Traveling through the Tokyo bubble era

Chapter 701: Dispute over the Technology Route of Elf Entertainment

midnight.

In an izakaya in Bunkyo district, there is an independent seat separated by a curtain in a corner where smoke is curling, diners are sparsely present, and the aroma of barbecue is everywhere.

Hideki Hanyu, Akina Nakamori, and Shinsuke Ito were sitting in the middle.

Hanyu Hideki and Ito Shinsuke were chatting casually.

Akina Nakamori sat beside them, grilling meat and pouring wine for the two of them. She looked gentle and virtuous, and there was no trace of the strong diva she used to be.

This girl, who has longed to be cared for since she was a child, only shows this side of herself in front of the man she loves.

Her former strength was just a shell that she used to protect herself like a hedgehog.

"Okay, eat something yourself. You don't have to always control us. Look how thin you have become recently."

Hideki Hanyu said this while holding down Akina Nakamori's hand as she was about to pick up some meat for him.

Hearing this, Akina Nakamori thought of Hanyu Hideki not liking her to be too thin, so she asked carefully, "Don't you like how thin I am now?"

Hearing this, the scumbag stretched out his hand and pinched Akina Nakamori's face and said, "I like you no matter what you look like. I said you are thin because I care about your body. Since you have decided to retire, you don't have to worry about being on camera. Of course, everything should be done with health in mind.

But...I do like meaty mingcai."

Akina Nakamori felt warm and sweet in her heart after hearing what Hanyu Hideki said, and she immediately wanted to hug her lover and talk to him/her from the bottom of her heart, but at this moment, she heard Shinsuke Ito coughing from the other side.

"Ahem! I'm still here. If you two want to flirt, please go back home."

After hearing what Ito Shinsuke said, Akina Nakamori immediately gave up the action.

But after all, they were already acquaintances, so Akina Nakamori had nothing to feel embarrassed about. She just started eating meat and decided to fatten herself up as Hideki Hanyu said.

As for the scumbag, he would not take Ito Shinsuke's words seriously at all.

He smiled and said, "If Ito-san is willing, I can send someone to pick Nana-chan up now. I have absolutely no objection to you two flirting here."

"I don't have the thick skin of Hanyu-san."

After Ito Shinsuke deliberately said this, he suddenly lowered his voice and said mysteriously, "I recently met someone who is related to the royal family. I heard an interesting story about Hanyu-san. Do you want to know?"

"Do not want to."

Hideki Hanyu answered without hesitation, which made Shinsuke Ito very upset.

Hideki Hanyu really has no affection or interest in the Neon Locust family, regardless of whether they are related to him or not.

Times have changed. Some people like to lick the locust family and take that family seriously, but he, a time traveler, would not do that.

And now he has such capital.

Ito Shinsuke had a lot to say, so naturally he was unwilling to give up just like that.

So in the end he whispered, "I heard from that person that Hanyu-san has been a runner-up in the awards over the years, and that's what the royal family meant."

"what?"

Hideki Hanyu certainly didn't know this news.

Although he didn't care whether he was awarded the medal or not, he was surprised that the locusts would target him like this.

When did he offend that bug?
It seems not, right?

Does setting off fireworks in Hong Kong to celebrate his serious illness count? But that happened recently and has nothing to do with the medal.

Interesting...really interesting.

Thinking of this, a playful smile appeared on Hanyu Hideki's face.

Seeing Hanyu Hideki actually smiled, Ito Shinsuke immediately asked, "Huh? Aren't you worried?"

"Worry, what should I worry about?" Hanyu Hideki looked puzzled.

Ito Shinsuke said, "Aren't you worried that you won't get the medal in the future?"

Hanyu Hideki showed a surprised expression and asked Ito Shinsuke, "Ito-san, do you think I need a medal to prove something now?"

Ito Shinsuke nodded. "Yes, you really don't need it. And when you were running for the medal in the past few years, you didn't express the idea of ​​wanting to win it."

Hanyu Hideki smiled and said, “That kind of thing is just the icing on the cake.”

In the history of Japan, there are countless intellectuals who publicly refused to be awarded medals. It is obvious that they look down on the locust room.

Not only will there be no consequences, but you will also be praised by the public for not fawning on the powerful and having the character of a scholar.

Hideki Hanyu can actually do the same.

It’s just that his identity is more complicated. He is not a simple literati. There are some things he can do, but he cannot be too high-profile.

