In May 1982, Hideki Hanyu had a lot of work schedules.

As a result, Xiao Mingcai made his debut at the beginning of the month, he ran to refuel in the rain, made himself sick, and delayed resting at home for a few days.

caused his girlfriend Hitomi Kuroki to take leave to come to Tokyo to accompany him, and after returning to Takarazuka City, he was criticized by the opera troupe.

If it weren't for the protection of the earth Mao, the road to the chief maiden would probably be broken.

And after he got better, he quickly put himself into work.

Because whether it is a writer or a picture on the cloud, there are still a lot of things waiting for him.

On the writer's side, May is the peak of the awards in the neon children's literature industry.

At the beginning of the month, I met Empress Xiangchun and received the Sankei Children's Publishing Culture Award, which was just the beginning.

This is followed by the Kodansha Picture Book Prize, which, as the name suggests, is an award organized by Kodansha.

Even if they belong to different publishers, the award must have Hideki Hanyu's name.

After all, throughout 1981, Hideki Hanyu was a rookie picture book writer who could never get around.

After participating in the Kodansha Picture Book Prize, Hideki Hanyu went to receive another award non-stop.

'Picture Book Neon Reward'.

Founded by the Mainichi Shimbun in the early 60s, the award was later renamed the 'Neon Picture Book Award' in 1995, which is the highest honor in the neon picture book industry.

With such an award, Hideki Hanyu naturally couldn't be left behind, and it was no surprise that he won the big award.

In addition to these two more important awards, there are other awards such as the Iwatani Xiaobo Literary Award and the Neon Children's Literature Pioneer Award.

Hideki Hanyu couldn't take the time to collect the award, so he had to let Eri Kitahara collect it on his behalf.

Because as "Love, Home" is getting closer and closer to its release, the publicity has also begun to become intensive.

Although he is an original author, he does not need to appear too often.

But it's a pity that the protagonists are all amateurs, and they really can't drive attention, and he can't do it if he doesn't come out to promote.

Fortunately, after all, it is an adaptation of the best-selling original book, and some of it is hot, at least you don't have to worry about the first wave of box office.

When the word-of-mouth of the movie spreads, there is no need to be so busy in the long run.

After all, if a neon movie is released, the basic cycle is more than three months.

It is not surprising that those with a good box office stay in theaters for more than half a year, even if they are the leading actors, it is impossible to promote them for such a long time.

And while Hideki Hanyu was busy with publicity, the time came on May 13, 1982.

On this day, Hideki Hanyu rushed to the cloud early in the morning to screen the picture and began to discuss the promotion of "Love, Home" with the publicity team.

Also auditing were Akina Nakamori and the publicity team.

is about to be released, and the music video of the theme song "Future" will also be officially broadcast on TV stations, and Akina Nakamori as the lead singer naturally has to cooperate with the promotion.

It's been almost two weeks since Akina Nakamori's debut, although under a series of operations on cloud arts, I have attracted a lot of attention.

Yesterday, I relied on the help of Koichi Minato.,I went to 'Night HIT' and brushed my face twice.。

But helplessly, the sales of the debut song "Slow Motion" have always been tepid.

Originally, in the circle, I watched the cloud show and painted various means to push people, and some people wanted to make moves behind their backs and do bad things.

Seeing that Akina Nakamori's records were selling so ordinarily, everyone immediately gave up these ideas and began to laugh at the pictures on the clouds.

Everyone in the circle is talking about the pictures released on the cloud, saying that they have worked so hard to come up with such an idol who can't sell records.

The firms that competed with Yunshang Arts for Akina Nakamori before also began to rejoice at this time, and they were glad that Yunying helped them try the water.

They feel that Warner Pioneer has spent so much money, and it is Los Angeles to record and shoot overseas.

And Yunshang Performing Arts still made such a big battle, but it didn't win it, if it was put in their hands, the sales of this single would only be even worse.

Influenced by the outside world, Akina Nakamori's team also wanted to take advantage of the popularity of "Love, Go Home" to help Akina Nakamori promote it again.

After all, the film promotion team has industry giants like Shochiku Pictures, and the resources they can bring are definitely incomparable to them.

"Hanyu-sensei is going to Tetsuko's room next, and we have already communicated well, and we will try to promote the movie as much as possible when the time comes, and there is ......"

