Traveling through the Tokyo bubble era

Chapter 889 Believe in our efforts and enjoy the joy of success

As soon as Hanyu Hideki said these words as if a host was welcoming a guest, Kutaragi Ken's expression immediately changed.

Although the newly established Sony Interactive Entertainment is no match for Elf Entertainment in the gaming industry, the Sony Group behind Ken Kutaragi gives him enough confidence.

Therefore, when Hanyu Hideki finished speaking, Kutaragi Ken said bluntly.

“President Hanyu, video games are not the private property of Elf Entertainment.

And Sony has never failed in what it wants to do.”

Ken Kutaragi, who once admired Hideki Hanyu, once wanted to promote cooperation between Sony and Genie Entertainment.

But who could have imagined that now they would be on the opposing sides of competition.

Under such circumstances, the original admiration turned into fear.

The desire to cooperate also disappeared, and the only thing left was to fight to the death.

Facing Ken Kutaragi who had gradually become serious, Hideki Hanyu still maintained a nonchalant smile.

“Of course I don’t doubt Sony’s strength, but I’m afraid even President Morita can’t say in front of me that we have never failed.

It’s good to be confident, but too much confidence is arrogance.”

Ken Kutaragi, who originally wanted to use the Sony Group to suppress Hideki Hanyu, wanted to refute after hearing what Hanyu Hideki said, but he didn't know what to say for a long time.

After all, it seems that what Hideki Hanyu said is correct.

Sony Group has indeed failed in the face of Hanyu Hideki, especially in the competition with Hanyu Hideki in the entertainment industry, Sony has failed more than once.
Even in Hollywood, because Cloud Pictures did not renew its contract with Universal Pictures after acquiring it, the group also instructed Columbia to make changes to Cloud Pictures' film distribution, which directly led to the box office failure of Cloud Pictures' new film.

This not-so-honorable method is not recognized by many people even within Sony, let alone in the eyes of the outside world.

The big Hollywood studios both compete and cooperate with each other. When they compete, no one will say anything if they trip each other up, but when they cooperate, they will also maintain a bottom line.

Ordinary movie fans may not be aware of Sony's petty actions, but they are quite despised by Hollywood industry practitioners.

Any aspiring filmmaker would hesitate to work with Columbia Pictures under Sony after learning about this.

All I can say is that Sony's short-term investment in a movie produced by Huang Yunshang Pictures seems to have caused a loss for Huang Yunshang Pictures.

But in the long run, this incident has a very bad impact on Columbia in the industry.

The loss outweighs the gain, and it harms both others and yourself is enough to describe it.

Although Ken Kutaragi does not work for Sony Entertainment, he has heard a lot of things and understands that Sony, which he represents, has no right to say that it has never failed when facing Hideki Hanyu.

At the same time, Ken Kutaragi is only the president of Sony Corporation. If he really wants to discuss right and wrong with Hideki Hanyu, he must find someone of the level of Akio Morita. He himself is indeed not qualified.

Thinking of this, a barely perceptible embarrassment flashed across Ken Kutaragi's face, who had just boasted.

However, this instantaneous change was keenly captured by Hideki Hanyu.

He understands that the current Ken Kutaragi is still too immature and lacks the awareness of a manager. He is far from being the "Father of the PS Console", "Dictator of Sony Interactive Entertainment", and "Sony Steve Jobs" from another time and space.

Although the other party was more than ten years older than him, he had too little experience and training for being in a high position.

Not mature enough, and not thick-skinned enough.

At this point, Hanyu Hideki didn't want to get entangled with the opponent any more.

After all, as he said, the two people who once admired each other and worked together are now on different levels in terms of status and position.

The video game market is now Ken Kutaragi's entire world.

But for Hideki Hanyu, even Elf Entertainment is just a part of his career.

"Although President Kutaragi's expression is not accurate enough, his confidence is still worth affirming. I will personally attend Sony's media conference tomorrow. I hope Mr. Kutaragi will not let me down."

After Hanyu Hideki finished speaking, without waiting for Kutaragi Ken's response, he walked straight past Kutaragi Ken with the huge crowd behind him.

Seeing this, people from Sony and Nintendo quickly made way and watched Hideki Hanyu leave.

As for Nintendo of North America's president Minoru Arakawa, who followed Kutaragi to work out, Hanyu Hideki never even greeted him, let alone looked at him directly.

