Kiyoshi Sakamoto and Fukuyama, who suffered a dark loss at Universal Music, are aiming for the other three records that are the same four major record companies in the world as Universal Music, SONY BMG, EMI and Warner, which have merged with BMG Records.

It just so happened that Masaharu Fukuyama told Kiyoshi Sakamoto that he had acquaintances at EMI Records and could try it. However, Fukuyama, as an artist who is already a national singer, must not have the time to visit the record company with Sakamoto Kiyoshi all the time, so Sakamoto Kiyoshi volunteered to say that he removed the other two record companies of EMI Records.

Fukuyama also felt that it was okay to let Sakamoto know in advance that the record was not so good, so he would go.

In this way, after making a copy of the score and DEMO, Kiyoshi Sakamoto began the road of self-recommendation.

In Sakamoto's view, the first stop must be Sony Records. After all, Kiyoshi Sakamoto is an avid fan of Sony's girl group Nogizaka 46.

Tokyo, Nogizaka Road, Sony Music. Outside the company building.

Looking at the Sony building in front of him, Kiyoshi Sakamoto suddenly thought of a stalk. It was when I watched Nogizaka variety shows in my previous life, whenever I was going to go on location, especially when I went to Macau and Guam, I was full of barrages saying that Sony was going to sell the building again.

On the one hand, it is because, compared to recording a show in the studio, the cost of going out on location must be much more, and on the other hand, it is because Sony at that time began to lose money in the mobile phone business and needed a cash flow to tide over the crisis, so there will be this stalk, not that the girls in Nogizaka can use much.

However, even Sony under the crisis is also a well-known large company in the world, because Sony has a wide range of business, and that small loss is not worth mentioning at all. What's more, it's Sony at the beginning of the millennium, which can't be thicker than a thick thigh.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto said, I want to hug my thighs~~ I want to be Nogizaka's senior brother!!

With such a wish, Kiyoshi Sakamoto walked into the Sony building.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who had just walked into the lobby, found that the lobby was full of people, both men and women, most of whom were young people.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was still wondering, wanted to go to the front desk and ask what floor the Sony Music Department was on, when suddenly a young man with a work card grabbed his hand.

"You, that's you, didn't you say don't mess around? ”

As soon as the words fell, a round number plate was pasted on Kiyoshi Sakamoto's body, which read No. 77.

What's the situation???

Kiyoshi Sakamoto looked at the young man with a question mark and asked, "Uh... What's the situation?"

"Got it, needless to say, let's go over there and line up. He pointed to the queue next to him, and after saying this, the young man walked away, and during this time, he didn't look at Sakamoto Kiyoshi at a glance. . .

Hearing what the young man said, Sakamoto walked to the back of the line in a daze and lined up.

At this time, Kiyoshi Sakamoto thought that this was a normal procedure, like going to the bank, to register and queue up. I also sighed a few words, Sony is really amazing, so many people come to "handle business" every day...

At this time, Sakamoto actually didn't know that he had entered Sony's annual draft. If you pick up the number plate and look carefully at the lower right corner, you can see a few small words - the interpretation right of this draft belongs to Sony.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was in line, had already chatted with a buddy in front of him at this time.

"Dude, how long has it been in line?"

"It's been two hours. You just arrived?"

"yes, there are so many people today. Looking at the long line, Kiyoshi Sakamoto sighed.

"Of course, this is Sony. Everybody wants to come in. ”

"That's right, too, but why are most of them young people?" Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who felt a little wrong, asked, the buddy in front of him who understood the situation.

"Yes, there are older ones, but there are still few of them, and now there are more of us young people. ”

"Oooh. The sluggish Sakamoto Kiyoshi hasn't realized that he went to the wrong set.

Then, the time passed in a slow queue. An hour later, Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was following the team, came to a large venue.

The venue wasn't huge, but it was big enough to fill a few hundred people. And at this time, Sakamoto Kiyoshi realized that he had made a mistake. Because there were banners hanging all over the venue, which said "2004 Sony Music Entertainment Talent Show"

Dingqing looked at it, and Sakamoto Kiyoshi involuntarily scolded "WTF!!"

I actually went to the wrong set! It's embarrassing.

Just as he was thinking about walking out of the venue, Kiyoshi Sakamoto thought of something, and the steps he took out suddenly took back.

"Since you're here, why don't you try it, go play, practice your guts or something? After giving himself some psychological counseling in his heart, Kiyoshi Sakamoto decided to stay and participate in the draft.

Suddenly, the announcement sounded in the venue, "Please come in on the 70th." ”

"What?,Scared me.,Oh,It turned out that I went to that room for an interview.。。 Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was startled by the announcement, saw a girl in front of him and walked towards a conference room.

Soon, "Please come in 77." The radio rang out.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto tidied up, took his score and demo, and walked to the interview room.

Pushing open the door, Kiyoshi Sakamoto found four people sitting behind a long table, and one of them, Kiyoshi Sakamoto knew!!

Ken Hirai!!

Sitting on the far right of the four is Ken Hirai, who won the Sony Draft in 1993 and joined Sony Records.

Seeing that Ken Hirai was actually here, Kiyoshi Sakamoto felt that he had just taken his future new song to his company to recommend himself, and met him at the draft again, the world was really too small.

Of course, Ken Hirai, who was sitting there, didn't know Kiyoshi Sakamoto, after all, the two met for the first time.

Ken Hirai just saw Kiyoshi Sakamoto's appearance and was surprised, after all, Sakamoto's appearance was the most prominent in this draft.

