Traveling through the Tokyo bubble era

Chapter 180 The guy who pretends to be smart

As soon as Hideki Hanyu finished his self-comforting words, the door of Asako Hirohashi's office was pushed open.

Then the little assistant Uemura Reiko broke in.

Reiko Uemura completely ignored apologizing for the rude intrusion, but panted heavily, and hurriedly said to Hideki Hanyu.

"Won... I won the award, Mr. Hanyu... Teacher, I got the nomination!"

Hanyu Hideki heard this nonsense, and asked strangely, "What nomination did you get?"

whirring—

Uemura Reiko tried to calm her breathing, and then said, "The Shogakukan just called. Mr. Hanyu's picture book Owl under the Moon has been nominated for the Kate Greenway Award."

Before Hideki Hanyu could speak, Asako Hirohashi asked in surprise, "Really?"

"Really." Reiko Uemura replied.

When Hirohashi Asako heard this, her expression immediately became agitated.

Although Asako Hirohashi is not from the literary circle, she has also heard of the name of the Kate Greenway Award.

Know what it means to be nominated for a Kate Greenway Award.

The British Library Association created the Kate Greenway Award in 19 in honor of the 1955th century children's book illustrator Kate Greenway.

The Kate Greenway Award, together with the international 'Andersen Award' and the 'America Caldecott Award', are also known as the world's three major picture book awards.

Compared with children's books, the International Andersen Award for illustration was added in 1966.

Or the Caldecott Medal of America, awarded only to local writers.

There is no restriction on nationality, stricter selection rules, more emphasis on artistry, the combination of pictures and stories, and the Kate Greenway Award, which only focuses on the field of picture books, is the most valuable award in the international picture book industry.

This award is also known as the "Nobel Prize in Literature" in the picture book world.

It is the highest honor dreamed of by picture book writers all over the world.

Don't look at Hideki Hanyu just winning the nomination.

But for neon picture book writers, it is also an unprecedented first time.

"Asako-san, don't get excited."

Hideki Hanyu was quite calm, and continued to ask Reiko Uemura, "Is it the first stage of nominations? How many nominations are there?"

If he remembered correctly, there were two stages of nominations for the Kate Greenway Award.

It is of course great to be selected for the first stage of nomination.

However, more than picture books will be selected for the first stage of nomination for each Kate Greenway Award.

If you want to win the award, you need to conduct a second nomination selection.

The number of picture books nominated in the second stage will be within eight.

And the Kate Greenway Award for three awards.

Except for the most important "Greenway Award", only one will be selected.

The number of consoling "Best Recommendation Award" and "Honorary Award" is not limited to one.

Therefore, as long as they can enter the second stage of nomination, the chances of getting a consolation prize are still very high.

"It's the first stage, and the number of nominations didn't tell me." Reiko Uemura said.

"It doesn't matter, the number will not be small anyway."

Although history has been made, for Hanyu Hideki, the painstaking efforts to create the owl under the moon are not for the purpose of getting nominated.

As if seeing Hideki Hanyu's attitude, Asako Hirohashi said in disapproval.

"Hanyu-san, the nomination is also an honor. You have already made history. This is something to be proud of."

"It's okay to be proud, but keep a low profile. Otherwise, if you don't enter the second stage of nomination and fail to win the award, you will inevitably be ridiculed."

The attitudes of Asian countries in this regard are surprisingly consistent.

How high is the expectation of you, after failure, how high is the disappointment to you.

If it can lift you up, it can also bring you down.

Hideki Hanyu knew without guessing that when the news of his nomination was reported back to Neon, it would definitely be widely reported.

At this time, he didn't need to single out and pretend to attract attention.

When you really win an award, you can show it off however you want.

"It's okay to be low-key, but at least it proves that one sentence is right." Hirohashi Asako said.

"What?" Hideki Hanyu asked strangely.

"That's what I said before, it's a blessing in disguise."

As soon as Hirohashi Asako said this, Hanyu Hideki admitted his mistake with a smile.

"I was wrong, and I admit that these words are not for self-consolation."

There was another sentence that Hideki Hanyu didn't say.

That is, Haruki Murakami's bad luck didn't seem to be contagious to him.

