Chapter 150 The “Gift” Sent by Mrs. Tanaka

Ginza, [-]-chome.

In front of the shop Hanyu Hideki bought, several important guests came today.

Yukio Tanaka, Yanai Masa, and Mrs. Tanaka, accompanied by Hideki Hanyu, came to visit the shop together.

After a few days of discussions between Mrs. Tanaka and the Yanai family, Yanai Masa has initially agreed that the three will work together on a new clothing brand, Uniqlo.

Logically speaking, Liu Jingzheng’s father Yanai and others should also come today, but the old man is not in good health, so he really can’t come.

In fact, Yanai is basically in charge of Xiaojun Commercial now, and the cooperation will not be affected if the old man comes or not.

Several people stood outside the shop door, observing the exterior of the shop.

Although the height of the shop is not low, it only has two floors after all. Even with the pointed roof, it looks quite low when it is sandwiched between small buildings with six or seven floors on both sides.

Before the sale, the shop was used as a pharmacy, and the house looks a bit old.

Yukio Tanaka looked at the house and said with disgust, “It looks really ugly.”

“If it is used to open a clothing store, it must be redecorated, and the outer facade will be replaced with a glass wall that can see the inside.”

Hanyu Hideki waved to his assistant Reiko Uemura as he spoke.

Uemura Reiko immediately took out a piece of drawing paper from her briefcase and opened it for several people to see.

On the drawing paper is the shop decoration rendering drawn by Hideki Hanyu himself.

The old pharmacy has been transformed into a brand new one, with transparent glass curtain walls on the outside. Customers can directly see the clothes in the store when they stand outside.

In the middle of the front of the store’s outer wall, you can also see a UNIQLO LOGO with red background and white characters, which is very conspicuous.

In addition to the facade, Hideki Hanyu also drew the design renderings of the store.

Simple decoration style, full of fashionable design elements, every piece of clothing inside, looks very high-end.

“Hanyu-kun, the design of your store looks even better than that of the big brand.” Yukio Tanaka couldn’t help but praise.

Even Yanai Masa, who doesn’t like expressing opinions very much, couldn’t help admiring this rendering.

“It’s amazing. Hanyu-san is worthy of being the most powerful picture book writer in all neon. Seeing the effect on the picture, I can’t wait for the opening.”

“This is carefully designed by me. Since it is going to be done, it must be the most eye-catching store in Ginza!”

Hanyu Hideki let out bold words without any modesty, without any hint of modesty.

If he wanted to make this store, the starting place of Uniqlo, and the leader of the neon clothing brand, how could he succeed if he didn’t even have the confidence.

“It seems that Hanyu-san has been preparing for this store for a long time.” Mrs. Tanaka sighed seeing Hanyu Hideki’s confident expression.

A detailed development plan and a mature design style are obviously not something that can be produced in a short time.

Mrs. Tanaka looked at the store again and asked Hideki Hanyu.

“The floor area of ​​this store is not small. If there are only two floors, there should be a surplus in the construction floor area ratio. Didn’t Hanyu-san consider continuing to increase it?”

Hideki Hanyu gave a wry smile when he heard the words, “Mrs. Tanaka, to tell the truth, after buying the shop and land, I took on a huge loan, so I don’t think about adding it for the time being.”

Hanyu Hideki is not selling miserably, he makes money faster and spends it faster.

After taking over the shop and land, his real estate investment will also be suspended for a while.

Keeping mortgages means you can keep playing, but you can also increase leverage to repay the loan.

After all, the bubble economy has not yet started. Even Dongyang Sogo Bank is not as crazy as it will be in the future.

Now he has a loan of more than 100 billion from Dongyang Sogo Bank and is in charge of his account manager, so he has to be his bodyguard himself.

“I don’t think it’s necessary to build more for the time being. We can’t use such a large area. If it is used as an office building, it will destroy Hanyu-san’s design style.”

Liu Jingzheng felt that the two-story store was also good.

Yukio Tanaka also echoed, “Thinking about everything now is empty talk, when the business is good, it will not be too late for us to expand the store.”

Hearing Yukio Tanaka’s words, Yanai Masa showed a surprised look, “It’s really surprising that Tanaka-kun can think about business matters.”

“Mr. Liujing doesn’t look down on people anymore. I just didn’t want to think about it before. If I wanted to, I would certainly not be worse than Mr. Liujing.”

