Traveling through the Tokyo bubble era

Chapter 928 The Foundation of New Media Development
Olivia Hurley had long heard about Hideki Hanyu's private life.

Therefore, Olivia Hurley showed no surprise when Hideki Hanyu introduced Kate Beckinsale as his lover.

Besides, she has been in the upper class for so many years and has seen too many things like this, so she is no longer surprised.

Hideki Hanyu is young, handsome, and talented. He is also a world-famous super-rich man. It would not be surprising for such a man to have men around him, let alone women.

After all, some powerful and wealthy people can do anything weird and bizarre in pursuit of excitement.

Even her private club provides many related services.

But what puzzled Olivia Hurley was that the Miss Kate Beckinsale in front of her was not top-notch in appearance, and her temperament and conversation showed that she was from an ordinary family.

Why would Hideki Hanyu fall for such a woman?

Is it because of youth?
Hideki Hanyu’s taste is still special.

Olivia Hurley recalled briefly that the people Hanyu Hideki used to hunt for the most women seemed to be women in the entertainment industry.

So when did Hideki Hanyu start to become interested in ordinary girls outside the circle?

This made Olivia Hurley think.

It's not her fault, it's just a professional habit.

After all, whether she was in the past or now managing her ex-husband's private club, the most important job when dealing with social contacts and clients is to analyze other people's psychology and preferences, and then cater to their needs.

For Olivia Hurley, Hideki Hanyu is definitely one of the best clients in the world.

Therefore, she would unconsciously analyze Hanyu Hideki's likes and dislikes.

But at this moment, Hanyu Hideki called out to Olivia Hurley, "Mrs. Hurley, these are all prepared for you. I believe you will be able to use them in the future."

What Hanyu Hideki was referring to were the rows of brand new haute couture women's clothing, shoes, and other accessories that had just been added to the cloakroom.

Olivia Hurley came to the UK to work for him, so naturally he had to prepare all the "logistical services" for her.

Upon seeing this, Olivia Hurley immediately pretended to cover her mouth and chuckled, then said in a seductive voice that was full of mature woman's flavor.

"Sir, you are so thoughtful and considerate. No wonder so many girls like you. Even I am moved."

Hanyu Hideki did not respond to the "Black Widow" at all, but continued to ask, "Mrs. Hurley, why don't you take a look first? If there is anything missing, or if you need anything else, please tell my styling team directly."

Olivia Hurley took a closer look, then nodded with satisfaction and said, "This should be enough for a short time. If there is anything missing, it should be a place to hold a party."

At this point, Olivia Hurley looked around and said jokingly, "I think this place is very suitable, sir. For our plan, how about letting me move in temporarily?"

Olivia Hurley was clearly trying to be funny.

But what she didn't expect was that Hanyu Hideki said nonchalantly, "If necessary, Mrs. Hurley can move in today, and there is no problem with holding a party."

Obviously, the expensive mansion in Olivia Hurley's eyes, but for Hideki Hanyu, as long as it is beneficial to the plan, he will lend it out without any hesitation.

Olivia Hurley was slightly surprised, but after she reacted, she returned to her original aristocratic demeanor and smiled slightly, "Then I thank you, sir."

"You don't have to be so polite. After all, Mrs. Hurley is doing things for the benefit of everyone."

At this point, Hanyu Hideki looked at his watch again and said, "It's getting late. Let's start getting ready, or else the prince will have to wait for us."

"Then let's get started."

Olivia Hurley said, and then began to choose for herself in the cloakroom.

Hideki Hanyu directed the stylist to help Kate Beckinsale, who looked confused, with her hairstyle.

After a while, Kate Beckinsale finally realized what was happening and asked in surprise, "Are we really going to meet the prince?"

"Didn't I tell you yesterday? Do you think I would lie to you? Besides, it's not your first time meeting a prince, so why make such a fuss?"

As soon as Hanyu Hideki finished speaking, Kate Beckinsale immediately retorted, "It's completely different, okay? That time was just a chance encounter at the theater, but this time it's a formal meeting."

Then she asked nervously, "Is there anything I need to pay attention to? For example, the etiquette for meeting the royal family?

And will the princess show up? I am her admirer. "

Hanyu Hideki said speechlessly, "We are going to watch a football game, not to attend a royal banquet, so royal etiquette is not necessary at all.

As a British person, don't you know what it's like for British people to watch football?

Relax, don't be nervous, and just remember to cheer for my team when the time comes.

As for the princess, I don’t know if she will come.”

Hideki Hanyu's last words were not a lie at all.

Judging from the time, the marriage between the prince and the princess should have been on the verge of breaking up. The prince was openly involved with his lover, and the princess also knew the rugby star.

All in all, under the current circumstances, the probability of two people appearing at the same time is extremely small.

