Traveling Through the Tokyo Bubble Era

Chapter 721: News from Avex

Hideki Hanyu didn't know that on the same day he left America, Forbes magazine released the 1989 "Forbes Global Billionaires List".

Hideki Hanyu could not receive any news on the plane, but that did not prevent him from guessing what had happened the first time he saw the copy of Forbes magazine in the female reporter's hand.

He pointed at the female reporter holding the magazine, and then ordered the bodyguard, "Let her come over."

When the female reporter approached Hanyu Hideki with a look of surprise, Hanyu Hideki said, "Give me the magazine, I will accept your interview."

"Okay, sir."

The female reporter couldn't wait to hand the magazine to Hanyu Hideki.

One magazine in exchange for one interview was a great deal for her.

This scene also made other media reporters around envious, and they regretted why they didn't bring magazines with them.

Hideki Hanyu didn't care about the looks of people around him. He flipped through a magazine while getting into the Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit that came to pick him up, escorted by his bodyguards.

As for the female reporter, she got into Hanyu Hideki's car with a flattered look on her face, and even sat in the back seat.

Hideki Hanyu opened Forbes magazine and looked through it. The female reporter was waiting beside him. Although she was young, she would secretly glance at Hanyu from time to time.

Hideki Hanyu's perfect profile and his focused look as he held a magazine in his hand made the female reporter blush unconsciously when she was peeking at him.

In an instant, the female reporter thought of many popular romance novels recently, with plots like "The domineering president falls in love with me" playing out in her mind one after another.

So what if the Hideki Hanyu in front of me is a playboy?
For such an outstanding man, she would be willing to play with her feelings, and she would not regret it even if she was hurt.

Just as the female reporter was beginning to imagine all sorts of inappropriate scenes between her and Hanyu Hideki in her mind, Hanyu Hideki's sudden voice brought the female reporter back to reality.

"Reporter, are you ready for your questions? I'll only give you three chances."

The female reporter, who was pulled back to reality from her fantasy, blushed slightly. She asked with some reluctance because she didn't want to end her time with Hanyu Hideki so soon.

"Have you finished reading the magazine, sir?"

"finish watching."

Hanyu Hideki nodded.

Although this issue of Forbes magazine contained a lot of content, listing all 200 billionaires in the world, there were not many that really interested Hideki Hanyu.

Basically, he was too lazy to look at anyone outside the top 20, unless they were some wealthy people he was familiar with in his previous life.

Of course, his main concern is naturally himself.

Last year's 'Forbes Global Billionaires List' saw his ranking rise dramatically, ranking tenth with a net worth of at least US$7.5 billion.

However, right after the rankings were announced, Northeast Energy went public, and his apparent net worth skyrocketed again.

At that time, Forbes also adjusted his net worth to more than 10 billion US dollars.

After that, Forbes' assessment of his net worth has basically increased.

Finally, when the list was announced, Hideki Hanyu saw Forbes' latest net worth.

「20 Billion $↑」

That is more than 20 billion US dollars.

He didn't expect that Forbes magazine would be so bold as to directly classify him as one of the billionaires with a net worth of over 20 billion US dollars.

However, on this year's 'Forbes Global Billionaires List', there are only two billionaires with assets exceeding US$20 billion.

Although he successfully advanced to the 20 billion level, he failed to take the top spot and only ranked second on the list.

The top spot on the list is still held by Yoshiaki Tsutsumi.

This richest man in Japan and the world, according to Forbes' estimates, has a net worth of over 250 billion, just like Hideki Hanyu, but his net worth is unique at the billion US dollar level.

Seeing this number, Hideki Hanyu was actually a little surprised.

After all, in his previous life, Yoshiaki Tsutsumi was listed as the richest man by Forbes magazine in 1989, so his net worth should not be that much.

If his prediction was correct, then Yoshiaki Tsutsumi must have listened to his advice and realized the benefits of being on the "Forbes Global Billionaires List", so he decided to reveal his net worth at all costs in order to continue to maintain his position as the richest man.

Because he must use the influence brought by his status as the world's richest man to more conveniently go to banks for loans.

As a collaborator after all, Hanyu Hideki could easily notice that Yoshiaki Tsutsumi's industrial expansion in this time and space was much crazier than that in another time and space.

