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Chapter 68 Sales Explosion

With the broadcast of HEY3, Kiyoshi Sakamoto's song "I'm Yours" was officially released on the official website at midnight on NO.15 at the same time.

At seven o'clock on NO.15, all the big and small CD stores in the Tokyo area received 50 CDs of Kiyoshi Sakamoto's second single "I'm Yours" from the record factory.

Since Kiyoshi Sakamoto debuted, there has never been any pre-sale, so if you want to hear Kiyoshi Sakamoto's songs, you have to go to various CD stores and queue up to buy them.

Yes, line up.

Do you want to buy a single CD of a super popular singer without queuing?dream you!

NO.15 At [-]:[-] in the morning, a large record store in Ginza, Tokyo, outside the store that has not yet opened, has long been standing in a long, long queue.

There are men and women in the team, most of them are young men and women, and there are also many women who look like office workers, and the proportion cannot be underestimated.

"When did you come to line up?" A girl in the middle of the line, dressed in a trendy Shibuya style, asked the girl in front of her.

The girl who was asked was dressed quietly and wore glasses. When she heard the people behind asking herself, she turned her head and replied in a low voice, "I'll be here at six o'clock."

"Huh? I also got here at six o'clock, but why are there so many people in front? Could it be that they came to line up at five o'clock?" The Shibuya girl was a little annoyed, why she got up so early, but she was still just in the queue just the middle section. . .

"Well, well, I heard a person in front say that the first ones in front are a few female students, and they came to line up at four o'clock." The girl with glasses and the girl from Shibuya said.

"Huh? Is it so early? I thought five o'clock was already very early. Sure enough, KIYO-kun's charm is really irresistible!" The Shibuya girl lamented the popularity of her idol.

"Huh? Are you also here to line up to buy KIYO-kun's new single?!" Suddenly, the girl with glasses opened her eyes wide, looking at the girl from Shibuya line behind her. .

"Well, you too?!" The Shibuya girl was also very surprised, she didn't expect to meet a girl who was also a fan of Kiyoshi Sakamoto just by casually striking up a conversation.

"That's right, I'm a loyal fan of KIYO-kun." Speaking of Kiyoshi Sakamoto, the glasses girl seemed to have love in her eyes.

"So, these people who came to line up, are they all here to buy KIYO-kun's new single?" The Shibuya girl thought of a possibility.

"It should be. It seems that only KIYO-kun's single has been released recently, and it was released today." The girl with glasses thought about it and replied unconfidently.

"Yabai, there are still so many people in front of us, will KIYO-kun's CDs be sold out when it's our turn?!" The Shibuya girl was startled.

"Huh? Yes, why didn't I think of it!!! What should I do? What should I do?" The girl with glasses also became anxious.

Just when the two girls were thinking about how to break through the siege among so many YOHO (the name of Kiyoshi Sakamoto's fans), and buy Kiyoshi Sakamoto's new single CD.

This record store called "MUISC FEEL" is open!

In an instant, the whole team rushed forward into the record store like a wild horse.

The glasses girls and Shibuya girls in the middle of the line kept pushing forward, wanting to quickly enter the record store and get Kiyoshi Sakamoto's new single CD.

After 10 minutes, about a hundred people went in ahead, but the team still didn't decrease by many people.

Half an hour later, 300 people entered, almost reaching the middle of the line.

Five or 10 minutes later, it finally came to the order of the glasses girl and the Shibuya girl.

As soon as the two entered the record store, they immediately rushed to the hot recommendation position.

Because the two are regular customers of this store, they know that whenever a popular singer releases a new song, they will put it in that position.

Of course, Kiyoshi Sakamoto's new single will definitely be there waiting for fans to come.

Sure enough, the two ran to the popular recommendation position, found Kiyoshi Sakamoto's single CD, and put it there quietly.

However, there is only one left!

The two looked at each other, and they sprinted out almost at the same time, and at the same time got the only single CD left.

"I got this first!" The Shibuya girl said, pulling the CD in her hand forcefully.

"No... no, yes... I... got it first." The girl with glasses seemed to seldom exercise, she sprinted a wave, but she still hadn't recovered.

Holding the last remaining CD, the two walked to the cashier without letting go, but when it came time to give money, both of them wanted to give money and get the ownership of this CD.

As a result, the scene was deadlocked.

"Why don't you buy this CD together and go back and listen to it together? Is that okay? You are friends, right?" Seeing that the scene was a little out of control, the female clerk at the cashier expressed her opinions and speculations.

"Uh-huh?"

The two of them suddenly felt that this method made sense. After all, when they were queuing outside just now, they knew each other. If they both wanted to hear KIYO-kun's new single today, it would be a good way to listen to it together.

After all, both of them are fans of Mr. KIYO - YOHO.

"Do you think this is good? My home is nearby. How about we each pay half of this CD, and then go to my home to listen to it. After listening, you can also take it home and listen to it. How about it? "The girl with glasses came up with such a way to get the best of both worlds.

"You seem to be right, um...that's fine." The Shibuya girl also thought the idea was acceptable, so she agreed.

