Tokyo: The Beginning of the Gauze Female Devil

"Wow, Onii-chan..." Seeing Matsumoto Arina's playful expression, Shimizu Ai hugged Fujii Itsuki's neck from behind the driver's seat with a wronged look on her face.

The female ghost is born naive and jealous. She is also a vixen, but when she sees a wild vixen outside, her radar goes off and she angrily wants to go up and fight her.

Often, they would be frustrated and angry, and in the end they could only cry and complain to Fujii Itsuki.

"What's wrong?" Fujii Itsuki turned his head and glanced at her eyes, which had been trying to squeeze out tears for a long time but to no avail.

"This woman..." Shimizu Ai pointed her fair and tender index finger at a superstar sitting in the passenger seat who was wearing a purple dress and a khaki windbreaker.

"Don't be so distant, little sister Ai." Matsumoto Arina, who had the upper hand, continued to add fuel to the fire.

"You can call me Sister Arina, or Sister Matsumoto."

"It's better to call you a shameless vixen!" Shimizu Ai's little mouth seemed to be touched by honey, and she couldn't help but spit.

"Huh?!" Matsumoto Arina's expression froze. She was just about to put aside her idol image and show off her language skills when Fujii Itsuki interrupted her at the right time.

"Alright, you two, shut up!"

He glanced at everyone unhappily.

"Ai Yi, didn't I tell you to review at home? Why are you out here so early in the morning?"

"This is not Ai-chan's fault..." Having just stabbed Shimizu Ai in the back, Kawachi Ono stepped forward in time to make amends.

"I asked her to go out with me to buy records."

"Humph--"

Shimizu Ai snorted lightly and turned her little face away in a rather arrogant manner.

I don't know if it was to express dissatisfaction with Fujii Itsuki and Matsumoto Arina, or to express dissatisfaction with Kawachi Ono. Or maybe it was all three.

"It's cold outside. Now that you've bought the records, you should go home early. We still have room to go to other record stores." Fujii Itsuki turned his head to look at the tsundere girl sitting in the back seat.

"No, I won't go back!" Shimizu Ai's cheeks suddenly puffed up.

"Why do you have to..."

"it hurts--"

“Wow, I’m sorry, Onii-chan!”

Covering half of her face that was pinched red, Shimizu Ai's female ghost form was interrupted by Fujii Itsuki before she could transform.

"If you're not coming back, fasten your seat belts and come with us!"

As Fujii Itsuki spoke, he pulled the black seat belt on the driver's seat.

"Hey, going to a record store with a big star!" Kawachi Ono's eyes lit up and he couldn't help but reveal an expectant expression.

"It's like a secret visit!"

Shimizu Ai narrowed her beautiful big eyes and looked back and forth between Fujii Itsuki and Matsumoto Arina.

"Ai will always be watching you!"

"Buzz-"

The engine roared, Fujii Itsuki stepped on the accelerator, and the white Porsche Panamera drove steadily in the cold winter air.

……

The four of them walked around the record stores of all sizes in Shibuya and found that there were long queues in front of almost every store, and it was impossible to squeeze in.

Some record stores even put up signs saying "out of stock" and "sold out"!

The level of popularity is almost equivalent to the top stars in today's entertainment industry!

At a critical moment like this, presidents Fujii Itsuki and Matsumoto Arina should not leave the office for too long and need to stay in the company.

So he asked Shimizu Ai and Kawachi Ono to go home early after shopping, and he drove Matsumoto Arina back to Matsumoto Entertainment Building in Akasaka.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, six hours after "LOSER" was released, major record stores sent sales figures.

"Tuk-tuk-tuk."

The knock on the door was short and powerful, as if revealing the excitement within.

"Mr. President!" Secretary Futaba Asada and agent Asami Uesugi stood at the door of the office and came together to announce the good news.

"Come in." In the vice president's office, Fujii Itsuki and Matsumoto Arina were sitting behind the desk, having obviously been waiting for a long time.

"President Fujii, President Matsumoto, the CD for the first 6 hours is out!"

As soon as he entered the door, Asada Futaba, who had received the news firsthand, couldn't wait to speak.

"How much, 30,000 or 40,000?" This concerns the rise of the agency and whether it can maintain an alliance with Fujii Itsuki. As an artist and president, Matsumoto Arina is more anxious than anyone else.

"...I guess it should be 60,000." Fujii Itsuki tried to guess as high as possible.

60,000 on the first day, which was double their previous estimate of 30,000 sales!

"It's not 60,000..." Asada Futaba's brows were raised with joy, her pretty face under her short hair smiled, and she looked at Asami Uesugi on her right.

The two said in unison: "It's 80,000 sales!"

"Eighty thousand?!" Upon hearing this number, Miss Matsumoto, who has always been well-informed, couldn't help but shrink her pupils and almost lost control of her expression.

6 sales in hours, which means that the daily sales will definitely exceed , and the minimum sales in the first week can reach !

What does 400,000 in the first week mean?

Since the Reiwa era, Kenshi Yonezu is the only one in the Japanese music scene to achieve first-week sales of 500,000!

And Matsumoto Yuuna, who just debuted, was able to enter the first week sales ranking with just a single CD!

This is not just something to look forward to in the future, she is the top female singer of the new generation!

……

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Chapter 328: More profitable than robbing a bank (thanks to "Black and White Reversed V" and "Across the River Fire!")

