda's reaction was unexpectedly calm by Nanxiang. The excuse he had prepared for a long time to deal with the girl's sudden cry was no longer needed, so he found an excuse and left quickly.
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After leaving the recording venue, Nango quickly got on his bicycle and returned to the Nogizaka Building (I don't know if there is such a building but I made it up), went to Konno's office and knocked on the door twice.
"Come in." The voice coming from the door did not sound like Konno's. Opening the door and walking in, Nanxiang found Konno and Akimoto making tea and discussing something unknown.
"Oh, Nanxiang." Seeing Nanxiang come in, Qiu Yuan raised his head and pointed to the empty seat next to him, "How is it? The selection of the second single is probably announced."
"Well..." In fact, it was Konno who called Nanxiang over to discuss the matter. As a staff with a slightly higher status, Nanxiang had not actually had much contact with Akimoto Yasushi, the man behind the idol, so he was a little confused by Akimoto Yasushi's words.
measures.
"Sit down." As if he noticed his embarrassment, Konno helped Nanxiang out and poured him a cup of tea. "How did that girl Oda react?"
"It's much better than I imagined." Nanxiang briefly recounted the previous conversation between himself and Oda and Oda's reaction.
"Sigh." In fact, Konno has always been opposed to letting Oda become the boss. Oda is now one of the best in the group in terms of variety show ability and popularity, and the only one who can compare with her is Shiraishi Mai.
Hashimoto Nana is a few top members. To be honest, Konno doesn’t understand why such a popular member is allowed to be a non-selected member.
But every time he discussed this matter with Akimoto, Akimoto had to bring out his many years of experience in cultivating idols and his so-called "raw stone" principles. Akimoto believed that Oda's performance during his debut period was too good.
, compared to the originally scheduled Terina Rina Okoma, she looks more like Ter. As a man with a strong desire to control, he is unwilling for such incidents to happen in the group he manages, and the overall image of Oda
It also goes against the previously set strategy of "imitating AKB's style to become overly popular", so in his vision, it is most appropriate for Oda to be the user alone.
Faced with these two completely opposite opinions, the shareholders of Nogizaka LLC finally decided to trust Akimoto, who has more experience in cultivating idols. This time, Konno sent Nango to specifically find Oda to reveal the news, and he was also worried about the impact on her this time.
The blow was too harsh.
"It would be great if she doesn't have too many opinions." Konno breathed a sigh of relief in his mind, picked up the tea and took a sip, "Teacher Akimoto has just finished recording some songs for the second single and sent them over.
." After speaking, Konno pointed to several folders placed on the table.
After hearing Konno's words, Nanxiang's attention also shifted to the music on the table. There were a few words written on the cover of the folder closest to him.