Chapter 530: A New Book That Was Favored
I have to say that Hideki Hanyu is accompanied by Akina Nakamori in Paris, and life is indeed a lot more happy.
Although Akina Nakamori's trip was for photo shoots.
However, limited by the media technology of this era, the entertainment industry does not have the behavior of taking street photos of fashion week and then rubbing traffic in later generations, after all, paper media and TV stations will not expose artists casually.
As for a star of Akina Nakamori's level, there is no need to rub traffic.
Now all she has to do is stabilize her position.
It's not easy to go further, unless you choose to break into the European and American markets like many artists.
In fact, Warner Records had such a suggestion, but at the request of Hideki Hanyu, Cloud Entertainment still refused.
Because he knows the rules of the game in the European and American entertainment circles very well.
Neither now nor in the future, there will be no opportunity for Asian faces.
Just look at the appearance of Yang Ziqiong and Guan Jiwei at the Oscars in later generations, being ignored by Emma Stone and Robert Downey Jr., people don't look down on you at all.
The most ridiculous thing is that when they are discriminated against, ordinary people speak up for them online.
As a result, they were discriminated against, but they had to stand up and take the initiative to refute the rumors and explain, but Robert Downey Jr. and Emma Stone, who discriminated against them, were indifferent.
Why?
The answer is actually very simple, because Yang Ziqiong and Guan Jiwei know that they are discriminated against.
But they also know that that's the game.
Pretend to be a clown and be a dog, then they can continue to mix in Hollywood.
Otherwise, past achievements will be wasted.
Therefore, it is right for Akina Nakamori to be a diva in Asia, so why rush to be a clown for Europeans and Americans?
This is also why Hideki Hanyu's new picture book "Home Alone" sold well, but declined the invitation of the academic press for the signing.
He is not short of money, so he is not short of the sales of the book signing.
Even more lazy to please those people.
And he also understands that whether it's popularity or anything else, it's the most useless over there.
There's only one thing that works best.
That's money.
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On September 21, Hideki Hanyu and Theo Dubois attended the opening of the Paris Stock Exchange in the morning.
At the beginning, LVMH saw small selling.
The stock price fell slightly, but it was quickly eaten up by Theo Dubois and the proactive LVMH group, which pulled the price up again.
The stock price, which was in the early $12 at the opening, approached $13 by noon.
During the lunch break, Hideki Hanyu asked curiously, "Why do I feel that LVMH's defense is not in a hurry?" β
Theo Dubois explained, "Aye International is a listed company, and their professionals can definitely guess how much leverage we have in our hands. β
Hideki Hanyu asked, "You mean, they're betting that we don't have enough chips." β
Theo Dubois smiled bitterly and expressed his speculation, "I think they just didn't guess that our operation would be so stupid, after all, our kind of operation without increasing leverage and starting with a full position is really not like a professional can do." β
"On the 25th, I will return to Neon to urge, and the funds will definitely be in place next week, so what you have to do now is to let them continue to misunderstand."
Hideki Hanyu explained.
Theo Dubois nodded and said, "I can't make it until the end of next week, the funds must be in place before the end of the month, after all, if we continue, they will definitely find someone to support them at the beginning of October." β
"No problem." Hideki Hanyu said.
But after finishing speaking, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, if the person in front of him at this time was replaced by Eiichi Jinbo, he would definitely not doubt his words.
That guy has been helping him manage his money for so long, and he's been a diehard of his hardcore.
Although Hideki Hanyu didn't let him do anything illegal and undisciplined, the other party can be regarded as the person who knows the most of Hideki Hanyu's "secrets".
Now that he has arranged for Shen Bao Eiichi to do things, he doesn't need to say a reason at all.
Of course, in this case, if Eiichi Kamibo dares to do something stupid.
There will be no second ending except for being sunk in the Pacific Ocean.
But his emotion now doesn't mean anything.
First of all, he didn't hire Theo Dubois entirely because of his professional ability.
