Traveling Through the Tokyo Bubble Era

Chapter 660 How much endorsement fee can invite Hanyu Hideki

"Please, teacher... please tell me what kind of farewell you came up with for Akina~~"

In the parking lot of Tokyo Dome, Kyoko Koizumi grabbed Hideki Hanyu's arm and acted coquettishly.

The reason for this is that after the rehearsal, Michi Iijima told Akina Nakamori that Hideki Hanyu helped her design a curtain call for her last tour.

Even Mizuki Iijima exaggeratedly stated that this farewell was more creative than when Yamaguchi Momoe left the microphone behind.

Then, Michi Iijima's words were heard by the little fairy who was the guest singer.

After the rehearsal, the curious little elf found Hideki Hanyu sitting on the "Kui Niu" in the parking lot. Before Akina Nakamori arrived, he wanted to ask about the curtain call idea that was currently kept secret.

To this, Hanyu Hideki's answer was, of course, "No, if you want to know, just wait until November and you'll know."

"We still have to wait for more than three months, which is too long. Teacher, please tell me first." The little goblin, whose curiosity was not satisfied, continued to beg.

But Hanyu Hideki continued to shake his head, and then said, "You can't tell me. If this way of farewell is known in advance, there will be no surprise."

"Teacher, just tell me. I promise not to tell anyone else." The little goblin raised his hand.

Hanyu Hideki spread his hands and said, "For now, we don't even plan to tell Akina about this curtain call."

What Hideki Hanyu meant, of course, is that the person involved, Akina Nakamori, must keep it a secret, so you little devil, don't even think about joining in the fun.

"Hmph~!" The little goblin snorted in dissatisfaction when she heard that.

However, as she would never admit defeat easily, it was impossible for her to give up so easily.

Seeing that acting coquettishly didn't work, the little goblin decided to use other methods to achieve her goal. After all, she thought she knew Hanyu Hideki quite well.

Then, Hanyu Hideki saw that the little goblin suddenly stood up in the car, raised his foot and directly crossed the space between the driver and the co-pilot and sat on his legs.

Hanyu Hideki asked in confusion, "What are you going to do?"

The little goblin stood up, put her face close to Hanyu Hideki's ear with a charming look, opened her pearly teeth slightly, bit the scumbag's earlobe directly, and then said in a seductive voice.

"If the teacher is willing to tell me, I'll be here..."

Who would have thought that before the little fairy could finish her words, she was slapped on the face by Hideki Hanyu.

After the scumbag interrupted the little goblin with a slap, he immediately used both hands to pick up the little goblin and easily "thrown" her back to the passenger seat.

Then he scolded, "You just want to fool around, and you don't even know where this place is."

No matter how badly the scumbag behaves, he won't do anything here at this moment.

Although Akina Nakamori's rehearsal has ended, and senior executives such as Hirohashi Asako, Iijima Michi, and Matsushita Katsuhito have left one after another, many Yunshang Entertainment staff members are still busy here for tomorrow's performance.

In the parking lot, employees of Yunshang Entertainment can be seen coming in and out from time to time. The scumbag doesn't want to do anything weird on the 'Kuiniu' at this time and then be discovered by the employees and spread as gossip.

When the little fairy heard this, he happened to see two Yunshang employees carrying equipment passing in front of the car, and immediately made a surprised expression.

"So the teacher is worried about this and doesn't want them to find out. Then I'll just do this, hehe..."

After saying that, the little goblin revealed a fox-like smile.

Then she leaned over across the seat and reached out to touch the scumbag's belt.

Seeing this, the scumbag had no choice but to stop him and said, "Akina is dealing with the rehearsal issue and will probably be here soon."

The goblin, who had already lowered his head, said in a vague voice, "She's here. It's not like she hasn't seen it before. She even ate with me last time."

After some effort.

After dealing with the rehearsal issues, Akina Nakamori said goodbye to her agent and came to Hideki Hanyu's "Kui Niu". After Hideki Hanyu opened the door, the girl saw an unexpected scene as soon as she got in the car.

"What are you doing today?" Akina Nakamori asked with a little shyness.

Koizumi Kyoko raised her head, rubbed her cheek and said, "Akina, you came just in time. Let me take over. My face is a little sore."

Akina Nakamori said angrily, "I'm not a crazy woman like you. I don't want to replace you!"