Of course, the premise is that everyone maintains tacit understanding and decency.

Seeing that Hanyu Hideki really didn't care, Ito Shinsuke lost the desire to continue the conversation.

He changed the subject and talked about the recent impact of "self-restraint".

As an entertainment and media group, Yunshang Entertainment is naturally greatly affected by the "self-restraint".

Advertisements produced were frequently sent back for revisions, film projects were delayed, TV dramas were suspended, variety shows were ordered to be removed from the air, and so on.

At the end, Ito Shinsuke said with emotion, "I met Iijima Michi from Yunshang Entertainment at the headquarters yesterday. She has been very worried recently."

"What's wrong?" Hanyu Hideki asked.

“It’s all because of the two kids selected by Star Creation. After the official show ends, it’s the best opportunity to increase their popularity through spin-off shows and shoot TV series to attract fans.

But now, due to self-restraint, all spin-off programs created by celebrities have been stopped, and the new drama they just filmed has also been suspended due to the plot.

The competition in the entertainment industry is so fierce. They have not appeared for several months and their popularity has already declined seriously. On top of that, the popularity of the band show has diverted more attention.

And I see the current trend, the idol market is getting narrower and narrower, and when they officially debut next year they will have to compete with their senior SHINee for popularity, so everyone expects them to start high and end low.”

After listening to Ito Shinsuke's words, Hanyu Hideki couldn't help but sigh in his heart that the inertia of this space and time is really great.

The two children that Shinsuke Ito mentioned are naturally Takuya Kimura and Takeshi Kaneshiro of the planned 'Gemini' group.

In this time and space, he used the group 'SHINee' to steal the success of Johnny's '光GENJI'.

They thought that pairing Kimura Takuya and Takeshi Kaneshiro together would change Kimura Takuya's original failure in the early days of the group 'SMAP'.

But who could have thought that although Kimura Takuya and Kaneshiro's 'Gemini' group debuted ahead of schedule, they were just as unlucky as in their previous life.

In their previous life, the group 'SMAP' encountered the decline of the idol craze.

But in this life, he ran into self-discipline, the rise of band popularity, and the all-round crushing of his predecessors in his own company.

Although Yunshang Entertainment is quietly transforming nowadays, the idol group 'SHINee' is still the one with the highest investment in artist resources.

Looking at the record performance, now that the year is coming to an end, among the top ten singles in the Oricon annual sales chart, the 'SHINee' group not only dominated the top three, but also occupied five seats in the top ten.

After being trained in 'Children of the Sun', the creative talents of Chage and Aska were fully unleashed in the 'SHINee' group.

It can be said that in terms of the entire Yunshang system's artist management, as well as record, performance and other business revenues, the 'SHINee' group has officially surpassed its predecessors Genki Girls, Sons of the Sun, Akina Nakamori, and even the once-popular 'F4' group, becoming Yunshang Entertainment's biggest cash cow.

Although the financial report for 1988 has not yet been released, judging from the communication between Hirohashi Asako and Hanyu Hideki, the revenue generated by the 'SHINee' group for the entire Cloud Entertainment this year, if only the direct part is calculated, will exceed billion yen.

With such a terrifying money-making ability, the Yunshang Group will naturally invest all its resources to promote it.

In this case, no matter how good the 'Gemini' group of Kimura Takuya and Takeshi Kaneshiro is, and how popular they are on the show, the group will not dilute the resources of the 'SHINee' group for them.

Thinking of this, Hanyu Hideki said slowly, "Given the objective environment, there is no point in getting anxious. I will find time to communicate with Iijima Michi.

Even if the traditional idol path is not feasible, it does not mean there are no new paths.”

In another time and space, after the debut of the group 'SMAP', their album flopped and Johnny's simply let them go.

If it weren't for the hard work of Iijima Michi after taking over, and if it weren't for the hard work of Kimura Takuya and his teammates who were determined to take the variety show route that previous idols disdained to take, there would be no "SMAP" later.

At this time and space, Yunshang Entertainment has no intention of giving up on Takuya Kimura and Takeshi Kaneshiro.

So no matter how bad the situation of these two people is, it will not be worse than in another time and space.

After talking about the impact of self-restraint, Hanyu Hideki and Ito Shinsuke chatted and talked about Hollywood's Cloud Pictures.

"There's been a lot of news about Yunshang Pictures on Neon News recently."

