Traveling through the Tokyo bubble era

Chapter 195 Elf Entertainment America Branch
The third day of travel vacation.

Akina Nakamori came to look for Hideki Hanyu early in the morning.

After arriving at the resort in Maui, Hanyu Hideki was either sleeping or was too busy to see anyone.

I haven't played with them yet.

So Akina Nakamori decided to catch Hideki Hanyu early today, and everyone went out for snorkeling by boat.

Who would have thought that when she came to Hanyu Hideki's room door, she found the door open and the staff of the resort were cleaning the room.

"Where are the guests staying here?" Nakamori Akina tried to ask the staff.

Unexpectedly, the staff couldn't understand the neon language at all, and shook their heads to express that they didn't know what she was talking about.

Switched to crappy and weirdly pronounced Neon English, and the staff couldn't understand it even more.

Just when Akina Nakamori didn't know what to do.

Aizhou Mishou, who is the manager of the girl of vitality and the tour leader for this trip, appeared.

"Is Akina-chan here to see President Hanyu?"

"Yes, Aizhou-san knows where Hanyu-sensei has gone?"

Akina Nakamori asked eagerly.

"Chairman Hanyu left by plane early this morning." Mimori Aizhou replied.

"Where did Hanyu-sensei go?"

"The president said he was busy with work. I don't know where I went. Maybe I went back to Neon earlier."

Hearing Aizhou Mimori's answer, he looked at the empty room.

Nakamori Akina felt inexplicably that her heart seemed to be a little empty like the room.

I really wanted to go snorkeling, but I suddenly felt that I couldn't arouse my interest.

"Why did you leave without saying anything?"

The girl whispered softly.

……

Silicon Valley in the early 80s.

It is already known as a high-tech industrial zone in America.

After Hideki Hanyu and his team arrived in San Jose, which is far away from Silicon Valley, they took a break and divided into three groups.

Yoshihiro Yada went to the investment fund behind the target company and asked about the acquisition.

And Satoru Iwata, with the help of Yoshihiro Yada's subordinates, went to negotiate with the people Hideki Hanyu wanted to invite one by one.

As for Hideki Hanyu, he successfully met Michael Katz, CEO of Automated Simulations, that afternoon.

The place where Hanyu Hideki and Michael Katz met for the first time was in each other's office.

Led by the reception staff, Hideki Hanyu just entered the office when he saw a middle-aged man standing by the window.

Very typical German, tall and tall, with hair combed back, and a meticulous appearance.

It may be affected by the company's bad recent situation, the other party looked a little anxious, looking out the window very absorbedly.

Only relying on the reminder from the reception staff did he realize that Hideki Hanyu had arrived.

"Mr. Hanyu Hideki, nice to meet you."

Hear Michael Katz pronounce the Roman pronunciation of his name awkwardly.

Hanyu Hideki said, "Mr. Katz, just call me Hideki (substitute Hideki later)."

"Mr. Hideki, please sit down."

Michael Katz invites Hideki Hanyu to sit down. .

"Mr. Katz should know what I'm here to talk about."

Hideki Hanyu and this one were too lazy to be courteous.

"I heard from Mr. Hideki's subordinates that you are very interested in Automated Simulations."

"Not interested. I have formally submitted a purchase request to the investment fund that holds Automated Simulations. If the price is right, I will soon be the owner of Automated Simulations."

Hanyu Hideki made no secret of his purpose.

"Then why did Mr. Hideki come to see me?"

Michael Katz asked.

"My purpose is very simple. I hope that Mr. Katz will help me stabilize everyone in the company during the period when I complete the acquisition."

Before Michael Katz could speak, Hideki Hanyu continued.

"I still recognize Mr. Katz's ability, so after the acquisition is completed, I guarantee that Mr. Katz will still be the manager of the new company, and I will also support Mr. Katz's acquisition of Starpath, as well as hardware research and development. investment."

Michael Katz looked at the confident Hideki Hanyu.

He felt that Hideki Hanyu was too young to make him feel reliable.

After all, whether it is to acquire Starpath or support hardware research and development, a large sum of money is required.

Adding the two together, the long-term investment may cost more than the acquisition of Automated Simulations.

"Mr. Hideki, the acquisition of Starpath requires at least US$100 million, and the cost of hardware research and development will not be less than US$100 million per year."

The purchasing power of the U.S. dollar in the early 80s is far beyond what later generations can match.

You must know that before Apple Computer went public in 1979, it only raised more than 700 million US dollars when it conducted the final private equity financing.

At that time, the Apple II computer had already sold millions of units.

Therefore, Michael Katz called out such an exaggerated number, which was completely tentative.

He felt that even if Hideki Hanyu would really support him, he would definitely make a bargain.

However, Hideki Hanyu's answer that followed exceeded Michael Katz's expectations.

"After I buy Automated Simulations, I will assign someone to be responsible for the acquisition of Starpath."

In such matters as acquisitions, Katz cannot say how much money is the money, and the finance must be in the hands of his own people.

"As for the cost of hardware R&D, isn't 100 million yuan a bit low? There are many things I want to do.