For Hideki Hanyu, Nintendo, once his most formidable rival, has long been left far behind by Pokemon Entertainment.

Even Genie Entertainment and Nintendo didn't have a fair head-on confrontation. They just kept doing their own things, and then of course Nintendo was defeated.

If Nintendo and Sony had not suddenly joined forces, I'm afraid that Hideki Hanyu would have swallowed Nintendo in one gulp at the suggestion of Eiichi Jimbo.

But it doesn’t matter, just because you can’t swallow it now doesn’t mean you won’t have the chance in the future.

So what if they join forces with Sony? At worst, we can defeat them together and make it impossible for them to make a comeback.

Kutaragi has confidence in Sony.

But Hideki Hanyu has more confidence in Elf Entertainment.

After all, everything in Elf Entertainment was proceeding in an orderly manner according to his arrangements.

The future is yours.

……

After moving away from Ken Kutaragi, Hideki Hanyu slowly stopped.

He turned his head and looked at the people behind him. "This is the end of my visit to the site today. Thank you all for your company. I will say goodbye. Goodbye."

Upon hearing this, everyone said goodbye to Hanyu Hideki.

After some polite exchanges, Hideki Hanyu left the E3 exhibition venue with his entourage.

After going out, Chiba Xun asked Hanyu Hideki, "President, where are we going next?"

Hanyu Hideki casually took out a card and threw it to Chiba Kaoru, "You don't have to follow me this afternoon. The credit limit on this card is all yours. Go buy something you like, and don't forget to bring gifts for the seniors."

The "Chiba Kaoru's predecessor" that Hanyu Hideki mentioned is naturally referring to Ishihara Tomoe and Kamimura Reiko who are in the assistant office.

"Thank you teacher!"

Qianye Xun took the credit card with golden light, smiled, and thanked with excitement.

After all, Hideki Hanyu has always been generous, and the limit of this credit card is definitely not a small amount.

Of course, she couldn't just spend money on herself. Her two seniors, Tomoe Ishihara and Reiko Kamimura, would definitely be there. Other colleagues also had to bring gifts. This was already a basic benefit of traveling with Hanyu Hideki.

"Go."

Hanyu Hideki waved his hand and got into the black Rolls-Royce provided by the hotel that was parked in front of him.

After closing the car door, he told Marco, who was driving, an address and ordered, "Go to this hotel."

Marco asked in confusion, "Didn't the boss just tell me to tell Ms. Nakamori and Ms. Koizumi that I would go back to the hotel to accompany them after work?"

Not long ago, when Hideki Hanyu was giving a speech to his subordinates in the exhibition area, Akina Nakamori and Kyoko Koizumi, who had just woken up in the hotel, called Hanyu Hideki and asked about his arrangements for this afternoon.

The busy Hanyu Hideki asked Marco to reply on his behalf, saying that he would return to the hotel after work and would accompany the two of them to play in Las Vegas.

But now he wants to go somewhere else, obviously he is planning to break the appointment.

"Of course I have other plans. Just treat it as if the work is not finished."

Hanyu Hideki answered nonchalantly, and then explained seriously, "Although they are both very beautiful, they will lose their freshness after being together for a long time, so it is necessary to separate them appropriately."

When Marco heard this, he knew that the boss must have other arrangements.

Maybe, there will be other beauties waiting for you at the address you are going to next.

But what Marco didn't expect was that when he arrived at the hotel where the address was, the person that Hanyu Hideki was waiting for from the hotel was not a beautiful woman, but a white man.

Marco knew this person, he was Michael Crichton, the author of the science fiction novel "Jurassic Park" which has recently become very popular in America.

It was then that Marco remembered that at the party that Hideki Hanyu was attending in Beverly Hills, he seemed to have invited Michael Clayton to Las Vegas to attend Genie Entertainment's media conference at the E3 Expo.

After Michael Clayton got in the car, he immediately said to Hanyu Hideki, "I thought you were going to take me to the exhibition site."

"The exhibitors are still preparing, the scene is a mess, and a lot of content is not available to see in order to avoid early exposure, so even if you go, you won't see anything."

Hideki Hanyu explained to Michael Crichton.

The other party arrived this morning and contacted him as soon as he arrived in Las Vegas.

Hideki Hanyu just asked the other party to wait for him in the hotel temporarily and did not bring him to the exhibition site for the reason he gave.

But more often than not, Hideki Hanyu was busy with work in the morning and really couldn't spare the time to deal with Michael Clayton.

