Chapter 49 Difficulties and Opportunities
Ai Fei was really interested - to treat guests to dinner. The invitation was from Merit Publishing House's Ekami Aiman and Asahi Shimbun. When he was accepting the novel award, he heard the latter say that he liked to eat puffer fish, so he specially arranged this place. This kind of idea and details also won Hasegawa's heartfelt praise.
The door of the cross-section slid open silently. The restaurant owner who was responsible for serving the guests was dressed in Japanese clothes. He walked into the room and directed the waiter to bring up several plates: "This is a white-burned cold cut, skin, meat sashimi, sperm sashimi, fish brain, cod liver, grilled fish spring, grilled fish ribs, fried fish, pufferfish raw nest and porridge." Every time he served a dish, the boss would introduce it seriously.
"In addition to puffer fish tonight, there are also hot sake and white fish sperm. Please try it." The boss saw how these three guests looked at it, but he didn't dare to ask more questions. He poured the sake to several people: "So, is there anything else that needs service?"
"Thank you! We have some things to talk about, please wait for other services."
"Hi!" The boss bowed and stepped back.
Ai Fei raised his wine glass: "Jiangjun, Hasegawa, thank you very much for your great help to me in recent times. On behalf of myself and the company's staff, I would like to express my sincere thanks!"
"Hi Yi!" Ekaka Yuman and Hasegawa picked up the wine glass and touched him. The two of them drank it all in one go: "Ah! Japanese wine is more suitable and comfortable with Japanese dishes! Especially pufferfish!" Pick up a piece of meat sashimi with ivory chopsticks, put it in their mouths, chewing hard, with an intoxicated expression on their faces: "Eh? Doesn't Ai Jun like to eat?"
Ai Fei looked at them with a wry smile: "I'm just a little nervous. You know, the puffer fish... is poisonous!"
Hasegawa smiled: "Of course I know, but Ai Feijun, have you ever thought about this kind of food that can bring humans to life and death. Isn't this the greatest delicacy God has given to humans? Moreover, this kind of store specializing in making puffer fish dishes has very professional chefs, so there is absolutely no problem in terms of safety! Come, try it?"
"Okay." Faced with Hasegawa and Esaka's invitation, Ai Fei couldn't refuse, so he picked up a piece of fish. Although he had never eaten it, he also knew that the most toxic puffer fish was in the liver, eyes, skin and other parts. As long as he avoided these positions, there would be no big problems. He picked it up and tasted it. Well, there was a slightly sweet and spicy feeling on the sensitive taste buds. He knew that this was not the seasoning the operator added when cooking, but the taste of the puffer fish itself. As Esaka Youman said, this was a process of wandering between life and death and looking for excitement: "Well, it's such a cruel pleasure!"
Hasegawa and Ekaka Akiman looked at each other and smiled: "No wonder they are guys who can win the first prize in the novel award at the age of 18. They are not much the same as others when they evaluate pufferfish. Hehe!"
Ai Fei's old face turned red and he picked up his wine glass: "Cheers!"
"Cheers!" The two middle-aged men smiled and drank the second glass of wine: "Ai Jun, can you deal with this transfer?"
"The 14.5 million yen cash does not include the additional 30% of the additional payment due to the inability to make a one-time payment. It simply vanished all my hard-earned income over the past few months. Including the printing costs to Yuwu and the salary to be prepared for employees, you can calculate, by this time next month, how much cash flow I have to prepare to maintain the normal operation of the company?"
Jiang Shangyouman took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it. His sharp eyes stared at him sitting opposite him through the light blue smoke: "I admire you!"
"Eh?" Ai Fei was picking up a chopstick and putting the fish into his mouth - not to mention, the puffer fish is really delicious. He only cared about tasting it, but did not hear the other person clearly: "What did you say?"
"I said, I admire you very much! Ai Feijun, in Japan, even the whole world, can't find a young man like you! He has a cash flow of more than 10 million yen in just half a year based on his personal ability, and can also take over the next publishing company with a history of nearly 50 years. As far as I know, you are the first one! Hasegawa, what do you think?"
"Totally agree!" Hasegawa echoed loudly: "Ai Jun, can you obtain your consent about the transfer process and add it to the content you are interviewed in the newly published Asahi Shimbun?"
"About this..." Ai Fei put down his chopsticks, held his cheek with his hands and thought: "Can you wait a few more days? What I mean is the content of this interview?"
“Eh?”
"It's like that. I just took over the school children's club. What changes will happen in the next three months... Although I have many ideas now, I have no idea whether it can be realized. If everything goes well, I hope that with the help of your newspaper, I can set off a wave of attention nationwide for the development of the school children's club and the publications it published. This is crucial for the future development of the school children's club. Moreover, my reform of the school children's club this time is largely related to whether my career can start smoothly! This is the most important thing!"
Hasegawa and Ekaka Aiman looked at each other again and both read the surprise in each other's eyes: "Shia Jun's meaning, will you make a big change to the schoolchild club in the future?"
"It's almost the same!" Ai Fei nodded: "The biggest change is in the update of publications. Well, let's just say a few words. Unlike the original school children's club, in addition to physical text and comic works, there will also be a department specializing in the production of Disney cartoons, responsible for producing a large number of animation movies or TV series, which will be broadcast on NHK and other TV stations in the future."
"A cartoon similar to Disney?"
"There is a little different, and more importantly, the series. For example, I am considering an animated series called "Naughter". Of course, I will start with a comic book first. I will only consider shooting it into a series and broadcast it on TV when there are some readers."
"Naughter? What does it mean?"
"This is the case..." Ai Fei simply told the story of Naruto to the two of them. The two middle-aged men were drinking and listening. Later, when he talked about Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura took the Chunin exam, Ekaka couldn't help but put down the wine glass in his hand. This guy might have drunk a little too much and forgot the basic etiquette: "Ai Jun, when you really create this story, can you hand over the sales and distribution rights in the Kanto area to the Merit Press where I am? We will definitely meet all your conditions!"
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