Traveling through the Tokyo bubble era

Chapter 900 People are in the arena and can’t help themselves.

In Adachi Ward, in a commercial building facing the street next to the Oeda River, Hideki Hanyu stood on the top floor, looking at the street scene of Adachi Ward.

Of course, although it is called the top floor, there are actually only four floors in this building, so Hideki Hanyu’s perspective at this time is not as high as imagined.

The building was not in business and all floors were still under renovation, but it seemed that Hideki Hanyu's arrival had suspended the construction, and all the workers had left, leaving the entire building empty.

Marco and his bodyguards surrounded Hideki Hanyu on the rooftop.

Next to Hideki Hanyu stood a middle-aged man with a smile on his face.

The other person's name is Miyajima Yuichi, and he comes from a prominent family in Kawasaki City.

But none of this is important today. What is important is the fact that the other party came to see Hanyu Hideki today and the forces behind them.

These forces have a "long history" and have long been sticking to their local areas and old-fashioned traditions. Although they have no social interactions with Hideki Hanyu, the newly rising upper-class upstart in Japan, they also do not want to make enemies.

But many times, the development of certain things will not change because of people's subjective will.

As Hideki Hanyu's business empire continued to expand, his business tentacles inevitably began to extend to the surrounding areas.

First, Sky Telecom Co., Ltd. took advantage of the turmoil caused by the Recruit bribery case to acquire a large number of regional branches and subsidiaries of Neon Telephone Co., Ltd. and began to enter the areas where these traditional forces were located to carry out business operations.

Soon after, the Origin Group took advantage of the Honma bribery case and the desperate attempts of local forces to silence witnesses to expand its business scope to the Kanto region.

Under such circumstances, even if these traditional forces don't want to, they have to deal with Hideki Hanyu, who controls a large number of basic livelihood industries.

It just so happened that they were deeply implicated in the Honma bribery case and had to cooperate with Hanyu Hideki.

Therefore, the old guys behind the scenes discussed together and sent out Miyajima Yuichi as a representative to cooperate with Hanyu Hideki.

However, after meeting, Hanyu Hideki was not in a hurry to talk business with the other party, but chatted casually about everything.

Although Miyajima Yuichi is almost twenty years older than Hanyu Hideki, his tone of voice is cautious and he carefully compliments every word of Hanyu Hideki.

For example, at this moment, Hanyu Hideki mentioned that the building they were in was bought by him.

Yuichi Miyajima praised the building in various ways, saying that it had a good design, a good location, and even the surrounding environment was good.

But when Hideki Hanyu heard this, he just laughed secretly and shook his head.

It wasn't Miyajima Yuichi who was laughing, but the other person's words.

If these words fell into the ears of those people in the six central districts of Tokyo, they would probably laugh at Miyajima Yuichi and call him an ignorant country bumpkin.

Adachi Ward is at the bottom of the contempt chain among Tokyo's 23 wards.

The Japanese are best at being falsely polite and smiling on the surface, but in their hearts they are rolling their eyes and complaining loudly.

Even so, many Tokyoites who are not from Adachi Ward, when they meet someone from Adachi Ward, can only compliment them by saying, "So you are from Adachi Ward, sir/madam. I've heard that the air there is very good."

Listen, there is nothing else to say except that the air is good.

Translated, this is equivalent to saying that you came from a remote countryside, a typical lower-class person, and have nothing good to offer except the unpolluted air.

"Shitamachi" was concentrated in coastal and riverside areas in ancient Japan, and was a gathering place for civilians, craftsmen, and merchants.

In ancient Japan, there were no riverside mansions or seaside villas. At that time, these "shitamachi" along the rivers and coasts were places where the lowly common people lived.

Adachi District, through which the Oeda River passes, was a famous downtown area in Japan long ago.

Of course, perhaps in the eyes of those "noble" Tokyo locals, this "nouveau riche" from Sendai is not as good as the people from the lower towns of Adachi Ward.

Anyway, as a "superior person" living in Tokyo's Minato Ward, many people privately complain about him, saying that he is just a lucky country boy.

Many people secretly reported him about these remarks.

In response, Hideki Hanyu just laughed it off.

The bad habits of people in Hong Kong will remain the same even after a few decades.

Even in a place as big as P, people still have to divide things into different levels.

In Hideki Hanyu's eyes, they are nothing but a bunch of pitiful creatures, showing off their insignificant sense of superiority and making everyone laugh.