However, at this time, Kate Beckinsale muttered, "But my favorite team is Liverpool."

After hearing this, Hanyu Hideki really didn't know what to say.

After all, it is a bit too much to ask fans of a century-old rival team to cheer for the rival team.

Fortunately, the three of them prepared their looks quickly, and Hanyu Hideki didn't have to worry about it for too long. He took the three of them into the car and headed straight for Wembley Stadium.

When Hideki Hanyu's car arrived, fans of Manchester United and Crystal Palace had already arrived and were pouring into the stadium.

As box spectators, they have a separate passage to walk through and do not need to crowd with other fans.

After arriving in the box, Kate Beckinsale was surprised and said, "So this is what the box looks like. People who watch the game here are so happy."

At the same time, Hanyu Hideki took a quick glance and took in the entire environment in the box.

The box is divided into an inner and outer room. The inner room looks like a box in a bar or nightclub, with an old-looking sofa, a long table with fruit drinks, and high chairs and a bar facing the court.

As for the outer room separated by a glass door, it is a stand separated by a fence, with two sofas for watching the game.

Such a simple box cost Hanyu Hideki 200,000 pounds before the original owner reluctantly gave it up.

At this moment, Marco suddenly walked in and whispered something to Hanyu Hideki.

After hearing this, Hanyu Hideki immediately said to Kate Beckinsale who was still visiting the box, "The prince is here and will be there soon."

Upon hearing this, Kate Beckinsale hurriedly walked up to Hideki Hanyu and tried hard to pose like a lady.

After being dressed up by a stylist, the girl, wearing a classic little black dress custom-made by Chanel and a full set of expensive jewelry, now looks a bit like a noble lady.

Of course, Kate Beckinsale’s temperament is not bad either.

After all, in the original history, the other party was also a female academic who was admitted to Oxford University with all A grades.

But compared to Olivia Hurley, a descendant of the aristocracy, who was wearing a retro dress, half of her face was covered by a black veil, and exuded a mature and mysterious aura.

The young Kate Beckinsale was crushed in all aspects.

But soon, Hideki Hanyu's attention was no longer on the two women in front of him.

Because the prince has arrived.

The most important thing is that the other person was accompanied by a female companion.

The prince's wife was not his official wife, but his well-known lover. As soon as the two appeared, Hanyu Hideki and Olivia Hurley made eye contact.

The two of them understood immediately that in addition to the prince, there would be one more person involved in today's "lobbying" against the prince.

After all, as far as they knew, this woman had a lot of influence on the prince.

"Your Highness, good afternoon, long time no see..."

Hideki Hanyu was the first to welcome the guests and started chatting with the prince.

There are many interests between the two people, so when they talk, it's like meeting old friends, and they don't seem overly polite.

After the prince had a brief chat with Hanyu Hideki, he immediately introduced the woman next to him.

"Seraphim, this is Camilla..."

Facing the lady, Hideki Hanyu acted like a gentleman and communicated politely.

However, after just two sentences, the prince interrupted and said, "Camilla has recently set up a charity fund to help victims of domestic violence. If Seraphim has any ideas in this regard, he can cooperate with Camilla."

When Hanyu Hideki heard this, he knew that the prince had come to him to beg for alms.

In Hideki Hanyu's opinion, the prince might not need the money he donated, but just wanted to demonstrate his ability by showing his influence on his lover in front of him.

However, Hanyu Hideki, who was worrying about how to get closer to the prince's lover, thought to himself that he was just sleeping and wanted to find a pillow.

The prince may not ask for much, but he is prepared to have a big time.

He immediately said hypocritically, "Ms. Camilla's kindness is really admirable. In order to protect the rights of victims of domestic violence, I must support Ms. Camilla's charity.

How about this, let’s just give the same amount of environmental protection donations to His Royal Highness the Prince as last quarter’s Vigorous membership store did.”

Ms. Camilla has no idea how much Vigorous membership store donated to the prince's environmental protection fund last quarter.

But the prince knew it all. When he heard Hanyu Hideki's generosity, he immediately smiled with satisfaction and whispered a few words in Camilla's ear.

Camilla was obviously surprised when she heard this, but fortunately she had seen big scenes before, so she quickly concealed her emotions by expressing her gratitude to Hanyu Hideki.

But even so, Camilla couldn't help but sigh in her heart that the handsome Hideki Hanyu in front of her was worthy of being the world's richest man. The extent of his generosity was something she had never seen before.

Just like that, although it was their first meeting, the prince's lover was quickly "conquered" by Hanyu Hideki's unstoppable financial offensive.

After Hanyu Hideki and the prince finished their meeting, Olivia Hurley, who was waiting nearby, finally found the opportunity to come forward and say hello.

