Tokyo: Being coveted by my wife, I just want to play games

Looking for a job or a business partnership is essentially the same as falling in love.

If only one party has a need, then it is probably impossible to reach an agreement. But as long as both parties have needs, the whole negotiation process will be very easy.

Of course, only the content of the negotiation is relatively easy, but the process is still quite troublesome.

On Tuesday afternoon, as soon as the private plane carrying Toru Fuyukawa and Chika Ohara arrived at Gimpo International Airport in Seoul, they were picked up by a large group of officials from local departments and business celebrities.

Sitting in the car, Dongchuan Che chatted with the Korean person in charge with a smile, while occasionally observing the street scene of Seoul outside the window.

It should be said that although South Korea has a small land area and is often ridiculed as a small country, its economic level is actually not bad. South Korea's GDP ranking in the world has always remained in the top 15, and even entered the top 10 in a few years. However.

In fact, if we look at the economic scale, there are only two levels in the world, namely China and the United States and others.

Last year, the global GDP ranking was that the United States ranked first with 26 trillion US dollars, China ranked second with 18 trillion US dollars, and the GDP of Japan, ranked third, shrank instantly to 4 trillion US dollars. Russia, ranked eighth, had 2 trillion US dollars.

As for South Korea, it is only 1.8 trillion US dollars.

South Korea's annual GDP is equal to two-thirds of Nvidia's market value.

Of course, the full name of GDP is gross domestic product, and this index is definitely affected by the land area and population. Therefore, although South Korea's GDP does not seem exaggerated, if it is distributed to South Korea's population of only 50 million, it can also show that their economic level is actually very good. And the interesting thing is.

The economic development trajectories of Japan and South Korea are also somewhat similar.

Before the bubble burst in 1991, Japan had always been the "world's factory", with its economy driven mainly by export trade. Its advantages were cheap labor and preferential foreign trade status granted by Europe and the United States. The same was true for South Korea.

From the early 20s to the late 60s, that is, from 90 to 1950, South Korea's economic development was also driven by export trade. However, it was limited by its population and geographical location, which was only half of Japan's, so it was not as good as Japan. However, it was also one of the "world factories" and occupied an important position in the global electronics, automobiles and other fields. This is actually one of the reasons why South Korea did not suffer a huge economic crisis like Japan.

The root cause of Japan's economic crisis was not the real estate and stock markets, but the fact that their export trade was severely hindered after the signing of the Plaza Accord.

Japan's population was only 100 million, and its per capita GDP had just surpassed that of the United States at the time, but Japan at the time produced products that could only be consumed by at least hundreds of millions, or even billions of people.

This may sound like Japan is very powerful, but it is actually a big problem.

To give a simple example, people in country A are all eating cheap rice from country B. This seems to mean that country B has a bumper harvest of grain, the food is of good quality and low price, and the farmers in country B are making a lot of money. But what about the farmers in country A?

Japan's 100 million people produce products that can only be consumed by hundreds of millions of people, and they have also taken up a large market in Europe and the United States. It seems that they are very hardworking and diligent, but the problem is that the Japanese do all the work, and one person does the work of three people, but only gets one pay. So where can the workers in Europe and the United States go to work?

But the problem is that Japan's production capacity is indeed too high for economic development, and their products must be exported. Otherwise, these products will be kept in the country and will be in a state of crazy internal circulation.

But the consequence of crazy involution is that companies lose profits and go bankrupt, companies lose profits and go bankrupt, causing office workers to lose their jobs, a large number of office workers losing their jobs leads to a decline in social consumption capacity, a decline in social consumption capacity leads to more involution of companies, and finally more companies go bankrupt, and the cycle continues.

This is actually one of the reasons why Japan's stock and property markets soared at that time.

Japan's export trade is hindered. This is one of the root causes, but it is a more important one, not the only reason.

One of the reasons is that the yen appreciated after the Plaza Accord, which led to an increase in the cost of Japanese goods, and finally resulted in Japanese goods having no price advantage when exported. But at the same time, what other consequences does the appreciation of the yen bring?

International capital poured into Japan.

As the Japanese yen has appreciated, those big capitalists naturally hope to exchange the US dollars or other currencies in their hands into Japanese yen, but most of the big capitalists will not let their money simply become numbers in the Bank of Japan.

The Plaza Accord was signed on September 1985, 9 at the Plaza Hotel in the United States by the finance ministers and central bank governors of five developed countries: the United States, Japan, Federal Germany, France and the United Kingdom.

