Under the urging of his girlfriend, Kiyoshi Sakamoto had no choice but to take the girl's hand and go to the love nest of the two together.

Ten minutes later, standing in front of an apartment building near Roppongi Station, Yui Aragaki was moved and surprised in her heart, and her mind went blank.

Especially when Kiyoshi Sakamoto took her into the building, took the elevator, and came to the seventh floor.

And with the key in her hand, when she opened the door, the girl had already covered her mouth with tears in her eyes.

"No, this is a space for the two of us!"

Looking at the elegant and warm house, with a lot of space, Aragaki Yui was so moved that she couldn't express it, and the tears in her eyes also flowed down slowly.

At this moment, Kiyoshi Sakamoto knows that without a hug, there is no problem that cannot be solved.

If there is, add a kiss!

hugged the girl who was moved to tears, gently wiped away her tears with his fingers, and looked at her with extremely affectionate eyes.

"Do you like it?"

The girl nodded vigorously, but did not answer.

"That's enough!"

The lips were heavily imprinted, blocking back the girl's words that she wanted to say and stopped.

Standing in the palatial living room, the men and women who are in love kiss too hard, causing the whole space to be filled with a strong atmosphere of love...

Suddenly, a piece of clothing was taken off.

And then there's the second piece.

The third ...

"Ahh

(The specific process, omitting 3,000 words...) ）

。。。。。。

Time says goodbye to January and ushers in February...

February 1st.

Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Chiyoda-ku, Sony Music Headquarters Building.

In the large and spacious conference room, directors in suits and leather shoes sat around a huge oval and were discussing fiercely.

"We should continue to promote new bands, and as long as there is one new band out of the five bands that can make a name for themselves, we can continue to push him, just like we push THE SUN!" said a middle-aged, thin-skinny director with black-rimmed glasses who looked rather young.

"THE SECOND THE SUN!"

The young director's words seemed to be recognized by the other directors, and there were no longer a few nods.

However, if there is something in favor, there must be something against.

"I don't think we should focus on building the next SUN band!" a female director, with a straight face and a calm and terrifying tone, retorted, "THE SUN's success is not achieved overnight, and it is very accidental. ”

"After all, not every band has a musical genius who can create on their own... ”

The female director paused, gave the many directors present a little time to think, and then continued.

"If you want me to say, instead of spending a lot of money and setting your sights on a new band, it is better to give more resources to SOLO singers such as Kana Nishino, YUI, and Shota Shimizu. ”

"Especially Kana Nishino, since her debut, she has been a blockbuster, and under the steady single and album offensive last year, her popularity has been firmly on the front line, especially in the huge group of girls, she has super popularity,。。。 ”

"This year, if she can continue to chase after the victory, I believe that in time, she will definitely become the last pop singer in the music scene!"

As soon as this remark came out, the directors who belonged to the same friendship with the female directors also spoke out in support.

"That's right, our band configuration is already at the top of the music scene, there are two national-level bands of Rainbow Band and THE SUN, and there is no need to continue to throw resources on this, after all, we are not BEING who specializes in rock bands... ”

"Yes!"

"That's right!"

"Director Takeshita has a point... ”

Gradually, the entire conference room was debated about whether to focus on "group groups" or "solo singers".

In the face of this disturbing scene, the Sony speaker who sat in the main seat, Naoki Kitagawa who had the sole power, did not say a word and sat there quietly.

At this time, he did not pay attention to watching the directors quarrel.

In his mind, he was just thinking, once that person appeared in the conference room, would these directors still be arguing about who won and who lost like they are now?

He didn't know.

However, he is very much looking forward to the various reactions that the directors will show.

。。。

This was the first SMEJ (Sony Music Group Japan) Board of Directors meeting in 2009.

Although it was a financial crisis, SMEJ, as Sony's music business group, was doing more than falling.

Record sales increased from 35 billion in 2007 to 60 billion in 2008!

A full 25 billion increase!

This made Sony's head office, which was caught in a financial crisis and felt anxious, also very shocked.

While all of its major subsidiaries are losing money, only SMEJ's performance is eye-catching.

This is not a lot of good news for Sony, which has been in crisis in recent years.

For this reason, the current chairman and CEO of Sony Group, Howard Stringer, has also praised the chairman and president of SMEJ, Naoki Kitagawa on many occasions in public, praising his excellent work.

The praise from the head office has made Naoki Kitagawa more stable in SMEJ.

In 2009, even the entertainment industry was greatly affected by the ups and downs of the world's financial markets, frequent bankruptcies, and a sharp increase in unemployment.

Therefore, in order for SMEJ to continue its forward momentum, this board meeting was held on the first day of February.

The main agenda of the conference is to discuss how to continue to maintain the prosperity and development of SMEJ in such a difficult background...

The focus of development, the direction of promotion, and the investment of resources are all topics discussed at this meeting.

In recent years, thanks to the big sales of Sakamoto Kiyoshi and THE SUN, Sony has surpassed Universal and ranked second on the record company sales list in the Japanese music scene.

Last year, under the terrible sales of THE SUN albums, Sony surpassed Ai Hui for the first time and became the record company with the highest sales of the whole year!

And the shareholders are also making a lot of money.

Of course, as agents of shareholders, directors are bound to jump up and down to behave themselves, trying to get a little more out of the bigger and bigger pie.

That's why the board meeting has become a war of words...

"Ahem... ”

However, as soon as Naoki Kitagawa spoke, the entire conference room instantly fell silent.

"By the way, today, I have something I want to announce to you. ”