Naoki Kitagawa learned from Kiyoshi Sakamoto that he had been close to a year and had not taken a vacation, and basically, except for the time when he went to Todai to attend classes, he was either at work or on the way to work, and he hadn't taken a vacation for a long time...

Although when Sakamoto Kiyoshi said this again, there was no expression on his face at all, and he still had that warm smile.

However, this made Kitagawa Naoki suddenly recall what happened to the teenager in front of him when he first debuted.

That's right, the one who fainted on set.

When he first debuted, Kiyoshi Sakamoto became popular all of a sudden, and was crushed by a lot of work and announcements, which led to a fainting incident.

After two years, although Sony has paid attention to Sakamoto Kiyoshi's health since then, in the past 2005, Sakamoto Kiyoshi has experienced heavy work arrangements and announcements.

It seems that the directors of Sony have forgotten the incident two years ago, when Sakamoto Kiyoshi fainted, and continue to help Sakamoto Kiyoshi follow various work announcements...

This can be said to be, okay, the scar forgot the pain?

Fortunately, even so, Sakamoto Kiyoshi still survived until now, only to be discovered by his teammates, and his body had turned on the warning light...

After all, in the past year, Kiyoshi Sakamoto has also been growing...

has become a professional artist who is more suitable for this entertainment industry.

However, no matter how strong his spirit is, Kiyoshi Sakamoto is still overwhelmed by his increasingly tired body.

In fact, even if Ogawa Shin and Chiba Masaki didn't persuade him to take a vacation for a while and take a break, he himself had the idea of leaving everything behind and going on a trip to rest for a while.

It's just that before saying this idea, the persuasion of Ogawa Shin and Chiba Masaki provided Sakamoto Kiyoshi with another method that was more reliable than his own idea.

That is, take a leave of absence.

To put it bluntly, it is to ask your record company for a leave of absence to take a break.

So, Kiyoshi Sakamoto appeared in front of the president of his company and said this request.

And what does Naoki Kitagawa say?

In fact, he has always paid attention to Sakamoto Kiyoshi, after all, he is the object of Sony's key training, and as a big man, he also has to care about the situation of his subordinates.

Therefore, for not discovering that there was a problem with Sakamoto Kiyoshi's physical condition, Naoki Kitagawa suddenly felt a little guilty.

As if he had thought of something, he immediately sat down in the office chair again, pressed the phone on the desk, and said, "Give me the work notice sheet of Kiyoshi Sakamoto and THE SUN in the past year, as well as the schedule sheet, and all the relevant information to the president's office!"

"Yes!"

A female voice came from the phone.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto looked at the behavior of the big guy Kitagawa with a little doubt, and didn't know what he meant.

Soon, the secretary put all the materials named by Naoki Kitagawa on the desk in the president's office.

At this time, Naoki Kitagawa took out his glasses, put them on, and said to Kiyoshi Sakamoto, "Wait for me." After that, he began to flip through the materials on the table.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto had no choice but to sit on the sofa on the side, close his eyes slightly, and rest.

If this kind of behavior is seen by the people in the company, Kiyoshi Sakamoto will definitely be gossiped.

However, for his subordinate generals, Kitagawa Naoki has never cared about these little things, even if Sakamoto Kiyoshi falls asleep on the sofa, he will not be angry.

Because,The relationship between Kiyoshi Sakamoto and him,It's not just the relationship between the president and the artist.。。。

Kitagawa Naoki regards Sakamoto Kiyoshi more as his son and nephew, and Sakamoto Kiyoshi also treats Kitagawa Naoki as his uncle.

Therefore, many times, if he has anything, he will come directly to the president's office and talk to Naoki Kitagawa about it.

Over time, the people of the company also knew that Sakamoto Kiyoshi and SAMA, the president of his own company, had a leg...

。。。。。。

Ten minutes later.

The Kitagawa boss, who "has a leg" with Kiyoshi Sakamoto, finally took a cursory look at the information in his hand.

"It turns out that in the past year, Sakamoto-kun, so busy... ”

"No wonder, he felt tired, I was surprised, and only now did he tell me that he wanted to take a vacation... ”

"It's been long enough ... ”

"Sakamoto-kun, you... ”

Naoki Kitagawa, who finished reading the information, didn't take off his glasses, and just wanted to talk to Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was sitting on the sofa, but when he looked over there.

What he saw was not a awake Sakamoto Kiyoshi, but a Sakamoto Kiyoshi who was already asleep...

Call.. Call.. Call..

Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was sitting on the sofa, snorted softly.

At this time, the Kiyoshi Sakamoto that Naoki Kitagawa saw was not a Kiyoshi Sakamoto who was smiling all the time, but a boy who was so tired that he fell asleep on the sofa in the office of the president of his company because of his work.