If we use a more cruel but perhaps realistic way of thinking, we can actually find that the ruling classes of these five countries should all know what will happen after the signing of the Plaza Accord.

Because only when they know what will happen after the Plaza Accord is signed will they have a reason to sign this agreement!

Therefore, those big capitalists actually knew that after the Plaza Accord was signed, Japan's real estate and stock markets would soar. In order to maximize their profits, they would convert their currencies into yen and invest in Japan's real estate and stock markets. Moreover, this money would not go into the real industries that had slow returns and were destined to collapse, but into the real estate and financial markets, eventually blowing up the double bubble of Japan's real estate and stock markets.

Since then, Japan in the bubble era has formed a very divided society.

Because of the Plaza Accord, the yen appreciated and a large amount of capital poured in, causing a surge in Japan's real estate and stock markets; but also because of the Plaza Accord, the yen appreciated and export competitiveness declined, resulting in a continuous reduction in jobs in society and an increasing number of unemployed people.

Yes, the Japanese bubble era in which everyone became rich as imagined by many people did not exist. Japan's bubble era seemed to be flourishing and was called an economic miracle by the outside world, but in fact, it was also an era of severe polarization between the rich and the poor in Japan.

The rich are so rich that they wave tens of thousands of yuan in bills to hail taxis, while the poor are so poor that they cannot afford the rent in Tokyo and worry about their jobs every day.

Of course, the same logic still applies. Such historical events that affect a country's national destiny can never be caused by a single factor.

The economic problems in Japan at that time were not entirely caused by the Plaza Accord. There were also insufficient domestic consumption capacity, a rigid workplace system, etc. However, the obstruction of export trade caused by the Plaza Accord must have been one of the important factors.

What’s interesting is that although South Korea was also one of the world’s factories back then, the reason why it did not suffer such an exaggerated economic crisis as Japan was precisely because its production capacity was not as good as Japan’s.

In this world, big fish eat small fish, but generally speaking, unless the environment is completely deteriorating, lions will not deliberately hunt small animals. After all, the food brought by hunting small animals is not enough to cover the physical energy consumption of a hunt. What is more interesting is that both countries have begun to turn their attention to the cultural field after experiencing the rapid development of manufacturing.

Let’s not talk about Japan, which has the strongest animation industry in the world. And even though it is no longer the dominant force in the gaming industry as it once was, it is still very strong.

The same is true for South Korea, which has the most complete idol industry in the world and seems to be stronger than Japan in live-action movies and TV series. However, the most powerful thing about South Korea is the idol industry.

Yes, the Thrasher industry.

When talking about Asian markets, many people would think of Japan first, but in this industry, South Korea is actually number one in Asia.

According to a report from Japan a few years ago, the per capita consumption of Korean men in the sex industry was $553, far exceeding Japan's $392, ranking first in the world, and even created a record of 16 trillion won in total annual sex transactions, which is close to 800 billion yuan.

In addition, there are countless news reports such as the detection of large amounts of Viagra and aphrodisiac ingredients in the Han River, and the live broadcast of Sese.

In fact, three months ago, when Kawaguchi came to Korea to discuss the pre-cooperation business, the reception staff here directly found some relatively famous female group members for him to choose from.

Beauty plan!

But it is obvious that although Kawaguchi went to karaoke bars or bubble baths like Blonde Heaven for social activities when he was doing business with Dongchuan Che, he has become completely honest since he met A-Mei.

And this time Dongchuan Che came

In fact, it is the same.

Originally, when they heard that Dongchuan Che was coming in person, the reception staff here were already calling to find some well-known and fun-loving female idols. After all, it was well known that Xiao Zi was a bit perverted in this regard. But after hearing that Dongchuan Che was bringing Ohara Chika and Sato Sayuri with him, the matter was shelved.

Are you kidding? If you want to cooperate with Toru Fuyukawa, how could you not know the relationship between Toru Fuyukawa and Chika Ohara.

Although he didn't see any female artists from girl groups, Dongchuan Che didn't care about that. On the one hand, there was already a girl group section within the Holy Light Society, and there were a lot of beauties there. What's more, he was not interested in having a one-night stand with a strange woman.

On the other hand, Sayoko and Miyano Mitsuko are both pregnant, and he has been very home-loving recently. If it weren't for the fact that e-sports is too involved, he wouldn't want to come to Korea in person. He came here this time just to settle things quickly and then go home to be with his wives. And obviously, people in Korea also saw his attitude.

