Tokyo Reborn: Dark Superstar

Chapter 124 "Showa 40 Man"

Tokyo, the editorial office of "Showa 40 Men" magazine.

There were seven or eight people crowded in the small office at the corner of the office building. Some were writing furiously, while others were playing with cameras, making phone calls, and organizing materials on the table.

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"Showa 40 Man" is a magazine known as the Japanese version of "Playboy".

In 1966, "Playboy" entered the Japanese market. From new to bad, from bed to toilet, from the United States to Japan, many handsome men dedicated their youth to the girls on the cover.

Today, the winter of print magazines has arrived, and Japan, a big publishing country, cannot escape the baptism of the times.

According to NHK TV station's survey statistics, 90.3% of Japanese magazines' profits have been halved, and two-thirds of magazines have fallen into losses. After the bubble economy burst, hundreds of magazines went bankrupt every year.

In such a desolate environment, there was actually a lunatic who was willing to spend money to purchase a magazine from the uncles at the end of the fashion chain.

This lunatic is Totland Investment Holdings Limited.

This is the most authoritative award and the highest honor for Japanese films.

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Then, through the matchmaking of Kadokawa Ryoko, the director of Kadokawa Shoten, he waved his money and entered the fashion magazine industry in a big way.

First, they purchased "Ray", "Vivi", and "Cancam", which emphasize "girl power", that is, how to wear red lettering to please boys.

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Totland has acquired so many brands that it never feels repetitive. Each one has found its own unique style and segmented audience.

Through the relationship with Kadokawa Shoten, it successively acquired the comic magazines "Monthly Harta", "Dengeki Daioh", "Gundam Ace", and "Feel Young"

Then, after two months of repairs, Totland Investment Holdings Co., Ltd. made another move and acquired the video game magazine "Famitsu" published by MediaLeaves, a subsidiary of Kadokawa Shoten.

Every year, "Movie Weekly" selects the top ten Japanese Film Newspaper Awards in two categories: "Japanese Films" and "Foreign Films."

After the unprecedented success of this comic, Hiroshi Momiya published "Spring Thunder" in "Playboy" and entered the youth magazine. Two years later, he published "My Sky" ("My Sky") in the same magazine, which became very popular.

Hiroshi Momiya's debut manga, "A Man Is a General" ("A Man Is a General"), is the mainstay of "Weekly Shōnen Jump".

But in April last year, Hongzhi Hongzhi suddenly announced that he would cease writing.

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Japanese magazines are really rich, covering all aspects of fashion and life for boys and girls.

Then, it acquired "Mina", "Steady", and "JJ" from the Qingwen series that favored independent and chic women.

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In this rapidly expanding public opinion media empire, Takakura Bunta specially invited the famous cartoonist Hongzhi Motomiya to serve as the person in charge of its cultural media field.

In 1979, the media acquisition frenzy of Totland Investment Holdings Co., Ltd. reached its climax. Through the introduction of Mrs. Rikako Takemoto's husband, the chairman of the Film Ethics Management Committee, it successfully obtained 15% of the equity of "Film Xunbo".

The work was animated two years later.

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In May 1975, Totland Investment acquired "Showa 5 Man" after acquiring "Ultraman Information Book" (Ultraman Information Book).

The main reason is the pressure from right-wing forces to implement the ban.

Two special issues of "A Man as a General" ("A Man Is a General") were published in "Young Jump", which contained large-scale footage of Japan's war crimes.

Many years later, Hiroshi Momiya's "The Burning of the Nation" contained the same spiritual core - a deep hatred and reflection on Japan's war crimes.

This immediately aroused the dissatisfaction of some people in Japan. Some people wrote letters and called the editorial office to protest. Some people attacked Hiroshi Momiya for "tampering with history." Some people even attacked Shueisha, which published "Young Jump". Shuichi Inubushi, a member of Tokyo's Ota Ward who is a pro-American faction, gathered 37 local council members under the banner of "for the healthy growth of young people and to eliminate abnormal masochistic views of history."

Hongzhi Hongzhi, under pressure, announced the closure of the novel.

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Takakura Buntoo visited many times, and finally succeeded in inviting Hiroshi Moto to come out and partner with the person in charge of the cultural media field.

In addition, his new comic "Swallowing Heaven and Earth" has also been re-serialized in "Monthly Harta" owned by Totland Investment Holding Company.

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Compared with the capital frenzy set off by Totland Investment Holdings Co., Ltd. in the field of media and culture.

The magazine "Showa 40 Men" was just a small shrimp acquired because of Bunta Takakura's personal preferences in his previous life.

This book "Showa 1965 Men" is published specifically for men born between 1966 and 40. This is also a magazine that focuses on life, hobbies, and shared memories of this special era.

Michael Jackson, Ultraman, Red and White Game Console, Fist of the North Star...

These are all themes that "Showa 40 Years Man" has done.

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"Okay, thank you."

A tall girl with a good-looking appearance, a bulging figure and a raised legs spoke excitedly after hanging up the phone in Japanese with a soft Japanese accent and a Taiwanese accent.

"Tokyo's "PLANET" album sales surpassed "Concentration 20" and topped the charts."

"Great!"

The reporters in the office were shocked. Ever since "PLANET" reached second place, Namie Amuro had been holding her down, and today she finally broke through the blockade.

The music section is "Showa 40 Men", a newly launched section based on the suggestion of Ms. Kanda Keiko in order to please the new big sponsor.

Akina Nakamori, the bassist and vocalist of the Beasts rock band, is one of the three major singers of the Showa era. This does not deviate from the purpose of the magazine.

The newly established music section of the editorial department of "Showa 40 Years Man" is of course biased towards the Beasts rock band...

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"It has to be the rock band Beasts. The queen from Xiangjiang released a new album. It took nearly two weeks, but the result was not even as good as a single from the band Beasts."

"Then you said that in the entire Asian music scene, the band Beasts has the most momentum."

"Yes, last year's Red and White Song Festival, whether it was ranking sales or popularity, the Beast Rock Band has always had the upper hand, even not inferior to the SMAP group."

"Okay, Lin Zhiling, we all know that Takakura Fumi is too good. You, a die-hard fan, shouldn't fight for him."

Lin Zhiling is a girl from Yizhou Island who graduated from the University of Toronto and came to Japan to work. She originally wanted to sign with Kaiwo Model Agency and start her professional modeling career...

However, because he saw the campus recruitment activities of Totland Investment Holdings Co., Ltd. in Canada, he signed a contract with Totland Investment as an operations specialist and was sent to the newly acquired "Showa 40 Men" magazine for a one-year period. Dispatch work.

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In fact, according to Lin Zhiling's tall figure of 175cm and unique baby voice, he may be very popular in the model market on Yizhou Island.

However, in the 20s, the entire atmosphere on Yizhou Island was like this, with unprecedented admiration for everything Japanese to a pathological level.

There seems to be a world-famous painting on the Internet: My grandma volunteered back then!
This is the most typical portrayal of this morbid psychology.

(End of this chapter)