Traveling Through the Tokyo Bubble Era

Chapter 736 "Chasing Stars"

Bay, Yangmingshan.

In Hideki Hanyu's mansion with a retro feel, Hideki Hanyu stood on the balcony on the second floor, looking at the people around him and smiled.

"I didn't expect to meet Xiaoshan-san in Taiwan."

The person in front of him is called Nagamasa Koshiro, and he is the boyfriend that Eri Kitahara brought to Hideki Hanyu during the first WCG competition.

Hanyu Hideki had just arrived in Taiwan in the afternoon when he unexpectedly received a call from the other party. Oshima Nagamasa expressed his desire to visit him, and Hanyu Hideki readily agreed.

Then, the opponent appeared here.

Nagamasa Osugi replied, "The research institute has a cooperation project in Taiwan, and I was sent to cooperate. I heard from Eri Kitahara that President Hanyu had also arrived in Taiwan, so I tried to contact him. I didn't expect that we would arrive on the same day."

"I see. I'm actually very curious about what project Xiaoshan-san is collaborating on in Taiwan."

Hideki Hanyu asked the question casually, and he actually didn't expect to get an answer. After all, scientific research projects often need to be kept confidential.

But the main reason why he asked this was because he was not familiar with Kosugi Nagamasa and wanted to find some topic to talk about.

After all, he and Koshiro Nagamasa are not pretentious. The only one who is pretentious is Kitahara Eri.

But he really couldn't talk about the other's girlfriend in front of Kosugi Nagamasa. He couldn't say that when he first met Kitahara Eri, the woman had a good impression of him.

Especially when he is known as a playboy and is a "heartthrob".

Many times, just an ordinary sentence can cause unnecessary misunderstandings.

But Hanyu Hideki just asked casually, but who would have thought that Koshiro Nagamasa answered directly, and talked a lot about research and development directions, technical terms and the like.

Hideki Hanyu didn't know much about his professional field, so he only understood half of what he heard.

But Koshiro Nagamasa seemed to want Hanyu Hideki to understand, so he explained it in detail.

Finally, Hideki Hanyu finally understood that the project that the other party was cooperating with Taiwan was actually the very cutting-edge and popular projection lithography technology.

This technology appeared in the mid-to-late 1970s and has now spawned many different research directions.

Hideki Hanyu also knows that mainstream lithography machines in later generations will mainly use this technology.

Although Hanyu Hideki doesn't know what route Nagamasa Koshima's project is taking or what stage it has developed to, at least the general direction is correct.

Just as he understood this, Koshiro Nagamasa changed his tone and said, "The project we are jointly developing with Taiwan has recently run into some funding shortfalls. I wonder if Mr. Hanyu is interested."

Hideki Hanyu finally understood at this time.

Why did Koshiro Nagamasa tell him so much about R&D? It turned out that he wanted to get investment from him.

He did not answer immediately, but asked curiously, "If I remember correctly, Xiaoshan's family is also a prominent family in Hokkaido. If you lack research and development funds, why not seek help from your family?"

"If I could help it, I would not mention this to Mr. Hanyu."

Koshiro Nagamasa said with a wry smile, "My family does have some assets in Hokkaido, but they are all accumulated by the family. The management of the elders is conservative. Not only can they not keep up with the development of the times, but they are also unwilling to invest in emerging industries.

What’s more, I am only one of my parents’ sons. With my older brother, it is not my turn to speak on family matters.”

Hideki Hanyu said, "I understand."

Because Neon has not experienced a thorough social revolution, there are a large number of wealthy and powerful people from the old era all over Neon. I think Koshiro Nagamasa's family is one of them.

Of course, to say that they are rich and powerful is a bit of an exaggeration.

To use a more familiar term in China, that is, local rich man.

Many elders in power in Japanese families are pedantic and stubborn, and they are complacent. They can only see their own little piece of land, and their investment directions are always limited to land, agriculture, and those traditional and easy-to-get-into business fields.

They have absolutely no interest in emerging things and are unwilling to participate in them, let alone invest in them.

Although they cannot keep up with the times, have limited profits and slow development, they have a stable foundation by occupying local areas, exploiting ordinary people, and being intertwined with each other and huddling together for warmth.

Obviously, Osamu Nagamasa's family should be such a family.

In fact, among the partners of Hideki Hanyu's Tohoku Energy in the Tohoku region, there are many such traditional forces.

They may not be very powerful, but they rely on collusion and hinder development under the slogan of maintaining tradition, but ultimately they are protecting their own interests.

Many times, Northeast Energy had to be servile and take care of the interests of these people in its cooperation.

Of course, Hideki Hanyu doesn't care at all about what these people do.

Anyway, these guys are delaying Japan's future and squeezing the interests of ordinary Japanese people.

Northeast Energy will not lose a penny, and its dividends will not be reduced by a penny.

