Traveling through the Tokyo bubble era

Chapter 697 Who else can be called a great writer?

Suddenly a woman was calling him, and the voice sounded familiar. Hanyu Hideki wondered who it could be?
Although there are many women who have relationships with him in Hollywood today.

But basically it's just for fun, a friendly match.

And even these women have been very busy recently.

Naomi Watts is busy filming When Harry Met Sally.

With his help, Nicole Kidman returned to Hollywood from Australia and was cast as a supporting role in a movie invested by Yunshang Pictures.

The original billion-dollar box office heroine was willing to lower her status and play a supporting role. It can only be said that Paramount and Don Simpson were ruthless. They took advantage of the box office failure of "The Stepford Wives" and threw all the responsibility on Nicole Kidman.

The initial relationship between Hideki Hanyu and the Australian white girl also completely disappeared because of the other party's choice.

Although I am willing to help her because we are having fun, it is impossible for me to arrange a movie for her to be the heroine.

Of course, a scumbag is not someone who would deny his mistakes just because he has put on his pants.

The movie he chose for Nicole Kidman was not a regular movie.

This is a movie of the same name adapted from "Driving Miss Daisy", the most popular play in America last year, starring Morgan Freeman and veteran British actress Jessica Tandy.

In another time and space, this movie premiered in North America in 1989 and eventually earned more than $1989 million in North American box office, ranking fourth on the box office list.

In addition to box office success, this film has won numerous awards, including three Golden Globe nominations and three wins, the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, and Best Actress at the Italian David Awards.

The film was nominated nine times for the Oscars and won four awards, including Best Picture, Best Actress and other heavyweight awards.

Hideki Hanyu noticed in the news last year that this play was shown on Broadway, and before it caused much discussion, he sent someone to buy the adaptation rights.

At first he didn't think about adapting the play immediately, but after the play became completely popular in America this year, Warner Bros. set their sights on the adaptation rights.

After learning that the adaptation rights belonged to Yunshang Pictures, they initially wanted to buy it directly. However, Alan Horn, who had just joined the company at that time, did not agree and proposed a joint production.

Hideki Hanyu had no objection to this, because he knew that the current Cloud Pictures was still too weak. If he wanted to make this movie as successful as in its previous life, he would definitely have to cooperate with major studios.

Moreover, he didn't want Yunshang Pictures to be too high-profile before Sony Entertainment completely stepped in to provide shelter.

This is also why, even though Cloud Pictures has acquired De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, it only uses it to distribute low-budget independent films.

The reason why they still cooperate with major Hollywood studios is that they produce their own mainstream commercial films.

I have said so much just to express that even though Nicole Kidman only played a supporting role in "Driving Miss Daisy", it was enough to slightly restore her reputation after the movie was released.

Apart from these two women, other friendly contestants, such as Catherine Zeta-Jones, Sherilyn Fenn, and Brooke Shields, are basically busy with their own work.

So none of these women were able to attend the celebration party for "A Fish Called Wanda" tonight.

Therefore, when Hideki Hanyu heard the voice, he could conclude that the person calling him was definitely not any of these women.

I turned my head and looked in the direction of the voice, and a familiar face came into view.

This is not French pap…

No, it should be Sophie Marceau.

It's strange, how could a French female star appear at a Hollywood party?

And he clearly didn't see the woman when the party just started.

Besides, his first conversation with the other party at the Venice Film Festival was not a pleasant one.

Of course the scumbag didn’t know that his cold attitude towards Sophie Marceau at that time made the new French "little flower" very depressed.

But after the film festival, the woman thought about it and felt that it was normal for a big shot like Hanyu Hideki to be cold to her since he didn't know her.

It is just like that, as long as a person is successful enough, no matter what he does, there will always be people who will find reasons and excuses for him.

When she noticed that Hanyu Hideki was looking at her, Sophie Marceau quickly reminded him with a smile, "Sir, I sat behind you at the last Venice Film Festival."

The scumbag looked at Sophie Marceau and pretended to reminisce.

I have to say that the 22-year-old Sophie Marceau, wearing a red dress, has a face full of collagen, a pure and lovely temperament, and her appearance is indeed unique, and she has not collapsed to the extent that she can be associated with a certain Internet celebrity.

