Reborn in the Tokyo Bubble Era

Kadokawa Rihiko was very tired, so he came again.

Haruki Kadokawa gushed: "On the contrary, the form of movies can give new life to classic literary works. Compared with the artistic communication power of movies, what are mere comics and light novels? You also know that the competition is getting more and more Intense, Kadokawa Pictures has been pioneering in the film field for ten years, this time we have new funds, it is time for us to reap. Just wait and see, the dual influence of literary works and movies will allow our Kadokawa library to gain Unprecedented attention!"

"...Dimensional culture attaches great importance to light novels and comics, brother, if you don't agree with what I said, but Tao Dalang also judged it in the same way, can't you let me try it? I don't need much, only 5000 million yen !"

If the bookstore hadn't received an additional investment of 10 billion yen this time, Rihiko Kadokawa would not have said this.

But now it only needs one-twentieth of the funds, let yourself try it, it can be regarded as a new development for the ancestral business.Kadokawa Lihiko didn't understand why his brother just didn't want to.

"Li Yan! My brother is developing in the direction of movies. You should help me handle the mature business of bookstore management and publishing. How can such things be developed in two different directions at the same time? You said Tao Dalang is also the same Judging in this way, let me ask you, do you have his financial strength? He has the financial foundation to challenge the status of Shueisha, Shogakukan, and Kodansha in the field of manga, how about you?"

Kadokawa Rihiko was speechless, feeling unwilling.

The truth is this, but of course it is a long process, so we must not lag behind, we must accumulate bit by bit from now on.

The two brothers parted ways again.

Kadokawa Rihiko didn't know how to face the fighting spirit of Mediaoffice colleagues.Hearing about the new investment that the bookstore had just received, they thought that with their boss as the younger brother of the president, at least they could get a considerable amount of financial support.

But now there is still nothing, the enthusiasm will be wiped out, right?

What should I do?

……

Tao Zhiming looked at Kumina Maehara and asked in surprise, "Tao Yaren? Dentsu?"

Kumina Maehara replied seriously: "Yes, that's what the other party said, and I hope to meet you."

Tao Zhiming frowned and thought, not because of Dentsu's active contact.After buying the late-night time period of Dongshi next year and sponsoring two variety shows, Dimensional Culture has a certain right to speak in advertising in several time periods of TV Tokyo.Moreover, as the new shareholder of TV Tokyo, Sanyou Bank can also cause trouble for Dentsu if it puts pressure on TV Tokyo's advertising cooperation in the coming year.

Dentsu took the initiative to contact him to establish a good relationship, which is normal from the perspective of commercial interests.

He was puzzled by this Tao Ya.

Why is his last name Tao?

"Did the other party tell me, what is the position of this Tao Ya?"

"I asked, and they said he was a director of Dentsu."

"Is it just the director?" Tao Zhiming smiled, "I thought it would be someone at the level of the president who contacted us."

He thought for a while and said, "Answer the other party, and make an appointment."

After Maehara Kumina went out, he called Kinoshita Hidekaze: "Brother Hidekaze, is there someone with the surname Tao among the directors of Dentsu?"

"Don't you know?" Kinoshita Hidekaze looked very surprised, and then said, "Do you still remember when Hiroshi Omiya said the 'great Tao family' when Mogami Gokurakucho held a press conference?"

"...There have been a lot of things since then, so I didn't pay attention to them. I didn't see someone with the surname Tao in Dentsu's list of major shareholders." Tao Zhiming said truthfully.

"What happened, did you have a conflict with the Tao family?" Kinoshita Hidekaze's tone was very solemn.

"No, a person named Tao Yaren from Dentsu contacted me, saying that he wanted to meet me on behalf of Dentsu and discuss cooperation matters."

Kinoshita Hidekaze paused for a moment: "Well, let's meet at your dance hall tonight. I'll call that guy Shang Anzhai, and you can invite Ueda-kun to join you too. The Tao family...is a very hidden family with a very complicated background. family."

Tao Zhiming heard that he actually mentioned Ueda Masahiro, and inexplicably thought of his surprised "Tao?"

From the looks of it, I'm afraid it's not the fact that my surname resembles a descendant of the Xia Kingdom, but the Tao family.

He was really curious for a moment.

The great Tao family, where is the greatness?

……

In the evening, Ueda Masahiro was the first to come.

He also brought two young men, a man and a woman.

"Toshio Ogata, Satsuki Ohara." Ueda Masahiro introduced to Tao Zhiming, and then said to the two, "From now on, you can follow Tao Jun's arrangement."

"Yes, Lord Ueda." After the two of them finished speaking, they bowed to Tao Zhiming, "It's the first time we meet, Master President."

Tao Zhiming looked at them and knew that they were the masters that Ueda Masahiro had found for him. He said happily, "Don't be restrained. Let's get to know each other better tomorrow. Yuta, take them to play in the ballroom first, and get familiar with them. Take a look at the environment here."