In the spacious vice president's office, the usually elegant Miss Matsumoto stood up from behind her desk excitedly with her mouth half open.

She thought the sales would be higher than expected, but she never thought it would be this high!

The sales of 1299 copies in the first week are based on the basic model priced at yen.

40 basic tickets multiplied by 1299 yen equals 5.196 million yen!

The sales share that Matsumoto Entertainment can get is 54.6%.

5.196 million multiplied by 54.6% equals 2.83 million yen!

In just one week, the agency earned 2.83 million yen! (≈1381 million RMB)

Although this is only before tax, it can definitely turn Matsumoto Office from loss to profit!

In addition, of the CD sales revenue, the agency gets 54.6%, record stores get 30%, lyricist and composer Fujii Itsuki gets 3.4%, and the rest is divided between the publishing house and the Music Copyright Association.

As for the singer Arina Matsumoto, she could only get 0.9% in the end!

The agent will take another portion of this 0.9%. This is also the reason why Japanese artists generally earn less than Chinese artists.

However, CD sales are only one aspect. There are many other ways to make money, such as announcements, commercial performances, TV dramas, variety shows, etc. Being an artist is still a high-paying profession.

How many young people are trying their best to get in; the tens of thousands of underground idols in Tokyo are not just an exaggeration.

What's more, Matsumoto Arina is not only an artist, but also the president of Matsumoto Entertainment Agency. Like Fujii Itsuki, she can get money from both ends.

After doing a rough calculation in his mind, Fujii Itsuki also got a similar number.

2.83 million yen in just one week!

And there is only one artist, Arina Matsumoto, and one single CD.

If we follow the guidelines he set, we can expand the base and cultivate more high-quality singers, actors and hosts, covering music, movies, TV series, variety shows and other fields.

After a pause of several seconds, Fujii Itsuki's heart, which had been as calm as the surface of the water, was then filled with turbulent waves.

"It's more profitable than robbing a bank!"

He remained calm in times of crisis. Unlike Matsumoto Arina who was ecstatic, Fujii Itsuki calmly performed his duties as president after a brief shock.

"Asami..." He moved his lips and spoke seriously to Asami Uesugi who was sitting in front of the desk.

"Please use Youcai's social media account to send a thank you message."

"By the way, Youcai's first album is already being prepared!"

"Yes, President." Asami Uesugi nodded respectfully, her eyes filled with admiration.

As Matsumoto Yuina's agent, she knew that the lyrics and composition of the CD, as well as the subsequent promotion and marketing were all done by Fujii Itsuki.

"Fuye..." Fujii Itsuki turned his head and looked at the girl with short hair next to Uesugi Asami.

"Yes, President." Asada Futaba's pretty face turned serious and she tensed her beautiful body.

"Go and notify the ministers of each department to come to the 11th floor for a meeting."

"Yes, President!" Asada Futaba stood up straight and answered in a loud voice.

"Is the president finally going to call it quits?"

"Let's go, there are some vegetables..." After giving the two instructions, Fujii Itsuki turned his head to look at the girl beside him who had long chestnut hair and a pretty and delicate face.

"Let's go together."

"Forget it..." Matsumoto Arina smiled and shook her head to refuse, leaving the great opportunity to improve her prestige to Fujii Itsuki. Of course, this was what Fujii Itsuki deserved.

"I agreed that you would be in charge of all matters in the firm, big or small."

"As an artist, singing, dancing and recording CDs are tiring enough for me."

"You're so lazy, Arina..." Fujii Itsuki smiled slightly and asked with amusement.

“Is this your firm or mine?”

Hearing this, Matsumoto Arina shook her head again, smiling like a flower, and corrected it in time: "Wrong, to be precise, it's our office!"

As soon as the words fell, the spacious vice president's office fell into silence, with only the sound of a few people breathing.

"President Matsumoto and President Fujii seem to be in love!"

Asami Uesugi stroked her frameless glasses and thought gossipy things in her mind, as if she was trying to find a couple.

On the other hand, Futaba Asada beside her had a pair of beautiful eyes twinkling slightly.

"What a disgusting couple!"

She bit her lower lip lightly with her pearly teeth, and suddenly felt uncomfortable.

"strangeness."

"I came here for the money and the job, not to be Fujii Itsuki's mistress. Why..."

Asada Futaba put her slender thighs wrapped in black stockings together under her hip skirt and lowered her pretty face slightly.

"Why do I feel a little sad?"

"…Why are you two still standing here?"

Matsumoto Arina was ready to give Fujii Itsuki a romantic French kiss, but her eyes inadvertently caught sight of two light bulbs standing in front of the desk.

Then, her eyebrows, as beautiful as distant ink, suddenly raised.

"Just do what you need to do!"

"Forehead……"

"Yes, President Matsumoto." Asada Futaba and Uesugi Asami bowed together and left the vice president's office with different feelings.

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Akasaka Matsumoto Entertainment Building, conference room on the eleventh floor.

After Fujii Itsuki instructed Asada Futaba to notify everyone, the heads of various departments gathered in the conference room early.

"Secretary Asada, didn't President Fujii tell us the topic of the meeting this time?" A newly promoted director of the agency department asked Futaba Asada who was standing next to the big screen with a bit of confusion.

"Have the sales figures of President Matsumoto's CD come out?" the Finance Department director, who was more flexible in his thinking, asked.

"How long has it been?"