Traveling through the Tokyo bubble era

Chapter 858 Master of the World

When Hideki Hanyu said those cold and ruthless words, even Alan Horn and Fred Weber felt a chill.

But at this time, Hideki Hanyu spoke again.

“We don’t have to be the bad guys, we just hope some people will behave themselves.

Moreover, being in charge of a large group like Universal is different from managing Castle Rock and Cloud Nine Pictures in the past. Even the smallest problems will be magnified in that huge system and then turn into serious disasters.

I have high hopes for both of you. Even after MCA Universal is split up and the four major groups develop independently, Universal Pictures will still be the main focus.

As future managers of Universal Pictures, you must start adjusting your mindset now so that you can quickly enter the management state."

After hearing these words, Alan Horn and Fred Weber felt inexplicably warm in their hearts.

Because in their opinion, Hideki Hanyu treats them differently from the senior executives of Universal.

To Hideki Hanyu, they are at least “one of our own”.

Alan Horn immediately stated, "I understand. I will strictly follow your request."

Fred Weber nodded as well, "I will try to do my job as well."

Hanyu Hideki smiled and waved his hand, "Okay, now that we've finished the serious topic, let's talk about something else."

Then he turned to Fred Webber and asked, "Has the copyright deal for Terminator been completed?"

Fred Weber replied, "The people in the legal department are in charge. I haven't asked for the details yet. I'll call them over now."

After Fred Weber finished speaking, he called an employee from the legal department over.

The employee saw that the three top executives of the company were all present, especially Hideki Hanyu, the world's richest man, and he stumbled while reporting.

There's nothing we can do about it, since the employee is a girl.

And Hideki Hanyu is not only rich, but also looks so good that he seems like he came out of a fantasy.

Ordinary people do not have strong enough mental qualities, and just standing in front of Hideki Hanyu will cause them to involuntarily develop a strong sense of inferiority.

"I...our negotiations with Hemdale have concluded. In the end, we bought the rights to the Terminator movies for seven million dollars, but that does not include the first Terminator movie."

After listening to the female employee's report, Hanyu Hideki asked directly, "The film copyright of Terminator 1 is still in the hands of Cameron's ex-wife Gale Anne Hurd's company, right?"

The female employee replied, “Yes, and she also holds part of the copyright of the Terminator series, but it does not affect the launch of our new project.”

Hanyu Hideki instructed, "Then the next task of the Legal Department is to find Gale Anne Hurd and buy the film rights of Terminator 1 and take back the remaining copyrights of the Terminator series."

The female employee quickly replied, "Yes, boss."

Hanyu Hideki emphasized, “It must be completed.”

The female employee followed suit and reassured, "We will definitely finish it."

Hideki Hanyu did not doubt the female employee's words.

After most of the copyrights of Terminator were acquired by Cloud Pictures, the first movie and the remaining copyrights no longer had much meaning and value to Cameron's ex-wife Gale Anne Hurd.

As a large company with overwhelming strength, Hideki Hanyu has too many ways to force Gale Anne Hurd to hand over the movie and copyright.

But this is just a last resort. We must use courtesy before force when doing things. Yunshang Pictures will give a reasonable price, even a price higher than the market price, which is definitely enough to satisfy Gail Anne Hurd's appetite.

After giving these instructions, Hanyu Hideki asked the female employee to leave first.

Next, he talked with Alan Horn and Fred Webber about the details of taking over MCA Universal. They had lunch together and did not leave until the afternoon.

After leaving Cloud Pictures, Hideki Hanyu returned to Los Angeles, but he did not go home directly. Instead, he went to a private theater in West Los Angeles first.

Liu Xiaoli's Jinghong Dance Troupe came to Los Angeles and rehearsed and performed in this theater.

The official performances will be held tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. Today, the dance troupe is having its final rehearsal. Hanyu Hideki feels that since he has been hanging around outside for so long, it is time for him to come here and take a look.

After all, the song and dance troupe was established with his support.

Even this theater was rented through the relationship with Yunshang Pictures.

To do this, he had to pay $40,000 a day, which was $280,000 a week.

Taking into account the actors' food and lodging, transportation, props, and other miscellaneous expenses, the cost of the Jinghong Dance Company's stay in Los Angeles for a week was directly around $500,000.

