Getting Akimoto Yasu doesn't mean that Kiyoshi Sakamoto's work as the project leader has come to an end for the time being.

After attracting AKS, Asahi, and Dentsu, the Nogizaka project has officially entered the preparatory stage.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto also began to set up his own Nogizaka operation team. . .

On the second day of meeting Yasusu Akimoto, Masaki Chiba, who received the notification, also returned to Sony Music with a confused face.

Under Kiyoshi Sakamoto's explanation, he learned that he had been transferred to the executive producer of the Nogizaka project.

After many years by Akimoto's side, he has learned more than just how to compose lyrics and how to run a girl group.

In addition to this, it deepened his love for idol girl groups even more.

In his eyes, the faces of AKB girls sweating on stage for their dreams are simply the most energetic pictures in the world.

Being the producer of Sony's new girl group is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for him.

It's also a great opportunity to prove yourself and not lose to the other two members of the band!

Chiba Masaki, who is not yet 23 years old, has been holding back for a long time the strength in his heart that he will not admit defeat.

Therefore, Chiba Masaki also held Sakamoto Kiyoshi's hand tightly, and assured Sakamoto Kiyoshi with an excited face: "I will definitely do my best and will not disappoint you!"

"I know, I know, my hand is about to break... ”

In Kiyoshi Sakamoto's plan, the presence of Masaki Chiba is very important.

After all, as a shareholder of Sony and an executive director of SME, it can be said that in addition to Naoki Kitagawa, his status is the highest in the entire Sony Music.

At such a level, there is no need to go down in person to grab things with his subordinates.

What he needs to do is to grasp the general direction and firmly control the operation.

Therefore, Kiyoshi Sakamoto chose Masaki Chiba as his spokesperson and actual executor.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto wants to see if Chiba Masaki is placed in Yasusu Akimoto's position, can he achieve how much Yasushi Akimoto has!

In addition to this, Masaki Chiba also has an important role to play, which is to become a dedicated lyricist for Nogizaka!

Chiba Masaki has studied by Akimoto Yasushi for many years, and his lyric skills are also very solid.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto plans to make him a trumpet "Yasu Akimoto", and in the future, all the lyrics of Nogizaka will be written by him!

Although it is not as perverted as Yasuya Akimoto's two hundred lyrics a year, Kiyoshi Sakamoto believes that with Chiba Masaki's lyric writing ability, fifty songs a year is still possible.

No matter how bad it is, Sony has a lot of lyricists, and you can top it at any time!

Kiyoshi Sakamoto doesn't believe that Yasushi Akimoto alone can top all the lyricists of the entire Sony Music?!

What's more, he has no intention of pretending to use many of Nogizaka's title songs.

Just like in THE SUN, the title song of each single by Nogizaka will be composed by Kiyoshi Sakamoto.

In this way, many of Nogizaka's good songs in his previous life will not disappear because of the flapping of the wings of Kiyoshi Sakamoto's huge butterfly.

In addition to Chiba Masaki, Sakamoto Kiyoshi also recruited important people in the Nogizaka Management Committee one by one according to the memories of his previous life. . .

Together with Kenji Kitagawa, the crown prince of Sony, he established a "Kitaga" office, and entrusted him with the CD sales and merchandise of Nogizaka.

A veteran Sony employee, Yoshio Konno was appointed president of Nogizaka Contract Co., Ltd., and was in charge of internal management.

As for external affairs, it was Manabu Tsujino, who was the vice minister of the record department at the time, who was in charge.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto, Masaki Chiba, Kenji Kitagawa, Yoshio Konno, and Manabu Tsujino form the core team of Nogizaka's operation.

All matters in Nogizaka, big and small, will be decided by these five people.

The establishment of the Nogizaka Operating Committee and the return of Chiba Masaki made Sakamoto Kiyoshi feel at ease to hand over the next preparations to his subordinates.

And he is back at SMA again.

。。。。。。

In the evening, half past six.

Singing does not come from the throat, but from the abdomen!"

Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who had just walked to the vicinity of the practice room, heard such a voice from the practice room.

Seeing Sakamoto Kiyoshi with a puzzled face, Uncle Ishida, who was standing behind him, also immediately reminded, "Today is Wednesday, and they should be taking vocal lessons." ”

"Oh, we're just in time. Kiyoshi Sakamoto nodded and smiled, "After training for so long, I also want to know, how much these girls have grown... ”

With that, he took a step, pushed open the door that was just closed, and walked into the practice room.

There are only four people in the huge practice room.

In addition to a middle-aged woman I don't know, three other girls in casual clothes are the core of Nogizaka Mirai who has been training at SMA for nearly two years.

Mai Shiraishi!

Nanami Hashimoto!

And... Nanase Nishino!

When Kiyoshi Sakamoto walked in with Uncle Ishida, they were immediately discovered by the four of them.

"Director?"

"Ernie sauce?!"

Different salutations, sounding at the same time.

The girls' eyes flashed with curiosity and anticipation.

However, when they saw Sakamoto's empty hands, they couldn't help but show a little disappointment, looking like "the baby is not happy".

It just so happened that this was captured by the sharp-eyed Kiyoshi Sakamoto.

"These three gluttonous Nizi... Kiyoshi Sakamoto couldn't laugh or cry in his heart.

It's no wonder that the trio looked disappointed.

Every time Kiyoshi Sakamoto came to visit the three of them, he would bring some delicious food as a condolence gift.

However, this time Sakamoto was empty-handed...

At this time, the middle-aged woman came to him and bowed slightly, "Director, why are you here?"

This woman is a vocal teacher transferred from the Sony Music Headquarters, and she is responsible for vocal training for the three of them.

Pretending not to see Xiaoqiao's small action of raising his eyebrows at himself, Sakamoto Kiyoshi smiled and said to the vocal teacher: "Oh, just come and see, don't worry about me, you continue." ”

Under the gaze of several people, Kiyoshi Sakamoto pulled out a chair and did so to arouse the audience.

And Uncle Ishida, too, stood behind him, smiling, clenching his fists, and cheering up the three of them.

Sakamoto Kiyoshi looked like "don't care about me", but it made the three of them feel twelve points in their hearts.

Although Kiyoshi Sakamoto himself said it, don't care about him.

However, his existence is invisibly increasing the pressure on the girls.

"Alright, then, let's move on. With the call of the vocal teacher, the three of them glanced at each other and could only continue the lesson.

However, under the gaze of Kiyoshi Sakamoto, the three who had achieved small results in training did not show their usual strength in the following performances.

Watching the performance of the three of them stumbling, this made Sakamoto Kiyoshi frown.