The little fairy said, "Humph, I have already made an agreement with the teacher. If you satisfy the teacher, you will know the curtain call idea he designed for you. Don't you want to know, Akina?"

Akina Nakamori looked surprised, "Really?"

After all, after Iijima Michi told her about this, she was also very curious about what the curtain call designed by Hanyu Hideki was. It was a pity that Iijima Michi was too tight-lipped and did not tell her the specific content at all.

"Of course it's true." The goblin answered firmly.

The next moment, Akina Nakamori crossed over from the back seat and squeezed into the passenger seat with the little goblin.

Then, Akina Nakamori glanced at the scumbag shyly, and before lowering her head, she did not forget to remind him, "Teacher~~~you must keep your word."

Hanyu Hideki actually wanted to say that he had not promised the little fairy anything, but Akina Nakamori's call of "teacher" almost made him lose his soul, and naturally he couldn't say anything.

In addition to this, after Akina Nakamori bent down, the little elf behind her immediately showed a smug expression, and mouthed to him as if showing off.

"Teacher, look, Akina has been fooled by me again, please praise me."

Seeing this, the scumbag gave a thumbs up and could only silently accept the kindness of the little goblin.

……

Hideki Hanyu and the little fairy accompanied Akina Nakamori to relax before the tour began, but it was just a small embellishment before the busy schedule.

August 8th.

Akina Nakamori's first tour officially kicked off at Tokyo Dome, and her farewell album "Never Say Goodbye" was also released simultaneously.

As Akina Nakamori's last album before her retirement, this album is called "Never Say Goodbye". In fact, it is the last farewell album, so the pre-sale results will naturally not be bad.

Adding up all versions, the total pre-sale figures for CDs and records exceeded 270,000 copies.

This pre-sale number alone is enough to make Akina Nakamori top the Oricon charts in the new week.

According to predictions, this farewell album is very likely to become one of the few albums in the 1980s that can exceed one million sales.

But good grades also mean the busiest work.

On the evening of the 8th, after Hanyu Hideki watched Akina Nakamori's first performance in person, the girl just said goodbye to Hanyu Hideki in a hurry and had to take a plane to the next stop of the performance.

After all, in a tour schedule of less than 100 days, Akina Nakamori will travel across almost all of Asia, which is equivalent to a tour in more than four days, not to mention the accompanying promotional work.

Out of sympathy, the scumbag arranged for the "Elf" to be the girl's entire flight, which would also allow Akina Nakamori to have a good resting environment while on the road.

As for the flight fare, he naturally paid the small amount of money.

Also, at the main concerts of this tour, Ikuo Suho took the initiative to request that the little fairy be a guest performer, allowing the little fairy and Akina Nakamori to interact like sisters.

In Hideki Hanyu's opinion, Ikuo Suho simply wants the little goblin to take advantage of the traffic from Akina Nakamori's retirement, or at least to fill the biggest market gap left by Akina Nakamori after her retirement.

Hanyu Hideki estimated that Hirohashi Asako and other senior executives could see this, but because of the adjustment of the group's future strategy and the fact that the combustion system was an important partner, they tacitly agreed.

After Akina Nakamori and the little fairy left, Hideki Hanyu did not stay in Tokyo for long.

August 10th is the day when the Osaka Prefectural International Children's Literature Museum holds the Children's Literature Award. Having accepted the invitation, Hideki Hanyu naturally has to go to Osaka in advance.

……

At ten o'clock in the morning on the 9th, the 'Clouds' took off from Tokyo.

Two hours later, Hideki Hanyu was already in the restaurant of the InterContinental Hotel Osaka, eating exquisite Kobe beef dishes.

At this moment, besides him, there was another person at the table who was also savoring the beef in small bites. She was the "local" Yasuko Sawaguchi.

(Photo by Jingzi)

Knowing that Hanyu Hideki was coming to Osaka to participate in an event, Yasuko Sawaguchi, who had just finished filming the last season of the drama this year, immediately asked Hanyu Hideki to take her with him.

When Hanyu Hideki left Tokyo, he thought about how Sawaguchi Yasuko was still saying that she would go home to visit her parents and two younger sisters once she arrived in Osaka.

As a result, after the girl arrived in Osaka, she went to the hotel with him to have a big meal.

Then he couldn't help but ask with a smile, "Isn't Jingzi in a hurry to go home now?"

But when Yasuko Sawaguchi heard this, her expression was not smiling like Hideki Hanyu, but instead she spoke in a gloomy tone.