"As for the itinerary over there, it still has to be determined based on the feedback after the music video is broadcast in the future."

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As the head of the publicity team, Shimadzu Kiyoshi is making arrangements for the publicity work.

At the end of the meeting, Shimazu Kiyoshi politely said to Hideki Hanyu, "Mr. Hanyu, I'm going to trouble you with this publicity. ”

It's not okay to be rude, Hideki Hanyu has brushed up on the big and small awards in the neon children's literature industry in less than a week.

Outside the circle, you may not realize anything, but you just feel that Hideki Hanyu keeps appearing on the list of winners in news reports, and her popularity has increased.

But it is very clear in the circle that this young writer, who has just debuted for more than a year, has once again raised his status in the industry by more than a point.

"Shimadzu Productions doesn't have to be polite, after all, this is a film adapted by me, and it is also appropriate to participate in the promotion."

Of course, this is just a scene for everyone, and he is the majority shareholder of Yunyinghua.

The higher the box office of "Love, Home", the higher his income, how can he not care.

However, he has won so many awards recently, and he has been brushed too high all of a sudden.

Therefore, no matter how much you want to make money in your heart, you still have to maintain your demeanor in public, and you can't keep talking about money.

Bidding farewell to Shimazu Kiyoshi, he prepares to leave the cloud to perform paintings.

Relying on the serialization of "Saint Seiya", the sales of "Weekly Shonen Sunday" have climbed one after another, and the latest issue is already approaching three million.

Recently, "Saint Seiya" has been the hottest topic in the neon comic industry, and as a comic script writer, he has naturally attracted the attention of many people.

However, many people value the benefits of this comic more than these concerns.

With the theme of bloody battles and a variety of gorgeous holy clothes, no matter how you look at it, "Saint Seiya" has the potential to be a big seller in the peripherals.

Among these people, Bandai in particular was the most enthusiastic.

Bandai and Toei Animation are ready to package all peripheral licenses and animation shooting rights, and the cooperation application has been submitted to Constellation Culture several times.

But Hideki Hanyu was either sick or busy receiving the award, which postponed the cooperation meeting of the constellation culture several times.

Over there, seeing that "Saint Seiya" is becoming more and more popular, a lot of yen is waving at them, and they don't know how many times they have been urging.

Hanyu Hideki couldn't help being urged, so he finally found some time today and made an appointment to meet in the afternoon to discuss the development of the peripherals of "Saint Seiya".

But before Hanyu Hideki left, he was hurriedly stopped by Shota Yoshioka.

"What's wrong?"

Hideki Hanyu was taken by Shota Yoshioka all the way to Asako Hirohashi's office and asked suspiciously.

"Let's let Asako-san say it."

"Asako-san, what the hell happened?" Hideki Hanyu is a little strange.

Asako Hirohashi said, "It's about Akina Nakamori. ”

"Akina-chan, what's wrong with her, didn't she go to Yokohama Station to participate in the show?"

"It's not him, it's her family."

As soon as Asako Hirohashi said this, Hideki Hanyu immediately remembered what kind of people in Akina Nakamori's family were, and tried to ask.

"It can't be that Mingcai-chan's family is asking for money, right?"

"It's not asking for money, but it's pretty much the same."

Asako Hirohashi said and began to explain.

"I thought that Ming Cai Sauce's income would be high in the future, and paying taxes would be a big problem, so I wanted to help Ming Cai Sauce register a personal office to avoid taxes."

"Isn't that great?"

"But the problem is that because of her age, Akina-chan needs the consent of her family to set up an office, so we went to her family, but her mother wanted all her family members to arrange a job and receive a salary after the office was established."

Speaking of this, Asako Hirohashi showed a ridiculous expression.

"Hehe, Mingcai-chan has just made her debut, do they think Mingcai-chan has made a lot of money? I thought that mother loved Akina-chan so much, but she said such things. Shota Yoshioka sneered and mocked.

"I asked someone to inquire, and the father of Ming Cai-chan took the money for the contract before, and it seems that he went to engage in some financial investment, but he lost everything. Even the newly bought car was sold. ”

Asako Hirohashi shook her head helplessly when she said this, and she also felt that Akina Nakamori's family was too bad.

