"If you really threaten me, then I guess I misjudged you."
Miyako walked into the house, went straight to the refrigerator, opened it, and took out a carton of milk.
"If I had even a hint of ill intent, you would…" Hiko wasn't good at dealing with women like Miyako, who had such an indifferent attitude.
"Come here." Miyako walked over to the sofa, sat down, and patted the spot next to her. "What ill intent? What do you want to do? Tell me, maybe I can help you~"
The feeling of being teased was truly unpleasant.
Hiko didn't dare speak carelessly, fearing that she might do something shocking, so he could only change the subject: "Aren't you supposed to be teaching? Why did you come empty-handed? And you came to my house without bringing anything, then took a drink from my fridge. That's really too much."
"If you think I'm too much, then I won't teach you. I'm sure I can explain the situation to Ichigo, and he won't blame me," Miyako said brazenly, even sitting with her legs crossed, holding a straw and poking it into the carton, looking utterly arrogant.
"Which means you knew in advance that I was the only one home. That's why you're so arrogant." Hiko really couldn't understand why Miyako thought he was easy to bully.
Although in their conversations, he had always been at a disadvantage.
After all, he wasn't good at dealing with women, especially older ones.
"If there were other people at my house, you wouldn't be like this." Hiko couldn't help but sigh.
His parents were both busy, constantly on business trips, and went on vacation whenever they had free time. They rarely paid attention to Hiko.
It was precisely because of his unreliable parents that he didn't feel so awkward. And when others were present, Miyako always acted like a virtuous wife and loving mother. He always felt that she was so unrestrained in front of him because he was good-looking.
"Alright, I'm done teasing you." Miyako drank half a carton of milk through the straw, then said seriously, "Since you want to learn, I'll teach you. The most important qualities for a manager are vision and negotiation."
"Since the artist you're responsible for has limited time, vision is an indispensable ability. A good work can make the participating artist's value skyrocket. Therefore, in the future, you need to read a large number of works as a foundation to broaden your horizons, and then find the most potential work from newly released ones…"
Miyako got into the zone, explaining the most basic concepts: "Vision is important, but negotiation is the most crucial."
"Because if you have vision, you can see which work will be a hit. But if you can't get an acting slot from the director for your artist, then that manager is quite a failure."
"Although most managers can't even get work for their artists…"
Hiko could only passively receive the information being poured in, because she spoke a bit fast, and there were no textbooks or references, which made it difficult for him to verify whether there were any issues with this knowledge.
After Miyako spoke for a long time, she asked Hiko, "Don't be shy, ask if there's anything you don't understand."
"I think you're getting off-topic." As Hiko listened, he felt like Miyako was just complaining about others.
"Cough, cough. Alright, let's get back to the main topic. I brought some materials."
Miyako coughed awkwardly a few times, then took out a USB drive from her pocket. She walked to the computer, inserted the USB drive into the port, and turned on the computer.
She skillfully opened the storage location of the removable disk and found a graphic document.
After clicking it, the following information popped up:
Psychology, behavioral psychology, criminal psychology, child psychology… In short, various analytical content, covering all aspects of interpreting a person.
Thus achieving the effect of mind-reading.
If one could understand the thoughts of directors and investors, negotiations would surely be twice as effective with half the effort.
"Does a manager really need to learn so much?" Hiko asked Miyako.
"Of course. A manager not only has to get work for artists but also has to help them with emotional and psychological issues."
"So, being a manager is a very tough job. Why don't you just give up? Wouldn't it be great to sleep in on holidays?" Miyako wasn't particularly eager to spend energy on educating Saito Hiko, even though he was indeed pleasant to look at and intelligent.
But teaching people was really too troublesome; it required lesson planning.
She wasn't a real teacher, after all.
"Of course I know how relaxing it is to play at home on a day off, but if I don't work hard now, I'll regret it later," Hiko said with conviction.
"I spoke too much." Miyako stopped chatting with Hiko and immediately pulled up various documents to begin explaining.
Hiko also focused on learning.
Time passed quickly.
Hiko finished his studies for the day and called the president to ask about Ai's condition.
Ichigo said everything was normal.
Thus, the two practiced and studied, and nothing happened even on the weekend.
…
Days passed one by one.
Since that day, Ai had dedicated herself wholeheartedly to practice, which led to less communication between the two, but their relationship did not break down; they still had a very good relationship.
Because Hiko also needed to study.
Every day after school, he always spent some time helping Ai with homework and reviewing. As soon as he finished reviewing, he didn't have much time to think. He went home alone, receiving knowledge about management from Miyako.
Therefore, after they both became busy, their communication became about their respective fields or sharing newly learned knowledge.
This also led to Saito Hiko passively acquiring a lot of knowledge from Hoshino Ai.
Ordinary daily life thus faded away.
Soon it was time for the final exams.
Because Hiko taught Ai every day after class, her grades in all subjects were slightly above the passing line.
Hiko was not satisfied with this result.
However, considering that Ai had just transferred, he felt relieved.
Raising failing scores in one month was actually pretty good.
It was a pity that Ai's memory wasn't good; otherwise, she would definitely have gotten higher scores.
"Phew, finally on vacation." Ai and Hiko went to Ichigo-Pro together.
"Yes, finally on vacation." The first thing Hiko did after the vacation started was check the date.
But today was the day he had a bet with Ichigo about a month later; it was supposed to be his turn to train Ai.
The president hadn't brought it up yesterday, which left him no choice but to come today to discuss this matter with the president.
It was also spring break now.
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