The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 213 Horror Night GO (2)

"Huh? On a TV show?!" Inuyama Heita shouted in surprise into the phone. He didn't go to the gym today because he had to finish his homework, but he didn't expect to encounter such a strange thing over there.

"Haha, you're surprised, right? Me too." Qian Xiaoyi sat at his desk in Lingkong Office, looking at the screen on his laptop and said, "I searched online, and found that the show [Horror Night GO] has been running for almost ten years. Although it's a late-night show, it seems to be quite popular, and there are many discussion posts online. How about becoming a special guest with me and experiencing the feeling of being a TV celebrity?"

After hearing this, Ken encouraged him, "Mr. Inuyama, this is a rare opportunity! After appearing on TV, even a nobody like you might become a celebrity in school. Then, maybe a girl will confess her love to you."

Inuyama Heita shook his head quickly: "Please spare me. I don't want to become a celebrity in the school in this way and let everyone know that I work here. It's better for you to go by yourself, Brother O."

"Is that so? Forget it then." Qian Xiaoyi said, "Anyway, the announcement fee is not much, not enough for two people to share."

"Eh? Is there any announcement fee? How much is it?" asked Inuyama Heita.

Qian Xiaoyi said: "Two hundred thousand yen, I heard that this is the highest amount they have been able to secure. Japanese TV programs are really shabby~"

Inuyama Heita said: "This is already a month's salary for some people, right? And you are not a big star, you are just recording a show, 200,000 yen is already very good."

"Hehe~ But I am no longer the same person I used to be!" Qian Xiaoyi said proudly, "Even this old show has heard of my name, this is proof!"

"Strange." Inuyama Heita asked, "But why did he make an appointment through Ms. Maria instead of coming directly to the office?"

Qian Xiaoyi said, "I asked this question as well. Mr. Xiaoxi said it was an emergency because the exorcist guest who was originally scheduled to go had something urgent to do, and he couldn't find a reliable person to replace him, so he thought of me."

Inuyama Heita said: "If that's the case, doesn't that mean the show will start recording in a few days? Don't we have commissions to do recently? Why do we still want to participate in this show?"

"Promotion, publicity for the firm." Qian Xiaoyi said, "Currently, almost all the people who come to our firm are people who know that I have real skills and come here because of my reputation. They would hardly come to me unless they have a difficult situation."

Inuyama Heita asked curiously, "Isn't this good?"

Qian Xiaoyi explained: "It's not that it's bad, but if it's like this, our customer base will be too small. These difficult commissions will be gone after they are solved. Commissions for supernatural events that need to be solved by exorcists are not easy to come by. There are so many competitors in the same industry. If we want to develop for a long time, we still have to rely on more common commissions like Lin Guangyilang.

But after all, I am a foreigner. If there is no other solution, the client will not come to me, but will prefer someone recommended by someone familiar, or a nearby temple or shrine. So I thought, would it be better to advertise on TV? "

Inuyama Heita thought: "If that's the case...it's true."

If you think about it carefully, the biggest difference between their firm and other peers is that the chances of them encountering commissions involving genuine supernatural phenomena are too high. In fact, it is still a problem of screening. They don't get any of the ordinary business, as it has long been divided up by local peers.

Having said that, Inuyama Heita could only say, "Then, Brother O, I wish you good luck."

Qian Xiaoyi said confidently: "Just wait and watch TV! Then everyone will see my professional and handsome face. Maybe I will start to go the idol route, with a title like 'Prince of Exorcism' or something like that, and maybe I will be sought after by thousands of girls."

Inuyama Heita rolled his eyes and continued to do his homework. He had no time to do his homework because he was busy with the commission these days. Two days later, Qian Xiaoyi came to the building of WTV TV station. Before coming, he went to the barber shop to get his hair done. He combed his hair into an adult style, but he didn't wear a handsome suit because Konishi Hirobu told him that after recording in the studio, they would go to the outdoor location, which was the main shooting location, so he wore a jacket that was convenient for sports.

After entering the building, Konishi Hirobu had been waiting for a long time. He immediately came over, nodded and said, "Mr. Qian, you are here. Please come this way. There is still a while before the recording starts. We will go to the dressing room to help you touch up your makeup first."

"Ah? Do I still need to put on makeup?" Qian Xiaoyi was stunned. He had never been on a TV show and didn't know the ins and outs of it.

Konishi Hirobe smiled and said, "Yes, after all, if you are in front of the camera, you still have to do some retouching. Don't worry, I just use foundation or something like that to cover up the blemishes on my face. It's not only women who wear makeup. Even I will ask a stylist to help me comb my hair."

Qian Xiaoyi saw Xiaoxi Kuanbu's head, which seemed to be indeed thicker than the ones he had seen before, which would make people mistakenly think that he was not Mediterranean, but just had a little thinner hair on the top of his head.

So Qian Xiaoyi followed suit and followed Xiao Xikuanbu to the dressing room, where many people were already busy, preparing to go on stage later.

After a last-minute effort, Qian Xiaoyi learned that in order to increase the audience's sense of immersion in front of the TV, these Japanese variety shows will specially invite many guests to watch the show together. They will shout and scream while watching the show to create an atmosphere of "someone is watching the show together", which is sometimes a little exaggerated.

But he still felt a little speechless about the kappa in the dressing room.

That's right, there was a man dressed as a kappa in the dressing room, his face was covered with green paint and he was wearing a green tights. His potbelly was very conspicuous against the tights. He was also carrying a tortoise shell on his back and a Mediterranean kappa wig on his head, which looked quite funny.

When Kappa saw Qian Xiaoyi and Xiaoxi Kuanbu, he immediately came over and shouted loudly: "Mr. Xiaoxi! Is this the exorcist you hired, Mr. Qian?!"

Everyone turned their attention and focused on Qian Xiaoyi. They seemed very curious about this young exorcist.

"Mr. Nojiri." Konishi Hirobe introduced: "Yes, that's him. Although he looks very young, Mr. Qian has already opened his own office, and it is difficult to make an appointment. I had to beg Mr. Qian for a long time before he came."

"Oh, welcome to our show. I'll leave the recording to you this time." Nojiri, dressed as a kappa, bowed to Qian Xiaoyi seriously and said, "This recording is of great importance."

Qian Xiaoyi nodded: "I'll try my best."

He remembered that this guy was actually one of the hosts of this show. Since the atmosphere of the show was rather scary, a funny mascot was needed to be inserted at the right time to alleviate the audience's fear. Nojiri did this. In every episode, he would use lousy props to dress up as different monsters or ghosts to show off. It seemed that it was Kappa's turn this time.

Just as Qian Xiaoyi sat down and asked the makeup artist to touch up his makeup, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a stiff figure beside him. It was a female guest with a good figure. She turned her head to the side and refused to turn around.

The makeup artist who was fixing her makeup said angrily, "Suzuna-chan, please look in the mirror. It's hard to put on makeup like this."

The woman was startled when she heard her name. She slowly turned her head and smiled awkwardly in the mirror. She said, "Qian...Mr. Qian, long time no see."

(End of this chapter)