“After staying in Tokyo for a long time, I always feel that I have become a stranger to my parents and sister. I don’t know when I started to feel more distant from my family.

I've returned here, but I suddenly can't muster the courage to go home."

Hearing the girl's words, Hanyu Hideki put down his chopsticks, stretched out his hand to hold the girl in his arms and said, "It's okay. After the fan meeting, I will go back with Jingzi."

"Okay." Sawaguchi Yasuko nodded, and then said, "In fact, I have talked about this feeling with Sachiko before, and Sachiko told me that this is the price of growing up.

But I don’t understand, do I have to distance myself from my family when I grow up?”

Having said that, the girl hugged Hanyu Hideki tightly, buried her head in Hanyu Hideki's arms, and spoke in a weak voice.

"Hideki-kun, maybe you will be my only family in the future."

After hearing the girl's words, Hanyu Hideki felt inexplicably distressed and at the same time, he felt a deep sense of helplessness.

Because he understood that he could never be the perfect "family member" in Yasuko Sawaguchi's mind.

In this world, there are many girls whose feelings for him are destined to be a "mistake".

And all he could promise was, "Don't worry Jingzi, I will always be your family."

……

After a heart-to-heart talk with the beauty in the restaurant.

It is afternoon now, and a media meeting about tomorrow's Children's Literature Award will be held at the InterContinental Hotel in Osaka.

As one of the judges for the picture book award, Hideki Hanyu needs to attend this media meeting.

As for why the meeting was arranged at the InterContinental Hotel in Osaka.

That has to do with the sponsors of this children's literature award.

Tomorrow's children's literature award should actually be called the 'Nissan Children's Story and Picture Book Award'.

Although Hideki Hanyu is not quite sure, it is thought that there is a cooperative relationship between Nissan and InterContinental Hotels, so they requested that the media meeting be held here.

For this reason, the Grand Prize Organizing Committee also gave a special explanation to Hideki Hanyu and stated that if Hideki Hanyu did not want to participate, he could also not attend the media meeting.

After all, Hideki Hanyu has a special identity and is not just a writer.

If Hanyu Hideki is unwilling, not only the organizing committee, but even the sponsor Nissan cannot force him.

Faced with the respectful attitude of the organizing committee, Hideki Hanyu, who had no conflicts with Nissan, thought that he came to Osaka just to avoid the vortex, so he would have to put on a full show, so he agreed to attend the media meeting.

Therefore, at 2:30 in the afternoon, Hideki Hanyu and other judges appeared in a banquet hall of the InterContinental Hotel.

This "top-tier" figure suddenly appeared, and the media, which had originally come only for the literary award, naturally directed their firepower on him and asked him a lot of questions that had nothing to do with the literary award.

However, Hideki Hanyu, who has been through many battles and has rich experience, naturally dealt with the media's siege with ease, and also helped the organizing committee attract a wave of attention.

This made the literature award organizing committee and its sponsor Nissan Motor very happy.

Even a Nissan Motor leader who watched the entire meeting couldn't help but sigh, "The charm of this Hideki Hanyu is really amazing. If we can invite him to be our spokesperson, we won't have to worry about the sales of the new car."

Upon hearing this, the colleague next to him smiled bitterly and said, "This kind of thing is just talk. I'm afraid it can only be realized in dreams. After all, even if we only look at the public net worth, the other party is more than our entire Nissan. How much do you think we should pay such a rich man to be willing to endorse cars."

The former spread his hands and said, "Endorsement fee? I'd rather hope that he acquires Nissan one day."

The latter shook his head and said, "It's better not to think about this impossible thing."

……

Just like that, as soon as he arrived in Osaka, he made a little splash and made his presence felt. Then, Hideki Hanyu took Yasuko Sawaguchi to Yasuko Sawaguchi's home near Osaka Castle Park.

At this time, Yasuko Sawaguchi's father was at work outside, leaving only her mother and two younger sisters at home.

What her mother had never expected was that she had just seen the news about Hideki Hanyu attending a fan meeting on TV, and now she was meeting him in person at home so soon. Naturally, she was in a state of panic.

Fortunately, Hideki Hanyu is not a person who likes to put on airs, and he soon got along well with Yasuko Sawaguchi's mother.

But then, with Yasuko Sawaguchi's father returning home, the initial chaos had to be repeated all over again.

