The third day of Showa 60 was a cloudy day, and it looked like it would snow~
Fangcun Dayou happily came to Shuyou’s studio~
After becoming famous, I went back to my hometown to celebrate the New Year. I don’t know if I had a party with my childhood playmate and adolescent Bai Yueguang, but this middle-aged man must have had a very happy time and returned to Tokyo with a glowing face.
There are also employees on duty in the studio. Yukika Suzuki at the front desk has just graduated. In order to get generous overtime pay, she chose to be on duty during the Chinese New Year.
"Otomo-san, Happy New Year!"
Seeing one of the big bosses, the little girl was very happy and said New Year blessings.
"Happy New Year~"
Fangcun Dayou walked in with a smile on his face and greeted some employees who were also on duty during the New Year.
"Happy New Year~" "Thank you for your hard work~" "You can go on vacation soon!" "Just got daddy!" "..."
After opening the door of the office, Yoshimura Otomo didn't feel anything unusual until he sat on the chair...
"Um?"
The soft leather surface, just the right lumbar support, and comfortable and relaxed legs are something I have never felt on a solid wood chair before!
"Is this... a new chair?"
At this moment, Suzuki Yukari brought in the brewed coffee.
"Xingxia-chan, are we getting new chairs?" Yoshimura Otomo looked at his chair curiously, and then looked at the other two desks in the same office, both of which were the original chairs, "Why is it just me?
One person changed?"
Suzuki Yuka smiled and said:
"Otomo-san, this seems to be a specially customized chair by Naoki-san. It was given to me at the end of the year... It's said to be a New Year's gift!"
"New Year's gift?" Yoshimura Otomo leaned back, like a child receiving a new toy, "Haha, Naoki-san..."
Only now did he remember that Naoki Nagayama did say that he would get some kind of ergonomic chair for him years ago.
"Why didn't they change theirs?"
"Naoki-san said that the two of them don't often sit in the office, so there's no need to change~" Suzuki Yuka replied.
"this....."
Yoshimura Otomo thought for a moment, those two guys might not have spent even a week in this office in a whole year...
"Well, when we move to a new home, we will change them together!"
"Hi!"
"By the way, Xingxia-chan, bring me the list of companies that send flower baskets and New Year gifts at the end of the year." Yoshimura Otomo said to the little girl, "I'll see which ones I want to return to visit..."
"Hi!"
Neon's New Year does not end just after the New Year. Before the New Year, there is a "New Year Party", which is a year-end company celebration and drinking party; and after the New Year, there is a "New Year Party", where companies also have New Year greetings and parties.
drink wine......
The more parties you attend and the more drinks you drink, the better your professional connections will be for you as an individual, and the greater your corporate influence will be for your company.
In short, the entire celebration atmosphere will last until the end of January, and then it will slowly end.
Neon Company's financial report has to wait until April. There is a saying that because almost everyone is drunk in January, sober up in February, carefully organize the data in March, and report it in April...
As the Shuyou Group is becoming more and more influential in the entertainment industry, it has contacts with offices of all sizes. Although it is not possible to personally return visits to every company it visits, many big and prestigious offices still need to maintain relationships.
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"In addition to TV stations, Hori Productions, Johnny's, Yoshimoto Kogyo, Kenyin..."
Yoshimura Otomo silently sketched out the companies he wanted to visit. Needless to say, the five major TV stations all needed to visit. Naturally, other large firms also needed him, the head of the department, to visit in person.
"But...Watanabe Office..."
Fangcun Dayou was a little curious. This firm that was several years earlier than Shuyou actually came to visit?
I heard that it has opened branches in the United States. It is a company with strong development momentum, but the main thing it cultivates is musicians and artists... There seems to be no connection with Shuyou Group, which focuses on cultivating idols.
With...
Putting a question mark on this company, Yoshimura Otomo was not sure of their purpose for the time being, so he decided to wait until Naoki Nagayama and Shuichi Itou went to work.
"One family, two families, three families...twelve families..."
Counting the companies he had to go to, Yoshimura Otomo sighed, this is twelve meals of wine! At such an old age, I don’t know if I can survive... No, I have to develop a strong body starting from this year.
A strong successor to daily management!!
With Naoki Nagayama's character, he definitely wouldn't be able to brag and drink with people every day, but Shuichi Itou...if he had a good character and knew how to socialize, he wouldn't have been shooting adult magazines for so many years!
