Tokyo bubble life

Until the day after the wedding, TV was still reporting on Seiko Matsuda's wedding, and some TV stations had edited various wedding clips into short films and broadcast them on their programs.

The Sunny Agency, the organizer, announced that it would make a videotape of the wedding and sell it, and put it on the last album - "for fans who love Seiko Matsuda to collect and enjoy".

"Has the goddess who admires me finally been taken home by someone else?!"

Naoki Nagayama, who was sitting on the dining table reading a newspaper, almost laughed out loud when he saw this text,

"How can there be such a licking dog~"

It seemed that the key words were triggered, and Yingtaro, who was biting the duck in the living room, ran over and looked at his owner with his tail wagging~

"Yingtaro, your name is Yingtaro, not licking dog!"

Naoki Nagayama patted the dog's head helplessly. It seemed that he teased the dog too much when he was at home, causing this guy to now regard licking dog as his second name~

"Who told Naoki-san to always call Yingtaro like this!"

Akina Nakamori came over with two breakfasts, making Naoki Nagayama look like a landlord in the old society.

Then she also glanced at the newspaper and said, "Isn't it common practice to make wedding commemorative videotapes like Momoe-san's wedding disc? It sold very well!"

"Huh?"

"Naoki-san is indeed a fake fan of Momoe Yamaguchi!" Akina Nakamori narrowed her eyes and glanced at her boyfriend, "I'm beginning to doubt whether it's true that he was heartbroken because of Momoe Yamaguchi's retirement!"

The predecessor committed suicide because of Momoe Yamaguchi's retirement, of course, it can't be spread casually, so he just made up a story that he was heartbroken and drank too much and went to the hospital. Anyway, no one knows except the person involved~

"." Naoki Nagayama stopped talking. He is a fake fan, it's confirmed!

"Ahem~ Why didn't the newspaper report about you, Akina?"

Naoki Nagayama quickly changed the subject. Logically, the two of them went to the wedding yesterday and were interviewed for a while, so there should be reports~

"Maybe the news about Seiko-san is more attractive~"

Akina Nakamori didn't think much about it. The media has been dominated by Seiko Matsuda these days, and it can be said that this top idol's last glory,

"By the way, it seems that Seiko-san and Kanda-san went abroad for their honeymoon after the wedding!"

"Did they go to Hawaii?"

"It seems that they will go to Europe later~"

"."

The two chatted while eating breakfast, and then Akina Nakamori drove to Kenon's office by herself.

Recently, they are mainly busy with the promotion of the new album, but the national tour is also in progress, and Akina also has to rehearse and even go to the scene to watch the rehearsal.

Naoki Nagayama here did not stay at home to escape the heat, but drove to the new headquarters of Shuyou in Ikebukuro.

The new headquarters is jokingly called Shuyou's Tree Stump Building~

Because calling it a building is a bit exaggerated, after all, it is only 7 floors. But the area is not small, and from a distance it looks like a solid tree stump.

Xing Jiahua and Suzuki Yukika have already adapted to the front hall of the new headquarters. When they saw Naoki Naoki coming in, they stood up and greeted him:

"Naoki-san, good morning~"

"Morning~"

Naoki Naoki nodded and turned to look at the hall. Several fancy flower baskets were placed by the wall. They were gifts from friendly companies.

Seeing these flower baskets, his mind reappeared the relocation ceremony two days ago.

It was a sunny day, and the main entrance of the Tree Stump Building was decorated with lights and colors. All the guests came to celebrate the relocation ceremony of the Tree Friends Group. The ribbon cutting, fireworks, lion dance, and speeches were all very lively and happy.

Until

When visiting the new office building, Naoki Naoki found two rows of colorful wreaths on both sides of the aisle in the office hall.

That guy, Yoshimura Otomo, did not put the wreaths at the main entrance.

He asked someone to put the wreaths in the office hall! ! !

Now, with white walls, light-colored desks, and black office chairs, it would look even more like it if a large black-and-white photo was hung!

".Hua-chan, when should these flower baskets and wreaths be kept?" Naoki Nagayama asked Xing Jiahua.

"About three days. Today is the last day. We need to clean them up!" Xing Jiahua said directly, "The wreaths can be kept for a little longer, but these flower baskets are about to wither!"

"Please also dispose of the wreaths when cleaning!" Naoki Nagayama said.

"Hey!"

Xing Jiahua was a little confused. The colorful wreaths were not very pretty, and they were all plastic, so they would not break. But she still obeyed the order of the highest commander of Shuyou. He was the most powerful one~

Without wandering around on each floor, Naoki Nagayama took the elevator directly to the office on the top floor.

Pushing open the door, the huge office was filled with morning sunshine. In the beam of light, one could even see fine dust flying and a slight smell of solid wood furniture. However, it was much better after opening the window~

Sitting on the leather boss chair, looking at the huge desk in the future, Naoki Nagayama closed his eyes and experienced the mentality of the company bosses in his previous life.

