Chapter 16: The Game with Sony
March 3rd, this day, is the day Sakamoto Kiyoshi was discharged from the hospital.
"Ah, the sun is so warm!" Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who walked out of the hospital gate, looked at the sun and stretched his waist.
"Smack!"
"Generation!"
"Why are you beating me again, I'm still a patient. β
Needless to say, it must have been Kiyoshi Sakamoto who was beaten, and it was Masaharu Fukuyama who beat him. After all, these two often act in this kind of small sitcom. Uncle Ishida said that he had long been surprised.
Touching the beaten head, Kiyoshi Sakamoto glared fiercely at Uncle Fukuyama. Fukuyama also glared back like a child, and then Sakamoto Kiyoshi coaxed.
"Before you go back, your father and mother told me to take care of you and not let you faint again. Listen to me. After Fukuyama finished speaking, he raised his fist as if demonstrating.
"Just listen ... Listen, why are you still hitting me on the head, breaking my head, you can't afford to pay for it. Kiyoshi Sakamoto didn't dare to be arrogant in front of Masaharu Fukuyama, so he had to complain quietly.
But Fukuyama's ears are still very smart, and when he heard Sakamoto Kiyoshi's whisper, he immediately made a gesture to hit him, and Sakamoto was on guard early in the morning, jumped backwards, jumped two meters away, and also made Huang Feihong's POSE, which made Masaharu Fukuyama and Uncle Ishida look confused.
Masaharu Fukuyama was thinking, he felt that the student he accepted was so interesting, talented, handsome, but funny all day long, it was enough, if this kid went to participate in the manga competition, he might be able to win a championship and come back. Because he has so many new and strange things in his head, but these things seem to be forward-looking.
How to say it, Sakamoto Kiyoshi gives him the feeling that he is a teenager all of a sudden, and after a while, he will become a young man again, sometimes mature, sometimes naΓ―ve, just like a contradiction, but he is very attractive like this.
After a while of fighting at the entrance of the hospital, Kiyoshi Sakamoto said goodbye to Masaharu Fukuyama and followed Uncle Ishida to take a taxi back to Sony.
In the car, Kiyoshi Sakamoto thought a lot.
Regarding his own music path, Sakamoto Kiyoshi believes that he has embarked on a relatively flat road, backed by a large Sony company, with more than 100 future songs in his hands, and a brain that knows the future trend of music pop, as long as Sakamoto Kiyoshi does not die, does not get involved in any drugs, politics, crime and other major events, he will definitely become a superstar in the RB music industry in the future. However, Kiyoshi Sakamoto is not thinking only about the music industry.
During the few days in the hospital, Kiyoshi Sakamoto also had time to stop and think about his future path and how he would go.
After being reborn, Kiyoshi Sakamoto did everything without a purpose. Because what he wanted to do was once a professional football player, but the illness he discovered when he was a child made him give up this dream of his previous life. As a result, he can only settle for the next best thing and enter the entertainment industry.
It's not God's arrangement, it's fate, Masaharu Fukuyama, the national male god, was sent to the door, and he became his student, and since then he seems to have been pushed and embarked on the road of music. But all along, Kiyoshi Sakamoto has not been very enthusiastic about making music, after all, he is just being pushed away. He just regards making music as a job, so Kiyoshi Sakamoto will silently follow a large number of announcements to promote his singles, because in his eyes, since it is work, he must do it seriously.
It's not that Kiyoshi Sakamoto doesn't have a love for music, it can only be said that he doesn't love it enough.
Lying on the hospital bed, Kiyoshi Sakamoto thought about it for a long time, and finally remembered a dream of his past life hidden deep in his heart.
Put a colorful life!
This is the conclusion that Sakamoto Kiyoshi has reached, it may be that the dull life in his previous life made him want to live a more wonderful life in this life, and he can't live this life ordinarily! In this life, because of various coincidences, Sakamoto Kiyoshi entered the entertainment industry.
Therefore, Kiyoshi Sakamoto thought that he wanted to step by step into the entertainment industry to reach the top of the pyramid, meet more people along the way, live a wonderful life, and finally see what the scenery above was like, which would not be a loss to be reborn and return to RB.
And to do this, Kiyoshi Sakamoto has thought about it, not only singing, acting, but also being a producer. Only by being multi-habitat can we walk on one leg and walk farther and more steadily.
Moreover, only by acting and producing, can you get in touch with more RB actresses who liked in her previous life, and Kiyoshi Sakamoto is looking forward to meeting them.
Nanami Hashimoto, Yui Aragaki has already seen. Then the little sisters of Nogizaka 46, the other three of the four pillars, will they be far away?
Thinking of this, Kiyoshi Sakamoto's thoughts had already drifted into the distance.
Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Sony Music Company, Sony Building.
Kiyoshi Sakamoto returned to Sony Music.
Returning to the company just after being discharged from the hospital, Kiyoshi Sakamoto is a teenager who loves work and music in the eyes of the staff of Sony.