The other party's business card can be kept, there is no need to find a shrine and burn it.

"If only the news of this nomination came sooner."

Hirohashi Asako sighed.

In the eyes of Asako Hirohashi, this unprecedented breakthrough of zero international honors is much more important than the Naoki Award.

Asako Hirohashi is sure that if it is announced a few days in advance, the Naoki Award may have to add Hideki Hanyu to the list of winners.

After all, what Neon, which is in the period of rapid development, most desires is the recognition from the international community.

Reiko Uemura said at this time, "Mr. Hanyu, the Shogakukan hopes that you will take the time to visit, saying that they want to discuss the price increase of picture books."

Hideki Hanyu showed surprise, "It turns out that the nomination can also increase the price, which is really great."

He didn't pay much attention to a nomination at first, but when he heard that the price could be raised, he suddenly regained his energy.

"Other picture book writers in Neon will be pissed off if they see Hanyu-san like this."

Hirohashi Asako saw that Hideki Hanyu got excited when he talked about money, and she couldn't laugh or cry.

In the eyes of everyone, the zero breakthrough in the historical honor of neon picture books is not as important as the price increase of picture books to Hideki Hanyu.

"I'm honored to be nominated, okay? I just didn't show it."

Hideki Hanyu pretended to be serious and explained.

He really wanted to be serious, but the expression of smiling from ear to ear was a bit unconvincing.

Seeing that he couldn't pretend anymore, he simply stopped pretending. Anyway, there is nothing wrong with loving money.

"To celebrate my nomination, I'm announcing that I'm inviting everyone to dinner tonight."

After announcing the news of the dinner, Hanyu Hideki took the bag containing the single from Yoshioka Shota.

"I'll go down to find President Matsushita first, don't run around in the afternoon, and have dinner together after I finish my new single."

"Didn't Hanyu-san tell me to hand it over to President Matsushita?" Shota Yoshioka asked.

"Is there? Maybe I got it wrong. There are still many new elements in this song. I need to go there to explain it myself."

After Hanyu Hideki finished speaking, he happily hummed a little tune and walked out.

After arriving outside the door, I still didn't forget to turn around and remind again, "Remember everything, I will treat guests to dinner tonight,"

Watching Hanyu Hideki leave, Yoshioka Shota said amusedly, "It seems that Hanyu-san's good mood is back."

"Yoshioka-san thinks it's because of the nomination, or because of the price increase of picture books?" Hirohashi Asako asked with a smile.

"The answer is obvious."

After Yoshioka Shota finished speaking, he smiled at Hirohashi Asako.

The character of their young friend really hasn't changed at all.

This not only makes them familiar, but also comforts them.

There is no need to go into details when entertaining guests. According to Hanyu Hideki's personality, he will never be stingy in this regard.

As for the activities after the dinner.

Because there are female friends present, such as Hirohashi Asako and assistant Uemura Reiko, there is definitely no way to arrange it.

Fortunately, among the few people who ate, Hideki Hanyu was the only one who had a rich nightlife.

After all, among the partners, Shinsuke Ito, the only one who can accompany Hanyu Hideki, went to Kanagawa to film "The Beautiful Girl Who Leapt Through Time and Space".

……

Not surprisingly, when the news that "Owl Under the Moon" was shortlisted for the Kate Greenway Award was sent back to Neon.

Immediately aroused a lot of media coverage.

Just like Hirohashi Asako had the same idea.

In this era of neon, the economy is booming, and the semiconductor industry and the automobile industry are sweeping the world.

If you are financially successful, you naturally hope to be successful in other areas as well.

This is especially true in the cultural domain of soft power.

Therefore, even Hideki Hanyu only won one nomination.

But the unprecedented zero breakthrough still made everyone excited.

Newspapers, magazines, TV news, literary and non-literary.

Everyone is educating the public about what the Kate Greenway Award is and how high its status is in the world of picture books.

It further proves how powerful Hanyu Hideki, who won the nomination, is.

Some media even listed all 47 picture books nominated for the first stage of this Kate Greenway Award.

He analyzed the pros and cons for the public one by one, and then calculated, how likely is Hideki Hanyu's "Owl Under the Moon" to enter the second stage of nomination, and how likely it is to win the award.

