Traveling Through the Tokyo Bubble Era

Chapter 684: Put on an environmental label

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In the dark night, Hideki Hanyu's car was parked at the southeasternmost part of Gangnam District, and if it drove any further it would be out of the edge of Seoul.

In the car, Hanyu Hideki looked at a slightly dilapidated factory not far away and asked Marco who was in the driving seat.

"Yes."

After Marco answered, he got out of the car and waved towards the distance.

Immediately, someone came out from the darkness of the factory. It was one of Hanyu Hideki's bodyguards.

The other party did not deliberately lower his voice and answered directly, "The person was just brought in five minutes ago. He is not a professional and his vigilance is very low."

When Hideki Hanyu heard this in the car, he looked at the dim light coming through the few windows of the factory building, then got out of the car and gave the order.

"Then don't waste time, go in and bring the person out."

"Yes."

After Marco agreed, he immediately assigned tasks to several subordinates.

Then Hideki Hanyu saw that all of them took out their weapons and cooperated with each other to move towards the factory.

Marco did not move because he believed in the abilities of his subordinates.

But he still turned around and said to Hanyu Hideki, "Boss, you better get in the car and wait."

Hanyu Hideki waved his hand nonchalantly, "I'm not going in, there won't be any problems from this distance."

After he said this, the two of them stood by the car and waited for two or three minutes at most, then they heard various noises coming from the factory, followed by a dull gunshot.

Then, the two saw the main door of the factory being opened and a bodyguard came out to report to Hanyu Hideki.

"Boss, there are six people in there, and they have all been controlled. However, in order to scare them, we fired a deterrent shot."

"It's okay, it's just a small matter."

Hanyu Hideki said nonchalantly, and then strode towards the factory, "Let's go take a look."

When Hideki Hanyu, accompanied by Marco and bodyguards, walked into the factory, they saw five people squatting on the ground with their heads in their hands in the empty venue. Facing the black muzzles of guns pointed at their heads, they were all trembling with fear.

Hanyu Hideki glanced at the few people and found that just as the bodyguard said, they were obviously not professionals, they looked like gangsters, and most of them were low-level thugs.

However, seeing that there were only five people in front of him, Hanyu Hideki asked, "There is one more."

The bodyguard who brought Hanyu Hideki in pointed to a small house in the factory and answered.

"In that house, when we came in, he was about to assault the girl, but was knocked unconscious by our men."

"I gonna go see."

After Hanyu Hideki finished speaking, he prepared to walk towards the small house.

But before he raised his foot, he glanced at the gangsters squatting on the ground and said, "Deal with them."

What Hideki Hanyu is doing here certainly does not mean killing to silence the witnesses. After all, he is not that cruel.

On his way here, he had actually already given instructions on what to do next. To deal with meant to control a few people so that they could cooperate with his next action.

However, it happened that one of the five gangsters could speak some English, so after hearing what Hanyu Hideki said, he thought that Hanyu Hideki wanted to silence him.

After all, the bodyguard's methods were too professional, and Hideki Hanyu's appearance was so shocking that the gangsters knew at first glance that he was not an ordinary person.

So he immediately knelt down on the ground with a look of panic, and begged for mercy from Hanyu Hideki.

"Sir, please don't kill me. I'll tell you everything. It wasn't our idea to kidnap the girl. We were also instructed by someone. It was Tai..."

Before the gangster could finish his words, Hanyu Hideki turned around and kicked him in the face. He was kicked away and his words were interrupted.

Before the gangster could speak again, Hideki Hanyu gave a cold warning.

"You'd better know what you can say and what you can't say. If you don't say it, you can still live. If you say it, even if I don't want to, I can only send you to hell."

"Yes Yes……"

Although the gangster didn't understand the intention of Hanyu Hideki's words, he just lay on the ground and nodded repeatedly.

"Take them out first."

After giving the order, Hanyu Hideki walked towards the small house next to him.

When he reached the door, he saw that there was indeed a man lying on the ground.

However, this guy was only wearing a pair of underwear at this time, and it seemed that he was planning to do something to Kim Hye-soo just as the bodyguard said.

"Drag him out."

