They all pushed me!

After saying this, Kitagawa Ryoya squatted down with a serious expression and asked Arima Kana as seriously as he did before:

"Does Kana want to film "Big Green Pepper Gymnastics"?"

Before he came, he had already learned the whole story from his main agent, Mr. Izaki. In fact, the matter of Magana's mother had become a topic of conversation throughout the agency and even in the circle.

Arima Kanae clenched the pendant in her hand. She lowered her head and looked at the Greek words "Know Yourself". After hesitating for a while, she leaned close to Beichuan Ryo's ear and said softly:

"Tell Senior Liang a secret."

"I don't like green peppers... I even hate them."

Beichuan Liang was stunned for a moment before he understood what Arima Ganai meant. He smiled and shook his head:

"It's normal to have foods you don't like, and this definitely doesn't count as being picky about food."

Then, he stood up again and calmly touched the hat on Magana's head:

"I see."

"As long as I'm here, Kana just needs to do the performance she likes."

"No one can force Kana to do something she doesn't want to do."

Chapter 57: I'm going to audition

In fact, Kitagawa Ryo himself knew very well that the fundamental reason why Magana's mother was willing to let her daughter sign a contract with an economic company and why he temporarily stepped down from the position of agent was because of his existence.

After all, Ms. Arima is not the Kurokawa couple, who would patiently respect the opinions of her daughter, a four-year-old child. Although Kitagawa Ryo impressed Arima Kana with his acting skills at the time and made her want to break away from her mother, the real decision-making power has always been in the hands of her mother.

Kitagawa Ryo still remembers that Kindaichi Toshiro's evaluation of Ms. Arima was that the stupid bird did not fly first, but laid an egg to force the egg to fly. But in fact, he should have added that when the bird hatched from the egg really flapped its wings in the sky, the stupid bird wanted to announce to the world that this was its egg.

If there are some people in this world who use public funds to chase stars, then Ms. Arima can also be said to be using her daughter to chase stars, and her situation is even more pathetic than that of the Kitagawa couple.

At least one of them is a former drama actor and the other is a former idol, both of them are people who have truly stepped into this circle, but before the birth of Kana Arima, Ms. Arima's relationship with the entertainment industry was just an idealistic longing of "once dreaming of becoming an entertainer."

As far as Kitagawa Ryo knows, after "Spider" won overseas awards and caused quite a stir in the circle, this Ms. Arima sent emails to many artists in the name of Arima Kana's mother, expressing her desire to visit them.

Beichuan Liang once asked someone to compile a list of these artists, but the result made him feel both amused and helpless.

There are actors who were very popular more than a decade ago but now have a distorted figure and a big belly; there are comedians who hosted a late-night prank show twenty years ago and now work behind the scenes; there are even former idols who were very famous in the last century but have long since changed their careers.

She eagerly knocked on their door with the invitation from Arima Kana, and as if her thoughts and memories were stuck in the past, she shared it with her friends without getting tired of it. However, the text of the post was awkward, as if she was trying hard to hide the fact that she was now a professional in the entertainment industry, but she still accidentally let the cat out of the bag.

Just like an old farmer who has lived in the countryside for half his life and comes to the city for the first time, he still habitually uses the same mentality and methods as when he picked out floral fabrics at a small stall to deal with the better-looking "floral fabrics" in the window of a clothing store.

The same goes for Ms. Arima, otherwise she would not have become the subject of jokes and conversation among many people in the circle after dinner.

In fact, even Kitagawa Ryo himself sometimes feels that if Arima Kana did not have such a strong acting talent, perhaps Ms. Arima would have resigned herself to her fate in a few years.

But Maganai is a natural actor.

Apart from himself, who was a time traveler with memories and experiences from his previous life, Arimaka Na was definitely the most talented child actor that Kitagawa Ryo had ever seen in both his previous lives.

Regardless of whether this spiritual energy can be retained until she grows up, she is undoubtedly the number one in terms of expressiveness at this age. Moreover, Arimakana herself admitted that she was not forced to study by her mother, but she really likes performing.

and so--

"Ms. Arima, you were looking for me?"

Kitagawa Ryo pushed open the door of the box, casually pulled out a chair and sat in front of Arima Kana's mother, nodding at her.

"You're finally willing to come out? You tricked Kana into signing a contract with your company on the set of Spider, but what happened? Since you happened to be here today, Beichuan, just explain everything in one go."

Seeing Kitagawa Ryo walk into the box and sit leisurely in front of her, Ms. Arima immediately slammed the table and questioned him, and then threw a big pot on his head.

