Chapter 1335: How much pressure must Tree Friend

Xing Jiahua, who had been on holiday since Christmas and had been resting for almost a week, came to the Tree Friend building to work early.

As a member of the administrative department, she needed to start planning to visit various partner companies for New Year's visits... or rather, to send gifts for a prosperous start to the year~

Between companies in Nihon, there are also unspoken rules similar to human relationships; a company is a human-like subject... besides business dealings, there is also socialization between companies, which can even be said to be friendship.

So generally speaking, once business dealings between two companies are formed, they will generally last for a very, very long time...

"The flower baskets must first be sent to Kadokawa; Otomo-san... or Naoki-san should go to visit."

In the office, Xing Jiahua and Zao Ye Lizi from the General Affairs Section were making plans,

"Major TV stations must also be visited as soon as they start work, even if they are still working during the holidays..."

"In addition, there are major media newspapers..."

"Film studios..."

"..."

Actually, these were all planned almost before the New Year, because there was a list from previous years, so this year they could just follow the pattern, at most adding the companies that had newly joined the cooperation last year.

"The gifts have already been prepared, and the flower baskets will be sent by the flower shop tomorrow; they are all fresh flowers..."

Zao Ye Lizi said,

"Except for a few large companies, other partners will be visited by Xing Jiahua and me..."

As the face of the company, the administration and general affairs sections can indeed represent the company to send flower baskets at this time.

"Hai..."

After aligning the granularity with Zao Ye Lizi, Xing Jiahua prepared to return to the front desk and start other preparations for the New Year, such as contacting a cleaning company for a big cleanup.

However, passing by the animation floor on the fifth floor, she was surprised to find that there were already many people inside... they were surrounding a workstation and discussing something enthusiastically.

"Department Head Qingshan?"

Xing Jiahua walked to the side of Qingshan Gangchang,

"Have you already returned to work?"

"Ah... Section Chief Xing Jiahua, you've returned too!"

Qingshan Gangchang turned his head and saw Xing Jiahua, a smile appeared on his face, and he explained,

"Doesn't our animation department have a new movie online, so basically everyone returned early."

He pointed to the newspaper on the workstation and said excitedly:

"Just received good news... The first-week box office of 'My Neighbor Totoro' reached 500 million!!!"

"Uh... only 500 million..."

Xing Jiahua didn't understand what they were happy about for a moment. She was a veteran who had been there since the founding of Tree Friend, and was used to the norm that the first-week box office of other Tree Friend movies was over 1 billion~

The only one that was a little less was the art film 'Love Letter' filmed by Shuichi Yin Tang, which seemed to be only 600 million... Even for Naoki Nagayama's art films, like 'April Story,' the first-week box office was almost 1 billion.

"What do you mean by 'only 500 million'?!"

Qingshan Gangchang was a bit broken. Although the film market had been expanding with the economic boom in recent years, and the film box office had been rising, movies with box office over 100 million were becoming more and more common...

But a first-week box office of over 500 million was still a very excellent result!

"Xing Jiahua-san... 'My Neighbor Totoro' is already very powerful!"

"Ah..." Xing Jiahua then reacted, "Sumimasen... I see that Naoki-san's movies are all in the billions or tens of billions..."

"..."

Hearing this, Qingshan Gangchang and Gongqi Jun, who also wanted to refute, instantly extinguished their desire to refute.

That's right, Naoki Nagayama's movies are all in the billions, and their box office of 500 million is indeed nothing to show off or be dissatisfied with.

"Ah... I have something to do here... I'll go down first!"

Seeing that one sentence of hers made the entire animation department speechless, Xing Jiahua stuck out her little tongue and hurriedly found an excuse to say goodbye~

After the animation floor was left with only their own people, Qingshan Gangchang patted Gongqi Jun on the shoulder:

"Don't worry... the animation film industry has just started, and Tree Friend Animation will definitely be more famous than Tree Friend Film in the future..."

"Mm..."

Gongqi Jun nodded, then looked at Qingshan Gangchang,

"In the New Year, besides 'Slam Dunk,' does the animation department have any new projects?"

"Now that 'My Neighbor Totoro' production is complete, our painters here can also help..."

"New project, huh..."

Qingshan Gangchang glanced at his partner Fujian Yibo,

"Fujian seems to have a few ideas... they are related to ghosts, hunters, etc..."

"Which direction to work towards specifically still needs to be determined after discussing with Naoki-san in the New Year!"

Gongqi Jun nodded after hearing this:

"Actually, I also have some ideas for fantasy comics like witches; let's wait until Naoki-san returns to determine the key projects for the coming year!"

"Mm!"

Qingshan Gangchang was full of confidence,

"I think our Tree Friend Animation has a bright future!"

"Yes, yes!"

In the three offices on the top floor, Shuichi Yin Tang also had one... Today he returned to the office and used the computer to sort out his "Strategy for Founding the Country through Culture"~

"Kuso!"

