December 29th.

The New Year is just one day away.

The lively atmosphere began to spread, and various New Year's special programs began to be broadcast on TV channels.

TBS TV in Akasaka, Minato-ku.

In the largest studio, a special New Year's show is being recorded.

The show will be broadcast after the New Year, so the production time is very tight.

Since I started recording, I didn't finish until the wee hours of the morning every day.

The staff of the TV station are so hard, and the participants can be imagined.

Regardless of whether there is a scene or not, you must stay on the scene to ensure that the program team can be on call when needed.

Today's recording is the last unit of the program.

The public powder room next to the studio was full of people early.

The people who are arranged to make up here are all people who play small supporting roles and tricks in unit dramas.

Of course, the treatment of small supporting roles with pictures and lines is at least better than that of acting as a background board.

Not only can there be a makeup table to use, but also a makeup artist from a TV station is responsible for styling.

Unlike those background actors, they basically just find a stool at random, and everything has to be handled by themselves.

In front of a dressing table in the supporting role's makeup area, Hitomi Kuroki, who had just arrived, was waiting for the makeup artist at the same time.

Thinking about her.

It has been three months since she retired from Takarazuka and came to Tokyo to develop.

She wanted to be in a television station or a movie actress.

The status of the principal maiden of the Kotakarazuka Opera Company has been of little help to her development in the Tokyo entertainment industry.

No television station, or film production committee, would give him an important role because of her former status in Takarazuka.

The most important thing is that the Takarazuka Opera Company is a force in Kansai after all.

Not many people care about the Kanto forces in Tokyo.

On the contrary.

Many people invited her to become a "photo" model, to be a wine girl, and to become the heroine of a pink movie.

In order to use her previous identity as a gimmick.

In the past, she felt that the actors of the Takarazuka Song and Dance Troupe were chaotic enough to do things by any means in order to get to the top.

I have been in Tokyo for a few months.

She fully realized what real chaos is and what real darkness is.

What is...... True cruelty.

For a character who can show his face and have lines, some girls who want to stand out are willing to give everything.

Even...... It's not just girls.

Program group, TV drama crew, film crew......

Field Care, Lighting, Assistant, Photographer, Supervisor......

In the past, what she saw on the screen was just a written position, a name.

It's all very real in front of her eyes.

Destroying the beautiful illusions in her heart.

Even inconspicuous little people know how to use the power in their hands to release their "desires".

After seeing this, Hitomi Kuroki couldn't help but think of that person.

Compared to the people she's in contact with now.

That man is undoubtedly at the very top of the industry.

After the turmoil of Kadokawa Pictures, just mentioning the other person's name is enough to make everyone feel respect and fear.

That person, why is it different?

It seems that after separating from her, he became a playboy.

But for months, she was at the bottom of the gossip news dissemination and breeding in the entertainment industry.

The most I heard about that person turned out to be a decent playboy.

Decency and playboy can be linked.

Sounds a little magical.

But in the eyes of people in the entertainment industry, it is so taken for granted.

Hitomi Kuroki shook her head slightly.

She found that as long as she thought about something, that person would involuntarily appear in her mind.

No matter how hard you try, it's useless not to think about it.

Because in this circle, you will always hear each other's names.

Then wake up the memories that have been buried deep in her mind for a long time.

Hitomi Kuroki wants to calm her emotions.

When not thinking about that person.

Suddenly, I heard someone talking next to me, it seemed to be news about a certain movie crew.

This made Hitomi Kuroki listen involuntarily.

Today, like the people around her, she travels from place to place every day, trying to find job opportunities.

Now the firm she signed with is not a big firm, and she was signed because of her fame in Takarazuka.

But when the firm found out that her identity in Takarazuka was not good in the entertainment industry, it stopped investing resources in her.

The jobs she can receive now are basically this kind of small supporting roles with the opportunity to show her face, at most one or two lines.

Even brokers have to be shared with others.

So many times, she had to look for opportunities on her own.

In this case, no message should be missed.

"You know what? Toei has a big project in the pipeline. ”

"Toei can have any big projects, or let the agent go to cloud entertainment more, and it was announced that he and Kadokawa have cooperated with many movies."

