Crossover Anime: Starting with Adopting the Homeless Melon God

No more than five people can consistently break 100,000 views, after all, the head effect in the entertainment industry is particularly severe.

Of course, the most important reason is that girl group songs are generally not very good and don't match the live dance. It's really hard to describe.

"Yes, the main problem is that you don't have any existing popularity. If you had the popularity of a second-tier girl group, your sales should be able to increase two or three times."

"hiss--"

"If tens of thousands are multiplied two or three times, wouldn't that be over a hundred thousand?"

"Is a hundred thousand or so a lot?"

Kitagawa Yu's casual question immediately made Saito Ichigo, Hoshino Ai, and the others gasp in surprise.

"I really want to punch this guy!" Hoshino Ai secretly clenched her fist.

Saito Ichigo, however, reacted quickly. Thinking of Kick Back, which had zero popularity but achieved 90,000 sales in just two weeks, and the song he had just heard that was of even higher quality than Kick Back, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

He used to hear about genius composers, genius singers, genius writers, genius cartoonists, and so on, but given his status in the industry, he could only hear about them.

"Now I've finally seen it with my own eyes. The first song sold 9 copies in just half a month, and the monthly sales are estimated to reach 20, with annual sales estimated to exceed 50. The second song is of even better quality and already has a certain fan base, so its performance will definitely be even better than the first one. This is truly an amazing genius!"

Saito Ichigo couldn't help but sigh inwardly, and at the same time, he became even more attentive to Kitagawa Yu.

"We must make sure that love gets along well with such a genius!" Saito Ichigo thought to himself.

"So, what are Kitagawa-sensei's thoughts?"

"I have another song here, which can be considered a girl group song, and its sales may only be 10,000 or 20,000. But if it is combined with dance and made into a music video, the number of streaming views will be at least tens of millions."

"Ten million?!" Saito Ichigo almost cracked his voice when he heard this number.

Despite the prevalence of streaming media and the seemingly numerous videos with over ten million views, if we only consider musical works, on average, even top idols and singers are lucky to produce one such work per year.

If an idol group like B-Machi, which doesn't have much of a foundation, had a song like this, their online fanbase could quickly explode to hundreds of thousands or even millions.

"Ten million is a conservative figure. The only problem is that the style of this song is too strong, which is quite different from the sweet and cute route that you and most idol groups take."

He was referring to the song "Extreme Cold Pure Land," which was a breakout hit in his previous life, despite its initially poor album sales. However, the music video became a sensation in two countries online.

Therefore, ten million is already a very conservative figure.

"Ten million views is a conservative estimate? The style is too strong?" A bunch of question marks had already appeared on Saito Ichigo's forehead.

"May I ask what style this song is?"

"Japanese-style electronic music has a very strong sense of rhythm, making people unable to resist moving their bodies as soon as they hear it. When combined with special dances, it makes people want to dance along."

"Well..." Saito Ichigo was caught in a dilemma.

Ten million views is great, but whether they can actually achieve that is still a question mark. Relatively speaking, sales are the key. If their small company doesn't make money, they'll soon be unable to continue operating.

If Asuka Entertainment was a small company in the past, then companies like Ichigo Production are mini-enterprises.

This company only has one group, B-Komachi, with four members. It's practically a studio; they simply don't have the financial resources or time to develop it gradually.

The previous three years had almost emptied his savings.

"That"

"Can we have them all?" Before Saito Ichigo could speak, Hoshino Ai suddenly asked first.

"Ai! You can't be so rude!" Saito Ichigo scolded. He originally wanted to say that she couldn't be so greedy, but that word didn't sound good, so he changed it to rude.

Hoshino Ai completely ignored her and looked at Kitagawa Yu with anticipation, her eyes burning with ambition.

"Your expression is great, so why not?"

"Really?"

"But my standards are very high~"

"I will definitely meet your standards, teacher!"

Kitagawa Yu smiled, twirled the pencil between his fingers a few times, and quickly decided which poem to copy.

"Hmm, to leave some room for improvement, let's start with Love Live!'s Best Live! Collection~"

"Best live! collection" was the best-selling single in the previous Love Live! series, with cumulative sales exceeding 15, and it was of very high quality.

However, without the boost from anime and with B-Komachi not being very popular yet, achieving sales of 50,000 units would be quite an achievement.

"Well, we can't favor one over the other, how about another one, 'Ready' by The Idolmaster?"

The entire process of composing and producing the accompaniment for both songs took only half an hour.

This time, Saito Ichigo and Hoshino Ai didn't show any particularly shocked expressions, since these songs could have been conceived in advance, they were just being written down now.

However, after listening to the accompaniment of the two songs, both of them could feel that the quality of the two songs was indeed very high, at least several levels better than their previous songs.

Of course, Gao is only active in the idol circle. Compared to "Running Towards Night" or even "Kick Back", he is significantly inferior.

"Teacher Kitagawa, don't you have any samples?"

"No, I'm tone-deaf."

"Huh?! Kitagawa-sensei is tone-deaf?!"

