Sure enough, in the next, Kitagawa Bigwig's explanation made Sakamoto Kiyoshi understand why Yasushi Akimoto was sitting here.

It turned out that I don't know where I learned that Sony was going to help Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was about to reach the third anniversary of his debut, hold a special third anniversary concert.

And Yasu Akimoto, who was anxious about the development of AKB, had a whim, and saw an excellent opportunity from this news.

An opportunity to promote AKB, an opportunity to bring AKB into front of the public, and an opportunity for more people to recognize AKB!

That is, let AKB be a guest at Kiyoshi Sakamoto's 3rd anniversary concert!

Who is Kiyoshi Sakamoto?

He has multiple identities, the little king of music, the youngest record award winner, the first actor in Heisei to star in a movie with a box office of more than 10 billion, the youngest Akutagawa Award winner, a million-book bestseller, etc.

Whether it is in the entertainment industry or in the eyes of the public, he is the most eye-catching one.

He is talented, handsome, gentle and generous, and is the prince charming in the hearts of millions of girls in Japan, and he is also the object of imitation by boys.

His influence is not limited to the entertainment industry.

In Japan, three years after his debut, his popularity and national recognition are much greater than many famous movie stars and singers.

And, amazingly, he may be the person with the widest age group of fans in the Japanese entertainment industry at present.

Originally, the proportion of his fan base was much more female, but they were all from their teens to their twenties, and boys were also fans of this age, more.

Now, thanks to his "Golden Dreamland", many middle-aged people have become his book fans.

When you look at the book he wrote, you will want to find out what kind of person this young man with the pen name "Kiyoshi" and his real name is Kiyoshi Sakamoto.

Then I will search for him on the Internet, and then, I will find that he is still a singer, and he is very powerful.

Out of curiosity about him, they would listen to the songs sung by Kiyoshi Sakamoto.

Thus attracted by his musical talent, as well as his acting skills, and finally became his fan.

However, it is such a popular idol who is ready to hold his first concert, and it is also a very commemorative third anniversary concert of his debut.

Yasu Akimoto was thinking that if AKB, which had just been in the army for about a year, could become a guest at this concert, then AKB could better enter the eyes of the public.

After all, AKB's current predicament is mainly due to the fact that the popularity is too low and the exposure is too small, and outside of the AKB theater, there is basically no one who knows AKB girls.

Therefore, even if AKB has a lot of cute girls, it makes Yasu Akimoto, the producer, unable to play.

Therefore, Yasu Akimoto regarded Kiyoshi Sakamoto's third anniversary concert as a very important opportunity.

A major opportunity to break the current deadlock in AKB's development!

That's why he came to Sony in person, and after a haha, he tentatively talked to the big guy Kitagawa and proposed to let AKB appear as a guest at Kiyoshi Sakamoto's concert.

The big guy Kitagawa is not a vegetarian, and when he heard Yasushi Akimoto's words, he knew what his purpose was.

He didn't think there was a problem.

After all, AKB is an idol project that Sony Music and Yasu Akimoto are engaged in together, although the right to operate is in the hands of Yasu Akimoto, but AKB's record is still in Sony Music, if AKB can sell more records and create more profits for Sony, then some support and resources are also indispensable.

Although I have agreed to Akimoto Yasu's request in my heart, however, the Kitagawa boss did not agree immediately, because, after all, this is the third anniversary concert of Sakamoto Kiyoshi's personal debut, so I have to ask the opinion of the person concerned...

So, when Kiyoshi Sakamoto called Yuichi Yamada, Yuichi Yamada informed Naoki Kitagawa, who was in the president's room, and Yasuya Akimoto.

Therefore, Kiyoshi Sakamoto came to the president's office and saw the smiling Yasusu Akimoto, as well as Naoki Kitagawa.

After grasping the situation, Sakamoto Kiyoshi also pondered for a moment before speaking.

"In this way, it is not impossible. ”

In Sakamoto's view, the current AKB really needs an opportunity to step into the next stage.

And now, this opportunity may have to be given to them again ...

In 2006, the first year of AKB's establishment, AKB's growth was not too fast.

Even with Kiyoshi Sakamoto's lyrics and composition, it didn't make AKB's first underground single "Petals of Sakura" cause a big response.

After all, a nascent female idol group still needs time to constantly promote themselves, let more people know themselves, and build up their popularity, so that they can convert these popularity into CD sales.

In February, AKB released its first underground single "Petals of the Cherry Blossoms", and with the popularity of Kiyoshi Sakamoto, the final sales reached 90,000 copies, which is much better than the original sales of just over 40,000 copies;

However, such a good sales figure is more due to the fact that the lyrics and composers of the single are all Kiyoshi Sakamoto.

