Traveling through the Tokyo bubble era

Chapter 747 Two Goals
"Sir, do you need me to inform Mr. Marco to prepare the car?"

Outside the door of Hibiscus Garden, Filipino maid Deng Na asked Hanyu Hideki.

"Tell Marco to prepare a Lamborghini Kuiniu for me. I will drive it myself today."

Hanyu Hideki gave orders.

At this moment, he was in the cloakroom and had just changed into formal clothes to go out.

In front of him, Liu Xiaoli first adjusted his tie, and then helped him put on his gold-rimmed glasses.

However, when putting on the glasses, Liu Xiaoli paused and suddenly began to look at Hanyu Hideki's face.

I watched Hanyu Hideki so carefully and attentively, even when we were intimate last night.

The beauty suddenly discovered that although Hanyu Hideki had obvious changes in figure and temperament compared to when they met many years ago, his perfect handsome face had not changed at all.

He is still as beautiful as ever, still as youthful as ever, with the vitality and vigor unique to young people, as if time has stopped for Hideki Hanyu.

This made Liu Xiaoli couldn't help but raise her hand and touch Hanyu Hideki's cheek, and whispered, "Husband, why haven't you changed at all?"

"is it?"

Hanyu Hideki said this and looked back at the mirror. He was used to it and didn't think there was anything wrong.

"Yes, you are still the same as you were then, but I am old now."

When the beauty spoke, her tone was inexplicably gloomy.

Hearing this, Hanyu Hideki looked at the mature beauty in front of him, who was wearing a silk long skirt and had a plump body like a peach, and said in an exaggerated voice.

"Old? How can I not tell? This is obviously my favorite look."

"Hmph, you just know how to coax me." Liu Xiaoli was happy in her heart, but she couldn't help but say coquettishly.

"I can prove that I am not kidding you."

"how to prove?"

"so……"

Hanyu Hideki said this, grabbing Liu Xiaoli's hand and pulling it down.

After a moment, Liu Xiaoli seemed to sense something and rolled her eyes at the scumbag, "Aren't you going out to meet the guests? Besides, last night——"

But before the beauty could finish her words, she was interrupted by Hanyu Hideki.

"Someone wants to see me, so it's only right that I wait a moment."

“Not in the cloakroom.”

"can not wait anymore."

In this way, Hideki Hanyu's original plan to go out was delayed in the cloakroom for a long time.

Even after the event, Hideki Hanyu had to change into a new suit.

This time, when Liu Xiaoli put the gold-rimmed glasses on Hanyu Hideki again, no "accidental" situation occurred.

Looking at himself in the mirror, Hanyu Hideki recalled what Liu Xiaoli said before and couldn't help but say, "You are a little too immature, otherwise you wouldn't need to wear glasses."

Liu Xiaoli said with some annoyance, "If this continues, when we go out together in a few years, people will mistake us for mother and son."

"It's not like I haven't called you that before."

Hanyu Hideki said this with a wicked smile.

Then, he was "chased" out of the Hibiscus Garden by the embarrassed and angry beauty with her pink fists.

……

The "Kuiniu" off-road vehicle, driven by Hideki Hanyu, roared away from Beverly Hills.

Today is May 27th.

It was the fourth day since Hideki Hanyu arrived in America.

During this period, news about the cooperation between Cloud Pictures and Columbia Pictures has spread in Hollywood and the entire American media circle.

Seeing that the time was almost right, Hideki Hanyu felt that it was time to "come out of retirement".

Of course, during the few days he came to Los Angeles, he did not just stay in Hibiscus Garden and do nothing except accompany Liu Xiaoli and his baby daughter.

While he continues to create the second part of the "Home Alone" picture book and handles his work on America, he also does not forget to pay attention to news from other aspects.

For example, about the release of the new picture book "Bird of Paradise".

This work, which he devoted himself to creating in order to win awards, naturally has an excellent reputation in the media due to its own quality and the joint operation of several major publishing houses.

Whether in Japan, its traditional advantage areas in Europe, or even some professional media in America, one can see praise for this picture book.

As for sales, with his large fan base and so much media hype, it wouldn't be much worse even if he wanted to.

It’s just that it has been on the market for too short a time, and global sales have not yet been integrated. But looking at the data from individual regions, even if it cannot compare with "Home Alone", it still belongs to the first tier among his picture books.

Of course, there are also readers who have given feedback that although "Bird of Paradise" is excellent, it is not very suitable for young readers because many of the artistic presentations and story metaphors are difficult for children to understand.

However, this is not a big problem for the publishing house and Hideki Hanyu.

After all, there is nothing perfect in this world.

If you want to pursue one part, you are destined to give up the other part.

In any case, "Bird of Paradise" is an excellent work and is even praised by critics as a work of art.

Therefore, the publication of this picture book has invisibly raised Hideki Hanyu's status in the world literary scene.

It is estimated that if he were to put the manuscript up for auction now, even if people ignored his status as a super-rich man, the price would not be the hundreds of thousands of dollars it cost.

Unfortunately, Hideki Hanyu is not interested in this.

Otherwise, you can change your career to become a non-professional painter and live a comfortable life by selling paintings.

