Traveling Through the Tokyo Bubble Era

Chapter 516 Shueisha’s request for cooperation
In Neon, no one except Koizumi Kyoko would call Hanyu Hideki this way.

The reason why the other party is in Chiba County is also very simple.

When the first Dongjing Electronic Entertainment Exhibition was held, although the little fairy became the promotion ambassador because of the help of Hanyu Hideki.

But after that, relying on Hanyu Hideki's guidance, Little Fairy established the character of a game girl, and through the endorsement and promotion of Fairy Entertainment, the character was consolidated and promoted.

By now, the promotional ambassador at the first Tokyo Electric Power Show has long had nothing to do with the video game industry.

On the contrary, the little fairy who established the character of the game girl continued to serve as the promotion ambassador at the next four Tokyo Electric Power Shows.

And her own game girl character has now become deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

She is also the spokesperson that Elf Entertainment has cooperated with most in Neon.

Under this circumstance, Elf Media held the first Asian ACG Exhibition in Chiba Prefecture. With its influence in the gaming industry, Elf Media successfully won the image ambassador contract.

When Hideki Hanyu came closer, the little fairy couldn't wait to hug Hideki Hanyu's arm and said with joy.

Fortunately, although Koizumi Kyoko is happy, she still drives very safely.

He could almost see some of the booths that were relatively large and had a lot of visitor traffic at a glance.

But when the little fairy said this, her pretty face immediately pretended to be pitiful and said, "Although the car is very good, it is also very expensive, more than 30 million yen. All the money I have earned over the years has been spent."

Only then did Hideki Hanyu realize that the little fairy actually drove a new car.

Why not stop by Elf Communications’ booth?
Because at the Asian ACG Exhibition, the booths are not based on enterprises, but on individual IPs as the main body of the exhibition.

As soon as Hanyu Hideki said this, the pitiful smile on the little elf's face immediately disappeared and was replaced by a happy expression.

Upon closer inspection, this seems to be Porsche's most classic 959 model from the mid-to-late s.

Seeing the little fairy's excited look, Hanyu Hideki felt a little regretful. He should have agreed to the other party after getting off the car.

Seeing this, Hanyu Hideki said funnyly, "You must be happy now."

This series of Porsche 959s is very rare, and due to safety testing, it was not launched in America.

The little goblin continued to pretend to be pitiful, "I have other expenses. The yacht you gave me, teacher, will be delivered soon. The parking fees in Yokohama Port are not cheap."

Most of these are IPs owned by Elf Media.

Here, the organizer’s staff can overlook the entire venue and keep an eye on on-site trends.

After entering the venue, Hideki Hanyu walked through the staff passage and went directly to the organizer's office.

The little elf smiled proudly, "Of course, I have been waiting for this car for a full year."

Without any disguise, and with so many people in sight, it was too difficult not to be recognized, so it was better not to cause unnecessary trouble.

The little fairy said, helping Hideki Hanyu open the passenger door, and then said with a smile, "I will drive the teacher today."

After entering the exhibition, the little fairy said goodbye to him and started his own work.

The little elf nodded vigorously, "I'm very happy, thank you teacher."

Judging from the shape of the rear wing, it is a "comfortable version" that is more suitable for road driving.

When Hideki Hanyu entered it, he saw Eri Kitahara at the window, arranging work for his subordinates regarding the closing ceremony.

"It's good to be happy, so just drive with your heart."

"So that's it. Let's go to the exhibition hall quickly. I have to attend the closing ceremony today."

"You little devil, after all that, you just want to cry out to me about your poverty. Okay, okay, I will reimburse you for the cost of this car."

The organizer's office is located in a very special location, in the only two-story building in the exhibition hall.

Although Hanyu Hideki wanted to go shopping, looking at the crowded exhibition hall, he finally gave up the idea.

Looking around, there are more than a dozen staff members playing Pokémon elves, and they are surrounded by tourists on three floors inside and three outside.

But even this version costs more than $220,000, which is more expensive than a Rolls-Royce.

This is also the first mass-produced sports car in this era with a speed exceeding 300 kilometers.

"Teacher, it feels like you have been out for a long time this time."

After all, in terms of supercar driving experience, the little fairy is much more proficient than Hanyu Hideki.

After Hideki Hanyu got into the car, he praised the little fairy, "It's a beautiful car."

After a while, Hanyu Hideki and his party arrived at the exhibition hall where the Asian AGG Exhibition was held.

Judging from the newness of the car in front of me, it was obvious that the little fairy had just bought it.

Of course, when it comes to "power in numbers", it also has to be a "Pokémon" booth.

Hideki Hanyu said, "It certainly took a long time to fly around the earth."

Hanyu Hideki did not interrupt rashly, but walked to the window next to him to admire the entire exhibition from a high position.

"Ok!"

