Chapter 46: Not Innocent Child

"Mr. Kiryu, what's wrong?"

When he found that Nanaya was looking at him, Tamari looked like a good boy.

Nanaya turned his head away: "No, nothing."

"oh."

Tamari didn't know that he was labeled as a pervert in Nanaya's mind. He looked around anxiously, and soon he saw the person he was looking for.

"Hey! Sada-senpai!"

Tamarishi shouted as he waved to the right in the corridor.

"Ah, Tamari. Long time no see. You are still as energetic as ever."

A bearded man came over. He looked a little depressed and as if he had not woken up yet.

"You must be Director Kiryu, hello, my name is Sada."

"Ah, I'm Nanaya Kiryu."

Nanaya first exchanged business cards with the other party, and then immediately asked: "Mr. Sada, I heard that you are Tamari's predecessor and the agent of the child star in your agency, right?"

"Yes." Sada said, scratching his short spiky hair. "I've heard from Tamari that you want some child actors, right?"

Nanaya nodded: "Yes, my new work is a TV series. Because the protagonist is an elementary school student, I need several child actors."

Sada asked as he looked through his phone, "So what's the exact number?"

"One female second role, four supporting roles, and as for the extras, I need..."

Nanaya didn't finish his words because a few children came over from the end of the corridor.

"Mr. Sada, we are ready!"

The leading boy waved to Sada, and the other children followed suit and smiled innocently.

"Oh, are these the child actors trained by our seniors?!"

Tamari suddenly became very excited and took the initiative to step forward and greet the children.

"Hello!"

"Hello, uncle~"

Several children responded sweetly.

Tamari, who was melted by the cuteness of the children, grabbed Nanaya's hand and shouted, "Great! Kiryu-san, you're a child star!"

Nanaya pushed him away with a look of disgust: "I get it, you better be careful, don't expect me to bail you out when you are taken away by the police."

"This kid is still the same, so naive."

When Sada saw Tamari's look, he showed a helpless expression.

"Was he like this before?" Nanaya was very curious about what Sada said.

"Yeah, this guy always thinks that everything shown to the outside world in the circle is true." Sada complained while watching Tamari playing with the children, "I thought he would learn a little more after what happened with that woman."

"What do you mean?" Nanaya noticed that the other party seemed to be hinting at something.

"He always thinks the best of people, so he helped people count the money even after being sold out." Sada snorted. "Everyone in the company knew that Adachi was a troublemaker, but he was the only one who took pity on her and approached her. In the end, he even lost his job. If you hadn't taken him in, he would probably have gone begging under the overpass."

[Say this earlier! What's the point of whipping that woman's corpse now! ]

Nanaya pinched his brows. If he had known this news earlier, he wouldn't have been in such a mess.

"Come to think of it, does Director Kiryu know about this?" Sada seemed to have thought of something, "A child from the entertainment industry."

"I've heard a little bit about it." Nanaya's expression became complicated. He had indeed heard some bad rumors.

"Hey, big brother, is he the casting director?"

Just at this moment, I don't know which child asked this question.

Tamari said a little embarrassedly: "Ah~ I'm just the studio's agent."

Seeing the disappointed expressions on the children's faces, Tamari hurriedly introduced Nanaya to the children present.

"Everyone, this big brother is the director who will audition you later. He just finished filming his first movie..."

In an instant, the smiles disappeared from all the children's faces.

The entire corridor suddenly became quiet, as if even the temperature had dropped several degrees.

"Why did it suddenly get cold?"

Shonan, who was squatting in the corner playing games, couldn't help but shudder.

"What? You're a newcomer."

After a long time, the leading child said disappointedly.

[This little devil! ]

Although Nanaya still maintained a smile on the surface, he was cursing in his heart.

Although he had heard that the youngsters in the entertainment industry were very realistic, he never expected them to be so realistic. After hearing that he was a newcomer, he immediately changed his expression.

