Today I'm your host Sarah and i'm here with Kanako, Jordan, Shiori and Alex.

今天我是你們的主持人Sarah，我和Kanako、Jordan、Shiori和Alex在一起。

So as you can see we're in a car today!

是以，正如你所看到的，我們今天是在車上!

Where could we be going?

我們能去哪裡呢？

Yeah it is a mystery~ We're gonna drive through Tokyo, see the sights and get some McDonald's.

是的，這是個謎~我們要開車穿過東京，看看風景，然後吃點麥當勞。

Literally join us for the ride, sit tight and let's go~~~~

從字面上看，加入我們的行列，坐穩了，讓我們去~~~~。

Sorry guys about the horrible audio quality!

很抱歉，夥計們的音頻品質太差了!

We're doing a Q&A with TC Staff!

我們正在做一個與TC員工的問答!

Thank you for submitting all your questions on twitter and instagram!

謝謝你在twitter和instagram上提交的所有問題!

First question coming your way~ Right off the bat... who misses Natasha the most?

第一個問題來了~一開始...誰最想念娜塔莎？

I think it's Kanako.

我想這是加奈子。

You took her until the gate right?

你把她帶到了門口，對嗎？

No until the airport!

沒有，直到機場!

It was the early morning flight at 5am.

那是清晨5點的班機。

Thank you so much, there's literally so many questions.

非常感謝你，簡直有太多的問題了。

This is a question for everyone!

這是給每個人的一個問題!

How did you join TC?

你是如何加入TC的？

So let's start with Jordan since you're the newest.

是以，讓我們從約旦開始，因為你是最新的。

Ah I am the newest, uh how did I join TC?I applied obviously and I got a message back

啊，我是最新的，呃，我是怎麼加入TC的？"我申請了，很明顯，我收到了回信。

saying that there's no positions and that they weren't hiring.

說沒有職位，他們沒有招聘。

so I emailed back to that email basically saying no worries here's my CV love you...

所以我給那封郵件回了郵件，基本上說不用擔心，這是我的履歷，愛你......

after that things happened I started working freelance for them doing modelling stuff and

在那之後，我開始為他們做自由職業者，做模特兒的工作。

they were like hey this guy's pretty good we need a guy like this one in TC, we need

他們認為，這傢伙很不錯，我們需要一個像這樣的人在TC，我們需要

an afro in TC, so you know because I did freelance for a while then eventually became a member

在TC的一個非洲人，所以你知道，因為我做了一段時間的自由職業者，然後最終成為一個成員

of the TC staff

技術中心的工作人員

All right okay how I joined Tokyo Creative is I actually registered the Tokyo Creative

好吧，好吧，我是如何加入東京創意的，實際上我註冊了東京創意。

company with Chris Okano.

與克里斯-岡諾的公司。

I think I am one of the original members of TC.

我想我是TC的原始成員之一。

Kenji recommend me to TC a while back I was dying to join a filmmaking company, doing

Kenji向TC推薦了我，前一陣子我很想加入一家電影製作公司，做

something where I could use my skills because before that I was teaching English and I just

我可以利用我的技能，因為在這之前我是教英語的，我只是

want to get out of that.

想擺脫這種情況。

Not to say I don't love kids, I love them but I want to do something related to filming,

不是說我不愛孩子，我愛他們，但我想做與拍戲有關的事情。

so I took that opportunity and then went for an interview with them.

所以我抓住了這個機會，然後去和他們進行了面試。

They were really nice and I got the job!

他們真的很好，我得到了這份工作!

I didn't know we could mention names~!

我不知道我們可以提到名字~!

I got to shout out Ian!

我得大聲喊出伊恩!

Thank you Ian!

謝謝你，伊恩!

He was like the one that got me in the door basically

他就像是讓我進門的那個人，基本上是這樣的

I was working at some other company and then I was trying to change to a new career then

我當時在其他公司工作，然後我想轉到一個新的職業，然後

I applied to some agency company.

我向一些代理公司提出申請。

Then a recruiter called me and said I found an interesting company, unique company, and

然後一個招聘人員打電話給我，說我找到了一個有趣的公司，獨特的公司，而且

now I'm here!

現在我在這裡！

Kanako is the fourth oldest member - 2 and a half years.

