Don't be afraid, I've truly come to bring you happiness.

By the way, this time the advertisement is finally not for athlete's foot spray.

It's dental floss.

Inside the office, in a temporary "New Kawasaki (tentative)" dedicated office.

Lin Yuanshan stood in front of a whiteboard and wrote the word "characteristics" heavily with a marker.

"Now that we're about to have a formal live performance at Starry Night, it's time to think about the band's unique characteristics."

"Uniqueness is the key to your fan base growth and the foundation for commercialization. If your goal is to become a martial arts dojo, you must figure this out now."

"When did you start making the martial arts dojo your goal...?"

Tao Xiang was somewhat speechless; her manager always talked to himself.

Lin Yuanshan seemed not to hear him and continued to make empty promises.

"Don't think the Budokan is out of reach! It's just a venue with about 10,000 people! Your ultimate stage is the Kohaku Uta Gassen and the world tour!"

Rencai interrupted:

"Stop making empty promises and get to the point. The martial arts hall is too far away, so how about... we take Diamond Star, where Momoka used to be, as our starting point?"

Lin Yuanshan was puzzled.

"Beyond Diamond Star?"

"Haven't you already surpassed those third-rate roadside bands?"

As he spoke, he showed the three of them the band's video homepage.

Subaru's eyelids twitched when he saw the numbers above.

Rencai leaned forward and counted the zeros one by one:

"Ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands... hundreds of thousands?!"

"How did our follower count suddenly jump to 100,000?!"

Lin Yuanshan put his phone away as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

"Oh, your live performance at the mall last time sparked a phenomenal discussion online."

Rencai, not believing in superstition, quickly took out her phone and opened the band's video homepage.

The first video pinned to the top has a title that is quite striking—

The first video above was surprisingly a live performance of the "World Martial Arts Tournament".

In the video, the performance by the new Kawasaki (tentative name) only occupies less than one-tenth of the screen time.

The remaining 90% consisted entirely of exciting highlights of the battle between the two groups of evil spirits and deities in the audience.

Lion dance duels, bloodletting mahjong, parking lot death tape races...

However, those two masked bands that fought so fiercely are like urban legends; no one knows their origins.

As the only band whose name could be found in the video, New Kawasaki (tentative name) stole all the attention and traffic.

Just looking at the fans' opinions in the comments section,

I have a feeling that the fan base is veering towards "fighting enthusiasts" and "fighting game enthusiasts".

"All the pre-sale tickets for your performances on Starry Night have been sold out."

"The price on the secondhand market has now been inflated to ten times the original price, making it extremely difficult to obtain a ticket."

"At that time, all the martial artists in Japan will gather together."

"Your live performance will definitely be very, very lively."

Lin Yuanshan spoke in a rather bizarre manner as if nothing had happened.

Chapter 114 Band Characteristics

[The new Kawasaki just hasn't made his move yet; once he does, he'll definitely annihilate Portan!]

[Instantaneous! Portan swallowed the new Kawasaki whole!]

Stop arguing, let's rank the three bands' strengths instead.

[Let's assume Miaomeng's combat power is 1 for now]

The lead singer of that band, Shangshanhui, has a fighting power of at least 500!

[Hmph, the Mountain Gang is nothing but a defeated general and a stray dog!]

What? You want to fight?!

Subaru read the comments below the video.

The three band members fell into a long silence.

After a long silence, Subaru finally spoke:

"How about we change our identity and debut again, just like Mujica?"

Lin Yuanshan immediately refused.

"Don't even think about it. The popularity you guys have now is something countless underground bands could only dream of."

“Take Diamond Star as an example. This band has been running under Momoka's management for so many years, but it has only accumulated tens of thousands of fans with one song, ‘Empty Box’.”

"After being nurtured by a talent agency and constantly trying to ride the wave of popularity and change their looks, they only managed to reach 20,000 followers."

Even if a third of the fans are active, it's still just barely surviving.

Taoxiang said:

"But we can't just focus on commercial value, can we? New Kawasaki is almost becoming a martial arts super team!"

Lin Yuanshan shook his finger.

"So what? You know, even after the band ended, they're still considered to be the Shark Hands organization disguised as a band. They're getting so many deposits from Shark Hands' clients every day that their hands are sore!"

Rencai complained:

"Being a shark is illegal"

Lin Yuanshan:

"If you just take money and don't do anything, isn't that not illegal?"

Rencai was speechless.

Aren't you afraid someone will come knocking on your door?

Lin Yuanshan:

"Anyone who dares to ask the End Band for money will have their life ended!"

Ren dishes:

"And you still say you're not from the Shark Hand organization!"

Lin Yuanshan:

"In short, don't worry about those trivial details. With me in charge, I guarantee your musical dreams won't be tainted. It's the listeners and fans who will be tainted, not you."

These words made the three band members feel that something called "merit" was quietly diminishing within them.

"Okay, okay, let's not get off topic. We were just discussing the band's unique characteristics."

Lin Yuanshan steered the conversation back on track.

Tao Xiang took the opportunity to pour herself a glass of strawberry milk.

For some reason, the only drinks available at the Starry Sky Agency are these overly sweet ones.

Normal people need to dilute it with water to drink it.

"Give me a drink too."

Subaru instructed.

"Me too."

Ren Cai followed.

Three cups of strawberry milk were poured out of a liter, and the last part, including the shells, was handed to Lin Yuanshan.

"Ton ton ton---"

He drank the milk in one gulp.

Continued:

So what are your thoughts on the band's unique style?

昴：

"Isn't our band unique enough? We're already martial arts superstars."

Lin Yuanshan explained:

"That's only for core fans. When facing the general public, we need to have a more well-rounded persona."

Rencai took a small sip of milk, and, finding it too sweet, stuck out her tongue and said:

"Our band is known for its illiterate members?"

Lin Yuanshan asked in confusion:

"Aren't all people in bands illiterate? What's so special about that?"

Upon hearing this, the three members of the Shin-Kawasaki trio (tentative name) all thought to themselves:

You guy!

That's not what was said last week!

I believed your ghost!

Seeing the strange looks in the three people's eyes, Lin Yuanshan stroked his chin and said:

"What, you're finally feeling inferior because of your educational background and planning to study harder? If needed..."

"No!!!" *3

The three members of Shin-Kawasaki shook their heads violently as if in response to a stress reaction.

Although he didn't know why they reacted so strongly, Lin Yuanshan still respected their wishes.

"That's true. We can study later. Let's focus on the band first."

To prevent Lin Yuanshan from bringing up studying again, Rencai took the initiative to say:

"Speaking of character design, why don't we all change into uniforms like Subaru and change the band name to 'New Kawasaki Student Council'?"

Tao Xiang retorted:

"Wouldn't that make it no different from Diamond Star?"

"Hey! Speaking of clothing..."

Lin Yuanshan suddenly had an idea.

“I have an idea. When the band finished shooting the commercial, I asked a factory to make a set of clothes. Come with me.”

As he spoke, he stood up and led the three members of Shin-Kawasaki's group to the basement of the Starry Sky Agency.

"It's so cold."

As soon as Subaru entered the basement, he shivered.

Rencai also frowned and said:

"The atmosphere here is so eerie."

The basement was filled with props that Lin Yuanshan had previously discarded.

What dokidoki truth-telling device, what extra-large pliers, what "Mentally Killing Donkey 2.0", what bottled cucumber juice

Wait a minute, why would there be cucumber juice in the basement?

It's probably something someone else piled up here.

I'll ask next time.