Reborn Japan for entertainment

Chapter 489 2009 First Board Meeting

Under the impatient urging of his girlfriend, Sakamoto Kiyoshi had no choice but to hold the girl's hand and head to their love nest together.

Ten minutes later, standing in front of an apartment building near Roppongi Station, Yui Aragaki was moved and surprised, leaving her mind blank.

Especially when Kiyoshi Sakamoto walked into the building with her dazed, took the elevator to the seventh floor.

And when she opened the door with the key in her hand, the girl had already covered her mouth with tears in her eyes.

"No, this is a space that only belongs to the two of us!"

Looking at the elegant yet warm house with a huge space, Yui Aragaki was so touched that he couldn't express it, and the tears in his eyes flowed down slowly.

At this moment, Sakamoto Kiyoshi knew that without a hug, the problem could not be solved.

If so, add another kiss!

He hugged the girl who was moved to tears, wiped away her tears gently with his fingers, and looked at her with extremely affectionate eyes.

"Like it?"

The girl nodded fiercely, but did not answer.

"That's enough!"

Her lips pressed heavily, blocking back the girl's hesitant words.

Standing in the magnificent living room, the man and woman who were so in love kissed so hard that the whole space was filled with a strong atmosphere of love. . .

Suddenly, a piece of clothing was taken off.

Then came the second.

third piece. . .

"what!"

(Three thousand words are omitted for the specific process...)
. . . . . .

Time to bid farewell to January and usher in February. . .

2 month 1 number.

Tokyo, Chiyoda Ward, Sony Music Headquarters Building.

In the large and spacious meeting room, directors in suits and leather shoes sat around a huge oval table and were having heated discussions.

"We should continue to increase the promotion of newcomer bands. As long as one of the five bands has a newcomer band that can make a splash in the music scene, we can continue to push him, just like we promoted THE SUN!" A black The thin middle-aged director who looked quite young with glasses, said very excitedly.

"The second THE SUN!"

The young director's words seemed to be recognized by other directors, and there were not a few who nodded.

However, if there is support, there must be opposition.

"I think we shouldn't focus our promotion on creating the next THE SUN band!" A female director retorted with a straight face in a calm and terrifying tone, "The success of THE SUN didn't happen overnight. It was achieved, and it was very accidental."

"After all, not every band has a musical genius who can create independently..."

The female director paused, and after giving all the directors present a little time to think, she continued.

"If you ask me, instead of spending a lot of money and focusing on new bands, it is better to give more resources to solo singers such as Nishino Kana, Yui, and Shimizu Shota."

"Especially Kana Nishino. Since her debut, she has been a blockbuster. With her steady singles and albums last year, her popularity has been at the top of the list, especially among the huge group of girls. She has a very high popularity..."

"This year, if we can continue to pursue the victory, I believe that in time, she will definitely become the last pop diva in the music world!"

As soon as this remark came out, the directors who belonged to the same friendship as the female director also expressed their support.

"Yes, our band configuration is already at the top of the music scene. There are two national-level bands, Rainbow Band and THE SUN. There is no need to continue to spend resources on it. After all, we are not BEING specializing in rock bands..."

"Correct!"

"That's right!"

"Director Takeshita is right..."

Gradually, the entire meeting room was full of debates over whether to focus on the promotion of "group groups" or "solo singers".

But in the face of this disturbing scene, the speaker of Sony, Naoki Kitagawa, who was sitting in the main seat, sat there quietly without saying a word.

At this time, he didn't pay attention to watching the directors quarrel.

In his mind, he was just thinking, once that person appeared in the conference room, would these directors still be arguing about who would win and who would win?

he does not know.

However, he is looking forward to the various reactions of the directors.

. . .

This is the first SMEJ (Sony Music Group Japan) board meeting in 2009.

Although it was a time of financial crisis, SMEJ, as Sony's music business group, saw its performance rise instead of falling.

Record sales increased from 2007 billion in 350 to 2008 billion in 600!
A full 250 billion increase!

This made Sony's head office, which was caught in the financial crisis and felt anxious, very shocked.

While all of its major subsidiaries are suffering heavy losses, only SMEJ's performance is eye-catching.

This is good news for Sony, which has been in crisis in recent years.

For this reason, Howard Stringer, the current chairman and CEO of Sony Group, also praised the chairman and president of SMEJ, Naoki Kitagawa in public many times, and praised his excellent work.

The praise from the head office made Naoki Kitagawa's position in SMEJ more stable.

After entering 2009, when the world's financial markets fluctuated, companies went bankrupt frequently, and the unemployment rate increased sharply, even the entertainment industry was greatly affected.

Therefore, in order to keep SMEJ going forward, this board meeting was held on the first day of February.

The main agenda of the conference is to discuss how to maintain the prosperity and development of SMEJ under such a precarious background. . .

Development focus, promotion direction, resource investment, etc. are all topics of discussion at this meeting.

In recent years, thanks to the record sales of Kiyoshi Sakamoto and THE SUN, Sony first surpassed Universal in the Japanese music scene, and No.2 on the sales list of record companies gradually approached. Japan's No. [-] record company, Ai Hui with many singers.

Last year, under the terrible sales of THE SUN album, Sony surpassed Ai Hui for the first time and became the record company with the highest record sales in the whole year!

And the shareholders also made a lot of money.

As a matter of course, as the representatives of the shareholders, the directors will inevitably show themselves up and down, trying to get a little more from this growing cake.

This is why the board meeting has become a war of words. . .

"Cough cough..."

However, when Naoki Kitagawa made a sound, the entire meeting room fell silent instantly.

"By the way, today, I have something to announce to you all."

(End of this chapter)