Traveling Through the Tokyo Bubble Era

Chapter 590: Xidu's Plan

April 3rd.

Osaka.

Hideki Hanyu is meeting with representatives of Kansai Bank in a conference room to discuss the listing of Tohoku Energy.

Although Northeast China has a strong energy foundation and is a giant in the Kanto region.

However, investors' attitude towards Northeast Energy's listing is far from enthusiastic.

First of all, of course, it is affected by international energy prices, which makes people not optimistic about Northeast Energy’s overseas investment.

Secondly, although these giant enterprises are large, their profitability is not as good as imagined, and it is not as easy to tell a story as small enterprises.

This is also the reason why, despite the large scale and large number of employees of similar companies in Japan, their valuations are always low.

Of course, even if the valuation does not go up, because Northeast Energy is large enough, the scale of this IPO will be the largest on the Tokyo Stock Exchange this year.

The share price is 1,600 yen, and it is expected to raise nearly 600 billion yen.

The branch office building of Yamaichi Securities in Osaka.

Tohoku Energy staff including Hanyu Hideki and Nakano Shigemasa, accompanied by the Osaka manager of Yamaichi Securities, escorted representatives of several investment institutions into the elevator.

After the elevator door closed and the floor number began to slowly decrease, the branch manager of Yamaichi Securities immediately said to Hanyu Hideki with a smile on his face and a slightly flattering tone.

"As expected, with President Hanyu stepping in, things become easier."

It is not difficult to judge from the manager's words that the negotiations with those structural representatives just now should have been successful.

Hanyu Hideki said modestly, "Mr. Manager, you are too polite. This is the result of everyone's hard work."

Although Mitsui Financial will certainly be involved in the underwriting of Northeast Energy's IPO, given the scale of this project, it will inevitably have to cooperate with other companies.

Yamaichi Securities is one of the cooperative companies.

What this securities company is remembered for in later generations is their bankruptcy ten years after the bursting of the neon bubble, which can be regarded as a milestone event in the true "bursting" of the neon bubble economy.

Of course, in this era, Yamaichi Securities can be said to be the leader of the four major securities companies in Japan, and it can be said to be the representative of Japan's financial miracle.

The manager then added, "We have prepared a reception dinner. Please don't hesitate to invite President Hanyu and President Nakano."

Hearing this, Hanyu Hideki made a regretful expression and said, "Thank you very much for your kindness, Mr. Manager, but I'm very sorry. I have other things to do this afternoon."

Nakano Shigemasa followed up by saying, “I have another meeting in Sendai tomorrow, so I have to go back tonight.”

The manager said, “That’s a shame.”

Hanyu Hideki said, “I believe there will always be opportunities in the future.”

"In that case, let me take you downstairs."

"sorry to bother you."

……

In the parking lot, Hanyu Hideki stood next to his waiting car and spoke to Nakano Shigemasa.

"I'm going to Hong Kong tomorrow, and it's estimated that it may take three days. During this period, I'll leave the listing work to you for the time being."

"President, this is what I should do. Besides, we have already negotiated with all the important institutions. I believe there will be absolutely no problem in listing it on the 15th as planned."

"Very well, thank you for your hard work."

"Thank you, President..."

After a brief exchange with Shigemasa Nakano, Hanyu Hideki got into the car and told Marco to drive to Osaka Castle Park.

The reason for going there, of course, is to go to Yasuko Sawaguchi's home.

In March, Japanese schools had spring break, so Yasuko Sawaguchi came back to take her family and sister on vacation.

On April 2nd, Hideki Hanyu arrived in Osaka, and Yasuko Sawaguchi returned from her seaside mansion in Kobe. Yesterday, she spent a night alone with Hideki Hanyu at home.

After the vehicle started, Hanyu Hideki immediately took a thick stack of information from his assistant Chiba Kaoru and started reading it.

These are not data about Tohoku Energy, but data about the Osaka branch of Saito Group.

After the establishment of the Pachinko Copyright Business Alliance, the integration of the Xidu Group in related regions officially began through the exchange of interests.

These are the latest progress.

After watching it, Hideki Hanyu was quite satisfied with the overall situation.

Although the internal strife within the Yamaguchi-gumi has not been completely resolved, relying on their strong rule in the area, the integration progress of the Kansai region is much smoother than that of the mixed Kanto region.

Of course, although Xidu Group is carrying out integration.

But they have never considered monopolizing the entire industry, and in fact it is difficult for them to do so.

They just want to take advantage of their collective first-mover advantage and seize a dominant position in the industry.

