Throughout the general election, voting will be counted in doubles. The so-called double counting system means that there are two results from one vote. Fans during the general election process. You can choose any member you like and vote for her. The final result of the vote will become the members' personal popularity rankings. The final number of votes received by these members is the team popularity ranking. Simply put, investing in members means investing in the team. This setting will undoubtedly greatly simplify the voting process, and fans only need to vote according to their favorite members. Also. Ping Qingshan also did a lot of work to ensure the fairness and justice of the entire general election.

The official website publishes the rankings in real time. It only enters a black box state one week before the official results are announced. All voting data in a black box state will be notarized by the Japanese Notary Office to ensure the accuracy of the data. Simultaneously. All voting data in the black box state will be displayed after the official results are announced. Fans can check the voting trends of all idols during the entire voting period. Although doing so may actually result in ticket adjustments. However, this official guarantee still reassured many fans. In addition, when Ping Qingshan was operating "Sakura Girls" before, he never did anything behind the scenes and the plan was real. This general election also continued this trust. Everyone thinks that "Sakura Girls" will not do these things, so the participation level is very high. Chapter 203 Buy! Must buy! "Did that kid from the Pingqing family really sell tens of millions of votes?" Sony Building. Kazuo Hirai after a routine board meeting. While walking towards the Sony Music Affairs Department, Sony Music Director Naoki Kitagawa and I chatted about the new topic that has been very popular in the entertainment industry these days. "The figure of tens of millions may be a bit exaggerated. The number of votes announced a few days ago should be around 30 million, which should be true." When Kazuo Hirai heard this, he suddenly stopped. "You said before that one vote costs 500 yen? Then wouldn't these 150 million votes cost billion yen!?" "To be exact, it's 150 billion yen in turnover."

Seeing that Kazuo Hirai didn't know much about the Sakura Girls project, Naoki Kitagawa said a few more words. "Ping Qingshan, that kid, has made a lot of innovations in this matter." The Sakura Girls' Individual Election, which begins in early July, is just like its name suggests, a popularity vote. It is also the purest krypton gold monetization activity among all talent shows and idol groups. But under the operation of Ping Qingshan. This pay-to-win event of Sakura Girls has been played out in a very creative way. First of all, let’s talk about how Sakura Girls gets votes. In addition to traditional methods. Purchasing a CD collection of Sakura Shoujo costs about 3000 yen, and you get six tickets, which is about 500 yen each. There are more novel ways. Buy peripheral products and get free tickets. Considering that many people don't need so many CDs. Ping Qingshan has expanded its online peripheral store on the official website of Sakura Girls based on the existing peripheral mall. Simultaneously. To cater to Japanese fans who are not very fond of online shopping. Under the leadership of his father Ping Qingyinan, Ping Qingshan established Sakura Girls flash sales peripheral stores in 581 cinemas across the country. If you don’t want to buy CDs, you can also purchase peripherals online or offline. You can also get two tickets for every 1000 yen you spend. In terms of the entire krypton gold and voting experience, Hirakiyosugi's AKB is much better than Akimoto Yasushi's. After all, most of the things in the surrounding stores are affordable goods without much premium, and with the support of Tokyo TV's channels, there are even co-branded daily necessities such as paper towels and shower gel. After fans buy it and take it home, it is actually usable. Don't underestimate this trick. After all, the Sakura Girls project is aimed at more ordinary audiences. It may be difficult to ask these people to spend real money to buy CDs to vote. But if you just choose the Sakura Girls co-branded products when buying daily necessities, with the mentality that you will buy it anyway, you can also support your favorite little idol. More people bought it instantly. After Ping Qingshan did this, 7-Eleven, Japan's largest convenience store, also took the initiative to find Ping Qingshan and wanted to carry out joint activities. Ping Qingshan didn't want to do it at first.

After all, when cooperating with 7-Eleven, there is a high possibility of counterfeiting bills. After all, the flash sale channel in the cinema is still something that Ping Qingshan can control, and the products are only Sakura Girls' peripherals or co-branded products. As long as the corresponding money is received, the corresponding ticket can be released. But 7-Eleven’s own sales are outrageous. It's difficult to control. But the boss of 7-Eleven was unwilling to give up and personally went to find Ping Qingshan. Finally, the two decided to select one or two relatively remote 7-Eleven convenience stores in each city and authorize them to form a joint venture in the form of operating profit-sharing. These 7-Eleven stores will display Sakura Girls peripherals. At the same time, as long as you purchase goods worth 1000 yen or more at these designated stores, you can also get two tickets. As soon as this move is made. The number of votes for Sakura Girls began to skyrocket that day. After all, the things in 7-Eleven are something that everyone can use on a daily basis. There was even a news report in Shanghai that a company boss voted for his favorite idol. There was news that a 7-Eleven was emptied of all its stuff just to get tickets, and all the stuff was distributed to the employees as welfare. After 7-Eleven joined, it was added to the previous cinema flash sale stores. There are now thousands of offline temporary stores of Sakura Girls. That's it. Ping Qingshan was still not satisfied. Sakura Girls flash sale markets were launched in Tokyo and the central squares of several major cities in Japan. And they let the girls out for publicity. The Sakura Girls flash sale bazaar was very successful. After all, most of the people who go there are fans of Sakura Girls. And this group of fans stood in the square of the market. Watching their little idols jumping on the stage, listening to their little idols calling on everyone to remember to vote for them, watching the little idols holding the products and personally recommending them on the stage. How can I not buy this?! What's more, things at the market are not expensive! what? Are you asking if there will be any problem with the product quality?

I think there is something wrong with you. Will my little idol cheat me? impossible! Absolutely impossible! Besides, what if there are quality issues? So what if it’s expensive? So what if it’s not expensive? Not to mention that you can get something for paying, even if you pay for nothing and just get the ticket, it is still worth it!!! My little idol asked me to buy it for her!! How could I not buy it for her! ? Just buy it! Buy! Buy! Buy! After taking multiple measures, the entire first half of July has not yet entered the black box period. Just through Sakura Girls' own channel, that is, the official website, Sakura Market, sales of co-branded peripherals alone amounted to 60 billion yen. CDs also sold 40 billion. That adds up to a turnover of 100 billion yen. The remaining cinemas and 7-Eleven convenience stores also sold a total of 100 billion, with 7-Eleven accounting for half of the total. In just half a month, the turnover of 200 billion shocked the entire entertainment industry and even shocked everyone. Even the Nihon Keizai Shimbun published an article. Exclaimed that this was a miracle in Japan's economic history. Even the Prime Minister's Office issued a statement praising the contribution of the "Sakura Girls" project to the Japanese economy. However, this is far from over. Because everyone knows it. According to past experience, the closer it gets to ticket sales, the crazier the fans become. This number is far from the end. A turnover of 200 billion yen is actually nothing for Sony and Kazuo Hirai. After all, Sony lost 4567 billion yen last year. But these 200 billion is just the income of one event of Sakura Girls, and this event has not ended yet! Before this, there were many projects that made money. After this, it is conceivable that the planning will not stop. Before becoming the CEO of Sony, Kazuo Hirai was the president of Sony Electronics Entertainment. He is most familiar with Sony Entertainment and Sony Games.

This is also the reason why he knows Ping Qing Yinan and Ping Qingshan. "Is that Nogizaka46 thing you created also part of the Sakura Girls Project?" "Yes." “How is the profit divided?” "It is divided according to the number of votes each idol group receives and the way they receive the votes." "Well, that makes sense. Let's go visit this guy sometime."