Traveling Through the Tokyo Bubble Era

Chapter 360 "Chibi Maruko-chan" is here!
After Yoshioka Shota took the throne as president.

Increase in income comes second.

After all, as one of the shareholders of Yunshang Entertainment, even if he is only a small shareholder, Yoshioka Shota has already achieved financial freedom.

Last year, shareholder dividends alone exceeded one billion yen.

On the advice of Hanyu Hideki, he bought a lot of real estate in Tokyo.

He also invested in Ai International with Asako Hirohashi and Shinsuke Ito.

Recently, I have been planning an Italian restaurant with a few friends and little goblins.

Shota Yoshioka's family lives a simple life, and their expenses are far less than that of Hideki Hanyu.

As long as you don't risk your own life and invest randomly, the money will definitely be enough to spend for a lifetime.

What's more, with the listing of Aiyi International, it is certain that the values ​​of several friends will skyrocket again.

Therefore, for Yoshioka Shota, being the president brings an improvement in social status.

They are four friends.

Needless to say, Hanyu Hideki's endless series of titles are enough to prove his social status.

Where's Asako Hirohashi?

Because Hideki Hanyu is willing to be the hands-off shopkeeper, her presence and popularity in the neon media and entertainment circles are much higher than Hideki Hanyu's.

The person at the helm of the Yunshang Department is well-deserved.

As for Shinsuke Ito, after winning the Neon Film Academy Award for Outstanding Director, he is already a young master in the neon film industry.

What's more, he brought the entire technical team of Yunying Animation from scratch.

Nowadays, from supervisors to technical talents in the Yunshang Department, it can be said that they are all disciples of Shinsuke Ito.

When the Yunshang system continues to develop, Ito Shinsuke will be the grandmaster-level figure who founded the sect.

Only Shota Yoshioka, the oldest, conscientious and hard-working, has made great contributions to the development of the Yunshang system.

But his reputation has always been low, and his status has been neither high nor low.

Now that he is nearly forty, he is finally in charge of one of Neon's three major advertising companies, which can be regarded as a success.

And Hideki Hanyu after attending the board of directors.

The work that I had accumulated before was finally coming to an end.

Especially the work on cloud entertainment.

Although this large-scale media group has some successes, it also has some failures.

But now, it has developed like a train running on the track.

Even without Hanyu Hideki's foresight, we can still drive well.

Therefore, in the next period of time, in addition to doing creative work, Hanyu Hideki went to the construction site of Master House.

I spend more time at Elf Entertainment.

Monday, March [-]th.

A week after the Storm Advertising board meeting.

The top floor of the Elf Entertainment building.

Not long after Hanyu Hideki sat down in his office.

Kitahara Eri knocked on the door and entered.

Hanyu Hideki said in surprise, "Huh? Kitahara-san is back. Is the new office building ready?"

Yunshang Entertainment and Elf Entertainment, together with the copyright management club jointly established by Yunshang Culture, have begun intensive preparations.

Kitahara Eri chose an office location for the club in the Shimbashi area of ​​Minato City, not far from Yunshang Entertainment.

Originally, Kitahara Eri also considered keeping the new company in the building of Elf Entertainment or Yunshang Entertainment.

But Hideki Hanyu objected.

Even though the two buildings are quite small, they are very small.

But both clubs are still developing, and their scale will only get bigger.

Instead of being squeezed together, which becomes increasingly inconvenient in the end, it is better to separate from the beginning.

After all, once the new club's business is launched, it will also require a lot of space.

Of course, this is also related to another long-term plan of Hanyu Hideki.

That is, in Hanyu Hideki's view, whether it is Cloud Entertainment or Elf Entertainment, the current office location is just a transitional one.

In his mind, he has already planned the final headquarters location for all future clubs.

If the plan is successfully realized, he will have a super park with a minimum area of ​​more than 15 square meters in the port area.

However, it is still early to implement the plan. If he says it now, people around him will definitely think that he is crazy.

So, for now, just use the existing building to make the transition.

Recently, Eri Kitahara has been busy in the new office building, so Hideki Hanyu has not seen her at Elf Entertainment.

"The property management of the office building is relatively cooperative. The office area is almost busy. Next, we will integrate the employees and recruit some new employees, and then we can officially start work." Kitahara Eri answered.

Hanyu Hideki wanted to say that it was necessary for the property management to cooperate. After all, he bought the office building two years ago.