“Haha, how about waiting for the store to open and Yukio-san as the first store manager?” Hanyu Hideki joked.

“Forget about it. A person like me who has no fashion sense can’t sell clothes.”

Yukio Tanaka waved his hands again and again, for fear that he would really be arranged to be the store manager.

Seeing Yukio Tanaka’s appearance, Hanyu Hideki and others were immediately amused.

Mrs. Tanaka was even more eager to take out her wooden sword on the spot and use the worthless Yukio Tanaka as a target for sword practice.

When several people were discussing the first store of Uniqlo, the closed store door was suddenly opened from the inside, and a few sleepy young people walked out from inside.

When they saw Hideki Hanyu standing outside, they were surprised at first, and then immediately bowed to Hideki Hanyu respectfully.

“Good morning, President Hanyu.”

“Why are you here?” Hideki Hanyu recognized these people as employees of Yunshang Entertainment Office.

“Minister Yoshioka arranged for us to come here to set up the Vitality Girl’s promotional exhibition hall. Because of time constraints, we worked overtime here last night and just finished our work.”

One of the leaders of the employees answered with a nervous voice.

Although Hideki Hanyu is famously approachable in Yun Shang Hua, he doesn’t like to put on airs.

And as long as they work hard or achieve results, they like to invite employees to dinner, and they are willing to spend money on benefits.

But in any case, they are just ordinary employees, and Hideki Hanyu is the chairman, so it is quite nervous to face them directly.

Hanyu Hideki looked at the tired faces of several employees and the thick dark circles under their eyes, and knew that they must have been busy all night, so he said with concern.

“You guys have worked hard. Since you have been busy all night, let’s go home and rest.”

As soon as he said this, seeing the embarrassed expressions of several employees, he immediately guessed why.

Today is not the weekend, although these people have been busy all night, they still have to go back to the club to go to work.

“Relax and rest, I will explain to Minister Yoshioka and President Hirohashi.”

As he spoke, he took the briefcase from Uemura Reiko, took out a few vouchers from it, and handed them to several employees.

“This is a convenience store voucher given to me by a related party. I seldom go to this store. Take it and buy breakfast. Even if you are working, you should pay attention to your health.”

“Thank you, President Hanyu.”

The few employees who took the vouchers immediately bowed deeply to thank them, their heads almost fell to the ground, and their voices were even more excited.

After several employees got up, they looked at Hideki Hanyu with gratitude and admiration, and they were not so passionate about their lovers.

This made Hideki Hanyu couldn’t help but sigh in his heart, no matter where people are in this age, people are so simple, and a small favor is so grateful to Dade.

After several employees left, Yukio Tanaka said, “Hanyu-kun is really kind to the employees, you can’t be a successful entrepreneur like this.”

Hideki Hanyu smiled lightly, “Being an entrepreneur makes me happy, so I will be an entrepreneur. If being a good person makes me happy, I will be a good person.”

“Hayu-san’s idea is very special.” Yanai was looking at Hanyu Hideki, very interested in what Hanyu Hideki said.

“Those employees said they were setting up the exhibition hall. What are they doing?” Mrs. Tanaka next to her asked curiously.

“Everyone and I will go in and have a look.”

After Hanyu Hideki finished speaking, he led several people into the shop.

As soon as you enter the door, you will see two rows of human-shaped standing signs of vitality girls. Looking around, there are all kinds of posters.

On the simple shelves around, Vitality Girl’s photo albums, records, brochures, and peripheral products have already begun to be placed.

In the innermost position, there is a row of TVs connected to video recorders, but they are all turned off now.

But it is conceivable that when this exhibition hall is officially opened, there will definitely be music videos and promotional videos of various vitality girls.

“Is this the new idol that Hanyu-san’s agency is planning to launch? They all look like cute girls.”

Mrs. Tanaka pointed to the figure stand and asked.

“That’s right, the three of them are a group called Vitality Girls,” Hideki Hanyu explained.

“Vitality girl, I seem to have seen this name in a magazine recently.”

“Because the pre-debut promotion has already started.”

While Hideki Hanyu was explaining to Mrs. Tanaka, Yukio Tanaka, who was next to him, seemed to remember something, and suddenly realized something and shouted loudly.