"That's right, there are still many job opportunities in cloud entertainment, even if you can't get into the film crew, TV series and advertisements are often short of people."

"Why don't you say we didn't sign up for cloud arts, otherwise how can we worry about work."

"Yes, the last time I participated in the TV series, the actor was Ryota Tateishi, and his performance on the cloud was just a small role, but people were not only equipped with luxury RVs on the scene, but they were even more busy with work."

"Into the clouds of arts? Let's not think about it, Cloud Arts has even stopped holding the selection event this year, otherwise I will definitely try it. ”

"Not to mention cloud entertainment, the Toei project I'm talking about is not bad, I heard that it was a collaboration with the great writer Junichi Watanabe."

"Junichi Watanabe, I'm afraid the scale of adaptation of his works is not small."

"What does that have to do with us, as if we can play the heroine."

"That's right......"

A few people were talking when suddenly there was a noise at the entrance to the public dressing room.

Hitomi Kuroki looked up curiously.

I found a group of people walking inside.

Before she could see who it was, a deliberately muffled discussion sounded next to her.

"It's the two heroines of today's unit drama who are here."

"How do you know?"

"The one in front is Miho Nakayama who has been strongly praised by the Combustion Department recently, and the one next to me has been discussed a lot recently, and Noriko Watanabe, who moved from Kadokawa Pictures to Yunshang Entertainment."

"It turned out to be them, it's really the same life, they can play the heroine just after their debut."

At this time, someone suddenly exclaimed in a low voice, "Huh! Look at the back, it seems to be the president of Cloud Arts, Iijima Sanchi! ”

After hearing this man's words, everyone looked towards the group of people who had walked to the middle of the public dressing room.

"It seems to be really Iijima Sanchi."

"How could such a big man come to the scene in person."

"I guess it's to talk about cooperation with the TV station."

……

In the midst of the discussion of the people.

Hitomi Kuroki also saw the woman who walked at the end and was talking to the supervisor of the program team.

Short hair, wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, and a very capable temperament.

Although his appearance is ordinary, he has the momentum of a superior person.

In the past, the program supervision that did not fake colors for everyone.

But when talking to the woman, his demeanor was obviously complimentary.

That's right, this woman is none other than Sanchi Iijima.

In Hitomi Kuroki's memory.

The last time I saw Iijima Sanchi, the other party was still the little assistant who followed the person.

When she booked a ticket and handled chores, she looked as cautious as yesterday.

and the capable female president in front of him who holds cloud art and is powerful in the circle, it is like two people.

Hitomi Kuroki saw Iijima Sanchi.

But Iijima Sanchi didn't notice Hitomi Kuroki in a group of supporting roles.

For Iijima Sanchi, these actors who are at the bottom of the entertainment industry do not need to pay any attention.

Today she is here in person on TBS TV.

It was really about a cooperation.

TBS is planning a prime-time show and needs a female assistant host.

Yunshang Eino wants to help Noriko Watanabe get the job.

To be on the safe side, Iijima Sanchi took Noriko Watanabe and personally visited the director of the production bureau of TBS and decided on the title of assistant host.

It just so happened that Noriko Watanabe was recording a unit drama on TBS today.

After she left the production bureau, she accompanied Noriko Watanabe to take a look.

Noriko Watanabe as a "trophy" of Hideki Hanyu.

Out of respect for Hideki Hanyu, Iijima Sanchi is still very attentive to Noriko Watanabe.

The main thing is that Hanyu Hideki will remember it one day and ask him about the current situation of Noriko Watanabe.

It turned out that Noriko Watanabe's development was not as good as that of Kadokawa.

After the two heroines entered the independent dressing room.

Everyone's eyes were withdrawn.

While continuing to discuss, they were all busy with their own affairs.

After all, the heroines are here, and the filming of the representative unit drama is about to start.

At this time, the makeup artist who helps the character with makeup.

I also happened to come to Hitomi Kuroki's side.

The makeup artist looked at the list in his hand, and then at Hitomi Kuroki.

Ask, "What's your name?" ”

"Hitomi Kuroki."

"Sorry, you're not on the cast for today's shoot."

"Could it be that I missed it, I was there yesterday."

"We are a unit drama, and the shooting content is different every day."

