Traveling Through the Tokyo Bubble Era

Chapter 386 Bill Hart’s Plan

After receiving the news of the awarding of Aiga Masahiro.

Hideki Hanyu continued his leisurely life of accompanying his mother.

The numbers on the calendar turned to May [-]th before I knew it.

The first Monday in May.

In the morning, Michael Katz brought him good news.

The 'Pokémon Fight' card pack was out of stock three days after it was released, and it was restocked after a new week of sales.

Perhaps because players had accumulated too much enthusiasm to open cards in the past few days, 'Pokémon Fight' once again experienced explosive sales.

During the seven-day sales cycle, a total of 164 million units were sold.

Compared with the previous three days, the sales volume of the machine dropped significantly.

However, within a week, the sales of card packs successfully exceeded 1001 million, reaching [-] million.

The former’s sales were more than 700 million US dollars, which seemed like a lot, but Michael Katz didn’t care at all.

Because of the 1001 million card pack, it created a total sales of [-] million.

If you add the sales generated in the first three days of listing.

Just relying on the product 'Pokémon Fight', Elf Entertainment generated sales of more than 400 million US dollars for Elf Entertainment in just ten days.

Whether it’s the just-announced upgraded PS console, the two improved models of the Pokeball handheld console, or the EGP arcade platform.

Combined, the machine and the game were no match for 'Pokémon Fight' during these ten days.

Players who can only say 'Pokémon Fight' can't stop spending money.

Hanyu Hideki can clearly feel that the nature of the game "Pokémon Fight" has changed when the rules of krypton gold card drawing appeared.

Michael Katz, who had previously thought about making money from Pokémon Fight units, saw that the profit from the sales of card packs was ten times that of the units.

At this time, I can't wait to give away the mobile phone to players for free, so that all young people in America can get a 'Pokémon Fight'.

In fact, not only Michael Katz, but also the retailers are desperately offering discounts and promotions for the aircraft.

In this regard, Hanyu Hideki advised Michael Katz not to be anxious. Of course, promotions must be done, but the feelings of consumers who have previously purchased the machine must also be taken into consideration.

You can use the activity, but you can never give it away for free.

Once players feel that the 'Pokémon Fight' body is too cheap, it will also affect the sales of card packs.

A good social system and mature secondary market require a complete ecological cycle.

Fortunately, although Michael Katz was very excited, he still had not lost his judgment and could naturally listen to Hanyu Hideki's advice.

But although Hideki Hanyu tried to persuade Michael Katz to calm down, when he hung up the phone, he himself was actually a little excited.

In ten days, the gross profit exceeded US$[-] million.

It’s really hard not to be excited.

After seeing Hideki Hanyu end the call, there was uncontrollable joy on his face.

Liu Xiaoli and her cousin couldn't help but come up and ask, "Is there any good news?"

Hanyu Hideki did not go into details, but just said, "The sales volume of one of the company's products is pretty good."

Regarding business matters, Hanyu Hideki never liked communicating with his lover.

After all, in his opinion, few of these women have business talent.

Liu Xiaoli noticed something and didn't ask any more questions.

However, my sister-in-law was curious and wanted to break the casserole and ask the truth.

But before she could say anything, the phone in the living room rang again.

Although Hanyu Hideki is in Hibiscus Garden recently, he still makes quite a few calls at work every day.

It looks very busy, with no time to spare.

The two women also understood how the generous life the man gave them came from.

And just when the women were thinking about the drama of Hideki Hanyu working hard to make money to support his family.

Hideki Hanyu had already answered the phone. It was Fred.

In the past few days, Fred has negotiated a deal with America Aluminum for the office building in Century City.

Now the name of that office building has been officially changed to Yunshang Film Building.

Cloud Pictures has also officially moved from Sunset Boulevard to Century City.

"Fred, call me today. What can I do?"

"In the Century City office area, two women came to discuss film investment in the morning. They were the two people the boss mentioned before. One of them, Kathryn Bigelow, said you promised to meet her."

"I agreed. Just ask them to wait. I will go to Century City now."

"Ok."

