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Although Takahashi Osunari's attack on Daito Trading Company was ineffective, it did not stop his attack.

This guy really doesn't take money seriously. He has to go after Ning Weimin's business and "fight" against him. He is a complete scoundrel and troublemaker.

Soon, Takahashi Oshinori expanded the scope of the attack to Ning Weimin's restaurant and bookstore.

And this time he went even further. Not only did he take action against the ownership of the business premises, he also tried to win over the suppliers of restaurants and bookstores.

Soon, Ning Weimin's restaurant began to have problems with the supply of ingredients, and the bookstore could no longer get best-selling books.

Even after many unsuccessful communications, the other party actually proposed to terminate the cooperation.

Ning Weimin was also convinced. He had to admit that Takahashi Oshinori really had an indomitable spirit. In the words of the capital, that was "axis", even more axisy than a car axle.

However, for him, Takahashi Osaka's dirty tricks were still just child's play.

Without exception, these blows only caused him the same pain as mosquito bites.

Yes, for a catering business, a stable supply of food is indeed very important.

Once there are quality problems or insufficient supply in this regard, it will seriously affect the restaurant's reputation.

Especially for high-end restaurants with expensive fees, it is likely to cause dissatisfaction among customers who have high requirements for meals, thus causing customer loss.

But the problem is that Ning Weimin's restaurant is the only Chinese restaurant in Tokyo that serves authentic imperial cuisine.

It is a little different from other restaurants and has too many exclusive advantages.

First of all, the distinctive taste and unique cultural atmosphere can basically be said to be the only one of its kind.

Customers who truly understand Chinese food and want to taste authentic Chinese food can only come here, there is no better choice.

Secondly, Ning Weimin’s chefs are all experts from China, and their cooking skills are incomparable to those of local Chinese chefs in Japan.

What is originally sold is the craftsmanship, not the quality of the ingredients. If you want to satisfy customers, the dependence on the quality of the ingredients is not as high as people generally think.

In addition, because the restaurant is composed of domestic employees as the backbone, Japanese employees only account for a minority, and domestic employees usually only receive the minimum wage stipulated in Japan, and make a fortune through year-end profit dividends. This makes the profit level of this restaurant even more special in the industry, with gross profit reaching 90% and net profit exceeding 50%.

Even if costs in all aspects increase by 20%, it can be easily covered.

Finally, the high-end ingredients that the restaurant truly promotes are not bird's nest, ginseng, abalone, or shark's fin, nor are they local Japanese specialties.

Instead, they import "Purple Gold Hoop" rouge rice, "Palace Yellow" oil chicken, "Grifola frondosa" dried chestnut mushrooms, and accompanying wines from China and Moët & Chandon.

To put it bluntly, except for Kyoto duck, which must be purchased through distributors, Ning Weimin can send people to supermarkets and vegetable markets to buy other ingredients himself, but it is a bit troublesome.

Unfortunately, only Ning Weimin's restaurant in Tokyo is willing to buy Kyoto duck at a high price. In order to avoid having a large number of ducks stuck in their hands, the dealer can only sell it to him.

So, in the final analysis, Takahashi Oshinori's move of cutting off the food supply to Ning Weimin was essentially a useless and stupid move.

Ning Weimin only needs to send someone to get up early every day and go to Tsukiji Market near Ginza to buy in bulk. If there is a shortage, he can go to the supermarket to buy replenishment at any time.

Although this is a bit more troublesome and the cost of ingredients is higher, it also has an extra benefit.

That is, we buy fresh vegetables and meat every day and reduce the use of frozen goods. As a result, the quality of dishes has been generally improved, making those customers who really pay attention to diet and pursue their appetite more satisfied.

Therefore, not only did the number of customers at Ning Weimin's restaurant not decrease, but it received more praise and positive reviews.

This is called a blessing in disguise, and it is definitely an adverse effect that Takahashi Oshinori could never have imagined in his dreams.

Of course, for Ning Weimin's Huiwentang Bookstore, Rinko Kagawa faces greater pressure.

