Traveling through the Tokyo bubble era

Chapter 863: Make the Cake, Share the Cake

After learning from the front desk that a lady was looking for him, Hanyu Hideki quickly went directly to the lobby of the St. Regis Hotel to meet her in person.

The lady who came was not any of his lovers but an official from the United Nations.

Hideki Hanyu's meeting with the lady was very short, and after returning to the room, his expression did not look very good.

Seeing this, Chiba Kaoru, who came all the way from Neon to New York specifically to meet with Hanyu Hideki, asked carefully.

"Teacher Hanyu, what happened?"

Hanyu Hideki shook his head. "It's okay. I'm fine. I have a formal event to attend at 7pm. Please notify the stylist to help me prepare in advance."

"Okay, Hanyu-sensei."

Chiba Kaoru has been with Hanyu Hideki for quite some time, and after hearing what Hanyu Hideki said, she understood that Hanyu Hideki wanted to get her away.

So after she responded, she left the room consciously.

After Chiba Kaoru left, when Hanyu Hideki was the only one left in the room, he immediately rubbed his eyebrows with his hands, rarely showing a trace of irritability and fatigue.

The reason for this is naturally related to the UN official who just visited.

As for the specific reason...

Since the year 1990, the huge bear in the north of the snowfield has shown its inevitable decline. The various events that have happened to it since February have undoubtedly proved one thing, that is, history is sliding towards the same direction in another time and space.

In this situation, many people inevitably have confused thoughts.

Even though his business has always tried to stay away from that area and his companies have never directly participated in the business of that country, as the new richest man in the world, many people still have their eyes on him.

The woman who came to him just now was inviting him to participate in a forum event at the United Nations, and the events being discussed were related to that country.

What do those people want to do?
He simply wants to use his identity, fame, and influence to make a public statement at this time in order to add insult to injury and give the other party a boost in public opinion.

But how could Hideki Hanyu get involved in this? Naturally, he rejected the other party's invitation without hesitation.

"Hey, what a troubled time it has been!"

The higher your status, the more difficult it is to avoid some things.

After expressing his feelings, Hanyu Hideki immediately called Karl Map in Washington DC and told him what had just happened.

Karl Mapp asked, "What do you think?"

"I won't get involved in this kind of thing, but I have to figure out whether that woman invited me simply because of the forum organizers' intention or because of someone else's instigation."

Hanyu Hideki's tone was very serious.

The reason he wanted to know was very important to him.

If it was just the behavior of the organizer or a certain department of the United Nations, then he didn't need to care at all.

But if someone is targeting him from behind, he must prepare early, and even find a way to teach those who dare to plot against him a lesson to prevent the same thing from happening again.

Karl Map understood what Hanyu Hideki meant and immediately replied, "Okay, wait for my news."

After that, the phone was hung up.

Hideki Hanyu did nothing but waited quietly for Karl Map's call back.

I don’t know how long I waited, but Karl Mapp called back.

"I've already asked around. This matter has nothing to do with other people. The person organizing the event knew you were in New York and decided to invite you on a whim."

"That's good."

As Hanyu Hideki finished speaking, Karl Map said on the other end of the phone, "Your performance this time was a little strange."

Hanyu Hideki asked in confusion, "What's so strange?"

Karl Mapp smiled and replied, "You were not like this in the past."

Hanyu Hideki asked, "What was I like in the past?"

Karl Mapp replied, "He is calm, decisive, and far-sighted, and he would never get so nervous about such a small matter.

And we have so many friends in Washington, even if something really happened to you, someone would have informed you in advance before it happened, there is no reason for you not to think of this.”

"Thank you for your compliment. I have an event to attend next, so I won't talk to you any more."

Since there was nothing to do, Hideki Hanyu didn't want to continue disturbing Karmap.

As for what the other party said...

For Hideki Hanyu, there is no explanation at all.

Because only he knows what will happen in the future.

He didn't want to get involved in that kind of big event, even if it didn't seem risky at the moment.

This may be why Karl Mapp felt that he had lost his composure.

Sometimes when you stand higher, not only can you see farther, but the wind blowing against you will also be stronger.

Just as Hanyu Hideki was sighing to himself, there was a knock on the door of the room from outside.

