Traveling through the Tokyo bubble era

Chapter 881: Comprehensive Competition with Sony
On April 7th, the sun was shining brightly in Hawaii in the morning. Rie Miyazawa, who had just celebrated her birthday yesterday, went shopping in downtown Honolulu early with Saori Hirohashi and accompanied by Kaoru Chiba.

As for Hideki Hanyu, he sat comfortably under the eaves of his water holiday home, enjoying the blue sea and sky while talking on the phone.

On the phone, his subordinates were reporting to him on the outside world's reactions after the Universal Pictures press conference.

In America, this matter was naturally widely discussed by the media.

However, due to Hideki Hanyu's clever operation and the extremely confusing name of America Entertainment Investments, the treatment of Universal Pictures in American public opinion and among the people at this time was completely different from that of Sony's acquisition of Columbia.

When Sony acquired Columbia, it was criticized by America from top to bottom, and had to announce that even if it acquired Columbia, it would not interfere with Columbia's business and would retain the original management team.

But even so, it has not changed America's xenophobia in the slightest.

In contrast, the acquired MCA Universal was directly broken into pieces and became a completely new entertainment and media group.

But because the company that led the acquisition and ultimately held controlling stakes was called "America Entertainment Investment Corporation," and Joseph Stern stated that it was an American company.

Naturally, everyone ignored Yunshang Entertainment, which holds more than one-third of the shares, and also ignored the change of ownership of Universal Music, the loss of control of Universal Studios, and the fact that the new Universal Pictures management team is basically composed of people from the original Yunshang Pictures.

So, don't overestimate the wisdom of the masses, especially the wisdom of the American people.

After all, this is a place where consumers wear "Made in PRC" and boycott "Made in China".

As long as Mr. Smith from the upper class is full, he doesn't care about the so-called national interests or the feelings of the lower classes.

There was a lot of discussion in America, and Japan was also reporting on the incident very enthusiastically.

Different from overseas publicity, in the media in Japan, the Yunshang Group focused on promoting Yunshang Entertainment’s role in the acquisition and its control over Universal Pictures, and deliberately downplayed the co-acquirer, America Entertainment Investments.

With such deliberate propaganda, the Japanese media and the public naturally reached a climax again.

After all, Japan's stock market has been falling for more than five months in a row, and the economy is visibly declining. When everything seems to be very bad, suddenly there is good news that makes the national pride burst. The strong reaction is understandable.

However, as expected, Hideki Hanyu, the founder of Yunshang Entertainment, was once again pushed to the forefront of public opinion.

From becoming the world's richest man, to winning the International Hans Christian Andersen Award, to now acquiring Universal Pictures.

At this time, Hideki Hanyu has become a true neon light and a national pride recognized by everyone.

Even though Hideki Hanyu didn't care about it at all, he even felt a little disgusted.

But there is no way. Due to economic reasons, the social atmosphere in Japan is somewhat sluggish, and everyone from top to bottom needs a role model like him to boost morale.

This also made him feel fortunate that leaving Neon early to avoid the limelight was indeed a wise decision.

After all, the news has just spread, and the media's attention to this matter is crazy.

If he still stayed in Neon at this moment, with several hot spots coming together, he might be stripped naked by the crazy media.

Faced with this situation, Hideki Hanyu couldn't help but sigh that the story of being the world's richest man while being so low-key that no one knows about him, and pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger, does not exist in reality.

On the phone, the subordinates' reports continued.

The door behind him was suddenly pushed open, and Noriko Sakai, wearing a short skirt and looking as pure as a schoolgirl, walked in.

The girl's walking posture was a little awkward, which was obviously caused by the scumbag's carelessness last night. After all, Noriko Sakai, who was doing it for the first time, could never be a match for Hideki Hanyu.

At this time, Noriko Sakai held a fruit plate in her hand, squatted down close to Hanyu Hideki, and began to feed Hanyu Hideki carefully.

Hideki Hanyu, who was answering the phone, looked at Noriko Sakai, who was so well-behaved and sensible and trying her best to please him.

Thinking back to last night, no matter what excessive requests he made, the other party tried her best to satisfy them, and even agreed directly to his joking suggestion of getting a butterfly tattoo.

I suddenly understood why in another time and space, Noriko Sakai's love and marriage were so bad, and why her life ended so miserably.

Influenced by her original family, this girl's people-pleasing personality is too serious.

Coupled with the social and cultural influence of Japan itself, once Noriko Sakai falls in love, only her lover is left in her eyes, and she doesn't care about her own feelings at all.

No wonder Noriko Sakai in another time and space would be willing to ruin her life for her husband after suffering domestic violence and cheating.

