869, the news that resounded throughout Tokyo late at night!!!
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When the news spread back to Tokyo, even though it was already late at night, it broke out and kept many people awake all night.
Yoshimura Otomo has been waiting for the results from Cannes today. After getting the news, he immediately informed Eiichiro Watanabe, who was still staying up late and working overtime, to start the promotion plan!
Although the morning papers of major newspapers have been printed now, he has already communicated with the newspapers he has good relations with to print an extra page... The reports that have been prepared long ago must appear in the newspaper as soon as possible.
On the morning paper.
He walked out of the office excitedly and shouted towards Eiichiro Watanabe's workstation:
"Eiichiro-kun, it's time to begin!"
"Todoroki?" Eiichiro Watanabe's eyes lit up, and the fatigue from staying up late disappeared. "I'll do it right away!"
Yoshimura Otomo nodded and was about to go back to the office when he saw other employees working overtime in the studio, all of whom were responsible for the release of "Don't Stop the Camera", and they all looked over curiously.
Then a smile appeared on his face: "Mina-san...Naoki-san won this year's Palme d'Or!!!"
"Hohoho!" "Hodouni?!" "It's indeed Naoki-san!" "Nao-shu-san is the best!!!" "Si Guoyi!"
In an instant, everyone’s emotions were ignited!
"Haha, this is a great event!" Yoshimura Otomo looked excited, "Everyone who is working overtime today, hurry up and do your work, and go to Roppongi to stay up all night in half an hour! I'm treating you!!!"
"Oooo!"
Everyone is in a happier mood! They come to work overtime mainly to pay attention to the effectiveness of advertisements, newspaper articles, feedback from theaters, phone calls from fans, etc. It’s okay to put it aside for a while.
Fangcun Dayu returned to the office, started pacing, rubbed his face, and started talking on the phone...all his close friends, Shuyou's partners, and acquaintances from the TV station were notified.
Getting ready for the celebration!
But... Naoki-san should inform his own relatives...
In addition to the tree friends, there are newspapers and magazines on call 24 hours a day, international channels that are always paying attention to foreign news, and caring people in the film industry... waiting until three or four in the morning just to know the news as soon as possible.
The phone lines were like spider threads, extending to every corner of the entertainment industry, and now the trembling threads made the entire web begin to tremble.
Each relevant node is conveying a message:
"Naoki Nagayama won the Palme d'Or!!!"
After receiving the news of the final results in Cannes, the huge entertainment industry started to roar like an engine ignited.
The ringtone of the phone ringing through Tokyo late at night is like the earliest alarm bell, waking up Tokyo, which is still sleeping, in advance...
........
"Ling ring ring~"
On the top floor of the spacious 80 Building, a phone suddenly rang.
Immediately afterwards, two pairs of eyes with green eyes quickly wandered to the side of the phone, making the originally silent space instantly terrifying~
The phone kept ringing, and finally there was a click, and the light in the living room was turned on. Akina Nakamori walked out of the bedroom sleepily, looked at the living room and said vaguely:
"Yutarou, Mewtaro...don't you know how to hang up the phone?! It's so late, who on earth wants to disturb the people!"
The dog next to the phone was wagging its tail, while the cat star looked bored and turned around and left.
Akina Nakamori looked at the phone that had no intention of stopping and sighed... Ever since Naoki Nagayama made "Midnight Ring", no one with a little bit of knowledge would make a phone call at night.
!
"It's not a harassing call..." Akina Nakamori picked up the phone, "Moses Moses, this is the Nagayama family..."
"Akina-chan! I'm Hanami He!" The voice of our president actually came from the microphone.
"Eh? President..." Akina Nakamori suddenly became nervous. Generally speaking, when the president calls late at night, something big must have happened. "Did something happen?"
"It seems Akina hasn't received the news yet!" The voice on the phone was also a little excited, "Akina-chan and Naoki Nagayama won the Palme d'Or!!!"
"...Oh~"
So this is what happened. Akina Nakamori rubbed her eyes and replied calmly, "Isn't it a matter of course that Naoki-san won the award? Do you need to call me in the middle of the night? I still have to sleep!"
"???" Hana Jianhe was stunned. For such a big thing, you only have one Akina-chan, right?
I got the news in the middle of the night and called you as soon as possible!
The entertainment industry has gone crazy, you know?!
This is the only Palme d'Or awarded to a young director after World War II. Although Neon's economy developed rapidly after the war and entered the ranks of developed countries, the spirit and culture of a defeated country were interrupted.