Moreover, Eiichi Kamibo is now benefiting from him, scattering operations all over the world, laying mines for the upcoming stock market crash, and he really doesn't have time to come to France to help his boss.
After lunch, Hideki Hanyu did not accompany Theo Dubois to work, but instead went to Akina Nakamori, who was shooting street scenes on the Champs-ΓlysΓ©es.
With nothing to do, he accompanied the beauty to work in Paris for the whole afternoon before returning to the hotel.
Because of the company of Hanyu Hideki, Akina Nakamori was overjoyed and showed great initiative at night.
This also made the scumbag deeply feel that his company in the afternoon was not in vain.
The next day, September 22nd.
When Hideki Hanyu learned that the Givenchy show at the Paris Fashion Museum was ready, he took advantage of his identity to bring Akina Nakamori in and complete the final photo shoot there.
The Givenchy show was actually very simple.
Mainly to take advantage of the exit location of the Paris Fashion Museum.
On the white marble steps, the model will emerge through the black door.
On the opposite side of the model are semi-encircling white Roman columns and balustrades.
Below the columns, behind the railing, there are simply a few rows of seats, which are the seats of the guests invited to watch the show.
(Schematic diagram of the show)
At this time, Akina Nakamori either walked out of the black door, or found a chair to sit down, and the photographer took various shots from a good angle.
Behind the railing, Hideki Hanyu was reading a newspaper in his hand.
When he came to the museum just now, he happened to see a familiar name on the front page of this newspaper when he passed by the newsstand, so he bought it.
And that name is David Cook.
It was the titular CEO of Blockbuster, David Cook.
As for the content of the news, it is nothing more than a report on the development of Blockbuster's entry into Europe, and an interview with David Cook by the way.
It's just that what makes Hanyu Hideki feel interesting is that the reporter congratulated David Cook in the report, and the reason for the congratulations was that the number of Blockbuster stores in the world officially exceeded 1,000.
This number made Hideki Hanyu very emotional.
Sure enough, with strong financial support and the full explosion of the video tape market, Blockbuster's expansion is far more rapid than that of another time and space.
At this rate, the scale of Blockbuster will be close to 1,500 by the end of the year.
And just when Hanyu Hideki sighed, he suddenly heard Akina Nakamori calling him not far away.
Hideki Hanyu put down the newspaper and looked up.
Akina Nakamori was found sitting on a chair watching the show guests and waving at him.
"Hanyu-kun, will I be in the first row tomorrow?"
"Unfortunately, no, you can only sit in the second row. β
Due to the limited venue, there will not be many seats that can be arranged in the Givenchy show, so the front row must be reserved for influential people in the fashion industry.
For example, representatives of influential fashion magazines around the world, or buyers of several large department stores, etc.
After all, Givenchy is the business of the fashion circle, so you have to play according to the rules of the circle.
Hanyu Hideki relied on his authority to arrange all the cloud artists in the first row, but the result of that was that Givenchy's reputation in the fashion industry completely collapsed.
In order to please women, so that the efforts and investments of Ai International over the years have been in vain, of course Hanyu Hideki will not do such a stupid thing.
Thinking of this, Hideki Hanyu said to Akina Nakamori, "You can still sit in the second row after all, and I will have to wait for you outside tomorrow." β
When Hideki Hanyu said this, Akina Nakamori had already come over.
When the beauty heard this, she immediately hugged Hanyu Hideki's neck, "Didn't you say that you would watch the show with me?" β
"There are too few seats that can be arranged in this place, it doesn't matter if I look at it or not, I won't compete with you for a seat."
When Akina Nakamori heard this, she immediately said, "If Hanyu-kun doesn't watch it, then I won't watch it either." β
"The publicity press release has been sent out, you can't read it, and if there are no photos released at that time, Cloud Entertainment should make jokes, I don't want to be called and nagged by Asa Zisan."
However, after Hanyu Hideki's words were finished, Akina Nakamori pouted directly.
