Traveling through the Tokyo bubble era

Chapter 463 Victory is certain

Hanyu Hideki, who originally wanted to relax at home for a day, had to give up his original idea because the Sekimoto sisters came to visit.

It's just the twin sisters who are so annoying that the scumbag can't handle it with his willpower.

Especially after the two lost the game, they had to agree to Hanyu Hideki and play a game of chasing each other in the dance studio.

The scumbag blindfolded himself and started chasing the twin sisters.

After being caught...

Hey!

By the way, I also have to guess whether it was the older sister or younger sister who was caught.

There are rewards for winning and penalties for losing.

Don't get too addicted to this scumbag game.

As the saying goes, if you are happy here, you don’t miss Shu.

Hanyu Hideki and the Sekimoto sisters stayed in the Master House for two days, playing all day and night.

He even asked Gang Hao for a day off the next day.

But after the time came to March 10th.

Even if he didn't want to, he had to send the sisters away.

The time has come for the Minato-ku Odaiba Land Financing Conference convened by the Governor of Tokyo.

Early in the morning, after sending the Sekimoto sisters away, Hanyu Hideki went to the location of the land financing meeting.

As soon as he got off the car at the door, he saw a black Toyota Century approaching.

He knew this car.

The car door was opened, and the person who came out was Yoshiaki Tsutsumi as expected.

Hanyu Hideki immediately greeted him enthusiastically. "What a coincidence. I just arrived and saw Tisang's car coming."

When Tsutsumi Yoshiaki saw Hanyu Hideki, he responded with the same enthusiasm, "Haha, I originally thought about looking for President Hanyu in the future, but now it seems that there is no need."

The two had just reached an important cooperation, and now they treated each other as important allies.

When it fell into the eyes of the people around him, it immediately aroused surprise and suspicion.

Everyone doesn’t know when the relationship between Tsutsumi Yoshiaki and Hanyu Hideki became so close.

There must be a reason why the two of them are so close.

Everyone couldn't help but become curious.

Naturally, Hanyu Hideki and Tsutsumi Yoshiaki would not deliberately explain to everyone's curiosity.

Anyway, when the Tokyo Electric Power Exhibition starts, everything will come to light.

At this time, Hanyu Hideki made an invitation gesture to Tsutsumi Yoshiaki and said very politely, "tsutsuki-san, let's go in first."

After all, Tsutsumi Yoshiaki is nearly thirty years older than him and is a complete senior in the business world, so he still has to have the attitude that a junior should have.

In a neon society, there are some rules that he must abide by even if he doesn't like them.

"President Hanyu, let's go together."

Yoshiaki Tsutsumi was very satisfied with Hanyu Hideki's attitude.

After the two of them entered the scene together, they acted like allies, which once again attracted the attention of many people.

To be honest, even if there was a beautiful woman running around naked here, it would not be as attractive to everyone as Yoshiaki Tsutsumi and Hideki Hanyu coming together.

The people who can be invited here today to participate in the Odaiba land financing are basically the people in Neon who can cause earthquakes by stomping their feet.

To them, beauty is nothing more than a higher-end plaything.

Seeing that the two leaders of the big forces suddenly came so close to each other, it was not worth mentioning that they were just playthings.

After all, the two people in front of me,

One is the leader of the Seibu Group, which has strong strength and rapid development.

One is a rapidly rising capital upstart.

Although the latter Hideki Hanyu's qualifications are a bit shallow, after mastering Tohoku Energy and being labeled as Mitsui Group, he has indeed stepped into the top circle of powerful people.

"Humph, these people know what to make a fuss about."

Feeling the eyes of the people around him, Tsutsumi Yoshiaki whispered dissatisfiedly.

Hideki Hanyu did not answer.

After all, Yoshiaki Tsutsumi was at the peak of his power and wealth, and he had the ability to speak arrogantly.

But he himself has only just started, his foundation is not stable, and his feet are not yet firm, so it is better not to talk nonsense along with him.

Besides, he deliberately got together with Tsutsumi Yoshiaki today just to use him as a shield.

He had just acquired Northeast Energy and was a talking point in the upper circles.

