Traveling Through the Tokyo Bubble Era

Chapter 752 Satellite Launch
Hideki Hanyu, who had no idea what was going on, found his sister-in-law to apologize the next day after being rewarded with a night of beauty, saying that he had something to do the previous day and forgot the agreement with her.

Then, he focused on giving advice to Zhou Wenqiong who wanted to start a business.

He was so focused that he didn't notice the slight embarrassment and complexity in his sister-in-law's expression.

Finally, considering that returning to China to enter the TV drama industry requires certain connections, Hideki Hanyu even arranged a partner for his sister-in-law.

That is Masaki Iwatani from Cloud Satellite TV.

This person was the Neon employee of Yunshang Satellite TV who was responsible for receiving the Chinese technical exchange group when they were in Neon two years ago.

After two years, Iwaya Masaki not only became familiar with everyone in the exchange group, but also established deep friendships with many of them.

Those who were able to be sent out from China at that time were all the best in the domestic film and television industry.

Therefore, Iwaya Masaki's friendship with these people is equivalent to a huge treasure trove of personal connections.

I believe that with the help of Iwaya Masaki, my sister-in-law's journey back to China to start a business will definitely be smoother.

At the end of the conversation, seeing that Hanyu Hideki had arranged everything for her perfectly, Zhou Wenqiong said with some emotion.

"Brother-in-law, for my sake, you gave me the start-up capital and arranged for people to help me. You considered every aspect for me. I really don't know how to repay you."

"It's just a small thing. You've helped me so much over the years since you brought your sister out and have been taking care of her and Sissi. I should be the one thanking you."

As Hanyu Hideki said this, he raised his hand, touched Zhou Wenqiong's head and smiled.

"Besides, you already call me brother-in-law. We are family, so why are you being so polite to me?"

After saying this, Hanyu Hideki withdrew his hand and prepared to leave the study.

He has been busy with a lot of things recently. Yesterday, he learned that there were matters related to Samsung Cinemas that needed to be arranged. It was already good enough that he could spare most of the morning for Zhou Wenqiong.

After all, for him now, even if he wants to meet with someone he has a cooperative relationship with, he has to make an appointment in advance, and he may not even have the time.

But before he could walk away, he felt his hand being grabbed.

Hanyu Hideki turned around, looked at his sister-in-law who was holding his hand and asked, "What's the matter? Is there anything else you want me to help you with?"

"I……"

Zhou Wenqiong hesitated to speak.

Hideki Hanyu thought the other party was worried about starting a business after returning to China, so he smiled and comforted him.

"It's okay. If there's anything you can't handle when you get back, just contact me. My investment in China over the years wasn't in vain. I can still say a few words to some places."

Zhou Wenqiong did not let go.

She just looked at Hanyu Hideki's face with a warm smile, which was so handsome that it dazzled her, and in her heart she experienced unprecedented desire, struggle, and unspeakable pain.

It is beyond your reach to seek, and it is hard to find love.

On one side is her sister who is confidant with her, and on the other side is someone who is right in front of her but out of reach.

The feeling of being caught in a dilemma was about to tear her apart.

Even though she knew that this irrepressible emotion was wrong.

But she just couldn't control herself.

Even now, when she thought of what she saw last night, she couldn't help but feel a strong sense of jealousy.

Why is it my sister, why can't it be her?

Why is Hideki Hanyu so outstanding, and also so gentle and good to her?

Always when she tried to give up, her "ambition" would be rekindled.

Seeing that Zhou Wenqiong didn't say anything and looked at him with complicated eyes.

Hideki Hanyu has already noticed something.

Although Liu Xiaoli rewarded him with a whole night last night and exhausted herself and was still sleeping soundly now, no matter what he did or said at this moment, the other party would not know.

But Hideki Hanyu slowly broke free from Zhou Wenqiong's hand.

He continued in the same gentle voice as before, "Okay, you are already an adult, why are you still acting like a child when you return to your country to do something? Don't be afraid, I have people to help you and nothing will happen to you.

