Tokyo Soft Rice King

Mirai Takanashi narrowed her eyes like her mother and commented with a hint of disgust.

"Wow... why are you laughing so strangely all of a sudden... it's disgusting... so, what's going on?"

Because of Kuroba Ming's strange reaction after seeing his hand, even the unconvinced Kotori Mirai started to care about the result.

And Kuroba Ming also came back to his senses from his thoughts, looked at Kotori Mirai who was confused in front of him, and began to organize his words.

In fact, it is not difficult to convince her because she is already doing it.

After seeing the talent of her right hand, Hei Yuming of course also looked at the proficiency of her left hand.

His proficiency in acting and dubbing is only at level 1, even worse than Ziyin who has only practiced for a month.

However, her proficiency in video editing and guitar playing has been trained to level 2, and is even about to break through to level 3, which shows that she actually likes playing more and has already started making her own videos.

Just use this as a breakthrough.

"I noticed that you seem to be interested in making videos in the future, right?"

"Uh!"

Takanashi Mirai was a little surprised.

How did Hei Yuming know I was making videos? Could it be that he discovered my account? That shouldn't be the case... I haven't told anyone, not even my mother... There shouldn't be any obvious clues in the room...

Is it really possible to tell from palmistry?

This guy really has something!

After the surprise, there was embarrassment, as if her diary had been seen. Takanashi Mirai scratched her cheek and said.

"Yes, I'm a bit interested... I just want to make some music MAD videos..."

"Oh~"

I see. Since I like making audio MADs, no wonder I’m so skilled in editing.

"Original track?"

"Um……"

In fact, Xiao Niaoyou has been uploading his own original music MAD in the future, which is the so-called art person, p master.

By the way, in this world, the Onion Girl with twin ponytails has become a single ponytail, and her new image is very familiar. In Kuroba Akira's opinion, it is the weak-voiced big sister who has taken the position, and it feels like even the virtual singer has traveled through time together.

Mirai Takanashi is currently in a situation where she wants others to listen to the songs she created, but is a little shy to speak up, especially not wanting to be discovered by people she knows in real life.

But it was okay to be discovered by Kuroba Ming, and she didn't feel particularly embarrassed. This was mainly because she had only known Kuroba Ming for a short time. Although the two of them had a lot of fun playing games together and their relationship had improved, they were not particularly familiar with each other. So, Kotori Mirai was not so resistant to him discovering her little secret.

So, after hesitating for a moment, she decided to tell Hei Yuming that she was a P-master. Her main purpose was to let him listen to the songs she wrote and then hear his comments.

"Well, actually, I uploaded a song I composed to a video site...it's getting pretty good views. Do you want to give it a listen?"

Kuroba Akira thought to himself, "This is my chance!", but he didn't show any joy on the surface. Instead, he asked with a subtle expression of interest.

"May I?"

"That's fine, since you've already discovered it..."

Then Mirai Takanashi turned on her favorite song and handed her headphones to Akira Kuroba.

Hei Yuming took the headphones and watched the video. After listening to it, he said very sincerely.

“I think it’s great.”

Mirai Takanashi is the type who reflects her mood in her expression. She immediately showed a happy smile and her eyes lit up.

"Really!"

"Well, I really think it's great. No wonder it's gotten 100,000 views."

"hey-hey……"

Kotori shyly but happily touched the back of her head, and Kuroba Akira took advantage of the situation and spoke.

"Honestly, I think this path is more suitable for you. This is what you should really do."

"Really? You're exaggerating..."

“Really, the main thing is that you did a really great job on this video.”

Even from Kuroba Akira's perspective, this is a very high-quality audio MAD, with very accurate sound, appropriate rhythm, and a strong sense of presence brought by the harmony and reverb.

But the essence lies in the video itself. Although many of them are animations that Kuroba Ming has never seen, this does not prevent him from being fascinated by them. The dark style is rendered very well.

The material is presented very well, the transitions are very natural, and she even added her own special effects, which makes it look very cool.

Most importantly, she expressed her emotions in this video.

Hei Yuming has also made videos, so he knows that making videos is actually like writing novels. It is a very experience-intensive task, and the key lies in whether it can "convey the creator's emotions."

Why some novels can make people feel immersed while others cannot? It all depends on whether the creator can express his or her "will" through the work.

Just like adding love to cooking makes it more delicious, it is a bit mysterious but very important step.

Mirai Takanashi could also see that Kuroba Akira was not flattering her, so she was very happy, but she still cared more about the evaluation of the music.

"Is the video good...but what about the music alone?"

Kuroba Ming commented very honestly.

"This song is actually pretty good. It has a great rhythm and I like the melody, but honestly, it's only 'okay'. You should understand that, right?"

"……Um……"

After a moment of silence, Takanashi Mirai nodded.

She has loved listening to music since she was a child. When she asked for headphones, it was because she wanted to listen to her favorite music better.

So she is also very clear about the level of her original music.

It's not even up to standard.

In fact, if it were in other places, this level would be enough to be a professional musician, but in this country it seems a bit not good enough.

Japanese pop music is probably the hottest in Asia, and even in the world.

There is even a dedicated music genre called J-pop.

In fact, in the 1950s, Japan's music industry was still very small. Later, with the rapid development of the economy, music gradually rose. Then, in the millennium, a group of iconic "diva" appeared, thus opening a new chapter in the Japanese music scene.

At this time, the Korean Wave was also sweeping across Asia. The stage performance form of combining dance and singing, coupled with the idol-based operation model, led to the birth of a large number of girl idol groups in Japan, namely various 48 groups, and various bands also debuted one after another.

Now it has become a situation where a large number of new works and singers appear every year. Some singers and groups can become popular overnight and enter the Red and White Song Festival at the end of the year.

