Traveling through the Tokyo bubble era

Chapter 637 Hanyu Hideki's Personal Charm
June 12th.

If we talk about the place with the most concentrated flow of people in the Tokyo metropolitan area today, it would be the WCG currently being held in Chiba Prefecture, which has attracted many video game enthusiasts from all over the world.

The amount of people gathering at another place is no less than that at WCG.

That is the bridge where the Shogakukan headquarters building is located.

Shogakukan started promoting the fact that Hideki Hanyu would be attending today's new book launch.

Then the enthusiasm of Hideki Hanyu's fans was instantly ignited, and they surrounded the Shogakukan headquarters building today.

Ever since Hideki Hanyu announced the indefinite suspension of offline promotional activities due to the suicide of a book fan at Tokyo Tower, countless fans have been heartbroken.

However, after Hideki Hanyu stopped his offline promotional activities, his personal influence increased instead of decreased, and his fame as a writer further spread to the global level.

Then new fans of the book came to know that in order to repay his fans, Hideki Hanyu used to hold offline book signing tours every year.

Now, those new book fans really hated the female fan who jumped from the Tokyo Tower.

Fortunately, when Hanyu Hideki asked the media to handle the matter, he asked them not to reveal the girl's identity. Otherwise, given the madness of those fans, they might have retaliated against the female fan offline.

But no matter what, Hideki Hanyu's offline communication with book fans has finally stopped.

Those book fans who wanted to see Hideki Hanyu in person have lost the most convenient opportunity.

After all, although Hideki Hanyu likes to wander around when he has nothing to do, he basically travels in a private car and doesn't even take commercial flights.

The world is so big, it is not easy for ordinary people to meet Hideki Hanyu.

Even in Tokyo, the probability of meeting someone among tens of millions of people is about the same as winning the first prize in the lottery.

It is precisely because of this that Shogakukan’s announcement that Hideki Hanyu will appear at today’s new book launch has ignited the enthusiasm of Hideki Hanyu’s fans.

Today, the Shogakukan headquarters was completely surrounded by fans of Hideki Hanyu's books before dawn.

The vast majority of these fans are women.

Young, mature, ordinary students, full-time housewives, and even older middle-aged ladies.

And there are not only Japanese fans, but also fans who have come from overseas.

Not far away, there is a banner with the words "Hideki Hanyu Hong Kong Fan Club" on it, and you can tell where it is from at a glance.

In addition to Hong Kong, there are also book fans from other Southeast Asian regions, as well as European and American female fans of different skin colors.

Although the number of the latter is not too large, it is enough to show that Hideki Hanyu's influence is already global.

The admiration for Hideki Hanyu is getting crazier and crazier.

Shogakukan Building, General Affairs Department Director's Office.

Masahiro Aiga, who had gradually taken over the power of Shogakukan due to his father's poor health, looked at the huge crowds of people downstairs and turned to ask the sales manager Hitoshi Imai Zawa beside him.

"Minister Imai, is writer Hanyu not here yet?"

Imai Ze Ren replied, "I just contacted him and he's on his way."

Seeing the dense crowds of fans downstairs, Masahiro Aiga immediately ordered, "Have the security personnel prepare in advance. There must not be any safety issues."

Imai Ze Ren said, "I have already given the order."

However, after saying this, Imai Ze Ren couldn't help but worry in his heart. When they decided to promote today's new book launch, although it was expected that a lot of people would come, Aiga Masahiro did not increase the number of temporary security personnel.

Under the current circumstances, relying solely on the existing security personnel at Shogakukan headquarters is clearly insufficient.

This kind of thing that requires money had not been arranged by Masahiro Aiga before, and it was not easy for him to take the initiative to bring it up. After all, he was in charge of the sales department, not the general affairs department.

Besides, although he is on the same level as Masahiro Aiga on the surface.

But everyone in Shogakukan knows that Masahiro Aiga is the future president of Shogakukan, so some things cannot be handled as equals.

Therefore, even if he sees problems in the other party's decision, he cannot point them out directly. This is basically an unspoken rule in Japanese companies.

Therefore, Imai Zejin can only hope that nothing unexpected happens to Hanyu Hideki when he arrives at the scene.

Just when Imai Ze Ren was secretly worried, Aiga Masahiro ordered, "Contact writer Hanyu. It's better to go through the side door if possible."

Imai Ze Ren smiled bitterly and said, "Director, there are four doors in the headquarters building, and now they are all blocked. It doesn't matter which way you go."

Masahiro Aiga then asked, "Have you contacted the PC side?"