"Oh? What are you talking about?" Hanyu Hideki asked curiously.

Ito Shinsuke looked at Hanyu Hideki in surprise and said, "Of course it means that Yunshang Pictures has been successful at the box office again. Haven't you been watching the news recently?"

Hideki Hanyu thought that he had been staying in seclusion in Italy for some time. Apart from accompanying the "volume beauty" Monica Bellucci to take care of her pregnancy, he was also doing creative work and customizing super yachts. He had no time to care about the news in Hollywood.

But of course he wouldn't say these words.

He just casually explained, "I was dealing with investment matters in Europe some time ago and didn't have time to pay attention to the news in America."

"is it?"

Ito Shinsuke was suspicious at first, but still gave a simple explanation.

“When the comedy was released last month, it grossed over $60 million, and the Japanese media reported it extensively.

Your sequel movie was released this month and has grossed over 25 million. I read reports that the word of mouth is very good and the box office is expected to be over 60 million.”

"Blood Corpse Night 2 is already million?"

Hideki Hanyu was a little surprised. He didn't expect that the sequel movie, which did not exist in the previous life and was entirely launched because of him, would have such a good box office.

With a production and promotion cost of 10 million, the box office of 25 million has already started to make a profit. If it can really sell for 60 million, it will definitely make a lot of money.

What's more, there is an increasingly better videotape market.

Of course, for the movie "Bullet 2", the most important thing is actually its excellent reputation, which means that the movie can continue to produce sequels and continue to help Yunshang Pictures make profits.

"It seems you really don't know."

Seeing Hanyu Hideki's expression, Ito Shinsuke shook his head helplessly.

“There are countless people in the film industry in Japan who want to break into Hollywood and get big box office in America, but Hanyu-san doesn’t care at all.

And there is Masaya Kato, who, because of his role in Hanyu-san's "Very Good 2", has now been hailed by the Japanese media as the most successful actor to come to the United States.

After the F4 group suspended its activities, he has been lukewarm and Iijima Michi was worried about how to manage him. Unexpectedly, Hanyu-san solved the problem with a movie.

Now, those Japanese artists who want to enter the US will definitely try their best to contact us and try to establish a relationship with Hanyu-san. There are quite a few American artists among them..."

When Ito Shinsuke was about to say something flirtatious, saying that a beautiful woman came to his house to ask for Hanyu Hideki's hand and Hanyu Hideki could choose any one of them, he remembered that Nakamori Akina was right next to him, so he quickly stopped the topic and drank a glass of wine to cover up.

Hanyu Hideki ignored Ito Shinsuke's words. He just said meaningfully, "It's not just the artists who are jealous of us."

"Then who else?" Ito Shinsuke didn't understand.

"Is there no news circulating in Japan?" Hideki Hanyu asked doubtfully.

"What news?" Ito Shinsuke became more and more puzzled.

Hanyu Hideki said, "Of course Sony is going to acquire a major Hollywood studio."

"Sony? Buying a major Hollywood production company?"

Ito Shinsuke was full of questions and said, "I admit that Sony has done a good job in music, but that's because they want to promote their CDs and Walkmans.

But movies? When has Sony ever been interested in movies? They have never been in the business.”

Hanyu Hideki spread his hands and said, "Who knows? Maybe he really saw that Yunshang Pictures was doing so well in Hollywood, so he wanted to try it in Hollywood too."

"Who is Sony in contact with?" asked Shinsuke Ito.

Hanyu Hideki replied, "Columbia Pictures."

"Columbia, no wonder they acquired Columbia Records this year, it turns out this was all planned."

Ito Shinsuke slammed the table, and then said anxiously, "Have you talked to Hanyu-san and Asako-san? Didn't you meet backstage today?"

Hearing what Ito Shinsuke said, the scumbag replied with a strange expression, "I was in a hurry to watch Akina's rehearsal and didn't have time to talk about this."

After all, he couldn't answer that he was worried about being blamed by Guangqiao Qianzi because he brought the three little ones with him, so he found an excuse to escape.

"Then let's talk about it some other day. Find some time to call Yoshioka-san back. Although Cloud Pictures has developed well in Hollywood, it is definitely not as good as Sony buying Columbia directly."

Shinsuke Ito sounded a little anxious, and he was obviously afraid that Sony would buy Columbia Pictures.

Hanyu Hideki calmly pressed his hand and said, "Sit still, Ito-san. There's no need to be so anxious. When making movies in Hollywood, what matters is the box office and the profit, not the size of the company."

