I was plotting against Hoshino Ai but was pushed back

If you just don’t rest for two or three days, you won’t have such obvious dark circles.

No wonder he slept so soundly yesterday at the Live show even though it was so noisy, and she was needed to wake him up at the end.

No wonder he was sweating on the tram after doing so little exercise yesterday.

It turned out that he had not gotten enough rest during this period and his physical condition had deteriorated.

Hoshino Ai recalled the details of their time together.

When I first met Saito Hiko, he didn't have dark circles under his eyes.

But not long after they started school together, his eyes gradually turned darker...

I asked him once before, but he just brushed me off.

After recalling, Hoshino Ai found that Saito Hiko's face seemed to have gradually developed dark circles under his eyes since he met her.

Could it be that...he has been preparing for the lessons for me during this period of time after returning home at night?

And during this period, he stayed up late because he was writing plans for his coaching job?

And then yesterday you started to feel overwhelmed?

The more Hoshino Ai thought about it, the more she felt it was possible, but it was still just a guess.

So she tried to use a serious tone to ask Saito Yan: "Tell the truth! How long has it been since you had a good rest? Don't try to get away with it!"

"Not long, just these two days... ha~ah~..."

Saito Hiko was replying to Hoshino Ai's words, but he suddenly felt sleepy and yawned to wake himself up.

"..." Saito Hiko was speechless at the sudden yawn. It was such a bad omen that he yawned at this time.

Now she will definitely let me go back and rest...

Hoshino Ai listened to Saito Hiko's excuses and knew that he was still trying to fool her.

As a result, he yawned after only saying half a sentence, which made her feel that Saito Hiko really hadn't rested for too long.

Let him go back to sleep?

Hoshino Ai felt that if she let Saito Hiko go home and rest, he might still stay up late.

And it was impossible for her to go to Saitohiko's house to monitor his sleep.

No cell phone...

If I had a cell phone, I could at least call him at night to check on his bedtime...

Hoshino Ai thought for a while and suddenly remembered that he fell asleep at the concert yesterday.

Just let him rest like we did yesterday.

But does this really work?

"Ha~ah~..." Saito Hiko yawned again after just finishing yawning.

I told him to have a good rest yesterday, but he definitely didn't do it, and he must have stayed up late again last night.

Hoshino Ai listened to Saito Hiko's continuous yawns and decided to let him take a rest tonight.

She smiled and said to Saito Yan: "Let's go, didn't you say you wanted to take a rest?"

Saito Hiko felt that Hoshino Ai's smile was a little subtle. He had just yawned twice.

Are you laughing at him?

Forget it, I won’t guess anymore.

If she wants to say it, she'll say it.

Saito Hiko nodded and took Hoshino Ai to the cafe that had good reviews.

After ordering, Saito Hiko found that Hoshino Ai was looking at him, as if she wanted to say something.

Chapter 83 Heartache

"Just say whatever you want to say." Saito Hiko took the initiative to ask Hoshino Ai.

Hoshino Ai felt that now was not the right time for him to sleep, and it would be best to let him sleep after he finished eating.

"I was just thinking, aren't they objectifying themselves by doing this?" Hoshino Ai expressed his confusion about the trio. "Although it's not a good way to put it, I just feel that they are objectifying themselves and then selling them at a price. This kind of underground idol situation is obviously abnormal, right?"

"But if they don't do that, they won't have the funds to sustain themselves."

Saitohiko thought for a moment and replied, "They may have struggled in their hearts, but since Rika gave up her dignity to become an idol, we have no right to criticize her."

"Aren't we qualified?" Hoshino Ai repeated Saito Hiko's words, feeling that his idea was wrong.

What she was talking about was not Rika from the trio, but the situation of underground idols.

Hoshino Ai felt that Saito Hiko had misunderstood her words, so she added: "I'm not talking about her, I'm asking you why they became like this."

Saito Hiko thought that since he had repeatedly stressed that idols have no money and cannot make money, Hoshino Ai would know that the root cause is that they have no money. But when she asked again, he said, "Because the answer is very simple, they just have no money."

"Didn't I tell you a long time ago that idols earn very little money?" Saito Hiko looked at Hoshino Ai in confusion.

He still remembered that he had told Hoshino Ai in the president's car a month ago that idols' salaries were very low.

"Did you say that?" Hoshino Ai replied without thinking.

"..."

Memory...

Saito Hiko was worried about Hoshino Ai's memory, but after a moment of worry, he remembered that she had brought up old things before. It was obvious that her memory was definitely not bad, but she just didn't think at all.

"Can't you just recall it?" Seeing Hoshino Ai's reply without hesitation, Saito Hiko had to remind her: "I said that in the president's car a month ago."

When Hoshino Ai heard the key words, she tried hard to recall them and found that she seemed to have an impression of them.