After Irie Yuta saw the two of them, he saw some calm and powerful postures from them.

He nodded and said to the two, "Please follow me."

"Please advise."

Tao Zhiming watched them leave, smiled and said to Ueda Masahiro: "One man and one woman, they are very considerate."

Ueda Masahiro glanced at him: "Xia Na's own skills are not bad, but I guess you will need them in the future, so I also found a girl."

Tao Zhiming bowed sincerely and thanked: "Master is really a gentleman with an open mind!"

"So remember your promise, and don't hurt Shana in the future!" Ueda Masahiro was also very helpless.

The silly daughter likes this, so what can I do?What's more, the world is like this, people's hearts are not ancient... Most of these powerful and powerful people have many women.

Ueda Masahiro felt depressed, so he could only talk about other topics: "Why did you specially call me here today? You said it carefully, haven't Anzai-kun and Kinoshita-kun come yet?"

"About the Tao family." Tao Zhiming said directly.

Ueda Masahiro's expression froze as expected: "The Tao family?"

"I don't know this Tao family. Today, Dentsu has a director named Tao Yaren, who said he wanted to meet with me and discuss cooperation." Tao Zhiming was a little puzzled, "I checked a lot of information, and there is no information about it. This is the Tao family’s information. But Brother Xiufeng seemed very solemn, saying that we will meet here tonight and explain in detail.”

"If it's just about cooperation, then it should be fine." Masahiro Ueda breathed a sigh of relief.

Tao Zhiming couldn't help asking: "Master, what is the origin of this Tao family?"

Ueda Masahiro looked at him, and said lightly: "If you are really from the Tao family, then no matter whether it is the original Hiroshi Omiya, Iwasaki Kuranosuke, or the current Akayan Shinsui, they will not trouble you."

Tao Zhiming was stunned: "Does someone surnamed Tao have such power in Neon?"

This is really unexpected to him.

"The only ones who know this Tao family are those who stand on the upper floor." Masahiro Ueda paused, "Besides, I'm afraid everyone knows a different Tao family."

"So mysterious?"

The door was pushed open at this moment, and Yoshie Anzai and Hidekazu Kinoshita came in together.

Tao Zhiming waited for them to finish their greetings, and immediately asked: "Sir Ueda has already told me a little bit, what is so mysterious about this Tao family?"

Kinoshita Hidekaze sat down, looked at Yoshie Anzai: "You talk first?"

Anzhai Shanwei nodded, took a sip of wine, and then slowly said: "Strictly speaking, the Tao family should not be a family, but an organization."

"Organization?" Tao Zhiming was completely dizzy now.

The corner of Anzhai Shanwei's mouth showed a little disdain, but also a little solemn and even apprehensive: "Tao, what is the pronunciation in Neon language?"

Tao Zhiming thought to himself, aren't you asking the question knowingly?I have had fun too.

Then his heart moved, his eyes became serious, and he asked, "Is this organization an American organization?"

The three glanced at each other, then nodded together: "From what they have done, yes!"

Tao Zhiming was startled.

American guys are really not particular about it, is it that an organization that exercises some will in front of a big man in the neon, actually calls itself "Papa's House" so ironically?

He never expected that this Tao family was of such a nature.

Then he thought of Kitagawa.

Could it be that this guy has been dormant for so long, and Masahiko Kondo has also disappeared from the media for so long, and now the real backer is here.

Throwing stones to ask for directions, knock out a great guy.

What does the visitor mean?

Chapter 302, The Deep Meaning in the Wine

"Why do you say everyone knows the Tao family differently?" Tao Zhiming asked with a little emotion in his heart.

Anzhai Zenwei drank wine, thought for a while, and said: "After the war, the Tao family was active for a while. But after the end of the 50s, the Tao family rarely appeared. During these 30 years, occasionally In some industries, the Tao family will appear. People who have contacted the Tao family only understand the process of a specific event, and the energy that the Tao family possesses in that event. Therefore, the Tao family that everyone knows , are different."

"So it is based on the Tao family's outrageous energy in dealing with certain things, and finally judged that the Tao family is an organization of American people?" manage?In the end, of course, he was obedient.

Anzai Zenwei nodded: "That's right. Sometimes it is the huge amount of capital from outside, sometimes it is the pressure from the army stationed in Nihong, and sometimes it is simply through the power of the judiciary, diplomacy and the cabinet. In Nihong, There is no family that can mobilize such a rich type of resources, and some of them are the power of different factions. Another point is that the actual appearance of the different Tao families that appear is very different, and it is impossible to be a real family."

Tao Zhiming asked with emotion: "Then my surname is Tao, and I am so powerful, why don't you suspect that I am a member of this organization?"

Kinoshita Hidekaze replied directly: "Your resume is clear, and your experience is easy to verify."

Anzhai Shanwei: "The Tao family doesn't need to do things in such a winding way."

Ueda Masahiro: "Iwasaki Kuranosuke dared to bomb you, which means he even asked the Tao family before."