"By the way, Naoki-san isn't still in his hometown, right?!"
Fangcun Otomo complained silently and even came to work!
.......
At this moment, Nagayama Naoki is naturally not in Shizuoka... He came to the holiday house in Lake Toya.
When a group of people came here before, he never found a chance to enjoy the hot springs here. After all, in a place like a vacation home, one should be comfortable~
The sea of flowers outside the door is naturally gone, and now only the remaining stems and leaves are left to spend the winter under the snow.
Nagayama Naoki was soaking comfortably in the outdoor hot spring pool on the first floor. The steaming hot spring flowed from the faucet into the bamboo frightened deer, and then poured into the stone bowl with a snap. Finally,
It overflowed into the hot spring pool.
Outside the bamboo wall is a world of ice and snow, but inside the bamboo wall is a steaming pool... There is soft music playing in the room, fruits and sake are placed on the wooden plate aside, and you can take a bite from time to time...
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This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! My little life is really pleasant!
Taro also came with us. Now he is playing in the low-temperature water area opposite. He dare not go to the high-temperature area to take a sauna.
Meowtaro, on the other hand, was observing the snow scene in front of the floor-to-ceiling glass in the hall~
About an hour later, after taking a bath in the morning, Nagayama Naoki, who was all soft and soft, came to the living room and lay down on the sofa unceremoniously.
The collar of the loose yukata was wide open, revealing the red skin and the outline of the chest muscles. The hair was cut short again, which made the handsome image more refreshing, just like a new year and a new beginning.
He picked up the morning paper on the coffee table and read it. In addition to some regular New Year news, there was also very surprising news...
"Best movie, best director, best screenwriter, best shot, best actor, best supporting actor..."
Nagayama Naoki looked at the nominations in this newspaper and began to count the awards that "The Summer of Kikujiro" was shortlisted for the Mainichi Film Awards.
"Tsk tsk tsk, there are almost all of them!"
Nagayama Naoki sighed. Sure enough, "The Summer of Kikujiro" was so excellent that it ranked first among the movies released last year, so the movie reviewers had no choice but to vote!
And the subsequent shortlists for the Film Academy Awards, the shortlists for the Blue Ribbon Film Awards, the shortlists for the Film Weekly Awards...
These neon movie awards will be announced one by one, which will be a very important time point for tree friends and Naoki Nagayama himself.
but......
"These awards are actually average..."
Just like a scumbag loses his expectations after getting them, Naoki Nagayama has easily won these awards and has no motivation to collect them. What he wants is actually another award - the Palme d'Or.
"This year we should pay more attention to international movies..."
Continuing to flip through the newspaper, Nagayama Naoki originally thought that there would be no news that interested him, but unexpectedly he saw his name again in the "Yomiuri Shimbun".
“New Year’s Sell-Off?”
The newspaper mentioned that after the New Year in the Neon Stock Market, a group of shareholders of listed companies made announcements about share transfers.
As the largest merger and acquisition in the financial circle last year and a monster stock, commentators and reporters certainly paid more attention to Fujitsu General. After Fujitsu General announced the transfer of 5% of its shares, well-informed financial reporters naturally got to know the behind-the-scenes.
"A new upstart in the capital circle and a barbarian in the investment world...Naoki Nagayama suddenly sold off nearly half of his shares after making a huge fortune..."
"According to gossip, Nagayama Naoki became acutely aware of the upcoming merger between Fujitsu and General Air Conditioning after hearing the taxi driver's talk, and directly borrowed 5 billion from the bank to replenish General Air Conditioning's shares at that time, and through continuous
By acquiring scattered shares, he became one of the general’s major shareholders.”
"Such crude investment behavior was called a barbarian by investment managers... However, with this move, his assets skyrocketed and he became a new upstart in the financial circle..."
Looking at the news in the report, Nagayama Naoki touched his face. He had already told Kadokawa Haruki and the others, but he had no intention of hiding it forever...
Kadokawa Haruki and other people present would definitely share this bizarre experience of discovering information about the merger and acquisition of the boss's company from the taxi driver's mouth.
Naoki Nagayama is not worried about others not believing it... After all, weirder and more unbelievable things have happened in the financial world...
As for whether the police will arrest him based on this?
