In Tokyo, there is a music girl training system

"Yes, who are you?" Lu Yu answered calmly.

"My name is Kitagawa Kuro." The voice on the other end of the phone was very confident, as if the four words "Kitagawa Kuro" were some kind of golden signboard.

"Oh, it turns out to be Mr. Kitagawa Kuo, the ace artist of the Squirtle Idol Agency. I've heard a lot about you." Although he said this, there was not a trace of respect in Lu Yu's tone. At this moment, Lu Yu's tone sounded like he had not met a well-known artist, but a very famous street thug.

Obviously, Kitagawa Kuo heard the implication in Lu Yu's tone: "Haha, you dare to talk to me like this when you know me, you are really brave."

Lu Yu said indifferently, "No, no, Mr. Kitagawa is the ace artist of Squirtle Agency and is well-known in Tokyo and even in the whole of Neon. I just didn't expect such a big shot would take the initiative to call me."

"Don't talk to me about these weird things. Since you know me, I won't waste my words on you. Give me the two dates you picked in Yoyogi. I'll have them refund your money. You can pick two more dates in the next month and I'll pay for them."

Well, I have to admit that although Kitagawa Kuo is quite arrogant, as a public figure, he still has the most basic moral bottom line and thinking of a celebrity.

As long as you give him the reserved date, not only can you get your money back, but you can even choose two more days later.

He was not like the villains in those crappy entertainment novels who always say that if you don't agree, I will ban you. At this time, Kitagawa Kuo called to discuss with Lu Yu, but this person has always been arrogant, so his tone is more or less arrogant.

Sure enough, reality is reality, and the kind of arrogant idiot that I want to see may not be seen.

But think about it, how could anyone who has reached such a position be a true idiot?

There are indeed people in the world who do evil things because they have power, but they are only a minority. The vast majority of people who make it to the top actually have a pretty good IQ.

There is a saying that goes, you can doubt the character of a rich man, but you cannot doubt his IQ...

"I refuse." Lu Yu replied calmly.

Hearing that Lu Yu refused, Kitagawa frowned and said, "Three times."

"I said, I refuse."

Kitagawa said fiercely: "Four times, and I will give you the right to use it for another week. This is already my biggest concession. My agency has a very important performance that needs to be held during those days. Don't be ungrateful!"

"Mr. Kitagawa, I'll tell you the truth. I rented the Yoyogi Stadium for a performance, and that time is very important to me, so no matter what conditions you give me, I will not agree to it."

"you!!!!"

With a bang, Lu Yu heard the sound of someone angrily banging the table through the phone.

"No room for negotiation, right? No matter how much money you pay, I won't agree."

"Yes, there is no room for negotiation. To be honest, I am not short of money. If Mr. Kitagawa is willing to give up the date you have reserved for me, I can also give you four times the amount you just mentioned. How about that?"

"******* (Neon swear word)"

After cursing a few swear words that Lu Yu couldn't understand, Kitagawa Kuo hung up the phone.

"hehe......"

Seeing the other party hang up the phone on his own initiative, Lu Yu laughed.

money?

The last thing he lacks right now is money. You want to use this to argue with him? Dream on!

Meanwhile, in a luxurious office at the Squirtle Idol Agency, Kitagawa hung up the phone in frustration and looked directly at his assistant: "Go, call the people in Yoyogi and ask them what the hell this guy is renting the Yoyogi Stadium for!"

After receiving the order, the agent immediately called to inquire.

"Mr. Kitagawa, the people from Yoyogi responded and said that the rental reason filled out by Mr. Sagiba is that two bands will perform independently in the stadium."

"Indie show? What's the band called?"

"The application form says MYGO!!!!! and the band Bond."

"Mygo? Bond? What is that? I've never heard of it. Are tickets on sale?"

"It seems that there is no..."

"Damn it, buy me two tickets when they're on sale. I want to see why these two crappy bands are competing for space with my band [Kansai Squirtle③]!"

Volume 5: Chapter : Qualified to Stand on This Stage (K)

Sagi didn't take Kitagawa Koku's matter seriously. The other party just made a phone call and didn't come to make any more trouble. Yoyogi didn't contact Sagi again to ask him to change the date.

It was as if nothing had happened. No one mentioned the incident again, and Lu Yu just treated it as a minor episode.

As the performance in Yoyogi approaches, tickets for mygo!!!!! and Ties Band are now officially on sale.

There is only one channel for sales this time, and that is the Internet. Since the two bands are already independent bands, they will naturally not sell through the live house channels. This is a must for every band, and it also symbolizes that the band has left its home ground and is heading for a new world.

