Japanese Entertainment: A Comeback Beginning from Bankrupt President

"What kind of surprise is it?" The first-year secretary cleverly picked up where Kazuya Sawashiro left off.

Like the most reliable guard on the court, he appears in that unexpected corner where no one is watching, receives the good ball passed by his teammate, and then makes an accurate shot, with the scoreboard showing a three-pointer at the right time.

"Good shot," Kazuya Sawashiro gave a thumbs up and then proceeded to talk about the plan, "I need a play, a play that will fool all the audience. You need to find a first-year or second-year student and have her apply for a singing performance at the graduation ceremony, so that my Amano can appear in a natural way."

"Replacing students to sing? That sounds like a good idea." Misaki Tachibana was quite satisfied with this role-swapping trick.

The others were similar, but this was only the simplest version; Kazuya Sawashiro thought about it more deeply.

"We could have that student go on stage and sing, but give her a microphone that can't make a sound. Then we could have Amano sing from behind the scenes. Do you think the students in the audience would be able to tell that it's her singing?"

"Things are getting interesting. I think we can put the parfait aside for now," said Misaki Tachibana, who had finished eating and was the first to push her cup away, looking at the other classmates who hadn't touched their spoons yet. "Let's refine the details. That's what we're here for."

A shrewd big kid can always control the situation at any time.

The parfait was set aside, and the blackboard, which was used for planning, was immediately put on display. It was pushed over by Amano Aki, who didn't know what to do but could do well after receiving instructions.

Following the blackboard came Aki Amano's question: "I didn't know the agency had this, so when did you buy it?"

"I forgot, it was probably there when we moved in."

"Okay, you're always right."

With the doubts resolved, we began planning the details.

Which student should do this? What time of day would be best for them to appear? Should we keep it from the executive committee as well? After all, things are best done in secrecy.

The students considered many issues, wrote them down one by one, and then thought of solutions for each one.

Just then, the office doorbell rang.

"Ding-dong~"

It wasn't noisy, but just loud enough for everyone in the room to hear, especially Amano Aki, whose hearing and sense of smell were exceptionally sharp. She immediately stood up and asked Sawashiro Kazuya, "Did you arrange to meet anyone else at this time?"

While Kazuya Sawashiro might be a bit confused about small things, he was never ambiguous when it came to important matters. He gave a definite answer: "No, there's no invitation from anyone else on the schedule. Perhaps the manager came to collect the rent?"

"That's even more impossible. We paid a year's rent upfront." After saying that, Amano Aki quickly walked to the door, his gaze falling on the answering machine on the wall, where there was a man he had never seen before.

She breathed a sigh of relief.

She was afraid that a woman holding a child would appear on the screen and say something like demanding that someone take responsibility, because if that happened, Amano Aki would break off all ties with that person.

She turned around and called over to Kazuya Sawashiro: "Come over here. This is a man I don't know. See if you recognize him."

"Don't make it sound like I'm a womanizer..." Kazuya Sawashiro corrected Aki Amano's strange statement and went to the answering machine.

Upon seeing the person's appearance, Kazuya Sawashiro exclaimed in surprise.

"oh!"

...

"I didn't expect you to come to me personally, so before introducing the other people here, can I ask how you found me, Hachi?" Kazuya Sawashiro pulled Hayato Yagami down to sit not far from the high school girls.

Kazuya Sawashiro never expected it to be him.

"I don't remember we were close enough to call each other by nicknames," Yagami Hayato said politely as he smiled and took out his phone. "Your haunted house agency is a popular spot. I found the address with just a quick search, and I also told you on Line that I would be coming."

"Line?"

Kazuya Sawashiro then remembered that he still had his phone, but when he got it back, he found that it was already switched off.

If you don't care about the reasons, then just apologize honestly.

"Sorry, my idiot partner forgot to charge me when I woke up this morning."

"..."

Yagami Hayato couldn't respond to that, and Amano Aki didn't want to either, so the atmosphere immediately turned into an awkward situation where the three of them looked at each other, accompanied by the snickers of the high school girls.

Kazuya Sawashiro didn't expect this outcome; he thought Akira Amano would come up and criticize him.

Maybe the weather's bad today, so I'm not in the mood to complain?

"Okay, looks like that joke was a bit lame," Kazuya Sawashiro ended with a lame joke, then stood up as if nothing had happened and introduced to Hayato Yagami, "These are my juniors from my alma mater, preparing for the graduation ceremony in two weeks, so this place has been set up as the student council office."

I won't introduce their names, because apart from Misaki Tachibana, Kazuya Sawashiro doesn't know the names of the others.

Forgive him; he's just an agent.

"It sounds lively and interesting, but is my sudden visit disturbing you?" Yagami Hayato stood up and apologized to the high school girls whose faces were full of curiosity. "Sorry, I am Yagami Hayato, a creator who works at a karaoke bar."

"Hello..." The students waved with smiles, giving face to their senior, Kazuya Sawashiro.

But mentioning names was out of the question, because the idea of ​​a creator working at a karaoke bar sounded like something used to fool young girls, and the girls weren't going to fall for it.

"OK, the presidents can continue to refine the plan. Now the weirdos are going to the next room to talk. If you have any questions, you can ask Amano." After the introductions were finished, Kazuya Sawashiro immediately pulled Hayato Yagami to his room.

Both public and private matters should be discussed in a suitable space.

"Please sit anywhere, even on the desk," said Kazuya Sawashiro, taking the first seat. He didn't need to be polite with strangers in his own room. "You came to see me at this time, so are you interested in my previous proposal?"

Hayato Yagami followed him in, and when he saw the messy room, he almost collapsed to the floor.

He sat down on the desk as instructed by Kazuya Sawashiro, because it was one of only two places in the room besides the bed where a person could sit, one of which was where Kazuya Sawashiro was currently sitting.

"Before I answer, I still want to say that your place is really too messy. Maybe you should take a look at the recently popular concept of decluttering," Yagami Hayato kindly reminded him, but did not go into details. He answered Sawashiro Kazuya's question, "The people at Watanabe Entertainment are more interested than I am. They have brought up the same conditions since the day we met."

"It seems you don't like being around them." Kazuya Sawashiro made his own assumption, but it was quite accurate.

Yagami Hayato nodded and poured out his grievances to Sawashiro Kazuya: "That's right, their condescending attitude disgusts me, as if they're the only ones in the world who can debut. I bet you know what they're really like."