Traveling Through the Tokyo Bubble Era

Chapter 1001 Finally Spent
Putting aside the question of who was being played by whom—the scumbag and the red-haired beauty—Hideki Hanyu's schedule in New York was actually quite hectic.

There was already a lot of work to be done, and they also had to maintain good relations with America's powerful friends, but then one unexpected event after another occurred.

Peter Peterson and Grace Hayes approached him to invest in and collaborate on Broadway theaters.

Yoshiyuki Ishizuka, along with Supreme's top executives and investors, used the pretext of 'S&S' going public independently to try and remove him from Supreme's power structure.

This made Hideki Hanyu's daily life in America very busy.

Although Hideki Hanyu was surrounded by beautiful women even after Grey Hayes left, these were just occasions to relax in his busy life, and he still spent most of his time dealing with work.

In order to support Hideki Hanyu's work, a large number of company executives, staff, and partners from Los Angeles to Silicon Valley took the initiative to go to New York to work.

And so, from the beginning of October, Hideki Hanyu stayed in New York until mid-October, when his work in America finally came to an end.

October 14th.

At the headquarters of the City Development Company of New York, Fred Webber, Vice President of Universal Pictures, signed an agreement with Grace Hayes, a representative of the City Development Company of New York, in front of numerous media outlets, for a partnership involving Broadway theaters.

This agreement covers a lot of content, but the most important part is actually the following.

That is, Universal Pictures will partner with the City Development Company of New York to help five theaters, including two on Inner Broadway, reopen over the next three years through funding, content creation, and marketing support.

However, although Universal Pictures signed the agreement, the partner companies also include Cloud Entertainment and Elf Entertainment.

The reason for this is that Hideki Hanyu, lacking confidence and unable to spare the time to help create content, could only rely on quantity to win.

At that time, whether it's classic IPs from Universal Pictures or IPs from Elf Entertainment and Cloud Entertainment, they can all be used for experiments.

Since we can't emulate Disney, we might as well let the competition sifte through the sands of time.

Whether it's Marvel comics, game IPs, or story outlines written in advance by Hideki Hanyu, he even changed the name of Pirates of the Caribbean and handed them over.

When the time comes, whoever is popular will get the role; it's just a matter of losing some money.

Consider it a way of securing the IP rights in advance.

Moreover, the more companies brought in, the more costs can be shared reasonably.

After all, there are now many other investors in its subsidiaries, so everyone should share the losses.

What about the New York City Development Corporation's opinion?
Broadway theaters are currently in a state of semi-death, and they're doing this as a last resort. As long as they can solve the operational problems, they don't care too much about whether it's traditional or not.

……

After the signing ceremony on stage ended and the media finished their follow-up interviews, Grace Hayes, representing the New York City Development Corporation, stepped down from the stage and approached Hideki Hanyu, who was not present at the signing ceremony.

She extended her hand to Hideki Hanyu, "Mr. Seraphim, it's a pleasure to work with you."

At this moment, Hideki Hanyu was holding his third daughter, Yuri Hanyu, who was just over one year old. Of course, nowadays everyone calls her Deva Seraphim.

The little girl was fascinated by everything at the press conference. She kept looking at the venue, her father, and her mother, Monica Bellucci, who was standing next to her.

Since Hideki Hanyu's work in New York has been in full swing, Monica Bellucci has also come to New York to help him with his work.

In fact, Italian tennis stars are just as busy as Hideki Hanyu.

Following the formal reorganization of the original Oki Logistics into "Star Map Logistics Group", Monica Bellucci, as a member of the board of directors of "Star Map Logistics", also took the opportunity to reorganize Bellucci Logistics into "Star Map Logistics Europe".

Through the reorganization, she also took full control of the family business, becoming a veritable Italian logistics queen and a European logistics tycoon.

Even so, Monica Bellucci was unwilling to give up her rights to Hideki Hanyu's North American secretariat.

So nowadays, she travels between America and Europe two or three times a month almost every month to handle her work.

If it weren't for accompanying Hideki Hanyu, she should have returned to Europe long ago.

Monica Bellucci, who was playing with her daughter, immediately looked at Greta Hayes with a wary gaze after hearing her words.

Having spent these past few days by Hideki Hanyu's side, this wasn't the first time Monica Bellucci had met this woman.

