According to General Manager Yokokawa Eitarō, the entire office area is approximately more than 800 square meters, which is not large, but is enough for the current Japanese branch.
Eitaro Yokokawa introduced the various departments and main persons in charge of the company while taking Su Cheng to inspect.
Promotion Department, Sales Department, Public Relations Department, Human Resources Department, Finance Department, etc. Although the company does not have many employees, there are seven or eight departments.
Of course, the current Japanese branch of Namei Entertainment Company only regards Japan as a distribution market, so the number of departments is already small.
If localized artist film and television entertainment business is developed here, there will be more departments, such as production department, screenwriter/director department, photography, lighting and machinery department, art group, sound group, post-production/special effects group, etc. Wait, just look at Jiayi Film and Television Company to find out.
Each department has its own responsibilities, and each one is indispensable.
Everyone was very surprised when the big boss came to inspect.
In fact, they all know that Su Cheng was in Japan during this period because too many news media reported it.
But they did not expect that Su Cheng would come to inspect unexpectedly, so all the employees were very surprised.
Su Cheng also discovered that the entire company was basically made up of Japanese people, except for two white employees, who should have been transferred from the beautiful country.
Localization makes it easier for companies to integrate here, so they basically recruit Japanese people, which is normal, because locals understand the local market better.
If the senior leaders are all foreigners, they will only copy foreign routines. However, such routines are not suitable for the national conditions here at all, then it is just talk on paper.
Moreover, localization makes it easier to deal with local people, thus simplifying many problems without making them too complicated.
After visiting the company and interacting with the heads of various departments, it only took half an hour to finish.
After shopping, general manager Yokokawa Eitarō took Su Cheng back to his general manager's office.
Yokokawa Eitarō's general manager's office is not big, only about twenty or thirty square meters, and the decoration is not luxurious at all. It is just an ordinary leadership office.
However, although the office is not big, it has everything it needs. Next to the desk, there is a negotiation room with an area of about ten square meters separated by a glass wall.
Su Cheng looked around the office for a week, then followed Yokokawa Eitaro to the small negotiation room and sat on the sofa.
Influenced by ancient Chinese culture, Japanese people particularly like drinking tea. Tea culture is very popular in Japan. Whether it is traditional tea ceremony or bottled tea, Japanese people prefer drinking tea, and most of the tea drinks are There is no added sugar, and this tea drinking habit may also be one of the important reasons for the longevity of Japanese people.
Therefore, there is also a relatively exquisite coffee table in this small negotiation room.
"Boss, please wait a moment. I'll make a pot of tea first." After Yokokawa Eitaro sat down, he said to Su Cheng, and then began to boil water to make tea. Su Cheng nodded and looked at the coffee table.
He didn’t know much about Japanese tea, at least on the surface it didn’t look much different from Chinese tea.
The thing on the coffee table should be green tea. As for the specific tea, he didn't know.
Eitaro Yokokawa is very skilled in making tea. It seems that he usually makes tea and drinks it. After a few minutes, he poured a cup of tea for Su Cheng and himself.
Su Cheng picked up the exquisite teacup and took a sip. A strong aroma of tea instantly spread in his mouth.
This should be a good tea.
“Boss, what do you think of this tea?” Yokokawa Eitarō asked with a smile.
“It’s a good tea with a very refreshing taste.” Su Cheng took another sip and thought for a while before saying.
“This tea, called Uji tea, also known as Gyokuro, is one of our three famous teas in Japan. Uji tea has a very special status in Japan. It is the first tea brought back from China by Japan. The tea tree was planted in Uji," Yokokawa Eitarō explained while continuing to add tea to Su Cheng.
"Well, it's a very good tea. The taste is not inferior to some famous teas from China. Mr. Yokokawa, I heard Mr. Alfred Tom say that you have encountered difficulties in managing the Japanese branch?" Su Cheng The topic turned directly to the company.
For him, he has tasted too many famous teas. Although the tea in front of him is not bad, for Su Cheng, it is just like that, not very good. Outstanding.
“The company’s management has not encountered difficulties, but I have always wanted to localize the Japanese branch and have independent star-making capabilities in Japan, so that we can make more money, and now Our company is currently just a promotion company for artists here in Hollywood. It is difficult for the company to develop in this way. When I first joined Namei Entertainment, I was optimistic about the company's future development prospects, so I don't want the company to continue to develop. We are in the current predicament.
So, I have recently started to try to form a new department, but I think the best way to open up the Japanese market is to recruit a popular Japanese artist to our company. This made Namei Entertainment famous in Japan. During this period, I secretly tried to contact Ms. Yamaguchi Hakue, Ms. Yoshinaga Sayuri, Ms. Matsuzaka Keiko, Ms. Sakurada Junko and others. I found that the easiest company to poach is currently Miss Junko Sakurada, I have already been talking to her, but she is still considering it.
In fact, what I most hope is to recruit Miss Yamaguchi Momoe to our company, so that our company can rely on Miss Yamaguchi Momoe. With her reputation, she immediately became a well-known entertainment company in Japan. However, when Ms. Yamaguchi Baihui was in her prime, she had not considered changing jobs at all. Therefore, she was not tempted by the conditions I proposed.
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I have already given her a very high salary. Unfortunately, I even offered to help compensate her for the high amount of breach of contract. However, she felt that our company's reputation in Japan was too small, so she refused at all without any thought. Got me.
Miss Sayuri Yoshinaga and Miss Matsuzaka Keiko also rejected us because our company’s reputation in Japan was too small.
The remaining one, Miss Sakurada Junko, according to the information we got, is having conflicts with her agency for some reasons, so she still has ideas about changing jobs, but it’s just because of us The company is not well-known in Japan, and the remuneration conditions have not yet met her expectations, so she is still considering it.
But as a coincidence, I happened to make an appointment with her to go to a coffee shop at three o'clock this afternoon. We will talk in detail then. "
Eitaro Yokokawa said a lot at once. (End of this chapter)