The Goddess Shines on America

The more depressed the economy is, the more developed the service industry and the entertainment industry will be. For those who do not understand the principles of economics, this is simply inexplicable, but it is precisely in line with market demand. After all, the economic downturn does not mean collective unemployment, but a major shake-up in various industries to eliminate the low-energy. When many unemployed people are at home, it is natural that the entertainment industry needs to relieve their depression.

The development of Japanese animation is closely related to the Japanese economic situation in the Showa-Heisei period. The 1980s was the time when Japan’s economy took off the most, so it was also a period of high development of the animation industry. "Dragon Ball", "Saint Seiya", "Ghost in the Shell" and even the "Gundam" series all made a big splash during this period. Glorious. This is an era when comics and animations prospered side by side. Almost every household bought stacks of comic books and waited in front of the TV on time every day.

When the 1990s came, the animation industry did suddenly fall into a downturn. After all, the comprehensive impact of the real estate bubble was huge, and many practitioners in related industries would also be affected. Then came the birth of the masterpiece "EVA". Although its creation process is closely related to the random convulsions of a ruffian, it does deeply reflect the psychological state of contemporary Japanese people. The so-called art comes from life and is higher than life, as long as this can be done , at least in this land of the animation world, it is not difficult to be called a masterpiece.

Therefore, since it is rare for Alice to plan to live in Japan for a long time, and she has a commercial and residential apartment in Akihabara, why not invest in the animation industry?

While the manual workshop was operating normally, she soon set her sights on Toei Animation.

Toei Animation Co., Ltd. was established in 1948. It is an old Japanese animation production company. When it was first established, it was named Nippon Animation Co., Ltd., and later changed its name to Nippon Animation Co., Ltd. in 1952. After being acquired by Toei in 1956, it became Its animation department was renamed Toei Animation Co., Ltd.

Undoubtedly, since it has set its sights on Toei Animation, of course, it can also acquire Toei by the way. Founded in 1949, Toei Co., Ltd. is one of the five largest film companies in Japan. In addition to film production and distribution, it also operates related businesses such as movie theaters, movie theaters, satellite TV, and film rentals. one of the shareholders.

Of course, the acquisition of Toei Club was just incidental, and Alice still focused on its animation department. Now is the beginning of the Great Recession in Japan's economy, and it is the time when the self-confidence of the people of the whole country has fallen to the bottom. They are not afraid to stay on the cliff for a long time. People will say no.

So it's also a mockery. In the 1990s, one was the rise of the Internet financial bubble in the United States, the other was the collapse of the Japanese real estate bubble, one was extremely rich, and the other was extremely short of money. The U.S.-Japan alliance is really good. This complementary relationship is rare throughout global history.

Since Toei Animation was established in that era, and it is definitely a well-known animation company in Japan, of course, it will not miss the golden period of Japanese manga in the 1980s. In its TV series, "Dragon Ball" series, "Digimon" series, "Sailor Moon" series, "Saint Seiya" series, as well as "Kindaichi Boy Case Book", "Fist of the North Star", "Irrigation Basket Master", "Smart Ikkyu", "Flower Fairy", "Arale", "Hell Teacher", "Kamen Rider", etc., there are countless wonderful works!

In this regard, it is not easy for Alice to achieve the monopoly of the big American capital plutocrats.

Unlike Silicon Valley's technology-intensive or resource-intensive energy industries, the production costs of animation, manga, and even bishoujo games are not high, and the establishment conditions are relatively low, and the corresponding companies are definitely spread all over Japan. The average viewer's impression of Japanese comics is that there are many excellent works, but these countless works are definitely produced by countless companies. It is really difficult to buy all the audience by acquiring a company.

After all, it is impossible for Alice to create animation full-time, and unless she can make Toei become like China's Internet literary world, a group company takes 80% of the market, otherwise who can stop the intention of private creators to contribute?

Precisely because it is difficult to monopolize, or because she is too lazy to work hard, Alice's investment was planned to be just for fun from the beginning.

Well, after all, just like what those ordinary viewers think in their hearts, there are so many animations, just watch some of them, who has the time to worry about which company it is from?

In this way, a business meeting agreed at 1:00 p.m. officially started at No. 3-2-17, Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo.

The then president Shigeru Okada and all members of the board of directors attended the meeting, and grandly received this young investor from the United States in the highest-level conference room.

"Miss Wang, you are welcome."

