After leaving Narita Airport, the car did not rush to Tokyo, but drove directly into Narita City and stopped in the parking lot of a four-star hotel.

There is no other reason for this, because the office of Media Asia in Japan is located in Narita City.

The reason why we do not set up an office in Tokyo is mainly because the current land price in Japan is that companies like Media Asia, which came out of Hong Kong, where land prices are expensive, are a little unbearable. It is not an exaggeration to say that the current property prices and rents in Japan are the highest in the world.

In the early 70s, in order to prevent Japan's economic deterioration after the 'Nixon shock' (that is, the collapse of the Bretton Woods system after the United States abandoned the gold standard), Kakuei Tanaka, then Prime Minister of Japan, proposed the "Plan for the Transformation of the Japanese Archipelago" in 1972, advocating a bold shift to urban concentration and spreading the vitality of the nation and the strong residual strength of the Japanese economy to the entire Japanese archipelago. The gap between urban and rural areas, coastal and inland areas of Japan will be bridged through the nationwide reconfiguration of industry and the intensification of knowledge, the construction of nationwide Shinkansen and expressways, and the formation of information and communication networks.

Subsequently, the Japanese government vigorously popularized modern infrastructure throughout the country, eliminated the gap between urban and rural areas, and focused on the replanning of industrial and agricultural areas and highways and Shinkansen (high-speed railways).

Without the intervention of external forces, the "Plan for the Reconstruction of the Japanese Archipelago" would be one of the most successful cases in the history of the world economy in which macroeconomic development was guided by the state. It is a pity that Japan, as an incomplete country that was emasculated after its defeat in World War II, its godfather the United States, experienced several economic crises in the seventies and eighties, and its influence in the world plummeted, and its own goods began to compete with similar products from Europe and Japan.

As the Plaza Accord led to a sharp appreciation of the yen against the dollar, there was a massive influx of hot money from overseas, and more Japanese capital was freed up from manufacturing, from housing prices to the stock market, from overseas acquisitions to financing, and the entire Japanese economy fell into a state of extreme frenzy, and land prices also rose sharply, initially in the Tokyo area, and then spread to Osaka, Nagoya, and other major cities. In 1987, land prices rose in a "frenzy", and commercial land prices in Tokyo rose by 48% in one year. 2%, and the price of residential land increased by 21. 5%, the increase has already exceeded the period of "Japanese archipelago reconstruction". 1988 was even more terrifying, with commercial land prices in Tokyo rising by 61% and residential land prices by 68%, compared to 1985, when the price of commercial land in Tokyo began to rise.2 9 times, the price of residential land has also increased by 2. 1 times. By the end of 1987, the total market value of land in Japan was 1,673 trillion yen, which was 26 times the total market value of land in the United States, which is 26 times the size of Japan. 9 times.

By the beginning of the 1990s, Chiyoda-ku, where the city of Tokyo alone, including the Imperial Family, was home to many of Japan's most important institutions, and the market value of land at that time was indeed close to the total land price of New York State or the small European countries of Portugal and the Netherlands, giving rise to the widespread saying that "one land price in Tokyo can buy the entire United States."

Although the economic bubble burst in Japan early last year due to the sudden withdrawal of international hot money, loans secured by land have also become extremely risky, and major banks have had to sell their land and real estate at low prices to recoup funds, so that the current property prices in Japan have plummeted by almost half compared with their peak. However, at this time, the cold winter of the Japanese economy has just arrived, and the outrageous land price in Tokyo is still too high.

In addition, Narita City is also very close to Tokyo, so Media Asia simply set up a branch office here, and if necessary, it can be rushed to Tokyo in dozens of minutes. Of course, the premise is that there will be no traffic jams.

"Boss, you guys just rest in this hotel first, I'm waiting for your inspection at any time over there. There aren't many places to do in Narita, but it's a good idea to have a picnic in a park near the Tone River or visit Naritasan Shinshoji Temple. Do I need to arrange? ”

After Deng Yuanlong helped deliver the luggage to the room, he asked him.

Lin Xiaozhi refused without thinking about it, "No need!" ”

He is not good at Huang Laozhi's learning, and Lin Xiaozhi, who has no religious beliefs, is not interested in visiting any temple. And compared to a picnic in Japan, where you can't speak well, it is more suitable for the beach in Hong Kong. Although the Lin family did not buy any private islands, there are many islands around Hong Kong, and in the past year, he has used the name of his two wives to buy a number of properties and villas on several small islands with good scenery, two or three of which are with several private beaches. When he is not happy, he also likes to take his family and friends to the beach for dinner and fishing, which is much happier than having a picnic in Japan, where he can't speak.

