Reborn Japan for entertainment

Chapter 254 Guest lineup
Sure enough, next, the explanation of the big brother Beichuan made Kiyoshi Sakamoto understand why Yasushi Akimoto was sitting here.

It turns out that I don’t know where I got the news that Sony is going to hold a special third anniversary concert for Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who is about to reach the third anniversary of his debut.

Yasushi Akimoto, who was struggling with the development of AKB, had a whim, and saw an excellent opportunity from this news.

An opportunity to promote AKB, an opportunity to bring AKB into the eyes of the public, an opportunity to let more people know about AKB!
That is, let AKB be the guest of Kiyoshi Sakamoto's [-]rd anniversary concert!
Who is Kiyoshi Sakamoto?

He has multiple identities, such as the little king of music, the youngest winner of the record award, the first actor in Heisei to star in a movie with a box office of over [-] billion, the youngest winner of the Akutagawa Award, a million-selling novelist, and so on. . .

Whether in the entertainment world or in the eyes of the public, he is the one who attracts the most attention.

He is talented, handsome, gentle and generous. He is the prince charming in the hearts of millions of girls in Japan, and he is also the object of imitation by boys.

His influence is not limited to the entertainment world.

In Japan, after his debut for three years, his popularity and national recognition are much greater than many famous movie stars and singers.

Moreover, it is amazing that he may be the person with the widest age range of fans in the Japanese entertainment industry.

Originally, women accounted for a much larger proportion of his fan base, but they were all in their teens to twenties; and boys, also in this age group, had more fans.

Now, thanks to his "Golden Dreamland", many middle-aged people have become fans of his books.

When I read the books written by him, I would like to know what kind of person this young man whose pen name is "Xiao Xian" and whose real name is Sakamoto Kiyoshi is.

Then I searched for him on the Internet, and then I found out that he is also a singer, and he is a very powerful one.

Out of curiosity about him, they would listen to a song sung by Kiyoshi Sakamoto.

So attracted by his musical talent and his acting skills, he finally became his fan.

However, it is such a popular idol who is going to hold his first concert, and it is still a very commemorative concert for the third anniversary of his debut.

Akimoto Yasushi was thinking, if AKB, who has just been in the army for about a year, can be a guest of this concert, then AKB can be better introduced to the public.

After all, AKB's current predicament is mainly due to the low popularity and exposure. Outside of the AKB theater, almost no one knows the girls of AKB.

Therefore, even if there are many cute girls in AKB, the producer Yasushi Akimoto has no way to play.

Therefore, Yasushi Akimoto regards Kiyoshi Sakamoto's third anniversary concert as a very important opportunity.

A major opportunity to break the current deadlock in the development of AKB!
That's why he came to Sony in person, and after a good laugh, he tentatively proposed to Mr. Beichuan that AKB should appear as a guest at Kiyoshi Sakamoto's concert.

Boss Beichuan is not a vegetarian either. Hearing Akimoto Yasushi's words, he knew what his purpose was.

He felt that there was no problem.

After all, AKB is an idol project jointly launched by Sony Music and Yasushi Akimoto. Although Yasushi Akimoto is in charge of the operation, AKB’s record contract is still with Sony Music. Sony creates more profits, so some support and resources are also essential.

Although he had agreed to Yasushi Akimoto's request in his heart, Big Boss Beichuan didn't agree immediately, because, after all, this was Kiyoshi Sakamoto's concert for the third anniversary of his solo debut, so he had to ask the person concerned for their opinions anyway. . .

So, when Sakamoto Kiyoshi called Yamada Yuichi, Yamada Yuichi notified Kitagawa Naoki and Akimoto Yasushi who were in the president's room.

So, Kiyoshi Sakamoto came to the president's office and saw the smiling Yasushi Akimoto and Naoki Kitagawa.

After grasping the situation, Kiyoshi Sakamoto pondered for a moment before speaking.

"In this way, it's not impossible."

In Kiyoshi Sakamoto's view, the current AKB really needs an opportunity to enter the next stage.

But now, this opportunity may have to be given to them by herself again. . .

In 2006, the first year of AKB's establishment, AKB's growth was not too fast.

Even with the addition of Kiyoshi Sakamoto's lyrics and composition, AKB's first underground single "The Petals of the Cherry Blossom" was not able to arouse great repercussions.

After all, a new female idol group still needs time to constantly promote themselves, let more people know themselves, and increase their popularity, so that these popularity can be converted into CD sales.

In February, AKB released its first underground single "Cherry Blossom Petals". Thanks to Kiyoshi Sakamoto's popularity, the final sales reached 2 copies. Compared with the original sales of only 4 copies , much better;
However, such a good sales figure is more due to the fact that Kiyoshi Sakamoto wrote the lyrics and composed the music for the single.

