Traveling through the Tokyo bubble era

Chapter 432 The Honest Fred

Los Angeles.

Also known as the City of Angels.

Originally it was because the name itself means angel in Spanish.

But with the development of the city, this title also has other meanings.

Such as beautiful environment, integration of national cultures, economic prosperity, wealth gathering, etc.

On the surface, Los Angeles at this time does seem to live up to its name.

As for the future, don’t mention it.

Anyway, anyone who comes in later generations will find it difficult to associate this city with angels.

In the early morning of September 15th, Hideki Hanyu arrived in Los Angeles.

He first arranged for Ono Chiharu to live in a mansion in Malibu, and then returned to Hibiscus Garden to see his precious daughter.

The last time I came here, it was quiet around the house.

But this time when he came, he found that the house next door bought from Harrison Ford had begun to be demolished.

Her precious daughter was being held by her aunt Zhou Wenqiong, happily watching workers demolishing a multi-million dollar mansion.

It feels like playing with super large building blocks.

Seeing his precious daughter's appearance, Hideki Hanyu nodded with satisfaction.

I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, my dear daughter doesn't regard money as money.

Let him!

There is no need to go into details about teasing my precious daughter and how she rubs her cheeks with her fairy mother.

The most important thing is that Hideki Hanyu rushed to Century City immediately after confirming that Fred Weber was at Yunshang Pictures.

Then he placed the copy of "Bourne's Hegemony" given to him by Robert Ludlum in front of the other party.

"Let's discuss the film and television adaptation rights of this series as soon as possible. The longer the authorization period, the better."

Hideki Hanyu thought for a moment and then ordered, "It's the same as Marvel's model. Once the filming is completed, the contract will be automatically renewed."

"No problem, boss."

Fred Weber agreed without saying a word.

Although Delun Lu is a best-selling author, the price of the adaptation rights will not be too expensive, and since he lacks historical achievements, the adaptation rights will not be too difficult to negotiate.

Hanyu Hideki emphasized, "It's right away, the faster the better."

"I understand. I will arrange for someone to contact the other party immediately."

Fred Weber said and asked, "Does the boss have anything else to say?"

Mr. Hanyu asked, "How is the script for Die Hard going?"

After hearing this, Fred Weber asked his secretary to bring in the latest draft of the "Die Hard" script and handed it to Hanyu Hideki.

"Boss, this is the fourth version of the script."

Hideki Hanyu took the script and started reading it.

After reading for a while, he didn't say anything. Instead, he directly picked up the pen to delete, modify, and write on the script.

After working for half an hour, he threw the script to Fred Weber, "I'm not satisfied with these parts, let them make changes."

"Ok."

Fred Weber actually didn't like investors having to dictate projects.

But the problem is that after he got to know Hanyu Hideki, he knew that his boss was not an ordinary investor.

The other party himself is a world-renowned writer. He has also participated in the creation of TV series and movies in Neon, and has achieved good results.

Of course, there is one more important point.

That was the opinion Hideki Hanyu gave to the script before, which was unanimously praised by several screenwriters.

Therefore, he is still very fond of Hanyu Hideki's opinions.

After reading the script, Hanyu Hideki asked Fred Weber to discuss the approximate scope of the main creative lineup of "Die Hard".

After looking at the screening list, I saw that John McTiernan, who made a splash with "The Predator" this year, was placed on the list of directors to consider.

Hanyu Hideki directly circled it with a pen. After all, John McTiernan was the director of the first "Die Hard" in another time and space.

Although John McTiernan has been directing movies since the mid-to-late 1990s and disappeared from the scene, his abilities are still remarkable in the field of action movies in this era.

Immediately after the selection of actors, several actors made him frown.

Bruce Willis, the soul of the original, and Alan Rickman, the brilliant villain, are all missing.

Instead, a lot of people were written on the unimportant heroine.

Hideki Hanyu asked strangely, "Why are there so many choices for the heroine?"

"Boss, this is a big project worth 20 million yuan. After the recruitment news was announced by the Screen Actors Guild, how could there be so few actresses coming to recommend themselves?"

