Naoki Nagayama returned to Tokyo and continued filming TV series, but the influence he left in Hong Kong has not disappeared.
Instead, like ripples on the water, they dispersed into the Hong Kong entertainment circle...
At Anita Mui's house, she was playing mahjong with her three friends, Fu Lu Shou... and she lost again!
As we all know, Anita Mui likes to play mahjong, but she likes to cheat and refuses to give her money when she loses...
Alan Tam from Hu Pai is like this:
"Amei, you lost again... don't continue to cheat!"
"Wait a minute, I'll definitely win back the next one!"
Anita Mui carelessly asked for an extension, but Alan Tam, Eric Tsang, and Danny Chan all laughed at her because she couldn't afford to lose. So Anita Mui rolled her eyes and started to blame:
"I was thinking about something just now, so I didn't concentrate..."
"Oh?" Knowing that she was changing the subject, Alan Tam, who won the money, was not angry, "What is so interesting~"
"I'm going to Neon in a while..."
Since there are many songs borrowed from the neon entertainment industry, Anita Mui would go to neon from time to time to get to know people from all walks of life in the entertainment industry.
"But I heard a big news recently..."
"???"
Seeing that Anita Mui didn't look like she was just making it up, several people looked over. Gossip is human nature.
"You know Neon's largest male idol agency, Johnny...it is said that the founder, Kitagawa, treats his underage artists..."
Having been in the entertainment industry for many years, Alan Tam and others are not ignorant of the dirty things in the entertainment industry. Once a person has money, it is difficult to hide his true nature...
However, Johnny Kitagawa's exaggeration is still shocking.
"Johnnys?" Chen Baixiang looked at Anita Mui in surprise, "Isn't anyone stopping such behavior?"
Eric Tsang shook his head: "Because neon is too perverted!"
Anita Mui punched him and then guessed: "...because Johnny is too powerful..."
"So, all Johnny's idols?"
"Of course I don't know the details, but it is said to be a large part..."
Alan Tam smoked a cigarette and asked in a probing tone,
"Are there no exceptions? Where did you get the news, Mei?"
"Insider!"
Although the gossip was shared, the source of the gossip must be kept secret. Naturally, Anita Mui did not reveal the identity of Naoki Nagayama.
"Don't ask who it is specifically, but I heard that this is already an honest secret in the neon entertainment industry..."
So, a good mahjong turned into a tea party with a few bad friends sharing gossip, and because they all have a lot of friends, almost the entire Hong Kong entertainment circle knew the news.
Then there were Hong Kong media tabloids that were closely related to the entertainment industry. And since there was no suppression from Johnny's forces, the limelight of public opinion began to spread to ordinary people...
The consensus that "Johnny's idols all slept out" began to form in Hong Kong.
.......
At the same time, in the neon entertainment industry, Johnny's business began to encounter obstacles...
"Marissa..."
Agent Matsuzawa Masahiro knocked on the door of Kitagawa Marie's office.
"Something went wrong."
"What?"
After all, Kitagawa Marie was someone who had been running the office for many years. She was not angry after hearing the news, but asked.
"We are negotiating for a performance in Hong Kong, but for some reason, they chose to reject it."
"Why did you refuse? Do you understand the reason?"
"The people there are hesitant, but it seems that the Hong Kong audience doesn't have a high opinion of neon male idols..."
"How could it be?! Aren't Hideki Saijo and Kenji Sawada very popular before?!"
"Private Marseille, maybe the new generation of idols are not so influential...and there are bad rumors circulating in the past..."
Matsuzawa Masaki doesn't speak Chinese, but he has also heard about Hong Kong people's bad impression of Johnny's idol.
Kitagawa Mari is average-looking, and as she grows older, she becomes thinner and thinner, and her face becomes more and more mean. When she suddenly hears bad news, her face instantly becomes fierce.
"You mean mom gave up? What did he do again?!"
Masaki Matsuzawa is already Johnny's chief manager, coordinating the business development of his second-tier idol groups, such as Hiromi Go in the early days, and now Masahiko Kondo, etc.
The focus is to promote them to Asian markets other than neon, such as Taiwan and Hong Kong. Kondo Masahiko is currently preparing to perform in Hong Kong.
"Forehead....."
And because Mary liked Kondo Masahiko very much, Matsuzawa Masaki didn't say anything, but his silence said everything.
Kitagawa Mari naturally knew Kondo's behavior as an adult. Although his reputation has declined, he is still the popular idol he once was. A guy who has been praised by others during his adolescence will naturally not know how to restrain himself.
As an adult, he has been photographed many times drinking, racing, and getting into various troubles with his friends... If it weren't for Johnny's aftermath, his reputation would have been ruined... Now his popularity is getting weaker and weaker.
...
And because he stole Nagayama Naoki’s early advertising, he had conflicts with him, which led to him becoming a mortal enemy of the now powerful Shuyou Group...
Kitagawa Mari knocked on the table, the scene with Kondo flashed through her mind, and she thought about the new male idols and the increasing competitive pressure in the entertainment industry.
Finally decided:
"Kondo's new album should not be continued. It will be handed over to the people of the male Douhu group, and then his previous best-selling songs will be made into an album for sale..."
