Chapter 37: The Band Debuts

The "gambling debut" plan, as early as the moment Sakamoto Kiyoshi proposed it, was destined to end in Sakamoto Kiyoshi's victory.

On the one hand, he is a brainless director who does not understand the strength and situation of his opponent, and on the other hand, he knows his own strengths and strength, and at the same time, he also knows what kind of person his opponent is.

On the second day of Tokyo Inokashira Park, the majority of Sakamoto Kiyoshi fans who got the news gathered in this RB's first Western-style suburban park, waiting for their idol to appear.

It was also the same time, ten o'clock in the morning.

Because it was announced yesterday that it will come to the performance today, many audiences have already occupied the audience seats around the stage.

So when Kiyoshi Sakamoto and the three of them came to Inokashira Park, they were startled, the entire open-air stage was full of people, some of them were still facing the direction of the stage, standing on the hill next to them, and they almost climbed the tree to see.

However, the advantage of the open-air stage is that the space is vast, and the audience standing far away can still see and hear, but it is not very clear.

Seeing so many people waiting for them, the three of them were also very grateful, and immediately put all the equipment in place and started the second band LIVE performance.

It's still those songs from yesterday.

"Close Your Eyes"!!

"Sunshine is just right"!

"You Who Can't Get It"!

"Nagasaki"!

"Flower"!!

"Glimmer"!

In thirty minutes, all six songs ended.

And the audience at the scene also enjoyed it very much, and they were calling together throughout the whole process, waving their hands to make waves, and they were so excited that they couldn't do it.

Even the Sony shooting department, which was filming with a camera on the side, the doctors were swaying together.

Yesterday's LIVE audience exceeded the agreed 5,000 people, so at the board meeting yesterday afternoon, it was announced that the debut of THE SUN was unstoppable.

In order to shoot some live videos as a warm-up before the debut, and put them on Sony's official website to promote, Sony sent a group of filming crews today to shoot the debut record of the SUN band.

There were also several data personnel who specialize in calculating the number of viewers, counting the number of attendees at this LIVE.

After the performance, Kiyoshi Sakamoto was on his way back to the company and couldn't wait to know the number of audiences, so he asked Uncle Ishida, "Uncle, how many people are present for this LIVE performance?"

At the end of the day, he specially called Uncle Ishida, went to those data people, asked the number of people present, and wanted to know if his band had broken the record of the Yuzu group.

And on the same car, Ogawa Shin and Chiba Masaki also pricked up their ears, obviously quite concerned about this result.

Seeing that the three of them wanted to know so much about the number of viewers, Uncle Ishida was also a little puzzled, didn't it already reach 5,000 people yesterday?

Uncle Ishida, who can't figure it out, doesn't know that Sakamoto Kiyoshi had already told Ogawa and the two yesterday about the grapefruit group from the street artists, which attracted more than 7,000 people to see in a LIVE performance, and their desire to break this record, so the two also said very firmly that they would try to help Sakamoto Kiyoshi, after all, the three of them are now a group.

That's why Kiyoshi Sakamoto and the three of them are so anxious to know if they have broken the records of their predecessors in today's performance.

In the end, Uncle Ishida still said the number of viewers for this LIVE performance: 7,534 people!!

Maybe it's because the people who watched the show yesterday also came today, and they called their friends and family to come over, so the number of people has reached 7,000 today.

The three people who heard this number also shouted "yes!" and took advantage of the situation to get up HIGH FIVE.

"I didn't expect that we would attract so many people to watch, 7,000 people, plus yesterday's 5,000, our two LIVE shows have mobilized more than 10,000 people!! we can hold a concert. Chiba Masaki said excitedly.

"Well, I didn't expect there to be so many people, I thought that more than 1,000 people would be very good. The calm man Ogawa was also very surprised this time, but he couldn't see his surprised expression at all on the surface.

However, Sakamoto Kiyoshi, who already knows something about his character, is also used to his unchanging face, but this time in Ogawa's voice, Sakamoto Kiyoshi also heard a trace of irrepressible surprise.

"Hahaha, of course, who called me a handsome guy who loves everyone and sees flowers blooming, in this band, ahhahahaha!" As the decision-maker and leader in the band, Kiyoshi Sakamoto is so narcissistic, but Uncle Ishida in the car, Ogawa Shin and Chiba Masaki are also people who know this surface narcissism, and he is a person who is very planned in his heart and does things without leakage.

Narcissism, just showing his true face in front of close friends and family, and in other places he will only turn out to be the most polite young man in the whole RB.

