Traveling Through the Tokyo Bubble Era

Chapter 651: A Plan That Has Only Taken a Small Step

For Hideki Hanyu, the inspection in Singapore was definitely a hasty one.

So much so that his entire trip seemed a bit anticlimactic.

But no matter what, Hideki Hanyu's gains during this period are still very gratifying.

Of course, the gain here was not learning that Joey Wong was pregnant, going through the formalities of holding a wedding, or having a romantic encounter with "Xiao Qiang".

In Hong Kong, the matter of land leasing in Shanghai gave him an opportunity to enter Shanghai and even the land market in the mainland.

Although Hideki Hanyu has never thought of exploiting ordinary people by engaging in real estate, the land market can do more than just commercial housing.

However, the situation has not been clear enough in recent years, so he is not very anxious.

Compared with the land leasing issue, the country that benefited the most was actually Taiwan.

For Hideki Hanyu, acquiring more than 10% of TSMC's shares in one go is definitely a gain that can be clearly seen in the future.

Although he will have to pay some extra money for Zhang Zhongmou's international standard reform later, compared with the profits TSMC can bring in the future, this amount of capital is just a drop in the bucket.

In addition, during this period, the "Hongtu Club" was established to win over many wealthy Taiwanese people, and his influence in Japan had an impact on this side. In addition, his business empire in Taiwan gradually expanded, and his influence here inevitably expanded.

Apart from these two places, investment in other places seems to be lukewarm.

There is no need to talk about Vietnam. Although it opened up to investment in 1986 and a large amount of Japanese capital poured in, some subsequent events quickly destroyed its investment market.

As for Thailand, it is actually similar to Vietnam. The local forces are too complicated and the interests are too entangled. It is simply not a place where long-term development can be achieved.

Like many Japanese speculative capitals, Hideki Hanyu is only pursuing cheap labor and short-term speculative ideas of making a quick buck.

As for Singapore and its surrounding areas, although the future development is good, for Hideki Hanyu, investing in a few factories is the limit.

Because the markets in these places are too small, they actually lack the foundation for sustained growth or for expanding the business.

Many multinational companies that set up companies in Singapore in later generations often just used Singapore as a capital transit station or simply as a branch location.

We should carefully cultivate the Singapore market.

Please, Singapore has a population of several million. Even if its purchasing power is strong, what kind of market can it have? Big companies are just operating it while they are conquering the entire Asian or Southeast Asian market.

……

As Hanyu Hideki was carefully calculating the gains from the inspection, the Yunshang slowly landed at Sendai Airport.

Although it was already twelve o'clock in the evening, when Hideki Hanyu walked out of the private plane passage, he still saw a group of people coming to pick him up.

There were senior executives of his subsidiaries, local officials and parliamentarians who were supported by him, and a PC who came to maintain law and order in the middle of the night obviously for the sake of showing off.

Why did these people come to pick up the plane? Even Hideki Hanyu probably couldn't figure out the complicated thoughts behind it.

The only thing he was sure of was that the only person who really came to pick up the plane was Hanyu Hideri who was standing in the front.

Next, Hanyu Hideki accepted the welcome and greetings from everyone, and he felt like a local tyrant in the Japanese Northeast region.

After taking great pains to deal with everyone, he patted Hanyu Hidetoshi on the shoulder and said, "Okay, let's go home."

"Yes, brother." Hanyu Hideki's tone couldn't help but contain some respect.

After all, the scene of a group of big shots coming to pick up her brother at midnight and treating him like a star still shocked Hanyu Hideri.

For a moment, Hanyu Hidetoshi seemed to gradually understand what "power" is.

On the way back to Hanyu's house, in the back seat of the Bentley, Hanyu Hideki asked Hanyu Hidetoshi, "Are you ready for the engagement tomorrow?"

“I’m ready.” Hanyu Hidetoshi replied.

"Who is in charge of the guests?" Hanyu Hideki asked again.

"Director Kamimura from my brother's assistant office arrived in Sendai with her people the day before yesterday. She is in charge of all these matters. Will my brother meet her tonight? Director Kamimura is staying at the hotel where the engagement ceremony is being held." Hanyu Hidetoshi asked
Hanyu Hideki waved his hand and said, "No need, it's too late. I trust Kamimura-san to handle things."

After that, he reminded Hanyu Hidetoshi, "Tochigi Prefecture is almost ready. After the engagement is over, you and I will return to Tokyo together."

