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

I don't know what reason Toyokawa Shoko used to persuade me, or what decision I made, but even though it would be seen as disgracing the Toyokawa family, Toyokawa Seikaku started airing.

Because it was just a disheveled middle-aged man drinking, the response was lukewarm, with only about a hundred viewers on Twitch. He didn't turn on his voice or respond to the comments, as if he was immersed in his own world.

He only turns on his mic and talks for a while when viewers ask him to recommend a beer.

A few days later, a small Japanese beer brand contacted him, placed an advertising order, and even sent him two free cases of a small-brand beer. The advertising fee wasn't much; he just needed to drink a few sips during a live stream and recommend it.

As a result, Toyokawa Kiyoko finished it all in one day!

The small brand was terrified and contacted his agency overnight, begging him not to die.

Later, they learned that this "Qinggao" was a genuine heavy drinker; he wasn't forced to drink. Two cases of beer were only enough for him from morning until noon, not enough for the evening—he was truly a legendary heavy drinker.

After this battle, the online streamer "Qinggao" gained some fame, with his viewership rising to six hundred. So many people watched Toyokawa Qinggao drink every day, doing nothing else, yet they faithfully watched the advertisements. The income wasn't high, but at least the advertising and commercial orders were enough for him to buy a lot more Asahi beer each month. *Hiss*

Jin Zhaozhi watched it briefly when it started airing, and then stopped paying attention.

In the future era of Douyin (TikTok), influencers worthy of hype will be a crucial source of traffic. However, these influencers are not suitable to be associated with the girl band members; they will all be signed to other platforms.

Toyokawa Kiyotaka, who drinks every day, is insignificant, even though he can really hold his liquor.

Seeing him always reminds Imaizumi of the heartbreaking events at Toyokawa Properties.

Now, Zhao Zhi has focused his energy on more important matters: negotiating with Sony Music and releasing an album.

Online digital albums are manageable, but offline physical albums are beyond the agency's control.

Album sales carry significant weight on the Oricon music charts, and releasing albums is essential for becoming a top-tier agency in the industry. For the first and second generation members, releasing their own albums is likely a dream come true, even if it means losing money.

Moreover, given their current popularity, it's impossible for the release to be a loss.

The agency is releasing two albums. This month, they will release the first generation's album, "Something That Shines Brighter Than Love," with the title track "Sbtitle." Next month, they will release the second generation's album, "For Whom the Bell Tolls," with the title tracks "Black Sheep" and "Dissonance."

Sony Music was very accommodating, perhaps due to the agency's extensive network of contacts. They handled the pressing, logistics, and distribution of the physical CDs, without participating in production or promotion, and did not request copyrights. They only charged the agency a basic distribution fee of 200 million, and subsequently collected 17% of the album's revenue.

Sony Music was somewhat surprised to receive this agency agreement.

In their view, since ExElio Studio's "Black Sheep" was able to top the Bilibord Japanese trending chart, there must be a resource company behind it planning to boost the chart, right?

Why not just let the resource company continue to issue them?

The Bilibord Japan trending chart has little value. Top companies in the industry can make any artist or group they want to promote climb to the top if they want, but it will consume a lot of resources.

7 Therefore, they believe that Jin Zhaozhi's presence in Tibet is due to his connections. Besides his acquaintance with Tomoyuki Tamate and Shifune Tsuzuki, he must also have connections to the new prince of the music world.

......

"Relying solely on gimmicky marketing and the support of a few elders in your family won't get you far. Music can only speak for itself. If you're truly geniuses, then prove it to me (with album sales)."

This is a defiant statement posted on Twitter by the head of Wing-Wind Studio.

They still didn't name names.

Fourthly, in Japan, where seniority is highly valued, she didn't dare to speak arrogantly to Shifune Tsuzuki. Instead, she dared to express her defamatory opinions in a shady, underhanded manner, like a rat or cockroach in a sewer. Even when pointed out, she could argue that her words were neutral, without any obvious defamatory intent, and that they were all over-interpretations.

Clearly, her role in creating the Smimi idol group, which gained some fame in Tokyo, gave her a lot of confidence that wasn't hers. She believed that the success of Junda Mana and Misaki Hatsune was all because of her, and had little to do with the promotional resources of the Toyokawa Group behind her or the artists' own strong abilities.

Just a few days after the rain, ExElio and Sony Music announced the release of the album "Something That Shines Brighter Than Love," priced at 3300 yen per copy on online stores.

In its first week, h sold 32,000 units, generating over 100 million yuan in sales.

It's no secret that Nakamachi Arale gained countless fans with her unique voice and naturally instrumental vocals. Imaizumi Teruyuki's marketing strategy for her is basically a replica of the path taken by the super-popular female singer Do. Meanwhile, Takamatsu Akari in the recording studio also demonstrated amazing talent.