In this way, Hideki Hanyu accompanied Yasuko Sawaguchi and stayed at her home until the evening. After dinner, the two said goodbye to their families and drove towards their holiday mansion in the direction of Kobe Port.

After all, traditional family mansions like those in Neon are all made of wood, and the sound insulation is too poor, so the scumbag can't even talk about anything else with Yasuko Sawaguchi at night.

After all, ever since they met, Yasuko Sawaguchi has never changed her habit of yelling.

On the way to the holiday mansion, Sawaguchi Yasuko suddenly thanked Hanyu Hideki, "Hideki-kun, thank you."

"What are you thanking me for this time?" Hanyu Hideki asked with a smile.

"I have a lot to thank you for, such as you accompanying me to meet my family today, being willing to treat them patiently, and agreeing to help my sister arrange a school."

Every word that Yasuko Sawaguchi said was sincere.

After all, I have been with Hideki Hanyu for a long time, so I naturally know his current status and position.

Normally, those high-ranking congressmen have to make an appointment if they want to meet Hanyu Hideki, and when they meet, they have to take the initiative to show their goodwill to Hanyu Hideki.

But for her, Hideki Hanyu was willing to talk about meaningless trivialities with her parents today.

As for helping her sister arrange a school.

That's because September, the university enrollment season in Japan, is coming soon, but my sister's grades in high school were not good, and she did not succeed in the entrance examination for her favorite university. She had even considered repeating a year in a private school.

Just now, when Hideki Hanyu learned that his sister wanted to study at Osaka Kyoiku University, he immediately called someone to arrange admission for his sister.

In Yasuko Sawaguchi's eyes, Hanyu Hideki, who is becoming more and more powerful, is still as gentle as before and is willing to patiently do these trivial things for her. How can she not be moved?

Thinking of this, Sawaguchi Yasuko said again, "Hideki-kun is always so nice to me. I really hope it will always be like this."

Hearing this, Hanyu Hideki smiled and scratched Sawaguchi Yasuko's nose and said, "Yasuko is talking nonsense again. Even if you don't want it to be, it will be forever."

"I love you, Hideki-kun."

Faced with the amorous girl, the scumbag naturally captured her easily after arriving at the holiday villa in Kobe Port.

As for the specific details, there is no need to elaborate.

……

Time quickly came to the next day.

Hideki Hanyu traveled to Osaka to attend the 'Nissan Children's Story and Picture Book Awards'.

Yasuko Sawaguchi, who worked hard and couldn't change her habit of shouting, was a little tired last night and stayed alone in her vacation mansion to rest.

There's really not much to say about the award itself.

However, Hanyu Hideki took a look around the Osaka Prefectural International Children's Literature Museum, where the awards ceremony was held, and found it quite interesting.

The general name of the place is actually "Expo Park", of course it can also be called "Banbo Park", which was the address where Osaka held the 1970 World Expo.

Today, many of the original venues have been converted into various modern museum complexes, such as the National Museum of Ethnology and the National Museum of Art.

The Osaka Prefectural International Children's Literature Museum is located in the northeast corner of this museum complex.

Under the guidance of the staff, Hideki Hanyu took a good look at the World Expo that year.

How should I put it? It is true that when a country is at its peak, what it shows is different. In the 1970s, Japan's economy rose rapidly, and the World Expo was held in the hope that the outside world would see a different Japan.

Although many places are still a bit petty and weird, it still has a bit of style overall.

Think about it again, thirty-eight years later, in the same place, when Osaka hosted the World Expo again, and the mascot looked like it was radioactive.

The funding has been increased again and again, but the construction progress is always slow. Hideki Hanyu has too many complaints to make and he can only complain to himself.

After attending the award ceremony and finishing the tour, Hideki Hanyu returned to his holiday mansion in Kobe Port.

Then, accompanied by Yasuko Sawaguchi, he began to live a leisurely vacation life.

Sometimes, he would drive a yacht and take the beauty out to sea for fishing.

Sometimes, he would visit famous attractions in Kansai under the guidance of guest tour guide Yasuko Sawaguchi.

Sometimes, he would go to Kobe's famous Chinatown, 'Nanjingmachi', to try the not-so-authentic Chinese cuisine.

In short, time flies and before we knew it, it was August 17th.

On this day, Hideki Hanyu received a call from his assistant's office.

"Teacher Hanyu, Mr. Cheng Long from Hong Kong called and invited you to attend the opening ceremony of his new company."

(End of this chapter)