"Contact was made, and they are already here."

After saying this, Imai Ze Ren looked down through the window and could not see the PCs at all as they were submerged in the crowd of book lovers and fans.

Such a scene made Imai Ze Ren couldn't help but sigh.

“It’s hard to imagine such a huge influence!

I still remember when writer Hanyu came to me to discuss the contract terms, he was a bit bluffing, and that immature look seemed to be right in front of me.

Who would have thought that he would have developed to where he is now in such a short time? It would be great if he could publish a few more books and continue to hold book signings.”

Upon hearing this, Masahiro Sōga immediately shook his head.

"Don't even think about such an impossible thing. Today, Hanyu is more than just a writer.

The revenue of any of their companies is far greater than that of Shogakukan. In this case, we have no way of making any demands.

Moreover, the channels of Elf Publishing House and Game Base Publishing House are no worse than those of Shogakukan, so he can publish his works by finding any of them.

He is still willing to cooperate with Shogakukan and let us use him as a signboard, not for the sake of making money, but because of past friendship and the hope of maintaining a friendly relationship with us in the media industry. "

Imai Ze Ren nodded, "Of course I know all this, but when I think of his popularity, I feel it's a pity."

"For other commercial writers and celebrity artists, popularity is of course very important, but for Hanyu, it is completely insignificant."

As Masahiro Aiga said this, he asked Imai Zeren with a smile, "Does Minister Imai think that he still needs popularity to make money now?"

Imai Ze Ren quickly replied, "Of course I know he doesn't need it. I bought shares of Northeast Energy after it went public.

Recently, Northeast Energy announced its investment in New Zealand North Sea Energy Group, and its stock price rose sharply. I made a lot of money because of it.

I'm making money, so naturally Hanyu will make more. How can I be interested in the writer's income?"

After hearing what Imai Zeren said, Aiga Masahiro shook his head and said, "Minister Imai, even if Hanyu is a writer, his income is not something that can be described at all."

Imai Ze Ren heard this and immediately slapped his head and said, "Look, I forgot that the money that author Hanyu earned from selling books and peripheral licensing last year was more than all the people on the Japanese writer tax list combined."

Just as Imai Ze Ren was expressing his feelings here, Masahiro Aiga next to him suddenly turned his gaze and looked towards the road not far away. A black Rolls-Royce and four black Audi cars were driving towards this side.

"coming!"

So said Masahiro Soga.

Imai Ze Ren also saw the scene on the road at this time, and immediately said, "Yes, it is the car of writer Hanyu. Executive Director Aiga, we should get off."

"Let's go."

……

Here, Masahiro Aiga leads the team to prepare for the upcoming Hideki Hanyu.

At the same time, in the Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit, Hanyu Hideki also noticed the dense crowd downstairs of Shogakukan.

When they were leaving, the staff of Shogakukan contacted his assistant and informed him that there were many book fans coming that day.

After Marco learned about this, he specially dispatched some more bodyguards.

Hideki Hanyu thinks this is an exaggeration.

He was traveling alone, but his bodyguards alone had to take up four cars, which was really too exaggerated.

But at this moment, when he saw the scene outside the car window, he no longer thought that Marco's behavior was exaggerated.

Instead, he pressed the intercom and started praising directly.

"Marco, you are so foresighted. If you only brought three people here, I would ask you to turn around and leave right now."

Marco just said, "Boss, you have very little awareness of your own influence."

Listening to Marco's words and looking at the book fans rushing towards him not far away, Hanyu Hideki couldn't help but sigh narcissistically.

"I can't help it. Who made me so outstanding and so charming?"

After he finished speaking, Hideki Hanyu realized that there was no one around him, and naturally no one would support his narcissistic words.

Of course, at this time, Hideki Hanyu couldn't care about these things.

Because as the Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit stopped, he had just stepped out of the car when he was immediately surrounded by crazy book fans.

Although the situation seems exaggerated, Hideki Hanyu does not seem nervous, because he feels that since Shogakukan dares to promote it so loudly, they will definitely take the current situation into consideration.

I believe Shogakukan is definitely prepared to deal with it.

but……

Hideki Hanyu soon discovered that he seemed to be a little too optimistic and overestimated Shogakukan.

When Hideki Hanyu, protected by bodyguards and surrounded by book fans, was "crawl" towards the Shogakukan building.

He found that the only people responsible for security around him, besides his bodyguards, were a few PCs in uniform.

As for the Shogakukan security personnel who were maintaining order in the surrounding area, there were less than five of them no matter how many were counted.

