Chapter 1006: Even when resting, I have to work overtime! Naoki-san is really hard-working!

After the TV series editing for the first few episodes was done, Naoki Nagayama rarely gave the crew a holiday, letting everyone have a good rest.

And he himself originally wanted to rest at home with peace of mind, sleep in, and so on.

But it only takes two weeks to form a habit, and the damn biological clock still woke him up early...

"Good morning, Naoki-san~"

Mari Nono always got up earlier than Naoki Nagayama and the others. Every time the two finished washing and went downstairs, they could see that breakfast was almost cooked~

"Good morning, Mrs. Nono~"

After greeting, Naoki Nagayama walked into the courtyard, his face bathed in the warm sunshine, breathing the fresh air, feeling refreshed and full of vitality in his body.

After playing with Eitaro, who was wagging his tail, for a while, and taking the opportunity to stroke Miaotaro, who was lying on the veranda, he felt that the morning routine was completed. Then, when he walked into the living room, he saw Akina had already come down and was waving at him from the dining table~

This should be the happy daily life~

"Is Naoki-san at home all day today?"

Akina asked while eating breakfast,

"No plans?"

"Should be, there are no special arrangements, just planning to rest..." Naoki Nagayama shook his head, "Does Akina have any plans?"

"Drawing blueprints, taking walks, watching TV..."

Akina talked about her daily life during pregnancy, feeling that she was like Miaotaro, seemingly a bit too lazy.

The morning newspaper already had reports on *Tokyo Love Story*. Film and television reporters were full of praise for this TV series, all saying that the roles were well chosen, the plot was tight, and they were looking forward to the following plot, etc.

Akina turned her head to look at the report:

"Naoki-san, everyone is very optimistic~"

"This is something that cost money!"

Naoki Nagayama shook his head. Promotion is very difficult to handle. There are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand people's eyes, and no matter how good something is, there will be people who don't like it.

If you don't spend money, how could the newspaper be full of praise...

"......"

Akina stopped talking and hurriedly stuffed breakfast into her mouth... She also knew how her popularity in the past few years came about.

After breakfast, Akina started walking in the courtyard, and then went to her design workshop. On one hand, she had to draw some clothing design drafts, and on the other hand, she was also making small clothes for the baby.

And Naoki Nagayama here, after being idle for a while, ran directly into the study and began to perfect the script for *Once a Thief* that he had recalled earlier...

"The important thing is, who will play it? Leslie Cheung, Chow Yun-fat, Cherie Chung... It's very difficult to find substitutes in Japan!"

"Uh... is it possible to invite them to act?"

He originally thought that the day would pass so leisurely, but who knew he would receive a dinner invitation from Nishi Rumi in the morning...

So in a Japanese restaurant in Shinjuku, Naoki Nagayama met Sugiura Daitai and Nishi Rumi:

"Daitai-san, Nishi Rumi-san~"

"Naoki-san is here~"

Sugiura Daitai stood up from the tatami with a smile to greet him, and then pulled him to sit at a small table,

"It's rare to have time today!"

"Yeah, it just happened that the TV series was broadcast, so I gave everyone a holiday to rest."

Naoki Nagayama explained,

"It just happened that Nishi Rumi-san called for dinner~"

"Haha, Nishi Rumi has now become Naoki-san's exclusive contact person~" Sugiura Daitai joked, "Everyone in the TV station knows!"

And Nishi Rumi, who was helping to pour tea on the other side, rolled her eyes:

"It's Daitai-san who is talking nonsense!"

"Ah hahaha, we knew each other earliest... I remember when I first arrived at Fuji TV, it was Nishi Rumi-san who showed me the way~"

"This is fate~"

"......"

Originally, this gathering didn't have many purposes, just to recount old feelings. The three people talked without any distance, very relaxed.

When talking about the broadcast situation of *Tokyo Love Story*, Sugiura Daitai specifically took out the ratings data from his bag and handed it to Naoki Nagayama to see.

"The ratings of the first episode of *Tokyo Love Story* reached 32%, and it is expected to be even higher later..."

"Ah, 32%... very good~"

Naoki Nagayama nodded. This was already the rating of a popular variety show. When the TV series reached the important plot, the ratings would definitely be higher, probably reaching about 50%... almost reaching the level of the Kohaku Uta Gassen~

"Tree Friend's TV series is now synonymous with high quality..."

Nishi Rumi interjected,

"Plus the previous few TV series, it almost feels like a prime time package..."

"Haha, let's call it Tree Friend Special in the future..." Naoki Nagayama said with a smile, "Prime time... let us carry it!"

