Abe's deliberate treatment of himself is something that Zhou Xiao has known for a long time, and he is not stupid, since he knows, he will inevitably make all kinds of preparations for this.

He has his followers on the Chinese side, and Japan has it too.

Japan's Zhou Xiao's backhand for this opening has to be traced back to last year or even earlier.

But something has surfaced, also in June of this year.

Kindness...... Where to start?

In March this year, China's domestic second-in-command announced a message during the investigation of the magic capital, preparing to establish a so-called free trade zone in the magic capital, this free trade zone, in various senses, is that development forces to have to open up, or opening up brings about pure business changes such as development.

For business professionals, this news is definitely priceless.

However, this news is too big, Zhou Xiao knows and has no problem doing something with it, although there is not much he can do, the most sensitive to this news is actually those super large companies, but even if he can make a lot of money with this news, he will not disclose this news before it is disclosed, even if this kind of news may be known to most business people before it is announced.

He and his AZX are very small, and once he reveals the news and it is finally known that he leaked it, it will be dangerous for the Chinese side to find out how he leaked the secret.

Therefore, he will not reveal any of this news until the news is announced in March this year.

But the news related to this news, some of the marginal news, which is much less important than this news, can be the most useful news if it is in the hands of the corresponding company.

For example, when arranging this backhand, he revealed a message to the company that needed it.

He told the other party about it at the beginning of last year, and after a year of preparation, in June this year, just a few days before Zhou Xiao had to use this back hand. The other party finally made the results.

This company is...... Sony!

That's the news...... Sony will launch a PS4 console adapted to the Chinese version and with various modifications!

That's right, what Zhou Xiao told Sony is that in 13 years, the Chinese government will announce the lifting of the ban on game consoles in the mainland!

The ban that has been in place in China for 13 years is finally being lifted!

The world's video game consoles, Nintendo is basically out, and there are basically only two companies left, one is Sony, the other is Microsoft, for such a large company. Getting such news in advance is very helpful for the company's strategy and development, especially in terms of technology, Sony is not as good as Microsoft.

HISTORICALLY, MICROSOFT'S XBOXONE WAS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 29, 14, AND PS4 WAS RELEASED ON MARCH 20, 15! The time difference of half a year proves the gap between the two companies in terms of technology and company operations.

Zhou Xiao directly revealed the news to the head of Sony, Kazuo Hirai, and Kazuo Hirai didn't even believe that Zhou Xiao would tell him such a big news at first, but he quickly chose to believe Zhou Xiao, whether he or Zhou Xiao controlled too many companies with too many resources. Kazuo Hirai knew that Zhou Xiao couldn't joke with him about this kind of thing, so he didn't need to think about whether Zhou Xiao was playing with him, there were only two things he needed to consider.

The first is whether the news that Zhou Xiao got is reliable, and whether he will misunderstand anything.

The second is whether this news will be deliberately released to him by a business opponent through Zhou Xiao's hand.

Soon. Kazuo Hirai confirmed that the second guess was impossible, the opponent had 10,000 ways to put the wrong news on him and Sony, and it was impossible to choose someone like Zhou Xiao who had no suspicious relationship.

And for the first guess, Kazuo Hirai quickly made his own decision. On the one hand, he began to confirm the news mentioned by Zhou Xiao through Sony's own channels, and linked it with various news in China during this period. Soon there was a speculation of their own.

Zhou Xiao's words...... Quite possibly! There may be a huge change in policy on the Chinese side in 13 years! Correspondingly, something like a ban on consoles, which is already clearly outdated, could also change dramatically!

Zhou Xiao didn't lie!

Kazuo Hirai doesn't need to be 100% sure at all, and when he can be 40% sure of the news, he has already let the people of the company start all kinds of operations!

Money, whether Sony or Microsoft has, if you can buy time with money, Sony can afford 100 million yen an hour! Even a 40% confirmation is enough for Kazuo Hirai to start the company's various operations!

money, Sony lost hundreds of millions of dollars and wouldn't even blink an eye, but if this news is true, and Sony has started in advance with the help of this news, overpowering Microsoft, and opening up the market in China in advance, then the money Sony makes is not at the level of one or two hundred million dollars!

In terms of the video game console market, for example, in the United States, the number of game consoles already accounts for more than 30% of households, while in China, the number may be only 1% or less.

China's market,For so many years before this, it has been blank,30% of this sales volume If you put it in China,According to the number of the average Chinese family of 3 people,It is likely to be more than 100 million host sales,This number is of course unrealistic,But even one-tenth of this number has 10 million units!