"You really did say that." She thought for a moment and then asked, "But according to what you said, 200,000 yen is not a small amount, right? It's enough to cover the minimum consumption."

"You remembered to figure out h for the 200,000 yen, but did you forget what I said later?"

Saito Hiko felt that Hoshino Ai might not remember it, so he continued, "Two hundred thousand yen, that's the profit sharing if the peripherals are still popular, but I also said that if the peripherals don't sell, the idol will lose money."

"But I don't see them looking like they won't be able to sell their products." Hoshino Ai mentioned the trio's popularity at the merchandise store.

"That's because they sell the original flavor... They mainly focus on the edge, and their fans are very loyal, so the vendors will appear to be very popular."

Saito Hiko paused to collect his thoughts, "But have you ever thought about how much income they actually have despite the seemingly popular situation?"

He threw the question back to Hoshino Ai.

The price on the vendor's watch was reminiscent of Hoshino Ai. There were almost twenty people left at the scene, so it must be at least a million, right?

"Their merchandising is going so well, they should be able to sell for more than 1 million yen, right?" Hoshino Ai answered in an uncertain tone.

Saito Hiko shook his head, and as he was replying, the waiter brought up the drinks and food they ordered.

As it was evening, neither of them ordered coffee.

Just ordered juice and snacks.

Saito Hiko put the straw into the orange juice, took two sips, and then wanted to drink milk tea.

But there is no milk tea here.

I should have ordered the same thing as her just now.

Ai Hoshino, who was sitting opposite him, ordered a glass of milk.

Saitohiko sighed in his heart and continued, "Don't think that every fan will go crazy shopping on the store just because the numbers on the price list are big and the prices are expensive."

"Based on my observations just now, the fans present spent between 10,000 yen and 20,000 yen."

Saitohiko told Hoshino Ai what he had just observed, "Maybe you think it's not a lot, but there are three of them, so it needs to be divided by three."

"There are only 17 vendors. Even if each of them buys goods at the standard of 20,000 yen, the highest turnover is only 340,000 yen. 340,000 divided by 3, the result is an average of 113,333 yen per person."

Saito Hiko asked Hoshino Ai, "Do you think this is too much?"

"We can earn more than 110,000 from one performance, which is a lot." Hoshino Ai feels that the income of the trio is not low.

"If they can earn this much from every performance, it's really not low, but the problem is that after their fans buy the merchandise, it's hard for them to spend 20,000 yen like this time even if they come to the show again. After all, they already bought a lot of things last time, so it's impossible for them to buy the same things again, right?"

"So they need to take new photos, right? They need to change into new clothes for the new photos, right? And then they have to pay the photographer, right? They also need to pay the venue fee mentioned before, right? And then they have to rent a house, buy food, and pay for water and electricity..."

Saito Hiko threw a series of questions to Hoshino Ai.

When Hoshino Ai heard so many things that needed spending, she suddenly felt that she couldn't save the 110,000 yen at all.

Not only can you not save, you can't even survive on this little pay.

She was silenced by Saito Hiko's question.

"What I said just now was the ideal situation where they can get each fan to spend 20,000 yen. The production of peripherals also costs money. Even if the original flavor is the grand prize, it will cost a lot of money to purchase. I'm sure you know the price better than me." After Saito Hiko finished speaking, he picked up the small cake-like snack in front of him and took a bite, then chewed and swallowed, drank the juice, and waited for Hoshino Ai to digest so much information.

Hoshino Ai thought that Saito Hiko had said enough before, but she didn't expect him to bring up the issue of the original flavor again.

Of course she knew that even if those things were relatively cheap, the prices would not be too low, otherwise various problems might arise. Even disposable ones were very expensive, not to mention that given their situation, they would definitely not choose disposable ones.

After all, we have to consider the reputation of fans... and it is impossible to use it only once.

Otherwise the price will be more expensive than buying a good one.

Hoshino Ai took a sip of milk and started eating the snack. She was tired and didn't want to do this kind of math problems.

Saitohiko saw that Hoshino Ai was silent after being asked a series of questions by him, and felt that this was too much of a blow to her, so he counseled her, "Don't worry, you won't become like that."

Why would I worry about that now? I'm just annoyed by the amount of stuff you're bringing up.

Chapter 84 Scored twice

Even if it's true, you shouldn't ask me so many rhetorical questions at once!

Hoshino Ai lowered her head, picked up the snacks on the table and ate them, then drank them with milk.

Inwardly, he rolled his eyes at Saito Hiko.

Saito Hiko waited for a while, and when he saw that Hoshino Ai was still silent, he said, "Do you understand now?"

"Yes, yes, you are right." Hoshino Ai didn't want to get entangled with Saito Hiko on this issue anymore.