Crossing over, and then being blocked by a rich JK.

Chapter 470: I Have an Idea

The weather forecast was accurate for once, which is rare for it.

At 3 p.m. the following day, a torrential downpour began.

The torrential rain seemed poised to overturn the entire city.

Large raindrops streamed down the eaves of the houses, crashing to the ground and quickly forming puddles. At the distant intersection, the number of vehicles on the road decreased visibly.

The thick curtain of rain, just like the torrential downpours of the past, greatly affected visibility. All that could be seen was a hazy expanse, dotted with illuminated advertising signs and streetlights.

Looking at the dark clouds that covered the sky outside the window, Watanabe Yu thought for a moment and then pushed open the window of the activity room.

On rainy days like this, it can get stuffy if you don't open the windows.

As the window rails creaked and rolled, a cool breeze brushed against his face, and the slightly chilly rain invigorated him.

call.

After closing his eyes and taking a deep breath, he turned around and looked at the student representatives from Class B and Class C who were having a lively discussion.

Objectively speaking, both Ms. Miyuki Komura, the teacher of Class B, and Ms. Risa, the teacher of their class, are people with very strong execution capabilities.

The plan was only verbally agreed upon yesterday, and it was immediately put into practice today. Such action is enough to make many procrastinators ashamed.

This "brainstorming" exchange meeting did not go very smoothly.

Everyone's ideas seemed quite imaginative and did indeed spark a lot of creative ideas, but they all got stuck on how to implement them.

In short, the ideas are good, but too unrealistic, including but not limited to setting up a barbecue stall, connecting two classrooms to show movies, and holding a small concert.

"To be honest, I think these ideas are all good, but the difficulty of implementation is not proportional to the profits. For example, with that movie studio, if you just show movies, you won't attract people."

The class monitor of Class B stood up, reached out and tapped the wooden tabletop, making a clanging sound.

If no one else is willing to be the 'bad guy,' then she will be.

The topics everyone is discussing right now aren't about what can be implemented; they're just about bragging and chatting.

Especially those two boys in my class, they boasted loudly, but when it came to implementation, they immediately fell silent. On the other hand, although Class C's ideas were relatively old-fashioned, their implementation was quite practical and detailed.

"I side with Sanchuan on this point."

Class C's class representative, Natsumi Ishikawa, coughed lightly and chimed in.

She felt that the discussion just now wasn't just wildly imaginative, but as impractical as a collision between Mars and Earth.

“The plan to sell movie tickets looks good, but the monetization efficiency is very low, and we have to consider everyone’s spending power.” Ishikawa Natsumi paused. “First of all, there’s the issue of pricing.”

"If the pricing is the same as that of other cinemas, potential customers will think, why not go to a professional cinema for the same price?"

Given the same price, anyone else would choose a more professional cinema rather than a makeshift screening room set up by students.

"Then just set a lower price."

A boy from Class B raised his hand and objected.

"Okay, how much lower do you think the price should be? Twenty percent? Thirty percent?"

Ishikawa Natsumi met his gaze without flinching, her expression calm.

"...Shouldn't half be enough?"

Seemingly intimidated by her confidence, the boy's previously loud voice suddenly became much quieter.

“If it’s 50% less, we do have a price advantage, and people will have a reason to choose us. But how do we spread the time cost?” Ishikawa Natsumi glanced around the activity room and continued calmly, “Renting the equipment for showing movies costs money, and the DVDs we play also cost money.”

"You can't just play one movie on DVD, right? You need to play at least three in rotation, right? That would increase the cost, and since this is 'commercial use,' you also have to contact the copyright holders."

"By the way, not many people are willing to buy tickets to watch old movies, since they've already seen them hundreds or thousands of times."

She didn't mean to discourage the boy; she just wanted to tell him to give up his unrealistic ideas and come up with something feasible and achievable.

"That……"

The boy in Class B instinctively wanted to retort, but he swallowed the words back as soon as they reached his lips.

Those words he said only made people think he was arguing, and in fact he was arguing.

He felt he knew which choice to make: to stop making a complete fool of himself or to let things end there.

"Let's talk about the barbecue stand." Seeing that the boy from Class B had stopped being stubborn and instead lowered his head sheepishly, Ishikawa Natsumi didn't press him any further. Instead, she changed the subject, "This one doesn't require any royalties, but how do we handle things with the school?"

The school strictly forbids the use of open flames in classrooms. As for the idea of ​​taking a shortcut by saying that it's okay to do it outdoors, that's just a ridiculous attempt to be clever without any sense of reason.