However, packing up the new office space is only a small matter, and how to carry out the work is the important thing.

Despite what Eri Kitahara said was easy, if Xinhui wants to get into work right away, it will definitely take some time to get used to it.

After all, the employees are all transferred from Yunshang Entertainment and Elf Entertainment, plus new employees recruited.

The real business for Kitahara Eri is still to come.

"Actually, apart from you, Iwata Satoru often doesn't see anyone these days." Hanyu Hideki said.

"What are Iwata-san busy with..."

As soon as Kitahara Eri finished speaking, she seemed to think of something and hurriedly said, "Look, I'm so busy that I forgot. The NO.20 Tokyo Electronics Entertainment Expo is about to start. It must be for this matter."

"Yes, he has been in the exhibition hall recently." Hanyu Hideki said.

"Are Hanyu-san ready to announce it at the exhibition?"

Although Kitahara Eri did not say anything to announce.

But how could Hideki Hanyu not hear it?

"Yes, there is no need to delay things that have been decided. It just gives Satoru Iwata a big stage."

What the two of them said they wanted to announce was the appointment of Satoru Iwata as the president of Elf Entertainment.

Experienced the sale of PS console in Neon.

Iwata's performance has been recognized by everyone at Elf Entertainment.

It's time to change the other party's "generation" title to a regular one.

When the two of them were talking about this, Kitahara Eri suddenly took out a newspaper from her bag and placed it in front of Hanyu Hideki.

"I was so focused on talking that I forgot to congratulate Hanyu-san."

Hearing this, Hideki Hanyu looked at the newspaper.

I discovered that the headline on the front page was "Congratulations to writer Hideki Hanyu for being nominated for the International Hans Christian Andersen Award."

The specific content is basically talking about his picture book "My Snowman Friend" released last year.

He has been nominated for this year's International Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration. Can he win the prize as he wishes...

"It's not necessarily a win. It's too early to congratulate you now."

This award has been nominated for three times in a row, and then it keeps running with me.

Now that he is nominated again, even the public is a little numb, let alone him.

Anyway, starting from the nomination for the International Andersen Award at the beginning of the year.

List of candidates for the Cultural Medal by the end of the year.

One in front of the other, echoing from beginning to end.

Everyone is basically watching it for fun.

If I run with you again this year, it will be the third time in a row.

Uh……

Referred to as "escort".

Faced with Hanyu Hideki's indifference, Kitahara Eri, as a former publishing industry person.

He still said seriously, "Nomination is also an honor. Hanyu-san can't be so careless outside. After all, it's not easy for others to get nominated."

"Don't worry, I still know what I can and can't say outside. I'm not an idiot who speaks out."

Speaking of speaking freely, Hanyu Hideki couldn't help but think of the Ni family and his son who were banned by him in Xiangjiang.

However, after more than half a month, the people over there could no longer bear it and began asking people to plead for mercy.

He stated that he would come to Neon to apologize in person, and also issued public apologies in the media in both Neon and Xiangjiang.

It’s just that Hanyu Hideki has been ignoring him.

As he said this, he curiously asked Kitahara Eri, "Kitahara-san came here today just to congratulate me."

"Of course not. I'm here to tell Hanyu-san that Editor-in-Chief Takita and I have already talked with Naito Securities. They suggest that if the game base is listed, it is best to wait until next year."

"Why?" Hanyu Hideki was a little strange.

"The young female consultant from Naito Securities said that Game Base is not as attractive as Crescent Cinema in terms of assets. She judged that the market will be better next year, and when it goes online, the IPO performance will be better."

Eri Kitahara explained.

"Is that so..."

Hideki Hanyu thought about it secretly.

If the young female consultant Kitahara Eri talks about is Naito Haruko.

Hideki Hanyu must admit that the young lady has really keen judgment on the neon market.

Although the Plaza Accord was signed in 1985, in the eyes of later generations, the heyday of the neon bubble era began in December 1986.

Don't look at the fact that stock prices and land prices have begun to skyrocket.

But compared to what happened after [-], that really pales in comparison.

From the signing of the Plaza Agreement to the present, Neon land prices have increased by approximately 20.00%.

Then from now to the end of the year, land prices will increase by about 20.00%.

But by 1987, in just one year, Neon land prices increased by more than 60.00%.

It is more exaggerated than the years from 1984 to 1986 combined.

The current Nikkei index is only [-] points.

