Chapter 737: Atsuko Maeda's decision

"New Record!Sony's New Girl Group, a New Star in the Idol Industry!"

"Kiyoshi Sakamoto fully proves that he is synonymous with omnipotence!"

"AKB may have ushered in its greatest enemy... 》

As mentioned earlier, in this era of sluggish physical records, there are only a handful of singers who can sell more than 200,000 records.

What's more, it's a rookie idol group that has just debuted in the mainstream?!

"So long!" sold 230,000 copies in its first week, and while winning the first place on the Oricon Weekly Chart, it also broke the record for the first week of sales of female singers held by AKB sister group NMB48 with their debut single "Destroy the Black-Haired Girl"!

This kind of appearance is simply impeccable!

The media, who were not optimistic about Nogizaka at first, also instantly reversed the limelight and began to tout this new idol girl group that broke various records as soon as it debuted!

There are also many sensible media, and the target of the touting is put on Kiyoshi Sakamoto, a producer:

"It is worthy of the idol girl group produced by Kiyoshi Sakamoto of the "Record Crusher", and even the fine tradition of its own director breaking various records has been well continued by these girls!"

"Kiyoshi Sakamoto's creative talent is beyond doubt! Yasushi Akimoto's idol empire may have emerged as the most formidable enemy. And that person is called Kiyoshi Sakamoto!"

People who don't know.,It's still said by these media.,I thought that Sakamoto Kiyoshi women's clothing had joined Nogizaka.。。。

And when the girls of Nogizaka learned about their single sales from Yoshio Konno in the practice room, they were also instantly excited to hug each other.

"Great!"

Although it is still a long way to go from AKB.

You know, AKB's 25th single "GIVE ME FIVE!", which was released at the same time, sold a terrifying 1.287 million copies in the first week!

Compared to Nogizaka, it's simply a weak chicken...

However, on the positive side, surpassing the NMB record as soon as they debuted also added a bit of longing and expectation for the future to the young eyes of the girls of Nogizaka 46.

They began to feel that it was not impossible to surpass the AKB.

However, debut,For these girls,It's just the beginning...

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"What does Asahi say, when will filming start?"

"President Sato agreed to our conditions and found a suitable screenwriter. It's just that I still expressed concern about you not being on the set and communicating with the director. However, those are minor issues ... ”

It was one day in March.

Located in the SMA Corporation Building in Shinagawa-ku, in the office of the Director of Operations.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto and his deputy, Hikaru Kitahara, deputy director of operations at SMA, are discussing cooperation with TV Asahi.

In fact, in the extremely closed and locked up Japanese entertainment industry, the relationship between the agency and the TV station is an open secret.

For example, Janis, who can win several main roles in major TV stations every quarter through relationships, is the key to making them the top presence in the industry.

Not to mention the very influential Yanyin in the TV industry...

However, there are frequent contacts with STARDUST and NTV, and Genesys has a lot of cooperation with Fuji TV, and several major firms are not all like Yanyin, and all TV stations can be opened.

There is always a pro-estrangement, or the existence of "allies", "strategic partners", and so on.

Among the five major private TV stations, the TV station that has a very close relationship with SMA is TV Asahi.

Even to put it mildly, TV Asahi is a hardcore ally of SMA!

Since Kiyoshi Sakamoto began to control SMA, in recent years, SMA's actors' appearances and exposure on TV Asahi have skyrocketed!

Especially when "The SUN Suddenly" gradually replaced "Male and Female Pickets" and became the Kanban variety show of Asahi, the relationship between SMA and TV Asahi has obviously entered a honeymoon period.

Of course, the length of this honeymoon period depends on whether Kiyoshi Sakamoto is in charge or not.

And from the current point of view, this honeymoon period, there is still a long way to go...

Therefore, in order to better promote its artists and deepen the relationship between the two parties, Kiyoshi Sakamoto decided to cooperate with TV Asahi to jointly produce a TV series from this year.

Every year since then, they have collaborated on a TV series!

And this first collaborative TV series is called "Omotesando High School Choir Club"!

This youth campus drama, which was only produced and broadcast by TBS in 2015, is a very good TV series.

For SMA, who has a lot of actors, this TV series is very suitable for newcomers!

Therefore, Kiyoshi Sakamoto directly wrote all the scripts of this drama, relying on his memory and current screenwriting ability.

And, let his subordinates hold the scripts of the first three episodes of the TV series, and have the sincerity that cannot be refused, and talked about cooperation with TV Asahi.

In the face of Kiyoshi Sakamoto's invitation to cooperate, TV Asahi was naturally very happy.

Let's not talk about the quality of the script, just look at Sakamoto Kiyoshi's face, which is enough to make Asahi side

Even if Kiyoshi Sakamoto proposed the harsh condition that the cast of the entire drama would be played by artists under SMA, TV Asahi only hesitated for a moment and immediately gave a positive answer.

They have no doubts about Kiyoshi Sakamoto's abilities.

After confirming the matter of the TV series with Hikaru Kitahara, and after telling Hikaru Kitahara a few more words, Kiyoshi Sakamoto waved his hand and let him go down.

Just after Hikaru Kitahara left, in less than a few minutes, the door of Kiyoshi Sakamoto's office was knocked again!

"Come in. Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was sitting at his desk and was working with his head down, said without raising his head.

Pushing the door in, it was a girl, a short-haired girl that Kiyoshi Sakamoto hadn't seen for a long time.

"A-chan?"

Atsuko Maeda's sudden visit surprised Kiyoshi Sakamoto.

As the immovable ace of AKB, which is now at the peak of idols, Atsuko Maeda should be the busiest at this time.

The promotion of the single, the filming of the TV series, and the rehearsal of the concert all made this girl, who had been standing in the center of AKB, look very tired.

This can be seen from the tiredness on the girl's face that the delicate makeup can't hide either.

She may not even have time to sleep ...

However, he reacted quickly and beckoned the girl to sit down.

The two face each other and sit down on the couch.

Seeing Atsuko Maeda's expression of wanting to speak and stopping, Sakamoto Kiyoshi was even more curious in his heart, and asked first: "A-chan, do you have something you want to tell me?"

"Well, after thinking about it for a long time, I still feel that I need to inform you. ”

"Oh, what is it that makes you look so distressed?"

“。。。 The girl was silent for a moment, and finally, as if she had mustered up courage, looked directly into Kiyoshi Sakamoto's eyes, and said:

"Sakamoto-san, I'm ready to graduate!"

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