"But I ...... when I looked at the list of supporting actors yesterday"

The makeup artist didn't wait for Hitomi Kuroki to finish speaking, and directly interrupted.

"I'm sorry, maybe you're wrong, you'd better go to the list of group performers and take a look, maybe your name is there."

I said I was sorry, but I didn't feel sorry at all.

"It's impossible, I ...... it"

"I'm sorry, I'm only in charge of makeup, it's useless for you to tell me this."

The makeup artist interrupted Hitomi Kuroki again.

The tone was already a little impatient.

Hitomi Kuroki swallowed what she wanted to say, silently packed up her things, then got up and left, walking towards the makeup area where the group performers were located.

She hadn't taken a few steps before she faintly heard some undisguised chatter.

"What's going on?"

"I guess it's the role that has been topped, and I've heard about makeup artists and ......"

"Really, she used to be an actress in Takarazuka."

"What about Takarazuka, no one cares in the entertainment world, it's better to find a rich man to marry."

Hearing these words, Hitomi Kuroki couldn't help but look back.

Then she found that the make-up artist who had driven her away was warmly beckoning a young girl to sit in her place.

Turning his head, Hitomi Kuroki found the venue staff and inquired about today's performance list.

I watched it several times in a row.

Sure enough, her name is not on the cast list.

Even her name is not on the group performance list.

In this case, all she could do was leave obediently.

Don't say that she has no evidence at all, that someone else took her job offer.

Even if there is evidence, it is impossible for her to go to the program team for a theory.

Because it's neon, TBS TV is 100% biased towards its own people.

The news spread, and she would only be the one who suffered.

Just when Hitomi Kuroki, who thought she was unlucky, was about to leave.

Suddenly, a voice sounded from behind.

"Is it Hitomi Kuroki?"

Following the voice, Hitomi Kuroki turned to look and found that it was not someone else who spoke, it was the Iijima Sanchi who had just been seen.

At this moment, the supervisor of the show is still standing next to the other party.

Hitomi Kuroki nodded, "Iijima-san, it's me." ”

"Miss Hitomi Kuroki, I didn't expect to meet you here."

Iijima Sanchi didn't forget to say to the program supervisor next to him, "I'm very sorry, I'm going to talk to my friends for a few words, so I won't bother the Tanabe supervisor to send me." ”

"It's okay, President Iijima, then I'll take my leave."

After Inspector Tanabe finished speaking, he glanced at Hitomi Kuroki curiously, and then left.

"Miss Hitomi Kuroki, the last time we met was more than two years ago, right? Time flies. ”

For this ex-girlfriend of Hideki Hanyu, Sanchi Iijima still has a good impression.

Iijima Sanchi said, looking around, "Is Miss Hitomi Kuroki here to participate in the shooting?" ”

"Yes."

"Miss Hitomi Kuroki isn't in Takarazuka?" Iijima asked curiously.

Hitomi Kuroki quit the group, and Iijima Sanchi didn't know.

After all, the headquarters of the Takarazuka Opera Company is far away in Kansai, and it is outside the entertainment world.

She is busy with work on weekdays, and she is not a lover of Takarazuka opera, so it's normal to not know.

Hitomi Kuroki replied truthfully, "I left in September, and now I am developing in Tokyo." ”

"So that's the case, then I won't affect Miss Hitomi Kuroki's work."

Iijima Sanchi said, instructing his assistant to hand over a personal business card to Hitomi Kuroki.

"This is my contact information, Miss Hitomi Kuroki can contact me if you need any help."

Seeing Hitomi Kuroki accept the business card, Iijima Sanchi took his leave and left the studio.

Get in the car.

Iijima Sanchi felt that when he met Hitomi Kuroki today, he should talk to Hideki Hanyu.

After all, she had already seen that Hitomi Kuroki's development in Tokyo didn't seem to be going well.

But soon she remembered that she really didn't know about Hitomi Kuroki's recent situation, and she wanted to report to Hideki Hanyu, but she couldn't say anything.

hurriedly instructed the co-pilot's assistant, "Go to the program team just now and check the information of Hitomi Kuroki." ”

……

Inside the studio.

After saying goodbye to Iijima Sanchi, Hitomi Kuroki put away the business card with mixed feelings in his heart.