加奈子是年齡第四大的成員--兩歲半。

So TC was like looking for people and hiring and they put an ad on instagram and I saw it

所以TC就像在找人和招聘，他們在instagram上放了一個廣告，我看到了。

I kind of sat on it and I was like ah, it was like corona and I lost the job that I

我有點坐不住了，我想啊，這就像電暈，我失去了我的工作。

had lined up and I was just doing some like freelance modelling but it wasn't going that

我只是在做一些類似於自由模特的工作，但這並不順利。

you know well because nothing was happening and then I was like okay i'm going to do it

你知道的，因為什麼都沒有發生，然後我就想，好吧，我要去做。

and then I submitted like a really long proposal

然後我提交了一份非常長的提案

Yeah it was like some requirement like you had to submit an itinerary for a trip that

是的，這就像一些要求，比如你必須提交一份旅行的行程表，這

you picked and I researched an area in Kyoto and I submitted it.

你挑選的，我研究了京都的一個地區，我提交了它。

I was like this would be good for TC play because xyz and then I had an interview and

我當時覺得這對TC的演出很有好處，因為xyz，然後我有一個面試，然後我就去了。

everyone was really nice. and I joined!

每個人都非常好。我也加入了!

Everyone's quite different I feel.

我覺得每個人的情況都很不同。

Yeah but it was interesting because my interview was mainly in Japanese.

是的，但這很有趣，因為我的面試主要是用日語。

I don't know about you guys..

我不知道你們的情況。

When I was talking to Ian it was like all in English, but with others half English,

當我和伊恩談話時，好像都是用英語，但和其他人的談話是半英語。

half Japanese

半日本人

Because I think it's important to have the bit of balance for the you guys in your positions.

因為我認為對於你們這些人來說，在你們的崗位上有一點平衡是很重要的。

Mainly we speak English right?

主要是我們講英語，對嗎？

I feel like we need Japanese at certain times, translating.

我覺得我們在某些時候需要日語，翻譯。

with the client meetings and do some research etc...

與客戶會面並做一些研究等。

Yeah I get a lot of messages in my Instagram, even before I started working with Tokyo Creative,

是的，我在我的Instagram上收到很多資訊，甚至在我開始與東京創意合作之前。

where people would ask like "oh I want to work in Japan as well how do I do it" and

人們會問，"哦，我也想在日本工作，我怎麼做"。

the first question I always ask is "What's your Japanese like" "Oh I speak no Japanese".

我總是問的第一個問題是 "你的日語怎麼樣""哦，我不會說日語"。

I'm like that's an issue because you're going to think about it in the other way as well,

我想這是一個問題，因為你也會用另一種方式去思考。

like if someone from Italy came to where I'm from London and they were like " Hey I want

就像如果有人從意大利來到我來自倫敦的地方，他們會說："嘿，我想要

a job in your big company" and you go "Do you speak English" and they go "No only Italian",

你說："你會說英語嗎？"他們說："不會，只會說意大利語。"在你的大公司工作。

you all think about it that's like the same rules applying Japan.

你們都想一想，這就像適用於日本的相同規則。

It helps a lot.

這有很大的幫助。

Like you can speak with not fluent Japanese but enough to get by and still manage to get a job.

就像你能說並不流利的日語，但足以應付，而且還能找到工作。

Yeah I think because English is the global language people just assume.

是的，我認為因為英語是全球語言，人們只是假設。

Exactly, but one thing I want to mention is even though we communicate in English a lot,

沒錯，但我想提到的一點是，儘管我們經常用英語交流。

everything is in Japanese on like Slack so we consume and we listen to a lot of Japanese

所有的東西都是用日語寫的，比如Slack，所以我們消費，我們聽很多的日語。

in our work, so you definitely need to have a high level of Japanese to work with TC.

在我們的工作中，所以你肯定需要有高水平的日語來與TC合作。

Ah Tokyo Tower is coming up on our right!

啊，東京塔在我們的右邊出現了!

Is Ramen overrated?

拉麵被高估了嗎？

Very controversial.

非常具有爭議性。

I don't think it's overrated yeah, I don't think it's overrated but I feel like people

我不認為它被高估了 是的，我不認為它被高估了，但我覺得人們

put too much on it you know what I mean?

