Talking It Out

The collaboration with Matsugoka Mitsuru came together naturally. None of the unexpected problems Chu Yu had worried about occurred, and just three days after signing the contract, Matsugoka officially joined the company.

As for the supermarket he owned, he thought it over and called his son back from the Mainland, where he had been working a desk job, to take over the family business. Chu Yu had once overheard him chewing his son out over the phone: the boy was earning less than twenty thousand a month on the Mainland—how embarrassing! He should come home and live off his father—er, take over the supermarket—and Matsugoka would pay him twice his old salary!

Well, how should he put it? Matsugoka might have thought Chu Yu was loaded, but the old man himself was a minor capitalist in Tokyo!

Truth be told, he already had more than enough to eat and drink. The only reason he was still working so hard at his age was that he loved what he did and couldn't stand the thought of giving up.

Once Matsugoka joined GT Animation Company, the mood among the existing staff changed at once.

The sense of ease and superiority they'd gained from their consecutive successes disappeared completely. After all, few people in the Japan Island Animation Industry could feel superior in front of this old man!

Chu Yu had spent a fortune to bring him aboard, so he wasn't about to let him sit around. He immediately appointed Matsugoka head of the animation department, putting more than a hundred employees under his direct command!

After joining the company, Matsugoka quickly got a clear picture of how things stood.

First, there was the president, Chu Yu. Naturally, he had to be treated with respect and not offended. Then there were Zhao Qinyin