After all, her long-term book supplier suddenly turned against her, leaving her at a loss as to what to do, and she had no idea why.

Moreover, the failure to get best-selling books will always disappoint some readers and cause them to doubt the bookstore's ability to run its business.

But then again, Ning Weimin’s bookstore has now completed several upgrades and is no longer an ordinary bookstore.

They can also use their own advantages to offset such dirty tricks and won't suffer any economic losses.

First of all, Huiwentang is located in the downtown area of ​​Roppongi, and it was difficult for it to survive relying on income from selling books.

Over the years, Ning Weimin has actually turned the bookstore into a specialty coffee shop. Seventy percent of the customers in the store are people who are tired of shopping and want to rest in peace. They are simply attracted by the warm and comfortable environment of the store and the aroma of coffee wafting from the store.

If a bookstore wants to meet the reading needs of these people, it only needs to have lifestyle magazines and travel and literary books.

There are very few people in the store who like to read novels and comics.

For this reason, Ning Weimin had long since given up the business of professional books. Now it is no big deal to completely give up on bestsellers, and it will not hurt the bookstore at all.

In addition, Ning Weimin Bookstore is one of the few bookstores in Japan that focuses on popularizing Chinese culture.

The store not only sells Chinese handicrafts, small jewelry, and stationery, and provides authentic Chinese tea and snacks, but also resumes its publishing business and the introduction of Chinese books.

Apart from anything else, five thousand years of history have endowed China with powerful cultural resources; the Four Great Classics alone are enough to make a living.

In fact, the current Huiwen Hall benefits from this.

In recent years, in addition to independently publishing the Japanese version of the book and comic book of "Dream of the Red Chamber", it also published the Japanese version of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", which is the most popular among Japanese people.

Currently, the translation and typeset work of "Journey to the West" is also underway and will soon be printed and published in Japan.

Therefore, this store has become well-known in the Sinology circle in Japan. The repeat customers, which account for about 30% of the total customers, are people whose work is related to Chinese culture, or college students studying related majors.

These guests certainly don’t care much about whether they can buy best-selling books here. What attracts them to Huiwen Hall is the strong Chinese style and flavor here.

So think about it, were Takahashi Oshinori's tactics in vain?
All I can say is that it's bad luck for him to meet Ning Weimin, a guy who always tries to be unconventional in everything.

He was completely like a dog biting a hedgehog, he couldn't get his mouth going at all.

That’s not all. Considering that the disbanding and splitting of Tan Gong Restaurant had already been implemented in March, Ning Weimin even wanted to thank Takahashi Oshinori for venting his anger.

Because according to the information he sent people to collect, the branches of Dangu Restaurant in Kyoto and Osaka suffered heavy losses.

In fact, how could Takahashi Osunori know that the equity structure of Dangu Restaurant had changed.

Even though Ning Weimin's restaurant in Tokyo has already hung up a new signboard of "Jin Yu Man Tang", it has completed the handover with the other two branches of Tan Gong Restaurant in Japan and has been completely separated.

However, based on the information he had finally found out, Takahashi Oshinori thought that these three restaurants were the same.

As a result, under Takahashi Oshinori's deliberate attack, the two restaurants were suddenly hit by the disaster and had no ability to fight back or respond.

In other words, the talents of Guo Group had just taken over and had not yet completed the adjustment period with those domestic expatriates, nor had they made any money for Gong Mingcheng, but the company was already on the verge of closing down.

This was truly a blessing in disguise. Ning Weimin had never imagined that after he had just disgusted Gong Mingcheng in China, this guy would be unlucky and have the restaurant he had just taken over in Japan ruined by Takahashi Oshinori.

As a person who enjoys the fruits of others' labor and is happy to see the fruits of others' labor, Ning Weimin really couldn't help but laugh out loud.

To him, Takahashi Osunori is undoubtedly more pleasing to the eye than Suho Ikuo at the time.

It's a pity that he didn't have the opportunity to express his gratitude in person, otherwise he would really hold Takahashi Osaka's hand and sigh - Oh, heaven, earth, I didn't expect that it was you who vented my anger for me! You are such a good person.

