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"There is a word called Fantastic, which means fanatic. Around the early 1990s, its abbreviation 'Fan' was used in American English to refer to loyal followers of a baseball team.

For example, I am a fan of the New York Yankees. Whenever I am in New York, I will go to watch the Yankees games and buy Yankees baseball caps sold by 'NEW ERA'.

Damn, the hat is too expensive."

Xian Yaowen complained and continued, “From the Edo period to the Meiji period, merchant culture flourished, and wealthy merchants became sponsors of their favorite sumo wrestlers, kabuki and other performers, supporting them materially and spiritually. This is the so-called Tanimachi culture.

Yamamoto-kun, is there a special term for this kind of sponsor?"

Yamamoto Shiro nodded, "Bixi, a mythical beast from Chinese mythology."

Xian Yaowen tapped on the desktop, "To idols, everyone who likes them is a Bixi; to companies, every idol is a commodity; to Bixi, the idols they like are their beliefs or ideals, symbols that are out of their reach.

In the field of statistics, people often exclude outliers or meaningless data points during data analysis to avoid their influence on the results. This treatment is called neglect.

Society is like a desert and people are like grains of sand. One more or one less grain of sand is meaningless to the desert. Only when the grains of sand form sand piles do they have certain meaning.

The vast majority of people are mediocre. From birth to death, the impact they have on the world is negligible. One more or one less makes no difference.

However, no one hopes for a mediocre future the moment they have the ability to think. Everyone has ideals and will weave their favorite future in their mind. This future is often not a single choice, but a multiple choice.

Being the center of attention on the stage and having a group of people cheering for you is one of the futures that many people would like to weave for themselves.

Idols are symbols of what Bixi cannot become, weaving a future that cannot be realized. Idols carry Bixi’s ideals and become the person Bixi wants to be.

There is always a price to pay for realizing your dreams. Bixi becomes Bixi, becomes a member of the fan club, buys your idol's records, buys tickets to support your idol's performances, buys support items that represent your idol, clothes, shoes, hats, food, photo posters, everything.

These are the price that Bixi needs to pay for its ideals, and also where our profit points lie.

We want to make Bixi a person with ideals..."

Xian Yaowen looked at Okada Mariko and chuckled, "Let them save the money they spend on buying soybean powder candy at the fruit shop, and the money they spend on secretly buying cigarettes and alcohol and playing pachinko, and use it to support their idols.

In order to make Bixi continue to support his idol, the idol should give Bixi emotions such as joy, excitement, being valued, and satisfaction, that is, emotional value.

Earlier I mentioned the Faustian bargain, which refers to the idol contract signed by the idol. You can regard this contract as a devil's contract. The company is Satan. The idol hands over his private life and desires, plays the idol image woven for him by the company, and accepts the scrutiny and examination of Bixi. Sometimes there is discipline, do what Bixi wants, and don't do what Bixi hates. "

"President, idols are puppets?" asked Yamamoto Shiro, whose world views and cognition were shattered.

Xian Yaowen turned to look at him and smiled faintly, "No, I hope that Yamamoto-kun will treat it as a commodity and build the company's idol division as a production workshop, with each employee performing their duties and being responsible for one link in the creation of the idol.

The biggest significance of Encore to the company is the trial production, where everyone can run in and explore mass production, and summarize a production method with the highest efficiency and the lowest defect rate, so as to continuously produce idol groups. "

"Continuously?" Yamamoto Shiro asked in astonishment, "How many idol groups does the company want to maintain?"

"Our production workshop is an assembly line model. When the profitability of an idol group cannot meet the company's expectations, it is time to disband and eliminate them. The idols with value will be converted to pre-artist contracts, and the idols without value will be eliminated directly.

Once the idol division is on track, one or more idol groups will be launched every year, and one or more idol groups will be eliminated at the same time. For most idol groups, the highest share I mentioned before is meaningless, and they have no chance to grow to that stage.

Idols are just commodities that companies use to sell and tools to make profits. They are different from artists. What companies need to do is to squeeze their value as much as possible, eat up the high added value, and only keep the remuneration earned through physical labor and the rewards given by the company. "

Xian Yaowen patted Yamamoto Shilang on the shoulder and said, "Yamamoto-kun, teenagers are at the stage of the most vigorous energy, and it is also a critical period for the formation of their outlook on life. We must not let them form the wrong idea of ​​gaining something without working. We must instill in them the truth that the more you work, the more you gain. It won't be wrong to endure more meaningful hardships while they are young.

