Traveling through the Tokyo bubble era

Chapter 903: The Opportunity to Become the Leader
"That person has been looking for me again recently."

On the top floor of a high-end apartment building in Ikebukuro, Hideki Hanyu connected four residences and redesigned and renovated them into a bedroom in a super apartment.

The baseball girl in the fans' minds, the pure beauty Noriko Sakai, was lying naked on Hideki Hanyu's chest, having a tender chat after sex.

Hideki Hanyu, who was somewhat unsatisfied but had to temporarily cease fire because Noriko Sakai could not bear the conquest, asked with a puzzled look on his face after hearing Noriko Sakai's words.

"who's that person?"

But he soon realized, "Are you talking about Kudo Shizuka?"

Noriko Sakai nodded, "That's her."

"Tsk tsk... no wonder..."

Hanyu Hideki clicked his tongue and sighed.

Noriko Sakai was somewhat puzzled by Hanyu Hideki's half-hidden words, and asked curiously, "What is the president talking about?"

"Nothing, I just felt that she was really thick-skinned."

Hideki Hanyu made up an excuse to deal with it.

Of course, he couldn't tell Noriko Sakai. What he felt was that after what she had done before, Shizuka Kudo still had the nerve to contact Noriko Sakai again. No wonder she could achieve such success in the future.

When the Kitten Club was at its peak, Shizuka Kudo was not the most popular member.

Among all the female idols who debuted in the 1980s, although Kudo Shizuka had a heyday in the late 1980s, she was still several notches behind her predecessors such as Nakamori Akina, Matsuda Seiko, and Koizumi Kyoko.

But it is Shizuka Kudo, who, while being surrounded by handsome men in the circle, is voted as the most hated woman by the public, but in the end, her career, love and family are all happy and perfect.

As for those seniors who are more popular than Shizuka Kudo, those female idols who are on par with her in the same period, in the future they will either have a bumpy love life and a miserable marriage, or their careers will never recover and disappear silently.

This shows how skilled this woman is and how high her emotional intelligence is.

However, what Hideki Hanyu said in response to Noriko Sakai was not wrong.

For Shizuka Kudo to achieve the kind of success she had in her previous life, thick skin was an essential ability.

After all, if celebrities want to go high and far in the entertainment industry, they must not be too shameless, nor can they be measured by the values ​​and standards of ordinary people.

for example.

In another time and space, probably during this period, Shizuka Kudo became good friends with Miho Nakayama because of filming a TV series. They became so close that they could stay overnight at each other's homes.

You have to know that in Japan's society where interpersonal relationships are "courteous and reserved", this is only possible if the relationship is very good.

At that time, Nakayama Miho happened to be in a passionate relationship with Toshihiko Tahara of Johnny & Associates, and it was revealed that they traveled to Hawaii together.

But even in this situation, on this year's Fuji TV New Year special program, Shizuka Kudo and Toshihiko Tahara performed a passionate kiss like lovers on the spot.

It would have been fine if they just kissed passionately on the show, but later the media reported that the two of them were still in contact.

Miho Nakayama, who was poached by her best friend, was so angry that she went crazy in public in the media and completely broke off her friendship with Shizuka Kudo.

As a popular female artist, Miho Nakayama made such an ugly scene for a man. Her originally pure and sweet personality collapsed, causing irreparable impact on her career and even directly changing her personality direction.

The male protagonist of the incident, Toshihiko Tahara, also suffered a sharp decline in his personal image due to his emotional betrayal and cheating on his girlfriend's best friend. His popularity dropped, his concert was cancelled, and he fell out with Johnny's. He was eventually banned by his agency.

Throughout the entire incident, the innocent Miho Nakayama suffered an unprovoked disaster.

The career of the cheating scumbag Toshihiko Tahara suffered a devastating blow.

But in this situation, Shizuka Kudo, who was the instigator of this incident, betrayed her best friend and seduced her best friend's boyfriend, seemed to be unaffected.