Shuichi Yin Tang scratched his head,

"Besides movies, TV dramas, music, and theater, sports also seem to be..."

"Naoki-san also said that the animation industry will even become the most important component in the future..."

"What else is there?!"

"This is killing me!"

Shuichi Yin Tang kept pulling his hair, feeling that if this continued, he would likely follow in the footsteps of Otomo-san and start forming a Mediterranean (balding)!

"No, such a big strategy, I can't build a car behind closed doors by myself!"

After struggling for a long time, Shuichi Yin Tang decided that he would also distribute the task!

"The Prime Minister has a staff team, so as a planning committee member of the ruling party, it's understandable to find some think tanks!"

"After the New Year, I'll find a few college students who specialize in policy research from the university's political academy... no, I'll find teachers instead..."

Shuichi Yin Tang touched his chin, thinking carefully,

"By the way, I can also find some members in the Social Democratic Party who have talent but no opportunity..."

"Also, that Yoshihiko Noda seems to be able to be invited to discuss together... If this proposal is adopted by Doi-san, it is a very important qualification for a politician!"

Thinking of this, Shuichi Yin Tang felt much better!

As a superior, learning to distribute tasks is the royal way!

Just as he was thinking, the office door was suddenly knocked open, and then he saw Xing Jiahua walking in, poking her head in:

"Shuichi-san! Happy New Year..."

"Ah, Hua-chan... Happy New Year..." Shuichi Yin Tang nodded, "What's the matter?"

"Ah!"

Xing Jiahua immediately explained,

"I came to check the situation of the top-floor office, preparing to clean it... I didn't expect Shuichi-san to be here!"

"... I see."

Shuichi Yin Tang paused, shook his head, and laughed... Indeed, he hadn't been to this office for a long time.

Since focusing on the Film Association last year, he had often worked at the association's headquarters on the fourth floor, and now that he had turned to the political arena, the frequency of use was even less than Naoki Nagayama's.

"Daijobu, the office is well maintained, there's no dirt or mess!"

"That's good..."

Xing Jiahua nodded and prepared to say goodbye,

"Shuichi-san, then you continue to be busy... I'll go check other places... The propaganda department was there for the whole holiday, the hygiene situation must not be optimistic..."

And watching Xing Jiahua about to leave, Shuichi Yin Tang suddenly called her:

"Hold on... Hua-chan, you said the propaganda department didn't have a holiday, it was for the publicity of 'My Neighbor Totoro', right?!"

"Hai!"

Xing Jiahua nodded,

"Besides the propaganda department, people from the animation department also came..."

"I see... how is the box office of 'My Neighbor Totoro'?"

"This... heard the first-week box office reached 500 million..."

Xing Jiahua scratched her face a bit awkwardly,

"Shuichi-san should go ask the propaganda department for specific data... I don't know either..."

"Alright~"

Shuichi Yin Tang waved his hand to signal Xing Jiahua to go out, then felt quite emotional,

"500 million, huh..."

Since focusing on the association and the political arena, even the attention to Tree Friend's own business had been much less than before~

"Didn't expect the animation department to have developed too!"

Speaking of this, a spark suddenly flashed in his mind...

"Eh? Tree Friend's animation department... isn't it the best sample for the 'Strategy for Founding the Country through Culture'?!"

Shuichi Yin Tang stood up excitedly,

"Plus my relationship with Tree Friend, I can completely use Tree Friend as a test field!"

Just like some special zones and some pilot points, the implementation of a national governance strategy must first be tested on a small scale!

And this kind of test often means policy support, resource tilt... Many large state-owned enterprises and other important enterprises in many countries came this way!

"Including Tree Friend Animation in the support sequence, the benefits for Tree Friend's development are self-evident!"

The more Shuichi Yin Tang thought about it, the more excited he became. In this way, his step into the political arena was a move that was completely correct!

"Tonight I'll call Naoki-san and the others... Tomorrow I'll discuss the feasibility of this plan with Naoki-san and Otomo-san!"

Once a person thinks of a good idea, they can't sit still!

Shuichi Yin Tang had no one to share with for the time being, so he could only suppress it for now and stood up, walking towards the propaganda department.

He wanted to understand the data of 'My Neighbor Totoro' in detail; this was an important sample!

The employees of the propaganda department were always busy; the ringing of phones sounded from time to time, the sound of fax machines printing was even more frequent, and the friction between the employees' pen tips and paper was continuous.

Various data and feedback from all over the country had to be summarized in the propaganda department... After starting work, these communications and exchanges were even more!

"Shuichi-san?!" "Director Yin Tang!" "Why are you here?!" "..."

Shuichi Yin Tang's arrival surprised everyone. Shuichi Yin Tang was nominally still the person in charge of Tree Friend Film and was the direct superior of the propaganda department!

