Towards evening, Naoki Nagayama came to Shibuya after working in the studio all day.
However, this time the KTV is no longer on the ground floor. Instead, it has become the top floor of a shopping mall facing the street. It is a six-story shopping mall, with a conspicuous neon sign on the top - Melody KTV.
After taking the elevator to the sixth floor, Naoki Nagayama saw the lobby covered with thick carpets. When he walked in, he saw that the walls of the aisle were also made of sound insulation materials. As soon as he entered, he could no longer hear the faint sound of the mall.
"Boss Naoki!"
Of course, those who can call him that are people from his hometown.
Nagayama Naoki glanced at the waiter in front of him and thought for a moment: "Are you... Honda Naoyuki?! Aren't you in Qingshui?"
"Hi!" Honda Naoyuki nodded happily, "I followed Boss Feng last month, and now I am the foreman of Melody KTV Shibuya store!"
"Haha, if you change careers, that's okay too~"
Nagayama Naoki laughed, feeling that another Yakuza member had been led on the right path by him, and was very happy, "Work hard here, the future will be bright!"
At this moment, a group of young people came out of the elevator, all dressed fashionably, and headed towards the front desk of the lobby excitedly.
A girl turned her head casually, her eyes lit up when she saw Nagayama Naoki, as if she was about to rush towards him.
Nagayama Naoki quickly asked Honda Naoyuki to take him to the office:
"It seems like the popularity here is pretty good!"
"Hey, because in the mall, there will be a lot of shopping mall people coming to take a look, and there are many new customers." Naoyuki Honda took Naoki Nagayama to the place marked with the employee office, "Boss Naoki and Boss Kaede are here.
I’ll wait for you inside, and I’ll go to work first~”
"Well~ I just got daddy!"
Pushing open the office door, Naoki Nagayama saw the tables and chairs where employees rested, as well as lockers... In the very back, there was a frosted glass partition, which was the store manager's office.
When I walked in, I saw Yongshan Feng and another person who looked like a manager looking at the small monitoring screens with strange smiles on their faces...
"Akido sack! Naoki!" Yongshan Feng immediately stood up and grabbed his cousin, "Things are not what you think!"
Naoki Nagayama spoke calmly:
"Brother Feng, it's okay, I understand! It's normal for people to have some voyeuristic desires, as long as they don't go on the road of breaking the law and committing crimes!"
Seeing that he was about to kill Feng Ping, Yongshan Feng immediately became anxious: "Naoki, don't leave! Listen to my explanation!"
"Brother Feng, there is no need to explain! But I am not good at this, so please forgive me and leave first~"
"Sit down and take a seat! We are just happy to see another group of guests coming!"
Kaede Nagayama let Naoki Nagayama sit on the chair next to his desk, and then introduced: "This is Ukon Ohsawa, the old man who used to manage the custom shop in his family."
The Yongshan Group in Qingshui naturally has some industries of its own, but they are just a few mahjong parlors, small underground casinos, custom shops, etc. They do need people to manage them, but most of the funds still come from lending, construction, and protection fees.
"Master Naoki!" Ohsawa Ukon, who is nearly fifty years old and has gray hair, said, "This is our first meeting..."
"This is our first meeting...please take care of me."
Nagayama Kaede said: "With so many branches, it's a bit troublesome to deal with administrative and financial matters, so I asked Osawa-san to help... From now on, he will take charge of the operations of various KTV branches in Tokyo."
"Oh, the city manager..." Nagayama Naoki said a word that people didn't understand, and then asked, "So, Brother Feng will go to other cities to open branches next?"
"Well, let's go to Kyoto first...the venue has been rented." Nagayama Kaede nodded, "Ishikai-chan has already gone to the site to investigate and prepare the design."
Nagayama Naoki was a little puzzled: "Why should we go in person? Can't we just find someone to expand the territory?"
"What if I don't go?! Who can open up the situation in Kyoto?!"
Yong Shanfeng sighed. He also wanted to find a general who had the ability to open up new territories and expand the territory. However, when it comes to talent, more means more, less means less...
The Yongshan Group does have many loyal members, but they know how to open and run a store!
