After saying goodbye to Kenji Kitagawa, Kiyoshi Sakamoto immediately got into a taxi and drove to Sony Music headquarters.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto has thought about it, and if he wants to stop this from happening, the most important thing is to convince the current president of Sony, Naoki Kitagawa.

As long as there is the support of Naoki Kitagawa, it is basically certain that AKB will not slip away from Sony's hands!

He believes that as long as he can convince Sony not to terminate the cooperation with AKS, it will inevitably bring Sony a cash cow that can generate amazing profits.

So, he must convince Naoki Kitagawa!

And he is also very confident in this.

He believes that with his close relationship with Naoki Kitagawa, he should be able to make Naoki Kitagawa change his mind.

You must know that since he signed Kiyoshi Sakamoto with the wisdom of the pearl, Naoki Kitagawa has been standing behind Kiyoshi Sakamoto, as his staunch supporter, focusing on cultivating him, and only then did the two cash cows of Kiyoshi Sakamoto and THE SUN appear.

If it weren't for Naoki Kitagawa always trusting Kiyoshi Sakamoto, it wouldn't have happened, and Kiyoshi Sakamoto would have created an astonishing profit of more than 15 billion economic benefits for Sony Music and 20 billion economic benefits for SUN in a single year.

At the beginning, Sony's directors and executives scoffed at Kiyoshi Sakamoto's plan to form a band.

In their opinion, the first thing Sakamoto Kiyoshi Kiyoshi has just debuted as a SOLO rookie is to keep releasing records, first brushing up on his presence, and then receiving various announcements, and constantly making money for the company.

Even if you're a creative genius, you're just an artist at Sony, and it's not your turn to dictate the company's operations.

However, Kiyoshi Sakamoto did the same.

However, the price paid was the turmoil when he fainted on the shooting site.

And after the fainting turmoil, it was also because of the support of Naoki Kitagawa that Kiyoshi Sakamoto and the directors made their debut bet that THE SUN could make a smooth debut.

And the subsequent development, everyone knows.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto and THE SUN have become the two groups of artists who have brought the most profits to Sony in recent years!

Kitagawa Naoki's trust in Kiyoshi Sakamoto is also in exchange for Kiyoshi Sakamoto's respect as always.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto is such a person.

He will do unto others as they would have done to him.

However, not every Sony artist can be favored by a big name like Naoki Kitagawa.

I have to say that the plan adopted by Sony Music for its singers can be said to be like a piece of.

It is worth mentioning that among Japanese record companies, Sony Music deserves the reputation of one of the world's four major records, and even the Japanese Sony Music Group, which is independent of Sony Records, is indeed rich in wealth and resources.

Its strength is not that it can pull resources, but that it can produce resources on its own.

Not counting games and advertisements, there are dozens of animations invested and produced by Sony every year, and the theme songs of these animations are all digested internally by Sony's singers.

Sufficient resources can give them enough confidence to continuously promote newcomers, even if newcomers are losing money, they can also lose a few more times before giving up completely.

From this point of view, Sony seems to have a little bit of a "wronged" taste.

However, once a singer is successfully pushed, Sony will immediately turn on the squeeze mode until the singer is squeezed to the point where it is too angry.

This is also why, although Sony has been able to continue to launch topical newcomers over the years, there has never been a king or diva.

was snatched away by Kiyoshi Sakamoto "Hitomi をとじて" Ken Hirai, who may be the singer closest to the king of heaven under Sony.

Although he released his first ten-year album "Love Song Crazy" in November 2005, which sold more than 2 million, it also won the runner-up in the album sales chart in 2006, second only to THE SUN's first self-titled band album "THE SUN".

However, his brilliance was still overshadowed by the amazing achievements of Kiyoshi Sakamoto and the SUN band.

Moreover, in the next 06 and 07 years, because of the style transition period, the output of works decreased sharply, and the opportunity to finally become the king was missed.

Until Kiyoshi Sakamoto was born.

Sony Music has a singer who is very likely to become the king.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto's appearance, musical talent, and creative ability are all among the top of his peers, and even stronger than many of his seniors.

This made Naoki Kitagawa, who had been looking for a singer who could represent Sony Music, ecstatic.

This is also the reason why Naoki Kitagawa has always supported Kiyoshi Sakamoto on a deeper level.

Because, Naoki Kitagawa believes that Kiyoshi Sakamoto is a person with great value for investment and support.

Therefore, he will spare no effort to support him.

Otherwise, how could Naoki Kitagawa pay attention to him, a newcomer who is only a teenager...

This circle, sometimes, is so realistic.

The same is true for AKB.

Without the value of use, there is only one way to abandon.