"It is estimated that the family has seen that Mingcai-chan has attracted a lot of attention recently, and thinks that Mingcai-chan is already a big star, but they don't know that Warner Pioneer is dying of sales of Mingcai-chan in Nakamori, and they are already considering taking the green route again."

Shota Yoshioka snorted coldly when he heard this, "It's useless to tell them this, they think that Akina Nakamori is going to become famous, and they will definitely make a lot of money, but their own lives haven't changed yet, and they can't wait." ”

"But the money we gave us when we signed the contract was able to live for several years even if we didn't work in Tokyo, but it was spent in less than half a year." Asako Hirohashi was also speechless about that family.

My father is a rotten person, my brothers and sisters are all unproductive, and my mother is a soft-eared and eccentric person, and my family comes to Akina Nakamori for money when she asks for money.

Akina Nakamori lives in her house, and she knows that Akina Nakamori's salary for the first few months is all managed by her mother.

But as a result, the mother got the money on the front foot, and the back foot was distributed to the family.

said that he loved Akina Nakamori, but in fact, his favorite was a few other children.

When faced with the choice between one and five, I chose five with peace of mind, completely ignoring the feelings of which one.

After listening to the words of the two, Hideki Hanyu, who was pulled in, knew what was going on, but he was not surprised at all.

After all, in the previous life, Akina Nakamori's family had done more bizarre things than this, and now it can only be regarded as a normal operation.

"In this case, the personal office will not be done for now, anyway, Mingcai-chan can't use the income now, as for Mingcai-chan's family affairs, let's not worry about it for the time being."

Hearing Hideki Hanyu's words, Shota Yoshioka was a little worried, "If we don't care, relying on Akina-chan to handle it ourselves will only be worse, and it will definitely affect the work." ”

"I mean don't worry about it for the time being, let's look at the situation first, when it's so bad that Mingcai-chan can't handle it, don't forget the terms attached to the contract we signed with Mingcai-chan."

Hideki Hanyu, who had long expected this to happen, couldn't have prepared in advance.

"So Hanyu-san expected this to happen at that time?"

Asako Hirohashi remembered that the article that Hanyu Hideki had asked to add at the beginning, the firm had the right to help Akina Nakamori manage her finances.

"Yes, when I asked Iijima-san to investigate, I knew what Akina-chan's family was like, and I prepared it in advance, but I didn't expect it to be really possible."

"Then do as Hanyu-san says." Asako Hirohashi made a decision.

Saying goodbye to Asako Hirohashi and Shota Yoshioka, Hideki Hanyu continues to the Shogakukan.

In the afternoon, in the conference room of the Shogakukan building, a meeting on the development of the surrounding area of "Saint Seiya" was ready to be held.

Representatives of the four shareholders of Constellation Culture, who are responsible for the copyright operation of "Saint Seiya", began to appear one after another.

Naturally, the host Shogakukan was the first to arrive, and their representatives were Naoaki Yagyu, the head of the business department, and Gennori Kumagai, a senior screenwriter at Weekly Shonen Sunday.

Hitotsubashi Publishing Group didn't pay much attention to the meeting and just sent a representative to attend.

Shueisha saw that the sales of "Weekly Shonen Sunday" were getting better and better, but they wanted to take the lead in the copyright operation.

But helplessly, as long as Shogakukan doesn't want to turn his face with Hideki Hanyu, he will definitely support Hideki Hanyu in the copyright operation of "Saint Seiya".

So Shueisha can only watch "Weekly Shonen Sunday" sell well, anxious but helpless.

The last shareholder to arrive at the meeting was Hideki Hanyu.

As soon as he entered the venue, the representatives present stood up to greet him.

In addition to the fact that he has been brushing too much recently, it is the relationship between him and the boss of cloud culture.

After all, everyone sent representatives, and only the boss of Cloud Culture came in person.

Hideki Hanyu felt that as there were more and more things in the cloud culture, he still had to find a manager for the cloud film.

Otherwise, he has to deal with everything, and he, the boss, will be exhausted.

And this meeting, in addition to several shareholders of Constellation Culture, there were also clubs interested in the surrounding cooperation of "Saint Seiya".

The first to arrive was the representatives of Bandai.

As Neon's most famous entertainment club, Bandai has always been a partner of Hitotsubashi Publishing Group, and this time it is also full of confidence in winning the peripheral rights of "Saint Seiya".

