May 2008 is destined to be a month that will be written in the history of the Japanese music scene.

May 3rd.

AMUSE, Masaharu Fukuyama's agency, announced a major event to the outside world through a press conference.

Because of dissatisfaction with Universal's interference in his personal freedom, coupled with the persuasion of Kiyoshi Sakamoto, a person close to him, Masaharu Fukuyama, his artist decided to leave Universal Music and switch to Sony Music!

Moreover, Masaharu Fukuyama took exactly the same approach he took when he switched from BMG JAPAN to Universal.

Unilateral termination!

Of course, there are conditions for the singer to unilaterally terminate the contract with the record company.

The record company must be compensated for the huge liquidated damages stipulated in the signed contract.

To put it simply, if Masaharu Fukuyama wants to leave Universal, he must pay a sky-high penalty of 500 million yen in order to successfully terminate the contract with Universal Records.

Billion!

In 2008, it was equivalent to 32 million yuan, more than 4 million US dollars!

Such a value can only be matched by a king-level singer with such a high status as Masaharu Fukuyama.

Although Kiyoshi Sakamoto's liquidated damages are twice as much as his...

However, Kiyoshi Sakamoto is nearly twenty years younger than Masaharu Fukuyama, which is understandable.

However, for Sony, which has deep pockets, five hundred million?

To give!

As long as Masaharu Fukuyama can switch to Sony, a mere 500 million, it's nothing.

For Sony, the value of Masaharu Fukuyama is not how many records he can sell, but that his arrival can make Sony truly have the first king of music.

This means a lot!

Moreover, as the first person to sell the record of a Japanese male solo singer soon, Masaharu Fukuyama's influence and historical status are valuable assets.

500 million to win such a baby, Naoki Kitagawa and other Sony music executives, all feel that it is worth it!

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This explosive news directly shook the entire music scene and even the entire entertainment industry.

The entire entertainment industry was shocked by the sudden earthquake.

Who is Masaharu Fukuyama?

That's a national male god who has been popular for 20 years, and shares Japanese women equally with Takuya Kimura!

He is also the first male solo singer in the future!

Such a big man in the entertainment industry actually changed his court?

And also switched from Universal to Sony?!

You must know that after last month's "Kiyoshi Sakamoto VS Universal" incident, the public has long been clear about the sworn rivalry between Universal and Sony.

Now, such a show will definitely make the relationship between the two families worse.

Moreover, according to insiders, Sony's first brother, Kiyoshi Sakamoto, a student of Masaharu Fukuyama, was also involved.

Now, there's a good show to watch...

Such a big news has caused heated discussions in the entire entertainment industry.

Compared with 2000, Takuya Kimura announced that he was going to get married at the concert, like a bombshell that caused a sensation throughout Japan.

The incident of Masaharu Fukuyama's switch to Sony is just a bomb that has caused a sensation in the entire entertainment industry.

However, even so, countless newspapers still withdrew, and the pages that had been prepared were printed on the front page overnight, with the news that "Masaharu Fukuyama switched to Sony".

The vast number of reporters with magical powers also dug up the secret news that Kiyoshi Sakamoto was also involved in through various channels.

This makes the whole incident even more fermented.

You know, Kiyoshi Sakamoto plus Masaharu Fukuyama?

This is almost a monopoly, the two male gods of female fans in their teens and thirties in Japan!

Such a combination, just one is very topical, and it also appears at the same time?!

It is well known that Kiyoshi Sakamoto and Masaharu Fukuyama have a master-apprentice relationship.

And the world has been targeting Sakamoto Kiyoshi recently, and the industry is also very clear.

As a result, the public began to discuss, is it because he couldn't see that his company was targeting his students so much, that Masaharu Fukuyama came up with the idea of leaving the world?

For a while, on the Internet, in newspapers, and in magazines, there were reports and speculations about this matter.

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And at this time, someone who was hidden in the dark only learned the news in hindsight...

Universal Music, Headquarters Building.

President's Office.

This exciting news also made Kenji Kitano, who learned the news from his subordinates, furious, and smashed several antique vases in the office.

"How dare he! How dare !!"

"Have you found out what the hell is going on?Why did Masaharu Fukuyama propose to terminate the contract, and he did not hesitate to pay a huge amount of liquidated damages, and he wanted to leave us at the world?!"

"And, why not Warner, not Ai Hui, but that damn Sony ?!!"

"Can any of you tell me what the hell is going on?!"

The subordinates looked at each other for a moment, and finally, the head of the artist department of Universal stepped forward and replied with a slight trembling.

"I've heard that Fukuyama-san is very unhappy with our urging him to release a new song, our actions against Kiyoshi Sakamoto, and the interference with his freedom of photography, and... ”

"And what?" Kenji Kitano's chest rose and fell, and his tone was full of anger.