Not only are we building ski resorts, hotels, department stores and other projects all over Neon.

The business scope has even successfully expanded overseas, and Seibu Group's investments and industries can be seen everywhere.

Even in the real estate development of Odaiba in Tokyo, Yoshiaki Tsutsumi invested heavily regardless of the risks.

At that time, Hideki Hanyu and Yoshiaki Tsutsumi attended the Tokyo Governor's Office's "Odaiba" land investment promotion conference together, and Hideki Hanyu casually bought a small piece of land.

However, Yoshiaki Tsutsumi continued to acquire land in Odaiba afterwards.

According to what Hideki Hanyu knows, more than half of the land sold in Odaiba has now fallen into the hands of Yoshiaki Tsutsumi's Seibu Group.

If he remembered correctly, the developed area of ​​Odaiba was nearly 450 hectares.

Remove the area occupied by public facilities, roads, parks, etc.

In the end, the area sold was only half of the developed area, so the area of ​​land held by the Seibu Group was also an extremely exaggerated number.

It is likely to be more than one million square meters.

This shows how much Yoshiaki Tsutsumi has borrowed crazily over the years.

For these loans, it is not surprising that Yoshiaki Tsutsumi created a higher net worth than in another time and space and continued to maintain his position as the richest man.

After all, many times, what the market wants to see is just some positive confidence.

As long as Yoshiaki Tsutsumi remains the world's richest man and Japan's economy continues to be booming, no one will doubt his strength.

This is what Hideki Hanyu hopes to see.

After all, the higher you fly, the harder you fall.

Hideki Hanyu is not sure whether Yoshiaki Tsutsumi can continue to be the richest man in the next "Forbes Global Billionaires List".

But he can be sure of one thing, that is, Neon’s current hot economic situation will definitely not continue until next year.

One of Yoshiaki Tsutsumi's "two legs" will soon be broken.

Thinking of this, Hideki Hanyu smiled slightly.

And in a good mood, he said to the female reporter next to him, "Your question just now does not count as one of the three questions."

But the female reporter couldn't listen to what Hanyu Hideki said at this time.

Because Hideki Hanyu just smiled slightly, she fell completely in love with him.

Hideki Hanyu is already accustomed to the reactions of female reporters.

He said to Marco who was driving, "Stop the car and let this journalist lady calm down."

As the car stopped, the female reporter finally remembered the important matter.

Seeing Hanyu Hideki getting out of the car and walking to the side of the road, she hurriedly chased after him, "Sir, our interview hasn't started yet."

At this point, they were on the bridge heading to Shinagawa district.

Standing by the bridge, looking at Tokyo, which has already entered spring, Hanyu Hideki said to himself, "It will be possible to enjoy cherry blossoms in Tokyo soon."

But the female reporter no longer dared to have any wild thoughts at this time. She quickly calmed down and started the interview in a very formal manner.

"Sir, I'm a reporter from Toyo Keizai..."

……

After three questions, Hideki Hanyu arranged a car to take the female reporter back.

He himself took a car to the Yorozuya.

The female reporter is quite capable and asked very thoughtful questions.

Although he only agreed to three questions, Hanyu Hideki still took the opportunity of the female reporter to talk about his thoughts on the "Forbes Global Billionaires List".

And this is actually his real purpose.

Otherwise, it's just a magazine, how could he find time to answer three questions?

Of course, those thoughts were just polite words.

For example, a net worth of 20 billion is not true, and I still need to work hard.

However, he also knew that it was wishful thinking to calm public opinion with just this one interview.

It's because he is so well-known.

Since its launch, the 'Forbes Global Billionaires List' has gained great popularity around the world.

He has been on the list for three consecutive years, and his net worth ranking has soared like a rocket. Now he is only one step away from becoming the world's richest man.

Under such circumstances, it is difficult for the media and the public not to pay attention to him.

Even if Yoshiaki Tsutsumi continued to hold on to the throne of the richest man, it would be of no avail.

In terms of news popularity, how could an old man in his fifties compare to this young wealthy man with many identities, a lot of topics and excellent appearance?