The Japanese who are absolutely punctual, say that they will meet on the whole day, and they will not open the door one minute in advance. The seriousness of time is of course also reflected in the clothes and etiquette of hospitality. The high-end suits are spotless, the black silk and white hair are well-groomed, and even a little cologne is sprayed on the body.

"Hello, President Okada, and everyone."

Wearing the same very formal white suit, Alice bowed slightly in front of all members of Toei's board of directors present, and then the two sat down. The matter of investment and shareholding had been emailed directly from Monica in Los Angeles to Toei, so after she took her seat, the meeting started straight to the point.

The first is the leader's speech. Okada expressed his gratitude to Alice for his investment, and Alice expressed his gratitude to Toei for his invitation. Okada introduced all the members of the board of directors present to Alice, and the members of the board of directors stood up and stood together to Alice. After a while, Balabala began to introduce the company's current business situation in an orderly and clear manner.

In post-Plaza Accord Japan, real estate speculators, real estate purchases, and even public activities, including Toei Corporation, its board members, and even senior executives are no exception—so troubles have arisen.

Unlike European and American companies, although Japanese companies have copied their business models, they still have the customs and habits of Japan in the past, that is, the phenomenon of seniority ranking is serious, and lifelong tenure is advocated. This situation has changed somewhat after 2010, but at least in the current 1990, this is the case for almost everyone.

All the employees of the company are a family. Based on this situation, when the real estate speculation boom among the whole people rises, it will naturally become the norm for employees to overdraft their wages and borrow money to speculate in real estate. In this way, it's okay to be fine, and if something goes wrong in the company, all employees will be involved.

So here it is. Although Toei is still Toei, and its status as one of the top five film studios in the country cannot be shaken, it is inevitable to fall into a temporary lack of funds. Of course, no one doubted that it would just fall down, and the temporary lack of funds would definitely be resolved, so——President Okada found a solution now?

"The cooperation between you and me has an inherent advantage, that is, I also have the entertainment industry in the United States." Alice said: "The movie theaters under Toei can fully obtain the movie release rights of DreamWorks, and Asahi TV Our TV series can be played. I don’t know if you have heard of the drama "X-Files", but its ratings in our country are amazing."

With years of development and enough funds, of course DreamWorks' Dream TV can launch its premiere drama, and after attracting a strong sensation, get more editors and actors to join. Now that the email was received, Toei's board of directors of course carefully studied Alice's development in the Hollywood world, and took it very seriously.

"So, this is also conducive to promoting Toei's films to the United States. I heard that Ms. Wang's real estate company, Vnada, has large movie theaters in every shopping mall. Your ability to integrate the industrial chain is really admirable. Endless."

Although all members of Toei's board of directors present were at least two and a half times the age of Alice, everyone dared to underestimate her. For the Japanese who worship the strong most, no one dares to make any excuses for a young entrepreneur like Alice who has developed to the current scale in just five or six years.

Thus, the first meeting ended in a very friendly atmosphere. The entire investment matter involved a lot, and of course it couldn't be completed in a day. Since Alice came here as an American investor, it was reasonable for Toei to arrange accommodation. Of course, Alice was also happy to live in a five-star hotel.

But in Akihabara, everything in the house has to be tidied up.

"Yo, I'm back!"

Two hours after dinner time, a certain girl kicked open the door: "Is anyone home!?"

"Welcome back."

With a soft voice, Hannah is sitting on the tatami and watching TV, which is actually a Taiga drama in ancient Japanese history. There are a lot of beauties in kimonos and samurai ronin, there are waves in the waves, wow, there are ninjas.

Alice tilted her head: "Anossa...do you understand?"

Hannah shrugged: "I don't understand, just watch the fun."

Sissy is not at home right now, she just wandered around the streets. Alice dialed her mobile phone and informed everyone that they were going to move to a five-star hotel in the central area tonight, and asked her to come back quickly to pack her bags and prepare to leave.

"Akihabara is much more lively at night than during the day! The Japanese nightlife is really rich!" Sissy was shouting on the phone, and she could hear the sound of a lot of traffic nearby.

"Sissy, I'm educated, you can't fool me. Did you hear the broadcast of the store with your background music? That's Ginza, you idiot. Of course, Ginza's nightlife is slow."

"Oh? Ginza? I'm far away?"

"You think that Tokyo is all in the Greater Los Angeles County, come back quickly and prepare to pack up, and be careful that you will be slapped at home by the otaku gang after you finish walking!"

"Hey... It seems that it is a phenomenon in Akihabara..."