Cyberpunk: Nirvana of Shoko Toyokawa

Xiangzi accepted her gaze quietly.

After a moment, Miao Meng spoke.

"If you come to retaliate against me, or if you claim that all of my communications over the past few days were a prank, I will immediately have my guards use a 12-gauge shotgun to open a visualization window in your stomach."

"It turns out that I look like someone who is here to make a joke." Xiangzi smiled.

If not, it would be even more terrifying.

Miao Meng complained in his heart.

"If I remember correctly, you were a homeless person a few days ago. You had something dirty on your buttocks, looked dead, and knocked on doors along the street in a hurry, begging people to buy your 'matches'."

"I am so grateful for everything Honeycomb Agency has done."

The black tea brewed by the automatic tea brewing device was ready. Xiangzi took out the teacup gracefully and took a sip.

“They saved my life.”

This is getting weirder and weirder.

"...The Oblivionis I was chatting with was you too?"

"it's me."

Miao Meng bit her lower lip, and bit it again.

Finally, she sighed.

"Forget it, forget it! Just think of it as me getting hit by a car when I went out."

Miao Meng closed the door of the private room with his backhand, fell to the side, and sat on the soft sofa.

"Explain why you're here. I'll give you three minutes. If I catch you kidding me, the visualization window on your stomach will be transferred to your face."

Xiangzi lowered his eyes calmly, nodded, and put down the teacup.

"Because of a medical accident, I lost everything and became homeless, and my [Attribute Points] also dropped."

"My family had long since passed away. I was desperate and stole the [point chip] from the black-hearted doctor, but I didn't expect it to be something belonging to the kidney-stripper. I wanted to sell it, but no one dared to take it, so I had to throw it away."

"..."

"In order to survive, I kept walking east and came to the Pastel*Palettes area. That side is the artist area, and there are agency signs everywhere."

“I started visiting them.”

“They’ll do charity?”

Miao Meng crossed her arms and said nothing.

"No. I studied piano in the past, so I want to make a living from it..."

“Of course, almost every company turned me down. But when I found Honeycomb out of desperation, they agreed to let me audition.”

"Because they were about to carry out a filming project. After discussion, the management felt that adding me would have a better audio-visual effect."

"what."

Miao Meng laughed.

"It sounds like the truth."

Debut?

Is it really that easy to make a debut?

If any homeless person who came to the door could make a debut, the threshold of Honeycomb would have been trampled down by the crazy poor people of the City of Joy long ago.

"It's hard for me to believe this, too. But I'm really... lucky this time."

Xiangzi's hand stroked the edge of her cheekbone, and her artificial eye was switched to [Other Visible - Projection Mode]. A turquoise light shone from the artificial eye, forming a visual holographic image in front of her.

Xiangzi reached out and switched the [Private Interface] to [Public].

Xiangzi's address book was presented.

The first line really had the contact information and communication records of Honeycomb Agency. Miao Meng scanned it with her artificial eye, and the online query function showed that this was a formal corresponding number certified by a security company.

In addition, there are communication records between two people.

"Perhaps you know them."

Xiangzi clicked on the first communication record, and the other party's information was opened, including the social verification number, name, encrypted phone number and photo.

The photo showed that the phone belonged to a teenage girl with light green-blond hair.

Miao Meng recognized who she was at a glance.

“…Isn’t this the daughter of the famous artist Mori Minami?”

"Yes."

Xiangzi nodded and clicked on the second communication record.

The second person's information was opened, similarly, including all the detailed personal intelligence.

This time the photo shows a girl with short golden hair and light makeup.

"Sumimi's first bloom..."

"This is Sumimi's popular artist Mikado Hatsuka, and the daughter of famous artist Mori Minami, who debuted as a child star, Wakaba Mutsu." Xiangzi said, "They will all join this project of Honeycomb."

"I am also involved in this project, so I have negotiated with them many times. These communication records and exchanged documents are proof of this."

"..."

Of course, Miao Meng checked the authenticity of the two pieces of information as soon as possible.

The Internet showed that they were not illegal calls or technical theft. In other words, these communication records were real.

What this "former wanderer" Oblivionis said was really unbelievable.

But there is no shortage of incredible things in the City of Joy. Miao Meng knew this when she was very young.

What's more, if it wasn't what she said, it would be impossible for a vagrant to have any channels to get in touch with such a popular agency, the daughter of a celebrity, and a popular artist, and to exchange information so many times.

"I know your lucky story." Miao Meng accepted this explanation for the time being, "So what? You haven't told me why you came to me."

"Did you know that Honeycomb also takes on some custom private filming jobs?"

"Well, I guess you know."

Rich people everywhere like to spend money as they please. In this city with a developed entertainment industry, there is no shortage of people who pay their favorite stars to shoot exclusive films. Honeycomb is not a business giant, but it is still very attractive for rich people to spend money on customization.