Good.

To be honest, when it comes to socializing in the workplace, not many people are willing to go unless they are the client's leader. After all, you might have thought drinking and chatting were interesting when you were in school, but drinking and socializing in the workplace is really uncomfortable.

The other party actually prefers a [Party A] like Fuyukawa Tetsu who doesn't do anything weird and gets straight to the point. However, having said that, the host still took Fuyukawa Tetsu, Ohara Chika and Sato Sayuri to visit the company building of the most famous TC team in Korea.

The corporate structure of this TC team is actually somewhat similar to T1 in its previous life.

Although the main members of the team are Korean players, the funding behind the entire team is composed of South Korea's SK Telecom and American media giant Conrikas.

South Korea's SK Telecom holds a 55% stake, Conlicas holds a 34% stake, and with the rapid development of the e-sports industry in recent years, an American hedge fund also participated in the investment in the TC team three years ago.

This is one of the reasons why TC has become the most famous team in Korea and even in the world. In addition to the strong players, the capital structure of TC and the influence of these capitals in related industries are much stronger than many other teams.

Let me put it this way, the Top Esports team in the previous life’s LOL league.

The main capital behind this team is Topbo Sports, which is part of Topbo International Holdings Limited. The market value of Topbo International is approximately HK$180 billion, and Topbo International was spun off from Belle International, a giant company with a market value of HK$1500 billion.

That is why the previous Top Esports team had so much money to buy players, but compared to T1, it is nothing.

T1 is a joint venture between South Korea's SK Telecom and American media giant Comcast. Comcast not only has great influence in the media industry, but also has a market value of over billion US dollars.

Moreover, T1 also received investment from the famous hedge fund Highland Capital. The total value of all holdings of this hedge fund worldwide exceeds 1.7 trillion US dollars.

Of course, Highland Capital Hedge Fund is not a listed company, but an asset management company that helps wealthy people manage their finances. They cannot use the money in their hands at will, and can only persuade those wealthy people who deposit their money with them to invest in certain areas. But even so, when these three Buddhas stand behind T1, the power brought by this huge amount of capital is still extremely exaggerated.

On the one hand, the salaries of the players are extremely high, with Faker's annual salary exceeding 7 million US dollars, which is equivalent to the total salary of the entire team of a team like GEN. The huge salary will definitely attract stronger players.

On the other hand, driven by huge capital and corporate influence, as long as the players win great honors, they can convert these honors into influence to the maximum extent.

Today, with the success of "Pokemon" and the GO handheld game console, as well as the good development of music, film, television, animation, and novels, the outside world's estimate of the market value of Holy Light Society has exceeded the $100 billion mark, exceeding Nintendo's previous market value of $70 billion.

Yes, one hundred billion US dollars, and it is hailed as the most promising unicorn company in the pan-entertainment industry in the past two decades!

The so-called unicorn company is a term in the investment industry, generally referring to those unlisted companies with great potential that have been established for no more than 10 years and have a valuation of more than US$10 billion, or a small number of companies with a valuation of more than US$100 billion.

There is no doubt that Shengguang Society is one of the brightest new stars in the business world today. Although the market value of this new star, which has been shining for less than ten years, is already extremely terrifying and far from being measured by a new star, it has only been established for five years after all, and it can also be regarded as a unicorn company.

Of course, this is just a market valuation, and the Holy Light Society does not have $100 billion directly in its account. But even so, it is actually enough.

Shengguang Society is a private enterprise completely controlled by Dongchuan Che. He can mobilize resources and funds at will. If they really fight, those listed companies with hundreds of billions of dollars probably can't beat him. And this is why South Korea attaches so much importance to him this time.

But what’s interesting is that during the visit to the TC team headquarters, an American guy approached Dongchuan Che to discuss cooperation.

Just like the TC team, the American man with a lot of money wanted to cooperate with him, Dongchuan Che, to form a team. This kind of thing.

Although Dongchuan Che has no intention of forming a joint venture with others, there is no harm in listening. However, although this American is the vice president of a large American company, a person of this level is not worthy of talking to him directly about business. It happened that Chika Ohara also came this time, so she let her chat with him first.

So, under the curious and somewhat "oppa-worshiping" gazes of several Korean female executives of the TC team, Fuyukawa Che was looking around in the TC team's headquarters, while the American guy who usually acted arrogantly in front of them, followed behind Fuyukawa Che obediently, leaning over and apologetically smiling, and whispering with Ohara Chika.