Traveling Through the Tokyo Bubble Era

Chapter 685 How about a new deal?

The person being questioned by Hanyu Hideki was the head of Tohoku Energy in Australia.

The other person's name is Nate Card.

To be precise, the other party's official title is the president of Australia's "New Natural Energy Group".

The "New Natural Energy Group" is a new enterprise jointly reorganized by Northeast Energy after acquiring several renewable energy companies in Australia.

Although the company is not large, it has all the necessary facilities. It not only has a renewable energy research center in Sydney, but also has renewable energy power plants and recycling bases in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and other places in Australia.

Nowadays, the most cutting-edge wind energy, tidal energy, and photovoltaics are all involved.

Previously, these renewable energy companies were opened in response to the call of the Australian government. To put it bluntly, they were just businessmen with connections who found an excuse to defraud Australian government subsidies.

However, later on, official subsidies failed to meet expectations and these renewable energy projects became useless. Therefore, after Northeast Energy came knocking on the door, a large number of companies quickly sold their shares to Northeast Energy for cash.

Although the scale of each renewable energy company is not large, they are not small after integration, and the overall revenue has also reached a higher level. This was something Hideki Hanyu did not expect before the acquisition.

After all, the reason why he wants to buy these companies now is not for the profit growth after integration, but simply to use these companies as a seesaw to enter the Australian energy industry.

Moreover, as a time traveler, he knew that renewable energy was developing rapidly abroad, and in the future it would even account for 40% of Australia's total energy output.

So he asked Northeast Energy to invest in these projects, ultimately for the future.

After hearing Hideki Hanyu's question, Nate Calder, president of New Natural Energy Group, looked at the posters at the event.

One of the posters, signed by the environmental protection organization "Clean Australia", features a young beauty wearing a green dress and blonde hair.

Nate Calder explained, pointing to the poster.

"Sir, don't you know her? She's a very famous Australian actress. I heard that her first movie in Hollywood grossed over $100 million worldwide.

She has been very active in Australia recently and has participated in many charity events. This time she was probably invited by an environmental protection organization to help out at the event.

Oh, and her name is Nicole Kidman."

Nate Card is in Australia and is not in the film and television industry, so he is not aware of some of the gossips far away in Hollywood.

Therefore, it is naturally impossible for him to know the relationship between Hideki Hanyu and Nicole Kidman.

"Is that right?"

Hideki Hanyu looked at the familiar Nicole Kidman on the poster and pretended to be surprised.

But at this moment, in his heart, apart from sighing that Nicole Kidman seemed to be more beautiful, and was getting closer and closer to the big white Australian girl in his impression.

At the same time, I was thinking, no wonder Naomi Watts said that after Paramount's new movie "The Stepford Wives" failed at the box office, there was no news about Nicole Kidman, the leading actress.

It turns out that the person was not without news, but had run back to his hometown in Australia.

This is understandable. A 20 million blockbuster production had just failed miserably, so Nicole Kidman naturally wanted to stay out of the spotlight in Hollywood.

After all, the big Hollywood studios are very realistic and have always been ruthless to leading actors whose films have failed at the box office. Nicole Kidman, who has just experienced a box office disaster, may not find it easy to find a new job in a short period of time.

The most important thing is that Nicole Kidman, due to her lack of foundation and background, was eventually made the scapegoat for the film's failure by the producer and Paramount, so her situation was far more miserable than that of the other leading actors who suffered box office failures.

In this case, it is actually a very wise choice for Nicole Kidman to return to Australia and increase her presence and popularity by leveraging the success of "Working Girl".

Even if I can't keep my career in Hollywood, at least I can still settle down in Australia. Even though the two places are very different, it's better than having nothing.

Thinking of this, Hanyu Hideki smiled playfully.

He really wanted to know what Nicole Kidman's expression would be when she saw him later.

After talking about Nicole Kidman, Hideki Hanyu immediately met with the heads of several environmental organizations today.

When they meet in private, these people don't talk about high-sounding environmental protection topics.

All they say is to make a profit, whether overtly or covertly.

In Hideki Hanyu's opinion, these environmental protection organizations in Europe and the United States are like toads. They lie on your feet and don't bite you, but they are disgusting.

Fortunately, the time traveler Hideki Hanyu has seen the ugly faces of these organizations many times in the future, and has seen environmental protection organizations that have evolved countless times. He has long seen through the true faces of these environmental protection organizations.

Moreover, in the future in Australia, the strength of the environmentalist front cannot be underestimated. The Green Party has even become an important force in the Australian Parliament.

But no matter who the financial backers behind the Green Party are, it is enough for him to know that investing in these people is profitable for the New Natural Energy Group.

After all, if others can be the financial sponsor, so can the New Natural Energy Group.

Isn’t it just “correct”?

As for the boxing techniques of later generations, he might know more than just the Supreme Female Boxing style, right?
Therefore, when facing these people, Hideki Hanyu was quite polite and enthusiastic, and made a series of promises and cooperation without hesitation.

