Traveling through the Tokyo bubble era

Chapter 964 My Words Are the Rules
The person who dared to barge into a meeting of Fuji Television board members without prior notice was none other than Hideki Hanyu.

With the sound, Hideki Hanyu walked into the room.

In the conference room, the shareholders who were originally making a ruckus all changed their expressions and immediately shut up when they saw that the person who came was Hideki Yuzuru. The noise stopped abruptly.

As Hideki Hanyu walked step by step toward the conference table, some people looked surprised, some avoided eye contact, and some could not hide their fear.

As for Gang Haoyi, he was overjoyed, knowing that the person who would support him had finally arrived.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone with their varied expressions, Hideki Hanyu finally walked to the seat at the head of the table.

And sitting here was none other than the chairman and meeting chair, Hiroaki Shikauchi.

Compared to others, Hiroaki Shikauchi was much calmer when facing Hideki Hanyu.

Although he married into the Shikauchi family, he became the family's official heir after the death of his wife's older brother, Shikauchi Haruo.

Moreover, his ability to marry into the family proves that he is quite capable; otherwise, he would not have gained his father-in-law's approval.

The Shikauchi family is one of the founders of the Fuji Sankei Group and is now in charge of the group.

Although Fuji Sankei Group's business is far inferior to Hideki Hanyu's, Hiroaki Shikauchi, as a direct descendant of a long-established wealthy and powerful family, has his own confidence.
Unlike the others in the conference room, who were merely representatives of various factions and were terrified when Hideki Yuzuru appeared, he was not like them.

Looking at Hideki Hanyu who walked up to him, Hiroaki Shikauchi slowly spoke.

"President Yuzuru, if I remember correctly, you are not a member of the board of directors of Fuji Television, nor do you work for Fuji Television, so please do not disturb our normal meeting."

"Ha ha!"

Hideki Hanyu seemed amused by Hiroaki Shikauchi's words. After laughing, he looked at Shikauchi and deliberately asked, "What are you going to do with me if I don't leave?"

Hiroaki Shikauchi said in a serious tone, "President Yuzuru, I have made it very clear that you have no right to interfere in the affairs of Fuji Television."

"I'm not qualified?"

Hideki Hanyu asked himself in surprise, then looked at Hiroaki Shikauchi's seat and clicked his tongue, "Does sitting in this chair make me qualified?"

Hiroaki Shikauchi said calmly, "It has nothing to do with the chair, because I am the chairman, and you are not."

This time, Hideki Hanyu didn't respond to Hiroaki Shikauchi's words. Instead, he pointed at Hiroaki Shikauchi and turned to give instructions to the bodyguards following behind him.

"Throw him out!"

When Hideki Hanyu said this, everyone in the conference room was shocked. They never expected that Hideki Hanyu would act so simply and brutally.

Even Koichi Minato didn't expect that Hideki Yuzuru would support him so much. Before the matter was even discussed, he had his bodyguards throw the current chairman out.

This kind of operation is probably unprecedented in the history of modern Japanese corporations.

At the same time, seeing several imposing bodyguards walking towards him, Hiroaki Shikauchi could no longer maintain his previous calm demeanor.

Pointing at Hideki Hanyu, he shouted, "Hideki Hanyu! What do you think you're doing! How dare you lay a hand on me! I'm the chairman of Fuji Television! You damned country bumpkin! I..."

Snapped!
Before the guy could finish his sentence, Marco slapped Hiroaki Shikauchi hard across the face.

With just one slap, this pampered son-in-law was left dizzy and bleeding from the corner of his mouth. He couldn't even distinguish east from west, north from south, up from down, left from right, when the bodyguards dragged him away.

Inside the conference room, the board representatives who witnessed everything were trembling with fear, sweating profusely. Some were stunned, while others bowed their heads in submission, all afraid of being implicated.

After all, the board of directors was a place of power struggles, backstabbing, and verbal sparring, and each of them was very experienced. But they had never seen Hideki Yuzuru so blunt and direct before.

Hideki Hanyu's actions instantly made these guys realize the truth.

They realized that the young and handsome Hideki Hanyu, who looked even more like an idol than any idol, was actually a powerful figure that none of them could afford to offend.

Not to mention them, even the forces behind them were powerless to resist.

So, as Hiroaki Shikauchi was slapped by Marco and then lifted up by bodyguards and thrown out of the conference room, no one dared to stand up and say a word.

