"Naoki-san, greetings from Jiu Shu... Everything has been going well lately~"
Yasushi Akimoto's voice came from the microphone, which surprised Naoki Nagayama, who hadn't seen him for a long time.
"Hi, everything is going well..." Nagayama Naoki nodded, "I am now at home with Akina, waiting for the due date..."
"That's such a blessing...to have a child of my own..."
"There will be a lot of things to worry about in the future..."
After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Akimoto Yasushi revealed his true purpose:
"Naoki-san, do you know Kotaro Ogata, the director of TBS?"
"Not very familiar... Qiu Yuan-san, you know that I have never participated in many social activities in the industry."
"Well...so Director Ogata has been unable to contact you..." Akimoto Yasushi said with a smile, "He asked me to be the middleman and wanted to treat Naoki-san to a meal. You can see tomorrow
Do you have time at noon?"
"Invite me to dinner? For what?" Nagayama Naoki was a little curious.
"It's related to the Tokyo International Film Festival..."
"Is it the broadcasting rights?" Nagayama Naoki immediately reacted, "But that has been authorized to Fuji TV..."
"Hey, we know..." Yasushi Akimoto continued, "But the director may have other ideas and want to communicate with Naoki-san... Naoki-san, if you can spare time to meet Ogata
Director?"
"Haha, Qiu Yuan-san was caught as a coolie!"
"Hehe... Naoki-san and I are the only ones familiar with each other on TBS..."
Akimoto Yasushi had no choice, he didn't want to beg Nagayama Naoki, but he secretly regarded Naoki-san as his opponent!
"So... Naoki-san, are you free tomorrow?"
Naoki Nagayama thought for a while and he happened to be going to Shuyou Capital in Ginza tomorrow, so he nodded:
"Since Qiu Yuansang has spoken, I will naturally give you face!!"
Hearing this, Akimoto Yasu felt warm in his heart... It turns out that I am so important in Naoki-san's heart!
"Arigado, Naoki-san!"
"Haha, it's okay! Let's see you at noon tomorrow..."
"Hi!"
.......
A night of silence
.......
Early the next morning, when Nagayama Naoki was about to go out again, Akina was a little resentful:
"I've only been at home for a few days, but I have to go out every day... Why is Naoki-san so restless!"
It sounds like Naoki Nagayama is the kind of man who never comes home every day~
"...Akina~"
He obviously has a cheerful personality, but when his thin eyebrows were furrowed, it made me feel pity for him. Naoki Nagayama stretched his hand to his wife's fair face, and then pinched her unprepared!
"I've only been out for half a day, but why do you sound like a scumbag when you say it to me?"
It feels good in the hand, and the originally sad look suddenly became funny, and the chubby baby fat makes people feel cute.
"Wu~·~?"
After being squeezed, Akina's eyes sharpened, her hands began to circle around Nagayama Naoki's waist, and the two-finger Zen was about to take action!
Nagayama Naoki quickly let go, and then kissed his smooth cheek comfortingly:
"I'll be back in the afternoon~Be good~"
"..."
It only lasted a few breaths, and before Akina could react, Nagayama Naoki had already walked out of the entrance.
From the window, she saw the convertible drive out of the gate. Akina, who was a little annoyed, only saw the licking dog still wagging its tail, so she could only retaliate by pinching the dog's cheeks bitterly.
"Yutaro, your master ran away! It's reasonable for a father to pay his debts to his son, right?"
Facing the early summer sunshine, Naoki Nagayama drove all the way to the bustling Ginza.
It's the morning rush hour, the roads are busy with traffic, and people are coming and going on the commercial streets. In the past, most of the time we came here at the wrong peak, so people would not be so crowded. Only now can Naoki Nagayama feel what it means to be popular.
Finally, we arrived at Shuyou Capital's building. After taking the elevator to the 12th floor, we found that the place had also changed. Cameras, reflectors, and microphones had already occupied the lobby.
"Naoki-san!"
Kanai Suuka at the front desk was still communicating with the venue manager, but she came over after seeing Naoki Nagayama.
"The crew is setting up the venue~"
"How are the other employees doing?"
Nagayama Naoki looked inside and found that Shuyou Capital's space was divided into two parts, and some employees had already started working.
"It has been notified before, so everyone knows that the venue will be borrowed today."
Kanai Shuuka led Nagayama Naoki towards the office, explaining as he walked,
"I originally planned to re-adjust the company's layout after the number of people increased, but now it's just right..."
"Where's Yuan Taisang?"
"Yuan Taisang is in the office..." Kanai Zhouxiang paused, "Exchanging performances with the actors..."
Nagayama Naoki slowed down and turned to look at Kanai Shuuka:
"ha?"
