Traveling Through the Tokyo Bubble Era

Chapter 756 Developer Alliance

In response to Iwata's words, Hanyu Hideki also spread his hands helplessly.

"I didn't know you were going to have a meeting before I came here."

After that, he looked at the others and said, "You have all finished reading the document. If you have any questions, you can ask me now. I think I will be leaving Neon soon."

Iwata asked in confusion, "You are leaving again, but I saw the notice from Mr. Murakami that the president's overseas inspection trip has ended."

Hanyu Hideki replied, "It's not work, but I have to go to Taiwan to take care of some personal matters."

The private matter that Hanyu Hideki mentioned was actually the first meeting of the Hongtu Society he founded in Wangan.

Hongtuhui was established on June 24th, and today is already June 20th.

Although the meeting was on the 24th, it actually officially started on the 23rd, because he, as the president, and several other core members had to give final approval to the new members.

According to the news from Taiwan, there are more than 20 members who have applied to join the Hongtu Club this time. Not only are there wealthy people from Taiwan who have been introduced to join the club, but there are also wealthy people from Hong Kong and Hongshan Australia who have joined.

Therefore, he would only stay in Tokyo for one day at most before he had to go to Taiwan to make preparations.

Hideki Hanyu attaches great importance to the Hongtuhui, a private chamber of commerce that can win over wealthy people in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Hong Kong.

Now that we are absorbing members from these regions, we will definitely continue to develop across the Taiwan Straits and Hong Kong in the future.

This will definitely be of great help to his future career.

After hearing Hanyu Hideki say that it was a private matter, Iwata Satoshi naturally did not ask any more questions. He picked up the documents in his hand and humbly asked for advice.

"What the president said in the development strategy is that we should unite all second-party and third-party game development companies to form a developer alliance. Is there any deeper purpose behind this?"

Hanyu Hideki did not answer, but asked, "Mr. Iwata, have you ever considered that with the development of technology, the current way of operating console-exclusive games will one day be unsustainable?"

Hideki Hanyu, who comes from the future, is well aware that Elf Entertainment will definitely face extremely difficult choices in the near future.

With the help of his plagiarist, Elf Entertainment has a huge game library, which can bring huge profits to Elf Entertainment.

But at the same time, these interests will also constrain the development of Elf Entertainment.

If Jingling Entertainment wants to create a platform similar to Steam, should the popular games in the game library be launched on the platform, or continue to be console exclusive?

Landing on the platform will inevitably have an impact on the sales of the console.

Although not logging into the platform cannot change the decline and decay of the console as a product under technological development, this is the general trend after all.

Whether to log in or not will definitely cause huge controversy within Elf Entertainment.

After all, by that time, a large gaming company like Elf Entertainment would definitely be divided into different interest factions.

In later Japan, major game companies were too dependent on console games. Coupled with the rise of European, American, South Korean, and domestic game manufacturers, they missed the trend of online and mobile games.

The inertia of history is enormous.

And the greater the benefits, the more difficult it will be to turn around later.

Even though Hideki Hanyu is the founder of Elf Entertainment, he does not think that he can easily change the development of the general trend when things are already done.

Therefore, he wants to try his best to create a relatively open platform when all interest groups are not solidified and the Japanese game industry is still booming and free.

This is the developer alliance he mentioned in his development strategy.

The purpose of establishing this developer alliance now is to leverage the status of Elf Entertainment in today's gaming industry and the market advantage after the second-generation PS console ushered in the 3D wave, and to connect the manufacturers around Elf Entertainment with the "Elf Scepter" development platform that has been used for many years as the core.

In Hideki Hanyu's vision, the backend of the Elf Scepter is a large number of game developers, while some specific games will be used in the front, gradually evolving into a game distribution platform.

By then, once this interest group is formed, it will be able to fight against those who stick to the host route.

The palms and backs of the hands are made of flesh. Some things are more difficult to solve from the outside, but easier to split from the inside.

However, whether this developer alliance will develop as he expected, and whether Elf Entertainment will follow Nintendo's old path, sticking to the old rules and being surpassed by latecomers.

Hideki Hanyu doesn't know yet, but as long as he is around, he will do his best to avoid this from happening.

In response to Hanyu Hideki's question, Iwata answered in confusion, "I haven't thought about this issue. Maybe it will appear one day, but I haven't seen any signs of the possibility you mentioned happening yet."

After hearing what Iwata said, Hanyu Hideki shook his head secretly and did not express his worries and plans.

Because he understood that at this time point in the late 1980s, when the Internet had not yet been established and the console industry was still competing with each other, exclusivity was the mainstream.

