In July, when "Sister's Boyfriend (Season 1)" (TV Tokyo finally changed the name of the TV series) was launched, Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi took a Japanese political and economic delegation to visit China, and Mitsumi Fukuda actually mixed a place in the delegation, and such a young and beautiful Japanese girl appeared on the camera of the news broadcast at 7 o'clock in the evening.

Shen Zhenghui is also in China, but the place where he is located is Yuhang, and he saw the news in Wang Anran's dormitory. The announcer read out the press release formulaically, saying the old tune of Sino-Japanese friendship, and Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, who had just been elected for one year, seemed to be quite energetic. The prime minister with whom he was talking had just come to power, and it was the time when he was ready to do a big job, and although Keizo Obuchi had to meet with the chairman and the chairman of the National People's Congress respectively, the meeting with the prime minister seemed to be the most important meeting, because the issues involved were particularly serious. In the Hiroshin bankruptcy case, a considerable amount of the Bank of Japan's debts could not be recovered because of bankruptcy, so Keizo Obuchi had to communicate with the prime minister on this issue.

Of course, according to the tone of the news broadcast, the atmosphere of the whole meeting must have been good. But in practice, this is basically impossible, and even if a settlement is reached in the general direction, the two sides will of course fight for the core interests on the basis of reason. The impact of the post-'97 financial crisis has not subsided, both sides are still bleeding, and China is facing pressure to deepen reforms, so the prime minister is faced with a package of major problems to solve the problem. Japan is facing economic stagnation that has been going on since the 80s, and when the domestic economy is stagnant, overseas investment has become a lifesaver, and China has always been coveted by Japan as the investment and consumer market with the greatest potential. Moreover, Japan holds the hand of whether or not to agree to China's accession to the WTO.

Although the content of the agreement has been communicated in advance, whether there are traps in the specific clauses still need to be reviewed, and the bigwigs of the negotiations between the two sides also throw out new clauses from time to time, and they must complete the signing of the negotiation in a very short period of time, and the pressure can be imagined. Of course, it cannot be ruled out that one party deliberately did this in order to take advantage of hasty negotiations.

Mitsumi Fukuda apparently had this intention in mind, and during her meeting with the vice premier in charge of culture, she proposed to strengthen cultural exchanges between China and Japan, saying that China and Japan could introduce films to each other.

In the early days of reform and opening up, when Sino-Japanese relations were close, Japan donated a large number of film rights to the Chinese side. At that time, movies took root in the minds of Chinese, who had a poor entertainment life, and Ken Takakura was like a god. At a time when films from all over the world are losing ground under the onslaught of Hollywood, and even more so in Japan, the so-called world's second largest economy, there has been little improvement in live-action films other than animation. At present, China only imports ten blockbusters a year, and all these ten blockbusters come from Hollywood, even if there are Jackie Chan movies in the middle, they are also made in Hollywood. Therefore, in the eyes of the Chinese delegates, this demand put forward by Mitsumi Fukuda is simply a delusion on the part of the Japanese side -- Hollywood films will impact Chinese films, and Japanese cartoons will impact Chinese animation, and will China's film and animation industry still be alive?

As a result, Mitsumi Fukuda's mention was delayed by the other party's official tone - this mention yì has to be considered and considered.

On this basis, China and Japan should reach some kind of principled agreement to create conditions for exchanges and cooperation in the cultural industries of the two sides, such as trade quotas.

I don't know whether Mitsumi Fukuda cooperated with Keizo Obuchi or Keizo Obuchi cooperated with Mitsumi Fukuda, but during his talks with the chairman, chairman, and prime minister, Keizo Obuchi put forward the concept of the East Asian Free Trade Area, that is, with China, Japan, and South Korea as the core, the free flow of people, goods, and capital will be realized in the trade zone, and the economic relations between them will be strengthened and deepened, and the markets will be opened to each other. This is another major topic in addition to the WTO topic.

Of course, this is a very good concept, and if it is China after 2008, I hope to realize this concept immediately. But in 1999, China was clearly wary of the concept of a greater East Asia co-prosperity sphere. On joining the WTO, many aspects of the market to foreigners open, there are already many people in the country worried, the concept of free trade zone, the current sowing harvest is only lack of confidence.

From an economic point of view, the FTA is obviously good, but the question is who is in the driver's seat. In 1999, China's combined GDP was only a quarter of Japan's, and the two countries together were more than half that of the United States. Therefore, joining the WTO is still shouting that the wolf is coming, and the concept of a free trade zone is enough to make conservatives shout that the meteorite is coming.

Although the benefits of this concept have also made Chinese leaders somewhat excited, they have not yet burned out their brains to agree to such an economic alliance that they cannot control. In addition, China is still trying to join the WTO, and there is no need to engage in such a situation with Japan at this time. The road has to be taken step by step, isn't it?

However, Keizo Obuchi's earnest attitude is not very suitable for outright rejection, and it is entirely possible to regard certain mentions as the realization of the contents of WTO accession. In addition, Fukuda Mitsumi's proposal of reciprocal quota trade is ostensibly beneficial to China, because its core content is that the money earned by Japan's import of cultural products to China is spent on China's cultural market, and this concept of pursuing trade balance in a certain industry is refreshing, so China is willing to sign a short-term treaty with Japan on this proposal, which will be valid for three years, and then discuss whether to renew the treaty or conclude a new treaty after expiration. At the same time, China and Japan have set up a bilateral trade committee, and trade issues between China and Japan are resolved through guò committee talks, and the trade balance of cultural industries is also within the scope of coordination of this committee. This can be regarded as paving the way for the WTO.