It wasn't actually that amazing, but compared to the performance of an ordinary person who has never even been to a karaoke bar, Gao Songdeng was simply a god. Yang Gongfei was also called the "God of War in the Recording Studio" by fans and industry professionals.

The head of Wing-Wind Studio is heartbroken.

You're already making enough money as a virtual streamer, why do you need to sing such great songs?

How can someone be both a business operator and a singer?

On the night that ExElio's agency released an announcement and celebrated the first generation's album sales, she secretly deleted her Twitter account and deactivated it.

The last tweet before deleting his account was about being subjected to unprecedented cyberbullying.

Besides Wing-Wind Studio, there are other heartbroken people.

For example, Diamond Dst, where Momoka Kawaharaki once worked, has now been transformed into the idol-style Diamond Stardust band at the request of her agency.

The four members huddled together listening to the album, with an album cover featuring a virtual photo of the five first-generation members on the table next to them. "The first week's sales were 20 times that of our 'Sora no Hako'!"

"Momoka's songs still have this style, she likes to have the lead singer say a lot of things at once."

"She herself is like this, and so are the two new lead singers."

They had mixed feelings about Momoka Kawahara, who had dropped out of high school to play in a band.

Leaving aside the matter of dropping out of high school, those were their own choices, and they don't regret them. But Momoka Kawahara left the group because she couldn't accept the idol path, and then went to ExElio agency to become a virtual idol. This sounds very strange. Is it right to manage people?

Of course, they all just had mixed feelings.

The one who felt the most upset was the band's new lead singer, Hina, who was almost a carbon copy of Aya Maruyama with pink hair and twin tails, and was noticeably shorter than the other members by a head.

Her pink hair was dyed by herself, not naturally dyed like Maruyama Aya's. ▲≮‰⊥≤0％,√∴

"..." She cupped her face in her hands, her eyes hidden in them.

She recognized the rhythm guitarist from the first generation as Momoka Kawahara. She used to be a big fan of Momoka Kawahara and listened to her songs every day with Nina Iseri. But she was more interested in Nina Iseri from the second generation. Nina's voice was so unique that anyone who heard it would never forget it.

However, she has already been cut off from Jing Qinren's menu.

The story remains the same, except that she is the friend who "betrayed Izayoi Nina." Before Izayoi Nina intervened to help her bullied classmate, Hina tried her best to dissuade Izayoi Nina from getting involved, but was refused. Afterwards, Izayoi Nina became the new target of bullying, and Hina was cut off from all contact and blocked by Izayoi Nina.

After dropping out of school, Izare Jinna came to Tokyo with many emotions she couldn't express at the time, and took over as the lead vocalist of Diamond Stardust, replacing Kawara Momoka who left the group.

Within months, Diamond Stardust's popularity was completely overshadowed by the first-generation members, including Momoka Kawahara. Not only that, but second-generation member Nina Iserina also sang a song against bullying and control—a song that probably only she could sing—and her popularity surpassed Diamond Stardust's as well...

"That's so nice, Nina..." She lowered her hand, her voice sounding like she was about to cry.

In that case, would she still have a chance to see Iori Rencai and have a proper chat with her?

"Ren-cai, who?"

......

It was very hot in Tokyo at the end of June.

Inside a restaurant near Toyoshima Ward.

The first-generation members were having a meal together, chatting and laughing. Jin Zhaozhi had been invited and came along, but while the others were discussing the new album, he was also looking at the data provided by Sony Music.

—Come on, loss-making system! Show me how much I've earned this cycle!

He confidently summoned the money-losing system, his expression exuding an air of effortless annihilation.

[Host: Imataru]

[Loss for this period: 0]

[Actual profit for this period: 22972 million]

[Delayed Profit: 4045 million (This figure is for display purposes only and is not included in actual profit, as Sony Music's settlement cycle is 180 days)]

[49 days remaining in this cycle]

[Major assets under his name: ExElio firm (highly profitable, widely viewed favorably in the industry), "Heliosound" music bar (break-even), Nero Technology (currently receiving investment)]

[Small Assets Under My Name: Online Live Streaming Agency (Click to Expand)]

[Cessential Assets No Longer Liquid: (Click to Expand)]

System Funds: 0

"＼一↑）÷零凄∫＾蚆刺〕蝟摺→／代購′≯：【Personal Funds: 2145 million yen】

That's right! Absolutely right!

Jin Zhaozhi took a sip of Nutri-Express and felt happy.

"Making music is still the way to go."

Tsuzuki Shisen was right, Toyokawa Corporation was wrong!

This is the ideal money-losing system panel that Jin Zhaozhi envisions. This is what he wants to see, rather than being reduced to making a large personal fortune by losing the money given by the system. That would be too pathetic.

Successful business people should be like this, easily earning millions while chatting and laughing, and artists should also happily receive their share, willingly working like slaves for their agencies.

