Traveling Through the Tokyo Bubble Era

Chapter 1000 I was...?
In fact, Hideki Hanyu was not, as Dante Kane had imagined, about immediately taking action against Yoshiyuki Ishizuka or the higher-ups at Supreme.

The Supreme brand has evolved to the point where it's no longer the small shop that could be run by just two or three people on Lafayette Street in Manhattan.

This is already a veritable multinational brand, and if you include its sub-brand (S&S), the number of employees worldwide exceeds 20,000.

For such a large and modern enterprise, any upheaval at the top level would be an unimaginable disaster for the company's operations.

Yoshiyuki Ishizuka, a manager who has grown with Supreme from the very beginning, holds an extremely important position in the eyes of both Supreme's management and investors.

Hideki Hanyu wanted to vent his anger by kicking the other person off the stage, but regardless of how easy it was, the turmoil it caused for Supreme was something he didn't want to see.

These factors may explain why Yoshiyuki Ishizuka dared to join forces with executives and investors to break free from Hideki Hanyu by using the "S&S" independence issue.

Of course, there must be other reasons besides this.

For example, the ego inflated by personally leading Supreme from scratch to its current position and the praise it receives from everyone.

Or, on the surface, it is hoped that Angels, an investor affiliated with Hideki Hanyu, is no longer a major shareholder of Supreme after multiple rounds of financing.

Perhaps it was the combination of these factors that made Yoshiyuki Ishizuka feel that with the support of the higher-ups and investors, he could stand up against Hideki Hanyu.

Or rather, at least when "S&S" was launched independently, Hideki Hanyu was unable to stop their plans.

However, in Hideki Hanyu's view, Yoshiyuki Ishizuka was still very wary of him, especially of his strength in Japan.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have brought his entire family to America over the past few years and had them all immigrate and become American citizens.

This also shows that Yoshiyuki Ishizuka was unaware of his strength.

Thinking of this, Hideki Yuzuru smiled.

"How naive."

For Hideki Hanyu, dealing with Yoshiyuki Ishizuka was not something to be rushed. He had enough patience to prepare until he was sure that the resulting turmoil would not have a significant impact on Supreme's operations.

Anyway, he's not the one in a hurry to list "S&S" independently, so he doesn't care if it gets delayed any longer.

Of course, this is on the premise that Yoshiyuki Ishizuka doesn't do anything foolish.

Otherwise, even if Supreme experiences turmoil, he will make the other party pay the price.

……

"Mr. Yuzuru."

Thinking about his next steps, Hideki Yuzuru had unknowingly arrived at the door of his suite.

However, before he even went inside, he saw his assistant, Yasukawa Akemi, standing guard at the door.

The other person bowed to him from a distance.

Hideki Hanyu asked, "Is there something you need?"

Akemi Yasukawa pointed to the suite behind her and said, "Miss Grace Hayes is still inside."

Hideki Hanyu asked, "Are you dissatisfied with the compensation you offered?"

Before meeting the Supreme representatives in the hotel meeting room that morning, Hideki Hanyu instructed Akimi Yasukawa to send away Grey Hayes, with whom he had been drinking the night before at the hotel bar and eventually made his way to his bedroom.

In retrospect, Akemi Yasukawa did not succeed.

“No, Miss Grey Hayes doesn’t want anything, she just wants to see you,” Akemi Yasukawa replied.

"Wanting nothing? Either being utterly without desire or being insatiably greedy—which one is it?"

Hideki Hanyu showed an interested expression, then said to Akemi Yasukawa, "Alright, I'll take care of her."

After saying that, Hideki Hanyu pushed open the door and went into the suite.

Upon entering the living room, one sees Grace Hayes, with her red hair flowing down her shoulders and wearing a sexy nightgown, lounging on the sofa flipping through a magazine.

Upon discovering that Hideki Hanyu had returned, Grace Hayes put down her magazine and asked...

"Has Mr. Seraphim finished his work?"

Hideki Hanyu, sitting on the small sofa diagonally opposite him, said, "Yes."

"Sir is truly the most energetic person I have ever met. I didn't even know when he left me this morning."

Grey Hayes's words were not a deliberate compliment at all.

After all, after returning to the room last night, Hideki Hanyu kept her up until four in the morning before letting her rest.

As a result, she slept soundly and was still feeling exhausted when she woke up just now, even more so than during her busiest tour.