“I remembered, these are the three girls Hanyu-kun mentioned when he came to solicit investment. I thought they had all debuted, but I didn’t expect to train for so long.”

“Haven’t Yukio-san read the latest work report? Yunshang Entertainment has been reporting the progress of his debut.” Yanai Masa asked strangely.

Although as one of the shareholders, Yanai Masa doesn’t take much care of Yunshang Entertainment’s affairs on weekdays, but he still reads the work reports submitted by Yunshang Entertainment on time.

“Is there? Maybe I didn’t notice it.”

Yukio Tanaka, who knew that he had slipped the tongue, saw his mother’s unkind expression, and wanted to make up for it.

But everything has been said, and it is too late to save it.

Mrs. Tanaka didn’t want to talk to her son anymore, and asked the bastard to manage the investment company. As a result, she didn’t even read the work report of Yunshang Entertainment, and she didn’t know when the artists in the firm would debut.

An idea popped up in Mrs. Tanaka’s mind, she turned to Hideki Hanyu, “Hanyu-san, the office must be busy with such a big debut.”

“It’s really busy, and the manpower is almost insufficient, otherwise the few employees just now wouldn’t have worked all night.”

Hanyu Hideki didn’t know why Mrs. Tanaka asked this, but she told the truth.

“Since this is the case, the Tanaka family, as the shareholders of the firm, should also contribute. I heard that the idol’s schedule is the busiest, so I asked Xingxiong to be an assistant for these three girls. If not, he can also be a driver.”

“Mother, how can I…”

When Yukio Tanaka heard what his mother said, he immediately wanted to express his disapproval.

But he was only halfway out of his mouth when he saw Mrs. Tanaka looking over with murderous eyes.

Immediately, Yukio Tanaka shut his mouth tightly, he was too frightened to speak anymore, and shrank his body like a quail.

“What do you think of my suggestion, Hanyu-kun?”

Hideki Hanyu really wanted to say, Mrs. Tanaka asked Yukio-san to be an assistant, not to mention helping, he would be thankful if he didn’t help.

Besides, regarding Zhou’s idol entertainer’s itinerary, if this young master really started to run, he might have to arrange a few people to serve him alone.

He really wanted to refuse, but seeing the old lady’s pleading eyes, Hideki Hanyu could only bite the bullet and nod.

“Okay, I will help Yukio-san arrange it.”

“Thank you Hanyu-san, since this is the case, then please leave the next thing.”

After Mrs. Tanaka thanked her, she said to Yanai Masa, who was watching the excitement, “Yanai-san, let’s stop here to see the store today, and then we will officially enter the preparation period.”

Liu Jingzheng replied respectfully, “Good lady, next time, Ogori Shoji will fully cooperate.”

Seeing the end of the store, Hanyu Hideki ordered Uemura Reiko to close the door of the store, and personally send a few people away.

But when they parted, Mrs. Tanaka still did not forget to say to Hanyu Hideki, “Hanyu-san, I will arrange for Yukio to go to the office as soon as possible.”

“Ok.”

On the surface, Hideki Hanyu readily agreed, but he was already thinking in his mind that when Yukio Tanaka arrived at Yunshang Yi Neng, he would just send him somewhere to stay, as long as he didn’t get in the way.

But he didn’t expect at all that Mrs. Tanaka was determined this time to let Yukio Tanaka suffer.

Time has entered July, and the box office of “Love, Go Home” has been severely impacted by the release of “Rocky 3”.

Akina Nakamori and Tomoko Yalan from Yunshang Entertainment finally couldn’t move after fighting for more than a month on the Oricon.

The duet group ‘あみん’ formed by Okamura Takako and Kato Haruko, relying on an original single “Toi Tsuwa”, airborne to No. [-] in the first week.

It finally ended Akina Nakamori’s consecutive championship on the Oricon Ranking.

But at this time, the sales volume of the single “Future” has exceeded 80 copies, and it is close to breaking through one million and getting diamond certification.

No one will be surprised that this single can exceed one million sales. After all, everyone can expect it just by looking at the momentum after it hit the list.

Everyone in Yunshang Yi Neng is also very happy, after all, its first signed artist with a million-dollar single is about to appear.

However, as the chairman, Hideki Hanyu felt inexplicably emotional.