Watanabe Rongichiro hurried out to greet him after hearing the movement:

"Shuichi-san, have you returned to work?!"

"No... just came to take a look temporarily today."

Shuichi Yin Tang waved his hand,

"How is the screening of 'My Neighbor Totoro'? 500 million?"

"Actually, it's not 500 million..."

Watanabe Rongichiro shook his head,

"It was Otomo-san who ordered to use this caliber in publicity..."

"Oh? Why?"

Shuichi Yin Tang was a bit curious,

"The quality of 'My Neighbor Totoro' should be good, right?"

"Mainly because it hit the re-screening of 'Love Letter' at the premiere." Watanabe Rongichiro smiled bitterly, "Watching 'Love Letter' in the first snow represents love, etc., many young people were attracted to watch 'Love Letter'..."

"It kept snowing... and 'Snow Flower' in the streets and alleys... the entire Christmas file and New Year file were snatched away by this movie..."

"..."

Shuichi Yin Tang heard this and couldn't help laughing,

"Haha, Naoki-san, this guy, even if he didn't have any new works at the end of the year, still made the film industry feel like facing a formidable enemy!"

"Yeah... Naoki-san!"

Watanabe Rongichiro's tone was full of admiration,

"It's spring soon, and after a while, the temperature will rise and the cherry blossoms will bloom; 'April Story' might also be re-screened on a small scale..."

"In the summer, 'A Scene at the Sea' and 'Kikujiro'..."

"'Departures' is probably suitable for autumn..."

"And the love festival's 'Ghost', the Halloween's 'Ring'..."

Listening to Watanabe Rongichiro's chatter, it seemed like Naoki Nagayama was going to occupy all the files of the four seasons in Nihon.

"Hahaha, Rongichiro-kun, you should be happy!"

Shuichi Yin Tang opened up,

"You are a person of Tree Friend. If you were Tree Friend's competitor, how much pressure would you be under?! Think about the publicity pressure of other film production companies facing these!"

"Haha, that's true!"

Watanabe Rongichiro also laughed.

After the two talked for a while, Shuichi Yin Tang began to ask about the audience feedback of 'My Neighbor Totoro' and the acceptance of animation films at present... and even asked about the overseas distribution of animation.

After understanding the first-hand information, Shuichi Yin Tang became more and more confident in his "Founding the Country through Culture" strategy.

After sleeping at home for one night, Naoki Nagayama took little Xia Hua and Mingcai and stopped by Qingshui on the way back to pay New Year calls to the in-laws~

Now all the children of the Zhongsen family were independent, and only the unmarried Zhongsen Minghui lived with her mother, and even during the New Year, Zhongsen Mingnan didn't return, which could be said to be completely separated.

But it didn't matter; anyway, the emotional connection of the children was always with Mother-in-law Qianhuizi, and for the other side, just send gifts~

After eating lunch in Qingshui, the group returned to Shanyingyuan in the afternoon.

After entering the door, they naturally received a warm welcome from the dog; it felt like a long time had passed after only one day, and it was incredibly enthusiastic.

"Yoshi, yoshi... Yingtailang is a good boy!"

Naoki Nagayama stroked the dog's head and opened the trunk to get the local specialties prepared by his mother, and at this time, Butler Afu hurriedly walked over to help:

"Naoki-san... let me handle these~ You go help the Lady and Hua-chan~"

"Then thank you very much!"

The New Year holiday had basically ended, the butler had returned to work, and even the nanny Ye Zhongmoli would return tomorrow.

After entering the living room, the heating isolated all the cold wind, and the two adults and one child all relaxed a lot~

The little one immediately excitedly wanted to find Miaotailang in the cat nest, because she used to sleep with the big orange cat, and she missed it very much after not seeing it for a day.

"Finally can have a good rest!"

Mingcai leaned half on the sofa, wanting to sink into the soft cushion.

"Yeah... the cumbersome New Year is finally mostly completed!"

Naoki Nagayama also sat down; he himself was not very keen on the custom of only moving around during the New Year.

For those who are truly close, how could they only contact once a year? They must see each other often in normal times... As for those who are not close, there is even less need to see them~

"Next..."

Turning his head to look at his wife's increasingly obvious belly, Naoki Nagayama reached out and touched it,

"It's time to raise the baby well at home!"

"That's still half a year away!"

Mingcai held Naoki Nagayama's hand, feeling a bit emotional,

"Like Hua-chan, they were both born in the summer!"

"Yeah~"

"Naoki-san, have you chosen a name yet?"

"Not yet~ don't even know if it's a boy or girl..."

"Then we'll go for a checkup in a few days!"

"..."

At this time, little Xia Hua dragged the reluctant Miaotailang to the side of the two, climbed onto the sofa with a huff, and then lay between the two holding the big orange cat... After looking left and right, she closed her eyes...

"I want to sleep!"

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