Tokyo, 1980: The Tycoon of an Era

On June 6, 2026, entertainment planner Bai Yingshi wrote the words "Day of 4/6" late at night, then woke up as Bai Wusiye, a young man of mixed Chinese and Japanese heritage in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, in 1980.

It was the fifty-fifth year of the Showa era. The golden age of idols had yet to truly begin, and the bubble economy was still brewing in the distance. The songs, novels, manga, films, games, and internet giants that would one day shake Asia and the world had yet to appear.

And in his mind were fifty years of future entertainment classics, industry trends, and financial upheavals.

One song that did not belong to the Showa era, and a masterpiece of mystery fiction yet to be written, brought this young man, who had once been unable to get so much as a foot in the door of Tokyo's entertainment world, to the attention of editors, producers, and record companies for the first time.

But Bai Wusiye soon understood that the future itself wasn't the answer. Works had to suit the times, he would have to protect his own copyrights, collaborators had to be won over step by step, and industry rules were walls that memory alone could not overcome.

From Saitama to Tokyo, from rejection letters to recording studios, from Showa-era pop songs to an Asian entertainment conglomerate, he would turn the future in his mind into reality with his own hands.