You don't need to think about this for a while, at least ten years.

If he told others that he was worried about something that would happen in a dozen years, I'm afraid that others would think he was a lunatic even if they didn't say anything.

So, let him plant the seeds and leave the rest to time.

In the end, Hideki Hanyu didn't dwell on it too much and simply changed the subject to explain.

"The main reason for establishing the Developer Alliance is to take advantage of our market advantage and use the Elf Scepter development platform as the core to strengthen our partnership with game developers and make it difficult for them to be pulled away by other manufacturers."

After he explained this, Iwata Satoshi immediately looked enlightened.

"I understand. The president wants to use the opportunity after the second generation of PS consoles is released to attract all developers who have ideas for 3D games to join our platform and completely defeat Nintendo and other competitors."

Hanyu Hideki said, “Well! You are right to understand it that way.”

He could only say that, compared to his long-term considerations, defeating Nintendo was just a convenient thing to do.

Today, Nintendo has suffered a complete defeat in Europe and the United States. It cannot compete with Sega, which has been deeply rooted in emerging markets, and is even inferior to Pokemon Entertainment, which made a comeback later.

It can only survive in the Asian and Japanese markets by relying on its original market advantages.

But the overall market share has dropped to around 30 percent.

It can be said that in the tug-of-war over the past two years, the latecomer Elf Entertainment has won a great victory.

This also made Nintendo's stock price one of the few stocks that went against the trend and fell in the Japanese stock market during the Japanese bubble economy period.

Back then, Nintendo’s stock price exceeded 5 billion US dollars at its peak.

Today, this number has already dropped to around 1.5 billion.

Although Nintendo has been continuously developing its own consoles, handhelds, and games in order to change its destiny, it has also cooperated with major manufacturers such as Bandai and Konami.

But he still failed to change his fate and continued to decline unstoppably.

Although Nintendo's products have been improving after suffering various setbacks and making various mistakes, it is extremely difficult to turn the tables when facing Pokemon Entertainment, which has already gained an advantage.

After all, even a time traveler like Hideki Hanyu had to find another way to compete with Nintendo. He had to go to America to develop in advance and then slowly erode it from the outside to the inside.

At this time, there was no blank market in the world for Nintendo to learn from Pokemon Entertainment's approach.

Iwata then asked, "President, how should we grasp the timing of this developer alliance?"

Hanyu Hideki replied, “After the first batch of 3D games are developed successfully and the PS console prototype can be actually played, you can invite them.

Only when we can really see the real thing and impress them with foreseeable benefits, will what we want to do go smoothly. "

"I understand. I have no other questions." After Iwata agreed, he began to record it in the document.

When the others heard Iwata's question, they also came to ask Hanyu Hideki for advice with their own doubts.

For example, Yuji Horii, the director of Shinhwa Studio, held up a document and asked, "President, I don't understand some of the settings of the props in this Mario spin-off game, the 3D version of Mario Kart. Here..."

Half an hour later, after Hanyu Hideki answered Horii Yuji's question, Ryumori Yukiji, the head of the fourth development team under Mythology Studio, also asked with a puzzled look on his face.

"President, your Contra 3D plan includes some settings for the battle mode and some patent applications..."

More than twenty minutes passed, and after Ryumori Yukiji left with the answer, the next person to come to Hanyu Hideki for advice was Takashi Nishiyama, the director of the Sacred Studio.

Sacred Studios is mainly responsible for the development of fighting games for Elf Entertainment. The game development plan that Hideki Hanyu gave to Takashi Nishiyama was the famous "Tekken" series of 3D fighting games.

However, making a fighting game 3D is a very large and tedious task.

So Nishiyama Takashi has a lot of problems.

In this way, Hanyu Hideki started meeting with several people at around four o'clock, and by the time he had resolved everyone's doubts and sent everyone out of the office, it was already close to eight o'clock in the evening.

After stretching deeply, Hideki Hanyu remembered that the little goblin was still hiding in the lounge.

He walked over quickly, opened the door and said, "Kyonko, it's time to leave..."

Before he could finish his words, he saw the little goblin, disheveled, lying on the bed in the rest room, sleeping soundly.

Hanyu Hideki smiled and shook his head, then stepped forward and gently shook the little fairy.

After waking up from a daze, he teased, "Why? My ordinary office rest room is more comfortable than your multi-billion dollar mansion."

When the little fairy saw that it was Hanyu Hideki, she immediately stood up and hugged the scumbag's arm, saying happily, "It doesn't matter where you sleep, what matters is that the teacher is by my side.

