Chapter 1031: Maybe I can be a principal~

When Naoki Nagayama walked into the Tree Friend building carrying a black brick, he immediately attracted a lot of attention.

This black brick was the latest mobile phone, also called a Big Brother phone, which could dial phone numbers at any time, and also had an antenna that could be pulled out~

In this era, small mobile phones hadn't been popularized yet. The Big Brother phone was the trendiest phone. Appearing in front of people with it was no less than holding the latest iPhone 16 Pro Max in the crowd in the future, always able to attract many envious eyes.

It's just that holding it for a long time is a bit laborious. After all, it's equivalent to holding a small dumbbell to exercise arm strength!

"Naoki-san~"

The receptionist, Xing Jiahua, asked curiously,

"What is this?"

"This is the latest Motorola handheld phone, which can dial calls directly..." Seeing the inquisitive eyes of the receptionist, Naoki Nagayama handed the Big Brother phone directly to her and introduced, "With this, you can make calls anytime, anywhere."

"Honto?" Xing Jiahua took the phone, looking at the buttons on it, her hands itching.

"The green one is for answering and dialing. After pressing the number, press it again to dial... the red one is the hang-up button..."

For such trendy things, Naoki Nagayama never skimped on sharing, popularizing the usage of the Big Brother phone with Suzuki Xingxia and other employees who were watching.

"Ding-a-ling~"

Following Xing Jiahua's operation, the landline at the Tree Friend building reception soon rang, making the receptionists Xing Jiahua and Suzuki Xingxia laugh in surprise. For a time, the lobby was full of youthful laughter.

He just liked to see the ignorant look of these guys... Young girls in their twenties are full of curiosity about the world and are easily surprised and happy. After they get older, it's hard to have this state of mind~

"What are you doing?!"

Just as everyone was chattering and looking at the Big Brother phone, a majestic inquiry came from the side.

Turning to see, it was actually Yoshimura Otomo, one of the three giants. The employees immediately scattered like birds and beasts... After all, Yoshimura Otomo had to manage the company's daily operations and had to appear serious in front of subordinates. He couldn't be as approachable as Naoki Nagayama all the time.

"Hua-chan... give me back the phone!"

Naoki Nagayama quickly took the Big Brother phone from Xing Jiahua, who was pretending to work seriously, and introduced it again to Yoshimura Otomo, who walked to the side.

"So that's it... you can make calls anytime~"

Yoshimura Otomo didn't have any love for the Big Brother phone, and even disliked it a bit.

After all, for him, there was a phone in the office at the company, a home phone at home, a club phone at the club outside, and even a car phone in the car. There was no need to carry a heavy black brick around at all.

Walking into the elevator with Yoshimura Otomo, Naoki Nagayama popularized:

"Although this phone looks bloated now... but with the development of technology, it will definitely get smaller and smaller in the future..."

"In a few years, maybe it can be put directly into your pocket."

The accompanying Yoshimura Otomo was old after all and didn't accept new things so easily:

"However, if you want to make a call, just go and make it. Why carry this kind of thing with you?"

"Because it's more convenient~ You can also send messages..." Naoki Nagayama shrugged and glanced at the elevator that was rising, "For example, if the elevator suddenly breaks down, I can use it to call for help."

"... Naoki-san, don't be a crow's mouth!"

Yoshimura Otomo was immediately a bit worried. Naoki Nagayama's crow's mouth was very accurate!

"..."

The trendy mobile phone represented the arrival of the mobile phone era. Naoki Nagayama knew that with the appearance of the Big Brother phone, the iteration speed of mobile phones would be counted in months.

Motorola, Sony, Panasonic, Toshiba... soon all electronic product manufacturing companies would invest a large amount of funds in mobile phones, giving birth to countless listed companies, and even driving an entire industrial chain.

So... should he notify Yuantai-san of Tree Friend Capital that he can start buying the bottom of mobile phone companies?!

"What is Naoki-san here for today?"

Before walking into the office, Yoshimura Otomo asked about the reason for Naoki Nagayama coming to the company. After all, he should be at home keeping his wife company now.

"Ah, Xiu-san invited me over~" Naoki Nagayama said, "He said he wanted to take me to see the people in the anime department... to give them some encouragement..."

"Anime studio~"

Yoshimura Otomo didn't have a deep understanding of this department that had been idle. After handing this department to Yin Tangxiu before, it seemed that Naoki-san also became interested.