So far, the Jinghong Dance Company has been touring in America for a month, and the total cost has already exceeded one million and five hundred thousand US dollars.

That was $1990 million in , enough to invest in five or six startups in Silicon Valley.

With such a huge expenditure, it is naturally far from enough to recover the cost by relying solely on the ticket revenue from the Jinghong Song and Dance Troupe's performances.

Even if we take into account the funding from local Chinese organizations, I'm afraid we won't be able to make back even half of it in the end.

So for the past month, the seemingly prosperous Jinghong Dance Troupe was actually supported entirely by the financial support of Hideki Hanyu.

As the team leader, Liu Xiaoli was naturally very clear about all of this.

She knew that it was Hideki Hanyu who paid the price for her to pursue her dream.

Even though Hanyu Hideki didn't take this little money seriously, she kept it in mind and thought about doubling her love for Hanyu Hideki.

Especially in recent days, I have been busy with the dance troupe's rehearsals. Although I know that Hideki Hanyu is very busy with work, I have not been able to take good care of him.

Especially since she only found out today that Hideki Hanyu was named the world's richest man by Forbes magazine, she felt even more that she had not taken good care of Hideki Hanyu and had failed to fulfill her responsibilities as a woman, and she couldn't help but feel a deep sense of guilt.

Because of this, Hanyu Hideki had just entered the theater in the afternoon and had not had time to enjoy the rehearsal of the beautiful girls before he was dragged directly into the backstage lounge by Liu Xiaoli.

"You must be exhausted from working so hard these days. After being reported by Forbes, you must be harassed by the media. You worked so hard to come to our rehearsal. Take a rest first. I'll give you a massage."

After hearing what Lady Liu said, Hanyu Hideki's head was full of question marks.

Busy with work?
Although he did do some work, it was definitely not busy.

And after the party, there are sunshine, beaches, and beauties in bikinis. Life is so comfortable.

As for being tired?
1V5 may seem difficult, but for him whose physical fitness has improved again, it is not a problem at all. He does it with ease and even feels a little unsatisfied.

There was also a report in Forbes magazine.

After the report came out yesterday, he has not appeared in public. Besides, he is not a celebrity, so he has not encountered any media harassment.

But then again, feeling the beauty's hands kneading him, Hanyu Hideki felt that it would be better not to explain and just endure it all silently.

Soon, such a conversation was heard in the lounge.

"It's a bit tiring indeed, and your technique is really good."

"Really? I learned this from Silna."

“She also knows how to give massages?”

"She has quite a lot of skills. She said she learned it from the masters in the song and dance troupe in Xinjiang."

"Yes, go a little further down, they need your help more."

"Humph! What are you thinking about?"

"You locked the door."

"I did it for... um..."

"The lipstick smells good, I like it."

“You… ouch!”

"Keep your voice down. I won't be responsible if your group members hear it."

……

After a while, Hanyu Hideki, with a calm face, and Liu Xiaoli, with a blush on her pretty face, left the lounge and appeared on the theater stage.

After a delay, Liu Xiaoli immediately returned to directing the rehearsal.

Hideki Hanyu found a chair and sat down to watch the dance troupe's rehearsal.

Just then, a pair of eyes came over, and Hanyu Hideki followed the gaze and found that it was Silna whom he met when they were introduced last time.

For some reason, the moment this beauty from Western Xinjiang looked into his eyes, her big watery eyes suddenly showed shyness, her pretty face slightly blushed, and she quickly avoided his sight.

Hideki Hanyu doesn't care much about this.

After all, because of his appearance, there are too many girls who have had such reactions when facing him over the years.

But he hadn't been sitting there for long when Liu Xiaoli's senior sister sat next to him and said to him unintentionally.

"Just now a member of the group told me that you have arrived, sir. I didn't see you, and asked Silna to look for you. Didn't she go?"

Upon hearing this, Hanyu Hideki immediately guessed why Silna suddenly became shy when she looked at him just now.

However, facing this senior sister, he just casually explained, "Xiao Li took me to visit your backstage, maybe she didn't find it."

The senior sister didn't care about this matter. After hearing Hanyu Hideki's explanation, she asked about other things.

"Will you come to watch the official performance in Los Angeles tomorrow, sir?"

