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Volume 3 Chapter 4 Company Story (2)

After Taro Aizumaki returned home last night, he found the luggage in the living room. He knew his wife and son were back, but he didn't know where they went. He called Fuji Takeuchi, but the latter did not expect that the president would return suddenly. After passing the phone, he immediately informed the important staff of other departments: he had been a colleague with Ai Fei for a long time and knew his general habits. This time he would definitely ask everyone about the company's operation when he came back. Therefore, all the people who might attend this meeting came to the company early. First, he wanted to give him an unexpected surprise, and second, he had to prepare his own department's report materials! God knows that the president has very high requirements for this aspect!

As mentioned in the previous article, Yoshihiro Nishio nodded generously: "Hi Yi! Please allow me to report to you. According to the orders and arrangements of the President's last time, the Real Estate Department was officially established in the third week after you left Japan. In addition to me, the staff also include Yuta Hiraoka who is responsible for contact, Takashi Ogawa who is responsible for supervision, Masaya Kuchi who is responsible for public relations, Masaya Toura who is responsible for safety, and more are responsible for construction. From the 27th year of Showa to 28th year of Showa, the company's Real Estate Department has contacted a new printing factory project including the Tokyo Municipal Library and the Kadokawa Library located in the lower reaches of the Tokyo River. The latter is now under construction. It is expected to be completed and delivered to the end of July this year."

"Well, I understand!" Ai Fei nodded absent-mindedly: "Tanaka, what about the situation in the Public Relations Department?"

"Hi Yi!" Tanaka Rui had already prepared: "According to the last briefing at the company's regular meeting, the Public Relations Department had already started to operate independently after the New Year this year. However, the development of the department is still in its initial stagnation. More users are first of all, not knowing the significance of such a new department launched by the company, and secondly, they do not know the importance of such a department to the lives of the people. So far, in addition to continuing to receive calls from different authors and their families for help, more people still choose to work themselves, and few call to ask the Public Relations Department to be responsible for their work."

"This is very normal. Just as I said with Nishio Kwan in Yokosuka, the mystery of the Public Relations Department is to give services to anyone in need. However, when people have not yet realized the role of this department, what Tanaka Kwan said will happen. Now it is: For many people, it seems a bit unnecessary to spend money on some work that they can do. There is no need to be anxious. When the Chinese New Year or holidays approach, some people will contact this department that can provide them with any service. At that time, your reputation will become popular and the subsequent work will be busy."

"Hi! I understand."

"Kato Kan? Please introduce it to me?"

"Hi Yi!" Kato sat down in a straight position: "About the discovery and launch of new authors and new works, starting last year, the magazine created and submitted them to the magazine through commissioning and authors alone. In the end, the total number of authors recognized by the editorial department reached 64. Their works greatly satisfy readers' increasingly picky tastes and increasingly diverse pursuits in different styles and themes. It can even be said that if each work is published as a single book, it may have a considerable market effect."

"... However, because many authors do not understand and are familiar with the operation of magazines, many people's first choice is to publish them through the "Jump Comic Boy" magazine according to the earliest publication method. Even when editing, interviewing, or introducing various promotion methods through letter exchanges, the authors are still unwilling to give up publishing their works in magazines. It seems that for more authors, "Jump Comic Boy" is the only way to gain more readers' recognition and increase their popularity."

Ai Fei smiled: "So, how is the sales of single-line books?"

"It's not as large as the magazine's publication. Many authors who have published single-books have experienced different degrees of revenue decline in their final share, and we are trying to solve this problem."

"What kind of calculation method does the author's share do?"

"Hi Yi! Every single book that can be issued is paid at the price of 6.5 yen per picture. When the sales figure reaches 50,000 books, the price of the single piece is increased by 25. When the sales figure reaches 500,000 books, the price of the single piece is increased by 50."

"That is to say, when the sales volume reaches 500,000, the price of a single piece that the author can get is about 60 rounds? If calculated based on a 300-picture picture, it is 18 rounds?"

"Yes, under normal circumstances, we will release two books a month, and the price that the author can get is around 4 rounds." Kato Qianchi smiled and replied: "However, in addition to every work of the president who we have tried so far, every author can reach the number of the number that is about!"

"Are there any similar comic magazines in the country now?"

