Tokyo Reborn: Dark Superstar

Chapter 220 Acquisition of a Television Station

Ainu People has achieved unprecedented success. In addition to concerts in Japan, One Piece Entertainment has organized a tour for the band covering the entire Asia...

Covering 48 countries and regions in Asia, sometimes I have to fly to two or three countries a day and hold three or four book signing sessions.

In early May, Bunta Takakura and the Beasts band held a fan meeting in Aqaba, Jordan.

After the fan meeting, Bunta Takakura also went to the royal summer palace to visit Crown Princess Rania.

After the death of the Crown Prince, Rania had a hard time raising three children alone.

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There is also the Takakura Group’s layout in the Middle East.

With Crown Princess Rania as the middleman, One Piece Entertainment and the Qatari royal family completed the equity transaction of Al Jazeera.

Al Jazeera moved its headquarters to Aqaba.

This is the first TV station under One Piece Entertainment. Through the Starlink subsystem of the GLONASS satellite system, it can broadcast in Hokkaido, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, and South Korea...

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Al Jazeera is a two-year-old television station funded by the Qatari royal family. In addition to Arabic, it also broadcasts news and documentary-centered programs to the world in multiple languages ​​including English and Turkish.

In the 21st century, Al Jazeera is regarded as one of the world's three major television news channels along with BBC and CNN.

In particular, on September 2001, 9, Al Jazeera Radio took the lead in broadcasting Ben's video statement several times, which attracted widespread attention from all over the world.

Because of its unique perspective and innovative reporting style that is different from Western media, it has gradually become a television media with significant influence in the Arab world and even the world.

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In February 1996, Al Jazeera's initial $2 million start-up capital came from the Qatari royal family, with the initial goal of becoming profitable and self-sufficient by 1.5.

However, this goal was not achieved and losses continued to grow.

There is a split within the Qatari royal family over whether to continue funding or sell Al Jazeera.

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According to the original historical line, the Qatari royal family finally chose to continue providing funding until the outbreak of the Iraq War in 2003.

Through advertising, cable TV access, processing of other broadcasters' programming, and sale of newsreels, Al Jazeera turned a profit.

Advertising revenue now accounts for 60% of all revenue, with ads running at $9 per second during Iraqi President Satan's videotaped statement.

This dark parallel dimension, due to the intervention of One Piece Entertainment, started negotiations with the Qatari royal family through the guarantee of Jordanian Crown Princess Rania and proposed an offer to acquire Al Jazeera Radio.

However, the forces within the Qatari royal family that demanded the retention of Al Jazeera Radio had the upper hand, and the negotiations did not go smoothly.

So, Mimihaji PMC sent a Bedouin militia battalion across the desert and fired 140 rockets towards the urban areas of Qatar.

Twelve of the "special rockets" accurately hit a liquefied natural gas storage facility in the port of Ras Laffan.

The huge explosion echoed throughout the entire port, flames shot up into the sky, and thick smoke billowed, as if to cover the sky with a layer of haze. The shock wave swept across the entire port area, shaking the surrounding buildings.

A number of LNG carriers (liquefied natural gas ships) left the port urgently, and two 10,000-ton LNG carriers collided, paralyzing the port...

Ras Laffan Port is the world's largest liquefied natural gas export port and the main artery of Qatar's economy.

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This is the first time that Mimihaji PMC has simultaneously loaded a rocket with a 45-nanometer "Armament Haki" military chip, a 45-nanometer "Observation Haki" military chip, and a GLONASS satellite guidance device.

The effective range of the rocket is increased by 5000 meters, the guidance accuracy is improved by 30%, the armor penetration thickness is increased by 500 mm, and the killing radius is increased by 15 meters.
These twelve 300mm rockets, made of simple seamless steel tubes, are in no way inferior to the standard parts produced by regular military factories of major countries.

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“This is the Sanctuary’s revenge for Al Jazeera’s evil remarks!!”

"A series of retaliatory actions will continue against Al Jazeera..."

Soon, news media in the Middle East received anonymous videotapes claiming that the Sanctuary Organization was responsible for the attack.

