Tokyo Reborn: Dark Superstar

Chapter 87 The Slug Split

On December 1996, 12, SMAP's 21rd single "SHAKE" was released, with sales reaching one million in the first week.

Faced with the impact of Asia's No. 1 Tiantian group, the sales of "Heart Made" suddenly dropped to less than 300,000 copies...

"Heart Made" (Psychological Effect) topped the charts for ten consecutive weeks, with total annual sales of 947 million copies, becoming a nine-star gold song. It was not successfully upgraded to a platinum single in 1996.

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In the end, it was because of the blockage of SMAP, Asia’s number one day group.

The "Kill, Miracle, Heart" album released in 1996, the four songs in the album achieved three platinum songs and one gold song.

The annual goal of four platinum singles was not achieved.

This is a pity for the Beasts rock band's first album in 1996, but think about this album "Kill, Miracle, Heart", which killed a veteran king and set a record for the highest-selling album in Asia in 1996.

The regrets of Takakura Bunta, Nakamori Akina, and Tony Futaki also turned into satisfaction.

According to an interview with a reporter from "Weekly Modern", under the strong push of Takuya Kimura, the SMAP group released this single, which was originally supposed to be released in February next year, three months in advance and will be released at the end of this year.

Kimura Takuya is obviously helping his current girlfriend Shizuka Kudo to vent his anger.

Japan's only superstar, Masahiro Nakai, Goro Inagaki, Shingo Katori, and Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, formed Asia's strongest group SMAP to take revenge.

The Beasts rock band has only one queen and two quasi-kings. After discussion, the three of them didn't want to have a fight of their own will and disrupt the rhythm of their singing by going head-on.

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At the charity night of the Tokyo Charity Welfare Institute, Bunta Takakura received charity donations from 17 VIPs including Mrs. Rikako Takemoto, Emiri Aramaki, Ryoko Kadokawa, and Yumiko Hanaritsu.

The amount of charity donations raised by Bunta Takakura is the latest record for Japan's charitable causes after breaking through the economic bubble.

As a TOP0 charity volunteer.

Of course Bunta Takakura knows that in addition to the performance of the charity fundraiser on the day, daily customer maintenance in the later period is also very important.

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In the following days, in addition to preparing for the NHK Red and White Song Contest.

Takakura Bunta provides housekeeping services such as door-to-door milkshake delivery, pipe unblocking, and foreign language tutoring in wealthy areas such as Minato, Chiyoda, Shinjuku, and Bunkyo.

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Shibaura Building, Minato-ku, Tokyo, a large flat-floor apartment on the 32nd floor.

Bunta Takakura is also planning to call the cadre of the Masuka Girls' Academy, the rat girl, to ask her if she is interested in making an appointment for next year's charity event...

Mizuno Tangyue was wearing a white shirt and black epaulettes, with a gold nameplate and a red badge on his chest. He was sitting on the sofa in the living room at the door of the apartment, blocking Takakura Bunta.

"Gao Cangjun, the research and development cost of your Yuliu Yuanverse project is too high..."

Mizuno Tangyue said exhaustedly: "Your Yuliu Yuanverse plan is too difficult. The R&D budget of Onigashima Science and Technology R&D Center will be increased by 3500%, with no upper limit."

"so much?"

Takakura Bunta was a little stunned.

He has solved the most troublesome core technical problem through the "Slug Split", the ability of the most powerful creature in history.

I didn’t expect that so much money would be needed to implement the entire plan.

"Through the psychic connection between slugs, create a closed environment in the shape of a fruit that slugs love."

"Create independent micro-distributed servers to provide doll users with online magic battles and data storage services..."

Mizuno Tangyue was talking about Takakura Bunta's crazy "艸鎏·元verse" plan.

Bunta Takakura asked: "Is it too late for Onigashima's science and technology research and development center to divest its assets and go public?"

Mizuno Tangyue shook his head: "Far water cannot quench the near thirst." "Onigao's science and technology research and development center will be listed in Xiangjiang according to the fund-raising plan, and it will not be until the middle of next year at the earliest..."

"Charitable funds, the scholarship fund of Malusuga Girls' Academy, and the funds of commercial medical insurance for all employees have all been transferred out..."

"However, the relevant procedures for the charitable funds from UNODC (United Nations Office for Mulberry Control and Crime Prevention) have not yet been completed."

"I can communicate with the UNODC representative in Tokyo."

Bunta Takakura thought for a moment, waved his hand and said, "No. This will do too much harm to the image of Totland Investment Company."

"Sell the lipstick and cosmetics convenience store business."

Mizuno Tangyue still wanted to persuade, but thinking of the current funding gap, he could only give up.

Takakura Bunta asked: "Is there anything else?"

Mizuno Tangyue said: "There was an accident in the laboratory yesterday morning and a batch of slugs needed to be replenished."

Bunta Takakura said: "No problem. I'll order a takeaway and bring it to you at the R&D Center on the 24th floor."

Mizuno Tangyue adjusted her glasses and said with a slightly trembling voice, "Stop ordering takeout, I'll do it..."

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Great Slug Split

This is a new skill developed by Takakura Bunta, the strongest creature in the sea, land and air, following the "Immortal Magic·Magic·Toad Singing".

Through the "fundamental secret treasure" of the strongest creature in the sea, land and air, hundreds of millions of slugs can be defeated in just ten minutes...

Because these slugs were born from the same source, they have the ability to communicate with each other and transmit information. They are simply a biological version of the Internet.

When encountering a huge threat, these slugs will, like the psychic beasts in the "Naruto" comics, release their psychic state and transmit data backup to other nearby slugs.

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In December 1996, Totland Investment Holdings Co., Ltd. conducted asset sales.

The 125 Mizuno Cosmetics convenience stores operated by its subsidiary Mizuno Electronics Co., Ltd. were sold to FamilyMart convenience stores.

In addition, the lipstick business of the popular Amuro Namie co-branded model was also sold to Shiseido’s electronic products department.

The funding gap of Onigashima's Science and Technology R&D Center has been temporarily met, and Takakura Bunta's "艸鎏·元verse" plan can continue to advance...

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Be aware of the shortage of funds.

Under the introduction of Kanda Keiko, Takakura Bunta made an appointment with Nakamori Akina and Tony Futaki, and the Beast Rock Band once again ran several rounds of commercial performances.

These rounds of commercial performances are mainly held in the 23 wards of Tokyo and nearby Kanagawa, Chiba and Saitama prefectures due to the rehearsals of the NHK Red and White Song Contest.

Through these rounds of business performances, Takakura Bunta found that he is indeed very popular now.

In the past, when I went to commercial performances, I met very few fans, and most of them were fans of Akina Nakamori.

Now in commercial performances, the fans of Takakura Bunta and Nakamori Akina are basically 50-50 fans.

There were also groups that put up banners and posters for him, waving or singing along to Takakura Bunta's melody, almost turning the business performance into a small concert.

When there was a commercial performance in Saitama Prefecture, there were some radical fans who didn't give up after watching the commercial performance. They chased Takakura Bunta and his friends in their car, crying and howling until they were separated.

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Saitama County returned to Tokyo, Takakura Bunta received a call from Hamasaki...

(End of this chapter)