Traveling through the Tokyo bubble era

Chapter 882 Unable to Compete
In the evening, Hideki Hanyu drove an off-road vehicle with Akina Nakamori, leaving Tokyo and entering Kanagawa Prefecture. After driving nearly a hundred kilometers, they finally arrived at his vacation home in Hakone.

After he bought this place, he basically rarely came here.

Fortunately, as long as you are willing to spend money, there are housekeeping companies that come to clean regularly, so even though he arrived suddenly, he doesn't have to worry about not being able to move in.

Moreover, with just a phone call in advance, the housekeeping company had already arranged for a chef to prepare dinner when we checked in, and had filled the hot spring pool in the backyard with fresh water. The service was truly comprehensive.

I can only say that this is the charm of money.

The cost of Hideki Hanyu's visit to Hakone is hundreds of times that of a middle-class family in Tokyo. You can enjoy the services you pay for.

However, because it was already too late when they arrived, Hideki Hanyu did not disturb Yukio Tanaka.

After all, there are old people and young children over there, so it’s better to go to bed early at night.

Besides, apart from vacation, there is really not much nightlife in Hakone.

The only purpose of calling out Yukio Tanaka is to disturb his short reunion with Akina Nakamori.

There is no need to go into details about how to play in the hot spring pool with the beauty and how to spend the night.

Soon, the night passed.

After getting up and having breakfast in the morning, Hideki Hanyu contacted Yukio Tanaka and told him that he had come last night.

Then Yukio Tanaka told Hideki Hanyu that today's birthday party for his daughter would not be held in Hakone, but on a yacht on Lake Ashi.

In this way, Hideki Hanyu went to the shore of Lake Ashi and met with Yukio Tanaka and his family.

When he arrived, Hideki Hanyu found that although Yukio Tanaka had invited him to celebrate his daughter's birthday, there were no other guests.

Apart from Mrs. Tanaka, there was only Yukio Tanaka, his wife Aiko, and their daughter, Hoshigetsu Tanaka.

Although there were few people, the grand ceremony was not small at all. There were butlers, various servants, and other accompanying personnel. At a glance, there were no less than twenty people.

However, for the Tanaka family, such a pomp is normal. After all, the Tanaka family is a traditional wealthy family in Japan.

Moreover, after Hideki Hanyu appeared, both Mrs. Tanaka and Yukio Tanaka trusted Hideki Hanyu very much. Basically, no matter what Hideki Hanyu did, they would firmly support him.

They first founded Uniqlo together, then invested in the mainland, and now they are in charge of AI International for Hideki Hanyu.

All this trust has brought the Tanaka family rewards beyond imagination.

Not to mention Uniqlo and its investments in the mainland, just Ayi International has now relied on a crazy acquisition strategy to grow into a huge global luxury goods company covering clothing, luggage, perfume, beauty, shoes, jewelry, tobacco, alcohol, retail, watches, glasses and other products.

Since its backdoor listing, Ayi International's share price on the Tokyo Stock Exchange has been rising wildly, with its market value exceeding US$5 billion, US$10 billion, and now US$26 billion.

Even in today's stage when the Japanese economic bubble has been punctured and the stock market has been falling continuously, Ayi International is not affected at all. It is one of the few companies in the entire Japanese stock market that has bucked the trend and risen.

After all, the business of Ayi International's brands has not been affected by the economic turmoil in Neon, but has grown rapidly.

Those Japanese women's pursuit of big-name luxury goods has not been restrained at all despite the bad economy.

The situation has even been exacerbated by Japan's increasingly prosperous lending industry.

Even though Hideki Hanyu is well aware that this behavior is like drinking poison to quench thirst and will overdraw the future of Japan.

But what does this have to do with him?

Without him and without AI International, would these Japanese people stop buying luxury goods?

Rather than letting others make the money, it is better to give it to him at a lower price.

As for whether Japan's economy will collapse in the future, how could he, a time traveler, care?

Anyway, the unlucky ones are ordinary Japanese people, and in the end, it is ordinary Japanese people who pay for the consequences of the disaster. It will not affect him, the big capitalist, at all.

Well... out of humanitarian spirit, he could consider playing the role of a sugar daddy and financially supporting the lives of some beautiful Japanese girls.

Those who are capable should work harder, and it is right for him to endure some of the hardship.

Of course, the rapid expansion of AI International also made the Tanaka family leap from an ordinary wealthy family to one of the richest families in Japan.

Both Mrs. Tanaka and Yukio Tanaka knew very well who was responsible for all this.

Therefore, no matter what choices they faced over the years, they always stood on the side of Hideki Hanyu.

