"Zhou Xiao, come, this is Yoshinori Enomoto, the president of Jingle." A week after meeting with Yasusu Akimoto, the two met again at a higher-level buffet, and this time it was not just the two of them, but a third person, Yoshinori Enomoto of Kyoraku.

In fact, such a meeting, whether Zhou Xiao or Enomoto Yoshinori attended, is relatively small, and the level of this participation can only be regarded as "comparatively" high, and Zhou Xiao and Enomoto Yoshinori are already the top company operators in Japan, among which the total assets of Jingle may be more than AZX, but the potential of AZX is significantly higher.

The main reason why Zhou Xiao and Yoshinori Enomoto appeared at this dinner party was that the two wanted to meet and talk about cooperation on SKE.

"Enomoto seniors, look up for a long time." Zhou Xiao shook hands respectfully.

"Zhou Xiao! I'm here to ask for your attention. Yoshinori Enomoto said.

"Everywhere, in every way, you are my senior." Zhou Xiaodao.

"What's the use of seniors or something, we old guys, in the end, we all have to rely on young people like you who are energetic and innovative." Yoshinori Enomoto said.

After two originally strangers meet, if it is an ordinary person, they may be very strangers and try to approach each other, but if it is a person with some status, such people usually have the ability to quickly pull a relationship with the person they want to get close to, and after they meet, they will show Xiàn as if the two have really admired the name for a long time, and this meeting is expected by the two for decades.

But in fact, the two who have been chatting cordially for several hours may forget each other as soon as they turn around, and they are not even interested in asking for each other's phone numbers.

Zhou Xiao and Enomoto Yoshiki are like this, the two of them and Akimoto Yasushi came and went and chatted for fifteen minutes, but if you really want to say that the three of them can talk about something, basically there is only one thing to praise each other, fifteen minutes later. Yoshinori Enomoto looked at the time and finally started to cut to the chase.

"Let's find a place to talk." Yoshinori Enomoto said.

After speaking, he called the waiter at the dinner party and asked the other party to find a more private room for the three of them, the place where the buffet was held is a very famous restaurant in the industry, and it is relatively easy to find a private room.

The waiter quickly found the room, but Zhou Xiao and the three of them did not rush over but continued to chat, until a while after Zhou Xiao and the two entourages of Yoshinori Enomoto came out of the room that the other party found and nodded to the two, and the three of them entered the room with a smile.

Both of these people came as drivers for Zhou Xiao and Yoshinori Enomoto, in fact, in addition to the identity of the driver. These two people also serve as the bodyguards of the two, and the two of them just went in to see if there was a bugging pinhole camera in the room.

"I heard Akimoto say a few days ago that your AKB will continue to do it for a long time, so you want to find a collaborator on Jiyuan?" Yoshinori Enomoto whispered to Zhou Xiao beside him as he walked.

"Yes, AKB implements the concept of idols that can be seen at any time by the common people, but if it is just AKB in Tokyo, cities like Nagoya and Osaka will not be able to see them if you want to. So I thought it would be nice to have a combination like AKB in a city like this if I could. Zhou Xiao said.

"If that's the case, Osaka looks like a better choice than Nagoya, right?" Yoshinori Enomoto asked.

"The difference between Osaka and Nagoya is that Nagoya doesn't have a lot of idol culture. Osaka has its own entertainment industry and celebrities, and compared to the two places, I think it's easier to start from scratch, if you start in Osaka. While it will be easier to find in terms of audience, you may also encounter more unexpected problems. Zhou Xiaodao.

"I see, Mr. Zhou Xiao seems to have come prepared. In this case, your AZX is not short of liquidity, why would you want to come to us to cooperate with Jingle? Yoshinori Enomoto continued to ask.

"Enomoto seniors, I think it's impossible for you not to know the answer to this question, we AZX are not short of money but lack a lot of other things, such as entering Nagoya, we AZX may still have some ability in Tokyo, but in Nagoya, our local business and industry are almost zero, although it is not impossible to start from scratch, but it is a waste of time and energy, so looking for a company that is familiar with the local area is undoubtedly the best choice." Zhou Xiaodao.

"But if that's all there is to it, there is such a thing as a group like AKB and a local idol...... It's not very attractive to people, but I've learned about AKB since its establishment, and it doesn't look like it can be popular anyway. "Enomoto Yoshinori said.

"Enomoto seniors, on the question of whether AKB can be popular, I think...... You don't need to care. Zhou Xiao's words were a little surprising.

"Oh?"

"If you are interested, I can sign a contract with your company with the highest amount, and every year our company will give your company dividends that are not inferior to that value." Zhou Xiao said.

"Oh? At the same time, can our company still have a share of SKE? Yoshinori Enomoto asked.

"Senpai, is that possible?" Zhou Xiao spreads his hands, and when he wants shares, he will share them? There is no such good thing in the world.

