Chapter 68: Sales Exploded

With the broadcast of HEY3, Kiyoshi Sakamoto's song "I'm Yours" was officially hung on the official website at 0:00 a.m. on the 15th.

At 7 o'clock on the 15th, all CD stores in Tokyo received 500,000 CDs of Kiyoshi Sakamoto's second single "I'm Yours" from the record factory.

Because Kiyoshi Sakamoto has never had any pre-sales since his debut, so if you want to hear Kiyoshi Sakamoto's songs, you have to go to various CD stores and queue up to buy them.

Yes, queue up.

A single CD from a super popular singer that you want to buy without queuing?

At 7:50 a.m. on the 15th, a long, long line was already standing outside a large record store in Ginza, Tokyo, outside the store that had not yet opened.

The number of people in the team is both men and women, most of them are young men and women, and there are also many women who look like office workers, and the proportion should not be underestimated.

"When are you coming to the line?" asked a girl in the middle of the line dressed in a trendy, Shibuya-style style, and asked the girl in front of her.

The girl who was asked, dressed relatively quietly and wearing glasses, turned her head and replied in a low voice when she heard the person behind her ask herself, "I'll be here at six o'clock." ”

"Hah, I also arrived here at six o'clock, but why are there so many people in front, do they come to line up at five o'clock?" Shibuya girl was a little annoyed, why did she get up so early, or was she just in the middle of the line...

"Well, that, I heard a person in front of me say that the first in front of me was a few female students, and they came to line up at four o'clock. Said the glasses girl and the Shibuya girl.

"Huh, is it so early? I thought it was already early at five o'clock, and sure enough, the charm of KIYO-kun is really irresistible!" The Shibuya girl sighed at the popularity of her idol.

"Hmm, are you also coming to line up to buy KIYO-kun's new single?!!" Suddenly, the glasses girl, whose eyes were already big, suddenly opened wide, looking at the Shibuya girl who was lined up behind her.

"Well, you're ?!! too" The Shibuya girl was also very surprised, but she didn't expect to have a casual conversation, and she ran into a girl who was also a fan of Sakamoto Kiyoshi.

"That's right, I'm a big fan of KIYO-kun. Speaking of Kiyoshi Sakamoto, the glasses girl seems to have love in her eyes.

"So, are these people coming to line up to buy KIYO-kun's new single?"

"I guess it's right.,Recently, a new single was released.,It seems that only KIYO-kun's single.,It's shipped today.。 The glasses girl thought for a moment and replied unconfidently.

"Yabai, then there are so many people in front of us, will it be our turn that KIYO-kun's CDs will be sold out?!!" The Shibuya girl was shocked.

"Hah, yes, why didn't I think of it!! what should I do?" the glasses girl also became anxious.

Just when the two girls were thinking about how to break through the encirclement in so many YOHO (Sakamoto Kiyoshi fan name) and buy Sakamoto Kiyoshi's new single CD.

This record store called "MUISC FEEL" is open!

In an instant, the whole team poured forward into the record store like a wild horse on the loose.

The glasses girl and the Shibuya girl in the middle of the line also kept pushing forward, eager to quickly enter the record store and get Kiyoshi Sakamoto's new single CD.

Ten minutes later, there were about a hundred people in front, but the team still didn't lose much.

Half an hour later, three hundred people entered, almost halfway through the line.

Fifty minutes later, it was finally time for the glasses girl and the Shibuya girl to be in order.

As soon as the two entered the record store, they immediately rushed to the hot recommendation position.

Because the two of them are regular customers of this store, they know that whenever a popular singer releases a new song, they are placed in that position.

Of course, Kiyoshi Sakamoto's new single will definitely be there waiting for the fans.

Sure enough, the two ran to the hot recommendation spot and found Kiyoshi Sakamoto's single CD, which was quietly placed there.

However, there is only one left!

The two looked at each other, and almost at the same time they sprinted out, and at the same time they got the only single CD left.

"This is what I got first!" said the Shibuya girl, pulling the CD in her hand forcefully.

"No... No, it is ... I.. I got it first. The glasses girl seems to rarely exercise, and she sprints for a wave, but her breath has not eased up.

The two took the last CD left and walked all the way to the cashier, but when it was time to give the money, both of them wanted to give the money and get the ownership of the CD.

As a result, the scene was deadlocked.

"Why don't you buy this CD together and go back and listen to it together, right? You're friends, right?" Seeing that the scene was a little out of control, the female clerk at the cash register expressed her opinions and speculations.

"Huh?" "Huh?"

The two suddenly felt that this method made some sense, after all, when the two were queuing up outside just now, they knew each other, and both of them wanted to hear KIYO-kun's new single today, and it was also a good idea to listen to it together.

After all, both of them are fans of KIYO-kun - YOHO.

"Do you think that's good? My home is nearby, why don't we all produce this CD, and then we can go to my house and listen to it, and when you're done, you can take it home and listen to it?"

"You seem to be right, um... All right. The Shibuya girl also thought that the idea was acceptable, so she agreed.

"Then let's get to know each other first, shall I know each other first? My name is Chidori Yukiko, what about you?" said the glasses girl a little shyly.