Chiba Kaoru's voice sounded, "Teacher Hanyu, it's almost time, do you want to let the stylist come in?"

Hideki Hanyu looked at his watch and found that it was already past five o'clock.

Then he ordered, "Bring him in."

……

In the evening, Hideki Hanyu arrived at a dinner party hosted by the American Library Association and several publishers and started socializing.

On the surface, the reason why several organizers jointly organized this event was to strengthen their ties with each other and promote the prosperity of the American book market.

But when Hideki Hanyu arrived at the scene, he found that the guests invited were not only practitioners in the book industry, but also some people from the film and television industry and the investment community.

For example, many people come to approach Hideki Hanyu and introduce themselves as producers from Broadway and Hollywood, or investors in related fields on Wall Street, etc.

Obviously, today's event was held in New York and was definitely carefully planned. It is not only for the book industry, but also to help connect books, film and television adaptations, and capital.

With the huge sales of a series of movies adapted from original works, the North American book publishing industry is now actively deepening its ties with Hollywood and Wall Street capital.

Of course, this is actually the common choice of the three parties.

Wall Street has been eyeing the West Coast Hollywood pie for who knows how long, and would certainly like to get a piece of the pie if there is a chance.

As for Hollywood, as star salaries soared in the late 1980s, production costs continued to rise, and even the projects of major Hollywood studios became increasingly conservative.

At this time, best-selling books with a certain influence and audience base naturally become the best adaptation choices for Hollywood studios. In order to reduce investment risks, attracting more foreign investment has also become the mainstream choice of major studios. Whether it is overseas funds or Wall Street dollars, Hollywood will accept them all and treat them equally.

However, these problems basically do not exist for Hideki Hanyu.

Relying on himself and Elf Entertainment, he has accumulated a huge library of content copyrights early on, so he will not have to worry about a lack of projects in the future.

After acquiring MCA Global, Yunshang Entertainment is already a pyramid in the film and television industry, so there is no need to worry about having content but no producers.

As for funds, as the newly crowned world's richest man, he is himself one of the world's top capitalists.

In order to acquire MCA Global, Yunshang Entertainment worked hard to raise US$2.5 billion.

However, he only mobilized overseas investment companies and part of the cash flow of the Elf Department to successfully set up the "America Entertainment Investment Company" and took out nearly two-thirds of the remaining acquisition funds.

Therefore, today's event is completely dispensable for Hideki Hanyu, because he can complete the inner loop by himself.

It’s just that since he founded Yunshang Pictures in the first place, he was able to hand over the distribution of films that he knew would be successful to others even though he already had the distribution channels.

Moreover, when acquiring MCA Global, it took the opportunity to share profits and win over the powerful, instead of choosing to have it all to itself.

Now that it’s just the film investment cake, he naturally doesn’t mind cutting a piece of it for others to eat.

After all, from the beginning to the end, his goal was to be the one who made and divided the cake, rather than the one who ate alone.

Of course, nowadays, not everyone is qualified to have his cake and eat it.

For example, the two people sitting in the corner of the banquet hall with Hideki Hanyu are members of the Wall Street Club that Karl Map introduced him to, and they are also bigwigs holding high positions on Wall Street.

The two said they had just set up a fund dedicated to investing in Hollywood projects, had also been operating several projects, and were planning to find a long-term partner in Hollywood.

It has been more than two weeks since Cloud Pictures, in partnership with America Entertainment Investments, acquired MCA Universal.

Today, Cloud Pictures, led by Alan Horn and Fred Webber, and its parent company Cloud Entertainment, are in full swing in the separation and integration of MCA Universal.

Although neither party announced the successful acquisition to the public, they kept silent about it in official occasions.

However, the splitting, reorganization and integration were so large, and the personnel changes were so frequent, it was obviously impossible to keep no news from leaking out for more than two weeks.

Therefore, the media has already discussed this issue a lot, and the investment community knows it very well.

So when these two people approached Hideki Hanyu to discuss cooperation, they were naturally eyeing the future of Universal Pictures.

Hideki Hanyu was also happy to make friends with the two, so he sat down and chatted for a while, and introduced them to Alan Horn to discuss the cooperation in detail.