Faced with the onslaught of excited book fans, the "thin" layer of defense around Hideki Hanyu can only be described as shaky.

This also made Marco keep shouting at Hideki Hanyu, telling him not to stop and to keep moving forward.

What Marco was most worried about was that Hanyu Hideki would suddenly become interested and stop to sign autographs for book fans or say a few words.

In that case, it was a small matter for them to be surrounded.

If book fans become provoked and lose their reason, and start pushing and trampling on others, that would be a real big trouble.

There were so many people around that it was impossible to count them.

But the oppressive feeling they give people when they are surrounded together is very terrifying.

What's more, there are many children and elderly people among these people.

If a safety accident occurs, it will be a huge scandal for Hideki Hanyu.

But Marco's worries were obviously unnecessary.

Even if Hideki Hanyu likes to be in the spotlight, he won't be so stupid as to cause trouble now.

Even if he doesn't consider the safety of others, he should at least consider his own life.

Furthermore, as he continued to get closer to Shogakukan's headquarters building, his expression gradually grew gloomy as he realized that the expected Shogakukan's security measures never appeared.

Although Shogakukan did nothing, fortunately the bodyguards and PCs around Hanyu Hideki were reliable.

Under their protection, Hideki Hanyu finally entered the Shogakukan building safely.

The moment he stepped through the door, he felt that the surroundings suddenly became quiet, and all the noisy voices of book fans were blocked outside the door.

Before he could recover from the shock, Shogakukan's top management, led by Masahiro Aiga, came to meet him.

"Welcome, Mr. Hanyu..."

Looking at Masahiro Aiga's smiling face, and then looking at the dense crowd of crazy book fans outside the door, as well as the news media who are watching the fun and taking pictures non-stop.

Hanyu Hideki, who already had a gloomy face, interrupted the other party without waiting for him to finish speaking.

"Evacuate these people immediately. Look at those children and the elderly. If a safety accident happens, do you know how bad the impact will be?"

Seeing that Hanyu Hideki looked unhappy, Masahiro Aiga quickly replied, "I'll arrange for someone to do it right away."

But even so, Hideki Hanyu's gloomy expression did not change at all.

And what Hanyu Hideki said next was even more impolite than before.

“Mr. Xianghe, you invited me to attend this year’s press conference. In consideration of our past pleasant cooperation, I accepted the invitation.

I can understand that you want to use my fame to promote Shogakukan, but what did you do?
You have completely betrayed my trust in you. You only wanted the benefits that my fame would bring, but you were completely unprepared for the possible risks!

I will attend today's press conference as usual, but after the press conference, I will seriously consider whether it is necessary to continue the cooperation with Shogakukan." After leaving these words, Hanyu Hideki turned around and walked towards the hall where the press conference was held with his entourage without caring about Masahiro Aiga's reaction.

Just as he said, Masahiro Aiga promoted today's new book launch on a large scale, even deliberately promoting it as his first offline event in a long time.

That's why so many book lovers came and created such a scene outside.

But there is nothing wrong with the publicity itself, and it is natural for Masahiro Aiga to want to take advantage of Hideki Hanyu's fame.

It is understandable that the other party gradually took over the power left by his father and wanted to perform well and make achievements in Shogakukan in order to gain recognition from shareholders.

But when doing things, we cannot only consider the gains without considering the risks.

Fans of Hideki Hanyu's books were willing to commit suicide at Tokyo Tower for him. Although this was only an individual case, it was enough to show the degree of madness of this group.

Under such circumstances, Hideki Hanyu is holding offline activities again after a long time, and Shogakukan should consider the impact it will have on his fans.

But judging from the situation on the scene today, Shogakukan did not do any safety work in advance for possible safety issues.

Apart from reporting to the PC, he did not even add any security personnel.

In this case, if the pushing and trampling incident happened outside just now, Hideki Hanyu's own safety would not be a problem.

But if there are casualties among his fans, it will inevitably deal a serious blow to his reputation.

After all, once a tragedy happens, no one will care whether Shogakukan is poorly prepared or not, everyone will only point the finger at Hanyu Hideki.

Because those book fans came for Hideki Hanyu.

And this is why Hideki Hanyu was so angry after seeing Masahiro Aiga.

After Hanyu Hideki left, Masahiro Aiga's face naturally wouldn't be very good. After all, as the successor of Shogakukan, it would be strange if he felt good about being given the cold shoulder by Hanyu Hideki in front of everyone.

But at the same time, Masahiro Aiga couldn't say anything.

Not to mention that Hideki Hanyu's status and power are no longer what they used to be, so even if he wanted to do something, he would be powerless.

