Traveling through the Tokyo bubble era

Chapter 833 Preemptive Layout and Interest Bundling

Young people's enthusiasm comes and goes quickly.

After chatting and talking in the bar the day before, when Hideki Hanyu came to the testing department again the next day, everyone focused on their work again.

Try the game, watch the test, check the problems, make suggestions, discuss modifications...

In this way, Hideki Hanyu entered a long-lost busy work rhythm.

I go out early in the day and work at the North American branch of Elf Entertainment.

When I got home at night, in the Moon Lake mansion...that "Jade Lady Leader".

It can be said that it is a perfect combination of work, life and enjoyment.

In this way, time unknowingly came to January 25th.

Although he was only busy in the testing department for less than a week, the help that Hideki Hanyu provided to the testing work was beyond everyone's imagination.

In just a few days, the suggestions and questions raised by Hideki Hanyu in the testing of the second-generation PS console were more than the total of the previous testing department in more than a month.

But Hideki Hanyu's substantial help in the test was of course very important.

But for others, the greatest help that Hideki Hanyu provided to the test was that as long as he was on the scene, everyone had a sense of security and assurance from the bottom of their hearts.

In the past, no matter how many times a test had been conducted previously and no problems had been found, the importance of the second-generation PS console made everyone feel uneasy about the results, unsure whether there were really no problems.

But since Hideki Hanyu joined in, as long as Hideki Hanyu said there was no problem, all the testing staff instantly felt confident.

This is certainly because of Hideki Hanyu's identity. As the boss of Elf Entertainment, he has the responsibility to take responsibility for all problems.

More importantly, it is because of Hideki Hanyu's past achievements in the gaming industry that endorse his every word, making everyone unconsciously trust him.

No matter it is the development of games or hardware equipment, as long as it is a project planned and formulated by Hideki Hanyu, it has been successful so far.

The original ideas for almost all of Elf Entertainment's hardware equipment come from Hideki Hanyu.

The game projects planned by Hideki Hanyu, including sequels and spin-off series, still account for the majority of Elf Entertainment's game revenue.

In the entire gaming industry, Hideki Hanyu is a well-deserved god-level producer.

Within Elf Entertainment, Hideki Hanyu is also an irreplaceable mainstay.

……

On January 25th, Hideki Hanyu came to the North American headquarters of Elf Entertainment as usual.

But this time, he did not go to the testing department again.

As for why...

First of all, in the past few days, he has used up all the future experience he knew in his mind in the testing department.

With his help, most of the testing work has been completed. The remaining work either needs to be solved by the R&D center or by coordinating with companies in various production chains.

On these issues, he can only play a limited role, and it is impossible for him to really track each project one by one.

Because he really doesn't have time.

His original plan was to stay in the testing department for three days and then go to Hollywood to meet Peter Peterson and meet Lou Wasserman, the head of MCA Universal.

Next, I had to take a plane across half the world to Davos, Switzerland to fulfill an appointment with Karl Map, a partner of a Washington DC public relations company, to attend the Davos World Economic Forum.

As a result, as soon as he entered the testing department, he completely forgot about time and put these two things out of his mind.

Of course, perhaps in his heart, these two things are not as urgent or important as the second-generation PS console.

But maybe even God is helping Hideki Hanyu.

Just when Hideki Hanyu was about to call Peter Peterson, hoping to postpone his meeting with Lou Wasserman.

However, Peter Peterson first told Hideki Hanyu that he and Lou Wasserman had been invited to the World Economic Forum in Davos and had already left for Europe.

Hideki Hanyu immediately said on the phone that he would also attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, and they could meet in Switzerland to discuss in detail.

So when he received an urging call from Karl Mapp in Switzerland this morning, Hanyu Hideki promised to set off today and would definitely appear in Davos tomorrow.

In addition to these, the second reason why Hideki Hanyu did not go to the testing department was that the meeting time agreed upon by Elf Entertainment with global distributors, supply chain manufacturers, and members of the Game Developers Alliance will be held today at Elf Entertainment.

This internal confidential meeting, held for the launch of the second-generation PS console, will last for three days at the North American headquarters.

Hideki Hanyu's schedule was too tight and he could only attend the product launch meeting this morning.

Of course, he was not prepared to be responsible for the specific matters.

Showing up on the first day to demonstrate the importance that Elf Entertainment attaches to this internal meeting would be considered as completing his mission.

After getting off the car, Hideki Hanyu went straight to the media building where the meeting was held.

As soon as I came out of the underground passage, I saw Satoru Iwata and Tetsuya Aragaki standing together and talking.

Not far away, Michael Katz was at the podium, introducing the second-generation PS console placed there to Eri Kitahara.

As for the other senior executives of the Neon headquarters, after seeing Hideki Hanyu appear, they also came over to greet him.

For this important meeting on the second-generation PS console, almost all the top executives of the Neon headquarters were mobilized.