"Haha, well, I'm too greedy, but if it's a sharing contract, this contract doesn't seem to have any need for us to go out......" Yoshinori Enomoto asked.

If it's just a fixed share, it means that the two companies are not cooperating but a business-buying relationship, and Yoshinori Enomoto sells a certain amount of software and hardware, and AZX pays for it.

"Because I'm here to visit the pier, I want to go in and out of Nagoya or something, that's the territory of your predecessors, if you have a choice, it's obviously the best choice to cooperate with you." Zhou Xiaodao.

Yoshiki Enomoto looked at Yasushi Akimoto and said, "What a talker, I want to just sign a contract like this, but ...... Seeing you do this, I would like to see how far you can go in running AKB in the future...... So, tell me about your future operations in Nagoya, and I've decided that I want to have a fixed share of your Nagoya portfolio in the future! ”

Zhou Xiao was stunned by Enomoto Yoshiki's words, and couldn't help but ask, "Are you sure?" In this case, Jingle Ke will have to share the risk with us AZX, right? ”

"There is no risk in doing business. I think it's much better to give you the potential and opportunity to make money than to hand it over to unreliable guys. "Enomoto Yoshinori said.

"Really? I've been losing money for the past two years. Zhou Xiao said.

"The person who attacks you with this is an idiot, staring at the only job you are temporarily losing money, but ignoring the jobs where you make money, and even if this AKB you lose money is still in operation, in fact, it is still normal to establish an idol group or debut artist who has not made money for two years, it seems that only here you are, people will be very harsh." Yoshinori Enomoto said with a smile.

This guy smiled like an old fox, and Zhou Xiao sighed, it seems that there is something. Jiang is still old and spicy, and the way to enter Nagoya, if AZX pays a fixed franchise fee every year, it will definitely be the best result, because in the future, SKE does not need to share even one yen when making money from operation.

But Zhou Xiao must grasp that degree, not only not to let Yoshinori Enomoto lose interest and give up investment, but also to make him feel that SKE is just his desire alone, so that he can cooperate with him.

But it is very difficult to master this degree, and Zhou Xiao made a long time to make Yoshinori Enomoto make the decision to ask for SKE shares.

Although this decision is not a bad thing for Zhou Xiao. By tying the two companies into the same boat, the development of SKE in Nagoya will be much less resistant and more helpful.

Therefore, although Yoshinori Enomoto made this decision that Zhou Xiao didn't really want to see. However, he did not object to the other party's request to take a stake in the future SKE.

"So...... Zhou Xiao, establish SKE, what exactly do you want from me? Yoshinori Enomoto asked.

"The Sakira building in Nagoya is your Kyoraku company, right?" Zhou Xiao asked.

"Oh? Do you want that building? ”

"Nope. I don't need a whole building, I just need the second floor of that building. Zhou Xiao said.

"Oh? Is that it? Yoshinori Enomoto asked. He looked a little disappointed, and for him he hoped that his side would give more. Because the more out of their own side, the more they occupy the equity of SKE, but the most important aspect of funds AZX is not lacking at all, and the goal cannot be achieved in the matter of buying shares, and if the hardware is still so little, Jingle can occupy much less shares in SKE in the future.

"That's right, how about exchanging the right to use a floor for a 10% stake in SKE, and the time will continue until the SKE project is over, or you don't want to cooperate anymore." Zhou Xiao said.

"Only ten percent? No, no, no, how can the two of us say that we are also the presidents of such a large company, it is too stingy to talk about only 10% of the contract once, and the right to use a building, your combination is just a local combination, how to say that you have to give me forty percent, right? How about it, if you give me forty percent, when your group is established, I will use Jingle's resources to make a local title group for this group. Yoshinori Enomoto said.

"Forty percent? No, no, that's impossible, forty percent is too much, idol groups are a big investment, the right to use a floor is not that valuable, we invested billions when we established AKB! Zhou Xiao said.

"That's because AKB is in Tokyo, and it will be a lot less investment if it is a local area and has an upfront investment from AKB." Enomoto Yoshikimichi.

"Even if we invest less, it should be counted in our investment, and it is precisely because of this that we should occupy more shares." Zhou Xiao said.

"How about we compensate some of them in cash?" Yoshinori Enomoto asked.

"No, no, no, I don't have any problems with cash here, I don't need to invest it at all."

"If we do this, we won't be able to talk about it, but 10% is absolutely not good, so let's do it, I'll suffer a loss, the show will be returned to you, how about we have 30% of the shares?" Enomoto Yoshikimichi.

"En......" Zhou Xiao thought for a long time and said: "Why don't we want the show, give you 15%?" The idol group that has just been established, in fact, in my opinion, there is not much demand for TV shows, and it is better to slowly improve your sense of existence. ”

"Zhou Xiao, you are too insincere, I reduced ten percent at one time. You're only going up five percent at a time? The presidents of two companies as big as ours are too petty to fight for these two numbers. "Enomoto Yoshinori said.

