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Kyousuke and Uesugi dared not approach so many girls, and stayed obediently with Shuya.

Shuya wasn't afraid to mingle with girls, but with his mother in there, he decided against it.

You'd better not flirt with girls in front of me.

With Hanazawa Sakura and her Little Senior Sister present, Shuya felt immense pressure and couldn't really let loose.

Compared to the lively atmosphere in the women's group, the three boys on Shuya's side looked at each other, having nothing to say.

After an awkward silence, Kyousuke started the conversation. "Speaking of which, our agency is much livelier than before."

Uesugi said, "Is that so? I'm not quite clear about the previous situation."

Shuya: "Actually, the number of people is about the same, it's just that nobody comes to the office often, so it's not lively."

Such instances of everyone being present are extremely rare.

Especially for models like Kirino, they rarely come to the agency.

Newcomers from other voice acting agencies often come to the agency to say hello and get to know the staff, but when it comes to newcomers from Hanazawa Agency...

Emmm, they only bring in one new person every few years. The veterans will definitely remember who the new person is, so there's no need to become a familiar face.

Besides, there's usually no one at the firm, so there's no point in them coming.

There's Maeda Saori, who can handle all the voice actors' business on her own.

She mostly goes out with Hanazawa Sakura, and the time she spends at the agency each day is not fixed. When she comes to the agency, there is usually no one there.

Therefore, the firm was not only not lively, but could be described as deserted.

However, with the recent addition of Uesugi and Mai, staffing has become tight, and the agency is preparing to recruit, so things should get busier in the future.

This concludes the discussion.

Shuya: "..."

Kyousuke: "..."

Uesugi: "..."

The three exchanged a glance, then pulled out their phones and started playing with them.

Inside the firm, one side was engaged in lively conversation, while the other was utterly silent.

Shuya played on his phone for a while, then realized this wasn't working and said, "How about we watch some TV?"

"Alright."

"OK."

The three of them went to the rest area, turned on the TV, and then... continued to play on their phones.

However, having the sound of the TV in the background makes it less awkward, and you can look up to watch the TV without having to look at the other two people.

The television was broadcasting news unrelated to him, Shuya didn't pay any attention to what it said.

He didn't look up at the TV until they started talking about his album.

The news footage showed the Akihabara area.

Akihabara, which is already crowded, was packed with people today.

Shuya's new album has nothing to do with anime, but stores like Animate and Gamers still sell his CDs.

After all, he's a voice actor, so it's normal for these stores to sell his CDs. And they don't just sell them normally; they offer store-exclusive bonuses.

The news is broadcasting live the bustling scene in Akihabara.

You can see the queue stretching far outside the Gamers main store in Akihabara, with police officers maintaining order nearby.

Since it was already after school, there were many students in the line wearing school uniforms.

People chatted as they queued, making the scene extremely noisy, almost like some kind of festival.

The other stores are in a similar situation.

"There are so many people..."

Uesugi's face turned pale just from watching the news.

Kyousuke said, "Luckily we don't need to buy any, the agency will send some... By the way, could you please sign this? I'm giving it away."

"Okay. Can I give it to your childhood sweetheart?"

"That's right."

Kyousuke nodded.

"Oh."

"Then please sign one for me too, I'll give it to my sister..."

Uesugi also said something.

"I really can't do anything with you guys."

Shuya the agency, took out two limited edition albums, signed the covers, and handed them to them.

Thanks.

"Thanks."

The two accepted it.

Then, Kyousuke curiously picked up a limited edition album that had already been opened and examined it.

The limited edition includes an additional booklet compared to the regular edition.

Seventy percent of it consists of Shuya's photos, twenty percent of Little Senior Sister's photos, ten percent of the MV heroines' photos, and at the end, there are some thoughts from Shuya and Little Senior Sister.

It wasn't made too extravagantly.

Kyousuke opened the booklet, skipped over Shuya's section, and went straight to his Little Senior Sister.

He said, moved, "Little Senior Sister is so beautiful!"

"Really."

Shuya agreed with him, but... wasn't it a bit much to skip over my photoshoot right in front of me?

He stroked his chin, and just then noticed Kirino nearby. He suddenly asked, "So, Kyousuke, who do you think is better, your sister or your Little Senior Sister?"

Kyousuke burst out laughing, "What? What kind of stupid question is that? What makes that silly girl Kirino compare to Little Senior Sister? I'm dying of laughter, hahaha!"

