Chapter 72: Sony Audition (3)

was chased, and in the end, under the serious nonsense of Sakamoto Kiyoshi, Ken Hirai and Yuichi Yamada were suspicious, but they still turned a new page.

After Ken Hirai and Yuichi Yamada said hello, Kiyoshi Sakamoto sat down on the judges' seat near the left.

The three judges have gathered, and you can summon the dragon... No, it's a summoning of participants.

Sony audition meeting has officially begun!

This interview is relatively private, not the kind of interview in the open, but very similar to the last draft that Kiyoshi Sakamoto participated in, that is, according to the number, the participants are called into the room where the judges are located, and then through live performances, the judges are scored.

At the call of the doctor, the first participant came in.

A boy with a non-mainstream hairstyle, still handsome, dressed very fashionably, with a guitar, walked in.

The boy who just came in was very surprised and a little excited when he saw Sakamoto Kiyoshi sitting on the judges' seat, and instantly stared at Sakamoto Kiyoshi tightly.

Sakamoto Kiyoshi felt inexplicable, "Is there anything dirty on my face?" and then wiped his face with his hand, "No, this kid, why are you staring at me... ”

As the spokesperson for the three-member judges, Yuichi Yamada, sat in the middle and said, "Please introduce yourself." ”

After hearing Yuichi Yamada's words, the boy realized that he was distracted, so he immediately bowed and said, "I'm sorry." ”

"I'm Kinoshita Seitaro from Tokyo. Eighteen years old, please advise. The boy introduced.

Sakamoto Kiyoshi was also a little surprised, and complained in his heart, "Wow, eighteen years old, how does it look like it's over twenty... ”

"Please start your show. Yuichi Yamada continued.

Then, Kinoshita, the No. 1 participant, began his own performance.

Sure enough, he picked up the guitar he had brought in and began to play and sing as he played...

The song sung turned out to be Kiyoshi Sakamoto's guitar version of "Close Your Eyes Lightly!!

"Hey, yes, sing my song in front of me. Kiyoshi Sakamoto looked at the Kinoshita singing and thought to himself.

Because there are too many participants, everyone usually only has one and a half minutes to perform, plus the judges' questions or something, each person has an average of two minutes to express themselves, so that Sakamoto Kiyoshi and the three of them are impressed.

Kinoshita's playing and singing ended quickly under the gaze of the three judges.

Kinoshita Kiyotaro, who finished singing, stood in place, looking at the three judges nervously, his eyes especially on Kiyoshi Sakamoto's body, staying for a few more seconds.

Judges' discussion time.

"Kensang, what do you think?" Yamada first asked, Ken Hirai, the current first brother of the company with a high status.

And Kiyoshi Sakamoto listened to the two discussing on the side.

"Well, it's okay, the pitch is OK, the rhythm is good, the performance is relatively stable, and the conversion of true and false sounds is still good. Ken Hirai first commented on Kinoshita Kiyotaro's singing skills.

Suddenly, Ken Hirai turned to Kiyoshi Sakamoto and teased, "Kiyo-kun, he sings your songs, it seems to be your fan, what do you think?"

Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was diving on the side, was suddenly questioned by Ken Hirai, and he was also a little caught off guard.

"Huh?" Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who looked confused, didn't know what Ken Hirai was asking.

Yuichi Yamada, who couldn't look past him, poked Kiyoshi Sakamoto's arm and pointed to Kinoshita in front of him.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto also reacted quickly, and after being reminded by Yamada, he knew what he should say.

"I think what Jiansang said is very right, and I agree with it. Kiyoshi Sakamoto seriously agreed with Ken Hirai's comments.

Sakamoto Kiyoshi's answer made Hirai Ken a little embarrassed, "This kid is very on the road" Thinking about this, Hirai Ken felt a lot more comfortable.

Originally, when he knew that Kiyoshi Sakamoto was going to come with him and be a judge of the audition, Ken Hirai was very depressed.

Because as a newcomer who has only been in the company for a year, Sakamoto Kiyoshi can be a judge so quickly, together with himself, an old-timer who has been in the company for 12 years, doesn't this mean that the current Sakamoto Kiyoshi is already a singer with the same status as himself?

Although Kiyoshi Sakamoto has been very strong since his debut, he has become an instant hit, and his sales have also sold very well, and he has won the record award with his debut song, and his popularity has been in the limelight for a while.

But one was a judge of the Sony draft that year, and the other was a participant in the draft that year, and after a year, they were on an equal footing, which is where Ken Hirai was depressed.

Although Sakamoto Kiyoshi is always very polite in front of Hirai Ken, and always respects himself, but Hirai Ken is still a little unhappy...

However, when Kiyoshi Sakamoto came over to be a judge, what Ken Hirai saw was Kiyoshi Sakamoto with a completely "I'm just here to play, you are the big guys" expression, plus Kiyoshi Sakamoto agreed with his comments, which also made Kiyoshi Hirai's heart feel a little more comfortable, and the mustard in his heart for Kiyoshi Sakamoto also dissipated a little.

