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

"Why are you streaming? Well, the move is mostly done, and I have some free time now, so what else would I do but stream?"

"Update? It's in progress. We'll be hiring two programmers in the next couple of days to help fix bugs and write code. If any students are interested in this, feel free to sign up."

"What's life like as a trainee? You can tell I don't have a normal trainee contract just by looking at how I can still stream for you, right?"

As soon as the show started, a flood of viewers poured in, and the barrage of comments quickly became so numerous that even Jun Sakurada's dynamic vision would have difficulty seeing them clearly.

He's now considered a prominent figure on Bilibili.

On the one hand, the popularity of Chicken Bro has made Sakurada Jun very wealthy. After signing with the company, he legally obtained the recording of his interview from Takizawa Hideaki, and the remade video he made became a huge hit with millions of views.

Adding to that the videos featuring Vaundy and Hideaki Takizawa, each offering insightful commentary from both musical and idol management perspectives, these combined garnered tens of millions of views.

Now everyone knows that Bilibili has produced a Japanese guy who can create hilarious content, understands Chinese memes, and has a lot of connections.

Oh, he even makes some games, and the finished products are actually quite fun.

In terms of tangible benefits, this translates to over 500,000 fans and over one million game sales.

In short, Jun Sakurada is quite a character now.

"How's Run-ge doing lately? When are you going to debut?" a longtime fan asked.

"First of all, I don't recommend calling him 'Brother Run' online, as it can easily make him arrogant." In the live stream, Jun Sakurada has always maintained an unpretentious and approachable image.

"Secondly, debuting is probably unlikely in the short term. In recent years, the time it takes for members of Johnny's to debut has increased dramatically. Many seniors had to endure six to eight years in the Jr. stage before they could debut."

"Anyway, my personal expectations in this regard are not very high. But compared to that, there are other things I can share with you."

At this point, Jun Sakurada flashed a bright smile. Even though the majority of people in the live stream were muscular, rugged, and abstract figures, seeing such an irresistible smile, he didn't mind transforming into Xiao Nanliang online.

"Although debuting is currently quite difficult, fortunately, thanks to the influence of the agency and some of my own... luck,"

He held up two fingers, making a galaxy shape between them: "I now have a tiny bit of—small, connections!"

"So!" He opened his hastily prepared PowerPoint presentation, revealing a title he had already prepared, "I've prepared a new program for everyone!"

"Jun's Personal Celebrity Interview!"

Jun Sakurada had actually wanted to do this project for a long time, but he had been too busy to put it into practice until now. This is a good opportunity to bring it up.

"Simply put, I'm using my personal connections and my agency's channels to invite some celebrities that you might be interested in to be guests on our live stream!"

"We'll also talk about things that everyone enjoys!"

A few simple words instantly ignited the emotions in the live stream room.

In 2019, the era of live streaming had not yet arrived, and celebrities still maintained a certain aloofness, with few using self-media live streaming channels to meet with fans.

There are even fewer Japanese celebrities.

Now that Jun Sakurada has personally stepped forward to help everyone connect, what can the fans say?

"I'm not saying anything more, I'm going to go buy five survivors' offerings to Run-ge first!"

"Run-ge, it's getting cold. Why don't you put on a yellow jacket? It looks really good."

"loyalty!"

Jun Sakurada smiled nonchalantly: "We can talk about thanks later. Let's take a look at the celebrities I plan to contact in the near future. I'll try my best to ensure they are familiar faces that everyone likes."

"I divided them into three levels according to the difficulty of contacting them."

He turned a page in the PowerPoint presentation and pointed to one of the pictures: "First, the first one should be familiar to everyone."

The picture shows a strikingly handsome young man with a familiar red belt around his waist and a somewhat unrestrained smile on his face.

A line was added next to it: "I'm too lazy to reason with you, you don't deserve to listen."

"Holy crap! Duanmu Yan!"

"Armor Hero Nawa... It's a childhood memory. I vaguely remember the special effects were terrible and there was a lot of slow motion, but I don't know why it was so cool!"

"Wait a minute, how did Duanmu Yan become a Japanese celebrity?"

That's right, the first celebrity that Jun Sakurada brought up was Xu Feng, who played Duanmu Yan in Armor Hero Nawa.

"As for Senior Xu Feng, although he is Chinese, the agency he is signed with is AMUSE, one of the top agencies in Japan, and he has been active in Japan for many years," Jun Sakurada explained with a smile.

"I happen to know a few people in AMUSE, so maybe I can use their connections to make some connections."

Xu Feng was an unexpected surprise for him when he was selecting people. Although the meme of General Duanmu had not spread widely in 2019, the image of Duanmu Yan and Nawa was still well recognized by the Chinese people.

It's something everyone is happy to see that we were able to invite this person.

As expected, the response from the comments section was quite enthusiastic.

"Holy crap, Nava is only in the first tier? Then who are the second and third tiers?" Some people have already started to look forward to it.

It can only be said that at this point in 2019, the popularity of some relatively unknown Japanese entertainment figures, especially tokusatsu actors, in China was extremely valuable for exploitation.

Jun Sakurada could easily invite them without spending too much money, and then capitalize on the hype and traffic.

They even thanked Jun Sakurada for helping them promote their product.

In the first tier, Jun Sakurada selected actors who weren't particularly famous but had played well-known roles in tokusatsu (special effects) films.

For example, Xu Feng, Jugglus Aoyagi Takaya, Red Kaishi Black Hero, and Mori Kankazu, who was previously on good terms with him.

None of them are big names, but it's clear that everyone loves watching them.

The second tier includes some rather heavyweight faces.

"Holy crap!" People exclaimed as soon as the photo was released.

"No way, you managed to bring him back someone even Toei couldn't get?"

It's almost a universally acknowledged consensus in the tokusatsu industry that they can't bring back a big name like Takeru Satoh. Despite Toei's best efforts, they could only get him to appear for a minute in the previous theatrical version in his erotic turtle form.

Even so, it was Sato Takeru himself who requested it.

And now, Jun Sakurada actually says he can bring Takeru Satoh back?

"Brother, if you can really bring him back, then I'll call you the King of Connections at Rui Station!" Someone is already arguing for Sakurada Jun's throne.

But the others had already noticed something even more terrifying.

If even a superstar like Takeru Satoh can only be considered a second-tier figure in Jun Sakurada's notebook, then...

So who else could be in the third tier?

Considering that Jun Sakurada is signed with Johnny & Associates and is from the tokusatsu (special effects) industry, which is very difficult, it seems that there is only one name left for them to think of.

So... can we ask for the light we lent out back?