And in June, the second underground single "Floating Skirt" was released. Without Kiyoshi Sakamoto's support, the final sales of this single dropped suddenly, from 6 for the first single. Zhang, fell to only more than 4.

Although compared to the historical achievement of only selling [-] copies, such a result is already very good.

However, you must know that this is not the original history. In the early days of AKB's debut, there was no one like Kiyoshi Sakamoto leading them. . .

Therefore, compared with the first single, the sales of the second single dropped by almost half at once, which made the operation headed by Akimoto Yasushi, as well as Sony, quite troubled.

And in October, AKB finally officially debuted in the mainstream.

The first single released by DefSTAR Records through Sony Music's record is also AKB's debut single "Want to See You", sold nearly 6 copies, and reached the 12th place on the Oricon Singles Weekly Chart.

Such not-so-bad results made Yasushi Akimoto, who was originally very ambitious about the development of AKB, feel somewhat dissatisfied.

Just in time, Yasushi Akimoto, who was thinking about how to further promote AKB, received the news of Kiyoshi Sakamoto's concert, and also remembered the first underground single with Kiyoshi Sakamoto's bonus, and the second without Kiyoshi Sakamoto's bonus. Huge difference between singles.

Thus, Yasushi Akimoto was like a traveler in the desert without water. After seeing Kiyoshi Sakamoto, a passer-by full of water, he desperately grabbed this life-saving "water source"!
Yasushi Akimoto also felt that since there is such a "brother from the same school" as Kiyoshi Sakamoto, why not rely on him more?
So here he comes.

For Kiyoshi Sakamoto, there is not much loss in helping AKB. Moreover, as the music producer of AKB, he did not pay much attention to them. He felt a little sorry for them in his heart, especially Ah-chan. , the only sister he ever knew.

What's more, it's not a big deal to just let them be guests at his concert.

Therefore, Sakamoto Kiyoshi agreed.

However, after Kiyoshi Sakamoto's consideration, he felt that since everyone "milked" AKB, then by the way, "milk" Sony's own family, Nishino Kana.

After all, this young lady who is older than him is his loyal fan. Moreover, it has been almost two years since she joined Sony in 2005 when she won the No.1 audition meeting. Her strength has reached the level where she can debut .

Therefore, Sakamoto Kiyoshi felt that it was time for the future first sister Sony to make her debut.

Thinking of this, Kiyoshi Sakamoto proposed, by the way, let Nishino Kana appear as a special guest at his concert, as well as a proposal for his debut.

Hearing Sakamoto Kiyoshi's words, Kitagawa and Yamada Yuichi were a little surprised, but after discussing, they decided to follow Sakamoto Kiyoshi's suggestion and take this opportunity to let Nishino Kana debut directly!

Nearly two years after joining Sony, Nishino Kana's musical strength has also improved by leaps and bounds.

And why did Kiyoshi Sakamoto know about Kana Nishino's strength?

That's because, every time Kiyoshi Sakamoto and THE SUN go to record, this young lady will go over to watch their recordings, bring some music questions along the way, and ask Kiyoshi Sakamoto for advice.

Sakamoto Kiyoshi never refused to come, and patiently explained various music-related issues to his fellow apprentices.

With the help and influence of Kiyoshi Sakamoto, Kana Nishino, who originally aspired to be a singer-songwriter, has also grown in music creation strength year by year.

Although he was not as perverted as Kiyoshi Sakamoto in the early days, he wrote nearly a hundred songs a year, but within two years, the lyricist Nishino who created more than 50 lyrics is also regarded by Sony as a key training object in the future.

In this way, after discussing with Mr. Kitagawa and Yuichi Yamada who hosted the concert, the final guest lineup for the "Sakamoto Kiyoshi [-]rd Anniversary Debut Concert" was finalized.

National male god, Sakamoto Kiyoshi's music teacher, Fukuyama Masaharu!
Japan's first sister, the head of the diva, the queen Ayumi Hamasaki!

The new generation girl idol group, AKB48!

Newcomer to Sony, Kiyoshi Sakamoto's fellow apprentice, Kana Nishino!

After confirming the guests, Kiyoshi Sakamoto also entered the preparation mode for the concert.

First, I started to focus on physical exercise and maintaining my throat.

After all, a concert is very tiring. Singing a series of songs will put a huge burden on the body and voice. If you don't exercise in advance, there will be accidents on the stage.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto didn't want to leave regrets or any black spots for his first concert, so he began to work hard to prepare for the concert.

Fortunately, his photographic memory saves him from having to memorize his own concert repertoire.

It also gave him more time to do other things about concerts.

For example, recording for Kana Nishino. . .

(End of this chapter)