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

She responded and stepped into the overly spacious music classroom, where she saw the thick textbooks.

"Wow!"

No, Chuhua, you can't be scared.

When you become an idol,

You can find it there...

"Then we can find Xiao Xiang!"

Miku Miku, with her chin resting on her hand, wore a sweet smile as she dreamed of the future.

Win-Wing, an agency invested in by Toyokawa TGW Group, is making a strong showing. Yesterday, it was announced that she and Mana Junta will perform at the opening ceremony of a commercial building in central Tokyo.

She frantically searched for all information about Toyokawa Shoko, only to discover that Shoko's father, Toyokawa Kiyoko, was the president of Toyokawa Realty, the building's investor. She and her sister had met Shoko and Mr. Toyokawa when they were children; she figured she could contact Shoko through him.

The thought of "stealing" her younger sister Mitsumi Hatsuka's identity and having despicable contact with the boy who had saved her from darkness made her snort softly.

"Chuhua?"

Junda Mana leaned closer curiously. Despite being just as young as her, she exuded a sweetness akin to a donut. "What made you so happy? Why are you laughing so happily?"

She also smelled of donuts, sweet and delicious.

The three Hatsune Mikus blinked, transforming back into their gentle "Hatsuka," and chuckled softly, "I was thinking that after our debut, our music videos will be playing all over Tokyo."

"You're already thinking about things a thousand years from now?"

Junda Mana smiled and took a bite of the donut.

Despite saying that, she seemed to have no doubt about her popularity and appeal. Perhaps this is the confidence of a five-time champion in an amateur singing competition—she can become famous with anyone.

...sn

On the other hand, while the employees were already making progress, Jin Zhaozhi was not idle either.

Also located in Minato Ward, Tokyo.

Inside a small idol agency, after carefully reviewing the materials in his hand, he signed his name on the contract, saying, "I'm very happy to be able to cooperate with you."

"It is my pleasure. The price you offered is also quite generous."

The two negotiators representing the former firm's boss quickly stood up and shook hands. "Well then, we wish Mr. Jin all the best. Please excuse us."

They had never encountered such a difficult and sharp acquirer, who utterly discredited their firm. Although they were indignant, they had no grounds for rebuttal.

The two left hastily with the business contract in hand.

After negotiations, Imaizumi bought the management rights of the agency for 2400 million yen, along with the five-member idol band Pstel*Plettes signed under its label.

His offer was a bit overpriced, but that's not a big problem. Just consider it as buying registration, permits, and the very troublesome membership in the music association and artist association. The minor artist can be considered a freebie.

The agency originally had more artists, but they were all mediocre. He took them and their staff away and transferred them to another agency owned by the original boss.

Several idols from Ps*Ple, including Aya Maruyama, Chisato Shirasagi, Hina Hikawa, Maya Yamato, and Eve Wakamiya, have great looks, but their popularity is only average and they are not very popular.

It's probably a problem with the operational strategy; if I were in charge of the micromanagement, it would definitely be very different.

In other words, from now on, Jin Zhaozhi is the boss of this firm!

Main text: Chapter 5, Chapter 5, the goal is to learn Chinese [One B Limited to Six]! Nine"÷Seven (∷Eight∧⌒≥

The first thing Jin Zhaozhi did after becoming the owner of a small firm was to hold a meeting.

He told his temporary assistant, "Since there's still some time before the end of the workday, please call all members to the conference room for a short meeting. I'd like to get to know everyone first, and then we can discuss future development."

"Yes."

The temporary assistant responded and hesitated for a moment after operating the phone for a while. "Um, it seems that Ms. Maruyama is working a part-time job, and it looks like the other Ps*Ple members can't come either."

"Working?" Imaizumi was taken aback. "I didn't see any performance schedule."

"No, I'm going to work at a fast food restaurant."

"?"

He received an answer he had never expected.

You mean, a legitimate idol artist from an agency works at a fast food restaurant?

He had just glanced at Maruyama Aya and the others' artist contracts. Good heavens, they signed contracts with this agency when they were in junior high school, and now they're about to go to university, and there are still five years left on the contracts!

The assistant, quick to read the room, immediately tried to please the new boss: "They usually arrange their own rehearsals, so they're probably used to being free and undisciplined. I'll go and reprimand and urge them on..."

Jin Zhaozhi's face looks a bit dark:

"Shut up! Call the rest of you to a meeting!"