Nishi Rumi was also full of smiles:

"It really made a name for itself thanks to Naoki-san! There is a special name for Tree Friend's TV series, called Moon Nine Drama..."

Originally, prime time could be variety shows, news, or other programs, but since Tree Friend took over prime time, it has almost become a sign, all TV series!

People think of Fuji TV's 9 o'clock prime time, and first associate it with Tree Friend's TV series. The name Moon Nine Drama has been accepted by more and more people.

Just when the three were chatting happily, the door of the private room opened, and a chubby young man with a full smile walked in.

"Naoki-san!"

"Akimoto-san, Sashi-buri~"

Naoki Nagayama greeted with a smile. Today, Nishi Rumi organized the group, and it was nominally under the banner of getting together for the last time in the production bureau office.

Yasushi Akimoto was going to TBS, and only half of the initial few people in the office were left, and the team was about to disband~

"How is it? Where did you talk to?"

Yasushi Akimoto was not restrained at all. After sitting down, he started the conversation.

"Talking about the ratings of the new TV series..."

Sugiura Daitai chimed in, and by the way, let the waiter start serving dishes. The people were all there, and the drinking party officially began.

"Naoki-san's *Tokyo Love Story*... it's really a good work!" Yasushi Akimoto smiled and complimented, "The novel is also equally wonderful..."

"Thank you for the compliment~"

Naoki Nagayama raised his glass to express his gratitude, and then said,

"I heard Akimoto-san has already gone to TBS?"

"Hai..." Yasushi Akimoto nodded, "Fuji TV doesn't support the new program I planned, but I believe this program will definitely cause a sensation!"

As he said this, he took out the activity planning proposal... *Fighting! People! *

"Naoki-san, take a look too!"

"Haha~ Then I won't be polite~"

Naoki Nagayama didn't refuse either. He had some exchanges with Yasushi Akimoto before, so the games in the planning proposal were considered quite familiar, and there were no problems with the process,

"Akimoto-san, for this kind of filming, you need relatively advanced cameras and portable recording equipment... After all, you have to film scenes and characters in motion, and cameras with a bunch of wires will be very troublesome."

"For this point, I will apply to go to the United States to purchase the latest mobile cameras... and sports microphones..."

Yasushi Akimoto had also considered these, and it was because the purchase amount was a bit large that Fuji TV didn't support it.

"Haha, and the choice of guests... it doesn't have to be all the hottest idols at the moment, mainly to have topicality and mystery..."

Naoki Nagayama said,

"For example, Hiromi Go, Ken Takakura, etc..."

"Cough cough~"

Hearing this, Yasushi Akimoto, who had just picked up a piece of sashimi, coughed:

"Naoki-san! The schedules of these people are very difficult to handle... It's about the same after the program becomes popular!"

"Haha, just a suggestion~"

"Speaking of which, if Naoki-san participates..."

"Absolutely impossible!"

"...... Really ruthless~"

The two discussed the program for a while, and then stopped. After all, they didn't come for a seminar today.

"Daitai-san, Nishi Rumi-san, let's have a drink!"

"Haha, good~" "One glass is not enough!" "....."

In the afternoon, Naoki Nagayama, who was a bit tipsy, didn't return to Shanying Court.

Akina was pregnant, and for some reason, she was sensitive to the smell of alcohol at this stage. He thought it would be better to wait until the alcohol smell dissipated before going back.

He didn't want to go for tea either. After thinking about it, Naoki Nagayama actually chose to come to the Tree Friend Building!

After all, the office here is very spacious and equipped with computers...

"Naoki-san?"

Star Jiahua at the front desk was very surprised,

"Why are you here today?"

"Come to the editing room to take a look..."

Naoki Nagayama couldn't say he came to sober up.

"Really hard-working..." Star Jiahua sighed, "It must be Naoki-san leading by example, otherwise Komori-san and Xu Mudao-san wouldn't be working overtime today!"

"?"

Naoki Nagayama was a bit surprised,

"They two came to work overtime?"

"Hai, went to the editing room in the morning..."

"....."

Naoki Nagayama walked toward the editing room with a face full of doubt. Recently, Masataka Komori and Xu Mudao Xu had been fighting fiercely for the filming rights of *Tiger of Ginza*, and now the two of them were actually working overtime in the editing room together?!

Generally speaking, if a child suddenly becomes abnormally quiet, they must be holding back a big move!

"The two of them, won't they fight in the editing room?!"

False competition is to amplify one's own advantages, slander the opponent's disadvantages, and show in front of the boss that one is the most worthy candidate;

And real competition is to make an appointment with the opponent to a small alley to beat them half to death, and then tell the boss that you only have one candidate left!