His career continued as usual, and in terms of love life, he immediately hooked up with rock star Lin Jiashu.

Hideki Hanyu recalled two interesting things.

After Miho Nakayama died accidentally while taking a bath after estrangement from her best friend for more than 30 years, Shizuka Kudo suddenly came out to express her regret and missed Miho Nakayama's smile.

If it were someone else, people might have believed it, but when it comes to Shizuka Kudo, a scheming green tea girl, people always suspect that she is trying to gain popularity by taking advantage of a dead person.

After all, regardless of what she did in the past, just looking at how she later did a lot of similar things in order to pave the way for her two daughters to enter the entertainment industry.

Another interesting thing is that when Kudo Shizuka continued to kiss Tahara Toshihiko passionately on the show, her future husband Kimura Takuya was watching it with his own eyes.

Afterwards, Takuya Kimura, a junior of Toshihiko Tahara in the agency, knew the whole process of the cheating incident.

But even so, after leaving Hayashi Yoshiki, Kudo Shizuka was able to make Kimura Takuya, who was at the peak of his popularity, publicly choose to marry her at the cost of offending all his fans.

Looking back on all these things, Hanyu Hideki can't help but admire Shizuka Kudo, the top green tea and high-level player.

Thinking of this, he glanced at Noriko Sakai, who looked innocent and silly.

"Have you forgotten what happened before?"

Noriko Sakai shook her head, "I didn't."

"Then don't have to associate with her anymore, otherwise you, a silly girl, will be sold out by Kudo Shizuka and have to help her count the money."

As Hanyu Hideki saw him finish speaking, Noriko Sakai showed an unconvinced expression and opened her mouth as if she wanted to refute.

But she would never give this silly girl a chance to refute. She grabbed her head and pushed it down, decisively blocking her words with her action.

"Don't talk. Satisfy me first if you have the strength. If you are still so useless in the future, I won't come to you anymore."

Noriko Sakai, who has a serious people-pleasing personality, fell into intense self-blame when she heard Hideki Hanyu say that she was useless.

While thinking that she would work hard to exercise and satisfy her beloved, she also began to serve Hanyu Hideki desperately, not wanting Hanyu Hideki to "dislike" her again.

……

May 6th, morning.

At the call of Hirohashi Asako, Hideki Hanyu drove his eye-catching scissor-door version of Lamborghini Gallardo S to the headquarters of Yunshang Entertainment.

Although today is Sunday, the Yunshang Entertainment headquarters is still busy.

After all, for the entertainment industry, weekends are the most important working days.

However, before going to meet Hirohashi Asako, Hanyu Hideki first went to Yunshang Entertainment to ask for leave from Iijima Michi to help Noriko Sakai who was unable to get out of bed.

But when Iijima Michi met Hanyu Hideki, she directly pulled Hanyu Hideki aside and talked about her ideas for the future development of Cloud Entertainment after being taught by Hanyu Hideki in Hawaii.

Michimi Iijima feels that since Hideki Hanyu believes that there is great potential in the men's group market in the future and that different routes from traditional idols will emerge, Yunshang Entertainment must make arrangements in advance.

But at this point, Iijima Michi expressed his doubts, "Teacher Hanyu, if we develop two lines in Yunshang Entertainment, I am not worried about the allocation of resources, but I am worried that some people will secretly obstruct it."

"This is indeed a problem," Hanyu Hideki agreed with Iijima Michi.

Yunshang Arts has developed into the largest agency in the Japanese arts industry. The internal division of interests has long been completed, and the territories of various factions are basically stable.

At this time, even if Iijima Michiru wanted to reopen a route, he had to consider the opinions of the vested interest groups.

If they disagree, Iijima Michiru can certainly enforce it.

But talking depends on the mouth, but doing things depends on people.

Even if others don't object openly, they can still do something secretly.