Your cousin is still resting, I went to see Xixi."

After Hanyu Hideki finished speaking, he turned and walked out of the study.

Just as he walked to the door of the study, Zhou Wenqiong's voice rang out again.

"Brother-in-law, will you come to see me when I return home?"

Hanyu Hideki turned around, smiled gently and nodded in response to Zhou Wenqiong's cautious expression.

"Of course I'll go."

……

June 14th.

A Rolls-Royce was on its way back to Beverly Hills.

Sitting in the back seat of the Rolls-Royce were Hanyu Hideki and Liu Xiaoli, who had just sent Zhou Wenqiong back to China.

Hideki Hanyu was holding a document and reading it. It was the latest news about Samsung Cinemas, including the equity structure of the cinema chain and the progress of negotiations with various parties.

After so many years of acquisitions and expansion, Crescent Cinemas has already developed a capable and reliable team.

Therefore, the contact with Coca-Cola seemed to be going smoothly, but the ambiguous attitude of other investors also made these people very anxious.

Judging from the current situation, the matter of Samsung Cinemas will probably have a result within a month.

Next to Hideki Hanyu, Liu Xiaoli was teasing her daughter in her arms and asked with some surprise.

"Why is Xiao Qiong going back to China so suddenly? I'm not prepared at all."

Hanyu Hideki answered casually, "Maybe he's anxious to start a career."

Liu Xiaoli said, "It seems that my husband has given me a lot of help, otherwise, with her fear of hardship, she would definitely not be so proactive."

"She's your sister, of course I have to help her."

Having said that, Hanyu Hideki put down the documents in his hand, looked at the beauty beside him in confusion and asked.

"Why are you surprised that she returned so soon? You two sisters chatted for most of the night last night. Weren't you talking about returning home?"

When faced with Hanyu Hideki's question, Liu Xiaoli's eyes flashed with a hint of panic, and then she quickly explained as if to change the subject.

"Of course we were talking about returning home. I just felt that she was gone and you were leaving soon, and I was alone in Los Angeles without anyone to accompany me."

Hanyu Hideki reached out and hugged his daughter, saying apologetically, "I don't want to, but I'm too busy with work."

He seemed to remember something and added, "But before I leave, I can still accompany you and your daughter to Vandenberg to watch the launch of the satellite named after your daughter."

Upon hearing this, Liu Xiaoli immediately asked with interest, "I have never seen a satellite launched."

Hanyu Hideki said, "You will be able to see it in two days."

……

June seventeenth.

At the Vandenberg Satellite Launch Center in California, Hideki Hanyu, his eldest daughter and Liu Xiaoli, accompanied by senior executives of Yunshang Satellite TV who came from afar, witnessed the launch of the communications, broadcasting and television satellite belonging to Yunshang Satellite TV.

Although the naming of the satellites is a bit strange.

But this did not prevent the senior executives of Yunshang Satellite TV from bursting into excitement after the successful launch of the satellite.

After all, with our own satellite, many plans that originally only existed on paper, including the cooperation ideas with Elf Entertainment, can be put into practice.

In addition to these benefits, it is completely foreseeable that the stock price of Yunshang Satellite TV will soar once the invited media send the news back to Neon.

The net worth of these people is destined to rise.

Hideki Hanyu, who spent tens of millions of dollars to put a star in the sky and made his eldest daughter smile, finally had to leave America.

On the morning of June 19th, the 'Clouds' landed at Haneda International Airport.

After wandering around for two months, Hideki Hanyu finally returned to Neon.

Also returning with him were several senior executives of Yunshang Satellite TV.

The person who left the airport at this time, riding in the Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit with Hideki Hanyu, was the president of Yunshang Satellite TV, Koichi Minato.

As part of the war of words on TV, I took time out of my busy schedule to go to America to watch the satellite launch. Although there was only two or three days, a lot of work had already accumulated.

