In the field of vision, the person entering the convenience store is none other than Ave Mujica founder Shoko Toyokawa. The girl is wearing a simple yet not cheap set of casual clothes.
Even though he had some ulterior motives, Tian Nalin still felt that the other person was elegant and refined, and her every move revealed an indescribable elegance that was dazzling.
[Hiss... As expected of a blue-haired succubus, with an innate white moonlight holy body.]
On the opposite side, Toyokawa Shoko was startled by the voice that suddenly came to her mind. She stopped and looked around, and found that Tian Nalin was staring at her.
Confused, Toyokawa Shoko asked, "What can I do for you, sir?"
A clear and gentle female voice came, awakening Tian Nalin from her shock, "Sorry to bother you, I just thought you looked familiar, Miss."
[Although Teacher Daxiang is very beautiful, she's not my type. I'd better focus on MyGO.]
"Really? Excuse me." Toyokawa Shoko's amber eyes shone, she nodded her head in a dignified manner and walked towards the merchandise area.
Tian Nalin also looked away and took the bag handed to him by his colleague, "Thank you, Meichuan-san."
"You're welcome, Tenna-san."
Umekawa Kuko looked up at the girl who walked into the back of the convenience store and asked in a low voice, "Tenna-san, do you like that kind of girl? You have good taste."
"How is that possible? I always like long, straight black hair." Tian Nalin retorted, then said goodbye to Meichuan Kuzi and left the convenience store.
However, as soon as he walked out of the door, he thought of something very important and stopped abruptly.
"Wait! Could it be that Teacher Daxiang also lives in Akabane?" Tian Nalin lowered his head in thought. "It seems like that's really possible. Should I go and see for myself?"
As a devoted fan who's rewatched the MyGO anime multiple times, Tian Nalin naturally knows that Toyokawa Shoko is the central character throughout the series, a woman who left behind countless romantic debts and a deep sin...
Oh no, girls.
No matter who comes, they will be curious about Toyokawa Shoko's current situation and want to go over to open the box and taste the delicious look of Shoko's downtrodden state.
He also disagreed with Toyokawa Shoko's selfish behavior from the bottom of his heart, thinking that she could have solved the problem in a better way without hurting Dengbao and the others, and he felt dissatisfied.
Tian Nalin changed his mind as his thoughts raced. He hid aside and waited for the girl to come out.
[Put on a black windbreaker, hide yourself from everyone, guard your way home, and hide in the darkness...]
For some reason, a melody popped up in Tian Nalin's mind, making him realize what he was doing.
[Wait, am I following Teacher Daxiang?]
[Forget it, I'll just follow him. What's wrong with a man being perverted? Besides, after finding out his address, if Teacher Daxiang really needs help, I can lend a hand if necessary.]
Using this reason to strengthen his belief, Tian Nalin waited for a few more minutes before he saw Toyokawa Shoko walking out the door carrying a plastic bag.
Squinting his eyes to observe the girl's back, he noticed a detail.
Judging from the size of the bag, the other party probably didn't buy much, but he stayed in the convenience store for so long. Toyokawa Shoko must have been carefully selecting and considering the most cost-effective option.
[Sigh... Customer service representative Xiaoxiang is truly pathetic. Even buying daily necessities has him so tangled up. His level of misery is unprecedented in the entire Bang Bang project.]
Tian Nalin sighed in his heart, but the corners of his mouth turned unconsciously.
It's really never boring to watch a high and mighty rich lady fall down to earth and suffer the sufferings of the world.
After looking around and making sure no one noticed his actions, Tian Nalin quietly followed the girl while keeping a certain distance.
Chapter 5 Unboxing
Walking on the quiet and deserted street at night, Shoko Toyokawa, holding the pepper spray in her hand, hesitated whether to call the police.
Ever since she entered the convenience store, a voice has intruded into Toyokawa Shoko's mind without her permission, constantly talking about her and calling her teacher.
At first, Shoko Toyokawa thought it was just an auditory hallucination caused by fatigue, but after a brief conversation with the boy, she confirmed that it was his voice.
In order not to attract attention, Toyokawa Shoko hid behind the shelf and listened secretly. She found that the boy seemed to understand her current situation very well and even wanted to follow her home.
This touched her bottom line, even though the other party seemed to have a good attitude.
So Shoko Toyokawa deliberately stayed inside for a while longer, and only walked out of the convenience store when she could no longer see the man.
However, as soon as Toyokawa Shoko went out, she heard the boy's voice again, as if he was waiting for her on purpose.
What's worse is that the boy even knew everything about her part-time customer service job, which made Shoko Toyokawa feel humiliated by being "seen naked" by an acquaintance.
"I absolutely cannot let this guy know my location, otherwise..."
Gritting her teeth, Toyokawa Shoko pretended to be calm on the surface and chose the road in the opposite direction of her address.
