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

However, she originally thought that Sakagami Taku would have plans to increase his salary, perform at higher levels to earn ticket sales, or even change jobs.

What Taku Sakagami said next made Tachikari Shiina's pupils dilate. For the first time, she truly felt the gap between them and Taku Sakagami.

"If I were to just talk about my personal thoughts, or if I were to lead your team, my approach would be very simple."

Sakagami Taku's tone was casual, but his words were full of confidence:

“If you’re going the professional band route, planning the direction and style of the band is just a safe approach, but in reality, if you’re really strong, you don’t need these processes at all.”

"Buy traffic, buy popularity, buy attention. Once you have enough of these things, you can put on a truly perfect performance. The quality of the songs is enough to convince everyone, and the arrangement and lyrics are at the level of top professionals. You will become famous with one song. There is no need for gradual accumulation. Just conquering everyone with your strength is enough."

"Then I would take on advertising, collect copyright fees, and continue to release new songs to make money..."

Taku Sakagami simply explained all the plans.

This is the most efficient way when you have money, and it is also a solution that can quickly pay back the investment in the short term.

However, when Shoko Toyokawa formed the team, Taku Sakagami gave up the idea of ​​launching a dimensionality reduction attack on the music industry.

The first is that the skills of Shiina Riki and others cannot keep up. Now that he has brought out a few top professional-level songs, Shiina Riki and others may not be able to perform them perfectly and cooperate with their teammates in just one or two weeks.

Secondly, Shiina Riki and the others are not people who want to pursue fame and fortune in a short period of time, and they certainly do not have the ambition and desire to make such a huge amount of money as Sakagami Taku.

Obviously, Shiina Riki was shocked by Sakagami Taku's idea. What really surprised her was not that the routes Sakagami Taku said were impossible to take.

On the contrary, if it is Taku Sakagami's ability, this route is the best way.

She subconsciously asked: "But as for the song..."

Do you think I really wrote that song in a week?

Sakagami Taku couldn't help but complain in his heart.

He sighed:

"There's no point in studying all these details now. After all, it's impossible to achieve, right? And actually, what I just said was also a bit of nonsense."

In fact, if there really is such a rich woman willing to invest in a galactic battleship team for him, and the members in it are configured enough to achieve high coordination in a short period of time, and their musical instrument skills are above ordinary professions, then Taku Sakagami will be able to let the people of this world see what a real galactic battleship is, sweeping through thousands of troops and attacking at a dimensionality reduction level.

Not to mention how many songs he has in his head, even if he composes the music and writes the lyrics himself, it would be more than enough with Sakagami Taku's current level.

He really hopes that a rich woman will invest in him, but it is not easy to find such teammates, and it is even harder to find a rich woman.

Moreover, the entertainment company that signs him must accept his debt status and not use this to make money from him or exploit and control him. This is the most important thing.

But there are no such good people in this world. With Sakagami Taku's current skills and lack of money, the capitalists would probably lock him up completely with a contract. Maybe they would think of the worst and find someone to be his guardian, and sign various unequal agreements for him in the name of "taking care".

Of course, even if a team is assembled, Taku Sakagami will definitely want the command of the entire team.

He didn't want something like what happened to Toyokawa Shoko to happen again.

Everyone must be made to pay for breach of contract, so that even if the group collapses, he will still get compensation!

We must strictly control our teammates.

However, among the people that Sakagami Taku currently knows, there are only Toyokawa Shoko, Wakaba Mutsugu, and Hachiman Kailing. These three people can barely keep up.

But it's just a stretch. After all, they are still junior high school students. With a few more years of development, there will definitely be no problem.

But precisely because they are junior high school students, they are truly at a disadvantage among their peers. However, if they want to be on par with the world's top bands, they are definitely still far behind.

As for other candidates...If Goto Ichiri is personally coached by him, it should be okay, right?

Wait, why do I feel like I'm setting a flag?

If something like this happens again, Sakagami Taku will definitely have to strictly control it! The tragic incident of joining the National Army in 49 must not happen again.

At this moment, Shiina Tatsuki, who was watching Sakagami Taku from the side, inexplicably associated Sakagami Taku with "Only Recording Golden Hits".

Among all his peers, no, even those who are a few years older than him, the only one that Shiina Riki can think of who can keep up with the pace of Taku Sakagami is the blogger with more than 300,000 followers.