Fred Weber said this, and asked Hanyu Hideki, "Boss, do you want to participate in the audition for the heroine?"

"Uh--"

Hideki Hanyu was speechless and choked, wondering who Fred thought his boss was.

After thinking about the information and photos of the actresses on the list, he immediately refused "righteously".

"No, you can just decide for yourself. The heroine doesn't have many roles anyway."

Who are you kidding, this is the actress chosen to play Bruce Willis' ex-wife.

You have to be a little older to begin with, and everyone knows the shelf life of white women.

Plus the 1980s Hollywood aesthetic.

Hanyu Hideki said that there is no woman he can lay eyes on.

Even if you just play casually, you still have to find something that is pleasing to your eyes.

As soon as Hideki Hanyu said this, Fred Weber thought of Hideki Hanyu's past behavior and immediately understood what his boss meant.

Well, I definitely didn't catch my eye.

Although he is an upright producer, he is not a fool who doesn't understand anything. What's wrong with an unimportant female character who helps the boss find some benefits?

Could it be that his direct descendant could do worse than Bill Hart from the New Century Agency next door?

Moreover, the preparation period for "Die Hard" is still very long, and he also has plenty of time to work on it.

Thinking of this, the upright manager immediately said, "Boss, I will expand the selection of heroines."

"Ok?"

Hanyu Hideki thought to himself, why do you, a thick-browed person like you, do this?

When John Lasseter introduced you, didn't he say that you were kicked out of the Los Angeles TV station because you were too upright?

Are you that upright?

To such a request, Hanyu Hideki's reaction was, of course, to maintain his righteous and upright behavior.

"Well, it's a heroine and it's very important, so I have to take care of it."

Fred Weber also responded with integrity, "The choice of heroine will definitely satisfy the boss."

That's it, Hanyu Hideki stopped talking about it immediately.

Instead, he added the names of Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman, who plays the number one villain, to the list of actors to choose.

He handed the list information back to Fred Wade and focused on the people I had circled.

"Okay," said Fred Weber.

"You go ahead and do your business, I won't disturb you anymore." After saying this, Hideki Hanyu stood up and planned to leave.

Regarding Yunshang Pictures, he made the decision casually.

Everything that needs to be arranged has been arranged, and it’s not yet time to harvest.

As for the company's current projects, they are basically independent films with an investment of tens to hundreds of thousands, and there is really no need for him to personally intervene.

Of course, if there is an opportunity to hunt for beauty, he will not miss it.

After all, many people in later generations have a very classic saying when talking about overseas films of this period.

“You can always trust the aesthetics of low-budget horror film directors.”

What Ania Pieroli, what Lynn Frederick, what Annamaria Votrume, what Devon de Vasquez.

Hmm...it seems like a strange legal loli has slipped in.

But it doesn't matter.

The scumbag thinks their looks are barely acceptable to him.

(with pictures)

After being busy at Yunshang Pictures, Hideki Hanyu returned to Hibiscus Garden and continued to transform into a daughter slave.

Of course, the beautiful widow he left in Malibu didn't forget either, and she took the time to spend wonderful nights there from time to time.

In this pace of life, a week passed quickly.

September 22nd, Monday.

He had just had lunch and was holding his baby daughter to take a nap.

Suddenly the phone rang.

The maid and housekeeper Deng Na picked up the call, listened, and then said to Hanyu Hideki, "Sir, this is for you."

Hideki Hanyu handed his baby daughter to his mother and went to answer the phone.

"I am Hideki Hanyu."

After he finished speaking, someone on the other side of the phone immediately said, "Mr. Hanyu, this is Michael Clayton. I heard from the secretary that you called the company before. I'm very sorry. I was attending an event on the east coast at the time and it was just today. Go back to Los Angeles.”

Michael Crichton, the original writer of "Jurassic Park", is finally back.

After arriving in Los Angeles, he thought about copyright and other matters. The sooner he could get in touch with it, the better. It would save him too many nightmares.