Of course, Michael Clayton was just asking casually. After hearing what Hanyu Hideki said, he looked at the Las Vegas street view outside the car window and asked.

"Since we're not going to the exhibition, where are we going now? To the casino?"

“In Las Vegas, there are so many fun things besides exhibitions and casinos, but it’s too early now and most of them haven’t started yet.

So we're going to have lunch first, then go to a fashion show together, and then we can go out and have a night out in Vegas."

Michael Clayton looked puzzled when he heard what Hanyu Hideki said.

"Fashion show?"

According to Michael Clayton's understanding, it is really difficult to connect the gambling city of Las Vegas with fashion shows.

"In addition to food, entertainment and gambling, the other three major industries in Las Vegas are shopping. It has the most complete range of luxury stores in the world and the largest number of luxury duty-free shops in the United States.

In order to increase brand influence and expand sales in Las Vegas, many luxury brands hold exclusive product shows in Las Vegas at some time every year.

The show I am going to take you to see today is hosted by Dior."

After Hanyu Hideki finished explaining, Michael Clayton looked enlightened.

Although he didn't know why Hideki Hanyu took him to the show, since he was invited by Hideki Hanyu to Las Vegas, he would just follow Hanyu Hideki's arrangements.

Next, we will skip the process of the two having lunch.

After leaving the restaurant, Hideki Hanyu brought Michael Clayton to a large shopping mall and, under the guidance of the staff, sat in the back row of the show venue that had been set up.

The appearance of Hideki Hanyu also attracted many on-site managers to come and greet him respectfully.

Michael Clayton expressed doubt, "I feel like these staff members are a little too enthusiastic about you."

"It's simple, because I'm their boss."

Michael Clayton was surprised by Hanyu Hideki's words, "So, Dior..."

"Yes, I am Dio's boss."

Hideki Hanyu admitted it before Michael Clayton could finish speaking.

Michael Clayton spread his hands. "So you brought me here to inspect the work?"

"Not really."

Hideki Hanyu smiled mysteriously but did not explain any further.

While the two were waiting, the Dior theme show was also undergoing final preparations before it began, including adjustments to the stage, sound, lighting, and so on.

At the same time, guests who came to watch the fashion show also arrived one after another.

The vast majority of them are professional buyers and media practitioners, and of course there are also some invited celebrities.

Soon, Hideki Hanyu, who arrived first, was recognized.

The media were naturally surprised to see Hanyu Hideki and rushed to take pictures, preparing to use them as news material after the event. Some buyers, dealer representatives, and celebrities tried to get close to Hanyu Hideki.

But unfortunately, Hideki Hanyu had no intention of paying attention to these people and asked his bodyguards to stop everyone.

But not long after, Marco reported to Hanyu Hideki, "Boss, someone wants to see you."

After hearing Marco's words, Hideki Hanyu knew that the person who came was a little "special".

If he didn't know the person, Marco would not report it to him at all and would just stop him directly.

But if it was someone he knew and he was willing to see, Marco would certainly not stop him and would just let him in.

Now that I'm asking specifically, it's obvious that he knows him, but he's also someone that Hanyu Hideki has told me he doesn't want to see.

After all, in today's event, Hideki Hanyu was sitting in a public place and had no way to hide, so Marco had to ask.

Hideki Hanyu didn't ask who it was, but just turned his head and took a look.

Then he understood why Marco came to ask him.

The person who came was none other than Brooke Shields, who had had a relationship with Hideki Hanyu and was touted as the eighth wonder of Hollywood by the American media in the 1980s.

Hideki Hanyu did tell this woman that he didn't want to see her.

As for why...

It’s not that I’m tired of playing with scumbags, but I find it troublesome.

It was originally just a "simple friendship" between two people who were willing to do so. Hideki Hanyu enjoyed the beauty, and then gave money, gifts and resources to Brooke Shields.

But who would have thought that Brooke Shields had some other ideas.

Of course, it wasn’t like this at the beginning.

At the beginning, although Brooke Shields had some thoughts about the scumbag because she had lost her virginity to him and he was outstanding enough.

But at that time, Brooke Shields' main focus was still on her career.

Hideki Hanyu provided some resources and the other party started working hard.

But the problem is that Brooke Shields's professional ability is too poor, and her luck is not good. Although she will not suffer the tragic fate of being tarnished like in another time and space, her career has not improved at all, just like in another time and space, despite the repeated lack of resources given to her by Hanyu Hideki.

