Chapter Seventy-Six: Can't Be Mixed Up in the United States?
But before Sakamoto Kiyoshi could figure out how to take advantage of this time difference to make a wave of pranks, he himself was joined forces by others and made a whole wave.
March 13th, Sunday, is a sunny day.
On this day, at nine o'clock in the morning, Kiyoshi Sakamoto also came to Sony as usual.
Because the school will start in April, Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who is still in the middle of the holidays, has to come to the Sony Building and take a few walks if he has anything to do.
And in the Sony building, Kiyoshi Sakamoto's most frequent place is the music department.
Because every week when he comes over to listen to the sales of his singles, he listens to them in the music department.
This day is the fourth week of the release of Kiyoshi Sakamoto's second solo single "I'm Yours".
"Time flies so fast, it's been four weeks so fast. Kiyoshi Sakamoto muttered as he walked to the music department, ready to listen to his single sales this week.
In the first two weeks of its release, "I'm Yours" sold 1.1 million people, and in the third week, it also sold 300,000 people, and it is still the first place on the O list.
debuted three singles, all of which sold more than one million, in this period of continuous decline in the record market, such results are impeccable.
Kiyoshi Sakamoto also slowly knows himself, and now his popularity in RB is simply high.
In the past year, when it comes to the music industry, it is basically the world of Kiyoshi Sakamoto, and in the world of Japanese dramas, it is the world of Takuya Kimura.
It was Kiyoshi Sakamoto's strength in the music industry and his high popularity that also saved the RB record market a little.
After all, the emergence of such a strong newcomer as Sakamoto proves that the RB music industry is not without talents.
Therefore, at this time, the RB media called Sakamoto Kiyoshi "the national little male god" to express Sakamoto Kiyoshi's current national recognition.
And why is it called "Little Male God"?
On the one hand, it is because Sakamoto Kiyoshi is still young, and the other is because there are two major male gods in the country above Sakamoto Kiyoshi.
One is his teacher, Masaharu Fukuyama, and the other is married, but the popularity is still so high, the king of Japanese dramas, Kimura Okami, Kimura Takuya.
With Sakamoto Kiyoshi's qualifications and the number of works, he is still not a nationally recognized male god, so the media will give him such an alias.
However, the interesting thing is that Kiyoshi Sakamoto has been given a lot of aliases since his debut.
What "Sony Little Prince", "Youngest Million Composer", "Youngest Red and White Performer", "Youngest Grand Award Winner", "Sony Second Brother", and now there is another one, "National Little Male God", it is really enough.
Kiyoto Sakamoto was about to feel anxious about the small brain hole of RB Media.
"What's this?,Can't you start with a nice sound.,Domineering.,Handsome alias.,Like what RB is the first handsome.,Tokyo's first talent.,How good it sounds.,You people.,Can you have a little imagination?,Brain hole is bigger.。。。 Really. Every time Kiyoshi Sakamoto heard that he had a new alias, he complained in his heart.
With his hands behind his back, he slowly walked to Kiyoshi Sakamoto of Sony's music department, first said hello to the employees in the office, and then found a place in a small lounge and sat down.
Looking at the wall clock, there is still half an hour before this week's sales report is released.
"Is there still half an hour? Kiyoshi Sakamoto thought about it, and on the table on the side, he took a copy of the Asahi Shimbun and read it.
Kiyoshi Sakamoto flipped through the newspaper and suddenly, he found a news that surprised him.
"The University of Tokyo Qualified Applicants List Announced!"
"Eh, eh, eh, ?!!" The moment Kiyoshi Sakamoto saw this title, he felt that his name should be written in this news.
When I looked closely, sure enough, on the list, there was the name of Kiyoshi Sakamoto, and it was the first.
The article reads, "Of the 3,000 students who participated in the second examination at the University of Tokyo this year, 300 passed. Interestingly, the chief qualifier this time was a fifteen-year-old boy at the time, Kiyoshi Sakamoto... ”
Then the article also briefly introduced what kind of person Kiyoshi Sakamoto, a fifteen-year-old genius boy who was admitted to Tokyo University with the first place, is.
"Uh, I seem to have been on RB's largest newspaper, the Asahi Shimbun?!!" Kiyoshi Sakamoto only then realized that his name actually appeared on the largest newspaper in RB.
Syllable!
Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was surprised that his name appeared in the Asahi Shimbun, was tapped on the shoulder.
Turning his head, he found that it was Yuichi Yamada, Sony's music director.
"What are you looking at?" asked Yuichi Yamada, looking at the newspaper Kiyoshi Sakamoto was holding.
"Oh, are you looking at this?" asked Yamada, pointing his finger at the article.
