My Tokyo Celebrity Girlfriend Is Love-Struck, What Should I Do? - Chapter 24

Is There More?

“I heard from Asuka-chan that Kimura-kun is filming a movie??” Amemiya’s gaze shifted from Asuka and landed on Kimura, who was sitting across from her.

“Yes… but, it can’t exactly be called a movie for now,” Kimura shook his head. “It’s just a graduation project after modifying the movie script.”

“What are your plans for the future of the work?” Amemiya inquired.

“I’ll upload the graduation project to the competition section of the T-Station Film Festival. If it can win an award, there should be a chance to secure investment,” replied Kimura.

This approach is not uncommon. 

Many directors, before becoming famous, turn their creative ideas into short films and submit them to short film competitions or film festivals. 

By achieving results in the competition, they can secure the initial investment for making a film.

After all, for newcomers, the best way to prove the quality of a script is by winning an award. 

Capital rarely invests solely because a new director’s script is good, except for those with backgrounds…

“Can I take a look at Kimura-kun’s script?” Amemiya asked.

“Sure.”

Kimura brought the black backpack beside him and took out the latest modified script, placing it on the table.

“Thank you.”

Amemiya picked up the script.

“Um, Amemiya-san,” Kimura called out.

“Yes?”

“I don’t know how much compensation Amemiya-san would require if she were to act in it…”

Amemiya hesitated, and her eyes turned to the quietly seated Asuka by Kimura’s side.

“Didn’t you discuss it with him, Asuka-chan?” 

Asuka shook her head, tugging at the hem of Kimura’s clothes.

“Hayata-chan, Nao-chan’s compensation can be set at the minimum hourly wage,” she said.

“Huh? But Amemiya-san’s agency…”

“Nao-chan’s agency is very small, and the most famous artist under the agency is Nao-chan. So, the agency often follows Nao-chan’s arrangements.”

Kimura suddenly understood.

Tokyo has many entertainment agencies, ranging from large ones like the Galaxy Agency, where Asuka used to be, with hundreds or thousands of artists under their banner, to small agencies with only a few artists.

Amemiya’s situation seemed to be the latter.

In cases like these, where a small agency nurtures an artist and becomes heavily reliant on them, they tend to be extremely careful, fearing that the artist might be dissatisfied and breach the contract.

But why would Amemiya be willing to act for a low salary?

Kimura turned to look at Asuka, who was sitting obediently on the side.

Their eyes met.

Asuka’s eyes gently curved, and a beautiful smile graced her lips.

It was indeed Asuka.

In an instant, Kimura understood everything.

No wonder Asuka wanted to meet with Amemiya beforehand; she probably had a plan all along.

“Cough, cough.”

Watching the two people across the coffee table exchanging glances, Amemiya cleared her throat softly.

A rosy blush appeared on Asuka’s cheeks.

“Kimura-kun, are you planning to shoot a pure love movie?” Amemiya raised her head, looking somewhat surprised.

“Yeah,” Kimura nodded.

“Even so, Kimura-kun, you should know that pure love movies are quite niche in the Japanese industry, right?” Amemiya furrowed her eyebrows.

“Yeah,” Kimura nodded again.

“Despite that, you still want to shoot a pure love-themed film?” Amemiya couldn’t understand.

“I do,” Kimura affirmed. 

After a brief pause, he added, “Since not many people are making them, it might be easier to achieve some success if we manage to produce something.”

Achieving success…

Amemiya couldn’t help but chuckle. 

For so many years, there had been several pure love films released annually in the industry. 

However, they consistently failed, often not even breaking even. 

Some of them were directed by well-known figures in the industry. 

The fact that this young man before her claimed he wanted to achieve success was indeed…

“Do you feel the same way, Asuka-chan?” Amemiya set the script aside.

She didn’t believe that Asuka was unaware of this. 

As someone with years of experience in the entertainment industry and such fame, Asuka must know that what she said was true. But who knew?

Asuka, however, gently shook her head, her expression serious. “Nao-chan, the script Hayata-chan wrote is really great. I think… Hayata-chan’s reasoning makes a lot of sense.”

“…”

Amemiya’s mouth slightly agape, she felt an inexplicable sense of frustration.

He’s drawing such big dreams for a young girl like you!

Oh no, Asuka-chan has completely fallen under this man’s spell.

“Amemiya-san, why not take a look at how the script is written?” Kimura pointed to the script in her hands.

A pure love theme…

Even without reading it, she could guess the clichés involved.

Thinking about it, Amemiya decided to finish reading the script, feeling the expectant gaze from Asuka.

Recalling how Asuka had praised the script written by Kimura, she decided to go through with it.

“Okay.”

Amemiya didn’t say much, just hoping to finish reading the script quickly and then refute Kimura’s statement.

She reached out to flip through the pages of the script.

【A girl who is beautiful but should have no meaning to me said to me, 

‘I can date you, but I have three conditions.

First, we can’t talk to each other before school ends.

Second, the content of our communication should be as concise as possible.

The last one is, you must not really fall for me. Can you do it?’】

【…】

Amemiya furrowed her brow as she flipped through the script in her hands.

Initially, Amemiya turned the pages swiftly.

However.

Not long after, Amemiya’s tightly furrowed brow involuntarily relaxed.

The speed of flipping through the pages also slowed down.

In the end, Amemiya spread the script on the coffee table, fingers pressing against the text.

Reading line by line.

Observing this, Kimura lowered his head to whisper a few words in Asuka’s ear.

Asuka’s charming face nodded lightly.

She got up, filled the cups on the table with water, and then walked into the kitchen to prepare ingredients for the evening meal.

……

As the night gradually enveloped the entirety of Tokyo, neon lights on distant skyscrapers flickered outside the window of the rental apartment.

Inside, Kimura took out a piece of paper from his backpack and began listing the upcoming plans.

On the opposite side, Amemiya leaned forward, attentively flipping through the script.

Amemiya, who started reading later, was quite slow, taking almost several minutes to turn a page.

In the kitchen, Asuka prepared the evening meal for the three. Her lips curved with a smile.

As expected, just as Hayata-chan said, Nao-chan would stay here for dinner.

After an unknown amount of time, Amemiya, with a vacant look in her eyes, put down the script, her eye sockets slightly swollen.

Kimura looked up at the sound and smiled, “How about it, Amemiya-san?”

Amemiya gradually returned to reality, forcefully swallowing a gulp.

“Kimura-kun, is this script, after revisions, the only one you have?”

“Huh?” Kimura was taken aback. He didn’t expect Amemiya’s first question after reading to be this.

“Well, I do have another one… Are you planning to take on the role?”

“I am!” Amemiya answered almost without any hesitation.

“Good.” Then, to Amemiya’s astonished gaze, Kimura pulled out a contract from his backpack and handed it over.

“If that’s the case… Amemiya-san, go ahead and sign this contract.”

“???”