Traveling through the Tokyo bubble era

Chapter 754 The Fairy's Contract
"I understand. I will cooperate with Hanyu-san."

When Hirohashi Asako said this, it was more than an hour after Hanyu Hideki arrived at her office.

During this time, Hanyu Hideki explained his plan in detail.

That is why Guangqiao Qianzi had to release the news that Yunshang Entertainment was raising funds at the appropriate time.

It seems that this money is for Yunshang Entertainment to participate in the transaction with MCA Global, but the purpose of releasing the news is for another big game of Hideki Hanyu.

Hideki Hanyu has been preparing for so long in order to solve all troubles to the greatest extent possible in the upcoming turmoil, and he does not mind using any means to this end.

After saying these things, Hirohashi Asako immediately told Hanyu Hideki another thing.

"Hanyu-san, do you still remember Kadokawa Haruki?"

"How could I not remember?" Hanyu Hideki replied.

The reason why Haruki Kadokawa failed prematurely due to drug abuse was that he secretly cooperated with his younger brother Kadokawa Koyomi.

After that, Haruki Kadokawa was completely expelled from the management of Kadokawa Shoten.

Hideki Hanyu only knew that Haruki Kadokawa did not actually serve his sentence because of his wealth and connections, but he didn't care much about what happened afterwards.

Now Hirohashi Asako suddenly mentioned Kadokawa Haruki. After Hanyu Hideki answered, he couldn't help but ask, "What happened to him? I didn't pay much attention to his news."

Hirohashi Asako replied, "He was kicked out of the board of directors of Kadokawa Bookstore by his brother and stayed quiet for a while, but he started working in the film industry again last year."

"Didn't Kadokawa Koyomi take care of it?" asked Hanyu Hideki puzzledly.

Logically speaking, since Kadokawa Kojima is in power, it would be absolutely impossible for him to give Kadokawa Haruki a chance to make a comeback.

"Of course he did. He prohibited Kadokawa Bookstore from cooperating with Haruki Kadokawa, but he was unable to stop other companies from doing so.

Last year, Kadokawa Haruki won the rights to adapt Kaionji Chaogoro's novel and began filming an epic war movie. He organized a large production committee with more than 30 investors involved.

After hearing what Hirohashi Asako said, Hanyu Hideki suddenly thought of a movie.

A movie that is known as the last blockbuster of the neon bubble era.

In later generations, anyone who knew about Japanese films knew that not only were the workers in Japanese films lowly paid, but the production costs were also pitifully low.

Even when "Detective Chinatown 3" went to Japan to shoot, a Japanese producer enviously said that the cost of one day's set shooting of "Detective Chinatown 3" in Shinjuku was enough for the Japanese producer to make a movie.

But this statement is not absolute.

In this era when the bubble economy is at its peak, Japan is not short of big productions. For example, the famous "Dunhuang" cost more than 4.5 billion yen.

Calculated according to the current exchange rate, it is close to 40 million US dollars. Such a cost is considered a super production even in Hollywood today.

There is also the movie directed by Haruki Kadokawa that Hirohashi Asako mentioned at this time.

Hanyu Hideki asked, "If it's a novel by Kaionji Shiogoro, or a historical war story, then it should be Heaven and Earth."

Heaven and Earth, a work by the late Neonji Chaogoro novelist, mainly tells the story of the confrontation between Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen during the Neon Warring States Period.

In the original time and space, Haruki Kadokawa was the director of this movie. The war scenes were shot entirely in real life and are shocking even when viewed in later generations.

If Hanyu Hideki remembers correctly, this movie earned 1990 billion yen at the box office in Japan after it was released in .

The so-called allocation refers to the publisher's profits.

Calculated based on the share ratio with theaters, multiplying by 1.7 is roughly the actual box office number.

Therefore, the actual box office figures should be close to 9 billion yen.

It may seem like a lot, but the cost of shooting and producing this all-real war epic is also a terrifying number, reaching 5.5 billion yen, which is even more exaggerated than "Dunhuang".

Converted into US dollars at the current exchange rate, it is over 45 million.

You know, although the production cost of "Die Hard 2", an action blockbuster that Yunshang Pictures has already started shooting, is advertised to be over million U.S. dollars, the actual production cost is only over million U.S. dollars.

So even though the box office of "Heaven and Earth" directed by Haruki Kadokawa was good, it could only barely recoup its costs, or it might not even recoup its costs.

Moreover, despite the grand scale and great reputation of this film, its performance during the awards season was very mediocre. It received six meaningless nominations at the Japanese Academy Awards, but ultimately won nothing.

Hanyu Hideki thought of this and quickly asked Hirohashi Asako, "Could it be that Yunshang Entertainment also participated in the production of this movie?"

