I was plotting against Hoshino Ai but was pushed back

Chapter 114 Expansion

"You know how powerful post-production tuning is. You don't have to worry about recording songs. Just spend more money and time." Saitohiko looked at the president with contempt. "I have enough budget. After practicing every day, I just let them record. In two weeks, they sing one sentence at a time, and they still can't make a song? Besides, if the singing is not good, the tuner can still save it. If it really doesn't work, I will hire a senior tuner at a high price."

The president was disappointed when he heard Saito Hiko's words. If he really followed his approach and spent a lot of money on a song for a newcomer who had not yet debuted and had no fame, he would definitely lose everything.

The president sighed to Saito Hiko and said, "Hiroshi, you are wasting money like this, and the effect is not good. If you really want them to be famous, you should spend the money on publicity, not on the music."

"Opening a company and signing artists and idols is for the sake of dreams, but you also have to consider making money. Let's not talk about how much profit you can make, you have to at least make back the labor costs, otherwise how can you keep the company running?"

"If the company goes bankrupt, the talents you trained will be taken over by other companies."

The president tried to teach Saito Hiko: "Even if B Komachi shines at the Spring Festival, the total sales of B Komachi merchandise will never exceed one thousand. Do you believe it?"

"Besides, they are still newcomers. It is impossible for them to sing the song perfectly. Your savings are not enough to spend. Don't go astray again."

Saito Hiko knew that what the president said was true, but he did not intend to spend the money on publicity and promotion.

After all, if you rely on money and overwhelming advertising, even an unknown newcomer can still get huge traffic.

But he didn't want to do this, because if B Komachi's development went too smoothly, they would definitely become arrogant and their tempers would definitely develop.

It will be difficult to manage at that time, and in addition to management, it may also cause a series of problems.

Therefore, Saito Hiko pretended to be relaxed and said to the president: "Isn't it easy to make money? I just invested in some things recently, and the original 10 million has become 20 million."

The president was startled when he heard Saito Yan's Versailles, then looked at Saito Yan with envy and said, "What on earth did you invest in? The profit is too outrageous. Take me with you!"

"In fact, I'm just lucky, not because of my strength." Saito Yan knew his own situation and said in a nonchalant way, "If I'm unlucky and you lose money, I can't take the responsibility."

"Alas..." When the president heard what Saito Hiko said, he knew that what he said was true, but he still felt unhappy.

I always feel that he will make money in the future because of various "luck".

Forget it...I don’t want to think about it anymore.

The president sighed in his heart and said to Saito Hiko, "No wonder you are so arrogant. It turns out you are making money again. Because you make money so easily, you have become numb to the numbers. You just think they are just numbers and have no sense of reality."

"That's why you're so arrogant. Never mind. It's up to you. Only when you get hurt and lose everything you've got will you learn a profound lesson. Anyway, this is just your personal asset. Do as you like."

The president gave up preaching to the inflated Saito Hiko. He felt that it would be difficult for Saito Hiko to listen to what he said now.

The president felt that in Saito Hiko's eyes, he must be a failure.

After all, Saito Hiko knew that the amount of money circulating in the company's books from the Berry Pro he ran exceeded 100 million yuan every year, but the actual profit figure was not this.

The incoming figures are large, and the expenditures are also large.

The book profit was over 100 million, and the expenditure was also over 100 million.

It's just barely enough to keep the company running and avoid bankruptcy.

"You don't have to be like this. I'm very rational. I'm not acting on impulse. You have to trust your own judgment."

Seeing the president's momentum weaken, Saitohiko encouraged him and said, "I also know the importance of publicity, but I don't want them to become famous too early. Fame too early will make them think they are geniuses, and their mentality will swell, which will lead to some bad things."

In fact, he just felt that if idol activities were too frequent, Hoshino Ai would definitely need to practice extra and rehearse with other members.

As a result, she had less free time and was completely obsessed with practice and performances.

This is not a good situation.

He also feels that the current atmosphere among the B-Komachi members is not particularly good.

They just envy the idols shining on the stage, and were pulled into the group by the president, so their faith is probably not very firm.

He felt that the idea that becoming an idol was a common goal among them was not very firm.

The president was very surprised to hear Saito Hiko's words. He thought he was getting cocky, but he was not. He even planned B Komachi's growth path.

"Since you don't want them to become famous too early, why don't you let them perform in LIVE HOUSE stores? Wouldn't they be able to practice if they performed there? You know that kind of place, even if every performance is full, it will take a long time to accumulate fans." The president asked Saito Hiko with doubt.

"LIVE HOUSE stores can indeed train people, but you can think of me as discriminating against those stores. If you encounter extreme fans who insist on rushing onto the stage during a performance, there will definitely be problems. After all, idols being hugged by fans is something that is unavoidable even on regular stages, let alone in a small store without security."

Saitohiko answered the president.

"Since you have foreseen how things will develop, why do you want to look for me now?" After the president knew Saito Hiko's thoughts, he decided not to pay too much attention to B Komachi's affairs.

"Didn't I tell you? It's time to start making B Komachi's peripherals." Saito Hiko replied, "You can't expect a twelve-year-old kid like me to negotiate with the factory, right?"

"If they saw that the person they were negotiating with was me, I think they would either turn around and leave, or ask for an exorbitant price."

Saito Hiko said in a helpless tone: "No matter how much you don't treat me as a child, I am still a child~"

This is a lie.

Although he was indeed twelve years old, he was already 1.59 meters tall. Even if he still looked a little immature, if he went to negotiate with others, the other party probably would not say anything.

You can get away with it by using your baby face as an excuse.

The average height here is not very high.

The reason why he said this was simply because he felt it was troublesome and wanted the president to take away these jobs.

The president originally thought that Saito Hiko would say something, but when he heard this, he immediately realized his intention.