I took the time to call the other party, but no one answered the personal phone call. When I called the company, they were told that he was not in Los Angeles.

"It doesn't matter, I happen to be free recently and I plan to help you with your game production problems."

"That's great. Mr. Hanyu, are you free today? I'll be at the company right now."

"Yes, your company address is."

“West Hollywood*****”

Michael Clayton gave an address.
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after an hour.

Hideki Hanyu got out of the car, looked at the house of FilmTrack Software Company in front of him, and understood that he had finally arrived.

Hideki Hanyu knew that at this time, Michael Clayton was no longer a nobody in Hollywood.

When the other party was studying for a doctorate in medicine at Harvard University, he was a well-known best-selling author, and he paid off his expensive tuition by writing novels.

The tuition fees for studying medicine at the University of America are famous all over the world.

How many people have tuition loans that they can't repay in their lifetime, but Michael Clayton has to settle them all before he graduates.

Even in the year of graduation, his fourth novel "Death Surgery Room" won the famous "Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel" in the world of American detective novels.

After graduation, Michael Clayton came to Hollywood to develop, and the journey was smooth.

After the success of the film adaptation of his novel.

The other party also taught himself computer knowledge, established his own software company, and developed computer image generation technology.

There was even a book published about the BASIC programming language called "Electronic Life".

In 1973, Michael Crichton attracted funds from MGM and wrote, directed and filmed a science fiction film called "Diamond Palace".

This movie tells the story of how humans have built a high-tech, highly simulated adult paradise called Delos in the future.

There are three themed "worlds" namely the Western World, the Roman World, and the Medieval World.

The inhabitants of the three worlds are lifelike humanoid robots, specially made for the historical environment of the world in which they are located. Visitors can do whatever they want in any world as long as they pay money.

However, as the program was upgraded, the robots in the park began to have "autonomous consciousness", and the park's backstage gradually lost control of the robots, resulting in the story of the park being bloodbathed by robots.

In this film, Michael Crichton pioneered the world's first two-dimensional computer-generated image technology, and was also the world's first film to use computer stunts.

Later, the famous director Jonathan Nolan directed a drama series on HBO based on this movie.

That is the "Western World" that everyone in China is familiar with.

Not to mention the famous novel "Jurassic Park".

Although the novel was only published in 1990, it is certain that the writing had definitely begun at this time.

Later in the interview, the other party said that the idea of ​​drawing blood from mosquitoes in amber had already appeared as early as 1984.

The "Jurassic Park" novel was robbed by major Hollywood companies before it was completed.

It was eventually won by Universal Pictures for $2 million plus a share of the film.

In addition to these, there is also the famous American drama "ER" that made George Clooney famous and set off a craze for medical dramas around the world, which was also created by Michael Clayton.

In 1994, the other party even topped the North American movie box office list, TV ratings list, and bestseller list, all three lists at the same time.

He is the only American prodigy who has succeeded in all three areas.

Therefore, even though Michael Clayton’s net worth at this time is far different from Hideki Hanyu’s.

But he is definitely not a small person who can be looked down upon.

He is a top talent worthy of Hanyu Hideki personally wooing him.

Stepping into FilmTrack Software Company, Hanyu Hideki met Michael Clayton.

"Mr. Hanyu, you are finally here. Come quickly, I will take you to see the game I developed."

The other party couldn't wait to drag Hideki Hanyu into an office.

Then Hideki Hanyu saw the "Elf Scepter" game development platform exclusive to Elf Entertainment on a monitor in his office.

Michael Crichton ran a somewhat rudimentary game on the platform, a pixelated... let's call it a female warrior.

This female warrior will constantly pass through different levels, using daggers, javelins, bows and arrows, slingshots, stones and other weapons to attack enemies.

It's not a scrolling game, but more like an unfinished Western RPG game.

Although the game looks rough, Hideki Hanyu found out after careful observation that the game is still very entertaining.

For example, the diversity of props, different weapons to deal with different monsters, etc.

So gradually, he began to make some suggestions when Michael Clayton was playing. Whenever Hanyu Hideki made a suggestion, Michael Clayton would stop playing and write it down carefully with a pen.