But he didn't want to attract too much attention and cause unnecessary trouble.

Therefore, it is easy to enjoy the shade under the big tree.

Tsutsumi Yoshiaki is now a big tree and attracts the wind. When he comes together, everyone's attention will undoubtedly be focused on Tsutsumi Yoshiaki.

Just at this time, Hanyu Hideki saw a middle-aged man walking into the venue, and said to Tsutsumi Yoshiaki, "tsutsumi-san, I'm going to visit a senior. Please excuse me for a moment."

Tsutsumi Yoshiaki said, "President Hanyu, please excuse me."

Saying goodbye to Yoshiaki Tsutsumi, Hideki Hanyu greeted the middle-aged man who just walked in.

"Specialist on the island, I was very sorry that I couldn't see you during my last visit. I didn't expect to meet you here today."

When the middle-aged man saw Hanyu Hideki greeting him, he also said with a smile.

"President Hanyu, I hope you'll forgive me when we first met. I was on business at that time due to work, so I'm very sorry that I couldn't meet President Hanyu."

The middle-aged man named Ueshima Juji is the executive director of Mitsui & Co.

Although he was born in the Kansai region, he is now in charge of Mitsui & Co.'s affairs in the Kanto and Tohoku regions.

When Hanyu Hideki visited various forces in the Kanto region last time, he naturally also visited Ueshima Juji.

It's just that he was in a hurry when he visited and failed to make an appointment in advance, so he couldn't see this person.

As for why Hideki Hanyu paid so much attention to Ueshima Juji, it was all because he would be promoted to the president of Mitsui & Co., Ltd. in the 1990s.

Considering that whether it is Northeast Energy, Elf Entertainment, or the entire Yunshang system, it is inevitable to deal with Mitsui & Co., so there is nothing wrong with making friends in advance.

Of course, there is the most important point.

Hanyu Hideki found from the recent report of Tohoku Energy President Nakano Shigemasa that after several months of rectification, Tohoku Energy's operations have returned to normal.

Except for the leaders who were still locked up, the workers who had caused trouble before had also returned to work and had been properly comforted.

In addition, all military industries of Northeast Energy have been completely divested.

Therefore, Hideki Hanyu felt that it was time to start the next step.

But this step is of great importance, and even if he is the controlling shareholder of Northeast Energy, he cannot make this decision easily.

To successfully promote the plan, he must get support from Mitsui.

As a powerful member of Mitsui & Co., Ueshima Juji can still help him in his plan.

Even if you don't agree, as long as you don't object, it's still help.

Thinking of this, Hanyu Hideki took advantage of the meeting to start chatting with Ueshima Juji.

With his friendly attitude and excellent eloquence, he quickly became close to Ueshima Juji, and even made an appointment to have lunch together during the lunch break.

When the two of them were talking about this, Tokyo Governor Suzuki arrived at the scene and announced that this financing meeting had officially begun.

Hanyu Hideki bid farewell to Uejima Juji and sat next to Tsutsumi Yoshiaki again.

But at this time, Tsutsumi Yoshiaki no longer cared about talking to Hanyu Hideki.

Just because the Tokyo Governor's pie had knocked everyone present unconscious.

In the port area where land is at a premium, there is an ambitious development plan with a planned area of ​​more than 448 hectares, with "Linhai Sub-city Urban Construction" as the core and the World City Expo in the s as the goal.

Just the landmark buildings that draw the pie include the Tokyo Telecommunications Center, the Tokyo International Exhibition Center, and the Tokyo Port Liaison Bridge, which is also known as the Tokyo Rainbow Bridge in later generations.

Tokyo Governor Suzuki's plan seems to be a pie in the sky. In the past, perhaps everyone would have been more cautious.

But the time when the other party proposed this plan happened to be the bubble economy era when the neon economy was developing at a supersonic speed.

Therefore, no one present felt that this plan was a pie in the sky, empty talk, and had any possibility of failure.

Therefore, everyone, like the ambitious Governor of Tokyo, intends to promote this huge plan together.

Of course, these people except Hideki Hanyu.

After all, he knew very well that this ambitious plan formulated during the bubble economy era would be completely aborted when the bubble burst and the Tokyo governor failed to be re-elected.

