Reborn Tycoon Rise

"I will manage it?" Takizawa Ichiro was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and asked in surprise.

Xu Zhi nodded and said, "Yes, after acquiring Kadokawa Bookstore, you will be the president."

"Thank you, Chairman." Takizawa Ichiro quickly stood up and bowed again. Although he is a well-established commercial lawyer in the Tokyo area and has a certain reputation in the industry, in Japan, the highest-ranking people are always people from the political and business circles.

Serving as a lawyer, advisor and president of a large company is completely different. Even if the company is a foreign-owned branch in Japan, the president does not own any shares in the company.

Xu Zhi smiled and said: "Although the investment in chain bookstores is not high now, I value it very much. You just said that it is difficult to attract people with the franchise model, but in fact it is also a test for a top manager. It’s a question of ability, isn’t it?”

"Don't worry, Chairman, I won't let you down." Takizawa Ichiro continued to bow.

"Okay, sit down." Xu Zhi waved his hand.

Ichiro Takizawa sat down and asked: "Chairman, if you acquire Kadokawa Bookstore, do you need to change the name of the company?"

"No, let's use this name!" Xu Zhi shook his head and objected. Kadokawa Bookstore has been in business for decades. Although it is not among the top ten in Japan, it is still popular among residents near its store. If you have a certain reputation, there is no need to affect the benefits just for the sake of a so-called name.

Ichiro Takizawa nodded and said, "I understand. When we acquire other bookstores in the future, we will all use the name Kadokawa Bookstore."

"Yes, let's leave it like this for the bookstore. When you return to Japan, just tell me after you have negotiated the price." Xu Zhi nodded and said. The total acquisition was only two to three million US dollars, so he wouldn't be too concerned about it. Too much attention, for him, is more important in terms of time.

"Okay, I will definitely negotiate the best price for you, Chairman." Ichiro Takizawa continued.

Xu Zhi added: "Let's leave things like this in the bookstore for now. Show me Crayon Shin-chan's anime video first."

"Please wait a moment." Takizawa Ichiro quickly retrieved his briefcase from the sofa next to him, then took out a video tape from it and said, "Chairman, where is the video recorder in your room? I will install it for you."

Xu Zhi stood up with a smile and said, "Let's go, behind."

Xu Zhi's office only has an office area of ​​60 square meters, but in fact there is a large bedroom and shower room at the back. If he or his secretaries are tired, they can also take a nap here.

Behind the door on the other side is a small home cinema, equipped with a 52-inch color TV. The seats and sofas are the same model as those on the private jet. However, due to the limitations of the times, in terms of comfort, it is still It cannot compare with the high-end experiences such as 100-inch LCD screens and 4D simulations in later generations.

After Ichiro Takizawa entered the home theater, he quickly installed the video tape. This was a Panasonic video recorder imported from Japan. There were Japanese function descriptions next to the buttons. Soon, the picture was displayed on the TV.

The video recorded in the videotape recorded 6 episodes, each episode was 20 minutes long. After watching it for a while, Xu Zhi picked up the remote control and pressed the fast forward button.

After a while, after watching one episode of the video, Xu Zhi randomly selected another episode, fast-forwarded again, and asked: "How much did it cost to produce this episode of animation?"

Ichiro Takizawa replied: "For this comic Crayon Shin-chan, I found it to be produced by a Narita Animation Studio in Minato District, Tokyo. Because a long-term cooperation agreement has not been signed yet, the current production cost for one episode is 5 million days. Yuan."

"5 million yen, 20,000 US dollars?" Xu Zhi frowned and asked: "The characters and stories of this animation are relatively simple, and the background is also simple. There is not much transformation, why does it need 20,000 US dollars? ?”

Xu Zhi is also very aware of the cost of animation production, but it is beyond his expectation that a simple comic like Crayon Shin-chan requires such a high cost. This anime can be produced for hundreds or thousands of episodes. If It’s all at this price, which adds up to a lot of money.

Takizawa Ichiro explained: "Chairman, although Crayon Shin-chan's story is simple, it still needs to be produced at 24 frames per second like other comics. Even if the picture can be used, the labor cost is still very high, and other post-production It's basically the same as other anime.

Before settling on Narita Animation Studio, I had already looked for several studios, and Narita was the best choice. "

"If we sign a long-term cooperation agreement with Narita Animation Studio, how low can the price be reduced?" Xu Zhi asked.

Ichiro Takizawa said: "It is estimated that it can be negotiated around 3 million yen. If we cooperate for a long time, after the studio establishes a library in the later stage, many resources can be reused and the cost will be much lower."

"Three million yen is quite a lot. One hundred episodes will cost 300 million yen. How much does it cost to buy a Kadokawa bookstore?" Xu Zhi frowned and asked: "Can we also buy this Narita animation company? studio?"

Takizawa Ichiro replied: "Chairman, although the president of Narita Animation Studio is named Narita, it was actually founded by seven cartoonists who love comics. Everyone holds shares. These cartoonists have weird personalities. , I don’t like to be subordinate to others, so it would be difficult for us to acquire it.”

"So that's it." Xu Zhi nodded and said, "It doesn't matter if you don't buy it. Please explain to the president of Narita that you can take long-term orders from our company, but I have a few conditions.

First, I also have a comic company here in Hong Kong. I hope to arrange for some Chinese to go to their studio to learn production experience and participate in some core production processes.

Second, I hope that some of their outstanding staff can come to Xiangjiang regularly to impart their experience in comic production and animation production. "

After listening, Ichiro Takizawa asked: "Chairman, do you want to produce anime series in Xiangjiang in the future?"

Xu Zhi nodded and said: "Yes, the labor cost in Japan is too high. Only by placing it in Xiangjiang can we reduce the cost. However, Xiangjiang lacks talents in this field. Many of my employees come from the mainland and have sufficient art skills, but There is a lack of modern comic production experience, let alone animation production, so I need these people to go to Japan to study, or arrange professional people from Japan to teach them.

Are you worried that the people at Narita Studio also know my thoughts? "

Takizawa Ichiro said: "Yes, I can hear it, and people at Narita Studio will naturally guess it."

"It doesn't matter if you guessed it. That's my purpose. But Crayon Shin-chan's orders are as high as hundreds of millions of yen. If they want to make money, they have to teach my employees." Xu Zhi said with a smile: "In addition, in the future Kadokawa Shoten also needs to recruit talents in this area, or acquire similar companies, Xiangjiang and Japan, and form teams at the same time to cultivate talents in this area."

"Don't worry, Chairman, I will definitely complete these two things to your satisfaction." Ichiro Takizawa agreed, and then asked: "In terms of broadcasting, I have contacted several TV stations in Japan, and they are all very satisfied with our animation. I am interested and want to sign a premiere agreement with us first. I wonder if the chairman has any arrangements for this?"