Tokyo bubble life

The warm morning light shone into the bedroom from the window, hitting his face just right, causing Nagayama Naoki on the bed to open his eyes.

"Unfamiliar ceiling."

After being forced to turn on the phone, his head was a little confused. When he reached out and touched it, the place next to him was empty, but there was still some smell of shampoo. Nagayama Naoki came to his senses.

"What a bad joke!"

Akina is no longer here, and she has to leave for work at four or five in the morning. After Naoki Nagayama washed up, got dressed and walked to the living room, only to find that the prepared breakfast had been placed on the dining table.

In addition to the salted side dishes, there are warm miso soup, fried tempura and meatballs in the two thermal pots, and hot white rice in the rice cooker.

Thinking of Akina saying that if she gets married, she will get up before her husband wakes up and make breakfast. Nagayama Naoki sighed: "What a virtuous girlfriend."

After going out, he drove back to Sansakura-in. Naturally, Yotaro complained a little when he saw his master staying out all night, and kept slapping Naoki Nagayama's calf with his tail like a stick.

"Okay, okay, Taro, go get the dog leash!"

After hearing this, Gouzi ran to the entrance excitedly. At the same time, Naoki Nagayama also went to the second floor to change into a piece of sportswear.

After going out, Yutaro originally wanted to go towards the old route, but Naoki Nagayama stopped him:

"Yingtaro, let's take another route today~"

With that said, he headed towards Chiyoda's Hitotsubashi Bridge, planning to go directly to Shogakukan.

It was already past Yotaro's usual walking time, and there were more and more pedestrians coming and going on the street. However, everyone was working in a hurry to go to work, and they didn't have time to take a closer look at Nagayama Naoki, who was holding Yotaro's hand.

In the morning of early spring, the weather was quite cold, but after walking for a few blocks, my whole body felt warm, like the feeling after drinking old wine, but without the drunkenness.

When we reached the Shogakukan building, the white breath we exhaled was faintly visible.

"Naoki-san!" The girl with glasses, Reiki Nozawa, immediately saw Nagayama Naoki and the dog walking in from the gate, "Did you come here so early today?"

"Yes, Reiki-san~" Naoki Nagayama smiled, "I have an appointment with Kunji-san."

"Hi, please go to the reception room and wait for a moment." Reiki Nozawa diligently led Naoki Nagayama towards the reception room and made hot tea. "I'll go and notify Section Chief Morikawa right away."

After the people had left, Naoki Nagayama sipped hot tea and sighed: "I'm already the section chief, I've been promoted~"

Generally speaking, if the appreciation is based on the merit-based system, after 5-10 years, the title of director will usually be added, which is only slightly higher than that of ordinary employees, and is considered a senior employee, a backbone, and so on.

As for the section chief, his salary is undoubtedly due to merit. Morikawa Kunji’s biggest achievement in the past two years should be Naoki Nagayama! After all, his novels are constantly selling best, and he also has the honor of being awarded the Naoki Prize.

Especially recently, it has also contributed to a program with Fuji TV.

After a while, Morikawa Kunji walked in with a red face:

"Naoki-san, you're here! Ah, and there's Taro~"

After saying that, he still loved Wujiwu and rubbed his dog's head.

"I just had to go for a morning jog, so I brought Yotaro here." Nagayama Naoki explained a little, and then said politely, "Kuniji-san looks very happy!"

"Hi, thanks to Naoki-san, I recently got a promotion and am now the section chief of the youth literature editorial team." Kuniji Morikawa spoke enthusiastically. After all, this is considered a transfer from a professional position to a management position. It is a big job. progress.

"That's really congratulations~"

After a few warm congratulations, Kuniji Morikawa remembered the reason for coming today and took out a novel from the cardboard box he brought: "Naoki-san, this is the trial version of "Tomorrow's Me and Yesterday's You" We have proofread the novel, and there are absolutely no typographical errors!”

The melancholy blue cover foreshadows the sad plot. Under the roulette wheel of the clock, a pair of young lovers look at each other very affectionately.

Naoki Nagayama was very satisfied with the design of the book cover. The quality of the paper and the printing effect were also very good, so Naoki Nagayama didn't have any more nitpicks.

"Bang Zhisang, it's very good. I have no objections."

