I, the Rock King Emperor with 21 billion in power, have joined the chat group.

Their conversation, which wasn't exactly quiet, seemed to have been overheard by the middle-aged man in the black suit.

The man gave a helpless smile, took two steps forward, and came to the three of them: "Ladies, it's really impolite of you to be talking about such rude things in front of other people's restaurants."

The middle-aged man's gentle voice contrasted sharply with his serious appearance.

As soon as he said that, Elio and the others quickly bowed and apologized: "Sorry, sorry. We didn't mean to. It's just that my friend said he saw an acquaintance in this room just now, so we wanted to come and take a look."

The middle-aged man paused for a moment, then looked at the three cute girls strangely and shook his head: "Impossible. There's only the BOSS and two foreigners in this room. How could your acquaintances be here? Hurry up and leave. Our BOSS is discussing business matters. If you accidentally overhear, you might be charged with stealing trade secrets."

"Wow~~!" Qianmingling exclaimed exaggeratedly, already somewhat frightened. She quickly grabbed Elio's hand, preparing to bow and apologize, and leave as soon as possible.

Suddenly, a familiar voice reached my ears.

"So, Anzai, what you need to do is here..."

Sato Mei stepped out of the room, chatting in English with the blonde woman beside him.

"Mingjun? Hmm?"

Elio stared at the boy in front of him, who was talking eloquently, with a face full of question marks.

Sato Mei turned his head as if he were stunned.

He never expected to see his sister here.

In an instant, a multitude of excuses flashed through his mind.

"Ming-kun, are you eating barbecue too? And who are these two?" Elio quickly snapped out of his daze and looked at Anzai and Tony behind Sato Ming with a surprised expression.

"Could it be about your light novel?" Her curiosity was undisguised in her question.

"No." After saying this, Sato Mei hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

In that short time, he had already figured out how to handle today's situation.

“These two foreign friends…” Sato Mei turned around, palms up, and extended his hands to Anzai and Tony: “These two are employees of Virtual Future Games Co., Ltd. This is Ms. Anzai… and this is Mr. Tony.”

Sato Mei introduced Tony and Anzai to Elio and the others, speaking with an air of authority.

Elio quickly took two steps back and bowed slightly: "Hello, Mr. Tony, Miss Anzai."

“This is my older sister, Eriol. And over there are her friends, Ms. Otome Oto and Ms. Chireiming,” Sato Mei introduced them simultaneously in English.

Although they didn't know what "BOSS" meant, Tony and Anssie were certainly not fools when he introduced his sister. They quickly stepped forward and extended their hands, saying, "Hello."

The group shook hands and exchanged a few pleasantries.

Sato Mei then smiled and said to Anzai and Tony, "I won't see you off any longer. Please have Mr. Kondo take you away. As for the future, please give me a couple of days to consider it. I will reply to you via email."

“Okay, no problem.” Although there was no script, Tony and Anzai both nodded at this moment.

Then, they nodded to Elio and the other two as a polite gesture before leaving.

The two then quickly followed Kondo out of the room and down the corridor, heading towards the gate of Jojoen Garden.

After the three left, only Sato Mei and three others remained standing in the same spot.

"How is this going?"

After the two foreigners left, Elio regained some composure. She looked at Sato Ming with curiosity in her eyes: "Ming-kun, can you tell me what happened today? I'm so curious."

Behind her, Qian Lingming took two steps forward, rushed to the front, and looked at Sato Ming with a gossipy expression, seemingly curious as well.

Meanwhile, Otome, who was standing slightly more mature, didn't say anything, but her expression revealed a curiosity that wanted to know the truth.

Sato Mei understood.

If we don't make things clear today, there's probably no way to avoid it now.

Fortunately, he had already come up with a foolproof explanation.

Section 0 VTB (8)

Akira Sato, who was standing still, did not answer the question immediately.

Instead, she smiled and asked Elio, "Sister, are you here for barbecue today too? What a coincidence. You really need to eat more high-quality protein. With your workaholic lifestyle, I'm afraid you'll collapse one day if you don't supplement your nutrition."