Looking at the information and thinking about the arrangements he made for the Saito Group, Hanyu Hideki suddenly said to Chiba Kaoru, "Please contact the person in charge of the relations department of the Saito Group for me. I will go to the company this afternoon to take a look."

"Yes, Hanyu-sensei."

Chiba Xun agreed and immediately picked up the car phone to make the call.

After a while, Chiba Kaoru asked, "Teacher Hanyu, is 3:30 pm ok?"

"Okay." Hanyu Hideki nodded.

Qianye Xun went to answer the phone, and Marco, who was driving, asked, "Boss, do you want to change the route to Xidu Group?"

Hanyu Hideki thought for a moment and said, "No, let's go pick up Jingzi first."

In this way, the car drove all the way and arrived at Yasuko Sawaguchi's door.

Hanyu Hideki had just got out of the car when he saw the door of the house being opened from the inside, and a girl in a knitted sweater and jeans rushed out.

The girl put her arm around Hanyu Hideki and said to him with loving eyes.

"I knew Hideki-kun was back when I heard the voice."

"Has Jingzi been waiting for me?" asked Hideki Hanyu.

"Yes." Yasuko Sawaguchi replied.

Hanyu Hideki smiled and said, "I thought Jingzi was still asleep, so I wanted to go upstairs and call you."

Sawaguchi Yasuko said with a slightly innocent look on her fair face, "It's already time for lunch, who would sleep until now?"

Hanyu Hideki pinched the girl's face and said, "You were so tired last night, I thought you would sleep a little longer."

"That's all Hideki-kun's fault." Yasuko Sawaguchi complained shyly.

"Is that so? Then let's sleep separately tonight." Hanyu Hideki said with a wicked smile.

"No." Yasuko Sawaguchi rejected it immediately and shook Hideki Hanyu's arm.

"I am willing to do whatever Hideki-kun does, but I wish he could be a little gentler. I always feel that Hideki-kun is different from before."

Hearing the girl's words, Hanyu Hideki smiled and did not explain, but instead asked, "Jingzi hasn't eaten yet, right?"

"Yes, I've been waiting for Hideki-kun, but this time when I went home, my mother and I learned a new Kansai dish. Would you like to try it, Hideki-kun?"

Looking at Yasuko Sawaguchi's expectant eyes, Hanyu Hideki immediately felt a chill on his back.

He had already experienced Sawaguchi Yasuko's cooking skills.

For the sake of his own stomach, he decisively changed the subject and said, "Well, didn't you say there was a nearby restaurant that made good Kobe beef last time? I have other work to do this afternoon, and cooking will take up too much time. Let's try it another day."

"Okay." The girl pouted her lips when she heard that.

Obviously, the girl was quite disappointed that she couldn't let Hideki Hanyu taste the new Kansai cuisine she had learned.

"Okay, I still have to work after dinner, so you get ready and we'll get going quickly."

While the two were talking, they had already walked into the house.

As soon as Hanyu Hideki said this, Sawaguchi Yasuko immediately asked, "What are you going to do this afternoon, Hideki?"

"Let's go to a company and inspect it," said Hanyu Hideki.

Sawaguchi Yasuko immediately came up and said, "Then Hideki-kun, can you take me with you? I'm so bored at home alone."

Thinking about the interest of the Saito Group, Hanyu Hideki asked, "That company is a little special, are you sure you want to go there?"

Sawaguchi Yasuko said, "Of course, as long as I can be with Hideki-kun, it doesn't matter where we go."

"Okay, I'll take you there then."

After Hanyu Hideki agreed, Sawaguchi Yasuko immediately cheered with joy, and then turned around in front of Hanyu Hideki and asked seriously.

"Hideki-kun, do I need to change into something more formal?"

Looking at the pretty girl who looked like a beautiful butterfly, Hanyu Hideki said, "Yasuko is very beautiful like this."

Upon hearing this, Yasuko Sawaguchi took a bag from behind the door and put it on her back, then said to Hanyu Hideki, "Then let's go."

In this way, Hideki Hanyu took Yasuko Sawaguchi away from home, and the two went to a nearby Wagyu barbecue restaurant and had a leisurely lunch.

Then they set off for their afternoon destination, the Osaka branch of the Saito Group.

However, although it is called Osaka Branch, the company's office is not located in Osaka, but in Ibaraki City, more than 20 kilometers north of Osaka.

The reason why we chose this place is similar to the reason why we chose Chiba for the Tokyo headquarters.

At this time, it is not advisable for this industry to be too high-profile so as not to attract unnecessary targeting.

But it cannot be too far away from the core area, otherwise many tasks will be inconvenient to carry out.

