Tokyo bubble life

It was a fine day, with bright sunshine and clear skies.

There were no vehicles on the road back to Tokyo.

On both sides of the gray-brown road, lush bushes can be seen from time to time, and there are clusters of blooming flowers scattered in the green-brown background.

Driving alone, Naoki Naoyama turned on the radio in the car,

The popular CityPop began to sound, and the bright rhythm was blown into the ears with the breeze, and the mood became particularly carefree.

Isn't this kind of comfortable life what I have been pursuing before?

Recently, it seems that I have been occupied by opening a store, girl group, and activities, and it seems that I have returned to the life I used to worry about every day.

When it’s summer, you can try to go to the beach to escape the heat~

Coastal roads, the scenery must be better!

Naoki Naoyama's good mood lasted all the way home.

Until I heard a message from Otomo Fangcun on the phone:

"Naoki-san, I have something to talk about in person! Please call me back if it's convenient."

Fangcun Dayu's tone sounded very low, with a bit of suppressed anger.

Naoki Yongshan dialed back and answered the phone quickly.

"Otomo-san, what happened? It sounds like heavy news."

"Hey, it's a problem with CATS, a problem with the firm. They're going to sell the girl group!" Otomo Fangcun's voice was full of unwillingness.

"Naoki-san, let's have lunch together, in the old place, I'll also call Kami Itou Shuichi, and I'll talk about it later."

"Hey, let's meet and talk."

Sounds like the execs are selling the Wildcats?

why? The future of the girl group is becoming increasingly clear, and the time to make money is on the way, right?

Naoki Yongshan was a little puzzled, and everything still had to wait for Otomo Fangcun to explain everything in detail.

We came to the izakaya where the trio often drank.

Shuichi Itou and Otomo Fangcun were already in the private room, they did not drink alcohol, but smoked in silence.

"Naoki-san, you are here." Shuichi Yitang saw Naoki Yongshan.

"Hi, Otomo-san, Xiuichi-san."

It wasn't until Naoki Nagayama sat down that Otomo Yoshimura spoke:

"Since Naoki-san is here, let me talk about the specific situation."

"Naoki-san and Shuichi-san, you two know about the relationship between STARLIGHT office and the BURNING department, right?"

"Didn't it mean that it was a small branch office?" Naoki Yongshan asked, "Could it be that there is a deeper relationship?"

"Hey, yes, Kenichi Hino, the president of the firm, was actually the younger brother of Ikuo Shuo's subordinate before. Because he didn't have much talent in the field, he started a small advertising business after he was separated."

Itou Shuichi seemed to know a little bit about the content: "So, in fact, this time, BURNING is going to buy CATS?"

"To be precise, it's a mutual replacement, using part of the advertising business to replace the brokerage contract of the wild cat group."

Naoki Yongshan was a little curious: "According to the previous habits, shouldn't the BURNING department support each other? How could there be someone who directly grabs business?"

"It's usually like this, but this time it seems that BURNING Agency directly took a fancy to the form of girl groups. It's better to directly take over a mature team from scratch."

"Then the president also agrees?"

"Yes, the president Hino Kenichi originally entered the idol business with the idea of ​​making a fortune and leaving. This time there is also an advertising business exchange, and he agreed without saying a word."

Yoshimura Otomo remembered what Kenichi Hino had said to him two days ago.

On the one hand, there is a mature advertising business with long-term profitability; on the other hand, the profit of the idol business is unknown, and there is also the pressure of competition from established firms. It should be clear how to choose.

Moreover, the BURNING agency is more capable of developing the idol business of girl groups.

Hino Kenichi said in a high-sounding voice: "Otomo-kun, it is a better way to hand over CATS to the BURNING agency, whether it is for the girl group itself or the agency!"

"Is that so?" Naoki Naoyama understood. As the president of a small firm, from the perspective of a businessman, he couldn't say what he did wrong.

