Traveling through the Tokyo bubble era

Chapter 726 Surprising Sales

In Shigu Zhenyuan, the two girls were sent away shortly after they woke up.

Although Hideki Hanyu is a playboy, he is not the kind of person who would turn his back on others once he gets his pants pulled up.

So, he sent the person away personally.

Even if there are only two fresh and tender ones, they are side dishes used to enrich his life.

He also doesn't mind releasing a little tenderness while tasting it.

It can be seen that the two girls are very reluctant to leave.

Maybe it was because I gave him my first time last night.

Or maybe I really like him, his appearance, his status, his power, his wealth...

Who knows?

There are too many women like this around him. With his experience, perhaps if he is more careful and patient, he will be able to tell them apart.

But Hideki Hanyu was too lazy to tell the difference.

Because you don't care, you won't waste your energy and time.

Perhaps if he becomes interested, he will meet the two again.

But there is a great possibility that he is just a passing guest and a one-night stand.

Of course, Hideki Hanyu will not just take it easy and deny it.

Although Hideki Hanyu did not enjoy himself enough with the two chicks last night, he still gave them the benefits they deserved.

In addition to checks with huge amounts of money written on them, he also gave away some resources within the circle.

For example, the opportunity to shoot several commercials.

Another example is the model qualification for the 1989 OGC Spring/Summer Fashion Show, which has been officially renamed Oriental Girls Collection and will be held in Kobe at the end of the month.

Speaking of the renamed OGC fashion show, Cloud Fashion magazine's editor-in-chief, Nanase Kaneda, adopted the method suggested by Hanyu Hideki when promoting the name change.

They hired a well-known design studio in the industry and spent 20 million yen to design a new LOGO after the name change. Compared with the original version, the new LOGO was really just a change in the first letters of the abbreviation.

Then, with the help of cloud media and channel media, the OGC organizer spent a huge amount of money to change a letter, and the news of this act of being a sucker with money but nowhere to spend it spread like wildfire.

The public said that it was just a design like this and it was fine to let them do it.

For a time, the controversy over the name change of the OGC fashion show began to be discussed throughout Asia under the deliberate promotion of the organizers.

The advertising effect was beyond imagination.

Twenty million in design fees is certainly expensive, but if it is replaced with publicity and marketing expenses with the same effect, the cost-effectiveness is simply sky-high in the eyes of the industry.

This name change has also been included in the classic event marketing cases by many organizations.

In the end, news came from within the OGC organizers that this marketing strategy was actually thought up by Hideki Hanyu. Everyone admired him and also felt it was natural.

After all, there are so many successful marketing cases from Hideki Hanyu that everyone is already accustomed to them.

Of course, these things are limited to discussions within the industry.

As for the public, not long after the incident broke out, the "Forbes Global Billionaires List" was announced, and Hideki Hanyu personally overshadowed the marketing he launched.

It’s just that by then the purpose of the organizers of the OGC fashion show had already been achieved, and now when people see OGC, they will naturally associate it with its predecessor TGC.

Therefore, when Takako Tokiwa and Yasuko Matsuyuki learned that they could participate in the OGC fashion show that attracted attention from all over Asia, they were naturally very satisfied.

One of them dropped out of high school and stayed at home, while the other came to Tokyo Technical College. They signed with Stardust Communication just to try their luck.

Of course it would be great if there was a chance to become famous, but if not, we all have other plans.

I deliberately approached Hideki Hanyu yesterday just to get a chance to succeed in one step.

Although it was obvious that Hideki Hanyu was just playing around with them, and his wish to become a phoenix was dashed, he was able to get a considerable amount of benefits and resources that were difficult for newcomers to obtain, so at least he achieved his goal.

However, when the two girls left "Shigu Zhenyuan", they could not hide the reluctance in their eyes when they looked at the huge, beautiful, low-key and luxurious mansion that looked like a park.

Naturally, all kinds of thoughts arose in the two of them.

……

In the "Seiya Zhenyuan" after Tokiwa Takako and Matsuyuki Yasuko left, Hanyu Hideki took the work documents sent by Ishihara Chie and checked them.

Some are news about his companies, and some are recent events.

For example, Akina Nakamori signed a contract with the Mr. Children band, and the details of Cloud Music acquiring Avex Records.

And the record of the newly established Sendai Elf Football Club seems to be really bad.

He was even reported in detail on the preparation progress of "Sweet Home", the prequel to "Resident Evil" that he arranged for Tokuro Fujiwara to develop and the horror puzzle game of the same name as the movie.

This is also Hanyu Hideki's daily work routine.

Even if you do not participate in the specific management and operation of the company, you will have a general understanding of the situation of its subsidiaries.