But in less than three minutes, he opened his eyes:

"No, there is no such a sense of satisfaction and no domineering spirit. The practical value of an empty office is no different from that of an ordinary office."

"Those bosses in the past built large offices just for face~"

Looking at the empty office again, Nagayama Naoki called the front desk and told Xingjiahua to send some green plants and succulents to the office, and then put the newspaper on the desk every morning and change it daily. ~

After making the call, Naoki Nagayama walked out of his president/president's office and opened the door marked the head office.

"Otomo-san!"

Yoshimura Otomo was drinking coffee to refresh himself. After seeing Naoki Nagayama, he felt slightly happy, and then regained his composure:

"Naoki-san, your office is next door!"

"Ah, that office is so empty!" Naoki Nagayama unceremoniously sat on the sofa in Otomo Fangcun's office and picked up the magazine on the coffee table, "Otomo-san is still very interesting here!"

"Then you should come to your office more often!"

Fangcun Otomo sat next to him,

"What's the point of always coming to my side and interrupting my work!"

"Otomo-san, you're not working anymore! You're making coffee!"

"I was planning to work! You broke in and interrupted my schedule!"

"whispering sound"

The two bickered for a while, and then they got down to the business of today.

"Otomo-san, I'm going to the United States in early July. I've told you about this~"

"Well, let's go to the concert with your little girlfriend."

Yoshimura Otomo complained that not only did he know about it, he also bought two tickets. But it seemed that he had no chance to go to the scene, so he planned to let his son go and give one to others~

"This is just one of the reasons~" Naoki Nagayama said, "I may have to stay in the United States for two days to deal with investment matters~"

"Oh? Naoki-san wants to invest in the United States?"

"Well, I need to meet with several professional investment managers."

Although Wonta Nakai has taken care of the offshore account matter, Naoki Nagayama's actions in the U.S. foreign exchange market must be operated by a professional investment manager.

The amount of 40 billion yen, a total amount of almost 400 million US dollars, has attracted many powerful investment managers~

"Well, that means you won't be able to come back until almost mid-July?"

"Well, almost~"

Regarding Nagayama Naoki's investment behavior, Yoshimura Otomo did not make any comments and just followed it without thinking. He has long invested all his savings in Shuyou Capital. If he wants to make money, he must have his own share!

"Well before that, we have to complete the preparatory meeting for the Tokyo International Film Festival!" Yoshimura Otomo said.

"Well, gather all parties who have joined the preparatory committee, and we will hold the meeting at the end of June!" Naoki Nagayama nodded, "Don't they always want to advance the preparatory process?!"

"Hi!"

Fangcun Dayou responded, and then became a little worried:

"Naoki-san, Toei and Toho have joined forces. With their lobbying, the possibility of putting pressure on the organizers is really high~"

"Haha, Otomo-san, it's okay." Nagayama Naoki said, "I invited heavyweights to stand up for us!"

"Oh?" This is the first time Fangcun Dayou heard it.

"This person" Nagayama Naoki lowered his voice and talked to Yoshimura Otomo.

And here, Yoshimura Otomo, after hearing Nagayama Naoki's words, his face gradually became surprised~

Director Takamoto Ogasawara of Toei has been quite nervous recently.

After his usual work, he would go drinking with different people every day to convince them to support Toei as the organizer of the Tokyo International Film Festival.

After many efforts, we finally reached an agreement with Toho. The organizer will be Toho and Toei together, with Toho written on the front.

"Boss Nakano, then we have an agreement!"

He raised his glass and was about to clink it with Toho's director, Tomomi Nakano.

"The preparatory meeting should be held soon. By then, our two families must make progress together!"

Nakano Chirui had a relaxed smile on his face: "Of course!"

With a ding sound, their wine glasses touched each other, and then the hot wine slipped into their throats, arousing a trace of red on their faces~

After the negotiation was completed, the two of them became more relaxed in their sitting postures, and felt a bit like dancing while listening to the music in the private room.

"Ogasawara-san, you said that the young man Naoki Nagayama proposed the planning of this Tokyo International Film Festival?!"

Nakano Chirui sighed,

"It's a pity that young people are a little impatient and actually announced it directly~"

"Ha, that's why we need old production companies like Toho and Toei to become the Dinghai Shenzhen!" Ogasawara Takafumi said with a smile, "After all, Shuyu Pictures is just like Nagayama Naoki, too young!"

"But the momentum is really strong! In the past two years, it has almost become a leader in the film industry!"

"Boss Nakano, didn't you also say so, these two years!"

Ogasawara Takafumi's tone was relaxed. You must know that both Toho and Toei have a development history of more than 30 years, which is almost the development history of a movie!

