"I'm very sorry, Mr. Motohashi, for causing you trouble."

Riko Hasegawa bowed repeatedly on the other end of the phone.

She took the initiative to visit the "Midnight Bell" production team yesterday and bowed to the "Midnight Bell" production team with apologies.

After all, this whole turmoil has a lot to do with her.

However, the production team of "Midnight Bell" didn't really care much, everyone just smiled and said that there was no big problem, please don't care about it.

Among them, there are points for her perfect performance in "Midnight Bell", and similarly, there are also points for her ulterior relationship with Tsukasa Higashino.

Yes.

The production team of "Midnight Bell" really thinks that she has an inexplicable important relationship with Tsukasa Higashino.

Because Riko Hasegawa has rejected all the companies that sent audition invitations and the dubbing agency that invited her to join since she became famous, she also politely rejected many reporters who wanted to come to the interview.

It's a very strange thing.

Because Riko Hasegawa only needs to win these auditions, or sign a contract with a dubbing agency... Huge fame is simply at your fingertips.

But Riko Hasegawa blushed shyly and pushed away all these invitations that could make huge profits.

This abnormal performance naturally caused many people to speculate, especially the people in the production team of "Midnight Bell".

During a period of heavy dubbing work, Riko Hasegawa would even take the initiative to stay overnight at the Tokyo animation production team, quietly pinching the script of "Midnight Bell" and walking out of the studio at night, at the end of the corridor, reading the lines and practicing until twelve o'clock.

You know, it's winter.

Practicing in the hallway is better than being completely exposed to the outdoors, but it's still quite cold.

Riko Hasegawa's rigorous spirit of treatment of work made many employees of the production team of "Midnight Bell" feel a little admired.

But it also confuses them.

Riko Hasegawa is at best a hired voice actor, even if she is serious about her profession... It didn't come to this point.

"Midnight Bell" is the work of Tsukasa Higashino, and it is not a work drawn by you, why are you so serious?

Someone asked Riko Hasegawa while eating in the staff cafeteria of Tokyo Animation Production Company, and the other party just blushed and smiled, and shook his head to say that it was nothing.

Naturally, the answer is unsatisfactory - how can it be nothing?

You're not serious anymore, but you're really working hard quietly.

No matter how you ask the reason, you can't pry it out of Riko Hasegawa's mouth, so the employees of the production team of "Midnight Bell" will speculate quietly after work.

They guessed and guessed the past, which reminded them of the actions of Tsukasa Higashino when he took the initiative to recommend Riko Hasegawa.

Could it be that there is really some ulterior relationship between these two people?

The more they thought about it, the more they felt that it was possible, and even Tobashi Daohiro and Toda Shimitsu were somewhat convinced, and they took a free time to ask Riko Hasegawa about this matter.

Riko Hasegawa's innocent and beautiful face, who heard Honbashi Daohiro's question, turned red all of a sudden, but she still didn't speak, just looked down at her toes, and shook her head gently at the same time.

Perhaps it is the reason why Sachiko Hasegawa blows the wind in her ears all day long, and Riko Hasegawa does have a crush on Tsukasa Higashino.

But that's just the end of the hazy good feeling - she knows that Higashino Tsukasa has a girlfriend like Ryoka Konoe, and this point must not cross the line.

She is half unrequited, and she feels that she has really caused a lot of trouble for Tsukasa Higashino, so she works silently to raise the level of the animated movie "Midnight Bell".

Even Kako Mizuguchi, the voice actress who had competed with Riko Hasegawa at the beginning, couldn't help but call her and ask Riko Hasegawa to still accept some audition invitations.

After getting along in the past few months, Kako Mizuguchi didn't 'rebel' against Riko Hasegawa, but was moved by Riko Hasegawa's stupidity, and she seemed to have become Riko Hasegawa's good sister, desperately giving her advice.

The more she mixes in the entertainment industry, the more Mizuguchi Kako feels that there are really a lot of muddy waters in this industry, and people who maliciously compete put pushpins in her shoes, or call threats, or pour laxatives into the water... This kind of thing is common - it's really not easy to have a stupid friend who doesn't have much scheming - it's completely fine to say that it's completely okay to be stupid and have a black belly.

Especially when "Midnight Bell" was on fire, Kako Mizuguchi also made a special trip to turn down an audition invitation and went to Riko Hasegawa's house to celebrate her.

