Traveling through the Tokyo bubble era

Chapter 739: The White Guinea Pigs in the Mainland Market
Hideki Hanyu stayed in Singapore until the end of April.

Lan Jieying did not return to Hong Kong and stayed with him all the time.

The relationship between the two is amazing.

Of course, the scumbag's side is very simple. He simply looks at the woman's beauty and desires her body without any emotion mixed in.

As for Lan Jieying, she did not ask for any benefits or make any strange requests in the past few days.

According to Hanyu Hideki's guess, this woman was probably repaying him with gratitude because she had been saved by him twice.

Of course, there is also a great possibility that she is just like him and is simply greedy for him.

After all, Hanyu Hideki didn't believe that the other party could really have feelings for him after witnessing his dissolute behavior that night.

After all, this woman is a lovesick person who has extremely high requirements for relationships, but she just has a bad life.

But after spending a few days together, he was sure of at least one thing: the most beautiful woman in Wutai Mountain was not just a name, and the scumbag was quite satisfied.

On the afternoon of April 30th, the 'Spirit' left Singapore.

Hideki Hanyu has finished all the work in Singapore and can leave with peace of mind.

However, as soon as he got on the plane, Chiba Kaoru began to report on his new job and other recent developments.

"The trip to South Korea is the last stop in Asia. Mr. Hanyu stayed in Southeast Asia longer than expected, and they have been asking when you will arrive."

Hanyu Hideki said nonchalantly, "Of course I decide my schedule, just let them wait."

Now, if there is no work schedule in China for the entire Asia, the only area left is South Korea.

However, the destination after leaving Singapore was not South Korea, but Hong Kong.

It was not to send Lan Jieying, who was traveling with him, back home, but because there were some things that required him to go to Hong Kong in person to handle.

Then Chiba Kaoru reported the news from America.

"The latest box office statistics for Midnight Thriller have been reported, 13.6 million US dollars. The Fox distribution department and Cloud Pictures' marketing department have predicted that the total box office will be more than 60 million."

Hanyu Hideki asked, "Is there any news from Colombia?"

It was a low-budget production and ultimately grossed $60 million at the North American box office. It's clear that Cloud Pictures' new movie is going to be a success again.

He is waiting for the final news, and Sony Columbia Pictures CEO Peter Guber is apparently waiting too.

But he can wait until the end, until the total box office is released, but Sony Columbia Pictures cannot wait. If they want to cooperate with Yunshang Pictures, they must express their sincerity in advance.

You know, Columbia Pictures' performance this year has not been good.

In fact, it has been the same in recent years.

Otherwise, how could the investors of Columbia Pictures sell their shares?

Sony's bid was high, but how can temporary profits compare to a goose that can continuously lay golden eggs?

It can only be said that Hollywood's brief downturn and the rising production costs have made many investors consider withdrawing.

The high box office of several hit action movies was achieved with expensive production costs, which cannot dispel the negative attitude of these investors at all.

"Not yet." Chiba Xun replied.

"Keep an eye on it and tell me as soon as there is news."

On this global trip, he placed America as the last stop.

Because after finishing his trip to South Korea, his next stop is Europe.

It was not only because it was arranged in advance, but also because he will hold the global launch ceremony of his new picture book "Bird of Paradise" in the UK in May.

In order to win the award, Shogakukan teamed up with several major European publishing houses to create a huge event. He even used his personal connections to invite the British prince and princess to participate.

Because he has decided that "all proceeds" from the new picture book "Bird of Paradise" will be donated to charity, and the first on the donation list is the prince and princess's charity fund.

Why are all profits put in quotation marks? Of course, it is because this money cannot really be all the profit.

His personal studio, as well as so many publishing houses and distribution channels, have worked so hard to create such a big event and are willing to build momentum for him to win awards, but that doesn't mean they want to work in vain.

The so-called profit must be the little bit left after the profits are divided among all parties.