Are you kidding me, officer? You actually believe this kind of fairy tale? Don’t you want the stars on your shoulders?!
"However, when the next amount of money arrives, according to the Plaza Accord... we can start shorting the U.S. dollar!" Naoki Nagayama thought about whether to call Wonta Nakai, but after thinking about it, he decided to forget it.
Let’s wait until the account is settled~
Now is the time to enjoy your vacation!
Turn on the TV, put in the video tape, and take out the snacks... First, let me catch up on the dramas I missed!
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Hawaii is in the West 10th Ward and Tokyo is in the East 9th Ward. The time difference is 19 hours.
At around 7 o'clock in the evening, Nagayama Naoki looked at the time and called Nakamori Akina's hotel. It should be early morning there...
"Moses Moses, this is Miss Nakamori~" A brisk voice came from the microphone, as if he was playing a prank, "Who are you looking for?"
"..." She had made an appointment on the pager, but Naoki Nagayama had to cooperate with her performance without knowing it beforehand. "Which Miss Nakamori is she? The one I'm looking for is named Akina Nakamori.
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"Ah, well, you're lucky, this lady is Akina Nakamori! Haha!"
The girlfriend on the phone sounded very happy. She must have been very happy during the two days of vacation. It was a rare occasion when she didn’t have a job and was accompanied by her family.
"Aren't you having a lot of fun these days, Akina?" Naoki Nagayama stopped pretending, "It sounds like she was drunk!"
"Haha, I just attended a bonfire party and danced hula!" Akina Nakamori laughed, "So I drank a little bit of the cocktail...just a little bit!"
According to Akina's drinking capacity, this doesn't sound like a little...
Having said that, Akina is 20 years old this year. After the adult day on January 15th, she can be regarded as an adult in that year, but she still has to sign the legal documents after July 13th...
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Nagayama Naoki did not struggle with drinking.
"Is the bonfire party so late?"
"Yeah, it just ended..." Akina Nakamori said with a smile, "Mom, Akiko, and Akiho all danced hula! Everyone sang songs..."
Nagayama Naoki listened to his girlfriend talking about her vacation life in Hawaii, and felt the happiness overflowing from the words. Sure enough, even when there was no falling out, she was still very close to her family~
"Naoki-san, how was your New Year celebration in Shizuoka? Have you returned to Tokyo now?"
"No...I am now at the vacation house in Lake Toya, enjoying the hot spring~" Nagayama Naoki said.
"Ah, that vacation house?" Akina Nakamori thought about it, "Isn't Naoki-san alone?"
"No, I have Yotaro and Nyaotaro accompanying me~" Naoki Nagayama smiled, "I'll be back in Tokyo almost tomorrow~ Akina won't be back until the 7th, right?"
"Hey~ there are only three days left!" Nakamori Akina nodded, and then said coquettishly, "...it seems like I haven't seen Naoki-san for a long time!"
Speaking of which, the two of them have never been apart for more than a week since they moved in together.
"Soon." Nagayama Naoki comforted, "I also want to see Akina~"
Between the sweet lovers, the words they spoke would make others get goosebumps. After getting tired of it for a while, Akina Nakamori said:
"By the way, Naoki-san should be able to see me soon!"
"?"
Akina Nakamori said cheerfully:
"It's two o'clock in the morning today...ah, it should be nine o'clock in the evening over there, Naoki-san, and there will be a live broadcast of "THE BEST TEN" on TBS TV station..."
"Mingna also wants to live broadcast?" Naoki Nagayama was surprised.
"Hey, although it's a holiday... but the office said that we will only be connected for a short time... it was specially invited by the program team." Nakamori Akina was no longer surprised by this sudden work.
"The audience definitely wants to see me on vacation in Hawaii..."
"It's really hard work..."
"Haha, it doesn't matter... I can't sleep now anyway!" Akina Nakamori laughed, "Naoki-san, just watch me on TV later!"
"Want to dance hula?" Naoki Nagayama smiled.
"I haven't learned yet!"
"Haha~"
After talking for a while, I hung up the phone. The international call across the ocean must have cost a lot of money this time... He lowered his head and patted Gouzi on the head:
"Yutaro, cheer for Akina later!"
"Woof!"
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The first show of the new year, "THE BEST TEN", almost all the idol artists on the list came to the studio during the live broadcast.
As expected, there are no holidays in the entertainment industry, and these popular idol artists may be working throughout the New Year.
