When I’m in a music show, I just want to make music seriously!

He said frankly: "If we want to go the commercial route, this period can be said to be the most important period for CRYCHIC. The popularity of the last live is still somewhat there, so we must take advantage of the recent period to hold another live to maintain the love of fans."

"But if Xiaoxiang is not here..."

"..."

Sakagami Taku finally didn't say anything about his own affairs: "Indeed, there is nothing I can do."

If Shoko Toyokawa doesn't come to the band, this will all end eventually.

Having no money and having to pay for training at his own expense will only make Sakagami Taku's life more difficult. He cannot afford the consequences of not being able to repay his debts. Unlike these young ladies, life is a real burden on his shoulders.

After finishing his meal, he took the subway to the company to take a look.

On the way, Taku Sakagami searched the Toyokawa Group to see if anything big had happened recently.

Was there any change in the family, such as bankruptcy like him?

But it is obvious that nothing was found, but it is also possible that the news was suppressed by the group. Toyokawa Shoko has to go home to deal with it during this period. After all, no matter what, she is the eldest daughter of the group and will inherit the group sooner or later, instead of dreaming of forming a beautiful girl band.

Could it be that her family is putting pressure on her to stop playing in the band and to let her inherit the chaebol?

However, things are not yet confirmed, and Sakagami Takuya no longer speculates. If Toyokawa Shoko really can't continue playing in the band, then let's part ways amicably.

Feeling the new guitar on his back, Sakagami Taku's eyes became determined.

How can you be sure that Boss Xiangzi won’t play in a band when we haven’t even started yet? He must play for me!

After taking a few subway stops and finally arriving at the company where the contract was located, Taku Sakagami discovered that the place had been demolished.

The entire building was in ruins, with rubble scattered all over the ground, and the sign on it had been crushed beyond recognition by a bulldozer.

Judging from the situation at the construction site, Taku Sakagami guessed that this happened in recent weeks.

He asked around and found out that the company had been sold a few days ago for some reason and now needed to be demolished and a new office building rebuilt.

Wait a minute, doesn't this mean I signed a contract with a shell company?

What's going on?

Such a large group still engages in fraud?

Sakagami Taku realized something was not going well.

He opened his cell phone and found that Toyokawa Shoko had rarely sent him a text message. At that moment, the sky fell.

"Let's end this part-time job agreement."

To Taku Sakagami, the autumn sky looked as if heavy snow was falling.

The moment he saw this news, Sakagami Taku almost fell to his knees and yelled "No!!!!!!!"

Toyokawa Shoko, are you going to destroy me!

I just bought a guitar!

A heart-wrenching cry resounded in my heart:

Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

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It's another rainy day.

In the recording studio, several people were waiting for the only absent member, but they still couldn't get him.

Shiina Ritsuki was playing with his phone out of boredom, Takamatsu Touma was trying to write lyrics, Wakaba Mutsu was wiping his guitar, and Sakagami Taku was thinking about whether there was any free food that would not make him sick but would still fill his stomach, or if he could find a way to get these beautiful girls to give him a meal.

There has been almost no training for the band recently, and Boss Xiangzi's hourly wages have been completely cut off. He was paid 6,000 yen an hour for the last training session, but he has not been paid yet.

Taku Sakagami doesn’t know how far CRYCHIC will be from becoming a commercial band if this continues, but he and the band are definitely not far from death.

There have been no live performances for a long time and the interaction with fans has also decreased. No one will like a band that has only released two songs and performed only one live performance, unless, of course, this song becomes a hit.

He came here today purely out of friendship, and he planned to announce later that he had no money to continue playing music and was about to quit the group. Of course, if there were other beautiful girls who wanted to support him, that would be another matter.

But this time, even if it is a sponsorship, Sakagami Takuya needs to conduct a strict investigation. If this situation happens again, he will never let the other party go!

And why did he always feel like he was on a pirate ship?

After working for two months and even spending some money to buy a guitar, I hadn't even started playing this big baby yet, and the band plan seemed to be stillborn.

The key point is that he also spent a lot of time writing music scores in his spare time and changing the scores of other members, which made Sakagami Taku stay up late several times and feel like he was about to die before going to school the next day.

Thinking about it this way, it was like he was taken advantage of for free for two months, had a child (guitar), and then the unfaithful man ran away without even replying to his messages.

What happened to the lifelong band and the world stage?

I even quit my job with great anticipation!

I don’t know if the guitar store owner can buy back this guitar at the original price. At the very least, he can give me a 10% discount.

He has only touched it a few times and it is completely new for his own use.

If it really doesn't work, an 20% to 90% discount is barely acceptable!

Nagasaki Suyo stood by the window and broke the silence: "Xiaoxiang won't come today?"

Just as he finished speaking, there was a sound of the door opening.

Shoko Toyokawa was covered in rain.

Nagasaki Suyo hurried over to show concern: "Great, you're finally here. You haven't been to school recently and haven't replied to messages."

She stretched out her hand to wipe the rain off Toyokawa Shoko's body, but was grabbed by the other party.

