I was plotting against Hoshino Ai but was pushed back

"You can't. If you really want to go, it's okay, but you have to pay for it yourself. It won't be reimbursed."

Saitohiko continued, "Shibuya is only the first stop for the inspection. We may go to other places later, such as Shinjuku, Akihabara, etc. After all, this is an inspection option."

Gaofeng Yueyong felt something was wrong when he heard Saito Hiko mention a few place names.

They are a completely unknown new group, B Komachi, so there is no need to go to multiple places for field research, right? They are not famous singers holding concerts.

Although I had doubts, I suppressed the urge to get to the bottom of it.

Arisa had a similar idea to Gaofeng Yueyong, but she asked directly, "Why do you want to visit so many places?"

"It depends on the specific situation. We are only considering these few places now." Saito Hiko replied.

At this time, the president opened the door of the dance practice room and walked in.

"Huh? I thought you weren't coming today." The president was a little surprised to see Saito Hiko.

Hearing this, Saito Hiko felt that the president was gloating and mocking him. Thinking that the president was the one who caused him to stay up all night to plan, he became angry: "Hey, who did I think he was? It turns out that he is the president who even has to hand over the planning to minors."

"Can't you be normal?" When the president heard Saito Hiko's words, he felt embarrassed in front of these girls.

"I'm normal." Saitohiko looked at the president and said indifferently, "And what I said is the truth. I didn't exaggerate or spread rumors at all."

The president was frustrated that he couldn't refute Saito Hiko's statement, but he soon remembered that Saito Hiko was clearly exchanging with him, so he said aloud: "But you..."

"But it's true that you used child labor, right?" Saito Yan said preemptively, "I have already sent you the plan, you are not going to say that you don't need me to do that plan anymore?"

The president remembered that he had just given the task to Saito Hiko yesterday. According to the usual progress, wouldn't it take several days to complete it?

This time it's too fast.

When the president heard Saito Hiko say that the plan had been completed, he turned around and planned to go back to the office to check it on the computer.

However, just as he walked out of the dance studio and closed the door, he remembered that he came here for something.

But for a moment he couldn't remember what he was doing here.

"Forget it, let's go and see the project that Yan has completed."

The president had no choice but to return to the office.

"The president is leaving just like that?" Hoshino Ai saw that the president left without hesitation after being scolded by Saito Hiko.

According to her understanding of the president, he rarely comes here after four o'clock. Maybe he has something to do? But why did he turn around and leave?

"Why else would he stay here? To urge you to practice?"

Saitohiko glanced at the surprised Hoshino Ai and said, "Wait a little longer, you should go home. You probably came here to slack off."

Gao Fengyue looked at the door, then looked at Saito Hiko, and continued to remain silent.

"Aren't you going to Shibuya yet? If you go any later, there will be a lot of people taking the train." Akane Watanabe reminded Saito Hiko.

"Well, let's go now." Hoshino Ai thought of the scene yesterday when she and Saito Hiko had to squeeze together on the train, and urged: "Coach, let's go quickly."

"Okay." Saitohiko nodded, then walked towards the door. Before leaving, he turned to the other four and said, "Exercise in moderation. Too much is as bad as too little. If you work too hard and get sick the next day, then you'll need to rest for several days in a row, which won't be worth it."

"Got it." X4

The four members of the group responded one after another.

Hoshino Ai followed Saito Hiko and left the dance practice room.

After the two left, Ninomiya Suzune looked at the door and said, "Are they on a date?"

Takamine Tsukuei feels that there seems to be a relationship between Saito Hiko and Hoshino Ai, but she thinks that she must not let Ninomiya Suzune and Arisa know, otherwise they will definitely want to follow her.

In order to avoid the possibility that Saito Hiko and Hoshino Ai really have an unusual relationship, and that Hoshino Ai became the leader and got the opportunity to perform because of her abnormal relationship with Saito Hiko.

In order to prevent this possibility of being discovered, she decided not to let Ninomiya Suzune and Arisa explore further, saying, "They are going to work, not to date, and the relationship between Hoshino Ai and Saito Hiko is so distant, how can they be in a relationship?"

"It seems like what you said is right." Ninomiya Suzune recalled that Hoshino Ai seemed to only respect Saito Hiko, but was not close to him. In fact, the interaction between them was not as much as that between Arisa.

"I think Takamine is right. It's impossible to have love with that guy." Arisa agreed with Takamine Tsukuyomi's statement.

"Is this really the case?" Akane Watanabe looked at the door of the room, then looked at Takamine Tsukie, feeling that she seemed to be hiding something.

"Instead of spending this time gossiping about vague things, it would be better to practice more." Gao Feng Yueyong turned around and went back to practice.

"Why are you so curly?" Ninomiya Suzune complained.

But when she saw the other two followed Gao Feng Yueyong back to practice without saying a word, she had no choice but to say, "Don't leave me!"

On the tram.

"It's still so crowded..." Hoshino Ai complained as she looked at the crowd in the carriage.

"It's normal. It's almost five o'clock now, and Shibuya is a busy place. It would be strange if there were few people."

Saito Hiko replied, taking out the ticket he bought last night and looking at the address on it.

There's still some time until the concert that I bought yesterday starts, but where is this address?

