Author: quiet thoughts

Tokyo, Minato-ku.

To the east of the Chang He Shida Gate Building, Hongchuan Kaede and Matsuzaka Keiko were all standing in front of the building in formal attire, looking up at the building in front of them.

"It looks very impressive." Matsusaka Keiko tightened her windbreaker and praised with some emotion.

The entire building is more than 20 stories high, making it particularly eye-catching in the neon streets where buildings are generally low.

Bunao Hongchuanfeng laughed when he heard her sigh, "Modern or not, Bunao Dejian Bookstore is just a part of it."

"Hey" Matsusaka Keiko turned around in surprise, "Isn't that building the headquarters of Tokuma Bookstore?"

Although she subscribed to many magazines from Tokuma Shoten, this was her first time.

"Certainly tell me about the 5th to 9th floors. Let's go. Takei-san and the others are probably already waiting for them." After that, Hongchuan Kaede led her towards the outside of the building.

Changhe Zhimen Building is also one of the landmark buildings there.

Compared with the soon-to-open Hongchuan Electrical Appliances Headquarters, Bubuqiu is slightly weaker.

Well, it’s coming soon. The Hongchuan Electrical Headquarters Building will be officially opened in two days.

Because they had made an appointment in advance, Hongchuan Feng and the others had just arrived on the fifth floor, where reception staff had already been arranged.

Following the guidance of the staff, as soon as we entered the outside of Tokuma Bookstore, Hiroshi Takei personally greeted us.

"Junior Brother Hongchuan, you finally got me here."

Takei Hiroyuki pulled Hongchuan Kaede and patted his shoulder enthusiastically. The two of them were very familiar with each other, and there was no need to use ordinary social rhetoric.

"Brother Takei, please don't say that. Wouldn't it be rude to let Tokuma-san hear it?"

Hongchuan Feng smiled and greeted him. It seemed that the senior brother was very anxious.

"Alas" Takei Hiroshi waved his legs in annoyance, "I have already asked to leave, so I won't mention those things anymore. As for Tokuma-san, junior brother will know about it later."

It was obvious that Takei Hiroyuki was having a headache due to Tokuma Yasuki, and he didn’t know what he had been through. He couldn’t help but start complaining in front of Tokuma Bookstore.

In response to his complaints, Hongchuan Kaede smiled and did not shut up, but instead introduced Matsuzaka Keiko next to her.

Of course Matsusaka Keiko and Takei Hiroyuki knew each other. Did he know much about that junior brother's affair?

"Monthly News" reported on three women competing for husbands. Did he enjoy watching it?

He even relied on his relationship with the previous newspaper company to quietly call Ken Matsumoto of the Monthly News Agency and wanted to have a closer look.

However, Matsumoto Ken was waiting for Hongkawa Kaede's financial backer to inspect it, so he refused Takei Hiroto's gossip.

And the sanctimonious statement said that this was not a misprint by the reporter. It is absolutely not the case, and Monthly News has already apologized for it.

Takei Hiroyuki, who had not eaten the fresh melon, was now facing one of the three women. While being polite, he did not forget to wink at Hongchuan Kaede.

That old and shameless guy is over sixty and very dishonest.

Hong Chuanfeng ignored his look and begged him not to feel embarrassed. If he was embarrassed, he would deny them.

After exchanging pleasantries, on the way to the conference room, Hiroyuki Takei was also introducing the basic situation of Tokuma Bookstore.

In fact, he had already talked to Hongchuan Kaede about these things before, but he didn't know whether it was because of his request to leave, but Takei Hiroshi became a little nagging.

Tokuma Shoten's predecessor was the Asoyuki Yika News Agency, and its reporting mainly focused on the entertainment industry and gossip news.

At that time, its founder was none other than Hirotomo Takei. As a former member of the Yomiuri Shimbun, he had considerable influence in the media industry.

The founders of Yomiuri TV, Mitsuo Gouda and Hiroshi Takei, were good friends, or were they the former's guides, and Hiroshi Takei founded Asayuki Eko Shimbun News Agency.

At that time, the war had just ended and Mai was enforcing speech control in Neon on Christmas Day.

In order to resist this practice, various news agencies have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.

Chaoyue Yike News Agency was founded in that context, because the content of the report was for the Yike world.

At that time, due to the influence of the social environment, people did not even have enough to eat, so who would care about the gossip of artists.

Therefore, at the beginning of its establishment, the business situation of Chaoyue Yike News Agency was not optimistic.

However, Takei Hiroshi was also keen on journalism, and soon founded "Yuedong News".

Chaoyue Yike News Agency, which was not originally wealthy, was even worse, and its business situation deteriorated sharply.

As a last resort, Takei Hiroyuki once again went to one of the investors, Mitsuo Muta, who introduced him to Tokuma Yasuki, who was working as a reporter for the Yomiuri Shimbun at the time.

Tokuma Yasukai is considered by Takei Hiroyuki to be a strong, troublesome partner with Wei Fu.