Game companies sell consoles at a loss, which is common sense that anyone who knows a little bit about the game industry knows, but 10 million consoles, what everyone cares about is not how much the console sells and how much loss it brings to the business, what people care about is only the game sales brought by these hosts, which is the most profitable thing on the main airport.

For a super large company like Sony, every second of lead is invaluable, for example, now, when Microsoft got the news that it was still going through the program, it actually came to the news that Sony's Chinese localization work has been started for a while, and it will soon send the host to the government for review! Doing all this several steps ahead of time has put Microsoft's side in a great passivity!

What to do? A lot of things must be done, a lot of processes must also be done, in the face of Sony, which is moving so fast, Microsoft has only two choices, either go at its own pace, fall behind in everything, and completely lose to Sony when developing the market. Either give up the quality, pay more price, sign a worse agreement, bring hidden dangers to the future distribution of your console, and may even make a big mistake in the anti-piracy work, resulting in huge losses......

It's all possible!

Zhou Xiao's just right news is not serious in terms of administration and confidentiality, although he was assured by Kazuo Hirai, only the two of them in the world knew that he told Sony the news, but Zhou Xiao dared to tell Kazuo Hirai the news. It was also said that even if the news was exposed, it would not matter.

Although administratively it is not important, this news is undoubtedly the most important for Sony, Zhou Xiao is equivalent to giving them a rare opportunity in decades, for Sony, they owe Zhou Xiao a lot of favors!

This so-called favor will not be implemented in any contract or business documents, but in many cases, owing favors is far more important than owing billions, which Kazuo Hirai knows best!

How much help Sony has received depends on the reaction of its rival Microsoft.

The day after Sony announced the plan to localize the console in China. The top leader of Microsoft China announced his resignation, and it is obvious that Microsoft has also thought about it, Sony obviously can't get everything ready so quickly, and they are not the kind of small company and small workshop. This kind of super large company, every action has to go through a lot of formalities to do, and Sony obviously got the inside information.

It's such a big deal, and if no one of you gets a little bit of news, that's fine. But now Sony got the news in advance, and looking at Sony's actions, it is obviously very certain that the layout will be made in advance. You haven't gotten the slightest bit of information here, isn't it a dereliction of duty?

Compared with the angry Microsoft, Sony's side is high-spirited, Sony from ordinary employees to Hirai Kazuo have been appreciated by shareholders, successfully overpowering Microsoft, for PS4 is simply great news, the war between game consoles, maybe Zhou Xiao's news is the last straw that broke the camel's back.

The Sony and Microsoft affairs are just one of the many things that happen every day in the world, and people who care about them naturally care about things like Zhou Xiao and gamers.

But for the vast majority of ordinary people, such as the girls from the AKB Group on Zhou Xiao's side, they may not know what happened from the beginning to the end.

They also don't understand what these things mean.

Moreover, Sony's incident doesn't seem to have anything to do with AZX, although Zhou Xiao and Kazuo Hirai have some personal relationships, and Nogizaka 46 also has Sony's involvement, but when it comes to this matter, from beginning to end, no force will put speculation on someone like Zhou Xiao who has nothing to do with things.

Zhou Xiao called Kazuo Hirai.

Although he instructed Uncle Inoue to do things, he still had to open his mouth to ask for help from Sony's side in the end.

"Mr. Hirai, I'm Zhou Xiao."

Zhou Xiao...... I've been following your business, and I've been praying that I don't get calls from you since something happened, but ...... It seems that these prayers have failed......" Kazuo Hirai said with a bitter smile of helplessness.

"Sir, I really had no choice but to find you." Zhou Xiao was also very helpless, of course he didn't want to use Sony's favor.

"But...... Zhou Xiao, when you told me about that, I said that I would never go against the government because of you, and I would never do anything harmful to Japanese society, and it was impossible for us to win against the government, so this matter ...... I'm sorry I can't help you. Kazuo Hirai said in a deep voice.

"Sir, you misunderstood, what I want you to do is not to help settle them." Zhou Xiaodao.

Just kidding, put on a safe side and his partisan? Don't say that Sony can't do it, even if Sony can do it, Kazuo Hirai can't do it, Sony is not AZX, Kazuo Hirai is just a head, the directors who really own the company, Kazuo Hirai handles daily affairs, there is no problem in making normal decisions, if he really does this kind of thing against the ruling party, his orders may not be issued at all!

"Oh? What do you want me to do for you? ”

"First things first...... Help us get the national performance qualification. Zhou Xiao proposed.

"Didn't you say I wouldn't help you fight them?"

"It's just that taking the country can't be considered a confrontation, right? And this shouldn't be a difficult thing for you, after all, you will have a lot of commercial cooperation with national operators such as advertising. ”

"But...... There is no reason for us to do this, and if the voice is seen as being with you at this time, it will be difficult for the two of us to cooperate in the future. Kazuo Hirai said......

