Crossover: Pen name: Dazai Osamu, Omega Kasumigaoka

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If you offend them today, they can retaliate tomorrow.

Therefore, Kitahara Shin only contributed 10% of the investment amount to each company.

He secured the support of two major film companies, and he no longer needed to worry about the subsequent distribution and release.

Toei and Sony Columbia, those two veterans, will handle it themselves.

Moreover, it's not a free investment; you have to pay for the investment.

The budget for this film, "Weathering With You," is one billion yen.

Toei and Sony Columbia each contributed 100 million yen, with the remaining 800 million yen to be covered by Hokutosei Animation.

Makoto Shinkai made a lot of money for the company, but he also spent a lot of money.

Fortunately, NicoNico Animation just received $800 million in investment, so they can afford this small amount of money.

……

April has ended.

Kitahara Masashi enrolled in the Department of Literature at Meiji University.

However, he took a six-month leave right after the start of the semester.

The school understood his special status and readily approved his application.

He also secretly told him that he didn't need to worry about the exams; he just needed to come back and take them.

This gave Kitahara Makoto a great deal of freedom.

This allowed him to focus more of his energy on NicoNico animation and Hokutosei anime...

……

Beidouxing Animation.

In the president's office.

Hideki Tazawa and Yuichi Fujiki are watching the first season of "Non Non Biyori" with Makoto Kitahara, which has been fully completed.

"Good job, very well done."

After watching the last episode.

Kitahara nodded in satisfaction.

Although there are some differences in some details.

But overall, it was roughly the same as what he had seen in his previous life.

The film features a heartwarming, idyllic pastoral style, exquisite and natural rural scenery, and a series of innocent and adorable little girls.

Watching quirky, down-to-earth girls, experiencing the myriad flavors of life.

Kitahara Makoto has great confidence in this anime.

Having gained Kitahara Makoto's approval, Tazawa Hideki and Fujiki Yuichi breathed a sigh of relief.

As NicoNico animation becomes more and more successful.

Kitahara Makoto's authority within the company grew stronger, to the point that his subordinates almost obeyed him without question.

Therefore, the two of them valued whether their work could gain Kitahara Makoto's approval.

"Then, president, when should we send it to Asahi TV?"

"I'm not going to TV Asahi!"

Kitahara Shin, to their surprise, shook his head and said...

Why did the collaboration with TV Asahi suddenly end when things were going so well?

"I asked, puzzled."

"Which TV station should we go to?"

"I'm not going to any TV station!"

Kitahara Makoto said firmly.

"This time, the premiere will be held exclusively on NicoNico Animation!"

NicoNico now has 40 million registered users and over 200 million daily active users.

They left the second-place Funny Animation far behind, so far that they couldn't even see their backs.

However, NicoNico's status is still weaker than that of traditional television stations.

Because NicoNico animation has yet to prove itself.

Self-made animation.

Previously, it was always co-broadcast with television.

There was no separate performance to prove their experience.

This has somewhat affected the status of NicoNico animation.

Therefore, this time, Kitahara Makoto decided to premiere Non Non Biyori on Nico Nico Douga.

It's time to prove NicoNico's status as the number one video website in Japan!

Upon hearing Kitahara Makoto's words, Tazawa Hideki and the other man couldn't help but gasp.

They certainly understood the significance of premiering Non Non Biyori on Nico Nico Douga.

If successful, this will solidify the status of video websites.

This heralds the strong rise of another propaganda field beyond television and cinemas.

This applies to NicoNico animation.

This applies to the entire video website industry.

They are all of great significance.

As one of the creators, they share in the glory.

"I asked again," said Eiki Tazawa.

"What if TV Asahi asks about it?"

"Tell them that we can't give them the first broadcast rights, but after NicoNico finishes airing, the TV station can sell them the second-run broadcast rights."

Although the price will definitely be very low at that time.

However, the initial popularity bonus has already been eaten up by NicoNico Animation.

Whether the price is low or not doesn't matter anymore.

The fundamental goal is to make NicoNico animation grow and thrive.

After deciding to premiere "Non Non Biyori" on NicoNico Douga.

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Kitahara Makoto immediately drove to the NicoNico anime.

Then he gathered the company's middle and senior management and announced his plan.

The entire NicoNico animation team immediately mobilized.

We've begun actively preparing for the launch of "Non Non Biyori"...

……

After assigning the publicity task...

Kitahara Shinichi then took Kawamoto Yuta back to his office.

"How's the matter I asked you to investigate going?"

Kitahara asked Kawamoto Yuta.

Kawamoto Yuta's expression immediately turned serious, and he answered earnestly.

"No problem. Banks in North America are very confident in the housing market and are not worried at all about the risk of residents being unable to repay their loans."

"However, if we want to short the housing market, we still recommend buying CDS in small batches!"

It's already May 07.

Next year will be the 08 financial crisis.

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Kitahara Makoto didn't know much about the specifics of the financial crisis.

But he had seen a movie called "The Big Short".

It documented the impending collapse of the US housing market.

He certainly couldn't miss such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make big money during a financial crisis.

CDS is a tool used to short the US housing market.

The full name is Credit Default Swap (Credit DefaultSCDS), also known as a loan default insurance.

It is currently the most widely traded over-the-counter credit derivative globally.

To put it simply, it's a type of insurance that involves betting against investment banks.

The bet is on whether this person can repay the loan. If they can't, they go bankrupt, and the investment bank has to compensate the people who bought the CDS with a large sum of money.

Conversely, Kitahara would have to give away a large sum of 'insurance premiums' to the bank for nothing.

The advantage of this 'tool' is that it does not require a specific 'anchor'.

In other words, Kitahara doesn't really need to own a house or have any housing loans.

It's the same as betting against an investment bank on whether a mortgage can be repaid.

He only needs to pay the investment bank an annual 'premium' to keep the contract in effect.

"Since it's feasible, let's get started. Apart from setting aside a portion for operating funds, we'll invest the remaining seven hundred million US dollars in batches!"

Kitahara was really heartbroken.

He accepted SoftBank's investment earlier precisely for this moment.

If this venture succeeds, he could earn at least tens of billions of dollars.

It's hundreds of billions of dollars, and it's liquid capital, not fixed assets.

Having such a large sum of money in hand.

NicoNico animation is about to take off!

With the added memories of the future in his mind, becoming a multi-billion dollar tycoon will no longer be an unattainable dream!

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Chapter 81: Oh, Miss!

Kitahara Makoto directly misappropriated company funds to short the US housing market.

This is not allowed under the law.