(I wanted to post something that didn't pass the review. Please refer to the red dress stills from 'My Nights Are More Beautiful Than Your Days')
After a moment, the scumbag seemed to remember something and said, "It turns out to be Miss Sophie. I didn't expect to see you here."

The scumbag's behavior shows that he doesn't take Sophie Marceau to heart.

Of course, after the Venice Film Festival, he did forget about this woman completely.

That's why he was wondering why the other party was here.

This was a celebration party held by Cloud Pictures in Hollywood, but a French female star showed up.

Sophie Marceau explained at the right time, "Gaumont is participating in the French and American film exchange event in Los Angeles, and I am here as an invited guest."

"Oh I got it."

Yunshang Pictures has invested in France's Gaumont and has become a family.

Gaumont came to America for an exchange event, so it's not surprising that Yunshang Pictures sent a celebration party invitation to the guests.

After Hanyu Hideki finished speaking, he looked around and asked curiously, "Isn't Director Andrzej Zulawski here with us?"

It is no secret in the entertainment industry that Sophie Marceau is in love with director Andrzej Zulawski, who is 26 years older than her.

“This time I came with director Claude Binaudot.”

Sophie Marceau hurried to explain, as if she didn't want to mention Andrzej Zulawski in front of Hideki Hanyu.

Director Claude Binaudot is the director of Sophie Marceau's famous work "First Kiss", and also directed Isabelle Adjani's "The Slap" in the 1970s.

Thinking of this, the scumbag inexplicably missed that crazy French beauty.

She dared to play and make noises, and had a mature charm, which really made him reminisce.

As soon as he felt like a scumbag, he immediately became impatient to deal with Sophie Marceau. After all, he had been eyeing the hot woman in the swimming pool next to him for a long time.

After seeing that the beauty was still unattended, the scumbag turned to Sophie Marceau and said, "I hope Miss Sophie has a good time at the party. I'll be leaving now."

Next to her, Sophie Marceau seemed to be about to say something, but after hearing Hideki Hanyu's farewell words, she was unable to say it in the end.

Before Sophie Marceau even said any goodbye, Hideki Hanyu couldn't wait to turn around and leave.

Then Sophie Marceau saw that Hideki Hanyu walked straight to the side of the swimming pool and started chatting with a hot bikini girl.

The girl didn't talk for a few words before calling a hot blonde bikini beauty from the swimming pool. They surrounded Hanyu Hideki and talked and laughed together, with expressions full of flattery.

Next, Hideki Hanyu quickly left with the two beauties.

Sophie Marceau, who witnessed the whole thing, felt complicated, with a hint of reluctance and unwillingness.

Sophie Marceau considers herself the most popular young female movie star in France and the dream lover of countless men. How could she not be as good as two big-breasted and brainless blondes?

But Hideki Hanyu just ignored her and left in a hurry just to hook up with two women she looked down upon.

Who is Hideki Hanyu?
He is a super-rich man, an internationally renowned writer, a recognized artist in Europe, and a talented young talent.

How could a man like this have such bad taste?
Sophie Marceau tried hard to say this in her heart, because she didn't want to admit that in Hideki Hanyu's eyes, she was not as attractive as the two blondes who were flirting at the party.

Of course, what the French girl wants in her heart is for Hideki Hanyu to know.

Hideki Hanyu would probably only make one comment.

"We are all prostitutes, how can we tell the difference between high and low?"

And why did Sophie Marceau suddenly visit Hideki Hanyu tonight? Didn't she have any other purpose?

Don’t think that just because Hideki Hanyu hasn’t been to Europe recently, you don’t know any news.

The last time he had a romantic encounter with Isabelle Adjani in France, Isabelle Adjani immediately joined the award-winning film "Product of Chaos", a collaboration between Cloud Pictures and Gaumont.

Immediately afterwards, A-E International announced that Isabelle Adjani became the image ambassador of its Onirique jewelry brand.

In the former, everyone originally thought that the heroine of "Product of Chaos" would be Emmanuelle Béart, and then Isabelle Adjani snatched the role from Emmanuelle Béart without any warning.

This was something no one had expected. After all, it was rumored that Emmanuelle Béart was supported by a big capital tycoon both in Hollywood and in France.

