Traveling through the Tokyo bubble era

Chapter 856: Watching the "Excitement" Again

"First?"

After hearing his ranking, Hideki Hanyu frowned.

Looking at the agitated assistant, he wanted to complain harshly.

What is there for him to be happy about being ranked first on the Forbes magazine's list of the world's billionaires?
Being the richest man in the world sounds glamorous, but glory also attracts more attention and all sorts of messes.

As the saying goes, "A tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind. A person that stands out among the crowd will be envied by others."

Although he was ranked second before and it was conspicuous, at least there was Yoshiaki Tsutsumi in front of him to attract fire.

After all, ordinary people tend to care more about the first place, and who is the second place doesn’t seem to be that important.

Therefore, although Hideki Hanyu ranked second last year and attracted a lot of attention, what people talked about most about him was not his wealth, but his appearance and his identity as an author.

Now that he has become the richest man, the media's attention and coverage of his wealth will surely reach an unprecedented level.

Thinking of this, Hanyu Hideki shook his head in self-mockery.

I feel like what he's thinking is somewhat unnecessary.

Those who are truly paying attention to his opponents will not fail to investigate and understand him just because he is not ranked as the richest man on the Forbes list.

What's more, "capital" like him has never felt that the Forbes rankings are authoritative.

At least the other party wanted to interview him several times last year, but he refused.

So how real is the value that this magazine gave him? Even he himself finds it ridiculous, let alone other competitors.

Hideki Hanyu even feels that if some hostile competitors really use the data from Forbes to deal with him, he would probably wake up laughing in his dreams.

Therefore, the group that really attracts this list from Forbes is still just ordinary people who are curious about money and the rich.

For example, he clearly felt that the eyes of the women surrounding him were moving back and forth between the magazine and him, and they began to become hot without him noticing.

"Show me."

Although Hideki Hanyu scoffed at the data from Forbes magazine, he was curious about how the editors analyzed it this time.

The assistant handed over the magazine respectfully. After Hanyu Hideki took it, he saw that his photo on the cover was very eye-catching.

This was not a photo he took specifically for Forbes magazine.

It was a photo of him at the Givenchy show during the Paris Fashion Week in France.

The photo was taken before the show began. Against the backdrop of a row of neat stone pillars, he sat on a designer wooden chair with his right leg folded over his left leg, sitting upright, his eyes seemingly watching the preparations for the show in the distance.

There was nothing special about his outfit. A black suit and gold-rimmed glasses were his most common looks in public.

But the reason why Forbes magazine chose this photo and made it the cover of this issue is entirely because the lighting when the photo was taken was very clever.

The weather that day was not very sunny, which made the overall color of the photo rather cold. Combined with the background of the ancient Roman stone building with a sense of age, the picture has an indescribable sense of solemnity.

Looking at Hideki Hanyu in the photo again at this time, with the atmosphere created by this light, his already handsome appearance shows even more noble and calm, as if he has the temperament of a superior who has everything under control.

Hideki Hanyu had to admit that Forbes magazine was really good at selecting photos.

This photo is indeed very suitable for use when he tops the list.

After looking at the cover, Hideki Hanyu opened the details page.

What caught his eyes were the names of a hundred billionaires from all over the world, neatly listed on two pages.

The Romanization of his name does come first.

The wealth figure behind his name has also changed significantly compared to last year. It has not increased, but has shrunk significantly.

It dropped from 25 billion US dollars to more than 20 billion US dollars.

However, what is different from last year is that it seems that Forbes magazine wants to make their wealth look more intuitive and shocking, so this time no units are used when marking the wealth figures.

Instead, write out the full number.

So under Hideki Hanyu's name, there is a row of words like this.

20 000 000 000 US dollar↑

It does look quite intimidating, and you can't tell how many zeros there are if you don't count carefully.

To ordinary people, such a row of numbers does seem a bit exaggerated.

After looking at his ranking, Hideki Hanyu did not worry about why his wealth figure had shrunk so much, but instead looked down and continued to check out other people on the list.

As expected, the second place was Yoshiaki Tsutsumi.

Forbes magazine swapped his ranking with Yoshiaki Tsutsumi on this year's list.

The net worth of Yoshiaki Tsutsumi given by Forbes magazine fell even more sharply, by more than one-third to over 18 billion US dollars.

After reading about Yoshiaki Tsutsumi, I looked down and found that the top ten people were still the same old faces.

For example, Japan’s wealthy people include Taikichiro Mori and Shigeru Kobayashi.

For example, the Walton family, the DuPont family, the Rausing brothers, etc.

