Tokyo Literary Godfather

Yoshida Kashi also sincerely thanked Kei Fujiwara. If Kei Fujiwara hadn't kept instilling the concept that "Southeast Asia itself is a Western captive livestock", Yoshida Kashi had kept most of his property.

If not, I'm afraid Yoshida Kashi would be in dire straits now.

And Kafumi Yoshida is now also observing further to see if Fujiwara Kei’s other predictions will come true in turn.

For example, the theory of China's collapse has completely gone bankrupt, as well as joining the WTO, and South Korea has officially set the cultural industry as a pillar industry, etc.

If these prophecies are fulfilled one by one, Kashi Yoshida will admire Kei Fujiwara so much, and maybe he will have the idea of ​​following this person until he sleeps on a coffin board.

With Thailand as the source of the fire, this fire first burned to Malaysia, Cambodia, and Singapore. However, Japan and South Korea were also caught in the flames.

Another large number of foreign trade companies closed down as a result, and banks also suffered heavy losses.

In order to withstand this crisis, banks need to increase their cash reserves. Restricting ordinary depositors from withdrawing money will trigger panic, so they can only desperately collect loans.

But even if you want to recover the loan, you must do things according to the contract. If the loan is about to expire or has already expired, the bank's salesman can still use some tough methods to recover it. Even if it is not due, but faced with some small businesses that have no foundation and poor business conditions, they can use both hard and soft methods to collect the debts.

But such a method has no effect on Shui Bo. According to the contract, Shuibo didn't need to consider the issue of repayment within three years, and the operating conditions were very good, so that those banks could hardly think of any reason to recover the loan.

Even so, some bank clerks still came forward shamelessly, hoping to recover at least part of the arrears, not just the whole thing. They even promised that they could borrow ten in exchange for nine, not to mention the interest, and even the principal could be returned at a discount.

The reason was that Kei Fujiwara borrowed too much money. For a year, Kei Fujiwara kept borrowing money, and the bank was very happy to lend it to him.

Banks themselves are businesses that rely on borrowing money for profit. As long as they are companies that have the hope of making money and have good revenue, they are naturally willing to "share" the money in their pockets. At worst, you can borrow an umbrella on sunny days and close it on rainy days. You won't lose money anyway.

However, this financial crisis is an unexpected change, making them unable to wait for the sunny weather to close their umbrellas.

Some people stood at the entrance of Shuibo for an entire afternoon, and some even sat down impatiently after seeing Kei Fujiwara, and stated their hardships with snot and tears. They must recover the arrears, otherwise the bank will fire them , then the whole family will lie down on the streets of Ikebukuro and drink the northwest wind.

But Kei Fujiwara was naturally unmoved. If you can make money by sacrificing your dignity, then money is too easy to make.

What's more, for these Japanese commune members, whether it's a doge seat or kneeling and kowtowing, it's something that practice makes perfect, and it's really nothing valuable to them.

Some bank clerks could only sigh and leave after lingering at the entrance of Mizunami Production for several days. It is not easy to get money out of Kei Fujiwara's pocket.

On the other hand, the low prices in Tokyo have begun to further halve, and the prices of many shops and residences have begun to plummet, reaching an unprecedented low in history. If you take a stroll around the bustling business districts in Tokyo, you can see "transfer" papers posted on the walls of many businesses.

And Kashi Yoshida also knows that now is the time to expand Mizunami's theater resources.

Before the financial crisis, Kei Fujiwara had kept the company well-stocked with cash reserves, which amounted to billions in revenue from previous works and borrowings from some banks. Even if the company faces some financial difficulties and production funds are tight, Kei Fujiwara will not let the money be used, but will invest in other projects.

Now it seems that this money is used to buy theater chains.

This is a key step for Shuibo Production to transform from a simple production company into a large-scale film and television trust integrating production, brokerage, and distribution.

Although low prices continue to fall, the Japanese government and banking system have also taken timely measures to control it. Yoshida Kafumi didn't want to wait to grab some bottom, so he took action when it was time to take action, so within a month he bought twelve theaters in Tokyo's Chuo District (near Ginza), Shinjuku District, Minato District and other places, and The number is still increasing.

The purchase process was also relatively smooth. Most theater operators sold their theaters just to make up for it, hoping to get some money back into their pockets.

Therefore, even if the sale price they propose is already very low, Yoshida Kashi will still find ways to lower the price within a reasonable range to maximize the company's interests.

Yoshida Kashi has a sophisticated vision, experience and demeanor in this regard, and he is very measured. When making a counteroffer, he can always push the price to your ribs - infinitely approaching the other party's psychological bottom line, compressing the counteroffer space without overstepping the limit. If you counteroffer too harshly, you will anger the other party and lead to the failure of the negotiation.

One morning in early September, Kashi Yoshida and his accompanying assistant came to a large theater in Ikebukuro.

This theater occupies a large area, with eighteen large screening rooms, and is well decorated. Although it has been open for fifteen years, it was only renovated three years ago, so it still looks new. .

Moreover, there are two residential areas nearby, as well as a large shopping mall and a pedestrian street, with a huge flow of people. Before the formal negotiation of the deal, Yoshida Kashi even sent people to actually observe this place. It is indeed a place where people shopping and living nearby want to watch movies. first choice.

The operating conditions are relatively good, so the theater did not sell at a reduced price, but maintained the original price. Yoshida Kashi personally came to talk and learned that the owner of the theater is a pair of brothers, the theater is the property left by their parents, and now the brothers are also the actual operators of the theater.

Yoshida Kashi tried to make a cliché, wondering why they sold a theater that was in relatively good business condition. The elder brother of the pair of brothers was in charge of the negotiation, and he seemed to be the one who was more able to call the shots. Mainly I want to know if they have any other business and are facing losses, so they have no choice but to demolish the east wall to pay for the west wall?

If this is really the case, then the price can be lowered a little bit...

However, the brother was very tight-lipped and always said that the theater was the brothers' only asset. In the end, he did not reveal why he was so anxious to sell it.

Soon, Yoshida Kaishi signed a contract with the brothers and paid the deposit.

After leaving the theater, the younger brother looked around with some reluctance, and said, "Brother, do you really want to sell the theater? There is no need. Although the economy is not good now, more and more people come to the theater to watch movies recently. , if we stick to it, the theater’s revenue will definitely get better and better.”

The elder brother glanced at the younger brother with some contempt, sighed, patted the younger brother on the shoulder and said: "Oh, Zhengnan, you are so slow, how can you do a good job in business, fortunately I am in charge of the family business, otherwise the parents Sooner or later, all my savings will be lost in your hands."

"Listen, movies are a sunset industry, and no one will watch them in the future. Compared with movie theaters, video halls will be the real market mainstream in the future." My brother said triumphantly, "The group of people who bought our theater today are Pure idiots, they can’t recognize the times at all, hehe, even big companies are just like that.”

"I plan to sell this theater, just to sell several video halls in different locations. As long as the revenue is good, within three years, we will have more than 50 stores in the whole of Tokyo."

The younger brother said hesitantly: "I listen to my brother... But brother, will the funds be a little tight like this? You just collected a thousand BP machines last week, and you haven't sold them yet..."

"Idiot, will that thing worry about selling? Those 1,000 BP machines are stable money printing machines. It's not that they can't be sold, but that your brother and I are hoarding goods. In two months, this thing will be sold again. Don’t worry about the price increase, you will never lose money if you follow me.”

The brother said proudly. He walked out of the theater and looked at the sky, feeling that the future was bright.