By then, the new plan will be ineffective, which will not be worth the effort for Yunshang Arts.

Of course, if Hideki Hanyu is willing to do this himself, just like he did when he created those groups before, even if those people have complaints in their hearts, they can only hold it in and dare not do anything openly or secretly.

But nowadays, Hideki Hanyu is no longer suitable to do these things. Otherwise, if something happens, he, the big boss, will be asked to take charge. Then why does he still keep the senior executives of Yunshang Entertainment?
Of course, subordinates have to take the blame for things that may offend others.

When things really get out of control, it will be time for him or Hirohashi Asako to step in.

Thinking of this, Hanyu Hideki asked Iijima Michi, "What do you think about this?"

Since Iijima Michi dared to talk about this matter with Hanyu Hideki, he must have already thought of a solution.

“Since it’s a bit difficult to implement this internally, let’s go outside and start from scratch.”

After hearing Iijima Michi's answer, Hanyu Hideki frowned and asked, "It's easier to start from the beginning, but it will also make it easier to be targeted. At that time, there will not only be internal constraints, but also attacks from the outside."

Iijima Michi hurriedly explained, "I started from scratch by finding a mature agency to cooperate with and disguising it as a new business of that agency. This way, we can also paralyze our competitors from the beginning and make them think that we are doing traditional idols instead of a new type of boy band with artist positioning."

Hanyu Hideki asked, “What are your goals?”

"Uesugi Office."

As soon as Iijima Michi gave this answer, Hanyu Hideki immediately smiled with enlightenment.

He looked at Iijima Michi with amusement, and only spoke after the other party became evasive.

"If you wanted to cooperate with Kuroki Hitomi, just tell me earlier. Why go through so much trouble? You've been with me for so many years, and you're still playing tricks like this."

Now, Hanyu Hideki finally understood what Iijima Michi was thinking.

They said they were looking for an external firm to cooperate with, but in the end they were still targeting this "teacher".

If he is afraid of internal constraints and external competition, then he might as well seek cooperation with Kuroki Hitomi, with whom he has a special relationship.

At that time, if any problems really arise with the new plan, given his relationship with Kuroki Hitomi, how could he just stand by and watch? He would have to take the initiative to help.

"I'm very sorry. I'm just worried that Mr. Hanyu would be unhappy if I said it directly."

"You underestimate me. Even if you don't cooperate with Kuroki Hitomi, I told you the new development path. How can I just sit back and do nothing?"

At this point, Hanyu Hideki waved his hands helplessly, "Since you have made up your mind, I will not object. When are you free, I will take you to meet Kuroki Hitomi." Iijima Michi said happily, "I am always free."

Hanyu Hideki asked, "What's the matter? Is the office not busy recently?"

“The idol craze is cooling down, but we have helped artists transform or explore other career paths in advance to minimize the impact in this regard.

For the newly signed rock band, due to the special nature of their business, our work arrangements were planned in cooperation with Cloud Music, which invisibly reduced our business pressure.

As for other artists, the business changes are not that big, and their income has even increased due to the increase in demand for TV series from TV stations."

Hanyu Hideki nodded slightly after hearing what Iijima Michi said. "Increased income is a good thing, and it will increase in the future. We can also suggest idols to develop into actors."

The period from the 1990s to the beginning of the 21st century will be the golden age of TV dramas.

Moreover, with the overall decline of the record industry, it will be difficult for Japanese artists to make money by releasing records as easily as in the 1990s. Therefore, TV dramas will become more and more important to artists.

Although the income from TV drama pay is not high, it is still a considerable figure when accumulated over time.

The most important thing is that the success of a TV series can bring a lot of exposure to the artists, thereby gaining the favor of brands and advertisers, and allowing the artists to sell more photos and peripherals.

These are the main sources of income for artists.

After all, the income of Japanese artists is pitiful. Looking at the income rankings of female artists in later generations, the top ones seem to earn hundreds of millions of yen a year.