Then walk towards the outside of the studio.

But at this moment, the field staff who helped her check the list just now chased after her.

"Miss Hitomi Kuroki, please don't go!"

"Do you have any instructions?" Hitomi Kuroki asked.

The venue manager said apologetically, "I'm very sorry, because of the mistake of the staff who arranged the performance list, I forgot to inform you that the role of today's performance has changed." ”

"Change?" Hitomi Kuroki was a little strange.

"Miss Hitomi Kuroki will find out with me."

Hitomi Kuroki, who was full of doubts, was led by the field attendant to walk all the way through the public dressing room, and finally entered the independent dressing room where the main characters made up.

Then, under the arrangement of the field affairs, she sat down next to Noriko Watanabe, who had just come with Iijima Sanchi.

Although Noriko Watanabe doesn't know Hitomi Kuroki, she feels that Hitomi Kuroki is older than herself.

Or a polite greeting.

"Hello senior, I'm Noriko Watanabe from Yunshang Arts, it's the first time we've met, please take care of me."

Hitomi Kuroki, who couldn't figure out the situation at all, hurriedly responded, "Hello, I'm Hitomi Kuroki, please take care of me." ”

However, Hitomi Kuroki's doubts didn't last long.

Soon, the Tanabe overseer appeared in the dressing room.

and handed a two-page script to Hitomi Kuroki.

"Miss Hitomi Kuroki, this character you play will appear in the second act, please familiarize yourself with it as soon as possible."

"I'll get acquainted with it as soon as possible." Hitomi Kuroki replied instinctively.

Then she casually glanced at the script, and found that it was a role with much more scenes than the one she was replaced.

Hearing this, Superintendent Tanabe tried to show a kind smile and said.

"Miss Hitomi Kuroki is the chief maid of Takarazuka and a friend of President Iijima, so there will definitely be no problem in dealing with such a small role."

As soon as Inspector Tanabe's words came out, all of Hitomi's doubts disappeared.

It turned out to be a sudden change.

Is it just because of the sentence that Michimo Iijima said she was a friend?

……

Back to the neon Hideki Hanyu.

On the 29th, after a night's rest at the house in Shirokanedae District.

The next day I went to Elf Entertainment.

Then, on the top floor, I met Eri Kitahara, who had returned from an expedition to Southeast Asia.

"I thought Hanyu-san would go straight back to Sendai for the New Year."

Eri Kitahara, who was talking to Satoshi Iwata, was a little surprised to see Hideki Hanyu.

Hideki Hanyu replied, "Cloud Entertainment has some work to deal with, so I won't be going home this year." ”

Eri Kitahara said, "Hanyu-san should have come back earlier, and you didn't attend the year-end meeting or the year-end party." ”

"It's the same every year, and it doesn't matter if I'm not there. And if I don't participate, at least there will be no pressure. ”

"How can there be pressure, it's too late for everyone to thank Hanyu-san."

Eri Kitahara said, handing a document to Hideki Hanyu.

Hideki Hanyu took it and opened it to take a look, and found that it was the year-end meeting minutes and the year-end report of Genie Entertainment.

From a line of text and data.

It is enough to see that this year is a bumper year for Elf Entertainment.

The Pokeball 2 handheld has been on the market for two years and has successfully sold more than 12 million units worldwide.

The total sales of cartridges on the handheld platform exceeded 50 million when third-party games were included.

As for the PS console, after the sales rebound of Neon Christmas, the total global sales exceeded five million units.

Then count the sales of electronic pets, arcades, and peripheral derivatives.

Even if Genie Entertainment is building a building, investing in a factory, investing heavily in research and development, and losing money to promote EGP arcade machines.

In the end, the net profit still managed to exceed 400 million US dollars.

If you make more profits, it means that all employees of Genie Entertainment will have more bonuses.

Managers such as Eri Kitahara, Satoshi Iwata, Tetsuya Aragaki, and Michael Katz, head of the America headquarters.

The bonuses obtained after being calculated according to the regulations are basically calculated in 100 million.

Of course, the unit is Japanese yen.

All you need is Hanyu Hideki's signature, and after the New Year, before filing taxes, the money will be disbursed one after another.

In this case, it's no wonder that everyone is unhappy.