And in June, the second underground single "Skirt Fluttering" was released, and without the blessing of Kiyoshi Sakamoto, the final sales of this single fell all of a sudden, from 90,000 copies of the first single to only more than 40,000 copies.

Although compared to the historical achievement of only selling 20,000 copies, this result is already very good.

But,You know,This is not the original history.,AKB at that time,In the early days of their debut,There was no one like Kiyoshi Sakamoto.,With them...

Therefore, the second single suddenly lost almost half of its sales compared to the first single, which made the operation led by Yasushi Akimoto, as well as Sony, quite annoying.

And in October, AKB finally made its official mainstream debut.

Through Sony Music's own records, DefSTAR Records' first single released and AKB's debut single "I Want to See You" sold nearly 60,000 copies, and the Oricon singles reached No. 12 on the weekly chart.

Such a good and bad result made Yasu Akimoto, who was originally very ambitious about AKB's development, feel a little dissatisfied.

It just so happened that Yasu Akimoto, who was thinking about how to further promote AKB, received the news of Kiyoshi Sakamoto's concert, and he also remembered the huge difference between the first underground single with Kiyoshi Sakamoto's bonus and the second single without Kiyoshi Sakamoto's bonus.

So, Yasu Akimoto was like a traveler in the desert without water, and when he saw Kiyoshi Sakamoto, a passer-by with water on his body, he desperately grabbed this one, the life-saving "water source"!

Akimoto Yasushi also felt that since there was such a "fellow senior brother" as Kiyoshi Sakamoto, why not rely on him more?

So, here he comes.

And for Kiyoshi Sakamoto, there is not much loss to help AKB, and besides, as the music producer of AKB, he doesn't pay much attention to them, and he feels a little sorry for them in his heart, especially A-chan, the only sister he knows in AKB.

What's more, it's not a big deal to just let them be guests at their own concerts.

So, Kiyoshi Sakamoto agreed.

However, after Sakamoto Kiyoshi's consideration, I feel that since they have "milked" AKB, then by the way, "milk" Sony's own family, Kana Nishino.

After all, this young lady who is older than him is a big fan of him, and it has been almost two years since she won the first place in the audition in 2005 and joined Sony, and her strength has reached the point where she can make her debut.

Therefore, Kiyoshi Sakamoto felt that it was time for the future Sony sister to make her debut.

As soon as he thought of this, Kiyoshi Sakamoto proposed, by the way, a suggestion to let Kana Nishino appear as a special guest at his own concert, as well as a debut.

And hearing Sakamoto Kiyoshi's words, Kitagawa and Yamada Yuichi were a little surprised, but after discussion, they decided to follow Sakamoto Kiyoshi's advice and take this opportunity to let Kana Nishino make his debut directly!

After nearly two years at Sony, Kana Nishino's musical strength has also improved by leaps and bounds.

And why does Kiyoshi Sakamoto know the strength of Kana Nishino?

That's because, every time Kiyoshi Sakamoto and THE SUN go to record, this young lady will go over to watch their recordings, and by the way, bring some music questions to ask Kiyoshi Sakamoto for advice.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto also did not refuse to come, patiently explaining various questions about music to his fellow sisters.

With the help and influence of Kiyoshi Sakamoto, Kana Nishino, who was originally determined to be a singer-songwriter, has also increased his music creation strength year by year.

Although he is not as perverted as Kiyoshi Sakamoto in the early days, writing nearly 100 tunes a year, Nishino, a lyricist who has written more than 50 lyrics in two years, is also regarded as a key training object by Sony in the future.

In this way, after discussing with the big guy Kitagawa and Yuichi Yamada, who hosted this concert, the final guest lineup for this "Kiyoshi Sakamoto 3rd Anniversary Concert" was decided.

National male god, Kiyoshi Sakamoto's music teacher, Masaharu Fukuyama!

Japan's first sister, the head of the singer, the queen of Hamasaki!

A new generation of girl idol group, AKB48!

Sony newcomer, Sakamoto Kiyoshi's fellow sister, Kana Nishino!

After the guests were confirmed, Kiyoshi Sakamoto also entered the preparation mode for the concert.

First of all, I began to focus on exercising my physical strength, as well as maintaining my throat.

After all, the concert is very tiring, a series of singing, all of which will cause a great burden on the body and voice, and if you don't exercise in advance, there will be accidents on the stage.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who didn't want to leave regrets or any black spots in his first concert, began to work hard to prepare for the concert.

Fortunately, he never forgets it, so he doesn't have to memorize his concert tracks.

It also gave him more time to do other things about the concert.

For example, help Kana Nishino record...