Mr. Katz may not know that I was recruiting hardware developers at the same time as I acquired Automated Simulations.

At that time, the hardware research and development department will be at least doubled in size, so if it is calculated in this way, it will cost 200 million US dollars a year. "

When Hanyu Hideki said this, he smiled and spread his hands.

"If Mr. Katz doesn't believe me, I can sign an agreement with Mr. Katz based on the promise just now, and it will take effect immediately after the acquisition is completed."

Michael Katz took a deep look at Hideki Hanyu, as if he wanted to see if Hideki Hanyu was lying.

Hanyu Hideki was calm and composed, letting the other party look at him.

Michael Katz looked at it for a moment, but didn't mention the agreement because it didn't make sense.

He just asked seriously.

"Mr. Hideki, the game market in America is now entering a depression. Why did you choose to invest so much at this time? What exactly do you want to do?"

Hearing this question, Hanyu Hideki stood up from his chair, walked to the window where Michael Katz was standing just now, looked outside and said.

"I think the depression is only temporary. As long as there are people who like video games, the game market will not disappear. Sooner or later, this market will recover. As for what I want to do..."

Hideki Hanyu paused at this point, "When I become the owner of this company, I will tell you what I will do next."

……

After leaving Automated Simulations, Hideki Hanyu glanced back.

His chat with Michael Katz didn't last long, and everything that can be said now has been said.

As for the other party's reaction, Hideki Hanyu didn't care.

He is very optimistic about Michael Katz's ability, but in the near future, he will be the master here.

Michael Katz can execute his idea, stay.

If he doesn't want to, then he doesn't mind taking advantage of the acquisition to let the other party pack up and leave.

After Hideki Hanyu returned to San Jose.

While waiting for news from Yoshihiro Yata and Satoshi Iwata.

By the way, I made a cross-sea call back to Neon, and asked Hideo Jimbo about the recent situation of the Osaka Stock Exchange.

According to what Eiichi Jinbo said.

Marubeni's fund, after he tossed and sold all the Nintendo stocks he held, was basically eaten by him.

When talking about this, Jinbo Ying said in a complaining tone.

"Boss, those guys have earned more than one billion yen from us. If this matter gets out, I will definitely become a laughing stock in the industry."

"Really? As long as you don't tell the outside world, who will know, rest assured to stay in Osaka, how is Nintendo's stock price going?"

Hideki Hanyu didn't care about being cut off more than a billion yen.

He wished that Marubeni would sell him more than a billion yen worth of Nintendo stock at the previous price.

"After Marubeni's sale was over, the stock price fell for a few days due to the influence of the American game market. However, after the completion of Nintendo's new factory, it just happened to catch up with the electronic entertainment exhibition held by the boss in Tokyo. The market is very optimistic about their New consoles, so the stock has been going up lately."

Jinboying said in a tone of admiration, "Boss, you can think of using the Electronic Entertainment Expo to help Nintendo's stock price increase, which is amazing!"

"not bad."

Hanyu Hideki responded casually.

Tokyo Electronic Entertainment Show was originally Takita Koji's idea, and he just paid for it.

At that time, I didn't expect that it would affect Nintendo's stock price. It was completely wrong, and a blind cat met a dead mouse.

Explaining that Eiichi Jinbo would continue to act according to the plan, Hideki Hanyu hung up the phone.

Time came to April th.

Hideki Hanyu received a call from Yoshihiro Yada from New York.

"After the initial contact, the investment fund was very keen to sell Automated Simulations, but the asking price was high."

"How much do they want?" Hideki Hanyu asked.

"1000 million U.S. dollars," said Yoshihiro Yada.

"Impossible at this price."

Hideki Hanyu thought that the other party really opened his mouth like a lion.

I don't even look at what the North American game market is sluggish now.

Before long, America's annual game market will shrink to $ million.

Such a small company, relying on only one game, dares to charge tens of millions.

This has not yet reached the bubble era, and Neon has not started the buying, buying, and buying mode of people in America who are stupid and rich.

"300 million US dollars is the upper limit, and there will be no more than 300 million US dollars. They are not the only game companies that want to cash out and stop losses."

"Yes, I understand." Yada Ryohiro said.

Hanging up the phone, Hideki Hanyu knew that this was a robbery.

If you wait until next year, no one will care about this little money.

It can only be said that the collapse of Atari has caused the American game market to suffer.

Game companies are laying off employees, investment institutions are cashing out, and everyone wants to get out of the quagmire as soon as possible.

You can't take advantage of the fire to rob.

He made a fortune from the stock market last year, but after paying off the mortgage, plus investing in the stock market and buying land, it is impossible for him to squander the remaining money casually.

After all, there are still many places to spend money later.

Yoshihiro Yada is still negotiating the acquisition, and Satoshi Iwata has not moved, so Hideki Hanyu can only continue to wait.

What I like to do most every day is to go for a stroll in Silicon Valley.

He also ran to Apple, trying to make an appointment to chat with Chief Joe.

It's a pity that I couldn't get what I wanted.

Mr. Qiao is probably busy promoting the Apple Lisa, a computer that just went on sale in January.

