Even Duanmu Huai thought it wouldn’t be surprising if Arima Kana died from overwork on set.
"You aren’t a rookie anymore; you don’t need to rush to every gig. Even if there’s a need to work, you can’t just take on everything."
These words could only be said by Duanmu Huai. After all, this was sothing Arima Kana’s agent should handle, but if the artist herself was so hard-working, her agent wouldn’t douse her enthusiasm. If the agent rejected the gigs Arima Kana wanted to do, she’d definitely get into a fight with the agent.
This kind of thing, no other artist could say to Arima Kana, otherwise it would seem like they were snatching work.
But Duanmu Huai was not worried about this, since he only shot one film a year. Arima Kana working less didn’t an Duanmu Huai would work more. Plus, Duanmu Huai had his own credibility, and what he said, Arima Kana would seriously consider.
"Hmm...... really, I hadn’t thought about it. Perhaps I should reconsider this issue......"
Arima Kana crossed her arms, frowned, and went off to ponder deeply. Hei Chuan Chi Yin, anwhile, brushed past her, ca over, and sat by Duanmu Huai, looking at him curiously.
"So Ai, what kind of invitations are you planning to accept?"
"Let think...... preferably roles that are easy-going, where I can visit scenic spots, don’t have many lines, take longer to shoot, and earn more money..."
"...... Ah ah ah ah stop it, I don’t want to hear it ah ah ah ah!"
Distantly ca the lant of a defeated soul; better to act like nothing was heard.
After all, for most actors, having roles is good enough; to pick and choose like Duanmu Huai is truly rare.
Of course, it’s because he’s the movie investor; in Japan’s film industry, investors hold the biggest power.
Actually, many of the jobs Arima Kana and Hei Chuan Chi Yin take are due to this relationship — investnt in films, TV dramas, and variety shows from Duanmu Huai’s company, while saying please take good care of our i PRO Office artists.
Yes, that’s enough, without even naming nas. Any crew with a bit of sense knows what to do.
Hei Chuan Chi Yin’s work is quite normal, but Arima Kana has taken on too much, so Duanmu Huai needed to wake her up.
After all, she’s still his artist, and an actor’s career isn’t like an idol’s, it can last their entire life, so can’t let her burn out.
"Ai, I’ll probably finish work by seven today; do you want to grab dinner together?"
This was when Hei Chuan Chi Yin ca over, eyes shining, and asked.
"These days, let’s put it off; I want to solve this issue first."
Duanmu Huai said as he pointed at the box in front of him. He wasn’t against going out for dinner with Hei Chuan Chi Yin; dining out can be quite fun. But Duanmu Huai tends to resolve current issues first, then enjoy leisurely; since work invitations were coming in now, deciding first was paramount.
"Alright then, let’s discuss it in a few days."
Hei Chuan Chi Yin obediently listened, packed up, and left; soon others went out from the office to start their day’s work. anwhile, Duanmu Huai lay on the sofa, snacking on desserts, flipping through the invitations.
Just then, the office’s door opened again.
"Good morning."
"Yo, Mai, you’re here."
Duanmu Huai waved his hand towards Sakurajima Mai.
"You’re a bit late today."
"I’m off today, just wanted to co by and have a look."
Sakurajima Mai walked into the office, glanced around.
"Where are the others?"
"Busy with work."
"Perfect."
Sakurajima Mai sat next to Duanmu Huai, took out her phone, and showed it to him.
"Take a look at this."
"What’s this? So kind of scandal or rumor?"
Curious, Duanmu Huai looked at the content on the phone, but surprisingly, it wasn’t a rumor or scandal; Mai was showing him an urban legend.
"...... Puberty Syndro?"
"That’s right."
"You’re interested in urban legends?"
"No."
Sakurajima Mai shook her head.
"Look more closely."
"Hmm, let see...... Puberty Syndro refers to inexplicable special events occurring to adolescents...... huh?"
He paused, looking at Sakurajima Mai.
"Are you saying your previous strange incident was Puberty Syndro?"
"That’s right."
Sakurajima Mai nodded.
"Though, thanks to you, my symptoms have disappeared, I fundantally don’t understand why such weird circumstances happened to . True, I had worries, I even wished to vanish from the world at that ti. But, there are more people with similar anxieties, so why did this happen just to ?"
"Indeed, that’s a very interesting question."
Duanmu Huai set down the invitation in his hand, squinted at the ssage board on the phone, the "Puberty Syndro" section with various cases, including ones like "hearing others’ thoughts," "seeing soone’s future," or "swapping personalities with soone" everywhere.
Sakurajima Mai was also right; in the world, many people have similar questions as her, so why was it only she developed these symptoms?
Or perhaps......
"Others have also developed symptoms, but since I haven’t observed them, they simply vanished from the world."
"........."
Sakurajima Mai shuddered slightly.
"If it’s really like this, then the world is too terrifying."
For Sakurajima Mai, this was not just so online fantasy tale, but actual reality. If Duanmu Huai hadn’t noticed her, Sakurajima Mai might have vanished from the world completely; at that ti, she wouldn’t even appear on missing persons lists, because in this world, Sakurajima Mai had never existence.
Just thinking about this gave Sakurajima Mai chills.
"Interesting."
In contrast to Sakurajima Mai, Duanmu Huai was full of intrigue.
"Seems this thing is worth investigating."
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