Otherwise, when "Angels on Earth" was a failure, why could he continue to shoot the hit sequel "Bullet Falls 2" in Hollywood? After returning to France, he not only had film resources to offer, but also got endorsements from multiple high-end brands.

Just when everyone was speculating on the reason, A-E International announced that Isabelle Adjani would become its image ambassador.

As a newly emerged luxury goods operating group in recent years, AIYI International has a rule for selecting spokespersons for its brands, which is to include the key candidates in the list of image ambassadors before signing the contract.

Although the image ambassador does not receive any endorsement fee, he or she can use this identity to participate in various activities of AYI International's brands, and be invited to participate in AYI International brand fashion shows, etc.

Of course, the most important thing is that the new batch of spokespersons for AYI International’s brands will only be selected from among the image ambassadors.

As luck would have it, Emmanuelle Béart, who had just lost her role to Isabelle Adjani and was the spokesperson for multiple brands under A-E International, was not even on the list of image ambassadors this time.

Everyone suddenly understood what was going on when they saw this.

Emmanuelle Béart, the Angel of France, has fallen from grace.

It is obvious that the big boss behind the scenes who has been supporting Emmanuelle Béart has given up on him.

As the saying goes, when a whale falls, everything comes into being.

When people learned the news, they had no time to sympathize with Emmanuel Bea. The first reaction in their minds was how to fill the resources left vacant after Emmanuel Bea's contract expires next year.

Those who felt they had hope began to frequently contact AII International.

Of course, some people think that this is unsafe, so they directly target the big boss behind the scenes who supports Emmanuelle Béart.

After all, if there are benefits, everyone naturally wants them all.

French film industry resources, high-end brand spokespersons, and even opportunities to develop in Hollywood. As long as they have the support of the big guys behind the scenes, they can become the second Emmanuelle Béart.

Among them, well-informed people have already found out that the person supporting Emmanuelle Béart is none other than Hideki Hanyu, the boss of Cloud Pictures.

Of course, Isabelle Adjani also contributed to Hideki Hanyu becoming known so quickly.

I don't know if this crazy woman was drunk, but she revealed to a friend in the circle that she got the role of Emmanuelle Béart, became the image ambassador, and was selected to launch Onirique's new jewelry product 'Violet Series', all with the help of Hideki Hanyu.

He also said some strange crazy things like "it's amazing", "I've never been so satisfied", "it's so addictive", "I feel like I'm going to die".

Of course, maybe Isabelle Adjani was not drunk, and she just said that on purpose.

Anyway, after Hideki Hanyu learned the news, his first reaction was to sympathize with Bruno Neuton, Isabelle's official boyfriend.

In short, after these things happened, any female artist with some connections in the French film and television circles, no matter how famous they were, wanted to get in touch with him.

Sophie Marceau's agent naturally also contacted her.

But at that time, Hideki Hanyu was too busy with his own affairs to care about these people.

At the celebration party, Sophie Marceau unexpectedly showed up and tried to get close to the scumbag. However, Hideki Hanyu didn't actually think of her at first.

By the time Hideki Hanyu remembered this, he was already driving his Lamborghini "Kuiniu" and taking two blonde beauties back to the Red Maple Manor in Beverly Hills.

In the spacious bedroom of Red Maple Manor, the scumbag slapped his forehead when he thought of this incident.

Snapped!
Hanyu Hideki's sudden action immediately made the two blonde beauties who were busy above and below raise their heads and asked in unison, "Sir, are we making you unhappy?" "It has nothing to do with you, just continue."

After the scumbag finished speaking, he let go of his hands and pressed their heads back down.

Then he thought with some regret that he was so busy looking at the blonde beauty in the swimming pool tonight that he missed another good opportunity.

Then, the scumbag turned "regret" into motivation and vented all his regrets on the two blonde beauties he brought home.

……

The next day.

November 3rd.

Hideki Hanyu sat cross-legged in the yard of Red Maple Manor early in the morning.

Under the shade of the tree, he was sipping the tea brought by Fei Yi while writing something on the manuscript paper in his hand.

Early in the morning, Hideki Hanyu sent the two blonde beauties away with a few stacks of US dollars.

After some exercise to blow off some energy, I sat in the yard and relaxed.

Actually, it can’t be said to be leisurely.

While exercising, he suddenly got some creative inspiration and continued to complete his new work "I am a Cat".