"..."

The guy with the buzz cut who mentioned the barbecue stand earlier has also fallen silent.

"We're here to talk about this not to waste everyone's time, nor to make friends, but to solve problems."

Natsumi Ishikawa defined it.

"So please think about whether your ideas are feasible before you throw them out. Don't just start running because they're 'new'."

She really didn't want to waste any more time on ideas that weren't feasible.

With only 19 days left until the school festival, time is running out. As far as she knows, the classes that finalized their plans quickly have already sent their proposals to the grade-level office today. If all goes well, the proposals can be approved tomorrow and they can officially start working on them.

"I'll give you five minutes to think about this. Think carefully and see if you have any relatively fresh and feasible ideas."

Mikawa Yui coughed lightly, feigning embarrassment.

This was something she and Ishikawa Natsumi had agreed upon beforehand: if the exchange veered off-topic midway through, she would take the lead and be responsible for the ending, while the latter would manage the middle.

"..."

After the words were spoken, the activity room fell into a brief silence. Then, the students in Class B and Class C all lowered their heads and began to think.

Watanabe.

Ishikawa Natsumi, who was sitting down, turned her head and called out softly to Watanabe Yu.

She knew that he had stood up to go to the window for some fresh air, and she had tacitly approved of it. But he should sit back down now, otherwise it would be a bit unreasonable to find him still by the window when everyone is speaking later.

After all, if you want others to follow the rules, you have to follow the rules yourself first.

"Ok?"

Watanabe Yu turned his head to look at her.

"come over."

Natsumi Ishikawa opened her mouth silently, then waved at him.

"Ah."

Upon hearing this, Watanabe Yu nodded knowingly, returned to his seat, and began to ponder as well.

He didn't actually have any great ideas.

Limited by the students' hands-on skills, class funding, and the size of the space, there were actually very few things they could do.

It's fair to say that this is a real headache for many people.

Soon, five minutes passed.

Mikawa Yui, who had been looking at her watch, raised her eyebrows and looked at Watanabe Yu with anticipation.

Last year, his idea left a deep impression on her. After returning home, she shared the idea with her family. At that time, a well-established restaurant approached them for cooperation. After negotiations, the two parties signed a cooperation agreement.

Thanks to this contract, while many pastry shops are experiencing sluggish or mediocre business this year, her business has actually taken a step forward and is thriving.

When the school festival ended, she invited Watanabe Yu to have a meal, but Watanabe Yu refused. His reason was that people could use whatever they wanted, and ideas weren't that precious, especially not new ones.

"...?"

Noticing Mikawa Yui's gaze, Watanabe Yu looked at her with a puzzled expression.

Their eyes met in the air.

His eyes were filled with confusion, while hers were filled with astonishment.

The two stared at each other in silence for seven or eight seconds.

"Time's up, so does everyone have any ideas?"

Mikawa Yui reacted quickly, coughing lightly before changing the subject.

"There is."

A girl from Class B raised her hand.

"You said."

Mikawa Yui looked at the girl, her eyes filled with encouragement.

The other person was a bit more introverted than the two boys, but their thinking was much clearer. "We can try starting a snack specialty store, from pastries to all kinds of snacks, just a simple chain. Compared to those fancy ones, this will at least break even and we can even make a small profit."

The girl expressed her thoughts.

She didn't have any grand ambitions; she felt that a smooth landing, which meant a score of 60, would be enough.

A score of 70 is already beyond expectations.

"That's possible... Let's take another look."

Mikawa Yui carefully considered her words, stood up, walked to the blackboard in the activity room, and wrote down the idea.

Regardless of whether this idea will ultimately be adopted, it is at least one of the most reliable ideas at present.

It's a general approach that you can't go wrong no matter what you do.

"Sanchuan, I have an idea too!"

On Class C's side, Hayakawa Yuki, who had been silent until now, raised her hand.

Risa originally intended for Ayana to come, but Ayana gave the opportunity to her.

The saintess herself said that she was better at adding the finishing touches than innovation.

"Yuki-san, right? Please speak."

Mikawa Yui still remembered Hayakawa Yuki.

There are quite a few blonde girls in school, but she's the only one who's so beautiful and musically talented.

"We can build a haunted house."

As Hayakawa Yuki spoke, she stretched out her hand and made a claw-like gesture.

"Haunted house?"

Mikawa Yui frowned.

She wasn't very optimistic about it.

Last year, someone built a haunted house, but the results were far from ideal. By the end, their haunted house only had a handful of visitors.