Just based on what Hanyu Hideki just said, he had no excuse to refute.

He only thought about his own gains but did nothing, which meant he was gambling with Hanyu Hideki's reputation.

Even in the eyes of others, Hideki Hanyu was actually quite polite.

Of course, the other people's idea that Hanyu Hideki was very polite did not last long.

After the press conference started, Hideki Hanyu did not answer any questions related to the work in front of the media. Instead, he directly pointed the finger at Shogakukan and criticized it unceremoniously.

"I am very disappointed with Shogakukan's irresponsible attitude towards public safety. If I had known the situation today would be like this, I would never have come to attend this new book launch.

Although I have established a pleasant cooperative relationship with Shogakukan since my debut, because of what happened today, I have to reconsider my future plans..."

Although Hideki Hanyu had not finished speaking, the media at the scene were instantly excited just by saying this.

Everyone originally thought that this was just an ordinary press conference for Hideki Hanyu's new work.

But who could have thought that Hideki Hanyu would publicly criticize Shogakukan over the safety of his fans.

All the reporters had the same thought in their minds, which was the hot topics of public opinion and the front-page headlines of the news in the coming week.

Steady!

After venting his dissatisfaction, Hanyu Hideki's original speech for the new work was finally reduced to one sentence, "This is the eighth part of 'Magic Pastry Shop', but I promise it will not be the last. I hope the fans will like it."

Then he stood up and left suddenly amid a barrage of flashes of light, ignoring the media's attempts to keep him.

Backstage, Masahiro Aiga, who witnessed everything, was completely numb.

Last year, Shogakukan's total revenue was 126 billion yen.

Hideki Hanyu's total income as a writer is 14.2 billion yen.

Although most of this money did not come from Shogakukan channels.

But even so, Hideki Hanyu's share of Shogakukan's revenue alone is a very "unreasonable" proportion.

What's more, Hideki Hanyu is not just a writer.

Shogakukan's peripheral licensing cooperation with Elf Entertainment and its celebrity photo collaboration with Yunshang Entertainment have brought in considerable revenue.

Once Hideki Hanyu terminates his cooperation with Shogakukan, Shogakukan will not only lose a huge amount of direct income, but will also lose the operating copyrights of all Hideki Hanyu's works.

And no one can guarantee whether the Yunshang and Jingling departments will stop cooperating with Shogakukan.

At today's press conference, Masahiro Aiga originally wanted to achieve some results.

But now, not only did he fail to achieve any results, but he accidentally lost his job.

Just when Masahiro Aiga was numb and considering whether to apologize to Hideki Hanyu in public, he suddenly heard Imai Zejin say to him.

"Director Aiga, the president wants you to answer the phone."

……

At the press conference, although Hideki Hanyu left happily, it was not until two hours later that he actually left Shogakukan.

Because the book fans who were "seduced" by Shogakukan's publicity will not disperse so easily.

Even because Hideki Hanyu appeared without saying a word and without any interaction, many people became so emotional that they caused a small riot.

Soon, shouts were heard from outside that someone was injured.

Seeing that the situation was getting out of control, Hanyu Hideki immediately asked Marco to lead the bodyguards to maintain order, and directly took over the command of the Shogakukan security personnel.

With his timely handling, the small-scale riots were quickly quelled.

The book fan who was slightly injured by being trampled in the crowd was also quickly sent to the hospital.

At this time, Marco, worried about Hanyu Hideki's safety, called a large number of bodyguards from the headquarters, who also arrived under the leadership of his assistant Chie Ishihara.

Seeing that more people were coming to maintain order and the emotions of fans had become more stable, Hanyu Hideki decisively seized the opportunity, appeared in front of the window on the second floor of the Shogakukan building, and used a loudspeaker to personally calm the emotions of fans.

“I’m really happy to see that everyone likes me so much!”

Just two sentences and the book fans at the scene were immediately excited.

Seeing this, Marco wanted to stop Hanyu Hideki, but Hanyu Hideki calmly pressed his hand against Marco and said not to worry and leave everything to him.

Facing the excited book fans, Hideki Hanyu continued.

“However, I am also very disappointed and heartbroken to see that you are so careless about your own safety.

You may not know that someone has just been injured, and I don’t want to see more accidents happen to people who like me, so please calm down and listen to me quietly. "

As soon as Hanyu Hideki said this, the huge crowd under the Shogakukan building strangely began to calm down.

Some book fans were even so excited to see Hanyu Hideki that they burst into tears and sobbed, but they still tried to cover their mouths with their hands to try not to make any sound.