In particular, Ning Weimin made another discovery when watching TV shortly afterwards: the new advertisement of EIE Group was actually shot by the popular artist Xiang Yumei.

In other words, Matsumoto Keiko's office earned a lot of money from Takahashi Oshinori not long ago, which made him even happier and felt that life was simply wonderful.

Are there any bad people in this world? In short, in one word - absolutely!

But then again, Takahashi Oshinori was just reckless, but he was not a fool after all.

Ning Weimin believed that the guy who had done such a shady thing would soon figure out what had happened.

By then, this guy will probably be furious and may even take more extreme measures to retaliate.

And the relationship between Ning Weimin and Matsumoto Keiko is no secret. Not long ago, they attended the Japan Academy Awards ceremony together.

Therefore, Ning Weimin speculated that there is a high probability that Takahashi Osaka's revenge method will affect Matsumoto Keiko's personal career.

In addition, the cause of this unexpected disaster was Maria, and Ning Weimin could not help but consider whether Matsumoto Keiko would think too much, so, in order to prevent the risks that might be caused by the enemy's next step.

First, he took the initiative to fully communicate with Keiko Matsumoto about the matter, explaining the causes and consequences of the matter and possible hidden dangers.

The second was to personally visit Matsumoto Keiko's finance minister, Watanabe Mitsuru, to learn about the financial status of several companies under Matsumoto Keiko's name.

Then he arranged for Watanabe Mitsuru to reserve sufficient funds to deal with risks for Kiri Studio, Matsumoto Office and Taurus Palace before he felt at ease.

Sure enough, just when Ning Weimin thought he had made all the preparations and was about to set off for France.

A new round of attacks by Takahashi Osunori began, and this time, Matsumoto Keiko's career was indeed included.

First of all, EIE announced that it was dissatisfied with the advertisement shot by Xiang Yumei, so it was removed from the shelves and invalidated, and the advertisement would be re-shot and broadcast.

Takahashi's move is undoubtedly a way of hurting himself by a thousand and injuring the enemy by eight hundred.

He clearly knew that it was impossible to recover the advertising fees, but he still took his anger out on the current artists under Matsumoto Agency.

Rather than destroying the advertisement and bearing the resulting financial losses, they decided to destroy the reputation of Matsumoto Agency and its artists.

Of course, Matsumoto Office will not suffer much loss as a result of this, but poor Sato Yumi's personal career has become a buried victim.

His personal reputation was affected by this unexpected disaster. Not only did he lose all commercial performances, he also lost the male lead in a Japanese drama that he was negotiating with.

I suffered a great emotional blow and almost sought help from a psychologist.

Fortunately, Ning Weimin and Matsumoto Keiko were both people with conscience. They knew that the fault was not his, so Matsumoto Keiko came forward and had a special talk with him.

Keiko Matsumoto not only comforted him and expressed her support for him publicly, but also promised that the agency would continue to give him more important performance opportunities and guaranteed that he would at least play the leading role in a movie with a production cost of more than 300 million yen this year. She hoped that he could cheer up and continue to work hard.

As a result of this behavior, Matsumoto Keiko not only won the gratitude of Sato Yumi herself, but also gained the loyalty of other artists in the company. Everyone felt that such a boss was kind and warm.

Takahashi Oshinori probably never thought that his own assholery would actually highlight the kindness of Matsumoto Keiko.

But then again, although this move had little effect, it was just an appetizer for the power held by Takahashi Oshinori.

As a capitalist and the actual controller of a group whose assets can be measured in trillions, Takahashi Oshinori has an absolute advantage over the entertainment industry. His destructive power is far beyond what Suho Ikuo could have done back then.

To put it bluntly, businesses like EIE are the bread and butter of the entertainment industry. Takahashi Oshinori's malicious targeting and the competition and conflicts arising among the same industry are two completely different things.

So what follows is a real dimensionality reduction attack.

