However, when he was busy writing the first three chapters before the release of the next issue of "Literary Spring and Autumn", a phone call from the United States made his mind drift to other places.

It was May 15th, afternoon.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who came home from school, just took off his shoes, and the mobile phone in his trouser pocket rang.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto walked to the living room first, sat down, and then took out his mobile phone and opened the phone cover.

Kagawa?

He looked at the caller on the phone screen and answered the phone with some confusion.

"Moxi Moxi?" Kagawa-san?"

This Kagawa-san is the leader of his financial management team, the general manager of the TOP investment company, and the boss on the surface.

"Sakamoto-kun, that's right, we recently discovered something very interesting, and I want to tell you about it. On the phone, a male voice with a very elite feeling came.

"Uh, what's interesting? Kiyoshi Sakamoto said.

"But first of all, Sakamoto-kun, you seem to be an artist under Sony Records, right?" Kagawa on the phone did not directly say something "interesting", but suddenly asked Sakamoto Kiyoshi.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was a little confused, also replied directly, "yes, is there anything wrong?"

"There's nothing wrong with that, but this interesting thing has a lot to do with you. ”

"I don't understand. ”

"Actually, the interesting thing is that Sony's stock price has been rising recently. Kagawa on the phone, suddenly changed his tone to a salesman, recommending products to Kiyoshi Sakamoto.

However, Kiyoshi Sakamoto was a little overwhelmed by his sudden appearance, and he could only express his confusion with "Huh?"

"Sakamoto-kun, are you interested in buying a wave of Sony stocks?"

“。。。 What do you mean?" Kiyoshi Sakamoto still didn't understand.

"That's right, Sakamoto-kun, your Sony record is not a subsidiary of Sony, if you buy some shares of Sony and become a shareholder of the head office, then you can be unscrupulous and domineering in Sony Records?!!

Kagawa's voice was excited, he thought that the idea he said would make his boss very happy, but...

Kiyoshi Sakamoto was silent.

If Kagawa wasn't talking to Kiyoshi Sakamoto on the phone, but standing in front of him, he would have seen Kiyoshi Sakamoto's expression.

Indifferent face...

When he heard Kagawa's "interesting" thing, this was the case, and Kiyoshi Sakamoto suddenly jumped out of his heart.

"That's it, I've taken off my pants, you show me... Ahem. I'm looking forward to seeing you give me such a ?!!."

MMP！

After scolding this "Yaga" in his heart, Sakamoto Kiyoshi said in a flat tone with a speechless face, "Kagawa, since you know that Sony Records is a subsidiary of Sony, do you know the relationship between Sony and Japan's Sony Music Group?"

"yes, yes. ”

I thought Kagawa was just mentioning it in passing, but, judging from Kagawa's tone, Sakamoto Kiyoshi felt that it was not so simple.

"Uh, you know?" he was a little skeptical about Kagawa, though.

In November 2004, Sony Music merged with the Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG), the music division of the German media conglomerate Bertelsmann AG. ”

"But the Sony Music Group in Japan, which is your company, is independent of Sony BMG. In other words, the company you work for is a subsidiary of Sony, which is independent of Sony Records, and in short, it is just a large Sony division in charge of Japanese music. ”

However, at the same time, the Sony Group of Japan, like Sony Records, belongs to the music business group of Sony Corporation, and one is responsible for Europe and the United States, and the other is responsible for Japan. ”

"The relationship between the two is a cooperative relationship, but also a relationship between colleagues, resource sharing, you can release records in Europe and the United States through Sony Records, just like your English single "I'm Yours", and Sony Records' European and American artists can also release their own singles in Japan through Sony Music in Japan. ”

Kagawa on the phone, like a sophisticated robot, uses his voice that sounds like a repeater, slowly telling Kiyoshi Sakamoto what he knows.

"So, do you think I know about the relationship between Sony Corporation and Sony Music Group in Japan?" But, in the end, his voice changed to a mocking tone.

。。。

Sakamoto Kiyoshi didn't expect it, but then he knew that this guy Kagawa had already investigated everything, and the previous idea didn't seem to be just something he said.

So, Sakamoto Kiyoshi put away the speechlessness on his face, became serious, and said in a low tone, "You know so well, it seems that you came prepared, let's say it." ”

"What the hell do you want?!"

"Ho, you're finally getting serious!" Kagawa on the other end of the phone also heard Sakamoto Kiyoshi's tone change, and he instantly began to say a little excitedly.