Those media reporters who were still filming were somewhat shocked at this time.

I wonder if this is the influence of Hideki Hanyu?

This incredible personal charm and prestige is simply unimaginable for other public figures.

At this moment, in the silence, Hideki Hanyu's voice was heard again.

“I know that I stopped offline meet-ups and communication activities, which made many people who like me very sad.

But seeing your performance today, feeling your enthusiasm and love for me, I think if the time permits in the future, I will consider restarting offline meet-and-greet activities..."

Hanyu Hideki hadn't finished speaking yet, but just hearing these words, the book fans outside the building burst into thunderous cheers.

The sound was so loud that it seemed as if it would destroy the Shogakukan building.

After finally waiting for the book fans to calm down, Hanyu Hideki continued.

"I also want to tell my overseas book fans that once offline meet-and-greet events are resumed, the scope will not be limited to Japan."

As soon as these words were spoken, cheers rang out from below the building again.

But compared to before, the noise was much smaller, and it was scattered here and there, obviously coming from a small number of overseas book fans.

After the cheers died down, Hanyu Hideki announced another thing.

“I know many people want to ask when offline communication activities will resume, but I cannot confirm this time for the time being.

But I can be sure of one other thing, that is, I will be conducting a live broadcast across Asia on Cloud Satellite TV in the near future. Please pay attention to Cloud Satellite TV for the specific time.

I will answer your calls and communicate with you over the phone. If you have anything you want to talk to me about or any questions you want to ask me, you should start preparing now. "

As soon as the news came out, book fans in front of the building became excited again.

But that’s all Hideki Hanyu has to say.

Seeing that the book fans were cheering and in high spirits, but that kind of disorderly excitement was no longer there, he smiled and said to everyone.

"Okay! Now that you know everything, what are you still doing here? Go home!

Remember! I am only a part of your life, but not your whole life!

Finally, I love you guys!"

After the voice fell, Hanyu Hideki blew a kiss with both hands and turned away without hesitation.

When the people downstairs saw Hanyu Hideki disappear, although they were still hoping that Hanyu Hideki would appear again, when they saw that the windows on the second floor were closed by the staff, they realized that Hanyu Hideki would not appear again.

Thinking about what Hanyu Hideki said to them at the end, many people couldn't help but feel warm in their hearts.

Even those older fans of the book feel that Hideki Hanyu, who could say those last words, is the "idol" they should pursue.

Just like that, with a series of combined punches from Hanyu Hideki, the crisis was finally resolved.

The gathered book fans, while thinking about Hanyu Hideki's words and looking forward to Hanyu Hideki's live broadcast, began to leave under the evacuation of bodyguards, PCs and security personnel.

At this time, after finishing everything, Hideki Hanyu, who finally breathed a sigh of relief, discovered that during that period of time just now, his entire shirt was soaked with sweat.

This shows that although he appears calm and composed on the surface, he is very adept at comforting book fans.

But inside I was actually very nervous.

After all, Marco's worries were not unreasonable. If he said something wrong and caused the book fans downstairs to riot, it would not be so easy to appease them again.

Seeing that the problem was solved, the crowd gradually dispersed.

It's time for Hideki Hanyu to leave.

But when he got into the Rolls-Royce and the car started and just left Shogakukan, he seemed to remember something, slapped his head and said with some annoyance.

"I was really impulsive just now!"

Hearing his words, the assistant Ishihara Chie who was sitting next to him said, "Impulsive? But I think Mr. Hanyu was really handsome just now!"

Hanyu Hideki said, “That’s not what I’m talking about.”

As for what he said, he did not explain it to Ishihara Tomoe.

Previously at WCG, he heard from Eri Kitahara that Shogakukan's manga magazine had just started serializing "Tokyo Love Story".

He had originally planned to come to Shogakukan's headquarters today to attend a new book launch and buy the adaptation rights for this comic in the future.

Who would have thought that because of Shogakukan's actions, he lost his temper impulsively and ended up forgetting "Tokyo Love Story" completely.

Of course, even if he hadn't forgotten it just now, given his angry state, it was obviously not appropriate to talk about it again.

But he is not worried about the adaptation rights of this comic.

I guess by the time he gets back, the president of Shogakukan, Tetsuo Aiga, will have called Yorozuya.

After all, he was angry just now.

But the cooperation between Shogakukan and him, and between the Elf Department and the Cloud Department, is not so easy to completely sever.

I just don't know what price Tetsuo Soga is willing to pay to clean up his son's mess and mend the relationship between him and Shogakukan?

(End of this chapter)