Japanese Entertainment: A Comeback Beginning from Bankrupt President

Let's rewind three hours.

The negotiations with Apple Japan went very smoothly, and Kazuya Sawashiro, representing Aki Amano's agent, reached a cooperation agreement with Apple Japan.

Apple Japan hopes that Kazuya Sawashiro will create more outstanding works, and will also provide more professional photography equipment to support Kazuya Sawashiro's future song and music video creation. For example, professional equipment needed for filming can be provided to Kazuya Sawashiro for free use.

Correspondingly, Apple Japan will also provide exposure support for the finished products created by Kazuya Sawashiro.

That's quite a lot of force.

First, this video will be added to a collection of past outstanding works, which is a video section created by Apple specifically for this type of video, containing high-quality videos of the same kind that are widely distributed globally.

Secondly, Apple will recommend that video on various platforms, letting the world know that it is an excellent work shot with their equipment, and asking everyone to support it.

If it were a recommendation from an ordinary person, then definitely no one would care.

But who is his parent company?

Apple, a company with a market capitalization of over 100 billion, which doesn't need to hire celebrities to shoot commercials for its products and whose business covers the entire globe, shouldn't be assumed to care about domestic agencies just because its name includes "Japan".

Ultimately, the two sides are not on the same level in terms of size.

What he wants to do is to continuously expand Apple's influence in various fields, and Ze Chenghe is one of the executors of this plan.

As long as Kazuya Sawashiro continues to create popular works using the equipment they provide, Apple Japan will continue to support him, becoming a major driving force behind the popularity of his works, with both parties getting what they need through the works.

Kazuya Sawashiro needs buzz, and Apple needs to deepen its influence.

After reaching an agreement, Ze Cheng and Amano Aki returned to Koenji. The specific contract will be drafted in the next few days, so just wait patiently for a couple of days.

However, just as the two of them sat down at the internet cafe, ready to celebrate with the free drinks, there was a knock on the door of the cubicle. When they opened it, they saw a face that was very familiar to Kazuya Sawashiro.

He knew this detective all too well; he had been following him for half a month.

Upon seeing him arrive, Kazuya Sawashiro immediately revealed his identity: "What brings you here, Detective?"

"Hmm... Hmm?" Amano Aki felt like he had missed something, and it was very important information.

She looked at the man at the door with a puzzled expression.

Although the man was surprised that his identity had been exposed, he did not leave. Instead, he knelt down at the door and explained his identity to the two: "My name is Kurosaki Takuya. I am a detective and currently employed by Watanabe Entertainment."

"Eh!" Amano Aki's pupils shrank suddenly, and his inner world was shaken.

She'd never seen this plot unfold before. What did it mean to be a detective employed by Watanabe Entertainment? Shouldn't you be reporting to Watanabe Entertainment's office? Why are you here?

This is Watanabe Entertainment's enemy.

And why does Kazuya Sawashiro know his identity? Could it be that everything he said before was a lie, and that he actually surrendered to Watanabe Entertainment long ago...? "Ouch...it hurts!" Amano Aki, lost in thought, was once again touched by Kazuya Sawashiro.

"I can tell you're just overthinking things," Kazuya Sawashiro waved his hand to prove that Aki Amano's head was perfectly fine. "I was just carefully observing the surroundings and then I discovered his presence. I didn't sell you out."

"Hehe..." Amano Aki chuckled and shrank back.

She also wanted to learn from what Kazuya Sawashiro said and become an alert Shiba Inu, carefully observing her surroundings.

However, her way of doing it is more for comedic effect.

Too lazy to pay attention to her, Kazuya Sawashiro squeezed in to make room for Takuya Kurosaki so he could come in and talk.

As soon as the door closed, Kurosaki Takuya got straight to the point: "I installed a camera and a bugging device in this cubicle to monitor Sawashiro-san's every move. This afternoon, when you left for Apple Japan, a young man came into this cubicle and left something here. I can help you find it."

"Something?" Kazuya Sawashiro asked, feigning ignorance.

He borrowed a doll-shaped animal camera from his teacher, the kind that only activates when it senses movement of people or animals, so on his way back from Roppongi, he already knew someone had entered this cubicle.

Moreover, it wasn't just this cubicle; people also entered the house that Amano Aki rented.

He was fully aware of this, but he didn't know what the detective wanted to do.

"This thing," Kurosaki Takuya took out his phone and showed the two a zoomed-in screenshot of the surveillance video, "is, according to my deduction, some kind of drug that can ruin both of your reputations."

As soon as he finished speaking, Amano Aki, who was hiding behind Sawashiro Kazuya, tugged at his sleeve and whispered, "You really did it..."

Their predictions came true.

"It was expected, but I didn't expect it to happen so quickly..." Kazuya Sawashiro smiled at Aki Amano, then turned to Takuya Kurosaki with a serious expression. "So, Takuya Kurosaki, as a detective employed by Watanabe Entertainment, why are you helping us?"

"Yeah, why are you helping us?" Amano Aki poked his head out, trying to read something from Kurosaki Takuya's expression.

Under the double questioning, Kurosaki Takuya knew that it would be difficult for people to accept what he said, but he still had to say it: "From the past two weeks of observing Sawashiro-san, and from what he has done in the past and present, I sincerely believe that he is a good person. So after careful consideration, I feel that I cannot remain silent. I want to help him in my own way."

"what……"

Amano Aki's mouth gaped open, and after a moment of silence, she nudged Sawashiro Kazuya. "I felt like he said something disgusting. Did you feel the same way?"

"A little..." Kazuya Sawashiro frowned. He didn't trust the detective who had suddenly come to his door, so he tested him by saying, "Since you can't stay silent, then hand over the camera and the bugging device you mentioned. I'll go and give them to the police right now and ask them to find them."

Consider it a pledge of allegiance, or as revealing one's weaknesses.

"Of course, if this can dispel your doubts," Kurosaki Takuya understood that Sawashiro Kazuya did not trust him, so he made the choice that a good person would make. "The bugging device is stuck to the back of the monitor on the wall behind the camera. I put it in disguise as a repairman."

"Amano."

"Yes!" Amano Aki, the expert at destroying houses, immediately went online.

After a little tinkering, she quickly uncovered the bugging device behind the monitor, proving that Kurosaki Takuya was telling the truth. She spent a bit more time on the camera, as it was integrated into the wall, but she eventually managed to find it.

"Alright, you can take care of the rest." After placing the items on the table, Amano Aki obediently sat back down.

"Thank you," Kazuya Sawashiro glanced at it, then quickly looked away and extended his hand to Takuya Kurosaki. "This only confirms your criminal behavior. If you want me to completely trust you, hand over the video file. I'm going to give it to the Metropolitan Police Department."

"Are you going to report me?" Kurosaki Takuya looked up.

"No," Kazuya Sawashiro grinned, "I'm going to take it to the Metropolitan Police Department to turn myself in, before the Narcotics Control Division and the Narcotics Suppression Division come knocking."