Traveling Through the Tokyo Bubble Era

Chapter 367 SNK’s sexy operation
After chatting with Hirohashi Asako, Hanyu Hideki turned to Elf Entertainment.

Here, he met Kitahara Eri who came to handle the partition procedures.

Hanyu Hideki thought of something and called Kitahara Eri to discuss it.

The two came to his office, and Hanyu Hideki asked, "Do you remember that Omu Logistics?"

Kitahara Eri nodded, "Of course I remember."

"I used Hanyu Investment to buy the controlling stake of the other party. Now that you plan to separate the surrounding operations, why not transfer Damu Logistics to the new club? With the help of the club, the logistics industry still has great development prospects overseas. of."

Hideki Hanyu suggested.

In this period, we should seize the opportunity of abundant hot money during the bubble period, take out more loans, and take advantage of the appreciation of the yen to make large purchases overseas.

There is no problem in setting up an international logistics company.

The future looks good though.

But he now has too many companies in his hands, and he really doesn't have the energy to manage a small logistics company.

If you continue to keep Oki Logistics in Hanyu for investment, sooner or later he will forget everything about it.

It would be better to hand it over to Kitahara Eri's management and help Damu Logistics build the network with the help of Shinkai's global sales channels.

"The transfer is no problem, how to distribute the equity?" Kitahara Eri asked.

Hanyu Investment is a company 100% controlled by Hideki Hanyu, but the new company is not.

"The Xinhui Society will just compensate me with a certain amount of funds. As for how much money it will be, Kitahara-san decides on his own."

Hanyu Hideki said indifferently.

It's just a small logistics company, and it didn't cost much when I bought it.

Now even if it is transferred to Xinhui, the shares are not worth much money.

Besides, although the share structure of Xinhui is complicated.

But after all, he is still the major shareholder. If it weren't for the sake of going through the procedures, it wouldn't really matter whether he gives it or not.

Thinking of this, Hanyu Hideki said to Kitahara Eri, "When the time comes, you give me a sum of money at a ratio of [-]%, and I will transfer [-]% of the shares of Damu Logistics to you."

If you want a horse to run, you have to feed it.

He has a good relationship with Kitahara Eri, but he must also consider sharing interests.

Otherwise, why should people develop Damu Logistics with all their heart?

Hearing this, Kitahara Eri just nodded to show that she understood and did not pretend to be polite.

In fact, whether it is Hideki Hanyu or Eri Kitahara.

Nowadays, no one pays much attention to the weak Damu Logistics.

As for how high Damu Logistics will develop in the future.

Is it useful to think about it so much now?

After talking about Damu Logistics, Hideki Hanyu briefly talked about some suggestions for the development of Damu Logistics.

It is nothing more than taking advantage of the neon economic boom and the appreciation of the yen to borrow heavily and engage in crazy overseas mergers and acquisitions.

Anyway, during the bubble period, there were countless companies and individuals playing tricks on Neon, including Damu Logistics.

If you have the opportunity, you can take advantage of the last crazy opportunity to go directly to the market and take advantage of the opportunity to harvest a wave of leeks.

In short, Hanyu Hideki only made bold suggestions and left the specific operations to Kitahara Eri.

And just when the two were chatting enthusiastically, there was a sudden knock on the door.

The assistant came back and reported to Hideki Hanyu.

"Miss Sawaguchi has been sent to Tokyo Station."

"OK, Got it."

After the report, the assistant had just said goodbye and left when the knock on the door rang again.

Hideki Hanyu thought he was just an assistant again.

As a result, it was Satoru Iwata who opened the door.

Kitahara Eri asked curiously, "Iwata-san didn't go to the exhibition today?"

"Just came back." Iwata replied.

Seeing that Iwata seemed to be rushing back in a hurry, Hanyu Hideki quickly asked, "What happened to the exhibition?"

Iwata replied, "New Neon Project launched their self-developed arcade platform 'NEO GEO' at the press conference at the main booth today."

New Neon Project, also known as SNK.

That is, the game developer who later developed "Legend of the Hungry Wolf", "Fist of the Dragon and Tiger", "Samurai Shodown", and "The King of Fighters".

