Reborn Japan for entertainment

Chapter 426
When the results came out, Kitano Kenji immediately slumped on his seat with a face ashamed.

He knew in his heart that what he lost was not only the authority of Universal President, but more importantly, he lost the trust of his backer. . .

This determines his future fate, either he will be kicked out of Universal, or he will be sent down to the bottom, and he will never have a second chance to climb up.

This is not the result he wants, and it is certainly not the result that the people behind him want. . .

At this time, Kitano Kenji finally figured out why his predecessor Yamazaki Ichiro would always let Sakamoto Kiyoshi go, instead of doing something to hinder his growth.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto is a terrifying existence that even if the entire universe goes all out, it cannot be provoked!
A person who swept the music scene as soon as he released his album, and no one can compete with him, how can he stop him? !

Unless you really find someone to kill him, it is possible to stop him. . .

Kitano Kenji couldn't help deeply regretting, regretting why he set Kiyoshi Sakamoto as the target of suppression; regretting that he asked his subordinates to contact Wenchun and making small moves behind his back; regretting that he knew the relationship between Masaharu Fukuyama and Kiyoshi Sakamoto, but refused The cooperation of the two. . .

However, if I knew this earlier, why did I do it in the first place?

. . .

After glancing at Kitano Kenji, who was ashen-faced, Fujikura Kazumasa spoke again.

"Since Kitano has come down, who will take over as the president?"

As the leader of the neutral faction, Kazumasa Fujikura's words carried a lot of weight, and the people from the two major factions, the president and directors, were shocked and cheered up.

Kitano Kenji's resignation is just the beginning, and what follows is the highlight!

Two factions are competing for the position of Universal President!

The impeachment of Kitano Kenji and the resignation of Kitano Kenji are certainly not the ultimate goal of Ichiro Yamazaki.

His goal is very clear, that is to regain the position of president and control of Universal!

For this reason, he did not hesitate to pay a huge price, and secretly reached a deal with some directors of neutral factions.

Especially the support of that person made him firmly believe that the final winner of this competition must be him!
However, the first to attack was the board of directors who had already lost their lead in the Kitano Kenji incident.

"In my opinion, this position must belong to the director of Hexi!"

Although the board of directors hated Kenji Kitano's mediocrity, which caused them to lose the opportunity to have the right to speak, they still couldn't just watch the menacing Ichiro Yamazaki regain the position of president.

Therefore, under the gaze of director Hexi, a middle-aged bald director with a big belly said loudly that his face was red because he was too excited.

"Director Hexi has achieved profit growth for four consecutive years during his tenure as the president of the company's subsidiaries. It can be seen that Director Hexi's management ability is very worthy of our trust!"

The younger brother's flattery made director Hexi very happy, and he nodded inwardly.

"well done."

However, it is obvious that this wave of unnutritive bibi blowing only resulted in frowning of Fujikura Kazumasa's brows, and Yamazaki Ichiro's sneer. . .

It has no effect on the board of directors to keep the position of president.

You must know that after experiencing Kenji Kitano's mistakes, the board of directors is naturally at a disadvantage in the competition for the president.

At this time, it is extremely unrealistic to hold the idea that the position of president cannot be left behind.

However, the strong desire for power made people dizzy and lost their minds. No one in the board of directors thought that this was an unrealistic idea at all.

"Then just continue to be the president of the subsidiary!"

No, one sentence from Ichiro Yamazaki left the middle-aged director speechless.

Yamazaki Ichiro did not give the directors time to think, and directly signaled one of his confidant directors to attack.

"As Kitano Kenji's recommender, Director Hexi should bear part of the responsibility for this mistake." A middle-aged director who looked extremely capable said.

"And the new president, I think, must be a person who is familiar with Universal Music affairs and has rich management experience. Therefore, I recommend Director Yamazaki to serve as the president of Universal Music again!"

See you in the picture!

Although it had been expected, the words of the middle-aged director made the directors of the board of directors immediately darken their expressions.

Especially director Hexi, from the obvious blue veins in the hand holding the cup tightly, you can know that the leader of the board of directors is angry and uneasy. . .

Before the members of the board of directors objected, the directors under Ichiro Yamazaki and the neutral directors who had been bought all expressed their support.

"Makes sense!"

"I agree with Director Sato's proposal!"

"Seconded."

. . .

In the entire conference room, more than half of the directors expressed their support for Yamazaki Ichiro's idea of ​​being the president again.