"That'...... Twenty percent! The title team doesn't need to be named, but in terms of the length of our cooperation, I hope the initial contract will be at least five years! Zhou Xiao said. A long-term contract can make the cooperation between the two parties more stable, and there is no need to consider the unreasonable requirements of the other party in the future.

"Five years! Just SKE? How long do you want to do it? Yoshinori Enomoto asked.

"Idol group? More than anything else, I wish this was my life's work. Zhou Xiao said with a smile.

"Okay, five years is five years, but let's talk about it first, what if you can't do it in five years?" Yoshinori Enomoto asked.

"Enomoto-senpai, but you said before that you have to take risks in doing business. Do you want to transfer the risk to me now? If that's the case, Jingle's stake in SKE ......," Zhou Xiao said.

"Oh? Okay, even if you react quickly, but Zhou Xiao, don't blame me for being too unkind, now we all know the situation of AKB, if I can, I hope to see the change of AKB, the Nagoya idol group. We will wait until 2008 to sign a contract, but if AKB's sales do not increase satisfactorily within a few months, we will sign a contract...... I'll need to think about it. "Enomoto Yoshinori said.

"Before next year? All right. That's it. The other party's words made Zhou Xiao stunned, in his previous life, when Yoshiki Enomoto signed a contract with Akimoto Yasu, it should have been the weakest time for AKB, why did Akimoto Yasushi there, he didn't need to see AKB's sales increase. When you get to Zhou Xiao, you must see it?

But if you think about it carefully, in the future, Zhou Xiao's SKE will be fully controlled by AZX, and Yoshinori Enomoto will be more of a shareholder. It's not like Yasu Akimoto in his previous life, he is a money laundering organization that brings investment to AKB and has a purpose other than idol groups, so there is a situation where Yoshinori Enomoto will pay attention to AKB's potential and he didn't pay much attention to the potential in his previous life.

"That'...... The cooperation is pleasant, and the specific situation of the contract will be discussed with your people on our side. Yoshinori Enomoto stood up and shook hands with Zhou Xiao and said.

"Happy working together! Rest assured, it won't take too long, and after a year, you'll find out that you've made a great decision. Zhou Xiao said.

"I hope so, then I'll leave first if there's nothing to do." Yoshinori Enomoto said.

"You walk slowly." Zhou Xiao sent him out with Qiu Yuanyasu.

A few minutes later, he and Akimoto walked back again.

In the process of talking about business just now, Qiu Yuankang didn't say a word, as if he was a transparent person, which actually made Zhou Xiao a little unhappy, after all, AKB was in the name of a double system, so when he came back, he walked with Qiu Yuankang and said: "Teacher Qiu Yuan, did I go too far just now?" What do you think about this? ”

"No, no, it's nothing, I think it's good, AKB is yours now, you should have such confidence, and I think you talked about it well." Akimoto said with a smile.

"Really? Then I'm relieved. Zhou Xiaodao.

"All I'm worried about is a problem......"

"What?"

“AKB…… Will you really be able to get sales up in a few months? Yasu Akimoto asked.

"This question...... Actually, I'm still quite confident. Zhou Xiao said.

"Oh? Where is your self-confidence? Yasu Akimoto asked.

"Because of the next single, I feel like there's something I've been wanting to do since I started AKB." Zhou Xiaodao.

"What is it?"

"That's it...... Regular handshake party and handshake ticket enclosed on CD. Zhou Xiao said.

"Normalized handshake meeting? Handshake ticket sealed on CD? Are you trying to boost CD sales in this way? Yasu Akimoto asked.

"That's right." Zhou Xiaodao.

Akimoto Yasushi was not surprised and said: "This is indeed a good way, but normalization means that from the next single onwards, all AKB singles must be sealed in a handshake ticket for a handshake party?" ”

"Yes." Zhou Xiaodao.

"It's a very popular event that only a group of people can afford, but what if it's not evenly popular? For example, the people who came to shake Ah Chan and Yuko may account for half of the people who come to shake hands. ”

"In that case, put the others together, such as the A-chan column, Yuko column, Kojima and Takahashi column, Mayu and Airi column, and so on." Zhou Xiao said.

"What about the backlog of handshake tickets? If Fan can't participate in the handshake of a single for some reason, will this coupon expire? And if it's a meal out of town, you can't let them come to Tokyo once every single is released, right? Yasu Akimoto asked. In fact, this question is not important, AKB in the previous life also had such a question, but no one cared, but Zhou Xiao did not answer like this.

"This question...... Hey, I have a good idea! Zhou Xiao smiled mysteriously.

"What is it?" Qiu Yuankang looked at Zhou Xiao's smile and asked with interest.

"That's the idea...... But it's a fun and valuable idea......" (to be continued......