Chapter 205: The Trouble of Having Too Much Money

Kishida Ryota really hoped to get Akiwara Yuto's recommendation. He really had no other way. As an actor, he had basically never gotten a lead role after debuting for so many years. If this continued, he would probably only struggle in the second or third tier for the rest of his life.

But he believed that whether it was acting skills or work attitude, he wouldn't lose to others.

So he hoped to grasp this opportunity tightly.

However, what disappointed him was that until the coffee was finished, Akiwara Yuto didn't give a definite answer, only saying to wait for notification, which made Kishida Ryota feel a bit uneasy.

After Akiwara Yuto said goodbye to Kishida Ryota, he walked on the road to Anjiu Bookstore.

Passing by a phone booth, he took out a phone card, inserted it, and dialed a number.

"Hello, is this Mr. Fuji? I am Akiwara Yuto."

"Teacher Akiwara, is there anything?" Fuji Taishu picked up the receiver and replied.

"It's like this, I want to ask how the actor selection work is going," Akiwara Yuto said.

Although he intended to give Kishida Ryota a chance, if Fuji TV had already decided on a candidate, he wouldn't forcefully demand to add someone.

But to his surprise, Fuji Taishu hesitated and said: "Teacher Akiwara, sorry, there was a small problem, the audition might be postponed for a day."

"The reason?" Akiwara Yuto was a bit confused.

"We held two more meetings later and felt that Takeuchi Masateru was more suitable for the role of Furuhata Ninzaburo. But when we invited him to audition, the other party refused us."

He paused and Fuji Taishu added: "Although he didn't state the reason, we learned that the 'Detective Kamimura' crew also seemed quite interested in him."

Akiwara Yuto didn't expect this accident to happen, and his brows knitted.

Is the Japanese entertainment industry big or not? Actually, two crews took a fancy to one actor at the same time.

But thinking about it carefully, he didn't feel it was strange.

The lead of a detective drama in the 90s usually requires the male lead to be full of male charm and be steady and mature, and Takeuchi Masateru undoubtedly met these characteristics very well.

Looking at it this way, it is indeed reasonable.

"Mr. Fuji, what is the remuneration you offered the other party?" Akiwara Yuto suspected that Fuji TV's sincerity was not enough, which was why Takeuchi Masateru chose the other crew.

"Teacher Akiwara, although our scale is slightly lower than Asahi's, the remuneration is about the same in the industry. And the other party didn't even ask how much the remuneration was this time and refused our invitation."

Hearing this, Akiwara Yuto calculated in his heart.

Looking at it this way, it can only be the actor's own choice. It seems the other party still thinks "Detective Kamimura" is more suitable for him.

He asked again: "Then what is the crew's next preparation?"

"We are already looking for new actors, it won't delay the filming process..." Fuji Taishu replied, then reported 3 or 4 names.

Akiwara Yuto found that these names happened to appear on the list Asano submitted to him before, but he felt that those people on the list were not very suitable.

"Mr. Fuji, can I recommend a candidate to participate in the audition?"

Since the crew hadn't decided on a candidate yet, Akiwara Yuto finally decided to give Kishida Ryota a chance, after all, when the other party smiled, he was 70% similar to the Furuhata actor in his past life.

"Of course, no problem," Fuji Taishu followed suit and was very willing to give Akiwara Yuto this face, after all, the person who finally decided to hire was him and the director.

"That person is named Kishida Ryota..." Akiwara Yuto briefly talked about the other party's situation. After Fuji Taishu understood, he immediately expressed understanding and would arrange for him to audition.

The two talked briefly about the schedule and hung up the phone.

Akiwara Yuto took out the phone card and continued to walk toward Anjiu Bookstore. After walking for more than 10 minutes, he arrived at the second floor of Anjiu Bookstore and saw Anjiu Jin Gangyi, whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

His purpose for coming today was about the settlement of book distribution funds from last year.

"President Anjiu, sorry to trouble you recently," Akiwara Yuto sat on the sofa in the second-floor office, took the tea handed by Satake Maki, and said with a smile.

Anjiu Jin Gangyi waved his hand, "Not at all, not at all, if it weren't for Teacher Akiwara, our business might still be facing great trouble."

