Bottom-tier voice actress wants to become a big star on VTuber.

Jiang was speechless for a long time, unable to find a suitable word to express her shock. After all, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that this achievement was unprecedented.

Although Nijisanji is currently on the rise, it mainly relies on Tsukino Mito and Higuchi Kaede to drive its performance. They are not the type of people who rely on raising Gachi as their main source of revenue.

Especially Rabbit Head, although she has the most fans, her work is too abstract and she often doesn't enable the tipping function, so she can't even rank in the top 20 on SC.

In an era where no one has ever witnessed rice dumplings generating nearly 200 million yen in revenue annually, a single live stream generating over 3 million yen is equivalent to a month's worth of Kuzunoha (a type of rice dumpling).

However, today's situation is obviously an exception. Not all of Shimizu Toru's fans are oil tycoons. It would be good enough if they could renew their membership for 550 per month. We can't ask for too much.

Incidentally, unlike most female VIPs who offer two membership tiers, he only offers one tier, the 550 yen one, since he's not going to do anything like a limited-time live stream like the Math Olympiad or Magic Blade.

However, viewers who subscribed to the membership didn't lose out either, because Shimizu Toru's membership-exclusive emoji packs, mascot icons, and other items were specially designed by an artist.

Moreover, he can also organize audience participation events, such as creating a PVP server to play Minecraft together, or playing Mario Kart together after buying a Switch, and in the future, playing Fall Guys, Apex Legends, and Valorant together.

"Thank you all for working overtime with me, you've all worked so hard~"

After bowing to the staff, Shimizu Toru looked at Jiang and asked, "Has the milk tea I ordered arrived?"

That's right, he asked the other party to order milk tea as a thank you gift in advance. As a former office worker, he still understands this kind of social etiquette.

A cup costs 500 yen, which is the same price as Starbucks coffee. For Qing Shui Tou, who is used to drinking Mixue Ice Cream's lemonade for four yuan a cup, it's really painful.

Before Jiang could answer, Xiyang Lili waved the half-finished milk tea in her hand and said, "I've received it~ What's the brand called? I feel like I can't live without it anymore."

Rion Takamiya, standing to the side, nodded vigorously in agreement: "That's right, that's right~ This has become an essential part of my life, I have to drink a cup every day."

Girls are obviously powerless against this stuff; even the most basic bubble tea is enough to win over their hearts.

"Milk tea is very high in calories, a cup can have several hundred calories, so don't blame me if you gain weight."

Upon hearing Shimizu Toru's words, Takamiya Rion hesitated for a moment before firmly replying, "I'll just wear duct tape! I'll just exercise for an extra half hour every day!"

"I'll show you the way to the station. It's already 9:30. If we don't leave now, we'll miss the last tram."

If there were no trams and the only option was to take a taxi, even Rion Takamiya would feel it would be better to stay in a hotel for the night.

The starting price is over 500 yen, 400 yen per kilometer, and an additional 100 yen for every minute and a half when the speed is below 10 kilometers per hour. There is also a 20% surcharge after 10 p.m.

This is why in most short films, office workers who miss the last bus end up going to a hotel together.

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Currently at 124 blades, will add an extra chapter tonight.

If I could get another 26 blades, I'd add more tomorrow.

Volume 1: Chapter 25 A Woman Three Years Older Than a Girl: A Golden Brick

On the last train, there were only three people: Shimizu Toru, Yuhi Lili, and Takamiya Rion.

Therefore, there was no need to speak in hushed tones for fear of being overheard by passersby and having their identities revealed. In addition, the fact that the three of them ate together and went home together made them seem much closer to each other.

The conversation then went much deeper: "Tou, what made you choose to become a VTuber?"

"Of course it's because we don't have money for food, what else could it be?"

Faced with Rion Takamiya's doubts, Toru Shimizu said matter-of-factly, "Back then, I could barely afford the rent. Now, I'm making a million a day just a few days after my debut. Doesn't that prove that my choice was right?"

