Game Development: Starting with Recreating the Anime Game Style

Chapter 401 Want to make progress too much

As expected, Mai Shiraishi had seen a lot. Sure enough, Yoshio Konno, who was in the distance, chatted with Chu Chen for a few words, then turned around and waved to the girls.

Then, as if a start button had been pressed, the girls immediately took steps, walked over quickly, and stood in a row, bowing deeply.

"Nice to meet you! We are Nogizaka46. Please take good care of us!"

The greetings were uniform and accompanied by a standard collective bow.

Only then did Chu Chen finally shift his gaze from Yoshio Konno's old face, which was practically grinning like a chrysanthemum, and land on the row of girls in front of him.

Orioles and swallows sing, and a fragrant breeze wafts through the air.

At first glance, the leader, Mai Shiraishi, was even fairer in person than on screen. Nishino Nanase, standing beside her, lowered her head slightly when she saw Chu Chen's gaze coming over, and then, perhaps sensing something was amiss, timidly raised it again.

That does match the image in Chu Chen's mind quite well. Saito Asuka's face is indeed small; it feels like a palm could completely cover it. And then there's Ikuta Erika, Akimoto Manatsu, Takayama Kazumi...

Familiar yet unfamiliar faces flashed by before my eyes.

This feeling is truly amazing.

In his previous life, Chu Chen had been obsessed with Japanese idol groups for a period of time, watching plenty of shows like AKB, Nogizaka46, and Hinatazaka46.
Now, these people who were originally "on TV" are not only standing right in front of me, but they are also bowing to me with utmost respect.

Even Chu Chen felt a strange sense of exhilaration.

This is not the kind of smug feeling that comes from a petty person getting ahead.

More often than not, it's about personally manipulating the world lines, and as the influence grows, various unseen forces create chaos, ultimately causing familiar elements from the past life to "intersect" with this world somewhere in reality.

The wonderful feeling that it produces.

Looking at the girls in front of him, Chu Chen once again truly felt that he was becoming a participant, or even a leader, on this world stage.
Because this feeling comes too directly.

After the Nogizaka46 girls finished greeting him, Chu Chen remained silent for several seconds. During those few seconds, the air in the room seemed to freeze.

Chu Chen didn't respond, and no one dared to speak.

Konno Yoshio, standing next to him, even started sweating inexplicably, and the girls' hearts pounded in their chests.

Just as the atmosphere was starting to get a little awkward, Chu Chen finally came to his senses, chuckled, and spoke.

"Don't be so nervous. Mr. Konno mentioned your China tour next year, and I'm really looking forward to it."

With his "vision of the future," Chu Chen's ability to see through people's hearts is terrifyingly enhanced, making it easy for him to get straight to the heart of the matter in many situations.

Just like now.

As soon as Chu Chen said that, the atmosphere at the scene immediately warmed up, and Yoshio Konno visibly became excited.

"It is their honor to have Mr. Chen's expectations! It is also an honor for us at SME!"

Meanwhile, the girls from Nogizaka46 were also very excited.

Mai Shiraishi, standing to the side, was the first to notice her manager making faces at her.

She reacted the fastest, immediately leading the members in another bow.

"We will definitely work hard and live up to your expectations!"

"Don't be so serious."

Chu Chen waved his hand, his smile softening slightly.

"I'm just here today as an ordinary spectator." No one in the room took his words seriously.

However, Chu Chen's main purpose in coming here was simply to take a look around, because his mission was already completed when he arrived at this scene.

As a "multi-party collaboration" project, it involves television stations, production companies, and Starry Sky's own variety show producers.

People from different directions share a common goal, but also have different focuses.

Although Xingchen was the core of the project, having contributed the most money, Chu Chen still needed to "show off" in order to give Xingchen's people absolute say in the project.

Having him lead the producers of Starry Sky on a tour is a completely different level of difficulty from letting the producers of Starry Sky try to take control of the whole situation themselves.

Although Chu Chen only needed to lead the group around once, strictly speaking, it wasn't wrong for him to jokingly say that he was just an audience member today.

However, it sounds a bit pretentious for him to say those words.

After all, the girls from Nogizaka46 had never heard of an ordinary audience member who could command such respect from TV Tokyo and hundreds of staff members.

Because he was relaxed, Chu Chen ended up chatting with the girls for a few more minutes.

"Speaking of which, you might not know this, members of Nogizaka46."

“Our Mr. Shiokawa is a loyal fan of yours. He kept talking about him the whole way in the car. My ears are practically calloused.”

Upon hearing this, the Nogizaka46 girls were stunned for a moment, and then dozens of eyes suddenly focused on Yosuke Shiokawa.

Then Yosuke Shiokawa was completely dumbfounded.

Huh? Who is it? It's me!

No, just now in the car, I reported on the work progress and casually mentioned that Nogizaka46 is the most popular girl group in Japan right now, didn't I?
It was only two sentences in total, right? Why did you keep repeating it the whole way?

However, seeing how Chu Chen could liven up the group of girls who were initially a bit nervous with just a few teasing words, Yan Chuan suddenly had a flash of inspiration and his mind cleared up instantly.

President Chen is using him as a stepping stone!

Since it was during the recording of the show, Chu Chen only chatted casually with the girls for a few minutes before he brought Yan Chuan and Xing Chen's on-site producers to the so-called "recording session."

At this moment, Chu Chen had no idea what was going on.

In those few minutes, Shiokawa instantly remembered Chu Chen's hobbies, and afterwards, he stayed up all night watching Nogizaka46 variety shows, concerts, and documentaries.
Not only that, but they've already thought about what topics to chat about when they go to report on their work next time, and what kind of gift to give.

He even wondered if he should find out which member Chu Chen liked later, and then talk to Konno about it, maybe have lunch together or something.

All I can say is that Yanchuan came from a large company.

I want to improve so much.

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After Chu Chen and his group left, the air in the studio, which had seemed frozen, finally began to move again.

The staff, who had been so respectful and barely dared to breathe, now seemed to have been freed from their stunts and let out a long sigh of relief.

"Alright everyone, get ready, we're going to the dressing room to touch up our makeup, we're about to start recording."

The manager appeared just in time, clapped his hands, and pulled the Nogizaka46 members, who were still in shock and hadn't fully recovered, back to their senses.

"Yes!"

The girls responded in unison again, but this time, their voices were noticeably less tense and more relaxed, as if a great weight had been lifted from their shoulders.

(End of this chapter)