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Turning his head, he noticed the confusion in Gray's eyes and immediately explained:

“The start dates for school in Japan and the UK are different. Here, school starts in early April and ends in late February.”

"Although I am a freshman in high school, my freshman year will be over in a little over a month."

"If you enter the second year of high school, you only have one month, and you won't learn anything at all. You might just get used to campus life here, and then you'll enter the third year of high school. This will have a huge impact on your studies."

"So, why don't you study high school with me?"

"Yes." Grey nodded slightly. "That's fine."

"Very good. How did you do on your exams? What was your score on your most recent exam?"

"70 points."

"It's neither good nor bad. In that case, please ask your brother to tutor you from now on. That way, your grades will improve quickly."

Upon seeing this, the principal nodded slightly:

"Umaru, please take care of Grey while she's at school. If she needs any help, please feel free to come to us for assistance."

"No problem, thank you, Principal."

Perhaps due to the influence of the anime, everyone in the school calls themselves Umaru, even omitting the word "classmate".

However, this feeling of knowing everyone everywhere isn't so bad.

"Grey speaks Japanese very fluently, but I wonder how her reading and writing are?"

“I asked her yesterday. She has studied Japanese because of her relatives. But she can only listen and speak, not read and write. I’m asking my brother to teach her. It may take about a month to get her to read and write fluently.”

"With Doma helping her, I'm relieved."

The principal paused for a moment, then smiled and asked again:

"Xiao Mai, would you like to say a few words at this year's opening ceremony?"

"Huh...? Me?"

"That's right, everyone is really looking forward to it. If someone else were to take the stage, the freshmen would be very disappointed."

"Okay, I'll prepare the script in advance."

Doma Umaru did not refuse; she was well aware of her current popularity.

Many of this April's new students may have come specifically for themselves.

This can be seen from many comments online.

Chapter 274 The Benefits of the Face-Obsessed Party

As February arrives, many graduating high school seniors begin preparing for their post-graduation paths, including further education and employment.

However, since her path after graduation had already been decided and she didn't even need to take entrance exams, Ogiso Setsuna was naturally not in a hurry and continued to live her life as usual.

On Saturday, having no other work scheduled, I went to the second floor of Musashino as usual in the morning.

Because she arrived early, Setsuna was fortunate enough to witness a famous scene where many new voice actors were vying for casting opportunities.

However, instead of fighting or arguing, they subtly used verbal exchanges to elevate each other's status.

"Ms. Natsumura, can't the agents just distribute the offers directly to individuals? Won't this prolonged competition damage the relationships?"

Setsuna walked up to her manager, Yoshimi Natsumura, and asked in a very low voice.

"This is actually a small audition. Society is a melting pot. If you can't even compete at this level, you can't blame anyone else. You deserve to always be a newcomer."

Yoshimi Natsumura paused for a moment, then smiled and said:

"Of course, these are rather dark thoughts."

"To put it more positively, we will directly distribute exclusive invitations to individuals, while non-exclusive invitations have a longer replacement period and anyone can go."

"There are more job openings than available jobs, so everyone can get a job; the only difference is the quality of the job."

"But having a discerning eye for selecting works, and knowing how to acquire desired works without causing offense, are all very important abilities."

It turned out to be the case.

Yukina instantly realized that the important thing in what she said was just one sentence: there were too many meats and not enough monks.

In other words, compared to the number of voice actors, there are more offers and no shortage of work. Therefore, there is no need to assign work to individuals; it is better for them to choose for themselves.

"Ms. Natsumura, I have another question. Why are most of the people in our agency women? Female voice actors make up 8%, and female managers make up 7%."

"Because Ms. Ando is obsessed with looks," Natsumura Yoshimi whispered, glancing furtively at Ando Miki chatting with someone in the distance. "She's always been in charge of recruiting. A lot of the men don't know how to dress, and most of them are ugly. But as long as the women aren't bad-looking, a little makeup is enough to make them passable."

Setsuna couldn't help but laugh out loud; so that's why.

Indeed, the interviewer's preferences often determine the composition of the company's talent pool.

“Ms. Natsumura, although I have been practicing singing for a while, I feel like my singing skills have reached a certain limit. I asked my vocal coach, and her advice was that I need to find the unique characteristics of my voice.”

"However, I've thought and thought, but I still can't figure out what my unique strengths are. I can sing all types of songs, but I don't really have any particular talent for them. Do you have any good suggestions?"

