Chapter 34: The Stress Test
The three of Sakamoto Kiyoshi who were notified did not panic, and after discussion among the three of them, it was decided that Sakamoto Kiyoshi would ask what the situation was.
Sakamoto Kiyoshi is the de facto leader of the band.,Of course, it's incumbent on you.,But it's not like rushing to the president's office all at once.,Question Kitagawa Naoki.,Isn't that looking for death?。。。
If you ask clearly, you can also use a side-tapping method to figure it out.
So Kiyoshi Sakamoto first called Uncle Ishida and asked him if he had received any news about their band's debut.
However, Uncle Ishida, who is Sony's old fritter, is not joking in Sony's connections, and after his inquiry, this matter is really a bit strange. Under the pursuit of Uncle Ishida, he finally found something.
This time it can be said that it is a dismount.
Some directors from Sony, since Sakamoto Kiyoshi debuted, have been holding a disoptimistic attitude, and have been on the board of directors, encouraging Kitagawa Naoki not to support Sakamoto Kiyoshi, a milky child. However, Naoki Kitagawa is very optimistic about the future development of Kiyoshi Sakamoto, so he has repeatedly expressed solidarity and support for Kiyoshi Sakamoto at the board of directors, and also vigorously promoted the birth of the "Sakamoto Project".
Because of this incident, several directors who lost face on the board of directors indirectly got married to Sakamoto Kiyoshi. A few directors who didn't dare to spill their anger on President Kitagawa aimed at the little man Kiyoshi Sakamoto, which is called a fairy fight and affects mortals.
Fortunately, he was just looking for some reasons to hinder Sakamoto Kiyoshi's development on his debut, and wanted to give Sakamoto Kiyoshi a little color to see, so that he could know whose world Sony was.
Knowing the initiator and purpose of this matter from Uncle Ishida, this is easy to do, after all, the enemy hidden in the shadows is always more terrible than the enemy in the light, and now that the enemy has come out, then the next thing is to defeat the enemy.
Kiyoshi Sakamoto thought very simply.
But as a director of Sony Music, even if it is just a few idle directors who rely on shares to eat dividends, with the current power of Sakamoto Kiyoshi, it is still very strong. After all, Kiyoshi Sakamoto is now just a newcomer under Sony who pays more attention, and he doesn't even have the power to speak loudly at Sony, how can he fight with others?
However, Sakamoto Kiyoshi is not completely without the power to fight back, and the key to solving this matter lies in the attitude of the president, Naoki Kitagawa.
As long as you can get the support of Naoki Kitagawa, you can have the upper hand in this battle.
So the next key is how to get the support of the Beichuan boss.
In this regard, Sakamoto Kiyoshi is not worried at all, after all, it can be seen in many places that the Beichuan boss is very protective of himself.
"I'm not a big guy, but I'm not a small guy that you can bully so easily. Kiyoshi Sakamoto also issued a declaration of war in his heart.
At this time, you must not find the big guy Beichuan all at once, cry in front of him, big man, your little brother has been scolded by others, and you still don't come out to help him get ahead... There is only one consequence of this, that is, to reduce his status in the heart of the Beichuan boss.
RB people, especially the upper leaders, are very fond of what temptations and experiments are carried out on the people under them, and the stress test is a very common thing, the more they trust you, the more they put pressure on you, just to see if you can withstand the pressure and do the original thing.
And this time it can be said that it is also a pressure test for Kiyoshi Sakamoto from the Kitagawa boss.
If Kitagawa Naoki didn't know about this at all, he would have been kicked out of Sony Music Company a long time ago, and there must have been Kitagawa Naoki's acquiescence in this matter.
"These old foxes are so cunning... "There's no way, Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who has signed a ten-year contract with Sony, is now equivalent to Sony's own son, but when Sony's father wants to beat himself, he can only try to avoid being beaten, and it is impossible to run away from home like this.
For Sony now, it may be another "home" of Kiyoshi Sakamoto.
In order to protect his position in this "family", this incident must be successful, and if it is not successful, it will become a benevolent.
Kiyoshi Sakamoto already has a plan in his heart. And all that is needed now is a chance, a chance to submit a plan with his own boss, Naoki Kitagawa.
If you can't go directly to the big guy Beichuan, then you can only go to Prince Beichuan.
Kenji Kitagawa!
This is the breaking point.
Kenji Kitagawa, 25, is the president of Sony Music and the second son of Naoki Kitagawa.
As a rich second generation, in the years after graduation, he was in a subsidiary of Sony, with a name, playing everywhere.
Naoki Kitagawa couldn't see it anymore and ordered him to find a job, so this prince joined the AKS company in June of this year and became a staff member (scholar).
Speaking of AKS, the company that will become the operating company of AKB48, which will become a national group in the future, is still a newly established staffing company headquartered in JD Ward, RB, Tokyo. And his chairman is the owner of the RB Central Jockey Club registered horse owner, Yasushi Wata.