Moreover, cooperation with these traditional forces can also maintain Northeast China's local monopoly on energy.

He is a time traveler, so why not do it?

When Hanyu Hideki thought of this, Osugi Nagamasa spoke again, and his tone was quite excited.

“President Hanyu, the investment in our research and development may not yield results until a long time later, and may not yield returns until a long time later, but it is of great significance to the future of Japan and the future of Japanese technology…”

Koshiro Nagamasa was still talking, but Hanyu Hideki had already listened to him in one ear and out the other.

Hideki Hanyu is naturally very clear about how important lithography machines will be in the future.

But he also understood how ruthlessly America was suppressing Japan's semiconductor industry.

Otherwise, why would his Yunshang Technology seek cooperation with South Korea?

It is true that Samsung is very powerful, and SK Hynix will be the main technical partner of lithography machines in the future. But how can it compare to the foresight of the time traveler?

He has no shortage of money, and he has planned the research in advance, so how could he not come up with anything?

There is also nothing wrong with Koshiro Nagamasa's heartfelt words full of national consciousness.

But the big question is, what does this have to do with him?

If he was really a Japanese, he would certainly have to withstand the suppression from America and use the huge amount of money at his disposal, the relationships he has built up over the years, and the knowledge of a time traveler to carve out a place for Japan's lithography machine business.

But he is not.

At least not in my heart.

So, facing the eager eyes of Koshiro Nagamasa, Hanyu Hideki spread his hands and said, "Sorry, I'm not interested in the field that Koshiro-san is talking about."

Oshima Nagamasa seemed to want to say a few more words of advice, but Hanyu Hideki took the lead and changed the subject.

"Xiaoshan-san, do you think my house is a little small? You said I should buy the surrounding land and expand it, but I haven't figured out how to design it yet."

As a descendant of a wealthy local family, Nagamasa Oshima has the necessary vision. After realizing that Hideki Hanyu really didn't want to talk about investment, he didn't want to make Hideki Hanyu unhappy.

So we chatted about Hideki Hanyu's mansion and shared some of his design ideas.

The more Hanyu Hideki listened, the more familiar it seemed.

In another time and space, in the future Wanwan, many wealthy people's mansions on Yangming Mountain are similar to the design described by Oshima Nagamasa.

Neon-style house garden design, koi pond, dry landscape garden, even the maids have to wear neon kimonos.

If you don’t know, you might think we have arrived in Neon.

On the contrary, luxury houses in the style of the Republic of China are not common nowadays.

As for why?
Forget it, if I talk too much, time and space will collapse.

……

Meeting with Nagamasa Koshima was not the purpose of Hideki Hanyu's visit to Taiwan.

After some conversation and dinner together, the other party said goodbye and left.

After Koshiro Nagamasa left, Chiba Kaoru, the assistant who accompanied him on the inspection, came to report some work news he had just received. Among them, Hanyu Hideki was more concerned about two items.

First of all, on April 15th, America time, "Midnight Chase", invested by Yunshang Pictures and starring Al Pacino, hit theaters.

In another time and space, this movie grossed 60 million in North America and over 100 million worldwide.

Although this was considered a pretty good result in the 1980s, logically speaking, there is no need for Hideki Hanyu to care about the performance of a movie now.

But who made him say when he was in contact with Peter Guber, CEO of Sony Columbia Pictures, to discuss cooperation that he wanted the other party to see how Cloud Pictures would perform in the future.

This movie’s box office performance becomes important because it concerns his next plans.

Only if "Midnight Fever" is a box office success can he continue to have people talk to Peter Guber.

Therefore, he also emphasized to the secretary's office that special attention must be paid to the news of this film.

As for the second message he paid attention to, it came from Neon.

Today, the fourth season of "Star Creation" was launched.

As usual, the trainees who qualified for debut in "Ultimate Produce Camp" last year also took to the debut stage.

Among them is the "Gemini" group composed of Takuya Kimura and Takeshi Kaneshiro.

After creating enough suspense, Yunshang Entertainment finally adopted the same group name as in the comics, which aroused the fans' expectations and made the debut of the "Gemini" group a popular choice.

According to the information provided by Japan, the debut response of the "Gemini" group was quite good.

But will their debut at the end of idol popularity be like "SMAP" in their previous life, with much anticipation before debut but lukewarm popularity after debut?

No one can answer Hanyu Hideki yet, so we can only take it one step at a time.

However, Hanyu Hideki's greater expectations for this group that did not exist at all in his previous life were actually in the 1990s, the golden age of Japanese dramas.

Both their appearance and characteristics were enough to support the cloud entertainment industry during the golden age of Japanese dramas.

Even Takeshi Kaneshiro can develop his career across Asia as if in another time and space because of his growth and life in Taiwan.

Of course, these are all things for later.