At this stage, the values ​​that idols convey to Bixi must meet the needs of the cabinet. The economy of Japan is on the road to revival, and every citizen needs to work hard and contribute their own values. Bixi must not be allowed to think that being an idol is easy. "

"President, if word gets out that the company is too harsh on idols, the company's reputation may be affected, and Bixi will also be prone to attacking the company."

"Yamamoto-kun, you worry too much. No matter how harsh the company is, idols will be paid far more than elite scientists who graduated from the University of Tokyo. What you should worry about is the society's comments on fairness and social values. It is unreasonable for an idol to earn more than an elite scientist."

Xian Yaowen's words made Yamamoto Shiro fall into deep thought. Although he had been in the film industry for many years and had rich work experience, he had never considered things from Xian Yaowen's perspective.

Xian Yaowen picked up the wine glass, stood up and looked out the car window, wondering how much trial and error cost would be required in the early stages of this idol deal.

He has no practical experience with idols, and is just talking about it on paper. When it comes to implementing the details, he can only draw inferences from other areas, transplant operational experience from other fields, and trust the specific persons in charge, giving them ample opportunities to trial and error.

No matter what, it is certain that idols have a bright future in Japan. The existence of cheering groups has created a big market for cheering items. What Fujisan Company needs to do is to create idols that are favored by the Bixi and sell these unpretentious things at high prices.

As for records and concerts, the profits cannot be too high, and we have to think cost-effectively about providing some benefits to the Bixi, such as giving away records, free tickets, etc. We should do more things like this to increase popularity among passers-by.

Okada Mariko had seen enough of the scenery outside, turned around and saw Yamamoto Shiro in deep thought. She looked at Xian Yaowen again, not sure whether he was admiring the scenery or thinking. After hesitating for a moment, she walked up to him holding the soda bottle.

"President."

"Yeah." Xian Yaowen answered subconsciously.

"Are you thinking about something?"

"No, I'm enjoying the scenery." Xian Yaowen came out of his thoughts and glanced at Okada Mariko, "Have you been to Shanghai?"

"Hay."

“Where did you live in Shanghai?”

“North Sichuan Road.”

"Oh." Xian Yaowen switched to Mandarin and said, "Can you speak Chinese?"

“One drop at a time.”

Okada Mariko speaks with an awkward Shanghai accent, she can only speak "a little bit".

Xian Yaowen smiled faintly and said, "I only know a little bit, but who's listening?"

Okada Mariko switched to Japanese and replied, "It's easy to understand."

"It's OK if you can understand the simple ones. You will go to Hong Kong to participate in the filming of a movie in a few days."

"Going to Hong Kong?" Okada Mariko's eyes widened.

"Yes, the parent company is planning to shoot several transnational films and needs Japanese actresses to participate."

Okada Mariko bowed excitedly, "Ha~ye."

Xian Yaowen smiled secretly in his heart. Before going on a business trip, he arranged a new project called "The Nameless Series", which is divided into two sub-series, Nameless Heroes and Nameless Flowers, respectively telling the stories of unknown male and female heroes who died during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.

He has already decided on the theme of the first film, titled "Nameless Flower: Life and Death Together", which tells the story of actress Ying Yin. It is necessary to add a Japanese actress to play the role of a female spy from the Special High Police Department to increase the watchability. The positioning of the female spy should be mainly seduction.

If the company has already approved the project, it doesn't matter if we miss the chance. The theme of the second film has also been decided. It is called "The Rich Flower in the World" and tells the story of Ye Yufen, a comrade-in-arms of Kunlun in the Kaiming Beast Era.

Ye Yufen, Ji Kunlun and several other members of the Anti-Japanese Traitor Killing Group participated in the assassination of Kawashima Yoshiko, but failed due to a traitor's betrayal. Afterwards, Ye Yufen's identity was exposed and he was arrested by the Japanese gendarmerie. He refused to surrender and died heroically.

According to Ji Kunlun, Ye Yufen joined the Anti-Japanese and Traitor Killing Group under the influence of her brother Ye Yuliang. She seemed to be a bit blind and didn't know what she was doing. But the final outcome was that those who participated in the action stayed in jail for several years and lived until the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, while she was only captured and sacrificed for a few days, which was quite a trick of fate.

Speaking of which, he is quite an asshole. No matter who asks him, he will say that the Unknown series is to commemorate the unknown heroes of the War of Resistance against Japan who died heroically, but in fact, there are a lot of interests involved.

