Chapter 48

In the evening, the Nakamori family gathered in the living room.

"Nani?! 3 million yen?" Nakamori Akio doubted his ears, "Ake, Hō, did you get tricked into doing something illegal?"

At this moment, the Nakamori family, who did not fall into the trap of greed due to Ake's future fame, remained a united family despite occasional conflicts.

Hearing this reward, Nakamori Akio first thought that Ake and Hō might have been involved in some shady business.

"What do you mean by illegal things! Ake and Hō would never do that." Chie glared at Nakamori Akio, "It seems to be something about a design."

Nakamori Ake was a bit confused at first, but when she heard "design," she asked, "Is it the design for the hair accessory?"

Her older brother and elder sister were also curious, as they had never heard of it before: "What hair accessory?"

Hō immediately ran to her room and brought out two cat ear hair accessories.

Nakamori Akio, seeing the two black and white cat ear hair accessories, asked, "The design for this? Is it that profitable?"

Her older brother, Akihiro, clearly recognized them: "These cat ears, could they be the ones from the Wild Cats group!!!"

Then he took a closer look and exclaimed when he saw the inner circle: "These are 001 and 002!"

"The first batch of cat ears from the Wild Cats group! The first hundred are the rarest of the rare!"

This older brother was clearly a fan of CATS: "Ake-chan! Hō-chan!!! Could it be that the cat ears from the Wild Cats group were designed by you two?!!!"

"Eh? The Wild Cats group, are they famous?"

CATS had only appeared once on "Night Hit," and most of their other appearances were late-night shows. Their promotional channels were mainly focused on livehouses or nightclubs, and most of their fans were adults.

Nakamori Akihiro, holding the cat ear hair accessories, wanted to grip them tightly but didn't dare to, his breathing heavy, and his face a bit flushed.

"Ake-chan, Hō-chan... these... these cat ears..."

Ake and Hō immediately understood their brother's thoughts and snatched the cat ears: "Baka ni, don't even think about it!"

Nakamori Akihiro let out a defeated howl: "Ah... these are 001 and 002, and Ōno Mihina is only 003!!!"

The whole family laughed at this funny scene.

Elder sister Ake said, "It seems this hair accessory is indeed very popular, so the reward seems to be genuine."

Chie was still a bit worried: "They also mentioned signing a contract to avoid disputes."

Nakamori Akio also thought it was fine: "Since they are paying Ake and Hō, it shouldn't be a problem. The contract is probably to avoid future disputes."

"Akira-san seems to be a sincere person," Ake said, "And the idea was his, Ake and Hō just drew the design based on his description."

Chie was slightly reassured: "After all, it's 3 million yen. Would someone give away such a large sum of money for nothing? No one else knows that Ake and Hō designed it."

"Maybe 3 million yen is just a small amount for a rich person."

"Akira-san seems to be a wealthy person," Hō interjected, "He spent money freely the last two times we met."

Elder sister Ake also remembered: "That's true, he didn't even ask for the money to print the photos."

......

In the entertainment industry, the ones who make money are the agencies, while the lower-level artists suffer.

Some lower-level artists even rely on reimbursement for transportation expenses from their agencies to get by.

If Nakayama Naoki had debuted as a regular GG artist, he would only be earning around 100,000 yen a month.

Fortunately, both GGs were direct partners and received a share of the profits, and they had to thank the two famous songs from the future, otherwise, it would have been impossible to secure a loan of nearly 200 million yen.

......

......

On Saturday morning, Nakayama Naoki drove to the Kiyose town early.

The Nakamori family lived in this small town on the outskirts of Tokyo, not far from Kiyose Station.

The entire drive took less than an hour.

A convertible sports car is eye-catching in Tokyo, let alone in a small town, and many children gave it a long look.

Parking the car on an empty lot beside the house, Nakayama Naoki got out with a basket of fruit.

It's the first visit, so he couldn't come empty-handed.

After ringing the doorbell, an older woman opened the door.

"Nice to meet you, Mrs. Nakamori, I am Nakayama Naoki, as scheduled."

Although it was their first meeting, the four Nakamori sisters had seen him before, and this was clearly Nakamori Chie.

"Nice to meet you, but I've heard your name more than once," Chie took the fruit basket from Nakayama Naoki, "You've been too generous."

"Not at all, it's a small token of respect, please call me Naoki." He chatted while entering the entrance.

As soon as he entered the tatami room, seven pairs of eyes from the six Nakamori children and their father, Nakamori Akio, all looked at him, which surprised Nakayama Naoki.

"Ah, everyone is here..." Nakayama Naoki smiled awkwardly, "Good morning, I am Nakayama Naoki."

Ake, being the eldest, quickly helped to ease the tension: "Ha ha, Naoki-san, you were surprised, please sit down."

