Tokyo: My obsession with China led me to become the king of Japanese entertainment.

"You guys? Johnny's! Trying to persuade this troublemaker to change his mind?"

Perhaps because he was so shocked, Maloo even forgot to suppress his voice, causing the other six people to all turn their gazes towards him:

"You think you can compromise?"

What is Johnny's image in the Japanese entertainment industry?

Extremely domineering and powerful, they demand resources at will and block opponents at will, never compromising or backing down.

Even Taka, with his powerful background and achievements worthy of being etched into the history of Japanese rock, was banned for more than a decade before things started to get a little better in the last two years.

And now, Hideaki Takizawa says he wants to persuade a troublemaker to change his mind? Persuade?

So, you guys at Johnny's do know the character for "persuasion"?

Whose ruthless person could warrant Johnny's Entertainment's "persuasion"?

Even when Jin Akanishi of KAT-TUN caused trouble and threatened to leave the group at the height of his popularity, you guys didn't try to persuade him to stay.

At most, fans will desperately try to keep them, but the agency will still have to kick them out or blacklist them if necessary.

However, the very next second after he shouted it out, he suddenly remembered something:

Is there a ruthless person by his side who just rejected a contract with Johnny's?

In an instant, six pairs of eyes, filled with extreme shock and even fear, stared intently at Jun Sakurada.

"Rejecting Johnny's" and "being pursued and begged by Johnny's to stay" are two completely different things. The former is at most audacious, while the latter is unheard of.

Could that person be Jun Sakurada?

Jun Sakurada clearly hadn't anticipated that that damned Hideaki Takizawa would choose this sensitive time to make this call to Malou.

Did he really install a surveillance camera on me? I changed my clothes today!

"Keep your voice down! Is it something to be proud of? Are you all alone?" Maluo's booming voice, capable of dominating a 70,000-seat stadium, startled Takizawa Hideaki, who also felt a pang of regret.

If it weren't for the fact that Johnny's Entertainment had no other way to deal with troublemakers except by "killing" and "beating" them over the past few decades, he wouldn't have had to seek advice from Taka to persuade Jun Sakurada.

After all, this monkey, who was equally talented and also quit Johnny's at the drop of a hat, was actually the one among his acquaintances most likely to understand Sakurada Jun's mindset.

"Um... I'm having a party here... Takeru (Sato Takeru) and the others are with me." Taka laughed awkwardly, explaining his situation with Sato Takeru and the others, but making no mention of Sakurada Jun's presence.

"Holy crap..." Hideaki Takizawa almost lost his composure and swore.

"Don't worry, don't worry, we're all friends. We'll chat privately and I promise we won't let the higher-ups at the firm know, okay!" Malo quickly assured him, which made Takizawa Hideaki's expression soften a little.

The relationship between agencies is different from that between artists. For example, although Taka has fallen out with Johnny & Associates, he still has good personal relationships with many people in the agency, and his own reputation is quite solid.

He is surrounded by veteran stars like Takeru Satoh, who all have their own networks within Johnny's Entertainment to varying degrees.

In this situation, letting them listen to some harmless amusement is not a big deal. On the contrary, he can use the experience of these crazy people to coax back the Sakurada Jun he has been longing for.

"That's roughly the situation," he said briefly.

There's no need to discuss the somewhat embarrassing detail of Jun Sakurada tricking Johnny's, but other things can be revealed at the right time, which can be considered a kind of showing off in a sense.

"I auditioned a child who was exceptionally talented. He had top-notch physical attributes, as well as outstanding vocal and athletic abilities. Jenisan valued this child highly, but he chose to leave immediately after the performance."

Listening to Hideaki Takizawa's account, Taka became even more certain that he was talking about Jun Sakurada.

Although Jun Sakurada had never sung in front of Taka, as one of the top vocalists of the younger generation in Japan, Taka could tell from Jun Sakurada's usual speaking voice that this kid's voice was extraordinary.

As for athletic talent, it seems reasonable that someone who can scare away a bear would have strong athletic talent.

"What's the reason? He has to have a reason for not signing, right?" Maloo gave Sakurada Jun a meaningful look and deliberately turned on speakerphone.

Completely unaware, Hideaki Takizawa, without a second thought, sighed and said, "You'd be terrified if I told you."

"Besides going to school, that kid also develops his own games. Do you want to guess how much money he's made in the past two months?"

"Five hundred million yen!" He didn't keep them in suspense, but directly revealed this number that almost made all six pairs of eyes widen in surprise.

Sato Takeru, who had just been leaning on Sakurada Jun's shoulder with a grin, almost instinctively let out a strange "Aow!" and jumped up without any regard for his image, as if he had stepped on a hot iron. He stared at Sakurada Jun with a look of terror.

It was as if I were watching some indescribable horror.

Five hundred million yen—that number isn't actually that exaggerated. Of the six people present, apart from Mori Hirokazu, the other five are either top-tier or A-list celebrities. It's not impossible for them to surpass that figure in annual revenue during their peak years.

But that was a year, not two months. They were superstars who had been in the entertainment industry for many years, not teenagers who were not yet sixteen.

If they previously thought Sakurada Jun was a distinctive and somewhat adorable junior, now they only see him as a monster, the kind that eats people.

"Actually, it's not as exaggerated as he said. It's 500 million in revenue, but Gabe Newell takes 30% of it, and I have to pay taxes on the rest. I'd be lucky to have 200 or 300 million in my hands."

"Moreover, the game took almost a year from its inception to development and promotion, and it will continue to be updated in the future, so the claim of two months is not accurate."

Sakurada Jun thought for a moment and quietly corrected Takizawa Hideaki's lack of rigor, but the subtle hint of Versailles in his words made everyone want to kill him.

No, everyone here, whether you're an actor or a singer, if you want to earn hundreds of millions of yen a year, who doesn't need to work hard for ten or even several decades?

Even the youngest, Minami Hamabe, has been in the entertainment industry for almost ten years.

"Takizawa-san..." Taka couldn't help but glare at Sakurada Jun, his tone laced with resentment.

"Generally speaking, we wouldn't call someone who can earn hundreds of millions of yen on their own, and who looks down on being an idol at Johnny's because of that, a 'troublemaker with a big temper'."

He finally realized that it wasn't that Johnny's didn't want to kill Sakurada Jun to vent their anger; it was simply that the kid was too tough to take down.

"Don't worry about the details!" Takizawa Hideaki said somewhat awkwardly. "Just tell me, do you have a way to deal with this kind of person?"