After the housing agent left in a hurry, Nakamori Akina frowned and said to Cao Zhiqiang, who was leisurely sitting on the sofa drinking barley tea: "Zhiqiang-kun, isn't this not good?"
"Huh?" Cao Zhiqiang, who had just taken a sip of tea, put down his teacup, "What's not so good?"
"Buying a building." Nakamori Akina frowned, "Is it really appropriate to spend so much money to buy an entire building?"
"Is there anything inappropriate?" Cao Zhiqiang chuckled, "I took a look and found that although the house here is newly built, the location is impeccable.
After all, it is a house in Minato District, and it is the most valuable element.
In the future, Beiqingshan here will surely develop into a wealthy area if every inch of land is valuable.
Considering the location and architectural style of this building, the price will definitely increase by three, no, more than ten times in less than ten years.
At that time, if this apartment doesn't cost one billion yen, we won't even be able to talk about it.
It only takes less than ten years to turn one hundred million into one billion. With this kind of return on investment, what else do you need for a bicycle? "
"Huh? A bicycle?" Akina Nakamori was stunned, obviously not understanding what Cao Zhiqiang was talking about.
"That's not important." Cao Zhiqiang waved his hand, "Anyway, this place will definitely be very valuable in the future. Just buy it with your eyes closed now. If you buy it, you will make money.
Just listen to me, I won't harm you. "
"Of course I believe you, and I know you won't harm me." Akina Nakamori still frowned, "I just feel that you can spend such a large amount of money so easily. Can you give me an explanation?"
Cao Zhiqiang was stunned for a moment, but soon understood what her concerns were.
Obviously, Akina Nakamori misunderstood and thought that the money she spent was given by a "funder" behind the scenes.
In other words, she thought she was just a white glove, and the purpose of doing this was to clean up the money for the money behind it.
No wonder she was just worried but not surprised when she heard that she was going to buy an entire building.
The original reason is here.
Thinking of this, Cao Zhiqiang decided to ignore the mistake and simply sighed: "I know what you mean, but don't worry, that... the person behind me is very confident in me. As long as it is my investment decision, the other party will never have any objections." ,you do not need to worry."
After a brief pause, Cao Zhiqiang rolled his eyes and simply continued: "Of course, due to various reasons and just in case, this property cannot have my name on it, but your name.
In other words, if I buy this building, I will buy it in your name. According to the legal process, it is also your own private property. I have nothing to blame for it. Is that okay? "
After hearing this, Nakamori Akina continued to frown, and then nodded: "I can understand, but won't you worry about this?"
"What are you worried about?" Cao Zhiqiang asked deliberately.
"You are worried that I will take this building as my own." Nakamori Akina winked at Cao Zhiqiang, "After all, you also said that if you buy it in my name, it will be mine in legal terms, aren't you afraid?"
"What are you afraid of?" Cao Zhiqiang shrugged.
"If you take it for yourself, then I will admit it and treat it as a gift to you. If someone else asks me for money later, I can just make money to pay off the debt myself.
Anyway, with my ability, it shouldn’t be a problem to earn as much as a building in the future.
In my opinion, money is an external possession.
No matter how nice the house is, no one will ever matter.
In other words, you are much more valuable and important than this multi-billion-dollar building.
If you really think this building is more important than me, that's okay with me.
Consider it my compensation for you and me. "
"What are you talking about?" Akina Nakamori rolled her eyes at Cao Zhiqiang angrily, "It sounds like I am the kind of person who will do anything for money.
In my opinion, let alone one building, even ten buildings are not as important as you.
In short, don't worry, this building will be stored with me. I will give it to you whenever you want it. "
"That's not necessary." Cao Zhiqiang chuckled, "I'll give it to you, and you just keep it honestly. Maybe it will really become your private property in the future. Who can say for sure."
"Okay." Akina Nakamori nodded with a smile, "Then I'll keep it for our children."
Cao Zhiqiang shook his head: "How can I say hello to you? Forget it, it's up to you. By the way, you can go and stay with today's son. I want to be alone for a while."
"Okay." Nakamori Akina stood up and went to the terrace to find Koizumi Kyoko.
After Akina Nakamori left, Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly, picked up a fashion magazine on the coffee table, crossed his legs, and began to look at it with relish.
In fact, Cao Zhiqiang doesn't like reading this kind of magazine. He just wants to see what the latest fashion is like from it, and by the way, he wants to see what his own clothing company's advertisements are like.
After all, he also has a clothing company called "Sensen" in Japan.
Although this company was originally just a little-known leather bag company, or an OEM company, after being bought by Cao Zhiqiang, its development momentum has become very strong and aggressive.
This is because this clothing brand not only has Nakamori Akina, a big star who has become more and more popular recently, personally endorsed it, but also provided exclusive clothing for the recent hit drama "101 Proposals", plus a series of products designed by Cao Zhiqiang himself. creative advertising, so so far, it has become somewhat famous in the industry.