Others simply can't do it.

And - this guy talked so powerfully, but from the beginning, his eyes were always fixed on the yen in front of her, and he couldn't move his eyes away at all.

Shiina Riki tentatively moved the money and found that Sakagami Taku's eyes followed it.

She moved again, and Sakagami Taku's eyes followed her again.

Shiina Tatsuki: ...

Sometimes it's hard to imagine that this guy is actually a musical genius.

Besides, if you like money so much, doesn't that mean...

PS: The anime Xiuhua is set in Shimokitazawa, but the reality is in Yokohama. This book follows the reality. It can be roughly understood that the male protagonist is in Shimokitazawa, and goes to Yokohama to attend high school. He and Goto Ichiri went to the same junior high school in Shimokitazawa. Hongxia and the male protagonist were not in the same junior high school. In high school, Goto Ichiri, who was socially phobic, ran to school in Yokohama to avoid people he knew.

38. If I take your money, I will be killed tonight.

Shiina Tatsuki's perception of Sakagami Taku seems to have changed again.

In the past, she only knew that the other party needed money, but now seeing Sakagami Taku's reaction, she felt that Sakagami Taku might need money more than she thought.

Now she suddenly felt that as long as he had money, Sakagami Taku might really be willing to do anything.

Gudu

Shiina Riki swallowed.

She took out a thousand yen and asked Sakagami Taku in a tentative tone, "Can you tell me why you need money so much? If it's just for rent and food, working part-time shouldn't be so hard."

After she finished speaking, she seemed to feel something was wrong: "Of course, it's okay if you don't want to say it, but if you can say it, this money will be considered as a treat for you."

Sakagami Taku frowned. Although his eyes had indeed never left Yen, he was not so shameless as to do so.

Do you really think I'm a man you can get for just some money?

What's more, this issue is not something that cannot be discussed. Even if he is not paid, he can still talk about it.

Although his current life is full of shit, he still likes this kind of life.

Having music, having a place to stay, and having hope to see tomorrow, that's enough.

He pushed the yen back: "Just order me another matcha parfait and I'll have my money back."

"Yeah." Shiina Riki didn't refuse. She put all the money back into her bag.

I actually felt a little disappointed that Sakagami Taku didn't take the money.

No, she was thinking about something terrible. If this guy is so shameless that he is unwilling to do anything for money, then he is really shameless!

Sakagami Taku: "It's not something I can't tell you. My parents started a business when I was very young and lost a lot of money. Normally, I shouldn't have inherited the inheritance and might have ended up in an orphanage."

Sakagami Taku spoke calmly, not showing any pain from these experiences. "But my parents loved me very much since I was a child. When my mother was still alive, she loved guitar. On my sixth birthday, she gave me my first guitar. There are many things in our house that are very meaningful to me. They are also the only connection I have with them."

As Shiina Riki listened to what Sakagami Taku said, his eyes widened unconsciously and his heart was filled with shock.

Before this, she had never heard of Taku Sakagami mentioning these things. Even after working for so many years, people around him almost only knew that he was short of money, but they never knew why he needed money so much.

Hearing these words now, Shiina Riki felt a huge wave rising in his heart.

Has he always walked this way before?

Looking back now, the various things that happened after meeting Sakagami Taku have completely different meanings.

Sakagami Taku didn't know what she was thinking, but continued to narrate: "I couldn't just let go of the past and face a new life, so I inherited the inheritance."

Of course, this was not Sakagami Taku's choice. The original owner had made the choice and just handed these difficult problems to him.

However, for Taku Sakagami now, solving these problems and letting go of them completely is also a good goal.

Shiina Riki wanted to say something comforting, but found himself in such a situation that he didn't know how to start.

Sakagami Taku saw through her thoughts and said, "Don't worry about sympathy for me. This is the path I chose myself. I don't like other people looking at me that way either. For me, my life is pretty good now."

"But if I can't pay it back, I'll be locked away from a normal life for the rest of my life because of the debt..."

"Not really. The bank can't possibly do anything to a minor like me, but debt collection is inevitable. Before joining CRYCHIC, my income was barely enough to cover the interest payments."

In fact, it is not enough at all.

It’s just that Taku Sakagami was too lazy to say it out loud, as there were still many troubles in life.