"Didn't I receive the news before? Could it be that the performance of their arcade system is better than our EGP platform?"

Hideki Hanyu asked.

"Although I hate to admit it, judging from the information released at the press conference, in terms of performance and modularity, SNK's NEO GEO arcade is comparable to the EGP platform."

"Others developed it later than us. They also have our EGP arcade platform as a reference. The performance is almost normal. It is impossible for them to launch a platform that is worse than EGP."

Hideki Hanyu is not too worried about Satoru Iwata's words.

After all, as long as there is no huge generation gap in performance, it is basically impossible for SNK to break the current market position of the EGP platform.

It doesn’t matter if SNK also engages in console rental.

That would be tantamount to fighting for the strength of the club.

With SNK's current size, one little finger from Elf Entertainment is enough to crush the opponent.

Iwata added, "In addition to performance, SNK also embedded a sound chip on the substrate to allow game characters to sing idol songs."

"Uh……"

Hanyu Hideki was really speechless.

This cool operation of turning an arcade machine into a karaoke machine is exactly the same as in history.

If I remember correctly, after Chisato Moritaka, known as the "Leg Girl", became popular next year, SNK also imitated him.

Now that this console is out, the classic character Athena Asamiya in The King of Fighters must also make her "debut".

"What are your plans, Iwata-san?"

Hideki Hanyu asked Satoru Iwata directly.

SNK was born out of IREM, a neon game company, and is considered a senior club in the industry. It is normal for people to have ambitions to challenge Elf Entertainment's EGP arcade.

Nowadays, EGP arcade has such a great advantage, victory is certain when facing challenges.

But what can be gained beyond victory is something worth considering.

Since Satoru Iwata is the president of Elf Entertainment, he always needs to consider these things himself.

You can't just come to Hanyu Hideki to find a solution if something happens.

How could Hideki Hanyu be so happy as a hands-off shopkeeper?

Satoru Iwata replied politely and with a slightly excited tone, "I plan to acquire SNK."

After hearing Iwata Satoru's plan, Hanyu Hideki's expression did not change.

Just ask, "Why?"

As the leader in the world's gaming industry, Elf Entertainment naturally has to show off its dominance.

As the president, it is normal for Satoru Iwata to want to acquire a peer company.

But the acquisition must have a clear purpose.

Otherwise, it is just blind expansion, which has no benefit except making itself bloated.

"I am very optimistic about SNK's capabilities in arcade game development and hardware research and development. If we can control SNK, we can greatly enhance our strength in the arcade field."

Iwata Satoru replied.

"Then what are you going to do?" Hanyu Hideki asked again.

“When SNK cooperated with Alpha Electronics to develop the arcade platform, our people were already collecting intelligence. Their development speed was much slower than expected, and they definitely spent more R&D funds than planned.

In this case, they must go public as soon as possible to withdraw funds, otherwise problems will definitely arise in the originally unhealthy capital chain.

But in today’s arcade market, except for those directly operated manufacturers, basically everyone has signed a contract with us to rent arcade machines and substrates.

In this case, they can only choose the same leasing model as us, which will inevitably cost more money to occupy the market.

We first terminate our cooperation with them on the EGP arcade, and then develop a targeted marketing strategy to hinder their marketing, so that we have a chance. "

Satoru Iwata's meaning is very simple, he will kill you while you are sick.

SNK has lacked hit games in recent years.

Before launching your own arcade platform, you could still participate in Elf Entertainment’s EGP platform.

But now they have become rivals. Even if Elf Entertainment pays liquidated damages, it will sweep SNK out of the EGP platform.

If the original income disappears and the new arcade machine cannot open up the market due to the target of Elf Entertainment.

SNK's originally precarious capital chain is 100% about to collapse.

Hanyu Hideki raised another question, "Even if SNK's capital chain is broken, Takado Yoshihiko will not necessarily sell the club to us."

Yoshihiko Takado is the current president of SNK.

It is also the current partner of Capcom President Kenzo Tsujimoto in IREM.

The two eventually parted ways due to interest issues at IREM.

Only then came a series of grievances and grievances between the two overlords in the arcade industry in later generations, Capcom and SNK.