Anyway, from the mouths of these industry seniors and relevant experts, it is already a certainty that Hideki Hanyu will enter the second stage of nomination.

In fact, not to mention the second-stage nominations, even if they won an award, they would still be picking something out of their bag.

Anyway, the public likes to watch this, and for the sake of ratings and sales, they tell the public.

This caused Hideki Hanyu, who was already quite popular, to suddenly gain attention and exposure.

For a while, Hideki Hanyu could be seen in media of all sizes, from print media to television.

And for the sake of sales and ratings, the media can use any news to speculate.

For example, Hideki Hanyu’s previous experience as an idol, such as his romantic affairs, such as his wealth and so on.

Some media even began to question why Hideki Hanyu, who was nominated for the highest international picture book award, would lose the Naoki Award before.

The media, who are not afraid of big things when watching the excitement, completely ignore that the two awards are not of the same type.

They fabricated various conspiracy theories to provoke the nerves of the public and the sanity of Hideki Hanyu's fans.

Among them, the most "bold" guess is that Hideki Hanyu, who has won international recognition, did not win the Naoki Award because he was excluded in Neon.

Fueled by the media, this speculation made many Hideki Hanyu's fanatical fans believe it to be true.

They started making phone calls and writing letters to the organizers of the Naoki Prize, Bungeishunju Publishing House and the Neon Literature Promotion Association.

Asked if they were crowding out Hideki Hanyu.

Some extreme fans have already protested at the door of Wenyi Chunqiu Publishing House with banners.

Because of this incident, the Neon Literature Promotion Association specially accepted an interview to explain.

Said that Hideki Hanyu was nominated for the Kate Greenway Award for picture books, while the Naoki Award was for literature awards, and the two are not comparable.

But Huduzi's fanatical fans couldn't care about this, plus the hype from the unscrupulous media.

In a short period of time, Wenyichunqiu Publishing House and the Neon Literature Promotion Association were in bad luck.

One after another, black hats that don't cost money are all put on their heads.

At this time, not to mention Bungeishunju Publishing House's explanation, even Hideki Hanyu explained it himself.

For the sake of sales and ratings, those media completely turned a blind eye.

As for how long this incident will last, it depends on how long the popularity of this news can last.

At that time, no one else needs to come forward, the media will automatically jump out to apologize and explain.

Squeeze the last bit of heat out of this news.

Of course, at this time, apart from hyping gossip news, what the media most wanted to do was to interview Hideki Hanyu.

And Hideki Hanyu, who had already expected everything, would not accept an interview.

After receiving the news, he quietly went to the elementary school.

Seeing Masahiro Aika in the Elementary School Hall, the other party proposed it.

"I think the unit price of Hanyu-san's future picture books can be increased by yen."

The price of picture books is determined by the size and number of pages of the picture book.

Hanyu Hideki’s picture book is 1250 yen at the lowest price, and 2200 yen at the highest price.

According to the increase of Aika Masahiro, the picture book with the lowest price in the future will also be 1750 yen.

Although the price of neon books has not been cheap, even Hideki Hanyu, who loves money, thinks so.

At this price, the intention to cut leeks is too naked.

After all, in his plan, the price of the electronic pet is only 1980 yen.

So he said directly, "It's too high."

But Xianghe Changhong didn't think so, he persuaded.

"Hanyu-san, in fact, the price of picture books has been rising in the past two years, but the price of your picture books has not changed, and being nominated this time is our best opportunity to increase the price."

There is another layer of hidden meaning in Masahiro Aigara's words.

That is in case you only get nominations but not awards.

If there is no price increase this time, there will be no chance to increase the price.

It's just because of Hideki Hanyu's face, Masahiro Aiga didn't say anything.

Hideki Hanyu could naturally hear Masahiro Aiga's meaning.

Although he is not sure whether he can win the prize, but he is greedy for money, but not greedy.

He always believes that no matter what you do, it is better to go longer and more steadily than to rush for quick success.

Especially according to historical development, the publishing industry, which is still brilliant now, will decline rapidly after the emergence of the Internet.

In later generations, even in the publishing industry of Neon, the only one that can make stable profits and is still growing is the field of children's books.

