On a hot afternoon, Nagayama Naoki came to the shooting base in Ota District for the first time in a long time.
As far as the eye can see, many people are shuttled in various studios. Even under the scorching sun, there are still teams shooting in outdoor studios.
After parking the car, I came to the management office responsible for the entire park arrangement. I saw Ishikawa Katsura immersed in processing forms. After hearing the door push, he said without looking up:
"There have been no schedules for the studio in the recent period, and the earliest reservations are not until September...Ah, Naoki-san!"
Ishikawa Katsura saw that it was his immediate boss and stood up quickly:
"Why are you here!"
"I'm here to visit..." Nagayama Naoki said with a smile, "It seems that the filming base is very busy now!"
"Hi, with the expansion of the park and the construction of more scenes, many crews have contacted me." Ishikawa Katsura said that he, the director of the park, is getting busier and busier now, "The current schedule has reached September.
Already."
"Ha, it looks like the movie city idea is very promising!"
The shooting speed of Shuyou Pictures in recent years is very famous in the film industry. It is like putting a catfish in a calm fish pond, making other fish in the pond become nervous...
If you are so busy, how can we slowly make movies and make money?
As a result, many film production companies have begun to speed up the filming and production of movies. It doesn't matter if they can't catch up with Shuyou. If they are faster than other peers, they will make more money!
A shooting base with complete shooting scenes and good logistical support is naturally necessary to speed up shooting.
Small production companies do not have the capital to build film shooting bases, but it is difficult to borrow shooting bases from big companies such as Toho, Toei Shochiku... At this time, Shuyou's Dream Factory is actually open to the outside world?
!
Naturally, everyone started to gather here~
Now the blocks outside the filming base in Ota City are transforming into peripheral service attributes of the movie city, and there are even introduction centers for extras...
Here, there is already a bit of a Hollywood feel!
"Ishikawa-kun, Shuichi-san, which studio are they on today?" Naoki Nagayama came to the management office to ask this question.
"Ah, Shuichi-san is in Area B1..." Ishikawa Katsura is naturally the most concerned about his crew and quickly leads the way, "I'll take Naoki-san there!"
"Haha, thank you very much~"
"Where there is, this is what I should do..."
The two walked towards the set of "Squid Game" while chatting. As soon as they opened the small door and entered the set, Naoki Nagayama felt something was a little inconsistent.
Because his face felt very hot, which was inevitable in a factory in summer, but his legs felt a little cool... What was going on?
After walking forward for a while, I saw the scenery of the neighborhood more than ten years ago, and then white smoke was still rising from some places on the ground...
“Is there this scene in Squidward Game?”
This was not filming the Heavenly Palace in "Journey to the West", so why did it look so mist-filled... He naturally recognized that it was fogging with dry ice.
Walking to the director's area, Naoki Nagayama happened to see Itou Shuichi and others filming Nanjo Yutaka and the old man playing marbles.
At this time, Nanjo Yutaka looked at his opponent who seemed to be suffering from Alzheimer's disease. He was confused and in pain... He was about to use this to win the old man's marbles, and then let him fail the game and die!
The dim light is like the warm afterglow of the sunset, because school is just over in the evening, and most children play games outside with their peers at this time~
The light reflected on Yutaka Nanjo's face brought not warmth, but pain and guilt... He, who was kind-hearted, had just deceived his opponent, the old man with dementia, and took his marbles away.
Come over...
"Eh... I seem to have no marbles anymore..." the old man said slowly, looking at Nanjo Yutaka like a child, "Can you lend me a marble?"
"...."
Nanjo Yutaka's face was filled with shame and pain. He subconsciously held his bag of marbles with his hands, thinking of his daughter outside, and the staff waiting with guns next to him... Finally, he thought
The thought of living prevailed...
"sorry....."
"No. 70, eliminated..."
As if he felt that the outcome was clear, the gunman next to him read it out. As if to escape, Yutaka Nanjo stood up and wanted to leave, leaving the gunman next to him to execute the old man.
