Tokyo: The evil god doesn't want to be the top star

Chapter 383 Schedule

"Hey, teacher, I have an opinion!"

While a few foreigners were still discussing in low voices, Hirano Yuta, who was assigned the C position, had already walked up to the professional teacher and protested loudly.

"It's such a waste to assign such a simple position to Xia Fan! If the performance quality of our debut song drops significantly, how can we live up to the expectations of the fans who voted for us!"

"I suggest that my position be given to Xia Fan..."

"Give me the position of my grandson. He will go to Xia Fan's current position..."

Ignoring the surprised looks around him, he suggested as if it was a matter of course.

Although he is not convinced by the fact that he has always been ranked second by Xia Fan, Hirano Yuta, this "honest boy", may be the one who recognizes Xia Fan's talent the most in the entire group.

Having had experience in short-term debut in overseas groups, he understands better than others the principle of "prosperity and adversity together" after forming a group.

After all, after their debut, they are no longer facing competition among individual members, but a "hundred-group war" in the entire idol market. They must show their strongest side from the beginning of their debut song.

"Hirano-kun...my last name is 'Agoko', not 'Sunzi'..."

"Of course, I fully agree. Please give Xia Jun's position to me!"

Before anyone else could say anything, my grandson Tatsuya, who was practicing in the corner with a painful look on his face, had already loudly echoed.

As he was “bad at both singing and dancing”, he might not be able to pass the test even if he practiced all night long. He had long coveted Xia Fan’s position, which had the least amount of performances.

"Sorry, the location of the theme song was decided by the company. If you have any opinions, you can communicate with the management team. We are only responsible for professional guidance."

But the two mentors just spread their hands helplessly.

"It doesn't matter. We are all in the same group. It doesn't matter which position I play. I just need to practice my part well..."

Xia Fan shook his head indifferently.

"That's true, it seems."

"Those of us who failed the assessment don't seem to have the right to worry about others..."

If someone else said this, perhaps the members would just think that they were just being pretentious.

But under various suppressions from the program team and J Company, Xia Fan, who debuted with a tenfold popularity gap, said such words, but inexplicably had a kind of domineering attitude of "I am the C position wherever I go".

"Drip...drip..."

At the same time, message alerts sounded one after another in the practice room.

"Look, this week's schedule has been sent to my email!"

"Oh? Let me see!"

When they found out it was a "schedule notice" sent by the agency team, everyone stopped practicing and read it carefully.

"Mine is basically theme song practice. There is a guest on a street interview program. How about yours?"

"I have a performance at a car show... It feels very cheap. I hope it's not 'purely offline', at least there will be some online media live broadcast..."

Because each person sends their itinerary individually, group members will naturally ask each other about it.

Taking economy and exposure concentration into consideration, the nine members' collective appearances usually take place at large events. Apart from group practice, they usually run their own announcements or advertisements.

"Hey, there's an ad here, for a clothing brand... Hate it, why is it women's clothing..."

"The itinerary notes said that the brand wanted to showcase the 'genderless' clothing design concept, so they approached me..."

Basong exclaimed in a low voice, and immediately received envious looks from everyone. "Hey, I have an ad too! Hey, hey, hey, it's about delaying ejaculation and thickening, it doesn't look like a serious ad... No matter what, even if it's a deep-sea action movie, I have to make a good film for it!"

Then Martin also shouted excitedly.

No matter what kind of advertisement it is, the brand at least uses real money to shoot it, and will inevitably spend a lot of money on delivery channels.

Not only is the basic exposure guaranteed, but there will also be a considerable commission, which is much better than those marginal programs that only pay a meager announcement fee.

"Hey, besides rehearsals, I only have one fashion street shoot for a European and American magazine... Xia Jun, what are your activities? Let me see..."

Jack came closer to Xia Fan and looked at his phone curiously.

"variety show?!"

"And it's from a big TV station like TBS?!"

The next second, his exclamation attracted all the other members of the group.

After all, Xia Fan is the only one who has a variety show schedule in the first week, and it's on a TV station, not a website.

As a member of a newly formed boy band idol, what he needs most is not high compensation, but the improvement of public recognition, that is, the cultivation of "personal IP".

However, this kind of personal recognition needs to be accumulated through large-scale, multi-channel, and long-term exposure. It is undoubtedly difficult to build a commercial brand from scratch...

Haven’t you seen many boy band idols who, until their retirement concerts, are still called by the wrong names by fans, or are asked soul-searching questions by passers-by such as “Who is this? An idol? I’ve never heard of him, and he’s already retired?”

Although the salary for variety shows on old TV stations like TBS is not much, at least there is a stable amount of face time on TV stations and major video websites. In terms of exposure, it is a better job opportunity than advertising.

If you can become a permanent or flying guest on some large-scale variety shows, your national recognition will soon surpass that of other people in the same group.

"Which program is it? Let me see..."

"'The Secret of Immortals', this seems to be a funny and bizarre variety show?"

"I really miss this show. When I was in middle school, I would watch it when I couldn't sleep at night. How come it's still being broadcast now?"

Looking at the "Recording of the Variety Show "The Secret of Immortality"" in Xia Fan's schedule, everyone started talking about it.

"Hey, if I remember correctly, the guests on this show seem to be easily embarrassed..."

"Bless yourself."

"Come on! You are the most popular person after all, don't embarrass AFO!"

After seeing which program it was, the members held back their laughter, patted Xia Fan on the shoulder one by one, and went back to continue rehearsing.

"What's wrong? Is this variety show a prank?"

Xia Fan tilted his head in confusion and decided to find time to watch the show.

"Oh, by the way... It's written in the schedule notes that besides the scheduled itinerary, you can arrange the rest of the time yourself..."

"So, can I go now?"

"It just so happens that I have something else to do this afternoon, so I need to go to Company B."

He turned around and asked the two professional teachers.

This flexible schedule mode with notifications via email and no need to sit in the office is very similar to the class schedule in college, and Xia Fan adapted to it quite quickly.

Moreover, since the end of the "treatment observation period", Section Chief Yamazaki has bombarded him with phone calls and messages for many days, asking him to return to the music department of Company B.

(End of this chapter)