Reborn Japan for entertainment

Chapter 383 is a foregone conclusion
After bidding farewell to Kenji Kitagawa, Kiyoshi Sakamoto immediately got into a taxi and headed for Sony Music headquarters.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto thought about it, and if he wanted to prevent this from happening, the most important thing was to convince Sony's current president, Naoki Kitagawa.

As long as there is the support of Naoki Kitagawa, it is basically certain that AKB will not slip away from Sony's hands!
He believes that as long as he can persuade Sony not to terminate the cooperation with AKS, it will definitely bring Sony a cash cow that can create amazing profits.

Therefore, he must convince Naoki Kitagawa!

In this regard, he is also very confident.

He believes that with his close relationship with Naoki Kitagawa, Naoki Kitagawa should be able to change his mind.

You know, ever since he signed Kiyoshi Sakamoto with a keen eye, Naoki Kitagawa has been standing behind Kiyoshi Sakamoto, as his staunch supporter, and focused on cultivating him, so that Kiyoshi Sakamoto and THE SUN are two cash cows. Appear.

If it weren’t for Naoki Kitagawa’s trust in Sakamoto Kiyoshi, it would not have happened. In a single year, Sakamoto Kiyoshi created an astonishing profit of more than 150 billion for Sony Music and 200 billion for THE SUN.

At the beginning, Sony's top executives sneered at Kiyoshi Sakamoto's plan to form a band.

In their view, Kiyoshi Sakamoto, a solo rookie who has just debuted, the first thing is to keep releasing records, first to get a sense of presence, and then to receive various announcements, which is the right way to continue to make money for the company.

Even if you are a creative genius, you are only a Sony artist, and it is not your turn to dictate the company's operations.

However, Kiyoshi Sakamoto did the same.

However, the price he paid was the storm that he fainted on the ground at the shooting scene.

And after the fainting turmoil, it was also because of Naoki Kitagawa's support, Kiyoshi Sakamoto and the directors' debut bet that THE SUN debuted smoothly.

And the subsequent development, we all know.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto and THE SUN band have become the two groups of artists who have brought the most profits to Sony in recent years!

Kitagawa Naoki's trust in Sakamoto Kiyoshi also earned Sakamoto Kiyoshi's respect as always.

Sakamoto Kiyoshi is such a person.

He treats others as others treat him.

However, not every Sony artist can be favored by big figures like Naoki Kitagawa.

It has to be said that Sony Music's plan for its singers can be said to be like a pile of shit.

It is worth mentioning that among Japanese record companies, Sony Music is well-deserved as one of the four major records in the world. Even the Japanese Sony Music Group, which is independent of Sony Records, is indeed rich in wealth and resources.

Its strength is not that it can pull resources, but that it can produce resources by itself.

Not counting games and commercials, there are dozens of animations invested and produced by Sony every year, and the theme songs of these animations are all internally digested by Sony's singers.

Sufficient resources can give them enough confidence to continuously push newcomers. Even if the newcomers lose money, they can make them lose a few more times before giving up completely.

From this point of view, Sony seems to be a little bit "taken advantage of".

However, once a singer is successfully pushed up, Sony will immediately turn on the squeeze mode until the singer is squeezed out.

This is why, although Sony has been able to continuously launch newcomers with topicality over the years, there has never been a king or queen.

"Hitomi を と じ て" Hirai Ken, who was snatched by Sakamoto Kiyoshi, may be the singer closest to the king of Sony under Sony.

Although in November 2005, he released his first ten-year best album "Love Songs", which sold more than 11 million copies, and also won the runner-up in the album sales list in 200, second only to THE SUN band's first album. The album "THE SUN" of the band of the same name was also in the limelight.

However, his brilliance was still overshadowed by the astonishing performance of Sakamoto Kiyoshi and THE SUN band.

Moreover, in the following years of 06 and 07, due to the style transition period, the output of works decreased sharply, and he also missed the opportunity to finally become the king of heaven.

Until Kiyoshi Sakamoto was born.

Only then did Sony Music have a singer who is very likely to become the king of heaven.

Sakamoto Kiyoshi's appearance, musical talent, and creative ability are all at the top of his peers, even stronger than many seniors with deep qualifications.

This made Naoki Kitagawa, who had been looking for a singer who could represent Sony Music, ecstatic.

This is why Kitagawa Naoki has always supported Sakamoto Kiyoshi on a deeper level.

Because, Naoki Kitagawa believes that Kiyoshi Sakamoto is very valuable for investment and support.

Therefore, they will spare no effort to support him.

Otherwise, how could Kitagawa Naoki pay attention to him, a rookie who was only in his teens. . .

This circle, sometimes, is so realistic.

The same is true for AKB.

Without the value of use, there is only one way to abandon it.