However, the wealth of these people is basically below 15 billion US dollars.

Looking back, Hanyu Hideki saw many future acquaintances.

Buffett, Bill Gates... and a certain person who made the list for the first time. Although he was at the bottom of the list, he recognized his name at a glance, a person named Chuan who liked to wear a red tie.

After taking a rough look at the list, Hanyu Hideki felt that Forbes magazine was unreliable, and he also wanted to see what these guys said specifically.

So he turned the magazine directly to the page with detailed introduction.

It didn't take long for him to figure out why Forbes magazine changed the rankings and why they believed the wealth of many wealthy people had shrunk.

To be precise, this is the reason why the wealth of many Japanese tycoons has shrunk.

That is because the neon stock market bubble was punctured ahead of schedule at this time and space, causing the stock prices of a large number of listed companies to suffer sharp declines.

He has many listed companies under his name, including Northeast Energy, which has been renamed as Origin Group, AIYI International, Crescent Cinema, Cloud Satellite TV, Game Base Publishing House, Damu Logistics...

Although some of these listed companies remained strong during the stock market crash, others also plummeted along with the stock market.

Hideki Hanyu's value was naturally affected as well.

However, compared with Yoshiaki Tsutsumi, who was just beginning to show signs of decline, his decline was obviously smaller.

This is how Forbes magazine summarized it.

"Hideki Hanyu's diversified business development model has obviously made him more resilient than other Japanese tycoons in the face of the sudden disaster in the Japanese stock market.

This is also the biggest reason why Hideki Hanyu surpassed Yoshiaki Tsutsumi in this year's world billionaire list.

So, let us congratulate Hideki Hanyu for becoming the youngest richest man in the world!"

When he saw this, Hideki Hanyu cursed everyone at Forbes magazine in his heart.

“Who wants you bastards to congratulate me? Besides, there’s nothing to congratulate about for topping your crappy list.

What do you mean by the youngest richest man in the world? This is simply putting him on the fire!"

But the matter is done, and all he can do now is to curse.

After all, he made his fortune too late and too quickly, so it was impossible for him to hide his wealth properly like those "old money" people.

Being noticed and being exposed are inevitable things.

But if he were to choose again, he would definitely still take the same path.

If you want to succeed, you can't be unknown.

Just imagine, if he was content with a small fortune and just wanted to be a writer, or if he founded Yunshang Painting with his friends and started a small business, what would he face?

Let alone the beauties around him, once they encounter certain problems, he is afraid that he can do nothing but feel helpless and furious.

If you want to have a body double for Yasuko Sawaguchi when filming, even when holding hands, ask the TV station if they agree.

If he wants Akina Nakamori to retire at the peak of her career, do you think those interested parties will tear him apart?

There are too many possibilities.

There are too many things in life that are beyond our control.

If he wants to control his destiny and protect something, he can only make himself stronger.

Therefore, he would not have any regrets at all for what happened now.

In fact, he has become accustomed to this high-profile feeling and enjoys it.

Success is success, there is no need to be timid or hide it.

Life on earth is but a few short decades.

Since he was lucky enough to travel through time, he should live his life with great fanfare.

Thinking of this, a confident smile appeared on Hanyu Hideki's face.

Then he said loudly in an arrogant and presumptuous tone.

"I am the richest man in the world!"

……

Naturally, none of the women around him could understand what Hanyu Hideki shouted in Mandarin.

But this does not prevent them from knowing the fact that Hideki Hanyu has become the world's richest man.

Although Hideki Hanyu's wealth has shrunk compared to last year.

But for ordinary people, there is actually no difference between 25 billion and 20 billion. Those are numbers that are out of their reach.

To earn as much as Hideki Hanyu with an average person's income, one would have to save money from the time when dinosaurs still existed until now, without eating, drinking or consuming.

Therefore, ordinary people only focus on one thing, which is who is the richest man.

Today, Hideki Hanyu is ranked first.

To them, Hideki Hanyu is the richest man in the world.

For a moment, the looks that the women gave Hanyu Hideki could no longer be described as scorching.

Even if they are in Hollywood.

After all, even if one is the most successful star in Hollywood, if he wants to have the wealth of Hideki Hanyu, he would have to work at his most profitable for hundreds of years.

So those Hollywood stars who are considered rich in the eyes of ordinary people are actually no different from ordinary people when compared to Hideki Hanyu's wealth.

But before the women could take any action, Marco came over with a mobile phone, handed it to him and said the name of a high-level executive in Neon.

Upon hearing this, Hanyu Hideki said in a mocking tone.

"We don't usually contact each other, but he called me out of the blue. It seems that the Forbes report has been reported back to Japan."