"Naoki-san, I heard before that you set a goal for them?"

"Yes... this year we need to complete a manga... *Slam Dunk*" Naoki Nagayama said, "Thinking of starting from manga, to anime, and then to animated films..."

"Do you have confidence?" Yoshimura Otomo didn't read manga himself and didn't understand these things.

"Hahaha, Otomo-san, ask Jingxin when you go home at night... You are outdated on young people's things!"

"..."

Looking at Naoki Nagayama's confident back, Yoshimura Otomo muttered as he walked into his office:

"I'm only fifty! It's the age to go and break through! Where am I outdated!"

And Naoki Nagayama here, after arriving at the office, placed the Big Brother phone vertically on the desk, as if it were some ornament, then poured tea and slowly flipped through the magazines on the table.

"Let Hua-chan order manga journals later, like Jump..."

Thinking that he was about to enter the anime industry, Naoki Nagayama decided to spend more time understanding Japanese manga. It was definitely not to catch up on current manga!

Before long, the office door was knocked on, and Yin Tangxiu walked in.

"Naoki-san, come on, let's go together!"

The anime studio was not in the Tree Friend building; it temporarily rented a two-story apartment in the Ikebukuro area, not far from the Tree Friend building.

"Hmm, are the people there ready?"

"The old people there basically live on the second floor of the studio! They just lay down floor mats!" Yin Tangxiu said, "Those manga artists are really poor... they can't even afford to rent an apartment!"

"..."

After all, big manga artists like Akira Toriyama are rare. Most of them are part-time, and even professional manga artists who have published manga works in magazines only barely make ends meet unless they are big hits.

"After all, they are Tree Friend employees in the future..." Naoki Nagayama thought he still had a conscience, "Let's give a little rent subsidy to the male employees in the manga department..."

"Hai, I'll go handle it later!"

Yin Tangxiu agreed. After all, the rent for a dozen people actually didn't cost much for Tree Friend.

It was mainly because the anime department had no business before and was not valued, and there were no commissions or bonuses, so they lived tightly on their basic salary. Actually, this was already much better than many manga workers.

The two chatted while walking toward the location of the anime studio.

Because of the university and various language schools, there were many young people in Ikebukuro, and housing prices were also very cheap.

The anime studio was in a residential area. The nearby shops and restaurants were full of life. Not far away was Ikebukuro Station, and the transportation was also very convenient.

A detached two-story small building, more like a place where young people live, not like an apartment~

"Bang bang bang..."

There was no doorbell here, so Yin Tangxiu knocked directly, and soon saw Gosho Aoyama, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, open the door:

"Xiu-san! Naoki-san! You're here!"

They had been notified before, so Gosho Aoyama was not surprised by the visit of the two bosses and quickly invited them in.

Walking into the studio, the smell of paper and pencils came out. In the studio that had obviously been cleaned up, drafts and manga books still filled the space, leaving only two rows of drawing tables and several somewhat restrained young people.

"Minasan, this is Naoki Nagayama!"

Gosho Aoyama introduced Naoki Nagayama to the newcomers. After all, except for him and Yoshihiro Togashi, no one else was recruited directly by Naoki Nagayama.

"Naoki-san, this is the current painter of the studio... and some administrative staff are in the Tree Friend building..."

"Hello everyone... I am Naoki Nagayama, nice to meet you..."

Naoki Nagayama introduced himself refreshingly,

"Please take care of me in the future!"

"President Nagayama, nice to meet you..." XN, everyone returned the salute quickly.

For these manga workers who were a bit otaku, a big shot like Naoki Nagayama was rare to see.

Naoki Nagayama, led by Yin Tangxiu and Gosho Aoyama, briefly visited everyone's work.

"Naoki-san, Yoshihiro Togashi is on the second floor... he is drawing the draft of *Slam Dunk*..."

Gosho Aoyama led Naoki Nagayama to the second floor, and he and Yoshihiro Togashi worked alone on the second floor. So Naoki Nagayama saw the Yoshihiro old thief... ah no, Yoshihiro youth who was burying his head at the worktable...

After all, he hadn't been kept by a rich woman yet, so he was very serious about his work!

"Naoki-san!"

Yoshihiro Togashi saw Naoki Nagayama coming and stood up quickly,

"I didn't hear you coming just now..."

