Traveling Through the Tokyo Bubble Era

Chapter 1056 You're a Mature President Now

At Itochu Corporation's reception, Hideki Hanyu arrived and left in a hurry.

His presence seemed to be merely a formality.

However, that was indeed the case; even if he and Naito Kensaku had something to discuss, they couldn't possibly discuss it in a place like a reception.

Therefore, his presence at the reception hosted by Kensaku Naito, accompanied by a woman who was not Haruko Naito, was enough to send a clear signal to the outside world.

However, before leaving, Hideki Hanyu made an appointment with Kensaku Naito to meet him privately at his teahouse in Bunkyo Ward the next day.

This meeting is not just for him to see Naito Kensaku; everyone who is on his side in this incident will come to the teahouse tomorrow.

Kensaku Naito gladly accepted the invitation, and Hideki Hanyu didn't say anything more.

After leaving the reception hosted by Itochu Corporation, Hideki Hanyu and Yasuko Sawaguchi did not immediately return to Yorozuya, but instead went to the TV station to pick up Izumi Sakai.

This wasn't proposed by Hideki Hanyu, but rather by Yasuko Sawaguchi.

After all, one person couldn't handle Hideki Hanyu's weak fighting ability, so she's gotten used to finding someone to help her.

Hideki Hanyu was quite fascinated by the fully evolved Izumi Sakai, so he did not refuse Yasuko Sawaguchi's request.

As for how to enjoy the hot springs after picking up the person and returning to the Yorozuya, I won't go into details here.

All I can say is that in this season, there's nothing more comfortable than having a beautiful woman by your side while relaxing in a private hot spring.

After everything calmed down, the scumbag returned to the bedroom with Yasuko Sawaguchi and Izumi Sakai. Exhausted, Yasuko Sawaguchi fell asleep as soon as she touched the bed.

Not feeling tired and not wanting to sleep, Hideki Yuzuru went to his study on the top floor and, taking advantage of his clear mind at night, wrote down some thoughts about the development of his companies in the coming year.

After writing and finishing his work, he suddenly had a burst of creative inspiration.

He moved his easel to the window, looked at the night view outside, and started creating a new picture book.

This is a story about the night.

Beneath the surface of a little "horror" lies a heartwarming core.

Just as Hideki Hanyu was painting intently and bent down to dip his brush in paint, he heard footsteps approaching, and then saw someone pick up his palette for him.

The visitor was none other than Izumi Sakai, who had been unable to sleep due to the long absence of Hideki Hanyu.

Inside the warm room, the beautiful woman wore a pretty and sexy silk slip dress.

Standing next to Hideki Hanyu, holding the palette in his hands, made the scumbag smile slightly and utter a sentence.

"A beautiful woman adding fragrance to one's sleeves, nothing more than this."

"What is Yuzuru-san saying?"

Clearly, Izumi Sakai couldn't understand the Chinese spoken by Hideki Hanyu.

"The spring water can be taken as a compliment to you."

Some nuances in Chinese are difficult to explain in words and even more difficult for people unfamiliar with Chinese culture to understand.

"Thank you, Yuzuru-san."

Izumi Sakai thanked him softly, then looked at the drawing board in front of Hideki Hanyu and asked.

Is Yuzuru-san creating a new work?

Hideki Hanyu nodded. "Yes, it's been a long time since I've written anything, and suddenly some inspiration struck me."

Izumi Sakai quickly said, "Then did I ruin Yuzuru-san's work?"

"No, the spring is so beautiful that just standing next to it is a pleasure, and it only makes me more inspired."

From beginning to end, Hideki Hanyu never hid his fondness for beautiful women.

If there's anything worth pursuing tirelessly throughout his transmigration through life, it's probably the countless beauties, each with their own unique charm and allure.

As he spoke, Hideki Yuzuru had already pulled Izumi Sakai into his arms with his other hand, and then placed the paintbrush in her hand.

"Next, it's Quanshui's turn to create with me."

Izumi Sakai looked pleasantly surprised. "May I?"

"With me here, of course it's possible."

As Hideki Hanyu spoke, he took Izumi Sakai's hand and began to draw on the canvas.

However, with each stroke, Izumi Sakai, who had no painting experience, made the artwork in front of her worse.

However, at this point, a mistake on a single page of artwork no longer matters.

The way Sakai Izumi gripped the easel tightly and struggled to maintain her balance showed that Hideki Hanyu's embrace of Sakai Izumi was clearly more than just painting.

After a long while, Hideki Hanyu hugged Izumi Sakai tightly with satisfaction.

"Spring water, I find myself liking you more and more."

Breathless, Izumi Sakai answered earnestly, "I love you, Hanyu-san."

Sensing the deep affection in the beautiful woman's words, the scumbag's expression remained unchanged, but his heart was filled with smugness.

But then he heard Izumi Sakai ask, "Is Hanyu-san going back to Sendai for the New Year?"

