Yes, Prime Minister of Japan

"Isn't this just the same tactic used by the Unification Mio Church?"

"Yes, the current suspicion is that it's a branch of the Unification Church that's been reborn under a different guise. They've just changed their approach to atonement from targeting South Korea to targeting China."

As an elite member of the Metropolitan Police Department, Minami Tsukishima has already discerned the true nature of this cult.

Li Xinghe began to ponder.

While this cult is utterly despicable from the perspective of its cult aims—using a facade to swindle money—what if we killed the cult leader, but then established it as a legitimate religion and allowed it to spread?

The problem of cults in Japan and South Korea is a well-known and long-standing issue.

The fact that both countries are equally obsessed with cult activities reveals a flaw in their cultures. However, this is also something Li Xinghe can consider exploiting. For example, the Guiyi Association's distorted theory of combining the "Trinity" with "China, Japan, and South Korea" can instantly create a public opinion narrative of civilizational unification. By aggressively promoting civilizational unification based on the political situation of China-Japan-South Korea cooperation, Li Xinghe will have more legitimacy and social support to maneuver during his election campaign.

Li Xinghe patted Tsukishima Minami's shoulder, giving her a meaningful look:

"Pay close attention to this matter, catch them, and beat them to a pulp."

Minami nods knowingly.

As the head of general affairs for the entire Public Security Bureau's Ninth Division, she carried the weight of the entire department's work on her shoulders, so of course she knew Li Xinghe's true intentions.

Perhaps soon she will become the underground leader of the Moon Island Cult?

The three of them arrived at the Fujidai headquarters in Odaiba, Minato Ward, and, guided by Remi Tsutsumi, knocked on the chairman's door.

Li Xinghe reported his offer and acquisition purpose to Jia Na Xiuzhi.

When Shuji Kanou saw the acquisition price, he smiled.

"30 billion yen? Ha! That's barely enough for our TV station's annual profit. You think you can acquire Fuji TV with that little money? Mr. Ma, I know you have connections in the government, but surely you don't have to resort to robbery?"

Based on market capitalization, Fuji Group believes its television station is worth 1500 billion yen and has no intention of selling it.

"Oh?"

Li Xinghe instructed Tsukishima Minami to guard the gate, then pulled out a pistol and placed it in front of Kanou Shuji.

"Can this convince you?"

Kano Shuji was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground. The old man had been a businessman all his life and had never seen such an arrogant American.

Li Xinghe then took out the access pass to the Prime Minister's residence and placed it on his pistol:

"Then, will this convince you?"

Fuji Group's attempt to obtain government bailout funds will not come without a price.

The group chairman, named Shuji Kanou, never expected that on a sunny spring afternoon, a super shark would suddenly appear and try to swallow Fuji Holdings Group's television station, which it considered to be worth 1500 billion yen.

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Author's note: Thank you all for your support. Here's 4000 words. Today is my birthday, so I'm taking my mom out for a nice meal.

Chapter 507: Forcibly Seizing the TV Station, Mom, You Have a Granddaughter Now (4800 words)

Office of the Chairman of Fuji Holdings.

As a noblewoman from the Tsutsumi family, Tsutsumi Remi, backed by Li Xinghe, enjoys a prestigious and dignified status as a radio anchor after her father returns to the top of Tokyo's business district with the investment support of Sally Company.

However, at this moment, Tsutsumi Remi is hiding at the door, watching with the black-hearted policewoman Tsukishima Minami as Lee Sung-ha teaches Kanou Shuji a lesson, acting as the darkest shark bully.

With his large leather shoes landing on the expensive tabletop, Li Xinghe used his pistol to help Jia Nao reorganize her thoughts:

"Old man, would you like to sit in the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office's judicial jail? You've been here for decades, and I'm sure you've suppressed quite a few egregious cases like Nakai Masahiro's if you wanted to investigate, right? If the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office issues a public notice of complaint against Fuji Holdings, do you think the letters of complaint we receive could fill several rooms?"

Li Xinghe's skillful intimidation techniques caused Kanou Shuji to kneel down on the spot and beg for mercy.

"No, no, no, no! This would blow up the entire Japanese entertainment industry! I can't explain this to the shareholders."

The scandal involving Johnny & Associates' collective sexual abuse of boys and the use of male idols as tools for sexual bribery was only exposed after the boss's death.

This is just the tip of the iceberg in the Japanese entertainment industry. One can imagine that if the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office really were to prosecute Fuji TV, the old dirt they unearthed would probably ruin the childhood memories of a generation.