Upon their first meeting, she sensed that this woman was the same kind of person as her.

While the contact with Hideki Hanyu may appear to be purely business-related, a far greater ambition lies hidden beneath the surface.

Monica Bellucci knew all too well that Hideki Hanyu had the power to make any woman achieve her ambitions; after all, just look at her example.

A law school graduate, an ordinary model.

However, in a short period of time, she became a famous European entrepreneur and the logistics queen of Italy.

She achieved this success not because of her ability, much less her strength.

She knows better than anyone how Bellucci Logistics developed to its current level.

With funding from Hideki Hanyu and management talent from Japan, she was simply reaping the benefits without lifting a finger.

Grace Hayes, the woman in front of us, is considered the biggest contributor to this collaboration between Universal Pictures and Broadway. She has also been hailed by the media as the savior of Broadway. Coupled with her status as a Broadway actress, she has recently been making headlines.

Monica Bellucci simply doesn't believe that Grey Hayes's relentless self-promotion is truly for the future of Broadway.

The other party definitely has greater ambitions.

What Monica Bellucci could think of, Hideki Hanyu could naturally think of as well.

Monica Bellucci might be interested, but Hideki Hanyu doesn't care at all.

Because the gap between him and Grace Hayes is too big.

Such a gap cannot be bridged by effort alone.

Moreover, everything Grey Hayes has now is largely thanks to him.

Without his help and tacit approval, Grace Hayes would not have been so popular in the media, let alone landed a leading role in the collaboration between Universal Pictures and the New York City Development Company.

This collaboration is essentially no different from making a movie in Hollywood.

Everyone wants to be the protagonist who reaps both fame and fortune.

The unique nature of the New York City Development Corporation makes it a springboard for many aspiring politicians, where gaining fame and experience can be of great help to their future development.

That morning, Grace Hayes refused his offer of "reward" and instead proposed a collaboration with the New York City Development Corporation.

Hideki Hanyu also gave back to the other party through this collaboration.

He held his daughter in one arm and shook hands with Grace Hayes with the other.

"It's a pleasure doing business with you, Miss Grey."

With these words from Hideki Hanyu, it was clear that he and Grey Hayes were now even.

Grey Hayes seemed to understand something, and then spoke to Hideki Hanyu.

“The New York City Management Company and you will continue to work together, and I hope our cooperation will continue as smoothly as it is now.” “No, Ms. Grey, you’re mistaken. You will be working with Universal Pictures next, not me.”

Hideki Hanyu subtly used language to create distance, a necessary skill for any scumbag.

Not every woman he has is someone he takes a bite of and then wants to keep for a lifetime.

Grey Hayes is beautiful, but it depends on who you compare her to.

Compared to the ball beauty Monica Bellucci next to her, she's not even in the same league.

Without any fame from her past life, and with her looks not reaching the level of a beauty queen, she might be okay for a scumbag to have a fling, but she would never be willing to be a long-term meal ticket.

Having just gained a considerable amount from Hideki Hanyu, Grace Hayes was naturally unwilling to be "dumped" by him and immediately wanted to say something more.

But just then, two people approached Hideki Hanyu.

Peter Peterson, and Fred Webber, who had just come as a representative of Universal Pictures.

"Miss Grey, I have other matters to discuss, so I'll take my leave now."

After making an excuse to say goodbye, Hideki Hanyu left with Peter Peterson and Fred Weber.

Meanwhile, Monica Bellucci, who had just taken her daughter from Hideki Hanyu, gave Grace Hayes one last look with her beautiful eyes, a slight smirk playing on her lips, her expression disdainful.

He seemed to say, "I already know what you're up to, stop pretending."

Seeing Monica Bellucci's expression, Grey Hayes simply gave a cold snort and turned to leave.

……

“Mr. Peter, I have handed over the follow-up work on the Broadway investment product to Dante Kane. You can contact him directly if you have any questions.”

In the restaurant of the hotel where Hideki Hanyu was staying, Hideki Hanyu said the following to Peter Peterson.

The partnership between Universal Pictures and the New York City Development Corporation does not affect its investment in Peter Peterson's products.

The former is a collaboration, the main purpose of which is to occupy a certain market share on Broadway, making it easier to utilize the Broadway stage and increase the exposure and influence of the IP.

