Traveling through the Tokyo bubble era

Chapter 724: Avex under his command

Although the address that Yoshiaki Takeshita gave to Hideki Hanyu is in Machida City in the Tama area, it is actually not far from Tokyo, only about 30 kilometers away by car.

Half an hour later, Hideki Hanyu arrived with his entourage.

But after arriving in Machida City, Hideki Hanyu's subordinates spent more than 40 minutes trying to find the company at the address.

Seeing that it was almost time to get off work, the business manager who was seconded from Cloud Music came to report to Hideki Hanyu.

"President, the place has been found."

The scumbag who was sitting in the Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit, holding Akina Nakamori's hand and kissing me, heard this and pointed to a coffee shop not far away.

"Right there, bring someone to see me."

Hideki Hanyu was planning to meet Katsuto Matsuura in person, but it was impossible for him to go and look for him on his own. After all, it was already good enough for him to come to Machida City.

After saying that, he pulled Akina Nakamori out of the car and walked towards the coffee shop.

At the same time, not long after he gave the order.

In the warehouse area of ​​a karaoke import and export company in Machida City, the business manager of Cloud Music found Katsuto Matsuura who was about to leave the company.

Looking at the small workshop hidden in the warehouse area with the name of Avex DD Co., Ltd., the business manager of Cloud Music really didn't know how to complain.

After all, who could have thought that a guy named Katsuto Matsuura would open a company in someone else's warehouse? If it weren't for the clear map drawn by Yoshiaki Takeshita and his repeated inquiries, it would have been really difficult to find it.

Moreover, as the business manager of Cloud Music, the president of a small workshop far away from Tokyo and unknown to anyone might not even be qualified to meet him.

But there was no way out. The president made the arrangements personally, so he had to follow the orders.

Looking at Katsuto Matsuura, who had medium-length hair and looked like a nightclub gigolo or rock singer, the business manager walked up to him and handed him his business card.

"President Matsuura, I'm the business manager of Cloud Music..."

After the business manager introduced himself, Katsuto Matsuura on the opposite side took the business card with a look of doubt on his face, and then asked with some trepidation.

"Hello, what can I do for you?"

It’s no wonder that Matsuura Katsuto behaves like this, because now he is just the president of a small workshop producing imported music.

Although the business manager in front of him is an employee, he is a middle-level manager of the industry giant Cloud Music.

If the other party hadn't come to him on his own initiative, he would have found it difficult to deal with such a person.

Although the business manager still maintained the false courtesy of Japanese social interactions, he had lost his patience because he had been looking for someone for too long, so he spoke frankly.

"My boss wants to see you. President Matsuura, please come with me."

Matsuura Katsuto looked curious, "Is your boss the president of Cloud Music?"

It's no wonder that Matsuura Katsuto couldn't guess what Hanyu Hideki was up to. It was because the gap between Hanyu Hideki and him was too big. He never thought that Hanyu Hideki would come to see him, a nobody.

Of course, there is another point. Apart from important decisions for Yunshang Entertainment, Hideki Hanyu basically does not interfere in the daily operations of the group. Therefore, his presence in Yunshang Entertainment and the industry is not as high as some of the group's senior executives.

So even if Matsuura Katsuto was bold enough to guess that it was Hirohashi Asako, he probably wouldn't have thought that the person he was going to meet was Hanyu Hideki.

When faced with this question, the business manager politely replied, "No, President Matsuura will know after we meet."

After hearing this, Matsuura Katsuto did not dare to ask again and could only say, "Okay, please allow me to prepare something."

The business manager said, “Sure, but don’t keep me waiting too long.”

"No, I'll be right back."

After saying this, Katsuto Matsuura returned to the company.

After a while, he came back, but he was no longer alone.

Next to him, there was a tall and thin young man wearing glasses.

Matsuura Katsuto immediately introduced, "This is Chiba Ryuhei, who is in charge of the record sales agency business in my company. I wonder if I can go with him."

The business manager pretended to be embarrassed and said, "I can't decide who you want to see, but I can help ask him."

After that, he called the two of them, "Let's go, the gentleman will be unhappy if you wait too long."

……

The business manager led his people to the coffee shop.

Inside the coffee shop, Hideki Hanyu was holding Akina Nakamori and talking about something else.

