"Is "Firebird" going to be animated?"

The comics and animation industries understand the influence that Akaiwa Shinsui doesn’t understand best.

In the free creative space of Dimension Culture, Takehiko Inoue, who was chatting in the rest area, looked at the newly delivered newspaper and said blankly: "It's amazing..."

"The production cost for a single episode is 40 million yen!" Naoko Takeuchi, who likes to hang out here when she has nothing to do, said with admiration, "It's worth spending so much money. If it's not enough, I wonder if you can ask dad to give me some money.

Also let my name appear in the credits at the end of the film!"

Takehiko Inoue glanced at her a little shyly.

Not only does he have a very strong comic talent, but his family is also very rich and he is cute... Takehiko Inoue has a bit of low self-esteem.

"Sakura." Naoko Takeuchi turned to ask Fujiwara Sakura, "Ask the president, can I work part-time on this production committee? I can contribute some of the production expenses."

"..." Fujiwara Sakura replied in a daze, "Well, how do I ask...Miss Naoko, I can tell your editor that you are here..."

"No!" Takeuchi Naoko quickly waved her hand, "Let me take a rest. If she comes, she will urge me to go back to painting again."

Takehiko Inoue silently put down the newspaper, stood up and bowed: "Sorry, I have to go to work."

"Inoue-kun worked very hard." Someone said with emotion, "But I didn't expect that Dimensional Culture could actually get Tezuka-sensei's permission, and such a huge investment... In this way, the plan mentioned before is serious. Everyone

Is it possible that any of your works will have such an opportunity in the future?”

"So Mr. Inoue started working." Another person also stood up and said in a lazy but emotional voice, "If you want to have that kind of opportunity, you still need the work to be successful first. I also went back to the room."

"...Eh?" Takeuchi Naoko watched these young people of the same age go back one by one. She was a little dazed when she was left alone, so she turned to look at Fujiwara Sakura, "...are you all working so hard?"

Fujiwara Sakura has a cheerful personality and dares to say: "Miss Naoko, everyone needs to be successful in order to make money. Everyone's mentality may be different from yours."

Naoko Takeuchi looked at the empty rest area, blinked and said, "Forget it, I'll go back and start working. Sakura, remember to call me next time there is an event!"

"……yes."

Fujiwara Sakura thought that for such an event, I might not call you.

Later, she overheard their discussion here and found out that not long ago, the president and president took the creators here to go out for activities. The place they went to was actually a dance hall with a girl accompanying them.

, said to be collecting style.

What kind of style do you have when you go to a place like that?

However, the president must have had special considerations. Today’s news seems to have given everyone a big shock.

Not only here, many people are talking about it.

In particular, the manga community is discussing another matter: Because he has to participate in the creation of the "Fire Bird" series animation, Osamu Tezuka will not participate in Shueisha's next Tezuka-san review.

In a messy room, a young man felt very embarrassed as he looked at the work he had just completed and was about to challenge Tezuka-san's work.

If Mr. Tezuka doesn't participate in the judging, even if he wins the award, he won't be able to see him, right?

On the contrary, Tezuka-sensei now seems to be getting closer to the dimensional culture to which "is Dimension" belongs, which has not yet been published.

The bonuses for the dimensional rewards over there seem to be higher.

Otherwise, try over there?

After thinking for a while, he began to search for his magazines and newspapers in the messy room, and finally found the newspaper where the news about the Dimensional Award was originally published.

On a large envelope, he wrote the email address for receiving submissions, and he wrote his name in the signature.

Yoshihiro Togashi.

…

"Brother! Even that dimensional culture has specially created their own light novel library and comic magazine. Since you admire him so much, why do you think I am messing around?"

Haruki Kadokawa, the head of Kadokawa Bookstore, looked at his younger brother Kadokawa Rihihiko, frowned and said: "What I admire about him is his pursuit of art and his courage to challenge "Fire Bird", which none of us have done well!

The main new direction of our bookstore now is movies, comics, and animation... I have become more convinced through this experience that it is just a short-lived new hobby of young people. How can young people understand the connotation and artistry of literary works?"

"Then why are you still participating in his project?" Kadokawa Rihihiko didn't quite understand his logic. While he despised manga animation, he participated in other people's animation projects.

"That's because he is pioneering!" Kadokawa Haruki said, "He said that using late-night time to exclude children is to open up the adult market in the form of animation. This kind of pioneering is still worthy of support, not to mention,

He invested a sum of money in our bookstore and supported my Kadokawa Pictures. As the first company to produce the "Fire Bird" OVA, I only have to bear a small part of the capital, so it is normal to participate in this project."

Kadokawa Rihihiko sighed: "Now the bookstore business has come to a standstill, and our competitiveness is weakening day by day. Brother, I support you in exploring a new direction in movies, but in the publishing industry, now is really the gold of comics.

What a period! Moreover, a new generation of young people has grown up, and their reading tastes are changing. The Sneaker library I am hosting, and mediaoffie, give me more support and let me try it!"