After Hideki Hanyu and the others were led away by Hiroaki Shikauchi, he slowly pointed to the chair that Hiroaki Shikauchi had sat in and gave instructions to his secretary, Kobayashi.

"Change the chair; I find it disgusting that an idiot sat on it."

After Secretary Kobayashi changed the chair as instructed, Hideki Yuzuru casually sat down.

He looked down at all the board representatives sitting around the conference table and said in an unquestionable tone.

"Now that I am sitting here, from this moment on, I am the chairman of the board of directors of Fuji Television."

Of course, I am a very democratic person, and anyone who has different opinions about my appointment as president can raise them now.

The delegates thought to themselves, "If you dare to lay a hand on Hiroaki Shikauchi, who among us would dare to have a different opinion?"

Everyone fell silent, but Hong Haoyi seized the opportunity to fawn over him, loudly proclaiming, "It is the will of the people that Mr. Yuzuru Hanyu serves as the chairman of the board of directors of Fuji Television, and of course we have no objection to it."

No sooner had Koichi Minami finished speaking than a voice rang out, "We certainly have no objection to Mr. Yuzuru becoming chairman, but we hope that Mr. Yuzuru will respect the rules of the Fuji Television board of directors and take office as chairman in a reasonable and compliant manner."

Upon hearing this, everyone looked surprised, thinking that after what had just happened, who would be so reckless as to provoke Hideki Yuzuru?

Everyone, including Hideki Hanyu, turned their attention to the speaker.

He was a middle-aged man in his forties, wearing black-rimmed glasses, with an ordinary appearance and an arrogant expression. He seemed to have something to rely on and was not too afraid of Hideki Hanyu.

Secretary Kobayashi immediately whispered in Hideki Hanyu's ear, "Chairman, his name is Hirohiko Harada, and he is the representative of a foreign-controlled fund."

At the same time, Koichi Minato retorted, "Director Harada, you are only attending the meeting as an observer and are not qualified to participate in the management of Fuji Television!"

According to Japan's Broadcasting Law, foreign ownership of shares in Japan's terrestrial wireless television media cannot exceed 20%.

Moreover, even within the restricted share, foreign investors only enjoy the right to dividends and cannot interfere with the internal operations and program content production of the television station.

Regardless of whether the board of directors was under pressure from foreign investors in private, at least on the surface, Hong Haoyi spoke with confidence.

Besides, these foreign investors had spoken up for the original management team quite a bit before, and Hong Kong Hao Yi also didn't have a good impression of them.

After learning about this guy's background, Hideki Hanyu finally understood where the guy's arrogant confidence came from.

Western-style dogs are very common in Japan.

The comprador class in Japan is equally rampant, and they are not ashamed of it, but rather proud of it, feeling superior to others in Japan.

It's fair to say that Fuji Television's board of directors is a complete mess, and it's no wonder that after a brief period of glory, it quickly descended into chaos.

Even after the rise of the Korean Wave, they deliberately invited trouble, which led to heavy criticism from the Japanese media and the public, and then caused all sorts of scandals and troubles.

It seems that simply consolidating the opinions within Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) is not enough. Using power to suppress dissent can only provide temporary relief. We still need to learn from another timeline, gain absolute control of NHK, and then completely delist it.

After all, he didn't have time to mince words with these monsters and demons, wasting his time and energy fighting over trivial matters.

Upon learning of this guy's background, Hideki Hanyu immediately showed a disdainful sneer.

“A loyal dog kept by foreign investors dares to bark at me. Throw him out and, effective today, disqualify foreign investors from attending board meetings.”

As soon as Hideki Yuzuru finished speaking, the bodyguards immediately began to move.

As Harada Hirohiko saw several bodyguards approaching him, he became furious and wanted to adopt the demeanor of a foreign investor to give Hanyu Hideki a good scolding.

But as the words were about to come out, he seemed to think of Hiroaki Shikauchi's fate, and his tone suddenly changed to an angry complaint.

"I am the foreign investment representative! You have violated the investment agreement and the rules of the board of directors!"

Hideki Yuzuru leaned back, speaking in a calm yet incredibly arrogant tone.

"From this moment on, my words are the rules!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Hideki Hanyu exuded an aura of power, and the entire conference room fell silent; no one dared to utter another word.

After a moment of silence, Hideki Hanyu spoke again, "What was the agenda for today's meeting?"

Hong Hao quickly replied, "It was I who submitted the TV station's reform proposal to the board of directors."

"Then tell me, let me hear it too."

As soon as Hideki Hanyu said this, Koichi Minato immediately began to report, not about the new proposals, but about all the proposals that had been rejected by the board of directors, starting from the beginning.

