In mid-July, Nogizaka Road, Sony SMZ Building. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

As always, the Sony SMZ building is still overcrowded, a large number of staff and people come and go, Sony as a super multinational group company, from product research and development, production, put into the production line, to product marketing and sales, are solved by the company.

The internalization of transactions has saved transaction costs, but it has also made Sony's organization and personnel bloated and indynamic.

Today, another meeting of Sony's board of directors is here.

CEO Naoki Kitagawa is distributing the financial statements to the directors: "Everyone, in the third quarter of 2012, the first quarter of the fiscal year, we at Sony Music made a profit again, thank you for your support!"

Everyone applauded, and Sony Music has been in a profitable state despite the continuous losses of Sony's electronics division, which has to be said to be the success of Naoki Kitagawa.

The directors gave their opinions one after another.

Uesugi Soyuki also came up with a report: "Regarding Nogizaka 46, our losses are gradually decreasing, and it is initially expected that in the next four months to half a year, this girl idol group will be able to achieve initial profits." ”

"Very well, we in Sony Group have achieved overall profitability last year, and our next goal for Sony Music is to increase earnings by 10% next quarter compared to this quarter. Naoki Kitagawa closed the report sheet: "Please continue to work hard." ”

"Yes. "All the directors in suits and leather shoes should be, no matter what everyone thinks in their hearts, after all, they all work at Sony Music, and they must hope that Sony Music can do better.

Since Naoki Kitagawa became the CEO of Sony Music, Sony Music has been maintaining stable profits, so the position of CEO is extremely secure.

Uesugi Muneyuki stayed.

"Uesugi-kun, I heard that Hirai-san has been looking for you to try out Sony's new smartphone recently, and you should also take care of the Nogizaka 46!" Kitagawa Naoki knows that Kazuo Hirai, who is the head of the Sony Group recently, has invested all of Sony's profits in the mobile communications market and PS3 game consoles, and attaches great importance to Uesugi Soyuki, who has participated in the development and acquisition of the Android system, and often comes to him, Kitagawa Naoki is worried that Uesugi Soyuki will be distracted by this.

After a year, Naoki Kitagawa knew that it would only be a disaster if other directors on the board were to take care of this girl idol group, because most of the directors were very old and did not know much about the idol market.

Kenji Kitagawa told him that he was still working at AKS, so it was difficult to be distracted, and Nogizaka 46 couldn't do without this director.

"Rest assured, my main job is still the Director of Operations of Nogizaka 46. Uesugi nodded solemnly.

"So I'm relieved, Uesugi-kun, you know, our board ... There are not many who can do ... Most of them are here to spend their old age in peace, and there are many directors who do not seek merit but seek no faults, and as long as you support me to continue to be the CEO of Sony Music, I will not let others touch Nogizaka 46. Kitagawa Naoki said, "Uesugi-kun, if you can trust me, then continue to support me!"

Uesugi Soyuki tapped his knee with his index finger without a trace, and the old fox Naoki Kitagawa was showing favor to himself, he first showed his ability, then played the emotional card, and finally gave a promise.

No wonder this old fox has been sitting in the position of CEO of Sony Music for a long time, and no one has ever been able to move him, he is indeed a very powerful person.

Uesugi Soyuki doesn't have any idea about the position of CEO at all, if it weren't for the girls who want to bring a milk group, it would be more ideal to go to the top management of Dentsu.

However, as Muneyuki Uesugi increased his stake in Sony Music, his personal stake in the board of directors has reached 3.9%, the largest individual shareholder on Sony's board of directors, and Naoki Kitagawa needs his support.

"Of course, I'll always support you, Kitagawa-san. Uesugi Soyuki gave a promise, and Kitagawa Naoki got a satisfactory answer, at their level, since they said it, it is very rare for them to regret it, not to mention that this young man is still the direct bloodline of the Uesugi family, the Uesugi family, which is a famous family that keeps its promises.

"By the way, Kitagawa San, I want to ask you to help me investigate someone. ”

"Who, though, said. ”

"My senior at the University of Tokyo, Koyu Ishihara. ”

"Good!"

Naoki Kitagawa has deep connections in the film and political circles in Japan, and this matter is the best choice for him, and it is not his style to sit back and wait.

Uesugi Muneyuki left the conference room and came to the Nogizaka 46 practice room, which was located underground.

Today's selection team has activities.,Go out to publicize.,There are only two or three kittens left in the practice room.,Among them, former idols such as Misai Eitō also have their own activities.,Most of the remaining girls are such as Saito Asuka、Nagashima Seiro,Yona Kawago, etc., who don't have any resources of their own in the entertainment industry.,You can only rely entirely on the girls on Nogizaka 46 to practice.。

Uesugi Soyuki just nodded at the girls, he had been instructed many times by Satomi Ichiro, as the top person in charge of the project, he had to reduce contact with non-selection members, otherwise this would send a bad signal to the operation and the selection team, and if they really wanted to contact, it was best to let them meet separately in their own office.

