Traveling through the Tokyo bubble era

Chapter 634: Love Life, Beyond Games

Tokyo Port Private Yacht Marina.

A yacht over 21 meters in length slowly sailed away. It was a diesel-powered yacht with no rear cabin.

On the side of the yacht, the three big blue words "Ai Yu Hao" are extremely obvious.

This medium-to-large luxury yacht was just delivered at the beginning of this year. Hideki Hanyu agreed to give it to the little fairy after she begged him.

Like Yasuko Sawaguchi's yacht, it was still custom-made by Yamaha and the designer was the same person.

However, although the hull is larger than the one owned by Yasuko Sawaguchi, the final construction cost is cheaper than that one, which can be regarded as a discount given by Yamaha to old customers.

Logically speaking, this is Hideki Hanyu's first trip on this yacht today, and as the little elf owner of the yacht, he should be very happy.

At first, the little goblin thought so too.

But when she saw the pair of tall, fair-skinned, beautiful twin sisters following Hanyu Hideki, who had similar looks but each had their own temperament, she couldn't feel happy at all.

Last time it was Sawaguchi Yasuko and Kamachi Sachiko who suddenly showed up.

This time it’s unexpected twin sisters.

why?
Why was it that when she thought she was alone, unexpected guests would always arrive, and every time she was alone and had to fight against four enemies with her own two fists?

The little fairy knows the sisters, the Guanben sisters.

After all, she often went to Yunshang Satellite TV Station. The twin sisters were quite famous on the TV station, so it was hard for her not to know them.

Even she likes to watch "Please Take Care of Food" hosted by the Sekimoto sisters and Matsushige Yutaka.

Later, the two transformed into producers and gradually stopped all programs except "Please, Food", but the beauty programs produced subsequently are also one of her must-watch TV shows.

She had also heard about the story of the sisters from the staff of Yunshang Satellite TV Station.

When their careers were booming, the twin sisters resolutely resigned from Fuji TV and joined Cloud Satellite TV, a startup TV station with an uncertain future. They can be regarded as staunch followers of Hideki Hanyu.

The relationship between the Sekimoto sisters and Hideki Hanyu is a well-known "secret" of Cloud Satellite TV.

Otherwise, how could such a beautiful pair of twin sisters be able to stay out of the world and not be harassed in a TV station where there are all kinds of people and dirt everywhere, without the protection of a big shot like Hanyu Hideki?

But knowing this doesn't mean the little goblin is willing to see her planned world for two people destroyed.

And looking at how happy Hideki Hanyu and the sisters Sekimoto were on the yacht, the little goblin really wanted to shout, this is obviously the yacht that the teacher gave me.

Unfortunately, in the previous combination of Sawaguchi Yasuko and Kamachi Sachiko, only Kamachi Sachiko had a tall figure and long legs.

But now, in front of him were two beautiful girls with fair skin and long legs, and they were a pair of twin sisters.

She couldn't even defeat one person, let alone two.

Thinking of this, the little goblin couldn't help but hope that Akina Nakamori would finish the promotion and come back soon.

Now, in the competition for favor of Hideki Hanyu, the era of fighting alone has passed and the trend of forming a team has begun.

It seems that she must also stick together with Akina-chan.

However, although the little fairy's emotions were strong, the subsequent developments were not as bad as she felt.

Her initial "grievances" were basically due to the aftereffects brought about by Yasuko Sawaguchi and Sister Izumizu.

In fact, after the ship left the dock, the Sekimoto sisters did not "compete for favor" like Yasuko Sawaguchi did.

On the contrary, the two girls were very friendly towards the goblin.

He spends even more time with the little fairy than Hideki Hanyu.

The two of them kept pulling the little goblin, asking her to introduce them to the yacht that had just been launched, and while the little goblin was introducing it, they would exclaim "Sri Lanka!" from time to time.

By the way, I also gave the little goblin a look of envy and admiration.

As a result, after just twenty minutes of flight, the little goblin fell into the flattery of the twin sisters.

The dissatisfaction and resentment at the beginning had long since disappeared, and my affection for the twin sisters increased sharply.

