On Saturday morning at 8:30, the two arrived at the Lingshi Office.
Go straight up to the lounge on the third floor and fill your stomach before getting down to business.
“It’s delicious!”
Igarashi Runa took a bite of the rice ball and was immediately shocked.
This is completely different from the rice balls she usually buys from the convenience store when she is in a hurry.
Then she ate another sandwich.
"You said you were good at cooking. Is that true?"
Igarashi Runa was full with a big rice ball and a sandwich. She wiped the sauce from the corner of her mouth with a tissue and was shocked.
This level is at least restaurant quality, not even home cooking quality... It's even better than hers. She obviously loves to eat, and she even studies cooking when she's free.
This Kurosawa is really incredible. It seems like there is nothing he is not good at.
"If I don't have confidence, I definitely won't say it."
Seeing her expression and reaction, Kurosawa Hikaru, who had just eaten, smiled.
"But it's still difficult to open a restaurant just based on this... The restaurant industry is difficult to run."
Although she agreed with his level, Igarashi Runa also gave a reminder.
"Take your time. It's just one of the alternative directions."
Kurosawa Mitsuru nodded slightly and did not deny it.
The reason why he thought of doing the catering business was because in his previous life, those celebrities opened hot pot restaurants and made a lot of money, fully demonstrating the power of celebrities.
There is no need to rush into this matter. It won’t be too late to make plans once your Japanese food skills have been upgraded to proficient level.
"The fashion brand you mentioned before is a good direction... But before that, we still need to stabilize the basic market."
Igarashi Runa nodded slightly and expressed her opinion.
Although developing the firm as quickly as possible is a primary goal, we cannot rush into things.
After saying that, Igarashi Runa stood up, walked to the side, took out a few contracts, and handed them to Kurosawa Hikaru:
"These are the three contracts I have selected. I think they are valuable and meet your requirements. Please take a look."
"good."
After taking the contract, Kurosawa Mitsuru began to read it.
"The first contract was with Avex, a record company. We didn't have a distribution channel or assembly line production, so we had to deal with that first. The company was very sincere, offering a 50:50 sales share, and on that basis, they would do the promotion for us."
As he began to look at the contract, Igarashi Runa, who was sitting opposite him, also explained.
"What is the typical share of the record agency revenue in the industry?"
"73, or 64, 55 is already a very high share ratio."
"Do you think this contract must be signed?"
"That's not the case. The number of Avex shares is very low, only 50,000. The lowest share is the profit of 50,000 shares. The lower limit is a bit low. How high the upper limit can be depends entirely on your influence."
"What is the level of 50,000?"
"Neon's albums are usually priced around 6,000 yen, plus the profit sharing, so the minimum value of this contract is 150 million yen. Compared to other contracts, the number of albums is relatively low, but this contract is better because the profit sharing ratio is high. The higher the album sales, the higher the profit."
"I see."
Hearing this, Kurosawa Mitsuru was thoughtful and did some calculations.
If the upper limit is very high, the higher the share ratio, the better.
"Do we need to sign this contract immediately?"
After thinking about it, Kurosawa Mitsuru asked.
"You can put it aside for now. Wait until you record your first album and then negotiate with various record companies to gain more benefits." Igarashi Runa shook her head slightly and said.
We still don’t know when the first album will be released, so there’s no need to stick to one boat.
"Then let's put it aside for now."
In fact, Kurosawa Hikaru also has this idea in order to maximize profits.
He couldn't say for now what his first album would be like.
There are already many piano pieces included, but generally speaking, an album needs 10 songs, so it’s not complete yet.
"The second contract is an invitation to stay in the concert hall. This one is for the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan. They didn't set a price, but they took a very high cut. That is, 90% of the tickets for each performance belong to us, and 10% goes to them. It's like giving us the venue for free. There is also a requirement that you have to hold at least one concert at the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan every month."
"One show a month..."
Hearing this time requirement, Kurosawa Mitsuru seemed thoughtful.
In fact, one performance a month is already a very relaxed requirement.
