Chapter 481: Next Step: The European and American Music Scene
After Ayumi Hamasaki, another record award in the Japanese music scene was born on the night of December 30, 2008!
On this night, THE SUN and Kiyoshi Sakamoto once again made new history!
The youngest singer and group in the history of the Japan Record Awards to win the Grand Prix three times in a row!
The most awarded singer in the history of the Japan Record Awards!
After this battle, Kiyoshi Sakamoto and THE SUN also broke the shackles of seniority and became another superstar in the Japanese music scene!
After the end of the record awards that night, all TV stations and major media received the news of "THE SUN Awards for three consecutive titles" from the reporters in front of them as soon as possible.
As a result, the major TV stations are working hard and are ready to report this news for the first time!
The overnight revision of the headlines, the formulation of the layout, and the changes in many contents made the staff of the TV station and the editors of the editorial department of newspapers and magazines hate the three guys who made them work overtime temporarily.
"The big award is three times in a row?! It also makes us work overtime, and we can't go back to accompany our children and wives!"
"From today onwards, I'm going to turn black from the road!"
The editors' sky-high resentment, Sakamoto Kiyoshi and the three of them naturally can't see it, and they don't have time to pay attention to it.
After winning the award, the trio left the new National Theater with the congratulations of a group of seniors and juniors in the music industry, got into a nanny car, and drove to the celebration hotel that Sony had booked for them...
In the car.
"Finally... Finally won this award... ”
"It's okay, I didn't break my promise!"
Kiyoshi Sakamoto held the gold-trimmed award plaque that represented the highest honor and sighed a little.
Since he said that he wanted to win another big award at last year's big awards, Kiyoshi Sakamoto has set a goal for himself in his heart.
That is, you must win this big prize!
After a year of hard work, he won this award as he wished, which can be regarded as the fulfillment of his promise to himself and the public.
He can proudly say: "I, Kiyoshi Sakamoto, do what I say!"
Completing the set goal also made him feel a lot more relaxed.
"Show me. ”
At this time, Chiba Masaki, who was sitting next to him, said.
"Take it. Handing over the plaque, Kiyoshi Sakamoto also fell easily.
It's not all gold.,But,This thing,It's still a bit heavy.。。。
Who knows, Chiba Masaki, who was holding the plaque and smiling, said happily.
"Hehehe, in this way, three big prizes, one for each of us, just right!"
However, Ogawa Shin's point-to-point words made Chiba Masaki's smile and Sakamoto Kiyoshi's smile freeze at the same time.
"No, we're one by one, but, you know, there are two of them who don't come home at night... ”
Ogawa Zhen's words are full of resentment!
A guy who doesn't go home at night.,Don't ask.,It must be referring to Sakamoto Kiyoshi.。。。
The words of "two awards" are actually very easy to understand.
As early as 4 years ago, in the first year of his debut, Kiyoshi Sakamoto won the record award.
In this way, he has one big prize personally, plus one per person in the group, and he has two big prizes.
This is not the reason why Ogawa is really full of resentment, the last Christmas incident, yes!
Although after the incident, Sakamoto Kiyoshi invited the two to eat more than one meal, but Ogawa Shin and Chiba Masaki still have a very deep grudge against Sakamoto Kiyoshi.
In their opinion, how can you, the captain of the band, the lead singer, and the soul of the character, fall in love so quickly?!!
Where does this put us two guys who have been single for twenty years?!
Ha?!
At the very least, you have to tell us a little bit about it, so that we can be a little mentally prepared!
Bastard!
During the meal, the outspoken Ogawa Ma, and Chiba Masaki, who attached great importance to the group, slammed a wave, and Sakamoto Kiyoshi could only scratch the back of his head with a hippie smile, allowing them to roar with jealousy...
After all, he is now a man with a girlfriend and doesn't care about single dogs.
If Ogawa and Chiba Masaki hear his heart, even if they are captains, they are afraid that they will be beaten very badly...
However, Kiyoshi Sakamoto knew in his heart that this was all his teammates' way of caring for him.
After all, if you care about him, you will scare him like this.
It's just that this way of caring is a bit different...
"By the way, after you won the triple hegemony, it can be said that in Japan, there is no opponent anymore, then you should also think about the next step of the band... ”
Just when Kiyoshi Sakamoto was about to be scolded by the two again, Uncle Ishida, who was sitting in the cab, opened his mouth to relieve the siege.
Because tonight is a very important night for THE SUN, even Uncle Ishida, who has been promoted to the company's gold agent and is no longer in charge of driving, personally drove the three of them to the hotel to attend the celebration banquet.
Uncle Ishida's words made the three people who were still fighting stop suddenly.
The three of them looked at each other, and after a while, Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was still the captain, spoke first.
"Well, Uncle is right, our band's status and achievements in China, it can be said that they have reached the peak... ”
"And, as far as I know, against the backdrop of the rapid decline of the global record market, even we have a day when records don't sell. ”
"If we continue to focus on development in China, we will only slowly push up our cumulative record sales, which is completely meaningless!"
"You know, no matter how big our albums and singles are, they can't surpass B'z's all-time number one in a short period of time... ”
"So, in my opinion, it's time for us to look elsewhere. ”
A well-founded remark made Ogawa Shin and Chiba Masaki fall into deep thought.
"And what do you mean?"
After a moment, Ogawa raised his head and asked Kiyoshi Sakamoto.
"The European and American music scene is the direction we want to work towards next!"
Kiyoshi Sakamoto said this sentence loudly, which made the two of them shake up.
"European and American music scene?" Chiba Masaki was aroused by Sakamoto Kiyoshi's words, but he still asked not very confidently, "However, can we really do it?"
"Of course!" Kiyoshi Sakamoto patted him on the shoulder and smiled, "Isn't our "e Are Young" already a good start for us to break into the European and American music scene?!"
"Since this song can be loved by the public, and it has also won the first place on the British singles chart, as well as the champion of Billboard, it proves that we at THE SUN have the strength and factors to succeed in the European and American music scenes!"
"So, why don't we go and break in?!"
I have to say that Kiyoshi Sakamoto's speech can always make the two of them feel that their hearts are full of courage.
Even if the road ahead is full of thorns, after listening to his words, both Ogawa and Chiba Masaki have an indomitable momentum, driving themselves forward!
And Kiyoshi Sakamoto is the one who is in front and overcomes obstacles for them!