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Chapter 430 The Coming New Year (crossed out) Storm
🕑 Added 2025-08-19 15:19:36 +0000 UTCYasushi Akimoto talked a lot about Trier's operational mistakes.
From operational planning and design to the staging of concerts, there was almost nothing that Trier could not be criticized for by this fat man.
Nanaya and Akimoto Yasushi both knew that this was actually an interview.
Therefore, Akimoto Yasushi naturally tried to find ways to prove his talent, just like Kong Ming facing Liu Bei.
Boss Akimoto naturally smiled happily when he heard this, and said to the idol producer whose ability was proportional to his weight in a friendly manner: "Uncle, do you want to work overtime?"
Cough cough.
The above are all jokes of course, but Nanaya does have an eye for Akimoto Yasushi's ability to produce idols.
Of course, this is only about the Japan part.
Although Akimoto Yasushi has always been obsessed with the idol market in Europe and the United States, Nanaya himself is very clear that the Japanese girl idol model will not work in Europe and the United States.
This is not only because Nanaya witnessed AKB's failure in its global expansion in his previous life, but also the conclusion he came to after struggling in the European and American markets in recent years.
Mainstream European and American societies will not buy into the idea of female idols, because their attitudes towards adult and minor stars are completely distinct.
The young and beautiful girls featured in Japanese girl idols are essentially "copper-smelting variants" in the eyes of Europeans and Americans. If they are not careful, they will get into trouble and be disliked.
For the European and American fans, if they really like loli, why don’t they become fans of Disney’s child stars?
In fact, Trier has never been promoted as a female idol group in Europe and the United States, but rather as a singing group that Washimine has emphasized countless times in public.
Even though the vocals of everyone in the group, including Lily and Rin, were just barely at the passing level.
However, many of the areas that Yasushi Akimoto pointed out as needing improvement in Japan's operations were a great inspiration to Nana.
It also gave Nanaya some ideas about Trier's future.
Although Trier started with Luvia and later on Lily and Rin, it has achieved great success in Europe and the United States.
This gives hope to everyone in the Japanese entertainment industry. Many Japanese idols hope that they can become the next Trier, or join Trier to become the next Lily Wettin or Tohsaka Rin.
Even Akimoto Yasushi himself holds the same attitude, and many of his suggestions are about how to promote Trier's new projects in Europe and the United States.
But Nanaya himself knew very well that there would not be another Trier, and even within Trier it would be difficult to produce another Lily or Luvia.
Perhaps under the guidance of her seniors, Yumi-chan might have a chance to reach Rin's current position in Europe and America, but that's all.
One of the very important reasons for this is that Nanaya himself does not have many resources.
Unlike Japanese idols who can rely on popularity to support their popularity, if stars want to make it in Europe and the United States, they must have outstanding works.
And the only person in the world who is willing to spend huge sums of money to promote these female idols in movie projects worth hundreds of millions of dollars is Nanaya herself.
Other directors who have projects on hand will not do this kind of thing, and those who would do these things do not have the resources.
As for Nanaya herself, she is no longer very interested in promoting Japanese idols.
He chose the girls from Trier because they were cheap and obedient and he could direct them.
But now, he, Nanaya Kiryu, has enough qualifications in Hollywood.
As long as Kiryu Nanaya needs him, most Hollywood actors will be very happy to work with him.
Under such circumstances, Nanaya will naturally choose to cooperate with European and American actors who are more acceptable to European and American audiences.
Unless there are special requirements on race, Japanese idols would definitely not be Nanaya's first choice.
For example, during the filming of FZ this time, there was not a single person from J company among the new actors hired by Nanaya.
Currently in Trier, the only person who can take care of Nanaya and help her enter the European and American markets is Yumi Sakutsuki.
If the scope is expanded beyond idols, then we can just add a cheap little sister, Ryougi Shiki.
The others had no relationship with Nanaya, and there was no emotional basis between them, so Nanaya had no intention of helping them at all.
As for the Japanese actors who will be used in the Nanaya project, naturally they will be promoted based on their abilities and will get resources based on their abilities.
So, Akimoto Yasushi was wrong from the very beginning.
Nanaya is not an idol producer like him, and will not spend all his resources on promoting idol groups.
But because Akimoto Yasushi himself is an idol producer, he subconsciously believes that Trier is very important to Nanaya and Washimine, so he is determined to develop Trier.
But in fact, Nanaya's current request to Trier is just to hope that the group can have a smooth transition, and after the departure of veterans like Lily and Rin, they can still maintain their position in the Japanese idol industry.
