Traveling Through the Tokyo Bubble Era

Chapter 582: Forbes Again

After Hideki Hanyu spoke fiercely into the phone in a British accent.

Green Laws's timid voice came, "Boss, what should I do next?"

Suddenly caught up in the storm of public opinion, Green Laws was completely at a loss as to what to do.

I heard Green Laws's helpless speech again.

Hideki Hanyu was filled with anger at the lack of fighting spirit.

However, this emotion soon disappeared from his heart.

When he chose Green Laws as the savior, wasn't it because he had no opinion of his own and could be easily manipulated like a puppet?
If Green Laws suddenly became ruthless and capable, Hanyu Hideki felt that he would start to worry.

Thinking of this, Hideki Hanyu had to calm down and start to instruct Green Laws.

"First, hold a press conference immediately to clear yourself of any responsibility for this matter."

Green Laws asked weakly, "Boss, how can I distance myself from this matter?"

"call--"

Hanyu Hideki took a deep breath and suppressed the urge to scold the idiot.

"There are only two parties involved. Besides you, there is only the leader of the fans' organization. The responsibility does not lie with you, but with him.

You are the chairman of Manchester United and your media resources are far greater than his, so what you have to do now is to put all the blame on him."

After Hanyu Hideki finished speaking, Green Laws asked cautiously on the other end of the phone.

"Boss, do you think it's okay for me to explain it to the media like this? I can say that the leader of the fan organization threatened me about the club's acquisition, saying that if I didn't provide him with tickets privately, he would lead the fans to protest."

After hearing this, Hanyu Hideki couldn't help but say, "At least you're not stupid enough to really go to the river to wash your brain."

After that, he immediately reminded, "It's not just about acquiring the club, but also the selection of the head coach, the construction of the training base, the renovation of the home stadium, etc. Don't these fan organizations protest?"

“Protested.”

“So after you gave out tickets, did the protests decrease?”

"decreased."

"That's it. If you want to shirk responsibility, you might as well do it thoroughly."

Having said this, Hideki Hanyu gave his final instructions.

"It's not enough to just destroy without building. You can find other leaders of the Fans' Union and tell them that the welfare tickets given to the Fans' Union will not stop because of this incident."

"I understand. We still don't care how these welfare tickets are ultimately used."

"Remember, don't go and talk on your own this time, do it cleanly."

"I understand, boss."

Just like that, the call between Hideki Hanyu and Green Laws ended.

Originally he thought Manchester United had performed well this season and he would go to Old Trafford to watch a game when he had time.

But now that this has happened, it is definitely not appropriate for him to show up until public opinion has calmed down.

Just as Hanyu Hideki was secretly thinking about the follow-up handling of this matter by Manchester United Club, Kuroki Hitomi had already sat next to him and asked with concern.

"Have you run into any trouble, Hanyu-kun?"

Hanyu Hideki shook his head. "Some problems have occurred in the business in the UK. I have already arranged a way to deal with it."

Kuroki Hitomi asked again, "Hanyu-kun seems to be a bit busy lately?"

Before moving back to Maple Manor, Hideki Hanyu received constant phone calls at the medical center, and he continued to receive calls after returning.

Kuroki Hitomi saw all this busy state.

"They are just trivial matters, don't worry about them." Hanyu Hideki hugged Kuroki Hitomi and comforted her.

The Tokyo Electric Power Exhibition was held, the TGC fashion show was held, Northeast Energy was about to go public, and there were other big and small things. It was naturally impossible that they were all trivial matters as he said.

However, he never liked to talk about career matters with women.

The main thing is that even if I tell them, they won’t understand, so it’s better not to say anything.

However, just as he finished his words of comfort, the phone rang again.

When I picked up the phone, it turned out to be a call from Dante Kane of Hope Angel Investment.

"Boss, the financial report of Wang Laboratories, the company you asked me to pay attention to, has been released."

Hearing Dante Kane's words, Hanyu Hideki immediately sat up straight and asked, "What's the situation?"

Dante Kane reported, "The financial report shows that Wang Laboratories lost nearly $450 million for the whole year."

"This is really sad news. It seems that the successor to Wang An Computer is not very qualified." Hanyu Hideki's tone was obviously sarcastic.