"Hi, then we will officially launch sales in early March." The smile on Morikawa Kuniji's face became more relaxed. He pointed to the small cardboard box next to him, "By the way, Naoki-san, we have prepared a dozen books here. The trial printing version of the novel can be kept as a souvenir.”

This kind of trial printing novel, which has no book number or other sales mark, is very suitable as a souvenir or a gift. Starting from the first novel, Shogakukan will set aside a part for Naoki Nagayama.

"Hi, thank you very much!"

Kuniji Morikawa thought that the content of today's negotiation should be over, so he was ready to say some polite words and have a casual chat, but unexpectedly Naoki Nagayama continued the conversation:

"Bang Zhisang, actually, I have one more thing I want to discuss with you today."

"Eh?"

"Yesterday, the host of "Newspeak Buzzword Awards" found me and wanted to interview me."

"Haha ~ Naoki-san's famous quote" Morikawa Kuniji understood immediately. What Nagayama Naoki said a few days ago has reached his ears.

"Hehehe~" Naoki Nagayama smiled awkwardly and continued, "Although it was a bit surprising, those words were out of the loop after all."

"At the end of the month, the first issue of "Newspeak Buzzword Awards" will be aired. By then, my popularity will be even higher."

Kuniji Morikawa was a little confused: "What does Naoki-san mean?"

"I want to promote my new book in the "Newspeak Buzzword Awards" by the way," Naoki Nagayama didn't hide it. "Perhaps I can achieve better results during the sales period."

"TV show promotion?"

Kuniji Morikawa began to think about it. Generally speaking, writers' novels are sold offline. The distribution and promotion of various bookstores, except for purely literary educational programs, generally do not promote books on TV programs.

Moreover, all parties involved in the current "Newspeak Buzzword Awards" are big bosses, and they have already caught the attention of Shogakukan's management. They want to advertise in this program. Let's not talk about the cost. The resistance alone is huge. .

However, the person who said this was Naoki Nagayama, the program planner and a well-known best-selling author in his own name!

Kuniji Morikawa said slowly: "Naoki-san, this is a good idea. But whether it can be carried out, I still have to communicate with the editor-in-chief Matsui Mizushi."

"I know, but there's no need to advertise nakedly~" Nagayama Naoki said with a smile, "Anyway, there will be interviews with me, and I will choose to use the novel as the background. The program originally needs the audience's votes and participation, So we can use 'lucky viewers will get Naoki Nagayama's latest novel' as a gimmick!"

Listening to what Naoki Nagayama said, Kuniji Morikawa smiled in his eyes.

After leaving Shogakukan, Nagayama Naoki held a small cardboard box and led Yotaro back to Yamasakura-in.

It was no different from when he left in the morning, but he saw Nyaotaro at the cherry blossom tree in the yard, seeming to want to climb up the cherry blossom tree.

"Nyaotaro, what are you doing?"

Naoki Nagayama walked next to him, touched the plump and stocky orange, and then turned to look at the cherry blossom tree that had been silent all winter.

I saw only a few flower buds appearing on the branches of the cherry blossom tree. I couldn't tell whether they were green or pink, but they were very different from the gray-brown trunk of the cherry blossom tree.

The cherry blossom tree in the yard is an early cherry blossom and will bloom again in the autumn, so it is only the beginning of spring and is about to start blooming.

"The cherry blossoms are about to bloom!" Nagayama Naoki patted the tree trunk and sighed with emotion, "Yutaro's daily fertilization is very effective!"

Then he patted Nyaotaro's little head: "Nyaotaro, don't bite the buds!"

After saying that, he walked upstairs. A little sweaty, Nagayama Naoki decided to take a shower and change clothes. Then go to the studio again.

"Naoki-san~" "Naoki-san, you're here!" "Good morning, Naoki-san!"

Amidst the greetings of all the employees, Naoki Nagayama came to the office. As expected, the two giants were already at work.

"How about Shuichi-san? Have you agreed?" First, he asked Shuichi Itou provocatively, "Nakanishi Naotaro's interview request?"

Unexpectedly, Yi Tangxiu didn't show any mood swings at all, and replied very calmly: "It's just an interview, what's the big deal~"

"Anyway, it was Naoki-san who said that second-school line!"

"." was counterattacked!

Naoki Yongshan could only say haha: "Haha, as long as Xiu Yisang has no opinion, when will it be agreed?"

