Tokyo: The evil god doesn't want to be the top star

Chapter 198 The Last Mentor

"Wow, this decoration theme is quite retro..."

After a while, a thin, elegant man in his fifties pushed open the vermilion torii gate and entered the studio.

"It's Mr. Oda Masaru, welcome, welcome!!!"

"It's Goro. We haven't seen each other for half a year."

Goro Kimura pretended to be surprised for a moment, then walked up to the middle-aged man and started to greet him warmly.

Masaru Oda, former lead singer of the band "Of course", has been working as an ace music producer and original singer at S-company since his farewell concert at Tokyo Dome 360 years ago. His famous song "Sudden One-Night Stand" has been on the Oricon album chart in the th area for more than weeks, which is the album with the longest number of weeks on the chart in music history...

In today's entertainment industry, when it comes to music production and singing, this person can be said to be a mainstay in his prime, second only to "music immortals" like Yoshihiro Kishimoto.

"I've been worried for a long time. You're actually the first one to arrive. Will the other instructors be late?"

"No, you arrived ten minutes early."

As usual, relevant mentor introduction clips will be inserted at this time in the later stage of the program, so the two of them pretended to start chatting.

"Who are the other mentors? I'm really looking forward to it."

"I'm looking forward to it, too. But we'll know soon enough."

Before participating in the show, Oda Masashi and Kimura Goro had already confirmed the list of participating mentors, but they pretended to be ignorant just to arouse the audience's curiosity and increase the show effect.

"The second instructor is coming in soon. Pay attention to the camera and make sure the lighting is brighter according to his requirements..."

In the program group's communication channel, Akimoto Manjiro's words just sounded...

"Yo, wow, eel..."

A young man wearing a colorful leather jacket, a big gold necklace, sunglasses and a baseball cap pushed the door open and walked in carelessly.

"Yo yo yo, the jacket is concave."

"My name is Shota Hirai, and I was born in Ikebukuro 25 years ago. But no matter which stage I'm on, it's my SHOWTIME..."

The instructor, who calls himself "Hirai Shota", has already started rapping at the speed of a machine gun towards the camera...

"The songs I write all come from my heart. I hope you don't think I'm chanting when I say the lyrics. My body is a ruthless dancing machine. Although my singing is not as beautiful as yours, please give me some pointers in the future!"

At the end of this meaningless self-introduction, he took off his hat and sunglasses and bowed deeply to the two people in the studio who had no time to react.

"It turned out to be Shouta, dressed like this, suddenly barging in and saying a lot, scaring me."

"Hirai-kun's rap speed is getting more and more exaggerated. The young generation is really formidable."

Oda Masaru and Kimura Goro made some exaggerated complaints, then walked up to and shook hands with Hirai Shota in a familiar manner.

Shota Hirai made his debut five years ago by winning the championship of the 11th District National Rap Talent Show. He has since been active as a member of the group "SOLT" and has released albums year after year. He has accumulated a large number of fans with his passionate rap and constantly improving street dance skills. He is a new generation HIPHOP artist that A-company has been promoting in recent years.

The entertainment industry is a circle, with 20% of the stars accounting for 80% of the traffic. Therefore, most of the "celebrities" in the entertainment industry have a lot of intersections with each other, which can be regarded as an "acquaintance society" industry.

What's more, J Company, S Company and A Company have been cooperating strategically in recent years, and the interactions between artists have been more frequent, so these three mentors have long been old acquaintances.

"Not only are the instructors familiar faces, but they're all rough guys. It feels a bit boring..." After the three of them sat down at the classical wooden long table in the center of the studio, Oda looked at the last empty chair and said meaningfully.

"Mr. Oda is right. The owner of this last seat has finally arrived, which makes us even more excited."

Kimura Goro nodded in understanding and looked towards the vermilion torii gate.

Although the composition of the brokerage companies they belong to is complicated, after the equity is penetrated, the three mentors represent J Company, S Company and A Company respectively.

Everyone knows this, but the next person to come represents the mortal enemy of the "JAS" alliance, the Burning System...

"Attention all units, the fourth instructor is entering..."

The vermilion torii gate was pushed open, and a tall and attractive figure walked in gracefully.

A high nose bridge, bright green eyes, a small chin, and slightly upturned thin lips...

Her long silver hair cascaded down her black leather jacket and long skirt, outlining her enchanting curves.

In this woman, the two words "abstinence" and "pure desire" are perfectly blended together.

"..."

Not sure whether it was true or not, the three mentors in the studio all showed stunned expressions as if their jaws were dislocated at the same time.

"Here we go, the most unexpected and mysterious mentor in this show whose information has never been made public..."

"Yayoizuki."

Looking at the woman, Manjiro Akimoto, who was sitting in the recording room and watching the monitor with a group of directors, had a complicated look in his eyes, and he didn't know whether he was happy or sad.

The good news is that if we talk about which female star is the most talked about and popular in the current entertainment industry, it must be Yayoi Tsukishima.

With her joining, Akimoto Manjiro could imagine how much public opinion would be generated when the first episode of the program was broadcast and the information about the instructors was made public.

After all, Yayoi Tsuki had just published "I once thought about ending it all" half a month ago, admitting that she was deaf and announcing an indefinite end to her music activities...

The audience's admiration for the new song and their regret and reluctance for her have not yet reached their climax...

When Yayoi Tsuki participates in a "variety show" at this time, she will naturally transform all these emotions, public opinions and popularity into attention for the show.

It was even arranged during post-production that when Yayoi Tsuki entered the door, "I Once Thought About Ending It All" would be played as the background music, and a clip from her new song launch conference would be inserted as her personal introduction.

But what worries Akimoto Manjiro is that this time, Yayoi Tsuki agreed to be a mentor, but put forward a rather harsh condition...

That is, if the program crew wants to delete or edit the order of every word she said, they must obtain her consent, otherwise she has the right to withdraw from the recording unconditionally.

In order to share Yayoi Tsuki's terrifying popularity data, the program team finally signed this "humiliating" clause.

After all, Yayoi Tsuki is a passionate artist and is not affected by the "unspoken rules" of the program team. This condition adds to the "instability factor" of the program.

But fortunately, the program team can control most of the content of the program through post-production and still has a great deal of control.

(End of this chapter)