Dante Kane said something fair, "It's not his fault. The market has been bad in the past two years, and their choice of development direction is also problematic."

Hanyu Hideki said nonchalantly, "I don't care whether Wang An Computer is alive or dead. The more chaos they have, the better."

Dante Kane reported, "The top management has a lot of opinions about the successor. Wang An's health is very bad, and it is impossible for him to come back to continue to manage the company. The most likely option is to find a professional manager."

Hearing this, Hanyu Hideki smiled.

"Wang An is an entrepreneur with feudal ideas in his head. Even if he is looking for a successor, he will not completely remove his son's rights, let alone promote his former subordinates to become professional managers, because that would be a provocation to his son's authority."

Dante Kane said, "If that's true, then he's a terrible manager."

"Haha, isn't that what I want?" Hanyu Hideki asked again, "Where is the person I asked you to pay attention to now?"

Dante Kane replied, "He was transferred back to Wang Laboratories headquarters last year, but because he expressed his dissatisfaction with the decision-making of his successor Wang Lie, he was transferred to Hong Kong this year to be in charge of the Asia region."

"Very good, contact me as soon as you have any news."

Hanyu Hideki hung up the phone after saying this.

Then immediately start thinking about what to do next.

He asked Dante Kane to pay attention to Wang Laboratories, but of course he was not interested in Wang Laboratories itself.

What he wanted was John Chambers, a senior executive of Wang Laboratories, who would lead Cisco to the top in the future and was known as the "most powerful CEO on the planet."

As the saying goes, it is easy to get an army, but it is difficult to get a general.

After joining forces with Don Valentine and gradually divesting the Cisco founder's control over Cisco, Cisco's development has been relatively good, but the main reason is that it benefited from the dividends of the industry's early development.

In Hanyu Hideki's opinion, the abilities of several senior executives are very ordinary and are really useless.

So he urgently needed to find an excellent helmsman for Cisco.

As an investor, his expectation for Cisco is, of course, rapid development so that he can cash out with the maximum profit.

otherwise?

Does he still want to dominate Cisco, a leading company that is building America's future information superhighway, as a Japanese after traveling through time?
In fact, it's not just him, all capital investors in America are the same.

Did Don Valentine invest in Cisco in order to dominate Cisco, realize some ambition, or gain some power?

Is it to contribute to the future construction of America?
Is it to make America great again?

Do not make jokes.

He just wanted to make a profit, and he would sell it for money after Cisco's stock price rose after its IPO.

This is a country of immigrants.

The national history books are not as thick as the toilet paper in his house.

How much sense of belonging do you expect immigrants to have?

The patriotic education used for brainwashing and the practice of deliberately creating external enemies and uniting internal contradictions are used to fool the grassroots American people.

To the high and mighty capitalists, it is simply a joke.

People have told you clearly that America is a capitalist country.

Everything in the entire country, from social system to lawmaking, serves capital.

Some people naively think that they can become real people by coming here.

Little do they know that only the places they flee from will have the words “Serve the People” written on the door of the government building.

In America, people only serve for money.

If you encounter a snowstorm here, the authorities will tell you, "We don't owe you anything!"

Therefore, Hideki Hanyu's goal in America has always been simple.

Make money.

Enjoy the services that capitalism brings.

Be a standard "capitalist" who has no bottom line and will do anything to achieve his goals in some aspects.

Those who think that they can gain so-called "rights" by immigrating to America and become the emperor and act tyrannically when they return to Japan simply don't understand the core of rights.

most of the time.

You can "help" and "lead" others to create wealth.

And you directly "give" or "send" money to others.

The effects produced by the two are completely different.

……

Just when Hideki Hanyu began to think divergently.

Kuroki Hitomi next to him spoke again, "If Hanyu-kun is very busy, just go and do your own thing. I'm recovering well, and it's enough to have Daichi-san by my side."

After hearing what Kuroki Hitomi said, Hanyu Hideki also considered leaving.

After all, there was internal turmoil in Wang Laboratories and John Chambers was exiled to Hong Kong.

Now is the best time for him to "visit the thatched cottage three times" and show his eagerness to recruit talented people and respect for them in order to poach John Chambers.

Compared to the major issues concerning Cisco's development, personal affairs can be put aside for the time being.