The president did not hesitate to expose Saito Hiko's thoughts in person and said, "So you said so much just to get me to run errands for you?"

Chapter 115 This Is Not a Math Problem

"How can I have such great power to ask you, as the president of Berry Pro, to run errands for me?"

Saitohiko denied the president's statement and continued, "I just gave you the investigation report. Besides, can't you say that you are employing child labor by asking me to do something?"

When the president heard Saito Hiko mention the word "child labor", he felt that he was threatening him.

"I'm really scared of you. Every time you come here, you never bring good news."

The president knew that he would have to help Saito Hiko again this time.

"Don't slander me. I'm just bringing you good news, right?"

Saitohiko took out the plan he brought today and handed it to the president: "This is the plan I wrote overtime overnight. It has been arranged clearly for you."

The president took the plan handed over by Saito Hiko. He took a quick look and felt that the plan was not very good: "Didn't you say that you wanted to suppress the progress of B Komachi's fire? What's wrong with this stage design?"

The president saw in the plan that the Spring Festival was designed to be similar to a concert.

There was no way the organizers could arrange it like that, so he thought that Saito Hiko would definitely spend money again.

"Isn't it enough that I don't advertise for them? And you also know that even if this performance ends perfectly, it's impossible for them to sell too many peripherals."

Saitohiko explained, "I budgeted 1,000 yuan for each of them to sell peripherals, and 10,000 copies of the single. I estimate that if even one-fifth of them can be sold, it would be a miracle."

"Although I know you make money easily, you can't waste it like this!"

When the president heard about the amount of inventory Saito Hiko had prepared, he became anxious.

He didn't want to be nagged by Saito Hiko's parents in the future. He was working in his company, but ended up being treated as a playboy who didn't take money seriously.

"It doesn't matter. The total stock is only 17,000, not much."

Saito Hikoshiki gave some data perfunctorily: "Didn't you say that the Spring Festival had at least tens of thousands of people coming in? It should be no problem to sell a few thousand, right?"

He feels that in the end, love-related peripherals will definitely sell the most.

The peripheral products of other members probably won’t sell very well.

This is just his personal feeling.

"Don't take foot traffic as a proxy for people buying things! This isn't math!"

When the president heard Saito Yan's calculations, he was numb and couldn't help but raise his voice: "If you don't tell the truth again, I will revoke your authority!"

When Saitohiko heard the president say this, he knew that he was really angry.

He had no choice but to walk over and whisper his thoughts: "As you know, the relationship between the members of B Komachi is not very good right now. There is even a new member who just joined, destroying the original atmosphere."

"I think we can use this Spring Festival to let the other members know that Ai is not only the leader, but also the one most loved by the audience and fans."

When the president heard what Saito Hiko said, he immediately understood. It turned out that what he called fairness was actually paving the way for Hoshino Ai.

"Aren't you afraid that other members will steal the spotlight?" The president looked at Saito Hiko and asked him.

"No, absolutely not!" Saitohiko shook his head and denied it, and said: "With the dance steps I arranged now, although there are opportunities for everyone to show their charm, the protagonist is still love."

"Didn't you say before that you would give them equal opportunities? Why are you making trouble over this again? Aren't you afraid that they will retaliate against your love? Say that she didn't keep her promise, and start internal friction within the team?"

Chapter 116 This is my duty

"How could I let this happen?" Saito Hiko looked at the president expressionlessly, "They have a part in the dance steps and the song. How can you say this is a betrayal? It's much better than you originally wanted to use them as backup dancers."

After getting to know Himura, Saito Hiko conducted a brief investigation on him and also obtained the lyrics of the song commissioned by the president.

In the song, there is only one person who is the lead singer, and the others are mostly chorus, with no solos.

"Don't talk nonsense. I'm promoting B Komachi, not loving anyone." The president denied.

Saito Hiko asked back, "We have been training for a month, and I prepared the stage for the performance. Where is the stage you prepared?"

When the president heard Saitohiko talking about his responsibilities, he thought that he had not started preparing yet and planned to consider pushing them after a while, so he started to defend himself: "Don't I just want to train them more?"

Seeing that the president refused to admit his mistake, Saito Hiko said, "But the training you mentioned refers to the song I got from Himura? But the lyrics there are only one lead singer, and the others have no presence. How do you explain this?"

"I clearly commissioned Himura to compose a custom song for B Komachi." The president pushed all the responsibility onto Himura, who wrote the lyrics and composed the music.

Seeing that the president still refused to change his words, Saito Yan said, "Then next time when Mr. Himura comes over, you can confront him face to face?"

When the president heard Saito Hiko making a fuss about this matter, he tried to change the subject and agreed to his request: "Go ahead, I will help you with everything."

"You took the initiative to ask to be busy. I didn't force you." Saito Hiko deliberately said this to the president.

When the president heard what Saito Hiko said, he put his hands down on the table, clenched his fists, and said through gritted teeth: "B Komachi is originally a group signed by the company. As the president, it is only natural for me to help them produce peripherals and record songs!"

"You will be the one to pay for the expenses, right?" Saito Hiko asked with a smile, setting him up for a trap.

"Of course! Now that you have finished your report..." Before the president could finish his words, there was a knock on the office door.

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"Get out after your report!" The president said to Saito Hiko in a low voice, then coughed to clear his throat and said, "Come in."

The three people who walked in were Ninomiya Suzune, whose collar was a little crooked, Takamine Tsukuei, and Watanabe Akane, who were dressed normally.

Just now, when Ninomiya Suzune pulled Takamine Tsukuei and Watanabe Akane out of the lounge and ran to the office, Takamine Tsukuei stopped the reckless Ninomiya Suzune on the way and persuaded her not to open the door and walk in directly.