Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 125 The So-Called Station Director and the Turmoil After the Building Was Completed

Since Yuya gave Nara Shika a gift of gold worth hundreds of millions for his son's first birthday, Nara Shika has become even more respectful to Yuya.

After all, this is a classic case of being beholden to someone who has taken a bribe.

Deer didn't want to submit, but Yuya gave him too much.

And this is for him alone.

Previously, the gifts given to Sarutobi and Akimichi were all gifts for their clans.

Of course, there is another reason why Nara Shika was willing to give himself to Yuya's henchmen.

That means Yuya is a real vengeful bastard!

Hiruzen Sarutobi, do you know him?

The person that the Sarutobi clan sent out, the one who had competed with him before.

Do you know how he is now?

He needs to use his transformation magic to become someone else every time he goes out on the street, otherwise a bunch of people will surround him and beg to cooperate with him.

Yua wasn't lying to Hiruzen Sarutobi; this was indeed a very important! Very important!! Very important!! position.

However, what Yua didn't tell Hiruzen Sarutobi was that this position brought endless trouble.

The anime "Konoha Holiday" made that girl from the Moonlight Clan famous.

This has led to countless eligible men now asking matchmakers to propose marriage to those who are living paycheck to paycheck.

That's not all. The little girl from the Moonlight Family took a sip of juice she bought from a roadside stall, and the next day a bunch of people crowded into that little shop.

This must have caused an uproar among the businessmen.

They all went to find that girl.

Other businessmen, however, thought about the origin of this matter.

Why did that girl suddenly become so popular?

It's all because of that movie!

Who is in charge of that movie?

Theoretically, it should be Yua, but Yua manages everything in Konoha, so who is the next level down?

Unfortunately, the movie was replayed on TV just a few days later.

Oh, now I understand, you're the TV station director, right?

Let's go!

Moreover, some shrewd businessmen are already wondering if using this television for sales would be more effective than advertising in newspapers and hiring people to promote their products.

He acted on his thoughts, and as a result, Hiruzen Sarutobi was constantly annoyed by these people.

But these people are discussing serious matters! You can't just reject them all outright, can you?

But the problem is coming.

Who should we entertain first and who should we entertain next?

These people are all businessmen, and theoretically speaking, the Sarutobi clan, a ninja family, is not afraid of them.

But of all times, it was Sarutobi.

They still vividly remember how Yuya used merchants to force the Sarutobi clan to the brink of starvation a few years ago.

Heaven knows if any of these merchants were involved with You Ya.

not to mention……

Most of these businessmen also had business dealings with their families...

You can't refuse them directly, and the order of priority is hard to decide. These people are also clinging to you no matter what. Doesn't that give you a headache?

This is the state Hiruzen Sarutobi is in right now.

He even went to see You Ya to tell him that he was in a very difficult situation.

Yu Ya nodded seriously, then said that if you close a deal, you will receive a bonus, and the rest will be used for the TV station's daily expenses. At the end of the year, the Sarutobi Clan will receive a profit share of one percent based on the TV station's profits. Is there anything else you want to say?

Hiruzen Sarutobi opened his mouth, but he really wanted to say that he was not suited for this position.

But if he really refuses, Sarutobi's clansmen will all curse him.

This is an opportunity that could benefit the family!

Besides, with movies being so popular right now, and you being the station director, wouldn't it be better to come up with some good scripts so we can act in them ourselves and promote the Sarutobi family at the same time?

So you're going to die in this spot, no matter what!

Hiruzen Sarutobi was internally devastated.

Busy, busy, busy, what have you accomplished?

Even though I'm busy every day!

But what decision did the TV station make?

No, it was just a matter of setting up a process.

Then just do whatever needs to be done.

He's been busy for so many days and doesn't even know what he's been busy with.

But I'm just so busy!

The Sarutobi clan had originally planned to arrange a marriage for him this year.

As a result, he was on the battlefield and only returned a few years ago. After his return, there was the incident of Yua and Shimura Danzo vying for a position. Of course, the Sarutobi clan did not dare to challenge Yua's nerves at that time.

With the overall situation settled and Konoha developing rapidly, there was no time for romance or love.

This year we finally had a chance, and that bastard You Ya let him become this damn station director!

He finally understood that this position was nothing like what You Ya had described; it was a complete trap!

Ok……

It seems that Youya didn't say that this position was a good thing.

Yu Ya kept emphasizing how important the position was and how many benefits it would bring, but he never mentioned how good the position itself was or how easy the work was...

Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed helplessly, realizing he had been outmaneuvered by Yua after all.

This is definitely a recipe for disaster for me.

This position is indeed very important. Even Hiruzen Sarutobi couldn't imagine what the consequences would be if this position were obtained by a spy from another village.

But here's the question: Is it even possible?

Could Youya let this position fall into the hands of a spy?!

You Ya has been in power for almost ten years. In all these years, when has You Ya ever made a mistake?

Some things that seemed wrong turned into boomerangs and came back to haunt us a few years later.

If I don't sit in this seat, will there be no other way for Yuya?

impossible.

So Hiruzen Sarutobi is currently in a situation where he's been tricked by Yua but doesn't dare to voice any opinions.

However, he still felt somewhat better.

After this incident, he felt that Youya would no longer target him.

After all, his competition with Yua for the Hokage position was purely due to pressure from his clan.

Unlike someone who voluntarily jumps out on their own.

Sorry, Danzo. From now on, you'll have to bear Yua's wrath in my place. I'm chickening out.

Hiruzen Sarutobi chickened out, and the other clans followed suit.

The Nara and Hyuga clans immediately pledged their allegiance.

Hyuga said, "You can use anyone from our clan. What's mine is yours. We're all in this together for Konoha."

The Nara clan said they didn't want their half of the clan's land; they could build whatever they wanted on their side, and the Nara clan could give them their share later.

Youya likes people who are so sensible.

So, with a wave of his hand, he decided that this clan territory of the Nara clan would become the film and television base of Konoha Village.

It's not that Youya doesn't want to build other things, it's just that there are too many gimmicks here!

The venue for the first Konoha Beauty Pageant!

It would be a shame not to take advantage of such a good title.

Although doing this is too profit-driven, it's about making money, so there's nothing shameful about it.

The next day, Yuya received a message from Jiraiya, who was traveling in the Land of Fire, containing the beginning of a letter that was over 10,000 words long.

For some reason, this guy wrote a short erotic novel and sent it to me.

Well, strictly speaking, it's not really a hentai novel; it's just a story about a couple's love affair.

However, Jiraiya focused his writing on some details of the interaction between the two.

Furthermore, the descriptions of female characters would definitely have been directly blocked on a certain platform in Yuya's previous life.

Yuya sighed, giving Jiraiya a straight-up punch. It's probably the first movie that ignited the creative passion of this future literary giant; it feels like this guy will be able to write "Make-Out Paradise," a story that will sweep the entire ninja world, in just a few years.

This is really...

What a tragedy...

Regardless of Jiraiya's situation, that guy is just a goofball, and Yua doesn't care about his travels. Anyway, he now has the strength of a Jonin, so generally there shouldn't be any problems.

Hiruzen Sarutobi did have a knack for teaching the three kids. This was partly because all three were geniuses with a solid foundation.

As the saying goes, "Speak of the devil, and he appears." Just as Hiruzen Sarutobi was thinking about how good it was to teach his disciples, he rushed into the Hokage's office.

Several office guards and ninjas were also dragging behind him.

"Let me go! Let me go! I need to explain this to the Third Hokage today! Let me go!" Hiruzen Sarutobi struggled.

You Ya narrowed his eyes, tapped the table, and said, "Let him go."

Yuya smiled at Hiruzen Sarutobi: "What is it you want? We can sit down and talk about it."

Hiruzen Sarutobi shook his head, rushed to the table, and said to Yua with a look of utter despair:

"Third generation! I really can't stand being the station manager for another day!"

Those merchants are all beasts!

They said they wanted me to advertise their products on TV... and they'd even pay me!

Thirty million taels! And it was given to him directly!

I wouldn't dare touch a single penny!

But that's not enough for them. They want to find the screenwriter who wrote Konoha Holiday through me. I don't even know who that screenwriter is. Where am I supposed to find them?

Then those bastards started following me around every day!

I'm back in my ancestral home. Please wait for me at the entrance!

They followed me everywhere I went!

They all have to go to the toilet and watch me whenever I need to pee!

They even write down what dishes I ordered when I ate a meal!

I really can't take this anymore! Please, have mercy and remove me from my position as station manager!

Yuya blinked and looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi, who looked completely devastated.

If you ask whether Yua intentionally targeted Hiruzen Sarutobi, the answer is definitely yes. After all, when factories like the steel mill, textile mill, and beverage factory first started operating, Yua was involved in every detail, even copying down the employee guidelines for the factory manager.