But at this moment, the old man tremblingly wiped it in his trouser pocket for a while, and seemed to find something:
"There seems to be another marble here..."
A smile appeared on the old man's face: "There is one left..."
After hearing this, Yutaka Nanjo showed an expression of disbelief. He quickly poured his marbles on the ground and started counting...
"One, two, three...nine!"
Sure enough, one was missing!
"Ka!" Itou Shuichi, who was holding a loudspeaker, shouted loudly, "This one has passed! Take a rest and prepare for the next one!"
"Oh oh oh~" "Uu~~" "Ha~"
The originally tense crew members suddenly relaxed and began to quickly find ice water or other cool places. At this time, Itou Shuichi also noticed the arrival of Naoki Nagayama.
"Naoki-san, when did you come?!"
"Just during the last scene!" Nagayama Naoki smiled, said hello to Nanjo Yutaka, and then walked next to Itou Shuichi, "Nanjo Yutaka's acting skills are very good!"
"Haha, yes... You are kind-hearted at heart, but you have to deceive and hurt others... There are very few acting skills like this!"
Naturally, Itou Shuichi was not stingy with compliments, which made Nanjo Yutaka, who was not far away, a little embarrassed.
Then he asked: "Naoki-san returned to Tokyo yesterday, right?"
"Well, I took a rest at home, then went to the company this morning, and came to see Shuichi-san in the afternoon!"
"Did you bring a gift then?!" Itou Shuichi teased.
"...You are not a child anymore, why are you asking for gifts from others all day long?!" Nagayama Naoki was very disgusted.
Itou Shuichi was full of pride:
"Hahaha, I asked for it for my Jiayi-chan!"
"...I really can't do anything with you...The gift is in the car, I'll move it there later..." Naoki Nagayama said and shook his head, "Remember, this is for Kayi-chan.
of!"
"Ha~"
Itou Shuichi didn't believe it, Naoki Nagayama would always bring gifts to his friends when he went out! Then, he curiously asked about Naoki Nagayama's experience abroad, including the concert and the situation in New York.
"I have signed a contract with an investment manager. After a period of time, Shuyou Capital's capital account will be managed by him." Nagayama Naoki said, "There will be some action in the U.S. foreign exchange market. If Shuichi-san wants to
If you want to participate, you can tell Yuan Taisang..."
"Well, I will!" Itou Shuichi is not a person who is short of money now, but who would hate more wealth?
"By the way, is Shuichi-san paying attention to the filming progress of "Haijie Diary"?"
"Of course, I've been watching, and it's almost the end now..."
"That's good~"
"...."
The two people were chatting here, and the entire crew was able to take a good rest. The original rest was only five minutes!
It’s almost half an hour now!
Naoki Nagayama’s forehead also started to sweat~
"Well, it's really hot on this set..."
"Yes, but there is no other way." Itou Shuichi also nodded, "I even asked someone to get dry ice to cool down..."
"Be careful when using dry ice~" Naoki Nagayama reminded, "Not too much...and ventilation..."
"Of course I do, do you think I'm a three-year-old child?!" Itou Shuichi rolled his eyes, then looked at his watch, "It's almost done, we have to finish filming this scene today!"
"Is the only scene left between Nanjo Yutaka and the old man?"
"yes....."
It was almost at the end, and Naoki Nagayama decided not to disturb him anymore, but before leaving, he grabbed Kyun Kijima, who had been hiding in the director's area:
"Then that's it for today, I'll leave first... By the way, Kijima-kun, lend me a loan..."
"Go, go, go~" Yi Tangxiu waved his hand indifferently.
"...."
Kyū Kijima had nothing to say, so he could only follow Naoki Nagayama out of the set and to the parking lot.
"Naoki-san... Do you want me to help with the gift?" Kijima Xu asked curiously as Naoki Nagayama took out the gift from the gap in the back seat.
"Oh? That's right, Kijima-kun can help give it to Shuichi-san!" Nagayama Naoki heard this and handed the gift directly to him.
"......."That's it?