"Yes." Hanyu Hidetoshi responded.

"When the groundbreaking ceremony for the industrial park is held, I will introduce some people to you. But don't pay too much attention to them and try to have as little contact with them as possible. Just do your job well. The upper echelons of Neon have been in a state of unrest lately."

Hideki Hanyu gave simple instructions and didn't say much.

Hidetoshi Hanyu is still too young now, so she should try to avoid dealing with some old foxes in advance or having too deep relationships with them.

The most important reason, of course, is that the Recruit bribery case, which was originally not taken seriously, not only shows no signs of abating, but is even getting worse.

Several former senior executives previously exposed by Yunshang media have been exposed by many media outlets at the end of June.

In addition, some media have already subtly pointed the finger at some current senior officials and powerful figures from various factions of the Liberal Democratic Party.

What can drive all this behind the scenes is definitely not "fairness and justice" or the public's "will."

Even for Hideki Hanyu, who knew about this early on and had made various preparations in advance, this matter seemed very complicated.

First of all, in Japan itself, those who were interested in pushing this matter forward and constantly fueling the flames towards the upper echelons of the Liberal Democratic Party included opposition parties and some capital forces that were dissatisfied with the Liberal Democratic Party's long-term control of power.

More importantly, the Special Investigation Department of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office stated that it will continue to pay attention to this matter and intervene if necessary.

This proves that the matter is already developing in an uncontrollable direction.

There is even a subtle influence from overseas forces.

As for who it is, it can't be anyone other than America.

Compared to the group of people behind Japan, Hideki Hanyu is more clear about the situation in America.

Because when he was going through the wedding process with Zhou Huimin in Thailand, some of his "friends" in America had informed him and told Hideki Hanyu not to get involved in this matter.

If Hideki Hanyu had participated before, it would be best to communicate with these "friends" in a timely manner, which would also make it easier for "friends" to pick Hideki Hanyu out in advance.

In this regard, Hideki Hanyu can only say that the money he spent in America over the years was not wasted.

This made him sigh that America was indeed a paradise for capital. There was no other country in the world that valued money more than people.

Thinking of this, Hideki Hanyu immediately contacted his Israeli friend Karl Mapp after returning to his home.

This guy is still on the east coast of America, helping Israel promote development funds.

After the call was connected, Karl Map asked curiously after hearing that it was Hanyu Hideki, "It should be midnight in Neon, Mr. Hanyu, is there anything urgent?"

Hanyu Hideki said bluntly, "Something has happened in Neon recently, so I hope that the cooperation with you can start in advance, and I need you to go to Washington as soon as possible to start the work."

Hearing this, Karl Map said with some embarrassment, "Although I also want to start working with Mr. Hanyu as soon as possible, the promotion of the development fund cannot be abandoned halfway."

"How is your sales progress now?" asked Hideki Hanyu.

Karl Map replied, "It's going well. With Mr. Hanyu taking the lead, the progress has been much faster. I still have a gap of 17 million. I can sell it in a month at most, which is definitely earlier than the time we agreed on."

"Don't waste your time on Wall Street. I've invested $17 million in the development fund. I'll immediately arrange for someone to find you to handle the formalities. I want to see you in Washington within three days, otherwise I'll have to find someone else to cooperate with."

After Hanyu Hideki said this, how could Karl Mapp be unwilling?

After all, he can complete the development fund promotion work quickly, start his new career as soon as possible and hold on to the big and thick legs of Hideki Hanyu.

So Karl Map replied immediately, "No problem, I will definitely be in Washington within three days."

"My people will receive you there," said Hanyu Hideki.

Karl Mapp asked, "So what am I going to do when I get there?"

"Use your connections and communication skills to conduct business normally. With the development of the global economy and the promotion of liberalization, the demand for lobbying in Washington will only increase. My people have already hired a number of capable 'employees' in advance. As for clients, you don't need to worry about them because I'm here."

"What about Mr. Hanyu?" Karl Map asked curiously.

After all, Hanyu Hideki was so anxious for him to go to Washington, it couldn't be just for ordinary business.

Hanyu Hideki said, "Who said I was in trouble?"

"Then...?" Now it was Karl Map's turn to be confused.

"I just want you to pay attention to certain information when you are doing your work. Someone will tell you when you get there," said Hideki Hanyu.

"Okay, I understand," Karl Mapp replied.