Hanyu Hideki replied, "Of course, and I will also come to the performance the day after tomorrow. Please reserve a few tickets for me and I will invite my friends to come and support me."

The senior sister asked, "Okay, how many do you want?"

"I'll tell you when I'm sure tonight."

After finishing his speech, Hanyu Hideki reminded the group members, “There may be media interviews on the last day of the performance, so please inform the group members in advance.”

When she heard about the media, the senior sister immediately became a little nervous, "Do I need to be trained in advance? Are there any taboos? What can and cannot be said?"

Hanyu Hideki hastened to comfort them, "Don't be nervous, I have arranged all the media, just tell the girls not to be nervous, even if they say something wrong, it doesn't matter, my people will review the content of the report."

The senior sister breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good."

Hanyu Hideki smiled and said, "But you must not only be prepared in America, but also before returning home, because the report I arranged this time is not for Americans to see, but for the people in China to see.

As soon as the report comes out, I will immediately arrange for people to return to Asia and China. When you return, you will be returning with honors.”

After Hanyu Hideki said this, the senior sister became nervous again.

"Will there be any problem with doing this?"

Hanyu Hideki said nonchalantly, "What's the problem? It's just a matter of switching from export to domestic sales. As long as it works, the development of the dance troupe will be easier."

When Hanyu Hideki said this, he felt inexplicably emotional.

Although his current investment in the country seems to be going smoothly, it is still just a small matter compared to future development.

The reason is that it is too early and domestic restrictions have not yet been officially lifted.

Many times, his business was not so legitimate and he adopted the approach of “special matters are handled specially”.

So whether it is the chorus or his investment, we still need to wait patiently.

But this time won’t be too long.

After the major events of next year happen one after another, it will be the time to really show your talents.

Next, Hanyu Hideki chatted with his senior sister while watching the dance troupe's rehearsal.

The dance troupe's rehearsal didn't end until it got dark outside.

Because there was a performance the next day, Hanyu Hideki did not disturb the dance troupe too much. After the performance, he took Liu Xiaoli and everyone else and said goodbye and left.

The two were not in a hurry to go back, but instead traveled around Los Angeles, enjoying the night view, tasting delicious food, and enjoying a rare time alone together.

……

March 6th, Jingzhe, Tuesday.

After Hanyu Hideki and Liu Xiaoli left the Hibiscus Garden in the morning, they immediately separated. Liu Xiaoli went to the theater to prepare for the performance.

According to the itinerary, Hideki Hanyu went to the headquarters of Pixar Animation Studios in the suburbs of Los Angeles.

Although he often read work reports, he knew that the scale of Pixar Animation Studios was constantly expanding.

But when I arrived at the site today, I found that the expansion he expected was still conservative.

After meeting Pixar President Edwin Catmull, the other party told him that the current Pixar Animation Studios has a staff size of 200 people.

The last time Hideki Hanyu came, the number was only ninety-six.

It can be said that in the past period of time, Pixar has doubled in size.

According to Edwin Catmull, the number of staff at Pixar Animation Studios has increased, and in addition to key technical personnel, there are also many creative staff.

For example, the addition of a large number of professional screenwriters has enabled Pixar to make great progress in animation creativity.

Among them, Hideki Hanyu saw many familiar names, such as Andrew Stanton and Pete Docter, two great screenwriters.

The Toy Story series, the Cars series, the Finding Nemo series, the Wall-E series, Monsters, Inc., A Bug’s Life, Inside Out, Up…

Even the "Bouncing Light" animated short film, which will be completed next year and will be Pixar's opening logo, was created by these two screenwriters.

Of course, compared to their success in 3D animated films, their achievements in live-action films and TV series can only be described as flops.

Especially the former Andrew Stanton, who directed Disney's later flop "John Carter".

There is also the Netflix version of "The Three-Body Problem", which Hideki Hanyu can't help but complain about whenever he thinks of it. The other party is also one of the co-directors.

So after seeing these two people, although Hideki Hanyu was happy in his heart, he secretly decided to only let them work in the animation field.

If the two of them can't let it go, especially if Andrew Stanton wants to try live-action movies, they must decisively give this big baby to Disney.

After learning about Pixar's recent situation, Hideki Hanyu treated everyone to a meal at noon as usual and enjoyed pizza with everyone. He successfully showed his face to check in, and then left decisively.

