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Have you seen Karasuma Chitose?

"Yes, we're chatting right now."

“Very good, invite her to come to the president’s office on the third floor.”

"clear."

After ending the call, Ogiso Setsuna smiled and looked at Karasuma Chitose:

"Miss Chitose, Ms. Ando wants us to go upstairs to the president's office."

"Why? Our jobs aren't related at all, are you sure you heard me right?"

"I'm pretty sure."

"Okay, let's go then."

Intrigued, Karasuma Chitose got up and headed to the third floor.

dong dong...

"Please come in."

Miki Ando, ​​who was in the president's office, opened the door and welcomed the two inside.

"President, what do you want to see me about?"

"Wait a minute, there's one more person."

Masamune picked up his phone and dialed Doma Umaru's number.

"Xiaomai, I have something to say. Please put the phone on speakerphone and listen to it before you reply."

"no problem."

After confirming that Umaru was still on the phone, Masamune slowly spoke:

"Yukina, I collaborated with a famous composer to create a song that you can sing and dance to, and the choreography is also done."

"As expected, this song will be released as a single in a month."

"Therefore, you need to practice this song constantly for the next month, and make sure your breath control and footwork are stable."

“No problem.” Setsuna Ogiso nodded repeatedly and said with a smile, “It’s just one song, singing and dancing shouldn’t be a problem, I’ve tried it before.”

"In addition to the lead singer, this song also needs two backup dancers."

Masamune turned to look at Karasuma Chitose and asked:

"Would you like to be one of them, Chitose?"

"Why are you looking for me?" Karasuma Chitose looked at Ogiso Setsuna subconsciously, full of doubt.

I don't know her well, so why did she ask me to be her backup dancer?

“Voice actors don’t have high requirements for appearance. Within our Musashino Agency, the only people with good looks and figures are the four from your generation.”

Masamune paused, then continued:

"Of the four of you, the other three have already taken on lead roles in anime, and in addition to voice acting, they also have a lot of promotional work. It's easy to imagine that they'll be getting a lot of lead roles next season and won't be able to find the time to work."

"President, you're going too far! Am I really that bad? Why are you making it sound like I'm all alone?"

Karasuma Chitose pouted and said reluctantly:

"I'm a voice actress, not an idol. What do I have to do with backup dancers?"

"Besides, a red flower needs green leaves to complement it. Why not just find two unattractive women to go up there? It will make her look even more beautiful."

As she spoke, Karasuma Chitose glanced at Ogiso Setsuna again, realizing something was wrong.

Appearance is a subjective matter, and it's hard to say who is more beautiful, but she does look a little bit more pleasing to the eye than I do.

As for her figure, perhaps because of her height, she seemed to be a little bit better than me.

Oh no! Now I'm really relegated to the supporting role.

"As a backup dancer, you can get five-thousandths of the sales revenue from a single."

"A single costs about 1000 yen. If you sell 50 copies, you can earn 250 million yen. If you sell 100 million copies, you can earn 500 million yen."

"Deal!" Karasuma Chitose agreed instantly.

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly realized something and couldn't help but ask:

"Can it sell that many? Setsuna is still a newbie, right? If this first single sells 1 copies, that would be pretty impressive. So, if I calculate it that way, I'll only get 5 yen?"

Do you know how many copies of Umaru's previous single sold?

"Umaru-chan? The anime opening sequence?"

Although the anime "Himouto! Umaru-chan" is not finished yet, the promotion has already begun, and the single has been released for quite some time.

As for sales figures, since it wasn't his business, Karasuma Chitose hadn't really paid much attention to them.

Thinking of this, she quickly looked at the phone on the table that was constantly on a call.

"Umaru, how many copies of your single have sold?"

"About 30."

"The animation hasn't even aired yet, and you're not famous at all. As a newcomer, how did you sell so many copies? How much money did you get?"

"This month's payment hasn't arrived yet. Last month, I received over 10 million yen from more than 200,000 copies sold. By the way, my single is priced at 1300 yen, not 1000 yen. However, the money is all with my brother, and I only received 10000 yen."

"Huh...? You earned the money yourself, why do you have to give it to your brother?"

"My brother said I always spend money recklessly, so he helps me keep it to prevent me from spending it all on games."