I even had the idea of ​​kicking Akina Nakamori away and forming a group with the twin sisters.

After all, although Akina is cute, she can never compare to the twin sisters in terms of fair skin, beautiful looks and long legs.

That Yasuko Sawaguchi has a helper named Sachiko Kamachi.

The little fairy feels that her team must also have this type of member.

The more the little fairy thought about it, the more satisfied she became with the Guanben sisters.

Even after the yacht docked, he enthusiastically extended an invitation to the Guanben sisters.

"Emi-chan, Natsumi-chan, if the weather is good next time, I'd like to invite you to go out on the sea on a yacht together if you're willing."

Upon hearing the invitation from the little fairy, the Guanben sisters immediately expressed their gratitude, followed by a series of praises, saying how enthusiastic and good the little fairy was.

The little goblin was immediately praised so much that he lost his mind.

Originally, Hideki Hanyu, who was getting off the yacht, saw this scene.

Suddenly he shook his head helplessly.

He could naturally see the mentality of the little goblin.

But from beginning to end, he also witnessed with his own eyes how the little fairy fell into the offensive of the Guanben sisters.

The fact that they were able to make a name for themselves at Cloud Satellite TV, even with his influence, is enough to prove that the Guan Ben sisters are not naive.

What's more, the work experience as hosts has enabled the two of them to develop excellent interpersonal skills.

Especially the two sisters, one is gentle and generous, the other is straightforward and cheerful. When dealing with interpersonal relationships, they work together to achieve more than just the result of one plus one.

The best proof is that the little goblin was quickly conquered by the sisters.

Of course, he also wanted to remind the little fairy that if anyone wanted to invite the two sisters to go out to sea, it should be him who treated them. After all, everything on the yacht belonged to the little fairy, and he was the one paying for all the expenses.

Otherwise, although the income of the little fairy is far beyond that of ordinary people, it is still very difficult for her to maintain a yacht.

It's just that he has never cared much about this little money.

After leaving the docked port, the group arrived at the venue of this year's Script WCG after only ten minutes of driving.

According to the staff who received him, this venue also hosted the first ACG exhibition by Elf Communication last year.

This year, Game Base Publishing is holding WCG here, and it may also have plans for inspection. If everything goes well, it is estimated that Editor-in-Chief Yukiji Takita will move the "Tokyo Electric Exhibition" to Chiba Prefecture next year.

After all, compared to Tokyo, although the undersea tunnel and cross-sea bridge connecting Chiba Prefecture have not yet been built, the transportation is definitely convenient.

What's more, holding events in Chiba Prefecture will cost less and the official cooperation will be better and more proactive.

This is also the reason why many activities in later generations that are nominally held in Tokyo are actually held in Chiba Prefecture.

When they arrived at the scene, there were less than two hours left until the opening ceremony of the first WCG.

The little fairies and the Sekimoto sisters, who all had tasks to accomplish, said goodbye to Hanyu Hideki and started to busy themselves with their own business.

As for Hideki Hanyu, he went to the organizer's work area and met with the editor-in-chief of Game Base Publishing House, Koji Takida, and senior executives of Experience Entertainment who had already arrived.

The top management of Elf Entertainment attaches great importance to WCG, a project proposed by Hideki Hanyu.

Not only was the after-sales service department director Arima Kurama personally in charge of the site, but Satoru Iwata and Eri Kitahara were also present at today's opening ceremony.

Standing in the command center on the second floor of the venue, Hideki Hanyu can clearly see everything on the main competition stage.

Unlike later e-sports competitions that were filled with computers, at the first WCG competition venue, except for an old-fashioned PC used to record data, all the competition machines were EGP arcade machines.

Of course, in addition to traditional joystick arcade machines, you can also see arcade machines with light guns, as well as some racing-specific arcade frames that simulate cockpits.

Today, in this arcade segment, although Elf Entertainment has a great advantage, Sega, which is as tough as a cockroach, has also grabbed a lot of market share with its own developed Y-based board.