Is the person acting so carelessly an artist? Probably just their agency!

He had anticipated the chaotic state of this small firm, but he hadn't expected it to be this good.

He took away most of the two hundred people from Q's original agency, mostly from operations, talent agents, and marketing departments. Those who weren't bored and focused on losing money, like talent scouts and editors, remained at the agency.

None of the operations staff he removed were human.

n is not human at all.

For example, Aya Maruyama was a trainee for three years before debuting, which was half a year longer than her brother.

Qi finally made it to the agency's decision to form an idol band, but in their first year, the agency demanded that they lip-sync, regardless of their actual skills. As expected, an accident occurred: the sound system malfunctioned, the lip-syncing was caught on stage, and the band was ruined.

What else is there to say? A genius.

He stroked his chin, beginning to doubt:

Lu wondered, "Could it be that the owner of this firm also has a money-losing system?"

Jiu Jinzhao could only think that the agency boss was losing money by relying on the money-losing system framework, otherwise it wouldn't make sense. Why did his company do the opposite of everything during the Big Girls Band era?

After a while, the firm's employees all came to the conference room.

The moment Qi entered the conference room, he saw the young boss sitting at the front, flipping through documents. News of the firm's change of ownership had already spread while he was conducting business negotiations.

The good news is that the new boss seems to have the natural air of a successful businessman, as if everything is under control and he runs the firm with confidence, which gives the employees, who were working in an environment where the firm could go bankrupt at any time, a sense of security.

As for the original employees, all we can do is wish them good luck.

"It's a pleasure to meet everyone,"

A clear voice echoed in the conference room.

Jin Zhao put down the documents, glanced around at the employees, taking in their various expressions, and paid special attention to a few employees who were crossing their arms and looking somewhat impatient.

His expression remained unchanged, and his tone was the same: "I won't go into a self-introduction; you'll all have plenty of time to get to know me later. Today, I want to talk to you about two things: first, to clean up the atmosphere in the firm, and second, to decide on the firm's new direction."

"First, salaries will be increased for everyone. I'll announce the specific amount at the meeting tomorrow morning when everyone introduces their team's role."

The employees applauded enthusiastically, creating a lively atmosphere.

In any case, no one would refuse a raise.

Imaizumi paused for a moment, then continued, "Secondly, there's the question of where the agency should go from here. Let's start with the existing Ps*Ple. Consider the previous loose management as a special privilege the agency offered to underage girls; now we need to pay more attention to them."

"Train them towards becoming online video bloggers, and don't neglect the market across the strait. While they're still at their peak learning ability, hire a Chinese teacher for them. The marketing team should coordinate with me to market some trending topics like 'Bilibili-exclusive gaming for learning Chinese'..."

"Yes, I previously signed a promising newcomer through a suit company. I need to transfer her to the agency as soon as possible so she can work with Ps*Ple to research the environment on the other side..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the conference room was filled with suppressed whispers.

After all, there aren't even virtual YouTubers yet, let alone the amazing ways they've developed to make money. In his previous life, he always saw which Japanese girl was doing a Bilibili-exclusive event, and her popularity exploded, her viewership soared, and eventually, the Japanese girls and their fans went viral.

Ps*Ple's business capabilities are mediocre, and with the lip-syncing scandal looming in Japan, what else can they do? They can only develop in the direction of "Tokyo University is great, I love Tokyo University".

This is nothing new in the business world; if you can't win in the fierce competition, you can shift your strategy.

Among Japanese girl bands, this agency of Ima Teruyuki's is probably making its first foray into cross-strait business. Coupled with the marketing techniques he learned in his previous life, it wouldn't be difficult for them to ride the wave of popularity.

Some people understand very well what it takes to make a living this way in their home country: "Won't this cause other firms and online..."

"As long as there's money to be made, that's fine. Even if someone accuses me of being a foreign worshipper, they're probably just the barking of a stray dog ​​that can't make money from both sides," Jin Zhaozhi replied simply.

Just kidding, how many people are there in Japan compared to those on the other side of the strait?

In the fiercely competitive idol and girl band industry, where Aya Maruyama works, what kind of difficulty is it to create a Bilibili-exclusive video featuring cute girls and rake in money?

Afterwards, many people raised numerous questions, some tactfully and some bluntly, all of which Jin Zhaozhi answered one by one, as if he had prepared them in advance.

His confident demeanor reassured many employees.

