Crossover: Pen name: Dazai Osamu, Omega Kasumigaoka

"A billion dollars? He really dares to ask for that much!"

"Humph!"

Matsuoka Yoshie snorted coldly.

"Young man, you don't know how high the sky is or how deep the earth is."

"He will soon find out that the entertainment industry is not as simple as he imagines!"

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Chapter Sixty: Funny Animation, Competitors

The meeting between him and Seto Shinichiro ended badly.

It did not affect Kitahara Makoto's pace.

September 5th.

The manga adaptation of "Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend," a collaboration between Hokutosei Animation and Shueisha, has officially begun serialization in Weekly Shonen Jump.

The work received an enthusiastic response and rave reviews as soon as it was released.

As a result, the number of people watching the anime version on NicoNico Douga has also started to increase.

Besides.

In the past few days, several investment institutions have approached Kitahara Makoto, asking him if he would accept investment.

But either their prices were too low, or they couldn't provide what he wanted.

In the end, Kitahara Makoto rejected them all.

In fact, true investment is not just about having money.

Investors need to be energetic and capable, and able to provide assistance to the company's development.

Otherwise, if you only have money, they generally won't let you invest.

……

NicoNico animation.

President's office.

Kitahara was actually reviewing the user growth data for this period of time.

There was a sudden knock on the door.

"Enter!"

General Manager Yuta Kawamoto pushed open the door and entered, holding a newspaper in his hand.

"President, something terrible has happened!"

He placed the newspaper in front of Kitahara Makoto.

This is a business newspaper, and the headline on the front page has a line of large text.

Toho, Kadokawa Pictures, and Fuji Television announced the joint establishment of 'Funny Animation,' officially entering the video website field!

Kitahara sullenly put down the newspaper in his hand.

"Interesting. Is this some kind of 'if I can't have it, I'll destroy it' game?"

"I can't believe it," asked Yuta Kawamoto anxiously.

"President, what should we do?"

"Why are you panicking?"

Kitahara Makoto frowned.

"there is always a solution to a problem!"

"When it comes to running a video website, the most important thing is high-quality content, not whoever has the most money will win!"

"We at NicoNico Animation possess two powerful tools: 'bullet comments' and 'Beidouxing Animation,' and we also have a first-mover advantage."

"They pose no threat to us in the short term!"

Kitahara Makoto said that.

But deep down he knew the truth.

The opponent is not weak.

Toho and Kadokawa are film and television giants, while Fuji Television is one of the five major private core television stations.

Whether in movies, TV series, or animation.

Their production capabilities are countless times stronger than those of the current NicoNico animation.

NicoNico's only advantage is that it knows the history of the next decade or so.

Know what the template for success looks like.

To know which anime will become a huge hit in the future.

Know the future development trends of the Internet.

even so.

Faced with such a powerful opponent.

He also had to be careful and cautious in his approach.

Business warfare is like a battlefield.

Underestimating the enemy and being arrogant can easily lead to an irrecoverable situation.

"We have such a great advantage, let's not lose our composure and give the enemy an opportunity!"

After Kitahara Makoto's warning, Kawamoto Yuta also came to his senses in time.

"Yes, President, I will definitely manage the company well and soothe the emotions of others."

"Okay, you can go out now!"

After Yuta Kawamoto left.

Kitahara Makoto slowly wrote down a few words on the paper: 'bullet comments', 'up creator', 'self-made content', 'Hokuto Star Anime', etc.

He had Yuta Kawamoto apply for a patent for the bullet screen feature right after he acquired NicoNico Animation.

This feature is protected by a patent from the Japan Patent Office.

Other websites in Japan cannot use this feature either.

This is a characteristic of NicoNico animation.

However, 'bullet comments' are just a minor trick.

For a video website, content is still the most important thing.

If you don't have good content, people won't come here.

The 'up主' (content creator) cannot be linked, even with a contract.

Water flows to lower place, man goes to higher position.

In the future wave of the internet, larger video bloggers will basically follow the path of publishing across the entire internet.

It's very rare to find something that's exclusively posted on a single website.

Moreover, making videos is not like live streaming.

The frequency and quality of the videos uploaded by the creators are too uncertain.

Signing a special contract is useless.

As long as the website has enough traffic.

These content creators will naturally choose to come to NicoNico Animation.

NicoNico is used as the main development website.

The remaining self-made content and Beidouxing Animation.

The current NicoNico animation still hasn't been able to solve the problem of self-produced content, such as variety shows and TV dramas.

Beidouxing Animation, however, is unable to expand due to its huge funding issues.

We'll have to wait for "Your Name" to be released before we can find a solution.

"Sigh, the development is still too slow!"

In the office, Kitahara Makoto couldn't help but sigh softly...

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Funny Animation (hereinafter referred to as F Station) truly lives up to its reputation as a young master born with a silver spoon in its mouth, backed by three giants.

Immediately after its establishment, Toho, Kadokawa Pictures, and Fuji Television all made announcements.

They jointly invested 2 billion yen, bringing the total capital to 6 billion yen.

After receiving substantial financial support.

F-Station has made a series of moves, acquiring the exclusive online rights to several major anime series.

Including "Detective Conan", "Slam Dunk", "Bleach", and "Neon Genesis Evangelion".

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These anime series are all incredibly popular and phenomenal anime from Japan.

It has countless fans in Japan.

This news immediately attracted attention from all sides.

The entire video website industry was in an uproar.

Many small websites and companies are trembling with fear.

It's obvious to anyone with eyes that F-site is aiming to rival NicoNico and take the top spot among video websites.

But the eldest and second eldest brothers got into a fight.

The fastest to die will definitely be these small websites.

When the city gate catches fire, the fish in the moat suffer the most; there is no greater calamity than this.

However, at this point, no one had time to care about the fate of these small websites.

F Station has unleashed such a powerful move.

This immediately had a huge impact on the number of NicoNico users.

The previously rapid growth in users has slowed down.

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Conversely, F-site's registered users quickly exceeded five million, and its daily active users exceeded thirty million.

It became the second largest Japanese video website in terms of user numbers, second only to NicoNico.

Facing this circumstances.

NicoNico Animation also dared not show weakness.

They acquired the rights to the wildly popular anime series "Gintama," which premiered in April of this year.

"Kochikame" holds the record for the longest serialization in the history of Japanese manga, lasting 30 years.

And Fate/stay night, which aired in January of this year and is an adaptation of the game of the same name.

This helped stabilize the rate of decline in new users.

……

"Damn it, I'm broke again!"

In the president's office, Kitahara Makoto looked at the latest financial statements in his hand, feeling incredibly pained.

The copyrights to the three anime series that were just purchased have cost several hundred million yuan.