In another time and space, after Sony acquired Columbia Pictures, it made a lot of money and paid tuition for many years, but lost a lot of money.

If Sony wasn't such a big company, ordinary investors would have lost money and sold their property long ago.

What's more, in this time and space, he also took over several of Sony's classic IPs in advance, which will make it even more difficult for Sony to make a comeback in Columbia Pictures.

"How can I not be anxious? Sony acquired Columbia Pictures."

From Ito Shinsuke's words, it can be heard that Hanyu Hideki's comfort did not have much effect.

"Well, if you are really worried, at worst we can learn from Sony and find a big Hollywood studio to buy it." When Hanyu Hideki said this, Ito Shinsuke was stunned.

After a while, he asked, "How much do you think it will cost for Sony to buy Columbia Pictures, Hanyu-san?"

Hanyu Hideki pretended to think and then replied, "I feel it will never be less than 4.5 billion US dollars."

Hearing this number, Ito Shinsuke said dejectedly, "We can't afford it."

Hideki Hanyu was shocked by the thought of more than 4 billion. Panasonic, that sucker, spent a full 6 billion US dollars to buy Universal Pictures.

But there is nothing wrong with Ito Shinsuke's reaction.

In recent years, Yunshang Entertainment Media Group seems to have expanded rapidly, but its expenses are also not small. Even with loans as support, it has also drawn on the group's working capital to the greatest extent.

Under such circumstances, let alone learning from Sony's acquisition of Columbia Pictures for 4.8 billion, even a half-price sale would be difficult.

As soon as these thoughts came out, Hanyu Hideki said, "More than 4 billion is the price Sony paid for Columbia Pictures. Even if we have the money and want to compete, it's too late at this stage."

"So what?" asked Ito Shinsuke.

"If we want to get involved in other major Hollywood studios, the price will only be more expensive than Sony."

Hanyu Hideki's tone was light, but it was like a bolt from the blue to Ito Shinsuke's ears.

"Forget it, let's not think about this kind of thing." Ito Shinsuke said somewhat frustrated.

He thought that although he and a group of people had helped Yunshang Entertainment make a lot of money by making movies and being busy with various businesses over the years, the speed at which they made money was still far behind Sony, which sells consumer products.

Hanyu Hideki nodded and said, "That's right, I won't consider this kind of thing for now."

"Yes."

Ito Shinsuke agreed casually, completely unaware of the word "temporarily" in Hanyu Hideki's words.

After that, the two of them didn't mention the matter again.

As they had eaten and drunk their fill, it was time for their midnight snack to end.

After saying goodbye to each other, the slightly tipsy Hideki Hanyu was helped into the car by Akina Nakamori, who then drove Hanyu Hideki herself back to the luxury house in Shirokanedai that Hanyu Hideki had given her.

Smelling the alcohol on Hideki Hanyu, Xiaopangcai helped Hideki Hanyu change his clothes, and then helped him into the bathroom to wash up.

As I was washing, something went wrong.

"Hanyu-kun, don't move. I'm bathing you."

"Huh? Even though Akina has lost weight, nothing has changed here."

"I told you to stop moving around, Hanyu-kun. The foam is going to get in your eyes."

“I haven’t tried it with bubbles yet.”

"Hmm...%￥&%...&%"

A strange sound was heard and the picture stopped abruptly.
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Use your imagination to divide the line——
The next day, Hideki Hanyu slept in for a rare night.

When I woke up, I found that Xiaopangcai was no longer beside me. I thought he must have gone to perform for tonight's retirement performance.

After getting up, washing, and walking downstairs, he saw a note left by Akina Nakamori and breakfast prepared for him on the table in the dining room.

Hideki Hanyu smiled slightly and sat down to taste the results of the Queen's personal cooking.

Although the taste is average, the thought behind it wins.

After dinner, Hideki Hanyu drove to Shinagawa District.

He first went to the top floor of Elf Entertainment and held a three-person meeting with the president, Satoshi Iwata, and Eri Kitahara, who was summoned by him.

The main topic of discussion was about the next generation of products from Elf Entertainment.

As we all know, in addition to a large number of games that have won rave reviews from players, the real foundation for Elf Entertainment to dominate the world game market is actually its three major game platforms.

EGP arcade platform, Elf handheld platform, and PS console platform.