However, as his new picture book after a long absence, book fans all over the world have been looking forward to it for a long time. I believe that even if it cannot match the terrifying sales of "Home Alone" and "Brigitte", it will definitely not be too small.

Therefore, even if the remaining amount is divided among everyone, it will definitely not be a small number.

After all, in addition to the share of sales of his picture books, the sales figures of peripheral products are generally not too low, and he plans to donate them all.

He will announce it at the launch ceremony of the new picture book.

After all, in order to win awards, he doesn't mind selling his personality a little more.

Thinking of these things, he told Chiba Xun some things to pay attention to when going to Europe, such as determining the detailed itinerary and so on.

After all, releasing the new picture book was just a side job for him on this trip to Europe; inspecting all the investment companies was the real business.

There are really no important investments in the British Isles, and the publication of picture books cannot be arranged for too long. Currently, his main investments in Europe are still concentrated in continental Europe.

As for Britain, it has become a control center of financial capital.

After all, London is the world's financial center second only to New York. Although it is now overshadowed by the neon bubble economy, it will soon return to its original position.

Just like that, while he was talking with Chiba Kaoru, the 'Elf' also landed at the airport in Hong Kong.

When Hanyu Hideki and everyone walked out of the VIP exit, a figure flew into his arms like a butterfly.

Hanyu Hideki looked down and saw that it was Li Jiaxin who was committing crimes with her beauty.

Hanyu Hideki asked, "Why did you come to pick me up at the airport?"

"What? Darling, aren't you happy that I came to pick you up at the airport? I even changed into your favorite clothes."

Li Jiaxin said this as she broke away from the embrace and playfully turned around in front of Hanyu Hideki.

She wears a white shirt and a pleated skirt, and looks youthful, beautiful and charming, just like a schoolgirl on campus.

While Hideki Hanyu cast an admiring look.

Lan Jieying, who was behind Hanyu Hideki and returned with him, saw this and a complex look flashed across her eyes.

There was also a hint of bitterness at the corners of the woman's mouth.

Yes, in the past few days, she was just trying to repay him.

Men and women love each other and get what they want. Since no one is in a relationship, why should she be so sentimental when she sees Li Jiaxin appear?

Didn't she already know what kind of person Hanyu Hideki was?

Even if she really got trapped, she can only be blamed, not Hideki Hanyu.

After all, she couldn't expect Hanyu Hideki to become the person she liked just because of her feelings.

She doesn't have that ability.

And someone like Hideki Hanyu obviously wouldn't do this for others.

Just when Lan Jieying was feeling lonely, Hanyu Hideki came over and said, "Miss Lan, it's too late. It's not safe for you to go home alone. I'll arrange for someone to take you home."

Looking at Hanyu Hideki's handsome face and listening to the man's gentle and caring voice, Lan Jieying couldn't help but think how nice it would be if the other party didn't hug Li Jiaxin.

But looking at Li Jiaxin leaning so intimately on Hanyu Hideki's arms, Lan Jieying could only suppress her bitterness and nodded in answer.

"Thank you sir."

"It's just a small favor. Goodbye."

Hideki Hanyu waved his hand and left with his arm around Li Jiaxin.

But as soon as he sat in the back seat of the Bentley, Li Jiaxin couldn't wait to test him, "Darling, why did you come back with Miss Lan?"

Hanyu Hideki replied calmly, "He got into some trouble in Singapore...something like that...so I brought her back with me."

The scumbag simply recounted what Lan Jieying experienced in Singapore, but deliberately did not specify the people and time.

"So that's how it is. I thought Darling had a new lover. I was worried every time I saw her."

Li Jiaxin's words could not conceal the tea flavor.

Hanyu Hideki lifted the other person's chin and said, "Haha, you are really nosy."

In fact, as a veteran scumbag, he just saw the emotions that Lan Jieying wanted to hide.

I guess even the little girl Li Jiaxin noticed something, otherwise she wouldn't have asked him tentatively after getting in the car.

