Crossover: Pen name: Dazai Osamu, Omega Kasumigaoka

After returning from America.

Kitahara Makoto's pace of life suddenly slowed down.

After spending a week at home with several women.

He then returned to NicoNico.

In this time of economic downturn and widespread anxiety, the employees of NicoNico are the most at ease.

Because the company has made it clear that there are no plans for layoffs.

Therefore, employees of NicoNico and its subsidiaries are very secure.

……

Company meeting room.

Kitahara Makoto convened his first formal high-level meeting since his return.

The parent company's general manager, Yuta Kawamoto, along with a series of senior executives, including the technical director, publicity director, marketing director, and head of the development department, were all present.

In addition, the general managers and deputy general managers of its subsidiaries such as Beidouxing Animation, Beidouxing Communications, and Beidouxing Film and Television were all present.

The meeting begins.

First, the parent company's general manager, Yuta Kawamoto, gave a summary report on the recent developments of the NicoNico website.

The NicoNico website now boasts over 80 million users, with nearly 500 million daily active users.

It is widely circulated not only in Japan, but also in 4V regions, Hong Kong, and South Korea on a smaller scale.

It is undoubtedly the number one video website in Japan, and also the website with the highest daily active users.

In addition, the most important revenue has been stable at around 60 million US dollars per quarter, which is 240 million US dollars per year, equivalent to more than 26 billion yen.

Advertising revenue makes up the majority of this.

The remaining small portion is for the monthly charging fee.

Although more than 20 billion yen seems like a lot.

However, compared to NicoNico's current valuation of over 1.5 trillion yen...

This amount of money is far too little, and it doesn't match the size of a trillion-dollar conglomerate at all.

The reason for this situation is that NicoNico has too few revenue-generating methods.

The membership fee function is still being withheld by Kitahara Makoto, and the technology for features such as live streaming interaction is not yet mature.

This is why NicoNico has a high valuation but its revenue is not keeping up.

After Kawamoto Yuta finished his report.

Next up was Hideki Tazawa.

Beidouxing Film & Television has been very successful since last year.

Since the end of the first season of Spy Family in December of last year.

In mid-January, "Tamako Market" immediately took over the time slot.

This refreshing and sweet anime has won the approval of a wide audience and successfully entered the top three of the January anime popularity rankings.

This helped NicoNico maintain its daily active users.

This also boosted the reputation of Beidouxing Animation once again.

In February, "A Silent Voice," produced by Yuichi Fujiki, was released.

This movie grossed 2.3 billion yuan at the box office.

It's more than 400 million more than Kitahara Makoto's memories from his previous life.

All of this is thanks to the good reputation of Beidouxing Animation.

Even after deducting revenue sharing, Beidouxing Animation still earned one billion yuan.

The production cost was only a little over 100 million, so they made a huge profit.

At the end of March, "Tamako Market" ended, followed by the release of "Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions".

This anime entered the top three of the monthly anime popularity charts as soon as it was released, and successfully topped the charts a week later.

It became the most popular work of the month.

Phrases like "Rikka the Birds," "Evil King's True Eye," and "Chuunibyou" quickly went viral across the internet.

This has allowed NicoNico to maintain its position as the number one video website.

The people below are simply unshakeable.

With the work being so popular, Beidouxing Animation naturally profited handsomely.

Apart from the first-run broadcast rights, which were forced to be sold to the parent company at cost price.

The fees from first-run broadcast rights on television, licensing of character merchandise, and collaborative interactions with characters have made Beidouxing Animation incredibly wealthy.

Revenue for the latest quarter has reached 4 billion yen.

Following that, the works awaiting broadcast include "Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid," which Kitahara Makoto has high hopes for, "Weathering With You," and "The Disastrous Life of Saiki K."

With these three works, Beidouxing Animation's performance in the next few quarters is sure to be good.

In the current industry, Beidouxing Animation is showing signs of becoming a leading animation company.

If it weren't for Hayao Miyazaki overshadowing them, Hokutoshin Animation would already be considered the top company.

