Japanese Entertainment: A Comeback Beginning from Bankrupt President

Bad kid.

Of course, Kazuya Sawashiro wasn't exactly a good kid either, otherwise he wouldn't have sent photos to Bunshun so early in the morning.

Same-city delivery is so convenient, and sending it anonymously is just a small delivery fee for the courier. Compared to the huge losses Watanabe Sōta would incur, it's incredibly cheap.

"I think I like you even more now. Tell me you recorded it. I want to hear his voice begging for help," Amano Aki said impatiently, snatching the mandarin orange that Sawashiro Kazuya was peeling. "I can do this little thing."

"Your nails will smell like oranges," Kazuya Sawashiro kindly reminded him.

Amano Aki didn't care at all; her mind was entirely on recording. "Thank you, but I just love the orange scent. It smells so good, doesn't it?"

What else can Kazuya Sawashiro say?

Without further ado, he took out his phone and played a recording of his previous conversation with Watanabe Souta.

"Let's each get what we need..."

Sōta Watanabe's voice filled the room, and Aki Amano listened with rapt attention. When it ended, she wore a blissful expression, leaned on the table, and exclaimed, "Most comfortable! It felt even better than lying in a kotatsu eating tangerines. Can you understand me?"

"Yes, I understand," Kazuya Sawashiro nodded and pressed play again. "Let's listen to it one more time."

This is such a good thing, how can one time be enough? I have to hear it all at once!

"Good idea, but I feel like something's missing..." Amano Aki stood up, put one hand on his hip and pretended to think. After a while, his eyes lit up and he said excitedly, "I know! We're missing a McDonald's delivery. As a reward, I want to eat two hamburgers."

If you're in a good mood, then you should eat more!

Uber Eats recently launched, so you can sit at home and wait for your food to be delivered to your door.

Kazuya Sawashiro also raised his hand at the opportune moment and stated his request: "Please buy one for me too, as a reward."

"Of course, I'll buy you a double cheesecake." Amano Aki subtly exuded the air of a young heiress.

That's for sure, because in the most recent settlement, Kazuya Sawashiro paid her salary again. The total salary paid out in the two settlements was enough for her to make a down payment on a luxury apartment in Tokyo.

Amano Aki has no intention of buying a house in Tokyo, so she has become much more particular about what she eats than before.

They even dare to order double portions of fries now.

After ordering takeout and returning, Amano Aki was still in a happy mood, smiling as she said, "So you realized that the other party would make a move, so you caught them off guard and exposed this matter."

"That's right. The only pity is that we didn't wait for the company's financial statements to be finalized, otherwise we could have made them lose even more."

Large companies typically use large agencies like Dentsu to produce their promotional materials. Every April is the fiscal month, when companies provide their new year's advertising budget to the agencies, which then use that budget to find spokespeople to create promotional materials.

If things could be delayed until then, Yoshioka Yuko might have a few more GG endorsements, and the breach of contract penalties she would have to pay would be even higher.

It sounds cruel, asking a girl to bear so much.

But that's the entertainment industry. The battles between agencies always hurt the artists. The more outstanding the artist, the easier it is to become a target. So just bear it. That's what happened to Kazuya Sawashiro and Aki Amano back then.

Here, there are only rivals.

Amano Aki understood what Sawashiro Kazuya meant. Seeing that Sawashiro Kazuya was a little disappointed, she patted Sawashiro Kazuya's hand and comforted him, "It's okay. As long as you can see Watanabe Sōta is sad, nothing else matters."

"Hearing your simple and honest confession doesn't seem so gratifying? I mean, can you broaden your perspective a bit, like seeing him apologize on camera?"

"Ah...ah?" Amano Aki's mouth could fit a whole hamburger.

It's not that she doesn't care about her image; it's mainly because what Kazuya Sawashiro said was so shocking. What was that that sounded like a dream?

"What? You think it's impossible?" Kazuya Sawashiro pulled his hands out and crossed them behind his neck. "We've had many miracles along the way, so I think it's not impossible for something like this to happen, as long as we keep trying."

Seeing his confident demeanor, Amano Aki wanted to punch him, but that was just a thought.

The reality was that she gently flicked Sawashiro Kazuya's forehead, dismissing all those unnecessary thoughts. "Don't say so much. Send me the recording file now. I'm going to edit it and use it as a bedtime story."

The vengeful puppy is online.

Before finishing his meal, Akito Amano planned to use this to relax.

Perhaps she's a bit abnormal, but she's never been a normal person to begin with; she just hadn't made that clear to Kazuya Sawashiro before.

Kazuya Zeshiro certainly wouldn't watch her do these things. He filled Amano Aki's emptiness with tangerines and then subtly rejected her: "Don't torture yourself. Instead of listening to this to fall asleep, let me tell you a Grimm's Fairy Tale. Have you ever heard of Grimm's Fairy Tale?"

"...Sorry, I think I'll be 26 soon." Amano Aki emphasized her age just to let Sawashiro Kazuya know that she was not a child.

"Yes, I know. Amano-san will be 26 in a few months," Kazuya Sawashiro said casually, as if he were grabbing Amano Aki's chin. "But fairy tales aren't just for kids. Adults can also yearn for the world of fairy tales."

What Kazuya Sawashiro wants to say is that you shouldn't let your age limit your right to pursue beauty.

It sounds like a dream, and it really is a dream, because there are so many things to face in the world after you grow up. Before, Amano Aki never thought about these things. All she thought about was whether she would have a job tomorrow or the day after.

So this sounded somewhat touching to Aki Amano, but she still refused.

"Thank you for your kindness, but if I see your face next to me before I go to sleep at night, I feel like I'll have nightmares."

"How rude of me..." Kazuya Sawashiro squinted at Aki Amano, casually pushing the mandarin oranges he had brought back in front of her, leaving her with a table full of orange peels. "Eat less, leave some room for McDonald's later. You won't be able to sleep if you eat too much."

"No need, I can fall asleep with my eyes open." Amano Akira grabbed Mikan with her small hand, and Mikan returned to her.

Just kidding, let alone one or two, even if she finishes this whole plate of tangerines, she'll still have room to finish her burger later.

That's the kind of confidence she has.

"Okay, we don't care about body image anyway, so whatever you like is fine," Kazuya Sawashiro said, watching the sulking dog peel a mandarin orange. "So you're going to eat a mandarin orange while waiting for McDonald's? I heard Uber Eats' delivery time is pretty fast."

If possible, Kazuya Sawashiro hoped that Aki Amano would slow down, because he didn't want to clean up the mess.

It's like kicking Amano Aki, who's so full he can't move, into his room.

Upon hearing this, Amano Aki lost some of his dreams, and the light in his eyes dimmed.

That was a mistake; we shouldn't have kept showing off these mandarin oranges.

"Why didn't you tell me sooner?"