Lunch break.
Akira Fujimiya came to the student council office with the lunch box—that was prepared by Yukinoshita Yukino.
He was not alone though— He was with Iroha who they meet on the way.
Inside the Students Council Office—
There were not many people except for Akira there were only — Meguri, Iroha and Yukino.
"Today's meeting is mainly about the cooking department. The cafeteria will open next week, and the students in the cooking department need to compile a shopping list before the end of this week..."
Akira spoke about the activities of the cooking club.
Yukinoshita Yukino was recording seriously.
Since, she has also taken the responsibility of being the head of the cooking department, and this was her responsibility.
And Iroha listening from the side.
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The student council meeting was over very quickly since no one had anything to add.
Yukinoshita Yukino left first — She went to inform the members of the cooking club about the details.
Isshiki Iroha was also a member of the cooking club, but she did not go with Yukinoshita Yukino to inform others.
According to her words…
"As a junior, I have no right to offer opinions. Yukinoshita-senpai and the other seniors should take care of it."
This sentence was true.
Whether in the workplace or at school, younger generations must respect the opinions of their seniors.
Akira didn't dwell on this and opened the lunch box.
"Senpai, who made your lunch today? It seems a little different." Isshiki Iroha looked at the lunch box and spoke softly.
"Yukino did it. I stayed at Yukino's apartment last night." Akira didn't hide it.
Hearing this, Isshiki Iroha's face turned red and she leaned close to whisper in Akira's ear.
Akira glanced at her but didn't reply.
"Senpai, I welcome you too," Isshiki Iroha said as she hugged Akira's arm, looking pitiful.
"It's too early for you," Akira said calmly.
"Senpaai~…"
"When you become a qualified student council president, I will recognize you." Akira interrupted her.
"Okay… before that…"
"I have exams tomorrow and the day after. I might not be home on Saturday." Akira shook his head.
Upon hearing this, Isshiki Iroha looked disappointed and lowered her head, silently eating her lunch.
Although Akira knew she was pretending, seeing her looking so lost, he still sighed.
"I really can't do anything about you. I'll find time to visit your home. I'll treat you to dessert when I do."
"Senpai, I knew you couldn't abandon me!" Isshiki Iroha raised her head with a bright smile, her earlier lost expression quickly change.
"Cunning junior."
"Bad senpai." Iroha said as she cutely stick out her tongue.
Meguri Shiromeguri who was still inside the Office — watched the two of them tease each other, feeling a little envious.
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After Akira finished his lunch, he received a call from Hayama Riko.
{T/N: She is the one managing the Voice acting agency}
He stood up and went to the corridor before answering.
"Funimiya-Kun, the company acquisition has been completed. I have arranged the personnel of the company here and helped them obtain the company certification of the video website." Hayama Riko reported.
"...You didn't encounter any obstacles?" Akira was a little surprised.
"A little bit, but my family knows the top executives of their company so it was not that difficult," she replied with a casual laugh.
"It seems your identity is not simple," Akira said, meaningful.
"Funimiya-khn, I didn't really mean to hide it. Since I work outside and don't want to rely on my family, I want to achieve my dream through my own efforts instead of relying on my background." Her voice lowered.
"What is your dream?" Akira asked.
"I want to stand higher than my current status, prove my ability to my family, and choose my own way of living," Hayama Riko answered seriously.
"...I believe you." Akira looked out the window.
"Thank you, Funimiya-Kun." Warmth filled her voice.
"Let's talk about our next plan." Akira didn't dwell on her identity.
Hayama Riko also pushed aside her personal thoughts and explained the next step.
The most important thing was the certification on the video website. It would help them secure the main promotion rights during campaigns.
The certification was divided into internal and external.
External certified accounts needed to pay fees for promotion.
Internal certifications only required arranged scheduling.
Hayama Riko planned to promote the five-member group's videos on the video website — mainly song and dance performances — to raise the site's popularity first.
Then they would start collaborating with the local video platform.
She knew exactly who the target audience for this five-member group was.
