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

Chapter 406: Too many things to do
"Card!!!"

"Well, today's live show recording is almost over here. The ending content will be recorded separately and handed over to 'post-production'."

Director Ozu walked out from behind the camera, holding a megaphone, and announced the end of the recording to everyone in the audience.

Xia Fan's duel against four opponents was exciting enough and took up enough time for recording. In addition, the victory of the guest team led to the cancellation of the originally scheduled "after-school teaching session". Naturally, the director would not continue to waste time and effort recording it and could not wait to punch out and go off work immediately.

"Four guests, thank you for your hard work today!"

"Thank you for your hard work, Master Akita..."

"Everyone from Mengyuan Wushuang School, thank you for your hard work..."

"No, Director Ozu, thank you for your hard work!"

According to the culture of District 11, when the recording came to an end, everyone naturally entered the "bowing and politely thanking each other" phase like chickens pecking at rice.

"Are you finally done recording?"

Xia Fan also planned to put down the "Thirty-fold Blade of the Blazing Sky Shoes" in his hand and join this "indiscriminate bowing brawl".

"But, I felt like it was almost done, what a pity..."

Before putting down the wooden frame lined with swords and jades, his body moved subconsciously.

The sound of the sword ball breaking through the air and the friction sound of the hilt inserting into the ball hole rang out in the field...

"Ok?"

"Ah?"

"Eh?"

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound, and saw Xia Fan using the "Thirty Blades of Blazing Sky Shoes" to throw thirty "jades" into the air...

"Crash la la la..."

The next second, thirty falling balls were neatly caught by the "Thirty-Layer Blade of Fiery Sky Shoes" in Xia Fan's hand.

"..."

After the recording was finished, the Meng Yuan Wushuang-ryu Dojo, which was filled with the atmosphere of surviving a disaster and being relaxed and happy, suddenly became as quiet as falling into an ice cellar.

"Sorry, I just wanted to give it a try..."

"Isn't that recorded just now? It doesn't count!"

Facing everyone's dull gazes, Xia Fan explained somewhat awkwardly.

……

ten minutes later.

The business car of the program crew, as well as the bus carrying the guests and director, drove away from the holy place in the hearts of countless kendama enthusiasts, the Meng Yuan Wushuang-ryu Dojo, as if escaping for their lives.

"Um, did I do something wrong..."

Sitting in the back seat of the bus, Xia Fan asked the other three guests.

"Xia Jun...I just followed the program recording rules and did nothing wrong!"

Yukiko Kobayashi, who was "rescued by him as a hero", shook her head and whispered to him in a comforting voice.

"Ahem, a tree planted in the forest will be destroyed by the wind. Today's incident is not Lord Xia's fault. It's all because Meng Yuan Wushuangliu was too popular before and raised himself too high..."

After finishing the recording, Tetsuda Teiji stopped being exaggeratedly funny and instead expressed his feelings in a serious tone.

Just after the recording of the program ended and Xia Fan accidentally completed the "Extreme Righteousness: Seraphic Shoes Thirty-fold Blades" due to his carelessness, the originally happy atmosphere suddenly froze... "Sword Jade Immortal" Akita Satoru immediately announced that he would go into seclusion to impact the new "Extreme Righteousness", and that his eldest brother Musk would be responsible for taking care of the daily affairs of the association and the dojo. He didn't even bother to see off the program crew and went back to the house.

"You kid... if you say you did something wrong... I can only say that your athletic talent is too abnormal..."

"Hurry up and sell these limited edition kendama. Maybe after the show airs, they won't be worth three hundred thousand anymore."

Sakamoto Hide took a look at the slender wooden box in his hand and sighed.

At this moment, each of the four guests was holding a box in their hands, which contained the duel prize given by Meng Yuan Wushuangliu, the "Sage's Signed Edition Handmade Limited Edition Kendama" with a market value of 300,000 yen.

"By the way, can this rank certificate be used to apply for scholarship bonus points?"

Xia Fan unfolded a scroll in the box and examined it carefully.

Musk gave him this "National Kendama Rank Certification Certificate" alone, and the other three did not have it...

It clearly read "Tenth-dan Kendama, Xia Fan, awarded by the Kendama Association of District 11".

……

"Well, the last song of today's new song planning review meeting is "Fireworks"..."

Just as Xia Fan was taking the bus home from get off work with mixed feelings, a long meeting that would never end was being held in a conference room in the B Company building as usual.

"The project was submitted by T Company, and the singer who released the song is Hoshina Hanami..."

“The song’s lyricist, composer, and arranger are all from the lower world.”

Following the host's introduction, Tachibana Ryoko and Hoshina Hanami walked into the conference room with a slightly reserved look on their faces.

Although T-company can also release new songs independently, due to limited funds and channel resources, the distribution and production effects will be very poor and difficult to meet expectations.

When there is a promising song project, as a shareholder of Bethesda, Bethesda can apply to the parent company to let Bethesda invest in funds, distribution channels and professional teams, and jointly release the song in a "risk-sharing, profit-sharing" manner...

But the prerequisite is that the new song plan can pass the "New Song Plan Review Meeting" which is held irregularly and attended by the heads of Bethesda's major core departments.

"What...descend to the earth?!"

“He’s writing new songs again?”

"It's only been a little over a month since the release of 'I Once Thought of Ending It All'?"

When they heard the name "Xiafan", the heads of various departments in the conference room, who had originally looked tired and numb, all sat up in surprise.

As for this monster music producer "Xiaofen" who is hard to find, almost no one in the company has seen him except the people in the music department.

But this does not prevent the name from being well-known within Bethesda, and everyone knows it.

After all, among all the new songs released by the entire Burning Series so far this year, the songs "Sakura", "Red Lotus" and "Once I Thought of Ending It All" not only account for half of the royalties, but are also mentioned repeatedly in regular meetings, weekly meetings, analysis meetings, and summary meetings...

In terms of influence, artistry and innovation, these three songs have been widely recognized by music critics and professional websites of all sizes in the industry, changing the long-criticized image of Bethesda's music, such as a lack of new songs, traditional style and outdated distribution methods.

"Don't worry, Xia Fan's work is now a golden signboard, these guys will definitely pass it."

“Well, I am also very confident about this song itself!”

The reactions of the crowd made Tachibana Ryoko and Hoshina Hanami, who had just sat in the corner of the meeting room, smile at each other.

"Ahem, the song release season is coming, all members of the music department are mobilized to produce new songs all night long..."

"I also spent a lot of effort and paid a heavy price unknown to others before I persuaded Your Excellency Xiafan to take action."

Hiroshi Yamazaki, who was sitting on one side of the conference table, spoke in a serious manner.

(End of this chapter)