Some overly extreme actions were inevitable.
For example, sending local specialties by express delivery had become quite popular recently.
Of course, these fans' original target wasn't the ACG Logistics Department. Although "Akame ga Kill!" was distributed by ACG Culture Company, everyone knew perfectly well who its creator was.
The problem was that these fans didn't know Fang Zheng's home address, so they had no choice but to write the headquarters of ACG Culture Company as the delivery address.
The direct consequence was that the head of logistics was jolted awake from nightmares every day. The overwhelming sea of razor blades had practically become his worst nightmare.
Because of this, the head of logistics had complained to Zhang Siyu more than once.
"I'll post something on Weibo later to comfort those fans."
As for these fans' behavior, Fang Zheng had no particularly good solution either. Who could blame them, when he had brought this upon himself in the first place?
The fact that these fans hadn't come all the way to Modu to fight him in person was already something to be thankful for. How could he dare ask for anything more?
"Director Fang, you'd better deal with this. Otherwise, the Logistics Department really will be empty."
Zhang Siyu also wore a helpless expression. With ACG's growing popularity and its improving financial situation, the company had recently begun hiring.
At first, when everyone heard that ACG Culture Company was hiring, they were extremely enthusiastic. After all, anyone with eyes could see that ACG Culture Company had limitless prospects.
But at some point, whenever the position being recruited for was in the Logistics Department, there were practically no applicants.
Only after Zhang Siyu looked into it did she discover that the problem lay here.
Although the reason was rather ridiculous, it was genuinely happening.
"Let's set that aside for now. How is the thing I asked you to handle going?"
Fang Zheng looked up at Zhang Siyu. A Company's paying users were growing steadily, and the company's finances had initially become profitable.
Now that the company had begun turning a profit, many of Fang Zheng's plans could finally be put into motion.
For example, developing anime merchandise. The anime merchandise economy was extremely lucrative, after all.
Nine out of ten otaku were rich, and the last one was filthy rich!
That wasn't an unfounded saying. If your family wasn't well-off, would you dare stay at home every day and refuse to work?
Then there were the legendary otaku Big Shots. Their rooms were packed with figurines and models, and any one of them could easily cost tens of thousands. Without a certain amount of capital, would they dare play around like that?
It was no exaggeration to say that the equipment and figurines filling the room of a true otaku Big Shot could practically rival an ordinary family's house.
That was why Fang Zheng had never intended to rely on A Company to make money from the start. His true focus was the merchandise economy.
Figurines, merchandise, fan works—these were all things he was determined to obtain.
A Company was merely the best way for him to promote his own works. Only when his works became famous would the merchandise economy surrounding the anime truly explode.
If he wanted to realize his dream of a 2D Empire, the economy was something he couldn't possibly avoid.
Society was very realistic. Nothing could be accomplished through sheer enthusiasm alone.
"I've found the factory you asked me to look for, Director Fang. I've also been in contact with them. The factory is located near Modu, so it isn't too far away."
Whenever Zhang Siyu thought about Fang Zheng's plans, her mind was still filled with disbelief.
All this time, she had thought Fang Zheng's business acumen wasn't particularly outstanding. Yet this plan had left her utterly dumbfounded.
This wasn't some Bronze player. This was clearly a King-level Big Shot using a smurf account to return to the beginner village~
"Also, the anime-themed experience store you instructed me to establish will be somewhat difficult to handle."
Zhang Siyu slightly furrowed her brows. According to Fang Zheng's plan, he wanted a personal anime-themed experience store, then gradually expand outward from the merchandise there and create a real-world 2D cultural community.
Zhang Siyu might not understand the purpose behind it, but Fang Zheng himself understood the importance of economies of scale.
Take Akihabara in his previous life, for example. It was a holy land that countless otaku yearned for. Whenever anime was mentioned, Akihabara was probably the first place everyone thought of. It was also the most famous 2D cultural holy land in the world.
There was no Akihabara in this world, so Fang Zheng wanted to create his own cultural holy land—a Xia Country Akihabara.
However, because of financial constraints, it was obviously unrealistic to reach the heavens in a single step. Fang Zheng could only take things slowly.
"According to Director Fang's requirements, there's simply no place in Modu that meets your standards."
(Wang de Zhao) To create a 2D cultural holy land and develop it on a large scale, the venue had to be big.
But that was precisely where the problem lay. The large venues in Modu had long since been divided up. Before anyone knew how profitable the anime merchandise economy would be, no one was willing to take the risk of joining in.
The owners of large places weren't willing to participate, while Fang Zheng himself looked down on small places. This was what had troubled Zhang Siyu.
"This matter isn't urgent. We can take it slowly. There will always be an opportunity."
Fang Zheng also knew how difficult it was, but he was determined to carry out this plan. Although Akihabara in his previous life was very famous, Fang Zheng had always felt that it was too small.
Perhaps it was because he had been born in Xia Country, but he liked big things. That included the 2D cultural holy land in his dreams—it absolutely had to be large!
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Although Akihabara in his previous life was a holy land for countless otaku, anyone who actually visited Akihabara would inevitably feel somewhat disappointed.
That was because the Akihabara of their fantasies was very different from the Akihabara of reality.
First was its size. Akihabara wasn't particularly large; it could even be called quite small. It consisted of only a single street, with just a few stores.
Second, Akihabara's products were somewhat limited: figurines, games, anime fan merchandise, and so on. They were all relatively small decorative items. Aside from that, there wasn't much else that was attractive.
This was very different from the Akihabara Fang Zheng had imagined.
In his understanding, Akihabara should be a vast 2D center, with rows of tightly packed storefronts and an overwhelming variety of merchandise,
A place where otaku from all over the world would feel that not visiting at least once would be one of life's regrets.
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