Although he said this, he still picked up the phone and had a cordial conversation with the other party.

As expected, the other party came to "beg for alms" for his constituency specifically after learning that he had become the richest man.

And Hideki Hanyu is sure that there will definitely be more than just one call like this today.

Sure enough, when Hideki Hanyu finally dealt with this guy, the second call came right after.

This time he was indeed someone from the Fukuda family. During the chat, he deliberately mentioned the mixed-race eldest daughter of the Fukuda family, saying that Fukuda Ayano missed him very much and that young people could have more contact with each other.

Then, it was that bastard Yukio Tanaka who called and made some sarcastic remarks. Naturally, Hanyu Hideki scolded this troublemaker.

Of course, he also promised the other party that when he returned to Neon, he would treat the other party to Tokyo's most expensive nightclub for a week.

Then, the phone calls continued.

Friends, women, partners, upper-class friends, powerful allies, collaborators...

Almost everyone who had any connection with him called him, many of them just to congratulate him or talk to him about other things.

Even Yoshiaki Tsutsumi, the guy he overtook, called and said a few words.

However, from the other party's words, Hanyu Hideki could tell that this former world's richest man, who was conceited and arrogant by nature, did not seem to be very convinced.

There is even a hint that they will definitely overtake next year.

Hideki Hanyu didn't take Yoshiaki Tsutsumi's words to heart at all.

Because he knew very well that from the day the Japanese bubble economy was punctured, the relationship between him and Yoshiaki Tsutsumi would inevitably widen over time. After he surpassed Yoshiaki Tsutsumi this time, there would be no chance for Yoshiaki Tsutsumi to turn the tables.

Perhaps he is already adjusting his business model, gradually moving towards behind-the-scenes capital and hiding his wealth, and one year he will lose the title of the richest man on the rich list.

But the one who surpassed him could never be Yoshiaki Tsutsumi.

Just like that, starting from tasting the food prepared by his private chef team, Hanyu Hideki kept answering calls from all over the world, and before he knew it, more than three hours had passed.

The last person to call him was Kitahara Eri.

Hideki Hanyu said helplessly.

"According to the time, it should be midnight in Neon. Kitahara-san should go to bed early instead of joining in the fun by calling me."

Kitahara Eri laughed on the phone and said, "From Hanyu-san's tone, I can tell that he has been on the phone for a long time."

“Yes, for more than four hours, I changed several mobile phones.

If Kitahara-san is here to congratulate me for Forbes magazine, then I already feel your intention. "

Hideki Hanyu's voice could not hide his fatigue.

It’s not that he had any physical problems from answering the phone for so long, but dealing with so many people at once took a lot of mental effort.

After all, there are many old foxes, and it is not easy to deal with them. Every word needs to be carefully considered and responded to carefully.

Kitahara Eri said, "In addition to congratulating Hanyu-san on becoming the world's richest man, I actually have something important to discuss with you."

"What's the matter?" Upon hearing the serious matter, Hanyu Hideki immediately perked up.

"The cooperation negotiations with Toho regarding the overseas copyright operation of Ultraman have been completely concluded today.

Yunshang Entertainment, Elf Entertainment, Elf Communication, Toho, and Tsuburaya will jointly establish a new company to jointly operate the overseas business of the entire Ultraman series.

This company is called "Ultraman International", and Yunshang Entertainment, Elf Entertainment, and Elf Communication hold a total of 67% of the shares, so the new company can be said to be under our control."

After Kitahara Eri finished speaking, Hanyu Hideki immediately said, "This is really good news. It seems that Toho and Tsuburaya have not realized the potential of the Ultraman series overseas."

But after saying that, he immediately added, "Maybe they realize it, but they don't have the ability to develop overseas, so they choose us."

Kitahara Eri said, "I am more inclined to the latter. Their previous overseas development of Ultraman was just a random sale of copyrights without any planning at all.

Now it is obvious that they intend to rely on us to invest manpower, effort and money to open up the market, and then they will sit back and reap the benefits, directly sharing the final profits. "

Hanyu Hideki comforted him, "After all, the copyright belongs to them. We want to make money, so it is only natural that we pay."

Kitahara Eri continued, "In addition to this matter, the 8th Tektronix Exhibition will be held in Chiba Prefecture later this month. The main exhibits of Elf Entertainment are the improved Pokeball color screen handheld game console and the EGP arcade platform."

"Before I knew it, it's already the eighth session?" Hanyu Hideki said with some emotion.