After all, it is not easy to completely hide emotions.

Sometimes it's not just the expression or eyes, but even the whole state of a person can betray oneself.

But for Hideki Hanyu, that was not what he wanted either.

After spending a few days together, he also realized what kind of love Lan Jieying wanted.

But unfortunately, that was something he couldn't give.

He would never give up the entire forest for a tree.

Therefore, he deliberately told Li Jiaxin the news that he was returning to Hong Kong. As he expected, the other party came to pick him up at the airport and shattered Lan Jieying's last fantasy in person.

At this time, Li Jiaxin, who was lying in his arms, asked, "Darling, I haven't had dinner yet because I came to pick you up at the airport. Can you eat with me?"

Hanyu Hideki said, "No problem, but don't you only eat reduced-fat meals at night?"

"It's all because of you. I have to exercise at night, and I can't bear it if I don't eat more."

"Really? Then I can't let you down."

As the conversation in the car went on, Hideki Hanyu had already forgotten about Lan Jieying.

……

This time, Hideki Hanyu took time out of his schedule to return to Hong Kong. There were actually several things he needed to take care of personally, and he was basically busy in one day.

So the next day after arriving in Hong Kong, Hanyu Hideki went out early and was busy until the afternoon before returning to the house in Mount Kellett. At this time, Li Jiaxin, who had been busy all night last night, had just woken up with sleepy eyes.

Looking at Li Jiaxin, who had just finished washing up and was wearing lace pajamas, she exuded a lazy, hazy, yet uniquely attractive beauty.

Hideki Hanyu couldn't help himself and carried the beauty back to the bedroom again.

It was not until the phone in the bedroom rang and Chiba Xun informed him that the visitor would be here soon that he was reluctant to leave and called off the trip amid the coquettish anger of Lady Li.

Wash up and tidy up your appearance.

Hideki Hanyu walked downstairs and just saw a man led by Kaoru Chiba walking into the yard.

The man was none other than Chen Jiantian, the agent of the Beyond band.

One of the purposes of Hideki Hanyu's return to Hong Kong this time was to accept a visit from Chen Jiantian.

Although what the other party asked for was not big, it was quite special to Hideki Hanyu, so he specially arranged to meet him at his home.

Chen Jiantian was brought into the house by Qianye Xun, and there is no need to elaborate on the polite process such as how he greeted Hanyu Hideki.

After the two sat down, Hanyu Hideki went straight to the point, "The person in charge of Cloud Music has told me your idea. I respect your opinion, but you need to handle the Beyond band yourself."

In fact, Chen Jiantian’s purpose of coming to see Hanyu Hideki is not complicated.

According to the report from Cloud Music, Chen Jiantian felt that Beyond's career was on the right track and no longer needed the help of his agent.

So Chen Jiantian thought it was time for him to pursue his musical dream.

Hanyu Hideki knew something about Chen Jiantian in his previous life.

As a super fan of "The Beatles" and a music enthusiast, although Chen Jiantian is not good at making music himself, he likes and is good at discovering singers and bands.

In addition to signing a contract with the Beyond band in Hong Kong, this guy went to the mainland in another time and space this year and signed a contract with the queen Faye Wong.

It can be said that Chen Jiantian made an indispensable contribution to Faye Wong’s development in Hong Kong.

Then, Chen Jiantian also signed a contract with Yuan Fengying, who sang "Red Dust" with Luo Dayou.

It’s just that domestic fans are not very familiar with him. But if you say that he has signed contracts with singers such as the Black Panther Band and Zhao Chuan, domestic fans will probably be familiar with him.

But the one that is most familiar to us is the "Red Star Music Production Society" which he founded in Yanjing in the early 1990s.

The singers signed by this record company include Tian Zhen, Xiao Ke, Xu Wei, Cobra Band, Paradise Band...