Since the three major platforms were launched, although they have been continuously modified and upgraded, they have basically been working within the original framework and have not been a true replacement.

Although at this stage, except for Japan, which was beaten half to death by Elf Entertainment, and Sega, which barely survived by relying on overseas markets, other manufacturers are still unable to shake the advantages of Elf Entertainment's three major platforms.

But living off the resources without striving for progress is not Hanyu Hideki's style.

That's why Hideki Hanyu asked Elf Entertainment to prepare for the future and invest heavily in the development of iterative products for the three major platforms in advance.

Let’s talk about the EGP arcade platform first. The technical goal of the second-generation platform is, of course, to create better game performance, better picture and sound quality, and a more convenient way to replace the baseboard at a lower cost, or even to directly replace the game without replacing the baseboard.

The research and development of the second-generation EGP arcade platform is mainly undertaken by the Neon R&D Center of Elf Entertainment, and is coordinated and managed by Tetsuya Aragaki, the technical director of Elf Entertainment, who coordinates the cooperation of technical parties in various industrial chains.

After so many years of research and development, the second-generation EGP arcade platform has actually become fully mature with the cooperation of its partners.

However, due to semiconductor technology and cost constraints, the model of replacing cartridges was eventually abandoned, and the focus of technical research was placed on performance.

The several second-generation EGP arcade engineering prototypes that have been finalized are basically on par with the first-generation EGP arcade machines in terms of production costs.

Once large-scale production begins, the cost can be even lowered.

However, in terms of performance and the speed of replacing baseboards, it far exceeds the first-generation EGP platform.

And in terms of versatility, the second-generation EGP platform is obviously better.

It is not only fully compatible with other arcade games such as light guns, racing, music, etc.

You can even directly use the latest version of the 'Elf Scepter' development terminal.

Just this alone can save third-party game development companies countless time, costs and energy.

Because once the second-generation EGP platform is on the market, game developers will no longer need to develop a separate baseboard to make their own special arcade games. They can just use the second-generation EGP platform.

Moreover, by sharing the development end of 'Elf Scepter' with the PS console platform and the Elf handheld platform, the workload will undoubtedly be greatly reduced when porting arcade games to the Elf handheld and PS console in the future.

More importantly, because of the later stage of the development of the second-generation EGP arcade machine, with the development of the second-generation PS console, 3D game technology made rapid progress, and the second-generation EGP platform naturally also received technology sharing.

This allows the second-generation EGP arcade platform to directly use powerful 3D gaming performance. Even because the arcade's hardware configuration is higher, the 3D gaming performance far exceeds the second-generation PS console that is currently under development.

Today, the world's first 3D game engine 'Elf Engine' embedded in the 'Elf Scepter' development terminal has reached the final testing stage.

As soon as this killer weapon comes out and is first opened to all game developers on the Elf Entertainment platform, the era of true 3D games will officially arrive.

It can be said that the listing conditions of the second-generation EGP platform are now fully mature.

When the three of them talked about this, Iwata said, "I think it's time to ask the sales and publicity departments to formulate a launch plan."

Kitahara Eri asked, "What's the time?"

Iwata replied, "It will be released at E3 next March."

Kitahara said, "I thought it would be later. After all, the market share of the first-generation EGP is still very high, and no other manufacturer can threaten us."

Iwata said, "I originally thought so too. After all, in the current situation, to promote the second-generation EGP, we not only have to spend money on promotion, but also have to give up more profits."

After hearing what Iwata said, Eri Kitahara looked at Hideki Hanyu.

After all, the only person in Elf Entertainment who could make Iwata change his mind is Hideki Hanyu.

Noticing Kitahara Eri's gaze, Hanyu Hideki spoke.

"The primary goal of the second-generation EGP arcade is not profit, but to continue to consolidate our market share, and then bring more partners into the Elf platform to build an ecosystem unique to Elf Entertainment."

Kitahara Eri said thoughtfully, "Is this the reason why Hanyu-san asked the R&D department to connect the three major platforms for the development of the 'Elf Scepter'?"

Hanyu Hideki nodded. "Yes, although we have to pay some price in the short term, only if we make the cake big enough and attract enough people, we can become the one who divides the cake later and eat the biggest piece of it."

Everyone knows the importance of building an industry ecological environment.

But being able to think of it doesn’t mean being able to do it.

Now that Elf Entertainment has such strength and opportunity, it naturally won’t let it go easily.

