Reborn Tokyo Golden Age

Tokyo, Minato.

Downstairs from Chang Hezhi's gate, Shirakawa Feng and Matsuzaka Keiko stood in front of the building in formal attire, looking up at the building in front of them.

"It looks very stylish." Keiko Matsusaka tightened her windbreaker, and praised with some emotion.

The whole building is more than 20 stories high, and it is particularly eye-catching on the neon streets where the buildings are generally not high.

But Bai Chuanfeng laughed when he heard her exclamation, "Style is style, but Tokuma Bookstore is only a part of it."

"Hey." Keiko Matsusaka turned her head in surprise, "Isn't this building the headquarters of Tokuma Shoten?"

Although she has subscribed to many magazines of Tokuma Shoten, this is the first time she has come to the headquarters.

"To be precise, it's the 5th to 9th floors. Let's go. Takei-san and the others are probably waiting for us." After speaking, Bai Chuanfeng took her to the inside of the building.

The Changhezhimen Building is also one of the landmark buildings here.

However, compared with the upcoming Baichuan Electric headquarters, it is still slightly weaker.

Well, it's almost time, the Shirakawa Electric headquarters building will be officially opened in two days.

Because they had made an appointment in advance, Bai Chuanfeng and the others had just arrived on the 5th floor, and the reception staff had already been arranged here.

Under the leadership of the staff, Takei Hirotomo greeted him personally as soon as he entered the Tokuma Bookstore.

"Junior Brother Bai Chuan, I finally expected you to come."

Hiroto Takei pulled Bai Chuanfeng and patted him on the shoulder enthusiastically. The two of them knew each other very well, so there was no need to show ordinary social expressions.

"Brother Takei, don't say that, wouldn't it be rude to let Tokuma-san hear it?"

Bai Chuanfeng smiled and exchanged greetings with him, it seems that this senior brother is very anxious.

"Sigh..." Hiroyuki Takei waved his hand in annoyance, "I'm already leaving, so I won't mention these anymore. As for Tokuma-san, the younger brother will know later."

It can be seen that Takei Hirotomo was given a lot of headache by Tokuma Yasukai, and he didn't know what he went through, so he couldn't help but start complaining at the door of Tokuma Bookstore.

Regarding his complaint, Bai Chuanfeng smiled and said nothing, but introduced Matsuzaka Keiko who was beside him.

Of course Matsusaka Keiko and Takei Hiroto knew each other. He also knows very well about this junior brother's romantic affairs.

The "Daily News" reported on the three women fighting for husbands, but he was very happy to see it.

Even relying on his previous relationship with the newspaper office, he quietly called Matsumoto Ken of the Mainichi News Agency, wanting to eat melons at close range.

However, Ken Matsumoto was still waiting for Bai Chuanfeng, the patron, to inspect, and he flatly refused Takei Hiroto's gossip.

And sanctimoniously stated that it was all mispublished by the reporters under him. Absolutely not, and the Mainichi has apologized for it.

Hiroyuki Takei, who hadn't eaten fresh melon, was in front of one of the three daughters at the moment, and at the same time, he didn't forget to wink at Bai Chuanfeng while being polite.

This old man is not ashamed, he is over sixty and still not serious.

Bai Chuanfeng directly ignored his winks, as long as I don't feel embarrassed, it's someone else who is embarrassed.

After exchanging greetings, on the way to the conference room, Hirotomo Takei also introduced the basic situation of Tokuma Shoten.

In fact, he had already talked with Bai Chuanfeng about these things before, but I don't know if it was because of the reason for leaving, Hiroto Takei became a little rambling instead.

The predecessor of Tokuma Shoten was the Asahi Entertainment News Agency, and its reports mainly focused on the entertainment industry and gossip news.

At that time, its founder was the Takei Hirotomo-san in front of him. He was born in the "Yomiuri Shimbun" and had a good influence in the media industry.

The founder of Yomiuri TV, Mitsuo Mitsuo Takei, and Hirotomo Takei are good friends, and it was with the help of the former that Hirotomo Takei founded Asahi Gaineng Shimbun.

At that time, the war had just ended, and Christmas. Mai implemented speech control in Neon.

In order to resist this practice, various news agencies have sprung up like mushrooms after rain.

The Asahi Entertainment News Agency was founded under that background, but because the content of the report is the entertainment industry.

At that time, affected by the social environment, people couldn't even eat enough to eat, so who cares about the gossip of artists.

Therefore, at the beginning of its establishment, the business situation of Asahi Entertainment News Agency was not optimistic.

However, Hiroto Takei was also keen on journalism, and he founded "Nitto Shimbun" soon after.

As a result, the Asahi Entertainment News Agency, which was not well-off, made things worse, and its business situation deteriorated sharply.

As a last resort, Hirotomo Takei went to seek help from one of the investors, Mitsuo Muta, who introduced him to Yasukai Tokuma, who was working as a reporter for the Yomiuri Shimbun at the time.

Tokuma Yasukai is a stubborn, strong and troublesome partner in Takei Hirotomo's mouth.

But Takei Hirotomo also admires his political stance. This "stubborn" Tokuma-san is a hardcore anti-rightist.

However, the position of "Yomiuri Shimbun" is center-right, and one can imagine how much criticism he will suffer within the news agency.

This is why Mitsuo Muta introduced him to Hiroto Takei. Everyone in the Yomiuri Shimbun was looking forward to his departure.

And Yasukai Tokuma, who ran away from "Yomiuri Shimbun", unexpectedly did a good job at Asahi Geineng Shimbun.