It can be said that they accounted for half of the Chinese mainland music scene at that time.

This guy now said that he wanted to let go of the management of Beyond and pursue his own musical dream. Hanyu Hideki quickly checked the timeline and realized that he must be going to the mainland to develop.

Sure enough, Chen Jiantian's next answer was almost the same as what he thought.

"Don't worry about Beyond, they are already a mature band with their own creative style. Their management company and record company are more professional than me in terms of work and business.

So even if I leave, there will be no problem with their careers.

As for me……"

When Chen Jiantian said this, his tone changed, seeming a little sad and helpless.

“I don’t see a future for rock music in Hong Kong. In my opinion, Beyond is good enough, but still not as good as some people. This place is very disappointing to me.

I want to pursue my dream, to find purer music, and help more people hear it.

I think the mainland is a pure land that has not yet been cultivated. I believe that I can definitely find like-minded musicians and music fans there, so I want to go to the mainland to take a look. "

Looking at Chen Jiantian's current state, Hanyu Hideki can actually understand it.

Although the Beyond band became popular overnight in this time and space by relying on the method of converting exports into domestic sales, with the help of strong publicity and promotion by Yunshang Entertainment, it maintained a higher popularity than in another time and space.

But their limitations have not changed after all.

Rock music has never been popular among the masses in Hong Kong. No matter how popular the Beyond band is, it cannot be as popular as those singers who sing covers or pop songs.

Just last year, the Grasshopper group made their debut through a talent show jointly organized by Yunshang Entertainment and TVB, and their popularity was far greater than in Another Time and Space.

Therefore, as destined by history, they became extremely popular and directly overshadowed the Beyond band.

Cloud Music provides the same amount of resources to both bands, and even leans more towards its predecessor, Beyond, but Beyond just can't beat them in the market.

Faced with this situation, Chen Jiantian would of course be very hurt.

But at the same time, Chen Jiantian was also powerless, because rock music, which was already a niche genre and was also a Cantonese song, was completely inconsistent with the current trend of the explosion of Mandarin music.

Even Hideki Hanyu can't do this unless he can develop the domestic record market in advance, which is obviously impossible.

Otherwise, in another time and space, the Beyond band would not have to turn to Neon to develop.

Of course, the fact that they couldn't beat Grasshopper is just the outside world's opinion. But from Hideki Hanyu's point of view, the Beyond band was only temporarily at a disadvantage and didn't lose much in sales.

Compared with the situation in the previous life, the Beyond band in this time and space is much better. As long as they persist for a few more years, the development of the mainland market will soon turn the situation around.

But he couldn't say these words to Chen Jiantian.

So he could only say, "I know what you're thinking. You came to me in person for this. There must be something else, right?"

Chen Jiantian patted his head and said, "You are worthy of being Mr. Hanyu. I do have something to ask for. I want to go to the mainland, but I don't know anyone and I don't have any connections, so I want to ask for help, Mr. Hanyu."

Hanyu Hideki leaned on the sofa and asked, "What do you want to ask me for help?"

“I know you have investments in the mainland, and your company can do some things easily, but I don’t have that much power.

So this is what I think. I plan to sell all my shares in the Beyond band's agency to Yunshang Entertainment, and then use the money to set up a separate company with you to specialize in agency and record business in the mainland."

After hearing what Chen Jiantian said, Hanyu Hideki remembered that this guy had done a similar collaboration with Rolling Stone Records in his previous life, but the time was tomorrow.

I didn't expect that I would be working with him now.

Here Chen Jiantian did not say that he was cooperating with Yunshang Group. His intention was very obvious, which was to make use of his connections in the mainland. Therefore, no matter which company it was, as long as they could help, it would be fine.

Although this is just a small matter for Hideki Hanyu.

But he didn't agree immediately, instead he asked, "Beyond, are you just giving up like that?"

Chen Jiantian quickly replied, "It's not giving up, but helping them choose a better destination. I believe Mr. Hanyu's Yunshang Entertainment will definitely not treat Beyond badly."

