525 It's Not Your Turn to Go on Yet!

Another eye-catching sign boasted that global sales exceeded ten million units on the first day.

Overall, the decoration is quite simple.

But...

It doesn't matter if the decorations aren't luxurious, as long as the people are luxurious. --- Xun Ge'er

Shuya lazy to think about decorations, simply said, "Isn't this fine? I trust you all; you can handle it as you see fit."

"Alright, let's think about what's lacking. Shu-chan, you and Mai- chan get some rest and prepare for tonight's live broadcast."

Maeda Saori was very tactful and kindly told them they could go and rest for a while.

The two then went to the lounge.

As soon as Mai sat down, before Shuya speak, she took out the Looking Up at the Half-Moon she had just bought and started looking at it.

She was trying her best to create an atmosphere where she wanted to read a novel and not talk to me.

"!"

Shuya was startled to realize this.

So that's why she was so easily convinced!

It seems his life consultation put too much pressure on Mai.

It just triggered too many bad memories in her, causing her to almost become withdrawn.

Shuya guilty for blaming himself, Xiu didn't want to bother Mai, so he went to Twitter promote tonight's live broadcast.

He opened Twitter and just then saw that Maeda Saori had posted an announcement on the official Twitter account of Hanazawa Agency.

The content is nothing more than an emergency live broadcast at 9 Shuya tonight, during which there will be a mystery guest, and so on.

This tweet was quickly retweeted and spread by members of the agency Twitter.

Seeing this Shuya followed suit.

After he spoke to Mai, she temporarily put down her novel and started using her phone, then immediately resumed reading.

As she picked up the novel again, she secretly glanced at Shuya, a small gesture that was extremely cute.

... After seeing this Shuya really wanted to have a heart-to-heart talk with her.

In the last chapter, I vaguely remember asking Yuigahama to work part-time, but I didn't ask her to join the agency? I searched for ages but couldn't find it. Oh well.

564th quarter, 525th minute: It's not your turn to play yet!

Mai was engrossed in reading a novel, Shuya could only idly play on his phone.

He observed the reactions on Twitter; the tweet had quickly attracted public attention, with numerous replies appearing instantly on both the agency's official Twitter account and his own.

"Wow, Shu-chan is alive!"

"How long has it been since Shu-chan did a personal live stream?"

"Hanazawa Agency is finally back to work."

"Shu-chan ---!"

The scene was chaotic as always.

These replies are meaningless; most of them are just nonsense.

After venting their excitement, they started guessing who the mystery guest was, and all the candidates they suggested were members of Hanazawa Agency.

Mai and Little Senior Sister are the most popular choices, since there's not much suspense in that regard.

It goes without saying that my Little Senior Sister is one of the main creators.

Speaking of Mai... the songs from the album were first released at her school. Moreover, she was one of the female leads in the music video, so it's perfectly reasonable for her to be a guest on the live broadcast.

Some others, including Hyakka, have also suggested it, but the likelihood is far less than that of the two mentioned above.

Shuya and the others did not provide an answer, but simply let people speculate to generate buzz.

Twitter became increasingly lively, with replies appearing in various languages.

News of the live broadcast spread quickly, and Shuya's acquaintances helped to retweet it. In less than half an hour, everyone who needed to know knew about it.

Shuya was quite satisfied with the speed.

Seeing that there was nothing else worth watching, he put away his phone, stood up, and said, "I'm going to look around the company. Mai- chan, do you want to come along?"

Mai, engrossed in her novel, didn't reply, but simply waved her hand at him as if shooing away a fly.

"All right."

Shuya shrugged and walked out of the lounge.

He was quite bored, so he decided to go and see what the scholar-officials were doing.

During this period, everyone in the company was working hard on the IS anime, so Inoue Hikoo didn't cause any trouble and just quietly created the series.

Shuya the company at his leisure. As he looked around, he saw that most of the staff were working diligently, with only a few taking a short break because they couldn't take it anymore.

Overall, the environment was quiet and focused.

As he walked, he arrived at Inoue Hikoo's office, where he was drawing something.

He noticed Shuya coming in and frowned, asking, "What are you doing here?"

"What, can't you come over if there's nothing wrong?"

Shuya asked the classic question, but unfortunately Inoue Hikoo wasn't buying it. He simply nodded and said, "I don't really want to see you unless it's absolutely necessary. I can't be bothered with that."

