"I'll manage it?" Takizawa Ichiro was stunned after hearing this, and asked in surprise.

Xu Zhi nodded and said, "Yes, after the acquisition of Kadokawa Bookstore, you will be in charge of the position of president." ”

"Thank you, Chairman. Ichiro Takizawa quickly stood up and bowed again. Although he is a good business lawyer in a part of Tokyo and has a certain reputation in the industry, in Japan, the highest level is always a person from both the political and business worlds.

Being the legal advisor and president of a large company is a complete difference between heaven and earth, even if the company is a foreign-owned branch in Japan, and the president does not have any shares in the company.

Xu Zhi smiled and said: "Although the investment in chain bookstores is not high now, but I attach great importance to it, you just said that it is difficult to attract people with the franchise model, but in fact, this is also a test of the ability of a top manager, isn't it?"

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

"Alright, sit down. Xu Zhi beckoned.

Ichiro Takizawa sat down and asked again, "Chairman, if you buy Kadokawa Bookstore, I don't know if you need to change the name of the company?"

"No need, let's use this name!" Xu Zhi shook his head and vetoed, Kadokawa Bookstore has been in business for decades, although the scale is not among the top ten in Japan, but for the residents near its store, there is still a certain degree of popularity, and there is no need to affect the benefits for a so-called name.

Ichiro Takizawa nodded: "I know, then in the future, if we acquire other bookstores, we will all use the name of Kadokawa Bookstore." ”

"Yes, that's all about the bookstore, when you get back to Japan, you can negotiate the price and let me know. Xu Zhi nodded and said, a total of two or three million dollars of acquisition, he will not pay too much attention, for him, the more important thing is time.

"Okay, I'll definitely negotiate the best price for you, chairman. Ichiro Takizawa then said.

Xu Zhi said again: "Let's do this for the bookstore first, and show me the anime video of Crayon Xiaoxin first." ”

"Please wait. Ichiro Takizawa hurriedly retrieved the briefcase from the sofa next to him, then took out a videotape from it, and said, "Chairman, where is the video recorder in your house? ”

Xu Zhi stood up with a smile and said, "Let's go, in the back." ”

Xu Zhi's office is only 60 square meters in the office area, but in fact there is a large bedroom and shower room at the back, if you or your secretaries are tired, you can also take a nap here.

Behind the door on the other side, there is a small home cinema, equipped with a 52-inch color TV, and the seat sofa is the same model as on the private jet, but because of the restrictions of the times, in terms of comfort, it is still not comparable to the high-end experience of the 100-inch LCD screen and 4D simulation in later generations.

After Ichiro Takizawa entered the home movie theater, he quickly installed the videotape, which was a Panasonic video recorder imported from Japan, and the buttons were described in Japanese, and soon, the picture was displayed on the TV.

The video recorded in the videotape recorded 6 episodes of video, each episode is 20 minutes, Xu Zhi watched it for a while, then began to pick up the remote control and press the fast-forward button.

After a while, after watching an episode of the video, Xu Zhi randomly chose another episode, and after fast-forwarding, he asked, "How much does this episode of animation cost?"

Ichiro Takizawa replied: "I am looking for a manga called Narita Animation Studio in Minato-ku, Tokyo, because I have not signed a long-term cooperation agreement, and the current production cost of one episode is 5 million yen. ”

"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 are not many conversions, why do you need 20,000 US dollars?"

Xu Zhi is also very clear about the production cost of the anime, but a simple comic like Crayon Xiaoxin also needs such a high cost, which is really beyond his expectations, this anime can shoot hundreds or thousands of episodes, if it is all at this price, it is not a small amount.

Ichiro Takizawa explained: "Chairman, although the story of Crayon Shin-chan is simple, it still needs to produce 24 frames per second like other manga, and even if the picture can be used, the labor cost is still very high, and other post-production is basically the same as other anime.

I had already searched several studios before settling on Narita Anime Studio, and Narita was the best choice. ”

"If we sign a long-term cooperation agreement with this Narita animation studio, how much can the price be reduced?" Xu Zhi asked.

Ichiro Takizawa said: "It is estimated that it can be talked about about 3 million yen, and if it is a long-term cooperation, after the studio builds a gallery in the later stage, many resources can be reused, and the cost will be much lower." ”

"3 million yen is a lot, but it's 300 million yen for 100 episodes, how much is it to buy a Kadokawa bookstore?" Xu Zhi frowned and asked again: "Can we also acquire this Narita animation studio?"

Ichiro Takizawa replied: "Chairman, although the president of Narita Animation Studio is surnamed Narita, it is actually founded by 7 manga artists who love manga, and each of them holds shares, and these manga artists have strange personalities and don't like to live under people, so it is difficult for us to acquire them." ”

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

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

Second, I hope that some of their outstanding staff can come to Hong Kong regularly to teach them about their experience in comic production and animation production. ”

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

Xu Zhi nodded and said: "Yes, Japan's labor cost is too high, and it can only be reduced by placing it in Xiangjiang, but Xiangjiang lacks talents in this area, many of my employees are from the mainland and have sufficient art level, but they lack 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 this person from Narita Studio also knows what I think?"

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

"It doesn't matter if I guessed, that's what I'm trying to do, but the order for Crayon Xiaoxin is as high as hundreds of millions of yen, and if they want to make money, they have to teach my employees. Xu Zhi said with a smile: "In addition, in the future, Kadokawa Bookstore will also recruit talents in this area, or acquire similar companies, Xiangjiang and Japan, and form teams on both sides at the same time to cultivate talents in this area." ”

"Chairman rest assured, 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 interested in our anime and want to sign a premiere agreement with us first, I wonder if the chairman has any arrangements in this area?"