Basically, I taught them how to manage the factory step by step.

However, when such an important position as the entire television station was handed over to Yua Sarutobi, she didn't tell him how to do it; she only trained the television station's employees.

So while things were in chaos at Hiruzen Sarutobi's place, the TV station's operations remained unaffected. Most of the day, it broadcast educational programs, then news programs, and then the Konoha Holiday program was repeated two or three times, and the day was over. No one was affected at all.

This was naturally Yuya's intention to embarrass Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Youya really didn't expect that the merchants in Konoha would have such a keen sense of smell and would have sensed the business opportunity so quickly.

Well, capitalists naturally act quickly when there's a profit to be made.

As the person in charge of the entire television station, Hiruzen Sarutobi naturally couldn't possibly be without even a tiny bit of information.

These merchants believed that Hiruzen Sarutobi was just being stubborn.

Then they had no choice but to humble themselves and follow suit.

While watching Hiruzen Sarutobi and Yua have fun was enjoyable, ultimately, there wasn't any deep-seated hatred between them. Even with Danzo, Yua's conflict with him was merely a matter of fighting for the Hokage position, which resulted in a factory halting production for a year—that's all.

To be honest, it wasn't the kind of hatred that demanded the other person die.

Therefore, after listening to Hiruzen Sarutobi's tearful account, Yua pulled the devastated Hiruzen Sarutobi down to sit and comfort him.

He then took out a stack of rough paper from his pocket and handed it to Hiruzen Sarutobi.

This indicates that these are the scope of the TV station director's rights, jurisdiction, and responsibilities.

I've outlined the scope for you; the specific steps to make the TV station more relatable to the public are...

That's something you need to work on.

Hiruzen Sarutobi took the scrap paper and glanced at it. The simple few sheets of paper suddenly enlightened him, and he understood what he needed to do and where his responsibilities lay.

Judging by how worn out this toilet paper is, that bastard had already written this a long time ago, only taking it out when he couldn't stand it anymore...

Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed deeply and decided that he would never have any further contact with that bastard Yua unless absolutely necessary.

That's so petty.

The television station has finally gotten back on track.

Hiruzen Sarutobi was indeed clever; he immediately broadcast a news report on TV, soliciting good stories so that the TV station could invest in making a second movie.

Yuya chuckled. "That's why I say Hiruzen Sarutobi is quite clever. He understands immediately and knows how to play this game right away."

There's basically nothing to worry about with the TV station; the only concern is potential corruption.

Well, let's skip that. This is something that can't be completely eliminated. As long as people have desires, it's impossible to eliminate them.

We'll raise them for now and slaughter them later when they're fattened up.

Even if you slaughter them now, you won't get much profit out of them.

At the end of the 27th year of Konoha, the houses on that street in the southern part of Konoha's inner city were completed.

After spending more than half a month completing the interior renovation, Nara Shika also produced an acceptance report.

Logically speaking, this matter wasn't important enough to be placed on Youya's chopping board, but since it was the first time, Youya still wanted to take a look himself.

After confirming that there were no problems, You Ya nodded and agreed to sign for the package.

And those whose houses in the southern part of the city were demolished can now move back.

This year's year-end accounting is probably the easiest one for Youya.

After all, with the cooperation of all the other ninja clans, what was collected was no longer just numbers that Yua had to calculate herself, but direct results.

Once you have the result, the calculation becomes very simple.

After that, it's time to calculate the budgets for the major ninja clans for the coming year.

This is simple too.

Tobirama Senju was originally at the research institute, but he came to see Yua because of this matter.

His original intention was to stop Yuya from giving him hundreds of millions of taels of silver at a time, but when he saw that Hiruzen Sarutobi would actually receive 1.7 billion taels of silver next year, he was immediately enraged.

Yuya patted the already graying Tobirama Senju's temples and helped him sit down, then took out Konoha's income and expenditure data for this year.

Putting aside expenditures, seeing those strings of numbers—steel production, weapons reserves, and all ten granaries full of food—and knowing that even if Konoha suffered a complete crop failure for the next two years, the more than one million people living inside and outside Konoha would still have food to eat, made Tobirama Senju feel much more at ease.

Upon seeing the final income, Tobirama Senju gasped in shock.

More than 92 billion taels!

You Ya, however, did not find it particularly amazing.

What's so remarkable about less than 100 billion taels? Besides, that's your unit. If you divide it by 200, it's less than 5 billion. That's hardly any revenue at all.

Konoha's scale is designed to be a benchmark for the entire Land of Fire.

