They all pushed me!

“Then let’s perform the best finale with this feeling.”

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Just when Mailbox was about to officially become the adopted daughter of the Demon King's adoptive parents and both parties were ready to sign the relevant contract, Ice Doll, a staff member of the child consultation center who was acting as a witness, showed an obvious expression for the first time. She suddenly stood up from her chair and looked straight at the Demon King, as if she was making a final question.

This action also became the last key factor that made the devil make up his mind. He suddenly reached out and took the document that was being signed from the mailbox pen, clenched his five fingers, and crushed it into a ball of waste paper:

"The contract is void."

Under the surprised gaze of others, he stood up and tore the waste paper into pieces bit by bit.

"what are you doing?"

With a new hairstyle, new clothes and accessories, it was almost impossible to tell that it was the mailbox of the child king in the welfare home. He subconsciously wanted to pick them up, but the devil grabbed his arm directly:

"Let's go home."

His former adoptive mother immediately rushed over shouting her daughter's name, trying to pry his hands open and take her daughter back, but she soon saw the devil took out a family photo that he had kept for a long time from his arms and showed it directly to the crazy mother.

"She is not your child. Your child is this person, who has passed away."

The foster mother was stunned, and the foster father rushed forward with gritted teeth and grabbed the Demon King's collar fiercely, shouting angrily:

"Are you going to destroy this family again?"

But the devil broke free of his restraints, grabbed his collar and shouted:

"Listen to me, if you want to destroy this child, then it would be better for us adults to fend for ourselves!"

Then, he continued to say to his adoptive mother:

"This child is not your daughter. You can think so and treat it as such! I killed your daughter, but you can never treat her as your daughter. This child belongs to our Little Bear Home."

The devil reached out and took off all the complicated headbands, headbands and hair accessories on Mailbox's head, making her hairstyle look like a Mailbox again, allowing the adoptive mother to look at her face more closely:

"Do you want to take another look? Do you want to take another serious look? Your mental illness is intermittent, and you may have been aware of it for a long time."

Finally, the poor woman pushed away the mailbox she was holding in her arms, shouted "she is not, she is not", and fainted again.

The farce thus came to an end.

Although the Demon King still failed to gain the forgiveness of his adoptive parents, he is no longer as obsessed with this matter as before.

"Isn't it a pity that you didn't send me out this time?"

The mailbox, which had returned to its original appearance, raised its head and asked the Demon King beside it.

"I will never give it away in my lifetime."

What the mailbox didn't expect was that the devil suddenly stopped, half-knelt down, and held her in his arms:

"You are not someone's guilt or compensation, and you don't need to imitate someone's phantom."

"From the moment I picked you up from the mailbox myself."

"You are my daughter now."

On the street at sunset, the shadows of two people were stretched very long.

The last frame of the play is frozen on the girl leaning on the man's shoulder, with pearl-like eyes and a sentence that spread far in the wind:

"dad."

"Tomorrow, Dad and Mom Are Not Here" was completed.

After the last shot was taken, all the staff and actors on the set cheered together, announcing that the filming of the new drama, which lasted for four months, was completely completed. The next step was editing and post-production work.

After chatting with director Hirokazu Koreeda with a smile for a few words, Kitagawa Ryo turned around and caught the love that was rushing towards him. Having successfully completed the filming of the new drama, Kitagawa Ryo was in a good mood and hugged her in public. He hugged his wife and spun around several times amid the laughter of others.

There's nothing we can do about it. Ever since they got married, the media has been reporting on their relationship problems and impending divorce. This can be considered a response on a certain level.

And on the day when the new drama was successfully completed, Kitagawa Ryoya received another good news from Mr. Izaki.

They finally found someone who was willing to testify against President Kitagawa and had evidence of his crime.

Chapter 4: I have never felt unhappy performing (5k)

Tokyo.

In the president's office of his own firm, Kitagawa Ryosama was listening attentively to Mr. Izaki's report on the results of the past two months.

"The victim's name is Okamoto Koan, 25 years old. He entered Johnny's office as a trainee ten years ago, and left Johnny's four years later because he failed to successfully form a group and debut. According to him, he encountered sexual violence from Kitagawa less than a month after he went to Johnny's office for training. By the time he left Johnny's office, he had been sexually assaulted by Kitagawa nearly 20 times, and molested even more times. On one occasion, Kitagawa even asked him and Hirano Sho, who was in the same period, to provide services for him."