"In order to drive away Kenzo Tsujimoto, who recruited him to IREM, Yoshihiko Takado shared a lot of benefits with IREM's shareholders when he founded SNK, so he did not have absolute control in SNK.

As long as SNK's development fails to meet expectations, even if it doesn't want to sell, most shareholders will want to sell. As long as we can put a nail into SNK's board of directors, no one else will be willing to compete. "

Iwata revealed his plan.

Hideki Hanyu thinks the feasibility is pretty good.

In fact, there is no need for SNK's capital chain to be broken. As long as the profit does not meet expectations, there will definitely be shareholders cashing out and leaving.

After all, in this era of neon, whether you use money to speculate in foreign exchange or stocks, which one is not faster than making money by playing games.

Elf Entertainment only needs to pay a high price to become one of the shareholders of SNK.Even if there are other companies interested in SNK by then.

You should also consider the chances of winning when competing with Elf Entertainment.

Even if they can win, there is no way to carry out any work due to the constraints of Elf Entertainment on the board of directors.

Thinking of this, Hideki Hanyu said to Satoru Iwata.

"Just do what you want. No matter whether the acquisition is successful or not, we cannot let SNK's new arcade dominate the market. No matter what marketing strategy they come up with, we will lower the price to follow."

For Hideki Hanyu, the importance of EGP arcade market share is definitely higher than the acquisition of SNK.

The classic games created by SNK are certainly excellent.

But the problem is that Takashi Nishiyama, the core master of the opponent's development of these games, has already been hired by Hanyu Hideki to be the director of Sacred Studio.

Even if you don't acquire it, the other party may not be able to develop it.

At worst, Hideki Hanyu worked hard and handed over the game planning to Takashi Nishiyama in advance.

If the acquisition is successful, he will just have to spend less time on the research and development of these games.

"I understand." Iwata replied.

Speaking of SNK today, Hideki Hanyu remembered another thing and said to Satoru Iwata.

"By the way, I reported that after IREM split, some of their developers established a studio called Nazca. If you have a chance, ask them if they accept acquisitions or take shares."

Nazca, many people may not be familiar with the name of the club.

But when it comes to the games they develop, many people must know about them.

That is the famous "Metal Slug" series.

Many people in later generations thought that "Metal Slug" was a game developed by SNK.

This is not the case.

Before Nazca developed "Metal Slug", he relied on doing some outsourcing business to survive and was unknown in the industry.

But after the debut of "Metal Slug", the excellent quality of the game immediately attracted SNK's attention.

SNK plans to package and acquire Nazca together with the game and club.

At that time, SNK had already become the dominant player in the neon arcade industry by leasing NEO GEO arcade machines and game substrates.

However, Nazca developed "Metal Slug", which is based on SNK's arcade platform.

In this case, even if Nazca Club is unwilling, it can only give in in the end in the face of SNK's "grabbing".

Make "Metal Slug" a SNK game.

Anyway, Elf Entertainment now plans to "take away" SNK by force.

It would be better to bring Nazca under its wing in advance and become an independent second-party game studio.

"Yes, I will arrange for someone to inquire."

Although Satoru Iwata didn't know where Hanyu Hideki heard about this small club, he decided to do it.

After saying this, Satoru Iwata didn't stay too long. After all, the exhibition was not over yet, and SNK's affairs also needed to be arranged in advance.

Compared with Hanyu Hideki, the hands-off shopkeeper who plans to go to Hawaii for vacation, he has endless work to do.

Seeing Iwata Satoru leaving in a hurry to go to work, Hanyu Hideki couldn't help but think of the other person's untimely death.

Turning to ask Kitahara Eri, "Are all the physical examinations given to employees by the club conducted normally?"

Kitahara Eri replied, "Once a year, it never stops."

Hanyu Hideki quickly ordered.

"Once a year is not enough, but once every six months in the future, private doctors and nutritionists will be arranged for all senior ministers to keep an eye on their physical health."

Kitahara Eri spread her hands, "You should have told Iwata about this just now. Elf Entertainment is not under my control now."

"The same goes for Shinkaisha," Hanyu Hideki emphasized.

