People are in animation, but they can connect to reality

"Yeah, the result is already very good. We all worked together to get the spot, and we also gained a lot of fans." Rupa raised his glass, staring at the beer with a smile, a happy blush on his face.

Rupa is an alcoholic, Asagi once again confirmed this.

"MMK, have a drink." Rupa raised the glass.

"You're welcome." MMK raised his glass and clinked it with Rupa.

Asagi sighed. For Rupa and MMK, as long as there was a drink, the depression in their hearts would disappear instantly. MMK grinned and drank beer in big gulps, his mouth curled up high, and happiness was written all over his face.

"Ms. MMK is like this." Miura Shiomi looked at MMK in shock, unable to recover for a long time. MMK was her favorite idol, and although she kept her work and life separate, she was still a little surprised to see MMK like this.

"Ms. Miura, would you like to have a drink too?" Asagi pointed at the empty glass in front of Miura Shiomi and the beer in front of her.

"Miss Miura is an adult, isn't she? She's old enough to drink. Or maybe Miss Miura doesn't like beer? Or maybe she doesn't have the habit of drinking?"

"No, no," Miura Shiomi quickly waved her hand in rebuttal, then she moved the cup back in front of Asagi and said politely, "Excuse me, one cup please."

"Hehe, hehe," Asagi poured a full glass of beer for Miura Shiomi. The golden liquid of beer kept swaying along the edge of the glass, creating layers of ripples.

"That's enough, that's enough, it's about to overflow." Miura Shiomi quickly reached out to take the cup back.

"Hehe, it must be funny to see Miura Shiomi drunk." Asagi laughed.

"Uh, what a bad guy." Miura Shiomi said with a hint of complaint.

"Because Ms. Miura looks so serious when she's working, I'm curious. I wonder if she looks different when she's drunk."

Jinna was a bit surprised. Just a moment ago, everyone was so quiet, but suddenly, the atmosphere around them changed. As soon as they started talking about drinking, Rupa, MMK, and Miss Miura all changed completely. It was as if they had completely forgotten what happened that afternoon.

Rencai stared at the beer curiously, not understanding why the beer was so attractive. She even wanted to reach out and pour some.

"You're not an adult yet, don't drink." Asagi gently tapped Nina's unruly hand. Nina quickly shrank back in fear.

"You're not a child too."

"So, I didn't drink." Asagi's words left Nina unable to refute.

"I'll have to take MMK home soon. What a hassle! MMM-san, do you know how much you weigh?" 486 glared at MMK from the side. MMK seemed oblivious to the sound, completely absorbed in her drinking with Rupa. Even Miura Shiomi joined them.

"Let's not talk about this for now, let's celebrate together." Asagi poured juice for 486, Nina and Ebizuka Satoshi and raised his glass.

"Let's drink together." 486, Nina, Ebizuka Satoshi and the others came out of their depression and smiled happily.

Chapter 219: Get on the Pirate Ship

"Asaki-kun, are you really not sad at all?" Miura Shiomi was very curious while walking on the road. She stared at Asaki and asked in a low voice.

On the side, 486 and Rencai worked together to carry the drunk MMK.

"You're really heavy, MMK-san. You absolutely can't do this again. You better be more self-aware!" 486 complained. Because MMK often drank too much, 486 often had to drag MMK back to the room.

"MMK-san can't possibly stop drinking. That would kill her," Renai replied. She didn't like MMK drinking either, but Renai knew that MMK couldn't quit.

"What should we do?"

"It would be better to lose weight." Asagi interrupted.

After hearing this, Renai and 486 started staring at MMK's body. They seemed to be thinking about where else MMK could lose weight.

"Sad, about what?" Asagi turned around and answered Miura Shiomi's previous question. Miura Shiomi stood beside Asagi. She also drank, but Miura Shiomi seemed to be able to drink much better than MMK, and she was very measured and would not drink too much.

This also made Miura Shiomi very sober.

"In this competition, with our strength, we didn't win the championship. It's quite surprising, right? Asagi-kun, have you really not thought of other reasons?" asked Miura Shiomi doubtfully.

"For example?" Asagi asked back.

"For example? Hmm?" Miura Shiomi thought for a moment and said tentatively, "For example, the judges' preferences, or the judges' bias, or they intentionally hijacked this competition with some powerful force. Things like that."

She said as she stared at Asagi.

