Keiko Fujita very kindly pointed out where to sign.
"Hi~"
Nagayama Naoki also cooperated and completed all the parts of the thick stack of contracts that required Nagayama Naoki's signature and seal.
This is not the first time Naoki Nagayama has signed a house purchase contract. After more than half a month of negotiations and hundreds of millions of expenditures, the land next to Yamasakura Yin, including the small building above, has been attributed to Naoki Nagayama's name.
Down.
Even the studio that was originally stubborn did not last long under the attack of Jin Yuan who was able to buy them twice...
After all, the worst thing you can do is rent another classroom, but the idiot rich guy who is willing to pay so much money will not have this store after passing this village!
"Naoki-san, if nothing unexpected happens, all the procedures will be completed by early March!"
"Yeah, that's good~" Nagayama Naoki also nodded a little relaxedly, "I will be traveling abroad starting the day after tomorrow, so I won't be there... During this time, Keiko-san can help me clean up the things next door, except
That cafe..."
"Hi!"
"Then I will hire Honma Design Office...ah, it's the one that Keiko-san knows, and we've cooperated with it many times." Nagayama Naoki smiled, because Fujita Keiko was the one who introduced the office.
, "I will let them design a modification plan first..."
"Haha, I understand~" Fujita Keiko nodded, "I will take Honma-san for a field trip!"
"Arigado~" Nagayama Naoki smiled and thanked Fujita Keiko, "Without Keiko-san, buying land would not have gone so smoothly!"
"No, no, this is the opportunity given by Naoki-san..."
In the living room of Yamazakura-in, Nagayama Naoki and Fujita Keiko chatted for a long time, mostly about the modification direction next door and the expected problems. After they had almost finished talking, they sent Keiko-san away~
I looked up at the sky. It was not far from noon. The bright sunshine was shining down, making people feel the warmth. Even the wind that occasionally blew over was much gentler.
The cherry blossom trees in the courtyard have sprouted spores one after another, and the grass under the trees has long been green, extending to the corner of the wall.
The dry landscape in the center of the courtyard is still white, but occasionally you can see the protruding grass blades in the fine sand, and even the moss on the rockery is green~
The bamboos that have already reached the top of the wall are dense and dense, leaving only a tiny gap for light.
Looking at this spring-filled look, Naoki Nagayama touched his chin:
"It seems that the dry landscape has been there for a long time... Should we take advantage of this expansion and renovation to change the shape..."
"Woof woof woof!"
At this moment, the dog next to him suddenly rushed out and chased the grasshopper that had just jumped in the grass.
"By the way, there are also Yutaro and Mewtaro..."
I am going abroad for half a month, so naturally my cat and dog are sent back to my hometown in Shizuoka, just in time to go back and visit my father and mother...
In fact, with Nagayama Naoki's current financial resources, it is not impossible to hire someone to look after pets. Even Akina can ask an assistant to help take care of her pets for a period of time.
However, in Naoki Nagayama’s heart, he has already regarded Yotaro and Nyaotaro as part of the family, so it is better for relatives to take care of them~
After sitting on the verandah for a while, Naoki Nagayama felt a lazy feeling in his body. He decided not to do it by himself at noon, so he called a nearby restaurant...
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After calling his mother in advance, Naoki Nagayama drove the Toyota Century and returned to Shizuoka in a low-key manner in the afternoon.
"Woof woof woof!" Yantaro looked at the familiar house, wagging his tail excitedly, and then quickly jumped in.
Naoki Nagayama followed him in carrying dog food and other things.
"I'm back~"
"Welcome back~" Mother Nanako said while touching Yutaro's head.
"I'm going to trouble my mother this time too~"
Nagayama Naoki put the things away, and then let Nyaotarou out, and the guy lay in the Japanese room in a daze.
"Silly tape~ If we have Taro, the house will be more lively." Mother Nanako said with a smile, and then poured a cup of hot tea, "Where are Naoki going this time?"
"Go to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil." Nagayama Naoki explained, "In South America, you have to cross the Pacific Ocean~"
"It's so far...it won't take long."
"It takes a day or two to fly!"
Nagayama Naoki has already inquired about it. In this era, routes were not as developed as they were later. There were no direct flights, and it was during the Cold War. Some places still had air traffic control, and they had to transfer to Brazil.
After hearing this, Nagayama Nanako was very emotional. The Nagayama family had never been to Shizuoka in their entire lives, but their son actually wanted to travel to the other side of the world.
"Is there a place your mother wants to go?" Naoki Nagayama suddenly realized that he had never asked his relatives where they wanted to go.
"Me?" Nagayama Nanako was stunned for a moment.
"Yes, if mother wants to travel anywhere, I can take you there...Father can also take you there..." Nagayama Naoki said with a smile, "Anyway, you know...