In addition to the writer's affairs, Yugo Suzuki of Sky Telecom Co., Ltd. in Japan also sent him several overseas faxes.

The general idea is that after Suzuki Yugo took over the subsidiary of the Kansai Telephone Company through the introduction of Takarazuka, he immediately began to investigate the branches and subsidiaries of the Neon Telephone Company throughout Neon.

In the end, based on the investigation, Yugo Suzuki drew up a list of more than twenty-six companies that could be invested in or acquired.

These companies are distributed all over Japan. As long as Sky Telecom Co., Ltd. can successfully take them over, it can save at least five years of infrastructure investment and construction time in Japan, allowing Sky Telecom Co., Ltd. to become one of the top telecommunications service companies in Japan.

The subsequent support and advantages brought to the basic Internet services are difficult to measure in terms of money and time.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Sky Telecom Co., Ltd.

However, according to the estimates of the Sky Telecom Corporation's investigation team, in order to complete all the acquisition plans, not only a huge amount of capital is needed, but also a certain amount of personal connections are needed.

And these are things that Yugo Suzuki cannot solve.

The former can use the funds previously raised by Hideki Hanyu in installments, but it will affect Sky Telecom Co., Ltd.'s established development plans.

As for the latter, only Hideki Hanyu can handle it. After all, Hideki Hanyu has used capital means and interest ties in Japan over the years to build a huge interest political group.

After reading the list on the fax, Hideki Hanyu learned about Suzuki Yugo's plan and ultimately chose to push this matter forward.

Since there is an opportunity to take a shortcut, he certainly won't miss it.

What's more, this is what he wanted to do.

Finally, he called Takeshi Honda, the president of Hanyu Investment, who was in Singapore at the time and was working with Eiichi Jinbo on the affairs of "Cornerstone Bank".

In this matter, he decided to arrange Honda Takeshi to help Suzuki Yugo.

First of all, Honda Takeshi can easily provide the funds that Suzuki Yugo needs.

Furthermore, as Hideki Hanyu's core capital enterprise in Japan, Hanyu Investment maintains cooperation with various interest groups, making it easier to build relationships.

Most importantly, Honda Yizhi is a steady and practical person, and he rarely has messy thoughts, so Hanyu Hideki feels more at ease with him. In addition to these two things, Hanyu Hideki actually has other things to pay attention to, but as the "Kui Niu" arrived at today's destination, Hanyu Hideki did not recall them anymore.

After parking the car and turning off the engine, Hideki Hanyu handed the car keys to the bodyguard and looked towards a tall building on the side of the road.

Very familiar, today's tallest building in Los Angeles, Aon Center Los Angeles, also known as the Aon Building.

The first "Die Hard" was filmed in this building.

However, this building will not be able to maintain its title as the tallest building in Los Angeles for long, as the famous U.S. Bank Building will be completed next year.

People in China are quite familiar with the latter. You may not know it by hearing the name, but if you talk about the high-rise building that was the first to be destroyed by the alien spacecraft in the movie "Independence Day", and the building that was coiled by the giant python in "Dragon War".

I think everyone can remember one or two immediately.

Hideki Hanyu is just playing around with real estate. Whether investing in Japan or in China, he always has ulterior motives and is not interested in running real estate himself.

So after the memories flashed through his mind quickly, he was too lazy to use these memories to make a profit, and walked towards the Ngee Ann Building.

Taking the elevator to the 16th floor, Hideki Hanyu arrived at the door of the company with a "Black Stone" sign hanging on it.

The staff who had been waiting for a long time immediately welcomed him in after seeing him.

As soon as the person entered the door, Peter Peterson, who had received the news, came forward to greet him.

"Mr. Hanyu, I have been waiting for you for a long time."

Hanyu Hideki smiled elegantly and said, "Sorry, something delayed me."

"It doesn't matter. Mr. Hanyu has enviable wealth at such a young age. His work schedule must be very busy. I feel very honored that he can take time to meet me."

It has to be said that as an old fox on Wall Street, Peter Peterson is quite mature in interpersonal communication. Hideki Hanyu was even a little flattered by these flattering words.

No wonder the other party was able to fool even Akio Morita and suck a huge amount of blood from Sony.

Hideki Hanyu recently heard from Satoru Iwata that Sony, as the main screen supplier for the second-generation EGP arcade platform, has just proposed shortening the payment cycle with Elf Entertainment.

It can be seen from this that after Sony spent 5 billion US dollars on Columbia, even with its huge business, its capital chain was somewhat overwhelmed.

However, Hideki Hanyu knows that after acquiring Columbia Pictures, Sony's hard days are still ahead.

With Sony's previous experience as a lesson, Hideki Hanyu naturally has to be very careful when dealing with the co-founder of Blackstone.

The two came to a reception room, and Hanyu Hideki pretended to be curious and asked, "Has Mr. Peter met Mr. Morita recently?"

Peter Peterson replied, "Mr. Morita returned to Neon after attending the event in Los Angeles, and I haven't seen him for a while."

Hanyu Hideki pretended to be regretful, "I see. I was thinking about whether I should visit Mr. Morita in New York during my visit to America. Now it seems that there is no chance."