"Hey, Naoki-san, Shuichi-san, I'm sorry, even though I tried my best, I couldn't change the president's mind." Otomo Yoshimura was very disappointed,

"CATS's management contract is with STARLIGHT agency, so if the president decides, I can't help it.

I'm so sorry! ! ! "

Yi Tangxiu was very carefree when he arrived: "Dayou-san, what are you talking about, this is not your fault."

"After all, the hard work of the three of us was taken away in vain. I'm really sorry for the two of you." Even though the group was sitting in the private room, Fangcun Dayou bowed deeply, and the circles of his eyes were red.

After several months of hard work, it is finally about to germinate and bear fruit, unexpectedly.

What's more, it was the painstaking efforts of three people, and in the end only the STARLIGHT office benefited.

Naoki Naoyama also sighed: "Although I am a little bit reluctant, if you want to say that the person who lost the most must be Otomo-san. After all the busy work, the hardest one is Otomo-san."

In fact, in the operation of the Wildcats, Naoki Nagayama is the creative, Shuichi Ido is the training package, and it is Otomo Yoshimura who really treats the girl group as his own children and cares about all aspects.

He truly regards the idol career as an ideal.

Now that the girl group has been taken away, he must be the saddest.

Perhaps in the eyes of the president Kenichi Hino, this is an ordinary business operation, but in the eyes of Yoshimura Otomo, this is indeed a betrayal.

For the longing of the past,

For the experience of this time,

For the painstaking efforts,

A betrayal of the friendship between the three.

In the following time, Otomo Fangcun drank one cup after another. Although Shuichi Ido and Naoki Nagayama continued to comfort him, the frustration and pain of this middle-aged man could only be comforted slightly in the wine.

Looking at Yoshimura Otomo who was drunk and still muttering something, Naoki Nagayama said to Shuichi Itou: "The capacity for alcohol is so poor and he likes to drink. It seems that I will be sent to you again, Xiuichi-san."

"How can you cultivate, if you don't go, you can't do it."

Putting Otomo Yoshimura on the recliner in the office, Shuichi Ido and Naoki Nagayama took a bottle of beer and drank slowly.

"The girl group was given to BURNING, does Xiu Yi-san have any ideas?"

"In such a big office, there are professionals in all packaging and manufacturing work, and I should not need a half-assed person like me."

"Haha, if Xiu Yi-sang is half-assed, with so many producers, who would dare to call him a professional?"

"Haha, Naoki-san is really good at complimenting people. But I really don't need to devote myself to the girl group in the future."

Yi Tangxiu smiled, but he could actually hear some unwillingness.

"Actually, I still like directing and filming. I have always wanted to formally enter the TV and film industry."

"That's it, let's congratulate Director Yitang on winning the Palme d'Or!" Naoki Yongshan held up the beer.

"Hahahaha, Naoki-san is really."

Although Naoki Yongshan didn't care much about the ownership of the wild cat group, but the Yuanzu girl group he created was taken away like this, of course he was still unwilling.

"Xiu Yi-sang, I remember that the CATS brand, the contract with the livehouse, and the peripheral authorization are all under the purse company of GG, right?"

"Hey, it should be, what's the matter?"

"That leather bag company seems to be under my name, but Xiu Yi-san and Otomo-san are only in name?"

"Indeed, what's the matter?"

"The patent right of the cat ear hair accessories is also under the name of my personal studio HALO."

"You mean?"

"If I don't agree, they can only ask for the past 5 photo models!"

"But they can also start another brand? The members haven't changed?"

"Xiuichi-san, this is different from the previous kingly idols. Fans of girl groups don't necessarily gather on each idol." Yongshan Naoki's eyes shone with confidence.

"If there is no characteristic of cat ears, no characteristics of CATS, it is just 5 former members of the wild cat group, we can create another wild cat group at any time!"

"This" In the past, digging out idols meant digging out all the resources under the idols. Itou Shuichi didn't think about the special nature of girl groups at all.

"When Dayou-san wakes up, let him use this point to negotiate."

"Take our things, how can we not pay at all!"