"Well, I still hear about it for the time being, but it is said that Kadokawa Bookstore intends to launch its own comic works. However, we don't have much contact with them, so we are not very clear about the authors they have. What will happen..."

Ai Fei frowned: "It is a good thing to compete, but if there are some things that put the author in the arms of the other party because of our own mistakes, I cannot tolerate it. Just as Kato said, in addition to my work that has not been tested, if any author's work can reach such a number, then do you think it will cause such an illusion to others? "Jump Anime Boy" is deliberately exaggerating. The advertisement with a monthly income of 40,000 yuan is just a cover for the author! If this way of thinking appears, it will be very difficult for you to get the understanding of others!"

“Eh?”

"Isn't it? A goal that no one can achieve after a long time has passed will not cause such speculation? Not to mention whether other people will use this to play, causing a large number of lost authors?" As he said, his hand habitually stretched to the side, but he felt empty. Then he remembered that Yumiya Jingzi was still in the United States! He had to retreat embarrassedly.

Who knew that a few seconds later, a cup of coffee was placed in front of him. Ai Fei was stunned and looked up: It turned out to be Reiko Kato! "You?"

Reiko Kato lowered her head and stepped aside. He couldn't continue asking questions at this time, so he had to press his doubts and continue to talk: "So I think the author should be able to gain economic benefits through the magazines published by Jump. As long as they can gain more and more economic gains, believe me, it will be difficult for the emerging comics such as Kadokawa Library to get their favorite authors."

"Hi! We get it."

"How was the effect of the soft advertisements passed at the regular meeting when I came back last time?"

Speaking of this, even a cold guy like Niaoyu couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly: "It's not as good as I imagined."

"Why?"

"More product advertisements are all daily necessities or current industrial products, while our works are more about story themes full of science fiction or darkness. It is difficult to add such content to the story. In addition to your works and Sakai Kan's works, Sakai Kan is unwilling to advertise products for such reasons. Therefore, although we have a complete plan, it is difficult to implement."

Ai Fei smiled badly: "It seems that I should meet with a few advertisers and talk to them about the details of the cooperation."

It’s okay for others to do it, but Takagi Jun was overjoyed: “Mr. President, are you serious?”

"Eh?" Ai Fei was just joking, but he didn't expect that he would take it seriously: "What?"

"Many advertisers are very eager to publish similar advertising content through the President's works. If you agree, I think the other party is willing to satisfy you in terms of conditions."

Ai Fei laughed: "You guy, do you want to fight my idea?"

After laughing for a while, he continued to speak on the question just now: "After you go down, you will discuss it seriously and come up with a more convenient and flexible policy. You always need to increase the author's remuneration. This is a good communication with the author. In a word, only the market determines everything! As long as it is a work that the market can recognize, and even provide some advertising sharing, it can be considered."

"Hi! I understand."

Ai Fei picked up the coffee and sipped: "How is the production of Touyujun. Anime Department going on?"

"So far, everything is going well." Tooyu Ankatsu is not as polite as others, and he always speaks so aggressively: "The cooperation with Songzhu Movie and Toho Movie Company, which is being contacted recently, is either in progress or in negotiations. The production of the "Naruto" theatrical version of the Ministry is now in the collection and processing of manuscripts. According to the president's original decision draft, it has been a lot of effort. What is being prepared is the fourth manuscript."

“Is there anything I can help with?”

“Eh?”

"Naoshima Jun won't forget it, right? Naruto is my work!" Ai Fei chuckled: "As the original author, it is worthwhile for me to provide help to my work!"

Nyu Ankang smiled slightly: "If the president can provide some help, I think many people are willing to see it."

He said this. Ai Fei shrank back and said, "I won't talk about this for now. I'll give it to me after the final manuscript comes out. I'll take a look. If there is no problem, I'll name it with the official author."

“…………”

"This time when I came back, in addition to wanting to gather with everyone, there is another more important task. In fact, it is not a job, but many things. But take things slowly and we will deal with them one by one. Let's talk about the first one. Real Estate Department?"

"Hi Yi!" Nishio Yuxing bowed.

"When will the bidding for the renovation and expansion project of Haneda Airport officially begin?"

