old events in tokyo

Chapter 149 Another Million?
The busy day passed quickly, and the schedule of the two of them at the beginning of the year was basically full.It is not easy to get together to shoot material today.

It was already eight or nine o'clock in the evening when they returned to Tokyo, and they were a little tired after traveling all day.

So both he and Izumi Sakai chose to return directly to their residences, and the staff had to go back to the headquarters of Being to sort out the materials.

Standing at the intersection, Kazuki Akiyama and Izumi Sakai stopped at the same time. On the right was Kazuki Akiyama's apartment, which was already brightly lit.

On the left is the apartment of Izumi Sakai. The bright lights in the high-rise building are like lighting up the grid, lighting up the glass curtain wall piece by piece.

"Thanks to Miss Quanshui today. I originally planned to invite Miss Quanshui to taste Chinese cuisine. But because I haven't spared the time, I haven't been able to realize it until now. Thinking about it, it's really rude."

That's true, he has been busy with filming, recording, and releasing songs recently, and today he just finished filming promotional materials. The last time he agreed to her invitation, he still said it verbally, which made him a little apologetic.

"It's okay, just remember it, Mr. Qiushan." Sakai Quanshui comforted her very gently, and the gentle evening wind lifted her hair to cover her eyes.

This can't help but remind Kazuki Akiyama of the scene in the afternoon when he twisted the cherry blossom petals on her hair.

"Good night then." Sakai Izumi's voice brought him back to his senses.

"Good night"

From the beginning to the end, the two of them did not mention the matter of replying to each other's letters, as if the words written on paper were answered on letter paper, which had become a small tacit understanding between the two.

Watching her leave, Kazuki Akiyama thought about when to invite her to his apartment.

But it seems that he doesn't have much time recently, and he wants to conduct a small tour promotion for his next single.

It may be an exaggeration to say that it is a tour, but it is actually more like a public trip.

Because his next single is "Sakura", this kind of seasonal song is most suitable for playing songs at this time.

March and April are the seasons when the cherry blossoms on this island are blooming one after another. The cherry blossoms will bloom from the southern tip of the Japanese archipelago to the north at one time with the temperature.

From Fukuoka at the earliest to Hokkaido at the latest, a "Sakura Front" advances from south to north.

The reason why it is said to be a public trip is naturally approved by Nagato Taiyuki.

Nagato Taiyuki also wanted to take advantage of this publicity consolidation to investigate Kazuki Akiyama's current popularity.

All of these are for the service of the next album, as his first album is of course crucial to himself.

Only with enough popularity can the sales of an album be supported. After all, the price of a single album is almost two or three times that of a single.

In the current general environment, people's consumption is becoming more and more cautious.Compared with the single you like, you may buy it directly without hesitation.

But when faced with an album of two or three thousand yen, many people will consider it carefully when they are not sure about the quality.

If the publicity goes well this time, the album will be released accordingly.If the sales of the album are satisfactory, then the next step is to prepare for the concert.

Of course, it's still early days, and his last single "Candy" has only been released for a week.

It's not that he came to Taiko Nagato's office today, just to check the sales of this single in the first week.

Taiko Nagato took out the fax and looked at it, smiled with satisfaction, and flicked the fax with his finger before handing it to Kazuki Akiyama.

He took it and glanced at it, 50.It was a bit beyond his expectation. After all, this song has been exposed in advance, and many people have even heard it. The public's expectations should not be high.

Moreover, neither Being nor himself actually spent much energy on the promotion of this single. Basically, after it was released, it would hang a poster next to the record store when it was released.

But looking at the sales volume in the first week, as long as the trend is maintained, it is hardly a problem to exceed one million.

Taiko Nagato sat on his BOSS chair, took a sip of coffee, and looked very unhappy.This year can be described as the year of the full-scale explosion of Being.

B, z, WANDS, ZARD, Daikoku Moji, T-BOLAN, and Kazuki Akiyama, all of them have exploded in sales, and single albums with more than one million hits can be found everywhere.

Even the debut single of the band DEEN, which just debuted in March, has already entered No.2 on the Oricon chart, and the storm of Being in the music world is already unstoppable.

In the two months of February and March, the artists under the banner released songs more intensively. For example, Kazuki Akiyama, DEEN, and T-BOLAN three bands and individuals released songs at the same time last week.

And DEEN's "I really want to take you away like this" and T-BOLAN's "Intertwined Pure Love" even chose to release on the same day on March [-]th.

What is this, this is confidence.And the reality is just as Nagato Taiko thought, these three singles all entered the top ten of the chart.

Kazuki Akiyama even landed at the top of the list, with such a dazzling achievement that stands out among all the record companies in the industry, Nagato Taiyuki is also proud of himself at this time.

Of course, the music world is not dominated by Being. In early March, Chuck and Asuka released "YAH YAH YAH", which has won the championship for two consecutive weeks.

Because of Akiyama Kazuki's half-way killing, he temporarily gave up Yin, but at this time he still occupies No.2 on the list.

THE Tiger Dance Dragon's "Road" was released at the end of January, but it was still hovering in the top five of the list. The early 90s was really an era when record sales exploded. There were millions of singles everywhere, and double million singles. Songs are not uncommon either.

Kazuki Akiyama’s sales of singles have been rising step by step, not necessarily because of the factors that have caught the wind of the times. Of course, the quality of the songs is getting harder and harder. Otherwise, the audience is not a fool, and they will not give him money for nothing.

"When is Akiyama-kun going to leave?" Nagato Taiko asked again about his itinerary for this promotion.

"It's only been two days, and I would also like to thank President Nagato for arranging activities along the way."

Naturally, there must be a place to promote the tour, and Being is responsible for the arrangement of live houses and open-air venues along the way.

After all, he himself doesn't have that much energy, and he doesn't have that many connections.

In fact, this is Nagato Taiko to reassure him, because the single "Sakura" Akiyama Kazuki found TIME-UP without saying a word.

If Being doesn't do anything else, wouldn't there be no sense of existence? How does this give artists a sense of belonging and dependence.

Coupled with the recent dominance of Being in the music scene, Nagato Taiko arranged this promotional tour with a wave of his hand, and of course the expenses were all covered.

Speaking of which, at the beginning this tour was actually proposed by myself, and the real purpose was just to relax.

It's time to take a break after filming for a month, and I have never traveled like this before.

Last time I accidentally mentioned to him that I was planning to travel along the Sakura Line, which was partly for tourism and partly for publicity. I didn't expect to arrange it for myself this time, and it was a trip at public expense.

This makes Akiyama Kazuki rarely feel that Nagato Taiyuki is a good person and can get along with him.

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