Even if Yukio Tanaka goes out to fool around, as long as Hideki Hanyu invites him, Mrs. Tanaka will change her attitude and fully support him.

Therefore, when Hideki Hanyu appeared today, he was immediately welcomed by the Tanaka family.

Even though the person accompanying Hanyu Hideki was Akina Nakamori instead of her distant relative Hitomi Kuroki, who had given birth to a daughter for Hanyu Hideki, Mrs. Tanaka still looked very enthusiastic.

Of course, the four-year-old Tanaka Xingyueye happily let Hanyu Hideki hug her, purely because Hanyu Hideki was good-looking and the little girl liked him as soon as she saw him.

Hideki Hanyu picked up the little girl and said, "Happy birthday! This is your uncle's birthday present to you."

He casually put a gem-encrusted brooch on the little girl's clothes.

Seeing this, Tanaka Aiko, who was following her daughter, hurriedly thanked her, "Thank you, Hanyu-san. You look so beautiful."

Hanyu Hideki said nonchalantly, "It's just a little gadget I designed casually."

"That's so precious!" Tanaka Aiko exclaimed, covering her mouth.

It is not surprising that Aiko Tanaka did this. It is true that a person's reputation is like the shadow of a tree. With Hideki Hanyu's current status, if a jewel brooch that is confirmed to be designed by Hideki Hanyu himself were to enter the market, it would be easy to sell it for tens of thousands of dollars.

Of course, for the wealthy Tanaka family, the price of such a gift is secondary. What is precious is the friendship from Hideki Hanyu that the gift represents.

To put it bluntly, if Tanaka Aiko had not married Tanaka Yukio, no one in her family would be qualified to receive such a gift, let alone her.

"It looks beautiful. My birthday is coming soon. Hanyu-kun, please design one for me. I want a cuff."

When Yukio Tanaka saw his daughter receiving the gift, he came over with a grin on his face.

"No." Hanyu Hideki refused decisively.

"Hey, that's my 40th birthday, it's very memorable."

The way Yukio Tanaka chased after him to ask for it made Xingyueye in Hideki Hanyu's arms giggle.

At this time, the group had arrived at the yacht on the shore of Lake Ashi.

The specially chartered four-deck yacht can normally accommodate nearly a hundred guests, but today it is only serving a four-year-old rich girl who is celebrating her birthday.

Hanyu Hideki was holding Tanaka Hoshigetsu and walking towards the yacht with Nakamori Akina, while complaining to Tanaka Yukio who was following them.

"Since you are almost 40 years old, Yukio-san should think about how to run your business instead of competing with children for birthday presents."

However, Tanaka Yukio said with a nonchalant look, "For this kind of thing, Hanyu-kun is enough. I will do whatever Hanyu-kun tells me to do. And don't I know my abilities? The more you do, the more mistakes you make. If you don't do anything, you won't make any mistakes."

"You...you really have self-awareness!" Hanyu Hideki really didn't know what to say, and in the end could only utter this "compliment".

Upon hearing this, Yukio Tanaka said very proudly.

"It is important for people to know themselves. Knowing yourself is better than overestimating your own abilities. I don't have to worry about money, so why should I follow those idiots who squandered their fortunes to start a business?"

"Huh? What you said makes sense!"

Hanyu Hideki inexplicably felt a sense of recognition for what Tanaka Yukio said.

At this time, they just walked onto the deck of the yacht. Hanyu Hideki put down Tanaka Xingyueye in his arms, and the little girl ran to the front deck.

Mrs. Tanaka, who was walking in front, saw this and turned back to Tanaka Yukio in a bad mood and said, "Stop saying those unmotivated words. Go and look after the child. Aiko is not in good health. Don't let her get tired."

Obviously, Yukio Tanaka's unprogressive remarks just now were also heard by Mrs. Tanaka in front.

Although Mrs. Tanaka is still angry at her son, who is nearly 40 years old and does not fight for it, she probably has no hope anymore.

However, Mrs. Tanaka's last two sentences made Hanyu Hideki hurriedly ask with concern.

"Mrs. Tanaka, what's wrong with Mrs. Aiko?"

Mrs. Tanaka explained with a puzzled look on her face, "Aiko found out she was pregnant last month. Yukio went out with Hanyu-san before, didn't he say he would tell Hanyu-san?"

When she said this, Mrs. Tanaka seemed to have guessed something and immediately glared at her son Tanaka Yukio angrily.

"Yukio, you didn't tell Hanyu-san about Aiko's pregnancy, did you?"

