"The name of this project is called "Sakamichi Project"!"

As Kiyoshi Sakamoto's deputy at SMA, Hikaru Kitahara naturally became Kiyoshi Sakamoto's mouthpiece, as well as an important representative.

Watching Hikaru Kitahara talk on the podium, with the content on the projector, introducing the specific content of the plan to the directors, Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was sitting below, didn't know where his thoughts were going...

"Sakamichi Project", a new girl group project that includes Nogizaka 46 and Sakazaka 46, took Sakamoto Kiyoshi nearly two weeks to complete.

In order to bring it up at today's board meeting!

Why is it directly the "Sakamichi" project and not the "Nogizaka" project?

This is a project that Kiyoshi Sakamoto proposed directly in order to make this girl group project a series.

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

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

Kiyoshi Sakamoto poured the operation mode, operation, profit and other means of the girl group that he had learned in his previous life into this project through his own words.

Not only that, but he also learned from Masaki Chiba, who was an important manager at AKB, and learned a lot from AKB's experience.

As the saying goes, take its essence and remove its dross, how could Sakamoto Kiyoshi, who was the successor of the Celestial Empire in his previous life, not understand this truth?

Then I added some of my own advanced and novel ideas, and finally formed this "Sakamichi" project.

Of course, this concept of "Sakamichi" is also a direct copy of Sakamoto Kiyoshi in his previous life, Yasuya Akimoto.

However, the content in it is not the same as in the previous life...

Interestingly, the Japanese have a special affection for "Sakamichi".

The noun Sakamichi, in Japanese, means "ramp".

Generally speaking, there is a difference in height, and it can be roughly divided into road-type sakado for driving and stepped saka-style sakado for walking.

Topographically, Japan is a long, narrow and mountainous island country, and even relatively flat metropolises like Tokyo and Osaka have many ramps.

Not to mention some small cities, many of which have developed from the mountains to the sea.

It is the mountainous geography that makes Sakamichi a common part of Japanese life.

It can be said that the Japanese Sakamichi culture or complexes are also an effective means to express the inner feelings of the Japanese.

In many Japanese literary and artistic works, the image of Sakamichi will appear, and moments such as confession, parting, and meeting are also recorded.

Under the cherry blossoms in full bloom, a couple drew the end of their relationship, and next to the Sakado by the sea, friends who had been reunited after a long absence, accompanied by the sound of the waves, hugged each other again...

Sakado is a representative of the beautiful region.

This may be the reason why Yasuya Akimoto, who is full of girlish hearts, chose to start the "Sakamichi series".

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

And this is not surprising.

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

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

"I would like to ask Director Sakamoto. ”

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

Cheering up, Sakamoto sat up straight and replied with a smile, "You said." ”

"I know that the popularity of AKB now has made the cake of the girl group extraordinarily cute. I also admit that we at Sony underestimated the capabilities of Yasushi Akimoto and also underestimated the prospects of AKB as a group. I also regret that I took AKB at the beginning. ”

"I'm also very interested in your idea of forming a new idol girl group by ourselves. ”

"But!"

This word made Sakamoto Kiyoshi concentrate all of a sudden.

He knew that the next step would be the critical moment for the "Sakamichi Project" to be approved by the board of directors!

If you convince Naoki Kitagawa, you will be persuaded by the entire Sony.

"Don't forget, we at Sony also tried to make a female idol, but the final result was not satisfactory. So, why do you think we're going to succeed this time?"

"yes, that's not for sure... ”

"Uh-huh. ”

Naoki Kitagawa's words also caused many directors to respond.

Kitagawa Naoki's concerns are also very normal.

The large amount of losses caused by the production of AKB is still vivid.

If you plunge your head into the bottomless pit of "idol girl group" again this time, Naoki Kitagawa doesn't know if this is a wise decision.

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

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

In the past few years, thanks to the rise of THE SUN and the singers under it, Sony Music has been strong over Ai Hui for two consecutive years and has become the record company with the highest sales.

However, the sudden proposal to engage in such a large-scale series of projects with huge investment and unstable returns is a risky choice for directors such as Naoki Kitagawa who seeks stability.

It's normal to have concerns.

However, Kitagawa Naoki's concerns, in Sakamoto's view, are not worth mentioning at all.

"Don't worry, I'm not going to complete this project all at once, but I'm going to do it in stages. ”

"What do you mean?"

Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who already had a draft, picked up the plan for each person on the table and began to explain:

"In this project, we can first form a group of Nogizaka, and then wait until Nogizaka has achieved results and gain a firm foothold in the entertainment industry, and then form its sister group Hisaka, so that the initial investment does not need to be too big at once. ”

"Hmmm... When Kitagawa Naoki heard this answer, he also nodded slightly.

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

Joint ventures, this method, is a common means of film production.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto also adopted this method when preparing "Those Years".

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

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

"AKS, Asahi, and... ”

"Dentsu!"