Especially the popular game "Full Drift" launched by Sega on the Y board, which uses the sudden zoom effect of the screen and the intense turning feedback of the cockpit frame following the animation screen, allowing players to feel the excitement brought by acceleration in an extremely realistic way.

(Full Drift, released by Sega in 1988)
At this point, the arcade development department of Elf Entertainment was caught off guard and could only imitate and catch up, launching an upgraded version based on the EGP platform substrate.

However, among the six racing games of the first WCG, although there is a racing game with a dedicated frame, it belongs to the "Ford v Ferrari" series from Elf Entertainment.

After all, it is a game competition organized by our own people, so of course we have to promote our own games.

After all, Hideki Hanyu is very clear about how much promotion e-sports can bring to games.

Even if we pretend to be fair on the surface, we cannot spend a lot of money to support the enemy.

Hideki Hanyu also understands that doing so is bound to cause dissatisfaction among some people.

Thinking of this, he smiled and asked Iwata Satoru beside him, "I heard that Sega's Nakayama Hayao criticized us in a recent interview. Is it because of WCG?"

Iwata smiled when he heard this, "That's right, but President Nakayama's dissatisfaction with us is not just because of the WCG."

"Oh?" Hanyu Hideki asked curiously, "What else?"

"It's because of the arcade market, of course.

Before our EGP arcade machine entered the market, Sega had been doing well in the arcade field and had made many innovations.

However, as our EGP arcade machines occupy more and more market share, even if they can innovate, we can quickly imitate and learn, and then use our market share to gain an advantage.

When WCG announced that it would select a racing game to be included in the competition, according to the market conditions at the time, there was absolutely no problem for Sega's Drift to be selected.

Although our Forza Motorsport was launched relatively late in the market, it was able to surpass the competition thanks to its stronger gaming performance and the animation story that was released simultaneously around the world, and it was naturally selected.

In this situation, the market was seized, and the events that seemed to be natural were also squeezed out by us. It is understandable that President Zhongshan vented his dissatisfaction to the media. "

Hearing Iwata say these words so casually, Hanyu Hideki suddenly felt a bit amused and helpless.

What is this? Did he travel through time to the 1980s just to learn in advance how a certain factory could use market share to engage in imitation competition?

If things continue like this, when the haters of Elf Entertainment sort out their negative information in the future, they will inevitably give Elf Entertainment the nickname “Neon Penguin”.

However, despite what he thought, Hideki Hanyu had no intention of playing fair at this time.

In today's video game industry, when everything is still in its wild development stage, success is much more important than superficial fairness.

After all, history is written by the victors.

Only by surviving can we talk about other things.

When the game industry matures in the future, it will be time for Elf Entertainment, as the industry leader, to promote the diversification of WCG.

At this time, Yukiji Takida, the editor-in-chief of Game Base Publishing, asked Hanyu Hideki, "Is the president satisfied with this World Electronic Sports Championship?"

After hearing what Takida Koji said, Hanyu Hideki once again swept his eyes across the entire venue.

In the entire venue, in addition to the arcade machines in the competition area, as an e-sports competition, there is naturally a strong atmosphere of electronic game entertainment.

Posters and dolls of various game characters can be seen everywhere, on the walls, on the floor, on the tables and chairs.

There are also official COS personnel preparing, who will dress up as characters in the game used in the competition, liven up the atmosphere on site, and interact with the audience watching the game.

Of course, when Hideki Hanyu came, he also saw that outside the venue, where people had already started queuing, there were also many unofficial COS players who had made their favorite game characters.

It can only be said that the first WCG was more like an alternative carnival for Elf Entertainment supporters than an e-sports competition.

After all, Elf Entertainment had previously publicly announced through the game channel of Cloud Satellite TV and various game publications that it would launch a unique and out-of-print commemorative badge at this year's WCG.

This alone is enough to drive collectors crazy.

Hideki Hanyu didn't say much about the WCG that went astray.

The competition has just begun, and what is needed is definitely not avoiding suspicion and being objective, but promoting the influence of the competition as quickly and as large-scale as possible.

Let the concept of e-sports take root in people’s hearts.

As for the rest, as long as these two points are done well, it will be a natural thing.