What's more, he didn't come to Japan this time to play.

"Has Norihiko Kadokawa contacted you recently?"

"He just came yesterday and wanted to borrow 300 million yen (about $2.3 million) from us in his private capacity to buy shares in Kadokawa Bookstore held by several shareholders to strengthen his voice. Although the boss informed us to provide him with some help before, Kadokawa Norihiko couldn't take any collateral, not to mention that the recent situation was not very favorable to him, so we are ready to wait for the boss to come and make a decision! ”

Lin Xiaozhi nodded but didn't speak, 300 million yen is almost 18 million Hong Kong dollars, and he figured it out with a little conversion in his heart. For him, this money is not something that he can't get out, it's just that he and Kadokawa Lihiko are not related to each other, let alone have a friendship, the only thing that has to be said is to take what they want.

Deng Yuanlong's consideration is not unreasonable, judging from the current situation within Kadokawa, his brother Haruki Kadokawa has been the president of the company since more than ten years ago, and his influence is deep-rooted. Although his younger brother Kadokawa Rihiko has the support of the company's elders behind him, he himself does not hold too many shares of Kadokawa Bookstore, and he is congenitally at a disadvantage. No matter how you look at it, it is difficult for Kadokawa to win Haruki Kadokawa, but Lin Xiaozhi decided to pull Kadokawa Rihiko after only a little consideration.

The stubborn Haruki Kadokawa will definitely not be able to sell Kadokawa Pictures to him, although Lin Xiaozhi doesn't know what this well-known business giant in Japan is thinking, since the early eighties, Kadokawa Pictures has been losing money every year, and he can still be so determined to persevere, but his attitude has also been very clear, it is impossible to sell Kadokawa Pictures that he values so much to himself.

The Japanese authorities have been very strict in their own film control since before World War II, and although it is not a piece of iron bucket after decades of operation, there are only two ways for outsiders to enter Japan and share the world's second largest film box office market, or cooperate with local film companies and theaters and accept their blackmail; Either they can only directly spend money to build another theater chain in Japan like the big five American giants with deep pockets and strong backgrounds, forcing Japanese theaters to admit and accept them.

Thanks to the Japanese economic bubble in the 90s, in the early 90s, it created another opportunity for other film industry giants who were interested in breaking into the Japanese market. If Lin Xiaozhi is not mistaken, it should be around the end of this year, the president of Nikko Co., Ltd., one of the five major Japanese film companies known as the "Japanese film czar", is about to be critically ill. With the departure of the tsar, Nikko soon fell into management conflicts and conflicts between shareholders and management, and not long after, the Sanada family, the majority shareholder, sold their shares in Nikko to the American film giant MGM.

MGM should have been eyeing Nikko a long time ago, otherwise it would not have been possible so the president Horihisaku bought the shares of the Sanada family, the majority shareholder, not long after he became critically ill, so Lin Xiaozhi guessed that even if he wanted to get involved, it would be too late.

Fortunately, he still has a choice, that is, although he has been losing money year after year, under the painstaking management of Haruki Kadokawa, Kadokawa Pictures is not only strong but also has dozens of theaters.

Now the infighting of the Kadokawa brothers has undoubtedly provided him with a lot of convenience, with the support of the company's elders, if he provides some more help, I believe that it is not impossible for Kadokawa Rihiko to bring down his brother Kadokawa Haruki. Haruki Kadokawa is also a well-known prodigal in Japan, he has been married three times since the 70s, and has had scandals with many stars who have made movies for Kadokawa Films, the biggest of which is the fact that he was filmed overnight at the house of Yakushimaru Hiroko. Until last year, after Yakushimaru Hiroko married the well-known Japanese singer Koji Tamaki, the media also reported that Yakushimaru Hiroko suffered domestic violence because of this incident.

Haruki Kadokawa remembers being arrested and imprisoned a year later for embezzlement of company property and drug abuse, after which he was expelled from Kadokawa Bookstore.

With these memories, Lin Xiaozhi decided to push Kadokawa Rihiko behind his back so that he could buy Kadokawa Pictures with him. However, 300 million yen is not a lot for him, but it is not appropriate to give it to him so lightly. Lin Xiaozhi immediately sued Deng Yuanlong and asked him to talk to Kadokawa in person, and the money could be lent to him, but he had to fight for a more 'beneficial' price for Kadokawa Films.

In addition to personally sitting in Narita City and supervising the propaganda work of the Japanese branch for two days about the League of Assassins, three days after arriving in Japan, he took only two bodyguards with him and got into a car from Tokyo and drove to Tokyo.