As one of the world's four major record companies, the development of Universal Music can be described by a proverb.

"One Man Achieves the Tao and the Chicken Dog Ascends to Heaven"

Universal Music, before 1998, was just a division of Universal Pictures.

It was not until 1998 that Universal Group acquired Polygram Records, and Universal Music became a huge "record empire" in one fell swoop, and it was called the world's four largest record companies along with EMI Records, Sony Records, and Warner Records.

However, the sheer size of Universal Records today is inseparable from the early development of PolyGram Records.

The predecessor of Universal Music was actually Polygram.

Before the 20th century, Polygram Records was the most famous and largest record label in the world, and it is by far the oldest record label in the world.

Founded in 1972 by Polydor International in Germany and Phonogram in the Netherlands, Polygram began its legendary history.

In 1980, the world-famous British Decca record company was taken under it.

In the 90s of the 20th century, Polygram successively acquired A&M, Motion, and Island.

After 97 years, with the gradual departure and fading out of first-line singers, Polygram Records' momentum was greatly weakened, and finally in 98, it was acquired by Universal Group to form today's Universal Records.

At the end of the day, without PolyGram, Universal Records would not be what it is today.

It is precisely because of the strong financial resources of Universal Group that Universal Music has directly become one of the four major records in the world through this single acquisition.

As you can imagine, the magic of money.

Money is not everything, but, sometimes, and many times, it is everything.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was reborn in the first life, knows very well that there are too many things that money can do.

Especially in the capitalist society of Japan, having money represents power, representing a certain degree of doing whatever you want...

Therefore, he will try his best to make money from the beginning.

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However, in Japan, Universal Music, one of the four major records and the record company with the highest market share in the world, is really not doing very well.

Although there are big singers like Masaharu Fukuyama, Yoshiyu Kuwata, DREAMS COME TRUE, Tokunaga Hideaki and so on,But,There are few that can sell well.。。。

Especially in recent years, the situation has become even more embarrassing.

Mainly because of the existence of a person.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto.

Since Kiyoshi Sakamoto, a creative genius, slipped out of his hands in 2004, Universal Music has been ridiculed by the media and industry insiders many times in just three years.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was supposed to be the leader of the new generation of Universal Music, was rejected by Universal Records, and after joining Sony Records, he quickly became the little king of the music scene today and the first brother of Sony in the future.

The better Kiyoshi Sakamoto develops, the more his face hurt when he rejected his Universal Records, and he was beaten by Kiyoshi Sakamoto's million-selling records...

Even, Ichiro Yamazaki, president of Universal Music Japan, stepped down gloomily at this year's annual board meeting of Universal Music, which is also part of the "credit" of Kiyoshi Arisakamoto.

There are two main reasons for Ichiro Yamazaki's resignation.

One is that in recent years, in terms of record sales and economic value created, it is far less than the two major record companies Sony and Ai Hui, and it is really not the first of the four major record companies in the world today...

It's the ability to be in business.

And another reason is that Ichiro Yamazaki, as the president, actually looked away and gave up Kiyoshi Sakamoto, a young genius who can create huge economic benefits, to a competitor, Sony Music.

In addition, in recent years, there are not many new singers who have been launched by him, and there are not many who have been able to achieve too good results.

That's the ability to tap into talent.

Ichiro Yamazaki, whose abilities in both aspects were strongly questioned, was finally brought down by the board faction within Universal Music.

And the person who took over the new president was none other than Kenji Kitano, a cadre in the board faction.

Where there are people, there will be small groups, and small groups will eventually evolve into factions.

This is true whether it is Universal Music or Sony Music.

However, compared to the competition between the president and the board of directors within Universal Music, Sony is the dominant one.

The Beichuan faction, headed by Naoki Kitagawa, firmly controls the power of Sony Music, and some other small factions can only bow down under the powerful Beichuan faction.

There is also a big reason for this situation, because of Kiyoshi Sakamoto.

It is precisely because Naoki Kitagawa excavated Kiyoshi Sakamoto and firmly supported him that Sony Music surpassed Ai Hui for the first time in the past three years and became the No. 1 record company among Japanese record companies in terms of annual sales and economic benefits.

On the one hand, Sony, which has gained the talent of Kiyoshi Sakamoto, and on the other hand, the world that has lost the talent of Kiyoshi Sakamoto, the gap-like gap between the two has given the public a very clear understanding of the value of Kiyoshi Sakamoto.

To put it mildly, this is simply "Sakamoto Kiyoshi wins, the world!"