"I talked to Hashimoto, and there is another thing they talked about, according to the recent Sony stock price, as well as your future development, we agree that it is necessary for you to take a stake in Sony!"

Hashimoto is not a small bridge, Hashimoto and Ichijo, it is Sakamoto Kiyoshi's financial group, the trader and the financial planner, the early financial management group, there are only three people, Kagawa, Hashimoto, one.

Now all three of them are senior executives of TOP Investment.

Hearing Kagawa's words, Sakamoto Kiyoshi only frowned slightly and asked, "Hmm? ”

After Kiyoshi Sakamoto asked the three Kagawa to establish TOP Investment, he did not interfere too much with their investment.

It's just that every time Kagawa and others feel that it is a valuable investment project, they will report to Kiyoshi Sakamoto and ask for his opinion.

And this time, Kiyoshi Sakamoto doesn't know why they proposed such an "investment project"...

"Sakamoto-kun, since 2002, because of a series of decision-making mistakes and the continuous compression of electronic product prices and other factors, Sony has fallen into a crisis, and it has not recovered. ”

Especially in April 2003, Sony announced its 2002 fiscal year statements, after the company's huge losses were disclosed, the Sony crisis began to surface, triggering Sony shock (Sony Shock), Sony shares fell 25% for 2 consecutive days, and induced the Japanese stock market high-tech stocks have dived, driving the Nikkei index to fall sharply, shaking the Japanese stock market, high-tech companies have been sold off. ”

"It's been three years since Sony Shock, but Sony is still in a state of malaise, and this is the best time for us to take a stake!"

On the phone, Kagawa was talking and talking, getting more and more excited, as if he had rehearsed these words many times in his head, and when he said it, he fell into his own fantasy by the way.

"However, as you said, Sony is in a state of crisis now, although the stock has not fallen, but there is no upward momentum, and the annual financial statements are all losses, so why do we want to buy shares at this time? Isn't this sinking with them?"

Kiyoshi Sakamoto also understands this, after all, Sony Music, where he works, is also a member of Sony's music business group, and it is necessary to understand the head office of his company.

However, Kiyoshi Sakamoto is not a financial professional after all, and he does not know a lot about business.

Kagawa is different, and his next words will solve Sakamoto Kiyoshi's doubts.

"It is precisely because the current Sony stock has no upward momentum that the price is not high, and at this time start to buy Sony shares, so that you can slowly buy enough stocks to make you a minority shareholder!"

"And, after you become a shareholder of Sony, we can ask for the position of a director from Sony Music Group in Japan through a replacement!!"

Here, popularize science.

Sony, as we all know, is a world-renowned large-scale comprehensive multinational conglomerate in Japan and a listed company.

Listed companies, which means that they can become shareholders of Sony by acquiring shares, and can even influence the company's operations, of course, that is unlikely.

Japan's Sony Music Group is a group company, a subsidiary of Sony, but it is not a listed company.

In other words, the idea of becoming a swayer for the Sony Music Group in Japan through the acquisition of shares has failed.

However, smart people will find ways to achieve their goals everywhere.

It's like the approach that Kagawa now proposed to Kiyoshi Sakamoto.

This time, Kiyoshi Sakamoto was really surprised.

"You mean, the ultimate goal of all this is to help me become the director of Sony Music Japan?" Sakamoto Kiyoshi said with irrepressible surprise and excitement.

That's right, after hearing Kagawa's words, Sakamoto Kiyoshi also slowly felt that his blood began to boil.

Although all this sounds very unreliable, challenging, and almost impossible, Sakamoto Kiyoshi feels that sometimes life is not a journey to try the impossible and get some experience and growth from it?

Even though he was over forty years old in his two lifetimes combined, the youthful spirit in his heart had always existed.

And for this kind of exciting, rocking thing, Sakamoto Kiyoshi suddenly felt that if he didn't do it, he would really be a little sorry for being reborn.

After all, what kind of reborn is a reborn who relives a lifetime and cringes, since his subordinates have prepared plans for themselves, then give it a try?!

"Kagawa. ”

"Huh?"

"Let's get started! Let me see if this unreliable plan of yours can succeed!"

"OK, Roger!"

"Wait, I thought about it for a moment, and to make the plan look more operational, I suggested a name for it. ”

"Okay, you're the boss, you have the final say. ”

"That... Let's call it "Project Sony"!"

“。。。 ”