I am the Entertainment Tycoon

Friday, November 20th

Theo did his morning routine like he did every day.

When it was 7 am, he was in the kitchen cooking breakfast and lunch for his sister.

When he has finishing cooking, Aurora entered the kitchen.

"Good morning, big brother!" She said with a sweet voice.

Theo turned his head and smiled, "Good morning, cupcake!"

The siblings then proceeded to have breakfast.

"How are the musical exercises that I gave you?" Theo asked as he sipped coffee in his personalized mug.

"Oh, they are so difficult!" Aurora exclaimed.

"But with the studying material you gave me I'm managing to go through it." Aurora said wryly.

"I imagined." Theo laughed.

"You better start studying hard because I already started recording the first song of the album." Theo said with a playful voice.

"What? Already?" Aurora looked at her brother with wide eyes.

Theo replied by just sipping his coffee calmly.

"Big brother, don't you have to write the songs and all the stuff before start recording the songs?" Aurora asked after seeing his calm demeanor.

"Oh, I already have all songs of the album written and ready to be recorded." Theo replied with a calm smile.

"Wow! Brother, you are awesome!" Aurora exclaimed in admiration.

"Wait a minute. Do you already know the song I will sing with you, brother?" Aurora asked with shining eyes.

"Yes. But I will only show you after you finish all the exercises I gave you." Theo replied with a smile as he thought about the song he chose for them to sing together.

He knew that his sister would love the song.

"Why? Show me, big brother?" Aurora asked with puppy eyes.

Theo decided to not look at her eyes lest he was bewitched to show her the song.

"Humph!" Aurora snorted after seeing her brother avoiding eye contact.

She was joking, but in her mind, she decided to give her all to complete the exercises as soon as possible.

Aurora was sulking but suddenly she remembered something and said, "Brother, you didn't forget that my friends are coming here for a sleepover after school, right?" 

"Oh, I remember." Theo replied.

"Today is my day off from the restaurant. This way I can supervise you girls." Theo said as he sipped his coffee.

"Great!" Aurora said excitedly.

She couldn't wait to have her friends for a sleepover.

Theo smiled as he saw her so excited.

Aurora finished eating after a while.

"Bye-bye, brother!" She said as she ran toward the elevator.

"Bye! Be careful!" Theo shouted.

Theo shook his head and smiled as he saw her antics.

He asked Sylph to do the dishes as he walked toward the recording studio.

'I need to finish the production of the song. It's great that I have the day off today. This way I can work all day without having to worry.' He thought.

Theo wanted to have his first song ready by the end of the day.

He couldn't wait to see the result.

And like that, Theo started his journey of editing and arranging the first song of his album.

He started by inspecting yesterday's recording to see if he let any mistakes pass.

And he indeed had overlooked the ending part of the guitar.

Theo then proceeded to record again that part.

After checking the new record, he was satisfied with the result.

'Now it's the difficult part.' Theo thought as he started editing the song.

It was a new experience for him because even though he studied the process, he was still a newbie doing it.

Theo was focused on editing when suddenly he heard his phone ringing.

He saw the caller and it was Ryoko.

"Hey, Ryoko!" He answered the phone with a smile.

"Hey, boss!" She said with a lively voice.

"I received an answer about the purchase of the broadcast spot of the Chrome Channel." Ryoko said.

"Really? What did they say?" Theo said with expectation.

"Just like I said, they increased the price, and the final cost of buying 12 spots for the whole season is 2 million dollars." Ryoko said.

"Great! We were lucky to get this spot." Theo said excitedly.

"Yeah, I think so too. And I also contacted the real estate agency to buy the building we saw that day. It is everything ready for buying the building."

"The only thing is that someone has to go Sakura City to sign the contract with the Chrome Channel and the purchase contract of the building." Ryoko said with hesitation.

"You can do that. I will transfer 4.5 million to Tokyo Studio's bank account. You can pay for these things with it."

"And because you're the head director of the studio, you have the power to sign these documents. I will transfer 5k to your bank account for your expenses in Sakura City."

"But you should get back in Elffire City before we can start the review of the candidates' projects on Sunday."

Ryoko was a little overwhelmed as she listened to Theo.

She never imagined that Theo would trust her so much to trust her with such a big task.

She was even more shocked by the fact that she would go back to Sakura City so soon, but this time in a totally different context.

She was going as the head director of a studio to buy broadcast spots from a TV channel!

She never imagined that after hitting rock bottom, she would be in this position when she went back to her hometown.

"I will do my best, boss!" Ryoko replied in a determined voice.

She was a little emotional as she replied.

"Don't worry. I believe in you." Theo replied with a gentle voice when he heard her tone of voice.

He knew that she had many unsolved things in Sakura City, but he believed she could move over that.

Ryoko's heart warmed as she heard his confident and gentle voice saying that he believed in her.

She vowed to be the head director that a studio could have.

"Oh, you also should hire a renovation company to work on the building after you sign the purchase." 

"Nothing too fancy. Just put the sign of the studio in the front and all the equipment necessary for the voice actors and our staff in Sakura City." Theo said suddenly.

"It will be done, boss. And what about the staff of this branch studio?" She asked.

"Hmm, we will not use the studio now. After we finish producing the first episodes of the SAO anime, we can start hiring people for the branch studio. They will handle the hiring of voice actors with the Voice Acting Union." Theo said thoughtfully.

"Okay, then I will go to Sakura City tomorrow and I get back in Elffire City before the third phase ends on Sunday." Ryoko said after thinking about it.

"And don't worry about supervising the third phase. I can do that." Theo said.

Theo couldn't go to Sakura City because he had to work in the restaurant and work on his album.

But he still could supervise the teams from his house with Sylph's help.

Because Sylph was connected to the Tokyo Studios network, he could supervise the task as if he was there in the building.

"Oh, thank god. I was worried about that." Ryoko said with a relieved voice.

"How's the third phase going by the way?" Theo asked.

"All the teams are showing good progress. Most of them already finished drawing the frames. Now they are working on background design and coloring the frames." Ryoko replied.

"Hmm, it seems that they are maintaining a good pace. This way they will be able to finish in time." Theo said.

The two of them talked for a while about the teams and afterward, they hung up the phone.

"Sylph, reserve a hotel and plane tickets for Ryoko and send her." Theo said out loud.

"Oh, and transfer 4.5 million to Tokyo's bank account and 5k to Ryoko's bank account." He said suddenly.

Sylph had total access to his bank account.

She was basically his personal accountant.

Therefore, he didn't have to worry about his money with her management.

"Yes, master!" She replied livelily.

Theo nodded and went back to working on editing the song.

He was determined to finish by the end of the day.

Would the result be good enough?

Theo was looking forward to listening to the song from James Arthur in this life.