But he didn't wait for his answer yet.

The female secretary who followed him asked at the entrance of the living room, "Boss, Manager Fred Webber asked me to ask you about the internal screening of Die Hard at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Do you want to attend?"

Hanyu Hideki asked, "Why didn't he just call and ask me?"

The secretary replied, "He just called but the line was busy."

Thinking that his phone calls were one after another, it was normal that Fred Weber couldn't get through, so Hanyu Hideki replied, "Please notify him for me. I will attend on time tomorrow."

"Okay, boss."

After the secretary responded and left, Hanyu Hideki turned to Kuroki Hitomi and said, "I'm sorry, there are some things I have to handle personally."

……

Wednesday, March 23rd.

Century City, Cloud Pictures Building.

Although the preview didn't start until 2 p.m., Hideki Hanyu arrived in the morning.

After all, I haven't been here for a while, and some things have accumulated.

As a result, just as he stepped into Fred Weber's office and chatted with Fred Weber for a while, someone received the message and came to find him.

"Boss, don't worry. This is not the first time we have cooperated with 20th Century Fox. There will definitely be no problem with the cooperation. As for the publicity..."

Fred Webber was talking about the promotion and marketing of "Die Hard".

After the last event of Yunshang Pictures ended, 20th Century Fox, perhaps because of the success of "Working Girl", finally offered the best cooperation conditions among all the distributors who proposed cooperation.

So Fred Webber naturally chose to work with 20th Century Fox.

After all, in addition to the conditions of cooperation, the cooperation between the two parties on the distribution of "Working Girl" was also quite pleasant.

After Working Girl's total box office officially exceeded 70 million this month, 20th Century Fox readily settled all the producers' shares and 12 million in overseas distribution buyout fees.

I must say one more thing here.

During the Johnny's scandal, in order to gain Murdoch's support, Hideki Hanyu agreed to give the distribution of "Bottom Night 2", which was planned to be released by Cloud Pictures on Halloween, to th Century Fox under the same conditions.

Harvey Weinstein, the boss of Miramax Films, was very dissatisfied with this and called Fred Webber to complain several times.

After all, the first "Bottom Night" was a success, and the cooperation between Miramax Films and Yunshang Films was very pleasant.

The sequel should have been handed over to Miramax naturally, but it was suddenly intercepted by 20th Century Fox. It would have been impossible for Harvey Weinstein not to be annoyed.

But Fred Weber will take care of these things.

No matter how arrogant and domineering Harvey Weinstein is, he has no right to complain to Hideki Hanyu.

But just as Fred Weber said this, there was a knock on the door and the person who received the message and came to see Hideki Hanyu arrived.

After the door was opened, a beautiful woman with blonde hair walked in.

"Sir, Manager Bill told me that you came to Yunshang Pictures."

With an exquisite and beautiful face and a youthful and slender figure, who else could it be but Naomi Watts.

Hanyu Hideki said, "Bill Hart's information is quite accurate."

"New Century Agency is just downstairs, so it would be easy for him to notice who is coming."

As Naomi Watts spoke, she naturally sat next to Hideki Hanyu.

He didn't mind the presence of Fred Weber at all and acted intimately with Hanyu Hideki.

Hanyu Hideki said, "I didn't expect that you would sign with New Century Entertainment."

"I'm not famous, so I want to sign with CAA but they don't like me. Besides, if I sign with New Century Agency, it will be more convenient to cooperate with Yunshang Pictures."

Naomi Watts sounded normal.

But the other two people present knew very well who he was talking about.

Fred Weber then talked about another thing.

"Our 70 million-dollar heroine, Ms. Nicole Kidman, has been very active recently after receiving an Oscar nomination, and often appears at Oscar PR parties."

Hanyu Hideki said, "Really? It seems that CAA is very supportive of her."

Fred Weber said, "We support her as well. After all, we are the producers, and it is good for us if she wins the award."

"That's right, no one can resist money." Hanyu Hideki said with a smile.

However, when Naomi Watts, who was standing next to them, heard their conversation, the woman couldn't help but reveal a hint of envy in her eyes.

Naomi Watts calmly hugged Hanyu Hideki's arm and asked tentatively, "Sir, has the movie you mentioned before been prepared?"