Especially after the dedicated satellite was launched, various work on frequency band signal transfer has begun. Even if preparations have been made, problems are still inevitable.

So just after arriving in Neon, Gang Haoyi immediately went to Cloud Satellite TV to take charge of the situation.

It just so happened that Hideki Hanyu hadn't been to Yunshang Satellite TV for a while, so he decided to go with Haoyi Gang to take a look, so the two of them were riding in the same car at this time.

Just as the Rolls-Royce entered Shinagawa District, Hideki Hanyu received a call and a look of joy appeared on his face after he hung up.

Seeing this, Gang Hao asked curiously, "What good news did the president receive?"

Hanyu Hideki replied, "According to the news from America, the first week box office data of a new movie just released by Yunshang Pictures has been compiled."

"Since the president is so happy, the numbers must be very good," said Gang Haoyi.

"Not bad, $1.2 million in the first week."

The movie that Hideki Hanyu was talking about was naturally "When Harry Met Sally", for which he attended the premiere before.

Although Hong Haoyi is an insider in the industry, he doesn't know much about the North American film market, so after hearing this box office number, he asked with some confusion.

"One million and two hundred thousand dollars doesn't seem like a lot, does it?"

Hanyu Hideki explained, "There are many distribution models for North American films. For those big-budget commercial films with big stars, the first choice is basically to open on the largest scale, just to create more box office in the shortest time.

However, small and medium-budget films that lack big-name stars for promotion but are confident in their quality will often choose to open on a small scale, accumulate positive word-of-mouth to attract the audience's interest and curiosity, and then gradually expand the number and range of screens.

For Cloud Pictures' new film, the distributor Columbia Pictures chose the second-issue release model, and there were actually only forty theaters showing it in the first week.

So if you do the math, you'll know that the single-theater box office for this movie has reached $30,000, and according to surveys, the movie has a very good reputation, so it should be a big hit." After listening to this, Gang Haoyi asked, "In that case, what do you think the new movie will do at the box office?"

Hanyu Hideki said, "I feel like it should be over 100 million, but even if it's not, it won't be too far off."

In another time and space, the distributor of "When Harry Met Sally" was also Columbia Pictures, and the distribution strategy adopted was basically the same.

But according to his memory, the box office of a single theater in the first week was less than 30,000 US dollars.

Even so, When Harry Met Sally still grossed $93 million at the North American box office.

I think with the higher single-theater box office in the first week in this time and space, the final total box office should also be better.

After hearing Hideki Hanyu's prediction, Koichi Minato couldn't help but sigh.

"It's amazing! The box office of a single movie exceeded 12 billion yen. There are only a few Japanese movies released in recent years that have grossed over 10 billion yen. No wonder Japanese companies want to expand into the United States."

"If not, why would Sony acquire Columbia Pictures?" said Hideki Hanyu.

However, the mention of Sony's acquisition of Columbia reminded him of his collaboration with Peter Peterson and Michael Ovitz.

Originally, after watching the satellite launch, he would be able to take a plane back to Neon the next day.

The reason why it took a day is that I didn’t return until today.

It was because after returning to Los Angeles, he met with Lou Wasserman, the helmsman of MCA Global, at the introduction of Peter Peterson.

But it was precisely this meeting that completely shattered Hideki Hanyu's original fantasy about Lou Wasserman.

In Hideki Hanyu's imagination, Lou Wasserman is a big shot who hid behind the scenes, indirectly promoted the American film rating system, and controlled Hollywood rules and development for many years.

Or he is a shrewd and capable businessman who can make things happen with a wave of his hand.

Either a dreamer in the film industry or a practitioner with self-pursuit.

In his opinion, when he met with Lou Wasserman and expressed his interest in MCA Universal, the other party should have asked him about his development plans after taking over MCA Universal, or his views on the future of the film and television industry.

After all, Peter Peterson once told Hideki Hanyu that if he wanted to gain Lou Wasserman's approval, it would be best for him to agree to continue to control the MCA TV network.