But only Kiyoshi Sakamoto himself knows that the reason why he returned to Sony as soon as he was discharged from the hospital was because he wanted to ask Sony for an explanation. After all, a lot of the responsibility for this fainting belongs to Sony, so I thought about making a fuss about this fainting to see if I could knock some bamboo on Sony and get back some mental loss.
How can I say it, I'm the little prince of your Sony now, if you don't make up for it, are you worthy of me?
Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was thinking about how to rip off bamboo while thinking about this, walked into the office of the president of SONY.
"Hello, President!" Kiyoshi Sakamoto finished bowing and looked at the middle-aged man in front of him, who was about fifty years old.
And the middle-aged man with black-framed glasses and a kind face in front of him is the current CEO and president of Sony Music Company - Naoki Kitagawa.
This big guy, and a son who was very jealous in his previous life and thought that he had to die, Kenji Kitagawa.
"Come on, sit down, are you feeling better?" Kitagawa seemed to know that Sakamoto Kiyoshi was coming back to look for him, and he had been waiting for him for a long time.
Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was sitting on the sofa, saw Naoki Kitagawa walk from the desk to the sofa opposite him and sit down, and his heart tightened.
"Much better, thank you for your concern. β
"Well, that's good, KIYO-kun, you're our little prince of Sony, a signature artist. Caring about you should be.γγ β
Kiyoshi Sakamoto saw that Naoki Kitagawa had been greeting him, but it was all nonsense, and he secretly said in his heart, the old fox...
In fact, this time, what Kiyoshi Sakamoto wants from Sony is greater freedom and resources. After all, the responsibility for this fainting storm lies with Sony. Sakamoto Kiyoshi knows that as the big boss of Sony, Kitagawa must know why he fainted, and he must have been instructed by him, and the Sony boss in front of him must also know the huge influence and potential shown by Kiyoshi Sakamoto in this turmoil.
So Kiyoshi Sakamoto is somewhat confident in this trip to discuss the law, but now it seems that Sony is a little reluctant to loosen the chain tied to Kiyoshi Sakamoto's neck, because the freedom of artists has always been the most important place for entertainment companies. After all, the more free the artist, the less influence the entertainment company has over the artist. If you can't control its artists, then don't you give other companies a joke?
But in Kitagawa Naoki's view, it is okay to give Sakamoto Kiyoshi more resources, after all, he is a diamond, and if he polishes it a little, he will shine more brightly; in terms of freedom, it is not impossible, after all, so far, Sakamoto Kiyoshi has made a great contribution to Sony as a new singer under Sony, which is undeniable, and, in Sakamoto Kiyoshi, I can't see the idea of wanting to break away from Sony's control, in that case, it can give him more freedom and train him to become a real Sony prince.
At the board of directors, it was Kitagawa Naoki's statement that persuaded the board of directors, and this is the situation in front of Kitagawa waiting for Kiyoshi Sakamoto in the president's office. After all, at this time, as Party A and Party B, in order to change the things on the contract, they must have a chat.
In this way, Sakamoto Kiyoshi is willing to fight, Kitagawa Naoki is willing to suffer, in the president's office, Sakamoto Kiyoshi and Sony representative president Kitagawa Naoki chatted for two hours, and finally, the two sides reached a consensus and wrote the consensus into the new contract.
In addition to publishing songs for himself, which must be published through Sony, other songs written by Kiyoshi Sakamoto to others, Sony will only take 20% of the remuneration he gets.
The copyright of all the songs written by Kiyoshi Sakamoto belongs to him.
You can optionally opt out of attending promotional events under the Sony umbrella.
More publicity resources will be tilted towards Kiyoshi Sakamoto.
You can selectively not accept the commercial performances that the company picks up for yourself.
The company found more program announcements for him, and at the same time, the company had no right to take a cut of the movies, TV series, and variety show announcements that Sakamoto Kiyoshi found himself.
Find more acting opportunities for him.
The above are the benefits that Kiyoshi Sakamoto got in this game with Sony. The most important are copyright and acting opportunities. After all, music copyright is the lifeblood of a musician. And for Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who is determined to stop there, Sony's support can make Kiyoshi Sakamoto more helpful in acting auditions.
Kiyoshi Sakamoto needs to pay for the renewal of his contract for ten years, as well as the condition that he writes at least two songs per year for Sony's singers, and more than 2 billion yen in liquidated damages.
Kiyoshi Sakamoto himself did not think about breaking away from Sony at all. RB's entertainment company is not like ZG, in ZG, there are many companies whose artists want to leave the company after they become popular, or hang a name under the company, start a personal studio or something, earn more, and have a high degree of freedom.
But in RB, if you dare to do this, you will definitely be banned by the entire entertainment industry.
Moreover, Sony's thighs are not tightly hugged, and he still wants to get out of it, his brain is not broken, right?
In this way, Sakamoto Kiyoshi tied his future to Sony, in exchange for a higher status, greater freedom, and more resources in Sony.