Although this little celebrity is only aimed at the middle and lower classes and is not yet popular among the upper class, it is enough.
In fact, this operation of Cao Zhiqiang is not surprising. After all, what Cao Zhiqiang did was just work on publicity and branding.
Other aspects such as clothing design and clothing production are outsourced and left to professional companies.
In the fashion industry, although Japan cannot compete with established Western countries such as Europe and the United States, so far, at least in the clothing industry, it actually occupies the top spot.
For example, in terms of materials and production, Japan's clothing and textile industry is world-class.
As for the design, it's really not good.
Although Japan always says that its fashion design is among the best in Asia, this is more of a boast.
In fact, Japan's modern fashion design is more of a blind study of the West, which is somewhat nondescript.
For this, just watch Japanese dramas from the 1970s and 1980s.
In Japanese dramas of the 1970s and 1980s, regardless of the traditional kimono, as long as it is modern clothing, the men basically wear the European-style suits that do not reflect the body shape, and the women also wear the American-style suits with large shoulder pads, which are overall bloated. Not suitable for petite Asian bodies at all.
If you don't wear a suit, you'll wear a shirt, bell-bottoms, or a windbreaker and jeans, generally the same.
This kind of aesthetic was popular in China in the 1970s and 1980s, but it wouldn't be enough to see in places like Xiangjiang.
It can be said that Japan's fashion design in the 1980s and 1990s was not as good as Hong Kong, or even worse than Singapore.
Relatively speaking, South Korea, a rising star, is doing quite well.
Later, South Korea also started its efforts in the clothing industry, but in addition to innovations in materials, it also made some breakthroughs in clothing design.
For example, the so-called Korean style clothing they produce is really more in line with Asian aesthetics and particularly highlights Asian figures. This is why the Korean Wave became so popular later.
Although Cao Zhiqiang is not a clothing professional, he has experience in his previous life. He has never eaten pork but has always seen pigs running away.
Therefore, when he was chatting with the outsourced clothing design company before, he mentioned some of his own ideas.
Especially for formal wear, that is, men's and women's suits, he put forward a lot of opinions, many of which "borrowed" the characteristics of previous Korean clothing.
To put it simply, the silhouette is slimmer, the waistline is higher and more prominent, the shoulders are narrower, and the outer collar is also narrower. In this way, you can be particularly slim and slim.
As for the women's version, in addition to those elements, there are more elements of pencil pants and wide-leg pants, giving it an extra sense of freedom and ease.
Of course, these small modifications are copyrighted, and many of them are used as exclusive costumes for the actors and provided to the cast and crew of "101 Proposals".
Not to mention, this Korean version of the style, if nothing else, is at least very photogenic.
Especially when handsome men and beautiful women wear it and are hit by soft light, it is particularly beautiful and highlights the seller's show that everyone loves.
With this situation in mind, as soon as the TV series aired and in conjunction with related advertisements, the Sensen specialty store was immediately overcrowded, and panic buying quickly formed.
As for the design company, they were greatly stimulated when they saw how popular this style was. They immediately created many similar clothing designs based on this Korean style.
After that, these newly designed clothes began to appear in various fashion magazines, which can be regarded as monetizing advertisements for "Sensen Clothing".
But generally speaking, "Sensen Clothing Co., Ltd." focuses on formal wear, that is, men's and women's suits, highlighting one specialty.
Therefore, in order to diversify, Cao Zhiqiang later launched a brand called "UNIQUE", specializing in sportswear.
Such as jackets, sweatshirts, sportswear, etc.
There are other miscellaneous clothing items that can also be stored in the "Uniqi Store".
Yes, it is actually based on "Uniqlo".
It's just that this "Uniform Store" has not opened a store yet and is still in the preparation period.
Even so, several clothing samples from "UNIQUE", that is, several jackets that Cao Zhiqiang borrowed from later generations of "Archaeopteryx", have been published in such fashion magazines through spending money, with the purpose of asking for advice and seeing the reaction.
Cao Zhiqiang has thought about it. From now on, "Sensen" and "Uniform" will go in two directions.
"Sensen" still focuses on formal wear, trying to be as high-end as possible.
"UNIQLO" focuses on being close to the people and trying to be as trendy as possible.
At the time of "101 Proposals", "UNIQLO" had not yet appeared, so there was no chance to advertise by providing exclusive clothing.
But in the currently filming "Tokyo Love Story", as well as the second "Love White Paper" to be filmed next, and the third "Long Vacation", the brand "UNIQUE" can be compared with "Sensen" Together, they are used as exclusive costumes for actors.
I have no choice, of course I have the final say on my own TV series.