For example, invite the person in charge to serve as the environmental consultant of the New Natural Energy Group, entrust them to formulate environmental development plans, conduct renewable energy project evaluation, etc.

Again, it appears to be environmentally friendly on the surface.

But in reality it's all business.

However, although these guys are disgusting, they will do the job if they are paid.

It is estimated that after this event, as long as Hanyu Hideki unites these organizations and promotes them appropriately in the media, his image as an environmentalist will be firmly established.

As the event time got closer, everyone started to get busy and politely said goodbye and left.

At the event, there were many Australian media standing at the entrance.

Although today's environmental protection event is not of much interest to ordinary people, there are many celebrities who are willing to come and personally support environmental protection in order to gain fame.

After all, Nicole Kidman is certainly not the only one who thinks of using environmental protection to gain exposure.

As cars stopped at the door and celebrities got out, the event officially began amid media filming and interviews.

Hideki Hanyu was standing inside the venue. He didn't need to worry about the following activities, as they would naturally be taken care of by professionals and environmental protection organizations.

This time, he came as an international cultural celebrity to advocate environmentalism.

It's just that before that he planned to come as a member of Mr. Hatoyama's cultural exchange group to build momentum for Mr. Hatoyama's visit.

But after Mr. Hatoyama's visit was postponed, he could only come in his personal capacity.

And soon, he saw the familiar figure.

Nicole Kidman.

The woman was wearing a long dress with silver sequins and her golden hair was curled and draped over her shoulders. She was so beautiful and fair that she seemed to glow in the sun.

Her mature and beautiful appearance no longer reveals the rusticity and immaturity she had when Hanyu Hideki first met her in Hawaii.

(Nicole Kidman)

The woman got out of the car, smiling brightly, and faced the media reporters' filming and interviews with ease.

It can be seen that the other party enjoys this kind of life under the spotlight.

Because the distance was too far, Hideki Hanyu did not hear what Nicole Kidman said.

However, soon, as Nicole Kidman entered the event, she inevitably discovered his presence.

Of course, with the scumbag's outstanding appearance, it is actually difficult not to be discovered.

The moment she saw Hideki Hanyu, Nicole Kidman's expression froze, the smile on her face gradually disappeared, and her eyes became complicated.

After a moment, Nicole Kidman finally did not choose to escape.

She moved and walked straight towards Hanyu Hideki.

"Hideki, I didn't expect to see you here."

"I didn't expect that either."

Hideki Hanyu looked at Nicole Kidman right in front of him with a calm expression and a normal tone, without any sarcasm, anger, or other emotions.

Nicole Kidman became famous through him and Cloud Pictures, and immediately switched to Paramount, which certainly made Hideki Hanyu unhappy.

But to say that he betrayed me is not really the case.

After all, he helped the other party and the other party gave herself to him. He thought they could cooperate in the long term, but Nicole Kidman might just think it was a transaction.

People go to higher places, and water flows to lower places. This is human nature and human nature.

Of course, even if Hideki Hanyu could understand it, it would not prevent him from feeling secretly happy after Nicole Kidman's new movie flopped.

But now everything is over, and Hideki Hanyu has long put this matter behind him.

If he hadn't seen Nicole Kidman's poster at the event today, he probably wouldn't have remembered her even when he arrived in Australia.

At this time, Nicole Kidman looked at Hanyu Hideki carefully, pursed her lips, and finally said, "You seem to be younger."

Hanyu Hideki didn't expect Nicole Kidman to say such a thing, so he smiled back and said, "You are more beautiful now than when we first met in Hawaii."

"Hideki...we..."

When Nicole Kidman heard Hideki Hanyu mention Hawaii, some memories were evoked in her heart. She suddenly became excited and wanted to say something.

But Hanyu Hideki seemed to have guessed what the other party was going to say, and suddenly interrupted, "Ms. Nicole, everything is over, isn't it?"

After saying that, Hideki Hanyu turned around, took two glasses of champagne from a waiter's tray, handed one to Nicole Kidman, and spoke.

"We don't owe each other anything, so there's no need to talk about the past."

"Yeah, it's all over."

Nicole Kidman took the glass and smiled bitterly.

She understood what Hanyu Hideki meant, so she gave up the opportunity given by Hanyu Hideki and turned to Paramount, although Hanyu Hideki did not pursue anything.

But at the same time, the humble friendship they had when they first met in Hawaii also disappeared with her choice.

Now it was meaningless for her to mention their past friendship or to say sorry.

At this time, Hanyu Hideki raised his glass and said, "Ms. Nicole, I am very happy to meet you in Sydney, but I have other guests to entertain, so I will leave now."

After Hideki Hanyu finished speaking, he turned around and left without hesitation without waiting for Nicole Kidman to reply.

After all, he came here today to attend an event, and meeting Nicole Kidman was just an unexpected episode. He still had to get on with his business.

Next, Hideki Hanyu may meet some important guests attending the event together with Nate Card, president of New Natural Energy Group.

Or, with the help of environmental organizations, they talk a lot about environmentalist concepts in front of the media and enjoy the support of environmental organizations.