"Then let him try to transform and take a sexy route... If there is still no improvement, let him join a variety show..."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Kitagawa Marie has decided to give up this artist, but as the manager of the agency, even if she wants to give up an artist, she must squeeze out all his remaining value.
"Don't use the favor on him. Once the contract is over, don't continue to sign the contract!"
"Um...this..."
Kitagawa Mari's decision was tantamount to giving up on Kondo. Matsuzawa Masaru didn't expect that he just reported a piece of news and actually cut off Kondo's future.
"Let's do it..." Mary waved her hand, "As for expanding the market overseas, if Hong Kong doesn't work, let's try Taiwan..."
"Hey, I got it!"
...
TVB’s wireless artist training class.
After class teacher Liu Fang had just finished a class, she was chatting with people in the office when she heard someone come in and say:
"Teacher Liu, who is that person in your training class, who has been spotted by the Neon Director?"
"???" When Naoki Nagayama came for the interview, Liu Fanggang was with him throughout the interview, but there was no news for a long time after that. He wondered, "Who is interested?"
"That's the Tony Leung Ka Fai with a longer face! The one who starred in "Behind the Curtain"!"
The colleague who came in was from the Ministry of Commerce. He smiled and said,
"Our department received an official invitation letter from Shuyou Group, inviting him to Neon for a final interview!"
In fact, Naoki Nagayama contacted TVB's Youta first, and then the company went through the formal procedures. Otherwise, Tony Leung would already be the Best Actor at the Academy Awards, and his schedule would still be very busy~
"Have you confirmed it's him?"
"I didn't say that, but out of so many actors, he was the only one who was asked to audition, so he must be very popular!"
"Only one?"
“We only received one email via wireless!”
After Liu Fang got the news, she immediately called Tony Leung and told him the good news.
Being selected by a major international director, the young Tony Leung was naturally surprised and happy, and he quickly said that he would definitely seize the opportunity to perform well.
"But the film production in Neon may be a little different from that in Hong Kong. Directors and screenwriters are very important there, so you have to adapt well..."
Liu Fanggang reminded his students,
"Although I'm not sure if you've finally cast the role, it means that someone on the crew is very optimistic about you, so remember, even if you don't cast the leading role in the end, you can still try to get another role in the movie!
"
"A big movie like that might go to Oscars and Cannes. It would be a pity to miss it!"
"I know, Teacher Liu!" Liang Jiahui looked very excited and nodded repeatedly, "I will do my best!"
"This is best..."
At the same time, Leslie Cheung, who was preparing a new song, also received news from his manager...
"Did I receive an invitation?"
Leslie Cheung said unexpectedly: "I made a mistake, I brought Andy to the audition! I also asked Mr. Naoki Nagayama..."
"It was a Neon man who called specifically to say it."
Leslie Cheung’s agent Chen Shufen said,
"It's a director named Kyū Kijima. He speaks broken English, but his meaning is very clear... I saw your acting skills at the scene and thought that your image and acting skills are very suitable for the male protagonist, so I invited you.
Go to Neon for re-examination...."
"Retest?"
Hearing the same words as looking for a job, Leslie Cheung wanted to laugh. At the same time, the director who had been following Naoki Nagayama during the audition that day suddenly spoke up.
“That guy picked me??”
"But I introduced Hua Tsai to audition, what's the point of going to the audition by yourself!"
Leslie Cheung was still a little confused. After all, he was introducing Andy to Naoki Nagayama that day...
"It's not like Naoki Nagayama chose you, it was another director!"
Chen Shufen helped take care of Leslie Cheung's hair, looked at Leslie Cheung in the half-length mirror, and then patted his shoulder,
"Leslie~~This is indeed a good opportunity!"
"If you want to achieve success in the film industry, you must go to the neon film industry. Hong Kong is too small after all!"
"Furthermore... Naoki Nagayama's tree friend films are famous not only in Neon, but also internationally..."
As an agent, Chen Shufen is naturally very familiar with the international entertainment industry. This year's Tokyo International Film Festival of Shuyou Group is a large-scale international event that Hong Kong film studios want to participate in.
She also saw that this was a good opportunity for Leslie Cheung to enter the neon film industry and even the international film industry, and advised him not to give up.
"I'll explain to Andy... After all, it's really not about grabbing the role... Naoki Nagayama didn't choose him, and he didn't choose you either..."
"..."
Leslie Cheung thought silently for a while, and said somewhat freely,
"I'm not too worried about Hua Zai...it's just that if I go to Neon this time, I may not be selected!"
"I heard that Kijima Kyū seemed very confident..."
"Eh? Wasn't it Naoki Nagayama's decision?"
"Who knows~"
........
"Tokyo Love Story" has many night scenes, so Naoki Nagayama, who has just returned to Tokyo, often rests in the morning and then goes to the filming base in the afternoon.
Occasionally I would go to the Shuyou Building in the morning to deal with some matters, such as the final ownership of a certain film project.
In Shuyu's best office, Nagayama Naoki called both Komori Masataka and Kijima Kyor over, and Itou Shuichi was also watching in the office.