Hirohashi Asako shook her head and said, "Of course not. Since Kadokawa Leyiko took over Kadokawa Shoten, our cooperation has always been very good. I can't affect the cooperation relationship for a movie."

"That's good. We won't participate in the investment, but the theaters cannot refuse to release this movie," Hanyu Hideki hurriedly instructed.

Although the box office of "Heaven and Earth" did not make money for the producers, the theaters were able to make a lot of money with a box office of nearly 9 billion.

There is no reason to refuse money that is delivered to your door.

Besides, Crescent Cinemas is now nominally operated independently, and it is impossible for the relationship with Yunshang Entertainment to affect the returns of all investors.

Hirohashi Asako replied, "I have already discussed this with Kadokawa Leyiko. He is not so arrogant as to think that he can get the theaters to ban Kadokawa Haruki's film. After all, there are more than 30 investors in the film production committee, and he cannot afford to offend all of them."

"So why did you tell me about Haruki Kadokawa today?"

Hanyu Hideki asked with some surprise.

"Although Haruki Kadokawa did not seek our investment in the filming of this movie, nor did he use our artists, he wanted to cooperate with us after entering post-production."

Hirohashi Asako explained this and emphasized, "To be precise, we are collaborating with a subsidiary of Cloud Music to produce the soundtrack for the film."

"Which company?" Hideki Hanyu asked curiously.

Hirohashi Asako explained, "It was the small workshop 'Avex' that Hanyu-san personally went to Tama to purchase and had them move to the Tokyo headquarters."

"Avex Records?"

Hideki Hanyu didn't expect that Kadokawa Haruki was interested in Avex Records.

Hirohashi Asako continued to explain, "Yes, since Matsuura Ikuto moved the company to the headquarters, he has brought some new developments.

Yunshang Music's sales director, Takayuki Xiangshan, reported to me not long ago that Avex's European electronic dance music is now very popular in neon nightclubs.

Oh, by the way, Tetsuya Komuro, the producer of Son of the Sun, whom you decided to poach from Sony, is now very close to Avex's president Katsuto Matsuura and spends most of his time working at Avex.

It seems that the person Haruki Kadokawa really wants to work with is producer Tetsuya Komuro."

After hearing this, Hanyu Hideki couldn't help but laugh, "Haha! This is the inertia of world history..."

"What inertia?" Hirohashi Asako didn't quite understand what Hanyu Hideki said.

"Nothing." Hanyu Hideki quickly waved his hands to deny.

He just didn't expect that in another time and space, it was through the collaboration between Tetsuya Komuro and Katsuto Matsuura at Avex Records that electronic dance music swept Japan in the 1990s.

Unexpectedly, in this time and space, Avex Records was acquired by him under Cloud Music in advance, which made it easier for Tetsuya Komuro and Masato Matsuura to get together.

The Japanese music scene in the 1990s was known to be shared by Avex Records and rock music.

Now, Cloud Music has already made its arrangements in advance, seized the opportunity by entering the market, and attracted a large number of talents.

For example, the being series has been completely digested by Cloud Music, the B`z band is on the road to fame, their dreams come true, the XJ band has started to exert their strength, the Mr.Children band has officially signed, and Sister Quanshui is ready to study music.

As for Avex Records, which occupies the other half of the market, Tetsuya Komuro's electronic dance music has already started. As for super singers, Ayumi Hamasaki has long been a well-known child star in the Yunshang system, and as a time traveler, Hideki Hanyu will naturally not let go of other singers.

Given the strength of Cloud Music, Hideki Hanyu couldn't even imagine how strong it would be in the 1990s.

It is said that today's Cloud Music, with its male and female idols, has dominated half of the Japanese music scene.

Hideki Hanyu really wants to say that it was not until the 1990s that Cloud Music would tell everyone what true dominance is.

At that time, it was no longer just half of the country.

Hey……

Hideki Hanyu felt that he was clearly giving Cloud Music a free hand, but how come it became stronger the more he let it go?

And this is just the music market in Japan. If we also take into account the expansion of Cloud Music in the Asian music scene in recent years, it will be even bigger.

By the 1990s, even if Cloud Music claimed to be the overlord of Asian music, probably no one would raise any objection.

After a moment of pride, Hanyu Hideki asked Hirohashi Asako, "Asako-san, do you want to refuse the musical cooperation with Kadokawa Haruki because you are concerned about Kadokawa Leyihiko and Kadokawa Bookstore?"

"I do have this idea." Hirohashi Asako replied.

"No need."

Hanyu Hideki waved his hand nonchalantly, "Due to our cooperative relationship, we have already rejected film investment.