The reason why Hideki Hanyu pays attention to these two people and this group is simply because these two people are too familiar to him, and they are indeed important enough to the future of Yunshang Entertainment.

Otherwise, why would he care about the debut of two artists.

Today, it is no longer possible for him to personally train artists like he did before.

……

The next day, the second day after arriving in Wanwan.

Hideki Hanyu officially started his trip in Taiwan.

Time passed quickly and the two-day inspection was over, and the date arrived on April 20th.

In the morning, Hideki Hanyu left Keelung and returned to Wanbei City.

Then he encountered a serious traffic jam in Bay North City.

Marco, who was driving, had no idea what was going on.

When Hanyu Hideki was about to ask his assistant Chiba Kaoru, the person sitting next to him spoke first and answered his question.

"I know. It's a group that Sister Xiaoyan and Yunhua Records have been promoting recently. They held a signing event at the memorial hall in front today. They are very popular in Taiwan recently. There must be too many people coming, so the road was blocked."

The one who answered Hanyu Hideki was a woman with fair skin, picturesque features, and black hair draped over her shoulders. She was pure, pretty, and beautiful.

The other person is someone Hideki Hanyu met when he went to Keelung yesterday.

The storage center invested by Oki Logistics in Keelung was completed yesterday. Hideki Hanyu, who had not originally made this plan, was invited by Mato Oki to go and join in the fun.

Then, at the inauguration ceremony of the storage center, he met the woman next to him, who was the anchor of Wanwan Zhongyun TV station, which was invested by Yunshang Entertainment.

The other party previously hosted a children's program at another Taiwanese TV station, and then was poached by Zhongyun TV Station which was short of staff. He gradually became famous by hosting weather forecasts and variety shows.

Yesterday, the other party was invited by Damu Logistics to preside over the opening ceremony.

Hideki Hanyu recognized the other person's name the first time he saw him.

After all, any domestic audience who has watched "My Fair Lady" knows this person.

Goveru.

This is the name of the girl sitting next to Hanyu Hideki.

What’s interesting is that when Hanyu Hideki saw this acquaintance, he couldn’t help but look at him a few more times, and was coincidentally discovered by Goveru.

But because of this, it seemed that Goveru misunderstood something.

At the subsequent banquet, this woman began to get close to Hanyu Hideki intentionally or unintentionally.

For a scumbag, if a beauty like this comes to his doorstep, he would rather kill her than miss her.

And with his looks and abilities, few women can escape from his grasp.

Therefore, after the banquet, Goveru went back to the hotel with Hanyu Hideki.

As for what happened next, just use your imagination.

In short, Hanyu Hideki was very satisfied with this woman, because the young Goveru had a pure and lovely appearance, but also had an impressive figure.

The most important thing is that this woman has a good personality. She is not the naive type who drags her feet and has a head full of unrealistic fantasies.

Perhaps, this is also related to the other party's not-so-wealthy family background.

After all, people who have experienced the ups and downs of life will always live more realistically.

So after what happened today, Hanyu Hideki did not send Goveru away directly in Keelung, but brought Goveru back with him when he returned to Wanbei City.

His original idea was to take the other party to Zhongyun TV Station to complete the final inspection trip and also give the other party some resources.

The present Goveru is like another time and space. Although she has acted in two TV series since entering the industry last year, she is not very famous.

After the previous dance performance at Zhongyun TV Station, it was the host who performed it with great enthusiasm.

However, the American original version of "Bewitched Season", which made Goveru famous, released in the 1960s, has been purchased by Yunshang Entertainment for its remake rights.

This time he plans to hand over the remake rights to Zhongyun Television. Whether to shoot or not, and when to shoot, will be entirely decided by the management of Zhongyun Television.

All he had to make sure was that the original director Wu Zongde and his team would be responsible.

Hanyu Hideki is quite familiar with this director, because he later went to the mainland to direct TV series such as "Sex and the City" and "Double Gun".

But the plan was good, but I didn't expect to encounter a huge traffic jam here.

Now after hearing what Goveru said, Hanyu Hideki knew the reason and also guessed which group Goveru was talking about.

Sister Xiaoyan, isn’t that Zhang Xiaoyan?

Zhang Xiaoyan's Kaili Company has long been incorporated into Yunshang Entertainment (Asia).

As for Yunhua Records, it goes without saying that Yunshang Music is also behind it.

As far as he knows, there will be no other group that these two groups are working together to promote except the "Little Tigers".

If I remember correctly, in another time and space, Kaili Company did organize a "marathon 10,000-person signature event" at the memorial hall to promote the Little Tigers.

Then, the unprecedented scene not only caused traffic jams and public outcry, but also allowed Taiwanese society to witness the power of idol groups for the first time.

Even the term "star chasing" in the Chinese entertainment industry has become widely known to some extent because of this event.

(End of this chapter)