Cao Zhiqiang has already written the scripts for the three TV series "Tokyo Love Story", "White Paper on Love" and "Long Vacation". He even has the theme songs ready, and is just waiting for the filming to start one after another.
Even the director and actors have basically remained unchanged, and they will still continue the cast of "Tokyo Love Story".
At that time, we can create a "Tokyo Love Trilogy". If it cooperates with the previous "101 Proposals", we can create a "Love Tetralogy".
In this way, before everyone has come to their senses and the theme of this romantic urban drama has not been finished, let’s take a strong harvest first.
Lest latecomers follow the trend and make this theme bad, it will be difficult to handle.
This is the meaning of quick step and quick step.
I believe that with the foundation of these TV series, whether it is Sensen or Uniqi, it can take the opportunity to become popular.
If everything goes well, you can make a lot of money just by relying on these two clothing brands.
Compared with the TV series themselves, these two clothing brands are the real money-making machines.
Cao Zhiqiang even plans to hand over the clothing of these two brands to domestic OEMs, which will not only bring considerable foreign exchange to the country, but also greatly reduce costs.
When he returned to China this time, one of Cao Zhiqiang's tasks was to find a reliable clothing OEM.
Anyway, the domestic garment industry is developing well, with a lot of skilled workers. Compared with Japan, the only difference is in technology and equipment manufacturers.
As long as we can import a batch of clothing equipment from Japan in the name of OEM, such as electric sewing machines, there won't be a big problem.
What's more, Cao Zhiqiang also opened a series of books called "Encyclopedia of Modern Man-made Fibers" from the system's weekly lottery two days ago.
It records in detail various man-made fibers that are common in later generations, including South Korean silk, ice silk, ice and snow silk, cellulose ester fiber, regenerated cellulose fiber, regenerated protein fiber and so on.
Many of the man-made fibers here have not yet appeared, or they only appeared in research laboratories and have not been commercially mass-produced.
For example, the South Korean silk in it, a man-made fiber that was very common in the 1990s, did not appear at this time.
According to normal circumstances, South Korean silk should have appeared in the late 1980s. Now that it has appeared earlier, it can be patented.
Forget about other things, but the technical content of South Korean silk is not high. It is mainly a mixed fiber of real silk and polyester. It is nothing more than a matter of formula and production process.
With the country's current technological reserves, it will not be a problem to produce mixed fibers like South Korean silk.
Naturally, if I produce this kind of fiber first, I can no longer call it South Korean silk in the future. I might as well call it Peking silk.
In addition to clothing brands, original sound tapes and video tapes are also a good way to make money.
So, who says that filming TV series does not make money, or that making TV series makes less money?
That's because you haven't found the right way to make money.
When making TV series, you can not only make money from advertisements and the like, but also from peripheral products.
Of course, if you want to make money from TV series, the premise is that your show must be popular enough.
If the TV series gets a mediocre response, it will naturally make no sense to sell peripherals because you can’t sell it.
This is the same as the later anchors who bring goods.
In addition to having good products, your anchor must also be famous enough.
Who will watch the unknown anchor?
Relying on TV series to bring goods is naturally similar.
Coincidentally, Cao Zhiqiang is not good at anything else, but he knows the popular dramas in his previous life, including Japanese dramas.
Cao Zhiqiang thought about it, and he didn't want to dominate Japan's pop style, or the Japanese music industry, and the film and television industry.
It is enough to be able to dominate for a period of time and sell like crazy during this period.
As for the future, it depends on the situation.
If the follow-up development goes well, whether it is Sensen or Uniqlo, if the brand is established, it can continue to operate.
If the subsequent development is not good and the brand does not take off, there is no loss in selling it in time.
This is the advantage of having too many cards in hand, it doesn't hurt at all.
Unlike traditional Japanese people, who have a different sentiment towards the so-called family brands. Even if they are behind the times and the business goes bankrupt, they will cling to them and call them the spirit of craftsmanship.
What a nonsense craftsmanship, backwardness means backwardness, there’s nothing to say about it.
Anyway, in Cao Zhiqiang’s view, in the manufacturing field, we must keep pace with the times and embrace technology.
If you stick to your old skills and stick to your old skills, you will be swallowed up by the times sooner or later.
The subsequent decline of Japan's manufacturing industry was mostly due to its own inadequacies and was not purely due to the economic bubble.
On the contrary, after entering the WTO, China has no ideological baggage at all. It embraces capital and new technologies in various ways, and has created a new world. This is of course a story for another time.
Therefore, Cao Zhiqiang's current thinking is actually very clear.
Here in Japan, regardless of how well we are doing now, whether it is entertainment or clothing brands, everything is booming.
But Cao Zhiqiang himself knows very well that the career he has built in Japan is only a temporary superficial phenomenon.
In essence, he is still an unrecognized outsider.
(End of chapter)