"Just these two days, Naoki-san should be fine, right?" Yi Tangxiu raised his head and looked at Yongshan Naoki, "Don't run away then."

"What can I do to escape?"

Naoki Yongshan was not angry, but suddenly thought of what he said in the morning, and used the novel as the background.

"By the way, Shuichi-san, can the shooting location be set in the study of Yamazakura-in?"

As soon as this sentence came out, even Otomo Fangcun looked over in surprise: "Naoki-san, what are you talking about, you want to be in the study of Yamazakura-in?"

"Hey, because I want to take this opportunity to promote my novel." Naoki Yongshan said, "Ah, yes, and this"

He took out two trial printing novels from his briefcase: "Otomo-san, Xiu Yi-san, this is a souvenir."

"Oh ho? It's already printed!"

The two of them were very happy to receive the trial version of the novel. Yoshimura Otomo took a look at it twice and put it on the table. At nearly fifty years old, he was no longer very interested in romance. Instead, it was Itou Xiu who started Looked up.

"Naoki-san, why are you in the study?" Fangcun Otomo asked.

"What a creative atmosphere! I plan to put the remaining novels on the table as the background." Naoki Nagayama said, "After all, the advertisement for the "Newspeak Buzzword Award" cannot be too obvious."

After continuing to chat a few words about the program, Naoki Naoyama looked at Shuichi Itou who seemed to be fascinated, and couldn't help but said:

"Xiu Yi-san, let's go home and watch it. You are the director of the film department after all. You read casual novels during working hours in broad daylight. Are you worthy of your annual salary of one million?!"

"An annual salary of one million? Naoki-san, you are looking down on me! I have already exceeded 100 million, okay!" Itou Shuichi said disdainfully, but he still put down the novel, "Then let's go to Naoki-san's together tomorrow Come home!”

In a few words, the interview has been decided.

We talked about the editing work of the MV.

"Everyone in the editing room is gone. Kijima-kun went to the Film Technology Factory to copy the already edited MV." Itou Shuichi said, "The others went to Tokyo University of the Arts."

"Ah, are those part-time juniors and juniors okay?"

"Haha, they are very happy!" Yi Tangxiu said with a smile, "I plan to recruit a few to the company in the future."

"Well, it's up to you~"

While talking, I did a little processing of some accumulated documents, that is, I reviewed the documents, and then signed a few words on the process. It seemed that there was nothing left to do in the studio.

Nagayama Naoki asked: "What happened to Shuichi-san in the studio today?"

"Me?" Yi Tangxiu was stunned for a moment, "It seems that there are no more files to be processed, but the preparations for "Love Will End Like the Rain" are in progress, and some distribution channels are also being sorted out."

"It means it's nothing serious?"

"Ah, if you say so, you are indeed not busy." Itou Shuichi felt like he was really sorry for his high salary at this time~

Nagayama Naoki said: "Then come with me! Go to Musashino University and have a look!"

"where to?"

"Yeah, the filming location of "April Story", I think it seems okay there."

"It's quite remote over there. Didn't you see it before when we were filming "Boys Over Flowers"?"

"There aren't many people and it's quiet, which is perfect for this quiet movie of mine."

Itou Xiu became interested in him for a moment. He had always wanted to surpass him in making movies, especially those made by Naoki Nagayama.

"Okay, let's go then! Being idle in the studio is idle!"

So, the two of them decided on the next itinerary with just a few words. Only Yoshimura Otomo was left on the desk, looking at the thick documents on the table, feeling a little overwhelmed?

"Is it idle? Not busy? Nothing to do?"

He looked at the document that reached his shoulders, with an incredible look in his eyes:

"Then why am I so busy working all day long?!"

"So those two guys are so relaxed, are they all relying on squeezing my labor force?!!"

There was a surge of anger in my heart from my lower Dantian to my Tianchong point. When I looked at the documents in my hand, I wanted to sweep them all aside and become a cool boss!

But when I was thinking about the action, I stopped. This document is this month's salary schedule!

Looking at the top columns again, I saw that there were many zero numbers in my salary due. I also thought that the bank loan had to be repaid, my son’s tuition for the aristocratic school had to be paid, and my wife’s cosmetics had been used up.

Even I have been eyeing that brand new, high-end Porsche for a while!

"How can it be repaired!!!"

In the office of the studio, a middle-aged man let out a painful cry.