The creditors, employees, and clients of the club are full of praise for him, and the affairs of the news agency are also handled in an orderly manner.

Although the situation of the Asahi Entertainment News Agency is not so optimistic, at least everyone sees hope.

Later, when the capital was adjusted and the company was reorganized, everyone unanimously suggested that Tokuma Kangkuai would be in charge of the operation of the new company.

That is, since then, Hiroto Takei retreated to the second line and only retained his original shares.

The Asahi Entertainment News Agency also changed its name to Weekly Asahi Entertainment Publishing House, and later became Tokuma Shoten in 1967.

Therefore, Takei Hirotomo and Tokuma Yasukai are both key figures in Tokuma Bookstore. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are the founders of the bookstore.

In addition, Tokuma Yasukai, who led the Tokuma Bookstore, took a completely different route from Takei Hirotomo in terms of management, and his style was more radical.

First, it acquired MINORUPGON Corporation, reorganized into Tokuma Music Industry, and began to engage in record business activities.

Later, Daiying, which was on the verge of bankruptcy, was acquired and reorganized and rebuilt.

In addition to these expansions in the newspaper industry, it did not stop. In the 1970s, it acquired the "Tokyo Times", which had deteriorated in performance.

As of today, in addition to the publishing industry, newspapers, movies, music, etc. are all within the investment scope of Tokuma Shoten.

To be honest, after Bai Chuanfeng learned about the situation of Tokuma Bookstore, he still admired Tokuma-san.

A lot of people are still high-spirited at a young age, and they are galloping in the mall all day long. Compared with my senior brother Zhujing, he is much more courageous.

However, Hiroto Takei chose to enter the real estate industry at this moment, and I have to say that he still has a vision. I just hope that when the bubble comes in the future, it will not be too miserable.

Otherwise, Bai Chuanfeng would be busy receiving assets for him again, just like now.

In the office, under the introduction of Takei Hiroyuki, Bai Chuanfeng finally met this Tokuma Yasuo.

Dark brown suit, combed hair meticulously. Although the face is full of wrinkles, it still looks energetic, especially the pair of lying silkworm eyebrows are particularly conspicuous.

Seeing Bai Chuanfeng and the others coming in, Tokuma Yasushi got up quickly, "Bai Chuan-san is astonishingly young. Although it is a bit impolite to say this, you really look like a student, that's amazing."

Recently, there have been a lot of reports about Shirakawa Kaede. As Yasukai Tokuma, who is engaged in the news and publishing industry, he naturally knows something about him.

So even though it was the first time they met, Tokuma Yasuo recognized him at a glance.

"Tokuma-san is being polite. Shirakawa has heard about your deeds for a long time. In this regard, you are the one the juniors look up to."

At the end of the 1930s, Yasukai Tokuma worked as an executive at Zhenshan Meisha. Yes, it was the "legendary publishing house".

As for the purpose of this publishing house, it can be summarized as "post-war literature".

The so-called post-war literature is anti-war, anti-militarism, anti-right wing...

More specifically, there are a series of campaigns, but... don't talk about state affairs~ don't talk about state affairs~

In short, in that era, it took a lot of courage to hold high such a banner.

It is also miraculous that Mr. Tokuma can survive to this day without being sunk into Tokyo Bay.

So even though Bai Chuanfeng didn't care much about Zhengzhi, he admired him very much.

But Tokuma Yasukui laughed when he heard Bai Chuanfeng's compliment.

"Everyone's youth will always be full of sense of justice. At that time, I was just more sober than the people around me."

Regarding his open-mindedness, Bai Chuanfeng had nothing else to think about except giving him a thumbs up in his heart.

"Tokuma-san, I want to bother you when I come to the door today."

After laughing for a while, Bai Chuanfeng didn't make any more detours, but went straight to the point.

Hearing what he said, Yasuo Tokuma motioned everyone to sit in the reception area together.

After a cup of black tea was served, he took a sip before opening his mouth slowly.

"At first, I was worried that the investors introduced by Takei-san would not agree with some of my business propositions.

But if it was Bai Chuan-san, it would be much more reassuring. "

"Hey, why do you say that?" Bai Chuanfeng asked curiously.

Tokuma Yasushi smiled quickly, "Because I know that Bai Chuan-san is not a quiet and sedentary person, it is our nature to be active."

After hearing his explanation, Bai Chuanfeng couldn't help but laugh.

Yasukai Tokuma's implication is that they are the same kind of people, and their common characteristic is to attack everywhere in the mall.

And the reason why the other party had such an impression of Bai Chuanfeng was also because he knew of the existence of Bai Chuan Feng.

As a journalist, he is far more informed than the average person.

Shirakawa Holdings covers a wide range of industries. Compared with the current Baichuan Electric, that is really the tip of the iceberg.

A club that has only been established for a few years, has such a wide business territory, it is not active.

Not to mention Tokuma Kangkuai's thinking about Bai Chuanfeng, the latter was also moved when he heard the former's explanation.

Having said that, it seems that Tokuma-san has a lot of thoughts about Tokuma Bookstore.

And when the other party said this in front of him, was he reminding himself? The operation of Tokuma Bookstore will still follow his previous route, and will not make changes easily?

Everyone is an active person, but there is always one who wants to be the leader and walk in front.

The remaining one can only put away his temper and follow in the footsteps of the former.

Bai Chuanfeng's eyes turned to Tokuma-san who was still full of energy, feeling silently in his heart.

He is indeed a strong character.