Tokyo Soft Rice King.

The main reason is that the niconico domain name is already taken; otherwise, Kuroba Akira would really like to 'rebuild the glory of Niconico'.

The video platform has been set up. Yu Tufang said he will start to extract videos to fill the content library. He also needs to develop the bullet screen function. The bullet screen function of other bullet screen websites is still very rudimentary. It is just displayed directly on the video like subtitles, and it is not even scrolling.

Moreover, it lacks features such as color settings, font size adjustment, transparency settings, bullet comment density settings, display area settings, and most importantly... advanced bullet comment functionality.

Kuroba Akira specifically explained this to Hijikata Isamu, emphasizing the importance of developing the advanced bullet screen function first.

Often, the user-generated comments are more entertaining than the video content itself, and can even be said to create a sense of 'carnival' within the video!

The 'crowd effect' created by that fervent atmosphere is what attracts more users and gradually turns them into loyal fans of the website, who then promote it for free like organic water.

These videos often get a lot of views and generate more traffic.

Hijikata Yu said he understood, and also urged Kuroba Akira to quickly find some capable people to help build the website.

So Kuroba Akira's task today is to find suitable candidates.

However, the first thing to do is to report to the class monitor about Takanashi's future requests.

Upon arriving at the classroom of Class 1, Grade 1, Kuroba Akira discovered that the classroom had already been renovated.

"Oh...it looks quite professional..."

After last week's setup, the classroom of Class 1, Grade 1 has been transformed into a rather impressive haunted house.

The entire exterior wall of the classroom was covered with black plastic sheeting, and then covered with talismans bearing red handprints. When the curtains were drawn, the entire classroom would surely be transformed into a dark space.

In this kind of environment, even a slightly timid teacher would feel uneasy.

Ms. Kobayakawa doesn't seem to be very good at dealing with these scary things. During her class in the morning, she was writing on the blackboard when she turned around and saw that the students in the front row had turned into 'faceless people'. She almost fainted from fright.

It was actually just a leather mask that closely resembled skin tone, but the effect was excellent. Ms. Kobayakawa's reaction gave the class confidence that the haunted house would be a great success.

During lunchtime, while making lunch with the class monitor, Kuroba Akira told the monitor about his experience of staying overnight at Kotori's house over the weekend.

However, because explaining the conflict between the Takanashi family mother and daughter required telling the class president about their future backgrounds, and this matter still needed to be kept secret for the Takanashi family, Kuroba Akira omitted Akiko's life story.

It was only mentioned that Takanashi Mirai wanted to become a voice actress, but her mother disagreed. The reason for the disagreement was not explained, so Takanashi Mirai protested by refusing to go to school. Now, Mirai has given up on becoming a voice actress and has reconciled with her mother.

Anri Hitomi concluded, tapping her chin.

"Hmm... So, in the future, she won't be staying at home because of external reasons, but rather she's deciding to stay home and work as a freelancer based on her own future?"

"That's right, and Aunt Akiko has already agreed to it. She said she would unconditionally support her as long as it's something she truly wants to do in the future."

"I see..."

Anri Hitomi smiled with relief; she was still very happy that she could find her own path in the future.

"But I guess it was because you, Mingjun, read her palm and pointed her to another path, which is why she was willing to give up the voice acting career she had always dreamed of since she was a child?"

"Well, I did show it to her... but the decision was hers to make."

Kuroba Akira touched his nose, feeling a sense of trying to cover something up. He hadn't mentioned that he was the one who suggested Takanashi Mirai become a full-time content creator, nor had he said what Takanashi Mirai wanted to do at home. But the class president still guessed it, which meant that she completely believed in palm reading skills, and... she understood his style of doing things very well.

So Kuroba Akira felt that even his intention to continue guiding the future to become a shut-in had been seen through by the class president, and he felt like he had let the class president down.

However, what Anri Hitomi cared about was not Kuroba Akira's 'unnecessary' reason, but that Takanashi Mirai had also been taken a liking to by Kuroba Akira.

Indeed, he has talent in the future.

Is it a talent related to games?

Or is it a talent related to music...?

In short, she is talented and will be a woman of talent who will be favored by a wise ruler in the future.

But at this point, Hitomi Anri no longer felt any resentment.

It was a given that she lacked talent and hadn't been noticed by Kuroba Akira, so there was no point in complaining. She should focus on other things... such as whether Kuroba Akira needed her help with anything.

Until now, it has been Kuroba Akira who has helped me, and it is time for me to do something for him. Of course, this does not refer to small things like feeding him or giving him a lap pillow, but to greater help.

However, it would be too abrupt to bring it up directly, so Anri Hitomi decided to settle the previous accounts first, deliberately showing a somewhat regretful expression as she spoke.

"So you've fulfilled your request, Mingjun? But if she doesn't come to school in the future, there'll be no way to get her to join our arts and literature department."

"Oh... so class monitor, you want her to be the fifth person in the future?"

"Yes, I think she's a pretty suitable candidate for the future. After getting into a fight with her classmates, if she were to continue attending school, she would need a space where she could avoid those classmates. At least in her first year of high school, she probably wouldn't be able to integrate into the class again."

"I see……"

"But now it seems that she won't need our shelter at all in the future... I'll also make things clear to Zhencheng. In short, this request was only successfully resolved thanks to you, Mingjun. Thank you so much."

"Not at all, you're too kind."

