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Chapter 179 The Value of Kiyoshi Sakamoto

Kitagawa Naoki learned from Sakamoto Kiyoshi that he has not taken a vacation for nearly a year, and basically, except for the time to go to Tokyo University for classes, he is either at work or on the way to work, and he has not had a vacation for a long time pass. . .

Although Sakamoto Kiyoshi didn't have any expression on his face when he said these again, it was still that warm smile.

However, this made Naoki Kitagawa suddenly recall what happened to the boy in front of him when he first debuted.

Yes, it was the one who fainted on the set.

When he first debuted, Kiyoshi Sakamoto became famous all of a sudden, and was overwhelmed by a lot of work and announcements, which led to a fainting incident.

After two years, although Sony has paid more attention to Sakamoto Kiyoshi's health since then, in the past 2005, Sakamoto Kiyoshi still experienced heavy work arrangements and announcement invitations.

It seems that the directors of Sony seem to have forgotten the incident that Kiyoshi Sakamoto fainted two years ago, and they continue to help Kiyoshi Sakamoto with various job announcements. . .

This can be said to be, do you forget the pain when the scar is healed?

Fortunately, even so, Kiyoshi Sakamoto lasted until now before being discovered by his teammates that his body had already lit up warning lights. . .

After all, Kiyoshi Sakamoto has also grown up in the past year. . .

Become a professional artist who is more suitable for this entertainment industry.

However, no matter how strong Sakamoto Kiyoshi was, he was overwhelmed by his increasingly tired body.

In fact, even if Ogawa Masaki and Chiba Masaki didn't persuade him to take a vacation for a while and take a break, he himself had the idea of ​​leaving everything behind and going on a trip to take a rest.

It's just that before expressing this idea, Ogawa Masaki and Chiba Masaki's persuasion provided Sakamoto Kiyoshi with another method that was more reliable than his own idea.

That is, leave.

To put it bluntly, I asked my record company to ask for leave to rest for a while.

So, Kiyoshi Sakamoto appeared in front of the president of his company and made this request.

And what about Kitagawa Naoki?

In fact, he has always been paying attention to Sakamoto Kiyoshi. After all, he is the key training object of Sony. As a boss, he also needs to care about the situation of his subordinates.

Therefore, Kitagawa Naoki suddenly felt a little guilty about the fact that he hadn't discovered that Sakamoto Kiyoshi had a problem with his physical condition.

He seemed to have thought of something, and immediately sat down on the office chair again, pressed the phone on the desk, and said, "Give me the work announcement list of Kiyoshi Sakamoto and THE SUN band in the past year, as well as the schedule, and the relevant information." Come to the president's office!"

"Yes!"

There was a female voice on the phone.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto looked at Big Brother Beichuan's behavior with some doubts, not knowing what he meant.

Soon, the secretary put all the materials named by Naoki Kitagawa on the desk in the president's office.

At this moment, Naoki Kitagawa took out his glasses, put them on, and said to Kiyoshi Sakamoto, "Wait for me." After that, he began to flip through the documents on the table.

Sakamoto Kiyoshi had no choice but to sit on the sofa on one side, close his eyes slightly, and rested.

If this kind of behavior is seen by people in the company, Kiyoshi Sakamoto will definitely be gossiped about.

However, for his favorite general, Kitagawa Naoki has never cared about these trivial matters, even if Kiyoshi Sakamoto fell asleep on the sofa, he would not get angry.

Because, the relationship between Kiyoshi Sakamoto and him is no longer just the relationship between the president and the artist. . .

Kitagawa Naoki regards Sakamoto Kiyoshi more as his nephew, and Sakamoto Kiyoshi also regards Kitagawa Naoki as his uncle.

Therefore, most of the time, if he has anything to do, he will go directly to the president's office and talk to Naoki Kitagawa.

Over time, the people in the company also knew that Kiyoshi Sakamoto was having an affair with SAMA, the president of his own company. . .

. . . . . .

ten minutes later.

Big Brother Beichuan, who had an affair with Kiyoshi Sakamoto, finally took a rough look at the information in his hand.

"It turns out that Sakamoto-kun has been so busy in the past year..."

"No wonder, he feels physically tired. I'm surprised. Until now, he didn't tell me that he wants to take a vacation..."

"It's lasted long enough..."

"Sakamoto-kun, you..."

Naoki Kitagawa, who had finished reading the materials, didn't take off his glasses, and just wanted to talk to Kiyoshi Sakamoto who was sitting on the sofa, but when he looked over there.

What he saw was not a Sakamoto Kiyoshi who was awake, but a Sakamoto Kiyoshi who had fallen asleep. . .

call. .call. .call. .

Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was sitting on the sofa, was snoring softly.