"Shut up!" Kadokawa Haruki looked very unhappy, "Our Kadokawa Bookstore has established a foothold in the wave of culture and education with classic literature. After I took over, it was not because of serious novels such as 'Hengmou Zhishi' that we let

Can Kadokawa Shoten become a leader in the fiercely competitive publishing industry? What kind of literary works are the light novels you mentioned? Shifting the publishing direction to the light novels and comics you mentioned will only gradually cause Kadokawa Shoten's reputation to gradually lose.

"

Kadokawa Harihiko was very tired and came again.

Haruki Kadokawa gushed: "On the contrary, the form of movies can give classic literary works new vitality. Compared with the artistic communication power of movies, what are mere comics and light novels? You also know that competition is becoming more and more intense nowadays.

Intensely, Kadokawa Pictures has been pioneering in the film field for ten years. This time with new funds, it is time for us to harvest. Just wait and see, the dual influence of literary works and movies will allow our Kadokawa Library to gain

Unprecedented attention!”

"...Dimensional culture attaches great importance to light novels and comics. Brother, if you don't agree with what I said, but Tao Dalang also judged it the same way, can't you let me give it a try? I don't need much, only 50 million yen.

!”

If the bookstore had not received an additional 1 billion yen in investment this time, Kadokawa Rihihiko would not have said this.

But now I only need one-twentieth of the funds to give myself a try, which can be regarded as a new development for the ancestral business. Kadokawa Harihiko doesn't understand why his brother is unwilling.

"Riyan! My brother is developing in the direction of movies. You should help me handle the mature business of bookstore management and publishing. How can such a thing be developed in two different directions at the same time? You said Tao Dalang is the same

If you judge like this, let me ask you, do you have the financial strength he does? He has the financial base to challenge the status of Shueisha, Shogakukan, and Kodansha in the field of comics. How about you?"

Kadokawa Rihihiko was speechless and unwilling.

This is the truth, but of course it is a long process, so we cannot fall behind and accumulate bit by bit from now on.

The two brothers separated on bad terms again.

Kadokawa Rihihiko didn't know how to face the aggressive colleagues of Mediaoffie. After hearing about the new investment the bookstore had just received, they thought that with their boss's status as the president's brother, they would at least get a large amount of financial support.

of.

But now there is still nothing, the enthusiasm will be worn out, right?

What should I do?

…

Tao Zhiming looked at Maehara Kumina and asked in surprise: "Tao Yaren? Dentsu?"

Maehara Kumina answered seriously: "Yes, that's what the other party said. I hope to meet you."

Tao Zhiming frowned and thought. It was not because of Dentsu's active contact. After buying the late-night time slot of DongTV next year and sponsoring two variety shows, Dimensional Culture has gained a certain reputation in several time slots of TV Tokyo.

The right to speak in advertising. Moreover, as the new shareholder of TV TOKYO, Miyomo Bank can also cause trouble for Dentsu if it puts pressure on TV TOKYO's advertising cooperation in the coming year.

Dentsu took the initiative to contact him and establish a good relationship, which is normal from the perspective of business interests.

What he was confused about was this Tao Ya man.

Why is his surname also Tao?

"Did the other party say what the position of this Tao Ya person is?"

"I asked, and he was told that he was a director of Dentsu."

"Is it just a director?" Tao Zhiming smiled, "I thought someone at the level of the president would contact us."

He thought for a while and said: "Reply to the other party and agree on a time."

After Maehara Kumina went out, he called Kinoshita Hidefaze: "Brother Hidefaze, is there anyone named Tao among the directors of Dentsu?"

"Don't you know?" Kinoshita Hidefeng looked very surprised, and then said, "Do you still remember what Omiya Hiroshi said about the 'amazing Tao family' when the press conference was held in Mogami Kukurakucho?"

"...There have been a lot of things going on since then, so I didn't pay attention to it. I didn't see anyone named Tao in Dentsu's list of major shareholders." Tao Zhiming said truthfully.

"What happened? Did you have a conflict with the Tao family?" Kinoshita Hidefeng's tone was solemn.

"No, someone from Dentsu called Tao Yaren contacted me and said that he wanted to get to know me on behalf of Dentsu and discuss cooperation matters."

Kinoshita Hidefeng paused for a moment: "Let's see, let's meet at your dance hall tonight. I'll call the guy Anzhai, and you can invite Ueda-kun to join me. The Tao family... is a deeply hidden family with a very complicated background.

family."

Tao Zhiming heard that he actually mentioned Masahiro Ueda, and inexplicably thought of that time he called Ueda's house, and his surprised "Tao?" when he talked to Masahiro Ueda for the first time.

It seems that the person who is confused is not that his surname looks like a descendant of the Xia Kingdom, but the Tao family.

He became really curious for a moment.

The Tao family is amazing, what’s so great about it?

…

In the evening, Masahiro Ueda was the first to arrive.

He also brought two young people, a boy and a girl.
To be continued...