Then, this woman took the old path from another time and space, and began to try to gain fame in a different way by establishing her own persona.

What feminists, what environmentalists, what high-level intellectual women...

He published books and gave speeches. In short, he spent a lot of money and effort, but the effect can only be described as better than nothing.

Even though Brooke Shields also went to college, in terms of emotional intelligence and IQ, she is completely different from a certain Star Wars queen in later generations, so it is normal that her personality is not well established.

In addition, in this day and age, the version of social movements has not yet evolved to the level of later generations, and those character designs sometimes not only fail to attract attention, but instead cause public disgust.

The entertainment industry was having a hard time returning to its peak, and her plan to establish her own persona had failed miserably. Brooke Shields' mother saw that it was hopeless for her daughter to enter the upper class on her own, and ultimately she could only pin her hopes on another avenue.

That is to help her daughter find a husband who can help both mother and daughter enter the upper class.

At this time, Hideki Hanyu, who had a relationship with Brooke Shields, was willing to invest money and resources in Brooke Shields, was excellent enough, and was a super rich man, naturally became the first choice.

Then, without communicating with Hideki Hanyu, the mother and daughter intentionally or unintentionally hinted to the media that Brooke Shields' most precious first time had been given to someone.

There are even a lot of words used to show that one has a good relationship with someone and that the relationship will develop further.

And this someone, according to the description, all points to Hanyu Hideki.

Then when the news reached Hideki Hanyu, he was very unhappy with this practice of using the media to force the emperor to abdicate.

While he chose to completely ignore the two of them, he also completely cut off his connection with Brooke Shields.

Hideki Hanyu has never been interested in getting back what he has given away.

But don't even think about providing Brooke Shields with funds and related resources in the industry.

At this time, Brooke Shields and her daughter realized that something was wrong and wanted to make amends, but they could no longer contact Hideki Hanyu.

And all of this basically happened at the end of last year.

Hideki Hanyu didn't take this matter seriously and left it to his assistant.

Afterwards, he didn't care what Brooke Shields and her daughter did.

Apart from today, the last time he heard news about the mother and daughter was in March after he was named the world's richest man by Forbes magazine. When he was reading related news reports, a newspaper reported Brooke Shields' interview with the world's richest man in the entertainment section.

The content is full of various hints of guilt and love for him.

Then, of course, he was ignored by Hanyu Hideki.

Seeing Brooke Shields being embraced by bodyguards not far away, Hanyu Hideki finally remembered that he seemed to have given Brooke Shields a contract as Dior's North American brand ambassador last year. No wonder she appeared here.

But even though Brooke Shields was looking at Hideki Hanyu with pitiful eyes, and even though she was as beautiful as a flower, Hideki Hanyu was completely unmoved and his heart was calm.

After all, Hideki Hanyu has seen stars like this who will do anything to climb up the ladder, not to mention women, and he is no longer surprised by it.

He told Marco directly, "I don't want to see her. Tell her that if she continues to bother me, I can terminate the remaining two years of her contract with Dior right now."

"I understand."

Marco responded and turned to walk towards Brooke Shields.

After Hideki Hanyu finished speaking, he continued chatting with Michael Clayton without even looking at Brooke Shields.

Soon, as the time came to four o'clock in the afternoon, the Dior fashion show in Las Vegas officially began. When Hideki Hanyu turned his head to pay attention to the catwalk, he saw from the corner of his eye that Brooke Shields was looking at him with resentful eyes on the chair opposite.

But at this time, Hideki Hanyu's attention had shifted to other things.

It was a booklet sent by the person in charge of a Dior fashion show.

Hideki Hanyu was flipping through a booklet while watching the fashion show on the catwalk and writing something down in the booklet with a pen.

Seeing this, Michael Clayton asked curiously, "Are you looking at the exhibit catalogue?"

Hanyu Hideki shook his head and replied, "It's not a product album, but an information album for the models."

As Hanyu Hideki spoke, he showed the album in his hand to Michael Clayton, which indeed contained the information of each model.

From age to birthplace, from race to body shape, everything is included and very detailed.

Michael Clayton looked puzzled, "What are you looking at this for?"

Hanyu Hideki replied with a mysterious smile.

"Order."

Michael Clayton didn't react at this time, what did Hideki Hanyu mean.