However, when Hideki Hanyu saw this profit figure, he was somewhat unfazed.

In his previous life, he had read Nintendo's reports.

After Nintendo relied on FC to dominate the world game market, its annual net profit in 1986 alone exceeded $500 million.

Today's Genie Entertainment has far more products than Nintendo.

The foundation is much stronger than Nintendo's.

If only the PS console could gain an advantage in Neon and Asia.

Next year's profit will definitely far surpass Nintendo's in another time and space.

So for Hideki Hanyu, the $400 million profit is just the beginning.

He put down the papers, took out the seal, stamped it, and signed his name again.

It can be regarded as agreeing to this bonus distribution plan.

Putting away the seal, Hideki Hanyu joked, "Fortunately, Genie Entertainment is not a listed company, otherwise Forbes would have helped me increase my value." ”

Eri Kitahara nodded, "Now it seems that the value of seven hundred million dollars is indeed low." ”

However, although there are so many profits, it is impossible for Hanyu Hideki to use them all.

After all, the development of elf entertainment next year still needs to reserve funds.

"I didn't attend the meeting, and now I'll tell me what my plans are for next year, so I won't go through the meeting minutes, and we can discuss them with each other by the way."

Hideki Hanyu said.

"Iwata-san, let's talk about it first." Eri Kitahara made a gesture of please.

"Okay, then I'll let me do it." Satoshi Iwata said, flipping through his notebook.

"First of all, the e-pets, the new generation of e-pets, we intend to unveil at the E3 exhibition in America."

Hideki Hanyu asked, "There are still three months to go, can the R&D progress keep up?" ”

"Judging by the current progress, there should be no problem."

After answering, Satoshi Iwata continued, "In terms of consoles, in addition to continuing to develop the technical reserves of the next-generation console, we plan to upgrade some of the hardware of the PS console and launch an upgraded model in the second half of the year. ”

"Is there something wrong with the PS console?" Hideki Hanyu asked.

"No, it's just that after I looked at the parameters of the Nitor0130 chip provided by Genie Vision to Sega and Nintendo, I found that in terms of picture processing effect, it is much better than the previous one, and we can upgrade it in this regard."

When Hideki Hanyu heard this, he touched his nose with an unnatural expression.

The company that is independent of itself provides products to its competitors that are better than its own performance.

It's a little embarrassing.

Ignoring the boss's unnatural expression, Satoshi Iwata continued.

"In terms of handhelds, because of the breakthrough in Sharp's screen technology, we plan to launch a derivative for the Pokeball 2."

"What derivative?" Hideki Hanyu immediately became interested.

"According to Sharp's screen technology, there are two main models to consider.

The first is the current four-color grayscale monochrome screen, but Sharp has solved the problem of green screen, and it is more energy-saving, in the case of using backlight, it can maintain the battery life for more than ten hours. ”

As soon as Satoshi Iwata said this, Hideki Hanyu nodded with satisfaction.

Addressing the miserable green screen that players have criticized first is an improvement.

As for the backlight, this is also a point that players complain about a lot.

In order to increase battery life, there is certainly nothing wrong with removing the backlight.

However, there are also many gamers who use handhelds in places where they can take advantage of the AC power supply system.

Or some local tyrant players don't care about battery consumption at all.

In this case, the existence of backlight can undoubtedly improve the player's gaming experience.

After all, a monochrome screen without a backlight has too high requirements for the light of the use environment.

It wasn't launched before, and it was all because of the technical limitations of the screen.

Now that the screen technology has been solved, it is just in time to launch a derivative model to meet the needs of this part of the gamer.

Thinking of this, Hideki Hanyu asked, "What about another derivative model?" ”

"There's also a color screen version." Satoshi Iwata replied.

Although he had already guessed this possibility, when Satoshi Iwata said it, Hideki Hanyu was pleasantly surprised.

Is the era of color handheld phones coming?

"This is Sharp's latest technology, a single scan line can display a single swatch of up to 16 colors at the same time, and more than 16 colors can be displayed after color palette conversion......"

Satoshi Iwata Balabala said a whole bunch of technical descriptions.

When Hideki Hanyu heard this, he asked directly, "Have you verified the technology?" ”

"It has been verified, and there are quite a few problems, several of which are serious. ”

"What's the problem?" Hideki Hanyu asked.