Upon hearing this, a representative from the board of directors wanted to remind Hideki Hanyu that the proposal had been rejected, but seeing how attentively Hanyu was listening, he had no choice but to swallow his words.

After Hong Haoyi briefly explained the first proposal, Yu Sheng Hideki quickly reviewed the detailed proposal and learned that it was a proposal about regulating the power of management and preventing management from abusing their power to bully or infringe on the rights of employees or external personnel.

It's clear that Koichi Minato really wants to reshape Fuji Television's atmosphere, reform its shortcomings, and change Fuji Television from the inside out.

However, while the proposal was good, it set the bar too high, took too big a step, lacked implementation steps, and did not set phased goals, as if it wanted to get fat in one bite.

Moreover, Hideki Hanyu was well aware that Japanese companies were influenced by social traditions and remnants of feudal culture, making it impossible for them to completely change their customs.

Hong Hao-yi was full of enthusiasm, but his reforms were destined to fail and end in failure.

Furthermore, Hideki Hanyu doesn't care at all whether Fuji Television can improve in this regard; after all, it's the Japanese who are the ones who suffer.

What he cared about was that Fuji Television shouldn't suffer a scandal like Hiromasa Nakai's in later years because of these ridiculous things, which would affect the station's revenue and influence, and consequently, his interests.

Therefore, Gang Haoyi's proposal must be revised.

Therefore, Hideki Hanyu immediately expressed his opinion and pointed out the problems in the proposal in detail.

However, Hideki Hanyu's earnest instruction and Koichi Minato's humble acceptance of it aroused strange thoughts in some people in the conference room.

Some people believe that Hideki Hanyu also does not approve of Koichi Minato's proposal.

Their previous opposition suddenly found an excuse.

Thinking of this, some people took the opportunity to boldly express their opinions.

"President Hanyu, I think what you said makes a lot of sense. It was precisely because of these issues that we rejected President Koichi Minato's proposal this morning."

Upon hearing this, Hideki Yuzuru turned his gaze to the speaker.

Secretary Kobayashi immediately whispered in his ear about the man's information.

Upon hearing this, Hideki Yuzuru immediately wore a self-deprecating smile.

"Heh! Although I had anticipated that temporary teammates wouldn't be reliable, I didn't expect you guys to be this unreliable."

He said this because the person speaking to him was neither an original investor in Fuji Television, nor from Fuji Sankei Group, nor from any other Japanese force.

Instead, he was a board representative from Nippon Broadcasting.

To be precise, it was a board representative recommended by a partner investor who had recently joined him in acquiring Neon Broadcasting.

These guys had barely finished cooperating when they were already feigning compliance at the Fuji Television board meeting, vying for power with Koichi Minami, whom he had sent.

This behavior is really...

Hideki Hanyu suddenly recalled a few comments.

Knowing minor etiquette but lacking in greater principles, being bound by trivialities but lacking in great virtue, valuing minor details but disregarding integrity and shame, fearing power but not cherishing virtue...

The way our ancestors described this nation and its people was absolutely spot on!
The speaker was taken aback by what Hideki Hanyu said and before he could react, he saw Hideki Hanyu instruct his assistant to place a document in front of him and several other board representatives.

The people whose documents were placed there were all investor representatives from Nippon Broadcasting System (NHK).

"What does President Yuzuru mean by this?" someone asked cautiously.

"This is the document from Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) to dismiss the representative of your Fuji Television board of directors. We didn't want to get rid of you so soon, but you guys are just too annoying."

Hideki Hanyu's tone betrayed his disgust.

Upon hearing this, one of the representatives whose documents were placed on the table immediately shouted, "President Yuzuru, you have no right to do this!"

Hideki Yuzuru shook his finger. "No, I do."

Immediately, other representatives pointed to the document and said, "But there aren't even any signatures on it!" "It's just that your names aren't signed," someone replied.

Hideki Yuzuru said impatiently, looking at the group, "Now I'll give you two choices."

The first option is for you to sign the document yourselves and then leave this place with dignity.

The second option is for my people to sign for you, and then throw you out.

Seeing that the group still wouldn't move, Hideki Yuzuru tapped the table and said, "My patience is limited. Since you don't want to be dignified, then I'll help you be dignified."

Hideki Hanyu waved his hand, and the bodyguards behind him prepared to move.

When the group realized that Hideki Yuzuru was serious and had no regard for their previous working relationship, they had no choice but to obediently sign and stamp the documents in order to avoid being thrown out. They left the meeting room indignantly.