With over a million SCs and more than three thousand members, even after deducting the platform and company's share, he could still earn over two million.

— However, given Shimizu Toru's current rate of earning money, he will eventually reach the maximum personal income tax threshold of 5000 million, which means he will have to pay 45% tax.

I suddenly understand why rich people go to great lengths to legally avoid taxes. Who can stand losing half of the money they've worked so hard to earn?

"Such a realistic reason... But it's a good thing you chose this path, otherwise the industry would have lost a legend."

When she's not being naive, Rion Takamiya is quite clever. She knows very well that as long as the other party doesn't cause any major trouble in the future, the throne of the number one male voice actor is just around the corner.

"Hey, this topic is getting a bit too heavy, isn't it? How about we talk about something more personal, like—"

Lily turned to Shimizu Toru with a smile and gossiped, "Toru, what type of girl do you like? Older or younger, cute or mature?"

"Um, there aren't really any hard and fast standards in this regard. Just be pretty, have a stable temperament, and be able to speak logically."

After all, these days there's no such thing as a single, steadfast type of fandom. To put it bluntly, it's all about eroticism. Can't I have it all, like big bombs, black stockings, and jade feet?

Compared to XP, I'm more worried about encountering someone similar to XXN, who always ignores the facts and makes me feel a bit PTSD.

If things don't go his way, he'll be posted online, and even if he writes a completely fabricated essay, he won't be able to explain himself no matter how hard he tries.

So even though he now has a face that could make countless girls line up to sleep with him with a flick of his finger, Shimizu Toru still doesn't dare to make any rash moves.

"Emotionally stable? I get it. First of all, the landmine type is definitely out of the question, right?" Sunset Lily slapped her palm, eliminating a type of person for him.

Landmine type?

Just thinking about all the commotion Aunt Zong had caused, Shimizu Toru shuddered. She was definitely someone you couldn't afford to mess with.

"The scope is still too broad. Are there really no other requirements besides this? It would be better if the standards were stricter."

Her gaze lingered for a moment on Shimizu Toru's face, which had hit the ball perfectly into his strike zone, before Takamiya Rion said, feigning nonchalance:

"If your entry requirements are too lenient, then the offline events will definitely be a huge problem! Everyone will be pestering you, especially since Xixi and the others are still single."

As the saying goes, "being near the water tower makes it easier to get the moon first," and the VTuber circle, like celebrities, already makes it difficult for them to have contact with the opposite sex in society.

There's no way around it; those who can become costumed characters are essentially homebodies, and even their masculinity is limited. They're all the type who can stay home for ten days or half a month, so where are they going to find a partner?

It's fair to say that Shimizu Toru's C-position debut-level looks are like a tempting piece of Tang Monk meat in the industry, something every female demon would want to take a bite of.

Rion Takamiya was no exception. Therefore, in order to reduce some competitors, she decided to first fool people and get them to set the threshold higher.

Thinking of this, she winked at Xiyang Lili, signaling the latter to quickly lend a hand and join in, so that they could first work together to keep some of the people out.

After understanding her thoughts, Lily in the Sunset immediately advised, "Liyin is right. You should think it over so that you can have some peace and quiet in the future."

"In terms of age, she can't be too much older than me, how about three years?"

Although many people say that young people don't know how good rich women are and mistakenly take young girls for treasures, Shimizu Toru has the opportunity to make a lot of money, so naturally he would never go and live off a woman.

If his stomach is healthy, the limit he can accept is a woman three years older than him, since men can be compatible with women of different ages.

As long as you have money, no one will say anything if a 40-year-old man marries an 18-year-old girl. Some people might be jealous and wish they could kill him and take his place.

But if a 20-year-old boy marries a 40-year-old woman, people are more likely to believe that he has withstood the test of the steel wool than that it is true love.

After all, even if a certain pink app only looks at people's basic needs, it prefers ripe peaches around thirty years old, not sagners.

