Tokyo: Being coveted by my wife, I just want to play games

Chapter 315 Are you sleepy?
It was around five in the afternoon at a teahouse on the street in Chuo Ward, Tokyo.

"Come to think of it, the last time I came to Japan was when our two countries were in the honeymoon period. Decades have passed in the blink of an eye. By the way, brother Dongchuan, try this. I heard that you like to smoke strong-flavored cigarettes, so I brought a few boxes of Double Happiness this time. I'll ask the driver to throw them in the trunk of your car later."

Mr. Bao handed Dong Chuanche a cigarette and stood up to help him light it.

Seeing this, Dongchuan Che did not hesitate and quickly got up to set up the shed.

It must be said that this Double Happiness cigarette is not expensive. Judging from the packaging, it is estimated to be only about thirty yuan. But on the one hand, the cheaper cigarettes have a stronger taste and are more enjoyable to smoke. On the other hand, after being used to smoking Marlboro and Seven Stars in Japan, Dongchuan Che still feels particularly familiar with the Double Happiness cigarettes in the Magic City of China.

What's more, he didn't buy expensive cigarettes, but specifically pointed out that "he knew that he didn't care about the price of cigarettes, but preferred the strong taste". Mr. Bao was also indirectly expressing his importance of this conversation and his importance to Dongchuan Che.

When smart people communicate, they see the big picture from the small details.

Dong Chuan Che also understood this. He waved his hand to clear the smoke between them, sat back on the sofa, and said with a smile: "Thank you very much, Mr. Bao. I just finished smoking the Double Happiness cigarettes I brought back from Shanghai last time. But I didn't expect Mr. Bao to come over now, after all, the Spring Festival is coming soon."

Compared to Japan's high degree of Westernization, China still retains its traditional Lunar New Year, and it is already early February, with less than a week left until the Chinese New Year. He originally thought that even if Mr. Bao wanted to come, he would probably do so after the New Year, or during the New Year when he called to say hello and set a time to meet, but he didn't expect that he would come now.

Urgency means high demand.

It was obvious that Mr. Bao also understood what Dongchuan Che meant.

He flicked the end of his cigarette on the ashtray with a smile. "It looks like you're going to take me over this time, Dongchuan. Well, you're not the type to be polite, so I won't waste any more time. This time I came here mainly to discuss the GOGO platform, but let's start with some appetizers and talk about the Singer program. I can handle all aspects of singers and judges in the Chinese region. They are definitely the top singers and artists, and you don't have to pay a penny, and you will get a share of the dividends. What do you think, brother? I'm very considerate."

Mr. Bao had a broad smile on his face, with an expression that said, "Brother, I'm going to give you a big boost this time."

It should be said that there is nothing wrong with him making this expression. Although many music variety shows in China in the early days purchased copyrights from Japan and South Korea, with the development of the mainland Chinese entertainment industry in recent years, China no longer purchases variety show copyrights from Japan and South Korea, but instead starts its own variety shows.

Of course, although they say they are launching their own variety shows, in most cases you can still see the shadow of foreign variety shows in them.

It sounds a bit immoral, like "giving someone something and then kicking them away", but in fact there is nothing wrong with this approach. Because almost all late-developing countries climbed up in this way, including Japan, which currently has a huge cultural influence.

In the early days, Japan learned from Europe and America in both music and animation. In the early days, Toei even shouted out the slogan "Aiming at Disney and copying it in all aspects". In addition, many of Japan's earliest animations were Chinese themes, such as the first color animated film in Japan, "The Legend of the White Snake".

In addition to animation, Japan also completely copied Western modern pop music in its early days.

The first thing any latecomer country has to do is to imitate the successful ones in the past. However, whether it will sink into the honey of imitation, which is indeed easier to make money than independent innovation, or endure hardships and walk its own way and go further by following the footsteps of its predecessors, will determine the subsequent completely different development.

However, these things are not what Dongchuan Che needs to consider at the moment.

The most critical factor for the success of the "Singer" program is whether it can invite good singers. If Bao wants to make such a variety show, he doesn't need to give Dong Chuan Che a share of the profits. In fact, it should be Dong Chuan Che who gives Bao a share of the profits, because without Bao's request, he can't invite many good singers in China.

To put it bluntly, Mr. Bao directly talked about the "Singer" program and offered so many favorable conditions, which was to show goodwill to Dongchuan Che and make it easier to talk about the GOGO platform later.

but
Under the slightly frowned gaze of Mr. Bao, Dong Chuan Che just smiled and shook his head, then picked up the teacup and took a sip, "I appreciate Mr. Bao's kindness, but please take a look at this plan first."

Dongchuan Che was drinking tea, and Kawaguchi from the next table came over sensibly with a document in his arms. He handed the document to Mr. Bao, bowed solemnly and left.

