Japanese Entertainment: A Comeback Beginning from Bankrupt President

Two days later.

Kazuya Sawashiro learns from a message sent by the landlord that the locks on the office door have been changed.

However, he had already moved to an internet cafe, and the office was completely empty, so he didn't feel disappointed when he heard the news.

Of course, Ze Cheng will definitely pay off the rent he owes in the future; he's not the kind of person who lacks integrity.

In the past two days, Ze Cheng and Ye have only done one thing: to copy down the "Qunqing" from their memories and mail the materials to the Cultural Affairs Bureau as soon as possible to finalize the copyright issue.

Without this, Kazuya Sawashiro would never have dared to bring the song to Yumi Kazama's recording studio.

He doesn't have the heart to harm others, but he always has the heart to guard against others.

While doing this, Kazuya Sawashiro, under the name Ayase, submitted several songs for review on nextone to mislead others.

While waiting for the platform's approval, Kazuya Sawashiro contacted a band from his former university and briefly discussed helping them out.

There are no problems with Kazama Yumi at the moment, but it's always necessary to be prepared.

The band readily agreed; they wouldn't refuse help from musicians.

Kazuya Sawashiro waited two more days until the Agency for Cultural Affairs received his registration information and Nextone approved the registration of other songs before he announced the news to Aki Amano and Yumi Kazama.

The recording studio, after the usual class.

Kazuya Sawashiro, who had disappeared for several days, suddenly reappeared, holding a sheet music he had made. He handed it to Aki Amano and Yumi Kazama, who were there: "This is the sheet music for our debut song. Ayase-san sent it to me today. Let's start practicing for our debut song tomorrow."

"Really?!" Amano Aki's hand, gripping the sheet music, turned slightly white, unable to conceal her joy. "Is this really a piece for me? It's finished so quickly? Can I really start practicing?"

Look at her silly face.

"It's yours, it's yours," Kazuya Sawashiro chuckled, raised his hand and smacked her forehead, saying irritably, "You better take good care of your things. Look how crumpled this sheet music is. This is Ayase-sensei's precious manuscript."

"Ah! I'm sorry, teacher!" Amano Aki raised her hands above her head, praying that the teacher wouldn't blame her.

Manuscripts, they must be carefully protected.

Compared to the excited Aki Amano, Yumi Kazama was much more composed.

She took it, glanced at it briefly, hummed a short verse along with the melody, nodded in praise, and said, "It sounds pretty good. But I see there are a lot of markings on it; did they send the lyrics along with it?"

He's a veteran musician; he likes to hum a tune whenever he sees one.

"Yes, the lyrics were also sent to me," Ze Chenghe said without hiding anything. He had his reasons for doing so. "However, Ayase reminded me that it's better to start practicing the melody from the beginning when creating a new song, so I didn't bring the lyrics with me."

"That makes sense," Kazama Yumi nodded in agreement. "Then I'll arrange for someone to record this piece for practice as soon as possible. By the way, has the copyright issue been settled with the teacher?"

"rest assured."

Kazuya Sawashiro gave an "OK" sign. He had done this job without stopping and there was no way he would make any mistakes.

After saying that, he casually punched the praying girl hard: "Are you an idiot? Ayase can't see you praying here. You should use this time to sort out your feelings and familiarize yourself with the piece. You'll practice much faster that way."

"Ouch!" Amano Aki pitifully covered her head. "I'm not begging for Ayase-sensei's forgiveness, I'm just praying for the arrival of the god of music so that I can learn advanced singing techniques in a second."

"...I think you deserve a beating." Kazuya Sawashiro pretended to take off his shoe and hit her.

You think you can learn it in a second? Why don't you just travel into Mika Nakashima's body? You'd definitely learn advanced singing techniques in a second that way.

Seeing that things were not going well, Amano Aki quickly ran away, hiding behind Kazama Yumi in a flash, using her as a shield. "You know, three strikes and you can't hit me more than three times in one day. Even my mother has never hit me that many times."

"I'm not your mother." Kazuya Sawashiro immediately chased after her.

"Ah!" Amano Aki, who was hiding behind Kazama Yumi, quickly shrank back upon seeing this. Timid but still stubborn, she said, "People say that a manager is like a parent to an artist in the entertainment industry. Aren't you my manager now?"

That's true; agents do play an important role in the world of artists.

But then again...

Amano Aki is 25 years old this year, and Sawashiro Kazuya is 24 years old this year…

Kazama Yumi couldn't stand it anymore and stepped forward to scold the two of them: "Stop messing around, stop messing around. I don't know what you two are doing. You're acting like middle school students who have just entered puberty. I think the high school girl who's been running around following you around is more mature than you."

The high school girl I saw at Hachiko Square that day has been appearing around Amano Aki for the past few days, coming to Shibuya every afternoon, even more frequently than Sawashiro Kazuya.

I overheard someone nearby saying that her surname is Ju?

Coincidentally, both Kazuya Sawashiro and Aki Amano had the same person in mind, and they said in unison, "If you're talking about Tachibana-san, then she is indeed very mature and has helped me a lot."

Misaki Tachibana received the approval of all three, but at this time she was still busy looking for other schools.

Hearing their words, Kazama Yumi instinctively placed her hand on her forehead, exclaiming helplessly, "Why is it that when you acknowledge someone else's maturity, you're all so perfectly in sync? So you two know you're a bit childish after all?"

Her voice wasn't loud, but the two people on the other end could hear her perfectly, and they immediately pointed the finger at each other: "It's her (him)!"

Look, we're very tidy in other places too.

Kazama Yumi had nothing to say about this. She could only rewind the timeline to before Sawashiro Kazuya beat up Amano Aki, and pointed at Amano Aki, saying, "Kazuya is right. You do need to practice more. You need to double your efforts in both theory and practice."

Upon hearing this, Kazuya Sawashiro immediately joined Yumi Kazama's group, pointing and gesturing at Aki Amano with her: "Right, I wasn't wrong, were I? You're the one who needs to practice."

With the two on either side, Amano Aki had no way to escape.

She raised her head and let out a wail, then slumped onto the table like a salted fish: "Practice is so tiring and so sleepy. I feel like I've lost half my life these past few days."

"Is that so?" Kazuya Sawashiro hadn't been to the recording studio for the past few days, so he could only ask Yumi Kazama.

"Well... she does have some basic skills. The teacher was just a bit strict with her. Give her some time and she'll definitely be able to adapt." Kazama Yumi shrugged, only telling Sawashiro Kazuya the good points.

There are just too few good places like this.

It's already July, and if Kazuya Sawashiro wants Aki Amano to participate in the music festival at the end of August, he must submit the data to NexTone before the end of the month and release the music festival before the final review date. Only then will he have a chance to barely make it onto the music festival stage.

The music festival provides a secondary boost to a song's popularity, making it a very valuable exposure opportunity, which is why Kazuya Sawashiro must seize it.

Taking all these factors into account, Aki Amano only has less than a month left to practice...

"There's no time to take it slow, we have to speed things up," Kazuya Sawashiro said, his smile fading as he set a deadline for Aki Amano: "Record the entire song in 20 days, submit the upload materials to NexTone on the 24th, and upload it to the streaming platform on August 10th. Amano, do you understand?"

"Ah..." Amano Aki took a while to recover before asking, "What's the rush? Are you in a hurry to go back to your hometown for the Obon festival?"

"..."

Ze Cheng remained silent, only beginning to take off his shoes.

No one can stop him from beating up Amano Aki today; he'll beat him up even if the Prime Minister is here.