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Chapter 46 Red and White and the Record Awards Part [-]

On this day, December 31st, at twelve noon.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto, Masaki Ogawa, and Masaki Chiba were in the beauty salon. After finishing today's outfit and hairstyle, they went to the New National Theater in Honmachi, Shibuya District, where the Record Awards will be held, to prepare for the rehearsal for tonight's performance.

Why did the three of them come to the Record Awards for rehearsal first?Because at the Record Awards, the TEH SUN band will perform a song, "Flower"; and Kiyoshi Sakamoto will also sing a solo song, "Close Your Eyes Lightly".As for the red and white side, there is also a song "Close Your Eyes Lightly" and a song "Flower", but because of the playing time, the Record Awards started earlier, so I came to the Record Awards for rehearsal first. .

Fortunately, both NHK and TBS TV stations understand that it is normal for Kiyoshi Sakamoto and THE SUN band, who are very popular this year, to be on these two programs at the same time. After all, he is a sweet potato, and everyone wants it, so the two TV stations It is also very cooperative, coordinating the performance time of the three of Sakamoto Kiyoshi, so that the three of Sakamoto Kiyoshi can appear in the two shows at different times.

It’s just a pity for the three poor children of Kiyoshi Sakamoto. After all, the two shows, Red and White are in Shibuya District, and the Record Awards are also in Shibuya District. It’s not very close, but it will still take a while.

"You want to kill us, ouch." Kiyoshi Sakamoto had no choice but to complain in his heart as a comfort.

This guy is so shameless, he's a good boy when he gets it cheap, is there any newcomer who can win both the red and white awards and the record awards at the same time, this kid is still sloppy, if this kid's thoughts are caught by those who have debuted for four or five years, six It's been seven years, and those who haven't been able to get into red and white know that they will definitely hit him a hundred times a hundred times!

Life still has to go on, money still has to be earned, and prizes still have to be won. . .

In Sony Records this time, only Kiyoshi Sakamoto and THE SUN band, as well as the big brother, Hirai Ken, three groups of artists received invitations from Kohaku.

This also reflects the embarrassment of Sony's current RB singers. Although they are one of the four major records, there are only two and a half that can truly be called first-line.One is the Rainbow Band, the other is Hirai Ken, and the other half is the popular Sakamoto Kiyoto.

This is also because Sony Music's main business area is Europe and the United States. In Europe and America, Sony, which has many big-name singers such as the god of music MJ, is a behemoth that no one dares to mess with.

It is precisely because of the lack of top singers in RB that Sony Music is optimistic about Sakamoto Kiyoshi and pushes him, hoping that he will become Sony's future banner singer.

Judging from the strong performance of this year, everyone at Sony believes that this policy is correct, and Sony's top management is also very happy, because Kiyoshi Sakamoto did not know how much economics he had created for the company this year. income.

Not much to say, Sakamoto and Kiyoshi soon set off from Ginza to the New National Theater in Honmachi, Shibuya Ward.

On the stage of the New National Theater, Sakamoto Kiyoshi first came to the stage to rehearse his debut single "Close Your Eyes Lightly", and then immediately joined forces with Ogawa Masaki and Chiba Masaki to form the TEH SUN band and continued to rehearse the band's debut single In "Flower", Kiyoshi Sakamoto sang two songs consecutively for 7 minutes.

After the rehearsal, the three of Sakamoto and Kiyoshi immediately boarded the nanny car without stopping, and drove all the way to the NHK TV station in Shibuya District.

Similarly, Kiyoshi Sakamoto is going to sing two songs on NHK, because this time Kohaku has arranged an interesting place.

Because Sakamoto Kiyoshi is the first person to be on the red and white stage as a solo singer and a band group at the same time, so in order to save the red and white ratings that have been declining in recent years, NHK specially put Sakamoto Kiyoshi and THE SUN this time The band is organized into the white group at the same time, and they perform together.

Usually, the red and white groups perform alternately with each other. This time, NHK made a little trick.

First, Kiyoshi Sakamoto's TEH SUN band will sing "Flower"; after Masaki Ogawa and Masaki Chiba go down, Kiyoshi Sakamoto will sing "Close Your Eyes Lightly".

This has become the interesting point of Kiyoshi Sakamoto's two consecutive performances, and it is also the reason why NHK wants to make big news this time and grab a wave of traffic.

The three of them were supposed to leave at [-]:[-], but Sony used this as an excuse to apply to the relevant department because of invitations from the Red and White Song Concert and the Record Awards. On this day, the three of them were allowed to work until [-]:[-]. , became looser.

If it weren't for this, maybe Kiyoshi Sakamoto and the others would have to have avatar skills in order to keep up with the two programs.

After the rehearsal, around five o'clock in the afternoon, Sakamoto and Kiyoshi first arrived at the New National Theater and were on standby.

Because on the red and white side, as long as they perform on stage, on the record awards side, artists who may be on stage to receive awards have to sit under the stage and be ready at all times.

After knowing that he will win the Gold Award, Best Newcomer Award, and Composition Award, Kiyoshi Sakamoto is very calm.

