I won't be a loser.

"what--"

“It hurts—”

In response to Sanye's sudden madness, Siye walked out of the bedroom, looked back in the direction of the room, blew a breath, sat down on the sofa in the living room, and continued reading.

At night, Sanye, who had not seen Xianren return home, could not help but contact her brother.

"Where is he? He's not coming back tonight?"

Xianren, who was in the hotel, turned his head to look at Xiaochun who had entered the bathroom.

"Well, come back tomorrow at noon."

"……whispering sound."

Mitsuha hung up the phone, and Xianren looked at the hung up phone with a strange look in his eyes. Then he put it back on the table and walked towards the bathroom.

Around noon of the next day, Kento and Koharu returned home and spent the rest of the time at home. When the New Year came, Mitsuha and the others began preparing for the shrine, and Kento at home also helped to tidy up the shrine.

Some young people who returned to Itomori from other places were a little surprised when they saw Kento. They all knew that Kento was now living in Tokyo. Those who had some friendship with him talked to Kento about some things about Tokyo.

I asked Xianren if he knew any jobs available in Tokyo, and Xianren replied with a smile that he was in Chiba and didn't know much about Tokyo.

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Chiba New Story: 463. The Chairman, a Tsundere but Serious Person

Dealing with people he is not very familiar with is a daily routine for Xianren. For people like him, there are always some people who come up to chat and greet him, and then he often encounters some strange questions.

The only thing he could do about these people's questions was to smile and brush them off, or simply pretend not to hear them.

With a sullen expression on his face, no one came forward to disturb him soon. He led Feng Xiaochun, Teng Henvnu, and his daughter Elliot to make some preparations in the shrine.

On the night before New Year, a blessing ceremony was held in the shrine. For Itomori, a remote and somewhat backward town, activities related to the shrine were probably the only program for these people. A group of people stood around the stage of the Kagura Hall at the entrance of the main shrine, watching the sisters Mitsuha Miyamizu and Yotsuha Miyamizu with calm expressions performing the Kagura dance of prayer there. This was probably the only color in this town that was mostly black and white.

At the end of the event, Mitsuha Miyamizu, still wearing her shrine maiden costume, sat in the shrine's office with a depressed look on her face. Beside her was the curious Elliot, Feng Xiaochun and Xianren. Elliot came closer to Mitsuha Miyamizu, and facing the made-up Mitsuha, he felt a little "in awe".

"I'm so tired."

"Let's take a break first. We'll be entertaining the guests from the shrine later. Once the party is over, you can go back and rest."

For example, the existence of Miyamizu Shrine is not the credit of the Miyamizu family alone. Some of the elders in Itomori have made contributions to the continuation of Miyamizu Shrine. Therefore, after some festival activities are over, they will entertain these guests in the side room of the Miyamizu family. After the meal, the day's activities are considered to be over.

A small town that relies on personal connections is not a place that Xianren likes, but once he leaves Itomori and lives in a big city like Tokyo, he cannot avoid the interactions between people.

Leaning quietly against the door, listening to the noise of the middle-aged and elderly people in the house, a trace of helplessness appeared on the wise man's face.

It was not until late at night, around 21 p.m., that the group of people left, leaving behind a messy dining table. Even on the tatami, one could see some brown and yellow wine and scattered vegetable juice. The people at home also started to get busy. No matter how much they disliked it, they still had to clean up the mess.

Even if Xianren felt a little disgusted, he couldn't just leave everything to his mother and sister.

After returning home, Miyamizu Toshiki had already returned to his bedroom to rest. In this regard, he was full of male chauvinism. Feng Xiaochun originally wanted to help clean up, but was dissuaded by Xianren. He helped to put the tableware in order and spent about an hour to reluctantly put everything in order.

Then they returned home, took turns using the bathroom, and went back to their respective rooms to rest.

Fortunately, such troublesome things only happen two or three times a year, so it is not difficult to adapt to them. During the days when Mitsuha left Itomori, Yotsuha could not be responsible for everything alone, so she found other girls in Itomori to do part-time work as shrine maidens.

Things like dancing Kagura dance and drinking Kuchikamizak in front of acquaintances are considered shameful for most girls, but under the scolding of their elders in their families, some suitable girls had no choice but to come to Miyamizu Shrine and do this job they don't like.

Fortunately, afterwards, Miyamizu Futaba gave these girls some part-time job expenses, so these girls did not refuse the next job.

From what Kento knew, it seemed that each girl was given about 100,000 yen. In this small town where the cost of living is not high in all aspects, an income of 100,000 yen is a completely unimaginable treatment.

"Happy New Year."

“Happy new year~”

When the New Year came, after getting up, he congratulated Feng Xiaochun, and the girl also returned the blessing with a smile. When he walked out of the room and met Sanye and Siye, he also congratulated them respectively.

