Tokyo: Being coveted by my wife, I just want to play games

It was around five in the afternoon at a teahouse on the street in Chuo Ward, Tokyo.

"Come to think of it, the last time I came to Japan was when our two countries were in the honeymoon period. Decades have passed in the blink of an eye. By the way, brother Dongchuan, try this. I heard that you like to smoke strong-flavored cigarettes, so I brought a few boxes of Double Happiness this time. I'll ask the driver to throw them in the trunk of your car later."

Mr. Bao handed Dong Chuanche a cigarette and stood up to help him light it.

Seeing this, Dongchuan Che did not hesitate and quickly got up to set up the shed.

It must be said that this Double Happiness cigarette is not expensive. Judging from the packaging, it is estimated to be only about thirty yuan. But on the one hand, the cheaper cigarettes have a stronger taste and are more enjoyable to smoke. On the other hand, after being used to smoking Marlboro and Seven Stars in Japan, Dongchuan Che still feels particularly familiar with the Double Happiness cigarettes in the Magic City of China.

What's more, he didn't buy expensive cigarettes, but specifically pointed out that "he knew that he didn't care about the price of cigarettes, but preferred the strong taste". Mr. Bao was also indirectly expressing his importance of this conversation and his importance to Dongchuan Che.

When smart people communicate, they see the big picture from the small details.

Dong Chuan Che also understood this. He waved his hand to clear the smoke between them, sat back on the sofa, and said with a smile: "Thank you very much, Mr. Bao. I just finished smoking the Double Happiness cigarettes I brought back from Shanghai last time. But I didn't expect Mr. Bao to come over now, after all, the Spring Festival is coming soon."

Compared to Japan's high degree of Westernization, China still retains its traditional Lunar New Year, and it is already early February, with less than a week left until the Chinese New Year. He originally thought that even if Mr. Bao wanted to come, he would probably do so after the New Year, or during the New Year when he called to say hello and set a time to meet, but he didn't expect that he would come now.

Urgency means high demand.

It was obvious that Mr. Bao also understood what Dongchuan Che meant.

He flicked the end of his cigarette on the ashtray with a smile. "It looks like you're going to take me over this time, Dongchuan. Well, you're not the type to be polite, so I won't waste any more time. This time I came here mainly to discuss the GOGO platform, but let's start with some appetizers and talk about the Singer program. I can handle all aspects of singers and judges in the Chinese region. They are definitely the top singers and artists, and you don't have to pay a penny, and you will get a share of the dividends. What do you think, brother? I'm very considerate."

Mr. Bao had a broad smile on his face, with an expression that said, "Brother, I'm going to give you a big boost this time."

It should be said that there is nothing wrong with him making this expression. Although many music variety shows in China in the early days purchased copyrights from Japan and South Korea, with the development of the mainland Chinese entertainment industry in recent years, China no longer purchases variety show copyrights from Japan and South Korea, but instead starts its own variety shows.

Of course, although they say they are launching their own variety shows, in most cases you can still see the shadow of foreign variety shows in them.

It sounds a bit immoral, like "giving someone something and then kicking them away", but in fact there is nothing wrong with this approach. Because almost all late-developing countries climbed up in this way, including Japan, which currently has a huge cultural influence.

In the early days, Japan learned from Europe and America in both music and animation. In the early days, Toei even shouted out the slogan "Aiming at Disney and copying it in all aspects". In addition, many of Japan's earliest animations were Chinese themes, such as the first color animated film in Japan, "The Legend of the White Snake".

In addition to animation, Japan also completely copied Western modern pop music in its early days.

The first thing any latecomer country has to do is to imitate the successful ones in the past. However, whether it will sink into the honey of imitation, which is indeed easier to make money than independent innovation, or endure hardships and walk its own way and go further by following the footsteps of its predecessors, will determine the subsequent completely different development.

However, these things are not what Dongchuan Che needs to consider at the moment.

The most critical factor for the success of the "Singer" program is whether it can invite good singers. If Bao wants to make such a variety show, he doesn't need to give Dong Chuan Che a share of the profits. In fact, it should be Dong Chuan Che who gives Bao a share of the profits, because without Bao's request, he can't invite many good singers in China.

To put it bluntly, Mr. Bao directly talked about the "Singer" program and offered so many favorable conditions, which was to show goodwill to Dongchuan Che and make it easier to talk about the GOGO platform later.

but

Under the slightly frowned gaze of Mr. Bao, Dong Chuan Che just smiled and shook his head, then picked up the teacup and took a sip, "I appreciate Mr. Bao's kindness, but please take a look at this plan first."

Dongchuan Che was drinking tea, and Kawaguchi from the next table came over sensibly with a document in his arms. He handed the document to Mr. Bao, bowed solemnly and left.

Such a thick plan?

Looking at the information in front of him, Mr. Bao frowned even deeper.

There was no impatience in his eyes, but it was full of confusion.

The variety show "Singer" does sound very promising, but he is the second-in-command of Shanhe Group, and Dongchuan Che is now a big boss worth tens of billions of dollars.

In Mr. Bao's opinion, for people of his and Dongchuan Che's status, no matter how promising a variety show is, it is just a variety show after all, and the profit is only a few hundred million RMB.

For a project of this level, they naturally have to review it and sign it in person, but they don't need to discuss it in detail at the table. A few words to reach a general consensus, or a phone call will be enough.

Puzzled.

Mr. Bao was very puzzled.

Not only him, but also the people from Shanhe Group in the teahouse box, including Professor Wang Xueqin who was reminiscing with Ohara Chika, Zhang Peng who was communicating with Kawaguchi, and all the other Shanhe Group cadres looked over quietly.

Under everyone's gaze, Mr. Bao opened the paper plan, and then, just after reading the first few lines, his sitting posture changed!

From a posture where the back is slightly relaxed, a cigarette is held in one hand, and the book is flipping through with one hand, to a posture where the waist is unconsciously straightened, the body is slightly leaning forward, and the hands are resting on the edge of the table, concentrating!

Time passed by bit by bit, and Mr. Bao frowned as he flipped through the business plan while smoking one cigarette after another!

"What's going on? What did the boss see?"

"I don't know. Could it be that this variety show is crucial?"

"It's just a variety show. No matter how important it is, normally this kind of thing won't reach the boss's desk."

“It’s definitely not just about the variety show!”

On the second floor of the teahouse facing the street, through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows, under the warm winter sun, President Bao was carefully reading the business plan, while his subordinates were whispering to each other.

After a long while, until the curiosity of these subordinates was about to overflow, Bao Zong, who had smoked three cigarettes in a row, pushed his thumb through his brow, raised his head and looked at Dongchuan Che with emotion, "Brother Dongchuan, I underestimated you before."

Dong Chuan Che did not answer his question, but just shook out a cigarette from the cigarette box, lit it and said with a smile: "How about this plan, is Mr. Bao interested?"

"It involves too many things. Let me think about it. Aunt Qin, Zhang Peng, come over and take a look at this first."

Mr. Bao picked up the oolong tea and drank it all, then greeted Professor Wang Xueqin and Zhang Peng.