In music anime, band girls won't be alone.

After hearing what the system said, Shirakawa Ze laughed in anger.

"You silver-level system, aren't you forcing me to complete the task within a week?"

"Compared to the first tier of rewards, what are these two lousy fare?"

The system remained silent.

Taking a deep breath, Shirakawa got up and washed, while pondering how to complete the mission within a week.

This piece is quite difficult; a complete and smooth performance will definitely require a lot of practice.

If you want to meet the requirements within a week, you definitely need to find a band with a certain level of skill.

And we also need to find at least thirty.

I need to find someone who has significant influence across multiple bands to help me with this.

[And there must be sufficiently generous conditions to make them abandon their original performance plans and instead practice the piece specified by the system intensively...]

Besides compensation, a reasonable explanation is also needed.

[This first mission after the upgrade really increased the difficulty, but the rewards were indeed generous.]

Newly built 280-square-meter detached houses in the city center are practically impossible to sell.

After washing up, Shirakawa Sawa ate breakfast and then went to school.

As he walked, his thoughts became increasingly clear.

[Regarding the reasons, I think we could hold a "Single Fastest Release Award."]

[Using "aLIEz" as the designated track, bands will compete in a speed competition; the band that performs a complete and smooth performance first will receive a higher prize.]

The reason has been decided; the next step is to find someone to help me.

[Actually, there's not much of a choice. Among the people I'm close to right now, the only one who can have a significant influence across multiple bands is Ijichi Seika.]

As the former leader of a popular band and now the owner of a livehouse, he deals with all sorts of bands every day, so his network of connections goes without saying.

[And her starry sky can also be used as a competition venue.]

After making up his mind, Shirakawa Sawa took out his phone and sent a message to Ijichi Hoshika.

"Manager, when are you free today? I'd like to discuss something with you."

Volume 1: Chapter 178 The Legendary Mercenaries Have Arrived

It wasn't until the second period in the morning that Shirakawa Sawa received a reply from Ijichi Seika.

"Now is fine, what's up?"

"Okay, I'll come to the store to talk to you in person in a bit."

After the second period ended, Shirakawa looked at Takamatsu Akira, who sat in front of him.

"Dengjiang, I need to go out for a bit. If I'm not back by the end of the fourth period, don't wait for me. Go eat by yourself."

The girl nodded, indicating that she understood.

Then he went to the office to ask his homeroom teacher for leave and came to STARRY.

Upon entering, he saw Ichika Hoshika sitting at the bar. He greeted her and placed the expensive fruit gift box he was carrying aside.

As usual, the other party nodded in response.

Upon reaching him, Shirakawa Ze spoke directly.

"Manager, I'd like to hold a competition here. Is that possible?"

Ichika narrowed her eyes, wondering what this person was up to now.

"what match?"

With a slightly embarrassed smile, Shirakawa Sawa handed over the sheet music.

"I want to hold a fastest single award to see which band can perform the song completely and smoothly in the fastest time."

Ijichi Seika took the sheet music and began to read and sing.

"This sounds like a really boring competition."

After reading it, she handed the sheet music back.

"What do you want?"

Shirakawa Sawa continued.

"I would like to set the entire competition period from noon today to noon next Thursday, for a week."

"The registration period is from noon today to noon tomorrow. The band needs to send someone over to fill out the registration form."

"I will post the sheet music in the competition representatives' group right after noon tomorrow. For the next six days, it's up to each of us to rely on our own abilities."

"During these six days, as long as it is within STARR's business hours, you can come and perform at any time."

"If the performance is satisfactory, the ranking will be calculated according to the order in which the performances are completed, and the prize money will be awarded on the spot."

"Of course, we also need the store manager's help to spread the word about this competition."

Ijichi Seika gazed at the boy with a complex expression.

"Judging from your tone, you're planning to rent my shop for a week?"

Shirakawa Ze nodded.

"Yes, store manager."

“Your daily turnover is around 150,000 to 200,000.”

“I can rent it for 200,000 per day for a week.”

"The venue will remain open to the public during the competition. We will split the ticket revenue in half, and you can keep all the beverage revenue."

Ijichi Hoshika gazed at him,

"More than these things, I'd like to know your reasons for organizing this competition."

[Of course, it's for that 280-square-meter detached house!]

Shirakawa Ze replied in his heart.

But he couldn't possibly have said that.

He sighed softly, turned his head to look at the stage, his gaze deep.

"Manager, this is a song that is very important to me."

"I want to see if there's a band that can understand it in the shortest amount of time and give me a performance that will move me to the core..."

Ijichi Hoshika's gaze flickered slightly before returning to its usual calm.

"I'll keep all the revenue from tickets and drinks. I'll give you a discount on the rental fee; 50,000 a day will do."

"At the very least, I can't do a business that loses money."

"Also, if you hold this competition, you won't be able to get the bands that originally booked to perform during this time slot to come."

“Some of these bands are required to pay breach of contract penalties, and you will also have to cover that.”

Shirakawa Ze knew that the other party had only charged him for the basic operating costs of his shop, and he was deeply moved.

"No problem, thank you, store manager. I'll go prepare it right away!"

After he finished speaking, he went to a nearby print shop, used a template to make a promotional poster, which included information about the competition, the specific rules, and the rewards.

Then he made another registration form.

Then I printed out two promotional posters and one hundred registration forms.

With these things in hand, he returned to STARRY, where one poster was placed outside the door and another inside.

Then I sent the digital poster to the store manager and asked her to help distribute it to various bands.

After reading the information on the poster, Ijichi Seika looked at the boy with some surprise.

"The first place prize is 300,000 yen, the second place prize is 200,000 yen, the third place prize is 100,000 yen..."

"Even the bands ranked 20th to 30th will receive a reward of 20,000 yen?"

"Xiao Ze, aren't you exaggerating a bit?"

"This piece is indeed a bit difficult, but it's not so difficult that it can't be learned in six days."

"These thirty award slots will bring in nearly two million in prize money."

"You need to be prepared to give away all thirty rewards."

Shirakawa nodded with a smile, indicating that he was ready.

What he wanted was for all thirty rewards to be given out.

Although the total cost exceeded two million, it was only a drop in the ocean compared to the 280-square-meter detached house.

Seeing that the boy had made up his mind, Ijichi Hoshika didn't say anything more, and took out her phone to send the competition's promotional posters to various band groups.

We also informed all bands that, due to this competition, all non-competitive band performances will be suspended until next Thursday.

The bands that are required to pay compensation shall do so in accordance with the agreement.

This competition instantly attracted the attention of many bands.

After all, not every band has a wonderful life.

The situation for some bands is actually quite difficult.

For some bands, even if they don't get first place, the rewards for second or third place are still very substantial.

Soon, bands started contacting Ichiji Hoshika, asking her to leave an application form so they could send someone over immediately.

Within a short time, more than a dozen bands expressed their intention to participate.

Seeing this, Shirakawa Sawa decided to stay there and wait for representatives from the various bands to come and register.