Traveling through the Tokyo bubble era

Chapter 232 'Evil Younger' Hideki Hanyu

The Poké Ball was launched in Neon, and on the first day, it created sales of more than 30 units.

Such a strong performance really made the peers who intend to compete in the electronic pet market uncomfortable.

But if you want to talk about the most worrying thing, it has a cooperative relationship with Hideki Hanyu and the Yunshang Department. Neon's well-deserved toy giant, Bandai.

Bandai, Tokyo headquarters.

An emergency meeting is being held.

The current chairman of Bandai, Yamashina, presided over the meeting.

Three years ago, Yamashina, who was only 35 years old, became the president of Bandai.

In an old-fashioned club like Bandai, to be the president at such an age is definitely considered to be in the prime of life.

Since taking office, Bandai has developed smoothly under the leadership of Yamashina City.

Especially after the "Saint Seiya" authorized by Constellation Culture, Bandai once again created the second revenue peak after "Gundam" in the field of figures.

But success is also Hideki Hanyu, and defeat is also Hideki Hanyu.

Bandai just relied on Hideki Hanyu's "Saint Seiya" to reap the dividends.

At this time, because of Hideki Hanyu, Yamashina, who had just passed his 38th birthday, was in a very bad mood.

For the specific reason, we have to start with Tuoma Gezi.

After the sales of Elf Entertainment's Tamagotchi were huge.

Shanke City keenly discovered that the main consumer group of Tuma Gezi is actually the girl market.

After discussing with a group of high-level executives, he decided to launch an electronic pet that imitates Tamagotchi and is aimed at boys, so as to seize the gap in the market.

In order to distinguish it from Tamagotchi, they named the new electronic pet Digimon.

In order to make boys like it more, a combat system has been added in addition to the development system.

In terms of marketing methods, Bandai decided to learn from the latest Transformers model.

That is the launch of TV animation and toys together.

But what Bandai didn't expect was.

Hideki Hanyu's "Pokemon" move was buried more than two years ago.

It is even more unexpected that Hideki Hanyu will start to develop and launch the second-generation product when the sales volume of Tamagotchi is stable.

However, the Poke Ball was first released in America, and there was no news in Neon beforehand.

This caused Bandai, who was unprepared, to fall into a dilemma.

Because their early research and development costs, as well as the production costs of TV animation cooperation with Toei, have already been spent.

If you give up halfway now, the money you spent earlier will be in vain.

But if they continue to bite the bullet and invest, seeing that the Poké Ball has quickly seized the boy market, how much of the share will be left for Bandai?

The most important thing is that although Bandai's electronic pets have added a combat system, they still follow the old path of Tamako.

But the Poké Ball not only has a combat system, a level system, and an evolution system, but it can also fight online through a data cable.

This kind of airframe performance, as well as the gap in entertainment interactivity, let alone the Poke Ball has already preemptively struck.

Even if the two products are released at the same time, I am afraid that Bandai's Digimon machine will not be an opponent.

As the president, Shankecheng, facing the current situation, became more and more worried, and couldn't help asking his subordinates.

"Did Elf Entertainment announce yesterday's sales figures?"

"No."

The subordinate shook his head, then spoke again.

"This time should not be summarized, but according to our observation of the number of consumers in the store, the sales of Poké Balls should have declined yesterday.

Therefore, even if the sales volume is aggregated, Spirit Entertainment will definitely not announce the single-day data, and it is estimated that it will wait until the end of the first week of sales. "

Hearing the decline in the sales of Poke Balls, Shan Kecheng felt inexplicably relieved, and hurriedly asked, "Can you judge how much the sales volume dropped yesterday?"

"It is definitely impossible to judge the specifics. According to the observation of the passenger flow of our people in several stores in Tokyo, it has dropped by at least one-third."

The subordinate's words made Shankecheng feel a little relieved, and it disappeared in an instant.

The sales volume of 30, even if dropped by a third, is still a very large number.

This decline has no meaning for Bandai who wants to seize the market.

But since the sales of Poké Balls are declining, Yamashiko City sees no reason not to use them.

Shanshi City should even explain to the person in charge of the propaganda department.

"Spirit Entertainment doesn't announce it themselves, so we will help them and let people release the news that the sales of Poke Balls fell by 50.00% on the second day."

"President, the decline should not be so high." A subordinate said.

"Of course I know. If Spirit Entertainment thinks what we are saying is wrong, we can announce the real sales. From the public's point of view, one-third and half are both down."

When Shanshishi said this, he said with some regret, "Unfortunately, the previous public opinion did not affect their sales."

The person in charge of the Propaganda Department heard the words and tried to give a suggestion, "President, I think the influence of public opinion can continue."

"Can you continue?" Shanke City was a little strange.

All the dirty water that can be splashed has been poured, so it's not useless.

And Neon is not like America, and the public opinion attack can't be too much.

Another important point is that Elf Entertainment, with the help of Yunshang Entertainment, is much stronger than Bandai in controlling media and public opinion.

