Meanwhile, the conference room at Kowa Sports Marketing carries the stale weight of a meeting that has stretched far longer than intended.
Empty coffee cups sit near scattered proposal sheets, and the projector screen still displays the sponsorship tier chart with several revised numbers highlighted in red.
Mihara exhales slowly as he adjusts his glasses. "I understand your ambition," he says evenly, "but forty-five million yen remains an aggressive target. Our current pipeline does not support that ceiling."
They have already gone through the arguments repeatedly. Kowa has warned about market resistance, sponsor hesitation, and regional limitations. Nakahara has clarified the scale of the event.
Kurogane has recalculated margins more than once. And the discussion has circled back to the same number every time.