And he, who knows everything well, came here today just to make himself known, and to bury a nail in the plan in advance so that he could buy the bottom in the future.

After the Governor of Tokyo introduced the details, he began to get down to business, pointing to the schematic diagram hanging in front of everyone.

"The reclamation land option range for lease and sale this time is mainly the first part of land No. 10 and land No. 13. If you are interested..."

(Odaiba land diagram·map)

Next, everyone in the entire conference room only did one thing, and that was to select the land they liked for investment.

Since the price of land is fixed, everyone basically discusses it, roughly divides the territory, and starts to divide the pie drawn by the governor of Tokyo.

Seeing that everyone else was blushing, Hanyu Hideki completed his choice in a low-key manner and randomly picked a small piece of land next to the land circled by Tsutsumi Yoshiaki.

After all, knowing that this place was going to collapse, he naturally couldn't buy more.

Moreover, the current land price is so ridiculously expensive that even if he had money, he would not be able to waste it randomly.

Besides, he really doesn't have the strength to compete with other big forces now.

Of course, meetings are easier said than done.

But from start to finish, it took a whole day.

Even until Hanyu Hideki left, some relatively large land investments had not been finalized.

After all, this kind of investment involving land requires huge funds, and naturally it cannot be easily decided in a short time.

However, Hanyu Hideki has already been confirmed, so he naturally does not need to worry about what happens next.

Because the purpose of his coming today has been achieved.

First of all, buy a small courier to participate in it, drive a nail, and sell it to the Governor of Tokyo.

Secondly, I made acquaintance with Mitsui & Co.’s managing director Ueshima Juji and had lunch together, during which they had a very interesting conversation.

When Hanyu Hideki vaguely proposed his plan, Ueshima Juji saw that it did not conflict with his own interests and said on the spot that even if he did not support it, he would never hold back Hanyu Hideki.

After leaving the meeting site and returning to the 'Everything House', Hanyu Hideki locked the land investment documents in the safe.

At this point, land financing in Odaiba has come to an end.

If history develops normally, he will have to wait at least several more years if he wants to buy Odaiba land at a low price.

Therefore, the document will probably stay in the safe for a long time.

After locking the safe, Hanyu Hideki lay heavily on the sofa.

I couldn't help but sigh, "I'm really tired."

What he said was tired, not physically.

Although he is low-key enough today, he only chooses an inconspicuous piece of land for investment.

But it is still inevitable to deal with those old guys from big forces.

What's more, he also has to build a good relationship with the future Mitsui & Co., Ltd. president Ueshima Juji.

Even Tsutsumi Yoshiaki, who seemed to be on good terms with him.

When these old foxes are trying to trick their competitors, if they find that he has exposed his weaknesses, they will definitely not mind digging a hole to bury him.

Therefore, during this day, he must concentrate 100% every moment.

Don't accidentally step into an old fox's "trap".

So it doesn't matter that he didn't use much physical energy throughout the day.

But the mental exhaustion was unprecedented.

And just as he was resting on the sofa, he heard footsteps approaching and opened his eyes to see that it was the maid Machiko.

The other party walked to the side and asked in a low voice, "Sir, what would you like to eat for dinner?"

Hideki Hanyu said, "Prepare some plain porridge and light dishes."

Machiko replied, "Yes, sir."

"Oh, by the way, call the masseur to help me relax."

Hideki Hanyu ordered again.

Machiko nodded, "I'll do it right away. Do you have anything else to do, sir?"

Hanyu Hideki said, "No, you go and do your work."

"Yes."

Machiko said goodbye and left, while Hanyu Hideki continued to take a rest.

Next, the masseuse came to provide services, and there was no need to mention the light dinner he enjoyed.

In short, after relaxing his whole body, Hideki Hanyu had a good, happy and full sleep.

But after that, his busy daily life continued.

Throughout March, in addition to the "big things" he mentioned before, there were also many other things.

March is Neon’s tax filing season, and it’s also the time when many Neon listed companies release their annual financial reports.

In the days before the opening of the Tokyo Electric Power Exhibition, many listed companies announced their annual financial reports.