"Hahaha, I'm still a little rushed. If I have a year or two of training, the current store managers of other branches, Nakazawa Hokuto and Imamura Fumiichi, can be thrown out to open branches!"
Nagayama Naoki smiled, at this time it was still up to Brother Feng, the founder, to charge into the battle...
"There is no way, after all, the competitors are not slow either."
While talking, Yongshan Feng took his cousin to the reserved box, and then called several box princesses,
"Come and experience our new store...this time it has a street view box!"
"Is this the specialty?"
"Haha, right~"
The street view box is on the side of Shibuya Commercial Street. It has large floor-to-ceiling windows. There are five boxes in total, two in the corners and three in the middle.
Through the window, you can see the pedestrians coming and going on the street, the noisy commercial street, and all kinds of different scenery, but you can sing to your heart's content in the box...
"Naoki, how are you?" Yongshan Kaede took the microphone and sang a song, "You can also open the window! It's so high, even if you sing, people outside can't hear it!"
"Very interesting~" Nagayama Naoki also smiled.
"Wait a moment, Hisahiko Ono will come over and bring some new friends..."
Yongshan Feng said, in fact, this is another major function of KTV, socializing, bringing your friends with you, and making new friends easily in the lively atmosphere.
Ono Hisahiko's friends are probably from the rich second generation's circle.
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"Haha, I hope there are no fans or anything like that..." Naoki Nagayama is not too reluctant to meet new people, but now that he is a celebrity, it will be very troublesome if he is not careful.
"They are all men, so they probably don't have any fans of yours, right?"
"I think should not be....."
Nagayama Naoki has really never thought about it in this direction...
........
It was all a gathering of young people, so naturally they played very late. It was already early in the morning when Naoki Nagayama returned to Yamazakura last night, and he was a little dazed after drinking a lot of wine.
But when I woke up the next day, I was a good young man full of energy.
Taking advantage of the fact that it was not hot in the morning, Taro did the exercise he missed yesterday, and then took a shower and ate breakfast feeling refreshed.
"Are you going to hold a sign on Monday? Do you want me to go?"
I just found Won Tai-san’s phone message. Naoki Nagayama touched his chin after hearing it.
"It should be the last quarter now, and the end of the year is coming soon, so it's time~"
Notifications of mergers and acquisitions of listed companies and the issuance of new shares all take time. They should be completed before the end of the year. This year's financial report will be much better, and next year's stock price will be higher.
After making a decision to go to Shuyou Capital on Monday, Naoki Nagayama drove to the studio again.
If "Kikujiro's Summer" is to be released in the middle or late half of the year, it will be in time, but if you don't want to work overtime, you really need to work harder during this period.
And there is another thing happening today, which is the completion reveal conference of "Summer of Kikujiro" and the wrap-up party for the crew, both in the evening~
"Eh? Otomo-san?"
He originally wanted to go directly to the editing room, but he met Otomo Yoshimura in the lobby.
"Why are you here? Isn't this the weekend?"
"There are no weekends in the entertainment industry!" Yoshimura Otomo took an envelope from the front desk and walked towards the office, "Besides, even Naoki-san has come to work overtime... What are you doing here?"
"Haha, I'm here to edit the movie." Naoki Nagayama said, "Don't worry if you finish the editing as soon as possible."
"That's true...."
After the two arrived at the office, they were not in a hurry to work, but sat down and chatted slowly~
"Naoki-san, can you make it to the preview on September 25th?" Turning on the air conditioner, Yoshimura Otomo poured a cup of hot tea first.
"Absolutely no problem, maybe I can go a week earlier~" Nagayama Naoki said with a smile, "We'll see if we can do the preview and premiere together then."
"... Others will make adjustments based on the audience's response after the preview screening..."
"I don't have to adjust!"
One sentence directly blocked Yoshimura Otomo without any adjustments. Does that mean he thinks his movie is impeccable? How arrogant!
Fangcun Dayou silently sipped the hot tea, then opened the envelope and looked at it...
Nagayama Naoki took a look, and then asked curiously: "What is this?"
