National Tide 1980.

Life is truly amazing.

Ning Weimin and the Guo family were clearly enemies, but because they found common interests, they could instantly become friendly partners. Who could have imagined this?
But then again, it’s better to resolve a feud than to create one.

As the saying goes, the world of martial arts is not about fighting and killing, it is also about human relationships and worldly wisdom.

This is the biggest difference between little Karami and the real boss.

In the business world, conflicts are normal, but no one can continue to amplify hostility that does not involve fundamental interests.

This is real life, not Long Aotian’s main world.

As Kenneth Ko said, conflict is good for no one.

Only fools would hurt each other for a worthless dispute of pride, endlessly expanding contradictions and conflicts.

Do you have to make the other party bow their heads and save face for yourself, just to prove that you are a fool with a bad temper, unreasonableness, and no way to communicate?

As for the best way to resolve differences and conflicts, it is undoubtedly to find common interests.

So once such a thing is found, it will be easy for both parties to reach a settlement.

And henceforth, as long as both sides can continue to gain sufficient benefits from the agreement they have reached, they will be the most inseparable allies.

Specifically for Ning Weimin, he certainly knows what scale Shangri-La, owned by the Guo family, will develop to in the future.

What he values ​​is the rapid growth potential of Shangri-La, a future listed hotel group, as well as its five-star brand and luxurious high-end positioning.

If he could obtain certain privileges in advance, open the Tan Palace restaurant in every Shangri-La hotel and sell LVMH's liquor through the Shangri-La Hotel's channels, it would be like him borrowing a chicken to lay eggs and sharing the dividends of the other party's growth.

Apart from anything else, at least he will have a place there when the China World Trade Center is completed and opened in Beijing.

The huge benefits were enough for him to forgive the other party. Isn't it better to have such a powerful helper than a powerful enemy?

In fact, the other party had no intention of obstructing the film he was making, and they even came to him with Huo Yanping's letter to ask for peace, which was a disguised form of surrender.

Since he has both the inside and the outside, he would only act pretentiously and refuse to give in, unless he is mentally ill.

What Guo Kefeng wanted from him was nothing more than a relatively decent negotiation result for Singapore.

After all, the Sugar King's face is more valuable, and the Guo family's reputation is very important, so spending a little money for it is nothing.

As for Guo Kefeng personally, what he cares most about is the refined oil investment project in mainland China.

As long as this thing is done, he will have a better future, and he doesn't care so much about other things.

Therefore, the settlement conditions offered by Ning Weimin just met his needs. Not only did he not have any dissatisfaction, but his evaluation and favorable impression of Ning Weimin skyrocketed.

Basically, these things are finalized.

As for the people who were really unlucky in this matter, it seemed that in the end, apart from the victim Ikuo Suho, the deceived Yasuko Sawaguchi, and the unknown representative of the Guo family, the only ones left were the two winemaking companies, Martell and Remy Martin.

To be honest, these two companies are the real unlucky ones, and they suffered completely unprovoked disasters.

As high-end liquor brands, they have always been strong competitors of Hennessy, which is owned by LVMH.

However, they could never have imagined that the minor friction between Ning Weimin and the Guo family in Southeast Asia would eventually make them, who had nothing to do with the incident, the victims, and they would be completely barred from entering the Shangri-La Hotel from then on.

LVMH, on the other hand, reaped the benefits by supporting Ning Weimin.

Without spending a penny, it monopolized the supply of wine to the Shangri-La Hotel and became the exclusive supplier of this future largest hotel chain in Southeast Asia.

What does it mean when gods fight, the little devils suffer?

How can this be reasonable?

We can only attribute this kind of thing to a "black swan event".

Like the circumstances of life, time is also a very wonderful thing.

Its power lies in its silent and subtle effect. As time goes by, it can often wipe out everything and change everything.

Even though it has only been forty days since Suho Ikuo's death, this person has been almost completely forgotten by the Japanese entertainment industry with the collapse of the Burning System.

His name will never be mentioned in any media again.

What he did in the past has become a piece of history that people don't want to mention again. The only thing that can be left behind is his ignominious death.

Even the business he originally founded has been divided up by the bigwigs in the Japanese entertainment industry, and no one is willing to leave any trace of him.

