I was plotting against Hoshino Ai but was pushed back

The president immediately became angry and began to suppress Saito Hiko using age and other factors.

Saito Yan continued calmly: "Do you know why I always get a perfect score of 100 in every exam?"

The president said disdainfully: "Isn't it just a perfect score in elementary school? What's there to brag about?"

"How dare you say this in such a disdainful tone when you've never gotten a perfect score?"

Saitohiko continued to reveal: "Even in elementary school, I never saw you get full marks on the simplest addition and subtraction."

"How do you know that?" the president felt embarrassed.

"I just did a quick survey. If I didn't know your grades, I might have been fooled by you."

"You're invading my privacy!" The president felt his authority was slipping away from him. "Do you really want to fight for the right to cultivate love?"

"But I won't agree to it! I can't let her be ruined by you!"

Even though the president's underwear was exposed, he still firmly refused.

"I just wanted to be a normal person, but I decided to put my cards on the table and stop pretending."

Saito Hiko said helplessly in a showdown tone: "I didn't want to do this in the first place."

"Ai, do you know how much idols are paid?"

"I don't understand. Today the president suddenly said that I have the potential to be an idol..." Hoshino Ai said she didn't know.

"General idols have the lowest salaries in the entire industry, and debuted idols may not even earn 200,000 yen." Saito Hiko did not deliberately reduce this number.

"Two hundred thousand yen is not a small amount!" the president said in a low voice, but he did not dare to speak loudly, for fear that his nephew would give him a big job.

"That sounds like a lot, right?"

Saitohiko ignored the president. He had learned from the president about the actual salary of idols over the years. "This is the salary that idols can only get when their peripherals sell well."

"If the peripherals don't sell, the idols won't even have the basic living security."

"But I didn't decide to become an idol just for the money." Hoshino Ai replied without caring about the salary issue. She didn't decide to become an idol just for the money.

"Ok, I know."

Saito Hiko nodded, fully aware of this.

If this is why you decided to become an idol, you wouldn't feel so bad after watching the anime.

"Yeah, how can people only care about money?" The president continued to make sarcastic remarks while taking advantage of the situation.

"But there is one thing you have to admit. In this real garbage world, you have to spend more money to get a better education, even for idol training."

Chapter 4 Experimental Period

"So what?" The president looked at the co-pilot in confusion.

"Drive carefully!" Saito Hiko was shocked to see the president distracted on the busy road, and quickly asked him to concentrate.

"I'm familiar with this road, don't worry." The president patted his chest and assured.

"Am I afraid that you don't know the way? I'm afraid of a car accident!"

Saito Hiko didn't want to use up both of his precious amulets today.

"I have been driving for so many years and I have never had a major car accident," the president said proudly.

"What's there to be proud of?" Saito Yan said with disdain, "Except for the unlucky ones who come across you unexpectedly, most car accidents can be avoided by not fighting or competing."

"Continuing with the previous topic, the reason why idols have such low salaries is because their salaries also include the cost of costumes, and the cost of the performances shared by the props team and others. Therefore, if idols' peripherals cannot be sold, they will also owe money, so they have to end their performing careers."

Hoshino Ai was shocked to hear that idol activities could lead to debt, so she curiously asked, "What about the stars on the screen?"

"First of all, stars and idols may sound like they have the same profession, but the actual situation is different."

Saito Hiko paused to collect his thoughts, "Most idols debut as a group of several people, and they are basically not famous. They also need to find suitable venues to perform in order to accumulate fame."

"Using groups of people to attract passers-by to buy tickets is probably the idol's operating model."

"So the income from the performance needs to be shared among the staff who set up the stage and the photographers behind the scenes, and it also includes the expenses for props, costumes, and venues. So the total income looks like a lot, but after being shared among dozens of staff members, it becomes pitifully small."

"But stars are different from idols,"

"People who have accumulated a certain amount of fame are called stars, so their starting point is different. In addition, star performances are personal shows, and they can make a lot of money just by saving the value of costumes and props. What's more, sometimes they are specially invited by venues, and they can earn pure appearance fees, such as appearance fees for movies, TV series, variety shows, etc..."

Saito Hiko sighed, "It's not easy to be an idol anyway."

"What you said has nothing to do with idols, right?" the president retorted, "Don't celebrities start from scratch? Who is born with popularity? And the top idols are no less popular than celebrities."

"It's true that no one has popularity at the beginning, but if you have sufficient funds, you don't need to worry about the choice of performance venue, and the tickets are cheap, so you can accumulate popularity quickly and become famous quickly." Seeing that the president was still trying to make a last-ditch effort, Saito Hiko continued to attack.

"Mei Pro is just a small company with few resources. Therefore, even though you are a genius idol and don't need to be trained, and every performance is full and you quickly gain popularity, due to the limited resources of a small company, the bulk of the profits go to CD distributors and peripheral manufacturers. The company's resources are insufficient, and the money they get is small, so there is no way for you to step onto a bigger stage."

