Chapter 1020: The impact caused is still continuing!

Naoki Nagayama returned to Tokyo and started filming the TV series again, but the impact he left in Hong Kong did not disappear.

Instead, like ripples on the water, it spread in circles into the Hong Kong entertainment industry...

At Anita Mui's home, she was playing mahjong with three good friends, the "Three Lucky Stars"... and she lost again!

It is well known that Anita Mui likes to play mahjong but loves to cheat and won't pay up when she loses...

Alan Tam, who won the hand, was like this:

"Ah Mui, you lost again... Don't keep cheating!"

"Wait a minute, I'll definitely win it back next round!"

Anita Mui carelessly wanted to postpone it, but was mocked by Alan Tam, Eric Tsang, and Natalis Chan for being unable to afford to lose. So Anita Mui rolled her eyes and started shifting the blame:

"I was thinking about something in my head just now, so I didn't concentrate..."

"Oh?" Knowing she was changing the subject, Alan Tam, who won the money, was not annoyed, "What's so interesting~"

"Aren't I going to Japan in a while..."

Due to having many songs borrowed from the Japanese entertainment industry, Anita Mui would go to Japan from time to time to get to know people from all walks of life in the entertainment industry.

"But I recently heard a big piece of news..."

"???"

Seeing that Anita Mui didn't look like she was making it up, several people looked over. Gossip is human nature.

"You know Johnny's, the biggest male idol agency in Japan, right... It is said that the founder, Kitagawa, towards the underage artists under his banner..."

Having been in the entertainment industry for many years, Alan Tam and the others were not unaware of these dirty things in the entertainment industry. Once a person has money, it is difficult to hide their true nature...

However, Johnny Kitagawa's behavior being so exaggerated still left people dumbfounded.

"Johnny's?" Natalis Chan looked at Anita Mui in surprise, "With such behavior, no one stops it?"

Eric Tsang shook his head: "Because Japan is too perverted!"

Anita Mui punched him and then guessed: "... Because Johnny's power is too great..."

"So, all Johnny's idols are...?"

"Of course I don't know the specifics, but it is said to be a large part..."

Alan Tam smoked a cigarette and asked in an inquisitive tone,

"Is there no exception? Ah Mui, where did you get the news?"

"Insider!"

Although she shared the gossip, the source of the gossip naturally had to be kept secret. Anita Mui naturally did not reveal Naoki Nagayama's identity,

"Don't ask who exactly it is, but I heard this is already an open secret in the Japanese entertainment industry..."

Thus, a perfectly good mahjong session turned into a tea party where several bad friends shared gossip, and because several of them belonged to the type with many friends, almost the entire Hong Kong entertainment industry knew about this news.

Afterwards, it was the Hong Kong tabloid media closely related to the entertainment industry, and because there was no suppression by Johnny's power, the trend of public opinion began to spread to the general public...

The consensus that "Johnny's idols are slept with" began to form in Hong Kong.

At the same time, in the Japanese entertainment industry, Johnny's business began to encounter obstacles...

"Mary-san..."

Agent Masayoshi Matsuzawa knocked on Mary Kitagawa's office door,

"Some problems have arisen."

"What?"

Mary Kitagawa was, after all, a person who had operated an agency for many years. She was not angry after hearing the news but asked instead.

"The Hong Kong performance we are negotiating, I don't know why, but they chose to refuse."

"Why refuse? Have you figured out the reason?"

"They were hesitant, but it seems that the Hong Kong audience doesn't have a high opinion of Japanese male idols..."

"How could that be?! Weren't Hideki Saijo and Kenji Sawada very popular before?!"

"Sumimasen, maybe the influence of the new generation of idols isn't that great... and bad rumors have spread over there..."

Masayoshi Matsuzawa didn't know Chinese, but he had also heard about the bad impression the Hong Kong public had of Johnny's idols.

Mary Kitagawa looked average, and as she aged, she became thinner and thinner, and her face became more and more mean. Suddenly hearing the bad news, her face instantly became fierce.

