They all pushed me!

Kitagawa Ryo remembered the plan he proposed many years ago when Ai's biological mother came to see her.

Maybe the principles are all the same.

For most of these three years, the relationship between Ai and Rumi was just that of an ordinary sister (sister-in-law) and sister-in-law, and the requests made to her could barely meet their standards and were reasonable.

But this time it was different. No matter how many reasons she used for independence, self-care and self-improvement, the idea of ​​letting the sixteen-year-old Rumi move out and live alone inevitably pointed to one fact.

Although Beichuan Liang thought that he had never done anything that crossed the line, there was still no way to stop the relationship between them from finally peeling off layer after layer of their identities as time passed, and becoming the simplest one again -

A relationship between a woman and another woman.

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After three years of development, Kitagawa Ryo's personal agency is no longer as shabby as before, with only two artists (groups) signed, ACE and Arima Kana.

With the good relationship with LALALAI Theater, many actors who came from LALALAI Theater and want to enter the television and film industry will give priority to choosing this agency founded by their predecessor Kitagawa Ryo. This situation has become more frequent and common after the troupe's new top star Kurokawa Akane signed a contract to join the agency more than a year ago, which can be regarded as a star effect in a sense.

However, after all, the company was founded too recently and does not have enough foundation.

Kitagawa Ryo was sitting in his office chair looking through the documents sorted out by Mr. Izaki. During this year, apart from a young man named Daiki Himekawa who was recommended by Toshiro Kindaichi himself and gradually became a little famous in the circle, the most capable person in the film and television industry at this stage is still Magana.

It just so happened that the other party's name appeared on the information he had.

[The production team of "Homeless Child" sent another invitation for negotiation, hoping to cooperate with our company on the launch of the second season of the TV series, but it has been rejected by Ms. Arima Kana]

"I guessed it was this again."

Beichuan Liang stroked his forehead and complained helplessly to Mr. Izaki beside him.

"After all, the first season was a huge success, with a record-breaking 37.2% viewership and a huge amount of online discussion... Just like Liang said, even if it's just a dog's tail, they would rather have a hundred dog's tails."

Mr. Izaki replied with a smile and a nod, looking energetic.

"Gotanda is kind of stuck there, but Kana herself doesn't want to appear in the sequel again, so it's expected that she would refuse like before."

As he spoke, Beichuan Liang yawned loudly and commented lazily:

"I feel like this is an ultimatum. If they are determined to make a sequel, they will probably find another lead actor. After all, Kana has grown up now - although it seems that she hasn't changed much. Otherwise, if it was too inconsistent, they wouldn't have kept asking about it for the past two years."

"It seems that I heard Senior Liang saying something rude as soon as I came in."

At this moment, the door of the president's office was pushed open from the outside, and the thirteen-year-old Arima Kana walked into the office with some dissatisfaction. Although she said so verbally, after seeing the real Beichuan Ryo sitting there with his chin in his hand, the corners of her mouth could not help but rise:

"He reported back to work on the first day after returning from vacation. With such a responsible president, I feel that the future of our agency is really bright."

"Kana, stop teasing me. Come and sit down. It's a good thing that you're here too. Let's talk about this together."

Kitagawa Ryo waved his hand and turned his gaze to Arima Kana.

Just like the joke he had just had with Mr. Izaki, three years had not left too many traces on Kana Arima. He had grown a little taller, and his body curves had become more pronounced, but although he was already a junior high school student, his facial features were still as childish as a little kid, and he had a full sense of babyhood. Even if he were to play an elementary school student now, it would feel perfectly natural and more than enough.

In terms of height alone, Arimakana has actually been left far behind her peer Akane Kurokawa. I don't know if it is because of this reason, but she now likes to wear a small beret when going out.

"I don't think there's much to say. After all, Ryo-senpai knows that as an actor, once your image is stereotyped in the eyes of the audience, it's basically a slow death. The first season of Homeless Kids was already popular enough, but it took me so long to barely separate myself from the name of Aizawa Suzu."

"And Director Gotanda himself told me that he originally planned to end the series in one season. Although it's not impossible to create a sequel based on the story, it will definitely not be as good as the first season, and you'll get tired of a routine if it's used for too long."

Arima Kanai sat upright on the sofa for the guests and added:

"By the way, it seems that the new investors there are not very satisfied with Director Gotanda's attitude. It is said that in the second season, they will only let him have a name in the film and use their own team. I think they are using the name of this IP to promote newcomers."