"..." Tao Zhiming looked at their words and was very curious, "Does the Tao family have any regular external contacts?"

"Of course." Anzhai Zenwei said, "The current patriarch of the consortium, the core figures of the cabinet, and the heads of some important fields should all have direct contact with the Tao family."

Tao Zhiming was amazed: "So powerful?"

"Actually, it's not as powerful as you understand." Ueda Masahiro shook his head, "The number of Tao family shots is very small. Basically, they did not hinder the development of Neon. If the Tao family is used by the United States, As a tool to control Neon, in the past 40 years, the major consortiums have indeed not expressed their attitudes. At the political level, the Tao family has not actually interfered. Quickly, the Tao family only appeared twice. So, in fact, in the past 40 years, no one knows what the real purpose and mission of the Tao family is."

"...It's mysterious." Tao Zhiming asked, "The Tao family has only appeared twice in the past ten years or so. What did they do?"

"I know twice." Ueda Masahiro said solemnly, "The first time was when a news delegation went west eight years ago. The Tao family came forward and asked to replace some people. Few people know about this. "

Sure enough, Yoshie Anzai and Hideka Kinoshita looked confused.It seems that Masahiro Ueda, as an old Chinese, does have some unique sources of news.

"The second time, Mitsubishi was asked by the Tao family to participate in a project there, but it didn't work out and there was a lot of quarrel. It's probably because of this incident that Iwasaki Kuranosuke established contact with the Tao family."

Tao Zhiming raised his eyebrows, but said nothing.

Are the two appearances related to Xia Guo?

This is a bit intriguing.

Yoshie Anzhai added: "There should be another time, related to Dentsu, maybe it was run by the Tao Yaren you mentioned. It was in Showa 47, when Dentsu acquired several companies. The following year, Dentsu ranked No. [-] in the world's single advertising company's turnover ranking. Those companies were originally unwilling to be acquired, but later they all agreed to Dentsu's plan at the same time. Of course, among Dentsu's shareholders, A new fund emerged."

"...There should be one more thing." Kinoshita Hidekaze also said, "It has something to do with the Mori family. After the death of Iwasaki Kuranosuke, the Mori family's Roppongi project was approved with the help of Mitsubishi. Mori Minoru said that later A guy named Tao Shanren came forward and signed a series of agreements with the Mori Building, which are related to the Akasaka Press Center."

Tao Zhiming looked at him in amazement: "Is the relationship between Mori and you so good? Are you willing to tell you all this?"

"He just freaked out and asked me if the same thing happened to me."

"Then why don't you invite him to come with you?"

"Please, he's not in Tokyo."

Tao Zhiming nodded and thought about it.

There is no doubt that they infer that the Tao family is a US-backed organization, which must have been proven by decades of experience.

With more than [-] years of experience beyond his time, he probably knows more than them.The Tao family's mission and real purpose, of course, is to act as an invisible hand and serve the interests of the United States in Neon.

It's just that America's interests in Neon are higher than those of these businessmen.

From these four incidents, Tao Zhiming now lacks more detailed information, and can't find any clues from them.

But it is enough to prove that the Tao family involves a wide range of areas, and the shadow of the United States is everywhere.

"Do you have any guesses, what is the purpose of the Tao family looking for you?" Ueda Masahiro asked concerned, "Is it about cooperation?"

"That's right." Tao Zhiming paused and said, "Actually, Dimensional Culture was negotiating with Dentsu about the advertising agency of our magazine before. At that time, Dentsu gave very harsh cooperation conditions. Now, we are negotiating with Tokyo TV We have cooperated, and there are still many big moves, maybe Dentsu feels that it is necessary to change the terms of cooperation.”

"Impossible." Anzhai Shanwei shook his head directly, "It's just that the Tao family won't come forward for such a thing. Although the Tao family is very mysterious, every time they appear, they have a common characteristic: it has nothing to do with direct interests."

Tao Zhiming raised his eyebrows.

After thinking for a while, he asked, "Do you know Johnny & Associates?"

Unexpectedly, Yoshie Anzhai nodded his head: "I know, that guy named Kitagawa is not easy."

"You know him? How is it not easy?"

"The relationship with Dentsu is very close." Anzhai Zenue replied, "His influence is not only limited to Johnny & Associates, but also to many artist agencies. I heard that he can even let TV stations do programs. At that time, less than half of the neon artists were invited. Why ask him?"

"Tut tsk tsk." Tao Zhiming sighed.

On the bright side, Kitagawa certainly has nothing to do with other artist management companies.But he can actually do this, who knows if there is any hidden network of interests.

It seems to confirm that there is someone behind him.Now it seems that it is likely to be the Tao family.

"Actually, on the day the ballroom opened, I beat up the artistes from Johnny's agency." Tao Zhiming thought for a while, but still said.

Kinoshita Hidekaze's eyes widened: "The day we were there? Who?"