"Miss Miura is saying that this competition is unfair, that someone has intervened and manipulated the outcome," Asagi said calmly. He guessed what Miura Shiomi was planning; she was probably trying to test him.

"So you knew that."

"It wasn't that hard to guess. I saw the sponsorship list at the SAG party. I guessed it as soon as the results came out."

"Isn't Asagi-kun angry?" asked Miura Shiomi.

"Angry?" Asagi smiled. He was not angry.

"Don't you think this is unfair?" Miura Shiomi continued to probe. Asagi didn't know if this was her professional sensitivity as a manager or if there was something else going on.

So, Asagi asked back.

"What do you think, Ms. Miura?"

"Why are you asking me all of a sudden?"

"Because Ms. Miura is very mean. She knew the answer but still tried to trick me."

"You see through it?" Miura Shiomi was a little surprised. She had been trying to gauge Asagi's opinions and personality. She believed that understanding the personality and perspective of her future colleagues would be very helpful in her work.

Because managers can't make decisions arbitrarily, they have to consider the musicians' opinions. Although managers may sometimes seem overbearing and authoritarian, that's rare.

Because if the players don't cooperate, it will cause a lot of trouble. In addition, the players' maturity is also related to the agent's future work intensity.

Otherwise, you have to explain everything to the team members and keep coaxing them, which is very life-consuming.

"It's just a guess. But if Ms. Miura wants to know, I'll tell you. I don't mind. On the contrary, I think it's part of the band's strength. With strong backing, even a bad band can get to the middle level. And if a band has a little bit of talent, coupled with strong backing, it will easily take off."

"If I had a strong backer behind me, I definitely wouldn't be here now. I would probably be doing other things now."

"A band's overall strength encompasses many factors, including the members' skills, the level of their lyrics and music, the quality of their performances, and the strength of the company behind them. These are all essential components of a professional band. If you think it's unfair to have someone behind the scenes, then isn't the difference in talent also unfair? It's also unfair to me in MMK, and to other bands."

"So, I don't really care. But, to say I don't mind at all would be a complete lie. I just accept this reality. After all, it's hard to say who's the best band. Everyone likes different things, and no matter how good a song is, there will always be many people who don't like it."

Asagi spoke his thoughts in a series.

"I didn't expect you to be so mature. Are you really a high school student? I feel like you're a working person." After hearing this, Miura Shiomi felt relieved. It seems that Asagi is a person who is easy to communicate with.

"What do you think, Ms. Miura?"

"How would I know?"

"Can I ask Ms. Miura a question?"

"Please say."

"When will Ms. Miura resign and join us?"

"what?"

Asagi spread his hands. "As you can see, we're very short of people. We're especially short of a manager like Ms. Miura. The band clearly has talent, but we can't monetize it because everyone has poor business acumen and doesn't understand anything. We're just laymen. The band clearly has so much potential, but we can't tap into it. It feels like a complete waste."

"Miura Shiomi, please resign immediately. There are so many children waiting for you to save them."

Miura Shiomi lowered her head in thought, looking a little hesitant. "Resigning isn't something you can just do. It takes time."

"I understand that. It will be enough as long as Ms. Miura expresses her opinion. As for time, we are willing to wait." Anyway, there is not much time. Generally speaking, after an employee submits his resignation, the company will have one month to find a new employee.

During this one-month period, the company can retain the employee and not let her leave. Of course, the employee can also force her to leave, but generally employees will not tear each other apart. The company will not force an employee to stay unless there is a special reason.

"Okay, I'll give you an answer."

Asagi smiled happily, but then he felt a bit apprehensive. How should he treat Miura Shiomi? The band members currently didn't receive a salary; any earnings were split roughly evenly. Furthermore, MMK often used his part-time job income to subsidize the band.

It seems like it's time to come up with a plan.

"Well, congratulations on getting on board."

"Pirate ship?"

"Don't worry about that."

After returning home, Asagi washed up and lay down on the small table. He spread out his notebook and thought about how to come up with a salary plan. Currently, the band's value mainly lies in his music.

Once a plan is developed, all the details need to be clearly accounted for. However, if you want to establish a firm and grow it, this is essential.

Asagi was a little confused.

At this moment, his phone lit up. Asagi picked up the phone and found that it was Mutou's profile picture flashing. So he opened the message bar and saw Mutou's apology message.

"sorry."