Beichuan Liang nodded and was about to reply when he heard a knock on the door.

"Please come in."

The person who opened the door after getting the answer was none other than Kana Arima's agent, Ms. Shoko Oda. The relationship between agents and artists in Japan is already quite close, so when Kana Arima signed the contract, the other party also came along. It just so happened that Kana herself also recognized her, so Ryo Kitagawa simply let Shoko Oda continue to serve as Kana Arima's agent.

"President Kitagawa, Mr. Izaki, good afternoon."

Unlike Arima Kana who came and went casually, Oda Shoko greeted the two of them respectfully as soon as she entered the door, and then smiled and explained:

"I went to the bathroom and didn't see Kana when I came back. I heard from other employees that President Kitagawa came to the company today, so I thought Kana should be here."

"Well, I see."

Beichuan Liang nodded when he heard this, stroking his chin and asked the other party:

"I was talking to Kana about the second season of Homeless Kids. Ms. Oden should have been there at the time. Please tell us about it too."

"Yes, I was planning to report to you after the president comes back."

Upon hearing this, Oda Shoko also smiled bitterly and revealed some inside information that even Arima Kana didn't know:

"The new investor of the crew is Burning Production, where the president and Kana used to work. Because our contract is for three years and it is almost time to renew this year, they are thinking about signing Kana back. They hope to use this collaboration to communicate this matter. They even asked an acquaintance from my previous company to say hello to me."

"But because Kana rejected them so many times, they were a little embarrassed. After the last negotiation, they came to me and said some unpleasant things about the president, Kana, and the agency. Director Gotanda was probably excluded because of his relationship with you, the president."

"I see."

Kitagawa Ryo nodded thoughtfully. After all, from the perspective of the firm, his actions a few years ago were no different from betrayal. What's more, he later took away another signature figure of the company, Magana. In fact, in the past few years, he had already felt that the other party was targeting him openly and covertly, and this incident should be no exception.

After exchanging a few words with Gotanda Yasushi on social media, Kitagawa Ryo raised his head again:

"I have asked about it. If nothing unexpected happens, the second season of Homeless Kids will have a new staff lineup, and the lead actor will be one of their most popular child actors."

At this point, Kitagawa Ryo also smiled at Arima Kana:

"It seems that the agency also wants to create the next 'Arima Kana' on its own."

If Kitagawa Ryo's guess was correct, the other party's next move would be to buy a lot of publicity and distribute a large number of notices such as "Arimaka Kane refuses to act after ditching a big star".

"Ryo-senpai, do you think it's possible? I've seen this kid's previous works, and in terms of acting, I feel like he's not as good as Akane."

Arima Gana curled his lips.

After experiencing the roller coaster mentality after "Matilda", Akane Kurokawa successfully walked out of the haze and made progress in the next two years at a speed that even Kana Arima was a little surprised. It was as if the talent and potential in his body had finally begun to be realized at the right time. He even won three major awards at the most authoritative awards ceremony of the drama festival at the end of last year, truly becoming a rising star in the industry.

After hearing the name of Kurokawa Akane, a vague idea suddenly appeared in Kitagawa Ryo's mind, and then it became clearer and clearer.

In the past three years, due to the fact that the agency was just established, he has been avoiding a head-on collision with Burning Production, a giant in the industry.

But now, the resources he has are enough for him to fight back.

What's more, now Beichuan Ryo needs someone to relieve the resentment of quarreling with his wife.

"If Kana is so confident, then our agency should also take the opportunity to launch a similar new project and compete with them in this round."

"As for the script, I happen to have one here, and it's also a work from a children's perspective. As for the leading actors, we'll use the original cast from our agency."

As Kitagawa Ryo said this, he created a new document on his computer, in which he first typed the four names "Kitagawa Ryo, Kitagawa Ai, Arima Kana, Kurokawa Akane", left a blank space at the end, and then started a new line and typed in the name of the project:

"Tomorrow, Dad and Mom will not be here."

Chapter 6: Reconciliation

"Eh? Is Xiao Qian going to participate too?"

Arima Kana, who was quite interested in the new plan proposed by Kitagawa Ryo, also got up from the sofa and came to his side, with her hands on the back of the office chair, her little head slightly resting on Kitagawa Ryo's right shoulder, looking at the four names typed in the document and asked in surprise.

