Japanese Entertainment: A Comeback Beginning from Bankrupt President

"You have indeed met those two people the executive mentioned earlier." After apologizing, the secretary became serious and introduced the information he had obtained to Watanabe Souta: "The photographer is the detective you hired before—Kurosaki Takuya. If it weren't for him turning himself in to the Metropolitan Police Department, you wouldn't have had so much trouble."

As for the childcare worker, she is Kazama Yumi, the music producer at Sakura Studio, and the executive director knows her very well.

The well-timed introduction brought back painful memories for Watanabe Sōta.

He clenched his fists and tapped them lightly on the table, each punch feeling like a blow to the secretary's heart. He said in a deep voice, "You seem to have prepared a lot, but has anyone reminded you why your ex was arrested?"

Behind the scenes, everyone knew that the former secretary was carrying out Watanabe Sōta's orders.

On the surface, however, the secretary had only done something superfluous and out of line, so she was taken away by the Metropolitan Police Department.

Meddling in other people's business will only lead to repeating past mistakes.

"Yes, I heard before I came that you were sent to jail for meddling in other people's business." The secretary said expressionlessly, as if she were talking about something that had nothing to do with her.

"Then what are you preparing for all this time?" Watanabe Sōta remained indifferent, sizing up his new secretary. "Are you so eager to see your senior? Or do you think the Metropolitan Police Department is full of idiots who would let me off so easily? Do you know how many eyes are watching me in the shadows?"

"I know that the executive director is now the target of everyone's criticism, and as his secretary, I am also under close scrutiny."

"So? What are you trying to say?"

"So why don't we make the most of our advantages?" The secretary leaned on the desk, staring intently at the indifferent Watanabe Sōta. "We are porcelain, they are earthenware. If we both suffer, we will definitely be hurt more. But we have one thing that we are naturally superior to them in, Mr. Executive, do you know that?"

Hearing him say that, Watanabe Sōta immediately became interested. This secretary's confident demeanor did indeed make him seem much smarter than the previous one.

He thought for a moment and answered the secretary's question: "We are naturally of a higher social class than that person, and we possess resources and connections that she cannot have. If we were to do the same thing, the results would be completely different."

Porcelain is a work of art from birth; with a little carving, it becomes a masterpiece in a display case. But no matter how hard an earthenware pot tries, it can never shake off its rustic nature.

"As you said," the secretary raised her hand, agreeing with Watanabe Souta's words for the first time, "what they can do, we can do too, and we can gather the manpower and resources to do it even better."

Watanabe Sōta understood what the secretary meant.

He was no longer indifferent; a smile appeared on his face as he looked at his secretary and asked, "If there's a better alternative, who will care about that earthenware pot?"

"Let me do it," the secretary said confidently. "A blockade won't work. Right now, they're going to places we can't control. Instead of doing dangerous things that could leave us with leverage, let's just replicate their success. We can definitely do it, and we won't be caught."

Whatever he does, this side does the same.

The video is well-produced; it's obvious that the level and skill here are higher. All they need to do is choose the right people to star in it... and those people are actually right beside them.

"Yoshioka Yuko".

The two of them said the name in unison.

The female artist, who belongs to Watanabe Entertainment, was originally introduced to fill the market gap left by Aki Amano's suspension. She is an artist with a pure image, and the company is indeed making good use of her pure image to capture the market. With the heavy investment of resources from Watanabe Entertainment, she has become a darling of various TV stations.

She is 6 years younger than Aki Amano, and is definitely in her prime.

Since they could think of the same person, Watanabe Sōta's opinion of the secretary improved a bit. He nodded in agreement: "Bring out the proposal. I'll coordinate Yoshioka Yuko's work and make her replace Amano Aki in all areas."

...

Meanwhile, the haunted house investigation agency.

Kazuya Sawashiro and Aki Amano sat on the ground, watching related videos online.

Like reviewing after class?

Since their video came out, videos with similar elements have been popping up all over the internet, so the two of them sit on the ground after get off work and even have dinner here.

I ate instant noodles.

"Um... Misaki-san mentioned it a few days ago, don't you think our agency is a bit cold?" Amano Aki rubbed his arms and glanced around suspiciously.

"Cold? Maybe so," Ze Chenghe didn't react much, casually tossing a coat to Amano Aki. "If you feel cold, just put on a coat. Don't think about anything strange, because the more you think about it, the stranger your surroundings will seem."

"It's even stranger to hear you say that." Amano Aki rolled her eyes.

Thanks to Kazuya Sawashiro, she was no longer cold, and even felt a burning sensation in her hands, making her want to give Kazuya Sawashiro a punch to test her strength.

Ze Chenghe also turned his face around consciously, but not to let her hit him, because the laptop playing the video also turned around. "Look at this, a video uploaded last night by an internet celebrity with 100 million followers has already garnered 30 views."

"I've already seen it, so what?" Amano Aki put away his itchy fist and transformed into an obedient child who knew nothing.

It was a cute little video about tidying up that I don't know why it became popular, but it was inexplicably satisfying to watch. Last night, Amano Aki was a little scared and didn't dare to get up and call Sawashiro Kazuya to play duo, so she watched this video to fall asleep.

So Amano Aki deserves some credit for those views, hehe.

"You've seen it... what did you think of it?"

"Comfortable!"

"How does it compare to ours?" Kazuya Sawashiro turned off the video and pulled back to his own video page. "Look at our comments section, a lot of people are saying that our videos are very soothing, and they give them a feeling of being healed both physically and mentally."

"That's just your prejudice," Amano Aki said, pointing at the message.

Please, next time you want to comment, could you use a different account? Don't use your main account that posts the videos to comment on your own videos, or viewers will treat it like a zoo.

Kazuya Sawashiro pretended not to notice, clicked on the collapsed comment below the post, and said in a matter-of-fact manner, "As creators, of course we should like our own work. Only when we like it will everyone else like it too. Do you understand what I mean?"

"I know," Amano Aki nodded, "It's narcissism, the incurable kind."

"...sharp-tongued and quick-witted."

"Smooth-talking..."

Amano Aki is also a master of retort.

Unable to outdo her, Kazuya Sawashiro returned to the previous influencer's video, expressing his thoughts: "To succeed in streaming, you have to keep things fresh, ensuring each video captures the hearts of different people and gathers those interesting souls. So let's learn from his approach for our next video!"

"Ah...ah...ah?" Amano Aki frowned, realizing things weren't so simple. She raised her hand and retorted to Sawashiro Kazuya, "Isn't that plagiarism? And with similar content, what's our advantage?"

"Who said this is plagiarism? We're making a healing anime, Master Amano."