"Which one?" Hanyu Hideki couldn't remember for a moment. But when he saw Naomi Watts's eyes, he seemed to understand something and immediately turned to ask Fred Weber.

"Fred, what's going on with Castle Rock Pictures' movie project? Hasn't it started preparations yet?"

The film project of Castle Rock Pictures that Hideki Hanyu mentioned is naturally the famous "When Harry Met Sally".

Fred Webber replied, "Indeed, preparations have already begun, but they have other projects that have not been completed yet. The first Castle Rock movie will probably not start shooting until the second half of the year."

Hanyu Hideki asked, "Has the casting started yet?"

"For now, only the supporting actress Kelly Fisher has been confirmed, and the other main roles are still being selected," said Fred Webber.

Kelly Fisher, this name is certainly not unfamiliar to Hideki Hanyu.

The actress who played Princess Leia in Star Wars.

However, compared to Harrison Ford, who was able to prove his box office appeal in other types of films after leaving "Star Wars".

Apart from "Star Wars", it can be said that Carrie Fisher has few other films worthy of praise.

Those who perform well at the box office basically play supporting roles, and the box office success has nothing to do with them personally.

The most important thing is that Hideki Hanyu really finds it hard to appreciate the actress's old-fashioned face, and I don't know what Lucas likes about Kelly Fisher, is it because she is a good actress?
However, the other party was only a supporting role in "When Harry Met Sally", so Hideki Hanyu didn't bother to care about it.

Thinking of this, Hanyu Hideki turned to ask Naomi Watts, "Have you received an audition invitation?"

Naomi Watts said nothing, just shook her head.

Seeing this, Hanyu Hideki frowned and looked at Fred Weber, "Fred, what's going on? I remember I told you about Naomi."

"I have already given Miss Naomi's information to Castle Rock Pictures. I don't know the details, but you know how busy I am, boss."

Fred Weber spread his hands and said helplessly.

Hideki Hanyu can understand this.

As the head of Cloud Pictures, Fred Webber has enough things to do in the company, and it is impossible for him to focus on the casting of a movie all day.

So he said again, "Then please go and ask again."

Fred Weber readily agreed, "No problem. Tomorrow, Monday, Castle Rock Pictures has a production event that invites me to participate. I will go and ask in person."

But as soon as Fred Weber finished speaking, Hideki Hanyu felt Naomi Watts beside him gently touch his arm.

Immediately afterwards, Naomi Watts's slightly pleading voice was heard.

"I want to go to this party too, sir, can you go with me?"

When Hideki Hanyu heard this, he naturally knew what Naomi Watts was thinking.

Naturally, she hoped that the big boss would come forward personally to help her secure the role.

Hideki Hanyu's first reaction was to refuse.

After all, it was not his turn to personally take charge of such a small matter as helping a woman arrange a role.

But at this moment, Fred Weber spoke again.

"Boss, it would be a good idea for you to go. Several founders of Castle Rock Pictures have always wanted to meet you, the investor, but they never had the chance.

After all, we are the majority shareholder of Castle Rock. If the boss meets with them, it will also deepen their confidence, and they don’t have to worry about us withdrawing our investment one day.”

After listening to Fred Weber's words, Hanyu Hideki thought about it for a while and felt that it made sense. He nodded and said, "Okay, let's go together tomorrow."

That’s the end of the story about Castle Rock Pictures.

Next, Fred Weber will continue to report to Hideki Hanyu on existing work, such as the promotion of "Die Hard".

For example, the production progress of "Night of the Dead" and "A Fish Called Wanda" and so on.

But at the end, Fred Weber changed the subject and mentioned another matter.

"Boss, I recently looked at the children's book sales rankings in a newspaper, and both of your new books are on the list. In addition to the Home Alone that I discovered a long time ago, the novel called Bridget has been the number one for four consecutive weeks."

"Really? I haven't paid much attention to the sales of this novel in America."

Hideki Hanyu looked confused, obviously he didn't know as much as Fred Weber.

When he was in Japan, he didn’t pay much attention to the overseas sales of his works.

After coming to America, he accompanied the pregnant woman and became a stay-at-home dad. He had many important things to deal with and was too lazy to care about the problems of his work.

Anyway, for him, as long as he succeeds, it's fine.