And this time, she didn't suppress her thoughts at all, and scolded Riko Hasegawa with a look of hatred: "Liko! You idiot! If you miss this opportunity to "Midnight Bell", it will be difficult for you to become famous again in the future! ”

Kako Mizuguchi is an industry insider, so she naturally knows that if the voice actor doesn't seize the opportunity, the fame that he finally got will slip away like a cloud, and the momentum and popularity of "Midnight Bell" can be regarded as a rare occurrence in two or three years.

I finally had this opportunity, and there was no need to let go.

She was very angry, really angry and anxious, but Riko Hasegawa just didn't let go, which made her so angry that she finally lost the sentence 'whatever you want' and didn't care about her anymore and focused on dubbing her work.

Riko Hasegawa was very apologetic to her.

But she kept her mind to herself.

Because she agreed with Tsukasa Higashino, she only dubbed Tsukasa Higashino's works.

Even now that she's famous, she doesn't plan to break that promise – it's the time to repay the favor she's been pursuing.

If there is a need on the side of Higashino Division, she will help with vocalization, singing, and dubbing, Higashino Tsukasa doesn't need her, she just helps at the sukiyaki restaurant at home, and becomes a special voice actor for Higashino Division, and she can watch Sachiko Hasegawa grow up... This kind of relatively free days are actually not bad.

Riko Hasegawa reached out to call Tsukasa Higashino to greet him and apologize for the impact of the turmoil.

But she was only halfway through her hand when her phone was already ringing.

"Higashino-sensei?"

Riko Hasegawa didn't expect Higashino Tsukasa to take the initiative to call herself, she didn't hesitate and answered the phone: "Hey? Is it Higashino-sensei? ”

"It's me." Tsukasa Higashino answered: "I called this time because I wanted to find Miss Hasegawa... I wonder if Miss Hasegawa has time now? ”

"Something looking for me...? I have, I have time. Riko Hasegawa was holding her mobile phone here and nodding her head repeatedly, not caring if Higashino Tsukasa over there could see it.

"......" Tsukasa Higashino.

Higashino Tsukasa was amused by her repeated promises, and he said happily, "Don't be in such a hurry, Miss Hasegawa... It's not that I'm looking for you this time, it's that the president of your former voice acting agency, AKB Office, wants to meet you. ”

"Huh?" Riko Hasegawa's eyes widened.

She didn't expect that her old club, who had kicked her out before, would take the initiative to visit Tsukasa Higashino.

"I'm sorry! Higashino-sensei! Sorry to bother you! ”

Riko Hasegawa hurriedly bowed her head and apologized.

Her attitude was very low, which made Higashino Tsukasa a little helpless.

"It's not that I'm causing trouble..."

Tsukasa Higashino quickly recounted what had happened and the request of the president of the AKB office to Riko Hasegawa.

At the same time, Tsukasa Higashino did not forget to say that he had nothing to do with this matter, and if Riko Hasegawa wanted to meet these two AKB office personnel, she could come over, and it was okay not to come if she didn't want to see them.

When he said this, he did not avoid the president of AKB and his secretary, and he said it in front of them, which can be regarded as a slap in the face.

But even so, the president of AKB didn't say anything, just stood by and laughed.

As a hot comic book author now, Tsukasa Higashino's single book of "Unnatural Death" has surpassed Ozawada's single book sales across the board, which is a major pillar of Urashima Publishing House, and Tsukasa Higashino has met many animation producers and even filmmakers through "Midnight Bell", and the connections in it...

Of course they had to laugh.

Tsukasa Higashino didn't say anything superfluous about their expressions, after all, the AKB dubbing agency didn't deserve sympathy.

If they hadn't wanted to let Riko Hasegawa stay in business, and they also made a special trip to smear Riko Hasegawa afterwards - there would still be a "Midnight Bell" falling into a turmoil?

Tsukasa Higashino is not only angry with Riko Hasegawa, but also has the meaning of being angry with himself.

After agreeing on a time with Riko Hasegawa, he hung up the phone.

