After Kazami Yoshiteru indiscriminately blasted everyone present, the atmosphere immediately turned cold. The staff exchanged looks, clearly wanting to discuss the explosive gossip they had just heard, but when they looked up and saw the people involved standing right in front of them, they did not quite dare.
Mouri Ran looked left and right, then finally turned her gaze to the director and whispered to Suzuki Sonoko, "But seriously, where did Mr. Kazami learn so much? He must have plenty of scandals himself, right? Isn't he afraid someone will retaliate?"
Hearing the two high school girls whispering, Mizunashi Rena sighed and said quietly, "Kazami Yoshiteru got in through connections. His father is the president of a newspaper agency. Besides publishing all kinds of news, he has sponsored plenty of programs as well—though the sponsor of this particular episode is the owner of this island, looking at the series as a whole, Mr. Kazami's father is its biggest sponsor."
Suzuki Sonoko suddenly understood. "That explains it. No wonder he looks ordinary and his acting is ordinary, yet he was so certain this variety show needed him. He meant it needed his father's money and connections."
Meanwhile, Ruri Ujo was murmuring about the same thing to Jiang Xia. "Looks like you really don't have any negative press. Otherwise, Kazami Yoshiteru would've shouted it out just now—his father is the president of a newspaper agency, and he only has this one son, so he spoiled him rotten.
"Kazami Yoshiteru often sneaks peeks at gossip from his dad, and he can't keep his mouth shut. He'll 'accidentally' leak one thing or another. That's how he boosts ratings. Every time he accidentally lets some gossip slip, the ratings rise noticeably."
Ruri Ujo sighed as she spoke. "If my company hadn't insisted I come, I really