So after Hideki Hanyu returned to Tokyo, his phone basically never stopped ringing. Apart from work, it was basically because of the "Forbes Global Billionaires List".

Even Gang Haoyi indirectly asked him to participate in a TV talk show on the "Forbes Global Billionaires List" because Yunshang Satellite TV is about to go public.

The launch of Cloud Satellite TV a week later was also one of the important reasons why Hideki Hanyu returned to Japan this time.

Although the underwriting of Cloud Satellite TV's stock went very smoothly, Gang Haoyi felt that if he could take advantage of the popularity of the "Forbes Global Billionaires List" at a critical moment, it would definitely be beneficial to the stock price after listing.

The reason was so convincing that even Hideki Hanyu was embarrassed to refuse.

After all, he is the largest shareholder of Cloud Satellite TV, so a good stock price trend will only benefit him.

So just like that, Hideki Hanyu agreed to Koichi Minato.

Koichi Minato happily arranged the interview and finally decided to let Hideki Hanyu participate in a less serious and relatively relaxed program.

Then Gang Haoyi called to ask.

"The last time the president participated in 'Shimada Please Speak', it was very good. Would you like to come again? I heard from the production department that the program has recently replaced a new group of beautiful girls in the atmosphere group, including amateurs and new models."

"No problem, you decide."

Hanyu Hideki readily agreed, and secretly said in his heart that the reason he agreed had absolutely nothing to do with the atmosphere group beautiful girl mentioned by Gang Hao.

He had just hung up the phone with Gang Haoyi when he felt someone hugging his waist from behind.

It was already the second day since he returned to Neon.

Looking at the time, lunch time has already passed.

As for who is the person hugging him from behind?

After making some corrections at the Yorozuya yesterday, he went out to go on a date with the beautiful lady Yasuko Sawaguchi.

What he didn't expect was that when he was kissing and caressing the little beauty in Sawaguchi Yasuko's house in Chiyoda Ward, Kamachi Sachiko broke in without saying hello.

then……

Unable to bear the conquest, Yasuko Sawaguchi took the opportunity to pull Sister Izumi into the battle.

Faced with this situation, the scumbag naturally had no choice but to accept it. However, Sawaguchi Yasuko was a weak fighter to begin with, and even with the help of Sister Izumi, the scumbag still killed the two of them.

The next day, Hanyu Hideki got up early and started answering phone calls to handle business matters, but the two beauties who had not slept all night were sleeping soundly in the bedroom.

By now, Hanyu Hideki had already had lunch and finished his phone call with Minato Koichi, and one of the two beauties finally woke up.

He came back to his senses and reached out to grab it.

The beauty who hugged him from behind was immediately in his arms. He knew it was not Yasuko Sawaguchi as soon as he touched her long legs.

"Sachiko, are you going to skip class today and be a bad girl who doesn't like studying?"

Hanyu Hideki looked at Sister Izumi, who looked shy because she was held horizontally in his arms, and asked with a sly smile on his face.

"I have asked for leave from school."

Sister Izumi spoke softly and couldn't help but reach out to touch Hanyu Hideki's face.

The man's appearance at this moment made her fall in love with him and forget everything else.

Upon seeing this, the scumbag gently pecked the girl's hand.

Then he took a step forward, carried Sister Quanshui into the restaurant, and placed her on a chair next to the dining table.

However, Sachiko Kamachi did not expect to come to the restaurant. She thought that Hideki Hanyu carried her away and planned to have sex with her.

Even though she was exhausted last night and still tired after sleeping, she would satisfy Hideki Hanyu no matter what.

But in the end, Hanyu Hideki carried her to the restaurant. When Sister Izumi realized the misunderstanding, her face turned redder.

Hanyu Hideki, who knows women very well, instantly understood what Sister Izumi was thinking.

He lifted the beauty's chin and teased, "Is Sachiko imagining something?"

"No...no." Sachiko Kamachi turned her head away shyly.

"Last night, it was so..."

Before the scumbag could finish his words, he was blocked by the beauty.

After a sweet kiss between the two, the scumbag finally let the beauty go.

He went into the kitchen and brought out the meal prepared by the chef.

Then he tapped Kamachi Sachiko's forehead and said, "Don't let your imagination run wild. Just eat your lunch. I'll go upstairs and call Jingzi down."

