Japanese Entertainment: A Comeback Beginning from Bankrupt President

"Why not?" Kazuya Sawashiro retorted.

Japan is a society based on impressions.

Even if Aki Amano has done nothing wrong, if Kazuya Sawashiro is found to have any scandals, as long as the media links him to Aki Amano, the public's impression of Aki Amano will decline, and they will think that she is also such a person, but that no evidence has been found against her.

Once your reputation is ruined, nothing else matters.

Because Amano Aki has no powerful backing, she cannot withstand such a test. Even if she insists that this matter has nothing to do with her, Watanabe Entertainment will use mainstream media news magazines to guide public opinion and leave her with an indelible stain.

Let's not talk about the distant past, let's talk about the present.

If drugs are found near her or Kazuya Sawashiro, and they are caught in the act by the Metropolitan Police Department or the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the two will be required to stop all work to cooperate with the investigation, and their new song will also be affected and removed from all platforms.

Even if it is later confirmed that neither of them had anything to do with drugs, it will be too late by then.

The investigation usually lasts for several months, and Watanabe Entertainment is not going to sit idly by. They will definitely launch a fierce offensive and send Kazuya Sawashiro and Aki Amano back to hell in this round.

Kazuya Sawashiro slowly recounted the facts, finally placing a hand on Aki Amano's shoulder and asking in a deep voice, "Everything I know about you comes from your own words, so can you honestly say 'I have no problem'?"

Amano Aki raised her proud head and looked at Sawashiro Kazuya, clearly saying each word: "If I had these problems, Watanabe Entertainment wouldn't be treating me like this now."

"It seems I was overthinking it," Kazuya Sawashiro agreed with her answer, stroking his chin as he spoke to himself, "I don't have this problem either. In principle, we are all innocent. They can't find anything to attack us with. They will definitely be able to find this information, so..."

The answer is obvious.

Their eyes met, and they said in unison, "Falsifying evidence!"

That's our unspoken understanding.

Kazuya Sawashiro smiled calmly, then switched to detective mode and thought: "Falsifying tax data is likely to backfire, and fabricated photos can be verified, so the simplest and quickest way is to put items that have nothing to do with us in our living area, such as your rented apartment and my cubicle..."

"Should I cancel my lease? My room is not safe at all; it's been broken into twice before." Amano Aki realized the seriousness of the problem.

She rented a cheap apartment, and the thief could come in as if it were his own home.

Forget about burglary prevention; even a ten-year-old could climb in through the window and leave a message.

"No, canceling the lease now would give someone an opportunity. If Watanabe Entertainment really does that, then that thing should have been discovered while you were living there, so you'd have a chance to explain," Kazuya Sawashiro dismissed Aki Amano's foolish idea, leaning close to her and whispering in her ear, "We have to do it this way..."

...

The next day, the new song's situation looked very promising.

Although there has been no news from mainstream media, online discussions about the song have not been affected and are steadily moving towards becoming a hit. Downloads and plays have both surpassed yesterday's figures, making it the new king of the daily charts.

On the short video platform TikTok, you can easily find a video using "Ultramarine" as background music after just a few refreshes. These videos are active on the platform with over 10 billion users and have crossed borders to reach various countries and regions.

The United States, France, England, Singapore... this proves the saying that music has no borders.

Similarly, music videos uploaded to YouTube, with their unique visual effects and editing techniques, have become excellent content in the eyes of the website's operators and have been pushed to more places by the system, allowing more people to see them.

In just one day, the song garnered over 30 new plays, and the number continues to rise.

On this day, a tweet with six million views appeared on Twitter, titled "[Just how 'bad' is the new song by Academy Award-winning actress Aki Amano?]"

This tweet provides a detailed analysis from a professional's perspective. The questioner harshly criticizes the song from the production details, such as Aki Amano's singing skills, the production of the music video, and the release date. In short, the song is criticized from top to bottom.

If you only saw this much, you would definitely start cursing, but the blogger only went this far. He then used facts to explain his points one by one.

Why is your singing so bad? Because no one taught you.

Why is the production so bad? Because the production team not only didn't have money, but they also had tens of millions of dollars in debt, and they even lived in an internet cafe.

Why release it at this time? Because that day was the release date for a single from a multinational group under Watanabe Entertainment, Amano Aki's former agency…

So it's not that the song is bad, it's just that the people who produced it were unable to present the best version due to various reasons.

The tweet ended with a link to the original music video, which attracted many readers to the content and led them to YouTube.

After watching the music video, the tourists discovered that the account that posted it had other videos related to the song, so they clicked on them to watch.

Then he understood why he had praised the song.

Misaki Tachibana, lying alone in her room late at night, watched all of this while crying.

Most of the things mentioned in it were her personal experiences. She knew better than anyone the pain and unease people felt when they left, and she understood how hard it was for this song to be distributed.

That's why she recommended this song to the people around her.

Moreover, she believes that people around her who know about these things think the same way, since that's why they've gathered together.

Coincidentally, in another corner of this city, someone else had the same idea.

His name is Takuya Kurosaki, and he is a private investigator who received a large order two weeks ago.

The client paid him 30 yen a week to keep an eye on a man named Kazuya Sawashiro. Kurosaki Takuya valued this job highly, so he paid a high price to keep an eye on Kazuya Sawashiro.

He bought listening devices and hidden cameras from the black market and installed them in the internet cafe cubicle that Sawashiro Kazuya had rented while he was away. He also commissioned a hacker to thoroughly investigate Sawashiro Kazuya's resume from birth to the present.

Conclusion: A business novice.

Last night, as usual, he eavesdropped on and watched Kazuya Sawashiro's life. Then he heard some news that he didn't know whether he should report or not—Kazuya Sawashiro was planning to team up with his artist Aki Amano to set a trap for their rival, his employer Watanabe Entertainment.

Logically speaking, this should definitely be reported.

However, having followed Kazuya Sawashiro for so long, Takuya Kurosaki not only knew what Kazuya Sawashiro was doing with Aki Amano, but also knew how many obstacles they encountered when they did it. So after watching that tweet and the music video, Takuya Kurosaki was confused.

On one hand, there's the employer who pays a hefty salary; on the other, there's the person you increasingly admire. How should you choose?