In response to Yuichi Miyajima's flattery, Hideki Hanyu spoke slowly.

"This is just an ordinary commercial building. I bought it just to help Elf Entertainment experiment with a new business model."

“A new business model?”

Miyajima Yuichi looked puzzled, not understanding why Hanyu Hideki suddenly said this.

Hanyu Hideki didn't care whether Miyajima Yuichi understood or not, and started explaining on his own.

"In the past, Elf Entertainment only had one offline store, Elf Show, which was used to sell Elf Entertainment consoles, handheld game consoles, electronic pets, games, various peripheral products, and some games and products from platform partners.

Although there are arcade, handheld and console gaming areas, their main purpose is for promotion and organizing offline activities, not for business operations.

However, as the Elf Entertainment Platform grew larger and larger, the original Elf Show play area could no longer meet consumer demand. Even the cooperating game developers hoped that we could expand our business in this area.

Therefore, after consulting with the senior management of Elf Entertainment and its partners, I decided to operate the amusement area business separately.

This building is being prepared to be the first test store, which will no longer have any relationship with the Genie Show and will have its own independent name, Game City.

Although Miyajima Yuichi still didn't know the meaning of what Hanyu Hideki told him, he still asked in confusion, "Game City doesn't have the prefix of Elf Entertainment?"

“Because it does not only belong to Elf Entertainment, but also to all partners. In my plan, Game City will be a large-scale comprehensive entertainment city in the future, with not only electronic games, but also a variety of other entertainment methods.

One-stop entertainment services can meet the entertainment needs of different age groups and different groups of people." Hideki Hanyu explained.

The name Game City actually belongs to Nintendo in another time and space, but in this time and space, Nintendo is oppressed by Pokemon Entertainment and is barely surviving, so naturally it has no ability to join forces with partners to run an entertainment city.

However, Miyajima Yuichi keenly caught a problem and immediately asked tentatively, "Does Mr. Hanyu's Game City include pachinko business?"

Upon hearing this, Hanyu Hideki did not give a precise answer, but said something ambiguous, "We will consider it in Neon."

If I will consider it, it means it is possible.

Perhaps in Hideki Hanyu's heart, this is the reason why he is unwilling to give Game City the title of Elf Entertainment.

Not to mention overseas, but in Japan, once it involves the gray industry, Hideki Hanyu will never let Elf Entertainment get involved.

Although under the influence of Hideki Hanyu, Elf Entertainment has spent a lot of money in recent years to develop and acquire many technical patents for pachinko machines, and owns the theme copyrights of various pachinko machines.

However, Elf Entertainment did not directly participate in the operation of pachinko, but indirectly participated in this industry by licensing it to the Neon Pachinko Copyright Business Alliance.

Since Yuichi Miyajima was sent to cooperate with Hideki Hanyu, he certainly couldn't be a fool, so he immediately heard the hidden meaning of Hideki Hanyu's words.

Knowing that if Elf Entertainment went down, Game City would definitely have a big impact, he immediately asked in an eager tone.

“I wonder if Mr. Hanyu’s Game City is considering a cooperative expansion model?”

Hanyu Hideki saw that Miyajima Yuichi wanted to seek cooperation in Game City. He actually had this in mind, after all, Game City was a complex place, and if he wanted to gain a foothold in Japan, he had to cooperate with local forces.

Nowadays, no matter what Hideki Hanyu wants to do, making money has never been the most important goal, and the same is true for the emergence of Game City.

At least that's the case in Neon.

The establishment of the Pachinko Copyright Business Alliance has given him a huge voice in this industry, but it has also provided him with an opportunity to establish interest connections with many gray forces.

But this alone is not enough. These gray forces are just guys living in the sewers. They may do some shady things on weekdays, but they can forget about doing anything in the open.

This time, because of the matter of Ben Jian and others, these forces in the Kanto region united to find him, and he naturally would not miss such a good opportunity.

They worked together to solve the troubles left by Honma and his gang, but that was just an excuse given by Hanyu Hideki.

What Hideki Hanyu really wants is to reveal the news about Game City now and then "lure" these forces to cooperate with him.

The ultimate goal, of course, is to use Game City as a link to build a preliminary network of interests with forces in Kanto.

Furthermore, with the example of the Kanto region, he will have more opportunities to make profits, making this "network" increasingly larger and tighter.

It has become an instinct for Hideki Hanyu to always think about strengthening his strength and expanding his influence.

