Tokyo: The evil god doesn't want to be the top star

Chapter 39: Voice Actors Are All Monsters
"Where did you get this old car?"

Horie Tsubasa tucked his bangs behind his ears, walked forward with a smile, and naturally fell into the back seat of the car.

At this time, Xia Fan was not holding the shared bicycle with only one seat in his hand, but an old Yamaha bicycle with a rear seat for a person.

"Section Chief Yamazaki borrowed it from me. He took the subway home from work."

Seeing Horie Tsubasa seated, Xia Fan stepped on the pedal and drove out of the parking lot.

"Hee... I didn't expect that the top student Xia Fan is actually the one who wrote "Sakura"."

Sitting sideways in the back seat of the car, Horie Tsubasa held down the hem of her skirt with one hand and placed the other on Xia Fan's waist.

The firm touch from her palm made her cheeks slightly hot.

"I never expected that the class monitor who usually only wears uniform and is polite is actually the 'Queen of Variety' Kurokawa Tsubasa, who has profound singing skills, great acting skills, and a varied voice, and can also speak awkward lines in his works."

Xia Fan looked straight ahead, driving his bicycle carefully, weaving through the traffic during the evening rush hour.

"so……"

"Keep it a secret from each other?"

After a moment's silence, the two spoke in unison, tacitly.

"So, we can be considered 'partners' with a common secret in school, right?"

"Well, you can think so."

The two of them couldn't see each other's expressions, but they both showed a look of relief.

Although compared with some of the part-time jobs that many college students have outside, their part-time jobs are considered to be very "old-fashioned".

But since they have chosen to work behind the scenes, they naturally have their own reasons for not wanting to be exposed.

"Be careful."

Suddenly, a speeding car passed by at the intersection ahead, forcing Xia Fan to step on the brakes.

"what!"

I only heard Horie Tsubasa in the back seat moaning softly, and subconsciously put his arms around Xia Fan's waist.

The glasses on her face fell weakly into the deep neckline.

"Sorry, are you okay?"

Xia Fan only felt a fierce and soft touch, rippling continuously on his back.

"I'm fine..."

Horie Tsubasa's face was clearly red as if it was about to drip with water, but a playful smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.

"So, from now on, the one in front of me..."

"Is it the talented musician who has 'come down to earth', or is it the former top student 'Xia Fan'?"

She took advantage of the situation and pressed her entire body weight onto Xia Fan's back, and asked in a mature and charming "queen voice".

"Squad leader, why are you..."

"If you look back now, you'll see the hem of her skirt lifted up."

Xia Fan wanted to turn back in surprise, but Horie Tsubasa pressed his cheek with his finger.

"Xia Fan and Xia Fan, both are me, there is no difference."

The hot breath beside his ear and the completely different voice of a mature lady made Xia Fan's breathing and heartbeat quicken, and he gripped the handlebars tightly.

"Hehe, then, I can also be 'Kurokawa Tsubasa' in front of you?"

Horie Tsubasa's voice suddenly turned back to that of a child and he smiled innocently.

"Horie Tsubasa, Kurokawa Tsubasa, they're all the same... whatever you like..."

The other person's voice passed through the eardrum and echoed in the brain, causing a strange tingling sensation and making Xia Fan's forehead sweat slightly.

"Okay, I won't tease you anymore. I'm here, in the building ahead."

Horie Tsubasa chuckled, leaned back and returned to his original sitting position.

"Thank you for today, Producer." When the bicycle stopped in front of a rather high-end apartment building, Horie Tsubasa carefully got off the bike and put on his glasses again.

"Well, see you at school."

With her hands behind her back, she bowed politely to Xia Fan and then disappeared behind the door.

It was as if the quirky "Kurokawa Tsubasa" in the back seat of the car had never appeared.

"Voice actors are all monsters after all."

"If I had to switch so many voices, acting skills and wordings, I would have gone schizophrenic a long time ago."

Xia Fan sighed and found that his back was covered in sweat.

……

"Yawn... Song reviewer, watched videos for an entire afternoon, and even rode a bike to send someone home, I'm exhausted."

After sending Horie Tsubasa off, Xia Fan rode his bike back to the student dormitory and fell headfirst onto the bed.

"The money is coming, the money is coming!"

"The production fee for Sakura, as well as the recent share of paid downloads, will be transferred to your card. Don't get too excited."

Far away in Kyushu, Higashino Yoshihide, who was assisting Hoshina Hanami with the "Zou Song", sent a LINE voice message.

“The money has been distributed?!”

Xia Fan's tired eyes suddenly burst into a light comparable to that of a flashlight.

"How many will there be?"

He calmed his excited heart and opened the bank app with trembling hands to check the flow...

"One, ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand... Two million yen?! It's roughly equivalent to the salary of working part-time at a convenience store for 1000 hours..."

He used tremolo to repeatedly confirm the number of digits in the transfer amount, and after converting it into "Xia Fan's special measurement unit", he took a deep breath.

This amount of money may be negligible for well-known artists or top composers, but for Xia Fan, who is still a student, it is no less than a huge sum of money.

"Except for the production fee, it's only been a month and I've received so much commission. I knew musicians make money, but I didn't expect it to be this much!"

In the entertainment industry, those who make the most money are undoubtedly music creators and singers with creative abilities.

This is all thanks to the fact that District 11 has a very strict copyright tax management system.

From radio and TV broadcasts to ambient music use in commercial places such as cafes and restaurants, online downloads, sales of audio and video products, and even humming a song on a show or ordering a karaoke song...

In short, as long as a third party uses the "song work" for commercial purposes, the copyright owner will obtain corresponding royalties.

The National Tax Bureau once published a ranking of artists’ tax payments, and most of those at the top of the list were music creators like Yoshihiro Kishimoto, who had stable output.

In addition to his love for music, Xia Fan also decided to study music based on his life motto of "money is everything".

"Wait, this balance is wrong?"

After careful calculation, Xia Fan discovered that there was an extra one million yen in the balance of his account.

After checking the transaction details, he found that he had received a transfer of one million yen a few days ago with the note "Tax already paid for royalties".

"Well, it should be the monthly salary from Section 9. It's too easy to be a consultant without doing anything and getting paid, isn't it?"

Xia Fan thought about it carefully before he came to his senses.

"I received the money. Thank you, President. You have worked hard, you are generous, and you have many wives, daughters, sons, and grandchildren!"

He sent a message back to Dongye.

"You little brat, do you only know how to call me president at this time? I haven't told your parents about the money yet, go and talk to them in person and make them happy."

"Ah."

Without Dong Ye's reminder, Xia Fan naturally planned to do so.

He slid his finger quickly across the screen and directly transferred all 3 million yen to a certain account.

After a while, he received a call from his mother.

(End of this chapter)