"Dragon Sakura" continues to dominate the summer season in the ratings charts, and Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who is recording music in the Sony building, has no time to think about this.

Because, there are less than ten days left before the release of his first solo album.

However, fortunately, on the third day of the fifth episode of "Dragon Sakura", that is, on August 8, he finally recorded all twelve songs in the album.

The next work, Sakamoto Kiyoshi only needs to do, is to shoot some pictures in the MV, and cooperate with the pre-publicity offensive.

After sending the recorded record sample to the record factory, Kiyoshi Sakamoto was also temporarily idle.

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Sony attaches great importance to Kiyoshi Sakamoto's first solo album and is also very optimistic.

In terms of buying habits, albums (including EPs) are aimed at core fans, and if there are singles, passers-by and junior fans will also buy them, although the sales of singles are larger than albums, but album sales are the main battlefield to see the strength of singers.

In Sony's view, since his debut more than a year ago, Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who has already had two million-dollar singles, has initially established his status as a popular little king, and his core fans have also been formed.

releasing a solo album at this time, you can just look at this group of core fans, their loyalty to Sakamoto Kiyoshi, and their love for Sakamoto Kiyoshi.

Therefore, Sony has put a lot of effort into the production and promotion of this album.

Not only did he list as many as five different plans for the promotion plan, but in order to make the album well-known in one fell swoop, he also used the relationship between Sony Music and Sony to recommend Kiyoshi Sakamoto to become the spokesperson of Sony's headphones in the summer.

You know, Sony in Neon, can be said to be a giant, involved in a wide range, from electronic products, to daily necessities, to bits and pieces, there are subsidiaries in the work, Sony brand, has long been deeply involved in all aspects of neon people's lives.

Especially in the headphone industry, Sony can be said to be a dominant company in neon.

If you can become the spokesperson of Sony's headphones in summer, this kind of advertising effect is much better than Sakamoto Kiyoshi has been on MS a few times.

The song "Letter ~ To Fifteen-Year-Old You~" is a song that tells about the fifteen-year-old self and the future self, giving people to think and imagine, the future and dreams, expressing a positive attitude, don't give up, such a meaningful song.

Therefore, in the shooting of the MV, it is not very expensive, men and women with different occupations, different ages, and different dreams are found from all over the country, and through follow-up, small stories are filmed, everyone tells their dreams in front of the camera, and then splices the fragments together, and the picture of Sakamoto Kiyoshi sitting alone in front of the piano also keeps appearing, and the whole MV is very narrative, which makes people resonate with it.

Because the protagonist in this MV is not Kiyoshi Sakamoto, but men and women of different ages and professions, therefore, Kiyoshi Sakamoto's MV shooting task only took two days and was completed.

This is also the shooting time of Kiyoshi Sakamoto's fastest MV.

After seeing the effect of the MV, Sony's executives all believe that this song is very suitable for the current Sakamoto Kiyoshi, and they all agree that this album will definitely make a big difference, so in terms of the number of CDs suppressed, Sony did not shrink back, and directly placed an order with the record studio, 500,000 copies!

Such an initial number of suppressions can be said to be a very risky approach in such an environment where the record market is going downhill.

However, Sony still made such a decision.

This proves how much Sony trusts Kiyoshi Sakamoto.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto also took Sony's kindness to himself in his eyes, and he also remembered it in his heart.

"Since you believe in me so much, I can't slack off, after all, this is my first solo album... ”

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However, before the release of the new album, Kiyoshi Sakamoto still has two things to do.

A collaboration song with Yasushi Akimoto, as well as the SUMMER SONIC music festival.

A week ago, the "Akihabara 48" project, with the famous lyricist and producer Yasu Akimoto as the chief planner and Sony Records, officially began to raise funds nationwide.

Major online media, newspapers and magazines, street flyers, in order to let more girls see this recruitment, Sony used a lot of media relations, as well as a lot of human resources.

All of a sudden, all the young people in the entire Tokyo area began to talk about this "Akihabara 48".

Harajuku, the "town of young people".

"Hey, do you know Akihabara 48?"

", I'm someone who is at the forefront of trends, I know it. These are the words of a Harajuku hipster when he answers his friend.

Shinjuku.

"Shall we sign up?"

"Together?"

"Okay!" is a conversation between two young girls who dream of entering the entertainment industry.

Chiba Prefecture.

"Atsuko, look!" A chubby girl, holding a flyer, walked up to Atsuko Maeda's side excitedly.

Atsuko Maeda looked at the flyer in her friend's hand and read it according to the words on it.