Regarding these, that is the job of Game Base Publishing and Elf Communications.

So Hanyu Hideki answered Takida Koji's question first, "It was well done. Although there are some problems with the details, they are not serious."

After saying that, he immediately asked Ryumori Yukiji and Kitahara Eri.

"Regarding the promotion after WCG, what are your subsequent ideas?"

When Hanyu Hideki asked the question, his eyes unconsciously swept over a man next to Kitahara Eri.

He looked to be about thirty years old, wearing a pair of ordinary black-framed glasses.

And his whole person looks as ordinary as his glasses.

He is a little over 170 cm tall, slightly thin, with a square face, and looks a little dull.

After noticing Hanyu Hideki's gaze, he immediately became stiff.

When they first met, Eri Kitahara introduced this man to Hideki Hanyu.

He is Kitahara Eri's new boyfriend, named Koshiro Nagamasa, from Asahikawa City, Hokkaido, which is the location of the bridge where Kurokawa Oki let Hanyu Hideki make a cameo appearance in the movie in his early years.

The other party's family is also a prominent family in Hokkaido and is quite powerful.

However, Nagamasa Koshima did not stay in the family to develop. Instead, after graduating from university in Tokyo, he stayed at the Tokyo Institute of Technology and continued to engage in scientific research.

The other party and Kitahara Eri were introduced to each other by a friend, and they have been in a relationship since the beginning of the year.

However, in Hideki Hanyu's opinion, given Eri Kitahara's current situation, it is unlikely that she will give up her career because of marriage.

So he didn't know how Kitahara Eri dealt with work issues after marriage when facing such a traditional family.

However, before this, Eri Kitahara had never introduced this person to Hideki Hanyu.

But today, he suddenly brought the person to Chiba Prefecture on the pretext that the other party was a game enthusiast. It is estimated that there has been a breakthrough in their relationship and the problem of work after marriage has also been solved.

Otherwise, this guy would have ended up like Kitahara Eri's other ex-boyfriends without Hanyu Hideki knowing anything about it.

Of course, no matter how it is resolved, it is Kitahara Eri's private matter, and Hanyu Hideki will not interfere.

So he just glanced at the man and continued to wait for the answers from Kitahara Eri and Takida Koji.

After the two looked at each other, it was finally Kitahara Eri who answered.

"For the part based on gaming events, our promotion will follow the same tone as before, with the slogan 'beyond the game', to build the concept of e-sports and promote that e-sports has the same sportsmanship as traditional sports.

But in terms of the key content after the event, we plan to select some suitable players based on the final results of this WCG and carry out the e-sports god-making plan."

"Oh..." Hanyu Hideki nodded thoughtfully.

Kitahara Eri's answer was simple, but Hanyu Hideki could understand what she meant.

Just like the promotion of traditional sports, the focus is often on a certain athlete, such as Jordan to the NBA, and now Ma to football.

As an alternative sport, e-sports can completely imitate the models of these traditional sports and use a point-to-surface approach to promote and publicize it. This is actually the path that e-sports has taken in later generations.

As for how to promote it specifically, just imitate traditional sports. It's nothing more than income, fame, personal charm and everything that can attract ordinary people.

Thinking of this, Hanyu Hideki immediately suggested, "Kitahara-san, I'll give you Kuroki Hitomi's contact information later. Her agency has recently expanded into the field of traditional sports. You can also explore cooperation with them in publicity, such as getting e-sports players to sign with the agency."

"Okay, I'll contact her." Kitahara Kei responded.

Next, the few of them discussed how to promote this matter, and even discussed whether to utilize Yunshang Entertainment’s film and television resources.

The reason why they attach so much importance to promoting e-sports is that everyone present understands that e-sports is just a test of appearances, and that is what ordinary people care about.

What these people care about is the influence brought by electronic games and the game market strategy that is promoted in turn.

If e-sports can help a game become mainstream for a period of time, it will inevitably attract more players to participate, and the sales of this game will inevitably increase. It is as simple as that.

This is also the reason why, in later generations, no matter what game it is, it has to have a league, all to increase consumer identification and stickiness.