Such a thick plan?
Looking at the information in front of him, Mr. Bao frowned even deeper.

There was no impatience in his eyes, but it was full of confusion.

The variety show "Singer" does sound very promising, but he is the second-in-command of Shanhe Group, and Dongchuan Che is now a big boss worth tens of billions of dollars.

In Mr. Bao's opinion, for people of his and Dongchuan Che's status, no matter how promising a variety show is, it is just a variety show after all, and the profit is only a few hundred million RMB.

For a project of this level, they naturally have to review it and sign it in person, but they don't need to discuss it in detail at the table. A few words to reach a general consensus, or a phone call will be enough.

Puzzled.

Mr. Bao was very puzzled.

Not only him, but also the people from Shanhe Group in the teahouse box, including Professor Wang Xueqin who was reminiscing with Ohara Chika, Zhang Peng who was communicating with Kawaguchi, and all the other Shanhe Group cadres looked over quietly.

Under everyone's gaze, Mr. Bao opened the paper plan, and then, just after reading the first few lines, his sitting posture changed!
From a posture where the back is slightly relaxed, a cigarette is held in one hand, and the book is flipping through with one hand, to a posture where the waist is unconsciously straightened, the body is slightly leaning forward, and the hands are resting on the edge of the table, concentrating!

Time passed by bit by bit, and Mr. Bao frowned as he flipped through the business plan while smoking one cigarette after another!
"What's going on? What did the boss see?"

"I don't know. Could it be that this variety show is crucial?"

"It's just a variety show. No matter how important it is, normally this kind of thing won't reach the boss's desk."

“It’s definitely not just about the variety show!”

On the second floor of the teahouse facing the street, through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows, under the warm winter sun, President Bao was carefully reading the business plan, while his subordinates were whispering to each other.

After a long while, until the curiosity of these subordinates was about to overflow, Bao Zong, who had smoked three cigarettes in a row, pushed his thumb through his brow, raised his head and looked at Dongchuan Che with emotion, "Brother Dongchuan, I underestimated you before."

Dong Chuan Che did not answer his question, but just shook out a cigarette from the cigarette box, lit it and said with a smile: "How about this plan, is Mr. Bao interested?"

"It involves too many things. Let me think about it. Aunt Qin, Zhang Peng, come over and take a look at this first."

Mr. Bao picked up the oolong tea and drank it all, then greeted Professor Wang Xueqin and Zhang Peng.

Soon, under the curious gazes of all the subordinates of Shanhe Group, the two walked to the seats facing the street. When Zhang Peng saw the first page of the project plan, his eyes widened involuntarily and he looked up at Dong Chuan Che, "Mr. Dong Chuan, your proposal is not a joke, right?"

The tone was full of shock and disbelief!

Zhang Peng, a big leader, lost his composure like this. The subordinates of Shanhe Group around him became even more curious, and each of them felt itchy in their heart.

Feeling everyone's gaze, Dongchuan Che just smiled and shrugged, and said in authentic Chinese with a southern accent: "Of course I'm not joking. You are all my guests, Dongchuan, so I naturally have no reason to make fun of you. I just don't know if you are interested in joining this global music federation."

Yes, the plan he took out was the [World Cup of Music] he had been planning before. But compared to that time, his preparations were more complete now. He not only wanted to make a global music program, but also to establish a global music federation!

This global music federation can be simply described as FIFA (International Football Federation).

The World Cup is a tournament under FIFA, but just like FIFA cannot survive solely on the World Cup, Dongchuan Che also does not think that the association can be supported solely by his own [Music World Cup].

Dongchuan Che's idea was also very simple, just like FIFA does have only the World Cup, a super-large football feast held every four years, but FIFA also has six major football confederations, including the Asian Football Confederation, UEFA, and South American Football Confederation. And these six major football confederations each have their own cup competitions, such as the Asian Cup of the Asian Football Confederation, the European Cup of the UEFA, and the America's Cup of the South American Football Confederation.

Few viewers don't like to watch a strong confrontation.

This year people are looking forward to seeing who the strongest singers in Europe are, and next year people will be looking forward to seeing who the strongest singers in Asia are. For example, Chinese and Japanese fans will naturally look forward to seeing whether their own country's singers can defeat the other country's singers. And when the strongest singers from each continent are selected, the audience will naturally look forward to seeing these singers competing on the same stage!
This is definitely a good business!

but.
Why hasn’t anyone done this before?

This idea is indeed very profitable, but it is not too difficult to think of.

The reason is that there are definitely more than just Dongchuan Che who have the ability to bring together the world's top singers, but most of those people are bosses of European and American record companies.

European and American music is already at the top of the food chain in the music industry, and if they host shows, the bosses in Asia, who are at an absolute bargaining disadvantage, won’t get much benefit at all. Therefore, there are many cases in Asia like the Chinese music scene where they simply say, “I don’t want to eat the international market, but you guys don’t come in either, let me close the door and play by myself.”