"Do you want to be an idol who performs on stage, do you want to become a star, do you want to sweat your dreams on stage, do you want to become an artist like Momoe Muyamaguchi and Akina Nakamori? Then join us at Akihabara 48! This is the way to the dazzling stage, and it is also a good opportunity for you to show your hidden talents, so please sign up!"

"Aya-chan, what is this??" Maeda was a little confused.

"Well, it's a girl idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto, and it's now recruiting members for the first phase. "This chubby girl,It's one of the friends who went to Tokyo with Maeda last time.,The girl with strong analytical skills.,Aya-chan.。

"Eh, idols?" Atsuko Maeda looked at the flyer in her hand, not knowing what she was thinking.

"Atsuko, do you want to try it?" her friend's words interrupted her thoughts, and she saw the two words written on the flyer again.

"Dreams"

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August 10th, AKS Office.

"Akimoto-san, long time no see. ”

Kiyoshi Sakamoto bowed.

"Sakamoto-kun, long time no see, sit down. Yasu Akimoto got up from his office chair and first rubbed his tired eyes after a long time of work, and then motioned for Kiyoshi Sakamoto to sit down.

Sitting on the sofa in Akimotoyasu's office, Sakamoto Kiyoshi first put his backpack aside, and then waited for Akimoto to sit across from him before speaking.

"Akimoto-san, you look tired. He didn't get straight to the point, but talked about homely things.

After all, after the start of AKB, this big guy is one of his bosses, and it is also very important to have a good relationship with his boss...

"Oh, the Akihabara project has just begun, and there are a lot of things that I need to ask about, so I've been busy lately. Akimoto Yasushi was not in a hurry to inquire about the purpose of Sakamoto Kiyoshi coming to him on this trip.

"Oh, that's right. By the way, now the Akihabara project is well known, and this matter is being discussed outside, and Akimoto-san's name is really thunderous. Kiyoshi Sakamoto first gave Akimoto Yasu a small hand.

However, Yasu Akimoto is also a human spirit among human spirits, how could he be fascinated by such a small flattery by Kiyoshi Sakamoto.

It's a very bland sentence "Thank you, don't dare to be." And he sent him away.

Sakamoto Kiyoshi, who knew that there was still a long distance between his scheming and Akimoto Yasu, didn't think about him anymore, and directly opened his backpack, took out a sheet music, and put it on the table.

"That, Akimoto-san, I'm coming to you today for the collaboration you told me about last time. I've written a tune, please take a look. Kiyoshi Sakamoto handed the score to Yasushi Akimoto on the other side with both hands.

"Oh, I'm looking forward to your tune, Sakamoto-kun, but I didn't expect you to write it so quickly. After taking the score, Akimoto Yasu lifted his black-rimmed glasses, and then looked at the score in his hand.

When he saw the name of the song, Akimoto Yasu was still stunned for a moment, and then read the name out in a whisper.

"The petals of the cherry blossoms... ”

That's right, Kiyoshi Sakamoto directly took out AKB's first underground single, "Petals of the Cherry Blossoms".

Someone who has plagiarized things from the afterlife.,Someone who doesn't feel guilty at all.,The mentality is much better than before.。。。

I understand that the golden finger is a tool, not a reliance.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was sitting opposite, at this time, just calmly waited for Yasushi Akimoto's "audit".

In fact, strictly speaking, this "collaborative creation" proposed by Yasushi Akimoto is a "review" of Kiyoshi Sakamoto!

Check whether he has the ability to be an AKB music producer, and test whether Kiyoshi Sakamoto's creative ability is as rumored by the outside world, so genius.

As a result, when he saw the score of "The Petals of the Cherry Blossoms", Yasu Akimoto had already recognized Kiyoshi Sakamoto's musical strength.

As a famous lyricist who has worked with many composers, you can probably know the quality of this piece as long as you look at the score.

In Akimoto's opinion, the quality of this piece can be described as superior.

Although he had long known about Kiyoshi Sakamoto's creative prowess, Yasu Akimoto was still surprised when he actually saw the music he made.

"With such creative strength, at such an age, if I were a male idol group, he would definitely be an immovable ACE! No, he was overly useful as an idol... Akimotoyasu's attention, unconsciously, shifted from the score to Kiyoshi Sakamoto's body.

"He has a very good voice, a wide vocal range, a handsome appearance, and a lot of talent, as if I heard that he recently participated in the supporting role in "Dragon Sakura", that is, he has acting skills. Such an artist with appearance, musical talent, and acting, if he develops into an all-round artist... ”