Miao Meng also has some clients who are interested in these "exclusive, private videos." Miao Meng has handled and watched quite a few of them herself, but she thinks they are really meaningless - after all, it is a legitimate company and cannot do anything illegal. The so-called "private videos" are nothing more than having the artists wear dresses of a specified style, go to a venue with a specified atmosphere, perform some plots suitable for all ages, or sing a few songs without copyright, dance a few dances without copyright, and say some personal blessings.

Miao Meng always finds it hard to understand why rich people spend so much money to do such a thing. If it were her, she would choose to replace herself with a more advanced brain-computer interaction system.

"Someone paid for Sanjiao Chuhua and Ruoye Mu to sing, and I am the background singer. There are only three of us as actors, and we also need a cameraman."

"Why not just find Honeycomb's Mewtwo producer?"

"No. They only have regular Mewtwo producers, and their IP addresses are monitored in real time by the authorities."

"……etc."

Hello, the IP address of the filming location cannot be disclosed. Where did you film it? A missile launch base?

"Before talking about the details, let's talk about the price first." Miao Meng said, pinching his eyebrows.

"Eight hundred thousand."

"Share it equally among four people?"

"Four people, 800,000 each. The two stars also have an additional price to pay for their fame."

"…Go on."

Chapter 24 I'm All In

Xiangzi retrieved a new set of data.

“This is the designated filming location.”

Xiangzi showed a picture taken by a drone, which showed a medium-sized concert hall.

Miao Meng just took a look at the picture and frowned.

"Is this Toyosu PIT?"

Miao Meng lives in the City of Music. Of course, she has heard the band’s songs to some extent and also knows some things about the band.

Bands are so popular in the city of music that many peripheral industries have naturally emerged, such as rehearsal rooms, studios, concert halls, venues, live houses, management companies, record companies, and so on.

Toyosu PIT is a medium-sized concert hall for bands to perform. It is more famous than other small concert halls because it is located on the territory of Pastel*Palettes, one of the "Five Big Bands", and is one of the venues where Pastel*Palettes often performs.

More precisely, it was one of the venues where Pastel*Palettes "used to" perform frequently.

Pastel*Palettes has not performed since its leader, Aya Maruyama, disappeared a year ago. Toyosu PIT, like many performance venues controlled by Pastel*Palettes, has also closed for renovation.

Many of these venues are still under renovation, including Toyosu PIT. In the pictures Xiangzi showed, there were a lot of construction materials piled up outside the concert hall, and through the windows, you could see tarpaulins and tripods scattered inside, and the equipment was covered with tarpaulins.

"According to reliable information provided by the client, the renovation of Toyosu PIT is nearly complete and large equipment has begun to be moved in. However, it is currently undergoing a quality inspection, so work will be suspended for a while."

Xiangzi said.

"The private video requested by the client is about Hatsuka Mikado and Mutsu Wakaba sneaking into the empty, under-renovation Toyosu PIT and singing on the stage."

"This was the original plan. After I came to them, Honeycomb thought it would be better and more impactful to add a street kid playing the piano as the opening. This plan was also approved by the client."

"uh-huh."

Miao Meng propped up her chin with her hands.

The agency has some taste, but the client is a far cry from that.

Celebrities sneak into a big band's under-renovation venue to sing?

The conflict is too weak. It's better to watch a 200 yuan bad movie than to spend money on this.

If Miao Meng were the director, she would only shoot the part where the homeless kid sneaks into the venue being decorated for the big band and plays the piano.

It's more impactful, more artistic, and more economical. It's definitely going to be a hit.

"(But it's work.)"

Miao Meng understood and tolerated this.

After all, that’s 800,000.

There's just one small problem.

“…Even if it’s under construction, Pastel*Palettes’ site supervision won’t be so lax.”

That's right, the only problem is, Pastel*Palettes won't let that happen so easily.

"You can come as you please, and leave as you please. You can buy people into your place for a little money... If this video spreads, it will be a big blow to the prestige of Pastel*Palettes. Especially during this special period when the captain is away."

"Whether it's a private or public video, no matter how much money is offered...Pastel*Palettes will not allow it to be filmed."

Without Maruyama Aya, Pastel*Palettes is not as active as before, and supervision in all aspects has also shown signs of being slightly lax. In addition, any venue under renovation will have more invasion channels than when it is open.

But even so, the name of "Old Fifth Regiment" is definitely not undeserved.

Anyone who underestimated this name paid a heavy price.

"If it wasn't so difficult to auction, I wouldn't have offered 800,000."

Xiangzi said lightly.

“It’s because it’s hard to get in that it’s effective and makes money.”

"..."

"It's because it's so difficult to shoot that I couldn't find a suitable Mewtwo producer. I searched for a long time before I found you."

"When I first found out it was you, I was hesitant... because we have a bad past."

“But I couldn’t find a more suitable person, so I had to come to the door.”

While Xiangzi was speaking, Miao Meng kept staring at her facial expressions.

"(His emotions don't fluctuate much, and his body movements are confident. [Calmness: 4] It's hard to hide something like this.)"