Chapter 140

Cooking is a way for Yoko Okino to relieve mental stress.

For her, this is a very peaceful way.

But after finishing, eating alone just seemed a bit empty and lonely.

Now there is one more person eating, filling the emptiness and loneliness of the past.

That feeling is different.

It’s like when I used to eat with my parents.

"Hee hee~"

Thinking about it, Yoko Okino couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Looking up at the puzzled look on Ren Amamiya’s face sitting opposite, she didn't continue to eat, but looked at that puzzled face with softness.

"Thought of the way I used to eat with my mom and dad."

"It’s just that now because of work, the number of times I meet my parents has decreased a lot."

"And, I don't want to bring some trouble to my parents because of my work."

Speaking of this, Yoko Okino’s face had some helplessness.

"Fanatical fans?"

Yoko Okino nodded in distress.

"Because I considered the trouble brought by my work, my parents have actually moved once."

"At that time, I had just started to become popular, and I had some money in my hand, so I subsidized my parents to change to a better house in a high-end community in another city."

"After moving to a new place, those fanatical fans of mine finally won't send those letters of admiration to my parents."

"But it is also because of this that I have to be very careful every time I go back to see my parents."

"That high-end community has security, so I’m not very worried about someone breaking in, but I also don't want someone to block the entrance of the community."

Although Yoko Okino knew that this was a manifestation of fans liking her, she still hoped to face this situation herself, rather than letting her mom and dad face it.

"Fanatical fans are really troublesome."

Ren Amamiya sighed with emotion.

However, he could also be considered to have seen some even crazier fans.

Even because of the fans’ own behavior, the idols they pursued were sent in.

In short, some fanatical fans are really quite heaven-defying.

"Sometimes... right."

Even Yoko Okino, who felt that the fans’ liking behavior should not be disparaged, had nothing to say on this issue.

She could bear the fans’ liking.

But her parents couldn't.

Yoko Okino sighed, shook her head, and threw those things behind her head.

At least now her parents live in another city, no need to worry about being targeted by those fanatical fans of hers.

"How was the trip this weekend?"

"Not bad, it can be considered a relatively quiet small island."

"But I think, it should be the right choice that you missed that small island this time."

Yoko Okino, who was quite happy originally, was slightly stunned.

"On that island... nothing happened, right?"

"It can be considered a very big thing."

"A large number of drug traffickers were found on that small island, and the Metropolitan Police Department seemed to have been eyeing that small island for a long time."

"As a result, it happened to collide so coincidentally."

"No way!"

Yoko Okino was shocked by the news she heard and covered her mouth; on the small island where she was on vacation for the weekend, she ran into drug traffickers that the Metropolitan Police Department had been eyeing for a long time?

"This weekend, it won't be the time for the Metropolitan Police Department to take action, right?"

Ren Amamiya nodded slightly.

"This... is simply too unlucky."

Yoko Okino sighed; she knew that if the Metropolitan Police Department took action, Ren Amamiya probably wouldn't be able to see the scenery inside Moon Shadow Island well.

"Indeed."

"The hot spring hotel I was in was blocked after I went in, saying it was to prevent drug traffickers from entering."

Okay, since this is the situation, it means that in the two days of entering Moon Shadow Island, Ren Amamiya almost never walked out of the hot spring hotel.

This is indeed a bit unlucky.

"However, for me, it shouldn't be a bad thing."

Although the Moon Shadow Island incident affected the weekend vacation, Ren Amamiya himself was prepared for people to die on the weekend.

But the final result didn't seem to be a so-called case, but a cleanup operation for drug traffickers.

There were some differences in the process, but the result was very suitable.

The final orientation was that he had one more source quality.

It can only be said that the incident on Moon Shadow Island was made too big, and the impact on the person holding the diary was also too big.

This influence led to his maximum profit.

Although this result even Ren Amamiya himself was quite dazed.

What was expected was the Sequence 8 potion, but what was given was the source quality beyond the sequence.

Hmm, this crossing is indeed a bit big.

"What about your work over there?"

Yoko Okino subconsciously touched her neck; the bruise on her neck was about to fade, and her long vacation had also come to an end.

"Still have to continue doing it."

"But I need to pay attention to the agency in the future."

The agency’s matter could be considered a very serious shock to her.

This also made her realize that the agency that made her popular is just capital, and capital needs to make money.

"Didn't plan to redeem yourself?"

"Yes."

The contract is the slave contract that every female celebrity has to face, and to redeem oneself without fulfilling the promise requires a large amount of redemption fee.

As long as it is a female celebrity, she has thought about jumping out of the agency’s shackles.

Even if the resources are lacking a bit, not as popular as before, but at least it can be considered free.

There is also greater autonomy in programs and work schedules.

But Yoko Okino was also very troubled about the problem of redemption.

"But even if I redeem myself and jump out, without channels, even a popular celebrity will soon cool down."

"Not to mention that if a female celebrity breaks up with her own boss, it will also cause a big rhythm."

"This will also be a troublesome thing."

"So, generally, female celebrities, even if they want to terminate the contract, will not be very unhappy with their old boss."

"Things like redemption generally won't happen; most female celebrities will fulfill their contracts before talking to their old boss."

Ren Amamiya could roughly understand this situation.

The female celebrity herself was cultivated by the agency bit by bit; once jumping out of the agency, it is inevitable that there will be a series of problems.

After all, the status of female celebrities in Japan is still quite low, and it is indeed the case without this ability.

"Then what if the female celebrity becomes a shareholder of the agency?"

"...In that case, the funds needed might be more than redemption."

"And the agency I am in is developing quite well now; to buy enough stocks with shareholder seats, at least two hundred million to three hundred million is needed."

"This money, no matter how hard I work to earn it, I have to work hard for seven or eight years to save it."

"This money is two or even three times more than my own redemption fee."

"It’s just not cost-effective."

Yoko Okino felt that if she had that money, she wouldn't go to buy the agency’s stocks, thereby becoming a major shareholder of the agency.

It feels like spending money to hire yourself as a celebrity.

After hearing this, Ren Amamiya nodded slightly, and then took out a bank card from his pocket.

"I can support you with three hundred million in the capacity of sponsorship to buy your agency’s stocks, making you a major shareholder of the agency you are in."

— Author's Notes —

PS: New book launch, requesting data.