"Nameless Flower: Life and Death" had to be shot before he went to Taiwan, so he took it to Taiwan to contact for distribution to prove his political stance.

"The Rich Flower" aims to introduce the big IP Kawashima Yoshiko. He has the idea of ​​creating a multiverse. Kawashima Yoshiko is one of the initial villain bosses. In addition, Kawashima Yoshiko will also be an important element of the friendship film. Her appearance rate will be quite high. She will appear in action, comedy, romance, and drama.

As the first film about Yoshiko Kawashima, he had two ideas. One was to tell the story of her tragic love with Kawashima Hayami, and the other was to tell the story of her romantic love with Li Xianglan.

The second story is difficult to tell, and he prefers the first one. Before, he had no idea who would play the role of Kawashima Yoshiko as a teenager, but now he thinks Okada Mariko is not bad.

When Yamamoto Shiro finished thinking, he continued to talk about work with Xian Yaowen with doubts.

The two chatted all the way to Katase Enoshima, and continued their conversation at Enoshima Pavilion until they returned to Shinjuku Station and parted ways.

When Xian Yaowen returned to Kono Garden, it was already ten o'clock in the evening, but Yoshiko Matsuda's car was nowhere to be seen in the parking lot, so it was obvious that she had not returned yet.

The garden was dotted with orange lanterns, the dim light added to the tranquility, but the lighting effect was less than 30%. Matsunaga Yoshiko said that this was intentional, in order to cover up the ropes installed on the ground.

The statement is a bit weird. In fact, the so-called ground-bound ropes are just some lasso traps. They are not intended to hurt people, but only for warning. Each lasso is connected to a power switch. Once triggered, the corresponding numbered bell on the gate wall will ring instantly, and after a while, the searchlight will sweep along the numbered area.

If nothing unexpected happens, visitors will be forced into several visual blind spots that have been marked but intentionally left, waiting to be caught.

After all, Yoshiko Matsunaga was someone who had used a cannon in a street fight, and none of the old men in her Matsuda group were fools.

I walked slowly along the way admiring the lanterns, and it took me ten minutes to enter the rose garden. I saw three lanterns connected in a row slowly approaching, and the clattering sound of wooden clogs was crisp and pleasing to the ears.

As the distance was too far, Xian Yaowen could not see the face of the person holding the lantern, but he recognized it as Kimiko Yamada from her gait.

Still walking slowly, and meeting each other in small steps after twenty seconds.

"gentlemen."

Under the light, Kimiko Yamada's hazy body bent gracefully.

"Yeah." Xian Yaowen responded lightly.

Yamada Kimiko stood up and raised the lantern in her hand, "It's dark, I'll light the way for you, sir."

"Okay." Xian Yaowen nodded gently, "Go back."

Kimiko Yamada walked in front to light the way, and Xian Yaowen followed behind. The two of them entered the house. Kimiko Yamada put away the lantern with great speed, and in a moment she came to Xian Yaowen to help him undress.

"Sir, the hot water tap is on. You can go upstairs and take a shower." Kimiko Yamada said as she unbuttoned her suit.

Xian Yaowen glanced at Imaizumi Asuka, who came over with her clogs after he entered the room, and rubbed his heels against each other to take off his shoes. When Imaizumi Asuka squatted down to put down her clogs, he said, "Asuka."

"Hi." Asuka Imaizumi looked up and waited for Xian Yaowen to speak.

Xian Yaowen lowered his head and said calmly: "You will have to work hard in the next few days. You will receive double salary this month."

Asuka Imaizumi was full of doubts, but she didn't ask anything. She just replied, "Yi."

Xian Yaowen waved his hand, asking Yamada Kimiko, who was taking off her cufflinks out of habit, thinking of the "double salary", to take a step back. After a moment, he said gently, "Ms. Yamada, your work here has ended now. You can go to sleep. You will get three months' salary tomorrow morning."

"Sir, no."

With a thud, Yamada Kimiko knelt on the ground and bowed to the ground. After a while, she raised her head, and her eyes were covered with mist. "I didn't do well, please punish me, sir."

Xian Yaowen said expressionlessly, "Get up."

Kimiko Yamada remained unmoved and bowed to the ground again, "Please punish me, sir."

"Don't make me say it a second time."

Hearing Xian Yaowen's voice turn cold, Yamada Kimiko shuddered and stood up in a panic. (End of this chapter)