About forty minutes later, Riko Hasegawa rushed to Higashino's house, and as soon as she saw Higashino Tsukasa, she bowed deeply: "Higashino-sensei, hello. I'm sorry to trouble you. ”

"It's not a big deal." Tsukasa Higashino smiled and waved his hand: "Miss Hasegawa, let's go and deal with your own affairs." ”

A small dubbing agency thing... To be honest, Higashino didn't care much at all, and treated them coldly, and there was no big problem at all.

And his attitude is quite personable.

If Hosokawa Koharu, the editor of Urashima Press, were here, he would probably kick them out right away - if you pull down the box office sales of "Midnight Bell", you little dubbing agency will definitely die.

Tsukasa Higashino welcomed Riko Hasegawa into the living room, and Riko Hasegawa's negotiation with AKB Office began.

In fact, this is not a reciprocal negotiation, the other party has apologized, reconciled, and beaten from the beginning, even if they were really scolded by Hasegawa Riko, they still lowered their heads in the end and would not refute anything.

But Riko Hasegawa has never been a material who likes to scold, she just made things clear very calmly, and expressed her intention that she would not return to the AKB office.

All this passed peacefully, and even the president of the AKB office, who had already prepared to be beaten and scolded and even kicked out of the door by Riko Hasegawa, was stunned.

The other side is not aggressive...

Tsukasa Higashino next to him also shook his head when he saw it.

Riko Hasegawa is still too soft-hearted, and she wants to change to Tsukasa Higashino, not to mention that it is so cruel to beat the other party out of the door, no matter what, she has to let the other party eat a few days of closed soup, and then squeeze out the other party's fat.

That's what Tsukasa Higashino thinks here, but for Riko Hasegawa... She's really dizzy right now.

Chatting with the top boss at AKB was something she hadn't thought about before.

And what changed her was just the animated movie "Midnight Bell"... All of this was brought to her by Tsukasa Higashino...

Thinking about it like this, Riko Hasegawa is even more grateful to Tsukasa Higashino.

"I see. Miss Hasegawa. Your wishes are respected on our side. The president of the AKB office breathed a sigh of relief, bowed to Riko Hasegawa again, and asked the secretary to bring a flat small box: "This is some of the thoughts of our office, although it cannot make up for the unfair treatment that Miss Hasegawa suffered in the company at the beginning, but I still hope that Miss Hasegawa can accept it." ”

The box was obviously full of money, and AKB didn't want the scandal of its own business to spread everywhere, so they wanted to use the money to stabilize Riko Hasegawa's mouth.

"It's... How good is this..."Riko Hasegawa was obviously the first time she had seen this kind of dirty adult transaction, and she had just reached out to excuse herself, but Tsukasa Higashino next to her had already spoken: "Take it, Miss Hasegawa." ”

If Riko Hasegawa doesn't accept it, the other party won't be at ease, this is a simple human sophistication, so Higashino Tsukasa took the initiative to persuade him.

"Okay..."Hearing Tsukasa Higashino say this, Riko Hasegawa obediently accepted the money.

Seeing Riko Hasegawa accept the small box, the president of the AKB office breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time turned sideways again, stretched out his hand and said to Tsukasa Higashino: "Please rest assured, Mr. Higashino, the public relations team on our side will quickly eliminate the previous bad influences, so about the Tokyo Animation Production Company..."

"It depends on how quickly your company can solve the problem." Higashino smiled and stretched out his hand to shake the other's hand.

That's it.

It took half an hour.

The main reason is that Riko Hasegawa is too easy to talk to.

"The president... That's the end of it, right? The secretary next to him looked at the president of the AKB office next to him and couldn't help but ask in a low voice.

"Of course it's not over yet." The president of the AKB office took a deep breath, and then looked at his secretary with an angry face: "Because there is a fool in the club, we have lost a promising voice actor, do you think this is the end?" ”

He's really angry.

Riko Hasegawa's performance in "Midnight Bell" is in his eyes, and he is really the kind of talented voice actor who can be trained to be the signature voice actor of the firm.

The result?

On the backhand, he was backstabbed by his own company's stupid pig and sent Riko Hasegawa out.

Fortunately, Riko Hasegawa is easy to talk to, if it were replaced by Tsukasa Higashino next to him, his blood today would be more than that box of yen.

The more the president thought about it, the more angry he became, and when he went back, he wanted to find the person who forced Riko Hasegawa to retreat in the first place.

That bastard, he would never be spared.

You have to hang it up at least a hundred times, and then you get out of the company—