Perhaps he was deeply aware that to reach his current position was like rowing against the current, and if he did not move forward he would fall behind.

If one day he were to fall from the clouds, I'm afraid those who coveted and hated him would not even give him the chance to live a stable life.

Today's him.

Or be so powerful that everyone looks up to him and fears him.

Or you will be completely defeated and shattered.

The so-called middle "choice" does not exist for him at all.

He just wants to be a "dog" for others, but I'm afraid others won't trust him.

People in the arena involuntarily.

Thinking of this, Hanyu Hideki replied to Miyajima Yuichi, "Of course we have to cooperate, but there is no rush now. Let's deal with the current situation first."

As Hanyu Hideki was speaking, his eyes had already fallen on a black Toyota approaching on the street in the distance.

Upon hearing this, Yuichi Miyajima seemed to realize something and followed Hanyu Hideki's gaze, looking towards the black Toyota.

at the same time.

In the black Toyota, the person sitting in the back seat was not someone else, but Honma who had just been released.

However, at this time, Honma no longer had the relaxed look he had when he was released on bail and saw the light of day again.

He looked at the surrounding streets and asked the driver in a puzzled tone, "Where did you take me? This is not the port area at all."

"Mr. Honma, this is indeed not Minato-ku, this is Adachi-ku."

"Asshole! Why did you bring me here? Turn around now, I want to go back to the harbor!"

Honma realized that something was wrong and yelled.

However, the driver, who had respectfully bought newspapers for Honma before, turned a deaf ear to Honma's scolding and orders and continued to drive the car forward.

Upon seeing this, Honma began to pull the door handle inside the car with force, as if he wanted to jump out of the speeding car.

But after a crazy pull, what was waiting for Honma was not an open car door, but a black muzzle of a gun sticking out from the front seat.

"Mr. Honma, if I were you, I wouldn't continue to do stupid things."

Facing the gun pointed at his head, Honma calmed down instantly.

He asked in a trembling voice, "Who... who is it? Who bribed you?"

He could never have imagined that this driver who had worked for him for several years would one day point a gun at him.

Who would have thought that after hearing his words, the driver replied with a cold smile, "Bribe me? Sorry, since I became Mr. Honma's driver, I have only worked for one person."

After hearing this, how could Honma not understand that the driver he carefully selected was actually an "undercover" sent by someone several years ago.

"So, who is your boss?" Honma really wanted to know the answer.

"Mr. Honma, you will know soon."

As the driver was speaking, the vehicle had already driven into an alley next to a street-facing building.

The next moment the car drove in, several men in black pulled up the "under construction" isolation fence and completely blocked the alley.

On the rooftop, Hanyu Hideki, who witnessed all this, retracted his gaze and turned to Miyajima Yuichi.

"Well, the last person has arrived, let's go downstairs and meet our old friend."

"Okay, sir."

Miyajima Yuichi responded and hurriedly followed Hanyu Hideki.

However, when they reached the stairs, Miyajima Yuichi saw two beautiful women walking out of the door, one on the left and one on the right, holding Hanyu Hideki's arms, looking intimate, and their relationship was obviously not ordinary.

Moreover, these two beauties look very familiar, they should be stars from the entertainment industry.

This also made Miyajima Yuichi couldn't help but sigh in his heart that Hanyu Hideki really deserves the name of a playboy. He did not forget to bring two beauties to an occasion like today.

But Miyajima Yuichi didn't know that there was another reason why these two beauties appeared here.

Because these two beauties are not others, they are Yumi Takigawa and Yuko Furutegawa.

(Taki & Kote, photo)
The reason why Hideki Hanyu brought the two women here was naturally because he had his own plans.

Many years ago, when Tokura Shunichi introduced him to Honma and others, these two women were used by Honma and others as pawns to verify his ideas.

Although in the end the two women successfully escaped from the "devil's cave" of Honma's gang because of his appearance.

But the panic-stricken look of the two women that night always left a deep impression on Hanyu Hideki and is always engraved in the hearts of the two women.

Today, things are changing.

Honma and his gang have completely fallen into disgrace, and it is time for Hanyu Hideki to help the two women clear their inner demons.

Of course, Hideki Hanyu also wants to see it.

What will be the reaction and expression of the Honma gang, who were in a high and mighty position and threatened the two women, now that their positions have been reversed?

Making up for last night’s work. Besides today’s, it seems I still owe one day’s work, so I’ll try my best to write.

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(End of this chapter)