把太多的東西放在上面，你知道我的意思嗎？

Like they go I have to go to japan, I have to eat ramen but it's like there's so much

就像他們說的，我必須去日本，我必須吃拉麵，但好像有這麼多東西

more to eat in Japan.

在日本吃得更多。

I like certain types of ramen, I prefer Tan Tan Men, which is more like you have thick

我喜歡某些類型的拉麵，我更喜歡譚譚門，這更像是你有厚厚的

noodles and you dip it into a soup.

麵條，你把它浸泡在湯裡。

Oh Tsukemen?Ah yes Tsukemen!

哦，津門？啊，是的，津門。

There's Tan Tan Men which has a spicy flavour, but you can have tan tan tsukemne.

有譚譚門，它有一種辣味，但你可以吃譚譚門。

There's also abura soba which is very similar to ramen but it's soupless.

還有一種ABURA蕎麥麵，與拉麵非常相似，但它沒有湯。

That is also really tasty.

這也真的很好吃。

But if you think about how long did the it takes the ramen shop owner to complete one

但是，如果你想一想，拉麵店老闆需要多長時間才能完成一次

ramen bowl for just 700 yen, if you think that way it's not over rated I feel

拉麵碗只需700日元，如果你這樣想的話，我覺得並沒有過高的評價。

you recently did a video on little giant shiori for ramen

你最近做了一個關於拉麵的小巨人Shiori的視頻

I did it on Ippudo vs. Ichiran Cup Noodle.

我在一品堂與一品杯麵上做過。

That's still ramen

這仍然是拉麵

I always ask the question, what is the last meal you'd like to have?

我總是問一個問題，你想吃的最後一頓飯是什麼？

I always answer gyoza, ramen, beer set meal!

我總是回答餃子、拉麵、啤酒套餐!

That's so Shiori!

這就是Shiori!

How about you Kanako?

你呢，加奈子？

I like the spicy one, like tan tan men.

我喜歡辛辣的，像晒太陽的男人。

Especially the ones that make you feel numb.

特別是那些讓你感到麻木的人。

Okay so we got a bunch of the chips, of course cheeseburger that comes with the happy meal

好吧，我們買了一堆薯片，當然還有快樂餐裡的芝士漢堡。

and then we got the nuggets of course, and then beans you can get beans.

然後我們得到了金塊，當然，然後豆子，你可以得到豆子。

This one is also the happy meal set.

這個也是快樂餐的套裝。

Do you guys know this?

你們知道這個嗎？

It's Bacon Potato Pie!

這是培根洋芋派！？

It was revived and it's been around for 30 years.

它被恢復了，而且已經存在了30年。

Oh i think that's double patty that might be Jordan's

哦，我想那是雙倍的餡餅，可能是喬丹的。

This one is for Alex!

這是給亞歷克斯的!

Samurai MAC!

武士MAC!

This is bacon and tomato.

這是培根和西紅柿。

Both of these are grilled soy sauce.

這兩個都是燒烤醬油。

And she got salad, she's the healthy one!

她還買了沙拉，她是健康的那一個!

How dare you!

你怎麼敢！？

Ooh so she already is going to open up her present yay a toy we got the three toys today

哦，所以她已經要打開她的禮物了，耶，一個玩具，我們今天得到了三個玩具。

We got 3 toys today

我們今天得到了3個玩具

That's cute! I can put this in it.

這很可愛!我可以把這個放進去。

Nice potato!

漂亮的洋芋!

And then I got a comb.

然後我得到了一把梳子。

That's so cute!

這真是太可愛了!

I've never combed my hair so that's good

我從來沒有梳理過我的頭髮，所以這很好。

Oh god no

哦，上帝，不

I can't touch

我不能碰

and the last one is Doraemon somthing

最後一個是哆啦A夢什麼的

Or they just gave us a random one

或者他們只是給我們一個隨機的

It looks like inappropriate stuff

這看起來是不合適的東西

Just like that

就像這樣

Out of all the toys which one is your favourite?

在所有的玩具中，哪一個是你最喜歡的？

This one!

這一個！

Let's eat!

讓我們吃吧!

oh no we spilled the beans are we gonna spill the beans!

哦，不，我們洩露了消息，我們要洩露消息了!

Alright this one is directed to Shiori.

好吧，這個是針對詩織的。

Okay~~!

好吧~~!

How much beer does consider on a weekly basis?