But as Hanyu Hideki gave more and more suggestions, it became more like directly helping Michael Crichton to knock down the game and completely redesign it.

Michael Clayton simply stopped operating and concentrated on recording suggestions.

Michael Clayton would also discuss things with Hideki Hanyu when he didn't understand something or had different opinions.

As the two talked, they walked from the original game development office to Michael Clayton's office.

After all, the previous office was really inconvenient for recording and communication.

The two of them chatted for more than two hours.

After Michael Clayton finished recording the last suggestion and put down the notebook in his hand, he said with emotion.

"Mr. Hanyu must be very busy. Thank you very much for wasting your time to communicate with me for so long."

"It doesn't matter, as long as I can help Mr. Clayton."

Hanyu Hideki said pretending not to care, but his eyes looked at the design sketch on the wall behind Michael Clayton.

“The game Mr. Hanyu saw before was actually a graphic adventure DOS video game I developed a few years ago. Because I liked Elf Entertainment’s The Legend of Zelda so much, I decided to redesign and develop it based on it.

Now your suggestions are not only helping me, they are basically redesigning a game for me, including the story background, mechanics, and gameplay. I have gained a lot. "

When Michael Clayton said this, he noticed that Hideki Hanyu was looking at the wall behind him.

He also looked back, then turned to ask Hideki Hanyu curiously, "These are some of my first drafts of design inspiration. Did Mr. Hanyu see anything interesting?"

Hideki Hanyu pointed to the design sketch he was looking at and said, "What is that and why is there a mosquito in it?"

Michael Clayton heard this and replied with a smile, "That was the inspiration for a story I had two years ago, a mosquito sealed in amber from ancient times."

"Oh? That sounds interesting. Do you mind chatting with me?" Hanyu Hideki asked.

"Of course it's no problem. I've talked about this idea with several friends, but so far I haven't found a good starting point for the story. Mr. Hanyu has made so many interesting games, maybe he can give me some inspiration.

My initial inspiration was that this ancient mosquito sucked..."

Michael Crichton talks about the inspiration for his story without hesitation.

It is actually very common for writers to exchange inspiration and ideas with each other.

After all, except for time-travelers like Hanyu Hideki, no one can know which stories will succeed and which stories will fail.

The main thing is that every writer has a genre that he specializes in.

As a doctor of medicine at Harvard, Michael Clayton’s works often revolve around professional fields.

The original "Extraterrestrial Bacteria" dealt with the field of bacteria.

And "Jurassic Park" is about genetics and cloning.

After a while, after simply listening to Michael Clayton’s story inspiration.

Hideki Hanyu discovered that Michael Crichton had already completed preliminary ideas for "Jurassic Park", such as extracting dinosaur blood from text for cloning.

This kind of work involves a professional field and is a type of work that he is not good at. Hanyu Hideki has no intention of plagiarism.

He simply contacted the movies he had watched in his previous life and gave Michael Clayton some advice.

"Since you have already planned to clone dinosaurs, why not replicate a Jurassic era? For example, build a dinosaur zoo on an uninhabited desert island, and then for some other reason, the zoo gets out of control..."

Hanyu Hideki's suggestion did not involve specific content, but simply stated the general direction of the story. After all, he did not want to affect Michael Crichton's creation.

After hearing Hideki Hanyu's words, Michael Clayton's eyes suddenly lit up.

Many ideas about this story in his mind suddenly became vivid and coherent, and inspiration continued to flow.

But he must thank Hideki Hanyu.

First it was video games, then novels. Hideki Hanyu, a person he had just met, was of great help to him.

Although they are quite different in age, they are like old friends who have the same mind and are in perfect harmony when it comes to creation.

Another hour of exchanging story ideas ended.

Michael Clayton couldn't help but say.

"The advice you gave me is really great. I can't wait to start creating. But I think I will have a lot of ideas to communicate with you while I am creating. Do you mind if I call you?"

"Of course I don't mind. I welcome it at any time, because I also like your inspiration and would like to see this story completed as soon as possible."