In these turbulent decades, it has experienced the ups and downs of the film industry, experienced several film developments and great changes, and finally survived. This is not something that a company that has been established for only five years can compare with!

“Let’s see in a few years, the tree friends may have disappeared!”

Nakano Chirui nodded, then shook his head:

"However, this guy Naoki Nagayama does have some talents!"

"A few young geniuses emerge every year, but in the end we have to see if they can become evergreens!"

Ogasawara Takafumi still expressed his contempt. Even if he had suffered a loss from Nagayama Naoki before, he would not change his arrogant attitude.

"Well, the newcomer needs to take the lead. But the old man doesn't want to give way yet!"

Nakano Chirui laughed,

"Ogasawara-san, have the other parties already negotiated?"

“Well, Kadokawa is on the opposite side, so there’s nothing we can do.

Shochiku and Nikkatsu are competitors with us. Naturally, they will not express support and will remain neutral at most. However, film media such as the Film Journalists Association and the Film Weekly are all biased towards us. "

"Based on this ratio, we have at least more than one-third of the supporters at the meeting."

"That's good~"

Nakano Chirui felt relieved. Coupled with Toho's efforts in the past few days, it will definitely be more than half!

After talking about the business, Ogasawara Takafumi was in a better mood. He immediately opened the box and asked the waiter to invite the young lady accompanying him:

"Nakano-san, we won't go home until we get drunk today!!!"

"Haha, okay~"

Just as the two veteran film companies that had reached a private consensus were beginning to celebrate, Naoki Nagayama once again came to Ginza's Samadhiju.

The blue palace-style building is still unique.

Even though the weather is already very hot, there are still customers who want to drink tea in the lobby, and the busy figure of the waiter Matsumura Qiuki can be seen.

There was no one at the counter, and it seemed that Yasui Katsuo was also busy.

"Chinatsu-san" Naoki Nagayama greeted Chinatsu Sakakihara who had just walked down the stairs.

"Ah, Naoki-san, you're here!" Chinatsu Sakakibara, who was wearing a kimono, bowed slightly.

"Well, is my guest coming?"

"Hi, we've arranged it in the private room on the third floor!" Chinatsu Sakakibara said, "I'm about to prepare refreshments and tea."

"Then I'll go up!" Nagayama Naoki nodded, "By the way, I want some black tea~"

"I understand!" Chinatsu Sakakihara nodded immediately, "I'll send it to you right away!"

Naturally, Naoki Nagayama of Samadhiju was very familiar with it. He walked along the stairs towards the independent private room on the third floor. This room is always reserved for himself to entertain guests.

After moving the partition door, Nagayama Naoki saw a familiar gentle face, admiring the furnishings in the private room:

"Masaki-san!"

"Ah, Naoki-san is here!" Kobayashi Masaki said with a smile, "I heard that this private room has been reserved for you?"

"Well, I originally opened this teahouse just to have a place to drink tea, so naturally I have to reserve a room for myself!"

Naoki Nagayama walked to Masaki Kobayashi and introduced to him the furnishings in the room, which were all real antiques.

"It's so rich!"

Masaki Kobayashi was also impressed by Naoki Nagayama's financial resources. Although they are both well-known directors, Masaki Kobayashi and Naoki Nagayama are different.

Naoki Nagayama is the producer of his movies, and he can get more than half of the box office.

In established companies like Shochiku, Toei, and Toho, directors like Masaki Kobayashi can only get a director's fee, but the income gap is huge.

Compared with ordinary people, he is naturally richer, but most of the income from the best-selling movies is still taken from capital!

"Masaki-san can also ask for a share of the movie!" Naoki Nagayama said.

"The company won't allow it," Kobayashi Masaki sighed, "Even if it is allowed, there will be harsh conditions."

For example, there will be gambling agreements and the like. If the box office does not reach a certain level, you will have to lose money. Only when a certain standard is reached, you will get a share.

Just like a certain director later, he lost the gambling agreement and went crazy making bad movies to pay off his debt~

Naoki Nagayama and Masaki Kobayashi share the same feelings about the unspoken rules in the film industry, but they can’t say anything because the films shot by Masataka Komori and Kyū Kijima in Shuyu Pictures only received director’s fees, although they were generous. A lot.

After Chinatsu Sakakihara brought the two of them tea, Naoki Nagayama changed the topic:

"Zhengshu-san, Zhenghaosang haven't come here yet?"

Kobayashi Masaki laughed: "That guy is coming with another person."

"come together?"

"Well, we said we were chatting on the road." Masaki Kobayashi picked up a piece of snack and put it in his mouth, "After all, it's been a long time since we got together~"

"That's it"

Nagayama Naoki nodded and picked up the tea cup.

Today at Samadhiju, in addition to inviting two friends, I also invited another one through their relationship.

If he joins the organizing committee of the Tokyo International Film Festival, the big deal is settled!