Therefore, in Hideki Hanyu's view, as a picture book writer, leeks can still be harvested for a long time, and there is no need to dig up the roots at once.

Making money is important, but word of mouth is equally important.

However, it is impossible for him to tell Masahiro Aiga about judging the future in this way, and he can only find an individual reason.

"Professor Xianghe, I can understand what you mean, but I want to say that if we raise the price so much now, if I win the award, we will have no room to continue to increase the price."

Hideki Hanyu's words made Aiga Masahiro feel conflicted.

I think what Hideki Hanyu said is very reasonable. After all, if the price is increased by yen this time, there is indeed no room for a price increase next time.

And he felt that if Hideki Hanyu couldn't win the award, wouldn't he miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to raise prices.

After all, as a senior executive of the publishing house, he knew that "Owl Under the Moon" had a really good reputation overseas.

If this kind of work with art, story, and family affection cannot win an award.

He believes that even Hideki Hanyu will hardly be able to create works of the same level.

But Hideki Hanyu seemed to guess what Masahiro Aiga was thinking.

He spoke directly.

"Professor Xianghe, I suggest raising the price to yen. If I can't win the prize this time, then I will stop all work and concentrate on creating until I create a work that is no less than that of an owl under the moon."

Hideki Hanyu said all this, even if Masahiro Aiga didn't believe it, he could only nod his head in agreement.

If you want to raise prices again in a short time, you can only hope that the calculations of those experts in the media will come true.

Hideki Hanyu really won this year's Kate Greenway Awards.

Leaving the Shogakukan, Hanyu Hideki returned to the luxurious apartment in the central district.

Facing the turbulent media public opinion from the outside world, he lived a low-key life of reclusive life.

When I lived in Manshiwu, the media occasionally took photos of Hideki Hanyu going out.

But now that he hid in the apartment, the media completely lost his news.

However, there is no media harassment, but it does not mean that Hideki Hanyu can relax.

Of course it goes without saying to exercise the body and engage in creation.

He also has to deal with the work of the two clubs under his name.

Yun Ying Hua, the new single of Vitality Girl, needs him to be the producer.

After all, with the addition of electronic dance music elements, apart from him, the other producers of YM Records can't handle it at all.

In order to avoid the besieged reporters, he could only leave the apartment at night and sneak to the headquarters of Yunying Pictures to record a single for Vitality Girl.

In addition to this matter, his previous idea of ​​building an office building for Yunying Painting also began to be put on the agenda.

Hirohashi Asako makes several phone calls every day to ask for his opinion.

As for Yunshang Culture, Eri Kitahara would also make phone calls from time to time to inquire about the promotion and sales of game exhibitions and electronic pets.

In this rhythm, time came to February in a flash.

The temperature in Tokyo began to warm up, but the news about him in the media and public opinion gradually became colder.

This morning, Hanyu Hideki woke up from his sleep.

Look at Kyoko Koizumi leaning in his arms, and look at the warm sun outside the window.

Thinking that the public opinion finally calmed down, he was finally able to go out for a walk, and he was in a very happy mood.

At this moment, the phone beside the bed rang suddenly.

After picking up the phone, Jinbo Eiichi's voice came from over there.

"Boss, there is something I need to report to you."

"What's the matter?" Hanyu Hideki asked.

Hearing the tone on the other end of the phone, he was obviously anxious.

"Someone is pulling up Nintendo's stock price. Nintendo's stock price has risen by 50.00% in the past few days."

Hanyu Hideki heard Jinbo Eiichi's words, immediately sat up from the bed, and leaned against the head of the bed.

His movement woke Koizumi Kyoko who was sleeping soundly.

But Hanyu Hideki no longer cared about her, and asked Jinbo Eiichi with a frown.

"Tell me all you know."

In Hideki Hanyu's memory, Nintendo's stock price rose only after the completion of the new factory in March.

Moreover, the initial growth rate was also very low. The real explosive growth only appeared after the FC red and white machine started to be promoted.

On the other side of the phone, Jinbo Hideichi answered in a serious tone.

"I thought it was our actions that caused the stock price to rise so quickly. Then I found out that other forces entered the market. At first I didn't know who it was, but some time ago..."

