Chapter 1203: Since we're out to relax, we have to relax thoroughly~

"You want to use my money to buy MGM?!"

Naoki Nagayama sat in a pink leather booth, listening to what Xiu-yi Yin-tang was saying to him, and simply couldn't believe it.

"Calling me to the club in the middle of the night, it turns out you had your eyes on my private stash!"

"There's no such thing!"

Xiu-yi Yin-tang shook his head while holding his wine glass, glanced at Otomo Yoshimura beside him, and laughed.

"Haha, things like acquiring company shares are just incidental. The main thing is that we haven't come out to party together for a long time... Naoki-san, don't tell me you don't miss the young ladies at the club~"

"....."

Looking at the Mama-san who had the gentle charm of wearing a kimono, and the cool young ladies with fair skin, beautiful looks, and long legs walking over with wine trays... Naoki Nagayama couldn't bring himself to deny it for a moment.

Although he was already married and only had Akina as a woman in his heart... but men, after all, always feel happy seeing beautiful young ladies and little sisters.

Not to mention that these young ladies at the club were all confidantes, and the emotional value they provided was explosive...

"No, I'm a married man!"

Naoki Nagayama shook his head and prepared to refuse this decadent temptation.

"Ah... it's not like we're asking you to develop anything, Naoki-san, just drinking and chatting..."

Otomo Yoshimura had come first and had already had a round of drinks; at this moment, the alcohol was going to his head, and he was very relaxed. He grabbed Naoki Nagayama:

"Naoki-san... you're young, how come you're more like an old man than me!"

"Chotto matte..."

Naoki Nagayama, this sturdy young man, possibly because he hadn't eaten dinner, was weakly pulled back to his seat by Otomo Yoshimura, and soon the outside of the booth was already blocked by the young ladies...

"Otomo-san! Xiu-yi-san... I don't want to, I'm really not interested... how am I supposed to explain this to the family when I go back..."

Someone sighed and declined, until a glass of wine was handed to him.

"Oh my... you guys really have harmed me!"

"Hahaha~" Xiu-yi Yin-tang had been watching the show for a long time and couldn't help but laugh out loud. "Naoki-san really is a director; this pretentious performance is truly profound~"

"......"

After a moment of silence, the three people in the booth laughed out loud together.

"Hahaha...", "That's right, it's a pity Naoki-san doesn't perform!", "Not at all, I still have room for improvement..."

"....."

And so, in such an atmosphere, Naoki Nagayama was dragged by two bad friends to drink flower wine~

The Mama-san who came to serve the booth saw that the three had decided to stay, so she quickly let the young ladies at the club use all their skills, starting to liven up the atmosphere and create laughter.

Under the influence of alcohol, soon bursts of laughter rang out in the booth~

"How did you think of acquiring MGM shares?"

After drinking some alcohol, Naoki Nagayama finally asked.

"Isn't it said that this film company belongs to some casino tycoon?"

"It's mainly because the company is preparing for overseas distribution, so this idea suddenly came up."

Otomo Yoshimura explained first.

"When domestic films go to overseas distribution companies for distribution, the commission is too high! Previously, 'Kikujiro' was heavily skimmed..."

"And if we want to build a distribution company from scratch, it might not be possible to lay out theater chains in seven or eight years... It's better to buy shares directly!"

"Don't look at the United States flaunting democracy and freedom... a nation of immigrants... but the Anglo-Saxon upper class is actually the most xenophobic... Hollywood is the representative..."

"If you want the European and American upper class to regard you as a person in their circle, you must have an iconic interest group in the United States..."

Otomo Yoshimura spoke with that kind of internet political flavor; things like Anglo-Saxon were very likely corrupted by Naoki Nagayama's previous rambling!

Xiu-yi Yin-tang was no exception:

"The stock price of MGM is actually not high now, and the development of the whole company is still in a low period. If you want to buy equity, there is still a lot of hope... We just need part of the shares of their film production company..."

"Actually, it would be best to directly buy United Artists, which they bought a few years ago. This company is not large in size, but it is a very orthodox Hollywood film studio."

"United Artists..."

Naoki Nagayama's mind suddenly flashed with the silent film of the black-and-white film era—Modern Times.

"The company founded by Chaplin!"

"Yeah..."

Xiu-yi Yin-tang nodded repeatedly; sure enough, Naoki-san knew it very well!

"Currently, it is circulating in the industry that Sony already has the intention to acquire Columbia Pictures..."

Otomo Yoshimura said.

"Japanese capital buying American industries already has momentum! Perhaps Tree Friend can also take the opportunity to step into internationalization!"