Although the E3 exhibition has moved to April and changed its format to a media exhibition that favors media and sellers, its importance in the industry has gradually surpassed that of the "ETTO Exhibition" with the support of the North American market.

However, as the first formal, systematic and large-scale electronic game exhibition in this time and space, the "TEKTO Exhibition" is still unique in terms of popularity among players and influence on public opinion.

Every year when it is held, it attracts a large number of game manufacturers and players from all over the world to participate in the exhibition.

Today's "TEKTO Exhibition" has become the largest event in the field of electronic games.

Kitahara Eri said, "The first one was held in 83, and now it is the eighth one, but I want to ask, do you want to participate in this year's Tokyo Electric Exhibition?"

Hanyu Hideki thought about his upcoming schedule and finally replied, "Forget it, I won't participate."

"Okay, I'll inform President Iwata."

Kitahara Eri said this and then changed her tone and said, "But you must come to participate in the next event no matter what."

"Haha! I'd like to hear if there's anything I can't refuse."

Hideki Hanyu pretends to be arrogant.

Then he heard Kitahara Eri say, "I'm getting married."

"What?" Hanyu Hideki was a little confused for a moment. "Getting married seems to require an engagement before that. When did you get engaged? How come I didn't know about it?"

Kitahara Eri replied, "Both Kosan and I are very busy, so after careful discussion, we decided to skip the engagement and hold the wedding directly in Hokkaido."

Hanyu Hideki said with emotion, "What a surprise, I didn't expect that you, Kitahara-san, would also get married."

Kitahara Eri said angrily, "I'm already 30 years old, is it weird to get married?

Besides, it’s not surprising that I’m getting married. It would be surprising if Hanyu-san chose to get married someday.”

"Then you may not be able to wait until that day comes."

Hanyu Hideki answered firmly, at least for now he had no intention of getting married.

Kitahara Eri knew that her good friend Hideki Hanyu didn't like others interfering in her relationship issues, so she didn't mention the topic much.

She turned and told Hanyu Hideki directly, "May 26th is my wedding day, Hanyu-san, please don't be late."

Hanyu Hideki patted his chest and assured, "Don't worry, Kitahara-san, I will only arrive early for this kind of thing, and I will never be late."

"Then let's talk about this. I need to take a rest. Bye."

"Bye-Bye."

After saying goodbye to Kitahara Eri and finally finishing his phone social engagements, Hanyu Hideki began to think about it in his mind.

He is going to Hokkaido to attend a wedding in May. What kind of wedding gift should he prepare for Kitahara Eri? Should he just give her a big red envelope, or give her a house in Tokyo, or even some company shares?

But he felt someone was looking at him from behind.

Clearly, he had just come to the second-floor balcony of the Malibu mansion in order to avoid being disturbed while making a phone call, and he did not bring anyone with him.

Following his feeling, Hanyu Hideki turned his head and saw five women, Sherilyn Fenn, Jennifer Connelly, Sybil, etc., sitting in the small hall behind the balcony. He didn't know when they came.

Anyway, at this moment, the five women were staring at him with burning eyes, as if they wanted to eat him. No wonder his feelings were so obvious.

Only then did Hanyu Hideki realize that although he was done with the phone call with the world's richest man, the "trouble" around him had not been resolved yet.

Just think about the red carpet qualification for an Oscar award ceremony, which can cause these women to fight openly and secretly for it.

His newly crowned status as the world's richest man will only drive these women even crazier.

"Mr.'s call finally ended."

When Sherilyn Fenn saw that Hanyu Hideki was no longer on the phone, she immediately came closer, deliberately touching his body, with a charming look and seductive voice.

"I have been waiting for you, sir."

Jennifer Connelly also came over and together with Sherilyn Fenn occupied all of Hanyu Hideki's space, working together to keep the other three women out.

Hideki Hanyu, who had been on the phone for several hours, was just trying to relax when he saw the beautiful woman coming up to him. He immediately raised Jennifer Connelly's chin and asked.

"What are you waiting for me to do?"

"I chose a new swimsuit in the cloakroom and wanted to ask Mr. to help me see if it looks good."

As Jennifer Connelly spoke, she had already taken off the gauze dress she was wearing.

A set of hot, sexy and bold bikini swimsuit appeared in the eyes of the scumbag.

Of course, what attracted Hanyu Hideki was definitely not the swimsuit, but the person wearing the swimsuit.

"Yes, I like it very much, but the sunlight here is too glaring. Let's change places and take a closer look."

As Hanyu Hideki spoke, he had already put his arms around the slender waists of the two beauties and headed straight for the bedroom.

Although the other three women did not get a favorable position, they could not give up just like that, so they naturally followed closely behind.