Knowing that the band broke the record of the Yuzu group, Sakamoto Kiyoshi suddenly felt very tired, so he fell asleep in the car with a happy mood.

On the second day after the end of the live, THE SUN began to record singles, shoot music videos, shoot covers, and practice in a busy schedule. At the same time, Sony's official website released a video on Kiyoshi Sakamoto's personal page again, which is Sony's debut record for the band SUN.

The one-hour debut record included individual and plenary interviews with everyone in the band, a video of the trio practicing, and finally a stunning 30-minute live performance at Inokashira Park in Tokyo.

On July 21, the video released at 0:00 a.m. had 100,000 views by 7 a.m.!

This shows that during the wee hours of the morning, most people who follow Sony Music, without sleeping, are browsing this video.

By 10 o'clock in the morning, the number of views exceeded 300,000!!

It's all crazy, Sakamoto Kiyoshi's major fan groups are crazy, and they all leave messages on Sony's official website, asking Sony, is Sakamoto Kiyoshi going to release a new single again, and he also started a song band??

The continuous messages are covered in Sony's official message area one by one, and in just three hours, there are 50,000 messages about Kiyoshi Sakamoto that have been hung in the message area.

For such an enthusiastic attitude of fans, Sony's directors all believe how wise and powerful President Kitagawa is to insist on supporting the decision of Kiyoshi Sakamoto, a young man. So, because of the appeal of terror, Sakamoto Kiyoshi officially let Sony see the terrifying power contained in his small body.

So, at 0:00 a.m. on July 22nd, the MV for THE SUN's debut song "Flower" appeared on Sony's official website.

It seems to have become an exclusive release for Sakamoto Kiyoshi, and the materials and MVs about Kiyoshi Sakamoto on Sony's official website are all released at 0:00 in the morning of the day. This also gave Sakamoto Kiyoshi a new nickname "Zero Point Singer".

Sakamoto Kiyoshi fans who seem to understand this rule are all refreshing the page over and over again in front of the computer before 0:00 in the morning, wanting to see the news about Sakamoto Kiyoshi as soon as possible.

Terrible star-chasers!!

So the MV for the new song released at 0:00 on the 22nd was viewed more than 100,000 times in just one hour!

In Sony's band practice room, Masaki Chiba, who was very nervous because he was on TV for the first time, was practicing his expression when he appeared on an MS show in front of a mirror. And Shin Ogawa, who is calm at all times, is on the table next to him, looking at the computer, and the computer is opening the page of their MV.

This classmate, bored, was watching the rapid increase in the number of views while reporting the numbers.

And what about Kiyoshi Sakamoto?

At this time, I was talking to my teacher, Masaharu Fukuyama, on the phone.

"Teacher, have you watched my LIVE, there are 7,000 people, how is it?

Masaharu Fukuyama, who listened to Kiyoshi Sakamoto showing off, also wanted to laugh, and then thought of this kid on the other end of the phone, with that narcissistic look, and a little itchy teeth, wanting to beat up this guy who boasted about himself.

"My last concert had 50,000 spectators. ”

Masaharu Fukuyama said softly, leaving Kiyoshi Sakamoto on the other end of the phone speechless, so he could only helplessly reply, "Count you ruthless!" and then hung up the phone angrily.

Masaharu Fukuyama, who heard the phone in his hand hang up, suddenly burst out laughing.

"This stinky boy, ahahaha, laughed at me... ”

Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who hung up the phone, also continued to call home, and after briefly talking about work and life, he said goodbye to his family. Next, it's Gakki and Sesame-chan.

When the two women received a call from Kiyoshi Sakamoto, they both strongly condemned Kiyoshi Sakamoto for not informing them about the LIVE performance. Sakamoto Kiyoshi could only hurriedly confess, promising that there would be no next time, and after guaranteeing a lot, he also teased the two on the phone, and after making an appointment for the next meeting, he also hung up.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who finally finished the call, heard the number of views reported by Ogawa Shin again: one million!

I looked at the clock hanging in the practice room again, twelve o'clock at noon.

From 0:00 to 12:00 noon, exactly 12 hours, the MV has more than one million views.

This speed is the fastest in the past two years, and Sony has begun to pay attention to online publicity.

July 23rd, 6 p.m.

The trio of THE SUN, after getting their hairstyles and costumes at the beauty salon in Ginza, set off for TV Asahi in Roppongi Hills.

At 7 p.m., THE SUN appeared in the artist lounge of TV Asahi's Music Station program.

Tonight is Kiyoshi Sakamoto's second trip to Music Station, and at the same time, it is the first MS appearance of THE SUN.