"Are you talking about Matchy? What did he do again?!"

Masayoshi Matsuzawa was already Johnny's chief agent, coordinating the business development of the second-tier idol groups under its banner, such as the early Hiromi Go, and now Masahiko Kondo, etc.

The focus was on promoting them to the Asian market outside of Japan, such as Taiwan and Hong Kong. Masahiko Kondo was recently preparing to go to Hong Kong for a performance.

"Uh..."

And because Mary liked Masahiko Kondo very much, Masayoshi Matsuzawa didn't say anything, but his silence explained everything.

Mary Kitagawa naturally knew about Masahiko Kondo's behavior after he became an adult. Although his fame had declined, he was still a former popular idol. A guy who had been hyped up during his puberty naturally wouldn't know how to restrain himself.

After becoming an adult, he was photographed drinking and speeding many times, and caused various things with friends... If it weren't for Johnny's cleanup, his reputation would have stunk long ago... Now his popularity was getting weaker and weaker...

And because he snatched an early advertisement from Naoki Nagayama and had a conflict with him, he actually became a mortal enemy of the now-prosperous Shuyou Group...

Mary Kitagawa tapped the table, scenes with Kondo flashing through her mind, and then thought of the new male idols, as well as the increasingly strong competitive pressure in the entertainment industry.

Finally, she made up her mind:

"Don't continue with Kondo's new album; transfer it to the people of Otokogumi, and then compile his previous best-selling songs into an album for sale..."

"Then let him try to transform and take the sexy route... If there's still no improvement, let him go into variety shows..."

Mary Kitagawa had decided to abandon this artist, but as the manager of the agency, even if she wanted to abandon an artist, she had to squeeze out all his remaining value.

"Don't use favors on his matters. After the contract ends, don't sign him again!"

"Uh... this..."

Mary Kitagawa's decision was equivalent to directly cutting off Kondo's future. Masayoshi Matsuzawa didn't expect that he was just reporting a piece of news, and it actually cut off Kondo's future.

"Go do it..." Mary waved her hand, "As for expanding the market externally, if Hong Kong doesn't work, try Taiwan..."

"Hai, I understand!"

TVB's wireless artist training class.

After finishing a class, the head teacher Liu Fanggang was chatting with someone in the office when he heard someone walk in and say:

"Teacher Liu, that someone from your training class has been spotted by a big Japanese director!"

"???" Liu Fanggang had accompanied Naoki Nagayama throughout his interview, but there had been no news for a long time afterwards. He asked in confusion, "Who was spotted?"

"It's that Tony Leung with the long face! The one who starred in 'The Burning of the Imperial Palace'!"

The colleague who came in was from the business department, and he said with a smile,

"Our department received an official invitation from the Shuyou Group, inviting him to Japan for the final interview!"

In fact, Naoki Nagayama had contacted TVB's Fang Tai first, which allowed the company to go through formal procedures; otherwise, Tony Leung was already the Best Actor at the Hong Kong Film Awards, and his schedule was still very busy~

"Has it been confirmed that it's him?"

"It wasn't said, but among so many actors, only he was called for a re-examination, so they must be very satisfied!"

"Only one?"

"Our Wireless only received one!"

After receiving this news, Liu Fanggang immediately called Tony Leung and told him the good news.

Being selected by an international big director was naturally both surprised and happy for the young Tony Leung, and he hurriedly said he would definitely seize the opportunity to perform well.

"However, film production in Japan might be somewhat different from Hong Kong. Directors and screenwriters are very important there, so you need to adapt well..."

Liu Fanggang reminded his student,

"Although it's not certain whether you will be cast in the final role, the fact that they want you to go means someone in the crew thinks highly of you. So remember, even if you don't get the lead role in the end, you can try to get another role in the film!"

"Such a big film might go to the Oscars and Cannes, so it would be a pity to miss it!"

"I know, Teacher Liu!" Tony Leung's expression was also very excited, and he nodded repeatedly, "I will go all out!"

