Zongman: There are a few beautiful girls who like me

However, her hands were still holding Kitagawa Yu and she did not let go. She even lowered her head so that it rested on Kitagawa Yu.

This made Kitagawa Yuu smile bitterly in his heart.

However, after hesitating for a while, Kitagawa Yu pretended nothing had happened and took over the topic calmly.

“After recording, I still need to mix and adjust the sound, but I already have an idea of what the final effect will be, so this part of the production is still very fast. If everything goes well, I should be able to complete the production and release it on Spotify today.”

"What about YouTube?" Tsukimi Eiko asked curiously.

“It may be delayed for a while on YouTube. Even though I originally planned to put the MV of this song on the free channel, as our first single, we need to ensure that the quality is high enough. Otherwise, when the paid channel is opened, even fans may not pay to subscribe.” Kitagawa You explained.

The operating model of Spotify in this world is similar to that of the main world. Both adopt a paid membership model, which means that you can listen to all songs for free after paying for membership.

Independent musicians and music companies who upload their works can earn corresponding income based on the number of times the songs are played.

Large and powerful music companies can sign separate agreements with Spotify to adjust the profit-sharing ratio, while for ordinary independent bands and musicians, the profit-sharing ratio is fixed at 50%.

However, Spotify's traffic revenue is very high. 100 million plays can generate 190 million yen in revenue, so even if you can only get 50% of the share, it is not a small amount.

To give a simple example, YOASOBI's "Running Into the Night" has been played more than 6 million times on Spotify in its previous life.

In this way, even if the independent musicians receive a 50% share, their actual income from this song is as much as 5.7 million yen.

However, this kind of revenue model would be somewhat unfriendly to low-level independent musicians who have no popularity. After all, the number of plays for a song by those low-level independent musicians may not even be one or two thousand.

It takes a lot of time and energy, but I can't even earn 1,000 or 2,000 yen. I might as well work in a restaurant or convenience store.

In contrast, YouTube is more flexible as it allows users to freely set the mode of "free" or "paid" based on individual channels.

First of all, the free channels on YouTube are truly free. Although you need to watch ads, it is not like Spotify where you have to pay a monthly membership fee of 1540 yen before you can enjoy it for free.

However, correspondingly, YouTube's traffic revenue is slightly less than Spotify.

Free channels mainly generate revenue through advertising revenue sharing based on the number of video views.

The creator’s share is 55%, and the actual income from 100 million views is about 60 yen.

This is only equivalent to 95% of the revenue that Spotify earned from one million plays and 60 yen.

Therefore, many high-quality video creators who make a living from this, as well as idol groups who like to gain fans, prefer to set their personal channels to a paid model.

If you want to watch the channel content, you have to pay extra to subscribe.

And the specific subscription fee can be set by the creator himself, even if it is set to 10 yen per person per month.

In addition, creators can get 70% of the profits.

Even if an idol group only has one or two hundred real fans, as long as they are ruthless enough, they can now earn a considerable income every month by posting videos on YouTube.

Although Kitagawa Yu has no intention of ruthlessly harvesting fans, he is also preparing to put all the song MVs on the paid channel and set the monthly subscription fee at 150 yen.

In the Japanese music world of the past, there were fifty or sixty singers, bands, and groups whose personal YouTube channels had more than one million subscribers, and more than thirty with more than two million. The highest number of subscribers was Kenshi Yonezu, who had 100 million.

Ado and YOASOBI's personal channels have 700 million and 680 million subscribers respectively.

Then, with the help of the works of these people in his previous life, it shouldn't be too much to have more than 600 million subscribers to his channel, right?

In this way, 150×0.7×600W, the income he can get from YouTube alone every month is as high as 6.3 million yen!

75.6 billion yen in a year!

I have to say that in Japan, singers do have better financial prospects than actors.

No wonder there are so many people playing music here.

Kitagawa You originally planned to start making the song's MV after finishing "Sunflower". At that time, he would shoot some materials himself and see the effect. If it doesn't work, he would find a professional photographer and editor, or simply find an artist to make the kind of animated MV that was very popular in his previous life.

However, because of the sudden invitation from Yoshida Ginjiro, the MV production plan has to be postponed slightly.

"Speaking of which, Sony Music's previous YouTube channel THE FIRST TAKE seemed to be quite popular, with more than four million subscribers... So can we learn from that 'model'?"