For example, "Super Mario Bros." or "Sonic," which has become very popular recently.

Seeing this, Hanyu Hideki said with some humor, "Don't pretend to be pitiful for me here. The picture book I gave you has made more than 30 million in the past two years."

In the 959s and 40s, the Porsche 1, Ferrari F, and McLaren F were considered the world's three flagship supercars.

While Hideki Hanyu was observing, Eri Kitahara who was next to him had also finished what he was doing and came to Hideki Hanyu's side.

"I didn't expect Hanyu-san to be able to come back from America."

"Since Beitahara-san has notified me, I will come back and take a look no matter what."

Hideki Hanyu said with concern, "Did the AGC exhibition go well?"

Kitahara Eri replied, "It went quite smoothly, with high media attention and high tourist participation. The local officials in Chiba Prefecture also gave a lot of support. It seemed that Chiba Prefecture was a wise choice."

Hanyu Hideki said with emotion, "The atmosphere here is really good."

Chiba Prefecture is famous for its culture even in another time and space. Many exhibitions will be held in Chiba Prefecture. The famous Tokyo Game Show is basically based in Chiba Prefecture.

"The venue is still too small now. I saw Kaoru Chiba's construction plan. They are building an international exhibition hall covering an area of ​​210,000 square meters. It is expected to be completed in 1989.

I am also discussing with Editor-in-Chief Takita whether the Tokyo Electric Power Show should be moved to Chiba Prefecture once this exhibition hall is built. "

Hanyu Hideki knew that the international exhibition hall Kitahara Eri mentioned was the Chiba Makuhari International Exhibition Center, second only to the Tokyo Big Sight in later generations.

However, the latter will not be completed until the mid-1990s. Before then, it is completely feasible to move the Tokyo Electric Power Show to Chiba Prefecture.

But naturally he would not get involved in such a trivial matter. He just said to Kitahara Eri, "You can just decide for yourself."

"Actually, I'm still very optimistic about Chiba Prefecture. It has an airport, trains, convenient transportation, and official support is strong enough..."

Kitahara Eri continued to express his thoughts.

At the end, Hideki Hanyu also helped to add a little bit.

"Chiba Prefecture is Asako-san's hometown. She has also made a lot of investments here over the years. The tokusatsu film technology center of Yunyei Animation is established here. Her uncle Shufang Ikuo has both light and dark jobs in Chiba Prefecture. Force, if there is any trouble that cannot be solved, you can contact Asako-san."

"I understand." Kitahara Eri nodded, "Do you want Hanyu-san to attend the closing ceremony in the afternoon?"

Hanyu Hideki refused, "No, just implement it according to your plan. Don't disrupt the arrangement because of me."

Kitahara Eri smiled and explained, “It doesn’t mean it’s disruptive to the arrangements, because there are still many tourists who want to see you appear.”

"No need." Hanyu Hideki still refused.

In this life, he plagiarized many comics and games for the development of Elf Entertainment.

However, as a "official copywriter", he is still quite self-aware.

Regardless of whether it is comics or games, he not only does not participate in any award ceremonies, he also basically hides behind the scenes and never stands in front of the stage to claim credit.

For example, in "Boys Over Flowers", although the original script was written by him, manga fans only know that the creator is Ai Yazawa.

Accordingly, Hideki Hanyu distributed all the profits to the creators and took no money himself.

Not only "Boys Over Flowers", but other works as well.

Now, he no longer values ​​the income directly generated by comics.

Not just comics, but also picture books and novels.

As he made more and more money, his works became less and less, nothing more than necessary, and he basically stopped working as a copywriter.

The picture books in recent years, except for "Home Alone", a film project created for Yunshang Pictures, are basically created by him.

Although the new book "Bridget" references many elements from later novels, in terms of plot, it is truly original.

At this moment, Kitahara Eri mentioned another thing to him.

"Shueisha wants to cooperate with us."

"Shueisha?" Hanyu Hideki was a little surprised.

Although Shueisha is also one of the shareholders of Constellation Culture Co., Ltd., which operates "Saint Seiya", in other aspects, Hanyu Hideki's company and Shueisha basically do not cooperate very much.

Shueisha cooperates with Nintendo to promote peripheral toy products for its manga-adapted games, and it cooperates with Bandai for its film and television productions.

To some extent, Shueisha should be considered a competitor.

Now that the other party suddenly wants to cooperate with the Elf series, is it planning to abandon Bandai and Nintendo?
Although Nintendo's 16-bit console is still in decline after its launch, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Shueisha has no reason to abandon Nintendo at this time.

What's more, there is Bandai, whose strength in the peripheral toy market is no weaker than Elf Transmission.

Eri Kitahara saw Hanyu Hideki's doubts and explained aloud, "It's not a full cooperation, it's just a comic."

"Manga?" Hanyu Hideki couldn't understand again.

