After signing the employment contract, Naoki Nagayama planned to send Katsuo Yasui and Chinatsu Sakakibara away.
By the way, they were asked to notify the Public Employment Security Office of the interview results, and Naoki Nagayama would also pay a service fee, which was 30% of their annuities.
The annuity given to them is 3.6 million yen. Although it is not high, it is the salary of ordinary white-collar workers. And although there may not be any performance, if the cafe can make a profit by the end of the year, 20% of the profit will be given to the two of them. Year-end awards.
Before leaving, Naoki Nagayama handed the key to the door to Katsuo Yasui in an elegant manner.
"Yasui-san, if there is no problem, you can start working tomorrow, and the cafe will be open~"
Although he was still a little confused, Katsuo Yasui still nodded respectfully and agreed.
Seeing the young boss driving away in a convertible sports car, Katsuo Yasui and Chinatsu Sakakibara looked at each other and then said with some uncertainty: "Ms. Sakakibara, it seems that we will be colleagues from now on."
"It seems so"
"Then let's run this cafe together from tomorrow on!"
".Hi!"
Although the salary is the same, in Japan, a patriarchal society, giving the key to Katsuo Yasui is acknowledgment that he is the more powerful party. Although Chinatsu Sakakihara is a little unwilling, she also admits this result.
While Naoki Nagayama was still on the road here, he suddenly remembered,
"I haven't told them about Qingshui Tea Garden yet~" But after thinking about it for a while, I felt that it would not be too late to tell them after Samadhiju's business is on track.
"The male store manager and the female general manager, it always feels like a mom-and-pop shop~" Thinking that the man and woman he hired seemed a bit awkward, Naoki Nagayama had an idea in his mind, "The two of them will not become happy enemies."
I forgot to ask them about their family situation before. It would be bad if something happened and destroyed family harmony.
"Well, how could it be such a coincidence? I must be worrying unfounded!"
The autumn sun at noon is much warmer than in the morning. When it shines on people's faces, they feel like they are being sunburned, but they don't feel hot. It's as if the sun just said hello to you in a hurry, but didn't want to say a few more words to you. talk.
Some people were already wearing windbreakers on the road, and the long hem of the clothes that reached their knees kept swaying with the frequency of walking.
The tall, well-proportioned man was wearing a windbreaker. From a distance, he looked dashing and handsome, as if he was walking by the wind.
No wonder the trench coat has been popular for half a century~
When we arrived at the studio, Otomo Yoshimura was naturally already in the office.
And one of the capable men, Komori Masataka, is busy contacting other theaters for release times. At this time, besides Tokyo, he has to travel to various places.
Yes, Nagayama Naoki handed over all the release matters of "That Summer, Sea of Tranquility" to this guy, euphemistically calling it "training young people". He is obviously younger than others
Masami Inada has never been in the studio. Ever since he became a behind-the-scenes manager, he has always been outside. The original four artists, and now Yuki Saito, are all a little too busy~
"Otomo-san, here I come!"
Nagayama Naoki walked into the office briskly. He had just finished something and was in a very relaxed mood.
Naoki Nagayama thought he was worried about what happened before: "What's wrong, Otomo-san, didn't I promise you to meet that guy from Fuji TV? Why do you still look worried?"
"What's there to worry about?"
Yoshimura Otomo glanced at Nagayama Naoki, meaning that it doesn't matter even if you don't go to me for such a trivial matter (Nagayama Naoki's interpretation).
"It's a matter of awards"
"Awards? Oscars?" It was obviously just mentioned some time ago, right?
"Oscar? No, it's not the Oscar, it's the Japanese Film Blue Ribbon Award." Otomo Yoshimura then said, "To be more precise, it's all Japanese film awards."
Nagayama Naoki became even more curious: "What happened to these film awards? Have the election rules been changed?"
Yoshimura Otomo rubbed his face, as if trying to get rid of the frown on his face, but failed, and finally sighed: "According to internal information, the judges this year do not intend to let "Hachiko Monogatari"
"Get nominated and participate in the selection."
When he first heard the news, Nagayama Naoki was not surprised. Instead, he asked elsewhere: "Inside information? How did Otomo-san get the inside information?"
"There's something wrong with your focus, Naoki-san."
"There's no problem. It's just that established movie bosses reject newcomers who suddenly appear. It happens in every industry." Naoki Nagayama originally didn't care much about awards. In his eyes, can he
Making money is the big thing.