After breakfast, I returned to my room to rest. I saw that my phone was filled with text messages, all of which were messages of blessings... Helplessly, I replied to them one by one.

Kento stayed in Itomori until January 1rd. Feeling that it was almost time, he returned to Tokyo from Itomori with Mitsuha, his wife Feng Xiaochun, Fujiwa Nyo, and Elio.

"It seems that the wise man doesn't like Itomori very much?"

"It's okay to go back occasionally, but if I continue to live in that dull environment with no improvement and where everything depends on personal relationships, it would be torture for me."

Xianren, who was sitting on the Shinkansen, had a look of regret on his face when facing Feng Xiaochun's question.

Compared to small towns where life depends entirely on personal connections, big cities are at the other extreme in this regard. However, compared to small towns where everything has to be discussed and there are no choices, big cities offer more lifestyle options.

In short, both have their advantages and disadvantages, and wise people prefer big cities, for now.

Things like those related to Itomori exist as memories, and they are beautiful memories, but as a way of life, it is difficult for Xianren to imagine what it would be like to live in Itomori for a whole year.

After living in Tokyo for so long, he has completely become a city dweller.

It was almost noon when they arrived at Tokyo Station. The five of them were not in a hurry to go home. They went to a restaurant in Chiyoda and had lunch before returning to their respective homes. Having just returned to Tokyo, Xianren did not leave with Sanye and the others, but returned to the apartment with Feng Xiaochun. After making some simple preparations, he went to Feng's house to visit his two father-in-law and mother-in-law.

Before they set off, just thinking about meeting those two people, Xianren felt a stomachache. He sighed, went out with Feng Xiaochun to buy New Year gifts, and then went to Feng's house.

Xianren had no clear memory of how he entered the Feng family's mansion or how he left that place, as if he had been given a memory eraser.

Xianren returned to the apartment and looked at his wife. His eyes seemed a little dim, and he seemed to be under a great mental burden. Feng Xiaochun couldn't help but hug Xianren and comfort her husband.

The only thought remaining in the heart of a wise man is probably to develop himself as much as possible and gradually expand his current scale.

Not long after the New Year ended, Xianren, who returned to Chiba, began to think seriously and started to plan his future route again. During the holiday, he did not lie at home to rest as usual, but returned to Tokyo frequently, apparently to conduct some business negotiations with someone.

But from the expression on the wise man's face, it can be seen that his business negotiations do not seem to be going so smoothly.

For example, when Yuan Ye Ningning went forward to ask, she did not get an accurate answer, but only received common responses such as "It's nothing", "Don't worry" and "It's just a small problem".

In the following period of time, Xianren's face became visibly solemn. After half a year, when it was time to sell games during the summer vacation, the task was handed over to Yuanye Ningning and others. Xianren rented an office building in the central area of Minato Ward and invested a lot of time and energy during this period.

"The equipment is complete, and the preliminary preparations are almost done. All that's left is recruiting personnel..."

The funds are a little insufficient. For example, Xianren’s savings have been almost drained after six months of preparation. The current price of Bitcoin has risen a lot, but it still hurts to take it out, so he decided not to consider Bitcoin for the time being.

The wise men who were unable to invest more money in the early stage could only give up some of their own plans, leaving the core part and hiring only basic staff. In addition, they only hired one business staff.

I will probably come here to work after the summer vacation, and the most important thing now is not these, but recruiting personnel.

The recruitment information was posted on the Internet, and in reality, he also contacted some firms and asked internal personnel. He got a list of some wise men and sent invitations to those people, but received very few replies.

Basically, those people don't really understand the concept of his so-called "virtual idol" or just look down on him.

In a separately prepared interview venue, he rubbed his forehead with both hands. He knew that it would be difficult to develop his own career in this industry which is still a bit deserted, but he did not expect it to be so difficult.

Just when the wise man was feeling troubled, there was a knock on the door.

"咚咚-"

"Um, is this the interview venue for the 'overclock' agency?"

A black-haired girl pushed open the door and entered the interview room with a curious look on her face. When she saw the wise man sitting in the interview room, her young face surprised her a little. She opened her eyes wide, wondering if she had come to the wrong place.

"Uh, did I go the wrong way?"

"No, this is it. I'm an interviewer for the 'overclock' firm."

"I see, ah, that's it, then..."

The girl slowly entered the house and closed the door behind her. Then she slowly walked into the interview room and pointed to the chair opposite the wise man.

"Can I sit down?"

"of course."

"Thank you. Then I won't hold you back. I thought the interviewer would be a more stereotypical... ahem, mature middle-aged man, but I didn't expect him to be such a charming young man. Hey, young man, can you tell me some insider information about the firm? Like the salary and benefits... If I become rich in the future, I will definitely take care of you~"

Facing the girl in front of him who was glaring at him, the wise man sitting opposite him held a pen and tapped lightly on the paper.