In addition to these, he also had to participate in the formal process of the event, and even joined forces with the "New Natural Energy Group" to set up an environmental protection fund in Australia.

In short, he was indeed not idle throughout the entire event.

After finally getting some free time at the end of the event, he still had to deal with some guests who came up to him and chatted with him.

For example, the young beauty who is talking to him at this moment.

Kylie Minogue.

Many people in China may not be familiar with this person, but if we talk about her future popularity in Australia, it is not an exaggeration to describe Kylie Minogue as a "national treasure star".

Of course, even now, the opponent is still a hot star in Australia and even in the world.

Born in 1968, he entered the showbiz industry as a TV actor in 1986, but his most famous identity in later life was a singer.

Because in 1987, Kylie Minogue released her first solo single "Locomotion", and this debut song directly made Kylie Minogue the best-selling female singer in Australia.

Another single released at the end of that year, "I Should Be So Lucky", helped it win the first place in the sales rankings in Australia and the UK.

Just two months ago, her first album "Kylie" was released and became a global hit. Many singles in the album not only topped the sales charts in Australia and the United Kingdom, but also won the third place on the America Billboard.

For a newcomer, this is definitely a peak start.

However, Hideki Hanyu knows that after entering 1990, when Kylie Minogue's third album began production, Kylie Minogue officially became heavily involved in the album's production.

Not only did her music style change drastically, but her personal image also began to change from a good girl to a sexy style, but unfortunately these changes were not recognized by her fans.

Then Kylie Minogue encountered the first low point in her life.

The album sales were a flop and his personal image was criticized.

She wanted to continue her transformation, but the record company wanted her to continue with her style for the sake of profit. The two sides had an irreconcilable conflict and eventually fell apart.

This is one of the reasons why Hideki Hanyu is willing to socialize with Kylie Minogue at this time.

If Yunshang Entertainment gains some channels in the global record market at that time, he wouldn't mind building relationships in advance and getting a foothold in the market later.

After all, Kylie Minogue's low point was only temporary, and her subsequent brilliant commercial performance also proved that her transformation was successful.

If such a national treasure-level singer can be recruited, it will definitely bring immeasurable benefits to the development of Yunshang Entertainment in the English record market.

Of course, these are all future considerations.

Now the scumbag is just paving the way, and by the way, he is using his extensive knowledge and humorous language to chat more and more intimately with Kylie Minogue, who still has the image of a good girl.

In the end, no one knew what the scumbag said, but Kylie Minogue actually took the scumbag's arm, left the scene together, and walked upstairs to the hotel where the event was held.

However, Hideki Hanyu did not notice that his departure with Kylie Minogue was clearly seen by Nicole Kidman, who had been secretly following him throughout the event.

The time comes in the afternoon.

At this time, the environmental protection theme event held by the "New Natural Energy Group" has ended, and the guests, environmental protection organizations, and media reporters on the scene have all left.

At this time, Hideki Hanyu had just walked out of a room in the event hotel.

Walking out of the room with the scumbag was Kylie Minogue, who had a rosy complexion, a satisfied look, and even a slight hint of weariness.

The scumbag sent Kylie Minogue to the hotel parking lot and opened the car door for her like a gentleman, saying, "Miss Kylie, I didn't expect our first meeting would be so wonderful."

"Yes, it is the most wonderful thing I have ever experienced."

Kylie Minogue looked at the scumbag with longing in her eyes as she spoke.

However, this kind of lingering affection is definitely not love, but recognition of the scumbag's ability.

After that, the woman asked with a hint of craving, "I wonder if you have time tomorrow? I can stay in Sydney for one more day before going to the UK to promote my new album."

Obviously, Kylie Minogue is very satisfied with the scumbag's performance and plans to play another friendly match with him.

Faced with such a request, the scumbag naturally would not refuse. He immediately took out a pen and quickly wrote down the message and handed it to the other party.

"This is my address and phone number in Sydney. Miss Kelly is welcome to visit anytime tomorrow."

Exotic beauties, coupled with their celebrity status, enhance psychological satisfaction, and are willing to cooperate in bed.

With such a beautiful woman, the scumbag wouldn't mind playing a few more games even if it was just a friendly match.

"Then see you tomorrow."

Kylie Minogue gave the scumbag a wink before getting in the car and leaving.

Next, the equally satisfied scumbag got into his car.

Just as he was about to tell Marco to drive, Marco suddenly said, "Boss, someone is coming."

"who is it……"

Before Hanyu Hideki could finish his words, the back door of his car was opened.

Then a familiar figure sat down directly.

Who else could it be but Nicole Kidman?

When Hideki Hanyu saw the other person, he thought to himself that it was no wonder that Marco knew someone was coming but did not stop her. After all, she was a woman he had had a relationship with before.

Hanyu Hideki asked directly, "Ms. Nicole, what are you doing?"

Nicole Kidman stared at Hideki Hanyu and smelled the scent of women's perfume on the scumbag, which was obviously left over from the entanglement.

Finally he spoke slowly.

"Now that the past is in the past, how about we talk about a new deal?"

(End of this chapter)