Yes, Japan in the bubble era, the economic strength of big capital grew rapidly, and it was no longer willing to be trapped in a small island country.

Many companies were frantically purchasing industries in Europe and the United States, especially real estate; there was even a cry among the people that "Japan is going to buy the United States"...

Mitsubishi of Japan would buy the Rockefeller Center, the skyscraper in the center of New York, in another year!

The scale of Tree Friend was naturally not as big as Sony or Mitsubishi, but unlike these big companies, he had more than 1 billion US dollars in liquid funds, and more than 500 million in the American financial market~

And mergers and acquisitions don't necessarily have to be all self-funded; with 500 million US dollars as capital, through precisely manipulated leverage, one can even pry funds far exceeding 500 million...

"Perhaps, we don't necessarily have to be purely limited to acquiring film companies..."

Perhaps it was because he liked to expand his ideas after drinking, Naoki Nagayama touched his chin.

Previously, investments in the United States were mainly acquiring shares of those high-quality companies, still belonging to retail investors, but now he felt that perhaps he could go a step further.

"Should we establish an investment fund..."

This was inspiration from the Tree Friend Assistance Fund in Japan. This assistance fund alone had already operated a capital pool of more than 5 billion yen. Although it hadn't been established for long, its influence in the Japanese financial market was not low.

"Through this fund, to operate the European and American financial markets... perhaps later, we can also go to the Middle East, the mainland..."

The young ladies in the booth probably only had a half-understanding of finance, just flattering on the side with things like "so amazing" and "can you really invest in global companies."

They had seen plenty of male guests after a few glasses of wine~

Even if it was Naoki Nagayama now, there was a possibility of talking big.

Xiu-yi Yin-tang and Otomo Yoshimura, who were listening on the side, listened seriously, but were also somewhat helpless.

At the beginning, they clearly just wanted to acquire shares, but Naoki Nagayama thought of a larger level... This made the two feel that their vision was still low!

"Naoki-san... things like transnational investment funds... we have never done them before!"

"Daijobu, actually it's not much different from what we are doing now... just acquiring shares of a certain company, and then selling them..."

Naoki Nagayama explained with a smile.

"Although I haven't done it either, the financial market has many experienced traders... they just don't have the funds~"

For him, as long as the fund is established, relying on the memories in his head, finding some potential fields, such as computers, mobile phones, the internet, etc.... then the investment is unlikely to lose money.

"Anyway, it's just an idea... learn while doing it~"

Coming out to relax for a long time, the three top management of Tree Friend were all very happy.

After coming out of the club in Roppongi, seeing the colorful halos of neon lights under the drizzle, and being blown by the cold wind carrying dampness, the three only felt their bodies becoming more and more heated... they actually started discussing where to go next.

In short, since we finally came out once today, we must not return until we are drunk!

And just at this moment, in the high-end car jammed outside, a call suddenly rang out:

"Naoki-san?!"

Naoki Nagayama saw a slightly plump young man get out of the car and walk quickly to their side.

"Didn't expect to run into Naoki-san! Ah... and Director Yin-tang, President Yoshimura..."

The one who came to greet them enthusiastically was the chubby Yasushi Akimoto!

At this time, holding a popular large-scale outdoor reality show, he was in the most proud period of his life.

The high-level executives of the TV station saw him as a potential stock and wanted to win him over; stars hoped to participate in his program and were willing to flatter him; during the day someone invited him to dinner, at night someone invited him to drink flower wine; the various human spirits in the entertainment industry made Yasushi Akimoto feel the enthusiasm of smiling faces everywhere.

And he, who was lively by nature and now well-off, soon became a regular at Roppongi; there was almost no club he hadn't been to~

"Akimoto-san..." Naoki Nagayama greeted with a smile. "Are you here to drink too?"

"Haha, a friend invited me for a drink... now I'm going to the next round..."

Yasushi Akimoto glanced at the alcohol on the faces of the three and continued to ask,

"Are the three of you... going back?"

"Haha, not yet, not satisfied enough, we are discussing where to go to continue..."

Naoki Nagayama didn't hide it and directly stated the current situation.

"Is that so!"

Yasushi Akimoto's face suddenly hung with a smile.

"Isn't that just right... the place I'm going to is a newly opened nightclub! Naoki-san, Director Yin-tang, Minister Yoshimura, let's go together!"

"How can this be..."

Xiu-yi Yin-tang said,

"After all, Akimoto-san's friend invited you..."

"What's this! They are all friends in the entertainment industry!"

Seeing that there was no clear refusal, Yasushi Akimoto immediately pulled the three towards his car... while still introducing:

"This nightclub, I heard it was opened by the top card of the Shinjuku club before! So the people in the store are all newcomers..."

