Girls' Wishing Tree

"Oh, you're so hot!" Takagi Sakura quickly took out a piece of tissue and helped Goto Ichiri wipe the sweat off his forehead.

"Sakura, I... I'm fine." Goto Ichiri hurriedly tidied up his posture with the help of Takagi Sakura and continued recording.

In the absence of an audience, Goto Ichiri's guitar was formidable - the results were very stable over several takes.

"Yili, come over and listen together to see which version is most suitable for release." Takagi Sakura dragged out several audio tracks from the computer.

"Um... one last question, can you cut it?" Goto Ichiri hesitated and sat down next to Takagi Sakura: "After it's posted... I'm afraid that if I can't go on stage... it will disappoint the fans."

"No." Takagi Sakura refused without a second thought, waving a finger in front of Goto Ichiri's face. "Your guitar playing is so good. It would be a shame if you could only release it online. If you're afraid of disappointing your fans, why not just play it boldly on stage? Music always has the power to convey your feelings."

"Sakura..." Goto Ichiri began to tremble again: "I don't know... which stage -"

"Harvest Festival. There will be a harvest festival here in about a month. When the time comes, you can come here and play this song " " in front of everyone, so that everyone can feel your performance on the spot." Takagi Sakura grabbed Goto Ichiri's hand: "I will continue to play the bass for you."

"If I'm with Sakura..." Goto Ichiri thought for a long time before he made up his mind.

She placed the boar head mask aside in Takagi Sakura's arms: "Please keep this boar head mask for me. During the harvest festival, I will come to the shrine and wear this head mask!"

"Oh, that's a difficult situation. Wild boars are crops-destroying beasts, and it's not appropriate to wear this headgear during a harvest festival performance."

"Then... then..."

Seeing that Goto Ichiri was about to melt into ice cream, Takagi Sakura finally said the second half of the sentence: "However, if Ichiri is willing to play one more simple song, there will be no problem."

"What... song?"

"I'll write down the music for you in a couple of days. It's the theme song of a deity in Chinese mythology who was reincarnated as a wild boar."

Chapter 50 Shrines, Festivals, and Monsters: 10. Harvest Festival Performance Planning

Holding a harvest festival performance is also one of the tasks given by the system.

This time, Takagi Sakura wanted to make some changes - moving the festival venue from the shrine to the LiveHouse.

There are two reasons for doing this: first, the renovation of the shrine has not been completed yet, and she does not have the funds to implement it for the time being. If it is held at the shrine, it can only accommodate more than 200 spectators, and the on-site effect may not be good; second, it is convenient to collect tickets at the LiveHouse.

Yes, she's planning to try using the festival to generate revenue. She's already placed an online order for 1200 harvest amulets from Yiwu. Each amulet will come with a ticket, so it won't be a festival where people are charged admission, but rather a performance for those who buy the amulets.

She booked a LiveHouse called Dub, which can accommodate a thousand people. Ying rented it for the entire night and then began to prepare for the show.

PoppinParty was the easiest band to arrange. As soon as Takagi Sakura and Kasumi said a word, they quickly started training. As for PasPale, Takagi Sakura, with the introduction of Shirasagi Chisei, negotiated with the agency and invited PasPale to perform at a relatively favorable price. Goto Ichiri played two guitar pieces live. He brought the shrine maiden club rebuilt by Hanasakigawa to perform the Kagura dance to pray for a good harvest. Since Rana had said she wanted to perform live, he went on stage with her and the two of them sang "Precious Heart".

If we could get two or three more performers, we could carry the whole show.

Takagi Sakura sent invitations to the popular girl bands Roselia and Afterglow, and then added an advertisement when publishing an interview with Goto Ichiri:

[Sakura Shrine will hold a festival performance and sincerely invites a girl band to perform. If you are interested, please send a private message.]

Within a few days, she received good news and bad news.

The bad news is that both Roselia and Afterglow declined. Roselia's refusal was more official, saying that the band did not have the schedule to prepare a high-quality performance, so she had to decline reluctantly; Afterglow's reply email was much more casual, saying that she would be exhausted if she wrote new songs, so it was not possible.

The good news is that there are quite a few girl bands and girl groups that have signed up. After online screening, Takagi Sakura has initially narrowed down three programs.

