After filming the MV, the director returned to Sony with his own film crew. And in the entire studio, only Sakamoto Kiyoshi and Aragaki Yui were left.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto was cheeky and asked Yui Aragaki for her mobile phone number, and Yui Aragaki agreed with a red face. As a result, both exchanged contact details.

Then, because Yui Aragaki had to shoot later, she left first. Looking at the back of Yui Aragaki leaving, Kiyoshi Sakamoto was a little reluctant.

"Reluctant?" Suddenly a voice appeared behind Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who turned around and saw that it was his assistant uncle.

"No, I just looked over there. Sakamoto replied with a weak heart.

"Oh. . . Let's go, let's go back to the company. Uncle Ishida also couldn't see this kid's cowardice, and greeted.

"Hmm? After the MV is filmed, do you still have any work at the company?" Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was thinking about finishing the MV and going home at home, was puzzled.

"Go back to the company to discuss the promotion and sales of your single.

"Understand, let's go!" Sakamoto Kiyoshi is still in a good mood right now.

An hour later, in the Sony SM building, the conference room of the Propaganda Department.

"We should get a chance for Kiyoshi Sakamoto to play in MS!! so that he can become an instant hit!"

"Yes, I also want to broadcast the name of a young genius singer-songwriter through newspapers, magazines, and news media!!"

"We can also focus on promoting Sakamoto-kun's handsomeness, which is also a hot spot that can be sold big, after all, handsome guys, very popular. ”

Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was sitting in the conference room, listened to the various discussions of the personnel of the Propaganda Department, and thought, "Am I so selling?" While he was complaining, the conference room fell silent, and then the director of the Propaganda Department asked Kiyoshi Sakamoto what he thought.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto thought to himself, how do I know, I'm not engaged in propaganda, who do I ask if you ask me! There is no way to get down, the witty Sakamoto Kiyoshi can only reply like this: "I am shallow in my knowledge and don't know anything about propaganda, so please support my little brother a lot, Aligado." ”

Anyway, you guys get it done.,I'm only responsible for singing on the show.。。 Someone who dived thought.

Seeing that Michisakamoto Kiyoshi was so polite, everyone in the Propaganda Department looked a lot better, after all, they were a little unconvinced that they were going to help such a young newcomer do a project. But this is a task sent by Sony's upper echelons, and it must be done to take a good look. Thinking of this, the people in the Propaganda Department discussed more intensely.

And Kiyoshi Sakamoto next to him could only look at this group of energetic propagandists with a serious Zhengtai face, his eyes were blank.

After a lengthy discussion, the PR developed several publicity plans for Kiyoshi Sakamoto.

One is: with the power of Sony, send Kiyoshi Sakamoto three major tones, MUSIC STATION HEY3 UTABAN

The second is to distribute a large number of CD stores throughout the Tokyo area.

The third is: posters, radio, street propaganda and other normal means.

I can't help but say that this time Sony has invested a lot of money on Sakamoto Kiyoshi, aiming to push Sakamoto Kiyoshi in front of the people of the whole country in one fell swoop. Let's just talk about the three major sounds.

AS THE MOST WATCHED MUSIC PROGRAMS,MUSIC STATION HEY3 UTABAN ARE PRIME-TIME PROGRAMS WITH THRESHOLDS.,Not every newcomer can be on it.,It's already a prayer to God and worship Buddha to be on one.,Sony this time in order to force Sakamoto.,I plan to see if I can let him get on all three.。 This can also be imagined, Sony's position in RB.

A week later, on February 4, 2004, Kiyoshi Sakamoto got his first single CD at Sony.

Looking at his handsome side face, which is printed on the cover of the single, his eyes are closed. This also highlights the title of the single, "Eyes Closed". Kiyoshi Sakamoto said that he was very satisfied, after all, the CD in front of him, but his first song, although I don't know how many more songs will be sung from my throat in the future, but the first time is always the most precious.

Thinking of myself, my efforts these days have not been in vain. So Kiyoshi Sakamoto took the first few CDs that came out, thinking "One is a souvenir, one for my parents, one for my younger brother, of course the teacher also wants one, and Kobashi, Nanami Hashimoto, oh, and Yui Aragaki who just met, forget it, I'll give it to her next time I see her." ”

Kiyoshi Sakamoto finally took his first step in the Japanese entertainment industry, and the next thing is to look at the sales of this single.

But there's still a lot of work to be done before we can talk about sales. It seems that I want to help Sakamoto Kiyoshi design his hairstyle.,What clothes to wear on the show.,It's going to be done to Sony's art director.,Sakamoto Kiyoshi has to be fiddled with by them all the time.。。 Fortunately, the fourteen-year-old Sakamoto Kiyoshi developed a little earlier, and now his height has already reached one meter six five, which looks taller than his peers, and with that handsome Zhengtai face, he must have fascinated those white-collar workers and female college students.