He thought to himself, it was still impossible to play with the color handheld too early.

Satoshi Iwata says, "Even though it's color, the color effect is still not good enough. ”

Hanyu Hideki said unconcernedly, "Don't expect too good picture effects with 16 colors, you should be satisfied with color." ”

"There is also power consumption, and with this color screen, the battery compartment can only be expanded to six cells, and the maximum battery life can only reach three hours." ”

"Uh......, this battery life is indeed a bit short."

When Hanyu Hideki heard this battery life, he immediately lost most of his interest.

"In addition to battery life, after replacing the screen and accessories, the production cost has increased very much, and the price of this handheld computer in America will be at least more than 350 US dollars."

As soon as Satoshi Iwata said this, Hideki Hanyu sighed, "The battery life is short, the price has tripled, this is not a mature product." ”

It is estimated that except for some enthusiasts who are not bad for money, ordinary consumers will definitely not have any interest.

Satoshi Iwata explained, "In our positioning, the color model is only launched as a special commemorative version and is available in small quantities. ”

"Color models are a bit out of place for this era, and Iwata-san's positioning is right, and those who think that if they pile up the best technology, players will buy it, and they will definitely be educated by the market."

Hideki Hanyu said approvingly.

In another time and space, those competitors that challenge Nintendo's position in the market for GB handhelds.

Start with Atari's Bobcat handheld.

to Sega's Nomad handheld.

In ten years, as many as 12 handheld computers have been listed.

Which one is not far more technical than the GB handheld.

But which one is not held down by the GB handheld and beaten violently.

Excellent screen effect and powerful gaming performance are not as simple and convenient, economical and durable.

Of course, there is one more important element than the performance of the host.

That's the "game".

No matter how good the handheld is, it will eventually settle on the game.

There is no game that is enough to impress the player, and no matter how good the machine is, it is useless.

Just like in another time and space, Bandai united with Gunpei Yokoi, who left Nintendo, to develop the Wonder Swan handheld.

This handheld has a delicate color screen, a lightweight design of only 110 grams, and a No. 5 battery can play for 30 hours of terrifying battery life.

There are also functions such as dial-up Internet access, wireless connection, and so on.

It can be said that it is an all-round upgrade of Nintendo's GBC color handheld.

After the launch of this handheld, it was supported by many third-party game developers who have been suffering from Nintendo for a long time.

Even Square Enix even released the remake of Final Fantasy on the Wonder Swan handheld.

The Wonder Swan handheld finally lived up to expectations, selling 1.45 million units within three months of its launch.

Gave Nintendo a hard slap in the face.

Facing the pressure of Wonder Swan's handheld.

What did Nintendo do?

Without mentioning the conspiracy theories of the death of Gunhei Yokoi.

Nintendo didn't make any changes to the handheld, just released a game.

Pokémon Gold/Silver!

Rely on this masterpiece that eventually sold more than 23 million copies.

Nintendo defeated the hard-won advantage of the Wonder Swan handheld.

While helping himself through the difficulties, he continued to consolidate his supremacy.

That's the impact of a super game.

And in today's time and space, the real strength of Elf Entertainment is the terrifying game library.

After the PS console was listed on Neon, it continued to eat away at the market share of the FC console, forcing Nintendo's stock price to fall continuously.

By what.

Relying on the official smashing out of the domineering of seven games in one go.

Any one of them is the trump card of other game companies.

Elf Entertainment has seven models listed at the same time.

Hell if Nintendo's FC console can withstand it.

Next, Satoshi Iwata and Hideki Hanyu discussed other aspects of the work schedule for the coming year.

For example, game development arrangement, EGP arcade market layout, division and sales channel construction in other markets, etc.

When it comes to the construction of sales channels, Hideki Hanyu is particularly emphasized.

"Even if we make less profit, we must continue to improve the construction of sales channels, especially in Europe, and do not be stingy with funds."

The game industry in the eighties, can only be said to be the beginning of a golden age,

In the 90s, with the drastic changes in Eastern Europe and the disintegration of the woolly bear, the bipolar pattern collapsed and the end of the Cold War was announced.

At that time, peace and development became the theme of the new era.