As for what happens next?
Of course, five beauties performed a dress-up show for the scumbag.

As for the specific details, please use your imagination.

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March 5th.

After spending two days having fun with five beauties in a mansion on the Malibu beach, Hideki Hanyu, who had finally cooled off his anger, returned to Los Angeles.

However, his destination today is not downtown Los Angeles, but the satellite city of Burbank.

The new headquarters of Yunshang Pictures is now available for use. No matter how much of a hands-off boss he is, he should go and take a look at the site to avoid being confused about which way the door faces in the future.

As for the opening of the new headquarters, Century City’s Cloud Pictures Building will not be abandoned. Several floors will be retained as branches, and the rest will probably be rented out.

Anyway, there is no difficulty in renting houses in Century City, and the rent is expensive. The rent every year is more than enough for him to support a few beautiful stars in Hollywood.

As for the five women, they were sent away one after another by Hideki Hanyu when the Rolls-Royce passed through Los Angeles.

The three Sybil girls were first sent to the New Century Agency.

After spending two days with him, Hanyu Hideki, as the new richest man in the world, was naturally not stingy.

Before getting off the car, he handed each of them a check for an amount that was more than they had earned from working hard to make two movies.

Of course, Sherilyn Fenn and Jennifer Connelly, who got off the car later, were also included.

But compared to those three unknown people, the "reward" of these two people is naturally greater.

In addition to money, Hideki Hanyu also wanted Jennifer Connelly, although he did not agree to take her to walk the red carpet on Oscar night after hooking her up for two days.

However, he also said that he would ask Yunshang Pictures to get her an invitation to the awards ceremony where she could walk the red carpet.

In fact, for Hideki Hanyu, even without the relationship with Yunshang Pictures, it would be easy to get an invitation for Jennifer Connelly.

Because several of his companies are sponsors of the Academy Awards.

For example, the important luxury brands under Ayi International, such as Elf Entertainment and Elf Communication, and the Blockbuster video rental chain affiliated to Elf Entertainment, etc.

As a sponsor, they are qualified to recommend their own spokesperson to participate in the Oscars.

This is also a common shortcut used by many domestic celebrities in later generations to walk the Oscar red carpet without being invited.

However, by this time, the spots for these companies to walk the red carpet have already been confirmed.

Especially for the luxury brands operated by Ayi International, Hollywood male and female stars have gone through countless bloody battles to compete for the positions of their spokespersons.

If Hideki Hanyu arranged for Jennifer Connelly to replace one of them to walk the red carpet at this time, he wouldn't care, because no Hollywood star dared to mess with him anyway.

But for Jennifer Connelly, it is definitely beneficial and harmless, as she will be hated by many people in the industry.

Of course, the most important reason is that he does not want to rashly interfere in the management of the company for the sake of a woman, disrupt normal operations, and thus cause the hard work of his subordinates to go to waste.

At least, Jennifer Connelly wasn't worthy enough for him to do that.

After sending all the women away, Hideki Hanyu went straight to Burbank.

The distance from downtown Los Angeles to Burbank is less than 20 kilometers.

Although they are two cities, you can't feel it when driving. When Hanyu Hideki was thinking about something else, Marco reminded him that they had arrived.

After getting off the car, he found himself at the headquarters of Cloud Pictures in Burbank.

The biggest difference between the original Century City headquarters and the current Burbank headquarters is that the former is just a solitary building, while the latter does not even have a building higher than three stories.

The tallest office building here is only three stories high, and most of them are even only two stories high.

The exterior design is also ordinary. If it weren't for the Yunshang Pictures logo on the roof, outsiders would never guess that this area is the headquarters of a film company.

Only in the pancake-style urban agglomeration planning of North America can we see headquarters designs that make such great use of land.

But I have to say that compared to those towering buildings, this kind of low-rise building looks more comfortable.

Led by the employees, Hanyu Hideki headed towards the main building where the management was located.

But what he didn't expect was that just as he approached the entrance of the main building, he saw Fred Weber being dragged by a white man with a short beard and being loudly questioned.

Judging from the man's indignant expression, it was obviously not a pleasant thing.

Seeing this, Hanyu Hideki couldn't help but complain in his heart, why is it that every time he comes to his company, he always sees unexpected excitement?
He went to the Century City headquarters before, and Menahan Golan and the media blocked the door.

This time when I came to the Burbank headquarters, I encountered unknown people blocking the door again.

Of course it's nice to watch the fun.

But the problem is, he is only seeing the excitement in his own company.

Seven thousand five today, I tried my best!

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(End of this chapter)