Chapter 817 Origin Group
The Spirit took off from Sendai City on January 5, 1990.

Flipping through today’s newspaper on the plane, he saw a report about him in a nightclub last night in a local Sendai media.

In the news, regarding the fact that he treated guests to performances at a nightclub and invited singer idols to perform, there was not a single “criticism” from beginning to end, and the matter was completely beautified.

What kind of New Year gift can I give back to my hometown?

What a midnight romance for young people.

……

The flattery made Hideki Hanyu feel a little embarrassed.

However, just from the direction of media reports, it is not difficult to see the degree to which the entire Sendai city and even Miyagi Prefecture are “docile” to him.

Sure enough, after years of operation, this place has completely become his base camp.

After all, in Tokyo, if he doesn’t manipulate media opinion, the media will not be polite to him on many issues.

For example, the Weekly Bunshun magazine which later exposed the Nakai Hiromasa incident, these bastards have been dedicated to reporting his scandals and gossip, and they would bring up any little news and talk about it, and the readers are a little fed up with it.

People even joked that Weekly Bunshun was the media that helped Hideki Hanyu choose his princess.

This statement certainly made Weekly Bunshun very angry, but there was nothing they could do about it. After all, the image of Hideki Hanyu as a talented and romantic man but also a philandering scumbag was too deeply rooted in people’s minds.

The collapse of the building is meaningless to Hideki Hanyu, who is a “ruin” in itself.

Moreover, for a celebrity like Hideki Hanyu who has a very high national favorability, as long as he does not make mistakes that touch the bottom line and the law, some emotional flaws are simply insignificant.

“Weekly Bunshun” has been arrogant in the industry for so many years, and when it met Hanyu Hideki, it could be said that it had met its nemesis, and they couldn’t do anything about Hanyu Hideki.

However, what is interesting is that Bungeishunju magazine, which belongs to the same publishing house as Weekly Bunshun and has a very high status in the Japanese literary world, is a staunch supporter of Hanyu Hideki’s identity as a writer.

When Hideki Hanyu was criticized by the public for “I Am a Cat”, Bungeishunju magazine was one of the few media outlets that stood on Hanyu’s side from beginning to end.

So when it comes to Bungeishunju Publishing, Hideki Hanyu can be said to have a love-hate relationship with it.

However, because the time spent returning to Tokyo from Sendai was too short, Hanyu Hideki’s resentment towards Bungeishunju Publishing House had just arisen when it was blown away by the busy official duties after the plane landed.

The person who was responsible for picking us up at the airport was Chie Ishihara, who is now also the temporary head of the assistant office.

Because at the instruction of Hideki Hanyu, the assistant office started its holiday after the New Year.

Everyone was divided into two groups to rest one after another. Reiko Kamimura and Kaoru Chiba were the first to rest, while Tomoe Ishihara stayed behind to take charge of the work.

Then, as soon as Hideki Hanyu got into the car, Tomoe Ishihara handed him a pile of materials and started to give a work report.

Although Hideki Hanyu made many arrangements when the bubble burst, the assistant office was not involved and was not even aware of it.

But just for normal work, a lot of tasks have accumulated in the assistant’s office.

A small part of it was personal matters, while most of it was progress reports on some of the work of his companies.

Hideki Hanyu quickly skimmed over them. Most of them didn’t require him to worry about, but there were a few things that required his special attention.

For example, on a personal level, he was invited to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos at the end of the month.

Of course, this was not the first time he had received an invitation, but he had previously found reasons to decline because he had no interest.

But this time, because of the special instructions from Carl Map, his public relations company partner in Washington DC, he decided to go in person.

The forum will start on the 26th of this month, so there is no need to be too anxious now.

In addition to this matter, regarding his personal affairs, there is also an invitation to UNICEF’s New Year’s speech, which will be held earlier than Davos.

And as in previous years, there are invitations to various literary awards at home and abroad after the New Year.

As for the former, Hideki Hanyu is still considering whether to go.

As for the latter, unless it is a particularly important award, Hideki Hanyu basically asks the publishing house to collect it on his behalf.

After talking about important personal matters, the next thing is the official business of the affiliated companies.

