The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 320 The Child I Pushed (9)

After talking with Qian Xiaoyi, Qiji Masato immediately called a leader he knew and expressed his desire to check information about various TV programs and artists from previous years.

Although he is just a small program producer now, his family is the major shareholder of the company, and no one dares to offend him. In addition, he has applied for information review many times during this period, so the other party did not suspect anything.

So he entered the archive room with ease and began to look for useful information from the vast ocean of documents. After all, the conditions given by Qian Xiaoyi were too vague. What did "a list of artists who had worked with the TV station but disappeared in the end" mean?
There are so many retired artists, plus those idols who failed to make it, how long will it take him to find out?
He had boasted before that he could give Qian Xiaoyi the information in the afternoon. Apparently he overestimated himself because it was a secret investigation and no one could help him at the moment. So he could only stay in the archives room and investigate slowly. Once he found a name, he would send it to Qian Xiaoyi and then continue investigating.

Qian Xiaoyi was also taking action. He contacted Tachibana Mio and told her these names, asking her to use her previous connections to check the current situation of these disappeared idols.

"I understand!" Tachibana Mio immediately understood Qian Xiaoyi's intention on the other end of the phone: "You want to investigate these artists and find out if they have experienced the same thing as Xiaoying, right?"

"It's not exactly the same." Qian Xiaoyi said, "Something unexpected may have happened to Usa Mi Sakura that day, which caused her to suddenly disappear, but apart from that accident, she had already shown signs of suffering something before, so if I can find someone who has the same experience, maybe I can find out the location of Usa Mi Sakura on the day she disappeared from them."

"Yes! Thank you so much, Mr. Qian!" Tachibana Mio said, "I'll start checking now."

Qian Xiaoyi advised: "It is best to find someone familiar with us so that the information about our investigation will not be leaked."

"Well, I see."

After hanging up the phone, Qian Xiaoyi muttered to himself: "That's it for the real-life investigation for now. After all, I'm not a real detective. Next is the ghost realm..."

He continued to make calls and was contacted by the agent Chieko Takaya, whom he had met before at WTV.

"Eh? Asking my idols if they want to be on the show?!" Takatani Chieko was very surprised when she heard Qian Xiaoyi's suggestion and asked, "Is it really possible? Can we really let them be on Horror Night GO?"

You know, "Horror Night GO" is very popular now, and many well-known artists want to make a guest appearance in the show, play the protagonist of a sitcom or two, and get some traffic.

They actually asked her if she was willing? She was definitely willing. The idols she managed were basically all new idols with very few resources. They also had to compete with idols from other groups. Not to mention being on TV, they didn't have many opportunities to perform on stage.

So some idols at the bottom of society are really hard-working and tired, and rarely get to the top. Now Qian Xiaoyi, a TV celebrity, suddenly finds her and asks her if she wants to be on "Horror Night GO"? Is there any need to hesitate?

Qian Xiaoyi scratched his head: "Isn't it a bit too abrupt to ask you this question all of a sudden? Sorry, I hope I didn't disrupt your plan? If not, forget it."

"No! I can't let it go!" Takatani Chieko screamed excitedly, "I am willing! I am 100% willing! I am absolutely willing!"

Qian Xiaoyi was startled by the sudden burst of volume on the phone. He laughed dryly and said, "Haha, that's good. I'll let you know the specific time."

Chieko Takaya also noticed that she was too excited and quickly calmed down. Her heart was still pounding. She knew she must not miss such a great opportunity, but she still had a doubt.

"But... why did you invite us?" Takatani Chieko asked cautiously, "Mr. Qian, it seems that we just met for the first time a few days ago, right? With your position in the "Horror Night GO" program team, it shouldn't be difficult to invite some popular artists, right?"

She really wanted to know what Qian Xiaoyi saw in them. To be honest, with Kiki and the others' current fame, they were not worthy of the popular "Horror Night GO". It could be said that they were not worthy of the position, so she had to find out what was in this pie that fell from the sky.

"Because the announcement fee is cheap." Qian Xiaoyi said as a matter of course.

"Huh?" Chieko Takaya was stunned.

Qian Xiaoyi explained: "I feel a little embarrassed to say this, but it's actually because the program team is short of funds."

"Is the funding for "Horror Night GO" still insufficient?" Chieko Takaya asked with a strange expression.

Qian Xiaoyi said, "Yes, otherwise how could we have done something like riding on the popularity of rival shows? Horror Night GO is not like other popular shows that require traveling around or building sets, so the cost of each episode hasn't increased that much. The reason I asked you is because one of the 'commissions' later involves the role of an idol, so I thought, instead of having guests play idols, why not just have real idols perform and see the effect."

"So that's how it is?" Takaya Chieko breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that. She was afraid that there might be some shameful deal involved, such as Qian Xiaoyi falling for a certain girl or something like that... Having been in this industry for a few years, although Takaya Chieko had never seen it with her own eyes, she had heard a lot of rumors about various unspoken rules. She didn't want the girls she brought with her to encounter such a thing.

"That's it," Qian Xiaoyi said, "I'll let you know once the shooting date is confirmed."

"Yes! Thank you very much Mr. Qian for giving us this opportunity!" Takatani Chieko bowed to the air.

Qian Xiaoyi hung up the phone and started contacting director Tamura. It was naturally an easy task. It was just adding two or three actors to the sitcom, a small matter.

After finishing these things, Qian Xiaoyi sat back on the sofa, lowering his head to think about what to do next.

That day in the ghost realm, he saw with his own eyes that the puppets on the stage were wearing the clothes of those little idols, which means that they have established a connection with the ghost realm. If they want to conquer that ghost realm, what better way is there than to plant spikes from the inside?
He needs a nail, but that nail cannot be too high, otherwise he will not be able to control the situation.

"I hope there will be a good result..." Qian Xiaoyi stretched, stood up and prepared to go out. The busy work was about to begin again.

(End of this chapter)