Elio laughed somewhat embarrassedly, like a careless boy, seemingly trying to brush it off with a silly laugh.

After saying this, and letting the rhythm follow his lead, Sato Mei continued with a slight smile, his eyes quickly sweeping over the three people in front of him: "Ms. Otome Oto, Ms. Chireimei, it's not appropriate for us to chat in the corridor. If it's alright, would you be willing to let me chat at your dining table? It just so happens that I also have some things I'd like to discuss with you."

Otome's brow furrowed noticeably.

Elio and Qian Mingling nodded in agreement.

"No problem, Mingjun." He nodded.

"of course can."

The four quickly left the corridor and returned to the barbecue room where Otome and the other two had been. Sato Mei found a seat near Eriol and sat down, while Otome and Chireimei sat opposite them.

As soon as they sat down, Sato Mei asked the three of them, "Excuse me, are Otome Oto and Chireimei full-time or part-time virtual YouTubers?"

This question surprised both Otome and Chireimei, but there was no point in hiding it.

Otome voice said frankly, "I'd say I'm a full-time streamer. Although I do some other small-scale offline live shows and live streams with real people, I have a lot of plans for being a virtual streamer."

Qian Lingming's answer was somewhat hesitant and timid: "I'm a full-time worker now, but... um... never mind."

She spoke haltingly, as if she had something to hide.

Sato Mei didn't press the matter, since his direct question was already impolite enough, and further inquiry would obviously be going too far.

"You two are both full-time virtual YouTubers. I originally thought most virtual YouTubers were part-time like my sister. You see, that Nijisanji group that's been really popular lately, right? Most of their streamers are part-time..." Sato Mei said with a slight smile.

Seeing his smile, Otome-on frowned again.

After laughing off that pointless remark, Sato Mei turned to look at his caring older sister.

The excuses he came up with in a short period of time became more and more refined as he thought about them.

“Sister.” Sato Mei tapped the table lightly as usual, drawing everyone’s attention: “Actually, two months ago, didn’t you tell us that you had switched to a new virtual YouTuber platform? I’ve been following you and the virtual YouTuber industry ever since then.”

"Huh??" Elio looked shocked.

"Of course, you're my favorite older sister." Sato Mei bluntly expressed his love for his sister.

However, perhaps because he said it so often every day, Elio always took it as just a polite remark.

"Haha, here you go again." Elio patted Sato Mei's shoulder cheerfully, his voice deliberately deep and magnetic: "I'm your older sister, you have to dedicate your love to your future lover. When the time comes, just remember to report to me every day about your lover's panties."

Sato Mei reacted instinctively, slapping his sister's hand away: "Isn't that N*R? Even if you include me, it doesn't count. Besides, you've been using the panties joke for years, it's time for a change."

"Hahaha."

"Alright, let's get back to the main topic." Sato Mei shook his head with a wry smile.

"Sister, as you know, I'm a bit reluctant to go out to work for some reasons. Plus, I don't want to go to school anymore, so I've been staying at home."

“But I don’t have the habit of being a NEET, so I also want to earn some money to help support my family. I’ve tried many things, such as drawing, designing, and writing light novels. Apart from writing light novels, which has been somewhat successful, I haven’t succeeded in anything else. So, after you mentioned it twice, I thought that maybe I could try becoming a virtual YouTuber. What I said in the coffee shop this morning was all true.”

"Some time ago, about two weeks ago, I received a strange email while I was chatting online."

"The person above is an American named Dr. A. He said he really likes my novel. He feels that the near-future setting in my novel is similar to some of the future plans of his company, so he wants to ask about the novel's subsequent plot and the improvement of the background setting."

"I thought this person was a joker, a fan trying to trick me into writing a story, so I just made up a couple of things about the role of virtual anchors in the future and sent it to them."

“I thought this matter was over and done with, but a couple of days ago, my family’s publishing house suddenly notified me that a foreign company’s staff wanted to contact me, which led to today’s meeting.”