The most incredible thing is that even though his Burning Art Institute's main body was absorbed, it did not show any resistance or backlash in the process of being integrated into Matsumoto Keiko's personal affairs and Taurus Palace.

On the contrary, the newcomers and old employees got along very well with each other, and the integration process was extremely smooth.

This happy outcome can actually be attributed to Keiko Matsumoto's magnanimity.

It turns out that in terms of personnel arrangements, Matsumoto Keiko adopted a relatively trusting attitude and arranged Higuchi Norio, the former executive director of Burning Entertainment Agency, to take over the position vacated by Okamoto Akira in the agency and let him serve as the president of Matsumoto Entertainment Agency.

From then on, she was no longer responsible for the specific management of the firm, but only served as the president in name only.

At the same time, Matsumoto Keiko also promoted Akira Okamoto, who was originally in charge of the office management, so that he could concentrate on his work as the president of Kiri Productions.

In addition, she also sent Kawanishi Shigeo, the former publicity director of Burning Entertainment Agency, to Taurus Palace as vice president.

This promotion will not only allow Kawanishi Shigeo to give full play to his strengths and realize the advantages of the original Burning Series singers and music copyrights through Taurus Palace, but also allow Kawanishi Shigeo and Funaki Minoru to restrain each other.

This will undoubtedly be more conducive to Matsumoto Keiko's control over the subsidiary Taurus Palace.

She is even more generous and friendly to grassroots staff.

After the merger into one family, Matsumoto Keiko gave all the grassroots staff of both Matsumoto Agency and Burning Entertainment Agency a 10% salary increase.

Moreover, regarding the division of work scope and business responsibilities, she had no intention of interfering indiscriminately, but tried her best to keep her own business to herself.

Like the people originally from Matsumoto Office, in the future they only need to be responsible for the work and related arrangements of Keiko Matsumoto, Tomokazu Miura, and Ken Utsui.

The people from the Burning Entertainment Agency will, of course, be responsible for the stars who originally belonged to the Burning series.

In this way, Keiko Matsumoto not only successfully dispelled the wariness of the combustion department staff, but also increased their trust in the new company and in herself.

The key is to quickly make these people familiar with the new environment and get into work as soon as possible.

So if someone who doesn't know the truth only looks at the harmonious working scene in Matsumoto's office.

It is absolutely impossible to imagine that this entertainment company, which has upgraded to a medium-sized scale and has as many as 84 staff members, was originally not just one.

As for the problem of exponentially increasing operating costs due to the increase in new employees as the company expands, it is not a burden at all.

Because the Burning Entertainment and Taurus Palace that Matsumoto Keiko bought are both high-quality companies with their own foundation and hematopoietic function. Therefore, "there is strength in numbers" has become a fact.

In fact, from the first day that it belonged to Keiko Matsumoto, the music copyrights of the two companies acquired by her have begun to make money for Keiko Matsumoto.

In November, the music copyright fees alone brought in nearly 11 million yen.

Moreover, a lot of costs for producing records and music albums have been saved thanks to Taurus, a professional production company.

This seamless business merger is a completely virtuous self-circulation.

Especially the timing is good, as it is right at the end of the year.

As the season for the annual year-end parties of Japan's major corporations has arrived, these new stars of Matsumoto Keiko have almost become money-printing machines for her every day.

Because as long as these artists are invited to participate in a commercial performance at a year-end party, 60% of the commission income will fall into the hands of Keiko Matsumoto and become the book profit of her agency.

Among these popular artists, there are only three or four big-name stars who can reach the standard of charging 3 million yen per session.

But after all, there are other artists. There are about eight or nine artists of medium fame who charge more than one million yen.

There are dozens of people who are slightly famous and they can earn hundreds of thousands of yen for each performance.

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Therefore, in the last two months at the end of the year, we can generate 160 to 170 million yen in revenue every month just from commercial performances.

This does not include the income from Keiko Matsumoto herself, Tomokazu Miura, and Ken Utsui's business participation.

Keiko Matsumoto is now the most valuable female star in Japan, and her starting salary for each appearance is about 10 million yen.

And she only accepts invitations from big companies.