Upon hearing this, Yukio Tanaka, who was chasing his daughter, picked up his daughter and ran towards the back deck, shouting, "The scenery at the back is beautiful. Daddy will take you there."

Then, after running away with her daughter in her arms, she dared to explain from a distance, "Mom, I just forgot by accident!"

Faced with such an unreliable Yukio Tanaka, Mrs. Tanaka was so angry that she was speechless.

And Hideki Hanyu laughed in a very unkind way.

This guy went out that night and as soon as he entered the nightclub he was anxious to get the female host. He looked so anxious that he didn't even remember what to say to her.

In this situation, even Akina Nakamori next to him couldn't help but whisper to Hanyu Hideki, "President Tanaka is really an interesting person."

But Hanyu Hideki smiled and said, "Haha, Akina, don't underestimate Yukio-san. He is actually a very reliable person."

"Really?" Akina Nakamori looked incredulous.

After all, whether it was based on past impressions or from the time we first met until now, Yukio Tanaka's performance had been quite unreliable.

"Of course, at least for me."

Hanyu Hideki's words have profound meaning.

Yukio Tanaka may not be capable, but he is definitely not a fool.

Many times, in many things, Yukio Tanaka sees things more clearly than most people in this world.

At least not everyone can have self-awareness.

The greatest difficulty for people is the inability to see themselves clearly and to admit their own shortcomings.

Yukio Tanaka's lifestyle is somewhat "wise yet foolish".

Hideki Hanyu did not avoid Mrs. Tanaka when he spoke.

Therefore, the next moment, Mrs. Tanaka solemnly said to Hanyu Hideki, "I will trouble you from now on, Hanyu-san."

"Haha, Mrs. Tanaka, you are too polite. Besides, you are in good health now and are in your prime age for career development. You don't need to consider some things too early."

Hanyu Hideki naturally understood that the "later" in Mrs. Tanaka's words definitely did not refer to the next few months, years, or even a specific time.

But after Mrs. Tanaka is unable to work due to health or other reasons, the Tanaka family's business will be taken care of by Hideki Hanyu.

After all, the important industries of the Tanaka family are now deeply tied to Hideki Hanyu. The only ancestral property is now almost negligible due to the sluggish local manufacturing industry in Japan.

With Yukio Tanaka no longer capable of taking on important tasks, Mrs. Tanaka can only rely on Hideki Hanyu to preserve her family business, in addition to hoping for the growth of the next generation.

"Hey……"

Mrs. Tanaka sighed, and then said to Hanyu Hideki, "The ship is about to leave, Hanyu-san, let's find a place to talk."

Mrs. Tanaka must have something important to discuss since she invited Hideki Hanyu like this.

Seeing this, Akina Nakamori next to her consciously made an excuse and said, "Hanyu-kun, I want to go to the upper deck to take a look..."

But before she could finish her words, she felt her hand being grabbed by Hanyu Hideki.

Then I heard Hanyu Hideki say, "No need, Akina can just stay with me."

When these words were spoken, Akina Nakamori was filled with happiness, but Mrs. Tanaka was also a little surprised.

Obviously, Mrs. Tanaka did not expect that Hideki Hanyu would trust Akina Nakamori so much.

But as Hanyu Hideki said to her, "Madam, where shall we go to talk?"

Mrs. Tanaka could only stop thinking about the relationship between Hideki Hanyu and Akina Nakamori and extended her hand in an invitation gesture.

“I had a place prepared for tea inside the boat.

Hanyu-san, please."

A moment later, in the cabin on the third deck, Hideki Hanyu, Akina Nakamori, and Mrs. Tanaka sat around a tea table.

There was no one else except the three of them.

Hideki Hanyu talked with Mrs. Tanaka, while Akina Nakamori served tea to them.

Xiao Pangcai's tea ceremony skills are only mediocre, far less calm and elegant than Naito Haruko. But one is a girl of common origin, and the other is the eldest daughter of a top wealthy family in Japan, so there is really no comparison between the two.

After all, when Naito Haruko was a child and followed her parents to visit wealthy and aristocratic families and learned various etiquette skills, Nakamori Akina was still starving at her own pork stall.

Of course, neither Hideki Hanyu nor Mrs. Tanaka, who were talking at the time, cared about Akina Nakamori's tea ceremony skills.

At this moment, they obviously have more important things to care about than drinking tea.

For example, after the two sat down, before they had even finished their first cup of tea, Mrs. Tanaka opened her mouth and said something that made Hanyu Hideki's expression change drastically.

"Hanyu-san, I feel that I am becoming less and less qualified to be the manager of AI International."

(End of this chapter)