At Hanyu Hideki's order, the bodyguard standing nearby grabbed the guy's feet and dragged him out.

However, the bodyguard did not forget to remind Hanyu Hideki before leaving, "Boss, the girl in the room seems to be frightened and is very emotional now. Please be careful."

"I see."

After saying this, Hanyu Hideki walked forward and opened the door.

As a result, the moment the door opened, he felt something flying towards him.

With his current physical condition, he could react to this sudden situation easily. He turned his head slightly and the thing flew away, brushing past him.

Bang!

The object fell to the ground with a metallic collision sound. Hanyu Hideki took a closer look and found that it was actually a dirty wrench.

At the same time, in the dim corner of the house, a figure uttered a terrified voice, "Don't come over here! Don't come over here!"

Upon hearing this, Hanyu Hideki said helplessly, "Ms. Jin, is this how you treat your savior?"

In the corner, the frightened Kim Hye-soo seemed to recognize Hanyu Hideki's voice, and the next moment she asked in disbelief, "Is that Mr. Hanyu?"

Hanyu Hideki replied, "It's me. The person who saved you just now is my bodyguard."

The moment he finished speaking, Kim Hye-soo in the corner rushed towards him, speaking in a crying voice.

"It's really you... I'm so scared... I don't know what happened..."

Along with the sound, the girl threw herself into Hanyu Hideki's arms and hugged Hanyu Hideki tightly with both hands.

The girl seemed to be afraid that everything in front of her was not real, or that Hanyu Hideki would abandon her.

However, Hideki Hanyu, who was being hugged at this time, felt somewhat embarrassed.

Because at this time, the white dress that Kim Hye-soo originally wore at the event had disappeared, even her bra had disappeared.

Kim Hye-soo was wearing only a pair of panties.

The woman had a nice figure to begin with, and although the scumbag enjoyed a feast for his eyes, he didn't know where to put his hands.

However, in order to calm the girl down as quickly as possible, he reached out and patted her on the back, and patiently comforted her in a gentle voice.

After all, the girl in front of him was only eighteen years old at most, and the unexpected incident she encountered tonight was closely related to him.

After all, if Zhao Zhenen hadn't developed that kind of morbid love for him, she wouldn't have taken action against an ordinary female artist who had nothing to do with her.

A few minutes later, Kim Hye-soo finally calmed down with the comfort of Hanyu Hideki.

Soon the girl realized her predicament and shyly began to cover her exposed upper body with her hands, while speaking very embarrassedly.

"My clothes were ruined by that man."

Upon hearing this, Hanyu Hideki took off his suit jacket and put it on the girl.

He was tall, and although the suit could not completely cover the girl's exposed beauty, it at least allowed her to get rid of the current situation of being exposed.

Hanyu Hideki said at this time, "I have already dealt with the people outside. Since you are okay, I will take you home first."

After saying that, he took Kim Hye-soo out.

When passing by a few thugs who were tied outside the door, Kim Hye-soo's expression became panicked again, and she unconsciously leaned towards Hanyu Hideki.

"It's okay, don't be afraid, I'm here."

The scumbag's casual words of comfort made Kim Hye-soo feel full of security.

First, at the event, Hanyu Hideki came to Cho Jung-eun's aid when she was bullied, and now, after she was kidnapped, he descended from the sky like a hero to save her.

All of this caused Kim Hye-soo's original admiration for Hanyu Hideki to irreversibly develop in another direction.

The gaze towards Hanyu Hideki was also filled with admiration that was difficult to conceal.

So when Hanyu Hideki took her in the car and asked her where she lived, she timidly said, "I'm scared and I don't dare to go back to live alone."

Hanyu Hideki said, "Then I'll take you to the hotel."

Jin Huixiu looked at herself and said, "I can't let anyone see me like this now, otherwise it will definitely be on the news."

Hanyu Hideki then said, "Then I'll take you home?"

Kim Hye-soo added, "My father didn't agree with me entering the entertainment industry. If he found out what I look like now, he would definitely force me to quit."

"Then what do you say we should do?" Hanyu Hideki was helpless.

"Can I go to Mr.'s house to rest tonight?"

