Chapter 280: Background
The night before the promotion began, the Takashima couple took Masako Natsukawa and her mother Yuko Natsukawa to visit Takumi.
They brought enough food, desserts, and drinks for a small banquet to celebrate the anime's progress. Takumi opened the door and, after the adults' greeting, Yuko Natsukawa patted her daughter's back.
"Masako... come on..."
. Masako Natsukawa mustered her courage, stood in front of Takumi, looked up, and said: "President, good evening!"
Although she stammered a little, she greeted Takumi softly, and the most admirable thing was that her gaze was always fixed on Takumi, without looking away.
"Good evening, Masako."
Takumi, happy, lowered his head and asked: "Can you go on stage?"
"I should be able to...".
Masako Natsukawa shyly shrank her head.
"It's not a very large stage, but Masako can adapt," Yuko Natsukawa explained. "I think in more than a month, she won't have stage fright anymore."
Although she still has some problems, Masako Natsukawa is now a completely different person from early April. Takumi touched her hair with satisfaction: "Okay, then I'll give you a little more time. In July, you have to perform for me on stage. Is that okay?"
"Yes!"
Masako Natsukawa breathed a sigh of relief. The agreed time was when the anime finished, and she was afraid that Takumi would blacklist her, so she took the initiative to perform that night.
A group of people entered the room, and Takumi asked Yuko Natsukawa how she could change her daughter in such a short time, while Akiko and Masako began to clear the table. They put out the food.
Ten minutes later, several people sat together to celebrate. Akiko was particularly excited.
"President, this time we have to teach Manga Paradise a lesson. I really can't stand them."
"Yes, those old mangaka are also too much. Last time I saw a journalist interviewing them, they seemed to consider themselves the fathers of Mobile Suit."
Eiji Takashima also replied. Several veteran mangaka, considered the founders of "Mobile Suit", created by Manga Paradise, had recently appeared on television and made crazy comments. He was very displeased.
"Don't worry about them. After 'Gundam SEED' airs, everything will be clear." Takumi smiled and said: "Don't think about those things. Focus on doing the subsequent work well."
As an involved person, he was more objective and calm than the others, which made the Takashima couple feel a little embarrassed.
"We know..."
"By the way, President, will you leave after the anime airs?"
Eiji Takashima asked nervously. After a few months of getting along, he realized that if Takumi really left, perhaps they wouldn't be able to manage the anime's progress. "Gundam SEED" is too difficult to make.
"No...", Takumi knew what he was thinking, so he smiled and said: "I don't think you have enough stability, maybe you'll stay a few more months."
"Gundam SEED" is not short, and Tsuki Animation Company cannot sustain itself, so Takumi will have to stay in Japan for a few months. Lately, he has gotten used to remote manga serialization, so it's not a big problem.
"But after the broadcast, I may not be able to go to work every day,"
Takumi explained again. Although he stayed, it was only to focus on Japan. After the broadcast, he would have more free time and might have to return to Osaka frequently.
He wanted to repeat the celebration that wasn't held last year and then think about the future. Of course, this celebration is also a stage for many voice actors.
"I wonder if Alice could come and help me...",
Takumi was a little worried about the matter. It would be much more convenient with Alice.
But he didn't say it. A group of people finished the banquet animatedly. This dinner seemed to considerably weaken Masako Natsukawa's defenses. As soon as it finished, the girl approached with some magazines.
"President, president..." Masako Natsukawa placed the magazines on the table and asked curiously: "Are they all for charity? President, do you want to donate?"
"I also want to know."
Akiko took a look at the magazines. They were all for fundraising for charities like the Red Cross: "We saw them just as we were clearing the table. Why did you buy so many magazines for funds?"
If it were a normal donation, the quantity of these magazines would be excessive.
"It's not a donation. I wanted to donate, but I realized that these charity funds are not transparent enough...".
Takumi shook his head and said that he really wanted to donate. A person's money is never earned enough, and his money is almost too much to spend.
In fact, that's not quite right. Compared to Japan's truly rich, Takumi is a poor ghost. But it never occurred to him to buy yachts or planes to show off his wealth, so he doesn't have much to spend money on.
After his rebirth, his desire was for his mother Aika to have a good life. This desire has come true, so he wants to invest the money in something more suitable.
Current manga and anime are the fruit of his hard work. He has put a lot of effort into each manga, but after all...
Takumi still has some concerns. He likes to draw, and at first he brought manga to this world to make money, but now the reason has changed. He wants the people here to enjoy manga as much as he does, so he draws manga.
And, frankly speaking, if Takumi hadn't had this idea, with his current skill and talent, he would have achieved results no less than a mangaka's if he had dedicated himself to drawing in any sector.
After traveling for half a year, he had thought about doing other things in the past, but in the end he chose to draw.
He felt that his current life was good, but making money was endless. It was money generated by manga, and it should be used in more areas, such as supporting new artists and subsidizing low-income families.
"I plan to use the extra money to create a charity fund..." Takumi smiled and said: "Anyway, it's there, why not use it?"
The Takashima couple and the Natsukawa mother and daughter were stunned to hear this.
"President, are you joking?"
It seemed incredible to them.
"Why are you joking? Don't worry, I won't use your money or the company's. I'll just use my share...", Takumi comforted him: "This time, for 'Gundam SEED', I'll use 80% of the income to create a fund."
80%, although it's personal income, Takumi can be said to be the center of "Gundam SEED"'s copyrights. All anime and song copyrights belong to him, and directors' salaries, etc., are also his. This 80% of income is huge.
"President, you...!"
The four present were speechless. Takumi's words could overshadow all of Japan's capitalists.
"President, brother, he's so great...!"
Masako Natsukawa's eyes were filled with stars.
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