At this time, the Kiyoshi Sakamoto that Kitagawa Naoki saw was not a Sakamoto Kiyoshi who always smiled, but a boy who was so tired from work that he fell asleep on the sofa in his company president's office.

Seeing Kiyoshi Sakamoto who had fallen asleep, Naoki Kitagawa felt more and more guilty towards Kiyoshi Sakamoto in his heart.

"It seems that I have to have a good talk with the group of guys on the board of directors who are open to money.

At this time, Naoki Kitagawa secretly made a decision in his heart.

. . . . . .

"Huha! Mmm!!!"

Kiyoshi Sakamoto woke up and stretched fiercely on the sofa.

Rubbing his eyes, looking at the strange environment around him, he suddenly realized that he seemed to have fallen asleep in the president's office. . .

"what!!!"

He turned his head abruptly and looked over to the president's desk.

As a result, he found that Big Brother Beichuan was not sitting there.

"Uh? Where is the president going?" He scratched his hair that fell out due to sleep, and looked around suspiciously.

Suddenly, what caught my eye was a note placed on the coffee table.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto picked up the note and looked at it.

"Sakamoto-kun, I'm going to the meeting first. I already know your request. After you wake up, go back first. If there is news, I will inform you again."

"Hey, the president went to a meeting? He also said that there is news, and then let me know?"

Kiyoshi Sakamoto savored the meaning of these words carefully. Suddenly, he patted himself on the head and said in a little surprise.

"Did the president agree to my request for leave?!"

Just excited for a while, Kiyoshi Sakamoto stopped.

Holding the note in his hand, Kiyoshi Sakamoto murmured a little emotionally, "Probably not, after all, this is not a play, and it's not like you can ask for leave if you want..."

"It doesn't matter, let's go back first, Zhenhe Masaki is still waiting for my news."

"Oh, how do I tell them?"

Kiyoshi Sakamoto opened the door and walked out of the president's office.

However, what the troubled Sakamoto Kiyoshi didn't know was that Big Boss Beichuan was talking about him at the company's board meeting at this time.

Sony's spring 2006, the first meeting of the board of directors.

Venue: Sony Conference Room.

Who Attended: Members of the Sony Records Board of Directors.

At this time, sitting in the upper seat of the conference room was Naoki Kitagawa whom Kiyoshi Sakamoto had met in the president's room an hour ago.

However, at this time, the eyes of all board members were not on Naoki Kitagawa, but on Yuichi Yamada on the podium.

Next to him, a projector is playing the picture.

Taking a closer look, on the screen, it turned out to be Kiyoshi Sakamoto's personal creation profit chart, as well as the profit chart of THE SUN band!
"Dear directors, what you see now is the economic benefits and profit tables created by Kiyoshi Sakamoto for our company in the past two years."

"And on these charts, we can see that since his debut, Kiyoshi Sakamoto has released two solo singles and one solo album in his own name."

"In terms of record sales alone, Kiyoshi Sakamoto sold nearly 500 million copies!"

"If you add the two singles released by THE SUN band, the record sold by Kiyoshi Sakamoto has exceeded 800 million copies!!!"

"This is only the third year of Kiyoshi Sakamoto's debut."

"And such an artist, who has just debuted for the third year, has brought economic benefits to our company of more than 150 billion yen from the profit of record royalties alone!!!"

Hearing this number, all the directors present were gasping for breath, with red eyes, looking like a bull in heat, staring closely at the chart on the projector.

These directors don't know anything about professional matters like running a record company, making music, and managing artists, but they are very sensitive about money.

150 billion, these directors all took part of the profits. Although it is not a lot, it is only for two years.

If it is five years?What about ten years?

Now, all the directors present in their hearts regarded Sakamoto Kiyoshi as a big tree, a cash cow!
"Moreover, as Sakamoto Kiyoshi's popularity and fame continue to rise, our company will only get more profits from him, not less. After all, Sakamoto Kiyoshi's record contract and brokerage contract are all signed in the our company."

Yamada Yuichi on the stage continued.

However, the directors who already knew that Kiyoshi Sakamoto was a cash cow didn't have the patience to continue listening to Yuichi Yamada and talking about the importance of Kiyoshi Sakamoto.

A fat director with an arrogant face interrupted directly.

"Then, let's continue to receive more job announcements for this kid, and that's fine, why are we talking so much nonsense..."

As soon as these words came out, Naoki Kitagawa, who was sitting in the upper seat, was not in the meeting, and Naoki Kitagawa, who was silent at all, immediately put his hand on the table and slapped it hard!
Snapped!
The loud voice was heard by everyone in the conference room.

The fat director who spoke was also frightened by the sudden loud noise.

Kitagawa Naoki stood up slowly.

He looked at the fat director sharply with his standard frowning expression, and said in a calm tone.

"Tsuchiya, shut up!"

(End of this chapter)