The listed companies in his hands, Aiyi International and Crescent Cinema, also announced last year's financial reports. Although there are profits, the expenses are higher.

However, due to the very good development curve, the market still gave positive feedback. Taking advantage of the general trend of the bubble economy, the stock price rose sharply, allowing Hanyu Hideki to make a lot of money.

By the way, Hideki Hanyu is also preparing to take advantage of the momentum after the sharp rise to promote the share expansion of Aiyi International and Crescent Cinemas to reserve ammunition for the next plan.

In addition to the share expansion, preparations for the listing of the 'Game Base Publishing House', which had been previously decided with Naito Securities, have also begun in full swing.

As the world's most successful game magazine with a global game media market share of over 70%, the listing of Game Base Press has also attracted much attention.

Of course, Hanyu Hideki is not only concerned about his own listed companies.

He was also concerned about the situation of his old rivals.

The first is Nintendo's financial report. After seeing the overall substantial shrinkage in revenue and profits under the pressure of Genie Entertainment, the stock price suddenly fell against the trend.

As the Tokyo Electric Power Exhibition is about to take place, and the stock price is so low, you don't have to guess how much pressure Yamauchi will be under at this time.

Then there is Bandai, a rival in the toy market.

The handheld cooperation between the other party and Nintendo failed. Several classic copyrights were originally acquired by Hideki Hanyu, and the electronic pets were defeated by Pokémon Fight of Pokémon Entertainment.

The financial report is quite unsightly.

But fortunately, Bandai can still rely on resting on its laurels to struggle for a while. Taking advantage of the general trend of the bubble economy, the stock price is finally not as ugly as Nintendo's.

After telling the story, let’s talk about his own tax situation.

His income soared last year, but so did his expenses.

With unremitting efforts in spending money, Hanyu Hideki finally achieved the smallest tax payment in the past years.

Basically, except for the writer's income and other cultural copyright-related income, his tax amount is basically flat.

In addition to taxes and financial reports, March is also another concentrated time for Neon during the awards season.

For example, Hideki Hanyu participated in the Neon Film Academy Awards.

By or some important awards in the literary circle.

In the latter case, whether Hanyu Hideki is accepting awards, presenting awards, or judging awards, he basically pushes them if he can. Only those who really can't push will show up.

As for the former, Hideki Hanyu no longer has any interest in participating.

Even if he could see a lot of celebrity beauties there, he wouldn't be interested.

As for the award attribution.

Anyway, everyone now knows that the Neon Film Academy Awards is an event where several major production companies, including Yunying Pictures, come together to share the cake. There is no suspense about the awards from the moment they are nominated.

The only thing that everyone found interesting about the Academy Awards in the past two years was the public spat between the "avant-garde" filmmakers headed by Shinsuke Ito and the old-school filmmakers in the academy before and after the awards.

At least Hideki Hanyu enjoys watching it.

For example, this year's Academy Awards haven't even started yet, and the newspapers are already buzzing with comments.

In the driving car, Hanyu Hideki was reading a newspaper.

The entertainment section has a large page, which is published by Kurokawa Oki under his real name, commenting on the nomination list of this year's Academy Awards.

To sum up, the meaning from beginning to end is nothing more than being conservative, not wanting to make progress, and falling behind the times.

This is also what today’s “avant-garde” filmmakers are most criticized for.

However, in the end, it is just a fun for the audience to watch, and the old men retort in anger.

As for the result, it’s all about life and death.

So what if the critic is right?

So what if the future of neon cinema is hopeless?

Some people only care about immediate benefits.

How could someone who already held a high position in the academy hand over their power so easily?

"Haha, Kurokawa Oki's ability to sarcastically poke and sarcast has improved a lot."

Hanyu Hideki commented with a smile.

At this time, Marco, who was driving, reminded, "Boss, we are coming soon."

Hearing this, Hideki Hanyu turned his head and looked out the window.

The Tokyo Big Sight Exhibition Hall is clearly visible.

That was the purpose of his trip.

It is also the venue for the 5th Tokyo Electronics Entertainment Exhibition.

Today is already March 14th.

The second day of the Tokyo Electric Power Exhibition.