After saying this, Kim Hye-soo quickly lowered her head, but then she secretly looked at Hanyu Hideki, her eyes full of expectation.

"Hehe...are you sure?"

Hanyu Hideki wondered, what did this woman think of him?

Is this Liuxia Hui who remained calm even when a woman sat on his lap?
Just kidding, he has always believed in "it's better to kill someone by mistake than to let him go".

If a little white rabbit like this goes back with him, and he, a scumbag, doesn't take advantage of her completely, then all these years would have been in vain.

Jin Huixiu answered seriously, "I am sure, I believe sir."

Obviously, having been rescued by Hanyu Hideki twice, Kim Hye-soo's trust in the scumbag has been completely maxed out.

Hanyu Hideki said, "But I don't believe in myself. Haven't you seen the news about me? Don't you know that I am a playboy?"

Jin Huixiu understood the meaning behind Hanyu Hideki's words and blushed, "Even...even if that's the case, I did it voluntarily."

"Then as you wish."

The scumbag immediately ordered Marco to return to the Yunshang Entertainment branch in Nonhyeon 2-dong.

Soon, Hideki Hanyu's car arrived at the South Korean branch building of Yunshang Entertainment.

After getting off the underground parking lot, going through the dedicated garage and taking the dedicated elevator, without anyone seeing him along the way, Hideki Hanyu arrived at his exclusive area on the top floor.

After arranging the dirty Kim Hye-soo to take a shower, Hanyu Hideki called up all the bodyguards for the night and took out the bag he had just taken out of the safe.

Then he said, "Brothers, you have worked hard tonight."

He casually grabbed stacks of US dollars and distributed them to the bodyguards without even looking at them.

Amid the bodyguards' thanks, Hanyu Hideki stuffed all the money he had earned into Marco's pocket and gave him instructions.

"You don't have to watch over me tonight. Take the brothers out to relax. Don't let the brothers down. Don't be afraid to spend money. You must find the best place."

In today's era of officially organized "Korean girls" services in South Korea, it is extremely easy to find high-end places to consume in Seoul.

Everyone is working hard for him tonight, so Hideki Hanyu will naturally not be stingy.

He casually spent two hundred thousand dollars without even frowning.

After Marco and others left, Hanyu Hideki thought carefully for a moment and made a phone call.

The phone rang for a long time before it was connected, and then Zhao Zhenen's voice came from the receiver.

"Ms. Zhao, I'm Hanyu Hideki."

"Sir, what do you want from me at this time?"

Even through the phone, Hanyu Hideki could hear the joy and excitement in Zhao Zhenen's tone.

However, what Hanyu Hideki didn't know was that Cho Jung-eun, holding her mobile phone, was still in the small room at the event site.

The next moment after learning that it was him who called, the woman reached down and grabbed, and then a young man was grabbed by the hair and pulled up by Zhao Zhenen.

Not only does this man have a greasy mouth, but the most interesting thing is that his hairstyle and clothing are very similar to those of Hideki Hanyu who was at the event just now.

After the man was caught by Zhao Zhenen, he immediately saw Zhao Zhenen mouthing to him to get out of the way.

After the man stood aside obediently, Zhao Zhenen put on a happy expression again and waited for Hanyu Hideki's answer.

However, as Hanyu Hideki said this, the joy on Zhao Zhenen's face gradually disappeared, and was slowly replaced by a gloomy face. "Ms. Zhao, it's actually not a big deal. Just now when I was attending the event, my bodyguards outside discovered that one of Miss Zhao's guests was taken away by unknown people.

I thought that this event was organized by Miss Zhao, so in order to protect Miss Zhao's reputation, I helped you rescue the person.

The rescue place is *****, and the people have been controlled. Thinking that these people committed a crime at Miss Zhao's event, I didn't ask anything else except rescuing people. I thought it would be better to let Miss Zhao handle it personally.

It's just a small favor, Miss Zhao, you don't need to thank me. I need to take a rest now, so I won't chat with you any more."

After Hanyu Hideki finished speaking, he hung up the phone without waiting for Zhao Zhenen to speak.