But as the fashion show ended and the sky outside darkened, Hanyu Hideki took him to the rooftop of a hotel with an infinity pool and a performance stage, an area that had been reserved by Hanyu Hideki.

When Michael Clayton saw a dozen models with fair skin, beautiful faces and long legs who had just been walking on the catwalk appear in front of him, he immediately understood what dish Hideki Hanyu ordered.

Hideki Hanyu opened his arms to welcome Michael Clayton, "Michael, the beauties and fine wines of Las Vegas are waiting for you."

After saying that, Hideki Hanyu hugged two models who were fair-skinned, beautiful, and had hot bodies, and were said to be of Eastern European descent, and jumped into the swimming pool together amid the beauties' exclamations.

……

April 27th.

Even though Hanyu Hideki emerged from a pile of cosmetics, after a night of indulgence and defeating many beautiful women, he relied on his enchanting physique and showed no signs of fatigue.

After changing his clothes, he was refreshed and got into the car with great energy, heading to the E3 exhibition, ready to experience the most important moment of Elf Entertainment.

On the other hand, Michael Clayton was so tired in the morning that he couldn't be woken up even if he was called. Hanyu Hideki finally arranged for someone to drag him into the car.

Looking at Michael Clayton who started to get confused again after getting in the car, Hanyu Hideki remembered something the other party told him when they were playing last night.

Michael Crichton said that while he was working on the second film of "Jurassic Park," he was also polishing a TV script he wrote earlier, which was a medical story set in the emergency room.

As soon as Hideki Hanyu heard it, he knew that this must be "ER", the most classic and best medical drama in American history.

George Clooney, who later became a Hollywood superstar, was made famous by this series.

This series was set in another time and space. It was produced by Warner and began airing on NBC in 1994, eventually running for a full fifteen years.

He won numerous awards during this period, including twenty-one Emmy Awards alone.

Hideki Hanyu and Michael Crichton are close. In addition to liking each other's personality and being able to talk to each other, they are naturally interested in each other's works.

However, his main purpose is actually the Jurassic Park series.

After all, in another time and space, Universal made a fortune from the Jurassic Park series, and the total box office of the entire series, exceeding six billion US dollars, was just a small part of it.

What is truly valuable is the derivative value brought by this IP.

Home imaging products, peripheral products, theme parks, etc.

It is no exaggeration to say that it is a gold mine.

However, Hideki Hanyu did not expect that he would get unexpected rewards while hunting rabbits.

"ER" was actually created by Michael Crichton as early as 1974, but it was not taken seriously at the time.

In another time and space, Spielberg was optimistic about this script, and then when he co-created it with Michael Crichton, he happened to take a fancy to "Jurassic Park".

But in this time and space, everything is messed up because of the appearance of Hideki Hanyu.

But it doesn't matter. Spielberg is currently negotiating with Universal Pictures about the filming of "Jurassic Park", and he can just throw this medical drama in as a condition.

I believe that Lou Wasserman, who is now in charge of Globo Television, will definitely like the gift he prepared.

If such a classic drama produced by a powerful collaboration can be broadcast on Universal Television Network, it will surely greatly promote the development of Universal Television Network.

Just as Hideki Hanyu was thinking about Universal's future development plans, the car he was sitting in had unknowingly arrived at the E3 exhibition.

Compared to yesterday's deserted scene, the E3 exhibition that is about to open can only be described as crowded and bustling.

Although the opening time has not yet arrived, there is already a seemingly endless line of game enthusiasts waiting to enter the venue.

Fortunately, Hideki Hanyu can use the staff passage and does not have to squeeze through the gate with everyone else.

When Hideki Hanyu entered the venue and appeared at the Elf Entertainment booth with Michael Clayton, he was immediately grabbed by Satoru Iwata, who looked anxious.

"President, why did you come only now?"

Hanyu Hideki looked at his watch and said, "I don't think I'm late. There's still half an hour before the opening ceremony."

"But we are the first to go to the main booth to hold a media conference after the opening. President, don't you need to discuss your speech with me after you go on stage?"

As Iwata said this, he stuffed the prepared manuscript into Hanyu Hideki's hands.

Hideki Hanyu raised his hand to refuse, then pointed to his head and said.

"Everything about the PS2 is stored here."

After saying this, he patted Iwata, who was obviously extremely nervous, and comforted him.

“Don’t be nervous, our products will speak for themselves.

All you have to do next is to believe in our efforts and enjoy the joy of success.”

(End of this chapter)