I started writing this work in early October, and I kept stopping and starting in the middle. I also took time to communicate with some people in the industry of the characters in the book in Japan. The progress of the book is much slower than I expected.

At the current rate, there is no hope for Hideki Hanyu to complete the first draft of this book before the end of the year.

After writing for a long time, around ten o'clock in the morning, Marco came to tell him, "Boss, there is a guest coming to visit. It was booked in advance."

Hanyu Hideki asked, "Is it Michael Clayton?"

Michael Crichton, the original author of "Jurassic Park", is also one of Hideki Hanyu's few friends in the American literary circle.

Marco nodded and said, "Yes."

"Invite him in."

After Hanyu Hideki finished speaking, Marco quickly brought in Michael Clayton.

Hanyu Hideki took the initiative to stand up and greet him, smiling and hugging him, saying, "Michael, long time no see."

Michael Clayton also smiled and hugged Hanyu Hideki and said, "Yeah, the last time we met was when you came to my place to try out the game."

Hideki Hanyu invited Michael Clayton to sit down, asked the Filipino maid to pour coffee, and then said to Michael Clayton.

"I heard from the sales department of Elf Entertainment that your Amazon Warriors are selling very well."

"Total sales worldwide have exceeded one million copies, which is really great. Of course, this is all thanks to your support for the Elf Entertainment Platform, Hideki."

Michael Crichton could not hide his joy when he spoke, and was obviously very satisfied with the sales of the game.

With sales of one million copies, the game is almost ranked in the top 20 of the annual sales list even on Elf Entertainment's PS platform.

According to the profit-sharing rules of Elf Entertainment, after averaging the selling prices in different regions, Michael Clayton's pre-tax profit was about 10 million US dollars.

With so much money, it's no wonder Michael Clayton would be happy.

Of course, as a technical expert, perhaps Michael Crichton enjoys the feeling of having the games he makes recognized by players.

Hanyu Hideki said, "With such good sales, it's time to expand to other platforms."

Michael Clayton said, "I have signed a contract with Genie Entertainment, and they will help me port the game to arcade and handheld platforms."

Hanyu Hideki asked, "What about the sequel? With such good sales, aren't you considering a sequel?"

“I have absolutely no inspiration for making a sequel, and even if I did, I wouldn’t have the time. Last time, after discussing the idea of ​​dinosaurs with you, I signed a contract with the production department of Elf Entertainment. In order to ensure the progress of game production, I have been concentrating on writing a new novel recently.

This is also the reason why I came to you today. I hope you can help me look at the first draft I just completed. "

After Michael Clayton finished speaking, he took out a thick stack of manuscript paper from his briefcase and handed it to Hideki Hanyu.

Hideki Hanyu took it and looked at it, and saw the name "Jurassic Park" clearly written on the cover.

Translated, of course, it is the famous Jurassic Park.

Hideki Hanyu opened the manuscript and began to flip through it quickly.

As for "Jurassic Park", he had only seen the movie version directed by Spielberg in his previous life, and had never read the original novel.

So now, when he took a look, he found that apart from a large number of professional descriptions of the appearance, habits, evolution, and mutation of dinosaurs, as well as some different scientific and philosophical viewpoints, he had no idea what the difference was between the two versions of time and space.

Of course, he can still see some shadows of the movie's plot in the book.

But he could also see that this work was obviously not yet completed.

So Hanyu Hideki asked directly, "Is the book not finished yet?"

Michael Clayton nodded. "It's not finished yet, but I've been feeling a bit of a problem with my writing lately, so I wanted to discuss it with you."

"That's it..."

Hanyu Hideki said as he opened the manuscript again and pointed to a paragraph.

“I think these detailed descriptions are great, but can you highlight the danger of the dinosaurs more when describing them? That is, make the animality of the dinosaurs more vivid, so that when the protagonists encounter the dinosaurs, the plot will be more tense.

besides……"

In this way, Hideki Hanyu and Michael Clayton chatted for more than two hours.

The meal didn't end until the Filipino maid reminded them that lunch was ready.

Hanyu Hideki rubbed his stomach and said, "I was so engrossed in the conversation that I realized I was already hungry."

"Me too. Some of your ideas always give me new inspirations and I forget the time without realizing it."

Michael Clayton said as he sorted out the manuscript.