But in fact, thinking back on the entire meeting between him and Lou Wasserman yesterday, although the conversation lasted nearly two hours, the content was very different from what he expected.

There was only one thing that Lou Wasserman talked about the most, and even mentioned from beginning to end, and that he valued the most.

That is how much money Hideki Hanyu can help Lou Wasserman cash out in the acquisition.

That's right, Lou Wasserman doesn't care about the future of MCA Universal at all.

Nor did he express a strong desire to continue to control the MCA Television Network, as Peter Peterson said.

The gray-haired big shot in front of Hanyu Hideki, who relied on the help of both the black and white worlds when he was young to quickly establish a foothold in Hollywood, only cares about how much money Hanyu Hideki can let him take away.

Lou Wasserman, a prominent figure in Hollywood, may have once had unspeakable glory and power that made Hollywood bow down to him.

But Lou Wasserman is no longer the same person he once was.

MCA Global's performance declined, Hollywood ushered in a major capital reshuffle, its most important backer stepped down, and the development of the times made Lou Wasserman's reputation and power no longer exist.

The other party has become an old man who only considers his own interests.

This change made Hanyu Hideki disappointed, but he also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

For him, if the problem can be solved with money, it is actually the least troublesome option.

After the meeting, he arranged for his team to work with Peter Peterson and began contacting Lou Wasserman and MCA Worldwide.

He is not Akio Morita and Norio Ohga of Sony. The companies under his control have been expanding rapidly overseas over the years and have long since developed a shrewd and strong acquisition team.

There is certainly no problem for Peter Peterson to be a middleman and earn commissions, but if anyone wants to cheat him like they cheated Sony, he will definitely not have any chance.

In addition to Peter Peterson, he is also in contact with Michael Ovitz.

Once competition inevitably intensifies, he wouldn't mind joining forces with Panasonic.

I think that after seeing that Cloud Pictures and Columbia Pictures had just collaborated to produce a movie with a North American box office of over 100 million, Panasonic would definitely not reject his "good intentions".

Of course, this is destined to be a long process.

Therefore, the arrangements on the Neon side must also be put on the agenda. It seems that I have to go to Yunshang Entertainment to have a detailed discussion with Guangqiao Qianzi tomorrow.

While Hanyu Hideki was thinking about something, the Rolls-Royce carrying them had already arrived at Yunshang Satellite TV.

After getting off the bus, Gang Haoyi asked, "Where do you want to go next, President?"

Hanyu Hideki waved his hand and said, "You go ahead and do your thing. I'll just take a look."

"Then I'll take my leave first. Please let me know if you need anything."

After saying this, Gang Haoyi said goodbye and left.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to accompany Hanyu Hideki, but there is too much work piled up, and if it is not dealt with, it will really affect the operation of the TV station.

Moreover, having known Hanyu Hideki for so many years, he also knows that Hanyu Hideki is not fussy about details, so he doesn't have to worry about Hanyu Hideki being angry because he doesn't accompany him.

After Koichi Minato left, Hanyu Hideki didn't bring anyone else with him except Marco who followed him from a distance, and just wandered around the studio area alone.

Wandering around and looking around, Hanyu Hideki, who was on the front line, saw many programs being recorded and gained some understanding of the types of programs being produced by TV stations today.

After all, seeing it with your own eyes is definitely more real than the cold words in a work report.

However, he entered the studio area alone, and when he came out near lunch time, there were two beauties around him.

It was not someone else but the twin sisters, Natsumi Sekimoto and Emi Sekimoto.

Due to some irresistible reasons, he didn't look for the two sisters for a while.

So when he met the two sisters recording a show in the studio today, he took them away directly after the recording, prepared to have lunch together, and then take good care of their health.

But just as he and the two sisters walked out of the studio area, he saw a familiar-looking guy walking hurriedly past them.

Looking at his fat figure and the glasses he wears, who else could it be but Akimoto Yasushi?