...I am...very rich now! Super rich!"
"..." Nagayama Nanako was speechless.
Although my son means well, it sounds like I want to beat him... No, my hands are itchy~
Nagayama Naoki, who was knocked by his mother, was a little confused:
"Mother, why?"
"I don't know... I just can't help but look at you... Hahaha~" Nagayama Nanako also knocked on the dog lying next to her, making Yutaro also look confused, and then started laughing.
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This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! When the laughter ended, Nanako Nagayama said:
"As for me...when I was young, I still wanted to travel to Hawaii, but now that I'm older, I don't really want to go far. I just want to go to Hakone to soak in the hot springs..."
"Then..." Naoki Nagayama said nothing. The hot spring was very close.
"Don't worry about us~" Nagayama Nanako smiled, "Anyway, we don't have any pressure now. If you want to go out, your father will take me there!"
"Hey...if you don't have enough money, tell me anytime!" Naoki Nagayama echoed.
Instead of continuing to talk about travel, Nagayama Nanako also asked about her previous bold words at the Film Academy Awards:
"Naoki, can you really win the Palme d'Or? When Tsuruko called that day, he said you were possessed by an alien, so you were talking nonsense!"
"...Aliens..." Naoki Nagayama, the resentful sister of the family, was helpless, but still had to make up for it a little bit, "I don't say it will definitely work, but I said it in front of the public.
In fact, it is a hint to people in the industry that I have the ambition to compete for the Palme d'Or...so that I can become a benchmark and let others subconsciously agree..."
"But, what if you don't get it?" Mother was a little worried.
"Haha, if you don't get it, you don't get it~" Naoki Nagayama smiled generously, "At worst, I bow and apologize in front of the camera, and I won't lose a penny~"
"This..." Mother Nanako was shocked, "But if this happens, Naoki will build your reputation..."
"Who in the entertainment industry cares about reputation!"
Nagayama Naoki disdains that, with decades of experience in advance, the entertainment industry is such a mess, and there is a big colorful dyeing vat. Reputation is not important, there is only one important thing - traffic!
This is especially true in the capitalist entertainment industry. Have you ever seen how many celebrities in the American entertainment industry are involved in pornography, gambling and drugs?
There are a lot of celebrities with dark histories. Later, they hired trolls to clean up and publicize them, and then they could stand in the spotlight and make money with a smile on their faces!
What's the difference between Nagayama Naoki's arrogance and not being at all?!
Mother Nanako nodded as if she understood, and did not continue to ask. By the way, she talked about her son's life events, and then started to prepare dinner...
"No need, mother...I'm going back soon..." Nagayama Naoki asked his mother not to prepare anything for him, "Let's go to my father's izakaya to eat by the way. I haven't eaten there for a long time!
Also meet them by the way..."
"That's fine~" Nagayama Nanako nodded, after all, her husband and eldest son wouldn't be back until very late.
Nagayama Naoki drove the Toyota Century to a street near the sea in the small town. It was only a five-minute drive away. The Nagayama family's izakaya was there. He still remembered that he often came here to help when he was a child, but he had not been there since graduating from high school.
This is a very Japanese-style street. The sky has darkened. The street lights are emitting a dim light, which makes the wooden buildings on both sides of the street flicker. There is a sense of heaviness in the silence.
The signboard of the izakaya simply says "izakaya". The small front door is an old-fashioned Japanese sliding door, and two curtains hang down from the door beams, covering the scene inside the izakaya...
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But it's not the peak time to eat yet. Through the light, you can only see a few figures drinking at the table.
"Welcome...um..." As the partition door opened, Nagayama Aoki, a chef and waiter, subconsciously greeted him, and then he realized it was his younger brother, "Naoki?"
"Brother~" Naoki Nagayama nodded and sat on the dining table, then looked at Ken Nagayama who saw the same thing in the kitchen, "Father!"
"Naoki, why are you back?!" Nagayama Aoki, wearing a chef's uniform, asked standing behind the counter.
"Because I have to go abroad in two days, I sent Yotaro and Nyaotaro home to take care of them for a while~" Nagayama Naoki explained, "When I go back, I stopped by to check out the izakaya..."
"I see~" Nagayama Aoki nodded, and then asked, "Are you going back so early? Have you had dinner?"
"Isn't it time to go to an izakaya?" Naoki Nagayama said cheerfully, "It's just a good time to try my brother's cooking and see if he has inherited his father's mantle!"
"Haha, of course!" Nagayama Aoki said very confidently, "Naoki, what do you want to eat? Now I can make everything on the menu perfectly!"
Looking at the dated wooden menu above his head, Nagayama Naoki's mind recalled the days when he used to work as a waiter here... This is how he earned pocket money during his junior high school and high school years!