Listening to the teacher talking outside, I felt very relieved and fell asleep before I knew it. ”

Hanyu Hideki smiled and raised his hand to scratch the little goblin's nose, "You little goblin are really good at talking."

"I'm telling the truth."

The little fairy said, raised his head and gently kissed Hanyu Hideki, then whispered, "Teacher, hug me."

Hanyu Hideki certainly understood what the little fairy meant by "hug me", but he did not take any action. Instead, he pointed to the dark sky outside and said.

"It's almost eight o'clock. Didn't you invite others to dinner?" "What! It's almost eight o'clock."

The little goblin exclaimed, only then realizing that he had overslept.

While getting up and changing clothes in a hurry, she said anxiously, "I need to call Mingcai right away. I don't know if she's still waiting outside the door."

After a while, the little elf sitting in the car heading to the central area patted his chest and rejoiced.

"Luckily Akina was busy at work today and was just about to get off work. Otherwise, if I had left her waiting outside the door, she would definitely blame me again."

Hanyu Hideki, who was driving, heard this and asked with concern, "Is Akina busy recently?"

Little Fairy explained, "The band from her agency, called Dreams Come True, has sold over 700,000 copies of their new album, and will definitely exceed one million copies before the end of the year.

Being so famous, she must be fully booked with TV shows, performances, and recordings. Her agency is small, and she has to do a lot of the communication with record companies, TV stations, and cooperative companies herself. How can she not be busy? "

Hanyu Hideki said, "I thought it would be easier for her to retire, but it doesn't feel any easier than when she was an entertainer."

"You only need to take care of one artist, but as a president you have to take care of more people and worry about more things, not to mention she is a new president."

After listening to the little fairy's clear and logical explanation, Hanyu Hideki said with a smile, "It sounds like Kyoko is quite experienced."

"Of course. I became the president of the firm earlier than Akina, so I have more experience, but..."

The little fairy said halfway, but her face suddenly fell, "But in terms of performance, my artist is far behind Akina."

Then, the little fairy acted coquettishly towards Hanyu Hideki, "I heard from Akina that the band Dreams Come True was discovered by the teacher. Teacher, can you also help me discover a popular band?"

Hanyu Hideki said angrily, "What do you think a popular band is? Can you just find one easily?"

"Oh, I'm really unwilling to accept this." said the little goblin with a bitter face.

In fact, Hideki Hanyu knew that the little fairy had always been very ambitious and wanted to make some achievements in the agency.

Otherwise, he would not have secretly competed with Nakayama Miho after Suo Ikuo helped Nakayama Miho set up the "Big Apple" agency.

But unfortunately, in the firm that Xiao Yaojing belonged to, Ikuo Suho owned more than 70% of the shares, and Xiao Yaojing was just a small shareholder.

In this case, even if Hanyu Hideki has the ability to help the little fairy, he cannot give the majority of the benefits to Suho Ikuo for nothing.

Even though Suoh Ikuo and Hirohashi Asako have a special relationship, the Burning Department and the Yunshang Department cooperate very well.

However, the little fairy was a naturally optimistic person. His emotions came and went quickly. Soon his mood turned from gloomy to sunny, and he chatted with Hanyu Hideki about other things.

For example, I shared some industry gossip, rumors and rumors with Hideki Hanyu, who hasn't paid attention to the Japanese entertainment industry for a long time.

But for Hideki Hanyu, many of the "secrets" told by the little goblin were actually exposed in later generations, and he knew more than the little goblin.

And some of the seemingly sensational events within the group sound really ordinary and natural to Hideki Hanyu, a big shot in the circle.

After all, in today's Japanese entertainment industry, Hanyu Hideki can't say that he can get away with it no matter how recklessly he acts, but he should have no problem getting whatever he wants.

It's just that there are some things that he is no longer interested in doing.

Soon, the car drove into the parking lot of the Leprechaun's apartment building in the Central District.

After getting off the bus, Hideki Hanyu did not rush home, but went to the supermarket in the building to buy some food.

When the little goblin talked about dinner, she originally wanted the restaurant to deliver the food.

But Hideki Hanyu, who hadn't cooked for a long time, suddenly felt like cooking and decided to make some of his favorite food himself.

Just like that, Hideki Hanyu entered the apartment, changed his clothes, put on an apron, and started busying himself in the kitchen.

The little fairy felt so proud when she saw the second richest man in the world cooking for her.

The little goblin twisted around happily on the sofa in the living room, not even interested in watching the TV.

But at this moment, the apartment doorbell suddenly rang.