"However, given that you, my lord, have only completed half of the task, as for the reward..."

"Is that all?"

"I'll still give it to you, but I'll halve the payment. I'll just give you 'my half-day usage rights'."

Kuroba Akira was secretly delighted; half a day would be enough!

With twelve hours on the clock, the squad leader can be instructed to do all sorts of things... in other words, to pose in various ways.

Oh no! My brain is overflowing with lewd thoughts, all because of Ziyin's contagious jade thoughts! It's affecting my daily life!

Anri Hitomi also sensed that Kuroba Akira seemed to be somewhat interested in her body, so she gave him a meaningful smile and whispered something in his ear while feeding him.

"There's no expiration date, so you, my wise ruler, should think carefully about how you want to use me?"

"..."

Hmm…! This is another tempting fairy… Damn class monitor, you'll get your hands on Mugwort sooner or later!

However, when facing the class monitor, Kuroba Akira was indeed all talk and no action; he only dared to talk about it in his mind and didn't dare to actually do anything out of line.

And, even if it's not from a physical perspective, Kuroba Akira does want to have her because his new venture requires the class president's support.

Half-day usage rights... Kuroba Akira already knew how to use them.

He planned to meet with the class monitor one weekend and take the opportunity to talk to her about becoming her secretary.

Because it concerned her future, Akira Kuroba felt it necessary to invite her to join his side in a more formal setting.

While Kuroba Akira was thinking about how to recruit the class monitor, Anri Hitomi was also thinking about how to gain Kuroba Akira's favor, and the previous agreement came in handy.

"Speaking of which, Mingjun, you haven't forgotten your promise to stroll around the cultural festival with me, have you?"

"I won't forget, my memory isn't that bad."

"That's good. You definitely have to make time for me, okay?"

"Yes, definitely, absolutely."

The school festival starts the day after tomorrow.

This school festival lasts for two days. The first day is closed to the public, and classes compete against each other in a 'booth battle'.

The school will open its gates on the second day to welcome visitors. In addition to stalls and various performances, there will also be club showcases, such as cheerleading performances, karate demonstrations, and more.

Many students who are about to enter high school also take this opportunity to get to know the atmosphere of the school in advance.

That means I can bring Ziyin to visit the school on Thursday.

Despite having made a promise with the class president, Kuroba Akira planned to visit the stalls with the class president on the first day and then take Shion to the school festival on the second day, so as not to miss either.

"By the way, Akira, the decorations for the cultural festival are almost finished. Shiori told me that her class has also finished their decorations, so the arts club activities will resume today."

"Okay, let's go to the activity room together after school. It's time to start working on the second volume."

Actually, the first volume of "Sister's Journey" had already been sent to editor Mori for layout work before the final draft was completed. The cover illustrations were also finished and handed over to the editorial department for secondary design, such as adding dialogue and titles to the cover.

The release date for the first volume was set for October 28th. The following week was the most crucial week, as weekly sales would allow for a rough calculation of publishing taxes, which would also reveal how much initial revenue could be generated.

As a super popular work, if a single volume can sell 100,000 copies, a light novel can earn around 13 million yen. However, the cumulative sales of light novels are calculated in years.

If it sells 10,000 to 20,000 copies in its first week, that would be considered a super popular work, which is roughly two million yen. If you split that in half...

If they can get a million yen in the end, it will be a great success.

One million is a lot of money for your first pot of gold, but unfortunately it's yuan, not RMB. Although the symbols look similar, their values ​​are completely different.

However, the royalties from light novels are a steady stream. As long as they are reprinted, it means a continuous flow of income, which also covers the initial investment of D-site.

The money issue has been somewhat resolved, now it's time to address the personnel issue...

Kuroba Akira then asked the all-knowing class monitor.

"By the way, class monitor, do you know if our school has a computer department?"

"Yes, there is..."

At this moment, Anri Hitomi was eating the egg roll that Kuroba Akira had left over. After hearing Kuroba Akira's question, she put her chopsticks in her mouth and showed a speechless expression.

"Uh, is there a problem?"

"I thought you were pretending to be stupid, but it turns out you really didn't know... Fujiyoshi-kun, he's a member of the computer club."

"Oh? So Dolph joined the computer department?"

“Wise ruler…you really are completely indifferent to things you’re not interested in.”

"Ha ha……"

Unexpectedly, the talent I needed was right in front of me. Since Fujikichi was a member of the computer club, things would be much easier. I could ask him to show me around their club and then pick out a few reliable people from there.

Or you could simply partner with the computer department and have everyone work for you.

If the club is full of otaku like Fujiyoshi Michio who also love anime and manga, Kuroba Akira is confident that he can get them to join his cause based on their shared interests.

However, at this moment, Kuroba Akira remembered that he had talked about this topic with Fujiyoshi Michio last time. He mentioned that there was a senior in his club who had repeated three years, whose name was... Nishimura, I think?

Then, not only did he dye his hair, he also secretly smoked in the club activity room... He sounds like a delinquent.

Dealing with bad people...that's such a hassle.

But for the sake of my career, I should still give it a try!

Please, please don't be a weirdo!

Chapter 223 The Zashiki-warashi of the Computer Department

After school in the afternoon, Akira Kuroba and Hitomi Anri went to the Literature Club's activity room together after a long time.

It's only been a little over a week since I last came here, but it feels like it's been a long time.