"According to the documents given to major construction companies by the Construction Province, the formal tender will be held on the 12th of next month. If our Aishi Construction Company wants to get a part of the project acceptance letter, we must prepare a deposit of 10 million yuan in advance. In addition, we must also come up with specific plans for the engineering design and workflow. The last time we received a letter from the president, I have already started the preparation of the bid and the calculation of the bidding base, and also carried out a plan for the workflow, which is just about the design drawings. We have not officially started the design according to your wishes."

"Well, very good! Nishio Jun did a good job!" Ai Fei nodded heavily: "What is the current situation? What are the specific advantages and disadvantages, I mean, for Ai Company?"

"Hi Yi!" Nishio Yuyu continued to answer: "The advantage for us is that Iris Nobuiro, who has just become the deputy director of the provincial construction department, can provide help at the government level. Moreover, after more than a year of operation, the real estate company has accumulated a lot of experience in operation. This experience is believed to play a certain role in fierce competition. The disadvantage is that the company started relatively late in its development, and it is difficult to compare with large and old construction companies such as Yamato, Kawasaki, Tokuhiro, etc. There is insufficient professional staff and lack of professional machines. The most important thing is that the lack of large-scale infrastructure projects is that it is easy to give others an impression. Ai Shi Company is a newly emerged, small construction company, but it is such a construction company that undertakes such a huge airport expansion project that has attracted great attention from the public. Is there any problem with it?"

Ai Fei smiled: "And there will be some objections: Can they do such a job well? Is that true?"

"Hi! That's exactly what I want to say."

A pride surged in Ai Fei's heart: Yuyu Nishio was a leader whom he promoted! Now it seems that his choice is not wrong. He has indeed exerted a huge amount of energy that cannot be compared in the animation industry! All the questions he raised can be said to be on the point, and each one hits the nail on the head. However, before he came back this time, he had made complete considerations on these issues, and almost all of them could be cut into his expectations. Moreover, since he was back, he would have to get a share of the Haneda Airport expansion project, and he wanted the largest share!

Everyone saw that he had not spoken and didn't know what was going on, but they didn't dare to ask. Only Renzi Kato, who was standing on the side with his hands down, walked over quietly and took his cup away. This time, he woke him up from his thoughts: "Well, long time no see, Miss Renzi is really getting more and more beautiful! She is already a big girl!"

Everyone seemed to be thundered by his words. Can't a girl who is already 19 years old be considered a big girl?

Ai Fei knew that he had made a mistake and smiled concealedly: "Please pour me a cup of coffee, is that OK?"

"Hi!"

"Oh, and, Miss Reiko, please... forget it and wait a while and Tanaka Kwan will be responsible?"

Tanaka Rui was stunned and quickly stood up: "Mr. President?"

"Wait a moment when you go to the restaurant to book a lunch for each of you, and today's meeting may be a little longer."

"Hi! I'll go right away."

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When Tanaka Rui walked out of the conference room and Reiko Kato put the coffee in front of him again, Ai Fei made a formal speech: "The problem mentioned by Nishio Jun just now is not only a fact, but also the most serious problem facing the company - the real estate company. As Nishio Jun said, such a huge infrastructure project with a total investment of more than 19 billion yen has attracted the attention of the public, and has received the attention and doubts of all parties. It can even be said that any company will be suspicious of such an opportunity."

"...Secondly, what Nishio-kun did not mention in his conversation just now is about the problems that may be encountered during the completion of this project. It is very simple. Such a large project, including large construction companies such as Yamato, Kawasaki, and Tokuhiro, cannot be eaten up. They can only be layered contracts and constructions, and the final result is always completed under the overall arrangement of experts from the construction province. Any department, if divided from an administrative perspective, can be regarded as a subordinate department of the construction province."

"The third point is that we come from foreign construction companies. Compared with them, our strength can be said to be even weaker and our competitiveness is very limited." Ai Fei sneered a few times: "Americans, they really have them all the time! Annoying guys!"

“Eh?”

Ai Fei shook his head and put aside this matter: "However, such a situation is a great opportunity for us. As long as we can do what others cannot imagine, what they cannot do, and what they cannot recognize, we can achieve the final success!"

"Let me just say it briefly. The first point is to establish a thought. This time the project is something we must take down. Any difficulties and obstacles in front must be kicked away! This is the nature of the Japanese. Therefore, the masters of the real estate department and the masters of the headquarters must use such ideas to guide the employees of various departments to work hard to achieve such goals!"

