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"86 real-time viewers! Chizuru, Kurosawa, we succeeded again!"

At the Zero Hour Office, Igarashi Runa held Kurosawa Hikaru's arm with one hand and shook it wildly, while holding the mouse with the other hand. Her joy and excitement were hard to contain.

“Check out the comments section.”

Chizuru Ninomiya was also in a good mood. After watching the MV again with all the audience, she could say with confidence that this viewing experience was invincible.

However, compared to the data, she was more curious about what the audience thought of the MV she starred in.

"Only 86?"

With his arms held in her arms, Kurosawa Mitsuru lowered his eyes to glance at her, and then looked at the laptop.

"Only 86? Are you still not satisfied?"

When Igarashi Runa saw their reactions, especially Kurosawa's reaction, she was shocked and said immediately.

86 is a terrifying number even if we look at the global music scene, or even history.

Her most outstanding artist in the past, Fujiwara Rikka, never reached such heights during her heyday even after many years of debut.

"Didn't you say that the highest real-time audience record for the first broadcast on YouTube was 154 million? This is only half of theirs."

Kurosawa raised his eyes and met, nodded slightly, affirming.

It's not that he is overly arrogant or picky, but he is very clear about how terrifying his mastery of piano, techniques and skills are.

In addition, the piano piece "Adeline at the Water's Edge" is a world-famous piece that won the Golden Piano Award in the previous life. It is a phenomenal work that caused a sensation once it was performed.

The mastery level of piano that a piano genius can only achieve in his entire life, plus the classic piano piece "Adeline on the Waterfront", and the works he shot through mastery level photography, starring super beauties like Chizuru Ninomiya, and completed with permanent entry-level computer-audio editing.

He knows the value of this MV better than anyone else in this world. He is really not satisfied with just such data.

“It may not be as high as the highest record, but 86 real-time viewers can rank among the YouTube single premiere history rankings. Others have debuted for several years when they got this record. They are a phenomenal national idol group. It is the combination of all factors such as time, place, and people that has achieved such a strong record.

Moreover, the real-time audience size is greater than the number of fans and the stickiness of fans. How long have you debuted? Less than two months, you haven’t released an album yet, only three singles, and you haven’t even promoted it extensively. You only had one public performance that lasted less than half an hour.”

Seeing that he was not excited at all and had such high demands, Igarashi Runa also tried to persuade him.

In fact, Zero Hour is now extremely popular.

Perhaps the first single "Croatian Rhapsody" did not have an exaggerated number of plays on the first day.

However, after the first public performance, the second single "Flight of the Bumblebee" had an astonishing number of plays on the first day and topped the Twitter hot list, which directly brought a major earthquake to Japan's entertainment industry.

As for this time, the typhoon has just brought the first breeze, and the horror of natural disasters will only be revealed in the next 24 hours, or even in the next week or even a month.

"That's true."

With her reminder, Kurosawa Mitsuru reacted and was immediately relieved.

Although he can pat his chest and say that this song "Adeline by the Waterside" is definitely many times better than the singles created by South Korea's national-level groups in terms of reputation, melody, honor, value, and power.

It's just that, after all, his background is too shallow... It's really something to be happy about being able to achieve what he has achieved in such a short time since his debut.

Different from Kyudo competitions, the winner can be directly determined through a showdown of strength and technique.

The value of music varies from person to person. It is a visible but intangible concept.

"This song is popular, be happy."

Seeing his relief, Igarashi Ryuna patted his arm.

"it is good."

Kurosawa Hikaru nodded slightly, a smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.

Perhaps the data of real-time audiences is indeed not the highest, but he can be sure that this piano piece will soon be heard throughout the country and even around the world, and will last forever and become a world classic.

"Kurosawa, you have to know that the market is very demanding. Many singers' last song was popular all over the country, but the next song may be ignored. This is true for singers, directors, and writers. Because of this, when you achieve something, don't pursue it too much, but be content to enjoy the moment. Only by maintaining a stable and positive attitude can you surpass yourself."

In order to prevent him from having such a psychological gap in the future, Igarashi Runa also reminded him when he saw his smile.

Many singers, actors, young directors, and writers have a similar situation, that is, they have excessive expectations for their own works, thus ignoring the present, completely unaware of the achievements they have made, which is already a very good fact.

"I see... You just said this song is going to be a hit, how popular will it be?"

Kurosawa Mitsuru nodded slightly and then asked.

Speaking of how popular she was, Igarashi Runa was extremely excited and gave him a detailed explanation of why she wanted him to feel her joy:

"86 real-time viewers means that in the first round of broadcasts, there were 86 views. Just think about it, when you first released "Croatian Rhapsody", it only had 43 views in six hours. Just compare it and you will know how exaggerated it is.

The first-day views may be higher than Flight of the Bumblebee. I will know tomorrow morning. I already know why Flight of the Bumblebee has so many views overnight. It is because viewers on the other side of the ocean, with time differences in different regions, are watching videos on YouTube.

It's not that she was making a fuss, but because she has been a practitioner for many years and is very clear about the benefits that these data can bring.

"How much money can this single make?" Kurosawa Hikaru asked again.

Although it is a good thing to release a single and get recognition and praise from fans, to be realistic, his goal is still to make money and profit.

"I can't estimate it either... If we only count the number of views on YouTube, this single can make over 100 million, which would be around 40 million yen before tax."

Igarashi Runa couldn't come up with a conclusion for this, and could only speak based on what he understood.

You know, the commercial value of a song is difficult to measure and depends on marketing and luck.

In fact, although the firm has not yet launched any formal business activities, the startup capital is almost recovered by uploading videos to YouTube for promotion.

After all, the number of plays for "Croatian Rhapsody" and "Flight of the Bumblebee" is insane.

