Losing money, mygo, what does it mean that I really lost money?

"...Kaguya-sama: Love Is War sequel, recommended. Ghost in the Shell, recommended. Food Wars! sequel, recommended. The April anime season is halfway through, and these are all excellent shows. There's also the Fruits Basket sequel; if your tastes are similar to mine, I think you'll like it too..."

Just then, Fan Shi finished reviewing the April anime season and clicked on a video from ExElio's main studio. "Then, let's take a look at this, the strongest new anime of April, which is coming late."

"This is a video released by E社, the agency behind the recently popular Ps*Ple. It's about the formation and disbandment of a girl band. How should I put it, it's a kind of fan-made work."

I know, it's the one from "My Confession".

I checked it out. It's presented in a format similar to Glgme/visual novel. It seems to be a rushed production of a radio drama with added content and extra budget, but it wasn't big enough to be made into an animation.

To be fair, it's quite interesting; at least releasing three episodes at once was satisfying.

[The voice of Aine in this episode is provided by Sakura Aine. Follow Sakura Aine, thank you! Moderator, I only watch Sakura Aine, the sweetness will never fade! ...]

[Meow Dream is going live! Please follow Meow Dream, thank you Meow Meow, kiss!]

[E社, what about my PS*Ple Shanghai show? What about my China tour? E社 management, I know you're watching, but please don't let your idols watch "Empresses in the Palace" (a popular Chinese drama), what if there's internal conflict within the group?]

"Although it's just a visual radio drama right now, E-Company says there are already plans to adapt it into an anime... We can pop the champagne now. It's an original masterpiece, and we can treat MyGO as an original anime series."

Fan glanced at the comments; they were mostly from the past few days.

Ps*Ple's popularity on Bilibili is dominant. Although they don't have as many fans as some veteran content creators, their videos consistently rank among the top in terms of views, which speaks volumes about the talent of these five girls.

7 Whether it's the animation section or the dance section, they basically try to ride the wave of popularity whenever possible.

Maruyama Aya watched the first two episodes of MyGO during her live stream this afternoon, which successfully attracted many viewers to watch the radio drama. Some Ps*Ple fans even donated money directly.

"Let's take a look."

Fan Shi clicked on the MyGO radio drama. Although it was free material, it wasn't used much on Bilibili. Against the backdrop of a rainy day in Yoyogi, Chopin's "Raindrop Sonata" played soothingly.

There are no obvious animated scenes, but the sounds of leather shoes stepping in the rain, splashing water, and cars driving by create a surprisingly immersive experience. Amamiya Shoko, whose name has been digitally altered, walks in the rain and arrives at Crychic's rehearsal room, where she is immediately greeted by Nagasaki Motoyo…

"So who is this guy, and is the rehearsal room here?"

Meanwhile, on the other side, Shiina Tatsuki was also watching this radio drama.

Watching her defend "Crychic's lead singer," Himegami Higanbana, whom she didn't even recognize, she couldn't bear to watch. Who was this person? Did she even know her? She seemed less impressive than Arale Nakamachi…

But upon hearing Xiangzi's breath towards Yang Gongfei, the code written within her body was simultaneously activated. Even just hearing the sound, Shiina Tatsuki recalled that unpleasant day.

"That girl talks nonsense... E-Company has said so many nice things about her."

She listened with some annoyance.

With its dynamic virtual character illustrations and corresponding Live2D animations that occasionally deliver intense performances, the overall plot of MyGO is quite easy to understand. The first episode's plot revolves around that guy leaving the group, and then Sakura Aine, who appears out of nowhere, wants to form a band with Hitomi Hino, and then she stops him...

Does she seem like someone who would be very protective of Consort Yang?

Shiina Tatsuki Akiki (from the drama series "Skirt'≥：8－∴々∧∫") finally couldn't take it anymore and turned off the radio drama. "Tsk, no, I can't watch it at all, I can't get into it at all. This unfamiliar little animal lead singer is so strange, is it some kind of bird?"

If Yang Gongfei were truly on Crychic, she would have already been criticized by her several times over.

These comments are really too much. She just really admires Arale Nakamachi and hopes to have the same talent as her. How did she become a drummer's bodyguard who is dedicated to protecting the lead singer?

"Lixi, come help me over here~"

"Okay." Shiina Riki took off her headphones and hurried to the counter of Red Leaf Cafe No. 2.

……

On Bilibili, "MyGO" has received very positive reviews, but its popularity isn't particularly high. After all, it's just a radio drama, not a more visually appealing or easily understood animation.

The number of plays barely surpassed that of the first episode of "Love Voice Emotional Radio," so it can continue.

However, the positive reviews are truly high.