Karl Map did not want to know too much about the affairs of a big capitalist like Hanyu Hideki. After all, he knew very well that there were some things that the more you knew, the better.

"It's getting late. Let's stop here. Goodbye, Mr. Mapp."

"Goodbye, Mr. Hanyu."

After hanging up the phone, Hideki Hanyu sat alone in the living room of the bamboo courtyard, thinking about some arrangements and arrangements in America.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of the times and setting up a so-called lobbying company in Washington, Hideki Hanyu is not trying to make money from this.

Although many American politicians make money in this way after leaving office, Hideki Hanyu still doesn't care about these small profits.

Besides, he is neither a pharmaceutical group nor a military-industrial complex, nor even an American.

All he wanted was some connections and information, as well as help and convenience at critical moments.

The so-called lobbying company is nothing more than a shell, a platform built for a purpose.

Just as Hanyu Hideki was thinking, suddenly a sound of footsteps was heard.

Soon, a voice was heard at the door. It was the maid from Hanyu Sonoko's place.

"Sir, Madam asked me to ask you if you would like to eat something tonight."

"No, I need to rest."

"Yes."

After his thoughts were interrupted by the maid, Hideki Hanyu finally returned to the bedroom and lay down on the bed to rest.

Even he couldn't predict how the future would develop, but he had prepared everything he could and didn't want to resort to any unconventional means.

After all, the so-called conspiracies and crooked ways may seem convenient, but they will always leave clues behind, leaving him with hidden dangers that are difficult to eliminate in the future.

For a time traveler who is familiar with the future, this is the most unnecessary.

Because he only needs to look at the right direction and do things within the rules, and his gains will far exceed those who put a lot of thought into it.

The most important thing is to be upright and leave no hidden dangers.
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After a night's rest, the next day came.

Early in the morning, Reiko Kamimura came to Hanyu's house and reported to Hanyu Hideki on the preparations for the engagement ceremony.

For a long time recently, Reiko Kamimura has been sitting in the assistant's office, and Hanyu Hideki has been surrounded by either Ishihara Tomoe or Chiba Kaoru. As a result, he has had fewer and fewer opportunities to meet his former assistant.

Therefore, in addition to official business, Hanyu Hideki also chatted with the other party about some small things.

After the domestic violence incident, Uemura Reiko divorced her husband and plunged into work, becoming another replica of the workaholic Hirohashi Asako. Hanyu Hideki couldn't persuade her.

After all, having experienced that kind of marriage, even if he mentioned anything related to the relationship again, it would be somewhat inappropriate.

At the end of the conversation, Hanyu Hideki asked about another matter, "Hyūri Hanyu's engagement ceremony is over, and the day after tomorrow I will go to Tochigi Prefecture to attend the groundbreaking ceremony of the industrial park. The assistant office's vacation can officially begin. Have you decided on a place?"

Reiko Uemura answered, "As for where to go on vacation, male and female employees have different opinions. Female employees prefer to go to places like Hawaii, while male employees prefer to go to Jeju Island."

Hearing this, Hanyu Hideki shook his head helplessly.

There is nothing much to say about the female employee wanting to go to Hawaii. After all, that place was the most popular holiday destination during the Neon Bubble Economy period.

As for the male employees wanting to go to Jeju Island, the reason has been mentioned before. In collaboration with Japan, South Korea has completely transformed Jeju Island into a team-building mecca for male employees of Japanese companies.

Even South Koreans themselves don't believe that there is such attractive beauty in that small and shabby place.

What really attracts Japanese male employees are nothing more than the carefully trained "Korean girls".

To put it bluntly, Japanese male employees go to Jeju Island just to buy sex.

In Japan today, this is considered the most common benefit that companies provide to male employees.

I wonder what the domestic tourists of later generations would think when they learn that Jeju Island, the "tourist destination" to which they went through great pains and spent huge amounts of money, despite discrimination from the Koreans, was famous for these things in the 1980s?
However, preferences are personal, and Hanyu Hideki has no intention of interfering.

So he just said.

"Since we've already agreed on this, then you can go wherever you like. If the female employee wants to go to Hawaii, you can take her directly to my White Sand Bay Manor. We have nothing to do anyway."

After talking about the female employees, Hanyu Hideki only reminded the male employees, "Tell them to be careful."

"Yes." Reiko Kamimura agreed.

After talking about business and personal matters, the next step was to go to the hotel to start Hidetoshi Hanyu's engagement ceremony.

