454, 'Yakuza background? The Yongshan family in the entertainment industry!'
In the small screening room, scenes from "High School" were playing on the big screen.
From the initial Yakuza execution, to Suzuran High School, to the conquest and struggle of bad campus groups, to the final decisive battle between Takizawa Genji and Serizawa Tamao.
The whole movie is like a continuous roller coaster, allowing the audience attending the preview to be immersed in the ups and downs of the plot.
When the song "Into the battlefield" started to play, Naoki Nagayama clearly saw some audience members touching their arms, which was an emotional impact that made people get goosebumps.
The last fast-paced group melee brought the atmosphere of the entire movie to its highest level. As Tamao Serizawa roared under the sunset, Naoki Nagayama even saw some young people roaring along with him!
With impactful fighting scenes, novel plots, and exciting music, Nagayama Naoki believes that before long, Suzuran High School, Serizawa Legion, and Takizawa Genji. These words will spread like viruses among young people.
spread among the group.
When the lights in the screening room came on again, the press conference for the media officially began under the auspices of the host.
"Now I invite the creator and star of "Hot Blood High School" to come on stage!"
Following the host's voice, Shuichi Itou and Naoki Nagayama came on stage with the leading actors.
"Mina-san, I just finished watching "Hot Blood High School" and I feel the blood in my body is surging!" the host said in a relaxed tone, "I always have the urge to play something!"
Itou Shuichi smiled and raised the microphone: "Host Sang, you have to be careful, Suzuran's overlord is still here!"
Over there, Yongshan Feng also cooperated and flexed his muscles.
"Hahaha, then I don't dare to be presumptuous~" The host's words made the atmosphere in the venue much more relaxed. After finishing the opening remarks, he began to hand over the microphone to the reporters present,
"However, there are many reporters who are famous for their boldness who came to the preview today. Now, let's see what they want to say!"
"Shuichi-san, what is the reason why you want to make this movie?" A reporter was selected, but when he asked such a question, it was obvious that he was asked by himself.
Itou Shuichi was obviously well prepared and talked eloquently: "Mina-san, when Naoki-san and I just came up with this idea, we originally wanted to make a movie about youth and dreams. At that time, we were thinking,
What is youth? What does dream mean?"
Nagayama Naoki, who was standing aside, listened very carefully at first, but the more he listened, the more something seemed wrong.
This guy Itou Shuichi seems to have plagiarized what he said at the finals banquet!
Itou Shuichi, who was holding the microphone, was still talking:
"We focus on bad students because their restless hearts and confusion in their eyes are one of the most important characteristics of youth."
"We embodied it into a passionate conflict in the movie. The realization of the dream expresses this passionate youth!"
This guy actually copied it like this!
Nagayama Naoki was working hard to control his expression and prevent the corners of his eyes from twitching. Looking around, almost everyone on the stage was enduring a hard time.
But Shuichi Itou over there became more and more energetic as he spoke. He even bowed slightly, and then took the microphone and spoke loudly:
"Gentlemen! In this world, youth and dreams are the only things that cannot be let down!!!"
After saying this, Itou Shuichi received unanimous cheers and applause from the reporters and the audience. Then he returned to the queue with a satisfied smile and whispered to the people on the stage:
"After that time, I felt that these words were very powerful, and it was really refreshing to say them like this!"
"Shuichi-san, is this an excuse for you to plagiarize other people's lines?"
Nagayama Naoki looked at his friend with dead fish eyes.
"Hahaha~" Itou Shuichi didn't answer directly, he actually turned his face!
Is this guy actually so thick-skinned?
Before Naoki Nagayama could continue asking questions, the host had already named the next questioner.
"I have a question for Mr. Naoki Nagayama. I noticed that Kaede Nagayama, one of the leading actors, also has the surname Nagayama. Is there any connection between the two?"
A fair question, but Naoki Nagayama didn’t want to avoid it:
"Hi, Brother Feng is my cousin."
"That's it~Thank you~"
The next reporter's question is very interesting: "I would like to ask Director Itou, how was the final winner between Takizawa Genji and Serizawa Tamao decided?"
"This~" Itou Shuichi laughed, "Actually, there is no decision!"
"???"
"When we were filming that time, the final showdown was real!"
Itou Shuichi continued,
"Our director team did not provide any guidance or preset results for the final brawl between Takizawa Genji, played by Hiroyuki Sanada, and Tamao Serizawa, played by Kaede Nagayama.
The final result will not come until one of them falls."
The reporter was surprised: "If you put it this way, did Suzuran's overlord really win?"
"Hahaha, you can say that." Itou Shuichi pointed to the two actors next to him,
"We would like to thank Mr. Hiroyuki Sanada and Mr. Kaede Nagayama for giving us a wonderful battle."