Moreover, the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan is a relatively large concert hall with 2,300 seats.
With so many seats, even if the ticket price is 10,000 yen each, if it is full, according to the profit sharing, he can earn nearly 20 million yen for just one performance.
If ticket prices rise further, the profits will only be higher.
"After I sign this contract, will I still be able to perform in other places in the future? For example, I may suddenly want to go on a national tour in the future."
"Yes, but the number of performances in any one concert hall cannot exceed that of the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan during the same period... If you want to tour the country, you can just hold a performance at the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan at the beginning and end of the month, as a starting point and also as an end point."
"If I sign now, will I have to hold a concert this month?"
"The specific time can be negotiated."
“How long is the contract?”
"Three years."
"Then sign it."
After asking and understanding the general matters, Kurosawa Mitsuru briefly glanced over the contract and nodded.
"good."
Hearing what he said, Igarashi Runa was somewhat happy. She immediately ran to the side, got a pen and handed it to him.
"Wouldn't it be better if we read the entire contract later and then sign it together?"
Kurosawa Hikaru saw her actions, paused and asked.
"Sorry, I got impatient."
Igarashi Runa reacted and felt a little embarrassed and ashamed.
Since the establishment of the firm, no contract has been signed and it has not even started to make a formal profit, so she attaches great importance to this contract.
Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, as one of Tokyo's mainstream concert halls, lent them the venue almost for free, which is a very stable source of income.
Perhaps as a YouTuber, Lingshi’s video “Croatian Rhapsody” brought a lot of income to the agency, but the monetization ability is very poor.
The main purpose of videos on audio and video websites is promotion and exposure, rather than profit and sales.
In comparison, holding a concert is different because fans can pay directly.
"fine."
Kurosawa Mitsuru smiled and then picked up the last contract.
"The third contract is for advertising endorsement, for a music game. Their offer is pretty good, 1 billion a year. I don't need any special activities, I just need to cooperate with them to shoot five commercials and promotional posters. The only restriction is that I can't endorse other games within a year."
As he began to look at the contract, Igarashi Runa was also there and concluded.
"A sound game?"
Hearing this, Kurosawa Mitsuru was a little surprised.
"This is the game. Cat Carnival is one of the most popular music games in China. Endorsing it can be said to be a mutually beneficial cooperation."
Igarashi Runa knew that he was a top student and a popular person, and probably didn't play games very often. She immediately stood up, walked over to sit next to him, and took out her cell phone to show him.
The music game APP "Cat Carnival" is an icon of two cats. Click on it and the game will start loading with two cat meows.
As she sat next to him, the distance between the two of them was not actually very close, at least 30 centimeters.
However, perhaps it was the mastery level of wilderness survival that strengthened his body and his sense of smell, and Kurosawa Hikaru still smelled a very pleasant fragrance. It was not the smell of perfume, but the smell of shampoo and shower gel.
The scent of shampoo in my hair is very strong, and the scent of shower gel on my neck is faintly noticeable.
"After they approached me to discuss cooperation, I looked up some information and tried playing it. This game is quite interesting, has good reviews, and is very famous."
Igarashi Runa also explained this while starting the game.
"Do you want to try it?"
Once she was fully into the game, she handed the phone to Kurosawa Hikaru.
"OK."
Naturally, Kurosawa Mitsuru would not refuse this request.
Although he has hardly touched games in this life, he was an internet addict in his previous life. He played all kinds of games, including music games.
After taking the phone, although it was the first time for Kurosawa Hikaru to play this game, he had an idea of the basic operations. With a few random clicks, he entered the music library.
The difficulty level of this music game is divided into levels, with a minimum of 1 star and a maximum of 12 stars.
"No need to look at the music library... There are many popular songs in the library, but they usually have to be purchased, or unlocked through challenges and upgrades. In fact, they also want to buy the copyright of "Croatian Rhapsody" from you, but I think it's too early, so I turned it down. Otherwise, the price of this contract will be even higher."