The other three sisters also greeted Nakayama Naoki.

Chie quickly served a cup of hot tea.

The tatami room was not large, and there was only one table. With Nakayama Naoki as an outsider, only the adults sat at the table.

Nakamori Chie introduced, "Naoki-san, this is our father, Nakamori Akio, my second brother, Nakamori Akihiro, and the third brother, Nakamori Akihisa. You already know the others."

Nakamori Akio, as the head of the family, spoke first: "Nakayama-san, I heard from my wife that Ake and Hō helped someone. Could you please explain in detail?"

"Hai, Nakamori-san," Nakayama Naoki organized his words, "Actually, it's not complicated. I happened to meet the four Nakamori daughters and learned through letters that Ake-san has a talent for drawing."

(Just ordinary drawing, where is the talent... Ake was quite embarrassed.)

"Coincidentally, the company needed to design costumes for an idol group, and I had an idea but couldn't draw it, so I asked Ake-san and Hō-san to help me draw it."

"Originally, it was just a costume accessory for a performance, but unexpectedly, many people liked it, and now a manufacturer wants to produce it."

"I made some money, and I felt it was inappropriate to only treat the creators to a meal, so I decided to offer a reward this time."

The Nakamori family listened quietly until Nakayama Naoki finished. Then Nakamori Akio continued, "To be honest, I heard from Ake and Hō that the idea was yours, and they drew it based on your description.

Logically, we don't need such a large reward. Why are you offering it now, and why do you want to sign a contract?"

"Ah, about that, the cat ear hair accessories have already been patented, so legally, there shouldn't be any issues.

However, the original design was drawn by Ake-san and Hō-san.

The Wild Cats group has great potential, and the cat ear hair accessories are closely tied to their image. The company doesn't want any disputes or blemishes in the future, so we want to formalize everything with a proper commission agreement."

In reality, Nakayama Naoki just didn't want to take advantage of the two young girls.

Initially, he had casually asked them to draw the design and treated them to a meal as a reward.

Now that the cat ear hair accessories were profitable, he felt it was unfair.

But thinking like a businessman, this could indeed be a potential dispute, and once Nakamori Ake becomes famous, there might be people who use this to gain benefits or stir up controversy.

"I see, then we understand." The straightforward benefit analysis reassured Nakamori Akio.

Chie then asked, "You mentioned giving Ake and Hō 3 million yen, is that true?"

"Hai, currently, six manufacturers have paid the patent fees, totaling 6 million yen, so we thought it would be fair to split it 50-50. If Mrs. Nakamori is not satisfied, we can discuss it further."

Nakayama Naoki continued, "However, there will be no future patent royalties, which is one of the company's bottom lines."

"Oh, I'm not unsatisfied..." Chie waved her hand, and they hadn't even considered future royalties.

......

After understanding the situation, everything went smoothly.

Nakayama Naoki had already prepared a sample contract. Both parties confirmed the reward amount, and then Ake and Hō signed it, with the parents stamping it as witnesses.

After that, Nakayama Naoki handed two brown envelopes to Ake and Hō.

"Nakamori-san, Mrs. Nakamori, since everything is settled, I won't disturb you further."

After signing the contract, Akihiro, the second son, pulled Nakayama Naoki aside and asked many questions about the Wild Cats group. After chatting for a while, he couldn't resist saying goodbye.

"Nakayama-san, would you like to stay for lunch?" Chie offered politely.

"Thank you very much, but I have some work at the company..." Mainly, eating under the gaze of eight pairs of eyes was quite stressful.

Ake and Hō said, "Naoki-san, let's go out and play again sometime~"

"Sure, of course." Nakayama Naoki looked around, "Ake-san, Hō-san, Aki-san, Akihisa-san, everyone in the Nakamori family, see you again soon."

During the formal discussion, they didn't have a chance to talk, and the young Akihisa didn't even say a word.

......

After Nakayama Naoki drove away, the Nakamori family became lively again.

Watching the car drive off, Akihisa said, "Nakayama-san is indeed a wealthy person. That kind of convertible sports car is not something an average person can afford. Do you know what he does?"

"He's a GG model, right? And he wrote a popular song?" Aki said, her memory still from the cherry blossom viewing.

Hō, who was already a good pen pal with Tsuruko, said, "Tsuruko said his brother seems to be a producer, making records."

"Eh, isn't he the manager of the Wild Cats group?" Akihiro clearly only remembered this one identity.

Nakamori Akio summarized, "He's definitely a wealthy person, otherwise, he wouldn't have offered half the reward without haggling."

Chie then said, "Ake, Hō, I'll keep this reward for you for now. You can use it when you need it in the future."

"Eh~~~" (x2)

The two young girls watched as their mother took the brown envelopes as a matter of course, unable to say anything...

"I'll double your allowance in the future."

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