Ben, who had purchased a high-precision model of New York City in Afghanistan through Telegram and was studying the flight route diligently, sneezed...

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Al Jazeera has recruited many BBC elites, so its programs have a lot of Western media reporting style. In this case, its programs often touch on sensitive topics, such as polygamy in the Arab world, traditional culture, folk customs, clothing and headscarves, etc.

There are many criticisms in Qatar about Al Jazeera's many controversial topics.

After this attack, public opinion in Qatar exploded.

For a small country like Qatar, with an area of ​​only 0.2 times the size of Tongliao and a population of only 49, 300mm large-caliber rockets made of seamless steel pipes can be launched from sparsely populated desert areas and easily cover the entire territory.

They simply couldn't withstand the desperate criminals of the Sanctuary Organization, who kept firing rockets at them every other day.

Al Jazeera's continued losses were also made a big fuss.

One piece Entertainment's "Gundam Ace" magazine has a cover with a picture of the burning Ras Laffan Port as the background, and a MS-06 mass-produced Zaku mecha unit is inserted in a comic style, with the title:
"Al Jazeera, please wait for your people..."

"Gundam Ace" benefits from the cultural output of the Gundam series. It is the best-selling magazine in the Middle East under One Piece Entertainment, with 30 subscribers.

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God is you, ghost is you

Soon, the Qatari royal family sold Al Jazeera to One Piece Entertainment at a low price, and the TV station’s headquarters moved out of Qatar and relocated to Aqaba, Jordan.

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The Beasts band's Middle East schedule was very tight, and Takakura Bunta originally planned to spend some time together and then leave.

However, Crown Princess Rania was so charming that she was able to keep him by just changing into the wedding dress she wore when she got engaged to the Crown Prince.

Bunta Takakura carefully examined the quality of this custom-made wedding dress in London that he bought for 3 pounds.

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Through the acquisition of Al Jazeera, Crown Princess Rania has recognized the strength of Bunta Takakura.

The children cannot live without a father, and she doesn't want to be a widowed princess forever.

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The Beasts band stayed in Jordan for one more day and added two autograph sessions. Many fans from Lebanon, Syria and Iraq came here.

The influence of Beasts in the Middle East is in no way inferior to those top European and American bands.

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In addition to promoting "The Ainu", the winner of the 55th Venice International Film Festival is also preparing to join the crew of a new film.

The script and cast list of "The Emperor and the Assassin". The director is the fledgling Ning Hao, who replaced Director Kai.

The male lead, Bunta Takakura, replaced Li Xuejian, and the female lead, Zhao Nu, was played by Gong Li.

Wang Zhiwen plays Lao Ai, Abe Hiroshi replaces Lu Buwei, who was originally played by Kaizi, and Liu Xiaoqing replaces the Queen Mother played by Gu Yongfei in the original version.

Jing Ke was played by Zhang Fengyi, "the last beautiful boy at the end of the century" Kashiwabara Takashi played Prince Dan of Yan, and "Wu Song" Ding Haifeng played Qin Wuyang.

Zhou Xun, an artist signed by One Piece Entertainment, plays the role of the blind girl, while Zhang Jingchu and Jiang Qingqing play the roles of palace maids.

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The investors are Japan's New Wave Films with 10%, Imperial Capital Film Studio with 20%, One Piece Entertainment with 70%, and Liu Xiaoli as producer.

The crew built a Qin Palace in Hengshan Village, Hengdian Town, Dongyang City, JH City, ZJ Province, specifically for the filming of this movie.

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After finishing their album signing event in the Middle East, the band Beasts returned to Hong Kong.

During the break of the Xiangjiang autograph session.

Takakura Bunta met Ning Hao, as well as the screenwriter of "The Emperor and the Assassin" Wang Peigong, producer and screenwriter Lu Wei, and some behind-the-scenes team members of the crew at the Four Seasons Hotel.

Overall, the atmosphere between Bunta Takakura and the crew behind the scenes is still very harmonious.

After all, many of them are old acquaintances, and the others who meet for the first time also have to give face to the male lead, Bunta Takakura, who won the Venice Film Festival Best Actor Award.

(End of this chapter)