"I'm just curious about the so-called inside information. In the past, I always said that it was based on so-and-so's inside information, according to insiders. But where did this kind of information that was known before the selection come from? Could it be the movie?
Don’t the commentators know when to secretly party early?”
Yoshimura Otomo looked at Nagayama Naoki like a monkey in the zoo. Sometimes he felt that this young man knew everything, and sometimes he felt that this guy seemed like a person who had just entered society.
"Of course there is no party. A few high-status big shots let it out, and then the judges who are related to him will naturally understand. Naoki-san, this is the so-called 'power', it can only be understood but cannot be expressed in words~"
Oh. So I understand everything I know, and I won’t say much about what I don’t understand, right?
"So Otomo-san is worried about this?"
"Of course, our movies are obviously so good."
"So there is no action from the Kadokawa Group? Didn't the movies show their heads?" Nagayama Naoki was puzzled. Kadokawa is already a big group.
"Although Kadokawa and Kadokawa Pictures have strong financial resources, after all, they have only been in the film industry for only 6 years, and they are still not as good as established film production companies such as Toho and Shochiku." Yoshimura Otomo said, "Besides, Haruki-san has already taken all the
All the resources are devoted to promoting "Hachiko Monogatari" to participate in the Oscar selection."
I see, that’s why Japan’s internal selection is useless~
"Obviously, the sales volume of our movies far exceeds that of other movies. Maybe the judges want to find fault with things like artistry and humanistic spirit."
Seeing Yoshimura Otomo's dejected look, Naoki Nagayama realized that such an honor was still very important to other people in the company, even the unnamed head of the company, so Shuichi Itou, the unnamed director, would probably be even more disappointed.
"Otomo-san, I'm so lucky to have won this award but lost my life." I wanted to comfort myself, but I couldn't say anything useful.
I always thought that based on performance, there would be more or less of these awards, but now, it seems that I will win nothing!
Nagayama Naoki also felt offended, why should his own movie be suppressed?
I am angry and murderous. If I can’t get it, why can others get it?
"Otomo-san!" Nagayama Naoki's tone became much deeper.
Yoshimura Otomo raised his head blankly and felt the change in Nagayama Naoki's tone: "?Nani?"
"Do you still remember how you dealt with Toei's slander before?"
"Eh? Telling each other dirty stories, injuring the enemy by a thousand and yourself doing a loss of eight hundred?"
Yoshimura Otomo remembered that at that time, it was because he made the matter so big that the head of Toei's sales department couldn't bear it at first.
"But this time it's an established group in the entire film industry! Unlike before, there were opposition forces within Toei."
"Hahaha, Otomo-san, aren't there people in the film industry who are against the established groups?"
Naoki Nagayama smiled. There are so many small producers and emerging directors in the film industry who have been suppressed by Toho and Toei for such a long time. How can they not feel resentful?
There are also second-rate film production companies and ambitious cross-border consortiums like Kadokawa Pictures.
"Naoki-san, what are you going to do?" Yoshimura Otomo doesn't quite understand, but Naoki is right!
"Otomo-san, we strike first this time!"
Nagayama Naoki asked Yoshimura Otomo to contact his friendly media and film critics, and began to take the lead in distributing so-called inside information in the media, that is, "Hachiko Monogatari" will not be nominated in the film awards selection, and will ultimately win nothing.
"Wouldn't this help them?"
"Of course not, Otomo-san, the more banned, the more people will be interested!" Nagayama Naoki said, "This time, we will arrange for people to spread all the reasons why established companies suppress newcomers!
"
"Naoki-san, this kind of thing is said in private, and there is no evidence!"
"Are we the police? Is the audience a judge? Do we need evidence?" Nagayama Naoki asked quickly, "In the end, if "The Story of Hachiko Monogatari" really yields nothing, then the result itself is evidence!"
Yoshimura Otomo scratched his head: "But what if there is really no nomination?"
"You mean the so-called big boss doesn't care what the audience thinks, or is he just suppressing it hard?"
"Hi."
“That’s the brand they’re going to win several awards for~”
The so-called awards are actually all business behind them. The brand of awards here is like a chicken that keeps laying golden eggs. If someone wants to kill the chicken to get the eggs, he must consider whether what he takes out can be compared with what he loses.