I have won the Palme d'Or before, but the content is all ancient, such as "Hell Gate", "Shadow Samurai", "Narayama Festival"... None of them are modern stories, and even the directors are old people...
Everyone avoids talking about the post-war period.
Naoki Nagayama’s award represents the rise of a new generation! It is undoubtedly a boost to Neon’s confidence!
So this news spread wildly in the entertainment industry, and I heard that even the Prime Minister and the royal family have received the news.
"Akizu Sack...Why is it the president-san who came to inform me?" Akina Nakamori asked, "Naoki-san?"
"Um... I should still be accepting interviews from the media..." Hanamihe knew a little bit about this award. "There will be a celebration party after that... As a winner, I should take off my clothes for a while."
I can’t survive.”
"That's it...then, when will Naoki-san come back?"
"It's expected to take two or three days..."
After hanging up the phone, Nakamori Akina was stunned for a while, and then suddenly realized... her boyfriend had won a grand prize!!! It was an international prize! It was a rare grand prize in the film industry!!!
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Naoki-san won the Palme d'Or!!!"
As if she had just woken up at this moment, Akina Nakamori felt that her head suddenly became excited and her heartbeat began to accelerate...
There was a rush of emotions in my chest, which made my eyes red and shed tears. For a moment, I just wanted to talk to others...
"Yataro! Naoki-san won the Palme d'Or!" Akina Nakamori strangled the dog next to her, shaking the dog's tongue so hard that it almost twitched!
"Woof woof woof!" Yutaro yelled randomly, as if asking for help.
But Akina Nakamori didn't understand at all. Sharing joy with a dog naturally didn't feel like any feedback. She only felt her heart pounding and her chest seemed to be bursting. If she didn't talk to other people,
It's like it's about to explode!
After thinking about it, I finally couldn't help myself, picked up the phone... and broadcast the number...
After a long wait...
"Ogasan!" Akina Nakamori exclaimed in surprise, "Naoki-san won the Palme d'Or!!!"
"...."
Chieko was confused when she answered the phone after being woken up in the middle of the night...
........
In the early morning of the next day, the sunshine in late May was already a bit hot~
In a slightly hot mood, countless office workers hurriedly got up. Those who ordered newspapers took out today's morning paper from the newspaper box. More people hurriedly went out and saw a newspaper on a newsstand on the road.
If the front page is interesting, buy a copy.
The same was true for Yoshihiro Kumagai, an ordinary social worker. In the morning, he even ate only one rice ball, then squeezed into the subway and headed towards the company. After finally walking out of the subway station, he saw a group of people surrounding the newsstand outside the station.
"What's wrong?"
Relying on his height, he looked inside and found a row of the latest issue of "Movie Weekly" hanging in the newsstand.
"Movie newsletter? Isn't it the date yet?"
Kumagai Yoshihiro naturally knows about Neon's most authoritative film magazine, and he usually buys it to read the latest news.
Today's cover has the words "Special Issue" written on it...and the cover picture shows the scene of Naoki Nagayama, Yuko Tanaka, Takeshi Kitano and others walking on the red carpet.
"Congratulations! Naoki Nagayama won the Palme d'Or!"
This is what the cover story says!
"Naoki Nagayama won the Palme d'Or?!" Yoshihiro Kumagai was filled with surprise and immediately bought a magazine. "This is... amazing!"
There was no time to watch at this time. Yoshihiro Kumagai stuffed the magazine into his backpack and walked quickly towards the company building.
Soon I arrived at the office... and slapped Noda Yoshihiro, who was sitting next to me, on the shoulder.
"Do you know? Naoki Nagayama..."
"Hey, hey, hey, I won the Palme d'Or!"
Noda Yoshihiro turned around helplessly and raised the newspaper in his hand. There was an additional page in the "Yomiuri Shimbun". On it was the scene of Naoki Nagayama winning the award. He even wrote his acceptance speech. It was indeed a major newspaper.
!
"Several people have told me this today!"
Yoshihiro Noda is a movie lover, so naturally everyone wanted to share the news with him, so today his shoulder suffered.
"I was originally very optimistic about "Kikujiro's Summer"... I didn't expect that it would actually win the award!"
He happily turned over the additional pages and said to Kumagai Yoshihiro,
"And you see... Naoki Nagayama's speech when he won the award was really bold! He said, 'I did it'!"
"What a radiant man!"
"Yes, yes~"
"But I think it's better to be more modest when receiving such a big award..."