He was a little confused when he saw the address on the ticket.

"Do you know where this is?" Hoshino Ai took out her ticket and asked Saito Hiko.

"It should be near where you buy tickets." Saito Hiko replied in an affirmative tone.

He took out his cell phone, opened the map app, entered the address on the ticket, and quickly found his destination.

Fortunately, I can use the map to check, otherwise it would be embarrassing...

After checking and confirming, Saito Yan said to Hoshino Ai: "Don't worry about not being able to find the store, I know where it is."

"I'm glad to know that. I was worried that you weren't familiar with Shibuya and couldn't find it by describing it." Hoshino Ai put the ticket away.

The train soon arrived at Shibuya and the two got off together.

Saito Hiko was worried that the store would be difficult to find, so he took Hoshino Ai to look there first.

Maybe I'll run into that person from yesterday.

Chapter 78: Pay the Venue Fee

Saito Hiko brought Hoshino Ai to the store where the performance listed on the ticket was held.

Walking into the store, Saito Hiko saw various types of wine displayed in the cabinet behind the counter. There were not many people in the store at this time, only five people including customers.

After taking a quick look inside the store and not seeing the man from yesterday, he took Hoshino Ai into the performance hall.

When Saito Hiko walked into the performance hall, he found that the space was not very large.

He estimated that the area here was only about 100 square meters, including the stage.

The unlit areas in the performance hall were as dark as night.

The stage is decorated with various lights and machines used for performances.

There is a fence one meter in front of the stage, which seems to be used to prevent the audience from getting too close.

When he and Hoshino Ai entered the performance hall, there were only three men present.

"Are we here too early? There are so few people?" Hoshino Ai was confused when she saw the empty performance venue.

She picked up her ticket and checked the time again:

August 2th 27:17

The time is correct. It's almost five o'clock now. Why are there only three audience members?

Saito Hiko already knew that there wouldn't be too many people at the scene, but he was still surprised by the number of people.

That girl tried so hard to sell tickets, but in the end so few people were willing to pay for them?

Maybe her management method is wrong, an unknown idol group still relies on selling tickets to increase the audience...

Saito Hiko felt that the girl had taken the wrong path. Underground idols selling tickets... although it was a gimmick, she didn't perform any talent shows that day and just stayed in a cardboard box and shouted. This method of getting passers-by to pay for tickets probably wasn't feasible.

Underground idols usually have free tickets, and make money by selling photos, handshake coupons, special offers, etc.

But right from the start, she asked passers-by to pay for tickets to an unknown idol group.

After all this operation, there were not even many viewers.

Saito Hiko originally thought that the other party was very confident in selling tickets, and that she must have a lot of fans. He also estimated that there would be at least 20 people on the scene, but now that the show is about to start, there are less than 10 people.

He was speechless at the man's confidence, but he remained calm and replied, "It's normal for an underground idol."

While Saito Hiko was speaking, two men walked in from outside. They were surprised to see the empty performance hall and quickly found a place to stand.

Saito Hiko pulled Hoshino Ai to a corner, away from the other men present.

"But she changed into the cat-eared girl's costume, but only sold a few tickets?" Hoshino Ai felt unfair.

"Hard work doesn't always lead to rewards, and the way she's being an underground idol is wrong."

Saitohiko shook his head and replied, "If she just promoted the performance venue and asked passers-by to come and see it, it would definitely be packed, but she sold tickets in a regular concert way... to increase the audience..."

"Aren't they all the same?" Hoshino Ai looked at Saito Hiko in confusion. She didn't think selling tickets was wrong. "How can a concert make money if it doesn't sell tickets?"

"Regular performances do make money from selling tickets, but regular concerts have other related industries besides selling tickets."

Saitohiko saw Hoshino Ai's puzzled look and said, "In the early days, underground idols still had to rely on peripherals... such as handshake tickets, bonuses, photo albums, time spent with idols... etc."

"As an underground idol without a fan base, what she needs to do is not to make money by selling tickets, but to accumulate fans first. But she is wrong. If an underground idol without a big name wants to survive, she cannot follow the standards of regular idols and stars in holding concerts. Otherwise, because of the screening of basic fans, the number of fans will be very small. Once one or two fans no longer support her, then..."

Saito Hiko didn't tell Hoshino Ai everything he wanted to say.

Later he actually wanted to say, 'There are many poor idols who become celebrities.'

"I don't think that lady is selling tickets for her first concert." From the way she sold tickets, Hoshino Ai felt that she was very open-minded and asked customers to buy more tickets. It was obviously not her first time selling tickets for her concert. "Is that why she has so few fans?"

If it was the first time, I probably wouldn’t be so shameless as to ask that.

"Maybe he has some bottom line in his heart, and most likely his family is not bad, otherwise he can't afford the venue fees and other expenses required for several idol activities."

Saito Hiko guessed.

"Venue fee? Didn't the owner of this place invite them to perform? Why do they have to pay a venue fee?" Hoshino Ai was surprised that idols had to pay a venue fee.

In her impression, idols would only perform if invited by the organizers.

It should be the organizer who needs to pay the idol.

Why do I need to pay for the venue? It's not like I have to pay for my own concert.