Reborn Japan for entertainment

Chapter 384
A stunned expression appeared on Kiyoshi Sakamoto's face.

What's the meaning?A foregone conclusion?

You haven't finished listening to me yet? !
When Kiyoshi Sakamoto was thinking about this in his heart, Naoki Kitagawa continued.

"What you said may be right."

"Maybe wait a little longer, maybe just need a brand new sales model, AKB can rise..."

"But, you know, Sony is a company, not a charity."

"Time, I have already given Akimoto Yasushi and AKS, but in just two years, the loss exceeded 20 billion. This figure, even for Sony, which has a big business, is not a small amount."

Kitagawa Naoki crossed Erlang's legs, tapped his fingers rhythmically on the armrest of the sofa.

"Moreover, the number of people is increasing, and the expenditure will gradually increase. However, no matter how much the single is sold, it will not be sold. If this continues, the situation of making ends meet will continue."

"We can't afford to lose more than one billion yuan every year, that is to say, we can't wait... So, I put forward a proposal to terminate the cooperation with AKS!"

"Uh...President, did you propose this proposal?!" This fact made Kiyoshi Sakamoto dumbfounded.

"That's right, this proposal was proposed by me, and I have made up my mind, so I must stop it and suffer chaos."

"Therefore, this matter is a foregone conclusion."

The unquestionable tone in Kitagawa Naoki made Kiyoshi Sakamoto silent immediately.

From Kitagawa Naoki's tone and demeanor, Sakamoto Kiyoshi understood this.

I was on the way just now, thinking about everything in my mind, those pictures, like a mirror, suddenly shattered. . .

Because, he didn't know until now that Naoki Kitagawa was the one who gave up AKB.

Moreover, everything he said just now may not be able to reach Naoki Kitagawa's ears at all, and even make him feel displeased.

Because, Naoki Kitagawa was the one who made the proposal.

The ridiculous thing is that he is still confident that with his relationship with Naoki Kitagawa and his great contribution to Sony, he can persuade Naoki Kitagawa to give up the idea of ​​terminating the cooperation with AKS.

However, he was wrong.

Because, Naoki Kitagawa is a man of one word.

. . .

Until Kiyoshi Sakamoto came out of Sony Music's president's office in a daze, he still felt that all this seemed like a joke.

Just because of a proposal from Naoki Kitagawa, Sony is planning to terminate its cooperation with AKS and abandon AKB, a female idol group known as the "artifact of money-absorbing" in the future. . .

For Kiyoshi Sakamoto, this seems a bit difficult to understand and difficult to understand.

After he walked out of the president's office, he kept thinking about this question.

Since I have changed my own future, the future of those around me, and even the future of Izumi Sakai, I should have been able to change the future of AKB. . .

But why, this time, didn't work out?
Is the correcting power of history too strong, or is it because of AKB's disappointment?
Do not!
neither!
All of this is just because Kiyoshi Sakamoto's current power is not enough to change such a hugely influential future!

Even though he became AKB's music producer, he also created the first underground single for AKB, which helped AKB's bundled sales in terms of popularity.

It also did not change the decline of AKB in the early days.

So much so that AKS embarked on the old road of making ends meet, which led to Sony's different thoughts on this cooperation.

Even if he and THE SUN made a lot of money for Sony. . .

Even though he is already an important little king in the music world, Sony's future brother. . .

He's still just an artist under Sony.

To put it bluntly, Kiyoshi Sakamoto is just an employee of Sony, a subordinate.

For this kind of game between companies, as an employee, how could he persuade the boss to give up important decisions. . .

After all, Kiyoshi Sakamoto's influence in Sony is not as influential as Ayumi Hamasaki's in Aihui.

You know, the "Matsuura Katsuto Incident" that year made the entire entertainment world see the incomparably terrifying influence of Ayumi Hamasaki.

Ayumi Hamasaki is the queen of Japan who forced Ai Hui's president to withdraw his decision to fire Matsuura Katsuto, and is even an artist who can personally affect Ai Hui's stock price.

It is conceivable that Ayumi Hamasaki has a high status in Aihui.

At this point, although Kiyoshi Sakamoto is considered by the mass media, as well as Sony, to be the first brother of Sony in the future, the future king of heaven.

However, the future does not mean that Sakamoto Kiyoshi now has the ability to influence Sony's high-level decision-making.

To put it simply, it is a little bit of a person's words.

Although Naoki Kitagawa would listen to his opinions, he would not pay attention to them.

After all, his status and power are not enough, far from enough. . .

Having figured it out, Sakamoto Kiyoshi suddenly raised his head, but found that he had already arrived outside the door of the Sony building.

I saw him turn around abruptly, stop and stare at the headquarters building of Sony Music, unable to leave for a long time.

Finally, the moment he turned to leave, an intriguing sentence spewed out from his mouth.

