Japanese Entertainment: A Comeback Beginning from Bankrupt President

Chapter 156 Things are going to get busy.

That's true.

But if this statement is edited out verbatim and included in the final cut, it's hard not to think that it's an attempt to seek cooperation.

On the day the video was released a week later, a large number of shops left comments below the video, expressing their willingness to accept Amano Aki as an intern at their stores, and hoping that everyone would work together to make this training program a success. They also hoped that Sawashiro Kazuya would definitely come to the store to take a look.

How many shops left comments?

To put it another way, aside from those food carts without fixed locations, invitations from all kinds of restaurants could light up the entire map of Tokyo.

Even shops outside of Tokyo joined in the fun, urging Amano Aki to work for them.

The enthusiasm is understandable. After all, Amano Aki's name has returned to the public eye due to various changes in circumstances, becoming the target of many people's pursuit. So it is not unreasonable to want to ride on her popularity.

As long as she goes there, it will definitely attract people to take photos.

Who wouldn't want to ride this wave of attention?

Let alone a restaurant, even Noriko Soma would want one.

She initially thought it was just an excuse to decline, but it turned out there really was a filming project. As a young artist who also runs social media, she was naturally envious of Amano Aki's massive following, which surpassed a million views on the day of release – it was so appealing!

She also runs Instagram and TikTok, but her number of followers is far less than that of Amano Aki, and her fan loyalty is also not as high.

A short video made to follow a trend might get a few tens of thousands of views if it does, and likes and comments are extremely rare, with only a few die-hard fans consistently supporting it.

This comparison highlights the difference between a great white shark and a small seahorse.

She was envious.

Why does Amano Aki have everything she could ever want? From songwriters and composers to planners, everyone is so professional, and her fans are incredibly loyal. She's clearly just a hunchbacked country girl. There are so many people in the entertainment industry who get bullied, so why is she the only one who deserves pity?

Noriko Soma couldn't understand it, and she also realized that Aki Amano and her manager were consciously avoiding her.

They know how to eat, but the things they say at meals are always very polite, and you can't get any useful information out of them.

She wanted to visit their agency, but it was always with this reason or that excuse. So far, the only valuable information she felt was that the two people were suspected of dating.

It was getting a bit intimate, far beyond the usual intimacy between a manager and an artist. Amano Aki's gaze towards Sawashiro Kazuya was also a bit off. As a woman herself, she understood what that gaze meant; it was a gaze full of positive emotions.

Generally speaking, a woman who looks at a man with this kind of gaze is either in a relationship or having an affair.

Since one of them was unmarried and the other was single, it was impossible for them to have an affair, so the conclusion must be that they were in a relationship.

But this isn't the ending Soma Noriko wanted. A little news about a relationship won't affect Amano Aki in any way. On the contrary, her fans have been shipping this and that for a long time and would love for the news to be true.

No, isn't there any information that could ruin her?

That's indeed very difficult to achieve.

At the same time as the cooking video was posted, Kazuya Sawashiro also released a teaser for the release of a new song using Aki Amano's account.

Even now, there are still strong calls for the government to enact laws against workplace bullying. This issue has been featured on an NHK political discussion program, where invited experts and professors discussed it around a table.

Results are certainly necessary; after all, experts and professors can just talk the talk.

Besides experts and professors, some members of parliament who are keen on surfing the internet also posted on Twitter to show their support, saying that if they could enter the parliamentary chamber, they would definitely put this issue on the stage and hope that everyone would support them.

Look, when it comes to talking, the councilor is quite diligent.

But if you ask them to do something practical, something that involves their own interests, then careful consideration is the bare minimum; ultimately, it depends on how generous your political donations are.

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But sometimes, necessary support is also very important, and so Kazuya Sawashiro's support came.

A special single will be released in two weeks. This is a support song carefully prepared for everyone after seeing everyone's reactions and efforts. I hope that everyone who hears it can feel the power in it and start afresh to face this shitty life.

Don't worry, no matter how terrible life gets, there will always be someone to support you.

The song is titled "I Once Thought of Ending It All," and all proceeds from the song, after taxes, will be donated to social welfare organizations to support people struggling with life's difficulties.

When this news came out, Noriko Soma's heart sank even further.

Is it really that safe? Not giving them any chance at all?

What should we do about her daydreams?

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"What should we say? Should we confront her directly? Or should we continue to use her to spread false information and deliver another heavy blow to Watanabe Entertainment?"

The office, the living room.

After disappearing for a long time, Takuya Kurosaki sat opposite Kazuya Sawashiro and Aki Amano and pressed the pause button on the video.

He wasn't out shopping, eating, or doing mukbang for so long. Kurosaki Takuya was just looking for the intersection between Soma Noriko and Watanabe Souta so that he would have concrete evidence to prove that Soma Noriko's appearance was not for good intentions.

After searching for so long, I finally found it for him.

After failing to track down Noriko Soma, he personally infiltrated the security office of the Watanabe Entertainment Building and found records of Noriko Soma entering and leaving the building from the massive amount of surveillance data, confirming that Noriko Soma and Sōta Watanabe had a potential transaction.

Kurosaki Takuya thought that such an important matter definitely required a meeting, so he kept an eye on the building's surveillance cameras.

If he can't find it here, he'll go to the restaurant where Watanabe Souta frequents.

The goal is to obtain concrete evidence.

Hard work pays off, and he got it.

So now, Kurosaki Takuya has placed the question of how to handle this matter before Sawashiro Kazuya and Amano Aki, leaving the decision to them.

"What do you think?" Kazuya Sawashiro immediately looked at Aki Amano, asking for her opinion. "I respect whatever decision you make, but if you want to ask my opinion first, then I will definitely try to beat him hard enough to make him give up completely."

If 200 million isn't enough, then 2 billion. Even the largest entertainment empire has its limits; the question is whether you can find the main artery.

Once you find it, cut it off with one stroke, and then wait for the giant to fall.

But it's difficult.

But you can't give up just because it's difficult. If you don't show your strength, you'll keep getting bullied, and that's why they won't dare to make a move against opponents of the same level.

Ultimately, only equality can lead to dialogue.

Amano Aki did want to ask Sawashiro Kazuya for his thoughts first, but after hearing what he said, there was no need to ask that question anymore.

Without much thought, she replied, "Let's think about it carefully. What's the thing that such a big company fears most? This time, we'll definitely teach them a lesson!"

"Well—looks like I'll be busy." Kurosaki Takuya didn't think he'd have a vacation, but he was excited about doing this.