"Then let's get to know each other first? My name is Chidori Yukiko, how about you?" the glasses girl said shyly.

"Yukko? Hello, my name is Erika Matsushima! Please give me your advice." The girl from Shibuya also introduced herself.

"I also ask for your advice, Erika." Chidori Yukiko replied.

In this way, two fans of Sakamoto Kiyoshi became friends because of a CD.

When the two walked out of the record store, they saw that the people in line slowly dispersed, because all [-] singles were sold out in less than an hour.And the last one was in the hands of Chidori Yukiko and Matsushima Erika.

The two looked at each other and smiled, and walked towards Chidori Yukiko's house.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was far away at Sony, must not have known, because one of his own CDs would lead to the birth of a pair of friends.

At this time, Kiyoshi Sakamoto was in the band practice room of Sony Corporation, and was practicing with the other two members of the band THE SUN, Masaki Ogawa and Masaki Chiba.

Although he just released his second single, Kiyoshi Sakamoto still misses the development of the band. After recording all five songs in the band's second single, he didn't rush to leave Announcement, promotion of his personal single, but stayed in the company, and band members to practice together again.

After all, the band hasn't practiced for almost two months, and the tacit understanding and cooperation need to be improved through a lot of practice.

The most important thing for a rock band is LIVE. Without a lot of practice, it is impossible to perform live well. So in order to avoid the end of March, when the band releases a new single, the live performance can be done well, so now The three members of THE SUN band will practice hard in the Sony band practice room.

The three of them have been in the practice room and practiced all day.

The next morning, when Kiyoshi Sakamoto came to Sony again, he was going to shoot a magazine cover today, and there were several media interviews.He was caught by the music director, Yuichi Yamada, and dragged into the music department.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was confused, didn't know what director Yamada wanted to tell him, because the two had just met a few days ago.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was dragged to the music department, saw the form in Yamada's hand, and realized why Yamada dragged him over in a hurry.

Because on that form, it recorded the sales volume of Sakamoto's fresh single "I'm Yours" in Tokyo yesterday.

I found the reason for pulling myself here, but why was it so urgent? Didn't you usually come to the music department for a week's sales to check the sales situation?
"It's only been on sale for a day now, how come here?" Sakamoto Kiyoshi thought about this in his heart, and then took a look at the form handed over by Yamada, his squinted eyes suddenly widened, and looked at the form on the form in surprise. numbers.

First day sales. . . 30! ! !

Kiyoshi Sakamoto looked at the number written in red pen, and couldn't move his eyes away, as if this number had magical powers, so that everyone who saw it couldn't move their eyes away.

"How? This is your popularity!" Yamada Yuichi patted Kiyoshi Sakamoto on the shoulder, looking at him with red eyes.

Yamada was jealous because he was surprised when he saw this number, and he kept looking up the information in the computer and checking it, so his eyes were so red.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto couldn't believe it, because with such first-day sales, it can basically be said that the sales of this single will definitely exceed one million.

30 on the first day, creating a first-day sales record for RB singers on Sony Records!
This is not accidental, but inevitable.

The record is distributed one week in advance, and because there are only two songs included, the price is one-third less than the normal single;
Kiyoshi Sakamoto became very popular after winning the record award;
There is still a sense of mystery that has not appeared for two months, the gimmick of the first English single, the amazing performance on HEY3 and Masaharu Fukuyama's platform, all these factors combined to cause such a high first-day sales.

"I can't believe it. Is this the sales of the entire Tokyo? The sales of the surrounding counties have not been added?" Sakamoto Kiyoshi first took a deep breath, calmed down, and asked.

"Well, the sales in those counties are a bit far away, and we don't have enough manpower at Sony, so we don't count the sales on the first day. However, looking at the sales in Tokyo yesterday, you can know that the sales in those counties The sales volume should be basically all sold out." Yamada said proudly.

The higher the sales of Kiyoshi Sakamoto's single, the more proud Yamada feels. On the one hand, Kiyoshi Sakamoto is a singer under Sony, and on the other hand, because the producer of this single is named after Yuichi Yamada. first name.

"Huh? Why do you say that?" Kiyoshi Sakamoto was a little puzzled.

"Because these 30 copies are exactly the number of Sony's distribution in Tokyo. In other words, all the records we have distributed in Tokyo are sold out in one day! And the rest The 20 copies are evenly distributed in Chiyo Prefecture, Saitama County, and Kanagawa Prefecture.” Yamada excitedly told Kiyoshi Sakamoto where the single would be distributed.

"Huh? So what do you mean?" Kiyoshi Sakamoto understood a little bit, but he still wanted to let Yamada say it, because the next words, by himself, were a bit pretentious.

"What I mean is, maybe while we're chatting at Sony, the remaining 20 has already been sold out! In that case, your single score will not be 30 on the first day, but 50!"

A single day of 50, such a sales volume, may only be broken in the future AKB era.

"Sakamoto-kun, we have something to do right now." Suddenly, Yamada said to Sakamoto Kiyoshi with a serious face.

"Huh? What is it?" Sakamoto Kiyoshi asked.

"Addition of the number of pressed records!!!"

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