“Huh…?”

Yoshimi Natsumura's face lit up with joy; this was good news.

For singers who lack idol appeal, good looks are important, but singing ability is even more important.

"Let's go upstairs and discuss it with the president to see if we should postpone the release of your first album."

"Okay."

"Wait a minute, there's a meeting upstairs every morning that lasts anywhere from ten minutes to half an hour. We'll go over at 8:30."

"Understood. Doesn't our firm hold meetings?"

"Upstairs they're focused on ensuring the animation's progress. If we have a meeting, it seems like we don't have anything to talk about. It feels like it'll soon turn into a self-aggrandizing session by all the popular voice actors."

"Hmm...that's true."

......

"...Recording for the solo rock series begins today, while the other two animations will have to wait another week."

Is there enough time?

"No problem, it's only the beginning of February, there's still plenty of time."

Masamune nodded slightly to show that he understood.

Although the production teams for Fate/stay night and That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime had more staff, both of them are long-running anime with 24 episodes each, and with the OVAs, they would have 25 or even 26 episodes.

Lonely Rock is just a short animation of 12 plus 1, and even though there are fewer people assigned to it, the production progress is still the fastest of the season.

"Can the voice actors' schedules be coordinated? Goto Ichiri and Kita Ikuyo are about to enter high school, how are their latest grades?"

"We have already secretly discussed this with both schools. If they don't do well on the exam, they will be specially admitted."

"very good."

Masamune smiled unconsciously. To prevent them from getting carried away, he had to keep the fact that he had contacted the school in advance a secret.

"President, the animation production has reached a critical stage, and I may not be able to attend today's recording session," Yasuyuki Takeuchi said apologetically.

"No problem, I'll go over and keep an eye on it today."

The first recording session is the most important, since none of them are professional voice actors.

However, having learned from the first experience, the second and third times were much easier, and I didn't need to accompany them anymore.

Recording started at 3 p.m., and it will be voice-over by real people, but since the band members are all too young, the recording may continue into the evening.

Thinking of this, Masamune said again:

"However, I can't stay on set forever, so let the production team for the first episode take care of it."

"clear."

"How is Rin Tohsaka's training going?"

"I've learned most of the basics of voice acting, but I still lack a bit of understanding of the characters."

Indeed, this is not an everyday subject, and people with different experiences find it difficult to understand the version of themselves portrayed in the work.

"Let's hire professional actors, no, let's hire excellent voice actors to give them lessons."

"Should we look for someone through our firm?"

"No, although our agency's voice actors are gradually gaining popularity, they are all too young and are still in the learning stage. Therefore, let's hire people from outside, taking into account factors such as age, acting skills, and popularity."

"So you're going to hire experienced voice actors?"

Yuka Okitsu quickly considered the situation in her mind before slowly speaking:

"If that's the case, it would be a waste to only have Rin Tohsaka and the others attend the classes. How about we hire someone in the name of the agency to give classes to all the voice actors together?"

"As for the candidate, I recommend Yuan Shengying."

"We'll offer her daughter an audition as a condition, and she shouldn't refuse. In fact, we were planning to invite Ms. Yuan Sheng Baihua anyway, so we didn't really give her anything in return."

“Okay.” Masamune nodded slightly. “No need to be so direct. If they still refuse no matter what, then use an audition as a condition.”

"No problem, that's what I think too."

To be honest, among the anime of this season, only "That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime" required auditions.

The main characters in the other three animations were voiced by real people, while the less important supporting characters and extras could be voiced internally, and there was no need to specifically find people to voice them.

Fortunately, although Umaru has already been cast as Rimuru's voice actress, an anime that is guaranteed to get a rating of 3 stars or higher is very appealing, even if it's just a supporting role.

"What is the original creator of Slime's opinion on our creation?"

“Mr. Fuse is very easy to talk to and has not expressed any dissenting opinions.” Masashi Yamada took the initiative to speak. “When I was discussing the plot with him on the phone, he said that he had not yet figured out the later part of the novel’s plot, and that he could revise the outline if we had any good suggestions.”

"That's good." Masamune chuckled.

Chapter 275 What do you want from me this time?

After the morning meeting, Ogiso Setsuna and her manager suddenly arrived at Masamune's office.

After listening to their stories, Masamune fell into deep thought.