"... Second, there is specific measures. On the way to the company, I discovered a situation. It seems that all the current construction companies have problems. That is, any construction site is long-lasting. First of all, it is unsafe. I mean that for materials, anyone may steal construction materials while the night is dark. If such a thing happens, the economic losses will be small and the work will be delayed. Second, it is unhygienic. Whenever the wind blows, there will be dust everywhere, which will have a great impact on the surrounding environment, right?"

"...So, the second card we can play is to create a clean, hygienic working environment that will not cause harassment to the surrounding areas at least! Nishio Jun, according to the construction province's plan, when will the formal groundbreaking be carried out?"

"It's at the end of January next year."

"In other words, what is being carried out now is just a bidding, and there are various audits and preparations for the determination of the design drawings?"

"Hi! That's exactly."

"Very good!" Ai Fei smiled badly: "Just hurry up. During this period, the company has established a baffle factory under the real estate department?!"

"Hey?!" Everyone looked at each other, obviously, not knowing where this baffle factory is.

"The so-called baffle is actually a very simple structure. The inside can be a cheap filling. The outside is covered with iron sheets, and the reinforced objects are connected together with screws or other reinforced objects. It is standing on the periphery of the working environment. The height is enough to be designed to be more than one person tall. In short, it is impossible to see the work area inside as the top priority. For details, I will draw it for you later. It will be easy to understand. Of course, the requirements for production will not be very high. Let's wait until we start operating this matter."

"...There is another great benefit to establishing your own baffle factory, which is that the sales of such a product will be very large in the future. Imagine that more and more infrastructure projects will start construction, and more and more people will choose baffle as the peripheral facilities of the engineering environment area. In the long term, the production of baffle will be in short supply. Moreover, the establishment of baffle factory will have a great social effect in the future. A brand new construction method that considers the health and well-being of the people was first launched by Ai's Construction Company. Think about it, what profound impact will such a cognition have on the future development of the company?"

Those attending the meeting today were old ministers who had fought and fought with Ai Fei back then. The old subordinates, who were much younger than anyone else in the meeting, each of them had different gratitude in their hearts, such as Nishio Yongxing, Torii Ankang, Sakai Shima, Tanaka Rui and others. Needless to say, they were promoted by this young man, and they were full of gratitude and repayment for their benefactors; and for the older former "School Children's Club" staff such as Fuji Takeuchi and Kato Maiichi, the relationship was quite complicated.

For them, it is better to say that they are working for the loyalty of the original company and unwillingness to leave. It is hard to believe that such people will have great loyalty and awe of Ai Fei. What they have is the pride and stubbornness unique to the old-fashioned Japanese - the stubbornness of social traditions. For this boss, they are more simply executing his orders, and deliberately not considering the spiritual impact that may be brought to themselves!

This time is a very obvious example. Since Ai Fei proposed to establish the Real Estate Department more than a year ago when he returned to China, the two of them have been very dissatisfied with: Isn’t it good to do a magazine business well? What kind of real estate department is it? Do you really have to learn from those construction workers to build a house? It’s simply ignorant. For this matter, the two have had a serious conversation, but the company is Ai Fei’s own. Even if others have opinions, they can only hide it in their hearts and dare not explode in front of him. However, as the vice president in charge of daily work, Fuji Takeuchi rarely gives Nishio Yuyu and his subordinates a good face. In short, they just watch coldly and quietly wait for the development of the situation.

This time Ai Fei returned to China, the main purpose of Fuji Takeuchi, but he was never optimistic about this matter. After all, the real estate department has only been established for less than a year and the orders received are very limited. Why should we compete with others? However, hearing that he clearly analyzing each other's strengths and weaknesses and putting forward such clear logical solutions, Fuji Takeuchi unconsciously exclaimed: If this project can be obtained as he said, I am afraid that the company's development will not be like this now, but will reach an unthinkable height?

Tanaka Rui quietly pushed the door and sat down at the side. As soon as he sat down, he saw Ai Fei's gaze swept over: "Mr. President, I just contacted the restaurant and the lunch will be delivered soon."

"Very good." Ai Fei nodded: "The meeting is here for the time being. Everyone rest. After lunch, we will continue to have the meeting. Nishiweijun and Touyujun, please stay. Oh, and Miss Lianzi. Please stay."
Chapter completed!
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