Once the three major platforms are connected, third parties who join one of them will involuntarily enter the other platforms.

At that time, even if they are unwilling, cost, time, energy, and market advantages will help them make a choice.

"What about the plans for the handheld game console?" Kitahara Eri was more concerned about the plans for the handheld game console.

Because the Elf Communication she is in charge of is mainly focused on the operation and sales of IP-related derivative products.

Among these, the most influential ones, in addition to the electronic pet products of Elf Entertainment that are independent of the three major platforms, are some game IPs on the handheld platform.

Iwata replied, "The handheld will have an upgraded version next year, but it will not be iterated."

Hanyu Hideki, who had visited the R&D center in the United States before, said, "We have accumulated enough technology for the next generation of handheld game consoles, so there is no problem in launching new models, but there are differences in the design direction."

The development of the second-generation Phantom handheld game console was carried out simultaneously at the Neon R&D Center and the America R&D Center.

Neon R&D Center hopes to continue the model of the first generation of handheld game consoles, using cartridges as game storage, and taking the route of Nintendo in another time and space.

After developing dedicated game CDs, the America R&D Center wanted to use optical discs as game storage, following the Sony PSP handheld game console route in another time and space.

Both sides argued over this and neither side gave in.

The former said that the latter has a slow reading speed, high energy consumption, high equipment cost, is inconvenient to carry, and consumes electricity.

The latter said that the former had disadvantages such as small capacity, high cartridge cost, long production cycle, etc.

In this situation, Hideki Hanyu, who had no plans to iterate the handheld console in the short term, simply did not intervene directly and allowed the two parties to develop their own products.

In fact, he also knew that using CDs on handheld game consoles was just a stopgap measure.

In another time and space, Sony had to develop UMD discs for its handheld game consoles in order to increase game capacity and take costs into consideration.

But after several attempts, I finally gave up on the disc on the handheld game console.

Hideki Hanyu is now facing the same problem as Sony.

That is, if he wants to launch a high-performance handheld game console and play large games larger than 512MB, he has no choice but to use CDs.

Because if you choose a cassette, not to mention that current technology cannot produce such a large cassette.

Even if it could be made in the 1990s, the price would be enough to discourage any player.

Just imagine, if a handheld game cartridge costs two or three hundred dollars, which foolish gamer would actually buy it.

This is also the reason why he did not give up research and development even though he knew that handheld game consoles had no future.

In his mind, CD storage was just a transition to handheld game consoles.

After hearing that the handheld console would not be upgraded next year, Eri Kitahara did not ask any further questions.

After all, she doesn't understand technology, and as she is no longer in charge of Elf Entertainment, she is not suitable to get involved in the technical route disputes of Elf Entertainment.

In order to change the subject, she asked, "What about the PlayStation console? This should be the focus of Elf Entertainment's work in the next stage."

"If the subsequent research and development goes smoothly, it should be announced in 1990."

This is Iwata's answer.

Since Eri Kitahara said it was the key point, the launch of the PS console must be done with caution.

In this regard, Hideki Hanyu did not say much.

Because he had just visited the R&D center in America and saw that the development progress of the PS console was indeed going smoothly, but it would definitely be too hasty to launch it next year.

So it is obviously more appropriate to put it in 1990.

And if it is technically necessary, it can actually be done later.

After all, in the past, Sony only launched the PS1994 in 1.

After Hanyu Hideki had discussed these things with the two people, the remaining specific work was naturally arranged by Iwata Satoshi.

He went downstairs and walked across to his assistant's office.

Reiko Uemura, who has not been seen for a long time, looks good.

As the end of the year approaches, Hanyu Hideki focused on communicating with him about some travel and social arrangements.

After all, since he is back at the end of November, there are some work and social events that he definitely cannot refuse.

Don’t think that Japan’s top management is asking for self-discipline, but why would those large companies care? There is no way they can cancel their year-end activities, and it’s just ordinary people who need to be controlled.

In addition to work, there are naturally other aspects that Reiko Kamimura needs to be responsible for, such as legal affairs, finance, and business docking with publishing houses.

Hideki Hanyu is also a best-selling author, so he has a lot of personal things to deal with.

In short, the discussion lasted from morning to afternoon, and even lunch was eaten with a bento in the assistant's office.

After finishing all the work, Hideki Hanyu looked at the time and set off again in a hurry.

Because Akina Nakamori's retirement performance is about to begin.

(End of this chapter)