Fanshi and Pingzijun152 each released a video to celebrate the first three episodes of the MyGO radio drama, living for the moment. Fanshi directly announced that he had secured the best original content.

"Yes, I love watching this, I love this kind of thing! As for the 'Demolition Team Sister' in it, I'll just call her that. E-Company has also announced that she's a member of the second generation, which means it's a project that combines virtual and reality. E-Company will probably continue to invest resources in it..."

I opened the MyGO radio drama clip on Fanshi and watched the Crychic members' initial interactions with a "doting auntie smile" almost the entire time. It felt like the evil villains were being redeemed.

"If this group is like this, then it's worth continuing to invest."

Jin Zhaozhi watched his video and breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as the fans enjoy watching it, that's enough. It's not an anime, so he doesn't expect casual viewers to like it either. He calculated that adapting the MyGO radio drama into an anime would require approximately 80 million yen.

It's almost double the amount of Toyokawa Real Estate he bought.

"..."

The thought of Toyokawa Properties brings me unbearable pain, so much pain.

Aside from the funds the firm kept for development, he lost about 30 million yen on Toyokawa Real Estate. Because it was personal funds (multiplier -2 and gradually increasing) plus a special proportion of stocks (multiplier -5 and gradually increasing), there would be a cold 90 million yen lying in his account. Let's see how it goes with using a portion of it to create half of MyGO.

While browsing through the radio drama reviews, he also found a highly-rated comment.

【Sea Cat Complex: #LookingForward】

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"Huh? Why is there a business message on E社's official Bilibili account...?"

Jin Zhaozhi discovered a rare collaboration.

No, it's less about scarcity and more like a windfall:

[Hyperhorn Networks: Hello, this is Hyperhorn Networks Technology Co., Ltd. from Shanghai. We are interested in a collaboration between Arknights and your radio drama MyGO. The collaboration would include characters and event storylines. We have already contacted your business account for details...]

Main text: Chapter 57 (Chapter 55) Mobile game collaboration, the final piece of the puzzle with Mjic

"Mobile game collaboration?"

In the rehearsal room, Takamatsu Akari and Chika simultaneously uttered confused sounds.

The former basically doesn't play games on her phone; she only edits her own original, fantastical stories for a long time before publishing them. Chihaya Aine does play games, but only the most popular ones, and she uninstalls them after a few days.

Jin Zhaozhi explained, "Your virtual avatars will appear in the mobile game, and a special limited-time gacha pool will be launched for you to draw from, with the agency taking a cut. In addition, as a commercial project, you will also play it once or twice during your live streams, and Bilibili will use the data feedback to decide whether to extend it into a regular program."

"Oh, so you mean streaming your gaming?"

Chihaya Aine breathed a sigh of relief.

She thought it was something else entirely.

In reality, although Ps*Ple has a large following on Bilibili and uses many gimmicks such as being the "first streamer with 2000 ship characters," its revenue-generating ability is actually quite insufficient for the mobile game market.

In other words, this was almost entirely based on the producer's preferences.

The collaboration did not help the game itself at all; on the contrary, the agency gained a lot of traffic from outside its core audience. It was almost as if Arknights and Hypergryph were unilaterally driving traffic to the agency.

It was an immense fortune, and Jin Zhaozhi had no reason to refuse.

As far as he knows, there are quite a few games that use public funds to support celebrity worship.

For example, Azur Lane collaborated with Hololive in February 2020 in its previous life.

Game companies typically prepare for events six months in advance, which means they started planning the collaboration with Hololive as early as mid-2019. At that time, Hololive was a nobody on Bilibili and in Japan, and it had no effect on the wildly popular Azur Lane in Japan.

Azur Lane essentially drove a surge in popularity for Hololive.

Unexpectedly, ExElio Studio is now also receiving a surge of traffic.

"What kind of game is this? Who are the characters scheduled for collaboration?"

"We are still in negotiations. After learning about the plot, Hypergryph was quite interested in our agency's second generation members, but because we don't have enough second generation members, we had to choose the first generation members."

Jin Zhaozhi recalled Hypergryph's requirements.

"Hyperion hopes to select three members from the first generation to be released as a limited 6-star character, a limited 5-star character, and a 5-star gift character, respectively. The currently confirmed ones are Hina Hitomi, Aine Sakuraba, and Obilivionis."

"Why are you bringing along second-generation members...? Isn't Little Sheep Sister's star rating higher?"

Chihaya Aine harbored a slight resentment.

The first generation members are still debuting one after another; even Miaomengqin only debuted yesterday.