"Haha, it's okay, it's okay!" Naoki Nagayama walked to his drawing table and saw some sketches of *Slam Dunk* on the draft, somewhat surprised, "Have you started drawing?"

"Hai!"

Yoshihiro Togashi nodded,

"Some time ago, Xiu-san sent Naoki-san's character prototypes and story outlines over. After we discussed, we started composing. Currently, we have roughly completed the composition and started drawing the draft!"

Gosho Aoyama, who followed up, said quickly:

"We plan to draw the first chapter of the manga in May..."

The production of manga starts from the story and character prototypes of the design draft, and has to go through steps such as composition, draft, outlining, painting black, pasting screen tone paper, drawing effect lines, etc., and finally writing the lines to be considered complete.

It was already late May, which meant that the two of them planned to finish the first chapter in two weeks.

"Good!" Naoki Nagayama nodded with satisfaction, "I have talked to Shogakukan, and they will publish our manga in *Weekly Shonen Sunday*..."

"Naoki-san!" Gosho Aoyama's tone was a bit excited, "*Weekly Shonen Sunday*? Really?"

"Yes!" Naoki Nagayama confirmed again, "I have talked to the people at Shogakukan, and this *Slam Dunk* will definitely leave a spot for us no matter what!"

Hearing this, Gosho Aoyama and Yoshihiro Togashi's eyes lit up. As manga artists who had just entered the industry, they knew too well the difficulty of being spotted by manga magazines like *Weekly Shonen Sunday*.

"This... is really great!!!"

Yin Tangxiu, who was listening on the side, was full of sighs. When he accepted the anime studio before, he had also talked to manga editors in the industry.

They all said that famous manga magazines like *Weekly Shonen Sunday* and *Weekly Shonen Jump* were very strict, and only the best manga could be published.

They all said there was no shortcut to take...

And now, Naoki Nagayama, who had a close relationship with Shogakukan, made a move, and even a manga without a shadow could be published!

Sure enough, all the rules in this world can be flexibly adjusted; what you look at is just the size of the interest!

"Naoki-san, don't stand and chat." Yin Tangxiu said, "Let's go to the reception room..."

After sitting down in the reception room, Yin Tangxiu briefly introduced the work process of the studio to Naoki Nagayama.

Roughly, Gosho Aoyama and Yoshihiro Togashi were the leaders, responsible for the initial design, task allocation, and final effect control, while the remaining painters were responsible for cooperation, background coloring, and other work.

"In the past, we were actually like headless flies, trying to draw excellent manga according to our own personalities."

Gosho Aoyama said,

"It wasn't until Xiu-san came over this time that we started to step on the right track."

"This is also my fault. I was too busy before and didn't pay attention to the manga side..." Naoki Nagayama said, "Sometimes I even forgot about you... Hahaha~"

"..."

Gosho Aoyama and Yoshihiro Togashi looked at each other. The willfulness of the rich is really hard to understand... Did they get paid for more than a year for nothing?!

However, the spirits of the two were concentrated again, because Naoki Nagayama began to draw a pie!

"Aoyama-kun, Togashi-kun... From now on, we have to start working hard! But you don't have to worry, I will give you the greatest support...

*Slam Dunk* is our first project, and it must be done well...

In the future, our Tree Friend Anime Studio will draw famous manga in Japan, then adapt them into anime, and even finally adapt them into animated films!

Our goal is to become a famous anime studio in Japan, like Mushi Production! And Aoyama-kun, Togashi-kun, you will become great manga artists like Osamu Tezuka!"

Naoki Nagayama talked endlessly about his expectations for the future, and the two young people also listened with surging hearts, as if they were already standing at the top of the anime world...

And Yin Tangxiu, who was drinking tea on the side, sighed that Naoki Nagayama's ability to draw pies had risen again!

Look, he didn't even talk about the most basic salary and benefits in the future, and the two young people were already going to sell their lives to the Tree Friend Group!

"If Naoki-san opens a training class, he will definitely be able to let all the CEOs in Japan come to listen to the class!"

Yin Tangxiu's thoughts drifted to his university, thinking of the School of Management. The professors' lectures there didn't have as much infectious power as Naoki Nagayama now!

"Maybe I can open a business school to teach business and management..."

"Maybe I can be a principal~"

"The location will be set near Ikebukuro West Gate Park, not far from here and the Tree Friend building... The scenery there is good, and there is a small lake..." ===== CHAPTER 1032 =====