In Conan, people have a brain option system.

Chapter 28: Star-Chasing Girl

Yoko Okino's sudden loss of composure sparked a small discussion among the people around her.

Fortunately, the manager stopped it in time and the matter came to a temporary end.

Itakura Misaki looked around quietly.

I also noticed the new artists around me who had just finished their training.

As for the new agents of the same period as her, they are obviously more motivated than before Yoko Okino appeared.

"Ms. Yoko is really amazing. Just showing her face has made everyone full of enthusiasm."

Itakura Misaki exclaimed, also feeling a surge of blood gathering in her chest.

She turned her head again and looked at the artist Akikawa Sosuke who was standing beside her.

"Come to think of it, Mr. Akikawa has been looking at his own information since the beginning, and he doesn't seem to be interested in Ms. Yoko."

Itakura Misaki thought about it in her heart, and then said:

"What do you think of this review, Mr. Akikawa?"

“I think it’s pretty fair.”

Akikawa Sosuke put down the information in his hand and answered softly.

According to his original imagination, after becoming an artist, he should be able to make movies or TV series.

But I never thought that I would have to undergo three months of artist training first.

Moreover, the content of the training was completely different from what Akikawa Sosuke had imagined.

There is no training in acting at all, basically all of it is singing and dancing training.

The only ones that are somewhat useful are the courses related to the business skills of an artist.

The so-called business ability, to put it simply, is the ability of an artist to sell himself as a commodity.

However, Akikawa Sosuke was not happy with the fake smile he put on all day.
Doing estrogen-filled actions with a group of men every day,

There is really no interest in male idols trying to please female audiences.

So naturally I couldn't muster the motivation when receiving training.

In addition, although Akikawa Sosuke obtained [Constitution +3] twice, his body was still weaker than that of an ordinary person and it was difficult for him to practice for a long time.

This ultimately led to his last place finish.

Itakura Misaki thought Akikawa Sosuke would be like the other students who learned their test results.
After seeing my poor grades and evaluations, I will feel a sense of unwillingness to admit defeat.

However, no one expected that Akikawa Sosuke would accept this evaluation.

"Um, why do you seem so unmotivated, Mr. Akikawa?"

"Mr. Akikawa, when you first chose to be an artist, you must have had a goal in mind, right?"

It’s like he became an artist manager with the goal of working with Yoko Okino.

Itakura Misaki believes that Akikawa Sousuke must also have some kind of goal.

"I don't have any goals, I just think being an artist might be fun. But I'm not interested in singing or dancing, so I don't have much motivation."

——However, she heard Akikawa Sousuke’s answer.

"If you think that you can easily attract girls just because you are good-looking, you are wrong! There is no shortage of handsome idols in Japan nowadays, but what is lacking is outstanding abilities."

"No, I don't want to please girls either."

"Eh?!"

Itakura Misaki was stunned for a full ten seconds by Akikawa Sousuke's words.

Her eyes widened.

I was shocked to see Akikawa Sosuke speaking negatively as if nothing had happened on the first day of training.
For a moment I didn't know what to say.

If Akikawa Sosuke just had poor abilities, then that wouldn't be a big problem.

Akikawa Sosuke's good looks alone are enough to attract the attention of girls.

Then create a hard-working persona.

Giving fans the feeling of watching their idols grow should have a pretty good audience.

However, people like Akikawa Sosuke have neither the ability nor the willingness to work hard.

Itakura Misaki really didn't know what to do.

I joined this company in order to become an excellent artist manager.

Unexpectedly, I met such a responsible artist right at the beginning.

If Akikawa Sosuke fails to achieve results,
It is conceivable that it will be difficult for me to obtain good resources in the future.

It’s simply a negative closed loop!

"Then let me ask you, what exactly do you want to do, Mr. Akikawa?"

"Or, Mr. Akikawa, what are you good at?"

Itakura Misaki suppressed her inner dissatisfaction and asked Akikawa Sousuke in a tone as calm as possible.

"Let's act."

"Eh?"

Akikawa Sosuke's answer once again surprised Itakura Misaki. "Mr. Akikawa, do you have any acting experience? Acting usually requires years of practice."

"Generally, inexperienced artists start out as idols, and then slowly transition to singers and actors!"

"Like Ms. Yoko, didn't she start out as an idol, then became a host, a singer, and then gradually became an actress?"

Misaki Itakura once again brought up Yoko Okino as an example.

"I have some acting experience, I guess."

"What does 'regarding' mean?"

Itakura Misaki was quite puzzled, and then she opened Akikawa Sousuke's information again.