"Today, I understand."

. . . . . .

After the persuasion failed, Kiyoshi Sakamoto didn't know why, and for the next week, he locked himself in the room and kept writing songs.

He didn't even answer Yui Aragaki's call.

It wasn't until a week later that he returned to his normal life like a normal person.

Yui Aragaki, who saw Sakamoto Kiyoshi again, and Ogawa Makoto and others, all found that Sakamoto Kiyoshi seemed to have changed a bit.

However, I don't know what changed.

The nose is still the same nose, the mouth is still the same mouth, but the light in the depths of the eyes flickers from time to time, showing that Kiyoshi Sakamoto must have experienced a huge change in his heart during this week.

Finally, a person who spent the longest time with Kiyoshi Sakamoto revealed the changes in Kiyoshi Sakamoto.

"Huh? Qing, why do you look so much calmer?"

These are the original words from the mouth of Uncle Ishida, who has been Kiyoshi Sakamoto's manager for four years and can be said to be one of his closest people.

This sentence made everyone suddenly realize.

Sakamoto Kiyoshi was a little quieter and more mature than before.

It seems that until now, Kiyoshi Sakamoto has truly grown into a person who can be alone.

Just when Aragaki Yui, Ogawa Masaki, Chiba Masaki and others were puzzled by Sakamoto Kiyoshi's changes, a major event that shocked the entertainment world was brewing in the Sony building.

. . .

Chiyoda District.

Sony Music headquarters building.

meeting room.

A meeting is being held, and the theme of the meeting is related to AKS.

The spacious conference room is full of directors of Sony Music.

Whether it's the president Naoki Kitagawa, the president of SMA Takeshi Sato, or even the director Tsuchiya who made things difficult for Kiyoshi Sakamoto last time, they are all in suits and leather shoes, sitting on their seats with a serious face.

And the person standing on the stage and in front of the projection screen is Naoki Kitagawa's subordinate, music director Yuichi Yamada.

On the projector and the oval conference table, there are data charts about the AKB combination, and some briefings about AKS.

This is an emergency board meeting.

At this time, Yuichi Yamada, who was standing on the stage, spoke out.

"The next meeting agenda is to vote on President Beichuan's proposal to terminate the cooperation with AKS."

"Directors, please vote."

There was a brief silence, and more than two-thirds of the directors in the entire conference room raised their hands.

Seeing this scene, Naoki Kitagawa raised the corner of his mouth slightly.

"Everything is under control..."

Now that it was a foregone conclusion, Naoki Kitagawa suddenly remembered what Kiyoshi Sakamoto said to him last week.

"Young, always young..."

After being signaled by Kitagawa Naoki, Yamada Tomo nodded and announced loudly.

"The result has come out. Next, I announce that the case of terminating the cooperation with AKS has passed more than half of the votes!!!"

As Yuichi Yamada's words fell, it meant that Sony had made its own decision.

A decision that will be in the future that they will regret endlessly. . .

. . .

December 2008, 3.

The arts world is in the beginning of spring, and a big event broke out!

Due to a dispute over the sales method, the contract between the record company DefSTAR Records and AKB48 has been terminated!
Such an announcement was announced on AKB's official website and DefSTAR's official website.

DefSTAR is a subsidiary of Sony, which is a well-known fact in the entertainment industry.

And AKB48 is the ambitious work of the famous producer Akimoto Yasushi, and it is also a group of AKS company.

At that time, the two companies cooperated, and under the strong alliance, the public had a great sense of expectation for this new generation of female idol group.

However, in just two years, the development of AKB has been unsatisfactory.

Now that the two companies have parted ways, does that mean that Sony will finally give up Yasushi Akimoto and his AKB?

"Is that god-level producer, the fatty who created the miracle of the Kitten Club single-handedly, exhausted?"

This is the thought that comes to every industry insider's mind when they receive this news.

With the withdrawal of Sony, it became the last straw that overwhelmed Yasushi Akimoto and AKS. . .

. . .

Eighth floor of the Don Quixote Building.

AKS headquarters.

The expressions on the faces of the entire AKS staff were gloomy and gloomy.

In the conference room, the AKS executives, including Yasushi Akimoto, Yasushi Kubota, and Kotaro Shiba, all sat in their seats with serious faces.

Yasushi Akimoto sat in the upper position directly opposite the gate, and on the left and right were two "good friends" Kotaro Shiba and Yasushi Kubota.

However, Akimoto Yasushi, who has always been in front of Mount Tai without changing his face, can clearly see exhaustion and helplessness on his face at this time.

Although a few days ago, Kitagawa Naoki directly disclosed this final decision to him through a private meeting.

However, until now, Akimoto Yasushi still feels that there is no real sense.

"AKB, is this the end?"

(End of this chapter)