It is enough to give face once. There is no need to accommodate Kadokawa Kojihiko indefinitely. Besides, it is just a business cooperation and does not involve any other support.

The Japanese market is so small, we can't stop our subsidiary companies from doing business just for Kadokawa Koyomi." Originally, Tetsuya Komuro was in charge of composing the music for "Heaven and Earth". For the future of Cloud Music, Hideki Hanyu thought it would be better to let Tetsuya Komuro practice.

As for what Kadokawa Shoten or Kadokawa Kojihiko thinks.

Just like he told Hirohashi Asako, if Kadokawa Lehiko still had any common sense, he would never come to Cloud Music to ask for an explanation for such a small matter.

It is true that "Heaven and Earth" was directed by Haruki Kadokawa, but the more than 30 investors are also true.

Yunshang Entertainment can give face to Kadokawa Kojihiko, not cooperate with Kadokawa Haruki, and not participate in the investment organized by the other party.

But when the target of cooperation was changed to a film project, it was not just Haruki Kadokawa who was cooperating, but more than 30 investors in the film production committee.

It is impossible for Yunshang Entertainment not to give face to these more than 30 investors.

On this point, Kadokawa Lehiko must have figured it out.

Of course, even if Kadokawa Koyomi can't figure it out, Hanyu Hideki doesn't care.

As for cooperation, as long as there is a reason and it can save face, that's enough.

Given the current strength of Yunshang Entertainment, Kadokawa Kojima has to keep his dissatisfaction to himself.

……

After finishing the last little thing with Hirohashi Asako, Hanyu Hideki took the initiative to say goodbye and left.

He is an "idle man", but Guangqiao Qianzi is a busy person. It is better not to disturb the other person who is busy with work.

Moreover, he has been wandering around outside for so long and it is rare for him to return to Japan. He also has a lot of official and personal matters to deal with.

After leaving Yunshang Entertainment, he drove his Lamborghini straight to Shinagawa District, the headquarters of Elf Entertainment.

He did not go to the headquarters building first, but went to the small building opposite where the Elf Publishing House, the personal assistant's office, and Yunshang Culture were located.

But before going upstairs, he saw that the Elf Publishing House seemed to be holding some event, with staff members handing out flyers to comic fans in the square.

Hideki Hanyu asked his assistant to get one, and was a little surprised after taking a look.

It turned out that the Elf Publishing House had launched a new comic magazine called "Monthly Shonen Sun". Today's event was to promote this monthly magazine.

Hanyu Hideki took a look at the contents of the brochure. It was just a regular promotion, which probably introduced the style of the new monthly magazine, what the inaugural comics were, who the author was, what the simple content was, and so on.

The main purpose is to use the comic content to attract comic lovers to buy it.

However, in this "ordinary" brochure, Hideki Hanyu still saw some familiar content.

For example, there is a comic called "Hey! Liki" in the inaugural comic.

However, this comic later also has a Chinese name in China, called "Ghost Street".

The author of this comic is Hiroshi Takahashi.

It doesn’t matter if you are not familiar with this name, many people should have heard of another manga created by Hiroshi Takahashi.

That is "crows", and the Chinese translation is "Hot-Blooded High School".

This is the original work of the comic-adapted movie "Crows Zero" that made Oguri Shun famous.

According to the introduction of Takahashi Hiroshi in the brochure, he was the winner of the third "Neon Youth Comics Award" at the Elf Entertainment Carnival on the 17th of last month.

Hideki Hanyu did not expect this.

Unknowingly, the "Neon Youth Comics Award" has attracted so many cartoonists to Elf Publishing House.

Think about the great cartoonists who have already been recruited by Elf Publishing, such as Gosho Aoyama, Ai Yazawa, Keiko Morimoto, Shin Shuri, Momoko Sakura, Yoshito Usui, Naoko Takeuchi, Nobuhiro Watsuki, Yoshihiro Togashi, Takehiko Inoue, etc.

Hanyu Hideki feels that the Elf Publishing House, which is now called "Elf Publishing" by comic fans and is also known as one of the "Four Major Comics Publishers in Japan" along with Shueisha, Kodansha, and Shogakukan, is so powerful that no one can stop its future glory.

It was obvious that his original idea of ​​establishing Elf Publishing House was just to help Elf Entertainment build a game IP incubation base, and to cooperate with Elf Entertainment in managing the game IP and enriching and improving the game world view.

But who would have thought that they would unexpectedly become one of the top four comics clubs in Japan.

Even in terms of sales, Elf Society is firmly in first place.

There is no way around it, because Goku from "Dragon Ball" completed his Super Saiyan transformation in this year's comics, which gave the comics industry a "small shock".