After all, there are specialties in the technology industry. In terms of controlling public opinion, it is really difficult for a toy company to compare with entertainment clubs.

"President, I tried the Poke Ball launched by Neon yesterday, and found that there is one difference between the Neon version of the Poké Ball and the American version, that is, Neon has a physical limit, while America does not."

The subordinate shared his findings.

Shanke City touched his chin when he heard the words, "Do you think we can do something about this?"

"Yes, I think..."

……

at the same time.

Inside the president's office of Yunshang Culture.

Eri Kitahara put down the newspaper that reported the quality problems of the Nintendo FC console.

The excitement of Nintendo, she just has to look at it.

Even if what Hideki Hanyu said happened, Nintendo managed to tide over the difficulties.

Neon game production companies are all scrambling to log in to the FC console.

But when she knew Hideki Hanyu's three-step host strategy in America.

No matter what preferential terms Nintendo offered to Elf Entertainment, she would never allow Elf Entertainment's games to log on to the FC console.

The most important thing for Poke Entertainment today is the sales of Poke Balls.

Jingle Bell……

The phone rang, and Eri Kitahara picked it up and heard that it was an assistant calling from an extension.

"President Kitahara, yesterday's sales summary is here."

"Bring it in." Kitahara Eri ordered.

Not long after, the assistant came in and put down the sales summary report.

"How's the sales?" Hideki Hanyu asked while sitting on the sofa.

Eri Kitahara flipped it over, then frowned.

"Sales fell by a third."

From Eri Kitahara's tone, it could be heard that she was obviously not very happy.

"One-third, that is to say, the sales volume is at least 20 units, which is already very good."

Hanyu Hideki spoke in relief.

"The slide is too fast." Kitahara Eri said in a low voice.

Hanyu Hideki said without changing his face.

"This decline is within my expectation. Electronic pets are not new to neon consumers. It is very unrealistic for Poke Ball to sell like Tamagotchi."

For Elf Entertainment, the current sales volume of Poke Balls in Neon is considered a success.

After all, Poké Balls have proven their quality and reputation in America.

Start to open up the situation, and the follow-up sales will not be too bad in the long run.

Hideki Hanyu's words of enlightenment finally made Eri Kitahara feel better.

She was about to say something when the phone rang again.

Eri Kitahara picked up the phone, and the main force dialed in again.

"President Beiyuan, the reception on the first floor is reporting. There is a person who wants to see you, but he doesn't have an appointment."

"Who?" Eri Kitahara asked.

After a while, the assistant answered.

"He said that he is the owner of Oki Transportation Club and a partner of Spirit Entertainment, and the person he wants to meet is President Hanyu."

Hearing what the assistant said, Eri Kitahara looked at Hideki Hanyu suspiciously.

She has seen the name Damu Transportation before, and it is one of the logistics and transportation partners of Elven Entertainment.

Mainly in charge of transportation around Tokyo.

It's just that the reserved transportation work is usually managed and arranged by the department under the sales department, so she doesn't need to come forward at all.

She also only saw the name when signing documents.

The other party's boss doesn't even see her on weekdays.

And how did he know Hideki Hanyu, the hands-off shopkeeper?

Confused, Eri Kitahara asked Hideki Hanyu directly.

"The president of Spirit Entertainment has a partner who wants to visit Hanyu-san, and he is waiting downstairs. Do you want to meet Hanyu-san?"

"Partner, visit me? Which one?" Hideki Hanyu asked with question marks all over his head.

"It's a small club called Oki Transportation." Eri Kitahara explained.

"It was him."

Hearing the name of the club, Hideki Hanyu guessed who it was.

The person who asked to see him outside must be the big wooden stick he saw at Yada Liangyang's place.

The other party's arrogant attitude at that time, although there was a reason for Xiao Shanfeng's "borrowing a knife to kill".

But it did make him very upset.

Feeling upset, of course you can't hold back.

So after that, he made a phone call to Yuan Zhensheng, the head of the elf entertainment sales department.

"Do you want to see Hanyu-san?" Kitahara Eri asked.

Hanyu Hideki said without hesitation, "No."

He asked Qian Yuan Zhensheng to cancel the cooperation with the other party just to make himself comfortable.

It's not to humiliate the other party in person.

Now that he decided not to cooperate, he didn't care what the other party wanted to say to him, begging for mercy or apologizing.

"Ok."

Eri Kitahara has nothing to do with Oki Matou, and Hideki Hanyu doesn't want to see her, so of course she won't say much.

Dang even ordered on the phone, "Let someone leave, just say President Hanyu is not here."

Eri Kitahara, who was still suffering from the drop in sales just now, lost her bad mood because of such an incident interrupted in the middle.

She raised her hand to look at her watch and found that it was almost time for a noon break.

"It's almost time, how about going to have lunch together."

Eri Kitahara said this, and hurriedly added another sentence, "Hanyu-san treats you."

"Haha, no problem." Hanyu Hideki couldn't help laughing, "It's been a long time since Kitahara-san introduced me to a delicious restaurant."

