Reborn Japan for entertainment

Chapter 675
"The name of this project is "Sakamichi Project"!"

As Kiyoshi Sakamoto's deputy at SMA, Hikari Kitahara has naturally become Kiyoshi Sakamoto's voice and an important representative.

Seeing Hikari Kitahara talking on the podium, and coordinating with the content on the projector, introducing the specific content of the project to the directors, Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was sitting below, didn't know where his thoughts drifted. . .

"Sakamichi Project", a new girl group project that includes Nogizaka46 and Keyakizaka46, was completed by Kiyoshi Sakamoto for nearly two weeks.

In order to bring it up at today's board meeting!
Why is it directly the "Sakamichi" project instead of the "Nogizaka" project?
This is a project directly proposed by Sakamoto Kiyoshi in order to carry out this girl group project as a series.

After all, in his mind, both Nogizaka and the future sister group Keyaki must be firmly in his hands.

Therefore, in order to save trouble, he threw out the concept of "slope road" at once.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto poured all the girl group's operation mode, operation, profit and other means that he learned in his previous life into this project plan through his own language.

Not only that, but he also learned from Chiba Masaki, who was in charge of important operations in AKB, and borrowed many experiences from AKB.

As the saying goes, take the essence and discard the dross. How could Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was the successor of the Celestial Dynasty in his previous life, not understand this truth?
Then I added some advanced and novel ideas of my own, and finally formed this "Sakadao" project.

Of course, the concept of "Sakamichi" was also directly copied by Sakamoto Kiyoshi from his previous life, Akimoto Yasushi.

However, the content inside is different from the previous life. . .

It is interesting to say that the Japanese have a special feeling for "sakamichi".

The noun Sakamichi means "ramp" in Japanese.

Generally, those generated along with the height difference can be roughly divided into road-type slopes for driving and step-type slopes for walking only.

From the perspective of terrain, Japan is a long, narrow and mountainous island country. Even relatively flat metropolises like Tokyo and Osaka have many slopes.

Not to mention some small cities, many places were developed with mountains backed by the sea.

It is the mountainous geographical environment that makes sakado common in Japanese life.

It can be said that the Japanese sakado culture or complex is also an effective means of expressing the inner feelings of the Japanese.

In many literary and artistic works in Japan, the image of Sakamichi will appear, and moments such as confession, parting, and encounter will be recorded.

Under the sakura road in full bloom, a couple drew the end of their relationship; beside the slab road by the sea, friends who had been reunited after a long absence hugged each other again with the sound of the waves. . .

Sakamichi is a representative of a region that entrusts beauty.

This may be the reason why Yasushi Akimoto, who is full of girlish heart, chose to start the "Sakamichi Series".

Of course, it is not ruled out that Akimoto Yasushi just walked near Sony one day and saw the place name "Nogizaka". He thought it sounded very nice, so he casually used it as the name of the new girl group.

This is not surprising.

All in all, Kiyoshi Sakamoto didn't want to change this name, even if it was related to the previous life, let's leave a thought.

At this time, a person's voice interrupted Kiyoshi Sakamoto's thoughts and brought him back to his senses.

"I want to ask Director Sakamoto."

Kiyoshi Sakamoto followed the prestige and found that it was Naoki Kitagawa who was sitting on the main seat, and spoke.

Pulling himself together, Kiyoshi Sakamoto sat up straight, and replied with a smile, "Say it."

"I know that the popularity of AKB now makes the cake of the girl group more attractive. I also admit that we at Sony underestimated Yasushi Akimoto's ability and the prospect of AKB as a group. Regarding the original AKB I also regret it very much.”

"Also, I'm also very interested in the idea of ​​us forming a new idol girl group in your project."

"but!"

This word made Kiyoshi Sakamoto concentrate all of a sudden.

He knew that the next step would be the critical moment for whether the "Sakadao Project" could be approved by the board of directors!
Convincing Naoki Kitagawa convinced the entire Sony.

"Don't forget that Sony has also tried to make a female idol, but the final result is not satisfactory. So, why do you think that we will succeed this time?"

"Yeah, that's not sure..."

"Uh-huh."

Kitagawa Naoki's words also aroused the response of many directors.

Kitagawa Naoki's concerns are also very normal.

I can still vividly remember the huge losses incurred during the production of AKB.

Naoki Kitagawa doesn't know if this is a wise decision if he plunges his head into the bottomless pit of "idol girl group" again this time.

What's more, this "Sakamichi Project" seems to be bigger than AKB.

What if this "sakadao project" is another project that will cause a lot of losses?

In the past few years, thanks to the rise of THE SUN, coupled with the popularity of its singers, Sony Music has overtaken Ai Hui for two consecutive years, becoming the record company with the highest sales.

However, suddenly proposing such a large-scale series of projects with huge investment and unstable returns is a risky choice for directors such as Naoki Kitagawa who seek stability.

It's normal to have concerns.

However, Kitagawa Naoki's concerns are completely trivial to Sakamoto Kiyoshi.

"Don't worry about this. I'm not planning to complete this project all at once, but to proceed in stages."

"what do you mean?"

Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who already had a draft in mind, picked up a plan for each person on the table and began to explain:
"In this project, we can first form a Nogizaka group, and then wait until Nogizaka has achieved results and established a firm foothold in the entertainment industry, and then form its sister group Keyakizaka. It’s too much investment all at once.”

"Hmm..." Naoki Beichuan nodded slightly when he heard this answer.

"Also, I think that in order to avoid risks and ensure that this idol group can get a lot of exposure and become popular as soon as possible, we can adopt a joint venture to produce this idol group!"

Joint venture, this means, is a common means of film production.

When Sakamoto Kiyoshi was preparing for "Those Years", he also adopted this method.

This time, he used it to make a girl group. . .

"Oh, that's a good idea. But, which companies are you going to cooperate with?" Kitagawa Naoki asked again.

"AKS, Asahi, and..."

"Dentsu!"

(End of this chapter)