The data on the list is actually from a year ago, so there is probably no change in the rankings. Nakamori Akina's "Tears Are Not Ornaments" is naturally still number one, followed by Matsuda Seiko's "ハートのイアリング" and "Safe Zone"
’s new song…
Anyway, it was at the end that I saw Akina Nakamori’s performance.
Host Kumehiro said on TV: "Since Akina Nakamori is on vacation in Hawaii, we will use satellite relay mode to invite Akina-chan to sing..."
As a small screen lit up, Nakamori Akina, who was smiling brightly, realized that the live broadcast had started after being prompted by the staff:
"Good evening~"
"Good evening~ Akina-chan, is it early morning over there? It looks like the wind is blowing, will it be cold?"
Kuroyanagi Tetsuko said into the microphone, and the satellite relay screen showed the hotel corridor. Except for the lights, everything else was a bit dark.
"Hey, it's two o'clock in the morning in Hawaii!" Akina Nakamori's face showed no trace of alcohol, but she was obviously in a state of excitement, "But it's very hot in Hawaii, and it's not cold at night!"
"Akina-chan, are you wearing a grass skirt now?" Kumehiro asked from the side.
"Hi, I just attended the bonfire party tonight." Akina said with a smile.
"That must be very happy..."
"Yeah... danced the hula!"
Because it was being broadcast via satellite, Kuroyanagi Tetsuko didn't say much to Akina, "It looks like we can watch the hula dancer's version of "Tears Are Not Ornaments" tonight!"
"Hi~"
As the music played, Akina Nakamori, wearing a hula dance, performed the opening pose of "Tears Are Not Ornaments".
Originally this song was full of queen style, but after putting on the unique grass skirt outfit, every time I turned around, the skirt would fly, giving me a mature and charming feeling, like seeing the passionate Hawaii by the campfire.
Just like a hula girl~
No, it should be the hula queen...
Even though it was a satellite broadcast, the audience couldn't help but cheer and applaud. The studio was full of noisy atmosphere.
At this time, Nagayama Naoki, who was far away in Lake Toya, couldn't help laughing when he saw this scene:
"I really danced the hula~ I looked like a hula queen when I sang!!"
Understanding that Akina wore it specially for her to see, Nagayama Naoki thought in his heart:
"From now on, this singing outfit will be called hula?"
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After the connection ended, Akina Nakamori breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed again.
Today's work was over, and the staff nearby began to pack up the equipment. Chieko, Akina's mother, who had been accompanying Akina, also came to the side and helped Akina remove her earrings.
"Ogasan, go and have a rest!" Akina Nakamori urged, "It's already so late!"
"Akina hasn't rested yet~" Chieko kept holding on and took off the grass skirt, "What's the big deal if you sleep a little late for a night or two!"
"But I'm going to play surfing and beach volleyball tomorrow... It's not possible if I'm not in good spirits!"
Akina Nakamori said this, but in her heart she still enjoyed having her mother helping.
"I don't know how to surf..." Chieko shook her head, "The most I can do is soak in the sea water on the beach~"
"Ogasan, I can teach you!" Akina Nakamori is full of confidence. Although the big waves can't go out, there is still no problem with the small waves on the shore!
"You know how?" Chieko was stunned for a moment, "When did you learn it, Akina?"
"...Ah... Naoki-san taught me this in Hawaii..." Akina suddenly felt weak.
"Nagayama Naoki?" Chieko paused, "Is it the previous date in Hawaii?"
"It's not a date..." Akina explained, "It's just a meeting..."
"Hmph~~ It's not a date..." Chieko hummed with unknown meaning. She didn't know whether she was laughing at her daughter for still being shy or at Naoki Nagayama.
"Mingna..."
On the way back to the room, Chieko suddenly stopped Akina,
"Sleep with me tonight!"
"Eh?"
"Tell me about your Naoki Nagayama...haven't you been to his house?"
"When are you going to come to my house?" "When are you going to get married?" "When are you going to give me an explanation?"
"Does he just want to take away the daughter I raised with great difficulty without saying a word?!"
"...Didn't you say...this?" Akina Nakamori didn't know what to say, "Naoki-san said he would come to the house in spring!"
"Spring is so long, who knows what day it will be!" Chieko took Akina back to the room, "I want to ask him how he charmed my daughter!"