Economic globalization, cultural diversity, and the significant improvement of living standards and purchasing power have greatly stimulated people's entertainment spirit and consumption enthusiasm.

In another time and space, Sony's PS1 console sold hundreds of millions of units, which was created in the context of such an era.

But in addition to the background of the times.

Sony has been working in the electronics field for decades, and the perfect distribution channel they have helped them establish has also contributed to the success of the PS1 console.

If Genie Entertainment wants to enjoy the dividends of the times, it must have a perfect sales channel.

Even if it's not as good as Sony, at least it can't be controlled by others.

Genie Entertainment is not a publicly traded company.

So there is no need to be responsible for the interests of the board of directors.

Hanyu Hideki gave an order, and no matter how much money was spent to build a sales channel, no one could stop it.

And there are many electronic products under Elf Entertainment, which is enough to support the operation of the channel.

After Satoshi Iwata finished speaking, Eri Kitahara talked about the work she was responsible for.

For example, the harvest of this trip to South Asia.

and the surrounding operation of many copyrights of cloud culture.

Cloud Culture, which has always attached great importance to cultural creation and derivatives management, has even surpassed the revenue of games in this regard.

That's why Eri Kitahara needs to be in charge of this part of the work alone.

Compared with video games with obvious cycles, the operation of cultural copyright and derivatives is undoubtedly more cumbersome and complicated.

And the later it gets, the more this part of the income will account for more and more.

It is impossible to put management responsibilities on one person.

Another time and space, Nintendo also manages the two parts separately.

Nowadays, the main responsibility for this part of management is actually the cloud culture.

The next step is to break it out separately for sure.

However, that will need to be after Satoshi Iwata officially becomes president.

After talking about the surrounding operations.

Eri Kitahara said another important thing, which is the listing of the game base publishing house.

During the bubble period, everyone was cutting leeks, and there was no reason why Hideki Hanyu wouldn't cut them.

Moreover, the internal subscription of shares before the listing of "Game Base" is also a kind of feedback to employees.

Things that can make money, Eri Kitahara is naturally very concerned.

Therefore, after she returned to Neon, she immediately contacted professional institutions and began to prepare for the listing.

Unlike Ai International, the operating hours of the game base publishing house fully meet the requirements for listing on the second board, so there is no need for any backdoor listing.

According to Kitahara's plan, if the preparations go well, there will be no problems at all in going public next year.

……

The first day of returning to Neon is also the day of New Year's Eve.

Hanyu Hideki was stunned at Elf Entertainment, and chatted with Eri Kitahara and Satoshi Iwata for a long time at work.

He is not going home this year, and neither is the two.

Fortunately, Eri Kitahara's family came to Tokyo from Shizuoka to accompany her for the New Year.

Satoshi Iwata was on duty at the club the whole time.

After all, the PS console has just been launched, and the New Year is an explosive period of sales, and he definitely can't leave.

However, before saying goodbye to the two, Hideki Hanyu instructed Eri Kitahara and Satoshi Iwata.

"Everyone has worked hard for a year, and after the New Year, you can arrange for everyone to take turns to take a vacation and rest, and how to implement the two of you can make it."

Hideki Hanyu did not forget to emphasize, "Neon does not consider the local area, and directly arranges to go on vacation overseas." ”

Joke! This is the age of bubbles.

Arrange for employees to travel in Neon Homeland, and Genie Entertainment can't afford to lose that person.

"Whether you want to go to Hawaii to enjoy the sunshine, or you want to go skiing in Europe, how to bring your family, you can arrange it yourself, plan it and tell me."

After making so much money, you can't deduct and search.

The most important thing is that agreeing to allow employees to bring their families can help employees increase their face at home, and then increase their sense of belonging to the club.

After Hanyu Hideki finished speaking, he planned to say goodbye and leave.

Eri Kitahara hurriedly asked, "Is Hanyu-san going with us?" ”

"I don't have to." Hideki Hanyu waved his hand and refused.

Traveling or something, of course, the more comfortable the better.

He never liked to join in the fun.

After leaving Elf Entertainment, Hideki Hanyu found a restaurant for lunch and then went to Cloud Entertainment.