Then, as she passed a corner, she suddenly quickened her pace and ran into a dim alley without street lights. She hid behind an obstacle, held her breath, and minimized her movements.
After a while, Shoko Toyokawa heard the boy's voice ringing in her mind.
[Huh? Where's Teacher Daxiang? He was clearly here just now.]
[Did he take a small path? ...]
Hearing the boy's voice gradually fade away, Toyokawa Shoko breathed a sigh of relief and realized that she was hiding behind a trash can.
Smelling the unpleasant smell coming from the garbage bag, Toyokawa Shoko felt extremely ridiculous for a moment.
Why did she have to waste her rest time playing this cat-and-mouse game with a stranger, when she could just expose his intentions in person?
"I'm such a weakling, afraid to confront others. Is it because of my remaining pride, or because I don't want to be looked at with pity..."
With a self-deprecating laugh, Shoko Toyokawa stood up and walked towards the rental house with heavier steps than before.
...
On the other side, Tian Nalin searched for a while and then gave up this aimless search.
"Forget it, since I can't find it, it means we are not destined to be together. Let's go home and have dinner."
However, when Nalin was walking along the path back to his rental house that day, he suddenly found a slender figure in front of him that looked very familiar.
【Teacher Daxiang, why are you here? 】
Tian Nalin suddenly felt like, "I've searched for her among the crowd for a thousand times, but when I turned around, she was right there in the dim light."
Based on the images in his memory, he recognized that Xiangzi's residence was not far from his own rental house, separated by only one house.
[Surprise! It turns out Teacher Daxiang lives right next door.]
At the same time, Toyokawa Shoko heard a voice in her head. She turned her head stiffly and saw Tian Nalin looking at her with joy.
Facing the latter's gaze, Xiangzi felt that the blood in his body had stopped flowing, as if he was a naked puppet illuminated by the stage spotlight.
At this moment, Toyokawa Shoko hated the trick of fate so much that made her actions just now seem like a clown.
After that, she couldn't remember how she got back home, she only remembered that she looked very embarrassed when she ran away.
When he came to his senses, Xiangzi was already standing in the entrance of the rental house, and the annoying voice disappeared outside the door and was no longer heard.
"I am back."
Xiangzi uttered these words weakly, but received no response.
She was used to this. Ever since the Chinese New Year, her father had become increasingly decadent. Now he had become a loser who only drank all day long. The living room was always filled with the smell of alcohol.
Without even turning on the lights, Xiangzi, with lifeless eyes, entered the room, picked up the doll, and curled up in a corner separated by a curtain, licking the wounds brought by reality.
Although Dongdu covers a vast area of 2200 square kilometers, this narrow corner of 2 square meters is where she lives now.
Only when the hunger in her stomach became too severe to ignore did Xiangzi's eyes gradually regain their spirits. She put the doll representing her "half body" back in its place, turned on the light, and made her own dinner.
Today's dinner is a classic recipe for the poor [soy sauce and egg rice]. Just cook the rice, beat in a sterilized raw egg, pour soy sauce and sesame oil on it, mix well and heat it before eating. Finally, add a bowl of kelp miso soup. The total cost does not exceed 80 yen.
While the rice cooker was cooking, Xiangzi cleaned the room.
First, she would take the empty cans into the bathroom to pour out the remaining liquid, then crush them one by one and put them into bags to prevent the scrap yard from lowering the price. This was one of the life experiences she learned after leaving her original family.
Xiangzi had learned so much from experiences like this in the year since she was kicked out of home, so much that she didn't want to recall them.
When Xiangzi passed by the mirror in the sink, he saw his own appearance and stopped in his tracks.
A 16-year-old girl who is about to be crushed by the gravity of reality, her amber pupils are full of confusion and anxiety about the future, and her frail body seems like it can be blown down by a gust of wind.
She couldn't help but recall the way the young man addressed her just now.
"Teacher Daxiang...it's obvious that he can't even handle the pressure of life."
After her father retired, Xiangzi, as the family's sole laborer, naturally shouldered the responsibility of supporting the family. Part-time work became a daily routine for her. If it weren't for the government-subsidized unemployment benefits, the couple probably wouldn't even be able to afford food.
"Everything will be fine as long as I keep working hard," Xiangzi comforted himself.
The day after tomorrow is payday, so it's time to go shopping and buy some new clothes. The days of alternating between school uniforms and casual clothes will finally be over...
I could go to Yuze Coffee for a cup of black tea, but that useless dad drinks so much every day, so I can only buy the cheapest kind with the rest of my salary... Sigh.
After letting out a sigh that was not appropriate for his age, Xiangzi stopped daydreaming and concentrated on the housework at hand.
...
Let’s turn our attention back to Tian Nalin.