The ticket prices for the two bands' first performances were not originally planned to be set too high. According to Ijichi Hoshika's suggestion, if the current ticket prices for the two bands are set too high, there will be a high probability that no one will be interested. Based on the current popularity and number of fans, it would be better to set the bands' ticket prices at 1,000 to 1,500 yen.

However, this number was completely rejected by Lu Yu.

Are you kidding me? You can listen to the performances of Mygo!!!!! and Bond Band for 1,500 yen?

Ijichi Hoshige completely regarded the two bands as new bands that had no popularity and no strength and had just debuted. Such small bands would indeed set this price at the beginning in order to make a living, but for Sagi who knew the two bands well, the comprehensive strength of mygo!!!!! and Tiedai Band has gradually approached the professional level recognized by the system. Based on this strength, the minimum ticket price should be around three to four thousand.

Three or four thousand, rounded up to five thousand yen.

So Lu Yu waved his pen and set the ticket price for both mygo!!!!! and the Tietai band to 5,000 yen.

Is 5,000 yen expensive?

Expensive, of course it’s very expensive.

Even for some bands that have debuted for some time, the tickets are not that expensive. In order to make a living, many decent bands charge around 3,000 yen for their tickets.

But, Sagiba is not short of money. He does not need to lower the value of Mygo!!!!! and Bond Band for the so-called livelihood. He did not expect to make much money from the performance in Yoyogi.

The era today is no longer like the one that required attracting fans on the streets more than a decade ago. As long as the band is strong enough, it is not a big deal even if no one comes to see a performance and they lose money.

Now is the age of the Internet. If you just record a song and post it online, your fan base will naturally increase, just like the Mygo!!!!! and Bond Band today. The two bands only had four joint performances in total, and the number of people who actually watched their performances, even without counting duplicates, would not exceed a thousand. However, the actual number of fans of the two bands shown in Lu Yu's system panel is several thousand.

“We must deeply understand the importance of the Internet!”

Of course, the more important reason why the ticket prices are set so high is that Lu Yu does not want to devalue the value of the two bands. Everyone works so hard and their strength is not weak. There is no reason to lower their own prices for any messy reasons.

There might be a timeline where he didn't exist and the two bands would have to deal with this situation in order to make a living, but now that he is here, he doesn't need these girls to bow down for money.

"Mr. Kitagawa, the tickets for the two bands have been reserved for you. The total price for the two bands is 10,000 yen, and the price for a single band ticket is 5,000 yen."

"Five thousand yen? A little-known band? That's interesting!"

More than half a month had passed since the phone call with Ruyu, and Kitagawa Kuo had long since calmed down.

"Mr. Kitagawa, are you really planning to go and watch the performances of these two bands?"

"What else? If you buy a ticket and don't watch it, wouldn't that be like giving money away?"

"But Mr. Kitagawa, those two days are the performance time of [Kansai Squirtle③]. Although it can't be held in Yoyogi, we have also changed the venue to perform..."

What the assistant meant was, isn’t it not nice for you, an artist from your own company, to not go watch the performances of your own idol group but go watch someone else’s performances?

"Let the others take care of that. I'm going to go see the performance of Mygo!!!!! and the Bond Band. That guy is so arrogant. I want to see how good his band is."

"..."

Seeing the stubbornness of his top artist, the assistant was speechless.

He didn't know what Kitagawa Kuro was trying to do. They rented the venue first, and you went to negotiate with them but failed. Then you called them and said a few harsh words, and there was no follow-up after that.

There's nothing you can do about it, and the time has actually ended today. Can't we just go and watch the performance of our own idol?

You said you had to buy tickets for the band's performance and go there specifically to listen to the songs. What was you trying to achieve?

Give people 10,000 yen tickets?

"What does that expression mean?"

"I'm just plain upset. How can these two little-known bands be so arrogant? On the day of the performance, I must go and see these two little bands make a fool of themselves! Then I'll call that brat and see how he can still be so arrogant in front of me!"

"..."

Yes, in fact, Kitagawa Kuo had no intention of doing anything bad, or he couldn't do anything.

The essence of the matter was that he asked Lu Yu for a venue, but Lu Yu didn't give it to him, and then he said a few harsh words and left it at that.

It's just that Kitagawa Kuo is used to being arrogant, so normally everyone would give him some face as long as he mentioned his name. Plus, he has a lot of money, so he is always successful.

It's just that this time he was frustrated when he met Lu Yu, who could print more money out of thin air than him. He was just very unhappy.