However, these are approximate figures estimated by the media based on the workload, and they do not deduct taxes and the "pre-tax" amount from the firm's commission.

Someone in the industry once gave a rough ratio, which is the number on the rankings. The artists can finally pocket only about 30% of the money.

And this is the case for top artists, where the agency takes a smaller commission.

Some take a very high commission, or just pay a fixed salary, so your income will be even less.

That’s why Hideki Hanyu said that it’s a good thing for artists to earn more since they have more work.

Although Yunshang Arts provides generous treatment to artists, which is envied by other artists in the industry, it only compensates them in terms of bonuses and other aspects.

As for the commission on remuneration, although a fixed salary is not paid, the proportion should be in line with that of peers, otherwise it would be breaking the rules.

The two chatted until the end, and before leaving, Hanyu Hideki wished Iijima Michi, "Tomorrow morning, please make time and go to the Uesugi office with me."

Iijima Michi quickly replied, "Yes, Mr. Hanyu."

"Just go to work. No need to send me off. I'm going to meet Asako-san upstairs."

Although Hanyu Hideki said so, how could Iijima Michi not send it off?

The two men walked all the way to the elevator room reserved for senior executives amid respectful greetings from employees and subordinates.

At this moment, Hideki Hanyu saw two women coming out of the employee elevator room next to him.

I don’t know the woman behind me, Hideki Hanyu.

But the bright, mature and beautiful woman in a red dress at the head was none other than Kanako Higuchi, who with his help had successfully transferred to Yunshang Entertainment to pay off her debts last year.

(Photo by Kanako Higuchi)
At the same time, Kanako Higuchi and the woman accompanying her also saw Hideki Hanyu and Michi Iijima outside the elevator.

The two of them hurriedly stepped forward, bowed, and greeted respectfully.

It was only then that Hideki Hanyu realized that the woman accompanying Kanako Higuchi was the agent assigned to her by Yunshang Entertainment.

After the two greeted each other, Hideki Hanyu spoke to Kanako Higuchi without any hesitation.

"Come with me, I have something to ask you."

"Ok."

Higuchi Kanako agreed and hurriedly followed Hanyu Hideki.

Upon seeing this, Iijima Michi and the agent were both very considerate and said goodbye first, and did not follow them into the elevator room reserved for high-rise buildings.

In the elevator, Hanyu Hideki, who was waiting for the elevator, looked at Higuchi Kanako and asked, "Is your work at Yunshang Entertainment going well?"

Higuchi Kanako answered carefully, "Thank you for your concern, President. My work in the office is going smoothly. President Iijima and others have taken good care of me."

"What are you busy with recently?" Hanyu Hideki asked again.

"President, I have just finished filming a movie jointly invested by the company and Toho. In addition to me, the female lead is Sayuri Yoshinaga."

After answering this, Kanako Higuchi did not forget to explain.

"To celebrate the successful completion of the filming and to promote the film in advance, Toho has prepared a celebration banquet tonight.

Not only the film's main creators were invited, but also the media. I came to the company to prepare for tonight's banquet."

"Is that right?"

Hideki Hanyu was not interested in the celebration banquet mentioned by Kanako Higuchi, but was very interested in the cooperation between Yunshang Entertainment and Toho.

After Yunshang Entertainment acquired Universal Pictures, it has become the largest force in Japan's film and television industry, and even Sony, which acquired Columbia, cannot compare to it.

After all, Sony can still compete with Cloud Music in the music industry, but when it comes to film and television business, it is completely beaten by Cloud Entertainment.

Even in Hollywood, the performance of Cloud Pictures in recent years is comparable to that of Columbia Pictures.

Under such circumstances, Yunshang Entertainment naturally needs to expand its scale, leverage its own advantages to cooperate with peers, and show the momentum of a leader.