"That's best..."

At the same time, Leslie Cheung, who was preparing a new song, also received the news from his agent...

"I received an invitation?"

Leslie Cheung said in surprise: "There must be a mistake; I was the one who took Andy Lau to audition! I even asked Mr. Naoki Nagayama for help..."

"It was a Japanese person who specifically called to say so."

Leslie Cheung's agent, Florence Chan, said,

"It was a director named Shizhi Kijima. His English was stuttering, but the meaning was very clear... He saw your acting on the spot and thought your image and acting skills were very suitable for the male lead, so he invited you to Japan for a re-examination..."

"Re-examination?"

Hearing vocabulary like looking for a job, Leslie Cheung wanted to laugh, and at the same time, the director who had been following Naoki Nagayama during the audition that day but suddenly spoke up appeared in his mind.

"That guy chose me??"

"But I was the one who introduced Andy Lau to audition; what would it look like if I went to audition myself!"

Leslie Cheung was still struggling a bit, after all, that day was to introduce Andy Lau to Naoki Nagayama...

"It wasn't Naoki Nagayama who chose you; it was another director!"

Florence Chan helped Leslie Cheung style his hair, looked at Leslie Cheung from the half-length mirror, and then patted him on the shoulder,

"Leslie~~ This is indeed a good opportunity!"

"If you want to achieve success in the film industry, you must go to the Japanese film industry; Hong Kong is too small after all!"

"And... Naoki Nagayama's Shuyou Film, not only in Japan, but also has a certain reputation internationally..."

As an agent, Florence Chan was naturally very familiar with international entertainment industry affairs. The Shuyou Group's Tokyo International Film Festival this year was a large-scale international activity that even Hong Kong film studios wanted to participate in.

She also saw that this was a good opportunity for Leslie Cheung to enter the Japanese film industry and even the international film industry, and urged him not to give up.

"I'll explain to Andy Lau... After all, it's really not snatching the role... Naoki Nagayama just didn't choose him, and didn't choose you either..."

"..."

Leslie Cheung pondered silently for a while and said somewhat freely,

"I'm not too worried about Andy Lau... It's just that going to Japan this time doesn't mean I'll be chosen!"

"I heard that Shizhi Kijima seems very confident..."

"Eh? Wasn't it decided by Naoki Nagayama?"

"Who knows~"

"Tokyo Love Story" had many night scenes, so Naoki Nagayama, who had just returned to Tokyo, often rested more in the morning and only started going to the filming base in the afternoon.

Occasionally, he would also go to the Shuyou Building in the morning to handle some things, for example, the final ownership of a certain film project.

Inside the best office at Shuyou, Naoki Nagayama called both Masataka Komori and Shizhi Kijima over, and Shuichi Yin Tang was also watching from the side.

"Hmm... there's nothing inconvenient to say anymore."

Naoki Nagayama said straight to the point to the two,

"Komori-kun... I've decided, you will be the producer of the film from now on, and the director of 'Tiger of Ginza' will be handed over to Shizhi Kijima!"

"..."

Shuichi Yin Tang patted his forehead speechlessly... Such a bombshell news was just thrown out so simply?

Not being more tactful, saying some guiding rhetoric like "After careful consideration by management," "Komori-kun, your strengths are different from Kijima-kun's," "This arrangement is to be responsible for your future"?

Throwing the final result in front of the two like this would make people unable to accept it all at once!

Fortunately, there was me, an old hand!

"Ahem... Komori-kun, letting you become the producer is because your abilities are more comprehensive and suitable for coordinating a film project..."

Shuichi Yin Tang said the reasons Naoki Nagayama discussed with him earlier, and then looked at Shizhi Kijima,

"And Kijima-kun, your perception is sharper, your sense of the lens is stronger, you can detect details in film shooting, and you know how to use the lens to express the picture better..."

"That's why we finally decided on the division of labor between you two..."

At the beginning, Masataka Komori and Shizhi Kijima were indeed shocked, but they calmed down quickly.