After his thoughts, Ken Hirai smiled and said to Kiyoshi Sakamoto and Yuichi Yamada, "Well, let's leave it to be decided first." ”

"Good. Kiyoshi Sakamoto first agreed.

"Yes, yes. Yuichi Yamada also thinks so.

So, Yamada, as a spokesperson, said to Kinoshita Kiyotaro who was standing in place, "That, Kinoshita-kun, thank you for your performance, please go back and wait for the notice." ”

Generally speaking, internal auditions such as auditions and auditions do not announce the shortlist on the spot, but ask the participants to go back and wait for the notification, and then two days later, they will be notified by phone whether they have been selected or not.

The boy in front of him should also know about these situations, so he was not surprised or disappointed, so he bowed and thanked him and walked out of the room.

"The quality of the people who came to participate in this year's audition meeting is still good. Yuichi Yamada said with a little joy.

As Sony's music director, Yuichi Yamada certainly hopes that Sony can have more good seedlings and become RB music industry under his own training

The more powerful the people who come to the audition, the happier Yamada becomes.

However, soon Director Yuichi Yamada couldn't laugh anymore.

In the next three hours, Sakamoto Kiyoshi and the three interviewed nearly a hundred people in a row.

However, it's a pity that the best performer turned out to be the first to come in, Kinoshita Kiyotaro.

After interviewing nearly 100 people, Kiyoshi Sakamoto found a very speechless phenomenon, more than 30 people, teenagers under the age of seventeen.

And these more than 30 teenagers came to participate in the selection because of Sakamoto Kiyoshi, not only that, these more than 30 people, who performed and sang, almost all sang Sakamoto Kiyoshi's "Close Your Eyes Lightly".

In other words, this group of people are all fans of Kiyoshi Sakamoto.

It's embarrassing.

Because of this group of young selectors, none of them have passed the singing skills...

On the one hand, it is because the song "Close Your Eyes" is relatively difficult to sing, and on the other hand, it is because few of these teenagers have received formal singing training.

So, naturally, all the people were drawn by three people on the paper, with a big cross.

This situation of crying and laughing made Director Yamada quickly think of a sentence written in a certain newspaper: Not every teenager is Kiyoshi Sakamoto!

"I retract what I just said, the people who participated in the selection this year are really bad!" Yamada said with a bitter face to Ken Hirai and Kiyoshi Sakamoto.

Sakamoto Kiyoshi was also very embarrassed, because the three of them also knew why so many "weak" teenagers came to participate in the audition.

The reason is actually that I want to be like Kiyoshi Sakamoto and become a popular teenage singer.

But this group of teenagers, who do not have the same musical talent as Kiyoshi Sakamoto, but want to become a genius singer like Kiyoshi Sakamoto, will only be embarrassed in the end.

This is also a side reflection of Sakamoto Kiyoshi's current influence in the youth group.

Except for the group of teenagers under the age of seventeen, the others who came to participate in the selection were all over twenty years old and had some singing skills, but none of them could make the three of them shine.

So, after three hours, only three people were on the pending list, and there was not a single name on the list.

Hirai Ken, who was on the side, was very calm, and said, "This is also normal, those who have some ability to compose music and lyrics, or who have good singing skills, have already debuted through various channels, will they still come to our audition? ”

"Well, what Kensang said makes a lot of sense. Kiyoshi Sakamoto thinks so, too.

"Hey, no way, there are still a lot of people, let's go on. Yamada also sighed.

"Next!"

Pushing open the door and entering, it was a girl with a low head, a peaked cap, dyed blonde hair, and not very tall.

Sakamoto Kiyoshi was originally sitting in the seat, turning the pen boredly, and after seeing the girl who came in, he found that it was a little familiar.

"How do I feel like I've seen her somewhere?" Sakamoto muttered, looking at the girl in front of him.

Caps, dyed blonde, huh?

Kiyoshi Sakamoto remembered!

The first person I found myself at the venue just now was this girl with a cap and dyed blonde hair.

Although the appearance is not very clear, Sakamoto Kiyoshi remembers her outfit very clearly.

"Hmph, I still want to find you, but you took the initiative to send it to the door. Kiyoshi Sakamoto thought a little bit in his heart.

"Please introduce yourself. Yamada spoke.

"Hi. The girl with her head down, after hearing Yamada's words, first agreed, and then raised her head.

Sakamoto Kiyoshi stared at her very seriously, wanting to see for the first time what this girl who almost surrounded herself looked like.

As a result, when he saw the girl who raised his head, Sakamoto Kiyoshi was petrified.

"Do you want to be so coincidental?" Sakamoto Kiyoshi complained in his heart at this time.

"Hello judges, I'm Kana Nishino from Matsuzaka City, Mie Prefecture, and I'm 16 years old. The girl took off her hat and introduced herself to the three of Sakamoto Kiyoshi.

The person who came was Sony's future first sister, Huanhuan, Kana Nishino!