"Haha~" Nagayama Naoki looked at the confused Kijima and laughed, and then said formally, "Kijima-kun, I called you out to ask you a favor."
"Please give me your instructions!"
"I will be filming a TV series in August - "Midnight Cafeteria"." Nagayama Naoki said, "The company is currently very tight on manpower, so I will recruit some people from Shuichi-san..."
Kijima Xu hesitated and said: "But Shuichi-san is filming "Squid Game"..."
"Yes, so I have to ask Kijima-kun to secretly help me gather people during the filming..." Nagayama Naoki said, "You know, just like when we were filming "Love Letter", we secretly executed
!”
"But this?"
"Only four or five people are enough! I'll go to another studio to search for the rest!" Naoki Nagayama said, "With such a big crew and a few people missing, Shuichi-san shouldn't be able to discover it even in a short while!"
"...Why doesn't Naoki-san communicate directly with Shuichi-san?!" Kijima Kyor was puzzled.
"I will tell you! But only later!" Nagayama Naoki said with a bitter face, "I was very jealous of Shuichi-san when I went abroad to play with him. If I beg him now, I will definitely be embarrassed...
.Extracting people is very slow..."
Although he will definitely achieve his goal in the end, he will definitely be annoyed by some strange people, and then maybe they will make a condition, such as letting his film be the opening of the Tokyo International Film Festival.
"But..." Kijima Xu looked at Naoki Nagayama faintly, "Naoki-san, I am also preparing for "101 Proposals"...I am also worried about manpower..."
"???"
Only then did Nagayama Naoki remember that "101 Proposals" had been handed over to Kijima Kyon for execution~
But...Shuichi-san is a senior executive, so he can naturally shirk it a little bit, but Kijima Kyū...what kind of level do you dare to compete with me?
"Kijima-kun~" Nagayama Naoki patted Kijima Kyon's shoulder, stared at him, and spoke with encouragement in a gentle tone, "I believe you will coordinate well!"
"...."
This is a threat, it must be a threat!
Kijima Kyor looked at Nagayama Naoki's expression, which revealed the threat that "if I don't agree, "The 101 Proposals" will be postponed indefinitely!"
"....Hi, I'll do my best!"
"Hmm~"
........
At the Shuyu Building in Ikebukuro, Takeharu Kawahara drove Shizuka Kudo to the headquarters of the office.
"Wu Chunsang, why did Dayou-sang suddenly ask me to come over?"
Shizuka Kudo is wearing cool clothes and has already started to grow her hair long. She looks youthful and energetic. This is exactly the image she shows to all her fans now, a young girl full of energy!
"I don't know, it seems like there is a mission assigned to me."
Kawahara Takeharu only received a simple message from the pager, so he rushed over immediately after the recording of Kudo Shizuka's announcement.
"Okay... Is there some big variety show?"
Recently, Shizuka Kudo's popularity has been rising rapidly, and she has also occupied part of the field vacated by Seiko Matsuda, and now there is a trend of rising stars.
The overall level of announcements and activities we have received recently has gone up a notch.
She thought that the firm must have secured another good opportunity for her!
"There's no point guessing here, let's go straight up!"
Takeharu Kawahara greeted Xing Jiahua at the front desk, asked Yoshimura Otomo if he was in the office, and then took the elevator to the top floor with Shizuka Kudo.
"Dong dong~"
"Please come in~"
Takeharu Kawahara pushed open the thick solid wood door of his office and saw Otomo Yoshimura who was immersed in processing documents.
"Otomo-san, I'm bringing Shizuka-chan!"
"Ah, you are here!" Yoshimura Otomo did not close the document, but just said to the two of you, "Sit down quickly, have a drink, and wait until I finish processing this document."
"Hi!"
The weather is hot, but naturally there is a cool breeze in the head office, and there is even a small refrigerator to store drinks... The treatment of Shuyou Group has indeed improved a lot~
This was not the first time for Kudo Shizuka to come to the office. She was carefree by nature and took a bottle of frozen oolong tea from the refrigerator to drink...while Kawahara Takeharu was much more reserved and just sat on the sofa and drank quietly.