It can be seen that the writer admires Hideki Hanyu's talent very much.

"I just give suggestions, but it's you who actually creates."

Hideki Hanyu did not take the credit. After all, after Michael Crichton signed the contract with Genie Entertainment, "Jurassic Park" was confirmed to be released together with the game, and Genie Entertainment automatically shared part of the copyright of the novel.

Coupled with the subsequent film copyrights, Hanyu Hideki has so many other ways to make money that he doesn't even care about the sales revenue of the novel itself.

While Michael Crichton was organizing the manuscript, Hideki Hanyu also picked up the manuscript of "I Am a Cat".

Seeing this, Michael Crichton asked curiously, "Is Hanyu also creating new works?"

Hanyu Hideki replied, “Yes, it is also a novel.”

“Is it still a novel for children?”

When Hideki Hanyu said he was writing a novel, the first thing that came to Michael Crichton's mind was "Brigitte".

Although the sales and response of this novel in Japan and Asia were average, it is recognized as a phenomenal work in the European and American literary circles.

It has been almost a year since its release, and the name "Brigitte" can still be seen on the American children's book sales rankings.

Fairy tales, fantasy, independence, inspiration, freedom, feminism...

This children's fantasy novel has been labeled with too many labels.

But apart from the label, the story itself is extremely groundbreaking, novel and interesting, and both adults and children can't put it down.

As soon as this book was published, Hideki Hanyu showed signs of being regarded as a master in the European and American literary circles.

As expected, when the 1989 awards season begins, Hideki Hanyu will surely win many awards for "Brigitte".

If Hideki Hanyu wasn't so young, the International Hans Christian Andersen Award might have been awarded to him directly.

Unfortunately, the Hans Christian Andersen Award is a writer's award that can only be won once in a lifetime, so it is obvious that it will not be awarded to him so early.

In response to Michael Crichton's question, Hanyu Hideki shook his head and said, "No, it's a satirical novel about the reality of Japanese society, about..."

After finishing the manuscript, Hideki Hanyu briefly introduced the content of "I Am a Cat" as he walked towards the restaurant with Michael Crichton.

After listening to it, Michael Crichton couldn't help but praise it, "The setting is very interesting, observing humans from a cat's perspective."

But after praising him, Michael Clayton asked again in confusion, "Although this kind of novel is interesting, I'm afraid it won't be popular in Japan."

The neon economy was booming, and even Michael Clayton in America was well aware of it.

After all, the Japanese are shopping all over the world, and news of their large-scale acquisitions in America can be seen in the American news every now and then.

However, the core of Hideki Hanyu's novel "I Am a Cat" is a satire on Japan's current social situation, materialism, false economic prosperity, etc.

And the crisis hidden beneath the prosperity that the Japanese cannot see, or perhaps do not want to see.

Hideki Hanyu naturally understood what Michael Clayton meant.

He could also foresee the impact this book would have if it were published next year, at the height of the bubble economy.

Because his book has not been completed yet, but the ending of the book has been determined.

The first-person cat is described like this.

"Tonight I suddenly wanted to go out for a walk, so I climbed out of the window, jumped onto the eaves, and looked into the distance."

"Is that Ginza? Or Roppongi?"

"As a cat, I don't know."

"But the colorful neon lights are so beautiful. In my eyes, they are like bubbles piled up one after another, as if I could pop them with just a claw."

"It's just like... the dreams of those people I met."

Combined with the previous text in the book, Hideki Hanyu is directly stating that the current prosperity of Japan is just a bunch of false bubbles.

Imagine that next year, the Japanese people’s self-confidence will reach its peak, and Akio Morita will be able to write a book like “Neon Can Say No”.

But at this moment, he poured a bucket of cold water on all the Japanese.

Especially since he is a celebrity and a well-known writer, and he has a huge amount of attention.

Many people will probably scold him for puncturing other people's dreams and fantasies.

But that result was exactly what he wanted.

If you want to become a god with just one book, how can you do it without the cooperation of social reality?
Once the bubble bursts and everyone else is drunk but he is sober, he can use the media resources at his disposal to immediately reverse public opinion.

By that time...

"Brigitte" has won numerous awards overseas.

"I Am a Cat" is regarded as a classic in Japan.

Who else but him can be called a great writer?
(End of this chapter)