"As far as I know this is the case..."
Kanai Zhouxiang took two steps faster, led Naoki Nagayama to the office, and then added:
"By the way, Naoki-san, according to previous instructions, your office will also be requisitioned today, so some data and other sensitive information have been put away!"
"Ah...Okay~"
Naoki Nagayama pushed open the door of Wonta Nakai's office, and sure enough he saw Wonta Nakai on the sofa inside talking enthusiastically to the actor Leslie Cheung and director Yuki Kijima.
After seeing Naoki Nagayama coming, he became even more enthusiastic:
"Naoki-san, you're here! Come on, come on, I was telling Leslie just now that our investment banking job is not that high-end!"
"..."
Naoki Nagayama was immediately drawn into a conversation discussing the real life of an investment bank.
"How can anyone fly around in suits and ties every day... Most of them stay up late with a cup of black coffee..." Wonta Nakai said it as if he was complaining, "Every day I get up early and go back late.
Every day I see reports, numbers, and graphs... My hair has become thinner this year..."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Leslie Cheung is a little unconvinced:
"But sometimes I see investment bankers from Hong Kong and the United States in the first class of airplanes. All of them are high-end people in the traditional impression, with gold watches, high-end suits, and exquisite hair oil..."
"They are going to meet clients to discuss business, so naturally they have to pack themselves up...in order to show their best..." Wonta Nakai said, "Normally, we all...
..You will know when you go out and take a look now~"
Although it is standard for Neon to wear a suit, the analysts and trading managers at Shuyou Capital now all have wrinkled shirts, yellow faces, dark eye sockets... and they also wear glasses.
If you think about it, you will know that even celebrities who value their image the most do not wear full makeup on normal days~
After Nakai Wonta finished speaking, he raised his head and glanced at Nagayama Naoki, who was still handsome:
"Naoki-san doesn't count, he's not a staff member of an investment bank at all!"
"..."
You can be affected even if you don’t say anything!
"What do you mean I'm not an investment banker... Even if I'm the president, I'm still a member of Shuyou Capital!"
"Hi, hi, hi..."
Nakai Wonta retorted perfunctorily, and then continued to communicate with Leslie Cheung and Kijima Kyor about today's shooting.
Kijima smiled:
"Yuan Taisang, although there are some differences from the real situation, our movie is to capture the image of investment bankers in people's minds, or in other words, to be more exaggerated and emotional..."
"It might be a little noisy when we're filming later..."
"It doesn't matter, Naoki-san has already told me before, and I will definitely cooperate well today!"
Nagayama Naoki sat on the sofa and talked about the focus of today's shooting.
The actor Kazuhiko Hotta, played by Leslie Cheung, has already made a lot of money and opened a company in Ginza... His high-profile behavior led the media to call him the "Tiger of Ginza"!
As his fame rises, more and more people want to join his company, and the leading actor Hota Kazuhiko also delivers a passionate speech in front of the company's employees.
"Leslie...the speech in this scene requires a lot of passion! Or do you have the confidence to do it in one shot?"
Naoki Nagayama lamented that in "The Wolf of Wall Street", the prototype of this movie, the actor's speech was a classic. This clip originally attracted him to watch the entire movie.
Leslie Cheung nodded:
"I have memorized the lines and have been familiar with them many times. It is very difficult and it is difficult to pass it in one go... But for this scene, I think I can shoot it up to three times a day!"
"One rush will lead to failure, and three times it will be exhausted..." Nagayama Naoki nodded, "Everyone knows this truth."
"Yes, full emotions are important."
Leslie Cheung looks very reserved when he speaks now, and even his expression is not big. It is obvious that he is storing energy for this scene.
Nagayama Naoki did not talk to him too much, but said to Kijima Xu:
"Kijima-kun, I can lend you Shuyou Capital's office for three days... Within three days, you have to finish filming the scenes inside the office. Can you do it?"
The working day of Shuyou Capital is filled with hundreds of millions of transactions every day. Three days of interruption is already too much~
If it weren't for the need for realism, I wouldn't have thought about using Shuyou Capital's real office environment.
"Hey, I can definitely do it!"
Kijima Xu was not worried and said that he would definitely complete the task.
After continuing to talk for a while, the entire pre-shooting arrangement was over. Leslie Cheung and other actors went to put on makeup first, while Kyū Kijima, the director, gave orders.
"The extras are ready...wait and see the stage management's gestures!" "The sound...the props master will check it again!" "Everyone else is in place!"
After a few words, the entire set got into working mode.
Wonta Nakai, who was watching from the sidelines, praised repeatedly:
"Director Kijima is really impressive now..."
"Kishima-kun is already a well-known director..." Nagayama Naoki also agreed, "From now on, he will be the main supporter of Shuyou!"