每週考慮多少啤酒？

Let's all guess!

讓我們都來猜一猜!

And has she become a beer power human yet?

而且她已經成為一個啤酒動力的人了嗎？

Oh wait let's make a quick guess..

哦，等等，讓我們快速猜測一下。

I'm gonna guess at least two a day a week yeah so 14 cans.

我猜想一週內每天至少有兩罐，所以有14罐。

16! I'm gonna guess eight to nine!

16! 我猜是8到9個!

Three! No way you're out man, that's like one sitting

三！你不可能出局的，這就像一個人坐著。

The answer is

答案是

12!

12!

I was 14 so 2 off!

我當時是14歲，所以2歲了!

12 is the average, but I always fight with my husband about this. He's like, “what a second can?!”

12是平均數，但我總是和我丈夫爭論這個問題。他說，"什麼是第二罐！"

It's so opposite, right? I sound like the husband he is the wife

它是如此的相反，對嗎？我聽起來像丈夫，他是妻子

The funny thing is he gave me the Father's Day gift of a 6 pack of beers.

有趣的是他給我的父親節禮物是6包啤酒。

That's so cute

真是太可愛了

I don't think my husband is watching this so I can say this,

我不認為我丈夫在看這個，所以我可以這樣說。

I drink over the weekend. I drink one can of the beer while I'm making the brunch or lunch

我在週末喝酒。我在做早午餐或午餐的時候喝一罐啤酒

and then I pretend I didn't drink yet and then when lunch comes

然後我假裝我還沒有喝酒，然後當午餐來臨時

I kanpai with my husband that's my second one. And dinner time I will have one more.

我和我的丈夫在一起，這是我的第二件事。晚飯時間我還會有一個。

That's already 6 over the weekend!

這已經是週末的6個了!

Yeah, 6 over the weekend then 1 or 2 beer on a weekday after work

是的，週末喝6杯，然後在工作日下班後喝1或2杯啤酒。

Might be more than 12

可能多於12

But I'm trying to have one 'liver rest day'.

但我正試圖有一個 "肝臟休息日"。

It's like the gym, you have one day to rest the muscles.

這就像健身房，你有一天時間來休息肌肉。

What do you guys think, am I an alcoholic?

你們怎麼看，我是個酒鬼嗎？

Okay so we get a lot of questions about our jobs and also Chris Okano.

好的，所以我們收到很多關於我們工作的問題，還有克里斯-岡野。

We cannot avoid this question we all get it all the time.

我們不能迴避這個問題，我們都經常遇到這個問題。

Yeah, maybe I should answer this question.

是的，也許我應該回答這個問題。

Yes, please!

是的，請!

I think a lot of people are assuming there's a huge drama happen.

我認為很多人都在假設會有一場巨大的戲劇發生。

We cannot deny that so many things happen previously,

我們不能否認，以前發生了這麼多事情。

because it's so obvious that we couldn't keep the same team we used to have,

因為很明顯，我們不可能保持以前的團隊。

there are so many other cool staff we have but we need to give up the department that

我們還有很多其他的酷的工作人員，但我們需要放棄這個部門。

was not monetising enough for the company because

對該公司而言，其貨幣化程度不夠，因為

Tokyo Creative was established as a partner of Odigo and we still have the website.

東京創意公司是作為Odigo的合作伙伴而成立的，我們仍然擁有該網站。

Please check it out, Ian is still working on that!

請看一下，伊恩還在努力。

So we have a website called Odigo, so Tokyo Creative influencers management and inbound marketing company,

所以我們有一個網站叫Odigo，所以東京創意影響者管理和內向營銷公司。

the 2 companies merged and Chris Okano along with more than 20 people working at the time.

這兩家公司合併後，克里斯-奧卡諾和當時的20多人一起工作。

But unfortunately, we couldn't monetize enough

但不幸的是，我們無法實現足夠的貨幣化

but that's nothing to do with our previous projects like Journey Across Japan, that's very good

但這與我們以前的項目沒有關係，比如《穿越日本》，那是非常好的項目。

We got a lot of traffic from you guys and then we could partner with local governments because of those projects,

我們從你們那裡得到了大量的流量，然後我們可以因為這些項目而與當地政府合作。

so every single project we did has a meaning to gain our awareness as a company

所以我們所做的每一個項目都有一個意義，那就是獲得我們作為一個公司的意識。

but unfortunately, after the financial crisis happened Chris Okano couldn't stay as our CEO.