"Haha, really?"

Shuya also smiled.

Uesugi glanced at the furious Kirino but said nothing.

"Takaita Kyousuke! You're going to die!"

Kirino, baring her teeth and claws, beat up Kyousuke.

After she left, Kyousuke said bitterly, "You schemed against me!"

"Yes, so what?"

"No, it's nothing."

Kyousuke snorted twice, deciding to retaliate in the same way. "Then who do you think is the prettiest in these photos?"

The girls around him were glancing at him subtly.

But they didn't really care, because everyone understood Shuya's attitude.

He decisively said, "Don't ask, the answer is that Little Senior Sister is the best in the world, and if you ask again, it means I'm the only one who likes Little Senior Sister!"

Kyousuke then remembered that he was a Little Senior Sister chef from a prestigious school.

The girls all gave each other knowing looks, like, "I knew it!"

Hanazawa Sakura smiled and touched her Little Senior Sister's hand, "Seisen-chan, my silly son really likes you."

"This... is it, right?"

The Little Senior Sister was a little shy.

Shuya glanced at Hanazawa Sakura, thankfully she didn't say anything inappropriate.

He turned back to watch TV and saw that outside of Akihabara, there were many other places with long queues.

These people include both elderly people and young children, with a wide age range.

In an interview with reporters, fans expressed their anticipation for the album and their wish that Shuya would work more and stop procrastinating.

Uesugi was filled with envy, extreme envy. How much money must they be making...?

Time passed quickly.

After 6 p. m., Maeda Saori began receiving calls reporting sales figures.

The day wasn't over yet, so this was clearly not the actual sales for the day; she had just asked the large stores for an estimated number.

This is definitely inaccurate, but it doesn't matter, it's just for fun anyway.

The results were very encouraging.

Maeda Saori, beaming, announced, "Shu-chan's new album... today's estimated sales plus pre-orders have exceeded 6.66 million! A super hit!"

P. S. 1: Sales figures don't need to be examined in detail, and since it's a fictional world, there's no need to connect it to real-world data. Simply put, I can exaggerate as I please.

P. S. 2: I noticed that Uesugi was written as Uesugi in the previous chapter, which has been corrected. I think there should be no mistake before that. If there is, just pretend you didn't see it.

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6.66 million units sold...

This is just the data from large companies; the first day isn't over yet, and there are still people queuing up in the evening—it's selling like hotcakes.

The final first-day sales will definitely exceed this number.

But even if this isn't the final number, it still surpasses the first-week and even final sales of many albums.

Shuya, who was no longer sensitive to these numbers, knew that they were exaggerated.

If you ask him if there are any other albums in Japan that can sell this many copies in their first week, he can't recall any.

Hanazawa Sakura couldn't stop laughing after learning the sales figures. She said, "Even the top albums in Japan only sell five or six million copies in their first week. You've achieved this on the first day. Not to mention the sales figures for other regions haven't even been tallied yet."

Maeda Saori chimed in, "Yeah, Shu-chan's album is being released globally at the same time this time."

Shuya over the world, but his influence is mainly in Asia, especially in Great Hua, where he has a huge number of fans.

Speaking of which, Great Hua's sales are most likely higher than those in Japan.

There are a lot of people, after all.

Shuya asked, "By the way, I didn't even know how many people had made reservations in Great Hua?"

Maeda Saori replied, "Didn't I tell you? Great Hua's pre-orders have already exceeded ten million."

Shuya was taken aback for a moment. "I hadn't thought of that."

Hanazawa Sakura said, "You didn't expect that? You simply haven't paid attention to it, and you don't usually promote it... But to be honest, we haven't promoted it much in Great Hua either."

She said with some disbelief, "Great Hua's fans are very powerful; they've already done a great job promoting it without us even having to put in any effort."

Is that so?

Shuya nodded.

I've heard so much about Great Hua's fandom.

Putting everything else aside, these current statistics alone show that this album is definitely going to break all sorts of records.

He shook his head and said, "See? It's all thanks to my lazy attitude that I've sparked the fans' enthusiasm for buying. Don't say I'm lazy anymore; this is all part of my strategy, understand? Hehe, Xinye, you probably don't understand."

"You call this a strategy? Lazy is lazy, fine. Besides, who is Xinye?"

Kyousuke skillfully delivered his sarcastic remarks.