As he was talking, Hideki Hanyu noticed that on the main competition stage in the venue below, the positions of the arcade machines had begun to be adjusted and the stage had begun to be set up.

He then asked Takida Koji, "Have you invited any guest performers today? Is it Kyoko Koizumi?"

“President, although Ms. Koizumi will be performing as a promoter, she will not be the only guest performer.

Although our WCG is nominally a world electronic sports competition, its actual positioning is in Asia. First of all, the broadcast range of Cloud Satellite TV can only spread to Asia, and the previous preparatory competitions are still in the promotion stage in Europe and the United States.

Taking all this into consideration, we originally planned to invite Ms. Nakamori Akina to be the opening performance guest, but President Iijima of Yunshang Entertainment said that Ms. Nakamori Akina was really not available, so he arranged for other artists for us. "

After hearing what Takida Koji said, Hanyu Hideki thought it was normal for Iijima Michi to refuse.

After all, Akina Nakamori's three farewell singles and album, as well as the final tour, are the last chance for Yunshang Entertainment and its connections to exploit Akina Nakamori's interests.

In this situation, Akina Nakamori is so busy that it is not easy for Hideki Hanyu to see her, so how could she come to participate in this opening performance that has no meaning to her personally?

At this time, a petite girl had already stood on the decorated main stage and was communicating with the staff about the rehearsal details.

Hanyu Hideki took a closer look and asked, "Iijima Michi arranged for Saito Yuki?"

There is nothing wrong with this arrangement. After all, in terms of popularity in Asia, apart from Akina Nakamori, the only other celebrities in Yunshang Entertainment are Yuki Saito, who became famous with "Boys Over Flowers", and Kyoka Suzuki, who became famous with "My Sassy Girl".

It's just that the latter really lacks talent in music.

As for the former, although he is famous for his "true nature" performance with off-tune singing on the spot, it is still much better than not being able to sing at all.

Takita Koji replied, "Not only Saito Yuki, but also two female artists and the SHINee group."

Upon hearing this, Hanyu Hideki thought that SHINee was the male artist with the greatest influence in Asia after F4 stopped its group activities.

As for male artists, Hideki Hanyu has to admit that the Hong Kong stars of the golden age are really very charismatic.

As Hong Kong films gradually began to expand their influence across Asia, the influence of those male stars also swept across Asia.

On the other hand, in Japan, except for a few male artists who are trying to develop in Hollywood, everyone else is basically rooted in the local area and enjoys their own life.

Especially with the bursting of the bubble economy, the overall aesthetic of Japanese society has shifted drastically, and the influence of Japanese male idol artists overseas has gradually become less influential than even the up-and-coming stars in South Korea.

In this regard, Hideki Hanyu actually has no other choice.

Those who work in entertainment companies claim to be guiding society's aesthetic tastes.

But in fact, the proportion that can be guided is very small.

Many times, entertainment companies are simply catering to the overall aesthetic of society.

Fans like ugly ones, so the agency will support ugly ones.

Anyway, Hanyu Hideki has made many bets and has a global layout, so whether the Japanese entertainment market will develop on its own has little overall impact on him.

At this time, after Yuki Saito walked onto the stage and performed a simple rehearsal of his movements, other performers were quickly replaced.

Hideki Hanyu now also knew who the other two female performers mentioned by Koji Takita were.

Asaka Yui and Moritaka Chisato were born in 1986.

(duo photo)
There were many girls who got the chance to debut in the 1986 Ultimate Produce Camp, such as Nakamori Akina's younger sister Akiho, who was sent to Brazil to study by Nakamori.

However, as things have developed to this point, the only ones who have truly established themselves in the entertainment industry are Asaka Yui and Moritaka Chisato.

Asaka Yui took over from her predecessor Yoko Minamino and joined the "Taimei Detective" series, a collaboration between Yunshang and Toei, and was subsequently loved by the audience.

Because of her delicate appearance like a cartoon character, she is called a cartoon beauty and has made good progress in the fields of film, television and music.

After finding her own selling point with her long legs, Chisato Moritaka quickly stood out in the fiercely competitive female idol market, firmly occupying the first tier in the Yunshang system, and gaining considerable resource support.