Change is a good thing; things can't possibly be worse than before.

After patiently waiting for the discussion in the meeting room to end, he added:

"This will be the main business direction for our agency going forward. In addition to recruiting artists, we will also contact motion capture technology companies, illustrators and Live2D animators to create a batch of virtual characters that can synchronize with human faces... We'll talk about whether to have them appear in real life later."

In the world of virtual YouTubers, appearing on camera as a real person was a taboo in the early days, but as more and more streamers went hungry, the taboo was gradually broken.

Jin Zhaozhi doesn't have a similar complex. If she is a beautiful girl, appearing on camera in person will only increase her popularity. Appearing on camera is also part of marketing.

Just make the virtual avatar look almost exactly like the real girl.

Alternatively, there might be female artists who are initially reluctant to appear in public but possess considerable musical talent, like Do, a super-talented female singer whom I admired greatly in my previous life, whom even the Kohaku Uta Gassen (Red and White Song Battle) couldn't let show her face. In that case, they could just use a virtual avatar from the start.

Main Text: Chapter 6, Ancient Style DJ "Weak Water Three Thousand"

Tokyo, next to a shopping plaza.

A pink-haired girl walked out of the fast food restaurant, exhausted, and let out a sigh of relief. After finishing her part-time job to make a living, she put on her sunglasses and baseball cap and took out her phone.

It was Aya Maruyama, the lead singer of the idol band Ps*Ple.

"Huh, why are there so many messages?"

She had originally planned to search her name to peek at netizens' comments about her, but instead discovered a lot of messages from her agency. After looking for a while, she learned that the agency had changed owners, and all the other artists she used to see had been moved away.

Surprisingly, Maruyama Aya showed little emotional reaction.

Her expectations for the industry may have died after three years as an idol trainee, but they are only being buried now.

"Never mind, it probably won't change anything."

Maruyama Aya silently took off her baseball cap.

This is a common requirement in the idol industry. If someone is photographed on the street, especially if it's just a random snapshot of a small hotel they happen to pass by, it could be a fatal blow to their career. However, she didn't care.

She is not famous enough to be recognized, and even hopes that one day she can experience the feeling of being recognized as an idol.

In other words, her future will likely be that she will be abandoned by her agency due to her low commercial value, and then she will go to university with her bandmates who also got into Yotsuba Women's University to study literature.

"Damn it, I really want to experience what it's like to be a star, that kind of shining and radiant feeling—oh no!" Because she spoke too fast, Maruyama Aya bit her tongue.

"It hurts..."

Then, a call came in from the firm.

"I am Maruyama Aya."

Maruyama Aya answered the phone with a very corporate slave-like air. Because of the lingering pain in her tongue, her voice sounded like she had a lisp, and an indescribable sense of bleakness enveloped her.

Moreover, she missed the office meeting because of her part-time job, and might even get scolded. ＼0′〔★〈★‰

His idol career is now completely ruined, my friend.

There was a pause on the other end, followed by a voice:

"I am the new president, Jin Zhaozhi. The agency has new arrangements for your band. The new artist contract has been sent to you. In addition, please tell the other band members that the agency requires them to learn a song within two weeks."

"Oh, alright……"

The other party hung up the phone as soon as they finished speaking, and Maruyama Aya didn't even have time to react. "That's it? I thought I was going to get scolded... The agency called, so there must be some new event arrangements or performances, right?"

She started looking through the messages Jin Zhaozhi had sent her.

The agency has new projects and new contracts; things seem alright. Even if this new boss, Imaizumi, does nothing and lets them continue rehearsing on their own, it's still better than the agency's previous operating methods, right?

"Yeah, a little bit of marketing and promotion will do."

"I'd be willing to participate in variety shows."

Maruyama Aya imagined it for a moment: they were an idol band, and unless their agency suddenly produced a hit song, their only way to gain popularity was through variety shows. Although Japanese variety shows loved to prank people, and there were always plenty of participants, she wouldn't refuse.

"Wow, there are new group outfits, though they don't quite look like kimonos. Has the agency made a fortune?"

"What does it mean to announce joining Bilibili?"

"What does the agency want us to sing... Ancient style DJ? What's the meaning of the Japanese adaptation of 'Weak Water Three Thousand' DJ version? 'Memories of Farewell to the Nine Gates' DJ version? The band doesn't even have a DJ, what kind of songs are these?"