Eri Kitahara shook her head helplessly, "I'm really too busy. Most of the time when I eat, I ask my assistant to buy bento directly."

"Kitahara-san worked hard, and I will give Kitahara-san a salary increase at the end of the year." Hanyu Hideki said proudly.

"Then I would like to thank Boss Hanyu." Kitahara Eri deliberately put on a grateful appearance.

Seeing that Eri Kitahara was still planning to play tricks, Hanyu Hideki hurriedly said, "Kitahara-san should stop in moderation."

"Okay, no kidding, let's go."

After Eri Kitahara finished speaking, she tidied up briefly, and then walked downstairs with Hideki Hanyu.

Along the way, employees kept saying hello to them.

Both of them responded politely.

But just when the two were able to walk to the gate, a figure suddenly appeared in front of them.

After the figure rushed out, he threw himself down in front of them with a standard soil seat.

Then, I heard the person say in a humble tone.

"President Hanyu, I'm so sorry to disturb you. I just hope that President Hanyu can forgive me. This is my compensation for the loss of Mr. Hanyu's clothes."

While speaking, this person also picked up a piece of something and handed it to Hanyu Hideki.

Look carefully, it is actually a check.

The above amount seems to be 500 million yen.

It was only then that Hideki Hanyu realized that the person who threw himself on the ground was none other than Da Mumadou whom he refused to meet.

Da Mumadou lowered his head, holding the check in his hand, not daring to move at all.

Ever since he bumped into Hanyu Hideki at Yoshihiro Yada's office that day, he was worried that something would happen.

Then reality proves that the more people worry about something, the more it will happen.

Shipping order for Poké Balls, no more.

Without any notice, the elf entertainment sales department seemed to have forgotten him.

Seeing the trucks transporting Pokéballs, one by one, they drove out of the factory of Pokémon Entertainment.

But he can only let the transport vehicle bought with borrowed money empty at home.

Although the repayment date is still some time away.

But Jidao found that after he borrowed money, he failed to expand his business.

So he came to the door in time to "care" for him.

Faced with this situation, Da Muma Dou understands that he has only one way to go.

That is to get Hideki Hanyu's forgiveness and get back the cooperation with Spirit Entertainment.

However, Hideki Hanyu's whereabouts are uncertain.

Oki Matou has always wanted to see Hideki Hanyu, but he has never been able to.

Yada Ryohiro, who was the only one who could connect him with Hideki Hanyu, didn't want to get involved in their affairs and refused to contact him.

As for Elf Entertainment, the employees in the sales department who knew the inside story would not risk offending Hideki Hanyu to help him.

In the end, Da Mumadou could only use a stupid method, and stayed at the gate of Yunshang Culture in person, and finally saw Hideki Hanyu show up.

He took the liberty to ask for a meeting without an appointment, and was rejected directly.

After Da Mumadou was invited to leave Yunshang Culture, he was still unwilling to give up.

Continue to wait outside the gate for Hanyu Hideki.

Then there is the present scene.

Eri Kitahara was a little dumbfounded seeing Oki Matou in such a posture.

Have absolutely no idea what's going on.

As for Hanyu Hideki, he was also full of doubts.

In his opinion, even if Da Muma Dou does not cooperate with Elf Entertainment, he can cooperate with others.

There's absolutely no need to put on such a humble look.

Could it be that the other party's transportation club would not operate when there was no Elf Entertainment?

But no matter what the other party's reasons were, Hanyu Hideki was not in the mood to understand.

Without saying anything, and without looking at Da Mu Ma Dou, he moved away, intending to go around the other party.

Seeing this, Oki Mado instinctively wanted to continue to stop Hanyu Hideki.

But just as the body was about to move, it felt like the whole body was firmly grasped by two hands.

When he looked up, he realized that at some point, two tall men in black separated him from Hideki Hanyu.

And these two men in black are Hanyu Hideki's two bodyguards.

Originally, they were waiting for Hideki Hanyu beside the car.

But what Da Mu Ma Dou did just now really scared them a lot.

Fortunately, Damumadou didn't do anything.

But even so, the bodyguards would never let Dai Mumato get close to Hanyu Hideki.

Seeing that Hanyu Hideki couldn't be stopped, Dai Mumato could only cry out sadly.

"President Hanyu, please forgive me. Without the order from Spirit Entertainment, those people will definitely take my family away."

"Hanyu-san..."

Kitahara Eri is a woman after all, so she persuaded her softly.

Hanyu Hideki sighed, turned around and waved his hands to the two bodyguards who were holding big wooden sticks.

In the business field, cooperation or non-cooperation is your choice.

And obviously he was the one who was so startled by this guy that he splashed tea on his high-end suit and lost a lot of money.

But in this situation, why did he look like a villain who bullies men and women.

Seeing the bodyguard let go of the big wooden stick, Hideki Hanyu asked in a deep voice.

"Tell me, what do you want to do?"

(End of this chapter)