"In the Japanese Music Festival's invitation letter, both Junko-chan and Momo-chan have songs selected." Yoshimura Otomo said casually, "Nowadays, in music festivals like this, people will call tree friends to invite them to participate and send invitations...
..”
"You said it's the Japanese Music Festival?" Nagayama became curious.
"Yes~" Otomo Yoshimura finally realized, "Naoki-san, do you want to go?"
"Ah... I'm a bit interested." Is this the one Nakamori Akina participated in... "No. 6?"
"Hi~"
"If you have any spare invitations, give me one~" Naoki Nagayama said.
"...Okay~" Yoshimura Otomo handed over an invitation letter, feeling strange, "Naoki-san, don't you like to participate in music festivals and concerts like this?"
"Who said that?" Naoki Nagayama accepted it happily, "I just don't know~"
"..." Otomo Yoshimura seemed to suddenly think of something, "Then Naoki-san, would you like to attend Shizuka-chan's first concert?"
"Huh? Shizuka-chan has a concert?"
"Yes, the solo concert... although it is relatively small, we expect that the vacancy rate will not be high. Judging from the publicity during this period, Shizuka-chan's fans are very sticky...
After going to several announcements and offline livehouses, the number of fan clubs has grown rapidly..."
Yoshimura Otomo seemed a little excited: "I think Shizuka-chan may have the potential to reach the top of the idol world!"
"That's for sure!"
Nagayama Naoki smiled. Although Kudo Shizuka's name will be linked to Kimura Takuya's in the future, before they fell in love, Kudo Shizuka was already a first-class idol.
"Does Naoki-san want to go?"
"Okay, let's go and have a look!"
Seeing Nagayama Naoki agree, Yoshimura Otomo showed a happy smile, as if he wanted to talk about other activities. After all, as the president of Shuyou, Naoki Nagayama appeared in public in the entertainment industry.
Too little...
"There are also NHK TV station's year-end celebrations..."
"Forget the rest...let me focus on the movie..." Naoki Nagayama quickly changed the subject, "How are you preparing for the filming completion reveal meeting and the wrapping party tonight?"
"Well, according to Eiichiro Watanabe, the banquet hall has been booked at the Imperial Hotel, and materials such as background boards and posters have also been prepared." Yoshimura Otomo said, "We can go there together in the evening~"
"That's good, let's go there together tonight!"
"Hmm~"
After chatting for a while, Naoki Nagayama went into the editing room again and continued editing with Kyū Kijima.
........
Next night, the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo.
Many cars stopped in the hotel parking lot, and a group of people with guns and cannons came to the banquet hall and got ready.
This is not the first time Nagayama Naoki has come here. The last production press conference was here, but this time in addition to the press meeting, there was also a closing banquet~
"Naoki-san!"
After Nagayama Naoki got out of the car, he saw a familiar figure. He was still wearing the same silk white shirt and black old man's pants that he wore during the shooting.
"Kitano-san...Why are you still dressed like this?"
"Hahaha, I suddenly feel very comfortable wearing it like this!" Kitano Takeshi turned around, "It's loose and cool. I finally understand why those old people like to wear this."
"As long as you like it..." That's because you're older, right~
Nagayama Naoki and Kitano Takeshi walked in together. It was the same lounge as last time, but this time there were many more actors. In addition to the leading actors Tanaka Yuko and Fujiki Naoto, many supporting actors also came.
"Naoki-san!" the voice said hello x N
"Mina-san, have you had a good rest these days?" Nagayama Naoki asked with a smile, listening to the actors' answers one by one, and adding a few words from time to time.
Finally he said: "Today we will first meet with the reporters, and then there will be a wedding banquet... We will not return until we are drunk!"
"Hi!" cheering voice x N
I waited with everyone in the lounge for the disclosure meeting to begin, and then the host led me to the press conference.
On the main background board, the images of Kikujiro and Masao with lotus leaves on their heads are full of summer vitality.
As soon as Nagayama Naoki appeared on the stage, he was greeted by flashes of light. Thanks to him, he has now developed the ability not to blink under the flash.
"Mina-san, after more than a month of intense filming, the filming of "Summer of Kikujiro" has finally ended! Today, we are honored to invite all our journalist friends to attend the film's completion disclosure meeting. Thank you all..."