After Hanyu Hideki finished speaking, he still felt that this was not safe enough.

"Kitahara-san, why don't you just tell Asako-san that several clubs have joined together to fund a health monitoring center to be responsible for the health monitoring of all club employees."

Kitahara Eri said helplessly, "Hanyu-san, it's good to care about the health of employees, but are you going too far?"

"It's no exaggeration. Employees are the most valuable asset of a company and cannot be overemphasized. It's been decided. You and Asako-san will discuss it in detail and handle it as soon as possible."

Faced with Hanyu Hideki's approach of taking whatever he thought of, Kitahara Eri could only agree.

At least it's a good thing for the employee and for her.

And it occurred to her that after the establishment of the health monitoring center, it could also be used as a club benefit and provided to employees' families to strengthen employees' loyalty to the company.

After fully agreeing to Hanyu Hideki's decision, Kitahara Eri quickly found a reason to say goodbye and leave.

As if he was afraid of leaving too late, Hanyu Hideki had to use his imagination to come up with other ideas.

After Kitahara Eri left, Hanyu Hideki also went to several studios.

I found that everyone was busy with their own work.

Some are doing game porting.

There is a sequel to the game before it is developed.

Some are also preparing new games.

Even if he had any new project ideas, no one could complete them.

Hideki Hanyu, who had no sense of accomplishment, could only find fault with himself. After "pointing out" several problems in research and development, he finally went home bored.

But after returning home, he found that Nakolulu was not there either.

After calling the assistant, I found out that the female cat had been sent to a pet center for recuperation.

Although Ragdoll cats have good looks and clingy personalities, as a hybrid breed, they are born with many physical defects.

For example, the intestines and stomach are extremely fragile.

From time to time, you need to go to a professional institution for observation and recuperation to ensure that there are no problems with your health.

The little she-cat is not here.

His woman, work at work, home at home.

As for those women who are not busy, he has temporarily lost interest after "tampering with them briefly".

I have also finished watching the video tape of "Super Transformation".

He had just submitted the manuscript to Shogakukan and had no creative inspiration.

Seeing that it was still early, Hanyu Hideki, who had nothing to do, picked up the phone and dialed Yukio Tanaka.

"Yukio-san, let's go out and have a night out together."

"Hanyu-kun, I will stay with Aiko in Hakone."

"You guys actually know how to accompany your wife. I want to see if the sun will rise from the west tomorrow."

"Ha ha……"

Yukio Tanaka laughed and hung up the phone.

"This guy must be laughing at me, can't I still play alone?"

Hanyu Hideki also hung up the phone after finishing speaking.

He changed into simple clothes, put on a slight disguise, and left the house.

I started the Mercedes-Benz G and started wandering around Tokyo aimlessly.

Listening to the City pop music playing on the car stereo.

Look out the car window at the colorful neon lights from time to time.

My mood suddenly relaxed.

I originally thought about finding a nightclub to hang out, but now I have no urge to do so.

The vehicle entered the Shibuya area without even realizing it.

Looking at the iconic NHK TV headquarters building in front.

Hanyu Hideki found a place to park the car and walked towards a park next to NHK TV station.

Yoyogi Park.

Every weekend, there are a large number of underground artists performing street performances.

As the owner of an entertainment club.

Hideki Hanyu decided to find out what it was like to perform on the street in this era where even LIVEHOUSE is not accessible.

Walking on the path of Yoyogi Park.

Even though it was night, there were quite a few pedestrians around.

On both sides of the road, in addition to vendors selling snacks, there are also many street performers performing performances.

Some people were paired up together and told Mancai jokes.

Someone holds a poker hand and performs dazzling magic tricks.

Some people carry guitars and play and sing songs they are good at.

In fact, many people who come here to perform are not doing it for fame, but because of their hobbies.

So even if they make mistakes, you can still see the happy smiles on their faces.

I bought octopus balls at a food stall.

Hideki Hanyu was blowing air, preparing to eat it after it cooled down.

Suddenly, I noticed that there were many people gathered around the roadside not far away, looking at something.

Hideki Hanyu approached curiously.

He had just gotten closer and before he could see what was inside, he heard a distinctive female voice singing.

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