In order to ensure the accuracy of the information and avoid deception, the sources of information include not only the company's own reports, but also the secretary's office and investigations by third-party auditing agencies.

In addition to the work, the file also contains financial report information submitted by Yoshihiro Yada.

March is also the time to file taxes.

For his personal tax declaration, the assistant studio and Ryohiro Yada's 'Sincere' accounting firm were very busy.

Just like in previous years, Reiko Kamimura went directly to the accounting firm of Ryohiro Yada to work permanently.

At the end of the document, there is an invitation letter and travel reservation.

For example, the invitation to the spring gathering of the "Xinxiang Chamber of Commerce".

This chamber of commerce activity, which seemed mysterious and important to him in the past, now seems to be nothing special.

Therefore, he basically did not attend the events in person in the past two years. Like other bigwigs, he chose to send representatives to deal with the matter. The person who went the most was Honda Takeshi, the president of Hanyu Investment.

However, after seeing this year's invitation, he changed his mind.

Picking up the phone, he called his younger brother Hidetoshi Hanyu who was working in Tochigi Prefecture.

"Hideki, there will be a Chamber of Commerce event in Hakone later this month. I need you to attend as my representative. I'll send someone to give you the invitation. It's best not to be late."

After hearing Hideki Hanyu's agreement on the phone, Hideki Hanyu hung up.

Even if Hidetoshi Hanyu does not enter the business world, it is very necessary for him to gain knowledge and make connections in the Xinxiang Chamber of Commerce.

The second invitation was from Yasushi Akimoto’s wedding.

He had previously promised the other party that he would attend, and since he calculated the time was right, he included Ishihara Chie in the itinerary.

In fact, in Hideki Hanyu's opinion, Akimoto Yasushi will be much more important than Xinxiang Trading Company in the future.

After the collapse of the neon bubble economy, more than half of the companies in the Xinxiang Chamber of Commerce will be in trouble and their utilization value will shrink sharply.

On the contrary, this guy Yasushi Akimoto is a huge treasure trove of benefits that can continue to be discovered in the future.

In later generations, the AK system dominated the Japanese entertainment industry, and that was no joke.

As long as Yunshang can leverage this opportunity to maintain its dominance in the entertainment industry, the benefits it will bring cannot be measured simply by revenue.

As for the reservation consultation for the next trip, Chie Ishihara will report it personally.

"Hanyu-sensei, Editor-in-Chief Kaneda Nanase would like to confirm whether you will attend the 1989 OGC Spring/Summer fashion show in Kobe at the end of the month."

Upon hearing this, Hanyu Hideki thought for a moment and said, "I don't have any schedule at the end of the month, so please ask Editor-in-Chief Kaneda to reserve a seat for me." For Hanyu Hideki, going to the OGC fashion show is optional.

If you don't go there, you might see some beautiful woman you like.

If it really doesn't work, you can always win by quantity.

It would be nice to invite Takako Tokiwa and Yasuko Matsuyuki, pick out a few OGC models, and then go out to sea on a yacht and have a great time for a few days.

But just when Hanyu Hideki was thinking about how to be happy, Ishihara Chie reminded him, "Teacher Hanyu, there is another appointment for consultation that conflicts with the OGC time?"

His happy fantasy was broken, and Hanyu Hideki immediately asked, "Who sent it?"

He thought that if this appointment was not important, he must not disrupt his plan to find happiness.

"From Sony Entertainment." Just by saying this name, Tomoe Ishihara made Hanyu Hideki feel disappointed.

Then Ishihara Chie explained, "Sony Entertainment decided to hold a celebration in Los Angeles at the end of the month to celebrate the successful acquisition of Columbia Pictures, and asked Mr. Hanyu if he had time in his schedule."

After Ishihara Tomoe finished speaking, Hanyu Hideki immediately understood that his plan to take the beautiful women out to sea on a yacht and have some fun had to be cancelled.

As long as he agrees to Sony's inquiry, they will immediately send him a formal invitation letter.

For Hideki Hanyu, who is planning to use Sony as a shield through cooperation, he must not miss Sony's celebration.

So he could only answer, "Promise Sony, my schedule is fine."

"Yes."

After taking notes, Ishihara Chie turned to another matter, "Shogakukan has completed the final version of Mr. Hanyu's picture book and new novel. I hope you can take a look and give your opinions."

Hanyu Hideki said, "I'm free today, please contact them to come here to meet me."

"Okay, I'll contact you right away."

Having said what needed to be said, Ishihara Tomoe left.

As for Hideki Hanyu, because Chie Ishihara mentioned the new work, he also remembered another thing.

If we calculate the time, the second part of the "Home Alone" picture book should be put on the agenda.

According to his plan, preparations for the movie adapted from his first picture book "Home Alone" will officially begin this year.

