Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Human Circle Money Plan (3)
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Miyahara has no objection to Yoshishi Kubo's choice to report this to Yuichi Miyahara, who is still the acting president, and Yuichi Miyahara still sits in the president's seat.
"On the contrary, if President Miyahara objects, you must stop this 'investment' that is destined to make no profit."
"Of course."
Although he is very sure, Miyahara Jing is not absolutely sure that he can convince Yuichi Miyahara, haven't you seen that he can't even convince Yoshishi Kubo?
Even he felt that Yuichi Miyahara's thoughts should be similar to that of Yoshishi Kubo.
If you can't convince Yuichi Miyahara...... That's a real headache.
As for the financial problem mentioned by Yoshishi Kubo, it is indeed a difficulty, and at present, the Hibiscus Society has less than 300 million yen on its books, which is a lot of money for an individual, but for a company that is currently operating, 300 million yen is only enough to barely maintain daily expenses.
At present, the main income of the Hibiscus Society comes from the sale of Simiriel, which is priced at 540 yen, with a circulation of 100,000 copies per issue, so that the income of each issue is 54 million yen, but the cost is also very large, including the manga artist's remuneration of 800 to 12 million, the printing cost of 15 million, and the sale cost of 10 million, and the sale cost of Simariel two issues per month, so the profit is about 40 million, but don't forget, there are also costs such as the salary of the Hibiscus Society itself, in addition to the addition of 40% is business taxβ¦β¦ In fact, the monthly net profit of the Hibiscus Society was only about 15 million yen.
Hibiscus holds the copyrights to many manga works in the past 20 years, but they are intangible assets and are difficult to monetize in a short period of time.
In recent years, due to the lack of blockbuster works, the surrounding licensing income of the Hibiscus Society is almost none, and it is not easy to have a girls' high school two or three things, and now it has been suspended because of the resignation of the cartoonist.
"Wait, copyright? Two or three things about girls' high school? Miyahara suddenly remembered that if you want to sell the copyright, there just happens to be a ready-made one here.
"Editor-in-chief Kubo, about Shueisha's desire to acquire the rights to two or three things about girls' high school, didn't they offer 50 million? When we return to them, we will also lower the price a little, let's put it at 190 million yen. β
"190 million? Isn't it 200 million? Yoshishi Kubo first questioned, and then immediately reacted, Miyahara Shizun put the offer down, that is, to pass it to Shueisha, about the two or three things about the girls' high school Hibiscus Society is really willing to talk about this time, as long as the price meets expectations, this side is willing to sell two or three things about the girls' high school.
"Jingjun, do you really want to sell this girls' high school for two or three things...... I see, you want to invest the money from the sale of the rights to the girls' high school into EVA! β
Miyahara Jing smiled and nodded, compared to EVA, what are the two or three things in girls' high school? Since it can no longer generate benefits for the Hibiscus Society, let it exert its residual heat.
As for the idea of insisting on smashing it in your own hands...... What the? How could there be such an idea, Miyahara Shizune said that anyone really thought about it this way? It's definitely not him anyway.
"I ask the editor-in-chief of Kubo to continue to negotiate with Shueisha, whether or not I will invest in EVA, I have already decided to sell the girls' high school for two or three things." Miyahara said this, but in fact he had already made up his mind to invest the money in Eva.
"I understand......" Yoshishi Kubo didn't know what Miyahara Shizune really thought, but he had been dizzy by Miyahara Shizu's decision to invest in EVA, and he didn't have the heart to oppose the sale of the girls' high school at this time.
"Shizu-kun, editor-in-chief Kubo, what are you doing?" Just as Shizune Miyahara and Yoshishi Kubo were about to end their conversation, Jun Miyahara knocked on the Kubo office.
"Sister Chun...... What are you trying to do? Why did you come here in such a dress? Miyahara said in surprise, and then introduced to Yoshishi Kubo, "My sister Jun Miyahara, the editor-in-chief of Kubo should know about her." β
Yoshishi Kubo nodded, there was no reason why he didn't know Jun Miyahara, even if he really hadn't met Jun Miyahara, he should have guessed her identity from her face that was eight points similar to Shizu Miyahara.
If it weren't for Jun Miyahara's long hair, the similarity index of the brother and sister would have increased by at least five percentage points.
I want to ask why Miyahara Jing was surprised, because Miyahara Jun at this time was dressed in professional clothes and dressed himself like an ol.
"Am I not your assistant? As the acting president's assistant, I can't just come all the time, but if I'm here to work, of course I'll have to wear something professional. β
Jun Miyahara has been living at home these days, and Miyahara doesn't know how her sister persuaded the full boarding school to let her live in her own home, but if you think about it a little, she can continue to ask for leave from school, and what he can do, my sister can also do, which is not surprising.
