247, Shall I introduce the gangster grandpa to Xiu Yi-sang?
It’s September and the tea picking season has passed.
At this time, Naoki Nagayama and Keiko Fujita came to a tea garden in the mountains of Qingshui City.
Keiko Fujita first went to her hometown in Shizuoka to meet Naoki Nagayama. They first completed the house transaction contract for a small apartment in Bunkyo District, and then the two came to the mountainous area of Qingshui.
The tea garden is located on a sunny hillside, covering an area of about 10 acres. The terraces are neat and harmonious. Across the hillside are primitive woods. There is also a small stream at the bottom of the slope.
However, at this time, only the stubborn old leaves of the tea tree are left, and the new buds have naturally disappeared long ago. Although the tea garden is not big, the tea produced in a year is about a thousand kilograms.
"Keiko-san, is this the only tea garden you want to sell?"
"Naoki-san, local tea gardens are usually passed down from generation to generation and will not be sold easily." Fujita Keiko was also a little helpless. "This tea garden is in the mountains, so it is relatively inconvenient. In addition, the original purchase was actually a whole
It is a mountain, but only sunny slopes have been opened up. The tea plantation actually cannot make ends meet."
"Is this why you plan to sell it? In other words, I also need to buy the hill next to the tea garden?"
"Hi, the owner of the tea garden wants to package and sell the house next to the tea garden." Fujita Keiko also felt a bit cheated, "If you actually need to buy the tea garden, you need to wait for a good time. If Naoki-san is not satisfied, I will
Keep an eye out for new tea gardens.”
Naoki Nagayama doesn't care about the location, the attached house, or the hilltop.
"Keiko-san, have you asked about the tea produced in this tea garden? How is the quality?"
"The tea garden is quite authentic and pure water tea, and there are tea merchants who come to buy it. It is said that under the previous owner, the tea in this tea garden even won awards."
"That's good, it means that the foundation of tea tree is still good." Nagayama Naoki nodded, "I don't want to wait any longer, let's go to this one."
"Hey, I'll get the contract ready."
Fujita Keiko breathed a sigh of relief. It was her first time doing a transaction related to mountains and tea gardens, and she was really afraid that Naoki-san would be dissatisfied.
This tea garden, together with the wooden houses at the top and bottom of the mountain, costs less than 5 million in total, which is quite cheap.
Nagayama Naoki plans to pick buds all year round after buying the tea garden, but only picks the best tea leaves at the best time and supplies them exclusively to the teahouse.
After the negotiation was settled, the two of them drove to Tokyo respectively.
Since I had already told my family, I even brought Taro with me.
After arriving in Tokyo, they naturally went back to their respective homes. Before Nagayama Naoki could take a sip of water at home, he received a call from Otomo Yoshimura.
"Naoki-san, are you back yet?" Fangcun Otomo asked,
"Ah, is Otomo-san a prophet? I just got home a while ago."
Nagayama Naoki put down the hot cup and sat down on the sofa, "I drove for more than 2 hours."
The other person on the phone laughed: "That's really fate. I just drove for more than an hour and just got back from Yokohama."
"Oh? So Yuki Saito's contract has been signed?"
"Hi, it's been signed. I've also agreed with the Saito family that filming may start next week. Let them prepare for school leave as soon as possible." Yoshimura Otomo explained the signing situation, "I just arrived in Tokyo.
I was wondering if Naoki-san would be home, so I called."
"Hahaha, that's really a coincidence."
"Naoki-san, when can we start filming?"
"Have you found the actor yet?"
Nagayama Naoki actually has no requirements for male actors. Even the casting is left to Yoshimura Otomo, as long as the final confirmation is enough.
"Yes, I found a tough and handsome guy named Kojiro Shimizu, who is almost as good as Naoki-san~" Otomo Yoshimura introduced, "When I saw him, he didn't look very enthusiastic."
"Is that so? If your looks are similar to mine, then your acting skills must be good~" I don't know where this logic came from. The blind confidence contained in it made Otomo Yoshimura speechless on the other side of the microphone. He only had one word to say.
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"Hehe, hehehe~" Otomo Fangcun laughed a few times, "Naoki-san, just be happy~"
Naoki Nagayama didn’t say anything more,
"Today is Wednesday, so I'll go check it out tomorrow. If there's no problem, I can start shooting next week."
As for some extras and passers-by, employees of your own company can also perform.