"That makes sense~"
The two began to criticize the newspaper. Kumagai Yoshihiro also took out the special issue of "Movie Weekend" and shared it with Noda Yoshihiro, completely unaware that this was at work...
In fact, no one else cares. With the development of the economy, this era can be said to be the happiest beginning for workers. You can make money by opening any company, you can make money by lying still, and you can make money by working for half a day every day.
to a super high salary....
The boss is smiling all over his face, and his colleagues are all kind-hearted. The environment and atmosphere of the company are really too relaxed.
After the Plaza Accord was signed, college students who had just graduated had the opportunity to go to Hawaii for vacation. They got free travel expenses, and their bosses would treat guests to clubs all night after get off work... That was the golden age.
Moreover, at this time, almost everyone is discussing Naoki Nagayama winning the Palme d'Or.
Kumagai Yoshihiro talked for a while, flipped through Noda Yoshihiro's newspaper and suddenly said:
"Eh? By the way, I often saw discussions about "The Camera Don't Stop" and those negative comments before. Why are they gone today?"
"It seems so... I haven't seen it today!"
"Ah, here is another complimentary report..."
"...."
Kumagai Yoshihiro said with a smile:
"Let's watch "Don't Stop the Camera" again tonight. Last time we watched it too fast and didn't see many details clearly."
"Okay! Let's go and see it again~" Yoshihiro Noda nodded immediately, and then said, ""Kikujiro's Summer" will definitely be re-screened in the future, and summer is here too... let's go and see it again!
"
Sure enough, with the news that Nagayama Naoki won the grand prize, other newspapers invariably withdrew their attacks on "The Cameras Don't Stop"... What's the point?!
........
In Shochiku's office, Kobayashi Masaki was originally here to discuss the editing and subsequent publicity of "House Without Dinner Table". Unexpectedly, when he arrived at the headquarters, he found that everyone was discussing the Palme d'Or.
"Xiao Lin-san, have you already known this?" a colleague asked.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "How could it be so early...the final result was only announced last night!" Kobayashi Masaki said with a smile, he is also the kind of person who is woken up by a phone call in the middle of the night.
, "But I have always had confidence in Naoki-san!"
"Those of us who have been in the film industry for so many years are actually going to lose to a young guy like Naoki Nagayama..."
"Haha, Naoki-san is a genius~" Kobayashi Masaki tried to smooth things over. He didn't want his best friend to be isolated.
Not only Shochiku, everyone at Toho Toei Nikkatsu is discussing the Palme d'Or award, and Kadokawa is no exception. I heard that Kadokawa Haruki has already started looking for someone to plan a celebration!
In the head office of Toei Headquarters, Ogasawara Takafumi was holding coffee and frowning.
"Dong dong~"
As the office door was pushed open, Minister Toshitaka Yamamura walked in with his subordinate Toru Nakano:
"Headmaster!"
"Well..." Ogasawara Takafumi put down his coffee cup and rubbed the corners of his eyes. He was also the kind of person who was woken up by a phone call in the middle of the night. "Do you know about the Palme d'Or?"
"Hi~" Yamamura Toshitaka nodded, "I didn't expect this guy Nagayama Naoki to really do it..."
"..." Ogasawara Takafumi glanced at him dissatisfied, "Are you repeating his acceptance speech?"
"..."
Toshitaka Yamamura didn't know what to say for a moment, the office fell into silence, and Toru Nakano was too scared to speak.
After a few breaths, Ogasawara Takabumi spoke again:
"It was your assistant Toru Nakano who was responsible for finding people to spread negative news about "The Camera Don't Stop" and promote negative comments, right?"
"Hi, Mr. Nakano is my confidant, and he executed everything personally! But we entrusted it anonymously, leaving no beginning or end."
"Well, that's good..." Ogasawara Takafumi said, "Nakano-kun, wrap up the matter and don't continue to do it...keep this matter in your heart and don't reveal it to anyone!"
"Hi!"
"In short... Naoki Nagayama, don't go against him in the short term..." Ogasawara Takafumi was a little unwilling to accept that as a second generation, it was so difficult for him.
"After Naoki Nagayama won the award, has his influence been so great?"
"I heard that he will be rewarded by the higher-ups." Ogasawara Takafumi sighed, "Everyone is very optimistic about him..."
The "everyone" here refers to the circle that holds real power. This kind of thing to boost national confidence, in today's parlance, is of great united front value... and will receive support from the top.
"In short, just don't let anyone catch the actual evidence that our Toei is suppressing Shuyou..."