但不幸的是，金融危機發生後，克里斯-岡野無法繼續擔任我們的首席執行官。

I feel that being CEO is a big deal, of course, it's not just for fun, it's not just for you know enjoyment

我覺得當首席執行官是一件大事，當然，這不僅僅是為了好玩，這不僅僅是為了你知道的享受。

like yeah, i want to be the CEO kind of thing,

是的，我想成為首席執行官的那種東西。

so, unfortunately, Chris needed to leave.

所以，不幸的是，克里斯需要離開。

I was good friends with Chris, that's why I could be part of this company

我和克里斯是好朋友，這就是為什麼我可以成為這個公司的一部分。

so I think each person has a different feeling and thought about what happened to TC.

所以我想每個人對發生在TC身上的事情都有不同的感受和想法。

But now we have Jordan, Alex, Sarah new members already!

但現在我們已經有了喬丹、亞歷克斯、薩拉的新成員了!

We should be honest that we needed to cut our salary down to very low

我們應該坦率地說，我們需要把工資降到很低的水準。

to survive as Tokyo Creative for a long time and then after we recovered a bit

在很長一段時間內，我們作為東京創意公司而生存，然後在我們恢復了一些之後

we decided to hire the new members, which is Alex and then Sarah, and now Jordan.

我們決定僱用新成員，也就是亞歷克斯，然後是薩拉，現在是喬丹。

Now little by little, it's getting better, so hopefully, we can monetize and stay okay together

現在，一點一點地，它變得更好，所以希望我們能夠賺錢，並保持良好的關係。

with no more drama and no more losing the people.

沒有更多的戲劇性，也沒有更多的失去人民。

So I wanted to answer this question because so many people are asking "hey where is Chris Okano, what happened to him"

所以我想回答這個問題，因為有很多人在問 "嘿，克里斯-岡野在哪裡，他怎麼了"。

Like personally I was a good friend of him,

就像我個人而言，我是他的一個好朋友。

bad thing happened to us and then maybe whatever he did it wasn't the best way he did

糟糕的事情發生在我們身上，然後也許不管他做了什麼，都不是他最好的方式。

but still where we are is okay for now so and it's in the past

但我們現在所處的位置還不錯，所以它已經成為過去。

so we're moving forward positive thank goodness. Good vibes only

所以我們正在積極地向前邁進，感謝上帝。只有良好的氛圍

I think it was good that you answered it because even though we're not involved

我認為你的回答很好，因為儘管我們沒有參與其中

we still get asked about it a lot, yeah and this should hopefully give some you know insight into how we feel

我們仍然經常被問到這個問題，是的，這應該希望能給一些你知道的關於我們感覺的洞察力。

Editing, can you shoutout the name?

編輯，你能喊出這個名字嗎？

3 2 1 SANDY 0:15:40.679,1193:02:47.295 And then there was a big financial crisis,

3 2 1 SANDY 0:15:40.679,1193:02:47.295 然後出現了一場大的金融危機。

Thank you so much

非常感謝您

Sandy used to work for TC and he started his own company.

桑迪曾經為TC工作，他開始了自己的公司。

He is the best boyfriend of Natasha.

他是娜塔莎的最佳男友。

It was like a sibling relationships.

這就像一個兄弟姐妹的關係。

He's so great to work with, he's really chill and he's really flexible and just like

他是如此偉大的工作，他真的很冷靜，他真的很靈活，就像

a great person.

一個偉大的人。

Yeah I feel like the thing with TC is like everyone who works here is actually really

是的，我覺得TC的事情是，在這裡工作的每個人實際上都是真正的

nice.

很好。

Sandy's career is crazy, because he just moved to Japan for TC!

桑迪的事業很瘋狂，因為他剛搬到日本參加TC!

Did you hire him while he was overseas still?

當他還在海外時，你是否僱用了他？

Before he got the job!

在他得到這份工作之前!

He started with an internship.

他從一個實習生開始。

His dedication is amazing and he learned so quickly.

他的奉獻精神令人驚訝，他學得如此之快。

Either USJ or Disneyland?

無論是USJ還是迪斯尼樂園？