Due to his busy schedule, Hideki Hanyu not only failed to inspect the preliminary preparations, but also did not even attend the opening ceremony.

Today, after finally finishing the things at hand, he finally had time to come over and take a look.

After getting off the car in the internal parking lot, Hanyu Hideki saw Takita Koji, the editor-in-chief of "Game Base" magazine, waiting for him not far away.

After Hanyu Hideki appeared, Takita Koji immediately greeted him and greeted him respectfully, "President, good morning."

"Editor-in-chief Takita, long time no see."

After Hanyu Hideki said hello, he asked with a smile.

"This is already the fifth edition. Why does Editor-in-Chief Takita still need to personally supervise on site? I heard Kitahara-san said that you are busy preparing for the listing of the publishing house recently. Do you still have time to come to the exhibition at this time?"

"Listing is just a result, and the Tokyo Electric Power Show is the reason for the listing. If I want the listing to go smoothly, of course I have to ensure the success of the Tokyo Electric Power Show."

Takita Koji said in a humble tone.

Hideki Hanyu said, "Editor-in-chief Takita is too humble. Even if there is no Tokyo Electric Power Show, Game Base, under your leadership, will still be the most successful game magazine in the world."

"The main reason for the success of the game base is that Elf Entertainment has caused a craze for video games around the world. We are just relying on Elf Entertainment. It should be said that it is the success of the president that has created the success of the game base."

Hearing Takita Koji's words, Hanyu Hideki said funny and helplessly.

"Editor Takita, I remember that you were not a person who liked to flatter you before. We have known each other for such a long time. There is no need to say these compliments to me. Let's talk about how the preparations for the publishing house's listing are going."

In fact, he can also understand that Game Base Publishing House is about to be listed.

As the boss, he holds the right to share the cake.

Profit comes first, so Takita Koji naturally wants to eat more.

Words to please, flattery and so on, the starting point is the same.

Koji Takita replied, "The preparations are going very smoothly. According to the plan given by Naito Securities, there will be no problem in listing in May."

"Very good, I'll leave it to editor Takita to ring the bell when the time comes."

As soon as Hanyu Hideki said this, Takita Koji couldn't hide his excitement.

After all, this sentence is almost equivalent to a promise that he will not be forgotten in the distribution of benefits after the launch of "Game Base".

You must know that in Neon, large companies have very strict salary standards and basically do not grant stock options or dividends to senior executives.

This is related to the financing channels of neon companies, most of which actually rely on banks.

Furthermore, Ye and Neon Enterprises have always been pursuers, with huge industrial advantages. The main role of senior executives is to maintain success, not to develop.

Compared with those traditional companies, Hideki Hanyu treats executives like this, which is really rare.

Takita Koji was excited and naturally promised repeatedly how he would work hard, how he would help the publishing house develop, etc.

When Hanyu Hideki saw this, he thought that no matter how loudly he talked about loyalty and dedication, in the final analysis, what everyone was pursuing was interests.

To Koji Takita, who had always expressed his loyalty, he just smiled slightly and said, "Then I'll leave it to editor Takita."

Then he stopped talking and allowed the other party to lead him into the venue.

After entering the second day of the Tokyo Electric Power Exhibition, the flow of people on site was still huge.

And as this major event in the electronic game industry reaches its fifth edition, its influence has spread to all parts of the world along with Neon Electronic Game Company.

Therefore, in the crowd of players participating in the exhibition, you can see all kinds of people from all over the world.

But Hideki Hanyu wasn't here to watch players today.

After entering, he didn't even go to the Elf Entertainment booth, but went straight to the main booth.

Today, Sega and Nintendo will hold a main booth press conference.

Of course, Hanyu Hideki cannot miss such an important matter related to the development of his opponent.

Under the leadership of Takita Koji, he directly came to the position of internal staff.

When he arrived, he found that Satoru Iwata and Eri Kitahara had already arrived.

Kitahara Eri was the first to speak, "I thought Hanyu-san was too busy and wouldn't come."

"Haha, there is so much fun to see, how could I miss it?" Hanyu Hideki looked towards the main booth with great interest.

At this time, the audience and media were already in place, waiting for Sega to appear first.