"I accidentally discovered a pretty good band yesterday. Even though they're a little immature and inexperienced, I think they have great potential. They happen to be having a show in Shinjuku tonight. Would you like to go with me, Akina?"

What Hanyu Hideki was talking about was, of course, the Mr. Children band he saw last night.

"Okay." Akina Nakamori, who was leaning against Hideki Hanyu, agreed readily.

On weekdays in the office, Akina Nakamori, who acts as the female president, is not like this. She is very opinionated and decisive in doing things.

But as soon as she was with Hanyu Hideki, the girl immediately entered the late stage of love brain, completely throwing her IQ aside, obeying the scumbag in everything and clinging to him to the extreme.

Hanyu Hideki continued, "If Akina thinks it's appropriate tonight, you might as well sign them to your agency."

Now that he discovered the Mr. Children band, he naturally couldn't let it go.

It’s just that Nagato Daiyuki expressed no interest last night, so he didn’t force it.

The original plan was for him to take the business manager of Cloud Music to discuss the matter with Avex Records, and then go directly to the "Fiery" LIVE HOUSE in Shinjuku to ask the other party to sign Mr. Children.

However, after meeting Akina Nakamori, he changed his mind.

Since I have already let Akina Nakamori's HA VILLAGE agency sign "Dream Come True", I might as well sign another Mr. Children.

Akina Nakamori's agency is invested by Yunshang Entertainment, and the record contract will definitely be given to Yunshang Music. There is no loss in terms of profits, and it can also find something for the woman to do. Why not do it?

Akina Nakamori agreed to Hideki Hanyu's proposal without hesitation.

Just when the two were chatting enthusiastically, the business manager of Cloud Music came back.

The other party stood next to Hanyu Hideki and reported respectfully, "President, the president of Avex DD Co., Ltd., Matsuura Katsuto, has been brought here, but he also brought a partner of the company, Chiba Ryuhei. Should he be brought in to meet you together?"

Hideki Hanyu had already expected the name of Katsuto Matsuura.

However, the Chiba Ryuhei mentioned by the business manager surprised Hanyu Hideki a little. He did not expect that this person would appear next to Matsuura Katsuto so early.

Speaking of which, he will be considered a big shot in the future Japanese entertainment industry.

And not only in Japan, it also has close ties with the Chinese entertainment industry.

Before Avex Records was officially established, Ryuhei Chiba was responsible for the sales of European dance music records imported and produced by Katsuto Matsuura.

After Avex Records was established, Ryuhei Chiba became an important investor in Avex Records and the second-in-command of the group.

Even secretly, because of his close relationship with Katsuto Matsuura, he would help Katsuto Matsuura do some pimping things.

For example, the beauty 'Erika Sawajiri', who is only three years old now but will be famous in the Japanese entertainment industry in the future, was confirmed to have hooked up with Katsuto Matsuura through the introduction of Ryuhei Chiba.

When Katsuto Matsuura hooked up with Erika Sawajiri, Erika Sawajiri had just gotten married.

According to media reports, Matsuura Katsuto not only seduced the married Sawajiri Erika, but also took advantage of his power in the Japanese entertainment industry to do many despicable things.

Although Erika Sawajiri is not a good person either, Katsuto Matsuura's behavior of openly seducing other people's wives and secretly suppressing their husbands is enough to make him a bad person.

(Three people checking in with lanterns, picture)

Of course, this is not the only bad thing that Matsuura Katsuto has done.

Later, even the board of directors of Avex Records could no longer stand it and expressed their intention to remove Masato Matsuura from his position. The person who passed the removal proposal happened to be the president, Ryuhei Chiba.

That’s right, the two good friends later became enemies.

But unfortunately, despite the threat of Ayumi Hamasaki terminating his contract, Matsuura Katsuto was ultimately unsuccessful in being removed from his position at Avex, and he retained his position.

As for the relationship between Chiba Ryuhei and the Chinese entertainment industry.

When Avex Music began to expand in Asia, Chiba Ryuhei was the main person in charge. Avex Music has signed and made many Chinese singers famous, such as Angela Chang, Cyndi Wang, JJ Lin, Shin Band, Elva Hsiao, Li Ronghao...

I won’t list them all here.