It can be adapted into other derivative channels later.

As for how much money he can make if the product becomes a best-seller, it is no longer important to him now.

Seeing Hideki Hanyu like this, Fred Weber and Naomi Watts were speechless.

Just relying on the sales of the novel "Brigitte" in the European and American markets, Hideki Hanyu earned tens of millions of dollars.

This is a huge sum of money for a Hollywood star.

For ordinary people, it is an astronomical figure that they cannot earn in their entire lifetime.

But Hideki Hanyu seemed to have forgotten everything.

However, Fred Weber said this not because he cared about how much money Hideki Hanyu made.

He had other purposes.

"I think Brigitte is very suitable for film and television adaptation. Its high book sales mean that it has a large enough potential audience. Boss, would you like to consider it?"

Hearing Fred Weber's words, Hanyu Hideki shook his head decisively, "I think the current technical conditions are not yet able to restore the plot of the novel very well, so let's not consider it for the time being."

Regarding "Brigitte", Hideki Hanyu actually has two ideas in his mind.

The first step is to wait for the special effects technology to mature before filming a live-action version of the movie.

Secondly, the story is handed over to Pixar Animation Studios, which will make it into a 3D animation, and then a live-action version can be produced later.

But no matter which idea it is, it cannot be implemented now.

"Boss, since Brigitte isn't suitable, then you can always consider letting Home Alone take over." Fred Weber immediately changed his target.

It seems that after being rejected by Hideki Hanyu last time, Fred Weber has not given up his "ambition" for "Home Alone".

Hanyu Hideki simply asked in return, “Fred, does Cloud Pictures have the ability to produce new films recently?”

Fred Weber thought about it and said, "It probably won't work this year, but it will definitely work next year."

Hearing the time, Hanyu Hideki also thought it was about the same, but he did not answer directly. Instead, he said, "I should be releasing a sequel to the Home Alone picture book next year."

Fred Weber was delighted when he heard this and immediately promised, "Boss, the movie will definitely be released in conjunction with your book."

Fred Webber is obviously well aware that no other way to promote a movie can be better than by promoting it in conjunction with the sequel to a hit picture book.

"Are you satisfied now?" Hanyu Hideki asked with a smile.

"Satisfied." Fred Weber nodded repeatedly.

At this point, Hanyu Hideki looked at his watch and found that it was already time for lunch, so he touched his stomach and said, "It's time for lunch. Do you have any good restaurant recommendations?"

Fred Weber said, "There's a new Southern BBQ restaurant near the Ranch Park Golf Club. The Kansas pork chops and brisket are very good and should suit the owner's taste.

Of course, the restaurant is close enough that it won’t interfere with the boss’s internal screening in the afternoon.”

Hanyu Hideki immediately became interested, "Would Fred like to come with us?"

Fred Weber glanced at Naomi Watts who was hugging Hanyu Hideki's arm, and said sensibly, "I still have work to deal with, so I won't go with the boss."

"Okay, I'll go get lunch then."

Hideki Hanyu was not polite either. He stood up, hugged Naomi Watts and walked away.

He drove to Century City himself today.

However, the car he was driving was not the Lamborghini "Kuiniu", but the Ferrari F40 that had just arrived in America.

He ordered a total of five cars in Frankfurt, and three have arrived now.

After the first one was delivered to Neon, he gave it to the little fairy as a birthday present.

The second and third cars arrived at the same time recently. One was delivered to Hong Kong, and the other is the one he is driving now.

It is still the classic red color, and it looks like a ball of burning flame as it drives on the streets of Los Angeles, attracting the attention of passers-by and also making Naomi Watts, who was riding in the car, very excited.

When the car arrived outside the restaurant that Fred Webber mentioned, Hideki Hanyu got out of the car and noticed that Naomi Watts looked at the Ferrari with a reluctant look.

Then he smiled and asked, "Why? Do you like this Ferrari very much?"

"It's beautiful, but it would be even better in yellow," said Naomi Watts.

Although there was no clear answer, the woman's thoughts were obvious.

"That's easy. I'll give you a yellow one."

Hanyu Hideki said calmly, and then called Marco who had just got off the car, "No need to wait outside, let's go eat together."