"Shinhwa Studio will launch the second work of Dragon Quest at next year's Tokyo Electric Show, and the content, original story, etc. of this work have been completed by Shueisha's manga artist Akira Toriyama. Shueisha hopes that we can authorize Akira Toriyama to serialize the manga of the same name in Weekly Shonen Jump."

When Kitahara Eri said this, her original intention was to tell Hanyu Hideki that she did not want to license the manga to Shueisha.

After all, licensing comics seems simple, but elf-type comics have always served game production. If you stay in the hands of the elf-type, you can decide the direction of the comic story. But if the authorization is given to Akira Toriyama, it would be equivalent to giving the decision-making power of the comic story to Akira Toriyama. If Shueisha, under the influence of certain forces, asks Akira Toriyama to cause trouble for Elf Entertainment, it will definitely cause trouble in the follow-up Game creation is lagging behind.

But what Kitahara Eri didn't expect was that after hearing her explanation, Hanyu Hideki said without hesitation, "Then authorize it to Toriyama Akira."

After finishing speaking, he looked at Kitahara Eri's puzzled expression and explained, "Horii Yuji, the director of Shinhwa Studio, and Toriyama Akira are very good friends, and they have always cooperated with each other tacitly."

The explanation is far-fetched, but Hanyu Hideki doesn't intend to say any more.

In the original "Dragon Ball", although he took the lead for the development of the club, he actually wanted to cooperate with Akira Toriyama, but unfortunately the other party was always unwilling.

Looking back now, he has some regrets and regrets as he is no longer short of money. After all, when he traveled through his previous life, the cartoonist he liked very much had passed away.

Stealing the other party's super IP, although it is irreversible now.

But as long as this authorization is achieved, if a sequel to "Dragon Quest" is produced in the future, Elf Entertainment will need to give Akira Toriyama a certain share of the original work.

Doing this would at least make him feel better.

As for Jiying Society, won’t it use authorization to cause trouble for Elf Entertainment?

The one who can decide this matter is not Shueisha, but him.

As long as his Yunshang type and Elf type remain as strong as they are now, Shueisha will never dare to make a fool of himself.

"Okay, I'll contact Shueisha."

Now that Hideki Hanyu has made the decision, Eri Kitahara will say no more.

After all, neither she nor Satoru Iwata's internal prestige in the elf system is far behind that of Hideki Hanyu.

Although Hideki Hanyu is like a hands-off shopkeeper, look at the super IPs that help Elf Entertainment conquer the world. Which one was not created by Hideki Hanyu.

Elf Entertainment is full of talents. The three major studios and their independent development groups are even more talented. Many people actually have the capital to work independently.

But most of these people continue to stay at Elf Entertainment out of recognition of Hanyu Hideki.

After all, such a boss who has unlimited creativity, is willing to share the dividends of corporate development, and is willing to hide behind the scenes and not compete for the credit of his subordinates can no longer be described as rare in Neon.

Even some people in the studio have the idea of ​​​​jumping out and working alone.

But their men were unwilling to leave with them.

In today's golden age where the game industry is developing rapidly, game developers are jumping to independent jobs every month, and independent game developers are constantly being established.

Like Elf Entertainment, it is the only club in the industry where very few employees leave voluntarily and talents can only enter and not leave.

In this way, Hanyu Hideki and Kitahara Eri chatted for a long time about the first Asian ACG Exhibition and elf-related work.

Although Satoru Iwata and Eri Kitahara performed well in their respective positions.

However, in order to control the future trend, Hanyu Hideki still needs to keep abreast of the club's situation to prevent them from embarking on the wrong development direction.

In addition to chatting, he also changed into the overalls of an on-site staff member, disguised himself and entered the exhibition for a walk.

During the noon break at the exhibition, Hanyu Hideki also had a working lunch with his employees, showing off his approachable image.

In the afternoon, he wore his staff uniform and watched the entire closing ceremony of the exhibition.

Although in his opinion, with the perspective of the times, the effect of this exhibition is mediocre and the creativity is old-fashioned.

But judging from the enthusiastic response from the audience, everyone is still very satisfied with this Asian ACG Exhibition.

When everything was over, Hideki Hanyu took the goblins and invited Eri Kitahara and several heads of elf communication to have dinner together.

After the show, he and the goblin checked into the hotel.

The little goblin was overcome by rain after a long drought, so let’s not talk about how he was able to subdue him.

In the next few days, the elf messengers left one after another, and he accompanied the elf to play in Chiba County for another two days.

On the afternoon of August 5th, the two returned to Tokyo.

As an idol and an office owner, the little fairy naturally has to continue to work hard after a rare two-day break.

As for Hanyu Hideki, he also has his own things to deal with.

With the help of the assistant office, he learned about the current situation of many of his subordinate companies and made some corresponding adjustments.

Of course, it is indispensable to accompany a few beauties during this period.