"Oh? Newcomers?"

"Yeah..."

Naoki Nagayama and the others, who were a bit tipsy, were pulled by Yasushi Akimoto onto his new car just like that; a spacious Mercedes was fine for three people...

Actually, they all had drivers, but sometimes to express closeness, they didn't split cars... and the distance wasn't far~

"Naoki-san... come to think of it, we haven't drunk together for a long time!"

Yasushi Akimoto turned his body in the passenger seat to talk to the few people in the back row; this action was a bit difficult for him.

"Yeah..."

Naoki Nagayama nodded.

"Akimoto-san's program is still very lively lately!"

"Thanks to the ideas Naoki-san proposed before..." Yasushi Akimoto thanked him sincerely. "'Of course' game has already become the label game of the program!"

"Hahaha... as long as the audience likes it~"

The later "Running Man" can be said to have been completely copied by Yasushi Akimoto, with several resident guests providing laughter, and new guests rotating every episode providing freshness; it can be said that the program will be a very hot variety show for a long time.

"Yasushi Akimoto is now a man of the hour in the entertainment industry!"

Otomo Yoshimura said.

"Everyone wants to participate in his program... our artists are no exception... if it weren't for Shizuka-chan's schedule not being enough, she would definitely participate..."

"Not at all, if we could invite Shizuka Kudo to participate, that would really be the program's luck!"

Yasushi Akimoto waved his hand and was humble.

"Speaking of men of the hour, that has to be Naoki-san and Xiu-yi-san... everyone is still talking about the matter of Momoe Yamaguchi's comeback in 'Departures'!"

"That's Momoe-san's ability!"

"I can understand Naoki-san!" Xiu-yi Yin-tang also spoke up. "Why are you dragging me into this again?"

"Xiu-yi-san is the chairman of the Tokyo Film Industry Association!"

Yasushi Akimoto said seriously.

"Recently, you are still seeking benefits for the whole industry; we have all heard about the proposal!"

Hearing this, Xiu-yi Yin-tang became happy:

"Haha, is that so? What is everyone saying?"

"Naturally, they agree!"

Yasushi Akimoto was indeed a social butterfly, giving enough emotional value.

"Everyone is praising Xiu-yi-san as a good person who speaks for the grassroots~"

"Ah hahaha~"

In the conversation, the car soon arrived at the new nightclub.

This was a new store that combined something like karaoke and a dance hall; the facade was low-key, but the interior was luxuriously decorated...

On the central stage, there were atmosphere dancers dancing to the rhythm of the music; in the wine cabinet at the bar, red and green drinks were turning colors under the colored lights; the surrounding booths were full of cheering guests...

"Wait a while, there will be a visual kei band performance!"

Yasushi Akimoto brought people to the booth and said loudly in the roaring music.

"It will be even more lively then!"

"That's really something to look forward to..."

After a few drinks, the few soon integrated into this psychedelic and fanatical environment, even dancing with the unknown girls around them...

During this period, Yasushi Akimoto also introduced friends who came later, but at this time, Naoki Nagayama and the others didn't care too much.

Naoki Nagayama looked at the novel set and performance on the stage, and inexplicably thought of his own disco dance hall...

It seems that his own nightclub hasn't been renovated for several years!

Is the original sci-fi style dance hall a bit outdated...

"Naoki-san!!!"

Just when Naoki Nagayama was daydreaming, Yasushi Akimoto suddenly brought a girl to Naoki Nagayama's side.

"This is Sonoko Kawai! Remember? No. 12 of the Onyanko Club!"

"Naoki-san... sashi-buri~" Sonoko Kawai also greeted Naoki Nagayama with a smile.

"???"

Naoki Nagayama looked at this exquisite little girl with some surprise.

"Sonoko Kawai?"

"Yeah... but I've already graduated!"

Yasushi Akimoto said with a smile.

"Now she's an independent singer!"

Naoki Nagayama looked at Yasushi Akimoto and Sonoko Kawai, whose relationship was obviously unusual, with a strange look... It seems that in his memory, Yasushi Akimoto also married a member of the Onyanko Club...

What's going on, could it be that Yasushi Akimoto is obsessed with the Onyanko Club?!

"Haha, since you've left the Onyanko Club, you have to keep working hard in the future!"

Naoki Nagayama didn't say much. Come to think of it, marrying Yasushi Akimoto is a very good destination for many artists in the entertainment industry.

Don't look at this guy Yasushi Akimoto, who is not very good-looking, but he really has talent and ability...

"Arigato...."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1204 =====