As for Naomi Watts, she seemed not to have heard Hanyu Hideki's words clearly. After sitting down at the dining table with Hanyu Hideki, she asked as if to confirm.

"Are you going to give me a sports car out there?"

"It's just a car, what's the big deal?"

Hanyu Hideki said nonchalantly while placing his order.

But after he finished ordering, he raised his head, looked at Naomi Watts, and said another meaningful sentence.

"You made the right choice that night."

Hearing this, Naomi Watts shuddered violently, as if all her secrets were known by Hideki Hanyu.

Because she had already guessed that the night that Hideki Hanyu was talking about was the night she went to persuade Nicole Kidman.

So, is that car a reward for "loyalty"?
But at this time, Hideki Hanyu said again.

"You don't have to imagine anything. I didn't arrange for anyone to eavesdrop or monitor you. I wouldn't do such a thing. The president of CAA told me that. I just made a guess based on the results.

I don't like to force myself, and I do everything just to make myself happy.

You make me happy and nothing is a problem.

But if you can’t make me happy, I’m very sorry…”

Hanyu Hideki spread his hands when he said this.

Obviously, Naomi Watts knew the answer without him having to say it.

So the next moment, Naomi Watts put on a sweet smile and asked, "I just learned how to bake a cake recently. After the preview, would you like to come to my house to try it?"

Hanyu Hideki raised the corner of his mouth, "It sounds good, we can give it a try."

……

Compared to what was said before the preview, there is actually not much to say about the entire preview process.

The script and casting of "Die Hard" were personally supervised by Hideki Hanyu. Even though the main creative team changed slightly, the final film was generally not much different from the previous one.

The biggest difference is that the previous movie was filmed at the Fox Building, but this time it was filmed at a new location.

So the movie scenes look different from what you remember.

As for the rest, Bruce Willis is still extraordinary as the protagonist John McClan.

The villain played by Alan Rickman is still so classic.

After the preview, both Cloud Pictures and 20th Century Fox were very satisfied with the finished film.

Everyone felt that this movie had the potential to be a big hit.

Hideki Hanyu was therefore relieved.

Naomi Watts, who accompanied him to the preview, said enviously, "It would be great if I could star in such a big production one day."

"It will happen sooner or later," Hanyu Hideki replied.

Because he remembered that in terms of North American box office alone, the box office figures of "When Harry Met Sally" would exceed those of the first "Die Hard".

Originally, he was still hesitating whether to give the leading role of "When Harry Met Sally" to Nicole Kidman or Naomi Watts.

Subconsciously, he actually wanted to give it to Nicole Kidman.

After all, the images of this pair of friends when they were young were too similar.

Nicole Kidman became famous first with "Working Girl" and was destined to surpass Naomi Watts in the casting of the same type of movies.

But now Nicole Kidman has given up on her own, and Naomi Watts' acting skills are not lacking.

The heroine of "When Harry Met Sally" naturally fell to Naomi Watts.

With this movie with a starting box office of 90 million in North America as a guarantee, it will be easy to arrange big projects for Naomi Watts in the future.

But that's what he thought.

But when his answer fell into Naomi Watts's ears, and combined with what he said at noon, the woman immediately misunderstood.

This directly led to him going to Naomi Watts's house to eat cake and discovering that the cream of the cake was not placed on the bread, but on...

As for where to put it?

Anyway, after eating the cake all night, the scumbag was really busy and confused.

……

The next day.

March 24th, Thursday.

Hideki Hanyu was exercising on the treadmill when he suddenly heard Naomi Watts's exclamation from the living room.

Thinking that something had happened to the woman, he rushed to the living room, only to find that she was fine, except that she was holding a magazine in her hand.

He was familiar with the name of the magazine, Forbes.

Hideki Hanyu looked at the title of the magazine, then looked at Naomi Watts's shocked expression as she looked at him.

The answer to the reason for the scream just now is already obvious.

So he asked directly, "Is Forbes releasing the rich list again?"

It's no wonder that he guessed it. After all, Forbes magazine had made an appointment with him for an interview half a month ago. The content of the interview was about his net worth, but he refused.

Calculating the time, it’s time to release it.

At this time, Naomi Watts's slightly trembling voice answered.

"Forbes has released the 'World's Billionaires List' and you are on the list again."

(End of this chapter)