What did he do? He sold one album and brought in 40 million yen in revenue for his agency in just one week! I really regret not listening to Shisen Tsuzuki's advice sooner and not focusing on music.

However, seeing so much profit, it's understandable to want to make some moves; it's only human nature.

The AI ​​company acquired by Jin Zhaozhi has been renamed Nero Technology, which, in Chinese naming conventions, sounds like "beef technology." Their main focus now is Nero; they shouldn't dream of any other large-scale models. If they succeed with Nero, various revenue streams will follow.

In Jin Zhaozhi's plan, things like the Nero voice assistant that follow will be easy to make money with the existing E-company fan base and the popularity of Nero, and the technology involved doesn't need to be too advanced.

One is enough.

I was originally thinking of naming him Niu Bao, but it seems that's what Pingzi-jun (152cm) is called, so I'll pass. ≡@^≡

At another table.

With a flick of her left hand and a flick of her right, six copies of the first-generation album appeared in her hands like playing cards. "I bought seven copies of Momoka-san's album!"

Momoka Kawahara said, "You deserve credit for the 32,000 units sold."

Thank you for your support!

Yutenji Wakana propped her chin up with her hand, grinning.

For every 1000 yen sold by the first generation's albums, Sony Music and physical CD stores earn 170 yen and 260 yen respectively. After deducting a 4 yen copyright fee, the remaining money is split between the agency and the artists. Drummer Nyanmu receives 24 yen.

This was given by Imaizumi according to the standard exceeding the standard. According to industry standards, she would only receive 4 yen, which means that out of 100 million yen in sales, Nyanmu would only receive 400,000 yen.

You're right, but that's ExElio agency for you. An artist who's only been with the agency for three months can earn tens of millions of yen through a single 1stFes live stream or by releasing an album after joining a band, while other artists in the industry are still struggling to earn an extra 1% by working like slaves for the agency.

Suddenly, she thought of something.

"Seriously, does the agency really want us to debut as real people? Or maybe we shouldn't take off this virtual streamer mask? What if taking it off causes a loss of popularity..."

Yutenji Wakana knew very well that her current income came entirely from her virtual streamer persona. If she left the agency, even without paying a penalty for breach of contract, without her virtual character, she would be nothing. Given this, was it really okay for the agency to let them debut as real people?

Therefore, Yutenji Wakana was a little reluctant to take off the protective suit.

This is not to question Jin Zhao's decision; she is just a little hesitant.

"Hmm..." Momoka Kawara thought for a moment, then looked at Akari Takamatsu and Arale Nakamachi, "I'm fine with it personally. Anyway, I don't have to cosplay as my virtual avatar, and maybe not so many people will call me 'Mom' anymore. They can call me 'older sister' instead. What about you guys? What do you think?"

"I'll do whatever the president says."

"Me too."

"It's true that the kind of producer you are determines the kind of idol you produce. He unconditionally affirmed everything about me, so you two unconditionally affirmed him, right?" Momoka Kawaharaki was speechless.

She also let it go, saying, "Anyway, they're all pretty girls, and the virtual avatars are all based on our appearance... No one would really think that the virtual avatar is our real self."

"I hope so..."

Main text: Chapter 112 Chapter 105 President, the veterans are all here, let's pop the champagne!

Now that I've reviewed the returns for this period, I'm very satisfied.

Then, he went to the first-generation students' group. Since things have come to this, let's eat first.

"Hmm?" Jin Zhaozhi noticed that everyone seemed to be waiting for him.

He was about to say something when Momoka Kawahara produced a pre-prepared glass of champagne from somewhere, picked it up mischievously, and started shouting in the room:

"President, all of us 'veterans' are here, let's pop the champagne! There's a saying in the sports world that you can't pop the champagne halfway through, but can't we pop it now?"

Selling 30,000 EP albums in a week is a high achievement even for professional musicians, let alone for Momoka Kawahara, whose personality is practically childlike. She probably planned this all along.

The champagne packaging is gorgeous, but not quite collectible; it's worth around 100,000 yen.

Kawasaki street urchin, who originally needed to do odd jobs to make a living, is now quite well-off. She also serves as the composer for the first generation members and writes the lyrics for most of their songs, thus earning a larger share of the profits.

There's a saying in the industry that "if an album doesn't sell 50,000 copies, you're losing money to release it." Her original band, Diamond Stardust, was definitely the kind of band that required the agency to pay out of pocket.

She handed the champagne to Jin Zhaozhi.

Just as he was about to take it, Kawasaki street ruffian suddenly withdrew his hand: "However, only I can drink with the president, you guys can forget about it. It's illegal for minors to drink."

Jin Zhaozhi's hand froze in mid-air.

He could only stand there with one hand on his hip, staring at her like Tom from Tom and Jerry.

Arale from Nakamachi raises her hand:

"Can't I even have a little bit? I want some too..."