On the other end of the phone, Zhao Zhenen listened to the busy tone and her face looked extremely ugly.

She didn't know whether what Yu Yushu said was true or false.

Therefore, it is impossible to judge whether Hideki Hanyu has figured out that those people were arranged by her.

Of course, Zhao Zhenen hopes that Hanyu Hideki knows nothing.

So she had to control those people as soon as possible and find out what happened.

But in one night, Zhao Zhenen failed twice in her attempts to deal with an ant-like little artist, which made her gradually distorted psychology and she became more and more irritable.

"Siba!!!"

She first let out an uncontrollable curse, and while yelling for her assistant to come in, she picked up everything around her and threw them desperately at the young man next to her.

Although the young man kept begging for mercy, Zhao Zhenen, who only wanted to vent her emotions, ignored him.

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It was not until Cho Jung-eun picked up an ashtray and hit the young man on the head, causing him to fall to the ground and bleed, that the assistant who walked in rushed up and grabbed Cho Jung-eun.

"Miss, please stop beating him. It will be very troublesome to deal with him if he is killed."

"Siba!!"

Zhao Zhenen cursed again as if to vent her anger, and threw the ashtray in her hand at the young man on the ground, but she did not continue to attack.

Upon seeing this, the assistant quickly called someone in to escort the young man out.

Then he asked carefully, "Miss, what happened?"

Zhao Zhenen said with a gloomy face, "Hanyu Hideki rescued that female artist."

The assistant was shocked when he heard this and asked hurriedly, "Does he know us?"

Zhao Zhenen said, "It's not clear yet. Please arrange for someone to check it out and interrogate them to see if they said anything they shouldn't have said."

"Yes, I'll go right away." The assistant left in a hurry.

In the room where Zhao Zhenen was the only one left, the woman muttered to herself with a gloomy and twisted expression, "I will get you... one day!"
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September 25th, a little after nine in the morning.

Hideki Hanyu woke up in the bedroom on the exclusive floor.

Looking at the curvaceous Kim Hye-soo beside me, she was sleeping without any cover.

The girl, who was having her first time, was naturally tortured quite a bit last night when she faced off against a "superman" like that scumbag.

But the girl, in the name of repaying Hanyu Hideki, was unwilling to admit defeat, and then she suffered the consequences. Not only did she not get a rest for the whole night, but in the end she had to beg for mercy again and again.

Without paying attention to the sleeping Kim Hye-soo, Hanyu Hideki got up, washed, exercised, dressed, tidied his appearance, and went to the nearby Elf Entertainment branch with his assistant.

In recent years, EGP arcade machines, PS consoles, and Pokeball handheld game consoles produced by Elf Entertainment have conquered South Korea and almost monopolized the electronic game market in South Korea.

Nintendo, which originally had an advantage, was beaten without any chance of fighting back by its FC red and white console. The newly launched SFC console, due to a series of operational errors and its inability to defeat Genie Entertainment in games, has reduced its market share to a negligible level.

Nowadays, in the whole of Asia, South Korea has basically become a gaming market that is on par with Taiwan, except for Japan itself.

Therefore, Jingling Entertainment naturally attaches great importance to the South Korean market, and the scale of its branch is much larger than that of Yunshang Entertainment.

A twelve-story building, all belonging to Elf Entertainment and Elf Communications.

Sales and other businesses actually only account for a small part of this, and the majority are actually technical positions, because many games will be converted into localized versions to cater to South Koreans.

For example, in the South Korean version of the horizontal version of Riot's Contra, a game produced by Elf Entertainment, the protagonists are two South Koreans.

It is precisely because of this revision that deliberately takes South Koreans into consideration that the sales of Contra cartridges in South Korea on the PS platform alone have successfully exceeded 600,000 copies, helping Elf Entertainment to make a fortune.

Moreover, after Elf Entertainment made a big push into South Korea, in addition to operating its own and third-party games, it also did not forget to use its support plans to provide massive support and investment to local South Korean game development companies.

Doing so will not only help the platform produce more localized games, but also create an ecosystem unique to Elf Entertainment.

After all, when all potential South Korean game development companies belong to the Elf Entertainment ecosystem, it will undoubtedly become difficult for other subsequent competitors to enter the South Korean market.