"In his opinion, the staff and trainees in Johnny's office have almost all gotten used to President Kitagawa's intrusions on them, and even see such behavior as a sign that Kitagawa will make them famous. Every night if he is called out, the seniors will congratulate him and say 'It's finally your turn, do your best'. If he shows negative emotions such as dissatisfaction or sadness, someone will tell him 'You have to be patient, otherwise you won't succeed'. The whole office has such a commonplace atmosphere."

"But most of the time it was at Kitagawa's home. According to Okamoto Koan's recollection, there were special rooms in the other party's home that were specifically set up for committing crimes, and they even had specific names to distinguish them."

At this point, Mr. Izaki's tone suddenly became a little strange. He glanced at Beichuan Ryo who was sitting opposite him, then cleared his throat and continued:

"The ordinary rooms don't have names. The higher-end ones are called 'Matsumoto Jun's Room' and 'Sato Seiji's Room'. Matsumoto Jun and Sato Seiji are both popular artists under Johnny & Associates. The former is a member of the idol group Arashi, and the latter is a member of the idol group Sexy Zone."

"And the highest tier is named after Liang... It seems like it was reserved especially for you."

Kitagawa Ryo smacked his lips when he heard this. He could only say that after two months of intelligence gathering, his psychological threshold was much higher than before. But even though he had been trained a little, he still couldn't help feeling a little nauseous after hearing these explicit words coming out of Mr. Izaki's mouth.

"As for why the victims have not exposed these things, Okamoto Koan believes that there are various reasons. Some trainees feel disgusted but have not resisted for the sake of their dream of debuting; some trainees think that this is an exchange of interests and that it is a necessary action. If they can debut and become famous, it is completely acceptable. Some even hold an attitude of gratitude and even nostalgia, thinking that having a relationship with President Kitagawa, the industry's famous idol godfather, is something they can show off and is a great thing. Even if they leave Johnny's Office later, they will still think that Kitagawa is a good person."

Beichuan Liang tapped the table with his right hand and expressed his opinion:

"After all, that's the atmosphere inside the agency. The adolescent trainees simply can't face the infringement from the superiors. Out of self-protection and shame avoidance, they can only brainwash this kind of emotion into liking it. Stockholm syndrome is almost the same principle."

"And in the final analysis, the entertainment industry is like this. Parents who are supposed to be the protectors and guardians of children are almost always negligent and even become accomplices. Aren't there many cases where parents who want their children to become famous overnight deliberately inquire about and learn about Kitagawa's "special hobbies" in private, and then take the initiative to personally send their children to him? When their children were sexually assaulted, parents who already knew what would happen were waiting in the next room."

Mr. Izaki also sighed. He entered the entertainment industry much earlier than Kitagawa Ryo, so he naturally knew about the chaos in the industry in its early years. At that time, there was not even a convenient information dissemination channel like the Internet, and it was easier for all kinds of filth to hide in the agency.

"Okamoto has the secretly filmed videos as evidence, and I am willing to testify as a victim. I have asked Nakamura to contact the BBC in the UK. They have shown great interest in this topic and said they will send an investigation team to Japan. If all goes well, we may be able to see a documentary on this topic by the end of this year."

"Well, thank you for your hard work, Grandpa Izaki. If we want to start this fire thoroughly, we really have to let the foreign media light it first."

Beichuan Liang nodded and looked at the tall buildings outside the window.

He does feel that compared to the last century, the impact of exposing Kitagawa's scandal at this time would be ten or a hundred times greater. On the one hand, the rapid development of the Internet has brought about a new era of information explosion. On the other hand, Japan has also revised its legal provisions in the past two years, expanding the scope of convictions for sexual assault, no longer limited to crimes committed by men against women.

The most important thing is that he, a national-level actor who was planned to commit a crime but did not suffer any substantial harm, is the best fuse that can completely detonate public opinion and the perfect hidden victim.

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After the filming of the new drama was successfully completed, Kitagawa Ryo had more time, so he took his wife to visit director Yasushi Gotanda at his home after a long absence on the weekend.

Of course, there was also a little intention of gathering intelligence in it.

"Ah - I really can't stand it. They just ignored me. Every time the scenes were shot, they would put them in front of me with a fake smile and ask me to give their opinions. Do they want me to directly say that everything from the script to the performance is a mess? Apart from the name "Homeless Child", I can't see any connection between this sequel and the original story."

