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During this time, the negotiations between the firm and Nintendo finally came to fruition.

It has to be said that Keita Aso's ability to do things is indeed quite outstanding. The final result of the negotiation was better than Takaki Taku expected. After selling another 3% of GAME FREAK shares, Nintendo agreed to the three parties proposed before.

protocol.

According to the content of the agreement, Nintendo will put "Pokémon" on the same level as the games developed by its own first-party studio. Not only will it use its own resources for publicity during the release period, but also the production of cartridges and

Sales channels and other aspects will also provide strong support.

As for the publishing house, the new comic weekly project has also reached the final stage.

For a small publishing house like Aoki Publishing House, which is not well-known in the industry, there is no shortcut to get its comic weekly recognized by readers except to produce content that is enough to attract readers' interest.

Previously, it was because I had never been able to find a comic work that could be used as the "finale". Although Aoki Katsuo had already made a very detailed plan for the new comic weekly, and even established a complete editorial department for the weekly, but

Without excellent content foundation, the weekly magazine can only be an idea and has no way to enter the publishing stage.

Now "Pokémon" drawn by Seishi Kishimoto according to Takaki Taku's plot and ideas can finally play the role of "finale", and in addition, it has recently been received from young cartoonists who have already cooperated with the publishing house.

There are many works of relatively good quality, and the comic weekly that has been on the back burner finally has enough excellent works to support its official release.

This made Katsuo Aoki, who had always been looking forward to fulfilling his father's last wish, overjoyed. Originally, Takumi Takaki planned to stagger the release time of the first issue of the weekly with the release time of "Pokémon" by one or two weeks.

But unable to withstand Aoki Katsuo's repeated requests, he still agreed to let the first issue of the new weekly magazine be released at the same time as the "Pokémon" game on the third Friday of March.

Although this approach may affect the sales of the first issue of the weekly, Takagi Taku also knows how much effort Aoki Katsuo has put into making this weekly a reality. Since he is so anxious to make the new weekly official, he also

I respected his opinion.

After all, as the editor-in-chief of the publishing house, Katsuo Aoki still carries a heavy weight in Takaki Taku's heart.

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In the next 20 days or so, various things progressed in such an orderly manner.

In a blink of an eye, the cherry blossom season has arrived again.

On March 18, after more than 20 consecutive days of intensive publicity, "Pokémon" finally ushered in its official release date.

Although the release date was set in a hurry, due to Nintendo's sparing no effort in publicity, major game retailers still divided up the first batch of 300,000 cartridges released in two versions, "red and green", early in preparation.

Depending on the sales situation, we will consider whether to place additional orders.

As one of the "creators" of this super masterpiece, Takaki Takumi should have gone to those software stores to investigate the sales of the game. No matter what, he would have to stay in the office and listen to his subordinates about the sales on the first day.

Report, but at this moment, not only did he not appear in the software store selling the game, he was not even in the office of the company.

Of course, this does not mean that Takagi Taku no longer attaches great importance to "Pokémon", which he had always had high hopes for, but now he has other more important things to do.

"Takagi-kun, do we really want to go there today?"

Early in the morning, in the underground parking lot of Takanawa, Sakai Izumi, who carefully put on light makeup, stood in front of Takaki Taku's newly purchased Mitsubishi off-road vehicle and asked.

Today, she was wearing a black turtleneck sweater on the upper body, casual trousers of the same color on the lower body, and a light pink woolen coat on the outside, making her look dignified but with a hint of cuteness.

"Yes, sister also knows that I participated in a variety show produced by Akimoto-san, right? The recording of that show will start in a few days. If I don't go now, I really won't have time to go then."

At this moment, Takagi Taku was putting two suitcases that looked heavy into the trunk of the car. After hearing his sister's words, he stuck his head out from behind the car and said something back.

"But isn't today the day when the game Takagi-kun mentioned is going on sale? Don't you have to deal with these things?"

"My sister is talking about "Pokémon". It doesn't matter. My role in the planning of this game is to come up with ideas and provide funds? Now that the game has reached the launch stage, things like statistics on sales and publicity

It’s better to leave things like this to professionals.”

After saying this, Takagi Taku paused deliberately, and then continued in a rather proud tone: "After all? As a boss, it's good to coordinate the overall situation, and you don't have to do everything personally."

"Pfft! It sounds like Takagi-kun's ability to make excuses is stronger than his leadership ability as a boss." After hearing Takagi Taku's somewhat unreasonable explanation, Sakai Izumi, who had always seemed a little uneasy, finally endured it.

Couldn't help but laugh out loud? The originally tense pretty face became relaxed.

"Hey, you know, I'm the president of a well-known firm, so what I just said is not wrong." At this time, Takagi Taku had already packed his suitcase. He turned out from behind the car and walked over.

The person next to Sakai Izumi winked and said, "Sister? Are you always looking for excuses to postpone your trip? Are you regretting it?"

"Of course not, I just...just..."

"Just a little nervous? Right?" Seeing Izumi Sakai's helpless look and trying to explain? Takagi Taku interrupted her with a smile. He took two steps forward and reached out to hold her hand, which seemed to have nowhere to put it.

Little Hand, said softly: "This time I just go to see my parents? Sister, you don't need to put too much pressure on yourself."

"Yes, I know." Sakai Izumi nodded, looked at Takagi Taku who was looking at her, and then shyly avoided looking.

In fact, since Takagi Taku told her yesterday morning that he would take her to Fukuoka to meet her parents, her heart has not been able to calm down. Even though she has been mentally prepared more than once before, when that day really comes,

She still gets nervous for no reason.

Although she had met Takagi Taku's parents once before at the backstage of his concert, at that time, after all, she had a different identity and didn't have much other feelings. But this time it was different. This time was her first time with Takagi Taku after dating.

When she went to meet his parents, the tangled emotions of expectation but also faint worry in her heart naturally made her nervous.