In fact, Kenji Kitagawa didn't have time to tell Kiyoshi Sakamoto about the fact that this termination proposal was not proposed by anyone else, but by the current president of Sony Music, Naoki Kitagawa proposed!

This is doomed, Sakamoto Kiyoshi's trip, must be in vain...

However, Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was sitting in a taxi, obviously didn't know about it.

He also confidently thought that as long as he explained the importance of AKB to Naoki Kitagawa and the future development, with Naoki Kitagawa's vision and acumen, he would definitely agree with him.

However, he didn't realize that Naoki Kitagawa was not him, not a reborn person who had traveled back from the future, this cruel reality...

He knew that the AKB would be reborn from the ashes.

However, no one will know about this except him, the future that has not yet happened.

Even Yasu Akimoto, who is full of confidence in AKB, didn't know that AKB would survive this crisis and quickly grow into a "cancer" in the Japanese record industry...

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Just as Kiyoshi Sakamoto was thinking about how to convince Naoki Kitagawa, the taxi stopped straight in front of the Sony Music headquarters building in Chiyoda Ward.

Looking at the towering Sony Building, Kiyoshi Sakamoto suddenly became arrogant and muttered to himself, "One day, I will be the master of this place!"

"That day will definitely come!!"

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Greeted the company's employees and took the elevator.

Soon, Kiyoshi Sakamoto came to the president's room.

Bang bang!

"Come in. ”

Kiyoshi Sakamoto pushed the door in.

Naoki Kitagawa, who looked up from the document, was also stunned when he saw Kiyoshi Sakamoto, and then smiled.

"Oh, Qingjun, what's wrong?"

After bowing slightly, Kiyoshi Sakamoto stared at the documents on Naoki Kitagawa desk, which was covered with papers, before he said.

"President, excuse me, I have something I want to discuss with you... ”

"Oh, that's it... Sit down and wait for me. ”

"Okay, you're busy first. ”

After sitting down,Kitagawa Naoki continued to focus on the files on his desktop,And Sakamoto Kiyoshi was in his mind,Began to think,Wait,How to convince Kitagawa Naoki,Give up the termination of cooperation with AKS。。。

The whole house fell silent.

After ten minutes, Naoki Kitagawa exhaled softly and moved his gaze from the document to Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was sitting on the sofa.

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"Qingjun, what are you talking about?"

Looking at Naoki Kitagawa, Kiyoshi Sakamoto also said the thoughts that he had been thinking about for a long time.

"That's right, President, I heard that the company is about to terminate its cooperation with AKS, is that so?"

"Oh, that's what Kenji told you, right?"

However, Kiyoshi Sakamoto's source was directly punctured by the scheming Naoki Kitagawa in less than a second.

"Uh... Hehe, yes. Kiyoshi Sakamoto was also embarrassed.

"Well, there's such a thing. Naoki Kitagawa raised his glasses slightly, and with a pair of sharp eyes, he threw himself at Kiyoshi Sakamoto, "What's wrong?"

"President, can I give me my opinion?" said Sakamoto Kiyoshi as he adjusted his sitting posture, sat up straight, and said with a serious expression.

"Of course, you are the little prince of our sonny, what can't you say. ”

"I don't think we can end our partnership with AKS!"

Sakamoto's eloquent words made Naoki Kitagawa frown, and then immediately stretched.

"Huh, why do you say that?"

"I think that AKB, a girl idol group, will inevitably become a group that will affect the music scene in the future!"

"According to. Naoki Kitagawa was a little too calm in his tone.

"Although there will be a lot of investment and losses in the early stage, and there is no sign of improvement in single sales at the moment, I think that AKB's popularity in the home system is constantly rising, which can be seen from the theaters that are full every day. ”

"People are very interested in this idol that can be seen up close. ”

"Now, if we only need to bring out all these hidden interests and popularity, it will inevitably lead to a rapid increase in sales of AKB records. ”

"I think that if we can launch a new sales model, it will inevitably provoke the homebody to go crazy about this girl group, and then we will definitely have a steady stream of income. ”

Before Sakamoto Kiyoshi came, he thought a lot about how to convince Naoki Kitagawa of the reason.

In the end, he felt that he could only start in terms of the huge benefits that could arise in the future.

In his opinion, an important reason for AKB's abandonment is that the records cannot be sold.

This is very simple, as long as you take out the killer feature invented by Yasusu Akimoto in advance - the handshake roll, it will inevitably make AKB's single sales skyrocket, and Sony's money lost from AKB will be quickly recovered.

However, just as he was about to say the new sales model of "handshake roll", Naoki Kitagawa interrupted him.

"You don't need to say it anymore, this matter is a foregone conclusion. ”