But by next year, the Nikkei Index will exceed [-] points at its peak.

If not for the impact of America's 1987 stock market crash, it finally fell back to [-] points.

Next year the Nikkei Index will double.

pity……

Hideki Hanyu didn't understand the financial market in the 80s.

Unless it involves something specific, such as the Nintendo FC console or the Atari collapse.Otherwise, we can only give a rough estimate.

Therefore, we know that there will be a stock market crash in America next year, but we don’t know the specific time of the outbreak.

So there is absolutely no way to make money by taking advantage of the stock market crash.

Otherwise, with the funds he currently has at his disposal, he would definitely be able to make a huge profit by participating in this stock market crash.

But now it’s useless no matter how good you think.

If he gets involved without knowing the specific time, 100% of his funds will be swallowed up by the giants on Wall Street.

So, just think about it.

Just feel free to make money in the neon market.

Thinking of this, Hideki Hanyu said to Eri Kitahara, "Then just do what Naito Securities wants."

"Okay, I have to go downstairs to do some work, so I won't disturb Hanyu-san."

"See you."

Kitahara Eri and Hanyu Hideki said goodbye, turned around and walked out of the office.

But just as he reached the door, he suddenly turned around and returned.

She took out a magazine from her bag and placed it in front of Hanyu Hideki.

"I almost forgot, Miura-san asked me to bring this to Hanyu-san, saying it was to thank Hanyu-san for his continued encouragement."

After putting down the magazine, Kitahara Eri left the office.

Hanyu Hideki looked at the magazine in front of him. It was the latest issue of the manga magazine for newcomers trying out the waters, published by Elf Publishing House.

The monthly magazine "Elf Luna".

On the cover of this issue of "Elf Luna" was a girl comic character that he didn't recognize.

But that's beside the point.

The key point is an inconspicuous line of text introduction.

[Comic artist Sakurako's latest work "Chibi Maruko-chan" is included! 】

Think of what Eri Kitahara said just now when she put down the magazine.

Hanyu Hideki understood that Miura Miki, who was brought by Kitahara Eri from her hometown, had officially determined her pen name "Cherryko".

Started serializing her masterpiece.

In his previous life, Hanyu Hideki liked the ordinary and trivial yet warm and optimistic story style in this comic.

Follow the table of contents and turn to the page number where the comic is located.

After reading the brief introduction, there is the story on the first page.

"My name is Yingyingzi, and I am a third-grade elementary school student. Because of my small stature and round body, everyone calls me Xiaowanzi..."

The story begins here.

"Haha..." Hanyu Hideki showed a knowing smile on his face.

I started to slowly appreciate comics.

Although the painting is sloppy and the story is still very immature, the familiar feeling still makes Hideki Hanyu immersed in it.

Soon, he had finished reading the four-part story.

Putting down the magazine without finishing, Hideki Hanyu reached for the phone.

He planned to give advice to the second editor-in-chief of Dagao City to let Xiaowanzi directly log into the weekly.

But when his hand just touched the microphone, he immediately retracted it.

He suddenly realized whether what he did was the right thing for Cherry.

It can be seen that the story of "Chibi Maruko-chan" is not yet mature.

The testing and competition of monthly publications will undoubtedly help authors and comics grow.

If he suddenly tries to encourage others, he may do bad things with good intentions, which will backfire on him.

"Let's just let it be..."

Hanyu Hideki murmured, and then put the magazine Miura Miki asked Kitahara Eri to send to him in his bag.

"Chibi Maruko-chan" began to be serialized, which was just an episode for him.

For Elf Publishing House, this is just the icing on the cake.

Today’s Elf Publishing House is full of talented people.

The well-established Yusanjia comics "Mario Brothers", "Kung Fu", and "Tamako" continue to be popular.

Popular comics such as "Dragon Ball", "Pokémon" and "Boys Over Flowers" continue to help the magazine increase sales.

The two major weekly magazines have already suppressed Kodansha's "Shounen Magazine".

It is a pity that the original intention of the birth of Elf Publishing House was not to be a pure comic publishing house.

It was established for elf entertainment and to improve the game background and worldview.

This determines its alternative status in the comics industry.

Therefore, when its comic magazines serialize comics with game backgrounds, the stories must serve the game, and they cannot draw whatever they want.

This approach of not catering to comic fans will inevitably lose some popularity.