Simply put, it's about sucking the blood of the Land of Fire to strengthen Konoha. Of course, strictly speaking, Konoha has now developed, and the Daimyo's mansion in the Land of Fire receives more novelties every year, making the Daimyo's life better.

However, the people in other parts of the Land of Fire are still living the same unchanging lives they did more than a decade ago.

Of course, these people themselves don't see anything wrong with this, since they don't really know the difference between being alive and living well.

How can you know if you're living a good life if you've never lived one?

Therefore, if we divide this nearly 100 billion figure by 200 and then by 7...

The numbers were simply appalling.

For Yuya, a small goal is to boost Konoha's GDP to one trillion, and now it's less than one-tenth of that, so what's so amazing about it?

However, it was different for Tobirama Senju.

He originally thought that the Sarutobi clan had taken over a billion, the Uchiha clan had taken over nine hundred million, and the Shimura, Akimichi, Nara, and others had taken nearly five billion in total!

I initially thought it was too much.

However, it seems that there aren't that many now.

Yuya smiled and did some calculations for Tobirama Senju.

These clans' ninjas provided jobs for roughly 80-90% of Konoha's important positions and also served as members of Konoha's ninja army for over 80% of the village.

Ordinary ninjas will definitely receive year-end bonuses, but for these clan ninjas, Yuya only gave them bonuses a few years ago because the ninja clan budget was not allocated in the second year. Now that the budget is allocated in the second year, these ninjas no longer need to receive year-end bonuses, which saves them some money.

At the same time, these ninjas account for 80% of the ninja army, but the total annual budget of the ninja clans is less than 5%. This means that Yuya uses less than 5% of the military budget to support 80% of the ninja army.

Moreover, as the years go by, when Konoha's total output value exceeds one trillion, it will use less than one percent of the budget to support eighty percent of the ninja army.

Those families will have to thank me later!

Senju Tobirama left, feeling dizzy and confused. He didn't understand these things, but seeing Yua's condition, he was certain that the other party hadn't colluded with those families, or given them benefits in order to subdue them, and that was enough.

If he doesn't understand, then he shouldn't meddle. He should go to the research institute and torment Orochimaru instead.

This kid is really something! The tasks he's given are getting increasingly difficult, but he manages to complete them all.

Hmm~ Let's try increasing the workload by 10%. I'm sure this genius Orochimaru can manage it!

Orochimaru, with his dark circles under his eyes, couldn't understand why he had become so busy at the research institute.

He wanted to explore the origins of life! He wanted to know the mysteries of life!

We don't spend all our time inventing these junk pieces of metal!

"Achoo!"

Orochimaru touched his nose. Could it be... that he's sick?

……

With Tobirama Senju gone, Yua continued to handle government affairs.

The next day, Nara Shika, carrying a document, said to Yua with a helpless expression, "Something's happened. There's trouble in the southern part of the city."

You Ya wasn't surprised at all, and didn't even look up: "It's those people who sold their houses before, and now they see that the prices have gone up instead of down after the houses were built, right?"

Nara Shika also grinned sheepishly, not forgetting to flatter him: "As expected of the Hokage, nothing escapes your eyes."

You Ya snorted coldly, "It's just that I've seen it all before."

After it's built, it looks like there are six rooms per floor, which is more than the original three or four floors with two rooms per floor. The property price might drop, but don't even look at what kind of facilities it comes with.

Their apartments have elevators and balconies, and the water and electricity are all buried in the walls. You, on a three- or four-story flat, have to run cables to get electricity, which is both unsafe and unsightly. How can you possibly compete with them?

Yuya didn't even bother to go over and waved to Nara Shika: "You handle this matter. Remember, you can't let them gain any benefit whatsoever."

To be honest...

Those who own two houses received over three million taels of cash, right? Since they made their choice, they must bear the consequences, even if those consequences are heavy—it was their own choice.

Nara Shika nodded seriously, "I understand, I will handle it."

After saying that, he left the office and went out again.

You Ya sighed as he looked at the empty office. Should he hire a few secretaries?

It's not that one person can't do the work, but...

Yuya recalled how Hiruzen Sarutobi used to peep into people's homes every day with a crystal ball when he was in this position.

He...he doesn't have the time for that right now...

Someone actually said I'm bad at math?! !!! I used to get perfect scores on math tests all the time in elementary school!!! I even participated in the elementary school math Olympiad! I didn't win any prizes, but I still participated!!!

(End of this chapter)