Become a knight and protect the second dimension!

He used his arm directly, and in a trance, it seemed that a man with red hair and animal ears suddenly appeared here, and he could vaguely hear a sound in a trance.

"Crack the skull with a strong hand!"

Ren Wei used his strength to make her turn around and look at him, with a smirk on his face.

"You should face the other person when you are talking. This is polite."

Afterwards, the two of them went to see a movie together and had lunch afterwards.

Just when Ren Wei was about to send Kasumigaoka Utaha back to catch up on some sleep.

Suddenly a phone call came directly.

It is Nobuo Kudo of staff library.

"Why do I feel like I run into him every time I go out with you?" Ren Wei said helplessly.

And there will be no good results after encountering it.

"Maybe it's because our bad fate will 100% trigger a call from Vice President Kudo?"

Kasumigaoka Utaha also made a joke.

After all, whenever the two of them appear in public recently, it seems that the vice president is always present.

But now it is said that he should be called the president.

After all, his father, Kudo Takeshi, seemed to have some hidden dangers in his lungs due to the last fire incident, and he was ready to retire.

Kudo Takeshi, who just celebrated his birthday, is facing retirement. He originally planned to work until he was around 70.

By that time, Nobuo Kudo will be in his 40s and will be able to take over his job.

It can only be said that there are unforeseen circumstances.

But his successor is still his son, so it should be okay.

The two of them came to the staff library together.

The fourth floor has been renovated and is no longer open to the public, but the third floor below is still bustling with people coming and going.

They arrived at Nobuo Kudo's office with ease.

But what shocked them a little was Nobuo Kudo's current condition.

His eyes were bloodshot, and his originally smooth long hair had not been taken care of for a long time and was a little greasy on his head.

Even the suit he was wearing had a lot of wrinkles on it, and it was obvious that he hadn't changed it for a long time.

This shocked Ren Wei. How come after only two weeks of not seeing each other, a person who was so energetic before became like this?

"Teacher Kasumi Shiko..."

But even in this state, when Nobuo Kudo saw the two people coming, he still forced himself to be spirited and received them.

Without much conversation, Nobuo Kudo went straight to the point.

"Teacher Kasumi Shiko, our production committee has an idea that we need to discuss with you."

His solemn expression made Kasumigaoka Utaha straighten herself up involuntarily.

"We may need to change your 12-episode anime directly into 24 episodes, plus two episodes of summary."

When this statement was uttered, both of them were a little surprised. Shouldn't it have been decided long before production that this would be a 12-episode season?

Why is it suddenly changed to a half-year series?

"Wait, President Kudo, what do you mean?"

Ren Wei questioned directly.

This kind of thing can't be changed just like that.

Nobuo Kudo looked at the two of them, and it was obvious that Kasumigaoka Utaha was now focusing on Ren Wei.

"To be honest, I have reached a very critical moment now."

Nobuo Kudo sighed, and then told the story of what had happened to him recently.

He took over the position of president when his father was in the hospital recuperating from lung problems.

He thought it was a normal power transition, but on the second day after he took over, he encountered difficulties from shareholders.

The shareholders have long wanted to prevent the Kudo family from occupying the position of president.

Therefore, Kudo Takeshi hastily transferred the position of president this time without much handover, which gave them a glimmer of opportunity.

This is why Nobuo Kudo has become like this recently.

Those shareholders continued to put pressure on him.

"......Otherwise, those old guys should just commit suicide. They are a bunch of old-fashioned people, but they still want to instruct the staff library that is already on the road to a new life!"

It seemed that he had found someone to talk to. Kudo Nobuo's emotions suddenly became excited, as if he wanted to expose all the depression that had been suppressed for a while.

Every word he said contained insults to the old shareholders.

This made the two people sitting opposite him feel awkward. They didn't know whether to listen or not.

"But why does this have to do with changing the number of episodes released?" Ren Wei was very curious.

Speaking of this, Nobuo Kudo couldn't help but calm himself down.

He exhaled deeply, as if to let out all the distress he had been feeling during this period of time.

“Teacher Kasumi Shiko’s novel is already a phenomenal novel in our library, so we must seize the opportunity.

No! I must seize this opportunity! I must work on a profitable project that represents my achievements, so that I can prove that I am the president of this company. "

There is no need to say more about what happens next.

As for why this is a profitable work, do I need to explain it? I have already told the two of them about the proposal for change.

"Since the original plan was to adapt the first three volumes of the novel, if we want to expand it to 24 episodes, we need to restore the male second lead that was originally cut.

Since the condensed version of Teacher Xia Shizi’s text is actually quite large, we only need to rewrite the teacher’s work and add some details.”