"Hello, please introduce yourself. "Maybe one of the four is in charge of asking questions," Ken Hirai asked.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto has calmed down at this time, after all, it's not a big deal, the two didn't have any intersection before at all. So Kiyoshi Sakamoto also entered a draft state.

"Hello examiners, I'm Kiyoshi Sakamoto from Nagasaki City, and I'm fourteen years old. Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who only had his birthday next month, stiffly raised his age by one year.

Hirai Ken watched Kiyoshi Sakamoto introduce himself, and then looked at the information in his hand, and found that there was no information about this No. 77 at all. Ken Hirai looked at the desktops of several invigilators next to him, and he didn't seem to have them.

When they were still wondering, Kiyoshi Sakamoto helped them solve their doubts.

"Well, actually, I'm not here for the draft, I'm here to recommend myself. ”

Cover??

As a well-known music entertainment company in RB and even the world, Sony recommends itself to a lot of people every day, but I have never seen such a young one. It's just a self-recommendation, why did you come to the draft?

Kiyoshi Sakamoto had no choice but to tell them the ins and outs.

Knowing that it was the staff who did the oolong, several invigilators laughed. One of the middle-aged men in the center spoke up, "Since it's self-recommended, then you don't need to go to the music department, just here." ”

Kiyoshi Sakamoto saw the sign on the man's table that read "Music Director Yuichi Yamada" Hearing this, Sakamoto felt that it was okay to save himself from running around without going to the music department, so he started to recommend himself here.

Picking up the guitar that was placed next to him, Kiyoshi Sakamoto began his performance.

It's still his teacher's "Sakurasaka".

The beautiful singing voice suddenly appeared in the ears of everyone in this room, and Kiyoshi Sakamoto's unique magnetic voice was very discernible and different from the singing voice of the original singer Masaharu Fukuyama. Fukuyama's voice sounds like a unique mature charm, while Kiyoshi Sakamoto's voice is as warm and sunny as a beauty, which warms the hearts of those who listen to his singing.

I didn't expect this boy's singing skills to be so powerful.

The four people present saw what they were thinking at the same time in their respective eyes. Music director Yuichi Yamada had a light in his eyes! Kenya Hirai watched Kiyoshi Sakamoto's performance with wide eyes.

A song is not long, and a few minutes later, Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who finished singing, stood in place, waiting for the invigilators' comments.

"Did you really recommend yourself to join our Sony Music Entertainment Company? I really can't imagine how a genius like you would not sign a company??" Although after listening to Kiyoshi Sakamoto's singing, Yuichi Yamada wanted to sign a contract with him immediately, but he was still cautious and asked.

"That's right, I went to the world for an interview, but they couldn't give me the conditions I wanted, so I didn't sign with them. Kiyoshi Sakamoto said indifferently, and shrugged his shoulders after speaking.

"What kind of conditions are they?" said Ken Hirai, who also admired the boy in front of him.

Sakamoto glanced at the four of them, and stopped at Yamada and Hirai Ken for a moment before he spoke, "My condition is that I want to make my single debut right away." With my own songs!"

When he heard the first half of the sentence, Yamada immediately breathed a sigh of relief, as long as it wasn't a big share contract, and before he could finish thinking about it, Sakamoto's second half of the sentence lifted his heart again.

At this time, Ken Hirai was more determined, and asked out loud, "Oh?

At this time, Kiyoshi Sakamoto also took out the demo of his recorded "Close Your Eyes" and said, "This is my recorded sample, please advise." ”

In the room, there was already a CD player for playing songs, and after the staff put the samples in, Yamada and the others couldn't wait to bring headphones.

For a moment, the room fell silent.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto was standing there bored, but he was very confident in his strength, and with the song "Close Your Eyes", he really couldn't think of any reason why he would fail Sony's interview. Originally, I was a little worried that Ken Hirai would feel familiar with this song, but it turned out to be a false alarm, maybe Ken Hirai didn't have the idea to write this song at this time.

"I'm really a genius, ahhahahaha... A narcissist smiled reservedly on the surface, but inside he was already laughing.

On the other side, after listening to Kiyoshi Sakamoto's version of "Close Your Eyes Lightly", Yamada exchanged words with the invigilators, thinking that such a creative talent, with outstanding appearance and first-class singing skills, must sign him!!

Then, at the strong request of Yuichi Yamada and Ken Hirai, Sony sent the printed contract to Kiyoshi Sakamoto at a very fast speed.

Looking at the contract in front of him, Sakamoto Kiyoshi said that he had to go back and discuss it with his family before making a decision.

In this way, accompanied by Yuichi Yamada and Ken Hirai, Kiyoshi Sakamoto walked out of the Sony building.

A few days later, after chatting with Masaharu Fukuyama, he found that Fukuyama also thought that Sakamoto's development at Sony would be better than that in Momoyo, so he supported him to join Sony.

And on the side of Sakamoto's family, Sakamoto Heiko and Sakamoto Akira must have supported their son's decision. As for Sakamoto Feng, he has no right to speak at home, so he can only shout "Ni-chan, come back soon" and something like that.

10 January 2004, Sony Building.

When Kiyoshi Sakamoto signed his name on the contract, it was explained that Kiyoshi Sakamoto officially joined Sony BMG and became a member of Sony.

And, at this time, everything is ready, only the east wind is owed, and the little butterfly of Sakamoto Kiyoshi will be able to take off...