The Red and White Songs Contest is an annual New Year program, similar to the Spring Festival Gala, but with only singing, and the program is divided into two camps, red and white, to compete.

The Red and White Battle format originated from the Genpei War, when the Genji used white flags and the Taira used red flags. The two samurai groups fought fiercely, fighting to the death...

Neon is also known as the country of samurai, so the concept of red and white confrontation is widely used in various binary opposition situations, such as school sports meets and kendo, which was derived from Bushido.

In short, being able to perform at the Red and White Songs Contest is equivalent to being "famous".

However, even the most famous P-masters find it difficult to perform on the Red and White Songs Festival, and only some musicians who have successfully transformed themselves have the opportunity to appear on stage.

This path is much more complicated than the voice actor's path. If Ziyin had chosen to be a singer, she would have truly stepped into the Shura Field of Hell.

However, with Ziyin's talent, she can probably still become the new generation of music queen. After all, Ziyin is a good singer.

However, Mirai Kotori has no talent for music.

She's good at fingerstyle guitar, purely because she practices hard.

Neither voice acting nor music can be her 'career'.

What he longed for and what he liked could not achieve very high achievements, which was undoubtedly a cruel reality for Xiao Niaoyou's future.

But Hei Yuming needed to 'wake her up'.

"Although you probably won't be able to become a top artist just by relying on music, if you work hard on videos, I think you can support yourself and even make a lot of money. You may not necessarily be worse than your mother."

If it comes to making money alone, she may not have any idea, but when Aunt Akiko is mentioned, she will understand how exaggerated Hei Yuming is.

"How can I possibly compare to my mom? I don't make any money from making videos... and my highest-grossing video only has 100,000 views... that's not even enough to watch, is it?"

“You can try making other types of videos.”

"Another type of video?... Even if you say so, I don't know what type of video to make... I just made the audio MAD to go with my original music..."

Is it possible to achieve this level just by doing it casually? This is the realization of her talent.

It turns out that geniuses are extraordinary in the fields they are good at.

"Any genre is fine. Anything you can think of can be made into a video. For example, in the future, won't you also like playing games? And are you also familiar with anime and comics? Perhaps you can try making game walkthrough videos, live game videos, and anime talk videos."

"Oh...but will anyone watch this? And how will I make money from this?"

"Revenue from video playback, advertising, paid subscriptions, etc... Of course, these video websites are still immature and their profit models are still very simple, but as long as you start making videos now, you will definitely make a lot of money in the future."

In fact, what Hei Yuming wanted to say was that once my website is built, we can achieve mutual benefit and win-win results.

In order to help Xiao Niaoyou better understand in the future, Kuroba Ming explained by analogy.

"Just like novelists and comic book writers have loyal readers, right? And then they get a lot of royalties from publishing books. Just imagine that you can get similar royalties from making videos."

Takanashi Mirai pounded her palm and suddenly realized.

"Oh! I get it! In other words, the more fans you have, the more money you make! The fan economy of idols!"

"That's right! The same goes for making videos!"

"I see... I never thought I could make money by making videos..."

"No matter what it is, as long as you make a name for yourself, you can always make money... But the question now is, can you devote yourself wholeheartedly to making videos?"

"..."

Faced with this soul-searching question from Kuroba Akira, Takanashi Mirai fell into deep thought.

She recalled that she was quite happy when editing the audio MAD, just like playing games.

On the contrary, when practicing dubbing in order to become a voice actor, repeating the same line dozens of times will feel very boring and meaningless.

Therefore, Xiao Niaoyou has always felt that dreams cannot be realized happily, and success can only be achieved by paying a price.

And now Hei Yuming suddenly told her that she could actually do what she liked and make money, and Xiao Niaoyou was skeptical.

"Well... I actually quite like making videos... But I haven't made other types of videos before. I need to try it out to see if it's good or not, and whether it's interesting or not... But..."

But what?

Takanashi Mirai didn't say it out loud, but seeing her hesitant expression as if she wanted to say something but couldn't, Hei Yuming knew that she still had some doubts in her heart.

Until she fully understood the reason why her mother didn't allow her to become a voice actor, she still couldn't completely give up on the voice actor career.

So it's Hei Yuming's turn to help her here.

"How about this, I'll help you find out what Aunt Qiuzi is saying? Otherwise, I don't think you'd be in the mood to make a video."

"Hey?"

Takanashi Mirai was stunned for a moment, then asked back.

"But aren't you the rescuer Tong brought in? Didn't you come to me to get me back to school? Are you going to betray her and stand on my side?"

"It's not really a betrayal. The monitor originally asked me to help you, not to drag you out of the room. Now I think the best way to help you is to help you find out the truth about your mother."

"what……"

"As for whether you want to return to school, that's your own business. We just hope you're not being 'forced not to go to school' due to external reasons. So wait until you've resolved your issues and then decide for yourself whether to go back to school."

"Okay... um... thank you... thank you..."

Mirai Takanashi suddenly felt a little embarrassed and very touched.

Before, I secretly complained that Tong was no longer a friend, and Hei Yuming was just Tong's dog... I was so petty.

They are actually thinking about themselves...

Zhencheng, Tong, and Ming in front of him, they are actually all doing this for his own good.

It turns out that I still have a good friend who is sincere to me...

However, Saionji Mamoru and Asato Hitomi may really be thinking about Qingmei sincerely, but Kuroba Akira is obviously here to get a price.

"But in the future, if I help you find out the reason why Auntie Akiko doesn't want you to be a voice actor, and you accept it, then you can do as I say and try making videos. I really think you're more suited to this path."

As for live streaming... I'll wait until I build my own barrage website. It's still difficult to set up a live streaming platform in this era.