The two people next to them also quickly bowed and signaled to the audience~
The questions that follow are mostly innocuous, such as
“What are the expectations for the movie box office?”
"What are your thoughts about a certain character?" "Have you decided to make a sequel?"
Questions like that.
The answers on stage were well organized, and the entire screening room felt peaceful.
until
Shinnosuke Matsuzawa got the microphone.
"I have a question for Mr. Naoki Nagayama."
Matsuzawa Shinosuke looked at Nagayama Naoki intently,
"When you film a movie like "High School", aren't you worried that the violence in it will affect young audiences?"
It's very pointed, but shouldn't this question be asked to Shuichi Itou, the director?
Coming at me directly like this, it seems that Matsuzawa Shinnosuke is really targeting me!
Have you ever offended this person?
Naoki Nagayama calmed down: "Since the birth of movies, violent movies have been a prominent category. Violence is also an indispensable element in many other categories of movies, so I am not worried that such a movie will affect young people.
audience.”
"Actually, the violent plot in the movie "High School".
Most of them just used their fists, and most of them suffered bruises and swollen faces, but no one died.
Compared with those violent movies where corpses are everywhere and rivers of blood flow at every turn, ours can only be regarded as an action movie?"
Nagayama Naoki's words caused a burst of laughter from the audience. Indeed, from this perspective, the plot in "Hot Blood High School" can be regarded as a fight at most.
Matsuzawa Shinnosuke was not reconciled: "But "Hot Blood High School" is too good, and it will make many young people worship violence!"
Knowing that if he struggled with these issues, this guy would definitely lead the topic to a place that would be unfavorable to Shuyou Movies, Nagayama Naoki directly avoided his questions:
"Haha, do you want me to make the movie worse?"
Such an answer naturally made the audience laugh again, but since this guy started, the next questions became a bit more direct.
"What do the creative staff think of bad groups?" a reporter asked.
Itou Shuichi took the microphone: "These are a group of children who are in the rebellious stage. Their growing bodies and immature psychology make them sensitive, pursuing individuality, and resisting authority.
This phenomenon requires society's attention. What we need is to face up to their existence, understand their psychology, and finally find a way to get along with them."
"Aren't the actors worried that playing such a role will set a bad example for teenagers?"
Hiroyuki Sanada answered this question evasively:
"For actors, all kinds of roles need to be tried. I have also played a murderer who kills without batting an eye. As an actor, the most important thing is to perfectly present the role to the audience."
"Mr. Kaede Nagayama, you are very skilled in action scenes in movies. Have you often fought before?"
A reporter probably wanted to steer people in a wrong direction, and then it was about views on violence and so on.
"Um!"
The upright Brother Feng answered like this.
"So I learned fighting. Huh?" The reporter had already thought about the next step, but suddenly realized,
"Mr. Yongshan Kaede, you just said you used to fight a lot?"
"Hey, because my family has joined a club, I have been exposed to it since I was a child, and I can be considered a member of a bad group."
Yongshan Feng said directly.
Regarding Brother Kaede's Yakuza background, Nagayama Naoki, Yoshimura Otomo, and Itou Shuichi discussed it and felt that it could not be concealed.
When an opponent is secretly trying to deal with you, instead of waiting for the opponent to reveal it, you might as well bring it up openly.
In this era before the "Gang Countermeasures Act" was enacted, being associated with the Yakuza had some negative consequences, but it was still not a serious crime.
If it were in other movies, it might be considered a failure, but in a bad movie like "High School", maybe it could be used as a gimmick or something.
"Huh???" The reporters in the audience were all excited,
"In that case, does Mr. Nagayama Kaede have a Yakuza background? Wait. So, does Mr. Nagayama Naoki also have a Yakuza background?"
The flashbulbs began to shine towards Nagayama Naoki, and everyone was looking forward to Nagayama Naoki's reply.
"That's right~ After all, my grandfather joined the club~"
Naoki Nagayama also said it directly, making the scene even more noisy.
I glanced at Shuichi Itou, and it seemed that tomorrow's news headline already had it - "Background of the Yakuza? The Nagayama Family in the Entertainment Industry!"
but
When the competent media truly know the composition of the Yamaguchi-gumi group of the Nagayama family, it is still a question whether they will dare to report it!
The preview screening in the morning ended in a noisy atmosphere. Naoki Nagayama and Chiko Aoyama said goodbye to their best friends, and then said goodbye to other industry personnel who came.
After finally saying goodbye to Itou Shuichi’s teacher Machida Yasu, Naoki Nagayama breathed a sigh of relief:
"It looks like we're almost gone."
Yoshimura Otomo also waved to the last reporter in the ticket hall: "Yes, today's preview is over."