In addition to music, Chiba Ryuhei has also invested in many Chinese films, including the well-known "Red Cliff 1 and 2", "Secret", "Moon Over Hennessy", etc.

So for Hideki Hanyu, in his previous life in China, he actually heard the name of Chiba Ryuhei more often than Matsuura Katsuto.

Of course, there are also many things about Matsuura Katsuto, but they are all messed up things.

Things like holding uncovered parties, criticizing people, and dating female celebrities.

Thinking about some memories of his past life, Hanyu Hideki couldn't help but be in a daze.

Seeing this, the business manager next to him thought that Hanyu Hideki was unwilling to let Chiba Ryuhei in, so he asked tentatively, "President, then I will only let Matsuura Katsuto come to see you."

Hanyu Hideki was interrupted by the business manager's words and waved his hand, "No, let them come together."

"Yes, I'll bring them to you right away."

The business manager responded and walked out. Hanyu Hideki looked at the other person's back, and there was no ripple in his heart about the upcoming meeting.

No matter how powerful Matsuura Masato and Chiba Ryuhei were in the Japanese entertainment industry in another time and space, and what a bad couple they were.

But at this moment, they are nothing more than insignificant figures to Hideki Hanyu.

And no matter what the personal morality of these two people is, he doesn't care at all. After all, there are too many such men in the Japanese entertainment industry, which is known to be full of scumbags.

On the contrary, in comparison, even this playboy who calls himself a scumbag appears so kind and upright.

After all, although he is a playboy, at least he never does evil things like bullying men and women or using his power to oppress others.

Soon, Masato Matsuura and Ryuhei Chiba walked in led by the business manager.

When the two saw Hanyu Hideki holding Akina Nakamori's little hand and playing with it, their expressions were naturally quite shocked.

They never expected that the person who wanted to meet them was Hideki Hanyu.

"President, the person has been brought here."

The business manager reported respectfully, and then coughed twice at the stunned Matsuura Katsuto and Chiba Ryuhei as a reminder.

The two people who were awakened by the coughing hurriedly bowed and saluted, "Mr. Hanyu, it's our first meeting. It's an honor to meet you. Please take care of me."

"You two, please take a seat."

Hanyu Hideki pointed to the seat in front of him with a calm tone.

"Yes, thank you Mr. Hanyu."

Matsuura Katsuto and Chiba Ryuhei bowed their heads to express their thanks and sat down somewhat awkwardly.

In terms of age, Hideki Hanyu is only two years older than the other two.

But in terms of net worth and status, Hideki Hanyu is a super boss in the industry whom they cannot even see when they look up to him.

For Hideki Hanyu, no amount of respect can be overstated.

Although big guys like Hanyu Hideki generally won't mess with small fry like them.

But if they somehow make Hideki Hanyu unhappy, it would be easier for him to crush them to death than to kill a fly himself.

Therefore, after the two of them sat down, their eyes became particularly honest, and they didn't dare to look around randomly at all.

Especially Akina Nakamori who is next to Hideki Hanyu.

As people in the industry, they naturally knew this first-generation Japanese singer and Asian queen who had just announced her retirement.

Seeing Akina Nakamori looking like a little bird next to Hideki Hanyu, the two finally understood why this queen announced her retirement at the peak of her career.

If they were to hang out with the big guys at the top of the industry pyramid, they would probably retire faster than Akina Nakamori.

In this way, Matsuura Katsuto asked Hanyu Hideki with trepidation, "Mr. Hanyu, what can I do for you?"

Hanyu Hideki did not answer, but asked, "Your company is called Avex DD."

Matsuura Katsuto nodded quickly, "Yes."

"That's right. I just bought a record company in Italy and planned to introduce their European dance music to Japan, but I found out that the Japanese copyright of those songs was bought by your company."

Hanyu Hideki's tone did not carry any meaning.

But it was precisely that dull feeling that made Matsuura Katsuto and Chiba Ryuhei feel extremely stressed. Their hearts were pounding and beads of sweat were oozing from their foreheads.

Obviously, they thought that Hideki Hanyu was here to call for punishment.

They certainly had no problem signing with an Italian record company.

But their signing disrupted Hideki Hanyu's plans.

Even if they are right, this world is often unreasonable.