Hearing this, Hanyu Hideki smiled and said to Chen Jiantian, "You are good at talking. In this case, I agree to your request."

Chen Jiantian said, "Thank you, sir."

"You're welcome. It's not the first day we've known each other. Since you want to venture into the mainland, there's no way I won't help you.

However, there is no need to sell your current agency to Yunshang Entertainment. If you are willing, you can go to Yunshang Entertainment headquarters to discuss restructuring and continue to cooperate with you.

You may not know that the headquarters’ connections in the mainland are more reliable than you think.”

Hideki Hanyu is not speaking nonsense.

Since the filming of "Journey to the West" began, Yunshang Entertainment has established a cooperative and mutually supportive relationship with China Media Group and the mainland entertainment industry, and it has been five years now.

During this period, there is not only technical and equipment support from Yunshang Entertainment, not only a technical exchange group from the mainland to Yunshang Satellite TV, but also many other cooperation projects.

There is so much to do, from technical development to program production, that even Hideki Hanyu himself can't figure it out, but there are always people in charge.

Yunshang Entertainment also has dedicated staff stationed in the mainland all year round.

Therefore, there is no need for Chen Jiantian to start a new business. He can just continue to cooperate with Yunshang Entertainment.

And Hideki Hanyu also plans to use Chen Jiantian as a guinea pig, starting with the music industry to test the waters of the mainland entertainment industry.

"Do I need to go to Neon?" Chen Jiantian asked tentatively.

“No, Kobayashi Masatake’s work in South Korea has been completed. After he finishes his job report at the Neon headquarters, he will be officially appointed as the group director and will reorganize Cloud Entertainment’s Asian business.

He should be back in Hong Kong in the next few days. If you have any questions about the mainland, just contact him directly."

Yunshang Entertainment has ended its rapid expansion period in Asia and its business has entered the next stage. Hirohashi Asako intends to reintegrate all companies and businesses.

This task finally fell into the hands of the shrewd and capable Kobayashi Masashi with the unanimous approval of Hanyu Hideki and Hirohashi Asako.

As for Masatsugu Kobayashi's status as a director, this is actually very normal in Japanese companies. It represents status and rights, but the interests are different from those of shareholders.

Nowadays, there are many senior executives with the title of director in the entire Yunshang Entertainment Media Group, such as the heads of most of the subsidiary companies.

For someone like Masatsugu Kobayashi, who is the general manager of overseas Asian business, it is actually very late to be promoted now.

This appointment can be regarded as officially confirmed, and Masatsugu Kobayashi has officially entered the candidate team for the next generation president of Yunshang Entertainment Media Group.

At this time, Chen Jiantian said, "I understand. I will contact Manager Xiaolin as soon as possible."

"Well, if you meet someone you like when you go to the mainland, don't be polite. With the support of the headquarters, you can go for it boldly."

Hideki Hanyu finally gave Chen Jiantian some encouragement.

Chen Jiantian nodded repeatedly, then seeing that it was getting late, he declined Hanyu Hideki's invitation to dinner and took his leave.

After dealing with Chen Jiantian's affairs, Hideki Hanyu's trip to Hong Kong came to an end.

Thinking about going to South Korea early the next morning, he felt that tonight's time should not be wasted.

However, Li Jiaxin upstairs was exhausted and probably too weak to fight again.

After thinking for a while, he dialed a phone number.

When the call was connected, a familiar female voice came from the receiver.

He then asked, "Where is my Manager Guan now?"

The next moment, the female voice in the receiver said coquettishly, "Humph, of course I'm working for my boss at the Asian Cinema."

"I want to see you." said Hanyu Hideki.

"Then I'll come to you now." The female voice said without hesitation, even with a hint of urgency.

Hanyu Hideki thought about it and quickly stopped him.

"No, I just want an office."

(End of this chapter)