Looking at Noriko Sakai squatting and feeding him fruit, Hanyu Hideki felt that it was okay to please her, but not to be so humble.

So he patted the girl and signaled with his eyes that Noriko Sakai didn't need to do so.

But who would have thought that the next moment, Noriko Sakai lifted her skirt and sat directly on Hideki Hanyu's lap, starting a move that Hideki Hanyu had never expected.

Obviously, the girl misunderstood what Hanyu Hideki meant.

"Uh--"

The scumbag couldn't help himself and made a strange noise.

Misunderstandings are misunderstandings. Being happy is the most important thing.

"That's all for today. We'll talk about other things next time."

Hideki Hanyu immediately hung up the phone and reached out to grab Noriko Sakai's hair.

……

After a long time, still under the same roof.

Noriko Sakai, who made Hanyu Hideki happy, left with a fruit plate. The fruits in the plate had been consumed by them during the previous activity.

Because of what happened last night, Hideki Hanyu specifically gave a heads-up to Michiko Iijima, so Noriko Sakai doesn't need to participate in the filming today.

With Iijima Michiho's experience, he immediately understood what had happened between Noriko Sakai and his teacher, and he began to plan silently in his mind how to arrange Noriko Sakai's career next.

Although Noriko Sakai made her debut with the gimmick of the Koshien poster girl, her subsequent career development has been mediocre and her popularity has remained mediocre.

Although she is not famous, there are many people who like Noriko Sakai, and she even has many fans overseas.

Advertisers, in particular, particularly like to invite Noriko Sakai to shoot commercials.

Noriko Sakai, who has always been following the pure and sweet route, is one of the few artists on Yunshang Entertainment who is still following the orthodox idol route.

Perhaps it's because the market trend has changed, and Noriko Sakai always feels a little away from becoming truly famous.

All along, Iijima Michi had no idea how Guy would arrange for Noriko Sakai.

Now that I have a relationship with Mr. Hanyu, I might as well take this opportunity to consult him. Perhaps I can hear different opinions from him.

While Michimi Iijima was still thinking about Noriko Sakai's career development, Noriko Sakai returned to Hideki Hanyu's water holiday home and spoke cautiously to him.

"Sir, **** and **** are here to see you. They are outside the door now."

The two people that Noriko Sakai was talking about were the two mixed-race models from Stardust Communications that Hideki Hanyu hooked up with the day before yesterday.

"Do you really want me to let them in?" Hideki Hanyu looked at Noriko Sakai with a strange expression.

He just couldn't believe that this girl could be so humble that she didn't even have a bit of selfishness and could watch him find another woman without being jealous.

Noriko Sakai lowered her head slightly, avoiding Hanyu Hideki's sight, and whispered, "I will obey you in everything, sir."

"But I want to hear your answer."

Hanyu Hideki reached out and lifted up Noriko Sakai's chin to stop her from dodging. "Look at me and answer. Do you really want me to let them in?"

Faced with the domineering Hideki Hanyu, Noriko Sakai opened her mouth several times before finally squeezing out a sentence.

"I do not want to."

Hanyu Hideki let go of her hand and said, "That's right, then let them leave. You are the mistress here now."

When she heard the word "hostess", Noriko Sakai's eyes suddenly filled with undisguised happiness.

"I'll go and get them to leave."

After saying this, Noriko Sakai walked out happily and let the two leave.

When she returned to the house, she found that Hideki Hanyu was looking at her strangely.

The girl felt a little embarrassed when she was stared at. "Sir, is there anything wrong with me?"

Hanyu Hideki said, "I like you like this. You are a beautiful woman, so you should be confident and not always try to please others."

"I...I understand. Thank you sir."

Hideki Hanyu's words obviously touched Noriko Sakai's heart.

"Come here." Hanyu Hideki hooked his finger.

The girl didn't understand why, but still approached Hanyu Hideki.

The scumbag took the girl into his arms and asked maliciously, "You drove them away, so you have to make it up to me next."

"It was just now..." Noriko Sakai retorted with a blushing face.

But Hanyu Hideki interrupted directly, "Just now was just now, now is now."

As he said this, he pointed his finger at Noriko Sakai's cherry lips.

Noriko Sakai immediately understood what Hideki Hanyu meant. Without Hanyu Hideki saying anything, she leaned down and served him.

……

A happy life is always short.

Noriko Sakai, who has just become Hanyu Hideki's woman, is so addicted to him that she wishes she could stay with him 24 hours a day.

But as time came to April 11th, everyone's location shooting was completed, and she had to return to Neon with Iijima Michi.