But when it comes to the movie "That Summer, the Sea of Tranquility", naturally we cannot forget his most outstanding song part. He had already asked Yoshimura Otomo to go to the orchestra to practice, but the vocal harmony of the song itself was still missing.
turn up.
Although he was a little tired after driving back from Shizuoka today, Naoki Nagayama still went out with great perseverance when he thought that there was still something he needed to do.
Many of Tokyo's latest trendy record stores are clustered in Shibuya District. Although Udagawa Town has not yet become a mecca for DJs, there is already a trend of record stores gathering together.
After Nagayama Naoki came here, he planned to listen to each family one by one.
Yes, free whoring!
Anyway, Nagayama Naoki only wants to listen to the suitable sound, so if he comes across a record that suits his liking, he will of course buy it.
I don’t know if it’s a characteristic of the industry, but it seems that store managers who open record stores all have half-long hair and black-rimmed glasses, which makes them look very artistic.
Nagayama Naoki went directly into one of the record stores,
"Brother the store owner, I'm looking for some records of songs with particularly ethereal voices. Do you have any recommendations?"
"Are you actually looking for a specific voice?"
The store manager rarely encounters this kind of customer. He usually looks for a singer or a song style and a good voice. Either he has a special hobby or "Is the customer a music producer?"
"Hey, is it so obvious?" Naoki Nagayama has also produced several records, and can barely be considered a music producer.
"Haha, the request is too special."
Store manager Sang thought Nagayama Naoki was a new music producer, so he chatted while helping to find records:
"How many records have the customers produced? Maybe I've even sold them here."
"Actually, I only produced three records, and the results were pretty good. They should have been sold."
Nagayama Naoki picked up a record and put it into the record player in the record store. Sure enough, a soft female voice came out,
Sure enough, most of the time, the ethereal voices are produced by female singers.
"Isn't this one~" After listening to it for a while, Naoki Nagayama handed the record back to the store manager, "Then he started to put down one song."
The store manager didn't seem to meet music producers often, and he was very curious: "What is the name of the record produced by the customer?"
""さくら~あなたに出会えてよかった~" (Sakura Sakura, I Want to See You), "パズル" (Puzzle), "Love Sound and Amekora" (Love Song and Rainy Day), there are three songs in total."
"Hey!!!" The store manager was surprised, "You're lying! Aren't these three very popular songs? They are all in the top ten of the charts!"
Looking at Naoki Nagayama's young face, the store manager couldn't believe that such a young man was already a music producer who had made a mark in the record industry, and all three songs were in the top ten of the charts.
"Ah, I did make it."
Nagayama Naoki didn't say much, he took another record and put it into the tape recorder.
The sound from the speakers is indeed pleasant, but it always seems to be missing something.
The store manager saw Naoki Nagayama listening to one record after another, putting all the selected records in the box next to him, and stopped talking to him.
But I still wanted to make sure, so I went to find three songs Naoki Nagayama mentioned.
Sure enough, the producer column said Naoki Nagayama, and then...
The column for lyrics and composition is actually Naoki Nagayama!
Is he so evil?! The producer actually takes over the songwriting and composing duties!
The store manager's eyes changed when he looked at Naoki Nagayama who was listening to the music. He looked like a gold medal musician!
Nagayama Naoki listened to Matsuda Seiko's latest single "Wheat-colored Mermaid" (Wheat-colored Mermaid). I have to say that Matsuda Seiko's voice sounds very sweet. With a slight change, it might become ethereal.
How it feels.
"Miss Shengzi can be used as an alternative."
Nagayama Naoki murmured to herself, but she didn’t know if there would be a schedule or if her agency would agree.
"Miss Seiko? Is this His Highness Seiko Matsuda?" The store manager looked very excited, "Is the customer actually asking Seiko-san to make a record?"
"Ah, just as an alternative."
"Eh? How could this be possible? Shengzi-san's voice must be good, so sweet!" It seems that he is still a true fan.
"Hahaha, I'm not sure about this, so just keep listening~"
Naoki Nagayama said and continued to listen, but after listening to all the records selected by the store manager, he still couldn't find anything more suitable.
"Store manager Sang, it seems there is nothing suitable~"
"I think Shengzi-san is very suitable!"
She is indeed a true fan. Nagayama Naoki smiled and said,
"Private Marseille, I'm going to try another record store. Thank you to the store manager Sang~"
"Ah, stupid tape, but the guest really doesn't think about Seiko-san?"