After all, the launch of such a strategic product will definitely require the cooperation of multiple departments such as sales, publicity, production, public relations, etc.

Most of these people arrived in San Jose last night on the 'Elf'.

Hideki Hanyu greeted them one by one, and then called important senior executives such as Satoru Iwata, Michael Katz, and Eri Kitahara to his side.

"I have other plans and will be going to Davos, Switzerland in the evening, so after I attend the meeting in the morning, the rest of the work will be left to you."

Hearing what Hanyu Hideki said, everyone naturally responded.

Next, Hideki Hanyu talked to a few people about some things that should be paid attention to in this meeting.

After giving the instructions, Kitahara Eri, the only one left, joked to Hanyu Hideki.

"I heard that before we came, Hanyu-san was working day and night at the North American branch. But after we came, Hanyu-san threw all the work to us and prepared to go on a skiing vacation in Switzerland."

Facing his old friend, Hanyu Hideki pretended to be tired and said, "Vacation? Don't be ridiculous, Kitahara-san. I am going to participate in an event and discuss other important matters. I can't spare a minute."

"You've been working really hard, Hanyu-san."

Kitahara Eri expressed her concern in an exaggerated tone, and then asked, "When are you going to leave? We originally wanted to take this opportunity to come to San Jose to visit your son. Is it still in time?"

Hanyu Hideki replied, "We'll leave in the afternoon. If you're willing, we can go to Moon Lake for lunch after the morning meeting."

"No problem, I'll tell Iwata and Tetsuya Aragaki right away."

"Okay, I'll call the kitchen to prepare lunch too."

……

As time approached 9:30 in the morning, the invited dealers, manufacturers, and representatives from the developer alliance began to arrive one after another.

Then Hideki Hanyu saw a lot of familiar faces at once.

Europe, America, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Southeast Asia...

The second-generation PS console may not seem large, but its supply chain spans the globe, from console accessories to game cartridges to various peripherals.

The huge elf supply chain is completely materialized at this moment.

When everyone who entered the scene saw Hideki Hanyu standing on the stage, they all came up to greet him respectfully, politely, or flatteringly.

Because everyone knows very well who created all this huge thing.

And who really controls it all.

clap clap!

When the time reached ten o'clock, crisp applause came from the live loudspeakers, immediately focusing everyone's attention on the stage.

Hideki Hanyu, who was clapping, spoke with a smile on his face.

"I know why you are here today, so I will not go into the tedious introduction. Let's get straight to the point and see what you are most concerned about."

After saying that, he pointed to the second-generation PS console on the table next to him.

"This is the second-generation home console that Elf Entertainment has spent more than two years developing and has now basically completed testing."

Following Hideki Hanyu's voice, some staff from Elf Entertainment started to start up the console.

As the console started up and the game disc was inserted, the lights on the scene dimmed one by one, and the entire venue fell into darkness.

At the same time, behind Hanyu Hideki, on a huge white projection screen, the Mario Kart 3D game screen was projected along with the game music.

There was an immediate uproar at the scene.

Not only for the game screen, but also for this real-time large-scale projection.

Hideki Hanyu was very satisfied with this.

Because he was already tired of the terrible feeling of having to play video introductions in game promotions.

In order to better promote the second-generation PS console, he also specifically requested the R&D center to invest funds to develop a dedicated projection system.

Using it in this internal meeting is just a small test.

What it is really waiting for is the E3 exhibition three months later.

Of course, when the second-generation PS console is launched, this dedicated projection equipment can also be sold as a high-end peripheral.

As for whether to develop a separate projector product line, Hideki Hanyu has not considered it yet.

Next, Hideki Hanyu officially introduced everything about the second-generation PS console to the participants.

The exclamations caused by the projection almost never stopped during Hideki Hanyu's subsequent introduction and demonstration.

The second-generation PS console deeply shocked the partners of Elf Entertainment before it officially met the public.

All the partner companies in the Elf supply chain are already quietly planning how many more production lines they should add.

Representatives of game development companies affiliated with the Developer Alliance are already eager to connect to the latest Elf Scepter platform and use the Elf engine to develop their 3D games.

……

At noon, when all the party members were still reluctant to leave, Hideki Hanyu's demonstration ended.

After the overall introduction, the next step was for different departments of Elf Entertainment to hold special meetings with different participating companies.

After finishing his work, Hideki Hanyu took Satoshi Iwata, Eri Kitahara, Tetsuya Aragaki and others to Moon Lake Manor to visit the children and have lunch together.

Although Zhou Huimin was not familiar with everyone, she still showed appropriate enthusiasm in response to everyone's visit.

After all, she knew very well that the reason these people came to visit her son specifically was because he was Hideki Hanyu's eldest son and his only son now.

According to the inherent thinking of people of this era, as long as Hideki Hanyu does not get married, this eldest son is the most likely heir to Hideki Hanyu's huge business empire.