After Tian Zeying finished his report.

Next up was Sugito Kubo.

Beidouxing Film & Television currently has projects including the second season of "Running Man", the first season of "Go Fighting!", a theatrical film competition, and a newly produced urban romantic comedy.

The first season of "Running Man" has come to a perfect end, becoming a super popular variety show of the previous year.

It directly launched the careers of several A-list celebrities.

Therefore, the announcement of this second season has garnered significant attention.

For the second season, the original nine-member group was reduced to eight members.

Because Mai Sakurajima is pregnant, she is staying at home to rest and prepare for childbirth.

Of course, what the outside world doesn't know is that Mai Sakurajima's agency only said that there was a scheduling conflict and she couldn't participate, expressing their regret, etc.

At first, some celebrities were excited when they saw that Mai Sakurajima's position was vacant, thinking that they had a chance and actively wanted to contact her.

However, the Running Man production team quickly responded.

This season will not increase the number of participants; we will film with eight people.

Those who knew the inside story immediately understood that this position was specifically set up for Mai Sakurajima. If she didn't come, no one else could take it away, so they simply gave up.

Only those artists without much background are still struggling in vain.

Thanks to the success of the previous season.

So when the second season was just being prepared, the title sponsor came knocking on their door.

Before filming even began, the production team not only recouped all their costs but also made a huge profit.

The situation was similar for the first season of "Go Fighting!".

Although I haven't made any money yet.

But the production costs have almost been recovered.

The second important project is the theatrical film competition.

After more than six months of selection, Beidouxing Film and Television has selected the final ten directors.

Each person invested 30 million yuan, and the producer and supervisor were provided by Beidouxing Film and Television.

Filming has already begun for all ten projects.

We'll have to wait until the finished product is released to know the specifics.

The last urban romantic comedy that was produced was Beidouxing Film & Television's first attempt at self-produced TV series.

Kitahara Shin specifically asked for his name.

After realizing that I had absolutely no recollection of it.

They didn't ask any further questions.

He is the helmsman of the company.

But not every general manager has a father and mother.

There are only 24 hours in a day.

Even if you cut him in two, he couldn't possibly be involved in every aspect of all those companies' affairs.

He can only grasp the general direction; the specific tasks still need to be completed by his subordinates.

Beidouxing Films was handed over to Sugito Kubo for management.

As long as he doesn't do anything that would destroy the company.

Kitahara Shinji wouldn't even ask.

Developing the company is Kubo Sugimoto's own responsibility.

If you do well, you'll be rewarded; if you don't, you'll be fired.

This is Kitahara Makoto's principle, and also his way of managing his subordinates.

Moreover, given NicoNico's current status...

Even if the first step of producing a self-made TV series fails.

It can no longer shake the foundation of NicoNico animation.

So he didn't have the time or inclination to deal with such trivial matters.

……

After the general managers of the other three subsidiaries finished their reports...

Finally, it was Hokutosei Communications' turn to speak, by Terada Sosuke.

From its initial launch until now.

NN Chat is one of the brightest stars in the Japanese internet industry.

It shines even brighter than its father, NicoNico Animation.

Because at least NicoNico anime was developed step by step from scratch.

Unlike it, which was born with a silver spoon in its mouth.

And it's so excellent that it quickly became the most used software in Japan.

Therefore, NN Chat's achievements have astonished countless internet professionals.

Up to now.

NN Chat has 110 million registered users.

It has already firmly surpassed NicoNico animation.

It became the most used software in Japan.

Nowadays, when people go online, the first thing they often do is log onto NN chat before doing anything else.

Therefore, NN Chat not only has a large number of users, but also high user stickiness.

In addition, the revenue figures are also very impressive.

NN Chat now earns a stable $5 million per month just from membership revenue.

Add in advertising costs, and monthly revenue can be consistently around eight or nine million US dollars, which amounts to over one hundred million US dollars a year, equivalent to over ten billion yen, which is quite good.

……

After the high-level meeting.

Kitahara kept Yuta Kawamoto and Sosuke Terada.