The first is Northeast Energy’s investment in Singapore’s Jurong Industrial Zone. The first phase of the project has been completed and a completion ceremony will be held next week.

Singapore has shown great importance to this investment and has directly hinted that Singapore’s President will attend the completion ceremony.

Hideki Hanyu knew that Singapore’s showing of such great respect could not be just for a mere completion ceremony.

It was clear that they hoped he could attend as well.

So next week Hideki Hanyu will definitely go to Singapore to attend the completion ceremony to see what the other party is up to.

In addition to this, there is another very important thing for Hideki Hanyu.

That is the news sent by the American branch of Elf Entertainment that the engineering prototype of the second-generation PS console will be officially completed after the New Year.

Now, testing of the second-generation PS console has begun.

There are also plans to hold an internal meeting with dealers and the Game Developers Alliance in February regarding the second-generation PS console.

The second-generation PS console, as a groundbreaking product of Elf Entertainment, has been in development for more than two years since it was proposed.

Both Hideki Hanyu and the executives of Elf Entertainment who knew about this project had great ambitions for the second-generation PS console.

They are clear about the positioning of the second-generation PS console and its performance, and know that once this product is on the market, it will bring disruptive changes to the gaming market.

Elf Entertainment can also rely on this console to continue to consolidate its dominant position in the electronic game market and leave its peers far behind.

Hideki Hanyu and the top executives of Elf Entertainment have long wanted to eliminate their struggling opponents in one fell swoop.

Especially Nintendo, which is still relying on the Asian market to survive.

Elf Entertainment not only wants to defeat this old rival with epoch-making products, but also wants to force Nintendo, and even all its peers, to follow in their footsteps and engage in an arms race in “research and development.”

By then, opponents who had lagged behind for years would have to catch up in a short period of time and would foreseeably make mistakes in a panic.

For a product that is so highly anticipated, Hideki Hanyu naturally cannot miss either the testing phase or the subsequent internal meetings.

At the end of the work report, Tomoe Ishihara did not forget to remind Hideki Hanyu.

“The expansion of Ms. Zhou Huimin’s house in Baijianshidao, Xiangjiang has been completed, and Mr. Hanyu can arrange for Zhou and others to return from America.

There is also Ms. Wang Zhuxian who was sent to Canada to give birth. If Mr. Hanyu has time, it would be best to visit her while attending the Starbucks board meeting.”

After listening to what Ishihara Chie said, Hanyu Hideki realized that he had accumulated so many things, both official and private matters.

And this is just the work reported by the assistant office. If you count the things he did by taking advantage of the bursting of the bubble, there will be even more matters to deal with.

Obviously, he had just had some free time for a short while, but in the first month of the new year, he had to start being busy all over the world again.

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When Hideki Hanyu returned to Yorozuya by car, he found that his feeling was not wrong at all.

Because I had just returned home and hadn’t had a chance to rest yet, Eiichirō Kamibo and Takeshi Honda came to report on their work.

In addition to the progress of the stock market operations he had originally planned.

Eiichirō Kambo also reported to Hideki Hanyu that after contacting Liu Luanxiong, the other party had agreed to cooperate.

Although the Taiwan stock market is still booming, the weighted index has broken through 12,600 points, making a twelve-fold increase in three years a reality.

In this case, even though the Japanese stock market has proved with its own tragic situation how great the hidden dangers of the bubble of false prosperity are, market speculation will inevitably pay a heavy price.

However, Taiwan’s financial market is still immersed in a carnival, and has not learned the lessons of the Japanese stock market or realized the approaching danger.

Of course, perhaps some smart people have realized something, such as international hot money, or people like Hanyu Hideki who are ready to take advantage of the crisis to cause trouble.

But there are more ordinary “leeks” who are still enthusiastic and confident about the stock market, as well as many local speculators.

“Boss, after you asked me to contact Mr. Liu in Hong Kong, I carefully studied the Taiwan stock market. It turns out there are a lot of problems!”

Kamiya Eiichi touched his chin and pretended to be a wise man.

Hanyu Hideki smiled and said, “If there is no problem, then why would I contact Liu Luanxiong.” After that, he asked cautiously, “Don’t tell him things that you shouldn’t tell him.”