After all, Kurokawa Akane has basically devoted all her energy to the stage of drama in the past two or three years. Not to mention officially participating in TV dramas or movies, she has never even auditioned for various crews. She has also turned down and rejected all the producers or directors who occasionally invited her to cooperate.

"Because this drama will use more child actors than 'Homeless Children', if we want to fight a good counterattack, we need to select the best of the best for the leading roles. In our agency, besides Kana, I am most assured of Akane's acting skills."

Kitagawa Ryo nodded, thinking back to the specific plot of the script he had created with Gotanda Yasushi in the past two years, combining the various family cases he had seen in his past two lives, and said hesitantly:

"But two isn't enough. There are at least three important child roles. Although child actors emerge in large numbers every two years, Akane and Kana have already been confirmed. If the other party's acting skills can't keep up, it feels like it will turn into a very tragic situation."

Keeping this matter in mind, Beichuan Liang clapped his hands and said soothingly:

"But don't worry too much. Our agency should be able to support most of the cast. I will contact the production team in the next two days. As for the distribution... I will try to contact TBS TV. As for Homeless Kids, it should be broadcasted by NTV like the first season."

In addition to NHK, which is equivalent to China's CCTV, the five major private TV stations in Japan are Tokyo TV (TX), TV Asahi (EX), Nippon Television (NTV), Fuji TV (CX) and TBS TV, which have been in long-term competition with each other for more than half a century.

Except for the smallest TV station with the least production budget, Tokyo TV, which always ranks last every year, the other four TV stations have left their own glorious legends of ratings. It is worth mentioning that although Tokyo TV has always been ranked fifth, it also has a glorious tradition of continuing to broadcast normal scheduled programs no matter what breaking news occurs. Therefore, it is also nicknamed "テレビ東京の強強伝說" (The strongest legend of Tokyo TV) by netizens, and left behind jokes such as "If Tokyo TV is not broadcasting animations but broadcasting emergency news, the world will probably be destroyed."

Thanks to a series of works such as "Does This Love Need to Be Heated Up?", "It's Not My Fault That I'm Popular!" and others, Kitagawa Ryo and TBS TV station have been in a good honeymoon period in the past two years, so he mentioned the name of TBS at this time.

“But if it doesn’t go well…it will just be released online as a web series.”

After making the backup plan, Kitagawa Ryo called several other senior executives in the company and discussed some more details of the plan with them in detail. Before they knew it, they talked about the time to get off work.

Beichuan Liang, who had no intention of working overtime and did not want to pick up another car, got up and left very quickly. With him as the president taking the lead, the employees naturally followed suit, and the workstations in the office building soon became empty.

The high school dismissal time has long passed, and Rumi hasn't signed up for any clubs at school. Should she be back now? To be honest, it's a rare thing for my sister to stay in class from morning to afternoon for two days a month. I just wonder if she will count this time as vacation and sleep in class openly?

While thinking about his sister, Kitagawa Ryo drove directly home from the company. He parked and locked the car, opened the door with the key, and sure enough, he saw two pairs of shoes at the entrance.

"I am back."

He shouted towards the room out of habit, not caring whether anyone inside heard him or not. Kitagawa Ryo changed his shoes, put his coat and briefcase away, and walked into the living room step by step.

Then, he saw Kitagawa Rumi and Ai cooking dinner together in the kitchen. The atmosphere was harmonious and they were talking and laughing.

Beichuan Liang's first reaction was, "Hasn't Ai told Rumi about moving out yet?" With this doubt, he walked closer and took the initiative to ask:

“I smelled the delicious aroma as soon as I came in, but I wonder what the two chefs are cooking?”

"It's my brother who's back. Sorry, sorry, the noise in the kitchen was too loud, so I didn't hear the door open."

Kitagawa Rumi, who was wearing an apron and seemed to be helping Ai, was the first to answer while holding up a half-peeled potato in her hand:

"My sister is teaching me some basic home cooking. Otherwise, when I move out and live alone, I can't always order Uber takeout. It doesn't seem healthy."

Just when Kitagawa Ryo caught a word in his sister's words and his pupils shrank slightly, Ai turned around and smiled and added:

"Well, I told Ruby about moving out when she first came back. Ryo doted on Ruby too much and treated her like a child, even though Ruby herself didn't think there was a problem."

Having said that, Ai's expression returned to its usual gentleness and softness. After all, she didn't want this kind of thing to affect her relationship with Liang. The quarrel they broke out today was entirely based on the fact that Kitagawa Liang didn't want Rumi to move out and was sure that Rumi would not agree. Now that Kitagawa Rumi herself agreed readily, the matter was perfectly resolved.