So Kitagawa Koku's plan was that on the day of the performance, he would look at the other party's performance level from the perspective of a professional artist, and then find fault with it harshly. Finally, he would call that person and harshly mock him, saying that the band under your company was a loser or something like that.

And then, nothing happened...

Spending 10,000 yen to buy a ticket to become a critic is the limit of Kitagawa Kuo's ability.

Although it sounds childish, the reality is that this is the case in most situations. There are not so many big grudges that would lead to killing others.

How does the saying go? Reality of business war is the most plain and simple. There are things like stealing the opponent's network or watering down the opponent's money tree. At most, you can use your own product strength to make the opponent suffer.

As for real battles of intrigue and deception, that thing only exists in novels and does not exist in reality. We are not stupid, so who would fight with you?

Similarly, the big guys in reality vent their anger in the most simple and unpretentious way. There is no such thing as banning you today or doing this or that to you tomorrow. They just simply seize the opportunity that the other party is a loser and mock him harshly to vent their anger, and that is enough for them to feel good.

"You are quite genuine."

The assistant was silent for a long time, and finally uttered these words.

"What kind of personality is that? The more you talk about it, the more upset I get. Go ask me if anyone in our office has nothing to do on the day of the performance of those two bands. Make some arrangements. Except for two people going to Kansai Squirtle③ to check out the situation, all the rest of you should go buy tickets and go watch the performance of those two bands with me. I'll pay for it."

"..."

"Mr. Kitagawa, is it necessary?"

"Yes! Remember to tell them to turn on the screen recording on their phones when they watch it. I want a full range of angles!"

"..."

"As long as you're happy."

Ruyu was not aware of the situation on Kitagawa's side, but even if he knew, Ruyu was too lazy to pay attention to such a talented but unethical and spoiled arrogant artist.

Lu Yu is very busy and he has his own things to do.

As the performance was about to start, some members of the two bands asked him for advice privately more and more often, some writing lyrics, some composing music, and some asking him for help with their performance results. As the breadwinner, producer Lu Yu was busier than the producers of other bands.

Fortunately, the performance was organized by Ichichi Hoshige, which saved Ruyu a lot of trouble.

Under the girls' anticipation, the last few days passed in a flash.

On a Saturday that could not be more ordinary for most people, mygo!!!!!'s first independent performance officially kicked off at the Yoyogi Gymnasium, where the Olympics were once held.

Saturday and the weekend are two days in total. According to the draw, mygo!!!!! will be the first to perform on Saturday, and the Bond Band will be responsible for the weekend.

The ticket sales of the two bands were average, with Mygo!!!!! selling about 300 tickets, and Ties doing slightly better, selling about 400. If we use the conversion rate of fans to measure the conversion, the fans who paid for tickets for the two bands this time accounted for less than 10% of their respective fans.

"Lu Yu, we will probably suffer a loss for this performance."

After the ticket sales deadline, Ijichi Hoshige had already told Luyu about this situation. Although Luyu's ticket prices were set very high, the overall performance would definitely be a loss.

"It's fine if it's a loss, I'm not short of money. This kind of performance is a valuable experience for any band, and I don't want to make their journey too difficult."

After all, even if he made a profit, Lu Yu would take out the money and distribute it to everyone as a reward for the performance. He is not a capitalist. If he really cared about money, he would have been a leech on Toyokawa Shoko and Hoshino Ai.

"They are really lucky to have an investor like you."

In Yoyogi Gymnasium, Sagiha and Ijichi Seika were sitting in the audience seats chatting before the performance. Due to the low attendance, the entire Yoyogi Gymnasium seemed a bit deserted at this time, but this also allowed Sagiha and Ijichi Seika to freely choose a deserted place to chat.

"On the contrary, it is my luck to meet them."

"You're saying that again..."

Ijichi Xingge glanced at Lu Yu who was sitting next to her, and then looked at the four members of the Bond Band who were huddled together not far away. In her heart, she marveled at the magic of fate.

At the same time, in a corner that Lu Yu did not notice, there was a group of people sitting together discussing something.

"Humph, they are really a small band. They are holding a concert in Yoyogi with such an attendance rate?"

Kitagawa Kuo, who was dressed in disguise, looked at the sparse number of guests and was very happy.

"This needs to be recorded. Do you hear me?"

"Yes!"

"Well, the attendance is low, there aren't many people here, so don't crowd in here, everyone, spread out, record the screen from different angles, okay?"

"Yes!"

Directing the other people in the office to disperse, Kitagawa Kuo had already begun to imagine the scene after the performance where he would use these videos to mock Ruyu.

What should I say then?

Should I call him via video and tell him that he should practice more and if he can't afford to lose, then don't come to Yoyogi?