Seeing Kiyoshi Sakamoto who had fallen asleep, Naoki Kitagawa felt more and more guilty about Kiyoshi Sakamoto.

"It seems that I have to talk to the guys on the board who have seen the money.

At this time, Naoki Kitagawa secretly made a decision in his heart.

。。。。。。

"Hoo-ha-hmm!!"

Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who woke up, stretched the sofa.

Rubbing his eyes, looking at the somewhat unfamiliar environment around him, he suddenly found that he seemed to be asleep in the president's office...

"Ah!!h

He jerked his head and looked over to the president's desk.

As a result, he found that the big guy Beichuan was not sitting there.

"Uh, where is the president?" he scratched his hair from sleep, looking around suspiciously.

Suddenly, a sticky note on the coffee table came into view.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto picked up the note and looked at it.

"Sakamoto-kun, I'm going to the meeting first. I already know what you're asking for. When you wake up, go back first. I'll let you know when there's news. ”

"Eh, the president went to a meeting, and said that there is news, let me know?"

Sakamoto savored the meaning of these words, and suddenly, he patted his head and said with a little surprise.

"Could it be that the president agreed to my request for leave?!!

Just after a moment of excitement, Kiyoshi Sakamoto stopped.

Holding the note in his hand, Sakamoto Kiyoshi was a little depressed and muttered, "Probably not, after all, this is not a playhouse.,It's not like you can ask for leave if you want to... ”

"No matter, let's go back first, Mawa Masaki is still waiting for my news. ”

"Well, how can I tell them?"

Kiyoshi Sakamoto pushed open the door and walked out of the president's office.

However, what Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was annoyed, didn't know was that the big guy Kitagawa was talking about him at the company's board meeting at this time.

Sony Spring 2006, the first round of the board meeting.

Venue: Sony Conference Room.

Attendee: Member of the Board of Directors of Sony Records.

At this time, sitting on the upper seat of the conference room was the same Kiyoshi Sakamoto Kiyoshi had seen in the president's room an hour earlier, Naoki Kitagawa.

However, at this time, the eyes of all the board members were not on Naoki Kitagawa, but on Yuichi Yamada on the podium.

Next to him, a projector was playing.

When you look closely, on the screen, it turns out to be Kiyoshi Sakamoto's personal profit chart, as well as the profit chart of the SUN band!

"Ladies and gentlemen, what you are seeing now is the economic benefits that Kiyoshi Sakamoto has created for our company in the past two years, as well as the profit table created. ”

And on these charts, we can see that Kiyoshi Sakamoto has released two solo singles and one solo album under his personal name since his debut. ”

"In record sales alone, Kiyoshi Sakamoto has sold nearly five million copies alone!"

"If you add the two singles released by THE SUN, Kiyoshi Sakamoto has sold more than 8 million records!!"

"This is only the third year of Kiyoshi Sakamoto's debut. ”

"And such an artist who has just debuted in his third year has brought more than 15 billion yen to our company in terms of record royalty profits alone!!"

Hearing this number, the directors present, all gasping for breath and red eyes, looked like a bull in heat, staring closely at the chart on the projector.

These directors don't know anything about running a record company, producing music, and running artists, but they are very sensitive to money.

15 billion, these profits, these directors all accounted for a part, although not a lot, but this is only two years.

What if it's five years? Ten years?

At this moment, the directors present are all in their hearts, and they regard the artist Kiyoshi Sakamoto as a big tree, a cash cow!

"Moreover, as Sakamoto Kiyoshi's popularity and fame continue to rise, our company's profits from him will only be more, not less, after all, Sakamoto Kiyoshi's record contract and brokerage contract are signed in our company. ”

Yuichi Yamada, who was on stage, continued.

However, the directors, who already knew that Kiyoshi Sakamoto was a cash cow, did not have the patience to continue listening to Yuichi Yamada and talk about the importance of Kiyoshi Sakamoto.

A chubby director, with an arrogant face, directly interrupted.

"Then, let's continue to give this kid more job notices, just do it, why are you talking so much nonsense... ”

As soon as these words came out, Naoki Kitagawa who was sitting in the upper seat, Naoki Kitagawa who was not in the meeting and did not make a sound at all, suddenly slapped his hand on the table and slapped it fiercely!

Syllable!

The loud sound was heard by the entire conference room.

The fat director who made a voice was also frightened by the sudden loud noise.

Naoki Kitagawa slowly stood up.

With his standard frowning expression, he looked at the fat director with sharp eyes, and said in a light tone.

"Tsuchiya, shut up!"