Ning Weimin also did not expect that Takahashi Oshinori would actually put pressure on TBS TV station through Dentsu.

They are required to stop all cooperation with artists from Kiri Studio and Matsumoto Agency, otherwise EIE Group and its affiliated companies will refuse to place advertisements on TBS TV station.

This time, TBS's lifeline has been accurately grasped.

Because the EIE Group is a rapidly expanding company that is busy buying things everywhere, it is high-profile enough and has a huge demand for advertising.

For major Japanese media, EIE's popularity is second only to the five major financial groups.

The TV station itself should coax such customers and not offend them.

In addition, since the powerful Dentsu company is on the side of EIE, it is not difficult to guess what choice TBS TV station will make.

You know, in Japan, Dentsu, as the largest advertising agency, is deeply trusted by large companies.

Dentsu has close relationships with large companies and controls the flow of their advertising funds.

The media relies on advertising fees to survive. Therefore, Dentsu, which controls the advertising fees of most companies, has become the breadwinner of the media, forcing most media, including TV stations, to act according to Dentsu's wishes.

In fact, if TBS wants to sell advertising time for its popular programs smoothly, it has to discuss with Dentsu.

It is not an exaggeration to say that Dentsu controls Japanese television to a certain extent and is the father of television stations.

Therefore, even though Director Kaga was second only to the most powerful person in TBS, he could not speak for Ning Weimin on this matter. Instead, in order to protect the interests of the TV station, he had to go to Ning Weimin as a lobbyist and try to persuade him to resolve the matter peacefully.

Needless to say, the biggest problem facing the termination of the cooperation between the two parties is that the Japanese-language "Women's Ladder" starring Tomokazu Miura cannot be broadcast in the prime time of TBS as originally planned.

Secondly, all artists under Matsumoto Agency will have to stop appearing on variety shows and cooperating with TBS in Japanese dramas.

Director Kaga meant that the TV station was forced to get involved in this matter.

He hoped that Ning Weimin could understand their difficulties, show mercy and not let them bear the liability for breach of contract.

Ning Weimin did not expect the consequences of this incident to be so serious that it actually affected their cooperation with TBS TV station. Even Director Kaga was unable to mediate.

This is definitely not a good sign.

This is not like the formal ban on Suho Ikuo at the beginning. At that time, Suho Ikuo could at most stop production at Kiri Studio because they couldn't find suitable actors, but it would not harm the future of the artists.

But the situation is different now. For the entertainment industry, television media is an important stage for them to become famous.

If Takahashi and Dentsu can force TBS to do this, they can also force other TV stations to do the same.

So if they cut off their channels for exposure on TV, what future do the artists under Matsumoto Agency have?
This is a truly substantial industry ban.

But no matter what, Ning Weimin would definitely not make things difficult for his friends. Since he knew it was not Director Kaga's fault, he knew that Director Kaga really had no other choice.

So Ning Weimin agreed on behalf of Matsumoto Keiko to peacefully terminate the contract and cooperation with TBS TV station.

In return, Ning Weimin simply asked Director Kaga a question, hoping that Director Kaga could help him solve it.

What puzzled him was why Dentsu also wanted to get involved in this matter to help Takahashi Oshinori?

It was clear that before this, both the couple's careers had been doing well with Dentsu.

This sudden stab in the back left them completely confused.

Director Kaga did not hide anything and told Ning Weimin directly that the reason why Dentsu intervened was because Ning Weimin interfered in LVMH's advertising business.

Not only did they designate artists to shoot the film, but the placement of advertisements on TV stations also went through Dentsu's control.

When "The Black Leather Notebook" and "Dream of Red Mansions" were popular, Ning Weimin also asked the TV station for a few minutes of advertising time at a low price to advertise the movies of Wu Studio and his restaurant.

In the past, this was Dentsu's business, so this is equivalent to directly snatching Dentsu's cake.

Dentsu was probably already dissatisfied with this, so in order to prevent this situation, it took a clear stand on Takahashi Osaka's side this time, wanting to kill Ning Weimin as a warning to others. (End of this chapter)