In the original history, Asaka Yui, Kudo Shizuka, Minamino Yoko, and Nakayama Miho were called the "Four Heavenly Kings of Idols" by the Japanese media in 1988.

However, in this time and space, Minamino Yoko became famous because she joined Genki Girls early on, and was already a senior to several people, so naturally she would not be counted among them.

Therefore, the position that originally belonged to Minamino Yoko has now been replaced by Moritaka Chisato, who is rehearsing with Asaka Yui.

Today, as the last afterglow of the Showa female idols, Yunshang Entertainment occupies three seats among the "Four Heavenly Kings of Idols" at once, which shows the dominance of Yunshang Entertainment in the Japanese entertainment industry at this time.

Hanyu Hideki continued to observe at this time. Judging from the specific rehearsal, there was actually only one opening performance.

That is to sing the theme song of WCG.

After all, this is a game-based event, not an entertainment awards ceremony, so it is impossible to give guests a lot of performance time one after another.

Basically, it was Yuki Saito, Yui Asaka and Chisato Moritaka, SHINee, and the last Little Fairy. Four groups of artists appeared on stage one after another and sang a section of the song respectively.

After all four groups of artists have appeared on stage, the final chorus will be sung together.

Moreover, judging from the fact that they only rehearsed the movements, this performance was most likely done with the mic closed, or half open, with the recorded version played directly.

As I said, for today's WCG, no matter who is the opening guest, it is just an embellishment.

To put it bluntly, Michi Iijima arranged for this crew of artists to come in order to help them increase their popularity.

Therefore, the singing itself is not important.

A few minutes later, when all the rehearsals were over, Hanyu Hideki looked at his watch and said.

"There's still an hour left. I saw a restaurant behind the venue. I'm a little hungry, so I'll ask Editor-in-Chief Takita and Arima Kurama to look after us. Iwata-san, Kitahara-san, let's go get something to eat first."

"I'm actually a little hungry. I had lunch in Tokyo before leaving," said Iwata.

Kitahara Eri said, "Then let's go eat something together. In order to take care of the TV users, we specially held the opening ceremony so late. It's really difficult for us."

Hanyu Hideki smiled and said, "It will be fine once the competition becomes more well-known."

As they were talking, several people had already said goodbye to Takida Koji and walked towards the street behind the venue.

Hanyu Hideki randomly picked a restaurant that looked pleasing to the eye, went in, ordered some fast food such as barbecue, ramen, and rice, and continued chatting.

Sitting next to Kitahara Eri, Koshiro Nagamasa, who was a little reserved at first, also tried to talk to everyone.

After all, the other party came from a distinguished family, and his initial reserve was simply due to his unfamiliarity, but he still had the demeanor that a child of a wealthy family should have.

Soon, Nagamasa Oshima asked Hanyu Hideki curiously.

“President Hanyu, I am very curious about why this electronic game competition uses the name World Cyber ​​Games. According to the current terminology used in the academic frontier of the Internet, Cyber ​​should be more inclined to PC and Internet.”

Upon hearing this, Hanyu Hideki thought that his name was of course based on the name of the South Korean International Electronic Marketing Company in later generations.

Of course, he has his own considerations for this complete reference.

Although today's electronic games are still dominated by consoles and arcade machines, they will definitely develop towards networking in the future.

So it is definitely the right name to choose.

As for why use it now.

Hanyu Hideki explained it this way, "In 1948, Norbert Wiener used the word Cybernetics in Cybernetics, and later Cyber ​​was mostly used as a prefix for PCs, the Internet, and things that use electronic control.

In today's electronic game market, whether it is a console or an arcade machine, its core technical theory is actually no different from that of a PC.

And in my opinion, the future development direction of electronic games will definitely be to use the Internet, move towards multiplayer connection, and diversification..."

Hideki Hanyu talked a lot about the basis and his vision for the future development of video games.

Although Nagamasa Koshima had some knowledge of electronic technology and the Internet, these were not his majors. His research and development direction at the Tokyo Institute of Technology was actually related to electricity.

