"Direct Negotiation" This chapter opens with a conversation between Yo-Yo Ma and Hiroshi Hosono. The two of them are in the middle of an argument about whether or not their songs stick with each other. The conversation is interrupted by the arrival of a man from the hedge-hogs, who wants to see them. The man introduces himself as "Yo-Yo" and tells them that he has come to talk to them about the upcoming festival in budoukan, a town in northern Japan. He asks them to participate in the festival, but they refuse, saying that they have sold out their gig at the east coast, and that they will not accept an invitation to appear at such a festival. They also say that if they appear at the festival they will end up ruining their reputation, which is why they have refused to participate. In return, they promise to pay each of the five of them ten million yen if they breach their contract.