Seeing that the old man wasn't very obedient, Li Xinghe beckoned to him:

"Nansha, take the old man away. We'll invite him to stay at the Qingshan Hotel."

Minami Tsukishima nodded, came up and grabbed the old man to walk outside, but Shuji Kanou was still resisting, clinging to the table and refusing to leave.

Finally, as a former professional detective and now a corrupt public security officer, Tsukishima Minami revealed the despicable nature characteristic of the Special Higher Police, knocking the old man to the ground with a single punch:

"Baka! You old bastard, do you think I'll let you go today?"

Kanou Shuji covered his face, feeling dizzy:

"Fine, I'll buy the TV station, but don't hit me!"

But saying all this was pointless. Tsukishima Minami dragged him out of the house, into the high-class elevator reserved for management, and shoved him into the car after they arrived at the parking lot.

Next, they sped all the way to the Qingshan Command Headquarters.

Tanaka Rui has indeed worked incredibly hard these past five months, leading two construction teams in continuous efforts. The building has already been topped out, and interior decoration is proceeding simultaneously with the architectural planning. It is expected to be completed in June. In order to finish as soon as possible, he even held the traditional topping-out ceremony himself, without waiting for General Jacqueline, who was still traveling abroad, to return.

Right beneath this headquarters building, Shuji Kano was imprisoned in a small cage that was only half a person's height and one person's width wide.

Such cages only allow for a half-squatting position, preventing the inmate from straightening their back or bending down. Their heads are pressed against the cement, making it difficult to lift their heads or support their bodies. This causes breathing difficulties and increases the risk of asthma. It's a very effective technique for torturing elderly prisoners, originating from the CIA. Taro Aso even had a three-foot-wide cell with a urinal; a professional manager like Shuji Kano only deserves to squat here.

Li Xinghe took Tsukishima Minami and Tsutsumi Reimi to the Information Building to sit and drink tea.

Chris hid in a corner, secretly observing Li Xinghe bringing two more women over, and couldn't help but ponder.

After being locked up for only two hours, Kanou Shuji burst into tears and kept begging Li Xinghe to let him out.

"Old man, have you made up your mind?"

Li Xinghe came down and asked leisurely.

Sitting in the American military prison cell, Kanou Shuji pleaded with Li Xinghe:

"We can't afford to lose our core units, so we really can't sell them."

Fuji Media Holdings Group is a large corporation with assets and liabilities in the hundreds of billions. Fuji Television, its core business, is a key asset that, despite operating at a loss, generates more content than it is in debt. If the television station were sold to Li Xinghe, Fuji Holdings, which is currently barely surviving, would collapse.

Li Xinghe only wanted the television station and didn't intend for the group to collapse, so he offered new conditions:

"I don't really want to make things difficult for you. So, let's make Fuji TV a separate holding subsidiary, hand over 50% of the shares, and send a representative to Fuji TV to supervise production. Personnel, work planning, and especially TV advertising negotiations must be managed by me."

It's still essentially a forced takeover, but since they only acquired 50% of the shares, Fuji-Dai will remain a subsidiary of Fuji Holdings, so there won't be much resistance.

Shuji Kano had no choice but to agree.

After years of development, many old Japanese companies have transformed into large conglomerates, lacking specific leaders and consisting only of bank and trust fund shareholders and managers. Shuji Kano's next step is simply to persuade the management to complete this internally.

After letting the old man out, watching him run frantically in a disheveled state, Li Xinghe asked Di Lishi:

Are you scared?

Reimi Tsutsumi playfully stuck out her tongue, delivering a high-EQ response:

"Actually, the final solution was your original idea, wasn't it?"

Li Xinghe touched her face and praised her for having a strong heart. He said that testing her today had proven her to be quite reliable.

"Go find my mom."

Tsutsumi Reiji licked Li Xinghe's palm.

"Which mom?"

This issue drew attention from Minamisuna Tsukishima.

Li Xinghe pinched Di Lishi's little tongue:

"The one you work with most closely."

Then, Li Xinghe stuffed a full $5 into Tsukishima Minamisa's hand and said, "Go investigate that Unification Assimilation Church. Find them, take down the leader, and personally take control of the entire church. If there's anything you're not good at, contact Takajo Satsuki and Shindai Eina; they're my personal secretaries. You can trust them completely. If you have any technical difficulties, ask Director Higashikawa Yukimi for help."

Minami shrugged and said, "Let's get practical."

"What is real?"

While Li Xinghe was lost in thought, Tsukishima Minami kissed him, and she ran away laughing.

That's the reality.

