January 25, SME Headquarters Building, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.

Today is the day of Sony Music Entertainment's annual annual meeting of directors.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who is the executive director of SME, naturally came to the company early in a formal suit.

When he came to the spacious conference room, Kiyoshi Sakamoto was not the first one, and some idle directors who had no real power had already occupied the seats in the conference room.

The directors who knew each other were also chatting quietly.

Where is the golf course better, which high-end restaurant has fresher ingredients, where is it more fun to travel abroad, etc...

However, when Kiyoshi Sakamoto walked into the conference room, the directors either stopped talking and came up to greet him with a smile, or they sat in their places and nodded to Kiyoshi Sakamoto.

No one dares to ignore his existence.

Especially after Kiyoshi Sakamoto managed SMA well and his popularity was greatly improved, his position within Sony was also rising.

After greeting the directors one by one, Kiyoshi Sakamoto also sat in his exclusive seat, waiting for the meeting to begin.

Soon, the directors came to the conference room one after another.

In the spacious conference room, there are also middle-aged people in suits and leather shoes.

Among them, Kiyoshi Sakamoto's excessively young face is particularly conspicuous.

The last to appear, naturally, is the most important big shot.

The current representative director of the SME, Naoki Kitagawa, also walked into the conference room, surrounded by several of his directors.

"So, let's get started. ”

With the order of Naoki Kitagawa, the 2011 annual board meeting of Sony Music in Japan kicked off...

First of all, the chief financial officer of SMEJ, who presided over the meeting, reported to the leaders the achievements and financial statements of the major subsidiaries of SME Group in the past year.

The first, of course, is the music business that SMEs rely on.

In the past year, Sony Music's overall sales have been the highest among all Japanese record companies!

SME once again suppressed Ai Hui, who had many singers, and became the record company with the highest sales of the year in 2010.

This is largely due to the all-round attack of its singers, especially the two million singles of THE SUN that ranked first on the annual chart, as well as Kana Nishino's big activity and the return of the Rainbow Band...

It is worth mentioning that King Records, where AKB is located, has become the record company with the largest increase among all record companies due to AKB's popularity and strength in the past year.

After the music business, it was the turn of Kiyoshi Sakamoto's SMA.

As SMA President Tsuyoshi Sato is nearing retirement, he handed over all affairs to Kiyoshi Sakamoto to take care of.

In a sense, today's SMA is Kiyoshi Sakamoto's SMA.

In 2010, among all the subsidiaries of SME, the most dazzling achievement was naturally SMA, which produced the highest-grossing romance film in Japanese film history!

The filming funds of "Those Years", plus post-production costs and publicity fees, do not exceed one billion.

And after this movie won 8.7 billion in China and was released throughout Asia, the final box office got a terrifying 15 billion!

The 15 billion box office, after deducting the theater fees, film distribution fees, production fees, and Asahi and Toho's shares, finally Sakamoto Kiyoshi, as the main sponsor, personally got nearly 3 billion net profits!

200 million becomes 3 billion, which is nearly 15 times the profit!

This does not include the subsequent secondary use, TV media, DVD and other income, otherwise, the profit is even more considerable.

Even the tens of millions of SMEs involved in the investment have become hundreds of millions.

It's just the pure profit of a movie!

Of course, not every movie is "Those Years" that can make history...

However, at the very least, this film independently produced by SMA hit the reputation of SMA production, which is what Sony Music values the most.

In addition, in the past year, SMA's actors, Sugata Masaki, Noh Nian Rena, and others are also very active, resulting in SMA becoming a new force in the Japanese entertainment industry in 2010, which cannot be ignored!

Therefore, when the CFO of SMEJ was reporting the relevant report of SMA, the directors present all turned their attention to Kiyoshi Sakamoto from time to time.

No way, the results are too eye-catching.

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The meeting continues.

Soon, when many idle directors thought that this was a calm meeting, the first major decision was made!

Due to the excellent work results of the past few years and the cash cow that Kiyoshi Sakamoto has brought to the company, Naoki Kitagawa recommended at the meeting that Yuichi Yamada, who is currently the head of the SME music division and the record director of the company's largest label, Sony Records, be appointed to the board of directors.

And this proposal was also unanimously approved by the "Kitagawa faction" headed by Kiyoshi Sakamoto.

As a result, Yuichi Yamada was successfully promoted to become a director (i.e., director) of the SME.

In this way, it also makes the "Beichuan faction", the first major faction of SME, even more powerful.

Yuichi Yamada entered the board of directors, which is also a good thing for Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who also belongs to the same faction.

After all, the next project he is going to propose needs the strong support of the directors...

Soon, the meeting came to the last agenda item of the meeting in a very smooth rhythm:

Proposal of new project planning!

"Next, there is the proposal for a new project, and any of you who have a project can put it forward now. ”

Hearing Naoki Kitagawa 's words, Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who originally looked like an immovable Buddha statue, began to move his body.

The deep and affectionate eyes also brightened up instantly.

Although since he parachuted into Sony Music and assumed the position of executive director, Kiyoshi Sakamoto has not interfered with Naoki Kitagawa once.

Even when he attended the regular board meeting, he just sat quietly and never expressed his opinion.

Compared with the scolding Fang Xuan at SMA, it is simply two people.

However, this time, he is not ready to continue to be a mascot...

After all, he came prepared.

I saw Sakamoto Kiyoshi, who was sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai platform, raised his arm and signaled that he had something to say.

And Naoki Kitagawa also saw it, and Kiyoshi Sakamoto raised his hand high.

Although he was a little surprised, he still asked out loud: "Director Sakamoto?"

"I have a new project that I want to show you. ”

"Oh?" Kitagawa Naoki looked at Kiyoshi Sakamoto with interest, but found that the expression on his face was still so calm, and the curiosity in his heart was even worse.

"Next, let's invite our director Sakamoto to bring us his new business plan!"

Kiyoshi Sakamoto turned his head and snapped his fingers at Hikaru Kitahara, who was sitting behind him.

Afterwards, many directors saw Hikaru Kitahara, deputy director of SMA, get up from his chair and walk to the podium in full view of everyone.

What is Kiyoshi Sakamoto's upcoming new project?

It was the only thought that came to mind of all the directors present at this moment ...