Rebirth Tokyo 1986

Chapter 209 Public Relations Response
Japan's entertainment industry is very developed, and people's pursuit of celebrity actors far exceeds politics and economics.

An explosive scandal involving a famous superstar is far more attractive than specious political and economic rumors.

"Tian Yuan-sang, go arrange for someone to do this, don't be afraid to spend money."

"Yes, President, please rest assured!"

Saburo Tamazumita looked relaxed and confident, and he was completely sure about the scandal.

Because he knows many senior editors, he can search and find a large amount of news on this topic.

Whether it is the hype about the confrontation between Akina Nakamori and Seiko Matsuda, the twisted love affair between Akina Nakamori and Masahiko Kondo, or the cheating story of Seiko Matsuda, it can attract the attention of countless Japanese.

Especially for Kondo Masahiko, a well-known Japanese scumbag, there is a lot of material.

"Besides this, what else?"

One plan is far from enough, Xinghai Group needs to take a multi-pronged approach.

Fujio Masuoka thought of the news he saw this morning and said indignantly: "The United States is considering including the TRON system in the list of restricted items under the Super 301 Act. We can promote the hegemony of the bald eagle more."

The TRON system is free and open source, and its lethality is extremely strong.

Companies such as Microsoft and Apple have been lobbying the US government to ban this system.

Both companies quickly became successful.

The US government attaches great importance to the development of the TRON operating system.

Openly threaten the Japanese government and companies to withdraw their support for the TRON operating system.

Masato Takeshita did not want to attract firepower for companies such as Toshiba and Hitachi, so he shook his head and rejected the proposal.

"The United States is an important market for the company and we cannot afford to offend them right now."

The United States is and will continue to be the world's largest consumer market.

If Xinghai Group wants to grow and become stronger, it cannot offend too many people.

Especially in an era when the Japanese economy is about to collapse and the mainland economy has not yet risen, we must be more careful in handling relations with the United States.

After saying that, as if to cover up his retreat, Takeshita Masato quickly changed the subject and asked, "Does anyone have any other ideas?"

At this time, Kamoto Takashi was speaking slowly: "President, I think it would be best if we participate in a few TV shows."

"Oh, can you tell me more about it?"

Masato Takeshita thought this was a good suggestion and wanted to learn more about it.

"The conspiracy came about because everything about Xinghai Group is too mysterious."

"If you, the president, participate in more TV events and talk about the matter more openly, people will not make too many associations in this regard."

Being too mysterious will arouse people's curiosity and lead to the popularity of conspiracy theories.

For example, various mysterious organizations that control the world are favorites of many people.

Are there various high-end organizations in the world?
Yes, a lot.

Japan's chaebols and academic cliques, the United States' interest groups in medicine, arms and other areas, and Europe's industrial alliances all have relevant organizations.

Do these organizations have great power?
Big, but not too big.

If there is enough benefit, the group will naturally unite.

For example, during the Asian financial crisis in 98, under the leadership of Soros, international hot money plundered all the assets accumulated by Southeast Asian countries over the years.

But it was also the economic crisis of 98.

When faced with Hong Kong Island and the mainland behind it, the group quickly dispersed.

Soros chose to be stubborn and willful, but most of the capital had already quietly withdrawn.

It can be said that the vast majority of organizations are only united on the surface, but are often fighting internally.

Take the Daomen clan as an example.

When there is no conflict of interest on weekdays, we are indeed united, and everyone is happy.

Once a conflict of interest arises, they will immediately turn against you.

"Okay, then I'll participate in a few more TV interviews."

Masato Takeshita thought about it and realized that he rarely participated in interviews, so it was no wonder that there were conspiracies about the company in the market.

Insufficient exposure will attract the attention of unknown forces.

As one plan after another was proposed, Masato Takeshita soon summarized a way to deal with this conspiracy theory based on the opinions of everyone else.

On the one hand, look for more sensational news to cover and drown out.

On the other hand, it exposes more of its own industries and guides public sentiment.

Let everyone know.

The success of Xinghai Company is entirely due to the power of invention and innovation.

People generally respect scientists and inventors.

After the meeting, Saburo Tianyuan took the lead in taking action.

"Good afternoon, Kikutani-san."

"Well, there is something. I wonder if you have time tonight?"

"No problem, how about a couple of drinks at our usual place tonight?"