"Then you have to wait patiently. I still have a lot of things to do. In addition to the novel that is about to be published, I also need to design the game first."

Michael Clayton spread his hands helplessly.

Hideki Hanyu said, "Clayton, regarding the game, I have an idea here."

Michael Clayton laughed, "Just say it."

"According to the game content we just communicated, it is an RPG game with very complex content and a huge background story. It is almost difficult to complete the development by just relying on your own strength.

So I suggest that you go to Elf Entertainment to apply for help. My company will arrange professionals to help you complete the development of the game.

If necessary, we can also support development funds to help you share the risks of game development. "

Hearing Hanyu Hideki's words, Michael Clayton was a little surprised and said unexpectedly, "Is this possible?"

"Of course, Elf Entertainment has been supporting third parties for a long time and it operates very well."

When Hanyu Hideki said this, he pretended to mention it casually.

"Also, the story about dinosaurs we just discussed, I think it is very suitable to be made into a game. If you are willing, you can also apply for it, so that maybe when the novel is published, the game can also be released.

If the novel sells well, it can help provide popularity for the game, and the game can in turn help increase the sales of the novel. This model can greatly increase your income. "

"Sounds very good, I'm willing to try it."

Michael Clayton was moved.

Seeing that the plan was about to succeed, Hanyu Hideki pretended to be kind and reminded him.

"But if it's a novel, it will involve copyright authorization. You need to consider this in advance."

"Haha, you really don't look like a businessman. How can any boss say such words to persuade me to quit in advance? It's no wonder that Mr. Hanyu is also a writer, so it's no wonder that he can consider me from the perspective of a writer.

I remember that Mr. Hanyu seems to have a production company in Hollywood. When the novel is published, I will sell you the rights to adapt this dinosaur novel. Anyway, the story was conceived by the two of us. You must know better than others how to do it. Make this movie. "

As soon as Michael Clayton said the last words, Hideki Hanyu almost agreed directly.

But the conversation had already ended, and Hanyu Hideki felt that he couldn't act too impatient.

He wanted more than just a "Jurassic Park."

It's the genius-level person on the other side.

So he smiled and said in a joking tone, "When the time comes, I will ask Spielberg to be the director, and then build a Jurassic Park in real life."

When Michael Clayton heard this, he thought Hanyu Hideki was joking and laughed and echoed.

"Then in order to see the real Jurassic Park, I have to write the novel quickly."

"I'm really looking forward to that day."

Hanyu Hideki's tone was pretending to be serious.

But in fact, he means it.

After obtaining the IP of "Jurassic Park", he would not mind building a real Jurassic Park in the future "Elfland".

I believe that after the movie becomes a hit, this park will become very popular.

The two of them were talking to this point. Seeing that the time was almost up, Hanyu Hideki took the initiative to leave.

FilmTrack Software Company's doorstep.

Michael Clayton personally delivered Hideki Hanyu.

Looking at the darkening sky, Michael Clayton said with emotion,

"I had such a great time chatting with Mr. Hanyu today. It's been a long time since I've been able to chat with anyone like I did today, and I forgot all about the time."

Hideki Hanyu said, "I welcome you to communicate with me at any time. If I am not in Los Angeles, you can also call."

"As long as Mr. Hanyu doesn't bother me."

"A collision of inspirations that never gets boring. Farewell, Clayton."

After saying this, Hideki Hanyu turned around to get in the car, but in the end he suddenly turned around and said, "It's too polite to always call me sir. Just call me Hideki from now on."

"No problem, Hideki, don't forget my live-action Jurassic Park."

Michael Clayton jokingly reminded.

Hideki Hanyu waved his hand, "I won't forget it."
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After ending his communication with Michael Clayton, just three days later, Hideki Hanyu received news from Elf Entertainment in Silicon Valley.

Michael Clayton has submitted an application for support.

Except for the Western RPG game renamed "Amazon".

There is also a plan for an adventure-themed game called "Jurassic Park."