“Don’t worry, boss. I only discussed normal cooperation.”

Jin Baoying patted his chest to assure, and then asked, “The hot money over there is trading very frequently. I feel that it won’t be long before something goes wrong. Does the boss really not need my team to enter the market?”

Hanyu Hideki said in a boring tone, “The pool of the Taiwan stock market is too shallow.”

Jin Baoying rubbed his hands like a fly, “Any money I can earn is a little. Boss, do you think the money is too much?”

Hanyu Hideki waved his hand and said, “I will be very busy next time. I may have to go to Hong Kong in person. You and Honda Takeshi can decide on the matter of Taiwan. Just report to me after you have discussed it.”

“That’s great, boss. Finally, there’s a new battlefield to play. I’ve been staring at the Japanese stock market for more than a month. I’m almost bored to death.”

Kamiya Eiichi shouted excitedly.

Honda Takeshi, who was standing aside with a calm expression, pushed a stack of information in front of Hanyu Hideki.

“President, this is the data compiled by Hanyu Investment after a thorough investigation of the four general trading companies, Kanematsu, Tomen, Nichimen, and Nissho Iwai.”

Hanyu Hideki looked at the thickness of the information and knew that he could not finish reading it in a short time, so he directly gave instructions to Honda Takeshi.

“I think you have guessed it. I am very interested in these four general trading companies.

Although the current business conditions of these four trading companies are not good and they have been affected by the stock market crash, it is not easy to take them over because they have been established for too long and the forces behind them are complicated.

Please help me organize a team and develop a more feasible plan for me regarding the acquisition of these four general trading companies.

As for the final specific operation, I will refer to your plan and make a decision after reading this information. “

Honda Yizhi heard this and nodded seriously, “Yes, President.”

“Do you have anything else to report?” asked Hideki Hanyu.

Honda Takeshi replied, “The cooperation that the president discussed with Yoshiaki Tsutsumi last time has already been signed with Seibu Group.”

“Leave me a copy of the signed cooperation agreement,” said Hideki Hanyu.

“Yes.” Honda Yizhi agreed and then asked, “President, 9% of Toho’s shares are now under Hanyu Investment. Do you want to make any changes?”

“Well…” Hanyu Hideki thought for a moment, “You contact President Hirohashi of Yunshang Entertainment and transfer the shares of Toho to Yunshang Entertainment.”

Honda Takeshi said, “I will contact him next, but Yoshiaki Tsutsumi wants to hold a press conference on this cooperation, and I hope the president can attend.”

“This guy wants to use me to increase the confidence of the bank. Did Yoshiaki Tsutsumi say the time of the meeting?” Hanyu Hideki easily saw what Yoshiaki Tsutsumi was planning.

Honda Yizhi replied, “No, he said the time can be coordinated with the boss.”

Hanyu Hideki said, “You don’t have to manage this matter. I will contact Yoshiaki Tsutsumi personally.”

“Then I have nothing else to report,” said Honda Takeshi.

Upon hearing this, Hanyu Hideki looked at Kamibo Eiichi.

Jin Baoying immediately said, “Boss, I don’t have any official business here, but I have a personal matter?”

Hanyu Hideki, “Speak.”

Jinbao Yingyi had a strange expression on his face. “Last time, after I asked the boss to help Sato Kyoko, she wanted to thank the boss and planned to treat the boss to a meal to thank him in person.”

Hanyu Hideki did not answer, but angrily asked, “Are you two together again?”

Jin Baoying scratched his head and answered embarrassedly, “No, but I met him during the New Year’s break in Karuizawa. I couldn’t control myself and played with him a few times, and then…”

“Then you talked big in bed and sold me out as your boss?” Hanyu Hideki had an expression that said, “I see through your heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys.”

“Hehe…” Kamiya Eiichi smiled foolishly without saying anything.

Hanyu Hideki said angrily, “Karuizawa is so big, why did she meet you? It’s obvious that this was intentional.

Although I helped her settle the matter with Yoshiaki Tsutsumi, the mistakes she made in her original investment company were irreversible. After being fired, she could no longer survive in the industry.

Can’t you guess why she came to you at this time?”

Jin Baoying said nonchalantly, “I know, but it’s just for fun.”

