Tokyo: They say it's just dating, but they're serious about it.

Mikoto seemed a little ticklish, twisted her waist, and whispered, "Sayuri and I want Eiyo and Kotoha to come help out at the shop. Have you arranged anything for them?"

"Then let them help out at the shop for now. If the factory can be saved, then let them go back. After all, that factory is something they're obsessed with."

If we can get it back, we'll add a functional beverage production line to the factory.

Although there aren't many coins, the effect is fantastic. We can use scarcity marketing to give energy drinks a catchy name, like "Blue Bull"... As for the pharmaceutical field, let's forget about it. It's too complicated. We need to know when to cut our losses and keep our skills to ourselves.

“Okay…” Mikoto shook her head, then looked up at Katsuhiko and winked, asking, “With so many people, can you manage to take care of them all?”

"Huh?!" Katsuhiko immediately turned over and said, "Continue."

"No~ that's not what I meant..." Mikoto struggled to crawl away, grabbed her clothes and quickly put them on. "No, I really can't, I want to live... I want to go to work, I want to go to work! I love going to work..."

Katsuhiko could tell that Mikoto was worried about the trouble that Eiyo and Kotoha would cause.

For Katsuhiko, it was like a small level in a game, not even as serious as bigamy.

Little BOSS Sato Hiroshi.

Around 11 o'clock, Katsuhiko and Mikoto went out together. Before leaving, they left a note for Eiyo and Kotoha with the convenience store's phone number, telling them to call if they needed anything.

Lily is already in the convenience store, standing at the checkout counter.

The store looked quite professional, displaying a "gaming" business license, and there were quite a few young customers choosing game cards.

Tanaka Yutaka is still out there buying game cartridges with his brothers, but they no longer drive vans; they ride secondhand bicycles instead.

Katsuhiko called Tanaka Yutaka's mobile phone to inform him of the new arrangements for the afternoon, and then waited for him to return.

“Sister Mikoto,” Sayuri said, her face slightly flushed, as she furtively pointed to the condom shelf next to the cashier and continued, “It’s time to restock the condoms.”

"It seems like we didn't sell many," Mikoto muttered, glancing at the bill. "Did some customers steal them? How could anyone steal this..."

Little Lily tilted her head and said, "You took them all."

"Me?" Mikoto froze, instinctively touching her slightly flushed face, and chuckled awkwardly, "Oh dear, I've been a bit too playful lately... Really, so embarrassing..."

"Haven't we been together a lot lately?" Xiaobaihe asked, her eyes wide with innocence, almost instinctively.

"How could I let you know about something like this? We had to do it secretly..." Mikoto's guilt was well concealed by her shyness, and she then launched a counterattack against Sayuri, "You and Mr. Takenaka, didn't you do it secretly too? By the way, do you two use it?"

Xiaobai blushed and turned away, saying, "I'm not talking to you anymore, you're so annoying..."

Sheng Yan walked past the cashier with a stern face and said, "It's very expensive for a box! I suggest you don't use it anymore..."

Chapter 37: Ideas about a video company

Around noon.

Tanaka Yutaka returned on his bicycle, carrying a backpack full of secondhand game cartridges.

Exhausted and drenched in sweat, his white shirt was almost completely soaked.

As soon as he saw Katsuhiko, he pulled him to the corner and said with a stern face, "Katsuhiko-kun, I have to give you some advice. Although this game card business is indeed profitable, it's a waste of talent to have more than twenty of our brothers running around flea markets and doing secondhand recycling. Back in the day, I was the assistant to a leader of more than five hundred people..."

As the former assistant to the head of a group of five or six hundred people, he was a person of status and fame.

He had a really bad day. He got into a heated argument with a nerdy guy at the secondhand market over a 200 yen game cartridge, and then got recognized by the people from the Kansai Federation next door. How embarrassing!

Tanaka Yuichi launched into a long, brazen complaint, implying that he wanted to pull off something big.

Katsuhiko asked, "Are you very familiar with the Kansai Federation?"

"We're not exactly close!" Tanaka Yutaka sneered. "Their boss is an old geezer who's about to die and spends all his time indulging in women..."

They rose to prominence around the same time as Group 21, and they used to frequently fight over territory, with back-and-forth battles going back and forth.