If we follow normal procedures, these two slightly rough games have a low chance of passing the support application.

After all, this support mechanism of Elf Entertainment is ostensibly to help small studios and companies that lack funds and development capabilities.

It seems to be out of good intentions and to help increase game content on its own platform.

But in fact, it is a disguised form of screening potential third-party developers, and slowly cannibalizing them through support.

This is the company's development strategy formulated by Hideki Hanyu based on the development of the game market in later generations.

After all, in the future, it will be the general trend to use the advantages of the platform to gradually bundle third-party developers and absorb them under its own banner.

Therefore, although there is support, not all games can be passed.

But the problem is that the boss Hideki Hanyu opened the back door.

Michael Clayton's two applications were basically just a formality, with a 100% pass rate.

Originally, Hideki Hanyu planned to go and congratulate Michael Clayton in person after the application was approved.

But when the time came to September 27th, a sudden call from Neon forced him to end his trip to America early.

On the Spirit flying across the Pacific, Hideki Hanyu was reading a newspaper with the latest date.

[Today, America's Department of Commerce successfully signed a semiconductor agreement with Neon's Ministry of Industry, Trade and Industry for the purpose of restricting the export of Neon semiconductors to America and expanding America's semiconductor market share in Neon. The details of the agreement...]

After reading this news, Hanyu Hideki said silently to himself.

"The semiconductor agreement has been signed, and another great era is coming."

Hideki Hanyu knew that this agreement was just the beginning.

Next year, America will use Neon’s failure to comply with the agreement as an excuse to impose retaliatory tariffs on Neon.

After that, the neon semiconductor industry began its decline.

In the future, Neon has called many times to revive the semiconductor industry, but it has basically failed to succeed.

On the contrary, the semiconductor industry in other regions has accelerated its development, and South Korea has suddenly emerged.

Speaking of which, this semiconductor agreement actually does not have much impact on his industry.

After all, the only one of his industries related to semiconductors is Elf Entertainment.

Genie Entertainment itself is not involved in the semiconductor industry. To be precise, it is just an assembler.

Even many accessories for handheld devices and consoles are purchased from overseas products.

Just like Nintendo in another time and space, Hideki Hanyu needs to pay attention to this crisis, but there is no need to worry too much.

So why is he rushing back to Neon?

Quite simply, The Shining Institute is a great example.

Toshiba, as the major shareholder, either looks down on the Shining Research Institute's latest patent results, or is blocked by internal traditional forces. Anyway, it has no intention of using it at all.

Instead, Intel, far away in America, cooperated with The Shining Research Institute to begin mass production of NOR flash memory chips.

This year, Shining Research Institute has achieved breakthroughs in its more mature NAND flash memory technology and is continuing to consolidate patent technology barriers and accumulate technology for mass production.

No one knows better than Hideki Hanyu how big the market prospects of NAND flash memory will be in the future.

Since Neon Semiconductor is destined to decline, Toshiba will be directly targeted next year.

Of course, he couldn't let technology develop in Neon and then sink with it.

Then continuing to use technology and take the overseas cooperation route is undoubtedly the best choice.

However, the benefits that The Shining Research Institute can gain from cooperating with Intel are somewhat limited.

Then he needs to find a partner who has not yet risen, but will rise soon, and will not be too strong.

South Korea, Samsung.

It is undoubtedly a good choice.

Isn’t the other party good at counter-cyclical investing?

Samsung was at the Neon Investment Research Institute as early as after Neon Semiconductor began to decline.

Continuously attracting and absorbing technical research and development talents such as semiconductors and LCD panels, successfully helped Samsung bring its first technological leap.

Let Samsung, which relied on low cost, low technology, and sell cheap products, transform into the Samsung empire that it will be in the future.

But for Hanyu Hideki, a time traveler.

What is countercyclical?

Relying on his foresight, the cycle was right in front of him.

However, the semiconductor agreement has just been signed, and what he has to do now is to make arrangements in advance.

As long as you are one step ahead of the opponent every time and be more determined than the opponent.

The initiative for cooperation lies in his hands.

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