Reborn Tycoon Rise

Tokyo, Japan, Haneda Airport:

"Chairman, welcome to Tokyo." Outside the airport, a 50-year-old Japanese man and several of his subordinates bowed at about 90 degrees to Xu Zhi and his party.

"Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Takizawa." Xu Zhi said with a smile. The man who came to pick him up was named Ichiro Takizawa. He thought he was one of the senior lawyers of Japan's top Qingtian Law Firm. He once studied in the United States and was proficient in English. Because of his long-term He has cooperated with Xuzhi's branches in Japan many times, and was later invited to join him, becoming one of the important management members of Xuzhi's many industries in Japan.

After several years of development, Midea Group has formed stable cooperative relationships with several distribution companies in Japan through popular products such as arcade machines, home game consoles, and Gameboys, and has also established its own branch in Tokyo.

Although I earned a lot of yen, the money was not transferred back to Hong Kong. Instead, it stayed in Japan and purchased real estate in major cities such as Tokyo and Osaka.

After World War II, housing prices in Japan experienced three surges, namely from 1956 to 1965, from 1967 to 1974, and from 1985 to 1990. In 1974, the Japanese government discovered that a bubble had appeared in housing prices, but the situation was not serious at that time. Therefore, through macro-control and vigorous development of the manufacturing industry, the real estate bubble began to softly land.

Therefore, from 1976 to 1984, house prices throughout Japan rose steadily on average, but the rate of increase was very low, lower than the increase in the income of ordinary people.

This gave Xu Zhi and others a good operating space. They could use existing funds and loans from local Japanese banks to buy properties in big cities in Japan and then sublet them for rental loans. In this way, Xu Zhi There are currently 7 small office buildings in Japan, 5 in Tokyo and 2 in Osaka. There are also several luxury villas and a loft apartment in Minato, Tokyo.

Although the housing prices are far less than what they were after 1985, this is Tokyo, and the housing prices in the central business district are among the top ten in the world. Several buildings owned by Xu Zhi can only be said to be in the suburbs of the city.

But in a few years, after the Plaza Accord, the Japanese will go crazy and even charge high prices for public toilets, and these buildings that are currently located in suburban areas will become very valuable.

In fact, despite knowing that housing prices are rising, developing the residential market is the most profitable. Unfortunately, Japan's foreign investment law has extremely strict requirements for foreign investment. It is difficult for foreign capital to enter this industry. More importantly, the skills in this industry are too high. It's deep, doesn't have enough background, and can't be played in other places.

Tokyo, Shinjuku District, is one of the three major sub-cities in Tokyo, Japan. In later generations, it was the core commercial CBD gathering place, but in 1981, all kinds of skyscrapers have not yet appeared. Midea Company and last year in A 19-story small office building with a total area of ​​20,000 square meters was purchased here, and many of Xu Zhi's industries in Japan were moved in together.

"The scenery here is pretty good." Xu Zhi stood on the top floor and said with a smile, looking at Mount Fuji in the distance. Although it was almost summer, there was still snow on the top of the mountain.

Ichiro Takizawa said with a smile: "Chairman, if you come in March, you can also enjoy the cherry blossoms in Tokyo."

"Then let's do it next time." Xu Zhi smiled and asked, "Have you made an appointment with Akita Nobutada?"

Ichiro Takizawa nodded and said: "We have made an appointment to meet at the company headquarters of Akita Bookstore at two o'clock this afternoon."

Xu Zhi turned his hand and looked at the time. It was already half past ten, so he said, "Let's go have dinner together first, and then we will go to Akita Bookstore together."

"Hi!" Takizawa Ichiro bowed and said with a smile: "Chairman, I know a restaurant that has very good taste. You will definitely like it."

"Okay, let's go." Xu Zhi nodded. Since he came to Japan, he naturally wanted to try the delicious local food.

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Two o'clock in the afternoon, Chiyoda Ward, Akita Bookstore Headquarters:

"Hello, Mr. Akita." Outside the president's office of Akita Bookstore, Xu Zhi finally met Akita Nobutada, whom he had worked with for a long time but had never met before.

In later generations, when talking about the Japanese comics industry, those familiar with it will know that there are three giants, namely Kodansha, Shogakukan and Shueisha.

The three giants each own several well-known magazines. The most well-known are Shonen Magazine, Shonen Sunday, Shonen Jump, etc. From the 1960s to the 21st century, the three major companies almost divided up the entire manga market in Japan.

But in fact, there is another Akita Bookstore that is the least well-known. It is the fourth in Japan in terms of scale, but it is not in the same order of magnitude as the first three. Therefore, it is not recognized by insiders.

The most famous comic owned by Autumn Bookstore is Zhou Shaojun Champion. At its peak, the circulation of each issue was 500,000, which is far behind the millions of copies of other giants.

However, although it is not of the same order of magnitude, Akita Bookstore's sales network covers the entire Japan. It may not have as many stores as the other three giants, but it covers the same geographical range.

This is also the main reason why Xu Zhi’s comics business was the first to find Akita Bookstore. If you cooperate with top people, they won’t take you to play at all, and even if you do, you can only drink soup. However, the efficiency of Akita Bookstore itself is not very good. Only in this case can the highest benefits be obtained.

"Mr. Xu, welcome to Japan, and welcome to Akita Bookstore." Akita Nobutada warmly held Xu Zhi's hand and said with a smile.

Akita Nobutada is shorter and thinner, but his voice is loud and full of energy. In order to welcome Xu Zhi, he even learned a few words in Cantonese.

Xu Zhi smiled and said, "Mr. Akita, you're welcome."

"Please come in." Akita Nobutada stepped back half a step and waved to invite Xu Zhi to enter the office. This is an office of less than 20 square meters. Compared with many wealthy people in Xiangjiang, it can be described as shabby.

Akita Nobutada laughed and introduced to Xu Zhi the rows of comics hanging in the office. On all the walls are various comics that have been the most famous in Akita Bookstore in the past few decades. Judging from the style, It can be clearly seen that the comic styles of the 50s, 60s, 70s and even now the 80s are completely different.

One of Crayon Shin-chan's comics caught Xu Zhi's attention.

Seeing Xu Zhi looking at the comics of "Crayon Shin-chan", Akita Nobutada smiled and said: "Mr. Xu's company is indeed full of talents. It is really admirable that they can create such classic comics from the perspective of an ordinary 3-year-old child." ah!"

"This is just the beginning, Mr. Akita. My comic company has prepared several comic stories. As long as you and I have negotiated a formal cooperation, these comics can gradually be launched in the Japanese market." Xu Zhi said with a smile.

"Can I know the plot of these comics first?" Akita Nobutada asked.

"No." Xu Zhi shook his head and said, "This is my company's secret."

Qiu Xiuzhong frowned and asked again: "We have cooperated very well before, why not continue to cooperate like this."

Xu Zhi shook his head and said: "Mr. Akita, you and I know very well what the previous cooperation was like. I negotiated with sincerity. I hope that you and I can truly achieve long-term and fair cooperation!"