"OK, see you after 8."

The power of one person is far from enough, so he continued to make phone calls to contact more journalists.

Time soon came to 8 o'clock in the evening, and Saburo Tamazuma, who was in relatively good health, greeted Hideki Kikutani, a senior editor of the Asahi Shimbun, with a smile.

The Xinghai Group advertises the most in the Asahi Shimbun Group and is also the one that Saburo Tamazuma is most confident in.

After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.

He then told Hideki Kikutani the purpose of today.

"2000 million. Our group hopes to see an entertainment news that can shock the whole of Japan appear in your company's newspaper within a few days."

"So much, 2000 million?"

Hideki Kikutani, who pretended to be drunk, suddenly sobered up, his joy mixed with shock.

2000 million for one message, that's really a big deal.

"Yes, it must shock the whole of Japan."

Compared with the possible crisis of trust in the company, tens of millions of yen are just a drop in the bucket and not a big deal at all.

"Don't worry, I have a piece of gossip about Akina Nakamori and Masahiko Kondo that will definitely attract people's attention."

Hideki Kikutani decided to play his trump card.

As for the possible backlash from the entertainment company, he didn't care at all.

2000 million yen, even if some of it needs to be distributed to relevant people, he can at least keep 1000 million for himself.

With such high returns, what does it matter if I offend you temporarily?

It is not an entertainment company, nor a large chaebol enterprise.

"Okay, this is our company's deposit."

Saburo Tian Yuan handed over a check with the words 500 million written on it with a smile, without worrying at all that the other party would turn against him.

If you want to turn against someone, you also have to see who your opponent is.

If Xinghai Group wants to target an editor, it can easily get rid of him even if he is the president’s own son.

Because Dentsu is the father of the Japanese media industry, and large companies like Xinghai Group are the father of Dentsu.

As long as Xinghai Group needs it, it can use Dentsu's power to get rid of any editor at any time.

Of course, all of this needs to be done for a good reason.

If an editor is fired for no reason, it will arouse public outrage in the media industry.

"Please rest assured, the news will be published in the newspaper within three days."

Hideki Kikutani expressed his seriousness and said he would take action as soon as he got home.

Big companies pay money readily, but they won’t do a bad job unless the job is done well.

"Well, thank you, Kikutani-san."

Saburo Tianyuan nodded with satisfaction.

He was very satisfied with this job because he could earn tens of millions of yen just by talking.

That’s right, Saburo Tianyuan took kickbacks.

The company's total funding was 1.5 million yen, and one message cost 3000 million yen, for a total of 5 messages. He only gave 2000 million yen to the practitioners for each message, and took 5000 million yen for himself.

But this kind of thing is very normal. Even if Masato Takeshita knew about it, he would not pursue it too much.

The most important thing is to do good things.

In fact, it is not only the public relations department, but also the procurement department as well.

As long as the items purchased by the company are the lowest in the industry, Masato Takeshita will not pursue the matter no matter how much kickbacks the department personnel take.

There is no way, greed is something that is deeply rooted in human nature.

Any organization with more than three people will engage in corruption.

While Saburo Tamazuma was taking action, Masato Takeshita was also not idle.

He quickly asked Keiko Sakai to contact NHK and said she was willing to accept a television interview.

"Is it true? President Takeshita really wants to be interviewed by us?"

The person in charge of NHK was a little bit unbelievable.

Because in his impression, Masato Takeshita does not like to be interviewed by the news.

Even when Matsumoto Manufacturing went public, people could only take some photos and were unable to invite him for a more in-depth interview.

The only time he accepted an interview invitation was on TV Asahi.

"Yes, the president intends to let the outside world know more about our group."

Sakai Keiko responded softly.

"No problem, we'll send someone over to negotiate this afternoon."

"Okay, you're always welcome."

After hanging up the phone, Yoshida Mika quickly found her boss.

"Section Chief Jiandao, Chairman Masato Takeshita of Xinghai Group is interested in participating in the interview program we host."

"Is it true that President Masato Takeshita of Xinghai Group is here?"

Heisuke Majima stood up from his chair in surprise and confirmed again with some disbelief.

NHK is a state-owned television station and has no external pressure on ratings, but this does not mean that ratings are useless within the organization.

On the contrary, NHK even attaches more importance to ratings.

Because apart from this, there is nothing else worth paying attention to.