Therefore, Hideki Hanyu talked a lot and he was so confused that he didn't know how impressive it was.

On the contrary, when Satoshi Iwata and Eri Kitahara heard Hanyu Hideki's vision for the future, many ideas and inspirations immediately came to their minds.

After all, Hanyu Hideki has always proved how far-sighted he is.

Especially Iwata Satoru, who secretly felt that the future that Hideki Hanyu talked about seemed to be the direction of development after the second generation of PS consoles.

Fortunately, Hanyu Hideki has not yet brought out the "Star Vision" plan, otherwise if Iwata Satoshi really heard it, he would probably rather not go to the opening ceremony and find Hanyu Hideki to teach him a lesson.

Just like that, a simple meal ended with everyone admiring Hanyu Hideki.

When everyone returned to the command center in the venue, the players participating in the opening ceremony had already entered the venue one after another.

As the time came to start the opening ceremony, the broadcast of the cloud satellite TV game channel officially began, and a male host of the game channel who was familiar to players who often watched the show walked onto the stage.

He was seen holding the microphone and starting the opening speech with great passion.

"Good evening, believers of video games!"

Wow!
The audience responded enthusiastically, with continuous applause and cheers.

"today!
WCG was born!
E-sports was born!
A grand event for video game enthusiasts from all over the world was born!
Starting today, we will prove to the world that e-sports is also a sport full of passion and dreams.

E-sports, like traditional sports, also has its own sportsmanship!"

The host said this and raised his arm and shouted to all the audience.

"Please join me in shouting out the slogan that belongs to us video game fans!

Love life! beyond the game! (Love life, beyond the game)"

The next moment, the audience shouted passionately in unison.

beyond the game!

beyond the game!

Seeing that the atmosphere had reached a climax, the host pointed towards the backstage.

"Next, please enjoy the WCG theme song.

beyond the game! "

As the host introduced the event, the lights quickly dimmed.

In the darkness, four groups of artists appeared around the stage. As fireworks were set off one after another around the stage, the first person to be illuminated by the lights was Yuki Saito.

At this time, the idol is no longer the kind and brave Makino Shancai in "Boys Over Flowers". Instead, she is wearing a leather jacket and leather pants with anchors, heavy smoky makeup, and a heavy metal rock style.

Amid the tense and progressive prelude music, Yuki Saito uttered the first line of the lyrics.

"You and I, we have met before..."

In the command center, everyone watched as four groups of artists, starting with Yuki Saito, appeared one after another and began to sing the WCG theme song.

Hanyu Hideki couldn't help but say, "The host is pretty good, he's really good at stirring up the audience's emotions."

Kitahara Eri then commented on the performance, "I think the theme song should be sung by a rock band. The idols' voices sound a bit soft."

Arima Kurahara, who had just finished conducting the show, explained, "This is a pre-recorded and sound-adjusted version. They are all singing with their microphones closed, otherwise the effect would be worse."

"Actually, it sounds pretty good to ordinary audiences. After all, we still have to consider the popularity of the guests." Takita Koji explained.

Hanyu Hideki, who was standing next to him, heard this and smiled bitterly, "Okay, Editor-in-Chief Takita, there's no need to force an explanation. Yunshang Entertainment must have chosen these people for publicity and promotion purposes. It's a bit of a waste for them to sing this song."

Kitahara Eri smiled and said, "Haha, this song was written by Hanyu-san, it's really nice."

"As long as Kitahara-san likes it."

Of course, Hideki Hanyu directly copied the theme song of the later WCG.

But in this time and space, this is the song he wrote.

Seeing this song, which should have been full of passion, being sung like this, he was very helpless. Now let's talk about Iijima Michi. Sometimes you have to consider the occasion when pushing people.

Fortunately, WCG is not well-known enough and its influence is not big enough, otherwise when these people open their mouths, it will not be promotion at all, but will bring bad reputation to themselves.

Thinking of this, Hanyu Hideki instructed Kurama Arima, "Contact Yunshang Entertainment after today and tell them that it was my order. Ask MF Records' Nagato Daiyuki to arrange someone to sing this song at the closing ceremony."