However, after Ichiro Yamazaki missed Kiyoshi Sakamoto, although he still relied on his original qualifications and connections, he held on for three years, but in the past three years, Kiyoshi Sakamoto's terrible growth has made Ichiro Yamazaki constantly questioned and impeached by the internal board of directors.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto's great achievements and Yamazaki Ichiro's inaction have made the voices of dissatisfaction with Yamazaki Ichiro within Universal Records louder and louder, and also made the factional disputes within Universal Records reach a white-hot stage.

Eventually, in June 2007, at an extraordinary general meeting of directors convened by the board of directors, Ichiro Yamazaki was removed from office by the board of directors and stepped down.

And the new president is Kenji Kitano, who is seven years younger than Ichiro Yamazaki.

In order to gain the full support and trust of the board of directors, this gentleman then showed his strength, contrary to Yamazaki Ichiro's policy of inaction against Sakamoto Kiyoshi during his tenure, and decided to take Sakamoto Kiyoshi, who was once very close to Universal Music, to attack THE SUN, where Sakamoto Kiyoshi is located, so as to achieve the effect of Liwei.

However, the easy way to kill him still made him feel angry.

That's why he scolds his subordinates loudly in the president's room.

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President's Office, Universal Music Headquarters Building, Tokyo.

"Bastard, what the hell are you doing!" Kenji Kitano picked up the document on the table and smashed it into the middle-aged man standing at the desk with his head down.

The man who was smashed still kept his head down and looked at the ground without saying a word.

"I'm telling you to make some big news.,Whole Sakamoto Kiyoshi this kid.,You pat your chest and tell me.,Don't worry about leaving it to you.。。。 Kenji Kitano came to the man's side, pulled up the man's neckline, and said viciously, "This is what you call big news?

"Did you hear it wrong, or did I not speak clearly enough, big news! big news!!

Kenji Kitano gently patted the man's cheek with his hand and said coldly, "Forget it this time, at least let Sony react." ”

"However, next time, when I let you make some big news, if you perfunctory me like this, your public relations department will not have to do it... ”

Hearing this, the man, who didn't dare to make a sound, trembled slightly, bowed ninety degrees, and said loudly.

"Yes!"

"Get out ... Kenji Kitano returned to his president's seat and sat down.

"Yes!"

The man bowed his head, backwards, and exited the president's office.

Completely ignoring the messy papers on the floor, Kenji Kitano sat in his office chair with his chin in his hands and began to think.

"Although the effect this time is not very good, but,At least it tests the importance that Sony attaches to Sakamoto Kiyoshi.。。。 ”

In this case, the next action, you have to be cautious, you have to have real evidence, and then you have to make trouble... ”

"And, it's important to beat this kid in terms of sales so that the directors can see my ability and make me sit more firmly in this position under my ass... Kenji Kitano touched his chin and muttered to himself.

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"Ahh

Kiyoshi Sakamoto covered his nose, feeling a little confused by the sudden sneezing.

"What's going on? This weather actually sneezes?" Someone, who was very optimistic, first looked up at the clear sky outside the window, and immediately said to himself optimistically, "Oh, is the air conditioner turned on too much?"

The **** of August makes people not want to travel.

At this time, Kiyoshi Sakamoto was lying in his room, blowing the air conditioner, eating potato chips while watching the latest issue of "Weekly Shonen Jump".

Although he is an honorable college student, Kiyoshi Sakamoto has rarely appeared on the campus of Tokyo University since he completed his credits for the Advanced Faculty of Literature early last year.

Even so, in April of this year, he officially became a junior of Teruyuki Kagawa, a junior in the Department of Social Psychology of the Faculty of Letters of Tokyo University.

The school's campus was also transferred from the Komaba campus to the Hongo campus of the main campus.

The Komaba campus is mainly for freshman and sophomore undergraduates + part of the science laboratory, because many clubs are stationed in Komaba in the freshman and sophomore, so the overall atmosphere is younger and lively, although Kiyoshi Sakamoto did not feel this atmosphere.

After all, he only goes to school two or three times a week...

The Hongo Campus, on the other hand, is more serious, mainly for undergraduates and graduate schools above the third year, and the area is a little larger, and it is the main campus of Tokyo University, which has a sense of orthodoxy.

Freshman and sophomore years are all over campus, and from the junior year onwards, they are in their own buildings in each department, or they are sitting in the research room every day to do experiments, so the atmosphere is not as lively as Komaba.

However, this still has nothing to do with Kiyoshi Sakamoto.

He was the first chief of the University to not attend classes much since its establishment.

And what's even more infuriating is that this lazy guy is often among the best in the final exams of every school year, compared to other students who work hard to save enough credits and choose their favorite department, he even completed it a year in advance!

This made him a "god of learning" in the eyes of the tyrants of various universities in Tokyo

However,At this time, this "school god",Is lazily reading the comics.。。。

Suddenly, the phone at the bedside rang.

Ringing bell ring...