When walking outside the editing room, Naoki Nagayama lightened his footsteps, put his ear close to the door, and listened quietly to the movement inside... It was quiet!

"Yabai! They won't have fallen down together!"

Naoki Nagayama shouted in his heart and pushed the door open!

I saw in the spacious editing room, Masataka Komori and Xu Mudao Xu were each at an editing machine, focusing on editing a disc of film material.

The two were too focused, and it took a few breaths for them to react after Naoki Nagayama opened the door.

"Naoki-san? Why are you here?!" X2

"Ah..." Naoki Nagayama looked at the two who were unscathed and breathed a sigh of relief, "Just passing by to take a look, what are you two doing?"

"Uh...."

Masataka Komori and Xu Mudao Xu looked at each other, or Masataka Komori explained,

"Xu Mudao and I are competing in editing skills. We copied two copies of the original material of *Tokyo Love Story* and agreed to compete today."

Xu Mudao Xu also spoke:

"Because we couldn't decide the winner in other aspects before, we agreed that within three hours, whoever edits better will get the filming rights for *Tiger of Ginza*!"

"....."

Listening to this extremely childish reason, Naoki Nagayama wiped his face.

"You two... I won't say anything else. If you edit it well, how do you judge the effect of the editing? What if one side doesn't recognize it?"

"This..."

Masataka Komori and Xu Mudao Xu looked at each other again, instantly understanding their own thoughts, and then suddenly realized that the other side would definitely not play by the rules!!!

The two turned their heads at the same time, cold snorts in their hearts... Humph! Sure enough, it's a strong enemy! Even the skin is so thick!

"This, isn't there Naoki-san?!"

Masataka Komori immediately thought of it,

"Naoki-san can judge!"

"I won't do it!"

Naoki Nagayama shook his head and walked over to give a hand knife to the two people's heads,

"Let you two show your connections and advantages from the perspectives of casting, pulling investment, gathering people, etc., all to be able to achieve the best effect!"

"You must know that the script of *Tiger of Ginza* has many big scenes... and as the Tree Friend Group moves toward normalization step by step, the company cannot invest too many resources in a movie!"

Although Tree Friend invests a sum of money in making a movie, more of it has to be pulled from the market by other production parties.

Who told them not to be Naoki Nagayama or Yin Tangxiu?! Only they can use the company's money, because their own money is in it, and they are the masters of Tree Friend!

Masataka Komori and Xu Mudao Xu both nodded to show understanding.

"But Naoki-san... we have found many investors before, and we have also found many candidate roles, but we still haven't decided the winner... Tomo-san, Shuichi-san, and Naoki-san don't seem to be satisfied..."

Looking at the two who didn't understand, Naoki Nagayama leaned against the window;

"This shows that you haven't understood the considerations of the company's management..."

"What we want is not to decide who is better between you two, but how to make *Tiger of Ginza* more successful!"

"I can only point out this much, you can slowly consider it next!"

"......"

After saying the pretentious words, Naoki Nagayama walked away gracefully, leaving two guys with confused faces.

In fact, Naoki Nagayama didn't care who directed it. If resources were needed, he could naturally afford them... but now that the company is moving toward normalization, making a movie should be a concerted effort to make the movie more successful.

Both of their resources are actually insufficient. Only those who can realize that teamwork can make the movie more successful are the ones who are truly considering the movie, and they are the ones who can truly serve as the person in charge.

Instead of a simple director role~

After Naoki Nagayama left, silence remained in the editing room.

After a long time, Xu Mudao Xu opened his mouth:

"Masataka, Naoki-san's meaning, is it that we should think about how to make the movie sell well after it's filmed?"

"Yeah, it should be how to film a successful commercial film and let the movie earn more box office!"

"Then what should we do?"

"That is to say, the movie should be filmed well, but the cost should be controlled, actors and other inputs should be considered for cost-effectiveness, and promotion should be as much as possible..."

"But artistic quality should also be guaranteed, and awards are also needed, right? If you win an award, the popularity will be high, and the fame will be high..."

"Yeah!"

"....... This is something one person can't do, right?"

"Yeah, one producer, responsible for the effect, one director, responsible for filming..."

"Eh? Isn't this just two people?!"

"......."

The two looked at each other again, Xu Mudao Xu said slowly:

"Why do I feel like we two were played by the executives?!"

"......."

Masataka Komori didn't know how to reply for a while... ===== CHAPTER 1007 =====

The two of them locked eyes again, and Shizhi Araki slowly said:

"Why do I feel like the two of us have been played by the executives?!"

"......."

Masataka Komori was at a loss for words for a moment, not knowing how to respond....