Although Pixar Studios is growing stronger today, it is still accumulating technology and does not have the ability to launch 3D animation for albums.

However, thanks to its extraordinary technical capabilities, Pixar now receives a lot of advertisements, and people are asking him for less and less money.

But since the investment was no longer needed, Edwin Catmull proposed another thing, which was to move Pixar Animation Studios.

Because with the continuous expansion, the current headquarters of Pixar Animation Studios has gradually been unable to meet the development needs of Pixar.

In response, Hideki Hanyu continued to show the spirit of a hands-off boss and just left a sentence to Edwin Catmull.

"You are responsible for choosing the location of the new headquarters. Just let me know when you have decided."

As for Pixar, all he needs to know is that it is still developing along its normal trajectory.

Anyway, Pixar has no chance to appear in the short term.

……

After leaving Pixar, Hideki Hanyu's next stop is naturally West Hollywood, the theater where the Amazing Dance Company performs.

After all, yesterday the beauty satisfied him in various ways, starting from the lounge, to the Ferris wheel under the night sky, and finally in every room of Hibiscus Garden after returning home.

So he certainly can't go back on his word and gain weight.

Although the important guest he specially invited to hype up the song and dance troupe will not appear until tomorrow night, the hype reports by the relevant media have already begun today.

So when he arrived at the theater, as soon as he got off the car, he saw a lot of reporters shooting materials with little interest.

It can be seen that these reporters have no interest in the Jinghong Dance Troupe and were only sent here by their superiors because of Hideki Hanyu's activities.

The reporter's attitude also caused Hideki Hanyu to overlook one thing.

That is, although the reporter was not interested in the Jinghong Song and Dance Troupe, he was interested in other news.

For example, he is the youngest richest man in the world who has just emerged but has not accepted any interviews and his whereabouts have always been unclear.

So when he just approached the theater and was recognized by one of the reporters, those people immediately rushed towards him as if they were injected with chicken blood, shouting all kinds of questions.

Fortunately, the bodyguards around him were smart and capable, with reliable professional qualities. They protected him at the first moment and prevented him from being knocked down by the excited reporters.

Fearing an accident, Hanyu Hideki could only say to Marco, "Take me in first."

Then he ignored the reporters' questions and was escorted into the theater by bodyguards in silence.

As soon as he entered the theater, Liu Xiaoli rushed over and asked with concern, "Honey, are you okay?"

Seeing that the other person still had makeup on her face and was obviously preparing to perform on stage, Hanyu Hideki waved his hand and said nonchalantly.

"I'm fine, it was just a small incident. I was a little careless and forgot about the Forbes report."

This is indeed his fault. After Forbes magazine's list of the world's billionaires came out, his assistant had told him that a large number of media outlets around the world wanted to interview him.

However, because he kept his whereabouts secret and had not appeared in public in the past few days, he did not feel the public attention on him at all.

Therefore, today, although he knew that the media were present, he still showed up without any disguise, and ended up running into the trap of these reporters who were desperate for big news.

Seeing that Liu Xiaoli wanted to ask something, he immediately advised, "Okay, go prepare for the performance. You can talk about anything you want to say after it's over."

"Then I'll go backstage."

"Go."

After sending Liu Xiaoli away, Hideki Hanyu went to watch the performance as normal.

Nothing unexpected happened during the whole process.

Although some audience members seemed to recognize him, Hanyu Hideki went backstage immediately after the show and did not give these people a chance to approach him.

Backstage, Hideki Hanyu found Liu Xiaoli who was taking her bow, and handed her a big bouquet of flowers prepared by her assistant, while saying:

"Congratulations on the success of the performance. I was unable to attend the first show to congratulate you, so I'll make it up to you now."

Seeing this, the beauty was so moved that she didn't even bother to take off her makeup and rushed into the scumbag's arms and gave him a passionate kiss.

In an instant, the entire backstage was filled with the booing of the troupe members.

Hideki Hanyu, who is used to big scenes, was not stage-frightened at all. He waved his hand and expressed his feelings to everyone.

"Today it's just you, the leader, but when it's all over tomorrow, everyone will get a present."

When the voice died down, the backstage was once again filled with the cheers of girls.

