I became a girl group idol for my sister.

The release of Oricon's weekly chart is equivalent to free publicity. In the past, the effect was not significant because various promotions had already flooded the market, thus overshadowing the quality of their promotion. However, their single was the opposite, with almost no promotion. Therefore, through this weekly chart, they will actually come into the view of people who are not part of the fan base.

What impact will this have on this week's sales?

It's certain that it won't be as good as the total sales in the first week, but maybe it can prevent the results from dropping to one-tenth of what they were before, and allow the good results to continue for a while longer.

This time, the total sales over ten weeks might have a chance to break the 100,000 mark.

……

JC Studio, a Japanese creative idol company.

"The new village girl of the village girl group has emerged." Flipping through the list on the public credit chart, the middle-aged man wearing glasses laughed: "They can't even spare a little bit of publicity. Tianbei is really stingy. If I were to manage it, the first week sales of this work could at least double, or even triple."

This man is Kanta Noo, the president of JC Staff, which has many boy groups, girl groups, and other entertainment groups under its umbrella.

"President, what brings you here?" The employee looked at his boss respectfully, inquiring about his purpose.

"Get me the information on these graduate students, and while you're at it, prepare for Miya to release the new single in March. You should know who to contact for the lyrics and composition."

Noo Kanta picked up a cigarette and lit it casually.

"Go all out! This time, we've allocated 30 billion yen for Miya's publicity. Suppress the momentum of those country bumpkins. Make calls to all the media outlets; they don't need headlines!"

"3.3 billion?!" The member stammered, completely surprised by the huge sum involved. It was clearly the kind of publicity money needed to create a top-tier celebrity.

Clearly, this time their company president is planning something drastic, wanting everyone to know about their company's rising star, the teenage idol Miya.

"What's so surprising? It's only 30 billion. As long as we promote it, we can recoup our costs by doing a few commercials and filming a few TV series."

Seeing how calm Noo Kanta was, the other club members also calmed down a lot. He immediately nodded: "Yes, I'll go get it right away!"

"Those country girls have been dancing for so long, it's time to get back to work." Noo Kanta slowly exhaled a puff of smoke, watching it drift slowly into the air: "Let's just kill the future of the country girl group for now. In a year or two, the only idol groups in Japan will be those of us from JC Staff."

Before the employee left, Kanta Noo suddenly asked, "What do you think idols need to survive in this industry?"

When the club president asked them a question, the members immediately racked their brains, trying to come up with a good answer.

"Strength? Appearance?"

“Strength? Looks? No, neither.” Noo Kanta shook his head: “Most people don’t care about strength, as long as the persona is likable. As for looks, you can just get plastic surgery. As long as you have enough money and an agency with enough connections, you can make someone into the most dazzling star.”

"On another note, what's needed is for the person being promoted to have enough ambition to withstand the investment in her and to further transform it into their own strength. In other words, someone who disregards everything and wants to become the king of idols is capable enough to be used by us."

At this point, Noo Kanta's smile deepened.

"Miya is a born queen, the queen of idols. To her, everyone else is just a commoner. This woman only has eyes for herself!"

"This woman is going to crush those poor graduate students now, and in the future, she will crush the entire SKR girl group!"

Noo Kanta's eyes widened as he spoke, filled with ambition.

*1 826,989 AKB48【Beginner】

*2 *38,815 ポルノグラフィティ

*3 *23,358 Girls' Generation

*4 *12,234 DREAMS COME TRUE

*5 *11,944 The ROOTLESS

*6 *11,139 Lia

*7 *11,020 GRANRODEO

*8 *10,129 NYC

*9 **8,562 BUMP OF CHICKEN

10 **7,922 Shunsuke Kiyokuba

The fifth-ranked entry in the chapter, Beginner, had an astonishing 82.6989 copies sold in its first week, making it the number one seller that week. If I remember correctly, it was the ninth-ranked entry in the all-time first-week sales chart. The top twenty entries in that all-time first-week sales chart were monsters like Ayumi Hamasaki, Hikaru Utada, and Mr. Children. The number one entry was Mr. Children's No-Name Poem, which sold over 120 million copies in its first week.

So the main characters really benefited from the fact that none of the big shots released new songs.

Volume Two: Dream Girl

Chapter One: Temperisa's New Plan

The call wasn't made to Risa Amagai's office located in the theater, but rather elsewhere, on November 20th, three days after the Oricon weekly rankings were released.

"Nana-chan, what do you think is the reason why Teacher Amagai called us here?"

Miyu Nagasu looked nervously at the closed door in front of her, with a sign hanging on it that read "Tempai Office".

"She must have some strange ideas again. After all, isn't Ms. Amagai always like this?" Miyamoto Se laughed. "Don't be nervous. Anyway, we haven't made any mistakes recently, so she shouldn't be trying to take advantage of us."

"Pfft!" Mika Komatsu couldn't help but laugh. She turned her face away, her shoulders shaking slightly, and it took her a while to recover: "Unspoken rules and stuff, it's not that serious, it's really not that serious, she's not a lesbian."