Hideki Yuzuru didn't even bother to look at their reactions. He planned to deal with not only the representatives, but also the investors who had previously joined forces with him.

After all, how can they push for the delisting of Japan Broadcasting Corporation without consolidating their power?

As long as neon broadcasting remains in the market, Fuji Television's problem of being a small but large entity will never be resolved.

Now that he is in charge, we must completely eliminate any potential risks.

As for those investors, if they know what's good for them, they should obediently accept his high-priced buyback and leave with the cash-out profits.

If you don't know what's good for you, then don't blame Hideki Yuzuru for being ruthless.

Even without resorting to underhanded methods, he has plenty of ways to deal with those guys.

As for whether doing this will lead to others accusing them of refusing to acknowledge the debt and turning their backs on them, that is a concern.

Having already accomplished something significant, why would he care about such things?

After the others left, Hideki Yuzuru looked at the empty chairs and then at the Sekimoto sisters who had followed him into the meeting room.

"Xia Mei, Hui Mei, you two choose seats and sit down. From today onwards, you will be the new board representatives of Japan Broadcasting Corporation."

"Koichi-san, I'll promote them to executive directors later."

Upon hearing Hideki Hanyu's arrangement, the Sekimoto sisters couldn't hide their joy.

In just one day, they jumped from department management to the board of directors and were promoted to executive directors. This speed of promotion can only be described as rocket-like.

Seeing that the Sekimoto sisters had already sat down, Hideki Yuzuru felt that there were still quite a few empty seats, so he pointed to his secretary Kobayashi next to him.

"You can sit down too."

"I?"

Secretary Kobayashi pointed to herself in disbelief.

She knew very well that it wasn't just a simple seat; it represented a seat on the board of directors of Nippon Broadcasting System, a will directed against Fuji Television's parent company, and the power to control Fuji Television.

In fact, not only was Secretary Kobayashi incredulous, but everyone else in the meeting room was also surprised by Hideki Hanyu's decision.

They glanced furtively at Hideki Hanyu first, then at Secretary Kobayashi.

Seeing Secretary Kobayashi in her office lady uniform, young and beautiful with a graceful figure, and then thinking of Hideki Hanyu's reputation as a playboy.

Everyone immediately had an expression of sudden realization.

Even Koichi Minami was incredibly puzzled. When did his secretary become involved with Hideki Hanyu? How come he had no idea?

Or perhaps, Secretary Kobayashi has always been Hideki Hanyu's man, a spy planted by Hideki Hanyu beside him?

Thinking of this, Gang Hao wanted to hug Hideki Hanyu's leg and cry out in grievance. He was loyal to Hideki Hanyu, as heaven and earth could bear witness, and he had absolutely no ulterior motives. How could Hideki Hanyu doubt him?

Hideki Hanyu was naturally unaware of Koichi Minato's rich inner world.

He simply looked at Secretary Kobayashi and said, "Of course, if you don't want to, then forget it."

"I do! I do!"

How could Secretary Kobayashi possibly miss such an opportunity to rise to the top?

After she finished speaking hastily, she quickly found an empty seat and sat down, as if afraid that Hideki Yuzuru might change his mind.

Hideki Hanyu simply smiled upon seeing this.

The position of a representative may seem important to outsiders, but to him it means nothing at all.

For a "strongman" like him, what matters in that position is not ability, but being obedient enough.

In any case, he can make these people rise or fall with just a word.

If his plan goes smoothly and Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) is successfully delisted, then the future board of directors of Fuji Television will become a one-man show that he can manipulate at will.

Who sits in the representative position becomes completely irrelevant.

"Alright, three people representing Japan Broadcasting is enough. Let's continue the meeting."

After Hideki Hanyu finished speaking, no one dared to object.

After all, after Hideki Hanyu appeared, he first threw out Chairman Hiroaki Shikauchi, then drove away the foreign investment representative Hirohiko Harada, and just now even replaced the representative sent by the partners.

With such repeated examples of making an example of someone to deter others, it would be strange if anyone else dared to have any objections.

As the meeting continued, the normal meeting rhythm became as follows.

Koichi Minato presented his proposal, Hideki Hanyu raised questions, Koichi Minato made revisions, and finally Hideki Hanyu looked at everyone and spoke.

"Now let's vote on this proposal."

I'll vote first. I agree. You can begin.

Everyone looked at each other, thinking, "If you, the big boss, have agreed, how dare we object?"