Now their boss is running a successful financial business, enjoying immense prestige, with over a dozen mistresses and illegitimate children, while their own boss has just completed a year in prison and has nine more years of compulsory education left. His only two daughters are also incredibly heartless, disowning their father and never visiting him.

"So you have a grudge?"

"Ha! If I had money, they wouldn't be worthy to be my opponents."

"After the holiday, let's go together and register a video production company..."

Katsuhiko briefly explained the type of video production company, the kind that everyone knows.

Tanaka Yutaka glanced at Katsuhiko with an expression as if he were looking at an idiot, pointed to the convenience store sign, and said:

"Do you think your convenience store and the newly acquired secondhand goods recycling store are very profitable? Do you know how much it costs to invest in film production? How are we supposed to compete with those established manufacturers? They've already monopolized the market. I'm only helping out here because I trust you. Don't take me for a fool. Even if you know the young lady, it won't help."

Tanaka Yutaka's doubts are indeed reasonable. The videotape film industry has been around for over a decade and is already mature. Major manufacturers have established a business model dominated by the "rental" system.

The main source of profit is selling the works to tens of thousands of video rental stores across the country, meaning that a single film can be watched by countless individuals in turn...

However, this year is a year of great change.

A wave of bankruptcies and a job market slump led many production and distribution companies to declare bankruptcy due to financial problems, resulting in a major reshuffling of the entire industry. However, this current period of economic downturn also presents a golden age for affordable entertainment, as a large number of unemployed and lower-class people are in dire need of inexpensive sensory consumption.

The key turning point came this year: with the emergence of Video Anmaiwang chain stores, videotapes could be purchased directly by individuals, and the censorship by ethics associations was eliminated, resulting in more explicit content and more independent production.

In other words, the old "leasing" business model that had been in place for more than a decade has been transformed into a "distribution" model, resulting in a diversified explosion of retail channels.

If you like a movie, you can just buy it and keep it for yourself...

Katsuhiko, after processing his fragmented memories of the industry, explained them to Tanaka Yutaka, concluding, "You have down-on-your-luck yakuza brothers by your side, and you still have a lot of debt resources at your disposal. I can also provide you with inspiration. It's like the perfect combination of timing, location, and people. There must be hundreds of thousands of unemployed people now, right? The demand is huge, and the few manufacturers that are still alive are simply not able to keep up."

“How can it be considered down on your luck? It’s just a temporary hardship. We’ll make up for it in the future…” Tanaka Yutaka’s face flushed red as he muttered a few words to himself. Then he looked up and said, “I heard that producing a film requires at least 100 million yen, plus equipment rental and a camera crew. Where do we find those? They all cost money.”

“Money is not a problem, I’ll figure it out,” Katsuhiko said with a wave of his hand. “These next few days, select a few of the best students and have them cram in some photography skills. Also, thoroughly investigate the clients you have who are indebted. Bring those who really want to come, and don’t force those who don’t. If that bastard Hiroji Sato finds out, he’ll definitely trip us up, since he’s also eyeing the property rights of my convenience store.”

In the end, Katsuhiko casually brought up Hiroji Sato, portraying him as a common enemy.

“He dares! He cuts off my source of income, I’ll kill him,” Tanaka Yutaka roared, adding, “Even if he’s a good brother to the former team leader.”

"He's also a close friend of your young lady's father?"

"I guess so. In order to reduce the group leader's sentence, he made the two young ladies take over the group leader's 600 million yen debt."

"That's truly a good brother..."

Katsuhiko nodded in agreement, then changed the subject and sent Tanaka Yutaka away.

Katsuhiko originally planned to drive Tanaka Yutaka to Ota Ward to move house and ask him about the Kansai Federation.

However, judging from what he just said, there's no need for that anymore. As long as he has money, his four or five hundred brothers will come back, and he can go and overturn things himself.

As for Hiroji Sato, he probably wouldn't dare to offend a group of desperate, down-on-their-luck yakuza.

Katsuhiko drove Mikoto's silver-gray Mazda alone to the guesthouse where Eiyo and Kotoha were staying.

The rather dilapidated wooden house had been covered with a thin layer of dust after just one day of not being there.

Previously, Kenta, Kotoha, and Eiyo lived in the same house, separated only by a thin sliding paper fan door.

Katsuhiko didn't waste much time. He moved all the factory documents into the car and packed up some of Eiyo and Mikoto's clothes and personal belongings.