THE FIRST TAKE refers to 'a non-reproducible way of enjoying music'. Simply put, it imitates the environment of a recording studio, giving the singer only a microphone, a pure white background, and a camera position, without any audio editing or tuning.

Let the singer perform a one-shot, no-NGs singing in a quiet and simple environment to see what level the singer's singing skills are.

To be honest, if you play it this way, it will really torture some singers and idols.

However, if you can shoot MV in this way, it will undoubtedly be much simpler.

"Hmm... When Yingzi-chan is recording a song later, I'll also use this method to film it!"

“Even if it can’t be made into a music video directly, it might be able to be used as material for making music videos later.”

"Or just put it on the free channel as a bonus feature..."

While chatting with Tsukimi Eiko, Kitagawa Yu was silently calculating in his mind.

Because Tsukimi Eiko's two plump devil fruits were completely pressing on him, and the two thin layers of B material in the middle were completely unable to block the amazing C feeling, so he could only distract himself by thinking about these things to keep himself calm.

Fortunately, when the train arrived at the station, although Tsukimi Eiko was reluctant, she still took the initiative to let him go.

This made his breathing, which had been somewhat difficult due to the heavy weight, finally return to normal.

Then......

As soon as the two of them walked out of the subway car, Tsukimi Eiko took the initiative again and put her arm around Kitagawa Yu with a blushing face.

She was obviously extremely shy, and even her hands and feet were trembling, but she was still extremely determined and refused to let go.

This made Kitagawa Yu's eyes twitch, and it seemed like a crow was flying over his head.

Chapter 90 Awkward Encounter

"Oh my god, did I open it the wrong way?"

"He was apparently normal when he was having breakfast, but how come he became so bold after leaving the house?!"

"Did it add some buff that I don't know about?"

I felt that if I pulled out my arm now, Tsukimi Eiko would definitely fall down because of her weak legs.

Kitagawa Yuya had no choice but to reluctantly allow Tsukimi Eiko to hold his arm so intimately.

Then, it seemed as if fate wanted to remind him that if he made a wrong choice, all subsequent choices would be wrong.

He and Tsukimi Eiko had just walked out of the subway station for a short while when they ran into Kawaharaki Momoka and Yasuwa Subaru who happened to be walking out of a building on the side of the road.

"Huh? It's you!?"

Obviously, as a "fan" who had just met her last night and was the only one who had bought her CD in the past three days, Kawaharaki Momoka, who always claimed that she cherished her fans, recognized Kitagawa Yu at the first sight.

"..."

To be honest, at this moment, even with Kitagawa Yu's intelligence and thick skin, he didn't know what to say.

The atmosphere became visibly awkward.

"Hello, I'm An He Subaru, Momoka's friend. Do you know Momoka?"

Fortunately, An Hesuba, the "Little Angel of the Thorn Group", stepped forward in time before the atmosphere slipped into an even more awkward situation.

"This should be considered an acquaintance, right?"

Beichuan You regained his composure on his face, and introduced himself seriously: "My name is Beichuan You. Last night, when I went to the station with my classmates to catch the bus, I happened to see... Momo-chan's performance and bought her CD."

"By the way?" Kawaharaki Momoka, whose brows had just relaxed, couldn't help but frown again when she heard this.

"Then who is this?" An Hesuba stepped forward in time and looked at Tsukimi Eiko.

"Nice to meet you. My name is Tsukimi Eiko, and I'm the lead singer of the band You." Tsukimi Eiko first glanced at Kitagawa You, and then introduced herself with a little bit of distance.

Then......

"band?"

"Singer?"

After hearing this, Momoka Kawahara and Subaru Anhe showed surprised expressions on their faces as expected.

Immediately afterwards, the surprise on Kawaharaki Momoka's face quickly turned into suspicion, as if she was suspecting that Kitagawa Yu was a liar who used the band as a cover to deceive the feelings of young girls.

This made Yuejian Yingzi, who was unaware of the inside story, feel very dissatisfied.

In order to protect Kitagawa Yuu, the usually weak girl bravely said loudly: "Yes, I am the lead singer of the Yuu band, and we also received Shinjuku... Shinjuku L..."

"It's Shinjuku LOFT~" Kitagawa Yu reminded from the side, feeling a little amused.

"That's right! We have also received an invitation from the manager of Shinjuku LOFT to perform at Shinjuku LOFT!"

Now, Kawaharaki Momoka, who was originally suspicious, and An Hesuba, who had just calmed down, were shocked again.

