Crossover: Pen name: Dazai Osamu, Omega Kasumigaoka

Therefore, the houses here have always been preserved.

In addition, a housekeeper comes to clean the house every week.

If Mai Sakurajima and Utaha Kasumigaoka are too busy with their studies to go home at noon, they will come here to rest.

As soon as they entered the door, the two couldn't wait to embrace, and then the house was filled with the warm scent of spring flowers...

……

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a few days later.

Yuta Kawamoto returned with exclusive online rights to a batch of popular Hong Kong movies.

The introduction of Hong Kong films into NicoNico's animation platform has once again sparked considerable discussion.

However, most of the comments were positive and supportive.

Because most of the movies imported by NicoNico Animation were shown in Japan.

Moreover, its performance is quite good among overseas films, and it enjoys high popularity.

Naturally, quite a few people enjoy watching it.

Now that we have the opportunity to revisit these classic movies for free, everyone is very happy.

Therefore, everyone chose to support it, which further boosted the popularity of NicoNico anime.

……

October 27th.

Shinchosha's representative, Makoto Kitahara, also known by the pen name "Two Jujube Trees," has reached a cooperation agreement with TV Tokyo, one of the five major private television stations.

The television adaptation rights to "Byakuyakou" were sold to TV Tokyo for 50 million yen for four years.

Because both Mai Sakurajima and Yui Aragaki already had film contracts, their schedules clashed and they didn't have time.

Therefore, Kitahara Shin didn't add any people to the production team.

……

Before we knew it, November had arrived.

The weather is already showing signs of getting colder.

Further content from "Snow Country" is being released gradually.

To the relief of many readers,

The quality of the subsequent content did not decline; instead, it maintained a "godlike" level of quality.

The writing is delicate, the aesthetic is icy and cold, and the pain of humanity is as dense as silver needles...

More and more people are starting to discuss the book "Snow Country," what makes it good, why it's good, and specifically what makes it good...

This has kept the popularity of "Snow Country" consistently high.

This has overshadowed some of the most popular light novels and anime on the market, making them somewhat unable to gain traction.

Not to mention literature of the same category.

The literary authors who released new books in the past two months have basically not smiled during this period.

I felt incredibly depressed and hopeless, as if there was no hope left in my life.

He developed a deep sense of fear towards Kitahara Makoto.

And this is only a work of literature.

The industry insiders and outsiders alike have once again witnessed Kitahara Makoto's terrifying appeal.

……

Beidouxing Animation Production Company.

A small screening room.

Today, all the top executives of Beidouxing Animation have gathered here.

As the final credits rolled...

Everyone spontaneously burst into applause.

Makoto Shinkai sat in the middle of the crowd, looking nervously at Makoto Kitahara beside him.

Kitahara Shin praised without reservation.

"very good!"

"Director Shinkai, congratulations! You have created an excellent work, a work that will be remembered in the entire history of Japanese animation!"

"Thank you, President. Thank you for your praise. I dare not dream of making history. I just hope I can live up to your expectations and the company's training."

Makoto Shinkai said with some trepidation.

He hadn't expected Kitahara Makoto to praise his work so highly.

At the same time, he was very happy that his work was recognized by his idol.

That's right, Kitahara Makoto has now become Makoto Shinkai's idol.

Because Kitahara Makoto has achieved tremendous success in writing books, producing anime, and running companies; he has never failed.

This made Makoto Shinkai admire him immensely.

What began as admiration for Kitahara Makoto gradually turned into worship.

Without realizing it, she came to regard Kitahara Makoto as her idol and role model in life.

"President, the movie is finished. What's next for its release?" Makoto Shinkai asked.

"Don't worry about that, I'll personally talk to Toei!"

Kitahara Makoto promised.

Toei is one of the five major film giants in the Toei industry, and it is very powerful.

Toei Animation and TV Asahi, which currently have good relations with NicoNico, are both part of the Toei Group.

Toei operates a complete film production, distribution and screening business, and also has its own theater chain.

The relationship between NicoNico Animation and Toei Animation.

Handing over "Your Name" to Toei for distribution was the best choice.

So soon after, Kitahara Shin took a copy to Toei to discuss the distribution of "Your Name"...

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Chapter Sixty-Seven: The Visit of the Capital Tycoon

Kitahara Makoto brought "Your Name" to Toei.

Toei naturally has no reason not to take on business that comes its way.

Furthermore, NicoNico Animation and Toei have a good working relationship.

Even if "Your Name" is of poor quality, they will most likely still accept its release.

Moreover, "Your Name" is of very high quality.

Then there's even less reason to refuse.

After both parties confirmed their intention to cooperate.

The next issue is the distribution agency fee.

Kitahara originally intended to pay Toei a distribution agency fee to help with promotion and distribution.

The advantage of this is that the box office revenue doesn't need to be shared with Toei, allowing them to make a lot of money.

But the people at Toei aren't stupid either.

They are, after all, professional filmmakers.

I can tell.

Although "Your Name" is an original animation, unlike those popular sequels, it doesn't have a large fan base that greatly increases its chances of success.

However, "Your Name" has beautiful visuals, an excellent storyline, and is a romance film that young people love.

The probability of success is actually not low.

Compared to receiving a fixed salary.

They would naturally prefer to receive 24% of the film's box office revenue.

Even if they lose money, it won't be much, since they've already made a profit during the promotion process.

But if successful, the returns will be several times greater.

This is a medium-risk, high-reward endeavor.

Toei could afford to take the gamble.

After determining the revenue-sharing ratio, the next step is to set the release date.

Promotion takes time, and a December release date is too late.

In early January, there are either theatrical versions of popular anime or sequels to popular movies.

Although I have confidence in the quality of "Your Name".

But just to be on the safe side.

Kitahara Makoto has set the release date for late January.

After all, it involves box office revenue of tens of billions.

It's never wrong to be cautious.

……

Toei's promotional strategy for "Your Name" was very traditional.

Production materials and billboards.

Then they put these same old things on display in shopping malls, plazas, subways, buses, and cinemas.

compare to.

NicoNico's own promotional efforts seem more elaborate.

Kitahara Makoto directly commissioned Hokutosei Animation to create a very beautiful poster and a trailer.

When you plan to start the official promotion, put it directly on the homepage of the website.

The number of users on NicoNico has now exceeded 30 million.

It is truly Toei's number one video website.

Moreover, most of NicoNico's users are trendy young people.

These young people are also the main consumers of movies.

This is a homepage promotion on NicoNico.

This will definitely allow "Your Name" to spread rapidly among young anime fans.

……

Throughout November, Kitahara Makoto was focused on two things: the ongoing serialization of "Snow Country" and the upcoming release of "Your Name".

Just when he was extremely busy.

An unexpected person suddenly approached him...

In the villa.

"give it to me."

Kasumigaoka Utaha took the tea tray from the nanny.

Then she walked gracefully into the living room.