Compared to the elf entertainment, where only a small number of people are left on duty, most of the employees have gone home from vacation.

Cloud entertainment in the entertainment industry, the closer to the New Year, the busier it becomes.

Especially the most popular artists in cloud arts.

In the last few days, almost all of the food and accommodation have been in the car.

Those who are going to participate in the Record Awards and the Red and White Song Festival today are busy from morning to early morning.

And this year, it is also the largest number of people who can participate in the Red and White Song Festival on the cloud.

Genki Girl, Akina Nakamori, Child of the Sun, F4 Combo, Yuki Saito.

Five groups, a total of 12 people.

The limelight of cloud entertainment is the most popular in the entire neon entertainment industry.

Before Hideki Hanyu arrived at Cloud Entertainment, he had expected to be busy here.

As a result, when he arrived, he found that he didn't know if he was busy or not, and the entire building was almost half less crowded.

Once on the top floor, he found that Asako Hibashi was not in the office.

When I went downstairs again, the heads of several sub-clubs were also gone.

It wasn't until he came to Cloud Music that he finally "caught" Katsuhito Matsushita.

Hideki Hanyu immediately asked, "Have you seen Asako-san?" ”

"I heard that satellite TV on the cloud is going to be tested at night, and President Hirohashi must be going to satellite TV."

"What about the others?" Hideki Hanyu asked again.

"Some people have been transferred to cloud satellite TV to help, and some have gone to the budokan to prepare for tomorrow's live online concert. I'm also going to go to the Budokan as well, and Director Ito and Iijima-san have already gone first. ”

After listening to Matsushita Katsuhito's explanation, Hanyu Hideki thought about it and said.

"That's right, I'll go to the martial arts hall with you first."

Of course he knew that the online concert was held at a budokan.

But I didn't expect to start preparing so early.

Half an hour later, Hideki Hanyu's car arrived at the Budokan Museum.

As soon as he and Matsushita Katsuhito walked in, they saw a figure singing on the stage that was still being arranged.

You don't even need to look at people, just by listening to the singing, you know that it's Matsuda Seiko.

Hanyu Hideki remembers that Matsuda Seiko's suicide daughter, Kanda Sayaka, was born in early October 1986.

Calculating the time, the other party should have been pregnant for a month at this time.

But looking at the other party's singing status, you can't see it at all.

With such a dedicated attitude, it's no wonder that all the Showa idols in later generations are cold, and the other party can continue to be active.

Walking to the stage, Hideki Hanyu greeted Shinsuke Ito, who was the concert supervisor and was directing the scene arrangement.

It just so happened that the rehearsal and singing of Seiko Matsuda was over.

After stepping down, Seiko Matsuda took the initiative to say hello after discovering Hideki Hanyu.

"President Hanyu, long time no see." Seiko Matsuda smiled sweetly.

"Thank you for accepting the invitation of satellite TV on the cloud."

Hideki Hanyu treats Seiko Matsuda very well.

No matter what others say about this Showa female star.

But in this spacetime.

From the chance encounter in Shogakukan, to the fortune advertising cooperation of the film on the cloud, and the success of the movie "Heavenly Kiss".

Hideki Hanyu and Seiko Matsuda, both in private and in official cooperation, are very good.

This year, he also took the time to attend the wedding of Seiko Matsuda.

It's just that at that time, because of the report of Forbes magazine.

and the relationship to prepare for the book signing.

He just showed his face, left the gift money, and left.

"President Hanyu and I have known each other for so long, and it's rare that I need my help, so of course I'm coming."

Matsuda Seiko said in a rather sincere tone.

"Then tomorrow's concert will be hard."

"Little things, Hanyu-sensei don't have to be polite."

After a few words with Matsuda Seiko, he ordered the staff to send the other party away.

That is, Hanyu Hideki saw a familiar figure standing on the stage, and he was also ready to rehearse and sing.

It is none other than Akina Nakamori.

Akina Nakamori waved at him happily after seeing him.

Hideki Hanyu also waved his hand and waited for the other party's rehearsal to end.

At this moment, Iijima Sanchi walked out from the side of the stage and stood next to Hideki Hanyu.

Said to Hideki Hanyu in a low voice.

"Hanyu-sensei, yesterday on TBS TV, I saw ......"

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