However, Bandai is not short of competitors, after all, Bandai is not the only one who can see the potential of Saint Seiya.

Sony's Aniplex Co., Ltd., also known as ANX, was also present at the meeting.

Backed by Sony Entertainment, ANX is rich in resources, but it doesn't mind having one more "Saint Seiya".

Closely following Sony, there is also a club that is interested in cooperating.

As soon as the representative of the other party entered the door, Reiko Uemura, an assistant who was sitting next to Hideki Hanyu, immediately told Hideki Hanyu about this club.

Compared with the first two giants, the last club to arrive at the scene was completely a small shrimp to try their luck.

It was founded in 1977 by its founder, Yasushi Matsuda, and it has only been five years since then.

Originally called Hoyoei Industrial Co., Ltd., the company was headquartered in Tanashi and sounded less like an entertainment company than a real estate company.

At the beginning of its establishment, Yasushi Matsuda hugged the thigh of Hayao Nakayama, the big man who would later buy Sega, and made copycat game arcades while operating imported jukeboxes.

But after a few years, Matsuda Yasushi found that he couldn't make money by making small fights, so he moved the headquarters of the club to Nakano District, Tokyo this year, wanting to develop further.

In addition to relocating the headquarters, Yasushi Matsuda also changed the name of the original Horong Industrial company to Coreland Technology Co., Ltd., making the company more like a game and entertainment company.

Hideki Hanyu looked at the information of Coreland Technology Co., Ltd., which his assistant Reiko Uemura handed him, and found the logo of the other party, which looked like glasses.

He suddenly remembered that this was not the "glasses factory" that was at its peak in later generations.

In Hanyu's memory, the company moved its headquarters to Tokyo and changed its name, but it was still developing very well.

It wasn't until 1983 that Hayao Nakayama acquired Sega, and Yasushi Matsuda got on the big ship of Sega by virtue of his relationship with Hayao Nakayama, and only then did he help Sega make games, and his development improved a little.

It's a pity that his own strength is still limited, and he can't help Thighs Sega fight Nintendo, and is gradually abandoned by Sega.

By 1989, the 'optical factory' had a debt of 1.5 billion yuan and was on the verge of bankruptcy, and was partially acquired by Bandai.

Then, through Bandai's IP injection, the "Glasses Factory" once became brilliant, and the famous "Machine Battle" was the work of the "Glasses Factory".

The "optical factory" relies on Bandai's IP authorization to mix in peripheral fields such as figures and toys.

"Dragon Ball", "One Piece", "Crayon Shin-chan" and other well-known manga figure toys are produced and distributed by him.

At its peak, it was even known as the three major brands of neon figure toys with Bandai and Sony ANX.

However, Bandai's rescue of the 'optical factory' is not for poverty alleviation.

After rescuing the 'optical factory' and helping it go public, Bandai completely completed the acquisition of it.

Then, after squeezing enough profits, Bandai gradually dismembered and annexed the 'optical factory'.

Finally, in 2019, the 'optical factory' was completely dissolved by Bandai and all of them were merged into Bandai.

The "glasses factory", which was once at the peak of the field of figurine-made toys, has finally become history.

"Hanyu-sensei, when we first met, I was Yasushi Matsuda, the president of Coreland Technology Co., Ltd."

While Hideki Hanyu was pondering information about the "Optical Factory", the representative of the "Optical Factory" came up to greet him and handed him a business card.

Hanyu Hideki didn't expect that this representative turned out to be Yasushi Matsuda, the president of the "Glasses Factory".

"President Matsuda, it's a pleasure to meet you."

Hanyu Hideki looked at Matsuda Yasushi in front of him, his eyes faintly revealing a hint of interest.

He was not interested in Yasushi Matsuda, but in the "glasses factory" Coreland Technology Co., Ltd., which he founded.

Whether it is the peripheral development of "Saint Seiya", or the operation of "Pokémon" in the future, and so many ideas in his head, it needs a game entertainment company to realize.

It's naturally impossible to always rely on others, but it's too troublesome to build it from scratch.

Whether it's the production staff or the sales channel, it takes a lot of time to build.

He wanted to compete with Hayabusa Nakayama and buy Sega directly, but he was too small to swallow an elephant.

Now after seeing Matsuda, he finds that the "optical factory" seems to be a good acquisition target.

(End of chapter)