The blue-white light of dawn mixed with the faint morning mist and shone on Misaki Itakura's face through the gaps in the curtains.
Perhaps her eyes sensed the light, and Misaki Itakura's eyelids trembled slightly as she gradually woke up.
Her eyes opened a crack.
After taking a few seconds to recover from the groggy state of just waking up, Misaki Itakura jumped out of bed.
She reached out and grabbed the phone placed beside her bed. After confirming the time, she took a deep breath.
"It was so close, I thought I had overslept."
The shock from earlier had left Itakura Misaki wide awake.
She turned off the alarm on her phone, then got out of bed and went to the bathroom to wash up.
Today is an extremely important day for Itakura Misaki, so she mustn't be late!
Many times in the past, I set an alarm, but it didn't seem to go off at all, and only after waking up did I realize I had overslept.
She brushed her teeth, took a shower, dried her hair with a blow dryer, and applied her makeup.
After spending over an hour doing all of this, Misaki Itakura put on a suit that still smelled of new clothes, then wrapped a scarf around her neck and left.
Where Misaki Itakura is going now is to Wonderful, Japan's largest artist management company, located in the Shibuya district.
Itakura Misaki had transferred to this artist company three months ago.
After three months of training, she finally passed the evaluation last Friday and became a new manager.
However, because there were a few months less of training compared to the colleagues who joined the company in April during the same period,
The final evaluation results for Itakura Misaki were rather reluctant.
Last Friday, a group of newly signed artists had also just completed their training with the company.
Today, Misaki Itakura will be assigned her first artist in her management career.
Of course, this is an extremely important day for Misaki Itakura, who has great aspirations for the Japanese entertainment industry.
"I will definitely make my artist famous in Japan, and then gradually become the most popular star."
"By then, maybe I can work with Miss Yoko!"
That's right.
Misaki Itakura is a huge fan of Yoko Okino.
The main reason she joined this company was because she admired Yoko Okino.
So, she followed in her idol's footsteps and entered Wonderful.
Misaki Itakura was imagining the wonderful scene of working with Yoko Okino after her artist became famous.
While greeting the company colleagues with a lively voice,
Itakura Misaki arrived at her workstation, put down her things, and then went to the bathroom.
She used the bathroom mirror to check if her makeup and clothes were suitable.
I'm about to meet my artist.
I must leave a good impression on them!
Misaki Itakura looked at the beautiful face in the mirror, which inherited the good genes from her mother.
A small regret arose in her heart.
Misaki Itakura knew, from the attitudes of her classmates and friends towards her during her school years, that she was definitely the "cute" type.
It's a pity that my talent was completely inherited from my father, a programmer.
Although I feel very comfortable doing work related to computers and digital things,
I have no talent as an artist.
That's why Misaki Itakura didn't choose to be an artist but instead moved from being a programmer to a manager.
Between the work she was good at and the work she liked, Misaki Itakura chose the latter.
Misaki Itakura smiled confidently at the mirror.
Then she turned around and returned to her workstation. The hour hand of the clock showed nine, marking the official start of a new workday.
It was also at this moment that Misaki Itakura's manager began distributing information about the artists assigned to the new managers who had passed the training.
"Thank you."
Itakura Misaki took the information from the minister's hand and thanked him softly.
After receiving the information, she hurriedly reviewed it.
She was eager to see what talents her first artist would have.
"Kyousuke Akikawa."
"Wow, he looks so handsome!"
Itakura Misaki whispered her first artist's name, and after flipping to the first page, her eyes were instantly drawn to the photo published in the upper right corner.
Although Itakura Misaki had seen more handsome guys and beauties during her three months of training than she had seen in her entire life,
She already felt a bit of aesthetic fatigue.
But after seeing the photo of the young artist with brown hair and jewel-like blue eyes in the file,
She couldn't help but marvel.
"I'm so lucky. I got such a handsome artist as a client. It looks like I'm not far from being able to work with Miss Yoko."
Itakura Misaki whispered softly.
At the same time, she eagerly turned to the second page. After the detailed introduction and evaluation of Akikawa Sousuke during the training period,
The words in her mouth were immediately caught in her throat.
"Exceptional appearance, but a little too thin."
"His singing skills are average, and he can barely dance due to his physical condition. That's why the evaluation is very poor."
"He has a brilliant mind, but his personality is introverted and gloomy. He almost never smiles, so it is speculated that his sales ability is very poor."
"His rating is only C, ranking 23rd out of 23 artists?"
Itakura Misaki looked at Akikawa Kyousuke's information and slowly opened her mouth.
"This is useless for anything other than looking good! There are so many artists like this all over Japan!!"
"How the hell did he pass the interview and evaluation to join the company?"
Itakura Misaki was extremely confused.
Artists must go through several rounds of interviews and selections before joining the company.
Only after passing through various projections can they start training as new artists.
Judging by the reviews, most of Akikawa Kyousuke's skills as an artist are well below average,
so Itakura Misaki was greatly confused about how Akikawa Kyousuke made it into Wonderful.
Then, after seeing the "SG" logo written on Akikawa Kyousuke's profile, she immediately covered her cheeks with helplessness.
"He was actually recruited by a talent scout."
The so-called SG stands for "Sugato Group," which means artists who were directly recruited by talent scouts.
This type of artist can sign directly with the company to become an artist and receive training without going through screening or evaluation.
The vast majority of artists are called "Original Group," or "OG" for short, and are artists who have been selected and signed through layers of selection.
Needless to say, about the quality.
Definitely, the latter is stronger.
Just when Misaki Itakura thought with tears in her heart that her career as a manager might have ended even before it started,
She suddenly heard a somewhat gloomy voice beside her:
"Is this Ms. Itakura? It's the first time we meet. I'm Kyousuke Akikawa."
(End of chapter)