Katsuto Matsuura was able to rise from a CD store employee to the current company president, which naturally shows that he has some quick wit and vision.

So not long after Hanyu Hideki finished speaking, he immediately took the initiative to say, "Mr. Hanyu, we are willing to unconditionally terminate the licensing contract with the Italian record company."

Katsuto Matsuura certainly understood that his choice would deal a devastating blow to his career which had just begun to take off.

But facing a big shot like Hanyu Hideki, if he doesn't do this, it may not only be his career that will be affected.

However, what Hideki Hanyu said next was beyond the expectations of Katsuto Matsuura and Ryuhei Chiba.

"When did I let you terminate the contract?"

After Hanyu Hideki finished speaking, he explained to the surprised expressions of the two.

“I asked someone to check the operation of your company. You have done a good job in localizing European dance music and marketing.

So I am willing to give you a chance to accept the investment from Cloud Music."

After Hanyu Hideki finished speaking, the expressions of Matsuura Masato and Chiba Ryuhei instantly changed from surprise to dumbfoundedness.

They never expected that Hideki Hanyu would want to invest in his company.

Both of them are very clear about what accepting investment from Cloud Music means.

More resources, better talents, bigger platforms, wider markets and channels...

The benefits are so numerous that they cannot be described in words in a short time.

As long as they receive investment, their company will be able to achieve rapid development in a short period of time.

Although it will dilute their shares, the benefits they gain far outweigh what they lose.

In the Japanese entertainment industry, there are countless small companies that want to cling to the power of Yunshang, but have no way to do so.

But now, just because they had bought the copyright of some European dance music from Italy before, this huge pie fell on their heads.

Faced with the sudden shock, the two even forgot to answer for a moment.

Seeing this, Hanyu Hideki deliberately frowned and asked, "What's the matter? Do you two have any opinions about Yunshang Music? Do you not plan to accept Yunshang Music's investment?"

"No no!"

Matsuura Katsuto rejected the offer repeatedly, and then quickly replied, "Of course we are willing to accept investment from Cloud Music. What are the specific conditions for the investment?"

“I will inject capital, take controlling stake, and supervise your finances, but I will not interfere with your daily management.”

Hideki Hanyu's words were concise, but they hit the point.

In the eyes of Masato Matsuura and Ryuhei Chiba, this condition is actually not excessive. After all, if Hideki Hanyu said that it would be absolutely equal when a giant and a small shrimp cooperate, they would have doubted it.

What the two really care about is the management rights of the company after the capital injection.

But since the big boss Hideki Hanyu personally promised not to interfere in the management, they no longer had any final concerns.

"we agree."

Katsuto Matsuura immediately nodded in agreement.

He would be a fool to refuse to let his small workshop join the Yunshang system.

"Very good. The person who brought you here will discuss the details of the cooperation with you. I will take my leave now."

After Hanyu Hideki finished speaking, he stood up and prepared to leave with Nakamori Akina.

Seeing Matsuura Katsuto and Chiba Ryuhei respectfully standing up to say goodbye, Hanyu Hideki suddenly turned around and said.

"Oh, there are two things you need to do.

First of all, the company is too far away in Machida. Either go to the headquarters of Yunshang Entertainment or find an office in Tokyo.

Also, Avex DD sounds too long-winded, just Avex is fine."

After saying that, he didn't wait for the two to answer and pulled Akina Nakamori away.

Seeing that the business manager of Cloud Music had contacted Masato Matsuura and Ryuhei Chiba again, Akina Nakamori asked curiously before leaving.

"Hanyu-kun, did you come to Machida City just for these two people?"

"I guess so." Hanyu Hideki did not comment.

He did it for Masato Matsuura and Avex, but it wasn't just for two people.

The Japanese entertainment industry in this time and space has been completely messed up by him. Even Tetsuya Komuro, who originally belonged to Avex Records, has now been acquired by Cloud Music.

Therefore, even he could not be sure whether Avex could rise again like it did in its previous life.

But even if he couldn't be sure, he still wanted to bring Avex under his command.

Because if there was any chance of Avex rising, he would not let it happen.

"Okay, this matter is over. I'll take you to see the band I mentioned when we get back to Tokyo."

(End of this chapter)