In Akina Nakamori's opinion, what to watch the show, what to press for, and even the matter of being a star itself is not as important as Hideki Hanyu in her heart.
Even though she is now extremely popular in Asia, she is even better than her predecessor Momoe Yamaguchi.
But as long as Hanyu Hideki is willing, she will not hesitate to leave everything behind, and directly announce her retirement, willing to go incognito for Hanyu Hideki.
It can be said that Akina Nakamori's love for Hideki Hanyu is crazy, blind, and reckless, and even gambles on her self-esteem and life.
So far, if the scumbag dumps Akina Nakamori one day.
Then this girl will commit suicide directly like in her previous life.
Maybe cutting your wrists is light, and jumping off the rooftop is not impossible.
Seeing Chubby's reaction, Hideki Hanyu immediately reached out and pinched Akina Nakamori's lips, and laughed unscrupulously in the other party's babbling struggle.
"Haha, Akina is so cute."
Akina Nakamori, who finally struggled to break away, pinched Hideki Hanyu's hand, opened her mouth and bit the scumbag's finger.
Then he puffed out his cheeks and said, "Hanyu-kun is really angry." β
Hanyu Hideki didn't care about the beauty's movements, but continued to explain, "Actually, even if there are seats, I don't have time to participate, and I have other things to do tomorrow." β
"What's the matter?" Akina Nakamori asked curiously.
"I made an appointment with a French publisher to discuss the release of a new work. β
"Is the new work the picture book that is very popular in America?" Akina Nakamori asked.
Hideki Hanyu said with some surprise, "I didn't expect Akina to also pay attention to my new picture book, so it shouldn't be on neon yet." β
Akina Nakamori said affectionately, "I will pay attention to everything about Hanyu-kun. β
"Akina is so good."
Hideki Hanyu sighed.
I have to say that in the face of such a girl who has a deep love for him, the scumbag's heart is somewhat shaken, and an impulse that should not be born in his heart.
But soon, he suppressed that impulse.
Because he understands that doing so is not a rational thing to do either for him or for Akina Nakamori.
So he left the topic and explained, "This time I'm not talking about a picture book, but a new one I created. β
Sure enough, as soon as Hideki Hanyu said this, Akina Nakamori immediately asked curiously, "Love?" Can you show me? β
Hanyu Hideki shook his head, "It should be considered fantasy children's literature, the book for children, for the time being, there are only English and French versions, if Akina wants to read it, I will give it to you when the neon version is translated by the Shogakukan." β
Like "Home Alone", the release strategy of his new book "Brigitte" is also European, American and then Asian.
"Okay, then I'm going to be Hanyu-kun's first reader in Neon."
"Of course it's fine."
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After finishing the shooting at the Paris Fashion Museum, Akina Nakamori's photo was completely completed.
After that, Hideki Hanyu accompanied Akina Nakamori to visit Paris in the 80s.
But as he walked around, Hideki Hanyu remembered the famous Paris syndrome of neon.
Paris in the 80s was much stronger than later generations.
In this way, the little day can be seen and Paris syndrome will be born.
If you come to Paris in a few decades, I'm afraid you'll have to go crazy.
Fortunately, he had no plans to buy a property in Paris.
It's good to live in a hotel, if you live in Europe, you can go directly to London's Garden Street and the prince as a neighbor, and it's not good to buy a manor in the suburbs.
In the evening, today's trip to Paris ends with a candlelit dinner at the hotel.
There is no need to elaborate on how a scumbag sleeps with a beautiful woman in his arms at night.
Anyway, by the next day, Akina Nakamori was so tired that she needed a good night's sleep.
Hanyu Hideki, on the other hand, went to Hachette Graphic Publishing House in good spirits.
In a private office at Hachette Graphic Publishing, Hideki Hanyu saw Anna Yi, the editor with whom he had been in contact with letters.
As soon as she sat down, Anna Yi couldn't wait to give her a compliment.
"Mr. Hanyu's work is amazing, far beyond my expectations, and the story is so novel and interesting that I and my colleagues in the editorial department can't help but wonder why Mr. Hanyu has such a wild imagination.