Only the three of them were summoned. Miyamoto was also curious about what Amagai Risa was planning to do. Obviously, she couldn't have summoned them without a reason, especially not in a place that was no longer in the theater.

The door opened at that moment, and a capable woman dressed in office attire appeared. She gave the three of them a professional smile and said, "Please come in, gentlemen."

"Hmm..." Miyamoto Sei's expression was somewhat awkward. Obviously, the conversation between the group had been overheard, otherwise he wouldn't have opened the door without knocking.

As soon as he stepped inside, he saw Tenbe Risa looking at him with a half-smile.

"Do you need me to take advantage of you?"

"I'm so sorry, I was too arrogant. Please don't act like that. I believe you are a good person, Mr. Tenbei!"

He bowed, apologized, and acted with sincerity—all done in one smooth motion, leaving the people present speechless. His actions were far too practiced.

"Alright, you can go now." Tenbei Lisa said to the woman, who then walked out and closed the door behind her.

"Have a seat." Tenbei Lisa pointed to the chairs in the room, which were casually placed near the table. The three of them sat down without any hesitation.

"Is there something you need from us?" asked Mika Komatsu. Her attitude was quite natural, and she didn't seem obsequious at all. She simply inquired about the purpose of the conversation.

"Yes, we have another performance in an hour, and there are also performances tomorrow and the day after, so we're a bit pressed for time."

Miyamoto Seya was also saying this to Amagai Risa, because they were indeed in a hurry, and it would take more than 20 minutes to get back by subway.

Including preparations, it needs to be done as early as possible.

Miyu Nagasu sat to the side, watching her two companions' lack of respect for Risa Amagai. Surprised, she dared not speak and could only silently watch them.

"It's actually very simple, it's about your promotion." Risa Tenbei looked at the three of them with a smile.

Her words startled all three of them, though to varying degrees.

Mika Komatsu looked like this, as if she had long expected to be promoted to a full member, while Miyu Nagasu looked very surprised, as if she had never expected things to develop this way.

As for Miyamoto Sei, he was terrified.

He never imagined he would become a full member. He could have just left after this general election, but if he became a full member, leaving would be different from leaving a regular person. It would be called graduation, and the treatment of full members is different from that of graduate students!

"Is it really possible to get promoted?!" Mika Komatsu leaned forward slightly. If it weren't for the fact that she was wearing thick clothes, this movement would definitely have revealed part of her chest in the summer.

"In fact, it has already been decided that Yokoyama Nai from the graduate student team will be promoted to Team K, replacing Ono Erena who graduated recently. Kojima Haruka's promotion has also been confirmed, as well as several other people, such as Okawa Mimi."

As Lisa Amagai spoke, she handed a form to the three of them. Upon looking at it, they saw that it listed people who were about to be promoted, almost all of whom were seniors.

Except for one person.

Komatsu Meixiang.

Yes, aside from the ninth generation members, everyone before them can be promoted, but Mika Komatsu is the only one not on the list.

Seeing this, Mika Komatsu's face turned pale, as if it were saying that she was not qualified.

"With Ono-senpai graduating and her position becoming vacant, I think there's absolutely no problem with Nai-chan taking over. Her hard work deserves this reward, and everyone has witnessed her ability to replace Kato-senpai."

Miyamoto patted Komatsu Mika's hand lightly on the table to prevent her from saying anything unpleasant, and then spoke up himself.

"But this is because there are vacancies. So, are all these people being promoted because there will be a lot of people graduating soon?"

"No, actually, although they will issue a declaration of promotion, they will still remain in the graduate student group for the time being. I can't reveal the specific plans to you, after all, we are still thinking about it and can't be sure whether to do it."

Risa Amagai even offered a brief explanation, though it wasn't much, but it was enough for Miyamoto Sei to make some guesses.

There's no one graduating, yet many are being promoted. The most reasonable explanation for this is that a new team might be added, meaning there won't just be three teams (SKR) anymore, but one more.

There are 21 graduate students in total. There are 9 students in the ninth cohort. Excluding Yokoyama Nai, who replaced Team K's Ono Erena, there are 10 students who are promoted but not yet officially part of a team. There are 10 graduate students who have not been promoted.

But why isn't Mika Komatsu in this group? If a new team is formed, wouldn't it be great to have someone strong enough in it? More importantly, Mika Komatsu isn't from the ninth generation!

However, asking that question would seem to target Mika Komatsu specifically, and since the other party invited all three of them to come together, the most suitable way to ask now is another one.

"So what is the purpose of the three of us coming here? After all, none of us are on this list, and you just said, Teacher Tianbei, that this is related to our promotion. If we weren't going to be promoted, there would be no need to call us here."

"We" naturally includes Mika Komatsu.

Mika Komatsu held her breath and looked at Risa Amagai, hoping to get an explanation.

It's incredibly hurtful to have your efforts, especially when you have a lot of talent, go unrecognized.

“They’re being promoted because it’s time for them to be promoted. Being a graduate student for too long isn’t good for their mental health.” Risa Tenbei smiled. “Besides, their abilities are indeed quite good, especially with your help, they’ve grown a lot.”

This is as if to say that Mika Komatsu has a stronger mental capacity, which is why she has to suppress it.