The most regrettable thing for fans of Nakamori Akina in the previous life is probably that the sales of Xiaopang’s menu songs did not exceed one million.

Now relying on the blessing of the movie, it seems that this song “Future” will take this number for granted and become Akina Nakamori’s first million-dollar single.

In the 80s, a million-dollar single is still worth celebrating.

However, considering that Akina Nakamori’s schedule is too tight, and YM Records and Yunshang Entertainment are still busy with Genki Girl’s debut, the specific celebration activities can only be arranged later.

As for Warner Pioneer Records, they completely ignored this matter. After all, no matter how popular “Future” is, it has nothing to do with them.

……

“Has the poster from Sapporo arrived yet? What do the people over there eat? Hurry up!”

“Seller in Nagano? I’m very sorry, our itinerary has been arranged, I’m very sorry, I will try to adjust it.”

“YoungYoung Music Studio of TV Tokyo asked us to confirm the accompaniment version, and who sent the previous tape!”

“Isn’t the promotional poster for the cultural center’s performance delivered yet? Hurry up…”

As soon as Hanyu Hideki and Hirohashi Asako entered the fourth floor where Yunshang Entertainment was located, they saw crowds of people in front of them, and various shouts came and went.

For the debut of the Vitality Girls group, all the staff are busy with their affairs.

As for why he and Asako Hirohashi came, it was because an employee informed them that Yukio Tanaka was brought here.

Shota Yoshioka just happened to be away, so they had to come to receive him in person.

“Hanyu-kun! President Hirohashi, I’m here.”

When Hideki Hanyu heard someone calling him, he turned around and saw Yukio Tanaka waving at him among the busy staff.

And beside the young master, there was a middle-aged woman with a serious expression.

“Tanaka-san, let’s go to the office.”

Hirohashi Asako already knew from Hanyu Hideki that the young master was coming.

To be honest, she didn’t want Yukio Tanaka to come either.

But he is an investor, so if this little requirement is not met, it is really unreasonable.

“I don’t want to come here either. It was Jiang Shangsang who asked me to come here directly. My mother told Jiang Shangsang that I came here for work, so I can’t run around or hide in other places to rest.”

While Yukio Tanaka explained, he introduced the middle-aged woman around him to Hideki Hanyu and Asako Hirohashi.

“This is Egami Kinko, my mother’s secretary in Tanaka, who is also my mother’s relative in Fukuoka, and my aunt.”

“Hi Egami-san.” Hanyu Hideki and Hirohashi Asako greeted quickly.

“Hello Mr. Hanyu, hello President Hirohashi, President Tanaka asked me to take care of Yukio, you don’t have to pay attention to me.”

This Jiang Shangjinzi looked very serious, and his tone of voice was quite cold, so he was probably not easy to mess with.

However, Hideki Hanyu could tell that it was just an excuse for Ekami Jinko to take care of Yukio Tanaka, and it was probably true to monitor this young master.

After all, if you want to take care of Yukio Tanaka, you can just send someone casually, why send a right-hand relative.

It seems that Mrs. Tanaka was also afraid that her son would just be lazy after he came over, so she specially arranged for such a “powerful person”.

Hideki Hanyu had already discussed with Asako Hirohashi to find a place to throw Yukio Tanaka away and just deal with errands. Now that Kinko Egami is here, it is obviously impossible.

“Let’s talk in my office first.” Hirohashi Asako said.

“Egami-san, is it okay?” Yukio Tanaka tried to ask Egami Kinko, seeming to be in awe of this aunt.

Egami Kinko heard the words, but looked at Hanyu Hideki and Hirohashi Asako, “Mrs. Tanaka gave orders before she came, and she will start working when we arrive at Yunshang Yineng. You two don’t need to take care of us.”

“It’s not that we want to take care of it. It’s because the artist hasn’t made his debut yet. Now it’s all preliminary work, and it’s not easy to arrange for Yukio-san.” Hanyu Hideki explained.

“It doesn’t matter, we can do what they are doing now.” Jiang Shangjin pointed to the busy employees around.

Hanyu Hideki heard the words, really didn’t know what to do, and looked at Asako Hirohashi.

In desperation, Hirohashi Asako called an employee, “Bring me a copy of the promotional tour itinerary.”

“President Hirohashi, didn’t you check it before?” the employee asked cautiously.