He knew without guessing that Akio Morita had returned to Japan and must have joined forces with some right-wing elements, secretly preparing to cause trouble.

I'm afraid it won't be long before the film "Neon Can Say No", which seems quite ridiculous in later generations, is released.

The guy who co-authored this book with Akio Morita is a member of a political family that is not too small in Japan. However, due to certain memories of his past life, Hideki Hanyu hates this guy very much.

In addition, some of this guy's propositions are of no benefit to them, the "international capitalists", so his forces have no intersection with the other side.

Of course, Hideki Hanyu doesn't take the other party seriously now.

A grasshopper in autumn only knows how to attract attention by jumping around randomly.

In the reception room, Peter Peterson said hypocritically after hearing what Hanyu Hideki said.

“I believe Mr. Morita will be very happy to meet Mr. Hanyu. After all, Cloud Pictures and Columbia Pictures have just reached a cooperation, and you are now partners.”

Hanyu Hideki listened but said nonchalantly, "It's just a small business. My cooperation with Sony is more than that."

He wasn't bragging.

The collaboration between Cloud Pictures and Columbia Pictures seems to have caused a big stir in America, but if you calculate the profits, there is actually not much.

If we really want to talk about the biggest cooperation between his company and Sony, it must be EGP Entertainment. Sony's Trinitron display has now become the standard configuration of high-end arcade machines on the EGP platform.

In addition to monitors, Sony is also an extremely important link in other aspects of the Genie supply chain.

Even Japan's own Yunshang Entertainment, through its cooperation with Sony in CD promotion, has generated far more profits than the current Yunshang Pictures.

So don’t be fooled by the American media’s current publicity. The cooperation between Yunshang Pictures and Columbia Pictures is the confluence of Japanese culture and capital.

But in fact, if we really talk about merger, the two companies would have merged long ago.

After all, the Japanese market is so small, and it is only too normal for everyone to cooperate with each other and compete with each other.

Just like that, after Hanyu Hideki sat down, he exchanged pleasantries with Peter Peterson. After his company employee brought him a cup of black tea, Peter Peterson finally got the topic to the point.

"Mr. Hanyu, regarding what I suggested last time, I have already chosen a target for you."

Hanyu Hideki took a sip of the black tea and said calmly, "Oh, tell me about it."

His current look showed a lack of interest and he was trying to listen reluctantly.

After all, regarding what they were going to discuss today, he couldn't give the initiative to Peter Peterson, nor could he follow the other party's pace.

After seeing Hideki Hanyu's attitude, Peter Peterson hurriedly spoke in a more enthusiastic tone.

"There are only two goals that meet Mr. Hanyu's requirements now."

As he said this, he pushed a document in front of Hanyu Hideki.

Hanyu Hideki acted as if he was too lazy to watch and said directly to Peter Peterson, "Since there are only two, please introduce them to me personally, Mr. Peter."

Peter Peterson said, "The first target is MGM Studios."

"Hmm? I remember it wasn't long since MGM acquired United Artists. Is the situation so bad?"

Although Hideki Hanyu knew that MGM was on the decline, he still made a surprised and puzzled expression.

Peter Peterson explained, “MGM acquired United Artists eight years ago, and even though they own the 007 series, their profitability has not been good in recent years, and their market share in North America was less than % last year.

The most crucial thing is that due to repeated changes of ownership, MGM lacks support from television networks and surrounding channels, and does not have a strong media group to back it up.

So on the surface, MGM is a traditional big studio in Hollywood.

But in reality, it feels more like a long-established independent studio.”

After hearing this, Hanyu Hideki immediately said in a disappointed tone, "It doesn't sound like a very good goal."

Peter Peterson smiled and said, "It seems so, but sometimes when choosing a target, you don't have to choose the best one, but the most suitable one."

Then, without waiting for Hideki Hanyu to speak, Peter Peterson started talking on his own.

“Although MGM is in decline now, it is still a member of the MPAA and has its own say in film ratings.

Moreover, MGM, which acquired United Artists, has a film library that is even larger than Columbia Pictures. Mr. Hanyu must be well aware of the value of the Hollywood film library.

While MGM's lack of support from television networks and media groups may seem like a disadvantage, it is actually an advantage for the acquirer.

Because the resistance to acquiring MGM will be very small, and the price will not be too high. After all, this is not the first time that the owner of MGM has sold it.

As long as you are interested, I can go to Las Vegas to negotiate in person, and I can guarantee that the final transaction price will only be about half of what Sony paid for Columbia Pictures. "

Hideki Hanyu had to admit that Peter Peterson was a good lobbyist.

Especially when the other party mentioned MGM's film library, even he was a little tempted.

After all, it is a huge film library that includes many classic movies such as the "007" series, "Gone with the Wind", "The Wizard of Oz", "Ben-Hur", "North by Northwest", "The Graduate", "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", "Rocky"... and more than Oscar-winning films.

But no matter what he thought in his heart, he still asked calmly on the surface.

"What's the other goal?"

In response to Hideki Hanyu's question, Peter Peterson slowly uttered a name.

“MCA Global.”

(End of this chapter)