"Naoki-san said it as if he was going to retire~"
Nakai Wonta pulled Nagayama Naoki to the office again and whispered,
"Naoki-san, there is news about the island I mentioned last time!"
"?So fast?"
"Well, it's in the Seto Inland Sea." Nakai Wonta said, "There is a village on an island that has no choice but to agree to relocate."
"What's going on?"
"It seems that the heavy rain after summer flooded the village, and the remaining people had no money to repair the old houses."
"..."
In short, people have moved away and it will soon become an uninhabited island that can be bought and sold.
"In the second half of the year, Naoki-san, let's go take a look." Nakai Wonta said, "We can plan in advance what to build later..."
"How much does it cost?"
"Around 1.6 billion...after all, there were villages before...it's not too expensive..."
Wonta Nakai is no longer sensitive to amounts of hundreds of millions. The price of island fixed assets is actually not too expensive, and the unit price is even cheaper than real estate. What really costs money is the subsequent development.
"About six or seven old houses can also be rebuilt..."
"Well...let me think..."
I really haven’t seriously considered what I want to build on my own island!
.......
At this time, in the studio outside, the filming of important scenes had begun. Naoki Nagayama saw that the extras were already looking at Leslie Cheung holding a microphone on the stage, and there were even some actors from Shuyou Capital itself...
.
“There is nothing praiseworthy about being poor!”
"I have been poor and rich! But if I had to choose again, I would definitely choose rich!!"
"At least as a rich man, when I face problems and difficulties...
I will be sitting in a luxury car! I will be wearing a high-end suit worth millions! I will be wearing a gold watch worth tens of millions!!!"
After throwing the gold watch to the company's employees, Leslie Cheung's face turned red and he looked a little crazy. Naoki Nagayama thought he had a softer image, but he didn't expect that such a scene could be very explosive.
"Overdue on your credit card bill?! Great! Pick up the phone and start dialing!"
"I can't pay the rent and I'm going to be evicted by the landlord?! Great! Pick up the phone and start dialing!"
"Your girlfriend thinks you're a wimp?! Great! Pick up the phone and start dialing!"
"I want you to be rich and then I can solve all your problems!"
"Today you only have one task, pick up the phone and tell the other person the words I taught you... Then I can make you richer than most of Neon's presidents!!!"
"!!!"
Looking at the group of actors who were excited by these bewitching words, Naoki Nagayama didn't know for a moment whether they were really affected or just acting.
"Cut!"
In short, after Leslie Cheung finished speaking and Kijima Kyo shouted "Ka", the entire set was still filled with the atmosphere of going to have a big fight~
“Very good, great feeling!”
Kijima Xu was the first to applaud, and then everyone on the set also applauded to express their appreciation for Leslie Cheung's performance.
"Leslie, it was great the first time! There will be more reshoots later, mainly because of the reactions of other actors, which still needs to be improved..."
"This time, you really feel like you are possessed by Naoki-san... Oh no, you are possessed by the male protagonist Hota Kazuhiko!"
After Leslie Cheung relaxed, he waved his hands repeatedly:
"No, no, this line is too powerful, very aggressive like European and American culture..."
"Of course, this was written by Naoki-san!" Kijima Xu praised without hesitation. Of course, praising the boss should be done in front of the person concerned!
"Naoki-san has given many powerful and meaningful speeches before!"
"Then I have to ask for advice..."
Naoki Nagayama has indeed plagiarized many classic lines in public occasions before, and his speeches even made the audience applaud continuously.
But now that I think about it, I just feel embarrassed...
........
Nagayama Naoki was called to Shuyou Capital today, partly to check on the progress of the filming of "Tiger of Ginza", and partly to ensure the smoothness of the shooting.
Facts have proved that the staff of Shuyou Capital and the crew get along very well, and even Sakaguchi Shinichi and others also tried the joy of being an extra.
In the future, when you are waiting for the movie to be released, you can take your family to the cinema and look for yourself on the screen!
What's more, the immediate boss is the same person, so we are all a family~
On the first day at Shuyou Capital, the filming of "Tiger of Ginza" went very smoothly. After that, we had to shoot more scenes, including the celebration after making money, the plot when being summoned by the Financial Bureau, etc.
Anyway, the crew of "Tiger of Ginza" has been here for the past two days~
When it was almost noon, Naoki Nagayama did not stay to eat the set lunch, but walked out of the office building and headed towards the high-end restaurant in Ginza.
Last night, a friend he didn't expect called him...
Nagayama Naoki still remembers his somewhat flattering tone...the talented Akimoto Yasushi back then...
Alas, when the gap between friends becomes wider and wider, this friendship begins to become a little different!