It's just that as time goes by, although the feelings of some women have become deeper, some women have become passers-by.

……

Time flies and it’s August 10th.

Hanyu Hideki's black Mercedes-Benz took the lead, followed by Bentley, Toyota Century and other vehicles.

After the motorcade drove into Chiyoda District, it finally stopped in front of an old-fashioned courtyard with an elegant environment in Sanban Town.

Hideki Hanyu got out of the car first, and when he looked up, he saw the word "Ono" written on the lantern hanging on the simple wooden door.

After nearly two months of renovations, what was once Hakone's Ono Ryokury has finally become Tokyo's Ono Ryotei, officially welcoming its first day of opening.

There was no grand ceremony, just a lantern with the store name written on it was hung at the door.

After Hideki Hanyu got out of the car, the door on the other side was also opened, and Yukio Tanaka, the young man, stepped out.

On the two cars at the back, Asako Hirohashi, Shota Yoshioka, Shinsuke Ito, Eri Kitahara, Satoru Iwata, Ryohiro Yata, Michi Iijima... and others got off.

In addition to them, there are also Hanyu Hideki's entourage, such as bodyguards and assistants.

On the first day the restaurant opened, Hideki Hanyu took everyone to experience it.

I believe that with these people here, there will be no shortage of business after Ono Ryotei opens.

Of course, even if Ryotei keeps losing money, Hanyu Hideki doesn't care.

The sound of the car attracted people in the store. Under the leadership of Ono Chiharu, several waitresses in kimonos went out to greet them.

Yoshioka Shota, who had already walked to the door at this time, saw this and joked to Hanyu Hideki, "No wonder Hanyu-san didn't open a restaurant with us in the first place. It turned out that he opened a restaurant here quietly, and it was still so elegant. ”

"I didn't open this store to make money. I only receive one group of customers every day. I just help Xiaoye find something to do."

After Hanyu Hideki finished speaking, he waved to Ono Chiharu.

The gentle beauty in kimono immediately took small steps and walked obediently to Hanyu Hideki.

Hanyu Hideki immediately introduced everyone, "This is Ono Chiharu."

"Good evening, everyone."

Chiharu Ono bowed politely to everyone.

Seeing this, Asako Hirohashi stepped forward and said to Ono Chiharu with a smile, "Ono-san doesn't have to be like this, we are all Hanyu-san's friends."

"Okay, everyone, stop standing at the door and talking. Let's go in and chat."

Hanyu Hideki said to everyone.

Ono Chiharu and the waitresses also welcomed everyone into the courtyard.

Kitahara Eri, who was walking at the end, looked at the beauty like Yamato Nadeshiko, quietly nudged Hanyu Hideki with her elbow, and teased him jokingly.

"Hanyu-san, where did you deceive such a beauty?"

Hideki Hanyu said unconvinced, "Liar? Kitahara-san also looks down on me too much. I, Hideki Hanyu, have never lied to women."

Kitahara Eri deliberately acted like she was in a daze, "I made a mistake. Hanyu-san is indeed not lying, she is just a little sentimental."

Next to him, Yukio Tanaka, who heard the entire conversation between the two, looked at Chiharu Ono, who was as gentle as water, and couldn't help but say something sour.

"Kitahara-san, you're too polite to say that. Why are you sentimental? He is a scumbag!"

"Yukio-san, it's okay for others to say that to me. What qualifications do you have to say that to me?"

"Of course I'm qualified. I'm at least married."

"Haha, you are still messing around outside after getting married. How dare you call me a scumbag?"

……

While the two people were bickering, everyone walked into the restaurant.

In fact, according to the design, the number of people Hanyu Hideki brought today has exceeded the restaurant's reception limit.

Ono Chiharu had to temporarily add a few tables near the courtyard.

Hideki Hanyu and several friends sat at the newly added table.

As soon as they sat down, a light drizzle began to fall outside.

In the courtyard shrouded in drizzle, the cobblestone path extends into the bamboo forest.

The courtyard has a quiet scenery, green plants, and a few koi carp swimming in the pond, shuttling among the water plants.

On the rockery beside the pool, there is a trickle of water falling slowly. It is guided by a bamboo canal and falls on the small water wheel, pushing the water wheel to rotate slowly.

Such a scene made the famous supervisor Shinsuke Ito couldn't help but sigh.

"With such a nice yard, Hanyu-san is willing to use it to open a food kiosk."

Hideki Hanyu said nonchalantly, "Since it is a good thing, wouldn't it be better if more people see it?"

Next to her, Asako Hirohashi seemed to think of something, "Is Hanyu-san leaving Tokyo again?"

"Yeah, I bought a football club in the UK. The new season is about to start, and I'm going to watch the first game of the league."

With that said, Hanyu Hideki asked everyone.

"Which of you is interested in going along?"

(End of this chapter)