The whole process went very smoothly, but after a day, Hanyu Hideki had an illusion that although it was Hanyu Hidetoshi who was engaged, he was busier than the person involved.

Many people came in the name of attending Hanyu Hidetoshi's engagement ceremony, but in reality they came with the purpose of establishing a relationship with him and building friendship.

Then, of course, he was busy with social activities and had no time to rest for a moment.

Thinking about the confirmed wedding of Hanyu Hideki and Watanabe Yumi that will be held next year, Hanyu Hideki couldn't help but feel a little overwhelmed.

Because the scene like today will happen again someday.

And there’s a good chance it will be even busier than it is today.

……

evening.

In the hot spring pool at Yu Sheng's home, Hideki Hanyu, who had been busy all day, leaned against the pool and closed his eyes to relax, letting the hot spring soothe his tired body while enjoying the careful massage of a pair of small hands.

As for the owner of the hand, it was Arisa, now a well-known radio host in Miyagi Prefecture, who served as the host at the engagement ceremony.

After a while, the girl took her hands out of the water, swung them in the air, and said coquettishly to the scumbag, "I'm so tired, my hands are sore."

Hanyu Hideki deliberately glanced at the other party and whispered, "You are really useless."

When Arisa heard this, she immediately stood up with an unconvinced look on her face.

Without caring about revealing her private part, she sat on it directly and started to help Hanyu Hideki relax in another way. The only problem was that the splashing sound was a little loud.

No one knew how much time had passed, but Arisa, unwilling to accept the defeat, was so exhausted that she felt limp all over. She decisively admitted that she was useless, and let the scumbag do whatever he wanted to her.

After Hanyu Hideki completely relaxed, the girl took advantage of Hanyu Hideki's good mood and asked cautiously, "I was at the hotel before and heard that Hanyu-san's assistant office was going to Hawaii for vacation."

Hanyu Hideki heard this and saw through Arisa's little thoughts at a glance, and asked directly, "Why? You want to go too."

"Yes, I heard that Hanyu-san has a very large private estate in Hawaii, I want to go and see it..."

Arisa said this and started to act coquettishly on Hanyu Hideki's chest.

Hearing this, Hanyu Hideki deliberately said, "You performed so badly today, do you think I will agree?"

When Arisa heard this, she suddenly became anxious.

"I'm just a little tired after a busy day. I can continue to help Hanyu-san..."

As the girl spoke, she slid down.

For Hanyu Hideki, traveling is just a piece of cake.

Of course, he couldn't be so petty, and he was teasing Arisa just to relax himself.

……

The next day.

With Hanyu Hideki's permission, Arisa left Hanyu's house and happily asked for leave, preparing to go to Hawaii with the assistant's office.

As for Hideki Hanyu, he took the Yunshang back to Tokyo with his newly engaged wife Hidetoshi Hanyu and Yumi Watanabe, as well as their assistants and other staff.

This time when he returned to Tokyo, Hideki Hanyu did not have time to stay long, and he went to Tochigi Prefecture without even staying overnight.

Also going with him were the president of Elf Entertainment, Satoshi Iwata, the president of Elf Communications, Eri Kitahara, the president of Oki Logistics, Mato Oki, and the heads of relevant companies in the entire Elf supply chain.

July 4th.

On a piece of land near Utsunomiya City, the capital of Tochigi Prefecture, Hideki Hanyu and others, witnessed by the media and accompanied by officials headed by Tochigi Prefecture Governor Fumio Watanabe, held a grand groundbreaking ceremony for the Elf Industrial Park, which is planned to invest more than US$500 million.

After the groundbreaking ceremony, Hideki Hanyu naturally accepted interviews from reporters.

The Japanese media has paid great attention to the huge industrial park project of Elf Entertainment.

NHK followed the entire groundbreaking ceremony and reported on it, and even started filming related materials when Hideki Hanyu arrived in Sendai.

This obviously means that in addition to the interviews, a special documentary will also be produced for broadcast.

The person interviewing at this time was a reporter from NHK.

The other party directly asked Hanyu Hideki, "Mr. Hanyu, when Japan's manufacturing industry is constantly flowing out, why do you still spend a huge amount of money to invest in such a large-scale industrial park in Tochigi Prefecture?"

Hanyu Hideki answered after a moment's hesitation.

"The outflow of manufacturing is of course an unavoidable fact. For profit considerations, Elf Entertainment has also invested overseas. But we must also see that while the manufacturing industry is outflowing, there are still many companies that insist on investing and building factories in Japan.