Relying on the leadership of Head Comics, the animation adaptation of Yunshang Entertainment, the perfect linkage of Elf Entertainment’s game development, and the excellent peripheral operations of Elf Communication.

With the cooperation of the perfect closed-loop industrial chain, even the former leader Shueisha is no match for Pokemon Go in terms of sales.

After expressing his admiration for the success of "Elf Club", Hanyu Hideki planned to go upstairs to find Kamimura Reiko.

But at this time, the editor-in-chief of the Elf Society, Otaka Ichiji, walked out. When the other party saw him, he immediately came forward and saluted respectfully.

"President, good afternoon. Are you here to inspect the work of the publishing house today because of the release of the new magazine?"

Hanyu Hideki replied, "No, I came to see Uemura-san, but I also read the promotion for the new publication. You did a great job."

The Second Elf Club in Otaka City is well managed. Hanyu Hideki gives generous treatment and is generous with his praise.

Sure enough, after being praised by the boss, Dagao Shier immediately started to explain with a smile on his face.

"Thank you for the compliment, President. The reason why I founded a new magazine is because the Neon Youth Comics Award was so successful. It has discovered many talents for the publishing house in recent years, so I decided to create a platform specifically for them to be exposed. That's why Monthly Shonen SUN was born."

"Good idea, keep it up..."

Hanyu Hideki complimented him a few more times, then said goodbye to Ohtaka Ichiji, who was overjoyed by the compliments, and went to the assistant's office on the top floor.

But after going upstairs, he saw another person before he saw Kamimura Reiko.

Koizumi Kyoko.

The little goblin didn't wait for Hanyu Hideki to speak, she rushed over and hugged the scumbag's arm, saying in a happy and excited tone.

"I just found out from the news this morning that the teacher has ended his overseas trip and returned to Japan. He also went to visit senior Hibari Misora ​​yesterday.

I was regretting not going with President Zhou Fang yesterday. Who would have thought that I would meet you here. Teacher, I miss you so much. Can you have lunch with me later?"

Upon hearing this, Hanyu Hideki thought that it was a good thing that the little goblin did not go yesterday, otherwise if he ran into the Sekimoto sisters, he would not know how to deal with them.

But on the surface, he smiled and scratched the little goblin's nose and asked, "Of course I can accompany you for dinner, but you have to tell me why you are here first."

"Teacher, have you forgotten my contract with Yunshang Culture? I have to renew the contract every year after the tax season ends."

The goblin explained with his big, sparkling eyes.

Hanyu Hideki suddenly realized, "It seems that I remembered the time wrong."

The so-called contract between Xiao Yaojing and Yunshang Culture is, on the surface, a contract for a cultural promotion ambassador, similar to a spokesperson or promoter.

But in fact, it was just a reason for Hideki Hanyu to claim reimbursement for his mistress through the company's accounts.

Over the years, the direct contract remuneration and reimbursement expenses have grown from the initial 2 to 3 million yen per month to more than 10 million yen per month.

This is of course an extremely exaggerated figure for office workers in Tokyo who earned between 300,000 and 800,000 yen a month, even during the bubble economy.

After all, even in Minato Ward, Tokyo's highest-income district, the average annual salary of white-collar workers is tens of millions, which is not as much as what Hideki Hanyu spends on the little fairy every month.

But compared with Hideki Hanyu's current wealth, this amount of money is not even a drop in the bucket.

If we weren't worried that giving too much would put the little goblin directly on the taxpayer list, I'm afraid the number would increase even faster.

This is because the little fairy belongs to Zhou Hou Yuxiong's burning system, and other operations are somewhat inconvenient.

Otherwise, they could learn from the way they treated Akina Nakamori, where they let her set up a personal studio first, and then Hideki Hanyu directly purchased shares and could easily cash out hundreds of millions.

Of course, a lot of the money that Hideki Hanyu gave to the little fairy was not directly counted.

For example, the tax on the income from the picture books he gave to the little fairy was calculated in his name, and he was also responsible for the maintenance costs of the yacht docked in Tokyo Port.

There was even the luxurious duplex apartment in the central district that he had given to the other party to live in. According to the current housing prices in Tokyo, its value was an exaggerated 3 billion yen.

If it wasn't under Hideki Hanyu's name, the little goblin wouldn't even be able to pay the property tax with his own income.

This is just the imperfect property tax formulated by Neon in 1950.

When the Japanese real estate market completely collapsed and the official property tax was introduced in 1992, the tax goblin would probably be unable to bear it.

The women who still stay with Hanyu Hideki are basically little fairies.

Maybe some of them have a good income, but compared to what Hanyu Hideki has to offer, the gap is too huge.

(End of this chapter)