This also makes Elf Publishing's comic magazines indistinguishable from "Weekly Shonen SUNDAY" and "Weekly Shonen Jump", making it difficult to lose sales.

But always maintaining a unified style will also increase the loyalty of old comic fans, making the magazine's sales very stable.

It can be said that there are gains and losses.

And relying on the consistent serialization of comic stories, it has helped Elf Entertainment create an extremely outstanding game background.

Give players a very good sense of immersion.

It also increases players’ stickiness to the game.

It has also cultivated a large number of potential game consumers.

The benefits gained from this far outweigh the loss in sales of comic magazines.

Because the parent company Elf Entertainment is not interested in the benefits brought by comic sales.

Therefore, when dealing with comics with non-game backgrounds, there is little control.

Not only does it give the contracted cartoonists a great deal of freedom, but it also has very generous sharing conditions.

In this case, although the comic sales of Elf Publishing House are not outstanding.

But its appeal to cartoonists far exceeds that of its peers.

The last time Hideki Hanyu went to Elf Publishing House, he discovered many future great cartoonists.

Now that I haven’t been there for so long, I don’t know how many acquaintances have joined me.

In this regard, Hanyu Hideki always has the joy of opening a blind box.

After waiting for a while, he went to look through the list of cartoonists signed by Elf Publishing House to see if there were any who would become famous in the future.

The benefits that Elf Entertainment has achieved by helping the game by serializing game background story comics have also been noticed by its opponents.

Both Nintendo and Sega imitated it.

The two main games are shared with different publishers.

Nintendo's partner is Kodansha.

Sega's partner is Kadokawa Shoten, which launched the comic magazine "Monthly Asuka" just last year.

However, compared to Elf Entertainment, which can directly control Elf Publishing House.

As partners, the results of these two companies are much worse.

Elf Entertainment can force the magazine to create comics around the game regardless of sales.

But the comic magazines of Kodansha and Kadokawa Shoten are pursuing sales.

The stories they create are just to cater to their readers.

This will cause players to find that the background story in the game is completely different from the comics when playing the game.

But no matter what the result is, this trend of game comics started by Elf Entertainment is something that did not exist in another time and space.

It can be regarded as one of Hanyu Hideki's influences on this world.

……

The main purpose of Hideki Hanyu's recent visit to Elf Entertainment is to care about the development of the game.

"Quick Fight" by Divine Studio.

"Contra" by Shinhwa Studio.

These two games developed according to his plan have now completed preliminary development work.

After checking it, he found that although it was slightly different from the version in his previous life, the overall change was not much.

The two games were announced at the Tokyo Electronics Entertainment Expo and E3 respectively without any problems.

Of course, both have completed arcade versions, and the next step is to port them to consoles and handhelds.

Naturally, he doesn't need to keep an eye on these tasks.

What he is most concerned about now is naturally "Sonic" developed by Magic Studio.

After all, this is Genie Entertainment's second flagship game after "Super Mario Bros."

Thanks to Genie Vision, he knew that Sega and Nintendo were developing their own sixteen-bit consoles.

Although I don’t know when these two companies will release new consoles.

But "Sonic" is the trump card he prepared to deal with the new consoles of Sega and Nintendo.

After meeting Eri Kitahara, Hideki Hanyu spent most of his time at Magic Studio.

Help Yuji Naka solve problems in the development of "Sonic".

As for Toshihiko Nakago, the director of Miracle Studio.

The other party is bringing two newcomers, Tezuka Takashi and Aonuma Eiji, who were recruited into Elf Entertainment under the arrangement of Hanyu Hideki.

Together with Yukiji Tatsumori of Shinhwa Studio, they reorganized the joint development team to develop the sequel to "Super Mario Bros."

Wednesday, March [-]th.

The day before the Tokyo Electronic Entertainment Expo.

When Hanyu Hideki and Naka Yuji were busy in the studio.

Iwata's assistant suddenly found him.

"President Hanyu, Iwata-san is calling you."

Hearing this, Hideki Hanyu picked up the studio phone and contacted Satoru Iwata who was at the exhibition.

On the phone, he listened to Iwata Satoru's report and then hung up the phone with a strange expression.

Then he said to Naka Yuji, "Naka ​​Yuji, I have something to go to the exhibition site. If there are any problems, I will deal with them later."

　Thanks to Ruoyun Knows and Slowly Traveling to the Sea of ​​Books for the reward.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)