The new idol group Sumimi has just become very popular in the past two months, and they are willing to strike while the iron is hot and participate in this live to increase their popularity;

The mysterious girl band HalloHappyWorld had a suspicious man in black deliver a letter, confidently announcing their participation in the Harvest Festival. It was more like a notification than an application.

DiamondDust, who recently changed their lead singer, hope to hold their first performance after the official announcement of the change of lead singer.

Sakura Takagi searched the Internet for the previous performances of these bands and felt that there should be no problem.

The prices these bands charge are very low, and HHW and Popipa even make guest appearances for free, so even if Takagi Sakura keeps the ticket price at 1500 yen and gives away an amulet, she can still make a profit of about 30%.

Sakura Takagi is busy preparing for the Harvest Festival performance and the third guitarist interview, and she also made an appointment with Ichiri Goto to buy a guitar today.

Musical instrument store.

Because almost all the money earned from online videos was invested in the Harvest Festival, Takagi Sakura only left a budget of more than 100,000 yen for Goto Ichiri.

But I still have to take her to buy a guitar. I can't go back on my word.

As soon as he entered the music store, the clerk came to greet him. Seeing the enthusiastic clerk, Goto Ichiri immediately shrank behind Takagi Sakura and tightly grasped her clothes.

"Let's take a look at electric guitars." Takagi Sakura looked at the clerk. "Our budget is around 10 yen. I want one with a tremolo bar and in the higher frets for a more comfortable playing position."

"If you want to double-crank an electric guitar, it might be more likely to go out of tune at this price point."

"You don't have to rock it double, a small double or single rock will do." Takagi Sakura pointed at Goto Ichiri behind her and said, "You can give the guitar to her and try it."

"Ah, I don't need to try..." Goto Ichiri's voice became very small.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Who buys an instrument without trying it out? 100,000 yen didn't just blow away the wind, did it?" Takagi Sakura pointed at a short-haired girl wearing headphones and trying out a bass guitar. "Look, she's just trying out a bass guitar. Only by trying it out can you tell if it's right for you. A professional guitarist will have many guitars, but buying an unsuitable one is a disservice to both the guitar and yourself."

"I'm...I'm sorry, Guitar?!" Goto Ichiri came out from behind Takagi Sakura: "I...I will apologize to Guitar!"

Sakura Takagi ignored Goto Ichiri's "performance art" and walked over to the short-haired girl who was trying out the bass.

The young woman, with a cool demeanor, played the bass guitar with impassive expression, her technique impeccable. Even though she was wearing headphones, her movements and the clacking of the strings revealed her impeccable playing.

Gao Muying, who has intermediate bass playing skills, thinks that she is even better at playing bass than herself. Intermediate playing skills are already the threshold of professional musicians. She is so young and can play so well, so Gao Muying is willing to watch her play more.

More importantly, there was a dialog box next to her head.

Maybe I can get him into my own band?

"Pa pa--" When the girl finished trying out the piano, Takagi Sakura clapped her hands.

The girl glanced up at Takagi Sakura, but then addressed the clerk. "The bridge of this bass is a bit high, and the string-through-the-body design results in a slightly larger string entry angle. At 16 yen, the price is a bit high."

Gao Muying extended her hand to the girl: "Excuse me, can you let me try?"

The girl glanced at Takagi Sakura and handed the bass to her.

Takagi Sakura played the same tune she had just played and found that she had performed it perfectly. It was indeed a little lacking in the initial setup, but the choice of wood and metal parts was perfect at this time.

The girl's eyes gradually brightened as she looked at Takagi Sakura: "I'll give you this bass. How about you sponsor 10,000 yen to buy me a bass?"

Do I need to give up the bass in the store?

Gao Muying put the bass back on the rack and said, "I'm here to buy a guitar today, but we can add each other's contact information so we can communicate about music in the future."

"Then I'll take you to buy a good guitar. Just give me 5,000 yen!" The girl stretched out her hand: "Even though I'm a bassist, I have some experience in choosing a guitar-"

Sakura Takagi turned around and found that Pochi was holding a Yamaha guitar in her hand, probably recommended to her by the store clerk.

In her previous life, she had heard that Yamaha was a company that produced a wide variety of musical instruments, from pianos to wind instruments. Products from such a large company might not be very cost-effective, but generally speaking, they weren't a big deal. If she wasn't sure what brand to buy, it should be fine.