Hoshino Ai, who was about to act cute and charming to get Kitagawa Yu to make a sample, suddenly widened her eyes and showed a shocked expression on her face.

This time, the expression wasn't feigned; it was completely genuine.

After all, through "Kick Back" and "Running Towards Night," as well as the two songs just now, she had already witnessed Kitagawa Yu's genius-level creative abilities. Who would have thought that such a creative genius would be tone-deaf?

"Otherwise, how would you guys get these songs?"

"That's such a pity."

"You might have sounded more genuine if you hadn't been smiling when you said that."

"Hey!"

Hoshino Ai playfully made a face at him.

Well, this isn't a fake mask either.

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Chapter 112: I wasn't scared at all! (Two chapters combined)

The contract stipulated that the copyright would remain with Kitagawa Yu, while B Komachi would only have the right to perform the song. This is standard practice in the industry, and neither Hoshino Ai nor Saito Ichigo had any objections.

Then, Saito Ichigo, looking conflicted, took the two backing tracks and led Hoshino Ai and the others to another recording studio next door.

What they are now faced with is that, compared to Kitagawa Yu's two songs, the song they originally planned to record is simply too clumsy.

Even if the recording and release revenue is only expected to be around 200,000 yen, after deducting costs, the company takes a cut, and the remaining amount is split equally among the four members of the group, each person probably won't even get 20,000 yen. It's really too worthless.

Hoshino Ai and the others are fine; all they need to do is sing well and practice their dances for the airport performance. But Saito Ichigo, their manager, has far too many things to do.

"Forget it! Let's not record this! Instead of wasting time on this lousy song, we'd better use the time to practice Kitagawa-sensei's two new songs. Based on my many years of experience in the industry, I'd say these two songs will definitely sell over ten thousand copies, even if they don't reach tens of thousands!"

“In that case, the dance we prepared earlier can be used for the new song,” Hoshino Ai said after thinking for a moment.

"Yes, that's right. So you should go home early tonight and get some rest. Come to the company early tomorrow morning to rehearse the new song."

After making his decision, Saito Ichigo was very decisive. He first asked Akari Nao to cancel the original reservation, and then took B Komachi and the other three downstairs to leave.

However, just as she was about to get on the bus, Hoshino Ai, who had been hesitant, suddenly caught sight of the vending machine in the lobby, her eyes lit up, and she stopped in her tracks.

"President, you can go ahead. I have something I'd like to ask Mr. Kitagawa."

"what?"

Saito Ichigo paused for a moment, then guessed Hoshino Ai's plan, and a conflicted look appeared on his face.

"It's still raining outside, how are you going to get home later?"

"It's okay, I'll take the subway home by myself, don't worry about me~"

"OK then!"

After hesitating for a moment, Saito Ichigo nodded in agreement.

He taught Hoshino Ai how to befriend producers, composers, lyricists, and even theater owners who could help them.

He also taught Hoshino Ai how to protect herself.

Hoshino Ai has always performed very well in this regard, so he is not particularly worried that Hoshino Ai will suffer a loss.

"Send me a text message when you get back to let me know you're safe."

"Don't worry~"

Hoshino Ai smiled and waved, watching the car slowly disappear at the end of the street before turning and running towards the vending machine.

What kind of drinks would he like?

Her fair hands were folded behind her back, her gaze sweeping over the rows of drinks in the vending machine, her mind replaying the image of Kitagawa Yu.

Finally, Ai Hoshino chose a can of hot red bean milk, held it in her arms, leaned against the wall, and waited quietly in the lobby.

An hour later, Kitagawa Yu finally stretched in the recording studio and took off the monitoring headphones he had been wearing.

"Alright, listen up."

Five minutes later, Sada Anri casually put her hand on Kitagawa Yu's shoulder and said with a grin, "Thank you for your hard work, Kitagawa-sensei~~~"

"Heh, if you're going to express your gratitude at a time like this, you should bow at a 90-degree angle, right?" Kitagawa Yu glanced at her indifferently and casually brushed her arm away.

These past few evenings, having nothing much to do, he's been spending his time with Ayako practicing. As a result, he's become closer to Anri Sada and the others, and his speech has become much more casual. He's also long since abandoned honorifics.

"A 90-degree bow isn't very sincere. If you ask me, you should repay us with your body~ Ayako is our lead singer, so let her thank you on our behalf~" Minami Kasuga chimed in with a grin.

Kitagawa Yu simply rolled his eyes at her in response.

Having been teased so much these past few days, Ayako could only smile wryly, no longer blushing as easily as before.

"Senior, let me take you home."

"it is good."

Kitagawa Yu didn't refuse. It was raining so hard outside, and if they went back, they would probably have to change their clothes again.

As for Anri Sada and the other two, since they are already signed artists with the company, they can naturally move into the company's dormitory.

As Ayako's teammate, Akari Nao generously arranged single dorm rooms for each of them. In terms of size and facilities, they were in no way inferior to those single apartments outside, and they were free. This kind of treatment made them extremely happy at the time.