Hideki Hanyu answered truthfully, "Yes, I will be going back earlier this year. After attending the Fairy Entertainment reception the day after tomorrow, I will leave directly."

Izumi Sakai asked, "Aren't you going to attend Cloud Entertainment's year-end party, Mr. Yuzuru?"

"Since Asako-san is hosting, I won't participate."

Nowadays, the year-end party of Yunshang Entertainment has very little substantive content and has completely become a party-style year-end celebration.

Hideki Hanyu didn't want to join in the fun, nor did he want his presence to spoil everyone's enjoyment.

Upon hearing Hideki Hanyu's words, Izumi Sakai's face showed a visible disappointment.

Hideki Hanyu asked, "What? Don't you want me to go back?"

However, Izumi Sakai countered, "Is Hanyu-san going back so early to be with Akina-senpai who is pregnant?"

The scumbag wasn't surprised to hear this, after all, some things simply can't be hidden, especially from women who care about him.

Moreover, he has always been open and honest about such matters, never hiding anything from others.

"Yes, although she has family taking care of her in Sendai, I haven't seen her for a long time because of my overseas schedule, and I feel really guilty."

Upon hearing what Hideki Hanyu said, Izumi Sakai couldn't help but feel a look of envy in her eyes.

Then she tried asking in a low voice, "If I were pregnant, would you treat me the same way you treated Akina-senpai?"

"Of course, although I am a womanizer, my love for you is the same for all of you, and it is unconditional."

The moment the scumbag uttered those sweet words, the beauty in his arms was instantly moved.

"Then please let me also have a child with Yuzuru-san."

As soon as Izumi Sakai finished speaking, she began to cling to Hideki Hanyu.

Sensing Izumi Sakai's actions, Hideki Hanyu quickly stopped her.

“While I don’t mind, your band career is just beginning, and it’s clearly not the right time for you to get pregnant.”

"I don't care. For Hanyu-san, I'm willing to retire like Akina-senpai."

As soon as Izumi Sakai finished speaking, Hideki Hanyu became anxious.

Today, Izumi Sakai is a key talent being groomed by MF Records and Cloud Entertainment, and is highly regarded by the group.

He's already run off with Akina Nakamori. If he follows up with Izumi Sakai, Asako Hirohashi will definitely come after him and fight him to the death.

Moreover, Sister Quanshui is not yet at the peak of her popularity.

It's such a pity that he's retiring to have children before he's even had a chance to experience his peak popularity.

He groomed Akina Nakamori to become a superstar before she retired.

If Izumi Sakai wants to retire, she needs to at least be as famous as she was in her previous life.

So he could only continue to persuade her, "Asako-san, President Iijima, and President Nagato all have high hopes for you. If you retire now, it will disappoint them too much."

Besides, we're both still young, and we can have children whenever we want.

"As for now, what we need is to enjoy ourselves, not to think about anything else..." As the scumbag spoke, he began to make physical advances, trying to distract Izumi Sakai with his actions.

Judging from the final results, the effect was quite good, and Izumi Sakai finally gave up her plan to retire and have a child for him now.

After this experience, Hideki Hanyu learned a valuable lesson.

Even if I don't hide these things anymore, I should try not to say anything if possible, so as not to accidentally upset other women.

With the beauty by his side, the night passed quickly.

The next day, December 17th, arrived.

After seeing the two women off, Hideki Hanyu went directly to a teahouse in Bunkyo Ward.

After waiting in the teahouse for a while, the first customer soon arrived.

It was Mr. Hatoyama, who secretly cooperated with Naito Kensaku in Itohatsu Trading Co., Ltd.

Shortly after Mr. Hatoyama's arrival, Yuichi Asada followed suit.

After the two arrived, several more friends involved in the matter appeared, including business figures and high-ranking political figures.

These people all have one thing in common: they are not affiliated with Hideki Hanyu's faction.

Therefore, it can be said that Hideki Hanyu, by taking advantage of the power struggle between the Naito family and Itochu Corporation, subtly forged an alliance that spanned various forces.

Therefore, today's meeting at the tea house is less about everyone wanting to see Naito Kensaku, and more about a meeting and exchange among members of this "alliance".

Of course, this alliance is still very fragile. Perhaps after meeting with Kensaku Naito, some people will leave, while others will remain in contact.

However, Hideki Hanyu did not intend for a single collaboration to truly form an alliance.

Having collaborated once will make it much easier to discuss other things in the future.

As the saying goes, a good start is half the battle won.

Not long after, Naito Kensaku also arrived at the teahouse.

The ensuing exchange was utterly pointless.

After all, their current relationship, with the exception of a few individuals, is not yet at the level of being completely open and honest with each other.

Judging from the surface atmosphere, it seemed as if everyone had gathered together to congratulate Naito Kensaku individually.

However, as time went on, the way people communicated gradually began to change.