"Although this guitar is not expensive, it is a specially modified model. It will suit this lady very well!" the clerk continued.

"Yili, you haven't tried the piano yet, right?"

"No... no need--" Goto Ichiri took a step back holding the guitar.

Gao Muying sighed: "Well, let me help you try."

She took the guitar from Goto Ichiri's hand and ran through the frets from the open strings to the 22nd fret, finding no fret hitting. She then played a short piece of music that required a single-crank bridge to confirm whether the bridge would go out of tune after using the tremolo arm.

"No... no need to try it on any longer, just buy it." Goto Ichiri carefully pulled the corner of Takagi Sakura's clothes.

"Okay, I'll pay." The basic quality of this guitar was indeed fine. Takagi Sakura walked to the counter and took out her wallet. When she was paying, she happened to see the girl who was trying out the bass leaving with the bass that she said had some minor problems.

Although she was wondering why she bought it even though she thought it wasn't suitable, she didn't chase her to exchange contact information - anyway, she could move freely in Tokyo now, and it would take a long time to get 30,000 points to start the next stage. When it came to obtaining shining points, Takagi Sakura was much more "Buddhist".

Chapter 51 Shrines, Festivals and Monsters: 11, The Third Guest

CHU^2's apartment, top-floor recording studio.

After watching the second interview with GuitarHero, CHU^2 immediately sent a private message to GuitarHero, hoping that they could try playing the instrument with the intention of joining the band, but was bluntly rejected.

He is a guitarist without a band, and he said in an interview that he wanted to stand on the stage and become a guitarist in a band.

But he ruthlessly rejected his invitation.

"PAREO, is my music so unpopular among guitarists?"

"Master CHU^2, your music is the best!" PAREO answered without hesitation.

"Buy tickets and go see the show," CHU^2 said through gritted teeth. "I want to catch the guitarist there!"

"Master CHU^2, there are only 500 online tickets and they are sold out." PAREO checked the ticket purchasing website and found that all the tickets available had been sold.

"Then let's go buy it on site!" CHU^2 stomped his feet twice. "I'm so angry! I'm going to snatch the guitarist away from that badass witch!"

"They don't seem to have a band...right?" PAREO said hesitantly, "We didn't ask LAYER..."

"It's right to make more preparations. We want to make the most PERFECT music, so we have to find the most PERFECT members!" CHU^2 pointed his hand diagonally upwards, his tone unquestionable.

MASKING turned around, looked at CHU^2 and PAREO, and grumbled, "Guitarists are the most popular, right? Why don't I ask the teams I've worked with before?"

CHU^2 waved her hand. "MASKING, I told you, we want the most perfect members. Everyone must be as powerful as you. Our goal is to be the strongest girl band and crush that ungrateful Roselia under our feet!"

MASKING was about to argue when LAYER pushed open the door and walked in. "You three are here. I spoke to Dahui, and she agreed to temporarily play as our band's support guitarist as HANAZONO."

"Hehe, that's it." CHU^2 clenched his fist and waved it vigorously. "Let Guitar Miko, Roselia, and Popipa know that we are the strongest girl band! PAREO, our debut will be scheduled after the Harvest Festival performance at Sakura Shrine! I'll let the audience know that putting together the best show doesn't just involve adding a few more bands!"

CHU^2's band is indeed just missing the last piece of the puzzle.

PAREO is a keyboardist discovered by CHU^2 on the Internet. She has a solid foundation in keyboard playing and her strength is unquestionable. Compared with ordinary pianists, she has her own understanding of electronic music.

The two then recruited mercenary drummer MASKING. MASKING was willing to join the band mainly because he was impressed by CHU^2's musical concept and commitment to building a team.

As for LAYER, she joined this "next-generation girl band" as a bassist with vocal ability.

In the words of CHU^2, this team that will revolutionize everything only needs a perfect guitarist who can produce a roar that will make all girl bands tremble.

Takagi Sakura didn't know about CHU^2's plan, and didn't take the rejection seriously.

Once preparations for the Harvest Festival really began, her workload became quite heavy.

Whether it is talking to the agency about the band's appearance or communicating with LiveHouseDub about the performance details, it requires a lot of energy.

Just arranging the band's performance order and communicating with the Dub staff about lighting arrangements took her over a dozen trips. Even more frustrating was the fact that she wanted to invite Hanazono Tae and Hikawa Hina for the third interview, but one said he was busy, and the other said he needed the agency's approval.