"Hello, my name is Erika Matsushima! The Shibuya girl also introduced herself.

"Please advise me as well. Erika. Chidori Yukiko replied.

In this way, two fans of Kiyoshi Sakamoto became friends because of a CD.

When the two walked out of the record store, they saw that the queue was slowly dispersed, because the five hundred singles were all sold out in less than an hour. And the last one is in the hands of Chidori Yukiko and Erika Matsushima.

The two looked at each other and smiled, and walked towards Chidori Yukiko's house.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who is far away in Sony, must not know that because of one of his CDs, he will create the birth of a pair of friends.

At this time, Kiyoshi Sakamoto was in the band practice room of Sony, and the other two members of the SUN band, Makoto Ogawa and Masaki Chiba, were practicing with the band.

Although he had just released his second single, Kiyoshi Sakamoto was still more concerned about the development of the band, and after recording all five songs in the band's second single, he did not rush to make announcements to promote his personal singles, but stayed in the company and practiced with the band members again.

After all, the band hasn't practiced for almost two months, and the tacit understanding and cooperation all need to be improved through a lot of practice.

The most important thing in a rock band is LIVE, and without a lot of practice, it is impossible to perform LIVE well, so in order to avoid being able to perform live at the end of March, when the band's new single is released, the LIVE performance can be mastered, so now the three members of the SUN band will be practicing hard in the Sony Band practice room.

The three of them have been in the practice room and have been practicing all day.

The next morning, when Kiyoshi Sakamoto came to Sony again, preparing to shoot a magazine cover today, as well as a few media interviews. was caught by the music director, Yuichi Yamada, and pulled into the music department.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was confused, didn't know what Director Yamada had to tell him, because the two had just met a few days ago.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was dragged to the music department, knew why Yamada was pulling himself over in a hurry when he saw the form he was holding in his hand.

Because on that table, it is recorded that Sakamoto's fresh single "I'm Yours" sold throughout Tokyo yesterday.

The reason for pulling myself over has been found, but why is it so urgent, isn't it generally that sales come to the music department in a week to check the sales?

"It's only been on sale for a day now, why did you come here??" Sakamoto Kiyoshi thought about this in his heart, and then took the form handed over by Yamada and looked at it, his eyes, which were originally squinted, suddenly widened, and he looked at the numbers on the form in surprise.

First-day sales... 300,000 !!

Kiyoshi Sakamoto looked at the number written with a red pen, and his eyes couldn't take his eyes off it, as if this number had magical powers, so that everyone who saw it couldn't take their eyes off.

"How's that? That's your popularity!" Yuichi Yamada patted Kiyoshi Sakamoto on the shoulder, his eyes a little red, and looked at him.

Yamada's eyes are red because he was also surprised when he saw this number, and he kept checking the information in the computer and checking it, so his eyes were so red.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto couldn't believe it, because of such first-day sales, it can basically be said that the sales of this single will definitely exceed one million.

300,000 on the first day, setting a first-day sales record for Sony Records RB singers!

This is not an accident, but a necessity.

The record was released a week in advance, and because there were only two songs included, the price was one-third less than the normal single;

Kiyoshi Sakamoto is super popular after winning the record award;

The mystery that has not appeared for two months, the gimmick of the debut English single, the amazing performance on HEY3 and the platform of Masaharu Fukuyama, all these factors have combined to create such high first-day sales.

"I can't believe it, is this the sales volume of the whole of Tokyo? Not counting the sales of several surrounding prefectures?" asked Sakamoto Kiyoshi after taking a deep breath and calming down his mind.

"Well, the sales in those counties, because they are a bit far away, and we at Sony don't have enough manpower, so we didn't count the first-day sales. However, if you look at the sales in Tokyo yesterday, you can know that the sales in those prefectures should have basically been sold out. Yamada said proudly.

The higher the sales of Sakamoto Kiyoshi's single, the more Yamada feels and honored, on the one hand, because Sakamoto Kiyoshi is a singer under Sony, and on the other hand, because the producer of this single is named Yuichi Yamada.

"Well, why do you say that?" Kiyoshi Sakamoto was a little puzzled.

"Because these 300,000 sheets are exactly the number of products that we at Sony have distributed in Tokyo. In other words, in other words, all the records we have in Tokyo are sold out in one day, and the remaining 200,000 copies are evenly distributed in Seny, Saitama, and Kanagawa prefectures. Yamada was very excited to tell Kiyoshi Sakamoto where to distribute this single.

"Hmm, what do you mean?" Sakamoto Kiyoshi understood a little, but he still seemed to let Yamada say it, because the next words, speaking by himself, were a bit of a pretend.

"What I mean is, maybe we're chatting with Sony now, and the remaining 200,000 have been sold out! In that case, your single score is not 300,000 on the first day, but 500,000!"

500,000 in a single day, such sales may only be broken in the future AKB era.

"Sakamoto-kun, we have one thing to do right away. Suddenly, Yamada said to Kiyoshi Sakamoto with a serious face.

"What is it?" asked Kiyoshi Sakamoto.

"Additional !! of Suppressed Records"