Some people meet, and then quickly leave again.

But those who stayed behind gradually engaged in deeper conversations.

By the end, a certain tacit understanding had formed among everyone.

Perhaps if something else pushes things forward, the situation will be different.

As for what to use to give it a push?
Hideki Hanyu's power is clearly insufficient, after all, the distribution of interests involved in his current power is already very stable, and the entanglements behind it are simply too complicated.

Hideki Hanyu was not good, but there was a very good opportunity.

So, after everyone else left, Hideki Hanyu kept Mr. Hatoyama behind alone.

"Mr. Hatoyama has already seen the situation today. We must seize the opportunity without delay."

"I see."

Mr. Hatoyama clearly understood what Hideki Hanyu meant.

According to his original plan, he should have waited a while longer, sought an excuse to leave the Liberal Party within a year or two, and then, after some preparation, established his own party.

But now Hideki Hanyu has set up the stage and shown him so many potential allies.

If he doesn't seize these relationships now, it will be too late in a few years.

Therefore, his plan had to be accelerated.

……

December 18th.

Elf Entertainment's 1990 year-end reception was held as scheduled.

However, the reception was not held in any hotel, but in a low building in the Elf Building.

On ordinary days, this is where Elf Entertainment holds various events, so it's easy to use this place to host a reception.

However, the real reason for choosing this location was that it was estimated that this year's reception would be on an unprecedented scale.

Even though the hotels in Tokyo had the capacity to accommodate the guests, they still couldn't satisfy the management of Elf Entertainment.

Especially in the minds of Elf Entertainment's senior management, this reception was also intended to include other activities, such as announcing development plans for the coming year and news about new products.

This makes it even more difficult for the hotel to meet their demands.

The reason for this is simply because Elf Entertainment has been doing exceptionally well this year.

The launch of the PS2 console, with its staggering global sales of over 30 million units, directly ushered in the era of CD-ROMs for home consoles, moving them from the cartridge era.

The 32-bit 3D gaming console, coupled with a dramatic increase in memory capacity, made 3D games extremely popular, completely overwhelming other manufacturers.

If we say that during the first generation of the PS console era, Elf Entertainment could only be considered a monopoly, at least there were major companies like Sega and Nintendo desperately trying to catch up.

However, with the release of the PS2 console, other manufacturers were completely unable to catch up.

With its superior console performance, massive game library, and a flood of third-party developers joining the PS2 platform, the PS2 console achieved a dominant dominance in the mainstream home console market.

This is why the Federal Trade Commission of America and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice are both eager to take action against Elf Entertainment.

According to Carl Map, Elf Entertainment's public relations team is under immense pressure in Washington, D.C.

However, the more this is the case, the more optimistic the market is about Elf Entertainment.

Many so-called financial experts have estimated that if Elf Entertainment chooses to go public at this time, it is very likely to create a spectacular stock price.

Unfortunately, Hideki Hanyu had no interest in taking Elf Entertainment public.

Elf Entertainment not only had no shortage of funds, but even seemed to have so much money that it couldn't spend it all, forcing Satoru Iwata to invest and spend money everywhere.

Nowadays, any independent game developer or small studio that can demonstrate even a little ability is guaranteed to have investors from Elf Entertainment knocking on their door the very next day, waving checks and offering a one-stop investment and development service.

To facilitate investment, further expand the support program, and simplify management, Satoru Iwata, after reporting to Hideki Hanyu, had Elf Entertainment establish a dedicated investment company to be fully responsible for this business.

In addition, Satoru Iwata began to acquire patented technologies on a large scale.

Elf Entertainment is willing to buy any technology that is even remotely related to games, as long as they are willing to sell it, thus rapidly expanding their patent portfolio.

Of course, besides buying, Elf Entertainment will not forget to invest in independent research and development. Today, Elf Entertainment has R&D departments in most major markets around the world.

It can be said that today, Elf Entertainment, relying on its strong resources, is expanding like a snowball.

The speed was so fast that Hideki Hanyu didn't have time to carefully distinguish which small companies and studios invested in by Elf Entertainment would become future giants.

For Hideki Hanyu, all of this was definitely a piece of good news amidst his troubles.

He found himself completely overwhelmed by the social obligations at the reception.

Representatives from supply chain manufacturers, distributors, third-party developers, various service companies, and invited celebrities and politicians...

The total number of all guests can only be described as enormous.

This is still the reason why many overseas partners are unable to arrive today.

Otherwise, today's reception would have to be held in a different stadium.

Even so, Hideki Hanyu did not rest for a single second from the moment he entered the reception venue until its end, a period of more than two hours.

It's all about socializing.

His whole face was stiff from smiling.

The moment it ended, Hideki Hanyu immediately pulled Satoshi Iwata aside and said...

“Iwata-san, you’re a mature company president now. I’ll entrust all the social and networking matters to you from now on.”

(End of this chapter)