After saying that, the scumbag walked upstairs.

However, he said that he would invite Yasuko Sawaguchi to eat, but after they left, he did not come down with Yasuko Sawaguchi until Sachiko Kamachi finished her lunch.

Looking at the tired yet satisfied look on her friend's face, Sachiko Kamachi knew what had happened without having to guess.

Next to the two women, Hanyu Hideki had a clear expression of guilt.

He went upstairs just now and really wanted to ask Yasuko Sawaguchi to come down for dinner.

When I entered the bedroom, I saw Yasuko Sawaguchi sleeping soundly with the quilt kicked aside.

The worst thing is that after kicking off the quilt, Yasuko Sawaguchi was only wearing a completely transparent gauze pajamas.

The temptation is even greater than completely removing the armor.

Then he lost control...

Brothers all understand what happens next, so I won’t go into details here.

……

The two beauties had a late lunch one after another, and then stayed on the sofa with Hideki Hanyu to watch TV.

Hideki Hanyu, who had no plans to go out today, was happy to stay at home and rest with the two beauties.

After all, he had been with Zhou Huimin for such a long time before, and he was really feeling very uncomfortable. Now that he had a rare beauty by his side, he naturally wanted to enjoy herself.

The most important thing is that because of the billionaire list in Forbes magazine, all the Japanese media were sieging him like crazy, and the perimeter of the Yorozuya was packed with people.

It’s not easy for him to go out now, not to mention that he has no home to return to.

However, when it was afternoon, Hanyu Hideki, who had finally met the seijirokai, received a call from Yoshioka Shota.

The moment he received the call, he immediately patted the two heads below.

Yasuko Sawaguchi and Sister Izumi, who were buried in the food and fighting for the taste, had no idea what was going on. They looked up blankly and saw Hideki Hanyu holding the phone and making a gesture to keep quiet.

Seeing that Hanyu Hideki was talking on the phone, Sister Izumi didn't move obediently, but Sawaguchi Yasuko smiled playfully and lowered her head to "torture" Xiaoshu again.

“Don’t worry, Yoshioka-san, I will never be late at night.

That's it. I'll hang up now.

hiss--"

The moment Hanyu Hideki hung up the phone with Yoshioka Shota, he immediately took a breath of cold air, and then pretended to be fierce and pulled up the mischievous Sawaguchi Yasuko.

Snapped!
A slap in the face hits an indescribable place.

"Jingzi, how dare you disobey me! Wait and see how I punish you!"

Next, the punishment from Hanyu Hideki was particularly "cruel", and even Sister Izumi couldn't help but come up to help bear it out of heartache.

Because the scene is too brutal, I won’t go into details here.

Anyway, all we need to know is that when Hanyu Hideki went to meet Shota Yoshioka at night, the two beauties who wanted to go with him were so tired that they had no choice but to stay at home.

……

port area.

Hideki Hanyu walks into a bar in Shirokanedai.

This is a jazz bar that focuses on atmosphere. The environment looks quiet and peaceful, completely different from the lively nightclubs I have been to before.

Just as the bartender saw Hanyu Hideki and was about to come forward to serve him, Hanyu Hideki saw Shota Yoshioka waving at him vigorously at a booth inside the bar.

Hanyu Hideki walked up to them and couldn't help but complain, "Why are you in such a plain place? I thought there would be beautiful ladies serving drinks."

Yoshioka Shouta said as a matter of course, "Because this place is close to home, I can walk back home after the meeting."

After hearing what Yoshioka Shota said, Hanyu Hideki remembered that it was because of his original suggestion that Yoshioka Shota, Ito Shinsuke, Hirohashi Asako and others purchased properties in Shirokanedai.

At this time, Yoshioka Shota looked Hanyu Hideki up and down and said, "Why are you dressed like this?"

"Does it look bad? I think it's not bad."

Hideki Hanyu used the glass wall next to the table as a mirror and looked at himself.

Wearing black-framed glasses, a flat-brimmed hat, a baseball jacket, casual pants, and skateboard shoes, he looks like a college student hanging out at night.

But he still spread his hands and explained, "Because of Forbes magazine, I have to keep a low profile. The Wanshiwu is surrounded by reporters and I can't go back.