Toyokawa Shoko looked at everyone seriously and said, "I came here today because I have something to say—"

Facing everyone's gaze, she said firmly, "I'm quitting CRYCHIC."

29. I’m not chasing people, I’m chasing debts

Shoko Toyokawa's words were like the calm before the storm, making the atmosphere in the entire recording studio suddenly quiet.

Gao Songdeng was the first to react. She said, "But, if Xiaoxiang isn't here..."

Unfortunately, in response to her words, Toyokawa Shoko said, "Don't say such words to shirk responsibility. You obviously need practice, but what have you done so far? Practice is also necessary. You always need Taku's guidance."

Her words made Shiina Riki a little dissatisfied. For so many days, Toyokawa Shoko was absent almost every time. Everyone was waiting for her, but she didn't reply to messages and didn't say what happened.

But today, I just came here and started talking about these things! ?

Shiina Riki suddenly exploded. She walked up to Toyokawa Shoko and tried to grab her clothes: "Deng has been waiting for you! And wasn't it you who suggested letting Taku coach these things?!"

Fortunately, Taku Sakagami was quick-witted and stopped it immediately, otherwise we would have really seen women fighting.

Shiina Riki struggled in dissatisfaction: "Let me go, Taku! This guy has been saying some incomprehensible things since he came in!"

Nagasaki Suyo immediately stood between the two people and said, "Wait a minute, can you communicate properly? It's rare that everyone was having so much fun before. Right, Taku?"

"Yeah." Sakagami Taku decided that the priority now was to lighten the mood, but he actually felt that things that had been broken could never be restored. "Did something happen?"

Shoko Toyokawa's announcement of withdrawal from the team and the end of her part-time job have completely announced the collapse of her dream and the failure of his all-in investment.

Oh, my dream of being in a beautiful girl band.

Oh, my money!!!

Taku Sakagami has already made up his mind that he will never do these things again.

After spending several months' worth of money, the members started fighting before they even made their debut. Are all the girl bands nowadays so scary?

After hearing what Sakagami Taku said, the atmosphere among them eased a little.

Toyokawa Shoko remained silent.

Seeing that it worked, Nagasaki Suyo continued softly, "Yes, we had so much fun at the previous Live. Xiaoxiang, you also said that you wanted to hold another Live, right?"

Toyokawa Shoko didn't say anything, her face still gloomy.

Seeing this, Nagasaki Suyo asked Wakaba Mu, "Where's Xiao Mu?"

On the other side, Wakaba Mu, who had been sitting in silence, finally spoke: "I have never felt happy in the band."

what?

Sakagami Taku was stunned.

It would have been fine if you hadn't said anything, but once you opened your mouth you came up with something big.

So when you were playing the music I gave you, was that happy expression on your face fake?

As expected, Ye Mu's words were like a fuse, completely igniting the stalemate.

"Oh?" Gao Songdeng's expression, which originally seemed confused about what was happening, immediately turned into a look of despair.

Never been happy...?

What were those before? Were they all there to accompany her?

Seeing this, Toyokawa Shoko gritted her teeth and said coldly, "Anyway, I'm quitting CRYCHIC. I came here today just to announce this."

Nagasaki Suyo looked at Sakagami Taku for help, but the latter remained silent.

Not to mention that there are already some problems in the relationship between several people. Even if he is retained, he has no money to continue to support it. In fact, he came here today with the intention of quitting the team, but Toyokawa Shoko got there first, so he didn't know how to start the conversation.

In the end, Shoko Toyokawa closed the shop and left, leaving behind a group of distraught girls.

But soon, Sakagami Taku realized something important.

Wait, I haven’t paid for my 6,000 yen yet!

If we can’t contact each other after we leave, it means we won’t be able to come back!

He hurriedly chased after him.

Nagasaki Suyo originally wanted to keep her, but found that Sakagami Taku had already gone out and chased after her.

She looked at Sakagami Taku's back with some worry, praying that he could get Xiaoxiang back.

Only Sakagami Taku knew that what he was chasing was not a person, but a debt that was unlikely to be recovered.

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A month ago, CRYCHIC's development was going smoothly.

Shoko Toyokawa originally thought that this band would accompany her throughout her life.

Just keep going, as long as you hold a few more live shows, accumulate a certain amount of fans, and keep creating new songs, you will definitely get better and better.

At that time, the band can even charge ticket fees, so that Sakagami Taku will no longer have to worry about making a living as long as he is in the team.

Although you may not be able to make money at the beginning, you should be able to balance your income and expenditure.

This is how everything should have turned out.

Until the day of CRYCHIC's performance, Toyokawa Shoko still hadn't seen the person who was so important to her.

It seems that my father didn't come.

She looked at the audience, but she never saw the other person.

Originally, she planned to introduce the members of her band, especially Taku Sakagami, to her father today.

My father told me that my family also has shares in an entertainment company, so maybe we can try to sign some artists and singers.

If that was the case, she could try to introduce Taku Sakagami to him.

She looked at her companions and thought it was great to get to know them.

Just as the performance was over, Toyokawa Shoko wanted to ask her father what happened today and why he didn't come, but she received a message from him first.

"We can't live together anymore."

"Xiangzi, you must be happy."