When he gave his single CD to Uncle Ishida and asked him to help bring it to his family and teachers, he was inevitably "blackmailed" by Uncle Ishida for a single.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto's "Close Your Eyes" single CD, because Sony is very confident in this song, the first batch of CDs was suppressed, reaching as many as 20,000 copies. This treatment, when it comes to it, may be envious of those newcomers who debuted in other record companies. Other newcomers, when they debuted, may only have one or two thousand, but Kiyoshi Sakamoto has reached ten times the number of others. It is conceivable how strongly Sony pushed Sakamoto Kiyoshi as a newcomer.

However, 20,000 CDs are distributed to more than 500 CD stores in the Tokyo area, so it may make a little splash, after all, although the current RB music market is declining, the development of the music industry is still very prosperous, and at the same time, I don't know how many singers have debuted and released songs. With so many people competing, Kiyoshi Sakamoto's single with only one song has an unknown sales. After all, success is harder to predict than failure.

That night, at 0:00 a.m. on the 4th to the 5th, the news of Kiyoshi Sakamoto's debut appeared on Sony's official website. On the homepage of the official website, Kiyoshi Sakamoto's makeup photos are obediently hung there, click in, you can also see various information about Kiyoshi Sakamoto, and you can also hear the short version of "Close Your Eyes Lightly".

Makoto Kamiki is a professional music critic. He often publishes reviews in major music magazines and websites, and he is a little famous, and in the early hours of this morning, after just visiting the official website of EMI Records and Universal Music, he happened to go to the official website of Sony. He saw it at a glance, the news of Kiyoshi Sakamoto's debut.

"Oh, has Sony promoted a newcomer? It's pretty handsome. Makoto Kamiki, who clicked in, looked at Kiyoshi Sakamoto's appearance, and his first impression was handsome.

I clicked on Sakamoto's photo again, and when I went in and saw Sakamoto's information, Shenmu was surprised.

"Ninety-year-old, now only fourteen years old?Are you kidding? A fourteen-year-old child can make his debut??" Instantly, Makoto Kamiki felt that Sony had made a mistake, and thought about it, Sony should not make such a low-level mistake.

"Is it a genius boy?" In the middle of speculation, he clicked on Kiyoshi Sakamoto's short version of "Close Your Eyes Lightly", and in an instant, a beautiful singing voice appeared.

When you wake up in the morning, your shell will be with you

The warmth that used to feel behind you has now become frozen

Stop smiling wryly and pull back the heavy curtains

The dazzling morning sun also catches me every day

That day, I saw your weeping face and tears reflected in the sunset

In just a few sentences, when Shenmu listened to it, his eyes were also closed, as if he had entered a poignant love story constructed by Sakamoto Kiyoshi with a singing voice that had not faded away from his youthful youth.

Soon a short minute passed, and the song had already stopped, but Kamiki Makoto's eyes did not open, as if he was still immersed in the song just now.

When Shenmu wanted to listen to it again, he found that this song could only be listened to once, which is also one of Sony's methods, so as to hang the hearts of consumers, and retain the consumer's desire to listen to this song once, and then explode when buying a single, so that it can sell more.

I can't help it, looking at the hint given on Sony's official website, saying that in eight hours, Kiyoshi Sakamoto's single will be sold in major CD stores in Tokyo. Makoto Kamiki had to suppress the idea of listening to it again, but every time he thought about it, his mind was the beautiful singing voice of Kiyoshi Sakamoto.

"Sony,This newcomer,It's amazing.。。 ”

February 5, 2004, 7 a.m. After receiving a new batch of single CDs from various CD stores in the Tokyo area, the largest number of them was Kiyoshi Sakamoto's singles. Eight o'clock, officially on sale!

As a newcomer, when you release songs, the staff at the CD store usually put them in the corner. However, Sony wanted to strongly promote Sakamoto Kiyoshi, of course, and when it came to the major CD stores, it was agreed with each store that it would be placed in a conspicuous position on the shelves dedicated to Sony singers, and the recommended brands should be placed in the stores.

In this way, Kiyoshi Sakamoto's "Close Your Eyes" is on the shelves of major CD stores, and it is all placed in the recommended eye-catching places.

8:15 a.m., Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, a certain CD store.

Makoto Shenmu,I was thinking of going to the nearest CD store at eight o'clock on time.,Buy a batch of the latest singles.,Go back and listen to it.,Of course.,And the Sony newcomer's "Close Your Eyes Lightly".,It's a fourteen-year-old boy named Kiyoshi Sakamoto.。。

Thinking of this, Makoto Kamiki walked into the CD shop.

When I walked into the store, I found that there were very few customers in the store. That's right, it's only eight o'clock in the morning, and most people have to go to work and school at this time, and there must not be anyone who comes to the CD point to buy anything, and the people who come to buy CDs at this time are generally music critics like Makoto Kamiki, or those who are responsible for recording the sales of singles. After glancing at his peers a few times, Makoto Kamiki smiled and ignored them

Makoto Kamiki originally thought that Kiyoshi Sakamoto was making his debut as a newcomer, and the CD should be in the corner of the new song area. But before he could look around, he spotted Kiyoshi Sakamoto's CD.

It's in the recommended new song area, it's all some big-name singers, and they will only be put there when they release new songs, and now there are CDs of newcomers, which is really unusual.