So Zhou Huimin naturally didn't want her son's future to be affected by her performance.

As for Hideki Hanyu, even if he sees through everything, he will not express any attitude.

After all, as someone who believes in "even if there is a flood after my death", how could he care about such a boring issue as succession?

……

After a pleasant lunch, Hanyu Hideki first saw off Kitahara Eri and others, and was then reluctantly sent to the airport by Zhou Huimin.

"Don't worry. I'll pick you up and take you back to Hong Kong after I finish attending the World Economic Forum in Davos. Just go home and wait for me."

After bidding farewell to the beauty, Hanyu Hideki walked into the airport and boarded the "Cloud Express" to Europe.

Hideki Hanyu's departure time is the 25th.

However, due to the time difference, when the Yunshang arrived at Zurich Airport after flying for more than ten hours, it was already twelve noon on the 26th, local time in Switzerland.

The World Economic Forum officially opened at 2 pm. In order to prevent Hideki Hanyu from missing the time, Karl Mapp had already prepared a helicopter for Hideki Hanyu at the airport.

Just like that, less than an hour after Hideki Hanyu got off the Yunshang, with the help of a helicopter, he arrived at the World Economic Forum in Davos, more than 100 kilometers away.

"Seraphim, you're finally here."

The first time he saw Hideki Hanyu, Karl Mapp called Hanyu by his foreign name that was spread among the tennis players. Before the World Economic Forum opened, he took Hanyu to social events.

"Seraphim, this is Mr. Felipe, the European Community's responsible person for..."

"Seraphim, this is Ms. Patricia. She is in charge of the cultural industry. I think you two must have a lot in common."

"This is Mr. Shamal, he is..."

……

With the help of Karl Mapp, Hideki Hanyu got to know many of the upper-class European figures.

We were busy for more than an hour, and only stopped when the World Economic Forum began.

Sitting on the chair mountain in the audience, Hanyu Hideki jokingly asked Karl Map, "I thought you would first share with me your skiing experience in Davos after we met."

Karl Map did not respond to Hanyu Hideki's words at all, but lowered his voice and spoke in a serious tone.

"I have told you before that Europe wants to take the EEC one step further and that opinions have been raised on the economic and monetary union treaty.

This is also a rare opportunity for us. Your own strength, coupled with your investment in Europe, makes them very happy to make friends with you.

We also have some friends in Washington DC who are very influential here. They are happy to help us and hope to see us expand our business here.

......"

Karl Mapp, the Jew, talked a lot.

There is only one core goal, and Europe is now promoting it, and Hideki Hanyu knows that an organization will emerge soon.

EU.

Of course, there are several opportunities to make this major event happen, but they have not happened yet.

For example, the two Germanys... For example, Big Brother...

So everything about the EU is still in its initial stages.

But even in this situation, Karl Map was still keenly aware of it, and he brought Hideki Hanyu to expand his network in advance to prepare for the development layout.

So even Hideki Hanyu had to admire the guy in front of him for his sensitive sense of smell.

I am even more fortunate to have found such a partner.

If it weren't for Karl Map's work in Washington DC in the past two years, many of his things in Neon would not have been so smooth.

With a keen sense of smell, outstanding abilities, and a strong network of ethnic background connections, Hideki Hanyu is simply too satisfied with Karl Map.

Such talents, of course, need to be tied together with greater interests.

Thinking of this, he didn't care what others were saying in the economic forum that had already started, and told Karl Mapp in a low voice.

“I came to Davos this time and actually made plans to meet other people.”

Karl Mapp asked, "Who?"

Hideki Hanyu said, "Peter Peterson, Lou Wasserman."

"The guy from Blackstone and the founder of MCA Global, are you planning to discuss the acquisition of MCA Global in Davos?"

Carl Map was naturally very aware of Hanyu Hideki's intention to take over MCA Universal, because he still needed his help in some lobbying work among American upper echelons regarding this matter.

"Yes."

Hanyu Hideki nodded first, and then said, "But it is difficult for Cloud Entertainment to acquire MCA Global alone. I plan to let my other companies participate and jointly acquire it with Cloud Entertainment."

Carl Map nodded. "If it's Elf Entertainment, it would be a good idea to get involved in the film and television industry, especially since it also has Blockbuster, the largest video rental chain store."

But Hideki Hanyu did not respond to Karl Map's words, but asked directly.

"What about you? Are you interested in joining in? PR and media are a perfect match, aren't they?"

Karl Map was stunned when he heard this.

As smart as he was, he quickly understood what Hanyu Hideki was planning.

It is obvious that Hideki Hanyu wants to use benefits that he cannot refuse to tie him more closely to the same chariot.

But Karl Map did not answer immediately.

Instead, after hearing the host's speech on the stage, he patted Hanyu Hideki on the shoulder and said.

"My friend, please go up to the stage and speak first. We will talk about this matter later."

Update early, I have some things to do at home.

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