……

That afternoon, Shuji Kano, along with the management team of Fuji Holdings, spent only two hours bowing deeply 109 degrees to apologize to the entire society.

"Regarding the Masahiro Nakai scandal, we are speaking privately in Marseille!"

Reporters lined up to take photos.

Click, click, click~

After completing the routine, Kanou Shuji was overcome with emotion and read aloud while weeping:

"Fuji Television will undergo a comprehensive restructuring. Despite its massive debt, it will introduce new strategic investors to collaborate on reorganizing the television production team and ensure the continued operation of the new Fuji Television. At the same time, it will conduct self-examination and rectification, dismiss and clean up disgraced producers and managers, and demonstrate the justice of the new Fuji to the public."

How can Fuji Television demonstrate that it has reformed?

The foolish management found the right way.

That is:

"Let's incorporate some anime/manga elements. After all, anime/manga characters aren't real people."

Who is the strongest in the world of anime right now?

Of course it's China.

Only Chinese manufacturers were generous enough to cover the losses of the heavily indebted Fuji Holdings Group.

So, naturally, without Li Xinghe even needing to give specific instructions, Fuji Television began to receive a large number of Chinese anime and manga advertisements that were previously ineligible for traditional media, and intensively scheduled the broadcast of anime and manga content from China. Even the prime time slot that used to air One Piece has now been replaced with Chinese animated films.

After the press conference, Shuji Kano, along with several members of the management team, handed over 50% of Fuji TV's shares.

The two met secretly at Chunqiu Restaurant.

For Fuji Holdings' management, the direct purpose of this private meeting was to relinquish a portion of the television station's shares in exchange for government bailout funds. To conceal this internal corruption scandal, the gathering was ostensibly a celebration of the resounding success of the first season of Misato Ma's "The Story of a Female Civil Servant," while simultaneously announcing internally that the second season was ready to begin filming.

Therefore, Misato Ma, Haru, Nozomi Sasaki, Tsuyoshi Sato, and others were all at the celebration. Shuji Kano also brought his two leading ladies, Rei Tsutsumi and Aimi Miyaji, to the event.

"A resounding victory!"

Everyone raised their glasses in celebration, cheering for the start of the second season of the hit drama.

Privately, Kanou Shuji knelt before Li Xinghe and handed over the equity swap agreement.

Beneath the surface of this secret share swap, Fuji Holdings cleared the way for Li Xinghe. Fuji Television and Li Xinghe, along with Huayingmei's Zhongbai Film & Television Co., Ltd., exchanged their respective shares to create cross-shareholding, ensuring Fuji Television's ownership of the copyright to the unique absurd political comedy "The Story of a Female Civil Servant," and renewing contracts with famous actors and directors such as Misato Mama, Haru, Remi Tsutsumi, and Aimi Miyaji.

Li Xinghe holds 50% of Fuji TV's shares, while Zhongbai Film & Television nominally gives Fuji TV 5% of the shares. Specific details of the shareholding changes will not be disclosed to the public.

In this way, even if questioned by outsiders, Kanou Shuji's actions would be reasonable.

Li Xinghe took the hand of Misato's mother, whose goddess-like demeanor remained undiminished and whose beauty was breathtaking, and asked her to sign the document:

"Mom, I have a gift for you."

Shuji Kano also hurriedly nodded and bowed:

"Please sign here."

"what?"

Misato, in a daze, was persuaded to sign the shareholding agreement.

The behind-the-scenes deal was completed in less than a day.

In the ryotei

Li Xinghe began to personally select:

"Arrange for Remi Tsutsumi and Aimi Miyaji to become television producers, each in charge of their own morning and evening news programs. Arrange for my mother to be the television station's executive producer, in charge of the drama department. Then give Tsukiya a list of producers with a history of sexual assault, perversion, drug use, and corruption, and have Tsukiya and Secretary Sato work on their prosecutorial career advancement resumes."

Under Li Xinghe's decisive judgment, his faction began to dominate Fuji TV's producer roster.

Taking advantage of the impact of Masahiro Nakai's scandal, a large number of producers with bad records were purged from the TV station, making it perfectly reasonable for Lee Sung-ha to seize power.

"what?"

Remi Tsutsumi remained relatively composed, but the composed Miyaji Aimi and the most surprised, perfect goddess-like mother, Misato Mama, seemed completely bewildered.

After a brief explanation, Misato realized that the shareholding agreement that Li Xinghe had her sign represented that she owned 50% of Fuji TV's shares and 5% of Zhongbai Film & Television's shares.

"Madam, we are counting on you."