He plans to link the release of the second part of the "Home Alone" picture book with the movie.

After all, this kind of joint promotion can often create an effect where 1+1 is greater than 2.

The distribution of picture books can attract book fans to the cinema to the greatest extent, contribute to the box office and increase the popularity of the movie.

The release of the movie can also boost the sales of picture books and the sales of peripheral products of both parties.

His busy schedule now leaves him with less and less time for creation, so he still paints as much as he can while he has time.

Therefore, while waiting for the Shogakukan staff to arrive, Hideki Hanyu simply set up his easel and began to create the second part of the "Home Alone" picture book.

For him, this is indeed creation.

Because although he had seen the second part of the movie, he had never read the subsequent movie-related picture books.

Even though two-dimensional picture book creation and three-dimensional movie use the same story, they are two completely different art forms, so all the content needs to be restructured.

In this way, Hideki Hanyu was concentrating on his creation, and time began to pass quickly.

I don’t know when, but when he put down his paintbrush, he found that there was an extra person not far behind him.

An old acquaintance of the Shogakukan editorial department, Maeda Muneyoshi has now been promoted to editor-in-chief.

He smiled and asked, "When did Sang come the day before yesterday?"

Maeda Soyoshi replied respectfully, "Teacher Hanyu, I have been here for more than half an hour. Assistant Ishihara brought me up."

Hanyu Hideki asked, "Then why didn't you remind me?"

"I see that Mr. Hanyu is concentrating on his creation, and I don't want to affect Mr. Hanyu's state and destroy your inspiration." Maeda Muneyoshi replied.

"Sang had a heart the day before yesterday."

After Hanyu Hideki finished speaking, he invited Maeda Soyoshi to sit on the balcony on the second floor.

After the maid brought hot tea to the two of them, Maeda Muneyoshi spoke first, but he did not talk about the finalized new book. Instead, he asked about Hanyu Hideki.

“Is Mr. Hanyu working on a new picture book?”

Hanyu Hideki nodded. "It's a new picture book. I'm busy right now, so it's rare for me to have some free time. I have to record any inspiration I have."

Maeda Soyoshi added, "Looking at the style of the painting, it seems to be the previous Home Alone?"

Hanyu Hideki said, "I didn't expect that the day before yesterday, San was very familiar with this manga."

Maeda Muneyoshi smiled and said, "This is the best-selling picture book of all Mr. Hanyu's. Of course I have to learn more about it."

"Does Home Alone have the highest sales? How many?"

Hideki Hanyu was a little surprised. He only knew that the first part of "Home Alone" had good sales. It has been almost two years since its release, and the book can still be seen on the sales rankings in many regions.

But he actually has no idea about the exact sales volume.

Maeda Muneyoshi said, "The latest statistics have not been released yet, but I saw a summary in December last year, and the total global sales volume has exceeded 22 million copies."

"Twenty-two million?!"

Even Hideki Hanyu was surprised by the sales volume.

After all, such terrifying sales in a short period of time is the first time in his works.

At this moment, he finally understood why the total sales of picture books in later generations could reach billions.

This kind of work, which is popular all over the world, is far beyond the sales volume of a single regional market.

"It should be higher now," said Maeda Muneyoshi.

"It seems that this book can make me a lot of money." Hanyu Hideki said with a smile.

Although he no longer cares much about the profits from publishing his works, the revenue from works that sell tens of millions of copies is not a small number even for him.

But after hearing what he said, Maeda Soyoshi immediately added, "In terms of sales, I am actually more optimistic about Brigitte. The sales volume counted at the New Year was over 16 million copies. You know, Brigitte was released later than Home Alone."

Hideki Hanyu is not surprised that Brigitte has such high sales.

This novel happens to be right on the "correct" trend today, and has received great support and attention from public opinion. It is no exaggeration to call it a phenomenon.

Hideki Hanyu has won so many awards all over the world that he doesn’t even have time to receive them all.

In this case, selling well is not a problem, it would be strange if it didn't sell well.

Thinking about it this way, Hanyu Hideki suddenly felt that the two books brought in hundreds of millions of dollars, and the input-output efficiency seemed to be very good.

Do you want to write a few more books in the future?
As soon as this thought came to mind, it was immediately extinguished by Hanyu Hideki.

Works like "Bridget" and "Home Alone", one hit the "right" trend, the other hit the market trend, and they are actually so easy to copy.

Instead of spending time thinking about how to make your work sell well, it is better to run your business well. This is especially true since we are at a critical period now.

It is not advisable to put the cart before the horse!

Having given up the idea, Hideki Hanyu no longer thought about the sales of the two works, and turned to talk about business with Soyoshi Maeda.

"The day before yesterday-san, let's talk about the new work."

(End of this chapter)