Hideki Hanyu hung up the phone, told Liu Xiaoli that he was going out, and then drove towards Century City.

I should mention here that just yesterday, the four Mercedes-Benz G-Classes he ordered from Neon were officially delivered after the modifications were completed.

Los Angeles is just one of them, and three of them were shipped to Silicon Valley, Hong Kong, and the mainland.

When he gets a new car, he naturally wants to experience it.

So I decided to drive out today.

Big G was speeding all the way, and its white body was very suitable for the weather in Los Angeles.

Soon we arrived at the office building of Yunshang Pictures in Century City.

As soon as he got off the bus, Hanyu Hideki saw a large crane and workers working together to install the company's name and logo on the top of the office building.

Compared to being perfunctory on Sunset Strip.

After arriving at the new office building, Fred obviously paid more attention to it.

Walking into the office building, there is also construction on the first floor.

The purpose is to separate the New Century Brokerage Company that originally rented part of the first-floor space, so that they can enter and exit through another door.

The scale of Yunshang Pictures is limited. After moving in, it only occupied the remaining part of the first floor and the second to third floors.

Therefore, Fred had no intention of evicting New Century Brokerage Company, which originally rented part of the space on the first floor.

As for most of the remaining floors, according to Fred, apart from those reserved for use by Yunshang Pictures, they are also planned to be rented out for the time being.

After all, leaving it empty is a waste.

Fred's office was on the third floor. After Hideki Hanyu arrived, he saw that besides Fred, there were three other people sitting in the office.

The most familiar one is, of course, Jenny Wright, who had a "pleasant" experience.

There is also a tall woman, probably Katherine Bigelow.

But in addition to these two people, Bill Hart, the manager of the New Century Brokerage Company whom I met a few days ago, is also here.

When Fred saw Hanyu Hideki arriving, he quickly explained, "Boss, the conference room has not been decorated yet, so we can only discuss it here for the time being."

"It's ok."

Hideki Hanyu said nonchalantly that he is not the kind of person who pays attention to form.

"Ms. Katherine Bigelow, this is Mr. Hideki Hanyu, Chairman of Yunshang Entertainment..."

Fred gave a brief introduction to several people.

Today, Kathryn Bigelow can only be regarded as a nobody in Hollywood, but she still treats powerful people like Hideki Hanyu very politely.

After getting to know each other, I knew exactly why she was here, Kathryn Bigelow.

Immediately take the initiative to send her the shooting plan, investment budget, and movie script.

Before reading the script, Hanyu Hideki had no intention of expressing an opinion.

Even if the other party is a big director in Hollywood in the future.

Taking a thick stack of documents, Hanyu Hideki flipped through them.

I didn’t look at the previous plans, investments or anything like that.

He read the most important script first.

Not surprisingly, the name is indeed his debut feature film, "Night of the Dead".

How to put it, although this movie has been touted by many people in later generations as one of the top [-] horror movies.

However, according to Hanyu Hideki at this time, the script can be summarized in four points.

The plot is terrible, the main plot is confusing, the content is boring, and the plot is dragging.

Although it is not a complete bad movie, it is definitely not excellent.

But thinking about the script for this movie was not something Kathryn Bigelow did alone.

Hanyu Hideki guessed that certain modifications were made during the filming, and the finished film performed better than the script?
But no matter how the filming went, Hanyu Hideki still raised some issues he saw.

A great director who invests in the future will not necessarily be recognized by these people if he blindly provides money and cooperation.

Instead, as an investor, you must express your own unique perspective.

Demonstrate talents that will bring growth to the director.

Let the director feel that by accepting your investment, he will not only gain money, but also gain growth, so that he can be recognized by the other party.

After all, "creatures" like directors are very conceited and egotistical.

Appropriate force can suppress the "problems" of these people.

Faced with the opinions put forward by Hideki Hanyu, Katherine Bigelow conducted full exchanges, some listened with an open mind, and some started a debate with Hideki Hanyu on different views.

But overall, they were all communicating about creation, and the atmosphere was still very good.

Hideki Hanyu and Kathryn Bigelow began communicating about the script attentively.

