Traveling through the Tokyo bubble era

Chapter 179 Infected by Unlucky Eggs?
"Don't grab, don't grab! It's my turn!"

"I got a higher score than you this time."

"Stupid! Let's talk about breaking my highest score first."

"Kurahara-san, can you slow down the speed behind?"

"The odds of that bar appearing are too low."

"Haha, I'm going to break the record!"

……

Early in the morning, Hanyu Hideki saw the lively scene in front of him as soon as he arrived at the entertainment room of Spirit Entertainment.

A group of programmers from Elven Entertainment are surrounding an arcade game machine, fighting for each other and having a lively discussion.

Kurohara Ma was standing next to the game console, listening carefully to the suggestions of these people.

However, judging from the effect, everyone is more interested in playing games than giving advice to Tibetan original horse.

It can make a kind of game designers play with relish and enjoy it, but they can't put forward a few constructive opinions.

It is enough to prove how interesting and attractive this game is.

And this game is Tetris that Hanyu Hideki handed over to Kurohara Ma for development.

Of course, here at Elf Entertainment, it should be called 'tetromino'.

"Hanyu-san, why didn't you say anything when you came here? Are you busy with the Budokan concert?"

While Hideki Hanyu was silently observing, Eri Kitahara also came to the lounge.

Beside her, besides the president's assistant, Iwata Satoru was also there.

However, Brother Cong seemed to be busy looking at some documents, and after raising his head to say hello to Hideki Hanyu, he hurriedly lowered his head to look at the documents again.

"There is another concert today, and Yoshioka-san is watching, so I don't need to go every day."

Hideki Hanyu explained.

"This game was developed by Hanyu-san. It seems that Kurahara-san has done a good job."

Of course Eri Kitahara knew that Kurohara Ma developed the game under the command of Hanyu Hideki.

It’s just that I didn’t expect that Kurohara Ma, who thought he lacked technical ability and voluntarily quit the development work, would develop such a popular game.

"I played this game last night. I think the real excellence of this game is President Hanyu's mechanism design. The development difficulty is actually not that great."

Satoru Iwata seemed to have finished reading the documents in his hand and expressed his views on Tetris.

For the words of the head of Nintendo in memory, Hideki Hanyu expressed his approval.

The most recognized, of course, is the part that praised him.

As for the game mechanics being excellent, that's for sure.

Without Tetris, Nintendo's later Game Boy handhelds may not necessarily be successful.

At that time, the competition for the authorization of this game was also a battle of fame for Nintendo's legal department.

Thinking about it this way, he seems to have created Tetris, and indirectly picked up a handful of Nintendo's wool.

Just as they were talking, a group of programmers playing games over there also noticed their arrival.

Seeing that the person in charge of the studio, the president, and the president were all standing there, everyone immediately dispersed.

Only Zang Yuanma came over holding a notebook.

"President Hanyu, the development of tetromino has been completed. I asked my colleagues to try it out. Everyone likes it very much. There is no problem with the game mechanism. You only need to modify the difficulty setting before it can be officially launched."

But after listening to Kurohara Ma's words, Hanyu Hideki said something that puzzled the people around him.

"There is no rush for this game to be released."

Seeing his words, everyone, including Eri Kitahara, looked at him suspiciously.

Obviously, everyone is wondering, if such a fun game is not released to the market, what is the purpose of making it?
Hanyu Hideki smiled slightly and began to explain.

"This game is definitely going to be listed, but before it goes on the market, I hope to do another thing first, and that is to ask the company's legal department to cooperate with Kurahara-san to go to major overseas game markets to register patents."

In memory, Tetris has caused a lot of disputes because of patent issues.

Hideki Hanyu certainly does not want to repeat the same mistakes.

The most critical issue is that due to the game mechanism, many derivative versions of Tetris are not protected by patents.

Therefore, the patent he asked Zangyuan Ma to register this time is not only Tetris itself, but even the patents of various derivative versions.

Of course, patents cannot stop pirates.

He didn't even think about stopping piracy.

From the beginning to the end, what he wanted to block was only his competitors.

After explaining the matter of patent registration, Ma Zanghara cooperated with the legal department to prepare relevant materials.

Hanyu Hideki returned to the office with Kitahara Eri and Iwata Satoshi.

As soon as the three of them sat down in the office, Eri Kitahara said to Hideki Hanyu.

"Hanyu-san, I plan to expand the scale of the directly-managed store of Spirit Show."

Eri Kitahara took the document that Satoru Iwata had read just now, and handed it to Hideki Hanyu.

"This is my expansion plan."

Hideki Hanyu took it over and took a look, only then did he realize what Satoshi Iwata was looking at just now.