In fact, Kenji Kitagawa did not have time to tell Kiyoshi Sakamoto the fact that this termination proposal was not proposed by anyone else, but by the current president of Sony Music, Naoki Kitagawa!
This is doomed, Sakamoto Kiyoshi's trip must be in vain. . .

However, Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was sitting in the taxi, obviously didn't know about it.

He also thought confidently that as long as he explained the importance of AKB and its future development to Naoki Kitagawa, with Naoki Kitagawa's vision and sensitivity, he would definitely agree with him.

However, he didn't realize the cruel reality that Naoki Kitagawa was not him, not a reborn person who traveled back from the future. . .

He knew AKB would rise from the ashes.

But no one but him will know about this, the future that hasn't happened yet.

Even Yasushi Akimoto, who is full of confidence in AKB, does not know that AKB will survive this crisis safely and quickly grow into a "cancer" in the Japanese record industry. . .

. . . . . .

While Kiyoshi Sakamoto was thinking about how to persuade Naoki Kitagawa, the taxi stopped in front of the Sony Music Headquarters building in Chiyoda District.

Looking at the towering Sony Building, Kiyoshi Sakamoto was overwhelmed and muttered to himself, "One day, I will be the owner of this place!"

"That day will definitely come!!!"

. . .

He said hello to the company staff while taking the elevator with ease.

Soon, Sakamoto Kiyoshi came outside the president's room.

Boom!

"Come in."

Kiyoshi Sakamoto pushed the door open and entered.

Naoki Kitagawa, who looked up from the document, was taken aback when he saw Kiyoshi Sakamoto, and then smiled.

"Oh, Qing-jun, what's the matter?"

After bowing slightly, Kiyoshi Sakamoto stared at the papers on Naoki Kitagawa's desk before speaking.

"President, excuse me, I have something to discuss with you..."

"Oh, so... you sit down and wait for me first."

"Okay, you are busy first."

After sitting down, Kitagawa Naoki continued to focus on the documents on his desktop, while Sakamoto Kiyoshi was in his mind, and began to think, wait, how to persuade Kitagawa Naoki to give up and terminate the cooperation with AKS. . .

There was a sudden silence in the whole house.

After more than ten minutes, Kitagawa Naoki exhaled lightly, and shifted his gaze from the document to Sakamoto Kiyoshi who was sitting on the sofa.

. . .

"Mr. Qing, what are you talking about?"

Looking at Naoki Kitagawa, Kiyoshi Sakamoto expressed the thoughts he had been thinking about for a long time.

"That's right, President, I heard that the company is planning to terminate the cooperation with AKS, is that true?"

"Oh, that guy Kenji told you, right?"

However, the source of Kiyoshi Sakamoto's news was directly exposed by the scheming Naoki Kitagawa in less than a second.

"Uh...hehe, yes." Sakamoto Kiyoshi also looked embarrassed.

"Well, there is such a thing." Naoki Kitagawa slightly raised his glasses, and cast a pair of sharp eyes on Kiyoshi Sakamoto, "What's wrong?"

"President, can I express my opinion?" Kiyoshi Sakamoto adjusted his sitting posture, sat up straight, and said seriously.

"Of course, you are our Sony's little prince, there is nothing you can't say."

"I think the cooperation with AKS must not be terminated!"

Kiyoshi Sakamoto's loud words made Naoki Kitagawa frown involuntarily, and then relaxed immediately.

"Huh? Why do you say that?"

"I think that AKB, a female idol group, will definitely become a group that will affect the music scene in the future!"

"Based." Naoki Kitagawa's tone was a little too calm.

"Although there will be a lot of investment and losses in the early stage, and it seems that the sales of singles have not shown any signs of improvement, but I think that AKB's popularity in the house department is constantly rising. up, you can see it."

"People have a lot of interest in this idol team that they can get close to."

"Now, if we only need to bring out these hidden interests and popularity, it will inevitably lead to a rapid increase in the sales of AKB's records."

"I think that if we can introduce a brand new sales model, it will definitely arouse the madness of the nerds towards this girl group. By then, our income will definitely continue to flow."

Before Kiyoshi Sakamoto came, he thought a lot about how to convince Naoki Kitagawa.

In the end, he felt that he could only start with the possible huge benefits in the future.

In his opinion, an important reason why AKB was abandoned was that the records could not be sold.

This is very simple, as long as Akimoto Yasushi's trump card-the handshake scroll is used in advance, the sales of AKB's singles will inevitably skyrocket, and Sony's losses from AKB will soon be recovered.

However, just when he was about to mention the new sales model of "handshake roll", Naoki Kitagawa interrupted him.

"You don't need to say any more, this matter is a foregone conclusion."

　Happy new week, brothers!

　　I, Sakamoto, here are the tickets!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)