"After all, I'm my brother's only sister, so it's normal for me to feel worried. But I'm already sixteen years old, and I can't always live with my brother and sister. I'll have to move out sooner or later anyway - well, I'll feel much freer if I live alone, and no one will control me anymore!"

"That won't do. Liang and I will conduct a surprise inspection on Ruby. If you live alone, you should be more careful about this aspect. It's best to have a regular schedule like here. Of course, we will clean Ruby's room regularly, so you can come back and stay for a couple of days at any time."

Looking at the two people in front of him talking to each other, Beichuan Liang didn't know what to say for a moment. He just felt his mind was a mess. He simply walked out of the kitchen and sat on the sofa in the living room alone. He picked up Ying who was lying there and held her with both hands, but his eyes were still glancing towards the kitchen.

He suddenly realized his previous arrogant and self-righteous point of view.

In fact, he has no right to comment on the attitude towards love.

Because apart from the relationship between Ai and Rumi, his relationship with Rumi may have also changed subtly a long time ago.

In a normal relationship between siblings, it is only natural to avoid suspicion.

It was obvious that when he was living with his sister a few years ago, he could still calmly and even habitually define their private territory. He never forgot to knock on the door and wait when entering. But since the trip to Miyazaki Prefecture, new changes have taken place in their relationship.

Even though Kitagawa Ryo later forcefully handed the role of younger sister back to Rumi, all the interactions between the two during these three years never crossed any boundaries of a sibling relationship, but changes were indeed happening quietly.

Ai certainly knew about the deep feelings between him and Rumi, but she still chose to make this tentative request to him at this time.

The root cause was that he and Rumi, who should have taken the initiative to propose this, chose to remain silent. This attitude of delaying it for as long as possible had actually already tested Ai's psychological bottom line countless times.

But Kitagawa Ryoya did admit that even so, he still held an extremely strong and straightforward feeling of not wanting Rumi to move out.

Just like the love in the argument this morning, he could also find a lot of reasons that seemed more reasonable and appropriate, such as Rumi had never lived separately from him from the age of one to now, and even during that quarrel, the other party only stayed in Saito Kyoko's house for less than half a month.

Beichuan Liang had no idea what his sister, who had agreed to move out, was thinking at this moment, but the boomerang at noon hit him hard, and the relationship between them might have begun to transition towards the simplest side.

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"Sorry, morning-"

"I'm sorry, I was in the morning-"

Sitting face to face at the dining table, after saying "I'm ready to eat", Kitagawa Ryo and Ai simultaneously bowed their heads slightly to each other and apologized sincerely.

"Actually, love..."

"Actually, it's cool..."

Their tacit understanding was the same as before, and even Kitagawa Rumi, who was sitting next to them, couldn't help but laugh. This seemed to be an opportunity. After Kitagawa Ryo and Ai looked at each other awkwardly for a while, they also chuckled together.

"If you ask me, it's that you two are too self-righteous and act like parents. You didn't even ask me, the person involved, about anything, but just thought and argued about your own opinions. This is what adults do."

Kitagawa Rumi pouted her lips to the sky in an exaggerated manner, and lightly concluded the incident:

"Even fans online know that my brother is a sister-con. It's normal for him to worry about me living alone. My sister is thinking about my future. Isn't her starting point that she cares about me and loves me? There's no need to argue at all."

"Rather, I felt bad when I heard you guys quarreling so much because of me after I came back today."

After the person involved said this and let the matter go, Kitagawa Ryo and Ai naturally couldn't say anything else. After eating a few bites of food, Kitagawa Ryo took the opportunity to tell them about the agency's new project and the series of events surrounding it.

"Of course there is no problem if I participate. I don't have anything to do recently. And judging from the response to the special episode of "It's Not My Fault in Our Stars", although there will still be a small group of viewers who will boycott it, it shouldn't be a big problem."

After hearing Beichuan Liang's request that she participate in the performance, Ai agreed without hesitation. She felt relieved and her mind became much lighter. After a brief recollection, she took the initiative to speak:

"As for the issue of child actors that Liang mentioned, I do have a pretty good candidate."

"The episode of 'B Komachi x B Komachi' recorded last month happened to be an idol special. The guest invited was a girl who debuted this year. I remember her name was Shiranui. During the filming, she also brought her younger sister who is a few years younger than her. She seemed to be about 11 or 12 years old."