The little fairy came over to take a look and immediately helped to open the door. Not long after, Akina Nakamori, who was wearing a white women's suit skirt and dressed like a strong woman, entered the apartment.

When the little fairy saw Akina Nakamori's outfit, she remembered what happened in the break room in Hideki Hanyu's office in the afternoon and immediately said with a smile.

"The teacher will definitely like Akina's current look."

Akina Nakamori, who was changing her shoes, didn't hear what the little fairy said, and asked curiously, "What is Kyoko talking about?"

The goblin quickly said, "Nothing?"

Akina Nakamori didn't hesitate. After changing into slippers, she looked into the room and asked, "Kyoko said she would give me a surprise today. Now I can tell you what it is."

The little fairy grabbed Akina Nakamori and said, "Akina, close your eyes and follow me."

"What? It's so mysterious."

Despite her complaints, Akina Nakamori still cooperated by closing her eyes and letting the little goblin lead her.

Soon, Akina Nakamori was brought to the kitchen.

First, the aroma of delicious dishes wafted into her nose, and Akina Nakamori asked curiously, "Is Kyoko preparing anything delicious for me?"

The little fairy smiled and said, "Of course not, Akina, you will know once you open your eyes."

Akina Nakamori opened her eyes and saw a figure in an apron, standing in front of the stove, scooping out a portion of tomato stewed beef from a pot.

Who else could that person be if not Hideki Hanyu?

"Hanyu-kun?!"

After a cry of surprise, the woman threw herself into Hanyu Hideki's arms like a butterfly.

Hideki Hanyu quickly put down the spatula in his hand and moved Akina Nakamori to the side to prevent her from getting scalded by the freshly cooked dish.

"Hehe, this is a nice surprise, right?" the little goblin asked from the side.

But after a long separation, Akina Nakamori finally saw her beloved. She no longer cared about her good sisters. She hugged Hideki Hanyu and stood on tiptoe to kiss him passionately.

The scumbag also lowered his head cooperatively, and the man and woman stuck together in the kitchen.

Seeing this, the goblin immediately yelled, "Hey, hey, hey! Pay attention, I'm still here, and you have to wait until after dinner to do anything."

But the little goblin's words obviously had no effect. The two people in the kitchen not only turned a deaf ear to her, but also kissed each other all the way to the living room.

Just like what the little fairy said just now, Hideki Hanyu has no resistance to Akina Nakamori wearing an OL suit.

Seeing that the two of them didn't even bother to eat and just fell on the sofa in the living room, the little goblin couldn't bear it anymore.

She rushed over angrily, saying, "Don't even think about leaving me alone."

He then joined the battle.

then……

Dinner, which was supposed to start right away, was unexpectedly delayed by more than an hour.

But for Hanyu Hideki, dinner was just a happy interlude.

Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.
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Happy dividing line——
The next day.

June 21st morning.

After a busy night, Hideki Hanyu, who was still full of energy, got up early and prepared lunch for the two sleeping beauties.

After waking the two up and having dinner, the goblin had to leave because of work.

However, Akina Nakamori decided not to go to work at the last minute in order to accompany Hideki Hanyu.

After all, no matter how many things the agency has to deal with, Akina Nakamori is no longer an artist. Many things are not her responsibility and can be handed over to her subordinates.
And so, after lunch, the three of them left the apartment at the same time.

The only difference is that the little fairy can only watch with envy as Hideki Hanyu and Akina Nakamori go on their own.

She could only meet with Akina Nakamori at her house in Shirokanedai at night and then have a good time "competing for jealousy" with Akina Nakamori.

Of course, the scumbag who enjoys the best of both worlds is very happy to see all this.

But happy times are always short-lived.

On June 22nd, Hideki Hanyu had to say goodbye to the two people who were still in love and boarded the Elf to Taiwan.

Outside the VIP channel of Taoyuan International Airport.

As soon as Hideki Hanyu walked out, he saw Mr. Huang, the boss who introduced Xiao Qiang to him.

When the other party saw him appear, he immediately came up to him warmly and said, "Mr. Hanyu, welcome."

Hanyu Hideki said politely, "Thank you, Mr. Huang, for picking me up at the airport in person."

Boss Huang immediately said with a big smile, "Mr. Hanyu, your presence here brings honor to our humble company, so how could we possibly neglect you?"

Before I came, the brothers of Hongtu Club had already prepared a welcoming banquet for you, sir, and are waiting for you to come."

Hanyu Hideki came to Taiwan this time to use the Hongtu Club to manage business contacts and win over interests, so it was naturally impossible for him to put on airs and refuse. He immediately agreed.

"It is my great honor. How can I refuse?"

(End of this chapter)