Ogura Asahi raised an eyebrow, surprised but not surprised.
Such a tempting proposal—if it had been another agency, they might have agreed outright.
But unfortunately, he did not lack such paltry sums.
He rose with his hands behind his back and looked through the floor-to-ceiling windows at Yoyogi Park not far away. The vast greenery seemed enough to cleanse the eyes.
"This isn't about money. It's about discipline, discipline~" he continued unhurriedly. "If other musicians also casually came together and split apart like this, what a terrible influence would that create, hmm?"
"If it fails, there's no need to say more. But even if it succeeds, that may not be a good thing."
"If the new band becomes far more popular than the old one, fans will inevitably clamour for the old band to disband. No matter the outcome, fans on both sides will start a war of insults, creating bad publicity for both parties."
"Most importantly, if this sort of thing happens too often, it will cause the public to lose trust in our company as a whole."
"If you were a fan, would you dare support an idol from an agency with a terrible track record? Hmm?"
"The public seeks relaxation and dreams from bands and idols. They don't want to see messy farces and the joys and sorrows of reality."
He laid out the practical issues for her, making her understand just how serious this was. It was not something that could be easily decided just because a few people had talked about it.
In Japan's social atmosphere of trying not to inconvenience others, she surely understood how serious and willful this matter was.
He tried to make it sound severe. This was not simply a matter of adding one more band; it could even affect the