He then drove directly back to Mikoto's house, didn't ring the doorbell, and opened the door with his key.

When they got home at three o'clock, Yingdai and Qinye were sitting on the sofa in the living room, staring blankly at the TV.

The TV is playing "Tokyo Love Story"...

When Sheng Yan opened the door, the two of them turned around as if in shock, looking somewhat flustered.

"Did you think I was here to collect a debt?" Katsuhiko tossed their clothes and bundles onto the sofa, then went out to continue moving documents. "Go change your clothes first, we'll be busy later."

The two seemed to have fallen into a depressed mood. They didn't speak, each picked up their clothes, and went into the bedroom.

By the time Shengyan brought in box after box of factory documents, the two of them were already sitting on the living room floor, flipping through the pages of documents with calculators.

Qin Ye didn't change her clothes; she was still wearing the same plain white dress with blue floral print short sleeves, and her hair was still piled up on top of her head.

Yingdai changed out of her light green factory uniform and put on a beige dress. Her long hair was still tied back casually with a black hair tie.

They were both without makeup, but Kotoha's face still looked haggard, and Eiyo's eyes were bloodshot, probably because she hadn't slept well.

Sheng Yan went into the kitchen and filled two glasses with warm water, then poured the remaining two-fifths of the [Recovery Potion] from last night into the glasses.

"You two have worked hard. Please have a glass of water each." Katsuhiko said, placing the water glasses in front of each of them. He continued, "I have to go back to my apartment tonight to be with Sayuri. You two can stay here without worry. If you need anything, just tell Mikoto. Don't be shy; she'll be very happy to have you. Of course, I can't stay here forever; I'll come over anytime."

Qin Ye remained silent, her head bowed and her hands trembling as she pressed the calculator buttons.

"Hmph~ You're quite good at managing your time," Eiyo glanced at Katsuhiko, her cheeks flushed slightly with anger, and her lips trembled. "You beast..."

"Even the most beastly act is worthwhile when it comes to responsibility."

As Katsuhiko spoke, he shifted his position and sat down next to Kotoha. The closer they were, the faster they could collect coins.

There's also the issue of gold coins. You need to interact with the Qinye skin for an hour to obtain a complete gold coin.

Currently, the gold coins you earn can only be exchanged for "Naruto," and one complete gold coin can only be exchanged for one complete volume of artwork, which is still ongoing.

The Naruto manga has a total of 72 volumes.

That would take 72 hours. Kotoha's lock-on time is less than 5 days, so it's probably impossible to get the whole series. After all, Kenta's body is barely cold, how could she keep holding her hand?

We could produce a few volumes, as standalone editions.

Although it won't be serialized until 99, it's a phenomenal work on par with "Dragon Ball." Even if it were released earlier, it would definitely be a huge hit. If you can't think of what to do next, you can find the original author, ask him to continue the series, and collect licensing fees from him...

Who exactly is the author of Naruto?

Katsuhiko racked his brains but couldn't remember. He felt that even a single word as a hint would make him remember immediately. He turned to Kotoha-chan and asked, "Kotoha-chan, who is the author of Naruto again?"

Qin Ye's face stiffened, and she hurriedly lowered her head.

The two faces were about fifteen centimeters apart...

"No...don't know..."

"Come here!" Eiya grabbed Katsuhiko's hair and pulled him toward her.

"Hey, stop!"

Katsuhiko was pulled back, intending to grab Kotoha's arm to collect some gold coins, but he pulled back halfway, then fell backward onto the floor. He then rolled over and got up, saying, "What's wrong with you, woman? Do you think you can just grab a man's head like that?"

Yingdai's face flushed red, and she angrily pounded the floor, turning her head to say, "Then kick me out! I've had enough."

“Stop it,” Katsuhiko sat down next to Eiyo, took her clenched fist, rubbed it in his palm, and said, “I know you’re upset. I’m not an unreasonable person. After we send Sato Hiroji to prison and settle your debts, you can go wherever you want. You can get a divorce anytime you’re married. What’s a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship? You can break up anytime you want, as long as you’re happy.”

Eiyo froze, shoved Katsuhiko to the ground, then turned her back and said, "You're so annoying, don't disturb my work..."

"Then get back to work!" Katsuhiko sat down against the wall. "Watching you work like this is quite satisfying."

Yingdai trembled as she picked up the paper, then pursed her lips and remained silent.