Catch cold water.
Within a few minutes, Yoshimura Otomo signed his opinion on the paper and then closed the document:
"Long time waiting~"
"No, no, not at all~" Kawahara Takeharu waved his hands repeatedly, "Otomo-san, you are so anxious to ask us to come over, is something wrong with Shizuka-chan?"
"Ah, it's not a bad thing!" Yoshimura Otomo smiled, took a file bag from the table, walked to the sofa and handed it to Kawahara Takeharu, "This is a song, Shizuka-chan's next song~"
"??" Takeharu Kawahara said in surprise as he opened the seal, "But isn't Shizuka-chan's next song already decided?"
"Well, let's change it to this one!" Yoshimura Otomo's words are unquestionable.
"Forehead....."
The song has obviously been decided, but it has to be changed temporarily?! The changes in manpower and material resources involved are not a small amount... What's more, Otomo-san is so sure that this song is better than the previous one?!
Takeharu Kawahara and Shizuka Kudo looked at each other in surprise.
Until I pulled out the score and saw the name on it: ""I really want to say I love you loudly"? Written and composed...Naoki Nagayama?!"
Kawahara Takeharu looked at Yoshimura Otomo in surprise:
"This is Naoki-san's new song?!"
"Yes..." Yoshimura Otomo took a sip from the tea cup, "Naoki-san thinks this song is very suitable for Shizuka-chan, and also thinks that Shizuka-chan can give it a boost when it's critical! That's why she gave it
She composes a new song."
It’s understandable that Takeharu Kawahara is excited! Why he wants to change the song, because Naoki-san’s new song will definitely enter the top ten of the rankings!
This is almost an unbreakable theorem!
Kudo Shizuka's song "Sunshine Girl" has been at the top of the charts for a whole summer! Now that the weather is getting hotter, people are singing it again!
Kudo Shizuka was also very surprised when she took the music score and read it.
"
...
君に梦中なことにREASONなんてないのにそのwristはLUoむことはない
(I don’t know when I started falling in love with you for no reason)
.......
(My eyes are always following you)
里さない揺るがない Crazy for you(I can’t live without you, I’m hopelessly crazy for you)
.......
My name is Jun Hao (I really want to say loudly that I like you)
Yong気でstepみ出そう(Have the courage to take the first step!)
.......
"
"..." Looking at these explicit lyrics, the little girl's face began to look strange, "These are all nonsense words!"
This is completely a song of confession!
"It's a very passionate song, isn't it?!" Otomo Yoshimura laughed, "This is a very difficult song!
But Naoki-san believes in Shizuka-chan, and I believe you will be able to understand the emotions and interpret them well! That’s why I created it specially for you!"
Yoshimura Otomo thought that Shizuka Kudo might be a little excited and worried that her singing would not be good, so he continued to encourage her.
After hearing what Yoshimura Otomo said, Kudo Shizuka felt even more upset!
"What does it mean?!"
"Why did Naoki-san compose such an emotional song for me?! This is a song for someone who has a crush to confess their love!"
"Are you sure I can feel the feelings?!"
"Are you attracted to me?!"
"...."
There were constant thoughts in his mind, like a bunch of people quarreling, which made Kudo Shizuka's head feel a little bigger, but in the end there was an idea that echoed in his mind, and the voice became louder and louder...
"Didn't Naoki Nagayama have an affair with Akina Nakamori?! Why did he fall in love with me again?!"
Another voice followed closely:
"Should I accept Naoki Nagayama?!"
"..."
The voice behind became louder and louder, gradually surpassing other thoughts, completely occupying Kudo Shizuka's head, making her feel dizzy.
At this time, Yoshimura Otomo and Kawahara Takeharu were discussing the subsequent recording and adjustments to the next song. They also talked about finding a music teacher for Kudo Shizuka and taking some time to tutor...
Neither of them noticed that Shizuka Kudo's expression was getting worse and worse...