In fact, if the person Nanaya brought here today was not Shonan, the weird uncle who played games secretly, but Ryougi Ori, who has already made a name for herself in the entertainment industry, perhaps the attitudes of these children would have changed differently.

After all, compared to Nanaya who rarely appears in public, Ori is now the most popular female star in Japan. Her popularity even overshadows the most popular female star in Japan in the first half of the year, Matsushima Nanako. Especially during this period, the posters of Ryougi Shiki played by Ori were posted everywhere in Japan. Nanaya believed that those kids who often pay attention to the entertainment industry would definitely recognize that face.

It's a pity that there is no "if" in this world, because these little ghosts don't know Nanaya, and in their minds, new directors are representatives of no fame, so these little ghosts directly revealed their true colors in front of Nanaya, and Nanaya has already sentenced these little ghosts to death.

Nanaya once heard his teacher Hanai Ryuichi talk about the three realms of child stars.

The first level is the truly innocent type, and they are the actors who can best show the pure side of children to the audience. However, such children are usually just ordinary children except for their better looks. They and animals can be said to be the most unstable factors on the set, and various accidents are prone to occur.

The second level is the group of little kids in front of us. They know that they are different from ordinary children, or maybe because of their family education, these children will behave very maturely and will not make all kinds of troubles like those children. Such children will make the crew members feel a lot more relaxed. However, it is precisely because these children are too mature and because of time constraints, they cannot hone their acting skills properly, which leads to them looking like little adults in front of the camera.

It is difficult for such children to please the audience, because in the audience's minds, children should be pure and flawless. These overly smart children are difficult to touch the audience's cute spots.

The third level is the ultimate enhanced version of child stars. These children have excellent acting skills and can show a very cute side in front of the camera, but at the same time they are also very smart and obedient and will not cause trouble to other crew members. However, there are too few such child stars. So far, Nanaya has only seen this potential in Illya.

"What's wrong? Are you unconvinced?"

The leading kid crossed his arms and said in a teaching tone, "Mr. Director, you have to know that most of us child stars find it difficult to continue in this circle after we grow up. So we are using our only capital in a lifetime to exchange for a lifetime of happiness. So our time is very precious. Newcomers like you who can't give us good resources are wasting our lives, don't you understand?"

[Instead of giving you a lifetime of happiness, why don't you just say you want to exchange your youth for money? Don't worry, I won't discriminate against you, because the gigolos in Ginza think the same way. ]

Nanaya repeated to himself countless times "Don't argue with that naughty kid" before he suppressed his anger.

Sada also noticed that Nanaya's expression was not right, so he bent down and tapped the kid on the forehead.

"You kids, being too sophisticated won't leave a good impression on the producers." Sada pinched his chin and advised his kids, "You guys, if you want to get a good job, at least act like normal kids. The producers need kids who are innocent in front of the camera, not calculating kids like you."

"Tsk, got it. Let's go, this job doesn't look that good."

The leading kid pouted unhappily, and he led his companions away.

"I'm sorry, Director Kiryu, these kids are a bit too much. It seems that they are not suitable. I will change a group later..."

When Sada looked up, he was frightened by the expression on Nanaya's face.

"It's okay, Mr. Sada." Although Nanaya had a smile on his face, his body was full of dark energy. "I want all these children. Anyway, I have plenty of extras. Hehehe..."

[You little brats who look down on me, all of you should go play minor roles in TV dramas! I believe you will definitely meet the big projects you want! ]

Just as Nanaya was laughing like a barbell, he suddenly felt someone pulling at the corner of his clothes.

"Um?"

Nanaya lowered his head and found that it was a little loli among those children.

This little girl, who looked about the same age as Illya, did not leave with the others. Instead, she blushed and grabbed the corner of Nanaya's clothes embarrassedly.

"Um... Mr. Director." The shy girl mustered up her courage and said to Nanaya with all her strength, "Can you take me?"