Although there are some deviations in the general direction, in terms of specific operations, Akimoto Yasushi's tricks are indeed much better than Trier's current operations.
But there is nothing strange about this.
A lot of Trier's operations are learned from the suggestions given by Nanaya, and Nanaya learned idol management from Akimoto Yasushi's 48 series in his previous life.
To be honest, Trier and his gang can be considered as disciples of Yasushi Akimoto.
However, Nanaya was not an idol in his previous life. Although he paid some attention to beautiful girls because of his interest in them, he was completely ignorant in practical aspects.
Since Nanaya, a novice, taught Trier how to operate, the final product was naturally completely inferior in Akimoto Yasushi's eyes.
"Teacher Akimoto Yasushi, what you said is really useful." Nanaya replied with a smile, "I wonder if Teacher Akimoto Yasushi will have time after the New Year?"
"Um?"
A golden light immediately appeared in Akimoto Yasushi's eyes. Wasn't this what he and Nanaya had been waiting for after so many attempts?
This time, he didn't even want to be reserved anymore, and nodded vigorously and said, "Of course, I wonder what Director Kiryu wants to talk to me about?"
"It's like this. Trier hasn't recruited new members for a long time. This time we plan to take advantage of the popularity of Fate to hold an audition. I hope Mr. Yasushi Akimoto can check it out."
Selecting new members for Trier is something Nanaya has always wanted to do.
After all, Lily and Rin have already started to become popular outside the circle. Considering their future development, they will probably only stay in Trier for 1-2 years at most before graduating.
Therefore, it is imperative to introduce new blood into Trier.
When it comes to selecting girls, Akimoto Yasushi can be said to be an expert, and it is the most appropriate thing to let him participate in the selection.
"Of course, I also want to see how big the gap is between Trier's selection temptation and my AKB."
Akimoto Yasushi also knew that this was an opportunity for cooperation between the two parties, so he naturally agreed with joy.
"Then it's settled. After the New Year, I will discuss the specific method of cooperation with Mr. Yasushi Akimoto."
At this time, the award ceremony has already begun and Nanaya is about to go on stage.
So after reaching a preliminary agreement, Nanaya did not continue the topic, but went on stage to present awards to the girls from Trier.
Although the Japan Record Awards ceremony was very grand, in Nanaya's opinion it was just mediocre.
But it is more likely because Nanaya’s mind is no longer on this awards ceremony.
The moment she handed the trophy to Rin, Nanaya's heart already began to relax.
After the ceremony, Nanaya couldn't wait to return to his villa in Chiyoda with Shion.
A whole holiday just for the two of us, and a New Year without anyone disturbing us.
Just thinking about it, Nanaya felt that this would be a very exciting thing.
However, Nanaya didn't know that the end of December 30th was not the beginning of the sweet vacation he had been looking forward to.
What awaits Nanaya is not the happy life of a newlywed couple, but a New Year that is like a storm.
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The next morning, Shimoya Sakura woke up from her sleep while lying on her bed in the dormitory.
She was extremely exhausted from watching the live broadcast of the grand awards ceremony last night, and she also had to catch a train back home this morning.
So Sakura did not spend the night at Nanaya's villa in Chiyoda, but instead spent the night in Trier's member dormitory with Rin.
According to the itinerary, Sakura will take the Shinkansen home in the morning, while Rin will meet up with Elle who is staying in the hotel at noon, and then fly directly back to Kobe City.
Because of the tight schedule, although Sakura was still very tired, she still got up early.
After washing up, Sakura ate a simple breakfast at the dining table while habitually browsing the entertainment news on her mobile phone.
Originally, Sakura wanted to read the news about Trier winning the record award last night to satisfy herself.
Although she is in the second tier in Trier, to be honest, her popularity is only slightly better than those three foot-washing maids. She is a standard purple-haired female passerby.
However, Sakura didn't care about such things. Anyway, she stayed in Trier just to be with Nanaya.
Idol achievements are nothing but clouds in Sakura's eyes.
But she still had to pay attention to the collective glory of the team, after all, this was her Nanaya’s idol group.
"Well... today's headline is 'A director worth hundreds of billions of dollars and his boss live together in Chiyoda! The winner of the biggest Shura field in the entertainment industry is actually her!'" Sakura saw the headline and curled her lips, "What? It's not our Trier Awards... Haha!"
When Sakura saw the conspicuous green hair in the news photo, the milk in her mouth burst out.
"What???!!!!!!!"