What Naoki Nagayama wants to do is to magnify the losses.
Yoshimura Otomo asked again: "What if they use some small corner prizes to pass the time?"
"Hahaha, now that we have gone through the selection process, we still can't do anything too ugly in front of the public."
Shuyu Pictures' "The Tale of Hachiko" this time is indeed nearly twice as good as other films of the same period. It would be a bigger shame if it were nominated but failed to compare!
In later generations, the top prize of Japan's most prestigious music selection award was stolen by dirty means. The fairness of the selection was severely affected, and the market share of the broadcast market was directly reduced the following year!
The Music Awards also fell into disrepair.
After listening to Nagayama Naoki's approach, Mr. Fangcun cheered up and started looking for relevant resources.
However, Nagayama Naoki stopped him: "Otomo-san, didn't you say you made an appointment with someone from Fuji TV?"
"Ah, that guy Otasu Sugiura~" Yoshimura Otomo didn't take him to heart at this time, he was in a hurry to go out, "It's in the cafe we often go to, Naoki-san just go and deal with him~
"
Tsk, tsk, tsk, how can you say it so openly and perfunctorily?
Otomo-san, you have changed!
Naoki Nagayama shook his head helplessly, but he still drove to the cafe. After all, he had to keep his promise when he promised something to others.
After arriving, I found that someone was already sitting in their usual seat, and it was a man and a woman, just like on a blind date.
"Excuse me, is this Mr. Oyasu Sugiura?" Naoki Nagayama felt unfamiliar, but he still walked over, "I am Naoki Nagayama."
"Ah, Yongshan-san, long-lost greetings!"
"This is Nirumi."
"Hi, it's our first time meeting you. Please give me some advice!" Naoki Nagayama greeted him normally, but Otasu Sugiura smiled.
"Yongshan-san, this is not the first time we have met!"
During the first season of "Amazing World", Naoki Nagayama came to Fuji TV several times and had contact with people from the first production department several times, but at that time there were a lot of people together. He has now remembered
Sorry, this is a bit embarrassing~
Sugiura Oyasu and Nishi Rumi both still remember Nagayama Naoki. After all, such a handsome guy can easily attract the attention of others, not just girls.
"Is that so?" Naoki Nagayama shrugged and smiled, "I must have not introduced her properly at that time, otherwise I would never forget such a beautiful woman."
This sentence made Nishirumi smile all over her face. She can be considered a little beauty to work in a TV station, but being praised by a handsome guy like Nagayama Naoki still makes people happy.
"Hahaha, Naoki-san is really sweet."
Just as it was about to turn into a plot about Neptune flirting with girls, Otasu Sugiura immediately interrupted: "Naoki-san, thank you very much for taking the time to come over this time."
"Ah, silly tape, I'm very empty anyway~ Otomo-san talked about the dilemma of "Wonderful Story of the World", and I also have some feelings for this show, so I came here~"
The usual coffee was served, Naoki Nagayama said as he thanked the waiter.
"Um," Oyasu Sugiura continued, "What do Naoki-san think of the current situation of our program?"
Nagayama Naoki had thought about it on the way here and had some ideas in mind.
"Sugiura-san, let me put it bluntly, the dilemma of "Wonderful World Story" is that the quality of the first season was too high, and subsequent episodes could not satisfy the audience, which led to a decline in broadcast rates."
"Hey, that's true."
"In this case, then the royal approach will naturally improve the production level!"
"But." I can't do it!
"Instead of asking you to produce on your own, we invite Toho and Toei. These production institutions use their top screenwriters. Isn't this the biggest advantage of the production bureau?"
As one of the biggest exposure outlets in the entertainment industry, all agencies and companies must give him face.
"Well, we have asked other production companies and invited celebrities." Nishi Rumi interjected from the side, "But there is still no improvement."
"That's it~" It seems that the starting point I gave them was too good, and the audience's threshold was too high at the beginning, but it doesn't matter, "Since the royal way doesn't work, then let's take a different approach~"
"Eh?"
"It's still being played episode by episode, right?"
"Hi!"
"Sugiura-san, consider condensing the three stories into one episode. Since the quality can't be achieved, it's okay to rely on quantity!"
"Eh?! Is this okay?" Sugiura Otayoshi was surprised at first, and then thought about it again, "It seems like it is really okay!"