They were unlike traditional virtual idols.
Because of motion capture equipment…
They were three-dimensional characters.
{T/N: Filian}
Most virtual idols were flat, paper-like.
{T/N: The beginning of V-tuber}
Their purpose was real-time interaction, so naturally the approach must align with that goal.
The new operations would stabilize livestream schedules and confirm livestream content. Their salary and benefits would increase by 10% compare to others.
Even after graduation, their image would remain tied to them.
The company would have to recruit a second batch of five people as soon as possible and have the older group train the newcomers.
Newcomers would need three years to receive equal treatment.
Akira had no objections to it.
After Hayama Riko finished explaining the plan.
Akira told her about Yukinoshita Haruno and the new video platform.
Hayama Riko was stunned for a few seconds.
Then she spoke carefully:
"Funimiya-sama… the person Miss Yukinoshita wants to cooperate with should be my sister."
"Huh?" Akira was stunned.
Ten minutes later—
Akira called Yukinoshita Haruno.
He confirmed the person's identity.
Just as Hayama Riko said — it was indeed her sister.
And the young lady was by no mean less capable than Yukinoshita Haruno!
The difference was that—
Unlike Haruno, she gained family recognition step by step through her own ability.
And It was her idea to contact Haruno about collaboration for the new video website.
Of course, what she was most famous for was not only her capability.
But the fact that she shared similar interests with Akira.
Another reason for contacting Haruno this time was to get to know her personally.
When Akira heard what Hayama Riko said earlier.
His first reaction was to called Haruno to discuss about it.
He quickly said his goodbye after their discussion were over and called Haruno Yukinoshita.
After hearing what Akira said, Haruno smiled.
"Akira-kun, I know how to talk to her. She and I share something in common too."
"...They both have younger sisters?" Akira asked, confused.
"That is only a superficial similarity," Haruno smiled mysteriously.
"....she cares for her sister just like you do?"
"Yes. That is why leave the discussion with her to me from now on," Haruno said confidently.
"Okay. I wish you success. After negotiations are finished, you should also go check the situation on Hayama Riko's side too. I have acquired a company and plan to use it as an idol agency for training there." Akira said, he trusted Haruno very much.
.....
Time flew and it was already after school.
Akira received an email from Yukinoshita Haruno.
He immediately left the classroom and went to the student council office, where he open the E-mail.
The email contained the draft contract — where each party held half the shares and the other side would handle management and most operations of the site.
Akira responsibility would be to handle content in it.
All anime series on the video platform must go through a strict review before release on the new platform.
In future manga and game collaborations — Akira would take 70%, and the other party would take 30%.
In all other collaborations, Akira still had the advantage.
This was the power of content.
Since—
The new video platform lacked its own content library — It could only introduce animations, manga, and games from the current platform.
In addition, there was also the collaboration with game companies.
Akira could develop games locally and release them on the new platform, allowing the partner game company to distribute them.
Although they would share profits, since it saved the trouble of acquiring a game company.
Likewise, when the partner company developed its own games, as long as the game was good enough — Akira's game company would become the agent for it.
Yukinoshita Haruno had considered everything thoroughly before making the contract.
Regarding investment, Akira only needed to pay half of what the other party did and the partner would gain broadcast rights for their anime for three years.
Future anime titles would have to be purchased separately though.
Even past anime would need to be bought again after three years.
After reading the contract, Akira replied was simple.
"Video platform may collaborate with other companies in the future to promote their virtual idols. If a virtual idol from another company says something inappropriate, please file a complaint with the video platform. We will recover all losses incurred and permanently refuse to collaborate with that company again."
Soon after—
Haruno replied,
"Miss Hayama Riko said she likes to help her family, and won't help outsiders."
Akira wasn't surprised by that reply. Since, he had already guessed the situation in Hayama Riko's family based of how she talk about it.
Then he called Hanada Yui.
Hanada Yui was very happy when she learned that Yukinoshita Haruno had finalized the agreement.
She had already prepared the information and data.
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