After all, in addition to shooting on location, Neon has other work waiting for her.

But Noriko Sakai is not the only one who doesn't want to leave.

All the people who came to shoot the location live in Hanyu Hideki's resort, and after work every day, they enjoy the unprecedented luxury vacation life. Who would want to leave? Of course, some people are not greedy for pleasure.

For example, Michi Iijima has been sincerely learning from Hideki Hanyu these days, and she has definitely benefited a lot from listening to Hanyu Hideki talk about the future of the Japanese male idol market.

It also made her admire her teacher Hideki Hanyu even more.

In the view of Michimi Iijima, Hideki Hanyu has always had a vision that is far ahead of his time.

When Yunshang Entertainment was founded, Yamaguchi Momoe had just retired, and all of her peers wanted to create their own Yamaguchi Momoe in the post-Yamaguchi Momoe era.

However, Hideki Hanyu did not follow the trend, but instead created non-traditional idol groups. Starting from Genki Girls, to Children of the Sun, F4, SHINee and other groups, all of which prove Hanyu Hideki's success.

But just when the idol business of Yunshang Entertainment was at its peak, Akina Nakamori was crowned the first "Queen of Pop", and its groups were invincible, Hideki Hanyu believed that idols would eventually decline and that the next era would be the era of rock bands.

Then, with the explosion of Band Heaven, the success of XJ, B'z, and What Dreams May Come, the band's rise was unstoppable.

Once again, Hideki Hanyu's judgment was proved correct.

But now, the band wave is just beginning.

However, Hanyu Hideki is already planning the future idol market and the subdivision of male idols.

Although everything has not happened yet, Hideki Hanyu's previous success made Iijima Michi choose to believe in Hideki Hanyu without hesitation.

So Iijima Michi didn't want to leave, and wanted Hanyu Hideki to tell her more so that she could better understand my future trend.

But with all the news coming from Japan and a lot of matters waiting for her to deal with at Yunshang Arts, it was impossible for her to stay in Hawaii forever.

So despite being reluctant, Michiko Iijima still led the team to leave Baisha Bay Manor on the 10th and return to Neon.

As soon as Iijima Michi led his team away, Baisha Bay Manor immediately became quiet.

Hirohashi Saori and Miyazawa Rie also suddenly lost a lot of playmates.

After all, because of Hirohashi Asako, those artists would always use various means to take the opportunity to get closer to the two girls after work, hoping to indirectly win Hirohashi Asako's favor.

Now that they had fewer playmates, the two girls couldn't help feeling bored.

Of course, Miyazawa Rie and Hirohashi Saori are not the only ones who are bored.

The same is true for Hideki Hanyu.

All the beauties have left, and now he is completely alone in the empty room.

The most important thing is that after staying in Baishawan Manor for almost a week, he still couldn't find out any gossip about Kudo Shizuka's love triangle.

This made Hideki Hanyu, who was only focused on watching the show, extremely depressed.

During that period, he even asked Noriko Sakai too many questions, which made Noriko Sakai mistakenly think that he was interested in Shizuka Kudo.

In response to this, Hanyu Hideki said, "She is not my type, she is too thin, her body is skinny, and it is definitely not comfortable to touch her.

The most important thing is, didn’t you notice that her face is a little crooked? "

When Noriko Sakai heard the last part, she asked in surprise, "Really? How come I didn't see that?"

Hanyu Hideki explained, "She is still young now, and her face is supported by collagen, so it doesn't look obvious, but it will be very obvious in a few years.

Believe me, she will age very quickly."

……

Thinking back to Noriko Sakai, who was always obedient and tried to please him, the scumbag felt a little reluctant to let her go.

However, this reluctance only lasted until the next day, and was forgotten by Hideki Hanyu because of the arrival of Hirohashi Asako.

In Baisha Bay Manor, Hirohashi Asako brought the latest news about Universal Pictures and AMC Cinemas.

As for AMC Cinemas, Hirohashi Asako took the opportunity of dealing with the Globe Theater to take action against the management of AMC Cinemas.

A large number of AMC Cinemas "old employees" who refused to obey the unified management of Crescent Cinemas were either demoted and exiled, transferred from key positions, or resigned voluntarily.

In just one week, Hirohashi Asako let the AMC Theaters management see the tough tactics and vigorous and decisive work style of the Queen of Neon Media.

For AMC Theaters and industry insiders who are concerned about this matter, the riot at the Globe Theater was ultimately blamed on AMC Theaters, and it instantly made everyone feel that the American Theaters chain had suffered a major earthquake.

But for Hirohashi Asako, this was just a small problem that she solved while on a business trip to America.