"The reason for this is simple, if you want to say that you are fighting for the rights and interests of Nogizaka, not just you. At that time, I will also ask Kyoraku, Yoshimoto and SoftBank to help speak out. Zhou Xiao said.

"Okay, I see, I agree to that, what else? A favor, you don't want to exchange it for just this, right? Kazuo Hirai asked.

"My other idea is ......" Zhou Xiao's other idea is more normal, he proposed that AZX and Sony can have more in-depth cooperation, not only on the side of the entertainment department, but also on the cooperation between the AZX network department and Sony's relevant departments.

"Cooperation in this area is a very complex question, so I can't answer you for the time being. But I promise that the company will definitely pay attention to this issue, and we will talk about specific cooperation matters later, right? Kazuo Hirai asked.

"Of course, no problem, but if you don't object, I hope to announce the intention of the two companies to cooperate as soon as possible." Zhou Xiaodao.

"Okay, I got it." Kazuo Hirai's voice was full of helplessness, although he said at the beginning of the phone call that he would not help AZX against the ruling party, but Zhou Xiao made several requests. Clearly and secretly this is the meaning, whether it is winning the state or commercial cooperation, it is an act of filling in more chips on the AZX side.

Today's AZX is a very independent company compared to AKS in the past. In the past, AKS was a relatively simple company that operated AKB, and commercially, AKS was very dependent on dentsu, the world's largest advertising agency, but now AZX and dentsu are just ordinary business cooperation.

There are several other companies that have partnered with AKS on the business side.

There is in-depth advertising cooperation and SKE's Jingle; There is a lot of business in China. Yoshimoto Kogyo, which has opened artist training classes and NMB, ostensibly only participates in HKT, but in fact, it is currently negotiating with the AZX Network Division to take a stake in SoftBank. and Toyota, which has partnered with TeamGMT......

After more than ten years of operation, AZX has gradually woven a large net of many companies in Japan, and has become a large company that even the ruling party does not dare to touch.

Of course, these cooperative companies do not mean that they will share weal and woe with AZX from now on, and it is good to wear a pair of pants, but at least the two sides have a mutually beneficial relationship, and they can be regarded as perennial, long-lasting and stable partners, so there is still a certain degree of credibility between them.

Sony's shot is still very effective, under the intervention of Kazuo Hirai, the national side quickly changed its opinion, although the ruling party is also very insistent on giving AZX a good look, but the national side is not too afraid of the other party, Japan and China are still a little different, the government or something must do things according to certain rules, like the current situation, the government can only "hope" the national side to do this and cannot "ask" them to do it.

If the state gives a formal reason why it can't do this, the government can't say anything.

After dealing with the troubles on the national side, Zhou Xiao finally took Maeda Oshima to start the promotion of the new drama.

The broadcast schedule of "Naoki Hanzawa" is still the schedule specially opened up for Zhou Xiao on Sunday, and now many people even call it "Zhou Xiao Period" in this schedule, most of the works broadcast in this schedule are related to Zhou Xiao, some are his original works, some are produced by him, some are invested by him, and some are directed by him......

Now, this Zhou Xiaofile has finally ushered in him for the first time...... Starring in the work!

For many ordinary Japanese audiences, the significance of Zhou Xiao's appearance can even be said to be a bit "magical"! A billionaire who just invested in a hit work with an average rating of more than 34% last quarter, and has so many magical records, actually rolled up his arms and sleeves to film by himself, this scene is really not something that can be seen under ordinary circumstances!

Therefore, after the disclosure of this drama, people were extremely looking forward to it, everyone wanted to see Zhou Xiao star in a billionaire TV series, and it was really normal to peep at selfish desires.

However, Zhou Xiao himself is quite cautious about this expectation, so when promoting the show, he gave a rather abnormal attitude, he even emphasized on TV that this drama is just a dream of his original self and responding to the expectations of the members, as for the quality of the series, please don't expect it, he is not a professional actor after all......

I have to say that his performance is quite surprising, he has such strong confidence when filming, and when he plays it, he seems to be cautious.

This contrast finally reminded the audience, this is still his first starring work, although he has been working hard in the entertainment industry for more than ten years, he has just officially debuted as an actor.

After letting the audience finally realize this, Zhou Xiaocai finally breathed a sigh of relief, he is not a professional actor after all, if he is asked to use the acting skills of the old drama bones in Naoki Hanzawa, the audience may be disappointed, and at that time, maybe even the ratings of the series itself will be affected. (To be continued......)