"Yes."

Yuki Hayakawa nodded.

"Then... let's do it."

Mikawa Yui hesitated for a moment, glanced subconsciously at Watanabe Yu, and still wrote "haunted house" on the blackboard.

She knew that Hayakawa Yuki and Watanabe Yu were very close, and the two had always been performance partners.

Consider it giving him face.

"Any more?"

Mikawa Yui turned around and looked at the audience.

"Have……"

"I suddenly have an idea."

Watanabe Yu, who had been silent until now, stood up and walked to the podium in the activity room.

Seeing Watanabe Yu walking towards her, Mikawa Yui paused for a moment, then took two steps to the side, leaving the podium to him.

This scene was also witnessed by the students in Class B, and the boys' expressions immediately turned sour.

The class monitor was usually a person who was both strong and gentle. When it came to serious matters, she was always assertive. They had never seen her so willingly give up the 'stage' like this before.

Moreover, although the class monitor wasn't the stunningly beautiful type, she was the kind of well-bred young lady whose beauty grew on you. In addition, her family owned the Sanchuan Pastry Shop, so many boys in the class had feelings for her.

This makes one feel even more complicated.

“I think haunted houses are feasible.” Watanabe Yu placed his hands on the lectern. “But we can’t make traditional haunted houses; we have to make new-era haunted houses.”

"A haunted house in the new era?"

Natsumi Ishikawa dutifully took on the role of the straight man.

“Yes.” Watanabe Yu stood up straight, picked up the chalk, and turned around to write and draw on the blackboard. “Old-fashioned haunted houses are often the kind of places where people go in, follow a route, and come out looking pale with fright.”

"These haunted houses are very monotonous and don't have any particularly memorable features."

"Later, practitioners in related industries also realized this problem and began to add branching routes to haunted houses, add scary background music, and even later, staff members dressed up as ghosts to scare people."

"Then let's make another improvement and combine the haunted house with role-playing."

"We provide one or two ghost story scripts, and then the 'players,' or guests, will play the roles in the 'story' to solve the mystery."

The staff members who play the "ghosts" need to appear when the "players" discover clues or advance the story, creating a terrifying atmosphere.

"As for the routes, we designed more branching paths, and the story also gave different A, B, and C endings, which gave players the motivation to explore repeatedly."

"As for the space, our two classrooms are not enough. I suggest that the teachers from both sides apply together. We need about the area of ​​one floor."

"If I remember correctly, this floor we are on now is a large single-level floor, with relatively few activity rooms."

After finishing his explanation, Watanabe Yu looked at the audience below the stage.

"What do you think?"

This was something he suddenly thought of. Before he traveled through time, many haunted houses were already operating in conjunction with murder mystery games, which not only added to the horror atmosphere but also gave customers a deeper sense of immersion.

This is the right path.

The cost is higher than that of a traditional haunted house, but compared to its incredible profits, this expense is negligible.

"I...I think it's okay."

So one of the boys in Class B, who had been feeling a bit sour, chimed in.

"Yes."

He suddenly started stammering.

"Just what?"

Who will write the script?

Watanabe Yu gave him a project that he instinctively felt had great potential, and he even had an urge to try it out himself. But the problem was, who would write the core script?

"I'll write it."

Watanabe Yu gave a concise answer.

"That's fine with me."

Mikawa Yui raised her hand to indicate her agreement.

"Just to be on the safe side, let's make a final decision after you've finished the script?"

Ishikawa Natsumi wasn't in a hurry, but instead gave a relatively conservative answer.

It wasn't that she didn't believe in Watanabe Yu's abilities, but rather that she needed to use such words to convince the other students who hadn't yet come to their senses.

If some people think it's feasible, then others will definitely think it's not feasible, or even think that he's just making empty promises.

Since that's the case, then she will be their 'mouth substitute'.

That way, we won't fall out.

"can."

Watanabe Yu nodded in agreement.

"That script..."

Mikawa Yui looked at him.

"As for the script, I should be able to produce it by the day after tomorrow at the latest."

Watanabe Yu took out the reassurance he had prepared beforehand.

Before he traveled through time, he had read quite a few scripts about haunted houses.

With a few minor tweaks, making the plot more logical, the twists more appropriate, and then adding a final, more impactful twist, it's easy to achieve.

Moreover, he had similar ideas before and had even written his own scripts. At the time, some people wanted to buy his scripts, but he didn't sell them.

This presents a chance for a repeat.

Through his own hands.

(End of this chapter)