In the small room still filled with various reference books and numerous script drafts, the familiar unkempt Gotanda Yasushi was complaining to Kitagawa Ryowa Ai with full of resentment:

"First, the lead role was changed. Since they couldn't find a child actor as spiritual as Kana, they found an actress who was almost sixteen years old to act younger. The background of the story had to be pushed to two years later when Aizawa Suzu was in junior high school. That's fine. I guess they thought junior high school students could fall in love, and probably because Burning Production wanted to push two of its male artists, they added a super obvious love line for the heroine, and it ended up serving as the main line of the plot——"

"And I've said it countless times before, the story of Aizawa Suzu has already been told in this story, and there's nothing new to be said about this character. The new screenwriter the production team hired later should have realized this and chose to replicate the heroine's pleasing personality one-to-one. No, it should be that he even exaggerated the heroine's pleasing personality. Fine, you wandered in the first season, so I have to wander in the second season too, and it should be even more miserable. Didn't she have a dog to accompany her in the first season? Then just write her to death."

"This is simply writing tragedy for the sake of tragedy. Some of the plots made me dig my toes into the ground. It was too contrived. The lead actress couldn't show acting skills that could directly impact the audience like Kana. In a script with obvious logical problems like this, if you can't make a splash right away and make the audience cry subconsciously, it's basically over."

All I can say is that it is obvious that Yasushi Gotanda has accumulated a lot of resentment and anger during this period of time. After all, his name is still on the promotional poster for the second season of "Homeless Children". This feeling of being forced to bear the biggest blame in his directorial career before the show even airs makes him extremely depressed.

"If you think positively, if an actor's acting is visibly bad, the audience won't blame the director first."

Beichuan Liang spread his hands helplessly, and Ai beside him nodded and comforted him:

"Besides, the IP of the first season is still there, so Director Gotanda doesn't have to be so pessimistic. Maybe the reputation of the official broadcast will be good when it is released?"

"…If a certain narrow-minded agency hadn't chosen to air a new drama with a similar theme at the same time as the second season of Homeless Kids, I would have believed it."

Yasushi Gotanda glanced resentfully at the couple sitting side by side. Because of the previous storm of public opinion about Magana, a lot of attention on the Internet has long been focused on these two new dramas that were broadcast at the same time, waiting to see who would win in the cyber cricket fighting segment based on ratings, discussion, and various evaluations on the Internet.

Moreover, under the current publicity of the second season of "Homeless Children", in the hearts of a large number of IP fans, he, who has rich experience in filming film and television dramas, can firmly surpass Hirokazu Koreeda, who is trying film and television dramas for the first time.

No matter from which perspective, Gotanda Yasushi felt that he had already seen a future in which he would be madly liquidated.

"Then hurry up and make another new film to change the public opinion. I made a classic before you, and I made another well-received film after you. In this way, isn't it clear whose problem is it?"

Kitagawa Ryo stood up and glanced with interest at the many classic film discs that filled the bookshelf in Yasushi Gotanda's room, and casually came up with an idea.

"Well, that makes sense, but it's not that easy to make a good movie. From production to distribution, from script to actors, every step has to be done well. Just thinking about it gives me a headache."

Yasushi Gotanda, who was lying in a reclining chair, closed his eyes and sighed. He seemed to have suddenly thought of something, half-opened one eye, and suddenly laughed:

"How about, as we said at your wedding a few years ago, we make a love documentary based on the two of you?"

"I can't think of what it is like, and I don't want to expose the things between me and love to the public. Forget about selling my private life, just keep it to yourself."

Kitagawa Ryo shook his head and immediately refused, having no interest at all in Gotanda Yasushi's proposal.

"Indeed, and it's not easy to find actors. Although Ryo and I are playing our own high school years, our first encounter happened much earlier. I don't think there's a child actor in the world who can play Ryo's childhood well."

Kitagawa Ai also nodded in approval.

Hearing Ai say this, Gotanda Yasushi thought about it seriously, and couldn't help but curl his lips and said:

"That's true. Although the propaganda for child stars nowadays is all about 'the next Kitagawa Ryo', even Kana, who is the closest... well, doesn't look like it."

Gotanda Yasushi crossed his legs, pouted in the direction of Kitagawa Ryo, and said to Ai:

"This kid was called a freak in the industry back then, because not only the audience, but even the directors in the industry had never seen a child actor so young but so good at acting."

"It's too much to say this to my face."

Kitagawa Ryo, who was originally flipping through a draft of a script that Gotanda Yasushi had written before, shook his head helplessly when he heard this, rudely tapped Gotanda's head with the manuscript paper in his hand, and sat back next to Ai.

"碛——I'm obviously complimenting you. I wonder how many actors want this talent but can't get it."

