People in Zongman are masters of copying romance novels

Ran called out to himself very seriously, hesitating for a long time, and finally asked himself if he watched Yue Yao Ye Wei Yang every week...

What is this person talking about?

He twitched his lips, feeling somewhat helpless.

He sighed lightly and hesitated for a moment. Then, instead of responding to the previous question, Aokisuke spoke to Goto Ichiri again.

"Goto-kun...never mind, Pochi-chan, is it okay to call you that?"

"No, no, no...it's okay!" Goto Ichiri was stunned for a moment, then shook his head vigorously, and then nodded vigorously.

"Well, Pochi-chan..." Aokisuke continued, "You don't have to be so nervous when facing me... I'm not the bully who bullies his teammates in the band, okay?"

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The world has never been friendly to those with social anxiety.

I went to the auditorium with everyone to attend the opening ceremony, but for no apparent reason I was pestered by a nerd who was preaching to me...

After he pulled her into the club, she was stopped by her suitors and dragged into an alley after school because she had a few words with a senior...

Just when I thought the matter was over, my homeroom teacher took me to a suspicious club called the "Service Club" for reform...

Next time...next time I must muster up the courage to say no to them.

Liu Li, holding her waist, wrote this in her diary.

Chapter 64 Tuesday Afternoon Planning Ranking

"Ah... No, no, it has nothing to do with Aoki-senpai. It's just that my personality is a little, a little dark... Yeah, I'm sorry."

Hou Teng Yili on the opposite side began to explain and apologize.

"The apology is too..." Aokijie said helplessly, and then responded immediately,

"I don't mean to blame you, I just think that we've known each other for such a long time, Pochi-chan, there's no need for you to be nervous around me."

"Like the apology just now...do friends apologize for things like this?"

"Ah... uh..."

Goto Ichiri opened his mouth but could not give an answer.

After all, the only real friends he had since childhood were a few of his band mates. Goto, who had almost zero social experience, didn't really know whether friends would apologize for such a small matter.

Looking at Pochi-chan in front of him who was hesitating, not knowing whether to answer "yes" or "no", and constantly looking up at him, Aoki couldn't help but laugh.

Then he quickly coughed to stop laughing.

"Friends don't apologize for trivial matters like this—when you're together for a long time, there's bound to be some friction. If you had to apologize for everything, life would be too tiring... Friends, it's better to be more relaxed with each other."

He explained aloud, and after a pause, Aoki continued

"So, I also hope that Pochi-chan can be more relaxed when she's with me, at least not like she is now—she's almost shaking like a rattlesnake."

"..."

Friends can get along more easily and not be so restrained...

Goto Ichiri raised his eyes, hesitated, and nodded again.

"Ah... yeah, I, I understand. Thank you, thank you, Aoki-senpai!"

then--

Because she raised her eyes, she suddenly met Aoki's gaze and became nervous again, so Pochi-chan decisively returned to her ostrich state and lowered her head again.

Pochi-chan's personality has always been like this, and Aokisuke has become much more accustomed to it than before.

Social phobia, fear of crowded places, fear of communicating with others.

In fact, since the beginning of their contact, Aokisuke has always intended to change Pochi-chan's personality, but personality is something that obviously cannot be changed overnight by just a few words from him.

But I hope some of the words can have some effect...

He stopped thinking and looked at Goto Ichiri across the table.

"Eat first. It won't taste good if it gets cold... I called you just now but you didn't respond. I watched as I ordered something for you. If anything doesn't suit your taste, you can order something else."

"Ah... um, no, I won't. Thank you, thank you Aoki-senpai."

Goto Ichiri nodded and picked up the cutlery, then subconsciously looked at the dish that Aoki-senpai had ordered for him because of what Aoki Jie said.

These are all my favorite foods, and they are also my favorite foods when I go out for dinner...

It's obviously impossible to be so coincidental if you just order randomly.

I quietly looked up at Aokisuke and found that he had already started eating his meal with his head down.

Then, after taking a look, Goto Ichiri quickly lowered his head because he was afraid of being discovered.

......

The two didn't communicate much during the meal.

Until the end of lunch, Aokisuke paid the bill and the two walked out of the family restaurant.

Although he had no intention of hanging out outside at first, but considering that Pochi-chan was still by his side, Aokisuke still consulted the girl next to him.

"Would you like to take a walk around?"

If it were the rest of the band, they would probably think before answering, but Pochi-chan obviously doesn't like staying anywhere other than home.

The girl shook her head decisively.

"No, no, no, no, no, I won't bother Aoki-senpai anymore. I, I can go home by myself."

The weather in August is really not suitable for wandering outside. Not to mention Pochi-chan, even Aokisuke felt like he was about to melt after standing outside for a while.

Aokiji was happy with the fact that Pochi-chan didn't plan to go shopping anymore, so he nodded and said "hmm", and after reminding her to be careful, he turned and walked towards the tram station.

Noon is not a peak period, so the tram is not crowded.

After arriving at the tram station and boarding the tram, I returned to the apartment after a bumpy ride in the carriage.