Therefore, she spoke a few words to Hanyu Hideki about this matter and then turned to talk about another matter.

Hirohashi Asako first asked, "Hanyu-san, do you know that there is a movie produced by Yunshang Pictures that will be released soon?"

"Is there?" Hanyu Hideki couldn't remember for a moment.

Hirohashi Asako reminded, "Of course, it was the last film we released in cooperation with Columbia."

Hanyu Hideki suddenly said, "I remember which movie it was. It was Peter Jackson's Black Comedy."

Hirohashi Asako said, "That's right. The reason why Hanyu-san didn't know is because Columbia didn't invest the corresponding resources in the distribution of this film."

Hanyu Hideki chuckled, "What's this? Are you angry because we have Universal Pictures and we won't renew the contract with them?"

Hirohashi Asako was a little confused. "Logically speaking, although the major Hollywood studios compete with each other, they also cooperate with each other. There is no reason for Columbia to do such a thing."

"Haha, just because Columbia doesn't know how to do it doesn't mean others won't."

It is obvious who Hideki Hanyu is referring to.

Hirohashi Asako said helplessly, "I didn't expect that in Hollywood, we would still have to compete with Sony."

"It's not just Hollywood, Sony..."

Hideki Hanyu briefly told Asako Hirohashi about the cooperation between Sony and Nintendo.

Hirohashi Asako didn't know much about the gaming industry, but she still said firmly, "I believe Hanyu-san will definitely win."

"That's for sure. At the E3 Expo at the end of this month, I will let Sony see how powerful Genie Entertainment is."

Hanyu Hideki said confidently, and then turned to invite Hirohashi Asako, "Asako-san, would you like to come and watch the fun?"

Hirohashi Asako waved her hands repeatedly, "I'd rather not go. I'll just play with the two kids for a few more days. There will definitely be a lot of things waiting for me to deal with when I return to Tokyo."

"We'll talk about going back when we get back. It's a rare opportunity for you to come out, so don't think about work."

"That's right. I'm sorry to bother you next."

……

Time flies and the date comes to April 15th.

In the evening, the Yunshang landed at Haneda International Airport.

After finishing their vacation in Hawaii, Hanyu Hideki, Hirohashi Asako, Hirohashi Saori and Miyazawa Rie returned to Tokyo.

At this time, ten days had passed since Universal Pictures' press conference, and the related news heat had long passed.

Although the media will inevitably continue to follow up on Hideki Hanyu's reappearance, it is unlikely that they will be as crazy as when the news first appeared.

Outside the airport exit, Hirohashi Asako said goodbye to Hanyu Hideki and left first with two girls who were reluctant to leave Hanyu Hideki.

After the three people left, Hideki Hanyu turned around and got into the car that came to pick him up.

The vehicle started, and Hanyu Hideki immediately ordered Marco to go to Shirokanedai in the port area.

After finishing work, Akina Nakamori is resting at home, and Hideki Hanyu can't wait to see the beauty.

Just as he finished speaking, Ishihara Tomoe, who was sitting in the passenger seat, told Hanyu Hideki something.

"Teacher Hanyu, Mr. Yukio Tanaka just contacted me. I hope you can call him back after you get off the plane."

"I see."

Hideki Hanyu was not in a hurry to contact Yukio Tanaka, mainly because he was worried that the guy would ask him to go out and fool around, which would affect his meeting with Akina Nakamori.

Soon, the car arrived at Shirokane Taichung hosted by Akina Mori.

Hideki Hanyu opened the door and entered. Akina Nakamori, who had heard the noise and was waiting at the door, immediately stepped forward and jumped into the arms of the scumbag.

The next moment, the two of them kissed each other passionately.

The war started at the entrance hall and ended on the big bed in the bedroom on the second floor.

Satisfied, Hideki Hanyu finally remembered to call Yukio Tanaka back.

He held the naked beauty in one hand and picked up the bedside phone with the other hand and dialed Tanaka's home number.

But no one answered the call, so Hideki Hanyu had to call Yukio Tanaka's mobile phone.

This time the call was connected.

When Yukio Tanaka answered the phone and heard that it was Hideki Hanyu, he immediately extended an invitation.

"Hanyu-kun, I am in Hakone with my family now. We will celebrate my birthday here tomorrow. Would you like to come, my uncle?"

"I will be there tomorrow."

Hideki Hanyu said tomorrow, but as soon as he hung up the phone, he immediately patted the beauty in his arms.

"Akina, accompany me to the hot springs in Hakone."

Nakamori Akina, who was exhausted from being tortured by Hanyu Hideki, asked lazily, "When?"

"Now."

(End of this chapter)