However, Hideki Hanyu went to handle official business early in the morning, and when he returned, he was still full of energy and showed no signs of fatigue.

"Did Miss Grey stay behind just to say these things?"

Hideki Hanyu asked directly, not caring about what Grace Hayes said.

Grey Hayes got up and sat on the armrest of Hideki Hanyu's sofa, pressing her voluptuous body close to him, and said in a feignedly mournful tone.

"Sir, you are so heartless. You were so gentle last night."

Hideki Hanyu lifted Grey Hayes' chin. "If Miss Grey needs me, I can be very gentle right now."

But the next moment, Grace Hayes backed down and changed the subject with a smile, saying, "The weather is nice today, we should go out shopping."

Grace Hayes hasn't recovered from last night's exertions yet, so she can't afford to let Hideki Hanyu push her any further.

Seeing this, Hideki Yuzuru simply stated bluntly, "Ms. Grey, my assistant told me that you do not accept any of the conditions she offered."

So please just tell me directly, what exactly do you want?

Grey Hayes looked at Hideki Hanyu, her beautiful eyes sparkling, and said, "What if I said I wanted your love, sir?"

Upon hearing this answer, Hideki Hanyu didn't say a word, but just stared at Grace Hayes with an expression that seemed to say, "Do you think I'm stupid?"

After a moment, Grey Hayes could no longer maintain her composure and shrugged, saying, "Okay, I was just kidding."

Hideki Hanyu asked with a slightly impatient tone, "Say it, what do you want? I don't have time to waste with you."

Grey Hayes said, "What if I wanted to go to Hollywood?"

Hideki Hanyu asked, "You've already achieved success on Broadway, why do you want to go to Hollywood?"

Grey Hayes replied, "I only want to go because I've succeeded."

Hollywood has no shortage of people like me, doesn't it?
Why would actors who have already achieved fame and awards in Europe, Australia, and Asia willingly play minor roles in Hollywood?

It's because the places where they originally grew up can no longer provide them with a bigger stage.

"Well, you have a point."

As a bigwig in the entertainment and media industry, Hideki Hanyu naturally understood the meaning behind Greta Hayes' words.

"So, it's just a chance to go to Hollywood?"

As Hideki Hanyu spoke, he was already preparing to call in his North American secretary to arrange opportunities for Grace Hayes.

The opportunity he offered wouldn't be a leading role in a big-budget production, but it would certainly be better than him starting out in Hollywood on his own. However, before Hideki Hanyu could speak, Grace Hayes interrupted, "Hollywood is just a dream. Actually, I wanted to discuss other collaborations with you, sir."

"cooperate?"

Now it was Hideki Hanyu's turn to be stunned.

This was the first time Hideki Hanyu had ever encountered someone who, after sleeping with someone, didn't offer any benefits but instead discussed cooperation.

He immediately became interested and wanted to ask the other party what kind of cooperation they wanted to discuss.

After all, Grace Hayes is just a Broadway actress, and Hideki Hanyu doesn't think there's any possibility of him working with her.

"Miss Grey, what kind of collaboration would you like to discuss with me?"

As soon as Hideki Hanyu finished speaking, Grace Hayes did not answer immediately. Instead, she took out a business card from her handbag and handed it to Hanyu.

"Before we discuss cooperation, please allow me to introduce my other identity to you."

Hideki Hanyu took the business card and glanced at it before realizing that the identity listed under Grace Hayes' name on the card was not that of a Broadway actress, but rather a business manager for the New York City Development Corporation.

"New York City Development Corporation?"

Hideki Hanyu looked at Grace Hayes with a surprised expression.

Grey Hayes nodded and said, "Yes, I mainly work for the New York City Development Corporation; being a Broadway actress is just a side job."

Hideki Hanyu put down the business card, his expression returning to normal, and asked, "So, what kind of collaboration does Ms. Grey wish to discuss with me?"

Grey Hayes replied, "The collaboration I want to discuss with you is actually the same as that with Mr. Peter Peterson."

Mr. Peter Peterson collaborated with the theater alliance and several theater management companies to obtain the rights to work with so many Inner Broadway theaters.

Since the 1970s, the New York City Development Corporation has taken over several Broadway theaters in an effort to protect Broadway's theatrical culture and has been looking for partners for these theaters, such as the New Amsterdam Theatre, where we watched a performance last night.