"Same here, I hope we can continue to cooperate well this year."

Akiwara Yuto said politely. Now his cooperation with Anjiu Bookstore had gotten on the right track, and continuing to cooperate was the best choice.

Anjiu Jin Gangyi was polite again and then took out an account book.

"Teacher Akiwara, this is the net profit detail of the books you issued during November and December last year, please take a look."

Akiwara Yuto took the account book and began to flip through it.

During those 2 months last year, due to the storm between him and Mantan Society, his three works "Suspect X," "Negligence Causing Death," and "Death of a Detective" sold well, totaling 600,000 copies.

After deducting channel fees, advertising fees, and the plate-making and printing costs and commissions delivered to Anjiu Bookstore, the profit rate of this batch of books still exceeded 50%, and the amount reached 750 million yen.

But as he looked, he found something wrong. After this money arrived, only 480 million remained.

He directly raised his doubt, pointed to the figure of 270 million yen, and asked: "President Anjiu, what is going on with this 270 million yen?"

Anjiu Jin Gangyi seemed to have been prepared, put down the teacup in his hand, and replied seriously: "Teacher Akiwara, this fund is the tax paid to the government. Because the amount is huge, we found a specialized accounting firm to audit it."

In his description, Akiwara Yuto understood more.

According to the current regulations of the Japanese government, Japanese residents need to pay taxes according to the progressive tax rate—"10% for the part not exceeding 3.3 million yen; 20% for the part exceeding 3.3 million yen to 9 million yen; 30% for the part exceeding 9 million yen to 18 million yen; 37% for the part exceeding 18 million yen."

It was because of this reason that 750 million yen only left 480 million.

After knowing these, Akiwara Yuto remembered a rumor from his past life—because Murakami Haruki lived abroad at that time, there had always been a saying among the people claiming that he was to avoid taxes.

Although he didn't know if it was true or not, if there was such a rumor, tax avoidance was very feasible.

To be honest, Akiwara Yuto would rather donate more than half of the money to poor areas in the country than give one-third to the Japanese government.

But these words were not easy to say to Anjiu Jin Gangyi, so he would let Asano Aiko contact relevant professionals privately later to see if it could be operated.

Speaking of which, would these increase Asano Aiko's work burden again?

Thinking of this, he suddenly had another thought and asked: "President Anjiu, can I make a request?"

Anjiu Jin Gangyi was a bit confused, but still said: "Teacher Akiwara, please speak, if I can do it, I will definitely do it."

"It's like this, because Miss Asano's work burden is a bit heavy recently, I hope to arrange an assistant for her."

Akiwara Yuto raised his head, looked at Satake Maki who was working at the desk next to him, and continued, "Miss Asano previously indicated that Miss Satake's work ability is very outstanding."

He paused and continued: "So I hope you can part with her."

Anjiu Jin Gangyi was surprised. He didn't expect Akiwara Yuto to make this request, so he subconsciously looked at Satake Maki sitting next to him, but Satake Maki also raised her head at the same time, with a face of surprise.

After seeing Satake Maki's expression, Anjiu Jin Gangyi immediately realized that she didn't know about it.

Could it be that Teacher Akiwara has other thoughts about Satake?

Anjiu Jin Gangyi pondered for two seconds and immediately made a decision.

For Anjiu Bookstore, Akiwara Yuto is a big client, while Satake Maki is just an employee, the importance of which is self-evident.

He asked politely: "Satake, what do you think? If you can, I can arrange the personnel procedures immediately."

Satake Maki just wanted to express her opinion, but didn't expect her own president to decide to sell her so quickly, and for a while, she couldn't even speak.

However, what exactly does Teacher Akiwara mean? Is he preparing to respond to my request?

She glanced at Akiwara Yuto and found that the other party's eyes were very serious, so she hid her shyness and said: "If Teacher Akiwara needs help, I will also do my best."

Thinking of this, a sweet feeling welled up in her heart.

Akiwara Yuto didn't know Satake Maki's girl thoughts, just nodded. He was still thinking about the tax in his heart, and every time he thought about having to pay 270 million yen, he felt a pain!

No, even if most of this money is donated to the country, it is better than giving it to the Japanese bureaucrats for corruption in vain! ===== CHAPTER 206 =====