Miao Mengqin's debut performance was similar to hers, but her subsequent fan data on YouTube lagged behind, and the gap was even greater on Bilibili, because Chihaya Aine had "Sakuraba Aine's One-Hour Smile" as a foundation.

As a result, the second generation hasn't even started airing yet, and their popularity is already catching up?

"Because the MyGO radio drama focused most on developing the second-generation captain and the girl next to you, Himeko." Momoka Kawahara leaned in. "That doesn't really matter. What I'm more concerned about is, how dare this game company collaborate with real people? Aren't they afraid of being criticized?"

Imaizumi said: "The link is a fictional character in the MyGO radio drama, which has nothing to do with real people. This is a clever trick that allows people to say that the character has nothing to do with the voice actor, or even with the radio drama."

Kawara Momoka scratched her head.

As a musician who dropped out of high school, she has some say in music, but she really knows nothing about live streaming and gaming. She might even have to steal viewers from her teammates' live streams.

She thought for a while:

"Even if the name is the same as the real person? Oh, that's true, it seems they've changed quite a bit of the name. What a cunning company. In that case, their revenue share will be reduced, right?"

"The revenue share doesn't matter at all; traffic is the most important thing."

"That makes sense, then we've made a profit."

"Aiyin, I know this is very tight on your schedule. You need to familiarize yourself with the gameplay of this mobile game, and also get to know a little bit about other games. As your popularity on Bilibili increases, various games will send you game requests, and you'll get a share of those requests..."

Faced with Chihaya Aine's pleading expression, Imaizumi coldly issued the task.

Ps*Ple has a stable audience of 50,000 online viewers, and the game deals they offer are very high, a price that neither Imaizumi nor Ps*Ple can refuse, allowing them to operate daily.

Commercial orders are also an important part of live streaming revenue.

The ideal scenario for most virtual YouTubers is to both collect money from clients' orders and create entertaining content that makes fans happy. Virtual YouTubers who achieve this are usually quite successful.

two……

On the opposite side of the soundproof wall of Jiu, is the rehearsal room for the second generation.

Toyokawa Shoko gathered her three members.

“It’s great to meet you all. Now there are four members in the second generation. In order to make our debut, I plan to start rehearsals early. We can’t wait for the fifth member to arrive before we start training.”

Although she was wearing her usual clothes, behind her hung a concept image of the veMjic group uniform, which had been modified by industry professionals commissioned by the agency. It was a red and black gothic dress.

3. "Let me introduce myself. I'm Oblivonis, please call me by that name when I'm active in veMjic. You guys are the same. Lead vocalist, Dolores!"

"Yes!" Jing Qinren took a step forward, head held high and chest out, looking somewhat excited.

Lu: "Drummer, Moris!"

An and Subaru fidgeted awkwardly with their fingertips.

"And the guitarist, Mortis!"

The taciturn Wakaba Mutsu gave a soft, almost inaudible "hmm".

Toyokawa Shoko nodded slightly, quite satisfied with the current lineup.

In her opinion, everyone in her veMjic band has the skills of a professional player and doesn't have to worry about family pressures; it's simply the perfect band of her dreams.

"We're going to rehearse three songs today."

"Three poems?!" Jing Qinrencai never expected that the workload would be so large right from the start.

“VeMjic, Black Birthday, and the song I wrote especially for you, Black Sheep. You must really like Empty Box, right? Then you definitely won’t hate Black Sheep.”

With confidence, Toyokawa Shoko handed the sheet music to the lead singer she favored.

Her confident demeanor seemed to be imitating someone in the agency.

Jing Qinrencai took the three sheet musics and subconsciously started looking at the lyrics.

The first thing she saw was "Black Sheep" at the very top:

[Someone let out a sigh / But that was your true feeling, wasn't it? / Black Sheep / Yes, if only I disappeared, / Then the stopped hands would start turning again.]

How can an answer that everyone can accept truly exist? / If I'm the only one who objects, I might as well just ignore it. / Trying to persuade me will only make me feel worse. / To my companions, with whom I'm exchanging glances, I'm just a burden.

“…recruit…々秫』≮羣：b{¨柒％＠陆六@＿糤≠思！｀贰…”

Jingqin Rencai, who had seemed quite energetic, fell silent.

"Furthermore, there's no need to worry about the lack of a bassist."

Toyokawa Shoko took out a piece of paper clipped to her pocket, a faint smile of complete control on her face. "Just yesterday, a very strong guitarist submitted an application to our agency."

"After the evaluation, I am willing to let her join veMjic. Rather than a bassist for the sake of the band's integrity, I would prefer a guitarist with strong skills, considering the availability of supporting musicians."

"Without a doubt, we have obtained the trump card to win!"

Main Text: Chapter 58 Author's Note on the Release of the Book

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