However, our cooperation philosophy differs from Mr. Peter Peterson's investment philosophy; we do not want to engage in simple capital cooperation.

What we're looking for are partners who can truly help theaters reopen and revitalize them through their content.

Upon hearing this, Hideki Hanyu thought to himself, "Isn't this the same kind of collaboration model between Disney and the New York City Development Corporation in the mid-1990s in another timeline?"

However, Disney has a deep foundation, having operated theaters on Broadway for a long time and possessing rich experience in converting between movies, animation, and musicals.

Although his cloud computing system has developed rapidly, it has absolutely no experience in this area.

Otherwise, with his foresight, he would have already "created" Disney's masterpiece of hand-drawn animated films, The Lion King.

Is it that he doesn't want to? No, it's that he simply can't do it.

Aside from Disney's animated films, many of them were projects that were in development years, or even more than a decade, ago.

In terms of hand-drawn animation team, story style, and music composition alone, Yunshang Group does not have this capability.

Even if they acquire Universal Pictures, it won't make a difference, since Universal's animated films aren't exactly their strong suit.

Despite having a large number of animation talents in Japan, the creative styles of the various animation studios are quite different.

Unless he personally takes charge and leads a creative team to spend three or four years producing it.

But what else could he have done with that time?
No matter how successful The Lion King is, it's not worth wasting so much of his time on it.

Setting aside his wandering thoughts, Hideki Hanyu continued, "Why did the New York City Development Corporation choose to collaborate with me?"

Grey Hayes replied, "Of course, it's because of your abilities, sir."

I am well aware of the strength of Mr. [Name]'s companies in the entertainment and media industry.

Collaborating with Mr. [Name] not only ensures the quality of content creation but also facilitates better promotion.

Of course, we also value your financial resources.

After all, reopening theaters requires more than just content.

Upon hearing this, Hideki Yuzuru thought to himself that he didn't seem to have any good ideas for the content either.

After all, musicals and movies are two different things. A blockbuster movie may not be suitable for adaptation into a musical, and a suitable movie may not be a box office hit.

If a collaboration is truly desired, then he must carefully consider which of his current intellectual property rights or blockbuster movies can be adapted into a Broadway production.

If no suitable one is available, he will take advantage of his time travel to "create" a story in advance.

But doing so would undoubtedly waste his time.

However, considering the success Disney achieved on Broadway through its collaboration with the New York City Development Corporation in another timeline, he didn't want to give up this partnership.

For a moment, Hideki Hanyu was conflicted.

Seeing Hideki Hanyu's expression, Grace Hayes immediately asked, "Sir, do you feel there's anything wrong with the collaboration?"

Could you elaborate on the cooperation?

Hideki Hanyu did not answer Grace Hayes's question.

After all, he couldn't very well tell them that he hadn't yet come up with a musical that was guaranteed to be a success.

Even if he did, in Broadway, where 80% of shows fail, if he actually said it, the other party would probably think he was crazy.

Upon hearing Hideki Hanyu say this, Grey Hayes could only suppress her doubts and explain the details of the collaboration to him.

Then the two began to work together, and their conversation lasted for more than two hours.

During that time, even lunch was delivered to my room.

However, as the conversation went on, Grace Hayes seemed to regain her composure and started flirting with the scumbag again.

Hideki Hanyu never hesitates to eat delicious food that is offered to him, so the two chatted from the living room to the bedroom.

When afternoon arrived, after Grey Hayes finally explained the collaboration, Hideki Hanyu pondered for a moment before giving his response.

"I need to think about this matter some more, so it will take some time before I can give you an answer."

"Then I'll await your good news, sir."

Grey Hayes also knew that such a collaboration could not be finalized in one go.

Hideki Hanyu, watching Grace Hayes getting dressed and preparing to leave, asked a question that had been bothering him.

"If you got to know me through Peter Peterson to discuss a partnership with the New York City Development Corporation regarding Broadway theaters, you could have just said so directly. Why bother..."

As Hideki Hanyu spoke, he pointed to the two people who were being completely honest with each other.

"The cooperation is for the company's benefit, but doing this is, of course, for my own needs."

After saying this, Grey Hayes gave Hideki Hanyu a playful smile, then put on her women's suit jacket and left gracefully.

"Holy crap! Was I just played?"

In the hotel suite bedroom, Hideki Yuzuru, clutching a blanket, looked on in astonishment.

(End of this chapter)