Even Sato Mei needed to drink some water to calm down after uttering such a blunt lie.

"this...."

These words are so fantastical that they surpass the level of a lie and reach the level of an urban legend.

Otome and Eriol exchanged a glance and looked at each other blankly.

Qian Lingming, however, was quite interested in this "story": "So, those two people today were Dr. A's subordinates? They contacted you because of your email? And they contacted you through official channels? Tell me quickly, what did you talk about, and why did those people want to see you?"

"Ahem!" Sato Ming coughed twice, putting on a conflicted expression: "They want me to be the planner for their Japanese branch!"

"Huh? Planning?" Elio looked puzzled.

“Yes.” Sato Mei pretended to recall: “They said that their BOSS, Dr. A, thought I had a lot of opinions on the development of society in the near future, and also thought my views on virtual YouTubers were very interesting. So they decided to set up a virtual YouTuber studio under their Japanese branch and wanted me to be the chief planner of this studio.”

"What a strange development!?!" Otome voice exclaimed.

“I’m confused too.” Sato Mei rubbed his head. “They said their company mainly deals in 3D, VR, and AR businesses. My task as a virtual anchor studio is to complete some demonstrations of the mechs they make, and they don’t ask for much else.”

"This person is too nice," Otome voice complained again. "This has exceeded the limit of a normal nice person; it's reached the point of being a pushover."

Section 0 VTB (9)

"Who can argue with that!"

Sato Mei nodded emphatically at Otome Oto's evaluation.

"A company that suddenly appears, two foreigners who suddenly appear, suddenly telling me that I will be in charge of a company that makes virtual streamers—isn't this just a windfall?"

"By the way, Miss Otome, don't you have an original song called 'Five Trillion Yen'? There's a line in it that says 'Suddenly a million yen fell from the sky,' right? That's exactly how I feel right now."

"Wow~~~!" Otome's voice still had an incredulous expression: "This isn't just a million yen falling from the sky, it's the technical support of a professional game company, that's the standard corporate power, Sato-kun, you've become the president all of a sudden. A president at only sixteen years old, that's unbelievable."

"So you agree?" Elio also realized what was happening and moved closer to Sato Ming's side with a little urgency, the soft and warm feeling brushing against Sato Ming's arm.

Sato Mei subtly shifted his body slightly and nodded: "Although it's strange and caught me off guard, I agree."

"You just agreed like that? Aren't you afraid of being scammed?" Qian Lingming was still a little confused.

“This is a good opportunity. Even if I’m fooled, I shouldn’t lose anything.” Sato Mei tapped the table with his finger as he habitually spoke rhythmically. “But if it’s true, it might be a good opportunity.”

"I was originally planning to become a virtual YouTuber, and now that someone is willing to fund me to set up a virtual YouTuber company, how can I not seize this opportunity?"

“Be careful.” Elio shook his head: “Those big companies are not so easy to deal with. The contracts they sign with you often have many traps that you can’t even notice. OTO-senpai, Naruto-chan, and I were all scammed by our previous companies.”

Sato Mei naturally agreed with his sister's point of view. In the previous world, he was a typical financial capitalist who liked to deceive people with complicated contracts.

"Indeed, so today I only reached a simple agreement with them, and we haven't signed a contract yet. Before signing the contract, I plan to find a professional legal counsel to review it for me. Don't worry about that, sister. I'm quite reliable."

"That's good. Mingjun, you are indeed very reliable." Elio seemed to remember something, a slight smile on his lips: "Last year, Tian Tian's mother used you as a standard to scold your brother."

"That's because Second Brother's emotional intelligence is low." Sato Ming shook his head with a slight smile.

"Tonight, they mainly talked to me about the general idea: they want me to set up a non-profit virtual YouTuber platform, aiming to capture a certain market share in Japan, mainland China, and America. They want me to have the rights to recruit, plan, and manage personnel, and they will also give me a share of the profits. Except for the finance, which requires their headquarters to send someone, they won't interfere with me in any other way."