As a young entrepreneur, I must learn from these business leaders, fulfill my social responsibility as an entrepreneur, create enough jobs for the society, and use my own abilities to give back to the society.”

"Mr. Hanyu is truly admirable," the reporter complimented.

Hanyu Hideki said modestly, "I have struggled from an ordinary person to have everything I have now. I have never forgotten who I was in the past, so I also hope to help more ordinary people like me and help them live a better life."

When it comes to nice words, the scumbag can say them right away.

When the reporter asked, he would certainly flatter and sigh, but after saying the nice things, the reporter did not forget to continue asking, "Then Mr. Hanyu, can you briefly introduce the Elf Industrial Park?"

"of course can."

Hideki Hanyu curled up the corners of his mouth and showed a handsome smile in front of the camera that was enough to drive female audiences crazy.

"In the future, the Elf Industrial Park will be one of the important R&D centers of Elf Entertainment, and will also be the most important production base and logistics base of Elf Entertainment. In addition to Elf Entertainment, a large number of industrial chain factories will be built here.

According to our estimates, after the completion of the first phase of the Elf Industrial Park, it will attract at least two hundred university graduates to develop here every year and create seven thousand direct jobs.

When the planned Elf Industrial Park is fully built, it will attract more university graduates and create at least 40,000 direct jobs..."

At this moment, it is not only Hideki Hanyu who is talking.

The entire Elf system's top management, as well as related manufacturers in the industry chain, were all chased by reporters.

This situation is not only the attitude of the public opinion community, but also to some extent the attitude of the upper class.

First of all, at this time when many Japanese industries are going overseas, the fact that Hideki Hanyu was able to invest in and build an industrial park of such a scale in Japan despite the exchange rate disadvantage is itself something worth writing about.

After all, the bubble economy has continued to this day, and Japan's upper class has also seen the emptiness behind the prosperity.

The seemingly prosperous financial and real estate markets are actually built on the cruel reality of the gradual decline of real industries.

Capital votes with its feet and chooses to transfer manufacturing abroad in large numbers.

But Japan's top leaders have to face the surging public opinion after a large number of industrial workers lost their jobs.

Today's economic prosperity can still cover up some cruel truths.

But once the glory is gone, or it just becomes stable, what is supposed to explode will definitely explode.

At this time, even if the government encourages or requires companies to invest back in Japan, the companies will certainly ignore them.

Therefore, they can only find a representative to give ordinary people in Japan a boost and let them know that the real economy is not completely dead and there are still entrepreneurs investing.

Then Hideki Hanyu just happened to bump into him.

Therefore, although there were many transactions behind Hideki Hanyu's investment in Tochigi Prefecture, it was still unanimously recognized by the upper echelons.

Even the loans for the initial construction were approved almost all the way by the bank with an unprecedentedly favorable interest rate.

Of course, you cannot expect all Japanese officials to have this kind of sentiment of serving the people wholeheartedly. In fact, most of the upper echelons, as spokespersons for the capital behind them, do not care much about the difficulties of ordinary people after the so-called industrial transfer.

Why would the majority of people cooperate with a small number of people to hype up this matter? The reason lies in the ongoing Rikuruto bribery case.

The case becomes bigger and bigger as it is investigated, and more and more people are involved.

In addition, there are various forces behind the scenes fanning the flames.

In this situation, trying to divert public attention by launching a few celebrity scandals is no longer enough.

So they are trying their best to save the situation. Since the scandal cannot divert attention, they will give the people some good news, some hopeful news, which will distract everyone a little.

The actions of Japan's upper echelons and media circles indirectly helped Hideki Hanyu gain momentum.

For Hideki Hanyu, no matter how highly this incident praises him, he has no worries.

How to say that, If you don't do bad things during the day, you won't be afraid of ghosts knocking on your door at night.

He has made a real investment in the Elf Industrial Park in Tochigi Prefecture and is planning to operate it. Even if some people want to take advantage of this to flatter him, he is not afraid at all.

On the contrary, he, who is familiar with future developments, understands that after the Neon bubble bursts next year and Neon Industries suffers a severe blow, the importance of the Elf Industrial Park will be raised again.

Moreover, many of his plans, such as the Xidu Group and the Pachinko Copyright Business Alliance, have not yet reached the point where they can really show their power.

He had only taken a small step in his plan.

(End of this chapter)