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

"I was just joking, just kidding. After all, I'm just a high school student, Miaomeng."

Miaomeng quickly tried to make amends for herself.

"Besides, it's okay to fantasize a little, right? Who doesn't want a reliable person to support them? President Jin is a very suitable person to dream about, isn't he? Anyway, it's just a few of us here."

“That won’t do either,” Jing Qinren said firmly.

"I already said it was just a thought!"

"Even fantasy is forbidden! Fantasy is prohibited!"

"Are all second-generation students as rigid as you? Momoka-san, please help me! This is a normal emotional need after entering high school, it's not like I actually did anything."

"Can a little kitten get drunk from drinking juice?"

Momoka Kawahara elbowed Nyanmu directly.

"You high school kids shouldn't let your imaginations run wild. Don't be love-struck. Don't mistake some glamorous relationships for romantic love between men and women!"

Miaomeng complained, "That's so unfair! Isn't it normal for high school students to admire perfect people? You and I are high school students, you know! Besides, the club president doesn't even have a girlfriend. Is there absolutely no chance that Miaomeng could kiss me? I put a lot of effort into my makeup and appearance, far more than my peers!"

“Not at all. Do you have any songs written by the club president?” asked Igarashi Renna.

"The harsh truth."

Miao Meng held her head, also sensing the difference in treatment. "When will the reward song for the village chief in the shared homestead that the president mentioned arrive? I don't want to sing 'Red High Heels' anymore!"

"..." Momoka Kawaharaki fell into deep thought.

She was also thinking that no one wanted Jin Zhaozhi, so she was planning to make a move.

As for these female students, forget about taking photos now; she'll have to come.

Could it be that Izayoi Rina felt that "Black Sheep" was written for her? Judging solely from the quality of the song, "Black Sheep" is indeed excellent, but it is definitely not as good as "Sbtitle," which has over ten million plays.

According to Momoka Kawahara, although she had more interactions with Teruyuki Ima than with other entertainers, there seemed to be a hazy barrier between them; they hadn't truly understood each other. Only through mutual understanding could they develop a closer relationship and transform the confessions sung by these female students into a declaration of victory.

Upon reflection, she realized she knew almost nothing about Jin Zhaozhi.

His dream? It seems to be to make artists shine, and then what? That's it.

What's the story between SPCE and Momiji Cafe? What was his previous business experience like? What troubles does he have? What's bothering him? Momoka Kawara seems to know nothing.

On the contrary, after Ima Teruyuki said that she likes her own music and supports herself just like other idols, and that she supports herself very much, she was about to hand over all her skills.

Momoka Kawahara reflected, "Could it be that I'm actually the easiest woman to handle at E-Company?"

......Si

Even at night, Teruyuki Ima was still communicating with the assistant to the president of the agency's headquarters.

"This performance achieved unexpectedly high ticket sales, so could you please help me gather information on the artificial intelligence industry to see if there are any companies willing to accept investment or acquisition? The scale doesn't need to be too large, and it doesn't need to be a large model that companies are still developing. As long as it can respond to questions, that's fine."

"I have some thoughts on artificial intelligence, and on using AI to create a virtual streamer for live broadcasts..."

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Chapter 102 (Chapter 98): The Rapidly Expanding Firm, Brother Niu's Fake Death? (4 words)

In the following days, the firm began a rapid expansion.

Every day, Teruyuki would visit Yoyogi's office to check on their contact with AI company, hoping to replicate NeroSm's success.

In addition, he also interviews new employees at the firm's headquarters.

He already has nearly 30 signed artists, which means the agency needs at least 100 employees to work with him. This is the advantage that a commercially mature artist agency has over ordinary student bands.

Editing, operations, promotion, and even vocal coaching.

Working together for an hour as a professional is a small matter within an accounting firm, something that can be easily completed with a short overtime shift. But for a student band, this workload is an insurmountable mountain that could keep them up all night for days on end, given their lack of expertise and sufficient numbers.

Students like Yuukina Minato who want to go further in their musical careers basically have no choice but to debut as mainstream professionals; otherwise, their time in the student band would be so squeezed that they wouldn't even have time to focus on music.

During this period, the agency also received many applications from student bands.

For example, according to Imaizumi, they belong to the orthodox rock band fterglow. They are not as widely regarded in the music industry as Roseli, and are only famous in Tokyo.

After seeing the promotional material for ExElio's variety show and hearing that Roseli could "play music with peace of mind" after being signed by the agency, Uehara Himerai, the leader of the band who was responsible for contacting people, venues, and organizing performances, also began to have the idea of ​​contacting the agency.

Clearly, both Minato Yukina and Uehara Hisamari, these girls who had organized band performances, knew how torturous and time-consuming these worldly affairs were for students.

Roseli is here, so why can't fterglow?

With this in mind, they submitted their documents to the firm's desk.

In a simply decorated room in the apartment building next to the rehearsal room, Ima Teruyuki called over Ms. Akiyama, the vocal director of Maruyama Aya's agency.