Having said that, Jinbo Hideichi lowered his voice.

"Some time ago, the boss was worried that I would be harassed by the jiudao, so he arranged for two bodyguards to come over. Two days ago, the bodyguards found that someone was following me, so they tried to investigate, but unexpectedly found out that the person who followed me was this time. The power behind the stock price increase, the boss, guess who it is."

"Small waste... ah..."

Hanyu Hideki was about to speak, but made an inexplicable sound.

"Boss, what's wrong with you?"

"It's okay, I accidentally bumped into the table."

After Hanyu Hideki finished explaining, he glanced angrily at Koizumi Kyoko who suddenly buried himself in his homework, causing him to lose his composure.

As a result, the other party didn't want to repent, and smiled coquettishly and continued to do his homework with his head bowed.

Hanyu Hideki could only wait for the call to finish before cleaning up the little elf, gritted his teeth and said to Jinbo Yingichi.

"Stop talking nonsense, tell me who it is."

Shen Baoying didn't dare to show off, so he hurriedly gave the answer.

"It's a fund under Marubeni Corporation. Although they are very secretive, I happen to know one of them."

As soon as Shen Baoying said this, he added.

"After knowing who it is, I found out that Marubeni's funds have absorbed a large number of Nintendo stocks from institutions, and now they are big dealers."

"Marubeni? What are they trying to do?"

Hanyu Hideki whispered to himself.

"What to do, of course the big dealers are going to sell when they raise the stock price."

On the other end of the phone, Eiichi Jinbo thought he was asking him a question, so he answered it as a matter of course.

But Hideki Hanyu didn't speak, but thought of Marubeni Shoji's name.

Of course he knew about Marubeni.

Together with Itochu Corporation, Mitsubishi Corporation, Mitsui & Co., Ltd. and Sumitomo Corporation, it is also known as the five major general trading companies of Neon.

When he heard Marubeni, he immediately thought of Itochu.

After all, in history, these two companies were actually one family, and they were later split into two companies by America.

And thinking of Itochu Corporation reminded him inexplicably of the lady Haruko Naito, who had a brief chat with him at the reception, the lady from the ruling family of Itochu Corporation.

And just when Hideki Hanyu thought of Haruko Naito.

In a mansion far away in Tokyo, Haruko Naito was sitting opposite a middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man looked at Haruko Naito kindly, "Haruko is so sure that someone will take over the shares of Nintendo."

Naito Haruko smiled cutely and answered in a soft voice.

"Don't uncle believe me?"

The man said in a doting tone, "Haruko has been smart since she was a child, how could I not believe it."

Naito Haruko has a cute expression, but her eyes are extremely confident.

Throughout Hideki Hanyu's fame until now, he has never done useless things.

First, set up a game software development club, then raise funds from Dabi, and quietly absorb a large amount of Nintendo shares.

Is it just to speculate in stocks?
How many times can it rise to be worth such a big fight?

The purpose is definitely for Nintendo itself.

……

At this time, the phone call between Eiichi Jinbo and Hideki Hanyu was at the last moment.

Hideo Jinbo asked Hideki Hanyu, "Boss, if the other party really raises the stock price before selling it, will we accept it?"

Hanyu Hideki laughed when he heard that.

"Take as many as you want! I was worried that the stocks of those institutions would not be sold to us, but some kind people came to help."

He thought that the stocks in the hands of institutions could not be bought, and he could not make much money this time when Nintendo skyrocketed only by buying loose stocks.

But Marubeni Shoji popped up suddenly to do something, although I don't know why.

But if the other party really wants to raise the stock price and let him take over the offer, then he will really take the offer.

Hideki Hanyu didn't know.

He is just pure, wanting to take advantage of the skyrocketing Nintendo stock price to make a fortune.

It turned out that there was a smart guy who thought he was playing Nintendo's idea by quietly buying stocks.

　I checked the information before and reversed the Kate Greenway Award and the Caldecott Award. I thought that the Kate Greenway Award was only awarded to local writers, and then I wrote that I was going to compete for the Caldecott Award. Later, I found out that the stingy one is the old and beautiful Caddy. Gram Award, the previous one has also been changed to the Kate Greenway Award.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)