“Go get it.” Hirohashi Asako didn’t explain.

“Yes.”

The staff didn’t dare to ask any more questions, and hurried to get a stack of documents, which were the arrangements for Vitality Girl’s national promotional tour before her debut.

Asako Hirohashi took the document and handed it to Jinko Egami, “Egami-san, please understand the arrangement of the promotional tour first, so that it will be convenient for me to intervene later.”

“Ok.”

Jiang Shangjinzi didn’t talk nonsense, picked up the document and scanned it.

The employee who delivered the documents next to him saw that he had nothing to do, so he said goodbye and was about to leave.

But who would have thought that Jiang Shangjinzi suddenly stopped him at this time, “Sir, please wait a moment.”

Although the employees didn’t know who Egami Kinko was, they didn’t dare to be negligent when they saw that the other party needed to be received by the president and president in person, so they hurriedly stopped and asked politely.

“What’s the matter with you?”

Jiang Shangjinzi didn’t say anything extra, and pointed directly at the document in his hand.

“The arrangement of the two performances in Yokohama is unreasonable. According to the time on the schedule, after the first performance ends, there will be traffic jams on the way to the second performance location, and it is absolutely impossible to arrive on time.”

“Is that so? Let me take a look.” When the staff heard that there was a problem, they hurried over to check.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Shangjinzi stretched out his hand to stop him, and continued to talk.

“Please wait a moment. There are other questions. You’d better confirm this venue in Kyoto. I remember that there was a celebration next to that day, which will definitely affect the tour.”

“Really?” The employee looked blank with a look that I didn’t know at all.

“The event promoter in Sapporo, they had…”

“and also……”

As Jinko Egami asked one question after another, the employee only had an expression of how amazing you are.

Beside, Hanyu Hideki and Hirohashi Asako looked at each other.

They really didn’t expect that Mrs. Tanaka sent Yukio Tanaka over, and there must be a lot of delays.

Indeed, Yukio Tanaka was useless as expected, listening to Kinko Egami asking questions, he was already lost in the sky.

But they never expected that Yukio Tanaka would bring such a powerful “gift”.

The Egami Kinko in front of him could see some problems that they hadn’t noticed at all by glancing at the itinerary.

The itinerary that Yunshang Arts reviewed repeatedly was full of loopholes in the eyes of the other party.

Moreover, Jiang Shangjinzi has the information of the major cities of Neon at his fingertips, and he knows the details of the local enterprises.

Maybe Jiang Shangjinzi is not familiar with the art world, but the other party’s years of experience in the ups and downs of the business world and his sharp eyes are really unmatched in a new club like Yunying Painting.

What is talent, this is talent.

Mrs. Tanaka did not send a watcher here, she sent them an experienced general staff.

For a moment, Hideki Hanyu felt the urge to poach someone.

However, Asako Hirohashi reacted faster than Hideki Hanyu, and was also more impolite. She immediately called the current person in charge of the fourth floor and said it without hesitation.

“This is Jiang Shangsang. If you need help with your work, you can ask her for advice.”

“Yes.” The person in charge quickly agreed.

Next to him, Jinko Egami, who was advising the employee, didn’t show any objection after hearing it.

“Jiangami-san, then you and Yukio-san are busy first, and we won’t bother you.”

Hanyu Hideki ignored Yukio Tanaka’s eyes asking for help, bid farewell to Kinko Egami and left directly.

When leaving, Hanyu Hideki said silently in his heart, “In order to cooperate with Egami-san’s work, Yukio-san, please work hard.”

Returning to the office with Asako Hirohashi, Hideki Hanyu said with emotion, “That Egami-san is really amazing.”

Hirohashi Asako echoed, “For such a powerful person, I guess her making clothes in Tanaka is definitely not as simple as a secretary.”

In fact, Hirohashi Asako was right. In fact, seven or eight years ago, Egami Kinko was in charge of most of the affairs of Tanaka Garment.

Mrs. Tanaka has been cultivating herself in recent years, and she has rarely intervened in the management of Tanaka Garments unless it is extremely important.

It can be said that this time, in order to educate her son, Mrs. Tanaka sent the president of Tanaka Garment here.

It’s not that Mrs. Tanaka is really so generous, the main reason is that sending other people over can’t hold down Yukio Tanaka, the young master.