The host spoke eloquently and quickly lifted the atmosphere of the scene, then handed the microphone to Naoki Nagayama,
"Now, we'll ask Director Nagayama to tell us his thoughts after the filming of the movie..."
"Uh..." Nagayama Naoki was stunned as he held the microphone. Is anyone still talking?
"My thoughts at the end of filming..."
Nagayama Naoki paused and thought about what he said on the day the shooting ended?
"Ah...I finally finished filming! I'm so exhausted!"
"Ho ho ho~" "Nani?" "What are you talking about?" "Sure enough, Naoki Nagayama is the news!"
The clicking sound of the shutter never stopped. Naoki Nagayama's words made the reporters excited. Even Yuko Tanaka looked at him in surprise, but Takeshi Kitano gave him a thumbs up.
"Hahaha, after more than a month of shooting under the scorching sun, these are indeed my thoughts after the shooting." Nagayama Naoki said with a smile, "If you don't believe me, ask other people..."
As he said this, he was about to hand the microphone to the actor next to him, but Yuko Tanaka flexibly refused, and by the way, he pulled Naoto Fujiki away from Naoki Nagayama.
Kitano Takeshi was very happy: "I feel the same way, I can finally stay in an air-conditioned room!"
"It looks like filming is really hard! But it's precisely because of this that we can see high-quality movies..."
The host maintained his professional quality and tried to smooth things over again and again.
“Next let’s let our journalist friends ask questions!”
"Excuse me, Director Nagayama - when will the movie be released?" This is a lie!
"September 25th" Nagayama Naoki gave a definite time, "the premiere will be held together with the preview."
This caused another uproar. This year, the preview and premiere are at the same time. This shows that you are very confident in your movie!
"Mr. Naoki, do you still think your movie can win the Oscar and the Palme d'Or?"
A reporter asked, this is a trap question. In Neon, which advocates restraint and humility, if you say you can win, it is arrogant. If you say you don’t think you can win, then you are not even confident about yourself, so how can you imagine the quality of the movie?
And know.
"Hahaha, I don't know if I can win the award, that is the power of the judges." Nagayama Naoki said with a smile, "But I think my movie will always be the best!"
The reporters asked a few more questions, but couldn't find any breakthrough from Nagayama Naoki, so they changed the target.
"Mr. Kitano, is it difficult to play the role of a gangster?"
"It's not difficult to be a gangster. I've been a gangster before...but it's very difficult in Naoki-san's movie." Takeshi Kitano joked, "This Kikujiro can't even curse people..."
"Are you saying this movie has no violence?"
"There is still violence, but it is not outstanding..."
A reporter found the young actor and asked, "Naoto-kun, as a subservient, how does it feel to work with Director Nagayama?"
"Director Nagayama takes great care of me... He explains the acting very clearly and guides me slowly..." Naoto Fujiki said a little nervously.
Next I found Yuko Tanaka:
"Yuko-san, I heard this time that you stayed with the crew after the scene ended? Is it because of director Naoki Nagayama?"
Tanaka Yuko smiled:
"Of course, people can learn a lot from watching Naoki-san's filming..."
"Is there no other reason?"
"What did you say the reason was?"
Tanaka Yuko still looked at the reporter who asked questions with a smile, and her sincere look silenced this guy who still wanted to lead in a bad direction.
Reporters kept asking questions one after another, most of them were asked by the main creators, and a few questions were asked by the supporting actors who played a bigger role.
The lively press conference lasted for more than an hour before it ended.
"It's finally over!" After the reporters dispersed, Takeshi Kitano said this again.
"Yeah, next time it will be movie promotion!" Nagayama Naoki said with a smile, "We will also go to various cities for road shows!"
"...Naoki-san, why do you want to mention the sad fact at this time..."
"Hahaha, let's not talk anymore. Next is the wedding banquet. Let's be happy~"
Nagayama Naoki pulled Kitano Takeshi to sit at the main table and said to the people around him,
"I won't say anything about concluding remarks. Let's get started... I'll toast everyone later!"
With the sound of laughter, the originally calm banquet hall became lively again~
