Haneda Airport, Tokyo, Japan:

"Chairman, welcome to Tokyo. Outside the airport, a 50-year-old Japanese man with several subordinates bowed about 90 degrees to Xu Zhi and his party.

"Mr. Takizawa has worked hard. Xu Zhi said with a smile, the person who came to pick up the airport was named Ichiro Takizawa, who thought that he was one of the senior lawyers of Japan's top Aota Law Firm, who had studied in the United States and was proficient in English, because he had cooperated with Xu Zhi's branch in Japan for many times, and was invited to join and became one of the important management members of Xu Zhi's many industries in Japan.

After several years of development, Midea Group has formed stable cooperative relations with several distribution companies in Japan through hot products such as arcades, home game consoles, and Gameboys, and has also established its own branch in Tokyo.

Although he earned a lot of yen, the money was not transferred back to Hong Kong, but stayed in Japan to buy real estate in Tokyo and Osaka.

After World War II, the whole of Japan's housing prices have three soaring experiences, respectively, 56-65 years, 67-74 years, 85-90 years, of which 74 years when the Japanese government found that housing prices have appeared bubbles, but the situation was not serious at that time, so through macroeconomic control, vigorously develop the manufacturing industry, first of all, the soft landing of the real estate bubble.

Therefore, from '76 to '84, housing prices in Japan as a whole were on average stable and rising, but the rate of increase was very low, lower than the increase in the income of ordinary people.

This gives Xu Zhi and others a good room to operate, using the existing funds and loans from local Japanese banks to buy properties in large cities in Japan and then sublease them out to lease and maintain loans, in this way, Xu Zhi currently has a total of 7 small office buildings in Japan, 5 in Tokyo and 2 in Osaka, in addition to several luxury villas and a loft apartment in Minato-ku, Tokyo.

Although the housing prices are far from 85 years later, this is Tokyo, and the central business district can also rank among the top 10 in the world, and Xu Zhi's buildings can only be said to be still in the suburbs of the city.

But in a few years, after the Plaza Accord, the Japanese will go crazy and even pay high prices for public toilets, and these buildings that are still in the suburbs will be at a premium.

In fact, knowing that housing prices are rising, the development of the housing market is the most profitable, but it is a pity that Japan's foreign investment law has extremely strict requirements for foreign capital to enter, and it is difficult for foreign capital to enter this industry.

Tokyo, Shinjuku District, here is one of the three vice-capitals of Tokyo, Japan, in later generations, here is the core commercial CBD gathering place, but now in 1981, all kinds of skyscrapers have not yet appeared, Midea company and last year bought a 19-story small office building here, a total of 20,000 square meters, Xu Zhi's many industries in Japan have moved in.

"Nice view. Xu Zhi stood on the highest floor of the upper floor, looked at Mount Fuji in the distance and said with a smile, although it is almost summer, there is still snow on the top of the mountain.

Ichiro Takizawa smiled and said, "If you come in March, you can enjoy the cherry blossoms in Tokyo." ”

"Next time, then. Xu Zhi smiled and asked again, "Have you made an appointment with Akita Nobutada?"

Ichiro Takizawa nodded and said, "It's been an appointment, meet at the company headquarters of Akita Bookstore at two o'clock this afternoon." ”

Xu Zhi turned his hand and looked at the time, it was already half past ten, so he said, "Then let's go to dinner together, and then we will go to Akita Bookstore together." ”

"Hey!" Ichiro Takizawa bowed and said with a smile, "Chairman, I know that a restaurant tastes very good, and you will definitely like it." ”

"Okay, let's go. Xu Zhi nodded, since he came to Japan, he naturally wanted to taste the delicious local food.

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Two p.m., Chiyoda-ku, Akita Shoten Headquarters:

"Hello, Mr. Akita. Outside the president's office of Akita Bookstore, Xu Zhi finally met this Akita Nobutada, who had been working together for a long time, but had never seen him.

In later generations, when it comes to the Japanese manga industry, those who are familiar with it will know that there are three giants, namely Kodansha, Elementary School Management and Shueisha.

The three giants each have several well-known magazines, the most well-known are Shonen Magazine, Shonen Sunday, Shonen Jump, etc., from the 60s to the 21st century, the three major companies have carved up almost all of the manga market in Japan.

However, in fact, there is also the least well-known Akita Bookstore, which is the fourth largest in Japan, but it is not in the same order of magnitude as the first three, so it is not recognized by insiders.

Autumn Bookstore's most well-known comic is Zhou Shonen Champion, with a circulation of 500,000 copies per issue at its peak, which is much worse than the millions of copies circulated by other giants.

However, although it is not in the same order of magnitude, the sales network of Akita Bookstore is spread throughout Japan, or the number of stores is not as large as that of the other three giants, but the geographical coverage is the same.

This is also the main reason why Xu Zhi's comic business was the first to find Akita Bookstore, cooperating with top people, people don't take you to play at all, and even if you bring it, you can only drink soup. However, the efficiency of Akita Bookstore itself is not very good, and only in this case can the highest income be obtained.

"Mr. Xu, welcome to Japan, and welcome to Akita Shoten. Akita Nobutaka warmly shook Xu Zhi's hand and said with a smile.

Akita Nobutaka is relatively short and thin, but his voice is loud and full of neutrality, and in order to welcome Xu Zhi, he also deliberately went to learn a few words of Cantonese.

Xu Zhi smiled: "Mr. Akita is polite. ”

"Please come in. Akita Nobutaka took a half step back and waved his hand to invite Xu Zhi into the office, which is an office of less than 20 square meters, which can be described as shabby compared to many wealthy people in Xiangjiang.

Akita Nobutaka smiled and introduced to Xu Zhi the rows of manga hanging in the office, all the walls are the most famous manga in the entire Akita bookstore in the past few decades, from the style of which can be clearly seen that the manga style of the 50s, 60s, 70s and even the current 80s is completely different

One of the cartoons of Crayon Xiaoxin attracted Xu Zhi's attention.

Seeing Xu Zhi looking at the cartoon of "Crayon Xiaoxin", Akita Nobutaka said with a smile: "Mr. Xu's company is indeed full of talents, and it is really admirable to be able to create such a classic comic from the perspective of an ordinary 3-year-old child!"

"This is just the beginning, Mr. Akita, my manga company has prepared several manga stories, and as long as you and I have negotiated a formal cooperation, these manga can gradually land in the Japanese market. Xu Zhi said with a smile.

"Can I know the plot of these manga first?" asked Akita Nobutada.

"No, I can't. Xu Zhi shook his head and said, "This is my company's secret." ”

Qiu Xinzhong frowned and asked again: "We worked together very well before, why don't we continue to cooperate like this." ”

Xu Zhi shook his head and said: "Mr. Akita, what is the situation of the previous cooperation, you and I are very clear, I came to negotiate with sincerity, and I hope that you and I can reach a long-term and fair cooperation in the true sense!"