So after some discussion, the office location of the Osaka branch of the Saito Group was decided to be in Ibaraki City. After driving for 20 minutes, the car arrived at the downstairs of the office building of the Saito Group in Ibaraki City.

Unlike the high-rise building of its headquarters in Chiba Prefecture, the office building of the Saito Group in Ibaraki City is quite low-key and is an L-shaped office building.

The long part of the office building is four stories high.

The shorter part of the office building has only two floors.

In the parking lot downstairs, when Hanyu Hideki, Sawaguchi Yasuko and their entourage got out of the car, they saw a middle-aged man in his forties with a somewhat dull expression coming up to them with his staff in formal attire.

"Mr. Hanyu, it's an honor to meet you. I'm Masahito Saeki, the general manager of the Osaka branch of the Saito Group. I'm very happy to welcome your inspection."

While speaking, Masahito Saeki and his subordinates bowed respectfully to Hideki Hanyu.

"Nice to meet you, Director Saeki, but I'm just here to take a look today. This is not a formal inspection. After all, I don't hold any position in the Xidu Group, so there's no need to be nervous."

Hideki Hanyu said so.

No matter what others think, at least in terms of public identity, he has no relationship with Xidu Group.

Of course, Masahito Saeki couldn't take Hideki Hanyu's words seriously.

He still extended his hand respectfully as an invitation.

"Mr. Hanyu, I will personally introduce you to the details of the Osaka branch of the Saito Group. Please follow me."

"Ok."

In this way, Hanyu Hideki and his men followed Masahito Saeki and walked towards the office building of the Osaka branch of the Saito Group.

At this time, Yasuko Sawaguchi, who was beside Hideki Hanyu, had no idea of ​​the situation at all, and had no idea what the Saito Group was doing.

Therefore, she was very curious and whispered to Hanyu Hideki, "Hideki-kun, what is going on in here?"

Hanyu Hideki smiled strangely and replied, "You will know later."

Then, not long after, Yasuko Sawaguchi understood what Hideki Hanyu's strange smile meant.

“Mr. Hanyu, the Osaka branch of Saito Group has completed the integration of most of the production business in the Kansai region over the past month.

In order to understand the current situation of the industry in more detail, I personally led the team to participate in several integration projects. Now, I have cooperated with the headquarters to complete the training of professional personnel and channel integration work, and are starting to enter the shooting and production.

What Mr. Hanyu is seeing now is our first series, SOE..."

As Masahito Saeki's introduction became more in-depth, Hideki Hanyu's expression remained calm.

After all, he has seen everything in the world, and under the influence of his teachers, his horizons have long been broadened.

But Yasuko Sawaguchi beside her had already blushed, and she grabbed Hanyu Hideki's arm and kept her head down in silence.

Although Masahito Saeki only gave an introduction, no real content was seen.

But even just listening to the content was enough to overwhelm her.

She had never expected that the company that Hanyu Hideki came to inspect today would be such a company.

In the past Japanese film and television circles, pink movies were certainly no secret, and Nikkatsu was often confronted by Japanese officials because of this.

But even for Nikkatsu, pink movies are just a category.

But now, the Xidu Group has obviously professionalized, centralized and scaled up the pink film industry.

No, it shouldn’t be called a pink movie anymore.

According to General Manager Masahito Saeki, the Saito Group calls their business "Adult Video".

In order to circumvent Japan's legal restrictions, they even took a series of actions such as overseas registration and production.

And the more Minister Masahito Saeki introduced, the more surprised Yasuko Sawaguchi became.

Because according to the future plan of Xidu Group, it even plans to establish its own satellite TV station this year.

A satellite TV station that specializes in adult programming and movies.

Although after the success of Yunshang Satellite TV, many new satellite TV stations have been established in Japan.

In the past, I read news reports that these newly established satellite TV stations were criticized by the public and the authorities for launching some large-scale content in order to catch up with cloud satellite TV.

But those were just some large-scale activities that took place late at night.

It is unprecedented for a company like Xidu Group to set up a completely adult satellite TV station.

Two hours later.

Hanyu Hideki and his group left the Saito Group with the farewell of Saeki Masahito.

From the initial visit and inspection, listening to Masahito Saeki's explanation, to Hideki Hanyu's private meeting with senior management later, this afternoon's trip to Ibaraki City was relatively successful for Hideki Hanyu.

Moreover, Hanyu Hideki also learned a very interesting thing from Masahito Saeki.

That is the Osaka branch of the Saito Group, which is preparing to sue the Tokyo-based Tokura Shunichi Office.

