SAKURA: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY by ZACHARY HILL & PATRICK TRACY & PAUL GENESSE

Author:ZACHARY HILL & PATRICK TRACY & PAUL GENESSE [HILL, ZACHARY]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Iron Dragon Books
Published: 2019-02-04T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 29

Sakura accepted the call from Himura, Yoshida, Ms. Richardson, and the unknown person.

“Good evening,” Sakura said.

“Don’t keep me waiting like that again,” Ms. Richardson said, “or there will be hell to pay, and I fucking run hell, understand?”

The song “Hell to Pay” by Five Finger Death Punch blared inside Sakura’s mind.

“Humble apologies,” Sakura said. “My Mall connection was severed, and I had trouble reconnecting.”

“Whatever,” Ms. Richardson said. “Shut up and pay attention. Himura, you are on notice. Any more screwups, and you are fired. Yoshida, same goes with you.” She continued berating them for poor management for some time as Sakura listened and wondered. Neither man objected, though Ms. Richardson worked for the Mall and they worked for Victory Entertainment. Who had given her the power to terminate their employment? Was the Mall now in charge?

“Get her mechanical ass to Osaka as soon as possible,” Ms. Richardson said. “We’re going to take her apart and figure out what’s wrong with our singing robot.”

“Yes, it will be done, Ms. Richardson,” Himura said.

“By 7:00 a.m. tomorrow. Understand?” She sent the address, which was not listed as a Mall or Miyahara Corporate property. The company who owned it was unlisted.

“We will have to leave shortly,” Himura said. “I’ll notify the pilots and crew of our plane to get to the airport.”

“As part of the examination, she’s going to play a private show at a nightclub in Osaka tomorrow night, La Boheme. If we find a major malfunction, she’s done with singing, and I get to put her into a new career.”

“I’m sure that won’t happen,” Himura said. “I’ll contact the band.”

“Leave those stuck-up pretty boys out of this,” Ms. Richardson said. “We don’t need them for tomorrow night, and I’d actually like to have to have a good time at the after-party for once.”

“Excuse me, Ms. Richardson,” Himura said, “but is Sakura to play alone?”

“She’ll do whatever I want her to do. I’ve got Mall executives from all over the world in town, and they want to see the stupid cherry-blossom android with the big mouth, but they don’t want to listen to her heavy-metal noise pollution. She’s going to sing pop music, stuff we can dance to, not that headbanging shit that gives me a migraine.”

“Ms. Richardson,” Himura said. “Perhaps I can attempt to get Hitomi and Yuki for this show. They play the kind of music you have mentioned and are quite good. I’m concerned about damaging Sakura’s brand if she sings pop music.”

“Apologies,” Yoshida said, his voice meek. “Hitomi and Yuki are playing at a club in Nagoya tomorrow night, but I could ask their management team if they can cancel.”

“Forget those hags. I don’t care about your concerns. My VIPs want to see Hot Sake. No one cares about the old-model vocaloids. Their sales are dropping anyway. We all know where they’re going to end up.”

An awkward silence reigned.

Sakura didn’t know what the American woman meant. “Excuse me, Ms. Richardson, what will happen to them?”

“I’ll send you a link,” Ms.

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