Crossover: Pen name: Dazai Osamu, Omega Kasumigaoka

"Once we become the bosses, we'll be in charge of how we collect money!"

"Yes, President, you're truly talented!"

Kawamoto Yuta was so excited about Kitahara Makoto's idea that his face was flushed.

He immediately and enthusiastically gathered the project team to start researching how to add video upload functionality to the website, as well as optimize various aspects of the website.

This is also why Kitahara Makoto chose him as general manager.

Yuta Kawamoto isn't particularly capable (a capable person wouldn't work for such a small company).

But he was an honest, hardworking old man who could also write code, and he resolutely carried out Kitahara Makoto's orders.

Kitahara Makoto can control the overall direction entirely on his own.

What he needs is someone who can resolutely carry out his orders.

So after the interview, Kitahara Makoto immediately decided to accept Kawamoto Yuta as his subordinate.

……

After acquiring NicoNico Animation.

Kitahara Makoto allocated another sum of money to the company to purchase new servers, expand the company's broadband, acquire better office computers, and increase employee salaries...

The employees, who were initially anxious about the company's acquisition, were instantly reassured and burst forth with greater enthusiasm than ever before.

……

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At home, in the study.

Kitahara Makoto sat in the chair, head down, thinking for a moment.

Finally, he slowly wrote a line on the white paper.

[Homemade Anime Series]

NicoNico animation is his next career focus.

As a video website, as a platform.

Content is the most important core element.

Purchasing popular copyrights may provide a temporary solution.

But this is not a long-term solution.

And they are easily held hostage by others.

Besides, there's the secondary market, the rights to anime series—such a lucrative business.

In Japan, a place with a strong second culture and a strong emphasis on copyright.

Kitahara Makoto naturally wanted a piece of the pie too.

Therefore, creating our own anime series is an urgent matter.

"Dong dong..."

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

Kasumigaoka Utaha walked in carrying a bowl of grapes.

"Xiao Zhen, have some fruit."

"Oh."

Kitahara Makoto took the item from Kasumigaoka Utaha's hand.

She sat down in the chair next to Kitahara Makoto.

Seeing the messy draft papers on the table, he asked with a puzzled look.

"what are you writing?"

"I'm planning to make an anime."

Kitahara Makoto casually picked a grape and popped it into his mouth.

Just then, he suddenly paused slightly, looking at Kasumigaoka Utaha's delicate oval face in front of him, a strange light appearing in his eyes.

Kasumigaoka Utaha hadn't noticed this detail, and she asked in surprise.

"Doing animation?"

"You can also make animation? What kind of animation are you planning to make?"

Kitahara Makoto had already dropped his nonchalant expression.

He said it with a serious expression.

"I hadn't decided yet."

"But I've made up my mind now!"

"I want to make an anime called 'Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend'!"

"It tells the touching story of an otaku named Kitahara Tadashi who not only trains an unremarkable girl into a respectable heroine, but also uses her as a model to create a bishoujo game!"

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Chapter Thirty-Nine: Unrequited Love

After deciding on the first anime to be produced.

Kitahara Shin immediately contacted the agency he had previously worked with.

Ask them to help you find a suitable small animation production company to acquire.

Building a new production team from scratch is too time-consuming and too expensive.

It would be better to just acquire a mature production team.

In places like Japan, where the secondary market is huge, such companies are everywhere, and their prices are not expensive.

It's cheaper than building a new team.

……

After the commission is sent out.

Kitahara Shin took out his phone again and sent a message to someone.

"Eri, are you there?"

"Baka! I told you, don't call me by my real name, call me Kashiwagi Eri!"

"And also, great writer, you still remember me? It's been so long since we last contacted each other. I thought you'd become a big writer and forgotten about me, this nobody!"

Even through a phone screen.

Kitahara Makoto seemed to feel a strong sense of resentment rushing towards him.

"Stop talking nonsense, I need your help with something."

"Oh? A renowned author, a rising star in the literary world, actually needs help from an ordinary high school girl like me?"

"Are you coming?"

“No!”

"I'll treat you to your favorite snow cheesecake!"

"Alright, seeing how sincere you are, I'll reluctantly agree!"

Looking at this message, Kitahara Makoto seemed to see the tsundere blonde girl with twin tails.

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Chuanhe Cake Shop.

Kitahara Makoto sat in the shop, idly watching the pedestrians passing by outside the glass.

He and Eriri haven't known each other for very long.

They were in the same class when they were in their first year of high school.

And Eriri was sitting right behind him.

That's how they met.

Later, by chance, she learned the secret that Eriri was a famous doujinshi artist who used the pen name "Kashiwagi Eri".

They gradually became friends.

However, after entering the second year of high school, Eriri was assigned to another class due to class division.

That's why the two of them gradually met and talked less.

Just as Kitahara Makoto was sitting in his seat, lost in thought.

A faint, pleasant fragrance wafted over.

Then a beautiful girl appeared in the opposite seat.

The girl wore a pink sweatshirt on her upper body and a plaid skirt on her lower body, revealing a pair of slender and fair legs.

Her azure eyes were like dazzling gems, and her natural golden twin ponytails made her look incredibly youthful and adorable, like an angel descended from heaven.

The only downside is that the top is a bit flat in the chest area!

"I am coming."

"And why did you ask me to bring my drawing tools?"

Eriri asked as she put down the bag from her shoulder.

"I'd like you to draw something for me."

Kitahara Shin gestured to the waiter to bring over the finished cake.

Soon, two cakes, snow-white on the outside, soft on the inside, and exuding a sweet aroma, appeared in front of the two of them.

Eriri used her fork to poke off a small piece and gently put it in her mouth.

The sweet taste brought a happy smile to her face.

"This is the taste, it's so delicious."

"If it's delicious, eat more."

Kitahara Makoto generously replied, "Don't be so polite with me!"

“So generous?”

Eriri's face showed a look of vigilance.

"You're not plotting something, are you?!"

Kitahara Makoto's face darkened.

"What kind of person do you take me for?"

"I'm a well-known writer now, no doubt!"

"How could there be a conspiracy?"

"Don't worry, I just want you to draw some character designs for my comic book characters!"

"Oh, okay? Then I'll take care of it for you after I finish eating!"

Eriri started chatting with Kitahara Makoto while dealing with the cake in front of her.

She was mainly curious about Kitahara Makoto's reasons for writing the book and the process, as well as the changes that occurred after he became famous.

Kitahara didn't hide anything about this.

He told her that he had made a lot of money and bought a new house and a new car.

Eriri comes from a wealthy family and doesn't have much of a feeling for these material things.