If you hadn't asked me out, I would never have come out at night. After all, it would be very troublesome if I was recognized."

As soon as Hanyu Hideki said this, Yoshioka Shota immediately laughed.

"Ha ha……

I almost forgot to congratulate Hanyu-san. With a net worth of $20 billion, he ranks second in the world. When I opened the newspapers and TV news today, they were all talking about this.”

Hearing this, Hanyu Hideki rubbed his brow with a wry smile and said, "Obviously, Yoshiaki Tsutsumi is the richest man, why are they focusing on me?"

"Of course Hanyu-san is more attractive. In fact, Japan is still normal. There are more reports about you overseas. It feels like you are the richest man."

As he spoke, Shota Yoshioka also joked, "But the quality of the photos Forbes selected for you has not declined. They are just as exciting as last year."

On this year's Forbes article about Hideki Hanyu's detailed profile page, the Forbes editorial department selected a special photo for Hideki Hanyu.

It was a photo of him without his wire-rimmed glasses.

Without the embellishment of glasses, he looks less gentle and refined and more cold and sharp, which seems to be more in line with the image of a domineering president in the public's mind.

In the entire 'Forbes Global Billionaires List', when it comes to appearance, the other 199 billionaires combined cannot compare to Hideki Hanyu.

Considering his age and legendary history of making a fortune, it is impossible for Forbes not to feature him.

As for the media and the public, they are even more interested in him.

He went through this once last year, and it happened again this year. He didn't need to guess to know that he would have a bunch of fangirls again.

In this regard, Hideki Hanyu can only say that it is fate that plays tricks on him.

Before traveling through time, the original owner was an idol and wanted fans, but he just couldn't become famous.

After he traveled through time, he gave up his idol status and no longer needed it, but his fan base grew faster than anyone else's.

Thinking of this, Hanyu Hideki said to Yoshioka Shota with a bit of boredom, "You said you had something to talk to me about, now it's time to tell me."

Who would have thought that Shota Yoshioka waved towards the door of the coffee shop at this moment.

Then he said to Hanyu Hideki, "Just now they hadn't arrived yet, but now they are here, so let President Nagato talk to you."

Hanyu Hideki turned around and saw that MF Records' president, Nagato Daiyuki, was walking towards his seat.

Nagato Daiyuki was not alone, he was accompanied by a man with dyed yellow hair.

Hideki Hanyu knows this person, the lead singer of the band MAKE-UP, Nobuo Yamada.

He was the lead singer of the band "Pegasus Fantasy" who sang the Saint Seiya theme song written by Hanyu Hideki.

The records of the MAKE-UP band are indeed produced by MF Records.

He also knew that Nagato Daiyuki and Yoshioka Shouta were good friends.

But why did Nagato Daiyuki come to him privately through Yoshioka Shota? Hanyu Hideki couldn't guess.

Just as Hanyu Hideki was guessing, Nagato Daiyuki and Yamada Nobuo came to the booth.

When the two saw Hanyu Hideki, they immediately bowed and apologized, "We are very sorry. We made the president wait."

"Please take a seat. If President Nagato and Mr. Yamada want to talk to me about anything, please tell me directly."

Hanyu Hideki didn't intend to waste time on the trivial matter of apologizing, so he asked and got straight to the point.

Nagato Daiyuki spoke first, "I heard that the president is looking for a music production company that makes Italian European dance music?"

"Do you have news?"

Hideki Hanyu instantly perked up.

Because the company he was looking for was the Avex Records, which later helped Tetsuya Komuro to achieve success and created singers such as Namie Amuro, Ayumi Hamasaki, and Kumi Koda.

At the beginning, he got some clues and guessed that Katsuto Matsuura should have started a business, so he wanted to find this guy.

However, it may be that the scale of Matsuura Katsuto's business is too small, and there has been no news at all for such a long time.

Who would have thought that when he was about to forget about this matter, Nagato Daiyuki brought him good news.

However, after hearing what Hanyu Hideki said, Nagato Daiyuki pointed to Yamada Nobuo next to him and said.

"President, it's not me, it's Yamada-san who knows some news."

(End of this chapter)