We are all reborn, who wants to be the richest man?

A building in Kawadacho, Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, where the island's private television station Fuji TV is located.

There is no eyeball logo as we know it later, and the 8 logo designed by Yusaku Kamekura is still used.

Whether it is the ratings, status, office space or logo, it is different from what we often see later.

In the office of the deputy director of the TV station, Masao Sakata looked at the president of an animation production company in front of him and didn't know what to do.

Sunrise Co., Ltd. is a studio that has been established just three years ago and does not have any popular representative works.

For animations sent by such a studio, it would usually be difficult to even see him, let alone the president sitting in front of him.

But Masao Sakata didn't dare to kick the man in front of him out. Not to mention that this company was founded by Osamu Tezuka, the god of manga in the island country, even the name he just reported made Masao Sakata dare not neglect him.

Luo Nianzhong is a name that cannot be used in Chinese culture.

But just this name made the entire Fuji Consortium a guest of honor.

It is even more likely that he will become the major shareholder of Fuji TV and become one of his own bosses.

So when this man named Yoshino approached him under the name Luo Nianzhong and asked him to help broadcast the first animation produced by their club, Masao Sakata hesitated.

Let’s play it. This company really has no reputation or representative works, and this work is not participated in by Osamu Tezuka.

The key is the subject matter. Like Transformers, which boosted Fuji TV's ratings some time ago, it's all about mechas.

Audiences who have just become familiar with the well-drawn Transformers will inevitably compare the two.

Due to the popularity of Transformers, there are many loyal fans in the island country. No matter how good your production is, you will still find faults with it.

At that time, it is not impossible for the ratings to decline and even fans to protest.

Are you going to pass the blame to Luo Nianzhong? Not to mention whether the superiors listened or not, but so what if they did? Can a future boss make mistakes? It must be that you are not functioning well.

Don't broadcast it, it will completely offend Luo Nianzhong. Especially since his prodigal nephew has offended others.

If I were to go against his decision, I could imagine the situation I would be in after he took over Fuji TV.

For the first time, Masao Sakata felt that the projection department he was in charge of as the deputy director was a bit redundant.

In fact, the matter of Yoshino looking for Masao Sakata started last year.

Last year, Luo Nianzhong entered the comics and animation industry. He not only poached a group of talented island cartoonists, but also made some acquisitions.

Luo Nianzhong wants to seize this two-dimensional industry from the island country. Even if he cannot bring it to Hong Kong Island, he will still vigorously purchase it in the island country, so that in the future everyone will read my comics.

In the list of acquirers sent to them after investigation by the people below, Luo Nianzhong saw Sunrise Co., Ltd. at a glance.

Many people may not have heard of this name, but you must have heard of Sunrise Society, or the Gundam series it later developed, City Hunter, Inuyasha, Gintama and other works.

After digging up this treasure, Luo Nianzhong immediately cut through the trouble and asked people to invest in the acquisition of 60% of the shares of Risheng Company, which was worrying about funding for the development of Gundam animation.

But what really impressed them was helping them send their works to TV stations.

At that time, Luo Nianzhong had not yet contacted the Fuji Foundation and had no connections in this area.

cheat? not at all.

Sending ATV can be regarded as fulfilling the promise, right? But now Luo Nianzhong obviously doesn't need to activate this white lie.

After the front-end time came to the island country and knew that they were about to complete the first 43-episode work, Luo Nianzhong told them that they could go to Fuji TV to find a person named Masao Sakata to help them so that their work could be broadcast on Fuji TV.

It was Luo Nianzhong's explanation that led to Yoshino's trip to Fuji TV today.

Originally, Yoshino thought that Luo Nianzhong found them someone like the director of the TV station's screening office.

Unexpectedly, after he reported his and Luo Nianzhong's names, he was invited into the deputy director's office.

Seeing Deputy Director Masao Sakata sitting on his office chair without speaking, his brows tightly knitted together, not knowing what he was thinking, this made Yoshino, who was sitting on the guest sofa, anxious.