"Eh... how old are you this year, Toru?" Rion Takamiya asked nervously, her heart pounding, afraid that she was older than the age he required.

"Nineteen, just turned nineteen last month."

That's right, Shimizu Toru is a typical Gen Z born in the 00s. As for why it was said that he was born in August when the series was first released?

Of course, it's to make it easier to hold a birthday celebration! Otherwise, wouldn't we have to wait until next year to earn money under the guise of a birthday celebration?

"Whoosh~ Yo-ga-da."

Yuhi Lily and Takamiya Rion both breathed a sigh of relief. They had just been wondering what would happen if Shimizu Touma was seventeen years old, just like the character in the costume.

Nijisanji isn't without its own male high school students. For example, Kenjiro, who debuted last year, was originally going to take the college entrance exam this year, but he was admitted to Yokohama National University early.

Among the second generation, several members, including Mugi, Fushimi Manabu, Mono no Urisu, and Ushimi Ume, were all in high school at the time, except for the Manatee.

It is said that Fushimi Gaku and Kenjiro even bumped into each other at the subway station while wearing their respective school uniforms; the scene must have been quite amusing.

Because Nijisanji started as an app seller and didn't consider artist management as its main business, they were very casual about hiring.

The first and second generation of trainees are mostly ordinary people whose families are not short of money and who treat live streaming as a part-time job and hobby. Therefore, they have never even been "unboxed" (i.e., their accounts are opened) – in Japan, it is illegal for ordinary people to "unbox" their accounts.

When SEDDS arrived, they clearly changed their business strategy and started poaching people from Nico Nico Douga's singers. As a result, they immediately poached Midori, a genius singer with excellent singing skills and planning abilities.

"Ah! We've arrived in Ikebukuro. Do you need me to take you home?"

Shimizu Toru did not get up immediately after arriving at the station, mainly because although guns are prohibited in Japan, it is still somewhat dangerous at night.

If it were like Tokyo University, with cameras and barbecue stalls everywhere, and people still coming and going on the streets at two or three in the morning, he wouldn't have bothered asking such a question.

“I’ll have my driver pick me up. Lily will stay at my house tonight too.”

Rion Takamiya actually wanted to ask if the two of them could walk him to the door so they could remember the address, but she was afraid that being too proactive would scare Toru Shimizu away.

I could only comfort myself by thinking that today was the first time we met, there was plenty of time, so I shouldn't rush things.

But what she didn't know was that Lily in the Sunset had already planned how to launch the next offensive.

Volume 1: Chapter 26 Lily's Flanking Attack [Bonus Chapter]

Back at the apartment, Shimizu Toru immediately filled the bathtub with water and soaked in it while scrolling through her phone.

On Twitter, the response to his live stream tonight has been very enthusiastic.

Toru Hanyu's first song performance, Ovdose, and Nijisanji's Super Rookie—he topped three trending charts in one go.

It was worth all the effort that Shimizu Toru put in. Even the song list was carefully selected, and his throat was almost parched.

Looking at the YouTube channel again, it's only one step away from the Silver Shield, so it's really possible to celebrate reaching 100,000 subscribers this weekend.

"Phew~ We must not be arrogant, we must not be arrogant. The revolution has not yet succeeded, comrades still need to work hard."

He only gained 100,000 followers in a week, which is less than a third of Salome's achievement. He could never have achieved the legendary feat of gaining 1 million followers in 13 days.

After all, in 2019, even the top female member of Nijisanji, Tsukino Mito, only had a channel with over 400,000 subscribers. The market was only so big. No matter how much he could create, could he possibly absorb all the traffic by himself?

We still have to wait until the VTuber industry gradually becomes known to the outside world, and curious people are drawn into the hobby by clips and memes.

To have such a perfect start is something Shimizu Toru could never have dreamed of before his debut. He initially aimed to match the achievements of his contemporary, Otogihara Eryo.