Of course, what surprised me the most was that Mr. Hanyu was able to tell such a wonderful story, but also to express the spirit of equality, courage, justice, and freedom......"
For Annayi's exaggerated praise, Hideki Hanyu can only say thank you.
After Anna Yi finished complimenting, she immediately handed a non-bound version of the sample book to Hideki Hanyu.
"Mr. Hanyu, this is the typesetting that we have completed after proofreading and reviewing, and you can see if you are not satisfied with the content and layout."
Hideki Hanyu took the book and looked through it carefully.
He mainly looks at the editorial department's revisions to the book after proofreading.
After all, no writer wants their book to be messed up.
Although with his current fame, the publishing house will not mess around.
But if you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what happens, and there is no big mistake in being careful.
Naturally, this process was very time-consuming, and it took Hanyu Hideki more than an hour to flip through the pages before he finished checking the contents.
During this time, he naturally found a lot of modifications.
But most of them are for inappropriate wording, and some optimizations that do not affect the meaning of the original text, and he has no problem with this.
Immediately after, he looked at the book layout, illustrations, covers, and so on.
But this time he saw it much faster.
After reading it, Hideki Hanyu put the manuscript in front of Anna Yi.
"There were no issues with the content, but I wasn't very happy with the illustrations and covers."
For the illustrations and covers that the publisher helped him with, Hideki Hanyu can only describe them as "abstract", which really makes people have no urge to buy at all.
After Hanyu Hideki finished speaking, he waved at his assistant Kaoru Chiba.
Kaoru Chiba immediately handed over a folder.
Hideki Hanyu took it and handed it to Anna Yi, "I've always liked to create the illustrations in my own works, but I didn't finish it when I sent it last time, but I sent it over with me this time. β
Anna Yi flipped through the folder and looked at it, and her face quickly showed appreciation.
"Mr. Hanyu is truly a world-famous picture book author, and the illustrations and covers he created for his works are really better suited than ours."
Anna Yi put away the folder, "Then we will use Mr. Hanyu's illustrations and cover to reformat, and when we are done, we will ask him to check it immediately." β
"Yes." Hideki Hanyu said.
"Originally, we were going to have Brigitte launch earlier, but after some discussion, we decided to release the book all over Europe before Christmas.
I have full confidence in Mr. Hanyu's book, and I believe that with reasonable pre-publicity, 'Brigitte' will be the best gift for children this Christmas." β
Judging from Annayi's tone and release date, Hachette Graphic Publishing is very optimistic about Hideki Hanyu's new book.
"I believe in the strength of Hachette Graphic Press, so it's up to you to decide the distribution plan, after all, I'm just a writer."
"Mr. Hanyu is too modest, and your commercial prowess must be respected even by Hachette Graphic Publishers."
"Actually, what I like the most is being a writer."
After talking about the new book "Brigitte" itself, Hideki Hanyu and Anna Yi chatted again.
At the end, Anna Yi asked Hideki Hanyu tentatively.
After "Brigitte", does he have any new works?
Regarding this question, Hideki Hanyu didn't want to think about it and said no.
Before the new book was released, the publisher began to inquire about a sequel.
Even the donkey of the production team has to take a break.
He is also preparing to take a good rest for a while after this year's work, how can he immediately devote himself to the creation of new works.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Hideki Hanyu decisively took his leave.
Givenchy's catwalk is coming to an end, and it's time for him to pick up Akina Nakamori.
Tomorrow is going to be neon, and we must seize the last time.
After all, he wasn't enough to have fun last night.
To be honest, as Akina Nakamori's cold temperament became more and more obvious, the more he liked to bully each other in bed.
That taste is not the same feeling as a bold woman at all.
But the thought of returning to Neon tomorrow brought some memories of the Tokyo International Film Festival to mind.
If history is not wrong, then the 25th may be able to see familiar people at the Tokyo International Film Festival.
(End of chapter)