Tokyo Agent: Starting with Picking Up a Problem Girl

Chapter 136 The Guest Steals the Show

Two supply trucks drove into the backyard, and soon, his men carried counterweight display stands to the site.

"Actually, these preparations should have been done a long time ago. I didn't expect the company in charge of the first half to be so stingy that they didn't even have any promotional equipment."

"It doesn't cost much money at all. They're really cutting corners to this extent."

Kuroda seemed quite surprised and seized the opportunity to attack Nakajima's office.

In fact, performances of this nature often downplay the artists to prevent the audience from treating it as a performance and ignoring the organizers, thus avoiding the situation where the performers overshadow the artists.

Even if a company wants to promote its own artists, it will only do so when compiling materials from the event, and in a non-collective capacity.

But the future minister doesn't understand.

She just felt that, in terms of scale, Sakaki Entertainment was much better than that Nakajima Agency.

This is the true strength of a large partner!

Kuroda is quite capable; with just a few words of provocation, he significantly diminished the achievements of Nakajima's office.

Of course, the client also has to be stupid enough.

If he continues on his current path, people will probably talk about today's performance not as "Itomoriya's new product launch," but as "those pretty girls."

With the counterweights in place, the artists' posters were laid out one after another.

The content inside is quite similar to what's hanging on the walls of Nakajima's office: fabricating some glorious experiences that insiders can immediately tell are nonsense, just to fool the audience and make them feel like they'd be missing out if they didn't watch it.

You know what, it actually works.

In addition, each artist's poster has a sales list for today.

"Handshake tickets, still photos, autographed towels..."

The future minister frowned slightly.

"Mr. Kuroda, this..."

This is somewhat similar to the approach taken with art-oriented performances, where the focus is on the artist themselves.

"The handshake ticket allows you to wear your company's clothes, the photo collection card lets you take pictures wearing your clothes, and as for the bath towel..."

"The proper pomp and circumstance cannot be neglected. You can talk to your superiors about it. If they don't like it, we can remove it without any problem."

"No need, this is fine, very fine!"

"Um, Mr. Kuroda, the fee..."

After all, this is an extra service offered as a bonus.

"The fees were already agreed upon, right? They're clearly stated in the contract."

"Don't worry, we won't be like those small workshops that just send a few artists to sing for a while and do a perfunctory job."

It sounds righteous and indignant.

All of Kuroda's subordinates wore expressions of agreement and self-righteousness, except for the entertainer Kuroda had invited to turn his head away.

She didn't grow up with Kuroda, so there's a huge difference in their thick skin.

If any leader in this Itomori-ya company understood performance, they would most likely be cursing during the debriefing.

Don't mention it.

It really does.

The current supreme leader of the Itomori-ya, Ayako Itomori.

Putting aside the question of whether the transformation concept was reliable or not, Ayako had actually followed her father around and, through this exposure, had at least been exposed to the underlying logic of most business practices.

This Sakaki Geino setup looks far more luxurious than Kuroda's agency, but it's somewhat overshadowing the main event.

but……

After all, he wasn't the person in charge of this matter. With the department head and the reserve manager present, it wouldn't be appropriate for him to directly interfere.

Besides, they are a large corporation, so they probably have their own ideas.

Let's follow up and see.

Ayako frowned, seemingly lost in thought.

With some time still to go before the performance, Kuroda had already begun distributing flyers.

The flyers were hastily designed and printed, and the hype surrounding them hadn't died down yet.

Kuroda is very willing to invest.

The package comes in an easy-to-open perforated box and contains an Itomoriya promotional brochure with a raffle ticket, a celebrity photo book collection system, and a limited edition card.

This single flyer is designed with three hooks: whether you're looking to gamble, drawn by the pretty girls, or want to resell limited-edition cards, you'll want to take a look.

The prizes for the raffle tickets are all celebrity-related, such as the right to shake hands, autograph opportunities, and private truth-telling sessions.

Without a doubt, Giovanni Sakaki will not be able to recoup his losses; this match is a sure loss.

This made all his actions seem beyond reproach.

It seems they really have high hopes for Itomoriya and are paving the way for a long-term investment.

In comparison, the Nakajima office, which only does things for money, is far inferior.

But it doesn't matter at all.

You, Kuroda-sama, are rich and don't care!

This time, we're going to crush that damned Nakajima Hiroshi under our feet and show him what a prestigious company's reputation is all about!

Suddenly, his subordinates rushed over.

"Boss, there's been a bit of a situation at the company. I'm sorry to trouble you to come all this way."

"Club?"

Kuroda Karito frowned slightly; the company had no time to concern itself with its own affairs.

It was probably something else that was inconvenient to say in front of Itomoriya's people. Although he was arrogant, he wasn't so stupid as to not understand the meaning behind the words.

"What's the panic? I'll go check it out."

He remained quite calm and turned to the future minister.

"Excuse me, that's just how agents are, they leak information everywhere, and we have to worry about everything."

"understand."

The minister was quite satisfied with the current situation and put on an act of being knowledgeable and reasonable.

Elite auras attract each other. If you, Giorno Sakaki, are so noble and virtuous, we cannot be outdone.

"Minister, the boss wants to see you..."

At that moment, Chris also rushed over.

Clearly, the order was transmitted via electronic devices as soon as Kuroda Karito left.

"it is good."

The minister showed no sign of nervousness.

What boss? Ayako Itomori? She's my best friend, we're practically inseparable.

This factory belongs to her, so isn't it practically her own home?

Good, good, good. This minister truly treats the company like his own home.

Congratulations! Congratulations!

Kuroda's department.

"Tell me, what's wrong?"

"That's right, during lunch break, a bus took all of Momochi Momo's performers away..."

"What!?"

Kuroda's voice suddenly rose, but he immediately suppressed it again. His eyes twitched, he took a deep breath, and said resentfully.

"The performance is about to start, how come you only just realized!"

"this……"

The subordinates also felt wronged, since it was impossible to supervise people during their rest time.

and……

Forget it, Kuroda's men only talk about results, not the process.

"Yes, I am incompetent."

"How much longer until our artists arrive!"

Kuroda's reaction was the same as Nakajima Hiro's; his first thought was to save the day.

"It's hard to say for sure, since it's a last-minute arrangement. They should arrive gradually..."

"Wait here!"

Kuroda Karito immediately turned backstage and headed straight for the main performer.

"The situation has changed, you'll have to cover for me for a while."

"Kuroda, this Itomori-ya business is very risky. It wouldn't even pass the company's risk control procedures if it were put into business, but it could affect my future."

The performer in charge of the event was quite resistant.

"Follow my instructions, keep this performance for me, and I'll return your substitute contract immediately."

"After today, you'll regain your bargaining power and be able to earn at least another year's worth of profit."

"And there's the issue of my private photography. You need to arrange for someone to help me identify those scandalous materials."

The performer in charge seized the opportunity to bargain.

"A minor issue."

Hei Tianxin said, "I have all that dirt on you, so you're at my mercy."

"I've been making arrangements since the moment you took the role."

The performer in charge glanced at him, thinking to himself, "If you're so confident, then you must be the one behind it all."

But she remained calm and extended her slender hand.

"Since that's the case..."

"It's a pleasure working with you, Mr. Kuroda."