Chapter 287: Anjiujin Gangyi's

In the monopoly plan of the Jingfan Press, Anjiu Bookstore is an unavoidable link.

And for Akiwara Yuto himself, the importance of Anjiu Bookstore is also beyond doubt.

Although he successfully avoided the copyright fraud trap of 95-05, before 95, his copyrights were still in the hands of Anjiu Bookstore.

Once Anjiu Bookstore is directly acquired by Jingfan Press or goes bankrupt, the distribution of his works will still be controlled by Jingfan Press for this period of about a year and a half.

Besides that, apart from Anjiu Bookstore, finding another medium-sized publisher that can accept Akiwara Yuto's royalty-sharing agreement and has rich channels would undoubtedly take a lot of time.

Therefore, in the discussion between Sugitake Rie and Akiwara Yuto, they believed they should skip Jingfan Press first and see if they could acquire Anjiu Bookstore first, to completely realize the security of the distribution channels.

……

A week later, Akiwara Yuto invited Anjiujin Gangyi to his home under the guise of signing a contract.

After exchanging pleasantries with him, Akiwara Yuto asked in a tone of reminiscing about the past: "Mr. Anjiu, how long have we known each other?"

Anjiujin Gangyi was drawn into this topic, thought about it carefully, and said: "About a year and a half."

Akiwara Yuto looked at him with an unreadable expression and asked: "Then do you think... we are friends?"

In Japan, the standard for friends is different from acquaintances. Many times, two people who have known each other for many years can only be considered acquaintances, maintaining basic social interaction without disturbing each other.

However, this question from Akiwara Yuto was only for another purpose.

Anjiujin Gangyi's expression stiffened for a moment, then he replied: "Akiwara-sensei, I have always considered you my friend."

Akiwara Yuto revealed an unreadable expression.

"As a friend, I would like to ask, is there any business cooperation between Anjiu Bookstore and Jingfan Press?"

Anjiujin Gangyi opened his mouth slightly, but did not speak immediately.

After holding it in for a long time, he stammered: "You know, we are Jingfan Press's biggest competitor, so they previously proposed to acquire Anjiu Bookstore, but I rejected it directly."

After all, he had been the president for so long, so as he spoke, his voice steadied a little.

"Then why didn't you tell me before?"

"Sorry, I was just planning to explain this to you."

Akiwara Yuto looked into his eyes and found nothing wrong, so he just sighed and said: "Mr. Anjiu, I hope you can be honest with me."

Anjiujin Gangyi seemed to relax at this moment and said: "Akiwara-sensei, everything I said is true."

If he had said this a week ago, Akiwara Yuto might have believed him.

But now, he already had some other evidence in his hands.

He stared at Anjiujin Gangyi for a long time, then took a stack of photos from his bag and handed them to Anjiujin Gangyi.

"Mr. Anjiu, if it was just rejecting an acquisition, why meet so many times?"

Anjiujin Gangyi took the photos and found that they were of meetings between him and various figures from Jingfan Press, including some middle and high-level executives of Jingfan Press.

"My meetings with them were just for business matters," he still did not intend to admit it.

Akiwara Yuto sighed, brought over a tape recorder, inserted a cassette, and pressed the play button. Immediately, Anjiujin Gangyi's muffled voice came out of the recorder.

"Ms. Ximu, Akiwara Yuto's side has already agreed to sign the exclusive licensing agreement. Once I get the agreement, I will..."

Looking at Anjiujin Gangyi's increasingly pale face, Akiwara Yuto sighed.

After discussing with the consulting firm, he had found Xidao Zongtai and asked him to cooperate with a detective agency to investigate Anjiujin Gangyi.

With the help of an insider and a wiretap, everything Anjiujin Gangyi said was recorded.

In fact, if Anjiujin Gangyi had not refused to admit it, he did not intend to go this far.

After hearing everything, Anjiujin Gangyi knew his scheme had been exposed, so he gave up and, out of shame and anger, said.

"Akiwara, since you already know, why come and ask me?!"

Akiwara Yuto was silent for a while, then asked: "Why?"

Anjiujin Gangyi instead laughed "Hahaha."

"Why!? You ask why! The lion's share of the royalties for every book is taken by you, and Anjiu Bookstore only gets a meager profit.

Not only am I looked down upon every time I go out to exchange with peers, but even within the company, some people jokingly call me the acting president!

Don't you understand the meaning of this nickname?! It means I can only be your agent! Akiwara!"

Akiwara Yuto did not expect him to say this.

In his view, he had handed over the copyrights of all his works to him and paid a reasonable profit higher than self-publishing services.

No matter how you look at it, he had done his best.

It could be said that without him, Anjiu Bookstore might have gone bankrupt by this morning.

However, since the conversation had reached this point, talking about gratitude was of no use.

He had no defense, but continued to ask: "How much money will Jingfan Press give you?"

Anjiujin Gangyi sneered.

"More than 5 years of working with you."

Akiwara Yuto evaluated the amount and said: "I will give you the same amount of money, give Anjiu Bookstore to me."

Anjiujin Gangyi replied: "Double it again."

In his view, although he didn't get the 10-year exclusive copyright agreement, the copyrights in his hands could still be sold for another year and a half.

If Akiwara Yuto didn't want to be unable to sell books for this year and a half, he had to show greater sincerity.

Hearing his "threat," Akiwara Yuto became disdainful instead.

"Mr. Anjiu, is there no problem with your finances?"

Anjiujin Gangyi did not expect the topic to turn to finances and was a bit confused for a moment.

Although he had the intention to mortgage the "copyrights" through "bankruptcy" and thus betray Akiwara Yuto's interests.

But in previous collaborations, he had never faked his finances.

He was a bit confused for a moment, even thinking that Akiwara Yuto was at his wit's end.

Seeing his confused expression, Akiwara Yuto continued.

"Although I haven't found any news about Anjiu Bookstore's finances, the money Jingfan Press gave you can only be transferred to you through other channels. But can you reasonably pay taxes on these assets?

Mr. Anjiu, judging by the amount of your cooperation with Jingfan Press, you might be sentenced to more than 10 years."

This tactic was taught to him by Sugitake Rie from the consulting firm.

The other party believed that if Jingfan Press did not want outsiders to think their behavior was too ugly, they would transfer assets to Anjiujin Gangyi or his family through private or overseas channels.

But such transaction behavior undoubtedly did not go through reasonable procedures.

In other words, it involved tax evasion.

As his business partner, I only need to find a reason to sue Anjiujin Gangyi in court and let the court audit the accounts of him and his family and friends.

Once huge assets of unknown origin appear, the National Tax Agency of Japan will inevitably notice this.

However, from a legal perspective, even if he is investigated and imprisoned, Anjiujin Gangyi can still let Anjiu Bookstore go bankrupt after paying back the taxes.

So Akiwara Yuto is gambling, gambling that he won't do that!

Even if there are some conflicts between the two, it shouldn't make him go this far!

On the other side, Anjiujin Gangyi fell into a long silence.

It wasn't until half an hour later that he gave his reply.

After hearing this reply, Akiwara Yuto showed a satisfied smile...