Just thought I’d take a minute to congratulate Yuko on her amazing efforts these past few months and make sure you were all in the loop… (Yukoがこの数ヶ月間かけてやってきたすばらしい努力を、皆に知っておいてもらいたいと同時に、この場を借りて祝福したいと思います。)
As you may know, in addition to assisting the Admin Dept, Yuko has been serving as Spirit’s Japanese Liaison. In this role she’s been maintaining relations with our Japanese sub-publisher, Fuji Pacific, as well as establishing fresh contacts with local labels and production companies. Through her efforts, Yuko has recently placed several of our Hip Hop producers’ beats with some of the biggest selling Japanese artists. We expect that these placements will generate substantial mechanical and performance income over the next year. Meantime, she’s also been handling the producer fee negotiations and yesterday we just received our first check.
Efforts like this not only help us out financially, but give us a serious advantage in customer service over all of our competitors… (このような努力は当社に経済的な面で貢献するばかりではなく、競争会社に上回るカスタマー・サービスを提供するという点で、当社にとって大変有利なことでもあります。)