"You ask me for help when you need it, but tell me to get lost when you don't. You're really something."

"Who told me I'm your father?"

Inoue Hikoo shook his head. "You really want to experience fatherly love? How about I go on a live broadcast to help you promote your work?"

"No way, that would require an immediate explosion."

Shuya thought to himself, "What kind of idiotic suggestion is this? Don't you know your own reputation?"

What are you drawing?

He struck up a conversation.

"Let's polish the storyboard for the final episode of IS."

"That's all."

Shuya and left the office.

He then wandered into one of the rooms that housed important items, including manuscripts of some works and rare, out-of-print merchandise.

This place can be considered a key location for the company.

Shuya looked around, and time flew by.

When it was time for dinner, Shuya and Mai went out for dinner, and then they returned to begin the real preparations.

In the room where the live broadcast was taking place, they listened to the literati who had been brought in to direct the show explain the process.

The process is not complicated.

First, Shuya appears alone, saying a few opening words before Mai comes on stage, and the two then discuss basic information and details about the album.

Next came the reading of incoming letters. In the past few hours, the email address posted on the firm's official Twitter account had received a huge number of emails. Shidafu selected some emails for them to reply to.

After reading the letter, we'll return to the promotional segment, where we'll showcase the album's appearance and exclusive items at various stores, followed by discussions about production, music video filming, and more.

Finally, here are my closing thoughts.

"... That's roughly the arrangement. What do you think?"

The director asked Shuya and Mai.

Shuya said, "It's fine."

Mai had no objections.

The scholar-official nodded, then handed over a few pages of paper. "That's settled then. This is the script, with some basic reference lines."

"Yes, thank you."

Shuya took a look.

... This thing is called a script, but it actually has very few words. Most of it is promotional material for them to read, and it doesn't involve any specific conversation content.

He carefully examined the text and discerned the four characters "freedom to play" between the lines.

He has the air of a professional radio writer.

Generally speaking, radio writers in the industry can be divided into two categories.

One approach is to write down every joke and every reaction in the script.

One approach is like this: only the general process is written out, and the rest is left to the host to improvise.

Shuya and Mai were used to radio programs, so they weren't surprised and accepted it calmly.

Just when he thought it was all over, the director hesitated and asked, "Um, Shu-chan... are you planning to host the live broadcast like this? Aren't you going to change your clothes or something...?"

"Clothing?"

Shuya a moment, then looked down and realized he was still wearing his school uniform.

He went straight to the restaurant after leaving school, while Mai had tidied up at home before coming over, so she was wearing casual clothes.

"Oh, then I'll go change."

Shuya the Way.

Mai suddenly said with great interest, "Shuya, what clothes are you planning to wear? How about trying on a woman's outfit?"

"Get away!"

Shuya shook his hand dismissively.

Finally, he simply had his men buy him a new set of clothes, and that was the end of it.

As the time drew closer to nine o'clock, millions of people were waiting on Nico Live's channel.

Even before the live broadcast started, the Danmaku in different languages, was already buzzing with activity.

Everyone chatted until nine o'clock when suddenly the dark screen lit up, revealing a joyfully decorated venue to millions of people.

"They're here! They're here!"

"Shu-chan ---!"

"It's finally starting!"

"Wktk"

A barrage of Danmaku.

Shuya sat on the sofa, flashing a friendly smile at the camera, "Hello everyone. Thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedules to watch this emergency live broadcast. I'm Inoue Shuya, nice to meet you."

He clapped along with the scholar-officials, then paused, waiting for everyone to finish clapping before continuing:

Okay. I think everyone knows that my new album was released yesterday.

Shuya read his script naturally into the camera, "Thanks to everyone's support, my new album seems to be selling quite well. I'm doing this live broadcast today specifically to express my gratitude to the fans, and also to promote it further."

"If we don't promote this seriously soon, I think my boss is going to come and beat me up."

He made a joke, which elicited laughter from the scholars.

At that moment, Mai shouted off-camera, "You idiot Shuya, the president would never do that!"

The Danmaku with "wwwww", then turned into "????" after she spoke, and finally returned to "wwwww".

Shuya complained helplessly, "Hey, you mystery guest over there, don't say anything yet! It's not your turn to go on stage!"