After concluding their discussion, Su Yu was about to leave when Zhao Yuan called out to him.
“Manager Zhao, is there anything else?” he asked, puzzled.
Zhao Yuan lowered her head, cleaning the tea tray, and murmured, “Japan still wants to cooperate with us.”
“Oh?” Su Yu raised an eyebrow. “Cooperate on what, movies or songs?”
Actually, Su Yu preferred cooperating with Niwei Entertainment because it was a globally recognized company. Xinghui’s growth would be very rapid if they partnered with them.
Furthermore, he had always held the dominant position in these collaborations, profiting the most. Earning money and allowing Xinghui to expand overseas quickly was a very good option for Su Yu.
“This time it’s anime,” Zhao Yuan smiled, arranging the cleaned tea set neatly. She then moved to the desk and picked up a file bag. “At the end of the year, there’s an anime festival in the Blue Star anime circle. Although Niwei Entertainment is Japan’s largest entertainment company, there are two other companies in the anime sector that can rival them. For this anime event, they want to achieve a good ranking, but they haven’t prepared a script yet, so they wanted to ask if you have any suitable scripts for anime.”
The success of “Initial D” had shown Morita Sho Gang’s ability in storytelling. He believed that Jiangnan, being a Chinese person, could write a story with distinctly Japanese characteristics, and thus, should not be too bad in the anime domain.
While Niwei Entertainment was the most powerful company in Japan for music, they had competitors in anime. To achieve better results in this anime festival, Morita Sho Gang believed that continuing to collaborate with Jiangnan was the best choice.
“Anime movie…” Su Yu frowned, pondering for a moment before suddenly recalling a suitable work.
“Morita Yui’s exact words were that if the story satisfies them, they will agree to any terms,” Zhao Yuan continued.
Su Yu nodded. “Tell them directly that I have excellent material, but this time, Xinghui must be credited. This anime movie will be considered a joint submission from Xinghui and Niwei Entertainment. If they agree, I’ll provide the script immediately. If not, we’ll drop it.”
This request seemed a bit excessive. After all, given Xinghui’s current scale, they had no opportunity to access such resources. If it were just under Jiangnan’s name, Niwei Entertainment would certainly agree, as it was a normal request. However, having Xinghui Entertainment also credited would put Niwei Entertainment in a difficult position.
“I don’t think they will agree,” Zhao Yuan said after a moment’s thought.
“It doesn’t matter. We lose nothing whether they agree or not,” Su Yu chuckled.
If they agreed, Xinghui could gain exposure at this anime festival. If they didn’t, Xinghui wouldn’t suffer much loss.
Moreover, Su Yu could easily have Xinghui develop its own anime business. He had many classic anime works in hand, and with Jiangnan’s popularity, it wouldn’t be difficult to succeed.
“Alright, I’ll go discuss it with them again,” Zhao Yuan nodded after contemplating.
In her opinion, Xinghui had already grown very quickly. Being able to participate in an international top-tier anime festival would be adding icing to the cake for Xinghui, and not participating would incur no loss.
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Niwei Entertainment.
Although it was a family-run entertainment company in Japan, it also had many shareholders who had a say in certain matters.
Currently, a group of shareholders were arguing fiercely in the conference room.
“This Jiangnan’s appetite is too big!”
“Even if we don’t get a good ranking, we won’t agree to let Xinghui participate with us under joint credit.”
“Xinghui was just a small company a year ago. How can they be on equal footing with us!”
“Jiangnan is indeed capable, but we have several good editors in our own company. We don’t need to beg him!”
Normally speaking, Xinghui currently lacked much qualification to be credited at the anime festival.
This was because the anime festival invited world-class anime companies, and anime fans worldwide were paying attention. If Xinghui participated and achieved a good ranking, the prestige would be snatched by Xinghui, leaving Niwei Entertainment with nothing. Wasn’t this just pure foolishness?
Therefore, under Morita Yui’s proposal, the shareholders of Niwei Entertainment strongly opposed it.
“I think you’ve all forgotten the magnificent success of Jiangnan’s ‘Initial D’?” Morita Yui sneered.
“We admit Jiangnan is capable, but his demands are too excessive,” one shareholder said indignantly.
“Precisely because his demands are high, I believe he is confident in achieving good results. Perhaps we can even win first place at this anime festival?” Morita Yui looked at the shareholders and said with a light smile.
Her words, however, drew ridicule from the crowd.
“Miss Yui, you need to understand that an anime festival and a film festival are two different concepts. Anime caters to a group of two-dimensional audiences, completely different from moviegoers. Moreover, Dongling and Kaou are not to be trifled with; they are top-tier in the entire Blue Star in terms of anime,” a reputable middle-aged shareholder analyzed.
Dongling and Kaou focused on anime and were the top two anime companies in Japan and even across the Blue Star.
While Niwei Entertainment was top-tier in Japan for music and film, they were slightly inferior to these two companies in the anime sector.
In the eyes of the major shareholders, winning first place against these two companies was undoubtedly a pipe dream.
Morita Yui’s expression gradually turned serious.
Based on her understanding of Jiangnan, if he dared to set such high conditions, he must have ample confidence. In her view, this was an excellent opportunity, and Niwei Entertainment could even win first place at the anime festival with Jiangnan’s help.
Although the first place would be achieved through Jiangnan, Niwei Entertainment would still have its name credited, and this achievement would also belong to Niwei Entertainment. With this success, it would also fill the gap in Niwei Entertainment’s anime sector.
It was just that these old fogeys in front of her were stubborn and completely unaware of Jiangnan’s formidable power.
“Miss Yui, the maximum concession we can make is to have Jiangnan solely credited,” someone added when Morita Yui remained silent.
At this moment, Morita Yui took a deep breath and scanned the shareholders present. “I know your thoughts, but I believe Jiangnan can win first place at the anime festival. Therefore, I will directly exercise the chairman’s executive decision-making power for this collaboration.”
Her tone was calm but filled with an irrefutable conviction.
“Miss Yui, do you know the consequences of exercising executive decision-making power if the expected results are not achieved?” someone said coldly.
“I know, you don’t need to remind me,” Morita Yui stood up. She no longer had the interest to discuss further with these shareholders. “If we don’t get first place, I will naturally give my father and everyone else an explanation.”
With that, she walked out of the conference room.
At this moment, Morita Yui had placed all her bets on Jiangnan.
If she won first place at the anime festival, her position as chairman would be more stable. However, if she failed, her father, in order to appease the shareholders’ anger, might not be able to maintain her position.