"Then let's have the special set meal!" Naoki Nagayama said, pointing to a set meal.
"No problem at all!"
Nagayama Aoki nodded confidently and walked into the kitchen, while his father Nagayama Ken didn't say anything and silently started preparing other side dishes.
Nagayama's specialty set meal is sizzling eel drizzled with secret sauce, served with fried chicken nuggets and other side dishes. It is generous in portion and rich in flavor, making it suitable for manual workers after a long day's work.
Izakaya in small seaside towns naturally serve fishermen at nearby docks, workers who move goods, drivers and other workers who work around the fishing industry.
While waiting, Naoki Nagayama re-examined his own izakaya, mentally comparing it with the izakaya in the late-night cafeteria.
"The kitchen needs to be slightly remodeled, making it bigger, and cooking should be done in front of other people...the lights should be brighter..."
"And the number of dining tables needs to be reduced a little..."
Just when Nagayama Naoki was thinking about it, his eldest brother Aoki had already served the special set meal: "Guest-san, please use your special set meal!"
Looking at the large bowl and several plates in front of me, the portions of sizzling eel and fried chicken are obviously much larger than usual, and even the side dishes are much richer...
Nagayama Aoki took some kelp, tofu, radish and the like from the pot that was cooking oden, filled a plate and brought it to Nagayama Naoki:
“This is a complimentary side dish!”
"So many~" Nagayama Naoki laughed.
"Of course! Nagayama's izakaya is of high quality and low price! It's very cost-effective!"
At this time, I heard the customer who was drinking next to him looked over and said in surprise when he saw the plate full of ingredients:
"Aoki-san...when did you get free side dishes? Don't we regular customers have them?!"
"Yes, yes, store manager Sang can't favor one thing over another!" "Give us some too!" Customers who had good intentions also chimed in, but most of them were regular customers, so there was more of a joke.
Nagayama Aoki didn't panic at all. He always dealt with customers and had already perfected his speaking skills:
"Haha, this is my younger brother...Are you also from the Yongshan family?!"
"Your brother?" "The one named Nagayama Naoki?" "A celebrity!" "He seems to be a writer!" "..."
Only then did these people take a serious look at the ordinary young man sitting in front of the dining table. Although he was dressed differently from the one on TV, his face was different at first glance!
"As expected!" "Really!" "I saw a living star!" "..."
The strange sound of discussion lingered in Nagayama Naoki's ears, causing black lines to appear on his forehead...
But I still turned around and nodded to everyone to say hello~ After all, this is my own store, so I still have to give face!
Several guests continued to eat contentedly after meeting the celebrities of the Nagayama family. Some of them were drinking and laughing. Naoki Nagayama just gave them an extra dish to go with their drinks.
Taking advantage of the wine, some customers said:
"Brother Naoki... I hope you win the Palme d'Or!"
"......Thank you....."
Naoki Nagayama smiled....
Although this Nagayama special set meal did not have the superb cooking skills of a high-end restaurant, Naoki Nagayama was very satisfied. After all, this is the childhood food in his memory.
When everything on the plate is finished, one taste of soup makes the whole person feel warm~
Taking advantage of the fact that there were no more customers coming, Naoki Nagayama chatted with his eldest brother Aoki:
"I told my father and eldest brother before about filming a show in our izakaya. Does eldest brother still remember?"
Nagayama Aoki thought about it for a moment: "Ah, is it that late-night cafeteria?"
"Well, when I come back, this matter can almost start!" Nagayama Naoki said, "Our izakaya will be slightly decorated, and then we can start shooting... Big brother is a veritable boss...
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When Yongshan Aoki heard this, he was a little nervous:
"But, I can't act!"
"As long as you know how to cook..." Nagayama Naoki said with a smile, "There will be many cameras to capture the dishes!"
"That's it..."
"It's okay, I will be by your side when the time comes..." Naoki Nagayama comforted, "I am the person in charge of the program, just listen to me..."
Father Yongshan Ken also walked out of the kitchen, listening to the conversation between the two, and suddenly interrupted and asked:
"During the filming...will the izakaya be closed for business?!"
"Is father concerned about those regular customers?" Nagayama Naoki immediately thought of his father's concerns, "There is no need to worry, except for the period of decoration, we can open at other times!"
"And we were filming late at night. My house closes after nine o'clock, right?"
"That's good~"
Nagayama Ken nodded. He has worked here for more than 20 years. For him, the izakaya is not only a job to make ends meet, but also has a deep bond with the regular customers.
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"If my father wants to, he can be open during filming... if there are customers!" Naoki Nagayama thought for a moment and said, "If the customers don't mind, it's okay to let them appear on camera!"
After all, "Midnight Diner" captures the bond between the izakaya owner and the diners!
Yongshan Ken nodded silently and said nothing more~