"Hahaha~ There is a chance~"
In fact, the record stores in Udagawa Town are similar. At least the collection of Japanese songs is similar. As for foreign singers, they are still too far away. Simply negotiating is more troublesome. If it is just a dubbing, it is not that difficult.
Local singers are better.
After walking around Udagawa Town and identifying another candidate for Maria Takeuchi, Naoki Nagayama returned to the original record store again.
I didn't want to go in again, but the store manager actually played the song "さくら~あなたに出会えてよかった~" (Sakura Sakura, I Want to See You), a version sung by Yoshie Kashiwahara
After Kashiwara Yoshie ate alcoholic chocolate, her psychedelic singing suddenly caught Naoki Nagayama’s ears.
"I didn't expect that! Fang Huisang's voice is also very good."
And we’ve worked together before
After having options, Nagayama Naoki drove directly to the studio, surprising Yoshimura Otomo over there.
"What's wrong? Naoki-san? You came here suddenly." We just had a phone call before, but he came directly.
"Otomo-san, I seem to have found the right voice for "silent love"!"
Naoki Nagagami said directly, "That's Yoshie Kashiwahara."
"That Kashiwahara Yoshie I worked with?" Yoshimura Otomo was not very impressed by this idol. After all, he was not familiar with Nagayama Naoki at that time, and he was only responsible for the agency contract for advertising shoots.
"Hey, I listened to the previous record and I think her voice is very good."
Hearing this, Yoshimura Otomo understood what Nagayama Naoki meant: "In this case, I will contact her agent as soon as possible."
"That would be troublesome~"
Naoki Nagayama hurried over. In fact, it was all about this matter. After finishing talking, he planned to go home to rest, but Otomo Yoshimura stopped him:
"Naoki-san, since you're here, why don't you help me check with Itou Shuichi?"
"Eh? Isn't Shuichi-san filming a gangster movie? What's wrong?"
"Actually, the filming progress has been a bit slow recently. It is said that Shuichi-san has always felt that the gangster atmosphere is not strong enough. The filming was like playing house." Otomo Yoshimura was a little troubled. Itou Shuichi has complained to him many times in the past few days.
, "And the people who made the production this time don't have very good acting skills."
"Hahaha, this is the shortcoming of joint filming, it is unavoidable." Nagayama Naoki felt that it was not a big deal, "Isn't there Ren Ha Shimizu who is coordinating in the middle?"
"He is just in name only. No one who wants to finance the production can be turned away."
Naoki Nagayama was also speechless. This was because his background was not strong enough. He had clearly given the impression that he had abundant resources before, but he turned out to be a fake.
"So, what do you need me to do? I can't just stop shooting."
"It's not that exaggerated. I was thinking about what Naoki-san said before, is my grandfather a gangster? I just want to ask how the gang should be photographed?"
Nagayama Naoki was stunned by Yoshimura Otomo's request. How could a gangster be filmed?
"Isn't it Yakuza, tongue-licking, tattoos, violence, and spilling blood? Hasn't this become common knowledge? Shuichi-san should know it very well~"
Yoshimura Otomo continued: "But after Naoki-san and Shuichi-san tried it, they felt that it was all superficial and did not show the true temperament of the gangster. Regarding the core of the gangster, what does Naoki-san think it should be like?
?”
Then he looked at Naoki Nagayama with a searching look.
How would I know? I'm not a gangster!
Otomo-san, do you have any misunderstandings about people in your family who have gang connections?!
"Otomo-san, if you ask me about this, I don't know either."
"But isn't Naoki-san a grandfather of the Yamaguchi-gumi? You should know something about it, right? Shuichi-san has been in a lot of trouble lately~"
This is unfamiliar.
"Actually, my relationship with my grandfather is not very close." This point needs to be made clear.
Yoshimura Otomo looked at Nagayama Naoki with suspicion. When they first met, didn't he clearly say that he wanted to go back and inherit the family business?
"Otomo-san, don't look at me like that! I just entered society at that time, so I always had to pull some tiger skin to scare people~" Nagayama Naoki immediately understood the look in Yoshimura Otomo's eyes and explained quickly.
"If this is the case, there is nothing we can do. It seems that if we want to understand the true core of the gang, Shuichi-san can only find a way on his own." Fangcun Otomo said helplessly, "Let's talk to the local gang?"
Nagayama Naoki joked: "How about introducing my grandfather to Shuichi-san?"