By fully integrating and utilizing the resources of the Japanese film and television industry, leading everyone to explore and develop in overseas markets, and using the excuse of becoming bigger and stronger, he became the person who had the final say in the Japanese film and television industry.

In another time and space, Sony did not do this.

At this time and in this space, Hideki Hanyu really wants to let Yunshang Entertainment give it a try.

Because of its cooperation on the Ultraman copyright, Toho has reached a series of cooperation with Yunshang Entertainment, and even carried out cross-holdings through Crescent Cinemas.

In terms of the relationship between the two parties, Yunshang Entertainment is considered a strategic partner in the Japanese film and television industry, so it can be regarded as a breakthrough point to facilitate this matter.

Hideki Hanyu came to see Hirohashi Asako today and also planned to talk about this matter.

He immediately asked Higuchi Kanako, "Will President Matsuoka Isao of Toho be present at the celebration banquet tonight?"

Just at this moment, the special elevator arrived at their floor.

Higuchi Kanako carefully asked Hanyu Hideki to enter the elevator first while answering, "President, according to the information given by Toho to the media, President Matsuoka Isao will attend tonight's event."

After hearing what Kanako Higuchi said, Hideki Hanyu immediately made up his mind and planned to meet the president of Toho in person that evening.

Having made the decision, he stepped into the elevator, turned around and looked at Kanako Higuchi, who had entered the elevator with him respectfully and cautiously, and suddenly a playful smile appeared on her face.

After the elevator door closed, he reached out and lifted Kanako Higuchi's chin, looked at her bright and beautiful face, and spoke in a frivolous tone.

"But Nanzi, you were not like this in the bedroom of Shigu Zhenyuan before. I still can't forget your bold and coquettish behavior."

Higuchi Kanako turned her face away in embarrassment, her eyes evading, "Please, President Hanyu, don't say that."

"Ha ha……"

Hideki Hanyu chuckled, turned Kanako Higuchi's head back with his hand, then lowered his head and pressed directly on her.

They kissed until the elevator reached the top floor and the door opened.

"Not bad, it still smells familiar."

Hanyu Hideki let go of her hand and teased with a slightly mocking tone, "But Nanzi is no longer a little girl, so don't pretend in front of me."

The scumbag thought to himself, at least millions of people in Japan have seen you undressing in the movies, why are you still pretending to be a pure and innocent girl here?

When Higuchi Kanako heard what Hanyu Hideki said, she immediately looked aggrieved and sad, and looked pitiful.

But when Hanyu Hideki saw this, he showed no sympathy at all. He ignored him and walked out of the elevator.

These actresses who have been in the entertainment industry for many years have already mastered their acting skills to perfection, whether in front of the camera or in real life.

If you take their behavior seriously, you will be deceived to the point of being completely confused.

Sure enough, seeing that showing weakness was useless, Kanako Higuchi immediately put away her expression and quickly caught up with Hideki Hanyu.

Outside the elevator, Hanyu Hideki's assistant Chie Ishihara, who had been waiting for a long time, ignored Kanako Higuchi who was walking behind her and asked Hanyu Hideki directly.

"Teacher Hanyu, President Hirohashi is meeting a guest. Do you need to notify her now?"

"Don't disturb her work for now. I'll let you know when I can notify you."

After Hanyu Hideki finished his instructions, he took Higuchi Kanako into his office on the top floor.

After closing the door, Hideki Hanyu sat in the boss chair and hooked his finger at Kanako Higuchi.

Without any instructions from Hanyu Hideki, Higuchi Kanako knelt in front of the boss chair on her own initiative.

After a long time, Hanyu Hideki took a deep breath and lowered his head to ask Higuchi Kanako.

"How much debt do you have now?"

Kanako Higuchi mumbled a number.

Hanyu Hideki immediately took out his checkbook, wrote a check, tore it off and handed it to the other party.

"You've got a reward that satisfies me."

(End of this chapter)