The reason for the lawsuit was because of a contracted actress of Xidu Group.

The actress was originally a contracted female idol of Tokura Shunichi's agency.

That gentlemanly villain Shunichi Tokura took advantage of a loophole in the contract and made the female idol owe 200 million yen in debt, and then sent the female idol to a production company controlled by the yakuza in Kansai to sign a contract.

As a result, Xidu Group integrated the Kansai production business and the girl was easily taken in.

Xidu Group, which was "hiring people" at the time, saw that the female idol's personal conditions were very good.

Therefore, it was stated that if the female idol was willing to sign a contract with the Saito Group, the Saito Group would not only use its resources to help the female idol become popular, but would also help the girl sue Tokura Shunichi's agency and resolve the 200 million yen debt problem.

The desperate female idol was faced with two choices: Saito Group and Toshikazu Tokura's agency, and finally chose Saito Group.

However, in Hideki Hanyu's opinion, this lawsuit will probably not end up happening.

Faced with the huge power behind the Xidu Group, even if Tokura Shunichi had ten times the courage, he would not dare to respond.

After this matter is resolved, Xidu Group should begin operations around this female idol.

Hanyu Hideki wondered how to say this.

Are we going to cultivate a female star from the dark world similar to "Iijima Ai" in advance?
And then use this to attract more girls to join the dark industry?

It seems that even if the time is advanced, these industry insiders play the same way.

Completely utilizing Neon’s model of creating idols to shape a new industry.

At that time, we will cooperate with the adult satellite TV station in promotion.

The female idol who failed to become popular at Tokura Shunichi's agency might actually be more popular than most idols.

Thinking of this, Hanyu Hideki became more and more expectant, and wanted to know how far the Saito Group would eventually go.

At this moment, Sawaguchi Yasuko, who was sitting next to him, suddenly asked, "Is Hideki the boss of the Saito Group just now?"

Hanyu Hideki replied, "To be precise, the Yunshang Group is only one of the parties involved. There are too many forces behind the Xidu Group."

"Then why did you create that industry?" Yasuko Sawaguchi continued to ask.

Hanyu Hideki shook his finger and said, "The industry is there, and it won't change whether there is Saito Group or not."

"But……"

Raised by Hanyu Hideki as an innocent little white flower who knows nothing about the world, Sawaguchi Yasuko, who is so naive that she is overflowing with sympathy, still wants to say something.

But as soon as she opened her mouth, she was ruthlessly interrupted by Hanyu Hideki.

He stretched out his arms and hugged the girl into his arms, then gave her a fierce kiss and said.

"Of course I know what Jingzi wants to say. It is certainly a good thing to be compassionate, but we cannot ignore reality because of compassion.

"Does Jingzi know how much the contract fee between the female idol that Mr. Saeki mentioned and Tokura Shunichi's agency is?"

Sawaguchi Yasuko shook her head, "I didn't notice."

Hanyu Hideki continued, "It's only a few hundred thousand yen, not enough for Jingzi to go shopping in Ginza and buy a bag. But because of this money, she has hundreds of millions of yen in debt. Do you think she is stupid?"

Sawaguchi Yasuko hesitated, as if she didn't want to say anything too extreme, but she finally whispered, "It's a little silly."

Hanyu Hideki rubbed the girl's head in his arms and said, "I really raised Jingzi to be a canary who knows nothing.

Of course the girl was a little greedy, but the reason was not stupidity, but reality.

Today's Neon seems beautiful and prosperous, but behind the prosperity lie many crises and difficulties.

Jingzi can easily spend tens of millions of dollars a year, but she doesn't know that this amount of money is something that many ordinary people cannot earn in ten or twenty years.

There are even many workers who cannot even hold a stable job because of the relocation of industries.

Some time ago, Mr. Kitahara reported to me a corruption case that occurred in Elf Communication. The person in charge of recruiting workers in the Northeast required applicants to bribe him in order to get the job.

What an irony..."

When Hanyu Hideki reached this point in his words, he suddenly felt the girl in his arms hugging him tightly.

Immediately afterwards, a timid voice was heard.

"I'm sorry, I was too naive and disappointed Hideki-kun."

"It doesn't matter. I just like the innocent Jingzi. If I were too smart, how could I deceive Jingzi?"

Hideki Hanyu realizes that no matter how his heart changes, he will always have an indescribable love for Yasuko Sawaguchi.

At this time, Yasuko Sawaguchi raised her head, her eyes full of affection, and spoke in a loving tone.

"I am willing to be deceived by Hideki-kun forever."

(End of this chapter)