Dongchuan Che is an Asian, and he has a huge influence in the European and American music scene. More importantly, Dongchuan Che's current wealth is not so rich that it is against the sky. If he comes to organize the group, he must balance the interests of both the East and the West, or in other words, he needs to win over the capital of the Asian music scene to fight against European and American capital.

To put it bluntly, Dongchuan Che is the most suitable person to set up this game. His capital is not too strong to make Asian investors dare to cooperate with him, and his influence in Europe and the United States makes him qualified to discuss cooperation with top European and American record companies!

This is a very clear logic, but at this time, whether it is Mr. Bao or Professor Wang Xueqin, they are all frightened by Dong Chuanche's ambition! Because this matter is not only a huge investment, like when Taylor Swift performed at Tmall's Double Eleven Gala, she received nearly 10 million US dollars in performance fees for singing three songs. The appearance fees of top European and American singers are very exaggerated. At the same time, this matter involves a wide range of aspects. If it is done well, it may drive the Chinese music market forward by a big step!
You have to know that China has a huge population and a decent economy, but the size of its music market is less than half of Japan's.

This means that China's music market still has huge market potential!
I thought I brought Professor Wang Xueqin here to give Dong Chuan Che a gift, but I didn't expect that Dong Chuan Che gave me a big gift! Mr. Bao was also silent for a while.

He did not give a direct answer.

This is indeed a great opportunity, but opportunities often come with risks. The music market in China is not doing well, but the variety show market is doing very well. Unless it is a highly technical variety show, most other variety shows rely on singers and artists to sell their personalities.

The popularity of a singer who has never competed on the international stage but is well-known in China is completely different from that of a singer who has been on the international stage but was quickly eliminated.

Those who have never played will never lose.

Not to mention the singers and artists under Shanhe Group, if they really agreed to Dongchuan Che, but made such a big scene, and the domestic singers sent to compete with foreign singers ended up performing badly, he and Shanhe Group would also be cyber-bullied by netizens. After all, this program did carry some national sentiments.

Now that Shanhe Group has made a lot of money in the domestic variety show circle and its business is very stable, should it take another risk at this time?
This is a problem.

He put his finger on his forehead and closed his eyes to think for a while, then opened his eyes, picked up the teacup and looked at Dongchuan Che, "From now on, Mr. Dongchuan, please take care of me in this regard."

"Haha, so generous! I like dealing with people like Mr. Bao!"

Dong Chuan Che also smiled happily, picked up the teacup and drank it all. Soon, with the order of Mr. Bao, Zhang Peng bowed politely to Dong Chuan Che, and after getting permission, he trotted to the table of Shanhe Group with the documents.

Needless to say, when the executives of Shanhe Group saw the business plan, they were all stunned and looked at Dongchuan Che in disbelief!
They had guessed that Dongchuan Che's proposal this time would definitely be very exaggerated, but after seeing the plan, they were still shocked!
"Oh my god, such a big project?! This Dongchuan Che is really awesome!"

"If he really succeeds in this, he will become the godfather of Asian music!"

"The Godfather of Asian Music? You think too simply. Look at the current status of the President of FIFA."

"But if you ask me, he is really confident. This organization has five board seats, and the selection criteria are based on the growth rate of the music market size in the region in the previous four years and the company's contribution to the music industry. He doesn't give himself any privileges at all. Isn't he afraid that he will be squeezed out after spending a lot of effort to build a team? There are several top record companies in Japan."

The executives of Shanhe Group were looking at the project plan and chatting away. Professor Wang Xueqin next to them looked at Dong Chuanche with some emotion.

Toru Fuyukawa is now very famous in the global music scene. Before she came, she naturally knew about Toru Fuyukawa and the relationship between Toru Fuyukawa and Chika Ohara.

It should be said that she dared to go to Japan and the United States to study music knowledge at the age of less than 20. She claimed that she was not a traditional woman. But when she learned that her old friend's granddaughter had found a playboy like Dongchuan Che, she was more unhappy in her heart.

She didn't want to find an opportunity to teach Dong Chuan Che a lesson, but she was not prepared to show him a good face. But now.
"Since ancient times, beauties have loved heroes."

Professor Wang Xueqin sighed secretly after taking a look at Dongchuan Che who was calmly drinking tea and chatting with Mr. Bao, and then at Oohara Chika who was leaning against the table next to her and looking at that side quietly but with eyes full of admiration and love.

She was a woman who had seen many ups and downs, and even had a good political status in China. She had also seen many men like Dong Chuan Che who were worth billions of dollars. But it was the first time she had seen a man like Dong Chuan Che who had started from scratch and made such a big name in just a few years, and who had such a broad mind and vision.