Although this computer, named after Joe's daughter, combined a graphical interface and a mouse for the first time, its sales were very poor due to its price of up to $.

It is estimated that Qiao's leader is having a headache because of this matter, and has no time to see him, a nobody.

After wandering around Silicon Valley for two days, Hideki Hanyu finally heard good news from Yoshihiro Yada.

Through the unremitting efforts of Yoshihiro Yata.

The investment fund behind Automated Simulations eventually agreed to sell all of its shares for $300 million.

For this reason, Hideki Hanyu took a plane to New York and signed the transfer contract in person.

Automated Simulations belonged to him when he signed his name.

After completing all the transfer procedures, when Hideki Hanyu returned to Silicon Valley, Satoru Iwata also returned.

In the list of nine people given by Hideki Hanyu, Satoru Iwata ran for so many days, and finally successfully invited seven people to join.

Although not all of them were invited back, Hideki Hanyu felt a little regretful.

But with the original R&D personnel of Automated Simulations, a short time is enough.

And at this moment, he received another overseas call from Eri Kitahara.

Mainly report recent work to him.

"Hanyu-san, the sales statistics for the second week of electronic pets are out."

"How much did you sell?"

"300 million units, but from the perspective of shipments, sales should not rise again next week."

"It's okay, the outbreak can't last forever, please fax me a copy of the sales report."

"After Hanyu-san left Neon, without your cover, the news about sales in the sales department is almost unstoppable. Now many places are queuing up to buy Tamagoko, and even the sales of cute magazines have been driven. , the previous issue had a circulation of 55."

When Hideki Hanyu heard the news, the first thing he thought of was that TV Tokyo, which was negotiating with Yunying Pictures, might be in a hurry.

Once other private TV stations turn their attention, TV Tokyo has no other choice but to sell more benefits.

But at this time, others are in America, and they can't care about these things. Anyway, as long as the production rights are in the hands of Yunying Pictures, it doesn't matter who they cooperate with.

"If you can't suppress it, don't suppress it, just release it to stimulate sales."

Thinking of the company he just acquired, Hideki Hanyu continued.

"I just acquired a game company in America, and I plan to reorganize it into the North American division of Spirit Entertainment, and let Tetsuya Aragaki bring the main developers of electronic pets over."

"Do you need them to stay in America?"

"No, it's just a temporary business trip."

"Ok."

……

Two days later, Tetsuya Aragaki arrived in Silicon Valley with six main developers of electronic pets.

Automated Simulations' first all-hands meeting since the acquisition took place.

Due to the arrival of the electronic pet R&D team led by Aragaki Tetsuya, and the addition of seven new hardware R&D personnel, the meeting room was overcrowded.

Everyone can only stand in the office area for meetings.

When Hideki Hanyu took Michael Katz out of the CEO's office and came to the front of the crowd.

A young Asian face, became the new boss.

Although they had known the news in advance, when the employees saw Hideki Hanyu, they still inevitably showed various expressions.

There are doubts.

curious.

There is excitement.

Facing all kinds of gazes, Hanyu Hideki didn't care.

In a naked capitalist country like America.

He never thought of making others respect him as a stranger as soon as they met.

These guys just have to respect every dollar he pays.

Leaving out those words to win over feelings, he said straight to the point.

"My name is Hideki Hanyu, and I'm your new boss. I'm going to announce a few things next."

Hanyu Hideki's words made everyone nervous.

Don't be nervous, after all, everyone in the industry is very clear about the current situation of the American game market.

All companies are either selling themselves out of business or laying off employees.

The new boss brought so many people to the company, maybe it was to replace the old employees like them.

Seeing everyone's nervous expressions, Hideki Hanyu seemed to have returned to the time when he bought the predecessor of Spirit Entertainment.

He relaxed his tone a little and began to speak.

"First of all, the company name will be changed to 'Elf Entertainment' from today."

What Hideki Hanyu said was just a title, the full name should be 'Elf Entertainment of America Inc'.

This name also means that the American branch of Spirit Entertainment was officially established.

He introduced Michael Katz beside him, "Mr. Michael Katz will continue to serve as the CEO of the company.

As for the positions of other people who will remain unchanged for the time being, I will not make any layoffs for the time being.

Your work will be very busy in the future, I hope to see your efforts, otherwise you will lose your hard-won job opportunities. "

After Hideki Hanyu finished speaking, Michael Katz said a few more soothing words.

Then he followed Hanyu Hideki back to the office.

In the office, Michael Katz asked Hideki Hanyu.

"Mr. Hideki, tell everyone that you will be very busy in the future, but you should tell me what to do?"

Hearing Michael Katz's words, Hanyu Hideki took something out of his pocket.

It is a hemisphere the size of a child's fist.

The spherical part is painted with red and white patterns.

If there are readers who have read Hideki Hanyu's "Pokemon" at this time, they will immediately recognize that this is the front of the Pokémon in the book.

On the hemispherical plane part, there is an LCD screen inlaid, and there are three small buttons below the screen.

"This is what we're going to launch next, an electronic life."

　On the first day of work, I failed to touch fish, deleted, deleted, and modified, and Kavinka's egg hurts.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)