Nobuo Kudo placed the new project proposal in front of the two of them.

The two of them picked it up and examined it carefully. It was a very detailed plan, many times more detailed than the last time they came to discuss it.

In other words, Nobuo Kudo basically bet his position as president on the success of the light novel-adapted animation "Love Metronome".

"Wouldn't you choose some other works?"

Ren Wei said curiously.

If you fail, you won't even have the chance to regret.

After spending a few times with Kudo Nobuo, Ren Wei felt that this guy was a friend with whom he could talk.

Although their relationship was not very deep, he could still say a few words on this matter.

After all, this person really cares about Kasumigaoka Utaha.

“The authors that were controlled by those established editors have basically been taken over by those shareholders.

Only Machida, the editor who has been in office for less than four years, has not yet completely joined the other factions..."

There is no need to say more about the rest.

Nobuo Kudo just had his eyes on these two people. They didn't belong to any faction and had a close relationship with him, so he could only entrust this matter to these two people.

Of course, the more important reason is that the sales of this work are really good now.

"What do you think?" Ren Wei looked at the person next to him.

"You decide." Kasumigaoka Utaha looked at Ren Wei and said.

She believed in this man because he had never let her down.

Ren Wei pondered for a moment, then took out the fifth volume that he had put away.

"This is a new volume. It has just been printed and the release date has not yet been determined."

Nobuo Kudo took it.

After reading it, he looked even more excited.

"That's the hot spot! If there is this hot spot, we can definitely make this animation very well!"

He said to the two people in front of him with some excitement.

But Ren Wei just waited for him to calm down and said, "So, President of Engineering, how much production funds can you allocate now?"

From twelve episodes to twenty-six episodes, from a quarterly series to a semi-annual series.

The investment required is not only in human costs, but also a large amount of financial costs. The previously discussed budget of 7000 million yen is obviously not enough.

This is an unavoidable question.

If the post-production of this animation is crude due to budget issues, then no matter how explosive this wave of hits is, there will definitely be a lot of ridicule and abuse online.

Nobuo Kudo looked at the two people in front of him.

Then he said solemnly: "I want to use all the funds I can mobilize, about 3 million yen."

This is the maximum amount that he, the trapped president, can come up with now.

If it were done normally and without any unexpected problems, it would have been a very good animation.

“And I also promised that no matter how well this animation performs, we will give 6% of the profits to Ms. Kasumi Shiko as royalties.

This is not a dividend from the light novel adaptation, but an extra one. But in contrast, we need Teacher Kasumi Shiko to fill in the copywriting.”

"Please, Teacher Kasumi Shiko, there is a strange charm in your literature. Although you are not very old, it is as if you have experienced such things personally.

If it can be adapted into an animation, your influence will surely be even greater. And the school season is coming, we will not take up too much of your school time, you only need to come here on Saturdays and Sundays to fill in the copy. "

Kasumigaoka Utaha pursed her lips. She wanted her animation to bloom on this TV.

It was also a love letter of sorts to her.

But she was a little lacking in confidence because she was too young and it was her first time participating in such an event.

Ren Wei held her hand.

Kasumigaoka Utaha raised her head.

Ren Wei was looking at her seriously: "Don't let yourself regret it."

If you refuse now, you may not have such an opportunity later.

Chapter 165 You don’t want to fall in love with your teacher...

In the end, Kasumigaoka Utaha accepted the proposal.

She didn't want to regret it later.

After finishing things here, it was almost evening.

Most of the time was spent by Nobuo Kudo reading the light novel that was about to be released by Kasumigaoka Utaha.

Ren Wei looked at Kasumigaoka Utaha who was yawning beside him.

In fact, he noticed at the beginning that Kasumigaoka Utaha seemed to be a little depressed.

Now no amount of makeup can hide his tired face.

There was no way he could let her go back alone, so he took her back downstairs again.

The apartment that Utaha Kasumigaoka rents is a relatively high-end apartment.

So I am very relieved about the security here.

"Ahem, do you want to go up and sit for a while?" Kasumigaoka Utaha invited Ren Wei with a blushing face.

Then he received a slap in the face of love from his teacher.

"What are little girls thinking about every day nowadays?

Let's talk about those trivial matters after you finish your work here."

Ren Wei said with some regret, "Such a good opportunity is in front of you, but you tell me that you just want to do something naughty?"

Well, although Ren Wei also wanted to do something naughty, the age of the person in front of him made him hesitate to do it. He was 17 years old in lunar age and 16 in actual age.

Under the influence of his previous life, he always felt that if he took action against people of this age group, he would be breaking some laws.