"Eh??? how do you know I'm looking at this?" Kiyoshi Sakamoto was surprised.
"Asahi Shimbun, I read it every day, and I read this article with your name two weeks ago. Yamada said, pointing to the time at the top of the newspaper.
March 3, 2005, Morning Post.
"Eh, eh, how is it the morning report of the third day? I thought it was the latest issue on the table... So, you all know about my admission to Todai University?" Kiyoshi Sakamoto asked, a little apprehensive.
"Of course, the whole company knows that you don't know that your name will appear on the Asahi Shimbun. Yamada had a somewhat blamed tone.
"I don't usually read newspapers... Kiyoshi Sakamoto only retorted slightly.
"By the way, let's not talk about this, I came here to tell you two news, well, one good news, one not so good. Which one do you want to listen to first?" Yamada suddenly pulled away the chair next to Kiyoshi Sakamoto and sat down, his expression a little serious.
Kiyoshi Sakamoto also put down the newspaper and said seriously to Yuichi Yamada, "Then tell me the good news first." ”
"Oh, why do you want to hear the good news first? In this case, isn't it common to choose the bad first, and then choose the good?" Yamada was a little curious, Sakamoto Kiyoshi chose it.
"Because for me, I can face the good and the bad, and what is generally bitter and then sweet has no effect on me at all. So listen to the good first, and let the fun come early. "Kiyoshi Sakamoto is serious nonsense.
"Oh, you seem to have a point. Well, I'll tell you the good news first. Yuichi Yamada said thoughtfully.
"What is it?"
"Your singles sales this week... 200,000! is still the champion of the weekly list. Yamada said good news.
"What? I thought it was some good news, that's all? I took off my pants, you show me this?" Sakamoto Kiyoshi was disappointed, and finally said a very obscene sentence in Chinese.
"What do you say?" Fortunately, the music director in front of him does not know Chinese, otherwise, Sakamoto Kiyoshi will be beaten...
"Nothing, what about the bad news?" said Kiyoshi Sakamoto quickly changed the subject.
"Eh, don't you cheer first, get excited, and celebrate your four consecutive championships?" Yamada didn't understand why Sakamoto Kiyoshi didn't look happy at all, and he was still so calm.
"What's this, I already knew that I would definitely continue to win the weekly chart, after all, because of the Dongda incident, my single sales, even if I don't have to think about it, I know that it must be another big hit. There's nothing to be excited about. Kiyoshi Sakamoto looked at Yamada with an expression of "I don't understand you very well".
Yamada has a black line...
"Ahem, now is the time for the bad news. Yamada seemed to sell Guanzi, but when he saw the expression of "don't drag the rhythm" on Sakamoto Kiyoshi's face, he didn't have the heart to continue, and said directly, "Kiyokun, your single, that sales in the United States, how to say it... ”
"Bad?" said Sakamoto Kiyoshi for Yamada.
"It's not bad, it's still sold in the thousands. Yamada said comfortingly.
"How many thousand?" Kiyoshi Sakamoto was a little unhappy, because he really couldn't imagine that his English single would only sell so much.
"Of the 50,000 shipments, only a few thousand were sold, isn't it bad?" Sakamoto Kiyoshi thought depressedly in his heart.
Originally, I was very confident that I could make a splash in the big lake of the American market, but as a result...
Thousands of single sales,Even the ripples on the water surface,There are few out of it.。。。
"Well, maybe in the United States, not many people know your name, and you yourself haven't been to the United States to do propaganda, so... Yamada began to comfort mode.
"Uh-huh. Kiyoshi Sakamoto also listened to Yamada's words and nodded his head.
"Well, you go out with me, find a computer, and I'll let you look at the distribution of your single sales in the United States, see where there are fewer of them, and next time you release a record, focus on that area." After all, there is a lesson to be learned. Yamada's words made Sakamoto Kiyoshi a little confused, so he had to say yes again and again.
Following Yamada out of the lounge, Kiyoshi Sakamoto was a little depressed.
After all, the situation of selling only a few thousand copies in the United States is simply miserable compared to the situation of selling millions of copies in RB.
After hearing that his single had only sold a few thousand copies in the United States, Kiyoshi Sakamoto was about to doubt his life.
"I'm Yours", a divine comedy that has been on the Billboard chart for the longest time, will become such a song that no one cares about after being sung by Kiyoshi Sakamoto, which makes Sakamoto begin to doubt his ability and begin to think about it, is it because of himself that this song will sell so poorly?
Kiyoshi Sakamoto was taken by Yamada to an employee's empty desk, Kiyoshi Sakamoto was still thinking about things in his mind, but he didn't realize that it was morning work time, why the whole office was empty, and there was no one.