"Well...there's nothing inconvenient to say."
Nagayama Naoki said straight to the point,
"Masataka-kun...I have decided that you will be the film producer from now on, and the director of "Tiger of Ginza" will be handed over to Kijima Kyon!"
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Itou Shuichi slapped his forehead speechlessly... Such a big news was revealed so simply?
Why not be more tactful and say some guiding words such as "after careful consideration by the management", "Masataka-kun, your expertise is different from Kijima-kun", "this arrangement is to be responsible for your future"?
If you throw the final result in front of two people like this, it will be hard for people to accept!
Fortunately, as an experienced driver, I am here!
"Ahem...Masaka-kun, I asked you to become the producer because your abilities are more comprehensive and suitable for coordinating a film project..."
Itou Shuichi said the reason why Nagayama Naoki discussed with him before, and then glanced at Kijima Xu again.
"As for Kijima-kun, your perception is sharper and your lens sense is stronger. You can detect the details in film shooting and know how to use the lens to express the picture better..."
"That's why we finally decided on the division of labor between you two..."
At the beginning, Komori Masataka and Kijima Kyor were indeed shocked, but they quickly calmed down.
The two of them have known for a long time that this movie must be a collaboration between two people, one is the producer and the other is the director, but the focus is different.
"Hey, we got it!" X2
Nagayama Naoki nodded. Seeing that both of them had accepted it, he directly assigned the task:
"Now that the script has been completed, film production will begin...
Masataka-kun, Shuichi-san, Otomo-san, the three of us
There are other things to deal with at the moment, so you have to come up with the specific plans and budget for the movie shooting, and you have to keep an eye on the progress..."
"Hey, I got it!"
The producer is the producer's representative, coordinating and managing the entire film project.
"Then Kijima-kun, finalize all the roles as soon as possible... communicate with the writing team... and start shooting in May..."
"Hi, I will..."
Kijima Xu nodded, but suddenly remembered that there were two alternatives for the male protagonist,
"So Naoki-san, the male protagonist of the movie..."
"You decide!"
Although Naoki Nagayama is more optimistic about Tony Leung Ka-fai, he does so through the filter of future memories. There is still a question mark over the acting skills of the Thousand Faces actor of this era.
Moreover, the director of the movie has been decided to be Kijima Kyun, so how to choose actors and how to coordinate the presentation of the movie content must be based on him.
"Hi!"
Kijima Kyon nodded in agreement, but silently decided in his heart that the actor Naoki-san had chosen should be given an important role no matter what, so that he could also participate in the movie.
Only in this way can Naoki-san not look bad!
Keep the boss in your heart at all times, this is the boss’s confidant!!
After the two of them left, Nagayama Naoki and Itou Shuichi started chatting.
"Naoki-san, the filming of "Tokyo Love Story" should be completed by early May..." Shuichi Itou asked, "Actually, you can focus on "Tiger of Ginza" by then! Filming will be a little later.
It’s no problem~”
"Forget it...if I participate in "Tiger of Ginza", then I will definitely be the core..."
Nagayama Naoki shrugged. With his current status and prestige, if he participates in film production, he will definitely be sure of his word... This will allow Komori Masataka and Kijima Kyor to express themselves freely...
"Besides, Akina is expected to give birth to a baby in August. When my daughter is born, I don't want to stay in the editing room every day and be busy editing!"
"I want to spend good time with my daughter!"
"Hey...Daughter slave~"
Itou Xiuichi curled his lips and expressed his approval for someone considering his daughter's companionship after she was born so far in advance.
"Aren't you the same?!"
"..."
After saying this, Yi Tangxiu sighed,
"Alas... Jiayi-chan actually started having boyfriends after she entered junior high school..."
"Ah? So early?" Nagayama Naoki suddenly became energetic, "Is it Huang Mao?!"
"...."
When Itou Xiu looked over, he seemed to want to hit someone, and Nagayama Naoki quickly put back his curiosity.
"Hahaha~" a guy yelled, "Jiayi-chan is only thirteen years old, she doesn't even know what her boyfriend is, she must have just talked about it casually! It's like kids in kindergarten playing house!"
"
"well....."
Itou Shuichi also knew that it was just a joke, and at most it was just a male classmate hanging out with him.
However, starting from the time she entered junior high school, her daughter seemed to have entered the legendary adolescence, and she began to lose contact with her father. Instead, she always whispered to her mother, Yitang Jiawei...
I even knew that she had a little boyfriend, but I still found out from my wife...
"But in two years, I will go to high school. At that time..."
That was the craze of campus love!
After hearing this, Naoki Nagayama could only comfort him:
"...There is nothing we can do about it. After all, my daughter will grow up!"
In fact, words of comfort were of no use at all. Itou Xiu asked Naoki Nagayama directly:
"In more than ten years, if Naoki-san's daughter grows up and wants to have a boyfriend, what will you do?"
"Hahaha... That will be more than ten years later~ Let's talk about it then!"
"What if you have a boyfriend?! How will Naoki-san handle it?"
"Then I will consider cutting off that man's penis!"
Nagayama Naoki said the words without changing his expression that made the man's lower body shiver!