When Yukio Tanaka started his business to engage in Tanaka Entertainment, as well as the previous investment club, Mrs. Tanaka didn’t just let it go.

But the helpless people didn’t dare to control Yukio Tanaka at all, so they could only let the young master mess around.

Sending Jiang Shangjinzi this time is a real move.

Being able to help Yunshang Yineng was not her goal, it was completely incidental.

“No matter who this Jiang Shang-san is, since Mrs. Tanaka sent it over, we have no reason not to use it. When Yoshioka-san comes back, we must inform him, and communicate with this Jiang Shang-san more often.”

Hanyu Hideki didn’t intend to be polite anymore.

“Yoshioka-san is worrying about the lack of manpower. I will send him a general now. Unfortunately, he will only come for a while. It would be great if he could stay and help us.” Hirohashi Asako’s tone was full of regret
“Forget it, Jiang Shangsang saw that she climbed up from the bottom, let her give up her hard-earned career and change jobs, unless she is given the position of president.”

“It’s not necessarily okay to give it to the president. She has worked in Tanaka Garment for so many years, and it is definitely impossible to come to the art world to re-learn.”

“Okay, I should be satisfied if I can use it for a while. It’s useless to think too much. I’ll leave the affairs of the club to Asako-san. I’ll take a step first.”

“Hanyu-san left so early, is there anything urgent?”

“The manager of Xianghe from the Shogakukan wants to invite me to sit down.”

When Asako Hirohashi heard that Hideki Hanyu was going to the Shogakukan, she seemed to remember something.

“Since Hanyu-san is going to the Shogakukan, by the way, I would like to ask, when will the payment for the first two batches of 15 volumes of Akina-chan’s debut photobook be settled.”

“Haven’t you paid me yet?” Hideki Hanyu frowned.

Nakamori Akina’s debut photobook only had [-] copies in its first print, and it didn’t sell well at first.

However, after “Love, Go Home” was released, the theme song “Future” became a big hit, which drove the photobook to sell well, and an additional [-] copies were printed for the second time.

Later, because it sold well, another [-] copies were printed for the third time.

However, unlike author publishing, the share of celebrity photobooks is not based on circulation, but on sales.

Like Hanyu Hideki and Shogakukan signing a publishing contract, it is to get money based on the circulation.

The number of copies written in the contract will be the number of royalties that the school will give him.

As for celebrity photobooks, the share is calculated according to the sales volume, that is, how much share the publisher will give if it is sold.

In fact, not all of them are like this. Some of the popular ones are directly divided into the circulation, but it is relatively small.

Just like manga booklets, some receive royalties based on distribution, and some also calculate royalties based on actual sales.

However, Nakamori Akina’s photobook has been printed for the third time. It stands to reason that the first two shares must be settled. I really need to ask what’s going on.

“Okay, I know.”

After Hanyu Hideki agreed, he left Yunying Painting and rushed towards the Xiaoxiaokan.

In Aika Masahiro’s office, Hideki Hanyu just sat down when the secretary brought tea.

“I heard that Hanyu-san likes to drink tea. This is the Mingqian Longjing tea that I asked someone to buy from Huaxia. How about you try it?”

Masahiro Aiga smiled and introduced to Hideki Hanyu.

Hanyu Hideki immediately became interested when he heard the words, picked up the teacup and took a sip.

The entrance and exit taste is sweet, soft and fragrant, giving people a fresh and natural feeling.

“Good tea.” Hideki Hanyu praised.

He couldn’t tell if it was Mingqian, but it was definitely good tea.

“As long as Hanyu-san likes it, I still have quite a few. I can bring some to Hanyu-san when I leave later.”

Xianghe Masahiro is very generous, which is rare among Neon people.

“No need, I only drink tea to refresh myself, so I don’t want to waste the good tea from Mr. Saga.”

Hanyu Hideki didn’t intend to accept this kind of kindness, it’s just a little tea, and he couldn’t afford it.

Masahiro Xiangga suddenly invited him to meet today, it’s better to keep a little distance until he finds out what’s going on.

After all, he still understands the principle of eating people with a soft mouth and short hands.

Hideki Hanyu declined the offer, and Masahiro Aiga didn’t mind, and chatted casually and politely before asking tentatively.

“I heard that Shueisha also wants to cooperate with Hanyu-san.”