Their attitudes were all very good. Hanazono Tae directly said that she had promised her childhood friend to be a support guitarist, so she had no time to accept the interview for the time being and hoped to postpone it for a few issues; Hikawa Hina explained that accepting the interview was a business activity and required the agency's permission.

Sakura Takagi considered letting Kaname Rakuna be interviewed, but it had not been long since Tsuzuki Shifune's interview, and if she asked her granddaughter to be interviewed right away, the program would seem a bit monotonous. But if she didn't reveal this identity, Kaname Rakuna's popularity would not be enough to support the content of the interview.

She had no choice but to go to PasPale's office and discuss the matter with the people there. Fortunately, the two sides had communicated before and the talks went smoothly. The other party agreed to let Hikawa Hinai be interviewed, but only asked that the income belonging to Hinai be deposited into the office's account, which would be responsible for distribution.

The agency also told Takagi Sakura a piece of news - Hikawa Hina's twin sister Hikawa Sayo is also a band guitarist and is active in the popular girl band Roselia.

After leaving the agency, Takagi Sakura immediately sent a message to Hikawa Hina: [Hina, I've already agreed with the agency. They've agreed to let you do the interview. However, your interview fee needs to be paid to the agency, and they'll distribute it.]

"Being able to be interviewed is a very "low-key" thing, money doesn't matter." Hina replied to Takagi Sakura's message almost instantly.

[I'd like to invite another guest. My previous guest, Hanazono Tae, is currently unavailable. Could you please invite your sister, Hikawa Sayo? If I need to discuss this with the agency, I can make a trip there. If possible, please confirm Sayo's willingness.]

Hikawa Ricai was much slower to respond this time: [I'll send you her email address for the collaboration, you can ask her yourself.]

Perhaps feeling that this response was too stiff, Hinai added: "I don't want to talk to her about guitar."

Takagi Sakura sighed. These two sisters clearly had a story. Forcing them together for a show wasn't a good idea. If all else failed, they'd have to recruit Toyama Kasumi as a backup.

At first, she did not invite Kasumi Toyama, but invited Tae Hanazono. It was not because she disliked Kasumi's guitar playing, but because she had no confidence in Kasumi's language expression.

If you just say "Kirakira" or "Dokidoki" the whole time, it will be difficult for the audience to understand.

Walking towards the shrine, Takagi Sakura happened to see the former lead guitarist of Diamond Dust. An idea immediately popped into her mind: Diamond Dust is a popular band, so maybe it would be more appropriate to have her join Hikawa Hina on a show instead of Kasumi?

However, this girl is not singing to make a living now, but looks a little embarrassed.

She stuck her head out from the overpass, looking around, with two dialog boxes on the side of her head.

No, it wasn't that there were two dialog boxes on her head, but there was an unknown girl with her, who also poked her head out from the railing of the overpass.

Takagi Sakura walked over quickly and greeted the two of them, but she got stuck after saying "Good evening" - she forgot the girl's name.

"Uh...CD seller?" She could only temporarily choose a somewhat embarrassing name.

Before Takagi Sakura could say what she meant, the unfamiliar girl straightened her back and raised two middle fingers at her.

Chapter 52 Shrines, Festivals, and Monsters: 12. The Only Flower in the World (2IN1)

Time goes back to ten minutes ago.

Momoka Kawahara, who performs "wandering around", found another "feng shui treasure land" today to start performing.

A female fan from the countryside struck up a conversation with Taoxiang, and the two of them were having a good time, but before they had exchanged a few words, they ran into a thug who was trying to take over their territory. There were so many street performers in this world, so in areas where it was easier to get tips, some people would use methods other than music to gain territory.

Taoxiang raised her middle fingers with both hands to show her contempt for this behavior, and then... ran away.

The fan girl who bought her album also followed her, and the two of them got rid of the "pursuers" together. However, the girl asked her what the middle finger meant.

Taoxiang naturally knew what raising the middle finger meant. She had just lied to her little fan, but she didn't expect the "boomerang" to come so quickly.

"Ahaha... what a coincidence. I saw your interview online, it's very interesting." Momoka looked at Takagi Sakura who came over to talk to her with a little embarrassment, pressed down the two raised hands of the girl next to her, and stood between Sakura and the girl.