To sing this theme song, no matter if it is B'z who has already debuted, the MAKE-UP band who signed a contract a long time ago, or any other singer under MF Records, they are more suitable than these idols.

Nagato Daiyuki's MF Records focuses on talented artists and has gathered a lot of talents over the years. Although its performance continues to be sluggish and it has always been at the bottom of Cloud Music, it is not because of its incompetence, but it is just that the time for it to belong to MF Records has not yet come.

However, when Yunshang Music helped X-Japan record an underground album, he arranged for Daiyuki Nagato to be in charge.

Recently, the Cloud Satellite Channel is preparing for "Band's Heaven", and Daiyuki Nagato and MF Records have been invited to become partners. It seems that the spring of MF Records is about to come.

"Okay, President." Arima Kurama agreed immediately.

After finishing this matter, Hideki Hanyu saw the performance was over and the first opening match was about to begin, but he didn't plan to continue watching.

The opening ceremony was quite successful, and the subsequent competitions were just going according to plan.

The influence of the entire event cannot be expanded in a short period of time. He has done everything he can, and his affiliated companies have also tried their best. Now all he has to do is wait for time to develop.

Seeing Hanyu Hideki leaving the window, Kitahara Eri asked, "Hanyu-san, don't watch it anymore."

"I won't watch the game," Hanyu Hideki replied, and then asked Kitahara Eri and Iwata Satoshi, who had also left the window, "When are Kitahara and Iwata going to return to Tokyo?"

Iwata said, "I'll leave right away. My car is probably waiting for me outside. I have to go to Tochigi Prefecture tomorrow for something related to the park."

"I'm also going to Tochigi Prefecture with Iwata-san tomorrow, so I have to return to Tokyo right away."

After Kitahara Eri finished speaking, she asked Hanyu Hideki, "When are you going to leave, Hanyu-san?"

"I'm not in a hurry. I have nothing to do in Tokyo tomorrow, and I have something to deal with in Chiba Prefecture. But I have a new book launch scheduled in Shogakukan the day after tomorrow, so it will be in time for us to meet in Tokyo then."

The things that Hideki Hanyu mentioned need to be dealt with in Chiba Prefecture are actually related to the Saito Group, so it is not convenient to say more here.

However, when Kitahara Eri heard the name of Shogakukan and thought of the place where she once worked, she said with some emotion.

"Since I left Yunshang Culture, I haven't been involved with Shogakukan for a while, but there is a new comic in their Big Comic Spirits magazine that I really like, and I have been following it recently."

"Oh, what kind of comics can interest Mr. Kitahara?" Hanyu Hideki asked curiously.

Kitahara Eri replied, "It's called Tokyo Love Story, and it only started serialization in mid-April."

"Ok?"

Hideki Hanyu didn't expect to suddenly hear this familiar name.

"What? Hanyu-san also knows this comic." Kitahara Eri asked.

"No, but since Kitahara-san said it's nice, I'll definitely check it out when I go to Shogakukan the day after tomorrow."

Hanyu Hideki said to Iwata Satoshi and Kitahara Eri, "Since we don't plan to stay, I'll take you away first."

Then, Iwata Satoshi, Kitahara Eri and her boyfriend were sent away by Hanyu Hideki.

As for Hideki Hanyu, because the little fairy and the Sekimoto sisters still had work to do, he had to return alone to the hotel that his assistant had booked for him.

Chiba Prefecture itself is not very large, and the better hotels are basically built around Disney and Narita Airport. There are no particularly high-end hotels near the WCG venue.

The hotel that Hideki Hanyu booked is only a three-star hotel.

Since he was just staying for one night, he was too lazy to look for a high-end hotel too far away.

However, when he and his entourage got off the car at the hotel entrance, a black business car happened to stop at the hotel entrance.

As the door of the business car was opened, a burst of girls' cheerful discussion was heard, and three familiar figures appeared in front of Hanyu Hideki.

They were Yuki Saito, Yui Asaka, and Chisato Moritaka, who had previously performed at the opening ceremony.

(End of this chapter)