Gotanda Yasushi smacked his lips and defended himself unhappily.

"But to be honest, I always think that the fact that Liang is still taking on acting roles at such a high intensity is itself a rare thing."

"Huh? Why?"

"Because I always feel that there are many times when Ryo can naturally leave this circle, such as when he was free from the control of his adoptive parents, when his first long-term contract with Burning Production ended, or when he got married. It's not that I want Ryo to stop performing, but I just feel...how should I put it."

Yasushi Gotanda scratched the back of his head, picked up a rubber band and tied his deliberately long hair into a small braid that looked very artistic. He organized his words and spoke:

"It is difficult for child stars in the industry to survive and grow up in the entertainment industry. In addition to external factors, a considerable number of children feel bored and tired. After all, if they have been in this circle since childhood and have tied their lives to acting too early, they will always feel that their hearts will age very quickly."

"What's more, Liang had such a childhood. When the incident of the Kitagawa couple was first exposed, many of us were wondering whether Liang would quit the entertainment industry. After all, Liang felt that he was forced and exploited by his adoptive parents and was used as a tool for making money. He should have been unable to endure the life of an actor a long time ago."

"But the fact is that I'm still active now, right?"

Beichuan Liang also smiled when he heard this, and with his right hand supporting his chin, he slightly tilted his head and looked at the love beside him:

"Love seemed to have said something similar to me when we first got married."

"Yeah, what I was thinking at the time was that we had already earned enough money to last for several lifetimes, so we could slowly fade out of the entertainment industry, travel around the world, or live quietly in the countryside..."

At this point, Kitagawa Ai pouted slightly, glared at her husband fiercely, and showed a helpless expression, holding her chin and sighing:

"Who would have thought that Liang was a workaholic? He was just an actor before, but after marriage he became the president of an agency. But even so, he still took on a lot of work every year, including acting in dramas and stage plays of the LALALAI Theater Company, as well as acting in TV dramas and movies."

Listening to Ai casually talking about Kitagawa Ryo's busy schedule, Gotanda Yasushi twitched his lips, and finally sighed with a little envy:

“It’s great to be young—”

After all, in the industry he is familiar with, many big actors who are not as well-known as Kitagawa Ryo do not take so many jobs every year. It is common for them to take a month or two off after filming a new drama. Their lifestyle is not as busy as Kitagawa Ryo, who only goes abroad with his wife around their wedding anniversary and has been in the world of two people for two weeks.

Rather, it is better to say that artists like Ai, who run their own personal channels and derivative brands, have a variety show as the main character with stable popularity, occasionally play supporting roles in a Japanese drama or movie, and endorse a few advertisements, are more like the life model of Kitagawa Ryo after marriage that Gotanda Yasushi envisioned.

“But the reason is actually very simple.”

Kitagawa Ryo looked towards two rows on Gotanda Yasushi's bookshelf, where all the discs were of the movies in which he had played roles. There were similar rows on the bookshelf in his room, but placed there were the scripts of every play he had acted in over the years, with black or red handwriting, emphasized or circled words and sentences, long or short self-annotations, as well as densely packed bookmarks and character biographies.

“I just really enjoyed performing.”

Chapter 5: Ruby's Moving Log (5k)

Tokyo, Kitagawa family.

Although it is September, which is not the summer season, the two days happen to be the time when the "autumn tiger" is raging. The temperature on the streets is still very high. The warm wind blows up the leaves that have begun to fall from the roadside trees, and they fall to the ground in a whirlwind. Kitagawa Rumi, who seems to be waiting for someone at the door, is holding a large parasol, wearing sandals and holding an ice cream in her mouth. It seems that only these three measures can barely suppress the rising heat.

After a while, a car drove towards this side and finally stopped in front of her. Kurokawa Akane politely thanked the driver Mr. Izaki who brought her here, then opened the back door and got out of the car safely.

"Xiao Qian - she's finally here."

As soon as Kurokawa Akane's shoes touched the ground, Kitagawa Rumi came over to her very intimately and tilted the parasol in her hand most of the way towards her.

"Sorry, there was a traffic jam on the road for a while."

"It's okay, it's okay, let's go in quickly, it's too hot outside."

Kitagawa Rumi fanned herself with her hands, and then she saw that the popsicle she had just taken out of her mouth was already dripping with water. She quickly put it back into her mouth and spoke incoherently:

"Xiao Qian, do you want some popsicles later? We haven't finished eating the orange bears we stored at home during the summer."