Hanyu Hideki was too lazy to care about this guy, and waved his hand, “Forget it, I don’t care about your business, but there’s no need to thank her in person. I’m too busy to see her.”

Although he was directly rejected by Hanyu Hideki, Kamibo Eiichi still did not give up.

He stood up mysteriously and whispered something to Hanyu Hideki’s ear.

When Hanyu Hideki heard this, an interested look appeared on his face.

Then he thought for a moment and said, “If that’s how you thank me, it’s not impossible to accept it.”

“Boss, how about setting the time for tomorrow?”

“Look at the arrangements.”

“Don’t worry, boss!”

Having said that, the meeting between Hanyu Hideki, Honda Takeshi, and Jinbo Eiichi came to an end.

The two said goodbye and left to do the things that Hanyu Hideki had assigned to them.

Hideki Hanyu picked up the investigation materials on the four general trading companies, Kanematsu, Tomen, Nichimen, and Nissho Iwai, left by Honda Takeshi, as well as the cooperation agreement signed with Yoshiaki Tsutsumi and started reading them.

However, he didn’t watch for long before the maid and housekeeper Machiko reported to him that a new guest had arrived.

The person who came this time was not someone else but Shigemasa Nakano, the president of Tohoku Energy, who did not go home during the New Year and had been busy in the Kanto region with his team.

The other party learned that Hideki Hanyu had returned to Tokyo, so he rushed back from Tochigi Prefecture to report to Hideki Hanyu on the latest work progress.

“Thanks to the help of Councillor Fukuda and Governor Watanabe, our work in Tochigi Prefecture is going very smoothly. We will be finished in two days, and it will take about a week to complete the entire plan.”

When Nakano Shigemasa said this, Hanyu Hideki emphasized his instructions.

“Mr. Nakano, I won’t say much about your work. I believe you can complete the plan excellently. I just hope you can pay attention to safety.

Although we made arrangements in advance and held their debts, after the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office’s Special Investigation Division took away so many people, they were left leaderless.

But the families that control those industries have been operating in the Kanto region for many years. We want to uproot them now, and we must prevent them from taking desperate measures.”

Nakano Shigemasa hurriedly said, “Thank you for your concern, but the bodyguards sent by the president are very reliable, plus there are other friends who are secretly helping me, I am sure nothing will happen to me.”

Hanyu Hideki knew that the other friends mentioned by Nakano Shigemasa were from the Inagawa Group and the Sumiyoshi-kai controlled by Ogoshi Kazufumi.

Hanyu Hideki then placed another document in front of Nakano Shigemasa and said, “In addition to the Kanto affairs in the next week, you should also study this document carefully.”

Nakano Shigemasa picked it up and flipped through it, then said with a surprised expression, “The chairman wants to reorganize Tohoku Energy?”

Hanyu Hideki nodded. “That’s right. Now our business has not only entered the Kanto market, but also has many overseas investments. Therefore, neither the original management model nor the name Tohoku Energy is suitable for the future development of the company.”

After hearing Hanyu Hideki’s explanation, Nakano Shigemasa looked at the document again and spoke slowly.

“Origin Group, is this the new name of Northeast Energy?”

Hanyu Hideki shook his head. “It’s not a new name, but a new parent company. I have already mentioned the reorganization of Tohoku Energy to Mitsui. You just need to contact them according to the plan.”

“I understand.” Nakano Shigemasa replied.

The two chatted till here and the meeting ended.

However, Nakano Shigemasa had just left with the documents given by Hanyu Hideki when, according to Machiko’s report, a new uninvited guest arrived again.

This time, the person who came was Yugo Suzuki, the president of Sky Telecom, which had absorbed a large number of subsidiaries of Neon Telephone and Telephone Corporation.

However, when Hideki Hanyu personally greeted the other party outside the elevator door, he found that after the elevator door opened, Suzuki Yugo did not come alone.

Accompanying Yugo Suzuki was his daughter, Kyoka Suzuki.

This chapter is to make up for yesterday’s. There is still one chapter left. I will try my best to write it. You don’t have to wait. I will probably make up for it tomorrow. I have a lot of things to do in the few days after the New Year, and I have to visit relatives. I hope everyone can understand.
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