As for the latter, it's simply for the sake of making money.

What's causing Hideki Hanyu's biggest headache right now is that he has too much money to spend.

They already had a lot of liquid funds, and after spending a lot on investments, they unexpectedly made a large profit when the Japanese stock market fluctuated.

Furthermore, when his companies brought in other players, he was forced to cash out several large sums of money.

This doesn't even include his numerous, highly profitable businesses.

Just think about the major events that are about to happen in the future.

For example, the war in the Gulf of Mexico, the passing of the Big Brother, the collapse of the ruble, and the Mexican financial crisis in 1994 all contributed to the dollar's relentless devaluation. Hideki Hanyu felt that having too much money was also a worry.

The only solution now is to invest, invest, and invest again.

He doesn't want to miss any opportunity to make money.

Take Peter Peterson's Broadway investment, for example. If he weren't afraid of being too conspicuous, he would have bought up the entire Inner Broadway in one go.

For this reason, Dante Kane was recently given a strict order to complete a series of investment tasks.

However, Peter Peterson was naturally unaware of Hideki Hanyu's sorrow.

Upon hearing Hideki Hanyu's words, he immediately asked, "Mr. Seraphim, does this mean you're leaving America?"

"There are some things I need to take care of, and I need to leave New York."

Hideki Hanyu gave a vague answer, and it was naturally impossible for him to actually reveal his itinerary to Peter Peterson.

After saying that, he immediately changed the subject, "Don't worry, Dante Kane will handle our investment properly."

Since Hideki Hanyu had said so, Peter Peterson, no matter how worried he was about Dante Kane, had no choice but to accept it.

Peter Peterson was only worried about issues like delayed investment, but he didn't know that Hideki Hanyu was already struggling to find a way to get the money, so how could he possibly delay his paltry sum?

After sending Peter Peterson to find Dante Kane, Hideki Hanyu turned to ask Fred Webber.

"Fred, you're going back to Los Angeles soon. Is there anything else I can help you with?"

Fred Webber handed a document to Hideki Hanyu. "Mr. Allen just delivered this this morning. I hope you'll take a look. It's about Universal Pictures' investment plan for the next three years, including some investment deals involving external funding..."

"and many more!"

Upon hearing about external funding, Hideki Hanyu immediately stopped Fred Webber from speaking.

Then he immediately asked, "Is there a problem with Universal Pictures' funding?"

Fred Webber explained, "We have no problem with funding. It's just that investment portfolios are a traditional way for Hollywood to reduce project risk. Universal Pictures has always included non-sequel original projects in investment portfolios to accept external investment."

While Fred Webber was explaining, Hideki Hanyu had already finished looking at the list of movies in the compilation. Although there were no blockbuster sequels, there were still quite a few high-grossing movies that he remembered.

Some of these were even projects he had reserved for Cloud Pictures before he acquired Universal Pictures.

Upon seeing these names, Hideki Hanyu immediately put down the documents and said, "Don't worry about external funding; I'll cover the shortfall in this project."

Hideki Yuzuru was worried about not having enough money to spend, so he naturally had to fill the gap in his own finances.

However, Fred Weber quickly advised, "Boss, you can invest more, but it would be better to release some shares to outsiders."

Hideki Hanyu waved his hand dismissively, "Alright, alright, I know what you mean."

Fred Weber understood perfectly what he meant; he was simply advising him not to monopolize the profits and to leave some share for his peers.

In the end, regardless of whether the joint investment makes a profit or a loss, at least the superficial "friendship" can be maintained.

After all, Hollywood is not just Hollywood; it represents a huge industry chain and a unique film and television industry system.

This is why, even in the fiercest competition among Hollywood studios, a certain level of tacit understanding is maintained, and collaboration between them is quite common.

"Is there anything else?" Hideki Hanyu asked Fred Weber.

"That's all?" Fred Weber shook his head.

Fred Weber didn't just arrive in New York today; he had already reported other work to Hideki Hanyu long before.

"Then go ahead and get busy, I'm leaving tomorrow too."

After finishing speaking, Hideki Yuzuru looked intently at the list of movies in front of him, thinking that even a small amount of money is still money, and he could finally spend it.

(End of this chapter)