"When is the official release date?" Naoki Nagayama looked at Yoshimura Otomo, "How is the progress of Haruki-san's transition from export to domestic sales?"
"Kadokawa also has a lot of connections in the United States." Yoshimura Otomo said, "The review in the United States has passed. We are currently waiting to introduce the Japanese process again, but there should be no problem."
"As for the release date, it will be next Saturday. In the past few days, we will go to other cities to promote it and hold trial screenings for ordinary people."
Nagayama Naoki reminded: "It is best to go to a place with many young people like a university town."
"Hey, I understand!"
After all the work was completed, Nagayama Naoki was thinking about finding a restaurant to eat in Ikebukuro when he suddenly heard a strange sound: "Didi~"
"What's the sound?" It wasn't until the second ring that Naoki Nagayama took out a pager from his pocket and looked at the numbers on it, "Is this Akina looking for me?"
Shouldn't Akina Nakamori be touring the country at this time? Naoki Nagayama directly found a phone booth on the street and dialed the phone number.
"Moses Moses, here is the phone number in the phone booth~"
What came from the microphone was an unfamiliar voice, but Naoki Nagayama was not fooled. Akina always liked to play other voices to tease others due to her wide vocal range.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Is that so?" Nagayama Naoki pretended to be surprised, "It was obviously a beautiful girl who told me to make this call, but she didn't wait here.
.”
There was still the same voice in the microphone: "Maybe you called too late. The person couldn't wait any longer, so he left first!"
"Eh? Is that so? But I obviously called back in less than two minutes~" Seeing that Akina still wanted to play, Nagayama Naoki simply followed suit, "He is such an impatient guy~"
"Yeah, yeah, impatient guy!" It's very natural to complain about yourself.
"Then trouble the unknown friend across the street. If you see a girl with a nice smile, you must tell her that there is a handsome boy in this phone booth. She has been waiting for a long time~"
Akina Nakamori, who was on the opposite side of the microphone, finally couldn't help it anymore and restored her original tone: "Hahaha, Naoki-san is really shameless!"
"What, Akina has a nice smile~" Nagayama Naoki didn't feel guilty at all. He is a handsome young man, he is genuine.
In a quiet street near the Nagoya signal tower in Aichi Prefecture, Akina Nakamori was laughing non-stop in a red phone booth. Although she didn't see Naoki Nagayama's face, she felt very happy when she heard the voice.
"Hahaha, what is Naoki-san doing now?"
Naoki Nagayama has nothing to hide: "We just had a preview screening of the movie in Ikebukuro, and now we're getting ready to go to dinner. Where is Akina?"
"I just finished participating in the show, and I happened to have a meal." The two people's itineraries actually coincided, "Naoki-san, I'm in Nagoya now."
"Ah, there~" Naoki Nagayama remembered going there before when he was traveling by car. "Aka, remember to try the specialty miso udon there, it's very rich~"
He actually started recommending food directly, but Akina, a foodie, was very happy: "Hon Douni? That must not be missed!"
Then he added: "I'll have a concert tonight, and then I'll go back to Tokyo tomorrow!"
"That's great!"
The nationwide concert tour was so busy that Naoki Nagayama hadn't seen Akina for more than a week.
"Then tomorrow, we can see Akina!"
"Well, I should be able to take a rest tomorrow afternoon!" There were other schedules originally planned, but due to temporary reasons, they were postponed, leaving an afternoon free.
After Akina Nakamori learned the news, she immediately ran to the side of the road and called Naoki Nagayama.
The two chatted in the phone booth for half an hour, discussing tomorrow afternoon's activities, until a car outside the phone booth honked its horn.
"Naoki-san, Fang Ze-san is urging me!" After Akina took a look, she knew that her words were a bit long, "That's it for now, see you tomorrow afternoon!"
"Hi! See you tomorrow~"
Akina Nakamori hung up the phone and got into the car with brisk steps, while Akiyuki Fusa in the front seat had an expressionless face.
Recently, my idol called Naoki Nagayama and no longer avoided him as his manager.
It gave him a feeling that women were not allowed to stay.
"Akina-chan, let's go eat first. In the afternoon, we have to do an interview first, and then we have to go to the concert venue. It's still a bit far."
"Hi!" Nakamori Akina was in a good mood and nodded in response, "By the way, Fusa nori-san, I want to go eat Nagoya udon!"
Ming Xingfang naturally had no objection and started the car directly. However, he seemed to think of something while on the road.
"By the way, Akina-chan, tomorrow, after the shooting in Tokyo is completed in the morning, do you want to attend the first-month meeting of Akina Studio?"
Ming Xingfang said,
"In addition to the upcoming singles, we are also preparing for the major awards at the end of the year. After the national tour, this is the focus of our work!"
"Aren't those things routine?"