Others can only wait quietly.

However, the thoughts of the few people waiting were completely different.

Fred was busy with his work and had no time to think about anything else.

Because Jenny Wright had "communicated" with Hanyu Hideki, she could only wait for the investment to be successful before she could get the coveted heroine position.

At this time, seeing that Hanyu Hideki was willing to discuss with Katherine Bigelow, she felt that the possibility of investment success was still very high.

So I felt a lot more relaxed.

As for Bill Hart, this guy shamelessly followed after knowing the identity of Hanyu Hideki entirely because of Jenny Wright.

After all, the headquarters of Yunshang Pictures moved to the same building as them.

Although Americans don't know the saying "the one who is near the water and the tower first gets the moon", the truth is clear.

If you don’t know how to hug the thighs that are so close, then Bill Hart’s decades in Hollywood would have been in vain.

However, when Bill Hart inadvertently glanced at Jenny Wright next to him, his mood was inexplicably complicated.

He was certain that his client must have hooked up with Hideki Hanyu.

Otherwise, how could a young actor help connect Kathryn Bigelow and Yunshang Pictures?

As for how the other party did it?
There is no need to guess at all, okay? Apart from the matter of men and women, is there anything else?
The famous "red sofa" rule has become a distinctive culture in Hollywood.

Female stars in the golden age also had to package themselves up and send them to producers in order to get their favorite roles.

In the era of big studios, female stars were simply playthings in the hands of investors.

Although with the introduction of anti-monopoly management and the end of the era of dominance by major studios, the living environment for female stars in Hollywood has become much better.

No one will blatantly use force on female celebrities anymore.

The kind of thing where female celebrities are asked to have abortions in order to maintain their virginity will basically never happen.

But the problem is that Hollywood’s vanity fair resources are limited.

But the beautiful girls who come to Hollywood with the dream of becoming famous are "limitless".

Hollywood is a typical place where opportunities outweigh strength.

In order to compete for that limited opportunity.

Those at the top often don't need to do anything, and there are countless young people who are willing to give.

Thinking of this, Bill Hart glanced at Jenny Wright beside him and sneered secretly in his heart.

This girl still lacks experience and acted too anxious after getting the promise from the big shot.

These days, I would not hesitate to turn down some work and contact Kathryn Bigelow, and he was keenly aware of it.

After some questioning, the other party actually admitted it.

Are you fearless?
What an innocent girl.

Do you really think that by being with Hideki Hanyu, you can ignore the agency?
Now that it is certain that Hanyu Hideki is willing to accept this trick.

Then you Jenny Wright can hook up, but I, Bill Hart, can't.

New Century Brokerage Company lacks opportunities, but it does not lack young and beautiful girls.

Before he came up, he had already asked his subordinates to make arrangements.

How could Jenny Wright's power alone be comparable to that of the entire agency.

The other party worked hard to help Kathryn Bigelow get a job at Yunshang Pictures.

Who will benefit more in the end is still uncertain.

And just when Bill Hart was secretly planning.

The discussion between Hideki Hanyu and Kathryn Bigelow also came to an end.

Although Hideki Hanyu is not a professional director.

But he has a vision beyond time.

Besides, as the boss of Yunshang Entertainment, he still has the ability to combine memories in his mind with reality, which he has learned over the years.

Therefore, under his suggestion, the movie, which was originally a stew of vampire stories and bloody love, was made more mature.

The pursuit, the conspiracy, and the grudges and entanglements set behind it are brought out by the way.

Faintly revised in the direction of Underworld.

Of course the story is completely different.

And under the impact of new elements, the original bloody love has been diluted a lot.

Kathryn Bigelow said she would communicate with the writers about the changes.

In fact, before she came, she had already known through Jenny Wright that Hideki Hanyu was a well-known writer in his own right.

Out of appreciation for the artist.

In addition, during the discussion just now, I was impressed by the outstanding talent displayed by Hanyu Hideki.

At this time, Katherine Bigelow looked at Hanyu Hideki with a faint feeling of recognition.

Fortunately, Hideki Hanyu and Truck Driver have different aesthetics.