“It’s hard to realize your dreams if you can’t step onto a bigger stage.”

Saito Hiko said these dream-shattering words helplessly.

"We're here." The president slowly parked the car. "But this topic is completely different from your love cultivation, right?"

"No, this is a different matter, so I can't bear to see such a rough gem being ruined by you." Saito Hiko shrugged.

The president looked at the boy with confusion.

All three of them got out of the car, and Hoshino Ai walked in front to lead the way.

Saitohiko spread his hands and said, "That's why I said, stop pretending. I made 10 million yen from casual investments in the past two years, so do you understand what I mean?"

"It's only 10 million yen, not much." The president disagreed. You know, although the company under his name is considered a small company in Tokyo, the amount of money it handles each year is over 100 million.

"Yeah, 10 million yen isn't a lot for you, but think about how much an idol earns from performing. I'll use this 10 million yen to get her to agree to let me train for half a year, right?"

Saitohiko sighed and quickly added, "So I also hate it when things turn out this way."

Hoshino Ai turned around to look at the two people who were discussing behind her, and just as she was about to speak.

"Love, don't rush to reject it,"

Saito Hiko had anticipated this and said in advance: "I will not interfere with your life during this period. I will only use the time after school for you to learn the skills and relevant knowledge required for idols. If I do not teach you accordingly, you can end the course at any time. As long as you nod, I will transfer the 10 million yen to you immediately."

"You little brat..." Upon hearing this, the president did not intervene, but signaled with his eyes that he should quickly withdraw his promise and not spend money indiscriminately. However, if he had communicated with him in advance, this situation would not have happened.

"I didn't decide to become an idol just for the money. Since you are so confident, I can first accept the president's training for a month, and then accept your training for another month for comparison." Hoshino Ai shook her head and refused, emphasized it again, and gave a way out.

Saito Hiko nodded without forcing it, "After you finish your training, I will help you organize a performance, and then I'll trouble you to appear on stage."

"No problem~" Hoshino Ai accepted the invitation.

"Ai, what do you think of this welfare home?" Saito Hiko suddenly asked.

Xingye Ai thought for a while before speaking: "Not bad, right? Why do you suddenly ask this?"

"Nothing, I just want to know what you think."

Saitohiko once again thought of her frustrated look when she introduced herself, and the comment that it was 'not bad'.

He felt that Hoshino Ai had no good feelings towards the orphanage.

Because this evaluation doesn't seem satisfactory.

"Speaking of this matter, will you ensure that she can go to school normally?" Saito Hiko thought of this question and turned to ask the president.

"Who do you think I am? I never intended to let her drop out of school. Now I just want to start training her. And it's illegal to stop her from going to school!"

The president said seriously, "Don't think you can skip school just because you made a little money. That's absolutely not allowed!"

"Yes, yes, yes." Saito Hiko looked around perfunctorily.

There are not many children in the welfare home, and the decorative sign has turned white and lost its original color, as if it has been in disrepair for a long time and no one is taking care of it.

It looks like the business can't continue.

Not long after entering the welfare home, I saw an old man with gray hair.

She saw Hoshino Ai bringing people back and greeted them: "Ai, you're back, who is this?"

"This is the president of Mei Pro, and this is the director of the welfare home." Hoshino Ai introduced the two parties with a smile on her face.

The two adults exchanged a few pleasantries and then walked into the office together to discuss business. The dean asked Hoshino Ai to take the guest Saito Hiko around.

"Love, you don't really like it here, do you?"

(I hope you can leave more comments while reading. Seeing people commenting in the background will make you happy. When you are in a good mood, you will not play games or do other things, and you will naturally add more.)

Chapter 5 Lies

"Love, you don't really like it here, do you?"

Saito Hiko followed Hoshino Ai for a while, and seeing that there was no one around, he asked her.

“This is where I grew up, how can I not like it?”

Hoshino Ai responded with a standard smile.

This is a lie.

After hearing the girl's answer without any trace of joy, Saito Hiko immediately came to a conclusion.

Even if it's a lie, there's no need to expose it. Just change the subject.

So he said, "By the way, have you signed a contract with the president?"

"Not yet... The president said we need to find a legal guardian before we can talk about it."

Hoshino Ai walked aimlessly in the yard, and the children around her did not greet her when they passed by.

It seems that he really wants to cultivate love.

Even if you don't sign a contract, you must decide to become her guardian and train her.

It seems that Hoshino Ai is not clear about the president's plan.

Or did he find out after asking that Hoshino Ai was an orphan, and because she was so beautiful, he decided to become her guardian?

Daughter control?

From her answer, Saito Hiko felt that he had figured out the president's true nature.

But in the anime, Hoshino Ai complained that she was on the ORICON ranking and ranked third, but her salary was only 20.8 yen.