I really just want to grind for entries related to crossover anime/manga.

So... what kind of person is he exactly?

Let's get to know each other gradually after we officially join the production team.

After his agent, Kazuya Nakahara, finished handling the contract issues, Yu Genkawa received a text message notification from the bank on his phone.

Hello, 80000 yen has been deposited into your bank card 623xxxxxxxxxx.

In Japan, talent agencies typically have two types of management contracts with their artists: one based on salary and the other on revenue sharing.

A salary system means that artists can receive a salary from their agency every month. Even if they don't get any work for more than half a year, they can still maintain a basic standard of living. However, if they do get work, most of the earnings will go into the agency's pocket.

With a revenue-sharing system, the agency won't give you a penny upfront, but as long as you get jobs, the percentage you can take home is quite substantial.

Of course, if you are a big-name artist in the company, in order to prevent you from terminating your contract and leaving, the talent agency will usually ask the artist to sign an exclusive contract, which goes outside the scope of this basic rule.

As a newcomer, Genkawa Yu's artist contract was based on a revenue-sharing system. Because he couldn't earn any money, he became increasingly impoverished.

"Yuanchuan, everything is done."

Looking at the young man in front of him, Kazuya Nakahara had a smug smile on his face. "You should have received the text message from the bank by now, right? This time I've secured the highest per-episode rate for you. You have scenes in five episodes, so you can get around 150,000 yen in total."

"Thank you for your help, Nakahara-san."

Genkawa Yu did the math and realized that the money that had just arrived in his account was probably a deposit from the production team. After filming was completed, there would be a final payment of about 70,000 yen. This appearance fee was enough to alleviate his current financial difficulties.

"If you really are a man of great talent, I will definitely try to get you more good scripts, variety shows, or other job opportunities in the future."

"Then thank you in advance, Mr. Nakahara. Anyway, as long as the pay is right, I can accept any job."

"it is good!"

The relationship between agents and artists is not simply a business partnership. On the one hand, it involves huge economic interests, and on the other hand, they spend a lot of time together. Therefore, most artists and agents have a very good relationship, and are even the closest friends and comrades-in-arms.

Today marks the first official meeting between Yuu Genkawa and Kazuya Nakahara. The man opposite him exudes a very positive attitude towards life.

He feels very at ease working with someone like that.

After saying goodbye to his agent, Yuan Chuanyu, clutching the contract, boarded the tram and found a quiet corner where he carefully examined the system screen in front of him.

"The upgrade condition for the [Glossary] is to accumulate 10 entries. I must hurry up. Only after the [Glossary] is upgraded to Lv2 can I look for higher-level acting entries."

His gaze swept across the vast database of terms, and after a while, Genkawa Yu's eyes lit up, because he had found another synthesis path related to "focus".

[Writing (White)] + [Focus (White)] + [Inspiration (White)] = [Junior Novelist (Green)]

"Writing novels... must be quite lucrative, right?"

Yuan Chuanyou touched the wallet in his pocket. Although he had succeeded in the audition, he didn't know when the next movie would come, so he had to find a new way to make money as soon as possible.

Let's choose this one first.

[Writing (White)]

[Available for production]

[Production Requirements: Gain 100 writing experience points.]

With a slight thought, Genkawa Yu placed [Writing (White)] into [Entry Production Platform].

[Production Sequence 1: Writing]

Experience points: 0/100

"Before going home, let's go browse the stationery store."

Volume One: The Shining Morning Star, Chapter Seven: I Heard that Tokyo's Literary Masters Can Attract Female Stars

Writing a novel is a painstaking and laborious task.

After returning home, Yuan Chuanyu bought paper and pens and sat at his desk for three hours straight.

Although he had read many stories in his previous life, he was unable to perfectly recreate them at this stage. He could only piece the stories together from fragmented memories, and his writing skills were very limited.

Fortunately, the system's judgment is not strict; as long as you write, you can gain some experience.

Having already experienced the effects of the "new actor" entry, Genkawa Yu quickly solidified his idea: he would treat this as accumulating experience for now, and then prepare for the submission process after he officially obtained the "junior novelist" entry.

Time passed slowly, and only the scratching sound of pen nib rubbing against paper remained in the room.

[Production Sequence 1: Writing]

Experience points: 26/100

Experience points: 27/100

Experience points: 28/100

Shaking his tired wrists, Yuan Chuanyu looked at the dense text on his notebook and let out a long, satisfied sigh.

He doesn't have a computer right now, so he can only write in a notebook with a pen for the time being.

After all, there is an unspoken rule in the Japanese publishing industry that only accepts printed manuscripts.

Authors need to send their manuscripts to the editorial office by mail, and the editor will decide whether to sign a contract after reviewing the manuscript.

Want to send an electronic document?