“Shinjuku LOFT!?”

"Are you not mistaken?"

"That's one of the most famous performance halls in Shinjuku. Those who can perform there are at least some well-known underground independent bands. You...could you have been deceived by this guy?"

Kawaharaki Momoka couldn't help but ask three questions in a row, and even An Hesuba at the side tried to pull her back but failed.

"This is the business card of Ginjiro Yoshida, the manager of Shinjuku LOFT. Also, he and the band Pathological Hackers, which is the mainstay of the place, are friends on my Line. Do you want to see it?" Kitagawa Yu frowned and said expressionlessly.

If Kawahara Kimoka hadn't said that last sentence, he might have just laughed it off and thought there was nothing wrong with Kawahara Kimoka's kind heart.

But Kawaharaki Momoka happened to add that last sentence, which made the situation completely different in nature.

"Is this... really Manager Yoshida's business card?!"

Momoka Kawaharaki had performed at Shinjuku LOFT several times when she was with the band Diamond Stardust, so she recognized at a glance that the business card in Kitagawa Yu's hand was real.

In addition, Kitagawa Yu's confident look made her believe that Kitagawa Yu was not lying or deceiving Tsukimi Eiko.

As for Kitagawa Yuu's suspected two-timing... according to what Yamada Ryo said in "Lonely Rock", this is not a big deal in the underground band circle.

Just like smoking, drinking and perming hair, the vast majority of people in the underground band circle are alcohol, women and rock and roll.

So...this is embarrassing!

Momoka Kawahara couldn't help but scratch the corner of her mouth, with obvious embarrassment on her face, but if she was asked to bow her head and apologize to Kitagawa Yu, she would feel too embarrassed to do so.

As a result, the atmosphere between the two sides became tense again.

"I'm so sorry, please forgive Momo-chan, she really didn't have any bad intentions!"

In the end, it was An He Subaru, her good friend, who took the initiative to step forward, bowed 90 degrees, and apologized to Kitagawa Yu on her behalf, which once again resolved the awkwardness between the two sides.

However, in this way, although Kitagawa Yu could no longer continue to haggle with Kawaharaki Momoka, he became even more disdainful of Kawaharaki Momoka.

You know, he originally had a contradictory feeling of both admiring and hating Kawaharaki Momoka's character of insisting on herself and refusing to compromise.

He admired her because he himself was unwilling to give up music, give up making money, and go to Kyoto to be an ordinary college student just for Okita Sayo's inexplicable dream of becoming a jockey.

As for the dislike, it’s because... Okita Sayaka is also so persistent in being herself!

He had hinted and reminded her so many times that they had agreed a long time ago to form a band and make music together, but Okita Sayaka still insisted on her dream of becoming a jockey.

For this reason, in the original anime, Okita Sayaka failed to be admitted to the Kyoto riding school because her devil fruit was too big and her weight was not enough. She even gave up everything and went abroad to study at an equestrian school so that she could continue to pursue her dream.

This level of stubbornness is simply invincible!

Didn't she ever think about how her friends and lover would feel after being separated?

"Subaru-chan is so unlucky to have two teammates, Momoka Kawaharagi and Renai Isen, who are ten thousand times more troublesome than Pochi-chan. Even that drunkard Kikuri Hiroi is a hundred times better than these two guys..."

Beichuan You couldn't help but secretly complain, and the end of the scale in his heart that represented hatred rose sharply.

If the position of drummer had not already been taken by Himemiya Karen and Yanami Kyouna, he might have poached An and Subaru right in front of Kawahara Momoka.

"Forget it, it doesn't matter, we'll take our leave first!"

After saying this, Kitagawa Yu pulled Tsukimi Eiko around the two of them and continued walking forward.

Then......

Soon, both parties discovered awkwardly that they seemed to be heading in the same direction, and even...

"Huh? Kitagawa-kun and Tsukimi-chan are also going to this recording studio? Could it be that Kitagawa-kun and Tsukimi-chan are also going to record a song here?"

"hehe......"

Looking at An and Subaru who looked excited, Kitagawa You couldn't help but reveal an awkward but polite smile.

If you don't go to the recording studio to record songs, is the purpose to do it to drink coffee?

"Me and Momo-chan are also here to record songs, because this is the studio with the best equipment and the highest cost-effectiveness among all the independent recording studios nearby."

An and Subaru continued speaking in a very familiar manner.