He didn't do much preamble, getting straight to the point:

Does Fterglow have any signing value?

Maruyama Aya volunteered to take on more responsibility for Ima Teruyuki, and the Ps*Ple band, who had been personally taught the live-streaming technique by Ima Teruyuki at the beginning, naturally became the contract reviewers within the agency.

"The lead singer has a very nice voice."

Maruyama Ayaka quietly gave his answer.

This basically means that fterglow deserves to be signed.

After listening to their music, I realized it was a very rare rock style among student bands. Most student bands were more like the lively, energetic style of Kasumi Toyama. Otherwise, given his initial friendship with Kasumi Toyama, who had been feeding her strawberry milk tea, she would have been signed long ago.

Jin Zhaozhi looked at the other person: "Where is Akiyama-sensei?"

Akiyama-sensei was a little embarrassed:

"I actually know the band members. They were a bit too nervous when they covered 'Don'tSyLzy,' a song I wrote during my student days, and they contacted me online. I gave them a lot of pointers. So, I originally wanted to keep quiet... after all, they are people I know."

She is the vocal director of the agency, and her name is Akiyama Mio. She was a member of the light music club in high school and continued in a band into college.

As graduation approached, Akiyama Mio was attracted by the agency's generous benefits and joined the agency through the school's contact. She became a reviewer of lyrics and compositions, as well as a vocal teacher who taught the lead singer how to sing. She watched the first generation of trainees go from being trainees to debuting.

Having debuted as a first-generation member, Akiyama Mio was considered one of the original members of Imaizumi and was promoted to music director. Due to her resemblance to Anwa Subaru, she was also very popular among the second-generation members.

I inquired with Ps*Ple about it.

Hikawa Hina said, "Oh! I actually thought Udagawa Tomoe's voice sounded a lot like Akiyama-sensei's before. Could it be that she's actually related to Akiyama-sensei or something?"

"She is the older sister of Roseli drummer Ayako Udagawa."

Chisato Shirahiro said, "With so many artists, it's normal to occasionally hear similar voices. When I heard the song by French singer Clodina Saijo recommended by Ai-on, I thought it was Yukina Ko.

"So, everyone's opinion is that it's recommended?"

Of course, Jin Zhaozhi wouldn't pretend not to understand.

Since he had the recommendation of Akiyama Mio, a senior employee in the firm, and he himself felt that fterglow's abilities were up to par, then he was considered to have passed.

After chatting for a while, Mr. Akiyama mentioned something he had been concerned about for a long time.

"President, have you chosen a vocalist for the third generation? Ms. Hoshika and Ms. Ryo have been mentioning it lately."

"There are no promising newcomers in the industry, so we have to find them ourselves, which is very slow," Jin Zhaozhi said.

He signed almost all the student bands that the industry was optimistic about.

Furthermore, due to the band craze, few newcomers are willing to debut solo; they mostly debut with bands from their student days. With the outstanding performances of the lead vocalists Nakamachi Arale and Izana Izare in the first two generations, the third generation also needs a lead vocalist who can keep the stage in check.

Now, Shizaki looks towards Akiyama Mio.

"Mr. Akiyama, do you have any thoughts about becoming a lead vocalist? If not, what about the lead vocalist of your previous band? Could you recommend her? I remember her songs 'My Love Is a Stapler' and '&I' from her student days. They were very special. How is she doing now?"

"I can't do it. It's just that everyone's skill level was about the same when we were in school, and I could only sing along. I can't compare to geniuses like Arale and Nina." Akiyama Mio shook her head.

"As for my lead singer... she's a bit eccentric in her work, and I'm afraid she's not suited for the path of a professional musician. She doesn't work all day and is supported by her sister, so forget it."

"It's a pity that everyone has always thought you are very suitable for singing."

Imaizumi felt regretful about Akiyama Mio's polite refusal. "Well then, please go and supervise the first and second generation members' preparations for tonight's performance. I'll be there in a bit."

The internal meeting has ended.

Maruyama Aya and Akiyama Mio hurried to the rehearsal room next door.

Jin Zhaozhi made the phone call himself.

"Excuse me, is this the New National First Opera Company?"

"Yes, it's me again. Our third generation needs a lead singer with solid skills. I guarantee there will still be a theatrical performance segment. The second generation has already written the musical... I hope the opera troupe can part with it. I believe my signing fee can convince you."

"What do you mean, 'Don't even get involved in musicals'? Can't you make an exception for Ms. Tsuzuki's sake? Our agency is directly under Ms. Tsuzuki's control; her granddaughter is here. Is it really that hard to accept that Ms. Tsuzuki's granddaughter is the lead singer? Oh, by the way, Ms. An and Ms. Tendo are actually quite interested in our agency, so remember not to tell anyone..."

"Recommend a few newcomers? Great, very welcome. I hope the opera company and the agency can have more in-depth training in the future..." With the help of the banner of Tsuzuki Shisen, Ima Teruyuki finally got the people.