The two of them had long known that this film would definitely require the two of them to cooperate, one as producer and one as director, it was just that the focus was a bit different.

"Hai, we understand!" X2

Naoki Nagayama nodded. Seeing that both had accepted it, he directly assigned tasks:

"Now that the script is finished, film production will start afterwards...

Komori-kun, Shuichi-san, Otomo-san, the three of us

currently have other things to deal with, so the specific plan for film shooting, budget amount, etc., will be up to you, and you also need to keep an eye on the progress..."

"Hai, I understand!"

The producer is the representative of the production company, coordinating and managing the entire film project.

"Then Kijima-kun, finalize all the roles as soon as possible... communicate well with the screenwriting team... start filming in May..."

"Hai, I will..."

Shizhi Kijima nodded, but suddenly remembered that there were two candidates for the male lead,

"Then Naoki-san, the male lead of the film..."

"You decide!"

Although Naoki Nagayama was more optimistic about Tony Leung, that was with the filter of future memory. As for the acting skills of the "thousand-faced actor" of this era, it was still a question mark.

And since the director of the film had been decided as Shizhi Kijima, then how to choose actors and how to coordinate the display of film content should be based on him.

"Hai!"

Shizhi Kijima nodded in agreement, but silently decided in his heart that he would arrange an important role for the actor Naoki-san favored, so that he would also participate in the film.

Only in this way could he not make Naoki-san look bad!

Always keeping the boss in mind, this is what a confidant of the boss is!!

After the two left, Naoki Nagayama chatted with Shuichi Yin Tang.

"Naoki-san, 'Tokyo Love Story' should be finished filming by early May..." Shuichi Yin Tang asked, "Actually, you can focus on 'Tiger of Ginza' then! It's no problem to shoot a little later~"

"Forget it... If I participate in 'Tiger of Ginza', then I will definitely be the core..."

Naoki Nagayama shrugged. With his current status and prestige, if he participated in film production, he would definitely have the final say... How would Masataka Komori and Shizhi Kijima be able to play freely...

"Besides, Akina is expected to give birth in August. When my daughter is born, I don't want to stay in the editing room every day, busy editing!"

"I want to accompany my daughter well!"

"Tsk... daughter slave~"

Shuichi Yin Tang curled his lips, agreeing with someone considering the companionship after his daughter's birth so far in advance.

"Aren't you the same?!"

"..."

Speaking of this, Shuichi Yin Tang sighed,

"Sigh... After Regarding Jia Yi-chan entered middle school, she actually started dating..."

"Ah? So early?" Naoki Nagayama became energetic all of a sudden, "Is it a yellow-haired guy?!"

"..."

The look Shuichi Yin Tang gave him seemed to want to hit someone. Naoki Nagayama hurriedly withdrew his curiosity.

"Hahaha~" Someone laughed, "Regarding Jia Yi-chan is only thirteen; she doesn't even know what a boyfriend is. It must be just casual talk! Like children playing house in kindergarten!"

"Sigh..."

Shuichi Yin Tang also knew it was just a joke, at most it was just a male classmate playing together.

But since starting middle school, his daughter seemed to have entered the legendary rebellious phase, becoming less close to her father, and instead always whispering with her mother, Regarding Jia Yi Yin Tang...

He only knew about her having a little boyfriend from his wife...

"But in two years, she will be in high school. At that time..."

That is the craze of campus romance!

Hearing this, Naoki Nagayama could only comfort him:

"... This is also something that can't be helped; after all, daughters will grow up!"

Comforting words were actually of no use. Shuichi Yin Tang directly asked Naoki Nagayama:

"Ten years later, if Naoki-san's daughter grows up and wants to date, what will you do?"

"Hahaha... That's a matter for ten years later~ Let's talk about it then!"

"What if she has a boyfriend?! What will Naoki-san do?"

"Then I will consider cutting that guy off!"

Naoki Nagayama said without changing his expression, making men feel a chill in their lower bodies!

"..." ===== CHAPTER 1021 =====