Casting announced, and Bree and Jonah are ready to voice the radio drama. Would you be providing any form of compensation for it?

Not for the radio drama, since it wont be sold, and it wont be requiring a lot of them
Would you know how long it's going to be already?

About 10 minutes
Can't wait to see the animation!

Me neither! Please ask Jonah if he has Facebook or skype
I'm sorry, but like I said, we don't give that information out. D: Would you want me to forward him a message?

That's what I alaedy asked you to do

Ask Jonah if he has facebook or skype

And you said you'd do it
Already did, thenYes he does

Please forward to me^^
Sorry, but we're not allowed to. D:

If he's okay with you giving it to me, you still can't?
It's company protocol.

WEll this is ridiculous

Why are you even asking on my behalf, if you just aren't going to give it to me anyway

Tell him to add me, then

Reon.Merryweather
Reon, what I'm trying to say here is that we're a middleman company. We act as the messenger of the client and the talent. If you have any concerns, please message me, and I'll contact him.

I already asked you to ask him if I can have his skype

If he is fine with it, you should give me his skype

If I'm writing a drama CD I need to be able to coordinate with both artists
You want his Skype so that you can message him, right? We're a referral company, and we're coordinators ourselves.

If you're a good refferal company, he would want to use you even though he has contact to me
This is how we've been doing it for a long while now.

So you're teling me you're deliberately preventing him and I from contacting each other, even though we both want to
Thanks for waiting. I'll be discussing this matter with the rest of my team.

No need. Found his facebook account
Okay, then. Moving on, deadlines for the actual manga lines is June 12. Do you have a deadline for the radio drama yet?

That's just something fun we're gonna do before the manga is out

it wont rquire a lot, and I'll coordinate it with Bree and Jonah
I see

June 12th, you said?
Aye

Sounds fair
What about the animation?

Telling the animator that he has till june 12th to animate first episode
I hope that's enough time, animation can get rough

he said he could do 1 episode a month

Shouldn't be a problem
sounds good
Sunday 21:13

ey Dave

I've gotten a challenge from a rookie manga writer

He wants to challenge me to a battle for 1000 Dollar
Hmm? And?

I've got like 20 times the followers he has

I dont want to seem like I'm beating down a newbie and taking his money

But he's calling me a chicken if I don't want to

And I could use the money
Monday 02:26

Soltuuraaaa

ARe you angry at me?
Tuesday 04:10

Dave?
25 minutes ago

Daaave?

You here? I kinda need you

For the drama CD
Oh hey What needs to be done?

Well

I tried writing to Jonah but he doesnt respond

So it's a bit hard to coordinate with them

Which means I suppose I just have to do it through you

But I wanna say, dude

You dont have to worry about being useless. Even if you're not the middle man

I dont know a damn thing about editting sound or getting soundtracks

You're still the agency actually -making- this thing

Putting it together
Hey, it's not a matter of being useless or not. It's company policy.

Me being able to get all the components to a car doesn't mean I know how to bloody put it together

Don't even keep being persistent about that, Dave.
I brought this up to the Executive Committee and everyone agreed that we have to do it this way. That's just how our model works.

*Sigh*

I am not asking you to give me his info
You understand that, right?

But it's bullshit, Dave.

I wanted to tell you that I've forgotten about it

And it's not important
Let's be professional about this. ^^

You ever seen a wallstreet movie? Bullshit is a professional word
What's important is that we finish this project and get the best for both parties.

I don't respond keenly to stupid.
Moving on.What needs to be done?

What needs to be done is you being more honest with me.
I am being honest here.And we have to move on to the next agenda.

Yes, something is company policy. But it's only company policy because you and your friends -made- it company policy

And that's because your value comes from connecting individual A, to individual B

If that connection gets broken
Hey, Reon. Let's stop this.

You can't take 15% cut
Have the script yet?

I don't care about you wanting to do it that way

I just want you to be honest about it

I have no problem throwing money at things and collaborating

But I don't want to be subjected to stuff like that.
I'm sorry, but I really value my time, and yours as well.Are we going to discuss the radio drama?

Are you going to keep acting like we're two men in suits, when we're just two scruffy artists?

This is practically coffee paint conversation

My time isn't that valuable

And if yours is, then perhaps we should find a better time to talk
Alright. When you're ready to talk about the radio play, let me know.

Dave

I want to put as much money into this project as possible

But I only feel good about doing that, if we're on good artist-to-artist terms

Not cold company-to-company terms

I'd prefer a pleasant middle man.

Now, if you just plain out don't like me as a person, then fine

But at least be honest about that, instead of putting up some "professional" facade.

When you came to me, you told me that this would be a fun thing. And then I gave you an animator, and promised to pay you guys for the voice actors as well

But right now it's just you being grumpy because I asked why I'm not allowed to talk with a voice actor when they want to talk to me.

So how about it, Dave? Do you wanna chat like proper artists about this, being honest to each other?
Reon, whether or not I am being grumpy is not the case. And I have been completely honest with you this entire time.

We just have a company policy to follow. Yes, we agreed to it because we made it so, but that's the same reason money has value - it's an agreement between people. I would just like to ask: will you please comply? Because we, Voiceiyuu's Executive Committee, have colectively decided to function in this manner.I apologize if this offends you, but abiding by this rule is necessary to conduct business with us.

Oooh my. Executive Committee. It almost sounds like you're sitting in a skyscraper building wearing suits

Dave I don't care about the rule.

Do it however you like

I just want you to be honest about your intentions
Then what's the matter? ._.;

You are able to function because you have a certain value

And that's why it has to be like this

For you to retain your value

What you told me is "Its a company rule." that's it.
I apologize then, if my intentions weren't clear.

Dave do you know what the difference between Apple, and all the failing upstart companies are?

Where all the failing upstart companies were busy calling themselves CEO, CFO's, Executive Commitees, and using fancy words that make them sound like they're already a huge expansive company

Apple didn't care and were just honest about working in some basement somewhere

That's what made people notice them at first

Steve Jobs was good at -talking- to people, and selling his products, not pretending to wear a suit and speaking fancy shmancy coldly

You guys are an agency, and agencies ultimately make money off connecting Person A, to Person B.

You guys happen to be an upstart agency, but an awesome agency at that

And I wanna support you

But what I am met with is constant being talked-down to, and

THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE DEMANDS

Comeon, dudes. You wear T-shirts and sit at computers with anime girls as wallpapers

You're basically me but with other titles

Let's be friends, have fun, and make some money, eh?

That's how you grow

Know what I'm saying bro?

And I understand I might have been a bit of a pain earlier, that I didn't take no for an answer

I do understand why it has to be like that, I just prefer both parties being honest with each other

Not that you weren't honest

But you weren't exactly clear either

So what'cha say, we chat about that radio drama? ^^