Not interested in this "thick" type of beauty.

Otherwise, if he is willing, then invite the other person to have a drink.

It's absolutely fine to roll the sheets in the hotel at night.

However, I am not interested in this aspect, but cooperation is still possible.

Although the script still needs to be revised, the project cooperation can already be finalized.

According to Kathryn Bigelow, the film's production budget will not exceed $100 million before adjustments are made.But after discussing with Hideki Hanyu, the budget will definitely need to increase. As for how much, we will have to wait for the new script to be released to know.

Hideki Hanyu was not good at judging budgets, so he left it directly to Fred.

Anyway, Fred is definitely going to be credited as the producer of this movie.

Next, the two parties signed a preliminary cooperation agreement on the movie "Night of the Blood Corpse".

Then, Hideki Hanyu sent Kathryn Bigelow, who was anxious to go back to revise the script, outside the office.

Before leaving, Kathryn Bigelow said to Hideki Hanyu.

"Mr. Hanyu, I will revise the script as quickly as possible. Because you are such a talented investor, I can't wait to start cooperating with Yunshang Pictures."

"Miss Catherine is too kind."

"I'm not being polite. Some of the suggestions Mr. Hanyu just made still give me new inspirations to this day."

"It can only be said that Miss Catherine is talented. I just helped you open the door to inspiration."

"Mr. Hanyu is such a gentle man. I don't know if you have time in the evening. I know there is a good bar. How about having a drink together?"

Hearing this, Hideki Hanyu thought, I am not interested in you, but you, a 35-year-old mature woman, want to eat young grass.

"I already have an appointment tonight, I'm very sorry."

Faced with Hanyu Hideki's polite refusal, Kathryn Bigelow didn't mind.

It would be nice to have a romantic relationship with a talented oriental handsome guy.

But if people don't want it, she can't force it.

However, after hearing Hideki Hanyu say that he had an appointment in the evening, Katherine Bigelow couldn't help but look at Jenny Wright next to her.

The other party can help her connect with Yunshang Pictures through Hideki Hanyu.

The relationship between the two is certainly not simple.

Maybe this is the person Hanyu Hideki has made an appointment with tonight.

Kathryn Bigelow could also guess that the other party helped her because she liked the heroine in the script.

She and Jenny Wright had known each other before and had shown each other the script.

The heroine has no problem handing over to the other party.

But well...

After discussions with Hideki Hanyu, the story of the heroine in the script will be modified to a large extent.

The appearance scenes have also been weakened a lot.

I think Jenny Wright will definitely be disappointed when she gets the new script.

After Kathryn Bigelow left.

Jenny Wright saw that the cooperation between Yunshang Pictures and a female director had been finalized, and she really wanted Hideki Hanyu to choose her as the heroine.

But because Fred and Bill Hart were present, some words were difficult to say.

So I can only look at Hideki Hanyu with eyes of eager anticipation.

Hanyu Hideki is naturally not a person who puts up his pants and refuses to admit his mistakes.

But just when he was about to tell Fred about this, the man next to him, Bill Hart, came up to him.

Hanyu Hideki originally thought that this guy came to help Jenny Wright sign the contract as Jenny Wright's agent.

But who would have thought that as soon as this guy opened his mouth, he started selling.

"Mr. Hanyu, since Yunshang Pictures has decided to cooperate with Director Catherine, they definitely need suitable actors. New Era Agency has many excellent actors who can fully meet Yunshang Pictures' needs."

Hideki Hanyu glanced strangely between Bill Hart and Jenny Wright.

Although he didn't know what was going on, he had no interest in getting involved in this kind of fight between little people.

So he simply ignored Bill Hart.

Instead, he said to Fred, "The next collaboration with Director Catherine will be up to you."

"Okay, boss." Fred agreed happily.

A workaholic, Fred was never afraid of work.

He previously worked for other companies and Los Angeles TV stations.

Because he was too devoted to work and ignored some other issues, he has been unable to get ahead even though he has been a producer for so many years.

On the contrary, if something happens to the company, he will be the first to be kicked out.

But now I am following Hideki Hanyu.