"Moreover, I heard that behind Fukuyama-san, there was a person's persuasion, which played a very important role. ”

"Who?!"

“。。。 Kiyoshi Sakamoto. ”

"What, that kid?!"

The answer of his subordinates made the anger that Kenji Kitano had suppressed rise again.

Hearing the name of "Sakamoto Kiyoshi",The only remaining reason was burned by anger...

"Ahh!!h

Syllable!

He picked up the computer screen on his desk and slammed it on the ground.

Even such a move could not make the anger in Kenji Kitano's heart diminish a little.

For Kenji Kitano, he originally thought that Kiyoshi Sakamoto was just an ant that could be kneaded casually, but after the album duel and the Fukuyama Masaharu incident, he suddenly discovered that the ant that he kneaded casually turned out to be a marching ant that could bite people to death!!

This huge sense of disparity made Kenji Kitano's anger a little afraid.

"Saka... ”

"Ben... ”

"Clear !!"

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While the outside world is talking, the world is angry, and Sony is ecstatic, in this incident, someone who played a very big role in promoting it is enjoying a rare quiet time at home...

May 4th, 8 a.m.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto was lying on the sofa, watching the TV comfortably, the host's discussion of the matter, while holding the potato chips, chirping and stuffing into his mouth, and his mouth was still complaining indistinctly.

"Who said that there are no powerful paparazzi in Japan except for Wenchun?!"

"Even my existence has been discovered, you better not be a paparazzi, the detective world is waiting for you... ”

I have to say that the response of major TV stations is still very fast.

Just like this morning program that Kiyoshi Sakamoto is watching, it takes a considerable amount of time to discuss the Fukuyama Masaharu incident.

Just when the outside world was talking about Masaharu Fukuyama's switch to Sony, Kiyoshi Sakamoto's solo album quietly continued to break various records.

A month and a half after its release, the album sales of "Cherry Blossom Season" officially exceeded 3.6 million, officially replacing Hikaru Utada's "DEEP RIVER" and becoming the eighth place in Japan's all-time album sales chart!

In front of him, only globe globe, Ayumi Hamasaki, B'z, Hikaru Utada, GLAY, etc., released seven albums with more than 4 million copies.

In particular, Hikaru Utada's "First Love", which ranks first, has a sales volume of 7.65 million copies, which is almost an admirable existence...

However, being able to become the eighth best-selling album in history, Kiyoshi Sakamoto is already very satisfied.

This also means that his name has been recorded in the history of Japanese music!

It also means that he has indisputably become the king of the new generation of Japanese music!

If you add the band's record sales, it also makes Kiyoshi Sakamoto the youngest singer with 20 million sales in the history of the Japanese music scene!

Only 18 years old!

It is worth mentioning that his first English single "I'm Yours" released in 2005 finally broke out after three years of silence and fermentation, and as of May 2008, the cumulative global physical record sales have reached 5 million!

The Billboard HOT 100 has been on the chart for 76 consecutive weeks, making it the third-longest song in Billboard TOP 100 history.

This folk comedy fully proves that music knows no borders!

Even Kiyoshi Sakamoto, an Asian, can make a name for himself in the European and American music scene!

This song also allowed Kiyoshi Sakamoto to once again set a number of records that had never been recorded before.

The No. 1 selling single in the history of Japanese music!

The first single in the history of the Japanese music scene to surpass 5 million sales!

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It was this song that attracted the attention of Kiyoshi Sakamoto from the European and American music scenes, and was favored by major music festivals in Europe and the United States, so that later invitations appeared...

Of course, that's an afterthought.

At this time, Kiyoshi Sakamoto was still complacent about the high ratings of his title program and his breaking various records in the music world.

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On Wednesday night last week, after persuading Masaharu Fukuyama to join Sony, Kiyoshi Sakamoto also rushed back home to watch the band's first title show.

Because after one day of shooting, there were so many laughs that the editor was reluctant to start, and finally after discussion and decision by the program team, this school trip was cut into two episodes to be broadcast.

Although the band is the first title variety show, the performance of the three members of the band is not afraid at all, but is very open.

Of course, the laughter and grooves are also full, especially when he sees the picture of his women's clothes, Sakamoto Kiyoshi himself can't help but laugh.

In his opinion, he has become a women's clothing boss, and the ratings should be a little stronger!

And the ratings that came out the next day also confirmed Kiyoshi Sakamoto's speculation.

14%！

With an average of 14% and a maximum rating of 16%, "The SUN" became the variety show ratings champion in the same period as soon as it was broadcast!

This makes Sakamoto Kiyoshi feel refreshed on a happy occasion, at a forty-five degree angle, looking up at the ceiling, and sighed

"May, what a good month... ”