The other party seemed to be in a hurry to do something, so he didn't notice Hideki Hanyu walking behind him.

Seeing that they were about to miss the opportunity, Hanyu Hideki said, "Akimoto-san, why are you in such a hurry?"

After hearing Hanyu Hideki's shout, Akimoto Yasushi looked back and saw Hanyu Hideki and the Sekimoto sisters behind him.

Fatty Qiu hurried over in two or three steps, bowed slightly and said, "I'm sorry for not noticing Hanyu-san."

"It's okay." Hanyu Hideki waved his hand nonchalantly, "Are you here to record the show today, Akimoto-san?"

Akimoto Yasushi replied, "I'm not recording a show, I'm here to give you a script."

"I see. Since we meet, why don't we have lunch together?" Hanyu Hideki invited.

But after hearing this, Akimoto Yasushi said with embarrassment, "I just received a call and there is something urgent that needs to be done right away."

Hanyu Hideki said, "No wonder you left so quickly just now. Did you encounter any difficulties? If you need help, you can tell me."

"It's not my business."

Akimoto Yasushi said, "Misora ​​Hibari, Hanyu-san should know her, right?"

Hanyu Hideki nodded, "How could I not know her? Both my father and mother like her very much. Didn't you write a song for her before, the song 'Chuan Liu Bu Xi'? I actually like it too."

Hibari Misora ​​is a national treasure singer and actress from Japan.

He sang more than 1,400 songs in his lifetime, with total record sales of nearly 100 million yuan, and made more than 100 movies.

Although many people know that this national treasure singer has the support of underworld forces behind him, it does not affect his popularity among the Japanese people at all.

Especially as Hideki Hanyu just said, the song "The Flow Never Stops" written by Yasushi Akimoto was immediately regarded as a national masterpiece once it was released, and it has never fallen out of the top three in various song charts in the future.

Thinking of this, Hideki Hanyu couldn't help but admire this guy Yasushi Akimoto.

He can write little imperial songs like "Don't Take Off My Sailor Suit".

He was also able to write a profound song like "The Flowing River" that sang the long river of time and moved the entire Neon world.

Compared to Hideki Hanyu, this guy's talent is actually more like a time traveler.

At this time, Akimoto Yasushi told Hanyu Hideki, "I just received a call. Senior Hibari Misora's condition suddenly worsened and she has been sent to the hospital for emergency treatment. I plan to go to the hospital to visit her."

"If that's the case, Akimoto-san, please go."

After hearing what Akimoto Yasushi said, Hanyu Hideki remembered that Hibari Misora ​​seemed to have died in 1989, but he didn't know the exact time.

After Hanyu Hideki said this, Akimoto Yasushi did not continue to be polite.

"Then I'll take my leave now. I'll treat Hanyu-san to a drink and apologize some other day."

After saying this, Akimoto-san turned and left.

From the beginning to the end, he never mentioned inviting Hanyu Hideki to visit Misora ​​Hibari.

Of course, Hibari Misora ​​has a respected status in the circle, but it is not to the level that Hideki Hanyu can visit her in person.

Besides, even in terms of artistic achievements, the honors that Hideki Hanyu has achieved as a writer are actually far greater than those of Hibari Misora.

Although there is no need to compare the two, the fact is that they are no longer on the same level.

But before Akimoto Yasushi took a few steps, Hideki Hanyu behind him received a mobile phone call from Marco.

After listening to a few words, Hanyu Hideki immediately shouted at Akimoto Yasushi who had not walked far.

"Wait a minute, Akimoto-san. I'm afraid I have to go with you."

Upon hearing this, Akimoto Yasushi turned around with a look of surprise on his face.

He really didn't expect that Hideki Hanyu would actually visit Hibari Misora.

Seeing Akimoto Yasushi's expression, Hanyu Hideki shook the mobile phone in his hand helplessly and explained.

"Someone has asked me to do this. I have no choice but to go there once."

(End of this chapter)