Tokyo: My obsession with China led me to become the king of Japanese entertainment.

"What does that mean?" Taka felt that his little brother was truly unfathomable.

The topics he's discussing are far beyond the comprehension and discussion of ordinary Japanese teenagers.

Even excluding teenagers, most adults are unaware of this.

"It's very simple. One's arrogance is in the present tense, while the other's arrogance is in the shattered past tense," Jun Sakurada smiled slightly.

"The United States has been at the top of the world since the last century. Even if we start counting from the disintegration of the Soviet Union, it has been looking down on the world for a full thirty years."

"For the past thirty years, other countries have either groveled before it, been bullied by it, or made a fortune in silence. It is the de facto hegemon of this planet."

"Over time, arrogance naturally develops, and one naturally comes to regard others as inferior."

He pointed at Taka, especially at the American-style floral embroidery on his arms, his tone carrying a hint of non-aggressive teasing:

"So, when you pander to them and conform to their behavior, it won't be seen as respect, but rather as an obligation imposed on inferior people by their status difference."

Taka remained silent, his expression gradually turning grim.

Over the years, he has paid a heavy price to gain a foothold in the European and American markets.

A high-intensity tour of 50 shows over three months is commonplace, and learning English is the most basic thing in the world.

Even to adapt to American eating habits, he, who is lactose intolerant, has to eat dairy products such as cream cheese pasta from time to time.

The music style has been changed so much that it is completely unrecognizable from its original form.

Even so, his recognition in Europe and America is still limited. Although he has good friends who are willing to work with him, such as Linkin Park, there is still an incredibly long road ahead to reach their level of fame.

He used to think that he hadn't worked hard enough or catered to the audience enough, which led him to create an album like Storm Eye, which was completely Western pop, in an attempt to gain more recognition.

Then now Junichiro Sakurada clearly tells him, "Don't even think about it. People just don't treat you like a human being."

It's somewhat disarming.

"And China, for a full 4,800 years of its 5,000-year history, has basically been in this state of arrogance of a superior."

"The calamities and struggles of the past century have shattered this pride completely," Jun Sakurada said with deep emotion.

Whether you are Chinese or Japanese, when you truly learn about this period of history in its original form, without the embellishments of time, you will still feel more or less shocked.

"After their pride was shattered, the Chinese people began to open their eyes to the world, absorbing knowledge, ideas and nourishment from all over the world like a sponge, and striving step by step to shed the label of poverty and weakness."

"They have been chasing this for decades, even centuries. To this day, they have caught up in some aspects, but in others they may still be a little behind. In some aspects, they have clearly surpassed it by a great distance, but because of inadequate publicity, they are unaware of this and are still blindly rushing forward."

His tone suddenly became serious: "However, precisely because they have been 'chasing' and have always regarded the outside world as a benchmark and a model of progress, therefore—"

"Most Chinese people have pride, but not arrogance. They do not easily regard other countries and ethnic groups as inferior."

At this point, Jun Sakurada suddenly remembered something funny and shrugged: "So even though I do business in the Chinese market, I never try too hard to please them."

"I don't do things like constantly shouting 'I love China,' 'I love Chinese food,' or 'Our China is so great.'"

"It's not just because I don't like it; Chinese people themselves don't buy into this either. What they would appreciate is foreigners who are capable, have works to show for their talents, and can earn their money honestly and openly."

"If, on the basis of the excellent quality of the work itself, we can also take care of their user experience and provide services such as localization, feedback channels, and Q&A, then people will be willing to pay real money for it."

With that said, Sakurada Jun, having been opened up, stopped hiding anything and started talking to Taka about his experiences making games in China.

Monkey listened very attentively. He might not understand the logic of making games, but he could understand the logic of how Jun Sakurada and his Chinese fans interacted.

Indeed, it sounds more comfortable and natural than his interactions with Ryoumi, and even easier to please than his fans in Japan.

Of course, no matter how much he lamented, he couldn't possibly say that because of this, he would completely shift the band's development focus to the relatively unfamiliar Chinese market.

Some businesses, after so many years, have long since become deeply entrenched and beyond repair.

For no apparent reason, the monkey had a slightly unusual thought:

Previously, a platform from China invited ONEOKROCK to join, but at the time I was busy writing songs and promoting them and didn't pay much attention.

Now, it's time to put this matter on the agenda.

Moreover, perhaps we could try operating it ourselves...

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On one side, the culprit was talking at length about his business acumen, while on the other side, some people were having trouble sleeping.

"Takizawa... that bastard, he actually dared to do it!" Fujishima Keiko wished she could just give Takizawa Hideaki a quick seppuku.

"He's sacrificing Johnny's reputation for his own selfish desires! How can such a scoundrel be worthy of being Johnny's vice president!"

Keiko's phone rang non-stop all day.

The questioning from Takuya Kimura and Tomohisa Yamashita, the lamentations of various website operators, and the despair of the public opinion departments all reached her, transforming into a barrage of questions directed at her:

Why do you have to provoke the Chinese when you have nothing better to do?

"This move... was indeed not a good one." On the other side, Mary Kitagawa was also having a headache.

Compared to Keiko's complete lack of understanding, Mary was more or less mentally prepared for today's situation.

However, she underestimated the enthusiasm of Chinese netizens for Ultraman Tiga, and the power they could unleash when united.

Tomohisa Yamashita and Takuya Kimura's Weibo accounts were completely flooded with comments. However, these two were cunning and did not choose to close the comment section directly, but only controlled some of the more extreme comments.

The others were presented to Keiko Fujishima under the guise of "reasonable demands from fans" to disgust her.

In addition, almost all of Johnny's official websites, as long as they could be flooded, were basically destroyed.

There was really no way to break through, and we suffered a lot of DDoS attacks, some of which we still haven't been able to fix.

If it weren't for the fact that Johnny's Entertainment's internet infrastructure was so outdated that netizens couldn't find a breakthrough even after trying for a long time, Fujishima Keiko's grave would probably be overgrown with weeds by now.

"Mom, what should we do now?" Having caused such a disaster, Fujishima Keiko finally started to panic.

Mary closed her eyes and thought for a long time, finally uttering only one word:

"drag."