Nintendo, which originally had an advantage in South Korea, was gradually squeezed out of the South Korean market by the wealthy and powerful Pokemon Entertainment.

After all, Hideki Hanyu can ask Elf Entertainment to cast a wide net and catch more fish when implementing the support plan, and to expand aggressively regardless of cost.

But Nintendo, which has always been stingy, has had a hard time in recent years, so it is impossible for it to learn from Pokemon Entertainment's approach.

What’s more, Elf Entertainment does this not only in South Korea, but all over the world.

This horrific arms race has made Nintendo, whose stock price has continued to fall, increasingly weak. Even if Nintendo wants to follow suit, it is powerless.

Today, Hideki Hanyu arrived at Elf Entertainment, intending to inspect South Korea's recent business situation and whether there are any familiar companies to invest in before leaving South Korea.

But unfortunately, after he sat in his office and read all the support plan materials, he found that he was not familiar with any of them.

Not only are we not familiar with them, even the game production companies that are currently being supported are not particularly outstanding, and the sales of many games are not even excellent.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, the developed game industry in South Korea in later generations has nothing to do with consoles, but more about PC games and mobile games.

The reason why PC games have become popular is thanks to the Chinese market.

However, at this time, many well-known South Korean game companies in later generations had not yet been born.

For example, NEXON, the South Korean gaming giant that later developed "Dungeon & Fighter", "MapleStory" and "KartRider", its three founders Kim Jong-ju, Song Jae-kyung and Kim Beom-soo are still college graduates.

However, setting up a territory early can be considered as a preparation for future investment.

Anyway, as long as Elf Entertainment can continue to maintain its position in South Korea, these future giants will not be able to bypass Elf Entertainment's "support".

However, the inspection of the South Korean branch of Elf Entertainment yielded no results, but Eri Kitahara, who was far away in Neon, told him a good news over the phone.

"Hanyu-san, I have negotiated the cooperation you asked me to discuss before."

"What cooperation?" Hanyu Hideki couldn't remember it for a moment.

On the other side of the phone, Kitahara Eri reminded, "It's the collaboration with Sanrio."

Hanyu Hideki, "It turned out to be Sanrio. I didn't expect them to agree so quickly."

Sanrio is the company that Hideki Hanyu has always coveted.

After all, the other party's Hello Kitty cat is a money-printing machine that is no less than Pokémon. It's just that in this era, although Hello Kitty is already very well-known in Japan, it has not yet realized its full commercial potential.

After all, the overall aesthetic of Japanese society shifted to the second dimension after the bubble economy, and the widespread spread of Hello Kitty around the world benefited from the subsequent development of the Internet.

Of course, in addition to Hello Kitty, Sanrio will also have cartoon characters such as Kuromi, Cinnamon Dog, and My Melody in the future, which are equally valuable.

Hideki Hanyu knew that Sanrio's business performance was very bad during the period when the bubble burst.

What's more, after Sanrio made money, it also started playing with finance during the bubble economy, which caused Sanrio to suffer a major setback after the bubble burst and at the same time became heavily in debt.

His original plan was to take action against Sanrio at that time.

But later on, he still felt that it was not safe, so he asked Kitahara Eri to take advantage of the global channel advantages of Elf Entertainment and Elf Communication and actively seek cooperation with Sanrio.

And induced Sanrio to sign a special cooperation agreement.

Simply put, Sanrio pledged part of its shares to Elf Entertainment, and Elf Entertainment provided money, manpower and resources. It not only invested money in Sanrio's financial company, but also used its own channels to help Sanrio expand into the global market.

On the surface, this is actually a win-win cooperation.

Sanrio can use the channels of Elf Entertainment to expand its global market, while Elf Entertainment can obtain Sanrio's authorization and earn considerable channel fees and profit commissions.

The only problem is that all this is based on the premise that Sanrio’s stock price goes up.

Once the stock price falls too much and falls below the agreed price red line, Sanrio will not only have to pay for the losses of Elf Entertainment, but even the pledged stocks will fall into the hands of Elf Entertainment.