"Although I did mention this at the beginning, it was you, the guardian, who made the final decision to sign the contract."

Beichuan Liang spread his hands helplessly:

"Since you just said that today is a good time for us to talk it out, you should stop hiding it."

"Didn't he just take a fancy to my popularity at the beginning, but then he found out that I haven't really coached Kana since signing the contract?"

There is indeed a tradition in the industry of bundling artists from the same company or agency for sale or having old artists bring in new artists. It was this that Arimakana's mother noticed from the beginning, and that's why she reluctantly gave up her position as an agent and let her daughter sign a contract with the company.

"if not?"

Ms. Arima did not feel embarrassed after her inner thoughts were exposed. Instead, she asked Kitagawa Ryo:

"When Kana hadn't signed a contract with your company and was still my own manager, I was able to get her so many roles, including the second female lead in Spider. Wasn't it all because I used my connections and begged for inside information in advance?"

Ms. Arima spoke eloquently:

"What's the result? Since signing the contract with you, she has only taken on a few dramas in the past year? And they are all supporting roles with little screen time. There is no exposure and no money. You just don't want Kana to be popular, right?"

"Okay, even though I've endured everything that happened before, this time I finally used my connections to find Kana such a good job, and I've already contacted the people, but now I'm being told that this kind of private collusion with the company is not allowed, and I have to cancel it?"

Arima Kana stood next to Kitagawa Ryo and looked at her mother who was spitting with complicated eyes.

Beichuan Ryo shook his head gently. The other party's words and thinking have not changed at all. They are almost the same as the mother in "Spider".

If the other person was really like Hoshino Ai's mother, he would not even think of talking to her.

And after all, this is Arimakana's mother.

Just like when Kitagawa Ryo asked Hoshino Ai to solve the nightmare by herself, he will also give the final decision to Arima Kana herself.

What he has to do and can do now is to let Arimakana temporarily get rid of these unnecessary troubles before she makes her own choice, so that she can perform her favorite performance without worries.

Beichuan Liang smacked his lips, and as if he had finally lost his patience, he spoke:

"alright."

"Cancel the endorsement project for 'Big Green Pepper Gymnastics' and I'll help Kana find a better job myself, how about that?"

Ms. Arima felt that she had won. If the current occasion was not inappropriate for taking credit, she would have hugged her daughter and whispered it in her ear a thousand times.

Then Ms. Arima heard Kitagawa Ryo casually mentioning the names of several big directors, gold medal screenwriters, and national variety shows that even she had heard of, and placed them in front of her casually like chickens and ducks in cages in a vegetable market.

"Thank you so much for troubling me, Kitagawa-san. Kana hopes you can take good care of her in the future!"

She stood up suddenly, and because she moved so quickly, her knee even hit the table leg, but she didn't feel any pain at all. She raised an extremely bright smile and bent down deeply.

She bowed very low, to such a pitiful angle that even Arima Kana could look down at her.

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"Mom, can you tie my hair?"

The morning at the Kurokawa family was as peaceful as usual. Just as Mrs. Kurokawa was cooking breakfast for the family in an orderly manner, she suddenly heard her daughter's request running out of the room.

"What's wrong? Want a new hairstyle?"

"Ah."

Akane Kurokawa touched her hair which fell slightly below her shoulders somewhat embarrassedly. She had never tied her hair up, and had never worn or used a headband, hairpin, hair accessory, or hair tie.

After turning off the gas stove in front of her, Mrs. Kurokawa took off her apron, led her daughter to the dressing table, took out the hair tie from the drawer, and asked with a smile:

"What kind of hairstyle would Akane like? Twin ponytails?"

Because most little girls of this age would have cute double ponytails, Mrs. Kurokawa asked subconsciously while holding up her hair tie with her hands.

"No, no."

Kurokawa Akane shook her head. She stretched out her hand and gestured on her head twice, then opened her mouth and described vaguely:

"Just pierce it sideways here."

"Is that so?"

Mrs. Kurokawa used a hairband to tie a side pigtail at the place specified by her daughter according to her gestures and description, and then lifted Kurokawa Akane up a little so that she could see herself in the mirror.

"Yes, thank you, Mom."

Kurokawa Akane seemed quite satisfied and nodded repeatedly, then gave her mother a sweet smile of gratitude.

"Yeah, Akane's hairstyle is also very cute."

Putting her daughter down from her arms, Mrs. Kurokawa touched her head with a smile, but she was wondering in her heart why her daughter suddenly wanted to change her hairstyle like this.

I imagined it in my mind, and it seems that Beichuan Liang has never had this kind of hairstyle...