But after hearing what Hanyu Hideki said, Liu Xiaoli asked curiously, "They will all have gifts tomorrow, what about me?"

Hanyu Hideki replied, "You have a surprise."

"What surprise?"

"You'll find out tomorrow."

……

Wednesday, March 7th.

In the bedroom of Hibiscus Garden, the charming and mature beauty was still sleeping, but Hideki Hanyu had already gotten up early.

With a low roar, the yellow Lamborghini driven by Hideki Hanyu rushed out of the gate of Hibiscus Garden like an arrow, left Los Angeles and headed straight for Burbank.

When Hideki Hanyu arrived at the headquarters of Cloud Pictures in Burbank, he found that Alan Horn and Fred Webber had arrived earlier than him.

Especially Alan Horn, who was still holding the phone and talking to someone.

When Hanyu Hideki appeared, Alan Horn immediately pointed to the receiver and said, "It's Ms. Hirohashi from Neon."

Upon hearing this, Hanyu Hideki immediately stepped forward to answer the phone and jokingly asked the person on the other end, "Is Asako-san not off work yet?"

As expected, Hirohashi Asako's voice came from the other end, "It's only five o'clock in Tokyo now, and I'm usually still in the company at this time.

Moreover, Mr. Hanyu said that MCA Global will give us accurate information today. How can I feel at ease without an answer?

Not only me, Ito-san and Yoshioka-san are also sitting next to me at this moment. "

Hanyu Hideki immediately said, "Don't worry, I will inform you as soon as there is news."

"Then I'll wait for news from Hanyu-san."

"no problem."

The two ended the call at this point.

Hideki Hanyu hung up the phone, sat down on the empty space on the sofa in the room, and picked up a newspaper from the bookshelf next to him. Coincidentally, it was one of the media who met him at the theater entrance last night.

A photo of his back surrounded by bodyguards was clearly printed on the front page.

The title probably means that the world's youngest richest man, who has just been born, made a low-key appearance at the West Hollywood Theater to watch a musical performance.

The content is basically some introduction about his wealth and identity, which is completely meaningless.

However, this media outlet was still conscientious and knew how to do things according to the money, so it forcibly included the news about the Jinghong Song and Dance Troupe in its report.

Taking advantage of the fact that he was watching the performance of the Jinghong Dance Troupe, he indirectly praised the Jinghong Dance Troupe.

He said that only excellent musical performances could attract the richest man to come and so on and so forth…

Seeing this, Hideki Hanyu was amused by the media.

But his smile made Fred Weber next to him feel a little uneasy.

"Boss, aren't you nervous at all?"

Hideki Hanyu put down the newspaper and looked at Fred Weber in confusion.

"Why should I be nervous? I'm the buyer who spent $6.5 billion. I'm the party that paid the money.

If anyone is going to be nervous, it should be MCA Global. If I suddenly regret not buying it, where can they find a buyer as generous as me? "

Fred Weber scratched his head. "That sounds reasonable."

"It doesn't make sense, but it's the truth."

Hideki Hanyu was puzzled. When he first met Fred Weber, he seemed to be an experienced, smart and capable Jewish guy. But how come he became such a "stupid guy" after working for him for such a long time?

Is it because I haven’t exercised enough?
It seems that once MCA Universal is acquired, this guy will have to be given more responsibilities and find more work and things to do.

Just when Hanyu Hideki made a secret decision in his heart, the phone not far away suddenly rang, and Alan Horn, who was sitting next to him, immediately answered the phone.

"Okay, help me get it in quickly."

After Alan Horn finished speaking, he quickly said to Hanyu Hideki, "Lou Wasserman from MCA Global."

Hanyu Hideki stood up and walked over, picked up the phone and put it to his ear.

Soon, Lou Wasserman's voice was heard from the other side.

“I’m Lou Wasserman.”

Hanyu Hideki replied, “I am Hanyu Hideki.”

"Mr. Hanyu, after discussion among all the directors of MCA Global, we have decided..."

Hideki Hanyu held the phone and listened quietly.

After a moment, under the expectant eyes of Alan Horn and Fred Weber, Hideki Hanyu slowly put down the phone.

The next moment, a brilliant smile appeared on his elf-like handsome face.

"Everyone, from today on, we are the masters of the world!"

(End of this chapter)