In fact, even though she originally had some prejudices, she couldn't help but admire Dongchuan Che at this moment.

"He is indeed a very charming man. No wonder he can fascinate so many girls."
.
Although many women still like idol-type flower boys even in their twenties or thirties, and some women pay more attention to a man's wallet. But for women with more experience, the main thing to look at when looking at a man is his character.

Professor Wang Xueqin admired Dong Chuan Che's character very much, but it was obvious that Dong Chuan Che had no interest in this old lady in her seventies.

Originally, when they met this afternoon, Mr. Bao was going to talk directly about the GOGO platform, but he didn't expect Dongchuan Che to drop such a depth bomb, so the matter of the GOGO platform was put off until tomorrow.

After drinking tea and chatting about business in the teahouse, around six o'clock in the evening, Dongchuan Che took Mr. Bao and his party to Ginza for dinner.

It should be said that because this meal was held at night, the executives of the Holy Light Society also gathered together. In addition to Kawaguchi Nogi, Sayoko, Miyano Mitsuha and Koyama Futaba were also present.

Even if Futaba Koyama is removed, the power of this group of wives is still huge. Even though the leaders of Shanhe Group usually drink a lot of wine, they are secretly shocked and envious at this time. After all, the women in the nightclubs cannot compare with Miyano Mitsuba in terms of appearance and temperament.

As for Wang Xueqin, who had just had a change of heart towards Dong Chuan Che in the afternoon, she couldn't help but frown when she saw the drunk Dong Chuan Che chatting and laughing among the women, and muttered secretly, "He is indeed a beast."

But after entering the drinking party, her focus was no longer on Dongchuan Che.

After three rounds of drinks, the atmosphere in the box became more and more heated.

Professor Wang Xueqin, who had drunk some red wine, patted Ohara Chika's hand and said, "Girl, accompany me to the toilet."

"Ok."

Chika Ohara, who had just had a drink with Mr. Bao's wife and whose neck was a little red, didn't think too much and quickly helped Professor Wang Xueqin to stand up.

This is a high-end restaurant. There are few customers in the corridor and the air is filled with the aroma of local food.

Coming out of the noisy box into the corridor, Chika Ohara suddenly felt out of the noise. Perhaps because she was in a good mood today, she tied up her long hair and tossed it back, then turned to Professor Wang Xueqin and said with a smile, "Mother-in-law's alcohol tolerance is still as good as ever."

"You remember such a small thing?"

Professor Wang Xueqin blinked, and Ohara Chika squinted and smiled: "Of course, my mother-in-law used chopsticks to let me taste Chinese liquor at that time. I still remember the taste."

"Haha, it's been more than 20 years. I'm old now, and your personality is completely different from when you were little. You were so attached to me back then that you even had to sit on me when eating."

"Mother-in-law~"

"Haha, I won't say it anymore."

When people get old, they always like to reminisce about the past.

When talking about the past, there were more reminiscences in Professor Wang Xueqin's eyes. When she heard about her own childhood embarrassments, faced with her mother-in-law who had been very nice to her in her childhood, and having drunk a lot of wine, Ohara Chika's face no longer had the elegance and nobility that kept people at a distance as before, and instead behaved more like a little girl.

She acted a little coquettishly, which made Professor Wang Xueqin very happy.

However, when the two chatted and laughed, went to the toilet, washed their hands, and returned, Professor Wang Xueqin thought for a moment, with some hesitation in her eyes, but finally continued: "By the way, you haven't contacted your parents in these years?"

When this topic was suddenly brought up, Chika Ohara was slightly stunned. Her originally bright eyes froze for a moment, and then drooped.

"Sorry, mother-in-law, I don't talk about this."

After saying that, Chika Ohara pushed the door and walked into the box first, which was rare and impolite. Looking at her back, Professor Wang Xueqin was stunned for a while, and after a while, he shook his head helplessly and followed her.

The people in the box didn't know what happened between the two of them, and the atmosphere was still very warm.

It must be said that in this case, since both parties had the intention to cooperate and there was no conflict of interest, the meal was indeed a very enjoyable one. It started around seven o'clock and everyone left at ten o'clock.

Those who came with their families will go to the hotel rooms with their families. For those who did not bring their families but had other ideas, Kawaguchi will make the arrangements.

As for Dongchuan Che, he naturally followed a car full of beautiful girls back to the villa.

Tonight, except for Futaba Koyama who never drinks, everyone in the family drank a lot of alcohol. After returning home, they all washed up and went back to their rooms to sleep.

Dongchuan Che was the same. There were many women at home, and they were all in a hurry to go to bed, so he was naturally the last one to take a shower. However, when the clock on the wall reached twelve in the morning, when he walked out of the bathroom with a towel rubbing his wet hair, a familiar voice came from the dark living room.

"are you sleepy?"

(End of this chapter)