I felt a sense of relief.

He has been racking his brains lately, constantly harassing the New National First Opera Company and other opera companies in order to find a new lead singer for the third generation of performers who has been undecided for so long.

Opera can be said to be Imaizumi's ultimate dream.

According to the music industry's seven-tier hierarchy of contempt, classical music looks down on jazz, rock music looks down on electronic music, pop music is at the bottom of the hierarchy, only slightly better than rap, while the opera world looks down on all music equally.

Newcomers to the opera world are a little better off because opera audiences are really small. To make a living, many of them try to venture out, but only into musicals. This is considered excessive by veterans, and many veterans have even been angry because opera and musicals are often confused.

Jin Zhaozhi has many connections in the music industry. The opera company was very polite and did not directly say that he was not qualified to poach people from the opera company. They simply recommended a few newcomers.

He was quite satisfied with the newcomers in the opera troupe.

The status of the New National First Opera Company is comparable to that of the Takarazuka Revue. Newcomers who can enter this top-level Japanese opera company are by no means ordinary people.

The opera company reluctantly sent over the profiles of three newcomers, but could only release one, and nominally could not leave the opera company, and must also have infrequent opera performances. In short, the implication was that they could only be loaned to the agency, even for 24 hours a day, but could not actually play in the band.

This is a trivial matter; the fact that Jin Zhaozhi has the right to request personnel from the opera troupe does not stem from any contract.

After looking at them a few times, Jin Zhao immediately took a liking to the last person.

Maya Tendo, the daughter of a renowned stage actress and principal female singer, principal of the 99th class of Seisho Music Academy, and a super rookie in the opera world who just graduated this April.

After listening to Maya Tendo's song, there was no doubt that she was qualified to be compared to Arale Nakamachi and Nina Izayoi. In fact, the two of them only had a functional advantage and were completely inferior to Maya Tendo in terms of breath control.

Maya Tendo is definitely qualified to be the lead vocalist of the third generation, perhaps even too strong.

"How could an opera troupe release someone like that?"

Jiu Jinzhao was somewhat puzzled.

Was it because the two old ladies, Anwa Tendo and Tsuzuki Shisen, were of high enough status, or was there someone he didn't know behind the scenes who gave Tendo Maya a push, making him take the initiative to come to the agency?

Yan didn't care about anything else; the priority was to sign this opera prodigy.

釟......

At dusk, I descended to the northern marshland.

Shimokitazawa is usually crowded, but the area around Nichishin Says LiveHose is even more crowded. Tickets for the large studio that can hold 800 people are not even sold out!

In Japan, an 800-person performance is already quite large, and the surrounding livehouses are naturally envious.

But considering that ExElio Studio had actually sold nearly 100,000 tickets, generating about 500 million in revenue, and that these 800 offline tickets were only released for commemorative purposes, the owners were all relieved.

The interior of LiveHose is now complete, and various merchandise related to virtual YouTubers and Ps*Ple can be found everywhere. Even though the price difference between the actual cost and the price is quite large, fans still flock to buy these items and then go directly into the studio to wait for the show to begin.

Guan Renchi truly has purchasing power, which is astonishing.

Moreover, there are many foreigners in Livehose.

Two people wearing masks and hats were each holding an FMO (Film Motion Picture) doll of a virtual YouTuber, talking to their phones. They were clearly video bloggers from China who were live streaming.

One of the bloggers, wearing glasses, made a sound familiar to Bilibili viewers:

"Hi everyone, this is Fanshi! I've arrived in Shimokitazawa, Tokyo! Wow, there are so many people around! E-Company is really popular in Japan. To put it bluntly, all the young people there are obsessed with management..."

"However, we don't need to worry too much. Well-informed friends should already know that E社泣〕偲一陆$▲奺⊥0↓簱'阾刺蝟4摺代〃《购: has already registered for the performance at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai. Ps*Ple, Roseli, and the first generation members who debuted in real life will come to Shanghai as early as August! Everyone can look forward to it!"

"When I went to other LiveHose in Shimokitazawa, I was really surprised to find student bands everywhere, and their songs were all quite interesting. I should check out RiNG sometime."

Looking around, it's clear they're not the only livestreamers buying physical tickets at a premium.

In reality, only these streamers would pay such high prices to ride the wave of popularity. Fans also know that there is no difference between watching online and watching offline, it's just a matter of changing the screen size. E社 (E-Company) did not give away limited edition merchandise to people who watched the performance offline.

Now we can go into the studio, but Fan didn't go in directly. Instead, he continued to walk around the spacious LiveHose with his obviously live-streaming phone. He also had his assistant film the music stores and cafes that were located there, introducing Japanese LiveHose culture to the viewers in the live stream.

China certainly has a band culture, but it's definitely not as popular as the era of Tokyo Big Girls.

Upon entering the coffee shop, the assistant ordered two cups of Earl Grey tea, and Fan Shi himself pointed to the various girl bands with different hair colors and outfits on the wall and began to introduce them.