Although it hasn't been long, he has already discovered that this is a boss that suits him very well.

I don't mind his "straight temperament" at all.

At Yunshang Pictures, he only needs to concentrate on his work and does not need to think too much about other things.

Although the headquarters has arranged manpower for Yunshang Pictures.

But he gave him full trust and rarely interfered with his work.

In this situation where he can fully exert his abilities, he is not afraid of having a job at all, but is afraid that there will not be enough work.

After Hanyu Hideki finished talking to Fred, he continued to ask, "Isn't the novel with Fox finished yet?"

After learning that Fox was willing to sell the rights to adapt the original work of "Die Hard" that day, Hideki Hanyu immediately arranged for someone to negotiate a deal.

Who would have thought that after so many days, there would still be no results.

When Fred saw this, he glanced at Jenny Wright and Bill Hart next to him, but did not speak immediately.

Hanyu Hideki pointed to the office and said, "Go to the office and talk."

After saying that, he looked at Jenny Wright next to him. This beauty kept looking at him expectantly. How could he not know.

“Jenny, come too.”

As soon as Hanyu Hideki said this, Jenny Wright's face immediately showed joy.

As for Bill Hart, who was ignored next to him, he was not discouraged.

Instead, he looked at Jenny Wright who followed Hanyu Hideki away with some surprise.

He suddenly realized.

The relationship between Jenny Wright and the big boss of Yunshang Pictures is not as fragile as imagined.

It seems... that I will maintain a good relationship with Jenny Wright in the short term.

When Bill Hart's mind was racing.

Hanyu Hideki and the other three have returned to the office.

Hideki Hanyu sat casually on the sofa. Jenny Wright didn't care about Fred's presence and sat down next to Hideki Hanyu.

That intimate look.

It seemed like she was worried that Fred wouldn't know that she had an affair with Hideki Hanyu.

Fred turned a blind eye to this.

But no one who hangs out in Hollywood takes the relationship between men and women seriously.

Even in Fred's opinion, Hideki Hanyu, the young boss, was a little too restrained.

Don't say anything else.

Just the Bill Hart who was trying to please Hideki Hanyu just now.

As long as Hideki Hanyu is willing, the other party can immediately organize a nude party for Hideki Hanyu surrounded by beautiful women.

I guarantee that they are all beauties no worse than Jenny Wright.

As for Hanyu Hideki, the scumbag doesn't even care about women's little thoughts.

He only cares about the original "Die Hard" at this time.

He asked Fred directly, "What's the problem at Fox?"

Fred shook his head, "It's not Fox who has the problem, it's the novel's author Rodrigo Thorpe who has the problem."

"What's wrong?" Hanyu Hideki was curious.

Of course he knew Rodrigo Thorpe.

The original "Die Hard" movie was shelved by Fox for 20 years, but that was because the previous "Die Hard" movie failed.

Thorpe is still well-known in Hollywood as a novelist and screenwriter, otherwise Fox would not have bought the copyright of the other party's novel.

"When Rodrigo Thorpe sold the novel to Fox, he signed a special clause, that is, if Fox resells the original work, he must obtain his consent."

"So, Rodrigo Thorpe doesn't agree?"

"It was because of the agreement that the problem arose. We don't know the content of the copyright contract they signed that year, but it definitely involved the transfer share. The two parties could not reach an agreement because of the money sharing. After all, Rodrigo Thorpe would definitely not be willing to just share the $700 million. a little."

After hearing the reason, Hanyu Hideki was speechless.

Money is really touching people's hearts.

He asked, "When will Fox get Rodrigo Thorpe?"

"It should be soon. Our contract with Fox has been signed. All that remains is Rodrigo Thorpe's nod."

When Fred said this, he said another thing, "Rodrigo Thorpe also contacted us and expressed that if we were to adapt the novel, we hope that he would be the screenwriter."

Hideki Hanyu can understand Rodrigo Thorpe's requirements.

The filming of a movie like "Die Hard" must be a big production.

As long as you can serve as a screenwriter, the salary will start at least [-] US dollars.