If this is true, Heisuke Mashima might be able to take this opportunity to advance to the next level.

"Yes, Ms. Sakai, the secretary of President Takeshita, just called me and said that we could meet in the afternoon."

"Very good, go call Director Fujita and Host Shimizu, and we'll set off now."

Yuji Fujita and Mitsutoshi Shimizu are both close confidants of Heisuke Majima, so naturally they would give such a good opportunity to their own people.

The NHK team soon arrived at the Xinghai Group headquarters. After a few simple and polite words, everyone quickly got into work mode.

It is mainly NHK that submits the questions, and then Masato Takeshita reviews whether they are appropriate.

There are two main types of high-end political interviews.

One is that there is no complete preparation in advance. The host can ask difficult questions along the way and guide the students to get key information.

In this regard, the most famous person in China in the past was Lu Yu.

"Oh, is it so?"

"I do not believe."

Just a few simple words, combined with the right atmosphere, can reveal the true colors of many famous people.

The other is to prepare the manuscript completely and arrange it according to the process.

The main ones are Shui Junyi and Bai Yansong, who are pretty average and have basically no blockbuster performances.

Masato Takeshita took the second route, which was more cautious.

NHK has no objection to this.

Because both sides are well aware that Masato Takeshita's visit will surely attract countless people's attention.

As for the format of the interview, it is not that important.

We have to deal with possible conspiracies, but we cannot panic. The most important thing is the development of our own company.

On this day, Masato Takeshita came to Xinghai Game.

"How is it, does the company have any new hit products recently?"

"Well, there's a sports game called Baseball Heroes that sold 100 million copies."

The requirements for hit products are different in different eras.

In the 100s, console games were still in their early stages of development, and any game that could sell for million copies was considered a top-notch masterpiece.

For example, the classic game "Contra" has just sold over 200 million copies worldwide.

As for games that sell tens of millions of copies.

Apart from games made by Nintendo, only Soviet Triangle has achieved this achievement yesterday.

This is also the main reason why Masato Takeshita came here today.

Xinghai Games will hold a celebration banquet tonight to celebrate the game sales exceeding 10 million.

In fact, "Soviet Cube" has held many celebration parties before.

After all, there will be a celebration party for games that have sales of over 50.

Every time sales reach 100 million sets, a celebration banquet will be held.

It wasn't until everyone got a little annoyed and changed the celebration to every 500 million units sold that things finally calmed down.

However, according to the current development situation.

It is estimated that the celebration party requirements for "Soviet Cube" will have to be adjusted soon.

Because the sales of this game are at a historical level.

The FC platform alone has the opportunity to exceed 3000 million sets.

"Sure. Have you held a celebration party?"

"Well, it was just held three days ago, and a bonus was also distributed."

"pretty good."

Masato Takeshita nodded, then smiled and joked, "I hope that every month in the future, the company can produce a game that sells over a million copies."

Rogers's two smiling faces suddenly froze, and he responded with great embarrassment.

"President, this is too difficult for me. I can't even guarantee a game with a million sales every month or every quarter."

This is not the 21st century, and a masterpiece is considered a hit only if sales exceed million.

Nowadays, a game with sales exceeding 50 copies is considered a top-tier blockbuster.

Sales exceeded 100 million sets, almost equal to 2000 million sets in later generations.

The difficulty is too high, Rogers dare not make any rash promises.

"Just because you can't do it now doesn't mean you can't do it in the future. As time goes by, there will be more and more games that reach a million sales each year. I'm not asking you to do it now, but you should work hard to meet this standard."

"That, uh, makes sense."

Although he thought that what his president said was nonsense, Rogers still showed an expression of approval.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this for now. Let me take a look at the research and development status of each studio first."

The first game team that Masato Takeshita visited was the Street Fighter project team, which he was most concerned about.

The hot sales of "Street Fighter 1" in the United States gave Takashi Nishiyama and others a boost of confidence.

It’s not that the games I developed are not fun, it’s that Japanese players are just rubbish.

This mentality of shifting the blame is very much like the style of a certain Chinese director in later generations.

Although Rogers did not have a similar mentality, he attached greater importance to the project.

There were more than 50 developers alone.

In an age where many games only require three or five people to develop, this is already a very large undertaking.

The effect is so obvious that Takashi Nishiyama has already developed a second-generation trial version.

(End of this chapter)