"Your name is?"

"Are you so direct as to ask someone's name right away? It's okay to tell you, little brother. Now, can you give me a little information?"

Looking at the girl in front of him, the wise man sitting opposite him slowly raised the corners of his mouth.

"sure."

"What, what can you reveal?"

"You know what? The current president of 'Overclock' is a very young man."

"Oh! That's quite interesting news. His age, appearance, and hobbies... He seems like a young man who founded an agency. He must be quite wealthy, right?"

"...You mean rich?"

The romanized 'rich' and the English 'rich' seem to be the same word, but the pronunciation is completely different, which leads to a big problem for most Japanese people in pronouncing the English word.

For example, the romanized pronunciation of 'rich' is more like 'liqi', which has a completely different meaning from 'rich' in 'rich'.

"Don't worry about these little things, na na, then what?"

“And then he was interviewing.”

"..."

"..."

Their eyes met, and the girl was silent for a moment.

"Hey~ (

After a conversation, Xianren had a rough idea of the girl's situation. Even though she wasn't as cute as he had imagined in appearance, she had outstanding talent as a 'virtual anchor' and Xianren was very optimistic about her future.

"Then there's nothing wrong, right?"

"There's nothing wrong with me."

After discovering that the wise man wasn't that serious, the girl relaxed after a period of tension.

"But is this profession really as good as you described? You praising me like that makes me feel more like a suspicious scammer."

He stared at the wise man with suspicious eyes, while the wise man sitting opposite him smiled slightly.

"So, do you want to try to be fooled by me once?"

"Not good! Dokidoki~ Is this the feeling of being moved? Oh no, I'm going to fall in love with a bad boy."

"..."

"So, according to your description, as a 'virtual anchor', I will have a virtual identity. Are those things set by myself, or are they determined by the agency?"

"You can come up with a setting of your own, and the agency will prepare a model that fits your character based on your setting. The agency will cover all the expenses, but once you sign the contract, you have to fulfill the obligations listed above. Is that okay?"

The girl looked down at the contract in her hand, thought about it carefully, and looked serious, which was unusual for her.

"I still need to discuss this with my family, but if it's about the character's background, I do have some ideas."

"Ok?"

"A second-year high school student, a somewhat tsundere but serious and clear-minded chairman!"

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Chiba New Story: 464. I'll introduce you to a job

Since the entire 'virtual' related industry is not very prosperous at present, most ordinary people do not have a clear concept in this area, so not many people come to apply. At the end of the interview, only Ah Wei... the girl who had previously set herself as the chairman, passed the interview.

But an interview is an interview, and there is no way to determine whether the other party will eventually do this job. We can only wait and see how things develop.

It's like a standard set of motion capture equipment, and the price is not cheap. Xianren has only bought five sets so far, and is only planning to let three people debut as the first "virtual anchor" group. But now it seems that it may be difficult for one person.

Among the people he knows, there doesn't seem to be anyone with the personality suitable to be a 'virtual anchor', and Xianren doesn't really want someone he is familiar with to debut as a 'virtual anchor'.

The so-called "virtual anchors" are actually very similar to the "idol" profession in reality. In reality, "idols" often encounter situations where they are followed. For example, "virtual anchors" who communicate with a "gloomy" and "extreme" group are more vulnerable to various infringements.

According to what Xianren himself knows, people who become "virtual anchors" not only have to endure all kinds of violent words on the Internet, but once some information about themselves is exposed, they are likely to be followed by some extreme fans, and they may do extreme things like send anonymous letters or ring the doorbell.

They may not necessarily be fans. There are also many extreme behaviors of some "anti-" groups, and threats against "virtual anchors" also happen from time to time.

Becoming a "virtual anchor" is equivalent to wearing a mask. There will be many people who want to take off the mask, especially when this industry is not yet mature and everyone is unfamiliar with this profession. There will definitely be a large number of people who will have a strong curiosity about the person under the mask of the "virtual anchor" and do all kinds of disturbing things.

"It's not enough to rely on Ah Wei alone. We need to get others to help share the pressure. Ideally, we'd better find a female live streamer who is currently live streaming online, and a relatively cute girl. Then we can have her broadcast in her original identity and as a 'virtual anchor', attracting some people's attention and reducing the pressure on newcomers like Ah Wei. However, there are not many female live streamers who meet the requirements..."

The wise man, who had some ideas in his mind, watched the live broadcast on the Internet for a long time after the interview, and paid close attention to observing the female live broadcasters. After spending a long time, he finally got some people who might agree.

After being silent for a while, he sent some messages to these people. He was not sure whether the other party would care about his messages, so he could only hope that things would go smoothly.