As the three of them were chatting, Hanyu Hideki saw that one of the fund owners, named Love, suddenly yawned and seemed to be a little tired.

Then he casually said, "It seems that Mr. Love has been working very hard recently."

Love yawned again. "Ah, working on Wall Street is definitely hard. But it doesn't matter. I have a unique way to solve the problem."

As the guy spoke, he pulled out a box of cigarettes from his pocket, took out a cigarette and was about to light it.

But he seemed to realize that Hanyu Hideki was still there, so he handed the cigarette to Hanyu Hideki and asked, "Mr. Hanyu, would you like one?"

Hanyu Hideki raised his hand and refused, "I don't smoke."

Who would have thought that Love showed a strange expression when he heard this, and then shook his head and said, "It seems that Mr. Hanyu doesn't know much about Wall Street."

Hanyu Hideki seemed to understand something. Looking at the cigarette in the other person's hand, he realized that it was not an ordinary cigarette, but a stimulus product with added ingredients.

In his previous life, when he watched "The Wolf of Wall Street" starring Leonardo DiCaprio, he always felt that the film's portrayal of financial practitioners was too exaggerated.

But after actual contact, he found that some aspects were still quite authentic.

Not to mention anything else, just Kamiya Eiichi's team has spent a lot of money on these things.

As for finding call girls for those people, it is basically the same as eating and drinking, which is the basic configuration.

Love saw Hanyu Hideki's expression and knew that Hanyu Hideki had guessed it, so he smiled and asked, "Do you want to try it?"

Hanyu Hideki naturally refused directly, "No, I don't need this kind of thing to refresh myself."

Hanyu Hideki refused, and Love didn't force him. He lit one up and took a deep breath. He immediately looked so refreshed that his soul seemed to be floating out of his body.

After a moment, Love said, "If I didn't have this thing to relieve stress and refresh myself, I wouldn't be able to stay on Wall Street for a minute."

After that, Love looked at Hanyu Hideki curiously again, "Mr. Hanyu is richer than us and manages more wealth and enterprises than us. I am curious about how Mr. Hanyu usually relieves work pressure."

Hanyu Hideki thought for a moment and uttered two words, "Woman."

Love laughed and said, "No wonder the media say you are a playboy.

It’s a pity that I’m getting old now. Finding women is no longer a way to relieve stress, but only creates trouble for myself.”

"I'm still young and strong, so I don't have to worry about it for now."

After saying this, Hanyu Hideki stood up and prepared to say goodbye and leave.

After all, the serious matters had been discussed, and he did not want to continue discussing the issues with the two of them, let alone inhale their second-hand "cigarette".

"It's been a pleasure chatting with you two. I'll treat you well when you get to Hollywood. I'll take my leave today."

As the two stood up to say goodbye, Hanyu Hideki joined the crowd and soon found the purpose of his trip to New York, Michael Clayton.

Hanyu Hideki asked directly, "Michael, is the socializing here over?"

Michael Clayton said, "It's over, are you going to leave?"

"I'm hungry and I kind of miss New York steak. How about we find a place to have dinner and then talk about your ideas for the sequel?"

As soon as Hanyu Hideki said this, Michael Clayton immediately became interested. He and Hanyu Hideki immediately left the event and found a famous steak restaurant in New York, where they started chatting while eating.

As for how the two discussed the creation of the sequel to "Jurassic Park", the answer is that Hideki Hanyu used his memories of his past life to fool Michael Crichton to the point of admiring him.

……

March twenty-fourth.

Michael Crichton's new book launch was officially held in New York.

Hideki Hanyu, the newly crowned world's richest man, showed up at the press conference to support his friend, which became the most exciting thing for the media at the press conference.

To borrow the words of later generations, Hideki Hanyu used his own influence and fame to successfully help attract traffic for "Jurassic Park".

With the release of "Jurassic Park", the book's imaginative ideas and fascinating storyline immediately attracted readers and helped the book successfully make it onto the New York bestseller list.

However, at this time, Hideki Hanyu, who had just finished promoting "Jurassic Park", had already returned to Los Angeles, preparing to step onto the red carpet on Oscar night for the first time.

I came home too late after working overtime, so I updated late, sorry
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