I would like to check the information to see if Akikawa Sosuke has ever participated in the drama club during his student days.

The result was discovery.

This Akikawa Sosuke hasn’t even attended junior high school!
"Primary school dropout?! Are there still people who drop out of elementary school these days?"

"No wonder he doesn't speak politely at all and is so irritating. It turns out he really has never been to school!!"

"By the way, can he recognize all the commonly used Chinese characters? Does he need to be given kana before he can read them?"

Itakura Misaki suddenly felt a strong sense of dizziness in her head.

I really didn't expect that Akikawa Sorasuke's bottom line is still getting lower.

"Mr. Akikawa, you haven't even finished junior high school, so where do you get your acting experience from?"

Itakura Misaki felt more and more desperate, and said to Akikawa Sosuke with tears in her eyes.

"Acting is only part of it, but what is more important than acting is to be able to understand the director's intentions. Only in this way can you perform to the director's satisfaction."

"I'm actually pretty good at guessing people's thoughts and ideas."

Akikawa Sosuke spoke softly to Itakura Misaki.

"No, no, no! Mr. Akikawa, stop kidding! How could you possibly understand this?"

After all, that is only possible with an extremely sharp mind.

This is a skill that only people with superhuman analytical abilities can master.

Itakura Misaki does not discriminate based on academic qualifications.

But someone like Akikawa Sosuke didn't even finish his junior high school education.
And those who can easily cause high blood pressure with just a few words,
It is really absurd that he actually said that he could understand the thoughts and intentions of a film director.

"If you, Mr. Qiuchuan, could really understand other people's thoughts, you wouldn't say these words that make me angry."

"No, that's just because I judged that there is no need to deliberately please Miss Itakura. It doesn't mean that I can't do it."

Akikawa Sousuke's words made Itakura Misaki's anger suddenly rise to her head.

However, the real reason why she was angry was not because Akikawa Sosuke said that she was not worthy of his favor.
But it was Akikawa Sosuke's attitude that was a bit too arrogant.

He is incompetent, arrogant, and unwilling to work hard.

This is almost a collection of all the annoying points about Itakura Misaki.

How could such an artist become famous?

Itakura Misaki decided not to be tactful anymore and stared angrily into Akikawa Sorasuke's eyes with her almond-shaped eyes.

"Okay, then if Mr. Qiuchuan can prove to me that you really have this ability, then I will help you find a suitable job."

"Okay." Akikawa Sosuke agreed.

"I'll help you find a video of the audition now, and you tell me the director's intentions."

Itakura Misaki said as she woke up the computer, then quickly entered a long string of passwords and entered the desktop.

However, before she could open the shared folder within the company, she was interrupted by Akikawa Sosuke.

"No need to go to all that trouble, just treat Ms. Itakura as the screenwriter and director."

"Huh? What does this mean?"

Itakura Misaki did not understand Akikawa Sousuke's intention.

However, Akikawa Sosuke did not explain to Itakura Misaki, but spoke directly:
"I guess what Ms. Itakura wants to shoot is a story about a woman who wants to work with her idol and becomes an artist manager."

"As the heroine of the story, she gave up her suitable job as a programmer, followed the footsteps of her idol Yoko Okino, and resolutely changed her job to become the agent of Yoko Okino's company."

"She knew that she was cute, but because she had no talent as an artist, she placed her hopes of working with idols on the artists she was in charge of."

"Who would have known that our heroine would be assigned the worst performing artist in her batch as her first artist."

"She doesn't see any of the characteristics of this guy that are consistent with the current male artists who are so popular."

"And in the conversation with this artist, our heroine discovered that he was not only incompetent and poorly educated, but also very conceited and arrogant."

“Maybe her judgment is correct.”

"But she didn't realize that she was too obsessed with common sense and too obsessed with replicating the path to fame of her idol Yoko Okino, which affected her own judgment."

"Oh, by the way, our heroine is currently single, living alone, and is trying to lose weight. She feels pain in her waist and cervical spine from time to time."

"And the reason why she can't find a boyfriend even though she looks pretty cute is probably because she is so devoted and persistent in chasing stars that people find her hard to approach."

Akikawa Sosuke leaned forward slightly.
Putting his cheek close to the white face in front of him, a blush began to appear on it at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Itakura Misaki opened her mouth wide, staring at her with a pair of almond-shaped eyes as if she had seen a ghost, and teased softly:

"I wonder if I have figured out the director of this movie 'Star Girl's' intentions, Ms. Itakura?"

(End of this chapter)