Because the artists who come to the rehearsal already know that they have won the award, because when they go to the stage to receive the award, they will perform next.If it hadn't been reminded in advance, the artist who won the award would definitely not know that he was going to perform, and suddenly appearing on stage would only make the scene very embarrassing.

Therefore, the organizer will notify the award-winning artists internally to come to the rehearsal, which means that they will win the award.

However, the highest award, the Record of the Year Award, is selected among the Gold Awards, so artists who already know that they have won the Gold Award are all candidates for the Record Award.

In the New National Theater, Sakamoto and Kiyoshi also took advantage of this time to show their faces and favorability in front of the seniors in the music industry.

After all, as a newcomer, you must be more polite, so that this country that pays great attention to politeness will not point the finger at yourself. . .

After a wave of visits, when the three of them returned to the lounge, it was almost time for the record awards to start, so the three of them walked from the backstage to the artist seat under the stage and sat down.

At 40:[-] p.m., the No.[-] six-time RB Record Awards officially begins.

The three of Sakamoto Kiyoshi are sitting in the band area, just next to Mr.Children. As one of the most famous bands in RB, the three of Sakamoto Kiyoshi are loyal fans of this band, and among them, Ogawa Masaki and Chiba Masaki are influenced by them , will start playing the band.

So the two have been chatting with Sakurai Kazutobu, the soul of Mr. Children, and the fans can see the expression of their idols at a glance.

Even Ogawa Makoto, who usually has a calm face, looked at Sakurai and Kotobuki as if there were stars in his eyes.

As for Sakurai and Shou, I saw that the three members of THE SUN band who have been very popular recently are so young, cute, and young. . . .Three people, two 16 years old, one 14 years old, this made Kazuhisa Sakurai, who is 34 years old this year, lamented the passage of time, so he chatted with the three of them.

Sakurai is a very humorous and kind person. During the chat, Sakurai, who is the senior of the band, talked about things humorously, and at the same time popularized some advice about the direction of the band to the three, so that the three could benefit a lot.

"By the way, Sakurai-san, who do you think will win this year's Record Award?" At this time, Chiba Masaki, who was usually rather frizzy, asked this question that was not easy to answer.

After Kiyoshi Sakamoto heard this, he still wanted to make amends. Who knows, Sakurai and Shou faced this offending question without any hesitation at all, and immediately replied, "I like Sakamoto-kun."

"Huh? Why did it involve me, Brother Sakurai, I just debuted for the first year..." Sakamoto Kiyoshi didn't fluctuate in his heart, and even wanted to laugh.

Because Kiyoshi Sakamoto personally thinks that the possibility that Sakurai mentioned is not impossible, but it is not great.

Although Kiyoshi Sakamoto's "Close Eyes Lightly" and THE SUN's "Flower" entered the gold award at the same time, and the record award was born in the gold award, but this does not mean that there must be a chance for Kiyoshi Sakamoto.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto didn't think that as a rookie who had just debuted, he would have a great chance of winning the record award.

However, Kiyoshi Sakamoto still has an advantage. First, the sales volume. Both "Close Your Eyes Lightly" and "Flower" have exceeded one million. They are the second of the only three singles in 2004.

The second is popularity. Since his debut, Kiyoshi Sakamoto's popularity has remained high. After the debut of THE SUN band, his popularity has increased even more. After all, the band's popularity is still very high.

The third is topicality. In this year, Kiyoshi Sakamoto experienced the debut of MS and let the people realize the existence of genius; The theme song of the highest-grossing pure love movie "Crying Out for Love in the Center of the World" hits the big fire; and in Tokyo Inokashira Park, two 10-minute band LIVEs attracted 1 people; "The occurrence of his "10-minute magical skills" was revealed to the world, and it also made him, who was already so popular, a "genius composer" known to everyone.

Listed in this way, Kiyoshi Sakamoto seems to have a real chance to win this annual record award. . .

However, Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who doesn't know his popularity and influence intuitively, adheres to a low-key way of doing things, and immediately waved his hands to Sakurai and Juju, saying, "No, no, Sakurai-san thinks highly of me. It's not the right time, to win such a big award, I think you have a great chance of winning the award."

When Kiyoshi Sakamoto said this, he was not flattering, but telling the truth, because this year's "sign" by Mr. Children also sold more than 70 yuan this year, which is only different from Kiyoshi Sakamoto's "Close Your Eyes Lightly" and THE SUN's "Flower", which was the third place in single sales in 2004.

And as the theme song of the TV series "Orange Years", it is very popular.

In this way, it seems that this year's record award is either Kiyoshi Sakamoto's "Close Your Eyes Lightly", or Mr. Children's "sign". Oh, and THE SUN's "Flower", there is also a chance, but Not much hope.

Time passed slowly in the chatting between THE SUN band and Mr.Children.

Soon, the first award, the Newcomer Award, began to be issued.

Otsuka Ai, Hirano Ayaka, Moriyama Aiko, Kitayama Takeshi, Sakamoto Kiyoshi, THE SUN.

Immediately afterwards, among these people, the most outstanding newcomer award was selected.

Following a wave of teasing from the host on the stage, the last name finally came out.

"Sakamoto Kiyoshi!"

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