However, in Sanrio's view, this is something that is simply impossible.

Not to mention that the Japanese stock market is booming nowadays, you can make money by investing with your eyes closed.

Let’s say that once Elf Entertainment starts helping Sanrio expand globally, the stock price will probably soar to the sky immediately based on such good news. How could it possibly fall sharply?

At this time, Kitahara Eri's voice came, "Of course they will agree, and they are even thinking about letting their characters enter the Spirit Park."

"Really? There's no rush for this, after all, it involves cooperation with the Seibu Group."

To be on the safe side, Hideki Hanyu does not want the Seibu Group to get involved.

"ok, I get it."

Kitahara Hui responded and asked, "When are you going to return to Japan, Hanyu-san? Recently, all of Japan has been in self-discipline, and several of our Tamagotchi ads have been asked to be suspended and revised."

Hanyu Hideki said, "I can't solve this kind of problem. After all, even Toyota and Nissan have to do it obediently. We should just be patient."

"That's it, I have a meeting this afternoon, so I won't chat with Hanyu-san anymore."

"Okay, bye."

After Hanyu Hideki hung up the phone, he went over the Sanrio matter in his mind again, and after feeling that there was nothing wrong, he stopped caring about it.

He then looked at the development of Elf Entertainment in South Korea, found the person in charge to arrange some things, and finally did not forget to communicate with Satoru Iwata before ending his trip to the Elf Entertainment branch.

Next, Hideki Hanyu stayed in South Korea for another two days.

During this period, in addition to being intimate with Miss Samsung and using PUA tactics, he also did not forget the two new female stars.

Even on the evening of the 26th, he brought Choi Jin-sil and Kim Hye-soo directly to the ninth floor of Elf Entertainment, and called Selena, who had already started participating in the Miss South Korea pageant, to play four-person mahjong happily all night long.

Choi Jin-sil and Kim Hye-soo were a little uncomfortable and disappointed with their status next to Hanyu Hideki.

But how could a scumbag who is having fun care about the feelings of these women?

He doesn't even care about the eldest daughter of Samsung, let alone these South Korean artists.

However, before leaving, he did not forget to ask someone to take care of Kim Hye-soo.

After all, although Zhao Zhenen did not continue to make trouble in the past two days, he could not guarantee that after he left, that perverted woman would not cause trouble for Jin Huixiu again.

……

On the evening of the 27th, the "Cloud" arrived at Sydney Airport.

After leaving the airport, Hideki Hanyu went to the booked hotel in a low-key manner.

By this time he had received accurate news that due to the "self-restraint" of Japanese society, Mr. Hatoyama, who was originally planning to visit Australia, had to postpone the date of his visit.

In other words, the event that Hideki Hanyu originally prepared for the other party in Sydney is now just a simple event.

An event to advocate for renewable energy and environmental protection related topics.

For this reason, in order to attract more attention to the event and enhance the reputation of these energy companies invested by Northeast Energy in Australia, the event decided to cooperate with local Australian environmental protection organizations.

In fact, it is similar to the operation in the UK.

It's nothing more than energy companies sponsoring some money, and these environmental protection organizations come to support the event, say some nice words, and cheer in the media.

Although Western society advocates environmental protection in a high-sounding way, those who can stick to it are actually just businesses.

Since we can't defeat them and can't influence the general trend, we might as well join them.

Although these people have ugly faces in private, as long as you are willing to pay, they are actually quite convenient to use. Many inconvenient things can be promoted in the name of environmental protection.

After a night's rest, Hideki Hanyu went to the event site in advance.

He planned to meet and communicate with several so-called environmental leaders in Australia before the event started.

No matter what, he is an internationally renowned writer and a world celebrity after all.

In addition to making money in private, he can also support Australia's environmental protection cause.

Even the latter is more important than the former.

Anyway, talking about environmental protection all the time is the right thing to do, whether now or in the future. Hideki Hanyu doesn't mind putting an environmental label on himself.

What Hideki Hanyu didn't expect was that after he arrived at the event, he saw an unexpected person on the event poster.

Hideki Hanyu questioned the person in charge of the event on the spot.

"What happened to her?"

(End of this chapter)