The apartment doesn't have air conditioning, so the temperature inside the room is actually only slightly lower than the outside.

After entering the house, I drank a glass of water and turned on the only electric fan in the house that could bring cool air. Just as I was about to read a book while listening to the "clicking" sound of the old fan blades, a message popped up on my phone.

I turned on the phone screen and found that there was an unread email in my mailbox.

Aoki Jie rarely uses email and doesn't receive spam on weekdays. The only company that can send him emails at this moment is probably PVC Records.

Putting the book he had just opened aside, Aoki Jie checked the time on his phone, and opened the received email.

Just as I had expected, it was indeed an email from PVC Records. The first half of the email was a formal thank you for participating, while the second half simply explained the band's achievements in this "Be Original/Rock Band Project."

The ranking list is arranged from bottom to top.

The tenth place is the Dispose band. Aoki Jie has an impression of this band. When they went on stage that day, the guitarist made a very serious mistake on the spot.

Ninth place is the ROMOSSJIN band. Aoki Jie is not sure about this band, but he probably went on stage after the band ended.

I glanced at the ranking of the next band, and found that none of the bands until the third place were the finishing bands.

His gaze continued to descend.

To second place.

I felt a little more nervous in my heart and my eyes were focused.

The second place band’s logo is a huge letter G, which contains two small letters “es”.

This pattern is obviously not the simple and cute bond circle logo of the End band, which is familiar to Aoki.

And the band name is obviously not "The End Band"——

Ghost elements rock band, referred to as Ges band.

He once won first place in the audience vote. His strength is not particularly strong, but he has an amazing number of fans.

This band…came in second place.

Taking a deep breath, he looked down again, his gaze settling on the end of the leaderboard.

First place.

The band’s logo is so familiar that it couldn’t be more familiar. The music they entered into the competition was “Loser” and the judges gave scores of 9.8, 10, 9.3 and 9.9 respectively; the average score was 9.5.

Band Name——

End of the band.

Although he already had a clue in his heart when he saw the second place, when he saw the name of the band "The End", Aoki Jie couldn't help but feel excited.

PVC Records will provide the band with a 60 yuan bonus, full funding for the production of a single album, as well as various hidden rewards such as exposure and publicity...

My mood suddenly improved a lot, and the corners of my mouth subconsciously turned up a little.

Considering that the other girls in the band didn't know the news yet, Aoki Jie didn't hesitate and decisively took a screenshot and spread the news that the band won the project to the group chat of the band.

Then, tap the screen with your finger to send a message.

[The competition rankings are out, and the band is ranked first! ]

Chapter 65: Preparing the album is a bit far away...

At 1:42 p.m., students were probably still in class.

After Aokisuke sent the message, the other girls in the band did not respond in time.

Until a little after two o'clock.

Maybe it was because their classes ended at the same time. Although they were not in the same school, Kita and Nijixia sent messages at almost the same time.

【Hong Xia: Oh!!! First place! First place in a competition of this magnitude!】

【Kitakita: First of all! We should really celebrate this weekend, right? Like a dinner party or something?】

Then after a few seconds, Liang sent another message in the group chat.

[Strange bassist: I want to eat eel rice.]

Eel rice......

Looking at Yamada Ryo's message in the chat group, Aokisuke briefly recalled a restaurant in Shibuya that was famous for its "delicious eel rice."

I can't remember much for a short while.

No, maybe it's because I've never had good unagi rice in Shibuya, so I don't have any impression of restaurants that serve good unagi rice...

After thinking for a moment without getting any results, he decisively stopped thinking about it and turned his attention back to the chat group.

At this time, several girls were talking about how to celebrate after the project won.

After Liang said "I want to eat eel rice", the chat group started a discussion on the topic of "What to eat if we have a dinner party".

Looking at the messages in the chat group, Aoki Jie did not participate in the discussion.

Although I was thrilled to win, it had been a while since I first saw the rankings, so I wasn't as excited as I was at the beginning.

After calming down, while watching the discussion of the girls, Aokisuke began to think about the winning reward for the project.

The 600,000 yen bonus is not the most important thing. The reward from PVC Records, which provides full funds for the band to produce the album, is obviously much more important than the 600,000 yen bonus.

It costs a lot of money to make an album.

Generally speaking, the production cycle of an album is divided into three stages;

Preliminary planning and positioning, confirming the image and style of the band to be released, and selecting suitable music to be included in the album.

After the mid-term song selection is completed, start practicing the included music. After confirming that there are no problems, record and edit the songs.

After everything is prepared in the later stage, we start the publicity, promotion, cover shooting and other follow-up work.

An album usually contains ten songs, and the recording and tuning of these ten songs alone will cost a lot of money.

Not to mention the even more expensive publicity and distribution.

Two months ago, before deciding to participate in the [Be original/rock band project], Aoki had already memorized the project rules.

He clearly remembered that the reward of 'PVC Records providing full funding for the band to produce an album' had many more rules and regulations than the '600,000 yen bonus'.