If you debut in a month and have over 200,000 followers by the end of the year, what more could you ask for?

Judging from the current momentum, even if the rate of fan growth inevitably slows down in the future, it shouldn't be a problem for them to surpass Tsukino Mito by the end of the year.

At that time, he will be the undisputed number one AV star—no, he should be said that in the entire AV community, no male AV star can surpass him.

So excited was Shimizu Tou that even though she usually sleeps very well, she had a rare dream.

I can't quite remember what I dreamt about after I woke up, but I definitely can't wear my underwear anymore.

While brushing my teeth, I could vaguely feel a stinging sensation in my throat, which I think was due to overusing my voice last night.

So much so that he barely spoke during class all morning, and every few minutes he would unscrew his conspicuous stainless steel thermos and take a sip of hot water infused with Malva nut.

Fortunately, he usually maintains a cool and aloof persona at the Daily Broadcasting Research Institute, so no one noticed anything unusual about him.

—The main problem is that I don't recognize any of the students in this cohort. They're all likely to either retire from the entertainment industry or fade into obscurity in a few years.

Speaking of voice actors born in the 00s like him, it seems that only Hina Hitomiya, who passed the audition for "ni 'Sakugan'" this year and entered Aoni Productions, has a bright future.

Before he transmigrated, he had already climbed the ladder step by step, from supporting roles to leading roles, becoming a rising force in voice acting in people's eyes.

As for the others who will become somewhat famous in the future, such as Koko Hayashi, who will win the newcomer award this year, and Hitomi Sekine, who debuted as Mano Sakuragi in "The Idolmaster Shining Colors".

To be honest, Amane Shindo, who voices Kurata Mashiro, the lead singer of the BanG Dream! group, doesn't have the protagonist look of a female lead like Yoruichi.

Not to mention Hazuki Sora, who, in Shimizu Toru's opinion, is the most beautiful voice actress born in the 00s. She went back to being a donut idol before he transmigrated, or rather, she has always been an entertainer and voice acting is just a side job.

The only one who can rival Yang Fei for the title of the number one female voice actress born in the 00s is Takao Kanon, who appeared in a magazine at the age of 16. She gained recognition through supporting roles in the past few years and will take on the lead role in the July anime "For My Daughter, I Might Even Defeat the Demon King".

Of course, this does not include those born after 05, since before Shimizu Toru's time travel, voice actors born after 05 had not yet fully matured.

As for male voice actors, only Ise Yuriku, who belongs to ARTSVION and I'm Entprise's VIMS agency, is worth mentioning.

This person is also a graduate of Nikku Research Institute, but not at the Tokyo headquarters, but at another branch. He will only be able to join VIMS next year after passing the interview. Besides, he is obviously not as good-looking as Shimizu Toru!

In an era dominated by idol anime, where half of the female voice actresses have to hone their skills through multi-platform projects like Love Live!, BanG Dream!, Uma Musume Pretty Derby, and The Idolmaster, half of them have to go through the motions.

Shimizu Toru has a huge advantage, which is that he can take the 2.5-dimensional route, just like Yang Gongfei, Lin Guzi and others.

Joining an idol project allows one to gain public exposure as a lead voice actress while also performing live as a member of the group.

Coincidentally, under the same multi-platform project as Bushi-Banban, there will be a male band project called ARGONAVIS next year, which is also a five-member band.

If Shimizu Toru wants to get a lead role, he probably needs to hurry up and practice guitar, since no band's lead singer is a keyboardist or drummer.

As for the bass?

No one could tell if he played the guitar or not, so how could he possibly be the lead singer?

When I returned to the apartment at noon, Shimizu Toru was cooking when Yuhi Lily suddenly called.

After he answered the call, he asked in a slightly hoarse but more magnetic voice, "What's wrong? Is there an unexpected situation with tonight's MC collaboration?"

In tonight's MC Battle Royale, he was assigned to Group D, which included Sunset Lily. The other team members were the two of them.