But Mrs. Kurokawa didn't think much about it and quickly went back to the kitchen to prepare breakfast. After all, maybe her daughter just wanted to change her hairstyle suddenly because she felt it was new and interesting.

Since Qian was satisfied with her new hairstyle just now, there was no need for her to ask more questions.

But speaking of it, since joining the LALALAI troupe as a child actor, it seems that Qian has become more cheerful.

Maybe you’ll be able to see your child’s debut performance soon?

With this heartwarming thought in mind, Mrs. Kurokawa took out the steamed rice and happily filled two bowls with the stuffing that had been prepared in advance. The rice was divided into two versions for adults and children according to their respective dietary taboos. She then used molds to fix them into heart-shaped rice balls and finally put them into Kurokawa Akane's lunch box.

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"By the way, have you ever thought about going for an audition?"

During a break in the rehearsal of Oedipus Rex, Ryo Kitagawa walked up to Akane Kurokawa, who was practicing pronunciation alone, and made a casual suggestion.

"Ok?"

Kurokawa Akane raised her head with some confusion.

"that is……"

Kitagawa Ryo hadn't finished speaking when he approached and suddenly noticed that Kurokawa Akane's hairstyle today looked familiar, as if it was the same style that Ruby always had.

The side-tied dovetail swayed slightly as Kurokawa Akane raised her head, making her look more lively than usual.

"Akane's hairstyle is so cute today."

Swallowing back the words that were about to be spoken, Beichuan Liang smiled and praised him.

It's probably equivalent to a country girl who has always worn glasses suddenly taking them off. Although it doesn't produce an effect that is almost equivalent to plastic surgery like in the comics, sometimes suddenly changing the unchanging hairstyle or outfit can easily give people a bright feeling.

"Thank you for the compliment, Liang-senpai."

Akane Kurokawa touched the ends of her hair and gave a broad smile to Ryo Kitagawa, with her eyebrows curved into crescent shapes.

"What did Senior Liang mean by the audition he just mentioned?"

"Oh--"

When Kurokawa Akane took the initiative to ask again, Kitagawa Ryo finally reacted slowly. He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he even saw a hint of Ruby in the other person's movements and expressions.

However, Beichuan Liang immediately put this strangeness behind his mind and explained to Kurokawa Akane again:

"Because I'm helping a junior at my agency find a job recently, I contacted a lot of crews that are currently auditioning child actors around five or six years old."

"After all, this is a rare opportunity. Sometimes closed practice here may not be as useful as going out for an audition. If Qian is willing, she can go and give it a try."

Beichuan Ryo did not say something like "Even if you are not selected, it is still a rare opportunity", but encouraged more directly:

"If Qian can fully demonstrate what she has learned in front of the unfamiliar judges, it will be more than enough."

As Kitagawa Ryo spoke, he carefully observed Kurokawa Akane's expression.

He was still a little concerned about Kurokawa Akane's shy personality, so he was prepared for her to refuse, or to let the matter go if she showed the slightest sign of rejection.

"What other juniors does Liang-senpai have in the office?"

What Kitagawa Ryo didn't expect was that after all this chicken soup for the soul, what Kurokawa Akane cared about the most was actually the first sentence.

"Yes, a girl named Kana Arima who is the same age as Akane. Has Akane seen Spider? She played my sister in the movie. It was after that that I signed her to the company."

However, since Akane Kurokawa asked, Ryo Kitagawa simply introduced Kana Arima.

"You also played Liang-senpai's sister?"

Kurokawa Akane lowered her head and pondered for a while, then suddenly reached out and grabbed the corner of Beichuan Liang's clothes. She raised her head and tightened her face, and spoke in a decisive tone without any sign of shyness:

"I'm going to audition."

Chapter 58: What you can’t get will always cause you to be in turmoil

"I have to go to an audition. Tomorrow, I may not be able to help you, Ruby, look after Ryo-senpai."

Akane Kurokawa, who had just taken a shower, was leaning on the bed in her room, editing a text message on her mobile phone to her new friend, Kitagawa Rumi. After she felt there was no problem, she chose to send the text message.

This is an old mobile phone that her parents found for her when she joined the LALALAI troupe for the convenience of communication. Although it only has two functions: making calls and sending text messages, Akane Kurokawa has no need for a mobile phone on a daily basis. Instead, she prefers to spend all her time on studying and practicing her acting skills.

"receive."

Kitagawa Rumi replied very quickly, almost instantly, and even seriously added a salute-like emoticon (`?ω?′)ゞ at the end, which made Kurokawa Akane couldn't help but laugh.

"Akira is going to audition so soon? What type of role? Are you sure?"