"Wait a minute! That's not right. If we calculate based on 20 tickets, you should have received over a million."

"I received five percent at the time."

“Huh…?”

Karasuma Chitose couldn't help but look at Masamune, a sweet smile appearing on her face:

"President, the backup dancers and the lead singer are worlds apart, aren't they?"

“In other companies, the lead singer would only get a few thousandths of the commission. Our company gives the lead singer five percent and the backup dancers five thousandths. This is already a very reasonable price.”

"If that's the case, then it's okay if I'm the lead singer, right?"

"Oh...? You're confident you can beat Setsuna in singing?"

Karasuma Chitose was speechless for a moment.

"I can't win, but even so, five per thousand is too little, isn't it? We're supposed to be a performance partner, but I only have one-tenth of hers. It doesn't make sense at all."

"I'm very confident that this song will sell no less than 50 copies. If you're not willing, I'll find someone else to try."

"Fine, fine... I agree, okay? When do we start?"

"Training will begin today. You'll practice individually first, then practice together for three to five days. Once you're all ready, we'll start the official recording. It's supposed to be a month from now, but it could be earlier or later at any time."

"Isn't this a bit too casual?"

Seeing that she agreed, Masamune smiled and then looked at the phone on the table.

"Umaru, that's about it. Do you want to become another backup dancer?"

"I understand what happened, but why are you looking for me?" Umaru's slightly curious voice followed.

"The reason is the same as what I just told Chitose: Setsuna is exceptionally beautiful, and there are very few people who can stand on the same stage as her without being outshone."

"Sure, I'm curious about Setsuna. Do you need me to come to Musashino? When?"

"If you can make it, it will start at 10 a.m. this morning."

"No problem, there's enough time. It's Saturday today, so I don't have anything to do. But what about tomorrow? I have to go to school."

"Setsuna and Chitose also need to go to school. I'll talk to Setsuna's manager later and have her pick you up from school every day. Training time is from after school in the afternoon until 8 pm."

Masamune paused for a moment, then continued:

"During training, each of you will receive a daily food allowance of 5 yen. Since it's a small amount, I'll discuss it with Ohira later. You don't need to hand over this money; you can keep it yourself."

"Oh...! Thank you so much, it's settled then."

"You're welcome. Although the deadline is one month, if you can pass the final assessment a day earlier, you can release the song a day earlier and finish training a day earlier."

"No problem! I'll work well with both of them."

Chapter 226, Seventh Assessment, Busy Mobile Phones

On the last weekend of September, many anime series that started airing in July have finished their broadcasts.

The three anime series that started airing in July all had only twelve episodes each, and the main series ended last weekend.

But this evening, many Musashino Animation fans were still sitting in front of their TVs as usual.

The reason for this is that last week's preview for the next episode said that there would be an OVA this week.

"I waited a week and finally got the K-On! 2 OVA, but why isn't there an OVA for Monthly Girls' Novel?"

"Eromanga da Eromanga is airing two OVA episodes back-to-back? This thing even has OVAs? Why is Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun really over?"

"Eromanga shamelessly took up a portion of Monthly Girls' time and aired two episodes back-to-back. Although it was enjoyable to watch, something just felt off."

"Could it be that Izumi-sensei personally sponsored these two OVA episodes of Eromanga? Otherwise, why didn't Monthly Girls' Novel release an OVA?"

"Very likely! Monthly Girls' Magazine has high sales and popularity, yet they haven't released a single OVA. Wouldn't it be better to allocate that money to one episode of Monthly Girls' Magazine?"

Around 9 p.m., in his living room at home, looking at the numerous comments online, Masamune unconsciously fell into deep thought.

Now that I think about it, I have indeed been too lenient with Izumi Masamune. I shouldn't have produced two episodes of Eromanga OVA at the same time. I should have given one episode to Monthly Girls' Novel for a fairer amount of money.

The matter is over, and next time we need to learn from the experience and treat everyone fairly.

As I pondered, a completely emotionless system voice suddenly sounded in my ear.

[Regarding My Backyard (details omitted), rating 2 stars. As punishment for all the main creators' indiscreet remarks, this will continue for one day.]

[From starting from scratch to (details omitted), rating 1 star, punishment for all main creators: complete paralysis for ten days.]

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