Following his operation, Igarashi Runa sat back on the sofa, watching the screen on her phone from a distance, and also explained.
"I'll try."
Kurosawa Mitsuru nodded, and then continued the challenge according to the progress of the game.
The images of this cat carnival are more Q-version, not the kind of two-dimensional pornographic type, but there are all kinds of cats, which is suitable for all ages.
As the game began, Kurosawa Hikaru discovered that the rhythm and speed of the six-star difficulty songs were ridiculously slow, and the music scores were also extremely simple.
He doesn't need to think about it, just click a few buttons and it's done.
“Have you played this game before?”
Seeing that he defeated him so easily, Igarashi Runa couldn't help but be amazed.
She had tried to pass this level more than ten times before but still couldn't reach the goal. She almost became autistic.
"This is my first time playing, but I have a basic understanding of piano. There are only eight keys, so it's too easy."
Kurosawa Hikaru was not surprised by this and explained.
"Can I try the most difficult song? Buy one?"
Having said that, because there was no gaming experience at all with Six Star’s songs, Kurosawa Hikaru decided to give it another try.
"sure."
Hearing this request, Igarashi Runa naturally agreed, then took the phone from him and started to recharge it.
Not long after, Kurosawa Hikaru directly bought the most difficult Twelve Star Song and started playing it.
The star level has doubled, but the difficulty difference is more than doubled. Both the speed and the complexity of the score have been completely improved.
"Wow… "
As he began to challenge the 12 stars' song, Igarashi Runa, who was standing by, couldn't help but smack her lips in amazement and couldn't help but lean forward to take a look.
Because the song was so difficult, she was dazzled just by watching from the side. If she didn't get closer, she would only see a series of garbled characters flying around.
"Not bad, this is quite difficult."
After the song was over, Kurosawa Hikaru finally had the gaming experience.
Although in terms of difficulty, it cannot be compared with Flight of the Bumblebee and Liszt's "The Bells", in terms of hand speed or difficulty.
But for most people, this difficulty is already extremely high.
"Your hand speed is really fast."
Hearing this comment, Igarashi Runa looked at his hands and couldn't help but sigh.
Compared with Kurosawa Hikaru, she found herself to be a clumsy person.
When she was just watching the song just now, she felt like her fingers were cramping, but Kurosawa was operating in an orderly and unhurried manner. The difference was too big.
There is no harm without comparison... Although she knew that Kurosawa's hand speed was terrifying when she watched him perform Flight of the Bumblebee before, she had not learned much piano after all, so she did not have any real feeling.
But this time it was different. Even though it was the first time for Kurosawa to play the same music game, he was able to operate it perfectly.
"It's OK. I practice piano after all."
In response to this praise, Kurosawa Hikaru smiled, raised his head and said.
However, when he finished speaking, he suddenly discovered something.
While he was playing the music game, the distance between the two of them had unknowingly shortened from 30 centimeters to about 10 centimeters.
The most important thing is that Miss Runa was sitting very close to him, looking at her mobile phone beside him. Her snow-white ears hidden in her short silver-gray hair looked like a snow lotus among the silver-white snow.
And her profile is very beautiful, with a small and straight nose, half of her red lips that are tempting, and her beautiful eyes are also very beautiful.
As he paused, Igarashi Runa came back to her senses and looked at him. When their eyes met, she realized that the distance between them was so close.
“What do you think of this endorsement?”
Seeing his handsome face from the front and his deep, dark eyes, Igarashi Runa was stunned for a few seconds, then she reacted, stood up, bent down and picked up the contract on the table.
“It’s pretty good.”
As the distance widened again, Kurosawa Hikaru also responded.
Although it was his first time playing, it was still quite fun after the difficulty was increased to the corresponding level.
"That's good. You can take a look at the details... Actually, there are many contracts that I can't decide on my own. I'll show them to you."
After handing the contract to him, Igarashi Runa stood up and walked away as if she suddenly remembered something.
It would be more accurate to say that he ran away rather than walked away, because the situation just now was too embarrassing.