Then, led by the Sekibone sisters and Secretary Kobayashi, everyone raised their hands in unison to agree.

Even so, the meeting still lasted a very long time.

Because for almost every proposal from Koichi Minato, Hideki Hanyu would offer some suggestions for revision.

While Hideki Hanyu supports Koichi Minato, he also doesn't want Fuji Television to become unconventional.

As I said before, as long as you appear glamorous on the surface and don't go too far in private, that's enough. In any case, the Japanese will suffer the consequences, whether it's good or bad.

Moreover, if the changes are too drastic, it will be inconvenient for him to "take advantage" of any female anchor he fancys in the future.

The meeting didn't end until evening.

The Guan sisters were anxious to catch up on the work that had been delayed by the meeting.

As for Hideki Hanyu, due to his role as interim chairman, he had to sit in Hiroaki Shikauchi's office to sign the series of proposals that had just been passed.

While I was busy, I suddenly heard Gang Haoyi knocking on the door from outside.

After granting permission for the other party to enter, Hideki Yuzuru pointed to the documents in front of him and said...

"Come pick it up tomorrow; I still need to make some changes."

"Okay, President."

Hong Hao agreed, and seeing that only Yu Sheng Hideki was in the conference room, he casually asked, "I just asked Secretary Kobayashi to pick up some documents, why isn't she here?"

Hideki Hanyu replied, "There were too many documents, so I let her go home first."

"Is that so?"

Koichi found it strange, thinking that even if Hideki Yuzuru asked his secretary Kobayashi to leave work, as his secretary, she should have informed him first.

Seeing this, Hideki Yuzuru waved his hand as if in a hurry and said, "Alright, I have to go now. You can go home if you don't have anything else to do."

"Yes, Chairman, then I'll take my leave now."

After finishing speaking, Gang Hao left the office, closed the door, and departed.

The moment the door closed, Hideki Yuzuru leaned back, exhaled heavily, and suddenly relaxed.

The next moment, a figure emerged from under the desk in front of Hideki Hanyu.

Wearing a business suit dress, young and beautiful, with a graceful figure, who else could it be but Secretary Kobayashi?

At this moment, Secretary Kobayashi looked at Hideki Yuzuru with a charming gaze and swallowed hard.

Then the scumbag lifted her chin and gave her a comment.

"You did a great job, I really like it."

Secretary Kobayashi said sweetly, "I'm just thanking the chairman for his help."

"Hehe, I also really appreciate your thanks."

Hideki Yuzuru recalled that after Kobayashi's secretary was sent by Koichi Minato, she subtly gave him various hints, expressing her gratitude for his help.

The scumbag, burning with lust, went along with it, and the other person crawled under the desk.

After all, even if I express my gratitude, it shouldn't interfere with his work.

Seeing his secretary Kobayashi begin to tidy her clothes, Hideki Yuzuru put down his pen and instructed, "Go and call Natsumi Sekimoto and Megumi Sekimoto to see me."

Upon hearing this, Secretary Kobayashi deliberately leaned closer and asked, "Isn't it enough for the chairman to have me with him from now on?"

Hideki Yuzuru touched the other person's pretty face and said, "First come, first served, understand? I'll contact you another day."

"President, you must keep your word."

Secretary Kobayashi knew when to stop, and walked out after finishing speaking.

However, when they reached the door, he suddenly turned around and said to Hideki Hanyu.

"President, my name is Yuko Kobayashi."

"I remember."

Hideki Hanyu spoke as usual, showing no shame whatsoever for having tricked someone without even knowing their name.

All I can say is that after the America Yacht Club gathering, the transformed Hideki Hanyu took the final step towards becoming a complete scumbag.

However, upon hearing this name, Hideki Hanyu inexplicably thought of actress Yuko Tanaka, with whom he had a few nights' encounters.

Judging by the time, the other person seems to be thirty-five years old, which is a mature and charming age.

Most importantly, it seems that the other party got married last year.

For a scumbag, this is a plus.

Just as Hideki Hanyu's thoughts were wandering due to his heightened desires, the Sekimoto sisters arrived at the office.

Emi, the younger sister, grabbed Hideki Hanyu's arm and said with eyes full of admiration, "Hyuyu-san was so impressive in the conference room just now!"

Hideki Hanyu asked with a smile, "When have I ever stopped being imposing?"

As he spoke, the scumbag put his other arm around his sister, Xia Mei.

"Come on, let's go home. I'll show you what real power is."

(End of this chapter)