"I still have to trouble you with making money."

After hearing this, Kurosawa Mitsuru paused and sighed.

Professional matters should be left to professionals.

Although he has a master-level piano and has world-famous songs from his previous life...however, it is a difficult problem to maximize the value of the songs.

After all, he had things to do, not only piano, but also Kyudo, studying, and several girlfriends. He simply couldn't devote himself to the piano.

"What's the trouble? Everyone should do their job."

Igarashi Runa waved her hand. She was very happy to do this kind of work. It was not like she was working for Kurosawa for nothing.

"Chizuru, how about the comments section?"

After exchanging their thoughts, Igarashi Runa noticed that Chizuru had not interrupted and had been playing on the computer with the mouse, so she asked curiously.

"There were a lot of compliments, but there were also a few comments saying it wasn't as good as Flight of the Bumblebee and Croatian Rhapsody, and there was a quarrel in the comment section."

Bending over to play with the computer, the graceful Ninomiya Chizuru turned around with a slight smile on her lips.

It was clear that she was pleased with the reaction in the comments section.

"Don't worry about that kind of criticism. There will always be people who find fault. As long as it's widely praised, it's fine... How do you praise it?"

Igarashi Runa was already accustomed to this situation, so he just asked.

“Most people think this piano piece is very nice.”

Although Ninomiya Chizuru had seen a lot of compliments, it was difficult for her to recount them all.

After all, everyone's points of praise are different, but there is still one thing in common, that is, love.

"Only nice comments? No comments saying you're pretty?"

Seeing her bending over and showing her beautiful figure with an amazing waist-to-hip ratio, Kurosawa Hikaru realized that the release of the new single was a huge success, and he put his arm around her waist with some pride.

A person's self-confidence comes from many aspects.

The best way to gain confidence is to succeed.

"What do you say?"

Ninomiya Chizuru did not stop him from putting his arm around her waist, but just rolled her eyes at him.

"Judging from your reaction, they should all be praising your beauty."

Kurosawa couldn't help but be amused to find that her white eyes seemed to say, 'Are you asking the question knowingly?'.

I should say, he really asked the question even though he knew the answer.

Chizuru is impeccable in appearance, figure, and temperament. Coupled with her mastery of makeup, it is hard not to be considered beautiful.

“Just unanimous praise.”

Igarashi Runa couldn't help but take another look at Kurosawa Hikaru hugging Chizuru's small and thin waist, and then she breathed a sigh of relief. Although she was happy about the real-time audience number, she knew very well that fan feedback was more important.

After all, the real-time audience number is an indicator that only shows the number and stickiness of fans... Whether a song is good enough depends on various aspects.

"Some people recognized me and knew that I used to be a teacher at the University of Tokyo."

Ninomiya Chizuru added, having already felt relieved while browsing the comments section.

“How’s the discussion going?”

Igarashi Runa was not surprised by this and asked curiously.

“It was directly ranked as a hot comment.”

Chizuru Ninomiya held the mouse and slid the scroll wheel, and it quickly moved to the top, and then changed the arrangement of the comment area.

"Let me see."

Kurosawa Hikaru stuck his head out curiously.

I saw a comment where the mouse pointer was pointing.

IDTokuda Fujimura: "The female lead in the MV is Ninomiya Chizuru, a second-year teacher in the Department of Economics at the University of Tokyo."

This comment has a lot of replies, the highest number so far.

"A teacher from the University of Tokyo? Is that true?"

"Isn't she an artist?"

“I didn’t expect she was such a talented woman.”

"No wonder she has such a good temperament, she is actually a teacher."

"I was wondering why I had never heard of such a beautiful woman before."

"Are you kidding? She looks so young, how could she be a teacher at the University of Tokyo?"

"I can testify that she is indeed a teacher at the University of Tokyo. She was my former teacher."

"I can also testify. I have taken classes from Ms. Ninomiya and her voice is super nice."

"Are you all from Dongda University?"

The identity of the female lead has aroused people's curiosity in the first place, and now someone has revealed that she is a teacher at the University of Tokyo, which immediately caused heated discussion.

You know, the University of Tokyo is a very mysterious top university for most people in Japan.

All Japanese people know the name of the University of Tokyo...but at least half of the people in the country have never been to the University of Tokyo. It is very mysterious and solemn.

"After everyone knows that you are a teacher, the discussion is very high."

After taking a quick look, Kurosawa Mitsuru didn't see any negative comments that were heartbreaking or eye-catching, and he felt relieved immediately.

Previously, Ms. Runa said that letting Chizuru shoot a MV and uploading it to the Internet might cause big social news, and he was quite worried.

“It’s normal for there to be a lot of discussion… The problem lies in what comes next.”

Ninomiya Chizuru was not very surprised by this.

Not to mention the teachers of Dongda University, even if it is a teacher of any school, if something is made public, it will definitely attract attention.

This attention is not only limited to the student group, but also to the parent group, covering a wide age range.

"I have already contacted the public relations team in advance to handle this aspect, and public opinion will be controlled." Although Igarashi Runa had said it several times, she still reminded.

“When will the official tweet be released?”

Just then, Kurosawa Hikaru saw the subsequent discussion and couldn't help but say.

"Ninomiya-sensei resigned recently. I don't know where she went. I didn't expect to see her again in Zero Hour Master's new MV. Is she going to debut as an artist?"

"No way, you're leaving such a good job as a teacher at the University of Tokyo to become an entertainer?"

Although these two comments were not obviously negative, he could sense that the momentum was not right.

Looking at the whole of Japan, being a teacher at the University of Tokyo is the best, most outstanding, most glorious, and most socially prestigious job.

Although the status of artists in Japan is not looked down upon, it is not on the same level as that of teachers.

Only artists want to be recognized and admired by their parents’ generation.