"Since you want to distinguish between selection and non-selection treatment, then it is better to do what I said, and go to the non-selection members every once in a while, one is a loss of your authority, the other is easy to make the operation difficult, and the third is easy to give the members a feeling that they don't need to work hard, and only need to talk to the director to enter the selection. ”

So Uesugi Soyuki just nodded to the girls, he came to discuss things with Ichiro Satomi and Yoshio Konno today.

Satomi Ichiro was nibbling on a rice ball over there, with a bottle of oolong tea next to him, and apparently, this was his breakfast.

"Ning Sang, why don't you eat in the cafeteria?" Seeing this, Uesugi Zongxue grinned at the corners of his mouth and teased.

"Uh... I went to bed a little late, and I didn't have time to make breakfast. Satomi Ichiro was a little embarrassed, and folded his hands and asked, "Please don't care." ”

"Forget it, there's nothing going on this morning, what do you think about the campaign to promote the hit single that Matsudaira Naohiro proposed earlier?" Uesugi Soyuki didn't care very much, Satomi Ichiro, as a poor single man, worked very hard and conscientiously, he always had to cook breakfast alone, and occasionally he could only buy a rice ball or something like that to cushion his stomach when he went to bed late, which is understandable.

Yoshio Konno is old, and he has a family, so he gets off work at about six o'clock every day, but Satomi Ichiro often works overtime to the level of eight or nine o'clock, and basically has to work overtime on weekends, Uesugi Soyuki plans to give Satomi Ichiro a little salary next year.

"Oh, you mean about publicity activities, I think it's feasible!As we know from our investigation, for example, in Akita, Ikoma Rina is very popular, we can arrange for the members of the selection team to divide into several groups and go to various places to publicize, but... Uesugi-san, I'll be honest, I'm not optimistic that the sales of this summer order will rise sharply. Satomi Ichiro stuffed the rice balls into his mouth in two bites, took a sip of oolong tea, swallowed the food, and said.

"I know ... Uesugi said helplessly, "We collided with AKB here." ”

The third single is titled "Bicycle", which describes the innocent love of heaven and the bicycle heading towards the wind, and is a typical idol song with a clear style, in which the two people are in love with each other, but they do not find each other's love, and the chorus describes the situation in which the protagonist desperately pedals on a bicycle in order to get his love back.

The quality of this single is actually okay, Uesugi Soyuki listened to it as an idol fan and felt that it was a decent idol song, anyway, at least better than the previous single "Come on Chambord!".

But that's the end of it, it's unlikely that it can be said to be popular and a big hit.

Moreover, the release time of this single is August 22.

AKB48, or the 48 family's East Egg concert, is scheduled for August 24-26.

Atsuko Maeda's graduation performance is scheduled for August 27.

At this time, the attention of the whole of Japan was focused on AKB, and Nogizaka was destined to not be able to compete with AKB, which had been in full swing for 12 years.

Even Uesugi Muneyuki himself has no way to fully focus on Nogizaka.

Because Mai Shiraishi's birthday is August 20th.

Uesugi Soyuki must have held a perfect "coming-of-age ceremony" for Mai Shiraishi, but that day he endured with great perseverance and did not break the girl's body, so he must hold a perfect coming-of-age ceremony and birthday party for the girl.

And AKB48's East Egg, especially the formation of the cabinet after East Egg, he and Kenji Kitagawa must also participate, and Atsuko Maeda's graduation performance He is also unwilling to be absent.

Uesugi Soyuki's face is calm, things always have to be dealt with one by one, as for the publicity activities of the third order, you can let go of Satomi Ichiro and them to do, just be a hands-off shopkeeper.

"Regarding the promotion of the single, I thought it would be better to add a link and arrange for the selection team to pray for the single to sell well at the Tsuruoka Hachiman Palace," Uesugi said suddenly.

"Poof~" Satomi Ichiro almost squirted: "I'll it, you can do this?"

Tsuruoka Hachimangu Shrine is a shrine located in Kamakura City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, one of the three major Hachimangu Shrines, and in the Middle Ages it was the center of belief for the samurai patron saints, known as the "Kanto General Castle Keeper", and is still the symbol of Kamakura today.

This samurai shrine still holds a supreme position in the hearts of the samurai, and it is easy to get around the periphery, and if you want to go to the main shrine (Upper Shrine), where the main god Hachiman Sangami is enshrined, you must have samurai connections and connections.

“。。。 Have you forgotten who I am? Didn't the ancestor of the family, Kenshin Gong, take up the post of Kanto governor in front of the Tsuruoka Hachiman Palace? I asked my grandfather to coordinate it, and it was not a big problem, after all, the family also contributed money and efforts when it was rebuilt. Uesugi said with a squinting eye.

“。。。 Okay, okay, you're awesome, if you can do it, of course you'll be fine!" Satomi Ichiro nodded.

It's nice to have a boss with a strong background and connections everywhere!" thought the middle-aged man in his forties.