At this time, Satoru Iwata interjected next to him, "I have received information from a Diamond Club dealer. The official name of Nintendo's 16-bit console is Super Famicom, and it is definitely not compatible with FC console games."

SFC?

The name is the same as the sixteen-bit host in another time and space, but it's too far in advance.

Thinking of this, he said to the two of them, "Now that the dealers have got the news, it seems that Nintendo is going to launch a new console today."

Eri Kitahara lamented, "Last year's financial report was so bad. If Nintendo doesn't give some feedback, I'm afraid the stock price will not stop."

"It's just drinking poison to quench thirst." Hanyu Hideki commented.

And while the three of them were talking, Sega's press conference began.

The three people immediately stopped their discussion and watched the press conference seriously.

As expected, Sega released their sixteen-bit console.

When the Sega manager announced the name of the new console as MEGA DRIVE on the spot, Hideki Hanyu was somewhat emotional.

Sega's MD console was another generation of machine that shook Nintendo's hegemony in time and space.

The feeling of being both familiar and unfamiliar is really nostalgic.

The demonstrations about the host are all mature technologies, and the effects do not need to be elaborated.

As for the price, it is basically on par with the PS console.

It can be seen that Sega, which has always focused on price advantages, has no intention of using price to challenge the PS console this time.

This is understandable, after all, Sega focuses on emerging markets.

For example, in the strong market for PS consoles, we basically have the intention to grab it if we can, and it doesn’t matter if we can’t.

However, like Nintendo, Sega has also not solved the problem of backward compatibility.

But unlike Nintendo, Sega has a huge advantage in emerging markets and has enough time to adjust.

Seeing that Sega failed to solve the compatibility issue, Hanyu Hideki recalled some other memories.

That is, in another time and space, the backward compatibility issue that Nintendo has never solved was actually solved by a Sega programmer in another way.

But it's not on Nintendo's 16-bit console, but on Sega's MD console.

A Sega programmer who wanted to play FC console games wrote an emulator program and successfully ran FC games on Sega's MD console.

If I remember correctly, the programmer's name was Yuji Naka.

It's the producer of Sonic.

In today's time and space, Yuji Naka also developed "Sonic", but in the magical studio of Genie Entertainment.

Of course, just because Naka Yuji can write an emulator on the MD console does not mean that he can also help Nintendo solve compatibility issues.

But no matter what the success rate of this thing is, Hanyu Hideki will not let Naka Yuji develop any simulator or do stupid things that may endanger the enemy.

After Sega's press conference, the logo on stage changed, followed closely by Nintendo.

Under the gazes of Hanyu Hideki and the others.

Nintendo spokesperson Minoru Arakawa, son-in-law of Hiroshi Yamauchi, still announced Nintendo's sixteen-bit console.

Familiar colors, familiar name, familiar SFC.

Like Another Time and Space, it is not compatible with FC game systems.

Seeing this, even though the retail price announced by Minoru Arakawa was lower than the PS console, it was obvious that he wanted to start a price war.

But there was no trace of fear on the faces of Hanyu Hideki and the others.

On the contrary, all three of them looked like they were sure of victory.

Because all three of them understood that Elf Entertainment was not afraid of a price war with Nintendo.

The only thing that really gives Elf Entertainment a headache is the huge FC console player base.

But now, Nintendo seems to have given up on these players personally.

Even when some media asked Minoru Arakawa, "Where should FC console players go?"

Minoru Arakawa just answered vaguely with the words "Nintendo will not give up the FC console."

But no specific measures were given.

Seeing this, Hideki Hanyu shook his head and said, "There's no need to watch it anymore. That's it for today. I'll come back to our press conference tomorrow."

Nintendo gave up its advantage and chose to fight a price war at Genie Entertainment's home court.

If I were to ask him to comment, I can only say that Hiroshi Yamauchi couldn't resist the pressure and was too impatient.

However, he also understood that Yamauchi Hiroshi's choice was a good thing for Elf Entertainment.

For so long, Elf Entertainment has been unable to gnaw at the inextricable Asian console market. I am afraid that due to Nintendo's decision, the winner will soon be determined.

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