Because he has been working day and night to produce Gundam animations recently, he has no idea about the acquisition of the Far East Group and the Fuji Consortium some time ago.

So what if you know? It was not the Far East Group that acquired them, but a company called Youth Comics.

He only knew that the major shareholder of his club was a company from Hong Kong. The parent company was well-known in arcade games and electronics. How could he imagine that Luo Nianzhong was also related to Fuji TV, which was very close.

Just when Yoshino had given up hope after waiting for a long time, Sakata Masao's voice gave him an infinite surprise.

"We can broadcast it, and it is during prime time, but once the ratings are not ideal and lower than the average rating for five consecutive days, it will be forced to be taken off the air, and you have to sign a consent form."

What Masao Sakata wanted was to give Luo Nienzhong some face by first agreeing to the other party's request, but he had to make the person opposite him sign an agreement guaranteeing ratings.

When something went wrong and it was taken off the air, he would have a reason.

Who made the other party make this guarantee? I am acting in accordance with the agreement.

"No problem, I'll sign."

Just five words explained Yoshino's current thinking. As long as it can be played, let alone the guaranteed agreement, he can sign the contract.

Afterwards, Masao Sakata asked his secretary to inform the legal department to draw up a contract. Gundam Animation would be forced to be removed from the air as long as the ratings did not exceed 12.3% for five consecutive days.

The conditions were not harsh and were even kind to Yoshino.

Today's Fuji TV, because of the popularity of Transformers, is no longer at the bottom of the five major channels, and its ratings generally fluctuate around 15%.

Such low average ratings are still caused by the cross-bordering of Transformers before, so Yoshino feels very merciful.

After the agreement was signed, Masao Sakata went ahead and explained without any nonsense, cutting the current rerun of Transformers in half to use it to play Gundam.

This made the director of the screening department very dissatisfied and even called him. You must know that even on reruns, Transformers' ratings exceeded 17%.

This rating ranks second among anime broadcasts this year, second only to the 26% rating of the premiere of Transformers.

In the end, it was Masao Sakata who used his status as deputy director to make him give in. It was impossible for him not to be angry.

But he never imagined that such a decision that he felt was aggrieved would allow Fuji TV to completely open up the field of animation, and very quickly.

"Ring ring ring"

Masao Sakata, who had fallen asleep when he got home that night, was awakened by the ringing of the phone. When he woke up, he looked at the clock on the wall and saw that it was just after two o'clock in the middle of the night.

"Moxi Moxi, this is the Sakata family. Who are you looking for?" Masao Sakata answered the phone politely.

"Director, it's me, Xiaoquan.

The ratings are out, this will definitely become a new hit after Transformers, and we should increase our publicity efforts."

"What did you say? What a hit?". Masao Sakata is still a little confused.

"You want me to play and pay attention to Gundam? The first broadcast's ratings reached 19%. It will definitely become our new ace."

In the evening, Koizumi, who was on duty today, became excited as soon as he received the ratings report.

He believes that this animation called Gundam will definitely drive the audience and ratings of Fuji TV just like Transformers.

After getting excited, he did not forget Masao Sakata's instructions to him. Gundam must inform him immediately of any important situation, and this was how he came to his senses.

On the other side of the phone, Masao Sakata, who was surprised by the ratings, quickly regained his dignity and said calmly, "Isn't it a hit? I have expected it. If I didn't have this confidence, I would force the order." You?"

Clearly, he took credit for his foresight.

"Yes, with a visionary leader like you, our Fuji TV station will definitely flourish."

After flattering him a lot, Koizumi asked again, "What about increasing publicity?"

"I'm going to talk about it in the meeting tomorrow morning because it disturbs my sleep, it's true."

After saying "pop", he hung up the phone.

At the TV station, listening to the busy tone on the phone, Koizumi looked aggrieved and angry.

Didn't you tell me that when you got off work, you had to inform you as soon as possible if there were any special circumstances regarding the ratings of this cartoon?

"It's really hard to take care of me," Koizumi cursed and hung up the phone with a bang.