As soon as Hanyu Hideki heard this, he knew that the show was coming, and immediately put on a very normal look and replied, “Yes, an editor Kazuhiko Torishima contacted me.”

“Mr. Hanyu agreed.” Aiga Masahiro asked.

“I have some ideas, but I haven’t agreed yet.” Hanyu Hideki replied ambiguously.

“Hanyu-san and Shogakukan have been cooperating closely. Saint Seiya’s serialization in Weekly Shonen Sunday is also very successful. Have you not considered continuing to cooperate?”

Aika Masahiro stopped pretending.

He obviously didn’t want Hideki Hanyu to cooperate with Shueisha, and wanted Hideki Hanyu’s new works to continue to be serialized in “Weekly Shonen Sunday”.

“Professor Xianghe, please give me a blank piece of paper and a pen.”

Hanyu Hideki did not answer immediately, but asked Masahiro Aiga for paper and pen.

Although Aiga Masahiro was surprised, he took out the paper and pen and gave them to Hanyu Hideki.

Then, Masahiro Aiga saw Hideki Hanyu start drawing on the paper with a brush.

Not long after, Hideki Hanyu put down the pen and handed the paper to Masahiro Aiga.

“Executive Aika, please take a look.”

Aiga Masahiro took the paper and found that several comic characters had been drawn on it. Although it was just a simple outline, the style was quite familiar.

“This is?” Aiga Masahiro didn’t know what Hanyu Hideki meant.

“Doesn’t Manager Aigara feel this style of painting is very familiar?” Hideki Hanyu asked back.

“Could it be Shueisha manga artist Akira Toriyama?”

“Yes.”

Masahiro Aiga showed an expression of sudden realization, “Hanyu-san wants to collaborate with Akira Toriyama on a new manga.”

Hideki Hanyu nodded, “That’s right, now Aigara thinks, can my new idea still work with Weekly Shonen Sunday?”

Aika Masahiro wanted to say yes, but he knew that it was impossible.

It is not easy for them to persuade Shueisha once through Hitotsubashi Publishing Group to let a manga artist of Masami Kurata’s level cooperate.

If you still want to bring Akira Toriyama over, it’s a fool’s dream. The other party is the manga artist with the highest income in “Weekly Shonen Jump” last year.

If Shueisha is willing to do all of this, it will be different from giving “Weekly Shonen Jump” to Shogakukan.

As for sharing copyright income with Hideki Hanyu, it is even more impossible.

Even if Hideki Hanyu agreed in a muddleheaded way, Shueisha would not agree.

Is Hanyu Hideki strictly prohibited from cooperating with Shueisha?

It is even more impossible, Xiaoguan has no right to do so, and there is no reason to do so.

Just like a composer in the music industry, it is normal to cooperate with singers from different record companies.

A writer of Hideki Hanyu’s level has had multiple cooperative publishing houses, which is also a normal thing in the literary world.

On the contrary, there are very few people like Hideki Hanyu who have always cooperated closely with Shogakukan.

Realizing that cooperation is impossible, and he can’t stop it, Masahiro Aiga decided to be more magnanimous, “Then congratulations to Hanyu-san and Toriyama manga artist for a successful cooperation.”

“Toriyama-san’s Arale has no plans to end it, and my idea is not ready yet. It is impossible to cooperate in a short time.”

“It’s such a pity that we can’t see the joint work of two outstanding cartoonists immediately.”

Xianghe Changhong said regret on his lips, but he was extremely happy in his heart.

Now that “Weekly Shonen Sunday” is overwhelmed by Saint Seiya, JUMP can’t lift its head, and he is afraid that Hideki Hanyu’s new work will help Shueisha regain its disadvantage.

It can be heard that we can’t cooperate for a short time, so don’t worry about the sales of “Weekly Shonen Sunday” being affected for the time being.

If it was a year or so later, even Hideki Hanyu and Akira Toriyama joined forces. By then, the sales of “Weekly Shonen Sunday” would have stabilized.

Hanyu Hideki knew that Aiga Masahiro was hypocritical, but he didn’t care at all, but asked about what Asako Hirohashi had confessed.

“Professor Xianghe, there is one thing I want to ask about the share.”

“Shared, haven’t the royalties of Hanyu-san’s works been settled yet?” Masahiro Aiga asked concerned.