And this Yasushi Wata also has a great background, this is a good friend of Yasusu Akimoto's fat man, AKB established next year, he and Yasushi Akimoto, and Shiba Kotaro, the three of them are commonly known as the founders of AKB.
However, the early AKB project was still called the Akihabara 48 plan. It may just be an idea in Akimotoyasu's mind right now...
Putting aside those unnecessary thoughts, AKB or something has nothing to do with me right now.
The top priority now is to find Kenji Kitagawa and then show loyalty to his boss, Naoki Kitagawa through him, that is the right thing.
Fortunately, since the fainting incident, Sakamoto Kiyoshi often returns to Sony when he is free or not, and walks around, but one day, he met Prince Kitagawa, and the two met by chance.
Holding, the big guy's son is also a little big guy, Sakamoto Kiyoshi often plays with Kitagawa Kenji, Kitagawa Kenji also knows that Sakamoto Kiyoshi now has a position in his father's heart, and he also accepts the kindness from Sakamoto Kiyoshi without resisting.
As a result, Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who already has memories of the future, gave him a lot of novel ideas in a conversation with Kenji Kitagawa and made Kenji Kitagawa look at Sakamoto with admiration. Originally, I only dated him for the sake of my father's face, but now I find that Sakamoto is so interesting and knows a lot, so I slowly treat him as a friend.
After all, he is still young, and for a few months, Kenji Kitagawa has sunk under the deliberate currying favor of Kiyoshi Sakamoto.
Fourteen-year-old Kiyoshi Sakamoto and twenty-five-year-old Kenji Kitagawa became good friends who hooked shoulders and backs.
At this time, Kiyoshi Sakamoto took out his mobile phone, selected the name of Kenji Kitagawa and called.
"Moxie Moxi?"
"Moximosi, is it Qiansang?"
Kenji Kitagawa, who was on the other end of the phone, was also surprised, thinking, why is this kid so free to call him? Isn't he making his debut in the Shenma band recently?
With this kind of question, Kitagawa Kenji replied, "Yes, it's me, what's wrong, KI-chan?"
Every time I hear Kenji Kitagawa call himself KI-chan, Kiyoshi Sakamoto, a straight man, has goosebumps all over his body and is about to get up.
"Oh, that's right, I want to have dinner with you, are you busy?"
"Well, no, I don't have anything to do today, I'm free right now. ”
"Oh, so we'll see you at the old place?" Kiyoshi Sakamoto and Kenji Kitagawa have a restaurant that they often go to eat together, which serves as a secret base for the two.
“OK。 I'll wait. ”
After hanging up the phone with Kenji Kitagawa, Kiyoshi Sakamoto was alone, put on a mask, a cap, and took a taxi to Shinjuku.
If you don't bring it, you can't bring it.,The current Sakamoto Kiyoshi is not a nobody.,He's the little prince of Sony who sold millions of sales of his debut song.,Don't disguise it.,Go directly to the street.,I'm afraid I'll be tied up by my sister fans and taken home.。。。
Shinjuku, Kabukicho, a restaurant deep in the alley.
Kiyoshi Sakamoto walked in, first said hello to the familiar boss, walked under the leadership of the clerk, and walked directly to the box.
This is a privately opened restaurant, which has been around for decades, and the style still maintains the style of the Meiji period, and it has always refused to shoot in the store, so Sakamoto Kiyoshi, who knew this rule, chose this place as a place to eat and chat with friends.
Shortly after the order was placed, the door to the box was opened. Came in a young man with a thin body and hair like a rock singer.
Needless to say, it's Prince Sony, Kenji Kitagawa is it.
"Yo, why are you so free, aren't you going to make your band debut? I don't practice in the company at this time, but I still have time to come to me for dinner?"
Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who is already very familiar with him, knows that this rich second generation is a person who is a little lustful and talks a lot at the same time. In many places, because of a good family education, he has done a good job, but he may still be a young man, and he still has an unrestrained side in his heart, but he didn't show it in front of his parents, and when he arrived at Sakamoto Kiyoshi, he was all released.
Because in his eyes, Kiyoshi Sakamoto is a peer with a Shota face.
Sakamoto Kiyoshi was also very familiar with his words, so he replied, "I just want to talk to you about something, don't worry, sit down and eat something first." ”
Kenji Kitagawa also sat opposite Kiyoshi Sakamoto.
Then, the order came up. The two began to eat and chatted casually.
Half an hour later, two well-fed and well-fed men sat on tatami mats, picking their teeth and blowing BB at the same time.
"Anyway, what's the situation, you're not usually like this, if you have anything to say to me, just say it. Kitagawa Kenji, who was originally a bit talkative, was a little impatient with Sakamoto Kiyoshi's Gu Zuo.
Kiyoshi Sakamoto also deliberately did this, after all, saying asking for help first is very different from others asking you for help.
So Sakamoto Kiyoshi was seven points true and three points false, and told Kitagawa Kenji about this matter with the feeling of complaining.