But Takei Hiroyuki also admires his political stance. The "stubborn" Tokuma-san is a die-hard anti-rightist person.

However, the stance of the Yomiuri Shimbun is right-of-centre, and we know how much criticism he will suffer from outside the news agency.

Is that why Mitsuo Muta introduced him to Hiroyuki Takei? Is it possible that everyone inside the Yomiuri Shimbun is looking forward to his departure.

And Tokuma Yasukai, who left the "Yomiuri Shimbun", unexpectedly did well at Asagetsu Eiko News Agency.

The club's creditors, employees, and customers all praised him highly, and the affairs of the news agency were also handled in an orderly manner.

Although the situation of Chaoyue Yiko News Agency is not very optimistic, at least everyone can see hope.

Later, when capital adjustments were being made and preparations were made to reorganize the company, everyone unanimously recommended that Tokuma Yasukai be responsible for the operations of the new company.

From then on, Takei Hiroyuki stepped down and retained his original shares.

The Asatsuki Eiko News Agency also changed its name to the weekly Asayuki Eiko Publishing House, and later became Tokuma Bookstore in 1967.

Therefore, both Takei Hiroyuki and Tokuma Yasukata are key figures in Tokuma Bookstore, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are the founders of the bookstore.

In addition, Tokuma Yasukai, who dominates Tokuma Bookstore, has taken a completely different route from Takei Hiroyuki, and his style is more radical.

First, he acquired MINORUPGON Co., Ltd., reorganized it into Tokuma Music Industry, and began to engage in recording industry activities.

Later, it acquired Daiying, which was on the verge of bankruptcy, and reorganized and rebuilt it.

In addition to those in the newspaper industry, the expansion has not stopped, and in the 1970s, it acquired the "Tokyo Times" whose performance was deteriorating.

As of today, in addition to publishing, newspapers, movies, music, etc., they are all outside Tokuma Shoten's investment scope.

To be honest, after Hongkawa Kaede learned about the situation of Tokuma Bookstore, she admired Tokuma-san quite a lot.

Despite his age, he still has a high spirit of fighting, and is constantly racing in the shopping mall. Compared to his senior brother Takei, he is much more courageous.

I have to say that I have a very good vision when I choose to enter the real estate industry now. I hope that when the bubble comes in the future, it will not be too miserable.

Otherwise, Hongchuan Feng would beg to receive assets for him again, just like now.

In the office, after the introduction of Hiroshi Takei, Hongchuan Kaede finally met the Tokuma Yasukai-san.

He wears a dark brown suit, and his hair is combed back and forth. Although his face is densely wrinkled, he still looks energetic, especially his eyebrows that are particularly conspicuous.

Seeing Hongchuan Kaede and the others come in, Tokuma Yasushi quickly stood up and said, "Benikawa-san's youth is surprising. Although it is rude to say that, you really look like a student, which is amazing."

There have been a lot of reports about Hongkawa Kaede recently. As Tokuma Yasukai, who is engaged in the journalism and publishing industry, he naturally knows something about him.

So even though it was the first time to meet him, Tokuma Yasuo recognized him at a glance.

"Tokuma-san is so polite. Benikawa has heard about your deeds for a long time. At this point, you are not the misconception that the younger generation looks up to."

In the late 1930s, Yasukai Tokuma once served as a specialist at Zhenshan Meishe, yes, that "legendary publishing house".

As for the purpose of that publishing house, it can probably be summarized as "post-war literature."

The so-called postwar literature is anti-war, anti-militarism, anti-right wing...

More specifically, there is a series of movements, such as: Don’t talk about national affairs~Don’t talk about national affairs~

In short, in those days, it took a lot of courage to hold such a banner high.

Is it a miracle that Mr. Tokuma can survive until tomorrow and has not been sunk into Tokyo Bay?

So even though Hongchuan Feng didn't care much about Masaharu, he still admired him deeply.

But when Tokuma Yasuki heard Hongchuan Kaede's compliment, he burst into laughter.

"Everyone's youth is always full of a sense of justice. At that time, he was more sober than the people around him."

Due to his open-mindedness, Hongchuan Feng had nothing to think about except giving a thumbs up in his heart.

"Tokuma-san, Mingyue came to the door, but I asked for trouble."

After laughing for a while, Hongchuan Feng stopped going around the bush and went straight to the point.

Hearing what he said, Tokuma Yasu quickly motioned for everyone to go to the reception area and leave.

After a cup of black tea was served behind him and he took a sip, he slowly spoke.

“I was originally very worried that the investors introduced by Takei-san could not agree with some of my business ideas.

It would be a lot more reassuring if Bu Nao were not Hongchuan Mulberry."

"Hey, why do you say that?" Hongchuan Feng asked curiously.

Tokuma Yasu smiled quickly, "Because he knows that Benikawa-san is not a quiet person, and it is their nature to be restless."

After hearing his explanation, Hongchuan Feng burst into laughter.

The meaning of Tokuma Kokai's words is that they are the same kind of people, and their common characteristics are that they attack everywhere in the mall.
To be continued...