Thinking of his previous life, Rodrigo Thorpe did also serve as the screenwriter of "Die Hard".

He nodded in agreement, "Yes, but he won't be the only screenwriter. I also plan to invite other screenwriters."

As for who he wanted to invite, it was of course Jeb Stewart, the original screenwriter of "Die Hard" who was still writing TV series scripts for Columbia at this time.
"Ok."

Fred thought it was normal for Hanyu Hideki to want to invite other screenwriters.

Hollywood's big-budget movies often have more than one signed screenwriter, and there are even more screenwriters who cannot be signed.

Hanyu Hideki said, "Presumably if we agree to this condition, he will definitely let go faster."

Fred said, "Of course."

After all, if Rodrigo Thorpe wants to make money as a subsequent screenwriter, he must first complete the original adaptation rights deal.

Otherwise, if the original novel continues to languish in Fox's copyright library, he won't make a dime.

When Jenny Wright heard Hanyu Hideki discussing the copyright deal for the original work in front of her, she couldn't help but listen curiously.

New movies represent new opportunities.

And it sounds like a big production, which is much better than Kathryn Bigelow's million-dollar small production.

The heroine of this kind of movie is definitely worth her efforts to fight for.

A moment later, when Hanyu Hideki and Fred finished communicating about "Die Hard".

Only then did the promise promised to Jenny Wright be fulfilled.

"In the movie directed by Catherine, the heroine will be given to Miss Jenny."

Hearing this, Fred said to Jenny Wright calmly, "Miss Jenny, you can ask your agent to negotiate the contract with us."

"Ok."

There was unconcealable excitement in Jenny Wright's tone.

Although Hanyu Hideki and Fred discussed the big production, she wanted it more.

But how can such illusory things compare to the real benefits?

This is her first leading role in Hollywood.
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After half an hour.

New Age Brokerage Company.

Inside Bill Hart's office.

Jenny Wright sat across from Bill Hart.

"Mr. Bill, I wonder why you suddenly called me here?"

Jenny Wright has just returned to the agency and is going to take her agent to Yunshang Pictures to negotiate a contract.

Who would have thought that Bill Hart called her in.

Jenny Wright's tone was not good.

After all, Bill Hart followed her today and shamelessly ran to Yunshang Pictures.

This made her very unhappy.

If she didn't change her agency now, it would delay her signing the contract with Yunshang Pictures.

She will definitely not stay at New Era Agency.

After all, after embracing the towering tree of Hanyu Hideki, she no longer relies so heavily on New Era Brokerage Company.

Facing Jenny Wright's unhappy tone, Bill Hart was far from angry.

Instead, he asked with a smile, "I wonder if Miss Jenny has a date with Mr. Hanyu tonight?"

"This doesn't seem to be something Mr. Bill should be concerned about."

Jenny Wright said unceremoniously.

"It seems that there is."

Bill Hart said with a smile.

Jenny Wright is so young that she can't hide her thoughts in her eyes.

He could clearly see the trace of pride when he spoke.

"you……"

Jenny Wright was so angry that she wanted to get angry.

But before Jenny Wright could finish her words, Bill Hart pushed a stack of documents in front of her.

And interrupted, "Miss Jenny, don't get angry in a hurry, take a look at this first."

"What is this?" asked Jenny Wright.

Bill Hart replied calmly, "The script for director Richard Tuggle's new film 'Sandboy,'".

Jenny Wright did not touch the script, but stared at Bill Hart with her blue eyes and asked, "What do you want to do?"

"New Era Agency has an event in West Hollywood today. If you can bring Mr. Hanyu to it, the heroine of this movie will be yours."

Jenny Wright's heart trembled when she heard the heroine in Bill Hart's mouth.

But he still held back his heartbeat and said.

"You know, there's no way I could lie to a big shot like that."

"You don't need to lie to him. As for how to make him agree, that's your business. Miss Jenny, you are a beauty. You will always have a way, right?"

Look at the script in front of you.

Listen to the demonic whispers of Bill Hart.

Jenny Wright bit her lips unconsciously.

　Something happened, I posted late, sorry
　　
　
(End of this chapter)