Such a scene makes the few directors of the board of directors feel like an isolated island that has lost the power to resist, isolated and helpless.

"I also think that if Director Yamazaki can serve as Universal President again, he will definitely regroup and clean up the mess left by his predecessor..."

At this time, one person's statement directly made the board of directors lose its last hope.

"Fujikura... San?!"

Director Kasai looked at Kazumasa Fujikura in amazement. For some reason, this old director, who had always been neutral, suddenly joined the faction dispute, and even stood on the side of Ichiro Yamazaki!

That's right, Ichiro Yamazaki has already won Fujikura Kazumasa, the big brother of the neutral faction, over, that's why he is so confident.

"I just think Director Yamazaki is more suitable for this position..."

A meaningful sentence silenced the director of Hexi and his followers.

"So it's like this...so it's like this..." Director Hexi leaned weakly on the back of the seat and muttered to himself.

Until now, he didn't know that he had already lost since Ichiro Yamazaki called this meeting urgently.

"Then, next, let's vote for the new Universal President. If you support Director Yamazaki, please raise your hand..."

"Those who support Director Hexi, please raise your hands..."

Ichiro Yamazaki, who won the majority of votes from the neutral faction, won the crushing of director Kasai in terms of votes with an absolute advantage.

Under the angry and uneasy eyes of the directors of the board of directors, Kazumasa Fujikura announced again.

"Then, I announce that the new president of Universal Music will be Ichiro Yamazaki!!!"

. . . . . .

The next day, Universal Music's official website published a statement about the replacement of the president.

This undoubtedly caused huge waves!
Although the Japanese branch of Universal Music is not as strong as Universal Music in Europe and the United States, with world superstars such as Eminem, Black Eyed Peas, Mariah Carey, etc., it is known as one of the four major record companies in the world. Universal Music is still a top-ranked record company belonging to Japanese record companies.

Its market share is second only to Ai Hui and Sony, and even higher than Warner Music, which focuses on the Chinese market.

It is conceivable that the change of the president of such a large record company will have a huge impact.

Especially for the music world, there was no news about Universal's major personnel changes beforehand. Such a sudden change must be due to some important turmoil within Universal.

This assumption immediately made many paparazzi who rely on news for a living, as if they smelled delicious bones, and launched various offensives against the relevant insiders of Universal Music!

Famous gossip magazines including "Weekly Wenchun", "Friday", "Weekly Modern" and so on, all sent their best paparazzi to search for the inside story behind this incident.

And the supernatural paparazzi also lived up to expectations. In just two days, they disclosed the before and after of Universal's change of president!
However, the art world who learned of what had happened was rarely silent collectively.

Judging from the inside information obtained by major brokerage firms and record companies, there is a very familiar name behind this incident.

Sakamoto Kiyoshi!
According to people familiar with the matter, the cause of this major personnel change within Universal was because of Kiyoshi Sakamoto.

Former Universal President Ichiro Yamazaki, after a year of silence, is back!

Taking advantage of Kenji Kitano's mediocrity during his tenure and the many "criminal evidence" that forced Masaharu Fukuyama away, Ichiro Yamazaki successfully defeated Kenji Kitano and became the president of Universal Music again!
And Kenji Kitano became the shortest-lived president in the history of Universal Music, only in one year. . .

The reason why Kitano Kenji stepped down and became a laughing stock was because of his inaction during his tenure, which led to a sharp drop in Universal Music's profits and a large loss of manpower and material resources.

However, all of this is largely due to Kiyoshi Sakamoto.

During Kenji Kitano's tenure, he never won a head-to-head confrontation between his singers and Sakamoto Kiyoshi. While record sales were suppressed by Sony, they also lost their original market share.

The most important point is that Fukuyama Masaharu was forced to switch to Sony Music, which led to the loss of important talents for Universal Music, and the long-term loss is simply immeasurable. . .

It is precisely because of this that Kenji Kitano was easily kicked out by Ichiro Yamazaki who made trouble.

In this way, those with good intentions have discovered an astonishing fact.

The new president of Universal Music, Ichiro Yamazaki, was also the previous president of Universal Music, and the important factor that led to his resignation was the Kiyoshi Sakamoto who caused Kenji Kitano to step down!
In other words, Sakamoto Kiyoshi alone led to the resignation of the two presidents of Universal Records? !
This incident made Sakamoto Kiyoshi initially reveal his huge influence.

A terrifying influence enough to shake everything!

(End of this chapter)