Olivia Hurley and the prince did know each other, and after a brief chat, they introduced each other to Ms. Camilla.

As for Kate Beckinsale, Hideki Hanyu briefly introduced her name, and the prince immediately realized that she was not an important person. He greeted her politely and that was it.

Of course, they didn't forget what they came here for today.

As the in-stadium broadcast sounded and the team introductions appeared, the FA Cup final rematch between Manchester United and Crystal Palace officially kicked off.

Of course, some explanation must be given before this.

The English FA Cup in this era has not yet introduced a penalty shootout mechanism.

If the game is tied, it will go into overtime to decide the winner.

But if the overtime is still tied, a rematch will be held a few days later, and the cycle will continue until a winner is decided.

The current FA Cup final between Manchester United and Crystal Palace is a rematch of the final five days ago. In that game, Manchester United and Crystal Palace tied 3-3 in the main match and overtime.

As for the result of this match in the original history, Hideki Hanyu had never paid attention to it in his previous life, so he could not find the answer in his memory.

However, he knew that in the FA Cup next season, Arsenal and Leeds United had to play three replays in one round of games, which directly led to complaints from the team and fans.

This forced the English Football Association to change the FA Cup's multiple replays in the 91/92 season to a single replay plus penalty shootout mechanism.

After the end of the 92/93 season, the replay mechanism was completely removed from the FA Cup.

This reform is certainly good news for Manchester United owner Hideki Hanyu.

After all, after the end of the 89/90 season, the ban on the English top league in European competitions was officially lifted. While Manchester United was playing in European competitions, they naturally did not want to waste energy playing a replay in the FA Cup.

As the FA Cup final officially began, the ladies were still chatting in the box, but the prince and Hideki Hanyu chose to go into the stands to watch the game.

The prince glanced around the field and said, "Security for the match has obviously been stepped up."

"This is inevitable. After all, the tragedy last year had such a huge impact."

The tragedy that Hideki Hanyu mentioned was naturally the stampede caused by the chaos in the stadium structure and management during the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest held at the Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield last year.

The famous Hillsborough disaster.

The accident caused a total of 96 deaths and more than 200 injuries. Such heavy casualties not only caused a huge impact in the UK, but also caused quite a stir throughout Europe.

But unfortunately, no one from the British government took responsibility for the tragedy. For a long time, the media and officials even blamed the fans for the tragedy.

It was not until more than 20 years later that the British government released top-secret documents and everyone realized that the tragedy was caused by police mistakes.

Unfortunately, by that time, although the fans were vindicated, no one was held accountable for the incident.

However, Hideki Hanyu does not care about the consequences of this tragedy.

After all, the officials don't care, so there is no need for him as an outsider to worry too much.

The relationship between this incident and Hideki Hanyu is that it indirectly contributed to the establishment of the Premier League.

The dilapidated stadium facilities, the prevalence of football hooligans, the expulsion from European competitions, and the constant occurrence of accidents and tragedies finally made the English football community determined to carry out reforms.

It was at this time that Chief Justice Peter Taylor, who was in charge of investigating the Hillsborough disaster, proposed an investment plan to all the top clubs in the Premier League.

One of the most important suggestions is to improve the crowded viewing environment in the stadium and change the current popular "standing tickets" to seated viewing, which will greatly reduce the occurrence of tragedies caused by crowding.

However, not every top English team that has been banned from European competitions for many years has a wealthy sponsor like Hideki Hanyu.

How can clubs that are facing operational difficulties and huge financial pressure have the money to improve all this?

If the situation is not improved, the team will face a vicious cycle of unattractive transfer market and declining competitiveness.

Therefore, in order to increase revenue, a number of top league clubs in England, under the initiative of several giants, finally decided to set up a new league that would be independent of the FA and the Football League in terms of operations and would have the right to independently negotiate broadcasting rights and sponsors.

This league is naturally the famous Premier League in the future.

Hideki Hanyu's invitation to the prince to watch the game today, as well as a series of subsequent plans to kick out Murdoch's Sky TV and merge Abovecloud TV with the British Satellite Broadcasting Company, are all preparations for taking over this upcoming league.

What he wants Abovecloud TV to replicate is the path that Sky TV took in another time and space.

Once the plan succeeds, he will have Cloud Satellite TV covering Asia, Global Television Network covering North America, and he will also own the radio and television media in Europe.

By that time, even if he had retreated behind the scenes, he had already become a television media tycoon who was on par with Murdoch.

Of course, compared to Murdoch's sticking to traditional media.

Being familiar with future developments, he will use the resources of the television network to lay an extremely solid and firm foundation for the development of new media in the upcoming Internet revolution.

I’ll make up for what I owe when I have time. I was so tired that I fell asleep while correcting typos, so I’m going to bed first.

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