Then you'll just have to wait and see how inefficient your 30-year-old fax machine becomes.

Genkawa Yu is currently trying to recreate the light novel content he remembers. If he were to publish it, he would prefer to choose a traditional novel because it is more in line with the mainstream reading habits of the Japanese public.

Moreover, he is currently an actor. If he can create a novel that can sell well, he can also use his agent's connections to see if it can be adapted into a movie or TV series. That would be the right path to financial freedom.

At nine o'clock in the evening, Yuan Chuan You went out to buy groceries.

For him at this stage, cooking for himself is the most cost-effective way.

"Filming officially starts the day after tomorrow. I heard that the crew's boxed lunches can be taken home, so every extra day of filming is an extra day of profit."

Genkawa Yu picked up a carton of discounted eggs from the shelf, a hopeful smile appearing on his lips.

On a sunny weekday, Genkawa Yu woke up very early.

Although the director announced that filming would begin at 9 a.m., in order to leave a good impression on the crew, he arrived at the location of the filming crew—the gate of a private university—at around 7 a.m.

"49" is, after all, a TV series with high school students as the main characters. In order to better complete the filming, the production team reached a cooperation agreement with the school early on and used the school as the main stage of the story.

As he passed through the school gate, a gust of wind blew by, and Genkawa Yu caught a faint scent of flowers.

Early cherry blossoms cascaded down from the branches, and he subconsciously reached out to catch a falling petal, feeling a silky touch on his fingertips.

After walking for a few minutes, Yuan Chuanyu saw staff members dressed in uniforms setting up the venue for the opening ceremony on the playground, and a man in a light blue jacket holding a megaphone standing behind them directing the operation.

Although it was just a glimpse of his back, he immediately recognized the other person as Long Chuan, the assistant director he had acted opposite at the audition.

"Good morning, Genkawa-san."

The young man standing under the tree suddenly heard a clear and beautiful female voice. When he turned around, he saw Kurokawa Akane with a smile on her face.

"Oh, good morning, Kurokawa-san."

The blue-haired girl was wearing a loose black wool coat today, the hem of which reached her calves. The clean lines made her figure look even thinner. Underneath the coat, she wore a high-necked beige knit sweater. The soft fabric clung to her neck and covered her chin, revealing only a section of porcelain-white skin.

“Mr. Genkawa, you’re here very early. I just saw you on the train.”

Akane Kurokawa began the conversation in a very polite tone. It was her first time filming a TV series, and she wanted to get along well with everyone on the crew.

"Really? That's quite a coincidence."

Genkawa Yu smiled, and the two chatted for a while, waiting for the actors to arrive one after another.

During this time, Akane Kurokawa also took the initiative to greet the other actors, and her smiling face and friendly attitude won the favor of many people.

After the opening ceremony, the formal filming process began.

Director Asano held the bound script in his left hand and a megaphone in his right, and began to direct the boom camera to slowly take its place.

Yu Minakawa's character won't officially appear until the third act. When it's not their turn to act, most actors will choose to take a break or stand aside and watch other people's performances.

However, he didn't choose either of these options, and instead found a corner away from the crowd to sit down.

The young man took out the manuscript paper he had brought and placed it on his lap, wanting to continue gaining experience with the term "writing".

time is money.

This sentence had a clearer meaning for Yuu Minakawa, who possessed the dictionary system, and he found the feeling of accumulating knowledge step by step extremely addictive.

With his head down, the pen continued to scratch across the manuscript.

[Production Sequence 1: Writing]

Experience points: 45/100

Experience points: 46/100

Experience points: 47/100

Immersed in his work, Yuu Minakawa was completely oblivious to his surroundings, thus overlooking a black-haired girl approaching him.

Mai Sakurajima, who was just passing by with a hot coffee handed to her by her assistant, was drawn to a young man who was writing something with his head down, and unconsciously walked over.

Because of their previous chance encounter, she had developed a slight interest in Yuu Genkawa, and now seeing him sitting here away from the crew, she naturally became curious again.

What is he writing?

script?

Or is it a novel?

She tilted her head slightly, her gaze falling on the manuscript in his hand, the dense handwriting seemingly telling a story of youth on campus.

What surprised Mai Sakurajima even more was that Yu Genkawa would occasionally mutter a few words to himself, all of which were words that Mai couldn't understand.

For example, "Why are you so skilled?" or "I was here first!"

Although I couldn't understand what they were saying, the way they were so completely absorbed in their creative process seemed out of place on the chaotic film set, yet it was strangely captivating.

After a while, seeing that Genkawa Yu still hadn't noticed her, Sakurajima Mai decided to speak first and say hello.

"Mr. Genkawa, are you writing a novel?"

Upon hearing this, Genkawa Yu's body suddenly trembled, but after turning around and seeing the girl's fair and pretty face, his expression quickly returned to calm.