Ten billion yen, the bank's annual interest rate is 3%, which is 30 million yen a year. In fact, you have to pay more than 2 million yen every month.

The money earned by video bloggers, plus the music usage rights sold to some companies, plus my own part-time job, is almost balanced.

He must break through this limit before he can start repaying the principal.

After hearing this, Shiina Riki felt complicated.

She used to think that Sakagami Taku was just obsessed with money, but now it seems that this is not the case at all.

Rather than saying that he is greedy for money, it is better to say that under such pressure, he can still face life with a smile.

Shiina Riki thought about her previous inferiority complex. Now, compared with what happened with Sakagami Taku, she was actually very happy.

She has a harmonious family, her sister is very outstanding, and her parents are very good to her.

She suddenly remembered what Sakagami Taku said on the rooftop that day. At this moment, Shiina Riki suddenly understood what kind of mood Sakagami Taku was in when he said to her, "What's there to be depressed about?"

Shiina Riki completely understood why Sakagami Taku left the band. Rather, if the band had not ended, with the frequency with which Toyokawa Shoko went during that period, the one who really suffered would be Sakagami Taku.

And such an important thing, Shiina Riki found out that she only knew about it today. Before this, she knew nothing about Sakagami Taku.

On the contrary, when she encountered problems, Taku Sakagami was able to help her out of the haze.

She is so selfish.

Thinking of something, she took out the money from her wallet again: "I don't know how much you owe, but here is 13,520 yen. If it can be of any help..."

"Hey, hey, hey, do you think I'm a beggar? And keep this money for yourself!"

Although Sakagami Taku is in urgent need of a rich woman to support him, he won't exploit a young girl who just graduated from junior high school and has worked hard to save money!

Besides, you could give 10,000 yen or 11,000 yen, why did it have to be 13,520 yen?

It's obvious that he saved up the money with great effort. If he took Sakagami Taku's money, he would probably be killed in his dreams at night.

"Ah. I, I didn't mean that." Shiina Riki then realized that his behavior might have hurt Sakagami Taku's self-esteem.

She felt guilty for having just come up with the idea that "I can make Sakagami Taku do anything by spending money."

Thinking of this, Shiina Riki said with a hint of apology: "I'm sorry, I just..."

"No need to apologize. I appreciate the kindness, but forget the money."

Alas, this is the first time I discovered that Tatsuki Shiina is actually quite gentle.

Upon hearing this, Shiina Riki said haltingly, "Anyway, I'm sorry for everything that happened before."

"There's nothing to apologize for. We're all friends." Sakagami Taku continued, "Okay, now you know my situation. The band has no money, and I won't join it no matter what. CRYCHIC was just an attempt for me, but it just didn't work out."

Shiina Riki nodded, and then asked, "Does anyone else know about this?"

"I don't know. I haven't told anyone yet. You're the first one to know."

No one asked him, so he couldn't just meet someone and say, "I owe you money, please transfer it to me."

What's more, Sakagami Taku was too lazy to talk about these complicated things. Once he started talking about them, others would ask him questions, curious about how he owed so much money, or how he had survived all these years. It gave him a headache to hear them.

I don't know why, but Sakagami Taku found that when he said it, only Shiina Riki knew it for the time being.

"Ah!?" The black-haired beauty sitting opposite her blushed for no apparent reason. She then sat up straight and even looked more reserved, as if she had learned some terrible secret. "I, I know. I won't tell anyone else."

"Huh?" Sakagami Takumi asked subconsciously in confusion. Although he didn't quite understand why Shiina Riki blushed inexplicably, he still nodded: "Yeah, thank you."

It doesn’t matter to him whether he tells it or not.

But if the rumor spread that he owed a lot of money, it wouldn't be a good thing.

But why did Taku Sakagami feel a little weird about the way Shiina Ritsuki looked at him?

Did she misunderstand something?

PS: I made a mistake in writing it before, and wrote Toyokawa Kiyoshi's losses as liabilities. I have corrected it now, and it does not affect any reading experience.

In addition, Hong Xia graduated from high school, the male protagonist graduated from junior high school and was in the same grade as Xiangzi Boqi, and the male protagonist was the same age as Hong Xia.

39. Don’t you feel guilty about this, Gao Songdeng?