After watching Toyokawa Shoko enter the rented house, Tian Nalin scratched his head, feeling that the girl seemed to be avoiding him.
"It's really not easy for Teacher Daxiang. Not only does she have to support herself, but she also has to take care of her father."
Although he enjoyed watching the show, Tian Nalin actually understood Toyokawa Shoko's feelings very well and felt sympathy for her because he grew up in a poor family and knew that these experiences were too heavy for a young girl.
His compassion began to overflow, and he wondered if there was any way to help Toyokawa Shoko without hurting her fragile self-esteem.
However, when Nalin returned to the old and cramped rental house that day, he laughed at himself, knowing that he was obviously not much better off.
His current residence is also a small single room converted from a private house, with an area of about 20 square meters. The monthly rent is only 4 yen, which is about 1 RMB based on the current world exchange rate of 20:2000.
Excluding the concert tickets he just bought, he only had 5 yen left in his savings, barely enough to pay for next month's rent. He was in a difficult situation, and even if he wanted to help, he would be powerless without the resources.
Shaking his head to get rid of the excessive sympathy in his mind, Tian Nalin turned on the desk lamp and sat at his desk. He looked up relevant information on his mobile phone while enjoying a dinner that tasted like lunch box.
Chapter 6 Deng's Calculus
After looking up relevant information, Tian Nalin discovered that becoming a music producer is extremely difficult and requires a lot of professional knowledge. His current level is only able to distinguish the sound and type of musical instruments, which is no different from a layman.
And according to the original animation plot timeline, he only has less than 3 months to develop.
This means that he has to master the relevant basic knowledge from scratch within 3 months, including but not limited to learning music theory and technology, familiarizing himself with music production software and equipment, understanding the market status and band operation model, etc.
Without the golden fingers of the system, ordinary people would never be able to do it.
But if you think about it from another perspective, MyGO is also a newly-started team, and it can just grow together with the girls, so this method is barely feasible.
The first problem that currently stands in Tian Nalin's way is money. Whether it is to apply for relevant training courses or to purchase musical instruments and professional equipment, money is needed to pave the way.
The fastest way to make money right now is to act as a plagiarist and move works of art from the original Blue Star to sell them.
Thanks to the benefits brought by time travel, Tian Nalin found that his memory had become very good. As long as he focused on recalling the things he had seen or heard in the past, he could remember them vividly. This gave him the capital to be a plagiarist.
However, Tian Nalin is unable to copy novels for the time being, because he has only read Chinese versions before. If he wants to copy them, he has to translate them into Japanese by himself, which involves skills related to translation and writing, which cannot be mastered in a short period of time.
So Tian Nalin changed his target to songs, and planned to copy a few popular songs from the original Blue Star Ying country and sell them to record companies or idol agencies. Anyway, his goal was to become a music producer, so he also had to learn music theory and make a name for himself in the entertainment industry.
"Since I want to sell songs, I might as well sell them to bands I'm familiar with." Tian Nalin suddenly thought of this.
In the Bandoli world, in addition to the newly established MyGO and Ave Mujica, there are seven other girl bands as the protagonists. In official terms, the era of girl big bands is about to come.
Two of these bands have already made their commercial debuts: Pastel*Palettes (PP for short), an idol band formed by an entertainment agency, and Roselia, which is signed to the agency Bushiroad Music.
The former, Pastel*Palettes, has been formed for more than two years, but its level has remained lukewarm. According to news found online, the band plans to participate in the TIS Idol Festival next month.
The latter, Roselia, completed her national tour in March and produced her first commercial album, and is currently doing very well.
To be honest, if we have to compare the first two bands that have debuted, Tian Nalin prefers Roselia. I believe that anyone who has read their story will understand that they really want the latter to cover some of their popular songs.
However, Roselia’s philosophy is to “reach the top through her own music” and she will not accept songs from third parties, so it cannot be forced.
In addition, the remaining five bands have not officially debuted and are in a non-commercial operation state, and Tian Nalin does not want to make money from them.
So his only option was the acting agency affiliated with Pastel*Palettes.
If Tian Nalin remembered correctly, the new producer who recently pushed out the retirement of the former idol group, "Higashi Nakano Nao", will also join the Pastel*Palettes team to train the band to participate in the TIS Idol Festival competition.
According to the "clairvoyant" intelligence he had before crossing over, the first round of the TIS Idol Festival competition was [Rich Idol Songs], which was a perfect opportunity for mutual assistance and benefit.
"It's decided. My short-term goal is to quickly copy a hit idol song and help Caicai and the others achieve better results."
After finalizing the plan, Tian Nalin packed up his lunch box and started learning the basics of music theory according to online tutorials.
...
At 7 o'clock the next morning, Tian Nalin woke up from the bed and started a new day at the call of the alarm clock.
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