After roughly flipping through the plan, the specific implementation is similar to what he originally formulated.

However, Eri Kitahara has great ambitions in terms of quantity, and plans to expand the original nine directly-operated stores to 25.

Thinking that Eri Kitahara was showing Iwata Satoru the plan before, he asked, "Are you planning to let Iwata-san carry out this?"

"That's right, the modification and development of Tamagoko has almost been completed, so I just asked Iwata-san to help me."

Kitahara Eri made no secret of her intention to train Iwata-san.

"How does Iwata-san think about the expansion of the elf show's directly-operated stores?"

Hanyu Hideki asked Iwata Satoshi.

"I have read the operating report of the directly-operated store. If the loan for the purchase of real estate is removed, the store can already achieve a balance of income and expenditure."

When Iwata Satoru said this, he paused for a while, organized his language and continued to answer.

"In my opinion, it is of course important to rely on elf show to make profits, but more importantly, it can most intuitively display the brand image of elf entertainment, enhance the brand value of elf entertainment, and its after-sales service can improve customers' awareness of the brand. trust, so I support President Kitahara’s expansion.”

"Does Iwata-san have any other ideas about the expansion itself?" Hideki Hanyu asked.

"From the perspective of the revenue report, the proportion of arcade games is decreasing, while the revenue from peripheral sales is steadily increasing. Therefore, if a large-scale expansion is required, I suggest cutting down the expensive arcade game halls and only retaining the directly-operated stores. .”

Iwata Satoru replied.

"It seems that Iwata-san has really thought about the matter of the spirit show seriously. This time, regarding the expansion of the store, please understand it in depth. I have more important things for you in the future."

Hanyu Hideki is very satisfied with Satoshi's performance.

I remember the last time I asked, the other party still couldn't tell the reason for the club's affairs.

But now, many things can be seen.

When Satoru Iwata finished the expansion of the spirit show, he was going to continue to train the opponent.

And this time, it's not just neon.

In Hideki Hanyu's view.

If Nintendo only stays with Neon, it will never become the Nintendo of later generations.

The Mario Brothers will not sweep the North American box office with a big movie after accumulating a lot.

Therefore, Elf Entertainment must also go out and seize the fleeting opportunity.

Therefore, the helm of Elf Entertainment in the future must not only master the neon market, but also have an international perspective.

"I will work hard, President Hanyu."

Iwata Satoru feels that although he enjoys the fun of game development, he is not so repulsed to work in management.

After all, the former can only control one game, but the latter can control the fate of several games.

So when he found out that after Hanyu Hideki and Kitahara Eri deliberately trained him, instead of backing down, they worked hard to improve themselves.

Of course, he did it for other purposes.

Since he graduated from university and insisted on joining HAL's small workshop, his father refused to contact him.

If one day, he can lead Elf Entertainment to success, he will definitely get his father's approval.

Everyone wants to be successful, has a variety of goals.

What Iwata Satoru was thinking, Hanyu Hideki didn't know.

He doesn't need to know either.

Because everyone's motivation for success is complex.

Some are for fame and fortune, some are for ideals, and some are for recognition.

He is just a time traveler, not Professor X, so he cannot understand everyone's thoughts.

Therefore, he only needs to set goals, share benefits, and even draw dreams, so that everyone can work hard for different gains.

As for the process, he doesn't care, and he doesn't have so much energy to manage it.

All he wants is direction and results.

……

Tetris was successfully developed, and Zang Yuanma, accompanied by people from the Ministry of Justice and materials, started the journey of overseas patent application.

Iwata Satoshi received the task and prepared to implement the expansion plan of the Elf Show direct store.

With the construction and management experience of the previous nine directly-operated stores, Iwata's work will undoubtedly be much easier this time.

Before leaving, Hideki Hanyu handed a book to Satoshi Iwata.

Iwata looked at the title of the book "Pokemon" and the name of the author Hideki Hanyu.

He asked curiously, "President Hanyu, is this your work?"

Hanyu Hideki nodded.

"It's a very early work, and the book doesn't sell very well."

"What does Chairman Hanyu want me to do?"

"Get to know this book well. After Tamagotchi is mass-produced, I will arrange for Aragaki-san to develop the second-generation electronic pet hardware. At that time, this book will be needed as a content support."

"The launch of two electronic pets at the same time will cause conflicts in the market." Iwata Satoru was a little worried.

"There is a local market for which the style of Tamagotchi is not suitable. If we want to develop there, we need the help of this book."

Hideki Hanyu smiled slightly, "So please ask Iwata-san to understand this book well."

"I will." Iwata Satoru replied solemnly.

……

January 21th.

Painting in the clouds, Hirohashi Asako's office.