On the issue of films, the Chinese side has formulated that China Film Group as the only authorized agency can cooperate with Japanese companies to distribute Japanese films, and the Japanese side did not specify the only authorized agency, but provided a list, indicating that the institutions on the list can participate in Sino-Japanese film cooperation projects, although Kasuga Pictures is on the list, but the other four major film companies are also on the list. So this is actually quite unfavorable to the Japanese side, so the two sides signed a supplementary agreement, and the distribution of co-productions is not within the scope of this restriction.

At the end of his three-day visit, when Prime Minister Obuchi and the Chinese prime minister signed a memorandum of understanding on economic and trade cooperation and support for China's accession to the WTO, Mitsumi Fukuda was not under the gaze of any reporter. However, during this visit, she made a deep impression not only on the Chinese, but also on the Japanese who came with her. It's just that the impression I left on myself as a Japanese person was not a good one. Many people have little impression of Kasuga Pictures, a newly established film shooting and distribution company, and they find it strange that it can become a film company that cooperates with China, and some people have some resentment about Mitsumi Fukuda's trade balance, so rumors of a transfer of interests between Mitsumi Fukuda and Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi spread among the upper class of Japanese society. There's nothing wrong with that, Mitsumi Fukuda and Yuko Obuchi have a pretty good relationship, so the rumors are getting more and more noses and eyes.

At the same time, Shen Zhenghui, who was in Yuhang, received a briefing from Fukuda Mitsumi about the negotiation information, and finally started his own actions, and his short-term inspection of the Binjiang Development Zone was completed immediately.

This is definitely not the rhythm of moving Pengcheng's company over, Shen Zhenghui has already thought about it, Pengcheng's company, as a basic talent training base, will continue to produce half-orc cartoons that Chinese leaders like. Yuhang's animation company will accept employees who have studied in GONZO in Japan, undertake Japanese animation outsourcing work and produce high-grade cartoons, and if it is really not possible, it can also produce animation advertisements and so on. At the same time, the cultural company of the leather bag TV drama production zuò in Pengcheng will also make a sub-base in Yuhang, and in the future, it can use this leather bag to come forward to co-produce movies and TV series with the Japanese side, Shen Zhenghui and Fukuda Mitsumi are holding back the agreement signed this time to do left-handed to right-handed trade activities!

For China in 1999, an investment of 100 million yuan was also a lot of money. Wang Anran had just been recruited as the deputy section chief of the investment promotion office of the management committee, and he immediately made such a performance, although the leaders who were familiar with his family background were not surprised, but they were still surprised by the power of the Wang family. Shen Zhenghui is also preparing to buy a house in Binjiang New Area, nominally as an apartment for workers, but in fact he knows best that the purpose is to hoard and speculate on houses, anyway, as the company's assets can be mortgaged to the bank for loans.

"Am I aiding and abetting?" Wang Anran asked Shen Zhenghui with a smile.

"What nonsense, I invested real money in your district, smashed the money, and all the buildings were raised, and all the talents gathered."

"Don't think I can't understand what you're doing, you said it yourself, you want so much land, and the contract is so long, or you are not optimistic about the development of the development zone, and you are ready to hoard land."

"You can hype it up, if there are many investors who come to invest, the price of land will rise immediately."

"Cut...... My sister and you do similar things, but if the bank breaks off your loan, you'll be done in a minute. ”

"How can the bank cut off your sister's loan?"

"I'm talking about cutting off your loan."

"Dude can take a loan from Japan." Shen Zhenghui patted his chest, and said to Wang Anran, "With such a big achievement, when will you be promoted to section chief?" ”

"Is that an achievement?" Wang Anran pouted, "The 52 institutes under the Ministry of Information Industry are ready to invest in the establishment of a company specializing in the production of surveillance camera equipment in Binjiang New Area, and the first phase of investment is 1 billion. ”

"Oh? Is it? Shen Zhenghui's eyes widened, "You didn't send them to come by themselves, so good?" ”

"Subordinate enterprises, preferential conditions are directly negotiated with the province and city, and we have nothing to do with it, and we don't even think about performance." Wang Anran pursed his lips, "I'm just waiting for someone like you to invest 1100 million yuan!" ”

"That's right," Shen Zhenghui touched his chin, "I also want to set up an Internet company, which can also be placed in your district, what do you think?" ”

"How much are you going to invest?"

"I don't have much money left." Shen Zhenghui pursed his lips.

"My sister has money, she can take a stake."

"......" Shen Zhenghui licked his lips.

"As soon as I look at your expression, I know that this must be a money-making project, so let's invest a share too."

Shen Zhenghui stuck out his tongue.

Wang Anran slapped him on the shoulder, "You kid should move the focus of your career back to China." ”

"Well, I want to, too, but the timing doesn't seem to be ripe yet."

"When is the time right?"

"When the network speed generally reaches 56kB/s, it will be about the same."

"Japan doesn't have that level either, does it?"

"Yes, at present, only Smecta, the number one country in the universe, has reached this level!"