However, he was still a little depressed when he looked at Jun Miyahara's formal dress, Miyahara Jing herself was basically dressed in sportswear every time she appeared in the Hibiscus Society, and his sister's dress made him wonder if he was a little too casual.
"That's right, Sister Chun, haven't you always thought that it was too simple to do copyright management for me, and now I'll give you an important job."
Miyahara Shizumi saw that Jun Miyahara was dressed like a successful woman, and immediately thought of a new idea.
"What job?" Jun Miyahara asked indifferently, in fact, she didn't think that the Hibiscus Society could be of any use for her important work.
"Business negotiations, how's that?"
"Business negotiations?"
Miyahara Jing saw that her sister's eyebrows were slightly raised, which was a sign that she was interested, so she immediately stretched out two fingers to her:
"The amount involved is 200 million yen."
"What the hell is going on?" When Jun Miyahara heard the figure of 200 million, he suddenly changed from a little interest to a very interested. Not to mention that Jun Miyahara is suitable for being a strong woman, hearing that such a large amount of business negotiations are involved, she did not back down at all because she had no experience in this area, but became more interested.
In fact, among the three siblings, only Jun Miyahara's personality is most similar to his father Yuichi Miyahara.
"That's the case, didn't our manga artist Takama Koyama go to Shueisha, and now Shueisha wants to get back the copyright of two or three things in girls' high school, but their offer is only 50 million ......" Miyahara Jing introduced the ins and outs of the matter like Jun Miyahara, and then asked again, "Regarding the manga about Koyama Takama and the girls' high school two or three things, you can learn more about the manga from the editor-in-chief Kubo, how about it, are you interested in participating?" β
"Why not?" After listening to Miyahara's end, Miyahara Jun felt that of course she didn't have any concerns about participating in such negotiations, and she didn't feel that the publishing house should not sell the copyright of her manga, in her opinion, manga is first and foremost a commodity, since this commodity has no value for Hibiscus Society itself, and Shueisha is eager for it, so what reason is there not to sell it for a good price.
"Editor-in-chief Kubo, you will lead the negotiations, but it's okay to let Sister Chun give you a start, right?" Miyahara asked Yoshishi Kubo again, in fact, he stuffed his sister to Yoshishi Kubo's side to prevent Kubo from not being able to contribute to the negotiations.
Because of Kubo's own strong opposition to investing in EVA, Miyahara wonders if he will force the funds to give up the idea of investing under the pretext that he can't sell the girls' high school and get the funds.
"It's no problem...... "Miyahara Shizushi has already decided, what else can Yoshishi Kubo say about the president's daughter getting involved, if Miyahara Shizu really wants to ask for his opinion, at least he should ask him if he needs a helper, and then make a decision, not the other way around.
He doesn't think that a high school girl can help in the negotiations, on the contrary, maybe she will cause chaos at that time, in fact, he is not very happy to bring Jun Miyahara, but, in the face of the identity of Jun Miyahara's daughter, he can't say anything, which makes Yoshishi Kubo very depressed.
Maybe today is an unlucky day for Yoshishi Kubo.
"As for the bottom line of the negotiations...... I hope we can get at least 100 million yen. Miyahara thought for a while before giving such a figure, he felt that 100 million yen should be the limit of Shueisha's bearing, and if it was higher, the two sides would probably have a chance to collapse.
"I see, we'll start the formal negotiation process." Yoshishi Kubo said that in the past, because there was no intention of negotiation on the Hibiscus Society's side, the quotations of the two sides were just shouting in the air, but now that they really want to negotiate on the issue of selling the copyrights of the girls' high school, then at least the Hibiscus Society should organize a negotiation team, in addition to Kubo Yoshishi and Jun Miyahara, who "started to fight", at least one legal staff and one financial officer.
"Junjun, let me introduce you to the specific situation of the comic Koyama Takama and the girls' high school." Since she is destined to be unable to get rid of the burden of Jun Miyahara, Yoshishi Kubo decided to tell her what the copyright of this manga is about two or three things in girls' high school, and increase her understanding, at least so that she will not be in a hurry at that time.
Jun Miyahara, who has never read manga, really doesn't know anything except that Koyama Takama is the author of Girls' High School, and Girls' High School is the work of Koyama Takazane, so she listens very carefully, which shows that she really wants to do a good job in negotiations.
That's enough for Shizune Miyahara, does he trust his sister's abilities? Not necessarily, he himself doesn't care too much about how much active Miyahara Jun can play in this matter, the main work is still to be handed over to the old and serious Kubo Yoshishi to do, and with Miyahara Jing's understanding of her sister, even if she can't help, it won't cause chaos to the negotiations as Kubo Yoshishi thinks.