Chapter 220 An unexpected person

"Congratulations, you got the spot."

Asagi was about to reply to Mutou's message when another message flashed up. He glanced at it and saw that it was Hina's profile picture that was flashing.

Uh... If it were Suyo, he could have put it off and pretended not to notice. But Hina was different. She'd been helping him a lot lately, and Hina and Diamonddust had a deep connection as former members. Asagi wanted to maintain contact with Diamonddust, so he temporarily put aside the news about Mutou.

"Congratulations to you too, you've advanced as well." Asagi smiled, although Hina couldn't see his smile.

"Your music is very nice. I fell in love with it unconsciously."

"Hina, do you want to become our fan? If so, I welcome you." Asagi was a little surprised.

"A fan? That seems like a pretty good feeling."

"Do you need an autograph? I can get one for you."

"There's no need to ask you for something like this, Renai can do it."

Asagi saw Hina's answer and realized that it was true.

"That's true. By the way, is there anything else I can do? I'm a bit busy right now." Asagi thought for a moment. He couldn't let go of Mutou for too long. Because Mu seldom spoke, once she spoke, it meant she took her words very seriously.

"? You're just going to abandon me like that? You're just going to use me and then just forget about me? So that's how it is. You play with a girl's feelings so casually." Hina's words on the phone were very strange. What did it mean to be abandoned? He didn't say that kind of words, okay?

"Don't say such harsh words, I'm really busy with something. If Hina needs my help, I will definitely help." Asagi explained.

"That's perfect. I need your help with something." Hina suddenly changed the subject.

"?" Asagi was stunned for a moment, unable to react. He thought for a moment and felt that something was wrong with Hina. It turned out that she was waiting for him here.

"Okay, what's the matter? Tell me." Thinking back on how much Hina had helped him in recent days, he felt like he owed her a favor. So he should return the favor, just like returning the favor.

"Your band's new music is a little different from Ms. MMK's previous style. Did you change the composer?"

Uh, Hina is very perceptive. Asagi couldn't help but become cautious, because he was the one who composed the song, and Hina wouldn't bring up this matter for no reason.

"Well, sort of. But MMK is still at the forefront of composing."

Asagi answered Hina's question, and while waiting for Hina to reply, he looked down at the paper on the table.

"Can I meet the composer?"

"Can,"

"Really? You're not lying to me, are you? You're telling me so simply? Aren't you afraid that I'm a Diamond Stardust ninja, here to extract information from you and then poach that composer? Are you so careless?" Hina stared at the screen in a daze, her fingers unable to stop moving.

She sent a string of questions, her mind faltering. Should she say Asagi on the other side was just too stupid? How could he just tell her something like that so easily?

Hina did some research on MMK's band recently and discovered a strong connection between their recent resurgence and their new music. Of the several new songs released, two had a style very similar to MMK's past. Hina was certain they were MMK's work.

But unfortunately, those songs were not popular.

"You can't dig him out." Asagi couldn't help but smile. He was standing right here. No matter how well Hina danced with the hoe, she couldn't dig him out. As long as the hoe dance was good, the saying that there was no corner that could not be dug down would not work for him.

"So confident? Well, can you arrange a meeting between me and the composer?" Hina felt a little uneasy. She stared at the screen, as if she was afraid Asagi would reject her. Hina held her breath, staring at her phone cautiously, waiting.

It wasn't long before Asagi gave her an answer.

"Yes, anytime. Just don't be disappointed when the time comes."

"You definitely won't be disappointed. It's a deal, then. 88, good night, even though it's not too late." Before Asagi could explain, Hina decisively ended the conversation. She felt she couldn't give Asagi a chance to regret it, so she closed her phone and lay contentedly on the bed.

When the excitement wore off, Hina's eyes grew empty again, and she stared blankly at the ceiling for a long time. Hina wasn't as devoted to something as Nina was; she lacked that kind of passion and enthusiasm. She was a relatively rational person, living, just living.

After finishing his chat with Hina, Asagi stretched himself. He checked the time and it was almost 10 o'clock. Remembering that he still hadn't replied to Mutou's message, he found Wakaba Mutou's profile picture and clicked on it.

"It's not Mu's fault. It's okay with Mu."

Yes, this wasn't Mu's fault, or rather, it had nothing to do with Mu. If Mu felt guilty, there was no need to. Asagi felt that she should be told about this.