Nakamori Akina didn't pay too much attention to it. These had already been communicated. The regular meeting at the beginning of the month was just to make it clear again. The manager would tell her the relevant content.
"Well, in addition to these, it seems that I also want to discuss Akina's development into the film and television industry."
Akina Yukifusa said slowly, "Akina is already very famous in the idol world and the music industry. It's time to expand into other fields."
"Want to make a movie or TV series?"
Speaking of this, Nakamori Akina's mind naturally thought of her boyfriend, a famous director, a famous screenwriter, and a famous producer - Naoki Nagayama.
"Let's ask Naoki-san then~"
After having a sumptuous lunch in Ikebukuro, Nagayama Naoki originally planned to go shopping.
But after walking on the street for a while, I realized that there were too many young people here.
Many girls will look at Nagayama Naoki a few more times after seeing him, and Nagayama Naoki also clearly feels that someone is whispering, "That person looks like a celebrity~"
Naoki Nagayama suddenly remembered the experience of being watched in the morning, and his desire to go shopping suddenly disappeared.
"No wonder many celebrities don't like to come out." Naoki Nagayama bought himself a hat, then went directly back to the "Art Center" and drove back.
Chiyoda's Yamazakura Garden is still very clean. It is far away from the main residential area. It is surrounded by green bamboos and has cherry trees in the middle. The dense greenery makes the already slowly fading summer heat even weaker.
However, after Naoki Nagayama walked into the courtyard, he found that Taro was lying on a rockery with his head sticking out of the courtyard wall, his tail wagging very happily.
Nagayama Naoki walked over and stood on tiptoe to take a look. There was a Shiba Inu outside the courtyard wall, looking up at the courtyard wall.
"It turns out that Taro has made a friend! Is he just a stray dog?"
Nagayama Naoki took a closer look and saw that the Shiba Inu had a collar around its neck. So the dog from a nearby resident accidentally slipped out?
He touched the dog's head and said, "Yangtaro, I will take you to the park to play with him next time!"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! He was about to return to the living room, but Taro didn't follow?
Still wagging his tail there
"Yingtaro, even if we are friends, we can't always stick together~"
Speaking of this, Naoki Nagayama suddenly noticed something. The collar of the Shiba Inu seemed to be pink!
Could it be
"Ying Tailang, you are cheating on me!"
In the small office, Matsuzawa Shinnosuke looked at the newly released photos on the table and had a headache.
In the photo, there is a photo of Naoki Nagayama dragging Chiko Aoyama into the cinema. In the picture, Naoki Nagayama directly pulls the arm of a young and beautiful girl. It is obvious that they have a very close relationship;
The other one is a photo of Nagayama Naoki at a media conference, which is the moment when he admitted that he had a Yakuza background.
Matsuzawa Shinnosuke was worried about which one to expose. After chasing for so long, he finally found the dirty information about Nagayama Naoki!
And two at a time, it’s really a happy trouble!
At this moment, the phone on the table rang,
"Moses Moses, this is Matsuzawa Shinnosuke."
The voice of "Weekly Bunshun" editor Tomoya Shimoda came over the phone: "Shinosuke, you also went to the preview of "Hot Blood High School" today, right?"
"Hey, I did go!" Matsuzawa Shinnosuke said excitedly to his good friend Shimoda Tomoya, "I got two revelations today!"
However, Shimoda Tomoya did not get excited: "Shinosuke, I just received news from the editor-in-chief that the revelations about Naoki Nagayama's Yakuza background cannot be reported."
"???Why?!" Matsuzawa Shinnosuke immediately shouted, "Did even "Weekly Bunshun" be defeated by the Jinyuan offensive?"
"No, it's not because of that," Shimoda Tomoya said, "because that guy's background is the Yamaguchi-gumi, and the editor-in-chief doesn't want to provoke the Yamaguchi-gumi over such a trivial matter."
In fact, if it is to expose the Yakuza background of political personnel, "Shukan Bunshun" is still willing to do so, because political factions are complex and cumbersome. If one party is exposed, his enemies will definitely help, and the risk will be much smaller. "Shukan Bunshun" also
will become more famous.
However, it would not be worthwhile to offend the Yamaguchi-gumi because of an unknown artist (Kaede Nagayama) and an artist who prefers to work behind the scenes (Naoki Nagayama).
Matsuzawa Shinnosuke said unwillingly: "Can't we no longer report on that guy Naoki Nagayama?"
"Who said that? Just don't touch the part about the Yamaguchi-gumi. If you want to reveal the rest, just reveal it. He is not a member of the Yamaguchi-gumi."
Matsuzawa Shinnosuke put down the phone and looked at the photos on the table and sighed:
“It seems like God has already made the choice for you!”
So I started to immerse myself in writing the manuscript!