"Hey……"

Hideki Hanyu, who happily came to deliver a new song to the vitality girl, after answering a phone call, has come to the present with a sigh.

Seeing the appearance of Hanyu Hideki, who always didn't care much about anything, Hirohashi Asako said a little funny.

"It's really rare to see Hanyu-san like this. Isn't it just a literary award? Didn't you lose many awards before?"

"This is the Naoki Award. I still want it very much. Since they can select two winners, why can't they send me one by the way? I feel..."

Hideki Hanyu was full of thoughts of resentment.

The reason why he was so resentful was because he had just received news from the Neon Literature Promotion Association when he first arrived at Yunshang Painting.

Inform him that he regrets not being selected for this year's Naoki Award.

But this year's Naoki Awards have selected two winning works, why can't he be added.

He who won awards in the picture book world like a bag, how did he get into the literary circle, and it suddenly became difficult.

Remembering that the Neon Literature Promotion Association held a salon before, he also met Haruki Murakami when he went to join in.

At the salon, he and Haruki Murakami had a great chat, and at the end they exchanged contact information.

Is it because of Haruki Murakami?
As we all know, this guy not only accompanied the Nobel Prize in Literature all the year round.

In Neon, the Akutagawa Award, which is as famous as the Naoki Award, is not popular.

Could it be that he got acquainted with this unlucky guy and was infected by the other party's bad luck, so he will be unlucky with him in the future.

How about finding a shrine and burning that guy's business card?

Hideki Hanyu was thinking wildly, and his mouth was full of thoughts, which made Hirohashi Asako very happy.

But after laughing for a while, she still offered comforting words.

"Hanyu-san, don't you have a lot of research on Chinese literature? I remember that there is a saying that it is a blessing in disguise. Maybe something good will happen in the future."

"How can there be such a wicked sect? It's nothing but self-deception."

Hanyu Hideki said weakly.

"Hanyu-san, why are you still here? Katsuhito Matsushita is still waiting for you below."

Just when Hanyu Hideki was "pitying himself", Shota Yoshioka found Hirohashi Asako's office.

After Hanyu Hideki heard this, he took out a bag and handed it to Yoshioka Shota without much interest.

"Please, Yoshioka-san, give it to President Matsushita. I have prepared the sheet music and demo."

This bag contained Hideki Hanyu's new single for Vitality Girl.

The song is called "LOVE ペディア (Encyclopedia of Love)".

If we say that in the first album, Hanyu Hideki created a style of music for the vitality girl, which is relatively traditional and conservative.

With this new single, Hideki Hanyu began to use a large number of synthesizers and boldly tried the electronic music style.

In Hideki Hanyu's view, since the vitality girl has initially broken the shackles of traditional idols, she must continue to maintain it.

Compared with failure, he was more worried about the vitality girl being tied to a route.

If you only want to make no mistakes and maintain the original style, Vitality Girl will continue to be popular in a short time.

But the price of not making mistakes is that the Vitality Girls will gradually fade away from the public just like their predecessors, and eventually go to the end of their popularity.

In order to become a unique existence, Hanyu Hideki must let the vitality girl try and walk a style that is unique to him.

Facing Hideki Hanyu's uninterested expression, Shota Yoshioka took the bag and looked at Asako Hirohashi with a puzzled expression.

"what's the situation?"

Asako Hirohashi spread her hands helplessly, "There was a call from the Naoki Award in the morning, and Hanyu-san's work failed to win the award."

"It's really rare to see Hanyu-san care so much about something."

Yoshioka Shota also smiled unceremoniously.

"You don't even know that I have negotiated with the Shogakukan. As long as I can win the Naoki Award, the price of the new book can be increased by at least yen."

"So it's because of the money." Hirohashi Asako made a sudden realization expression.

"Of course I want the award too." Hanyu Hideki sighed.

He actually knew that the book "Love, Go Home" was not to the taste of the neon literary circle.

The reason why it was nominated for the Naoki Award is due to sales and film influence.

Besides, the works shortlisted for the Naoki Award this year are all excellent.

After all, it can make the awards committee lay double yolk eggs. One can imagine how fierce the competition is this year.

So it's no surprise that it didn't win.

It's not surprising, but it doesn't mean he doesn't care.

Hideki Hanyu, a common man, certainly cares about fame and fortune.

"It's okay, anyway, Hanyu-san is still young, and there will be opportunities in the future." Yoshioka Shota comforted.

"I hope so." Hideki Hanyu said.

　Thanks for the reward of Slow Travel Books.

　　I got off work late, and I could have written more, but I checked the information and found that there was a big BUG in front of me, I need to make some corrections, explain it tomorrow, stay up late and start walking.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)