In Aiga Masahiro’s view, compared to manga, Hanyu Hideki’s other works are the foundation of Shogakukan.
Affected by the box office hit of “Love, Go Home” this year, it was only July, and Shogakukan’s royalties to Hideki Hanyu have reached more than 9000 million, easily surpassing 1981.

Shogakukan’s sales exceeded 33 billion yen just by selling Hideki Hanyu’s books, excluding overseas sales and surrounding income.

Hideki Hanyu earns more, and Shogakukan will only earn more.

A cash cow of this level cannot be offended by the slow payment of royalties.

“That’s not true, it’s the artist of my agency, the share of the photo album of Nakamori Akina.”

Hearing that it wasn’t Hideki Hanyu’s royalty problem, Masahiro Aiga was relieved.

“I’m very sorry, I will immediately urge the financial side to settle the settlement, but I hope Hanyu-san can understand that the payment time for the photobook is very slow, and it usually takes about forty days to settle the settlement.”

“Then I’ll trouble Specialist Xianghe.”

Hideki Hanyu knew that Masahiro Aiga would not lie to him about this matter, so even if he didn’t urge him, Akina Nakamori’s photo collection payment would only be in the next few days.

Next, Hideki Hanyu chatted with Masahiro Aiga for a few more words before taking his leave.

As soon as Hanyu Hideki left, Aiga Masahiro went to find his father.

He reported what had just happened to his father, the president of the Shogakukan, Tetsuo Saga.

“You’ve done a good job. For this Hideki Hanyu, you can’t just treat him as an ordinary writer. You don’t know yet. A friend in the publishing industry in the United States told me that the Caldecott Awards are already considering his works. .”

“really?”

Hearing that Hideki Hanyu was being considered for America’s highest honor award in the picture book industry, which is also the world’s top picture book award, Masahiro Aiga was immediately a little excited.

Neon Man wanted to say no to America, but he still wanted America’s approval in his heart.

The Caldecott Award is the highest dream of all neon picture book writers.

Before that, only one picture book writer Taro Crow, who was born in 1908, won this award.

However, because the other party opposed militaristic ideas and suffered persecution in China, he had already fled to America when he won the award. The neon picture book circle has always kept his honor secret and refused to mention it.

If Hanyu Hideki can really win the award, it will be the first person to win the award on the bright side of the neon. The sensation caused by his honor is simply unimaginable.

“So we have to try our best to cooperate with him and create better works. Other details are not important. Neon’s first Caldecott Award must come from our small school.”

Hearing his father’s words, Aiga Masahiro said longingly, “Yes, it would be even better if it was a gold medal.”

The Caldecott Awards in the United States began to be awarded in 1938. There are two types of gold awards and honor awards each year. There is only one gold award and two to five honor awards.

Award-winning picture books will be eligible to print the Caldecott Award medal on the cover of the picture book.

The gold medal is of course a gold medal, and the honor award is also called a silver medal because the medal is silver.

Even the Crow Taro, who is reluctant to be mentioned in the neon picture book world, has won several silver awards.

If Hideki Hanyu can win the gold medal, the picture book published by the Shogakukan will have a golden medal certification pattern printed on it. Just thinking about it makes Masahiro Aiga excited.

This kind of work may be able to hit the market, not to mention the sales volume. As a publishing house, Xiao Xiao Guan will establish the highest position in the publishing of neon picture books.

“Don’t think so much. I’m satisfied with winning the award. The main thing is the work. Although Hanyu-san’s previous works are good, they are not enough. You can communicate with him more on this point.”

Compared with his son, Chefu Aika is undoubtedly much more sensible.

“Yes, father, I understand, but recently Naoaki Yagyu…”

Masahiro Agata talked about Naoaki Yagyu.

“You don’t have to worry about this matter. As long as he doesn’t do anything else, just pretend nothing happened. It’s not good to be with the group now…”

Aiga Tetsuo didn’t continue talking, but both father and son understood the meaning.

Designing to compete for interests and power can never be measured by simple right and wrong, but it is too serious, but not too naive.

Because the code word ended early yesterday, I thought about posting it early, which disrupted everyone’s reading rhythm, I am very sorry.

Let me think about it, if time permits, how about I resume the update at noon at the earliest, it is too late to make everyone stay up late.

(End of this chapter)