Tomokazu Miura is considered to be at the lower end of the first tier and above the second tier among male stars, and his appearance fee is approximately 5 million yen.

Utsui Ken barely had enough 3 million yen.

Therefore, if we add everything together, the income from this aspect would probably have to be increased by around 50 million yen.

It can be seen that during the bubble economy period, all industries were prosperous and consumption was booming.

Therefore, the end of each year becomes the time when Japanese artists can make the most money.

I have to say, from this perspective, Suho Ikuo's death was really a pity.

Otherwise, if he could survive, with the good money-making season coming soon, he might be able to get a financial respite by pressuring his artists to perform everywhere.

At least he won't go bankrupt so completely, and he should be able to maintain the minimum level of assets and life of a rich person.

This is probably what is called "time, luck, and fate."

However, Suho Ikuo is dead after all. If we talk about the person who has the most thorough understanding of this sentence, I'm afraid it has to be Kenichi Sagawa, the stockbroker of Nomura Securities.

Because since November 11, Sagawa Kenji used the huge sum of 12 billion yen given to him by Ning Weimin and invested it in the stock market with a leverage of % to buy at the bottom.

His life situation seems to have crossed a clear dividing line, and the Nikkei index is rising as it takes the lead in leading the global rebound.

Now he has become the most special person in Nomura Securities Central District Sales Department.

Even though his position was just that of a small section chief, he did not have to compromise even when facing the general manager of the sales department, Goto Kanji.

On the contrary, he currently holds capital of over 100 billion yen and has become a high-ranking figure in the sales department as he operates on behalf of Ning Weimin.

Not only can he not participate in the daily morning meeting and sleep in until the market opens, he can also avoid working overtime and leave when the market closes.

Even from top to bottom, no one in the entire Central District Sales Department dared to disobey him and had to facilitate his buying and selling operations.

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He even had the right to monopolize the VIP room of the sales department to trade, and he enjoyed more privileges than the average big investor.

Moreover, he gets the lion's share of the bonus, and all his personal expenses can be reimbursed by Nomura Securities.

Who can make him achieve the same turnover and performance as a group of people alone?

This is the treatment of being the top salesperson.

Not to mention anything else, just the commission he received this month for completing the bottom-fishing task for Ning Weimin is an astronomical figure that is enough to break the record for people in this industry - more than 80 million yen.

So let alone in the sales department, he is looked up to by everyone and there is no one who does not envy him.

Even at home, he has regained his former dignity and status.

His wife, who loved to compare herself with others, no longer complains about him angering his boss at work.

After all, this wife is not a fool, and she can do the math in her mind.

Even if you flatter your boss, he won't give you a single yen more in commission. What's the point?

So what if you have a bad relationship with your boss and have no hope of promotion?

Is it really that great to be a sales manager?

In terms of income alone, a sales manager only earns more than 5 million yen per month.

However, Sagawa Kenichi's commission income in November had already exceeded the annual income of sales department manager Goto Kanji.

In just one month, he earned what others earn in two years.

With such benefits, why would you care about getting promoted or not?

Now in the eyes of Kenichi Sagawa's wife, there is nothing wrong with her husband.

The poor guy Goto Kanji didn't give his husband a promotion, which was obviously because he was jealous of his husband's talent.

The fact that Nomura Securities headquarters allowed this situation to exist shows its management is chaotic and its vision is poor.

So now Kenichi Sagawa is in a very successful position. He is full of energy and energetic when he goes to work every day, completely different from the decadent and depressed state he was in the past period of time.

Of course, he also knew where everything he had now came from, so in front of Ning Weimin, he had completely regarded himself as a loyal dog.

After calling Ning Weimin and learning that he had returned to Tokyo, he eagerly asked for a meeting, using the excuse of introducing his investment returns and wanting to show off his recent achievements in person.

Therefore, Ning Weimin arranged the meeting with him after meeting with Guo Kefeng.

After entertaining Guo Kefeng that day, Ning Weimin walked to the Chixia Club at around eight o'clock in the evening to meet Kenichi Sagawa as scheduled.

Sure enough, when he arrived at the store, Sagawa Kenichi had already arrived and was sitting in the most secluded corner waiting for him. (End of this chapter)