Chapter 1039: Slam Dunk

The rainy season has not stopped.

In the study of Shanying Yuan, Naoki Nagayama is writing the novel "Jurassic Park."

There are several thick reference books on the desk, and the manuscript is now being typed on the computer, which is much faster than using a typewriter in the past and easier to modify.

"If only there were the Internet..." Naoki Nagayama is still not satisfied, looking at the simple desktop of the computer and complaining, "Then I could just search for these dinosaurs..."

"Dong dong~"

The study door is knocked, and then Akina walks in,

"Naoki-san... it's been an hour, your eyes should rest!"

"......"

Since Naoki Nagayama felt his eyes were a bit tired a few days ago, he knew that he might have been overusing his eyes during this period. If he continues like this, he will be nearsighted again like before.

After telling Akina that he would work for an hour and rest for fifteen minutes in the future, Akina remembered it well and came to remind him on time.

"Hai~" Naoki Nagayama stands up, walks to Akina's side, and slightly protects her. "Akina could just call out on the first floor, or let Eitaro come over to call out. Isn't it tiring to walk up the stairs yourself..."

"How can I be so weak!" Akina, with a big belly, says with justification. "My mother was still busy in the shop when she gave birth to me!"

"...... That was because that generation had to..." "Akina doesn't need to be like that..."

"I mean I am very strong!"

"Hai hai~"

Hearing her husband's perfunctory answer, Akina wants to roll up her sleeves to show him the muscle bumps on her arms...

How to say it, although Akina has had a weak image since she grew up, she actually still has some muscles...

"Alright, alright, don't make such an unseemly action!" Naoki Nagayama hurriedly presses down Akina's arm. "You are about to be a mother!"

"..... Che~"

After eating some cut fruit downstairs and sitting on the veranda for a while, Akina talks to Naoki Nagayama about some housework.

"Mom and older sister will come to Tokyo tomorrow to visit me... Will Naoki-san go out tomorrow?"

"Probably not. When will Mother-in-law arrive tomorrow?" Naoki Nagayama asks. "Do I need to pick them up?"

"No need... take the train over..."

Shanying Yuan is actually not far from the station, and it's not hard to walk over. Naoki Nagayama is just worried that they will bring some heavy things...

"In short, I'll pick them up at the station..."

After talking for a while, Naoki Nagayama is about to return to the study to continue writing the novel, only to see Nono Mori, who just returned from shopping, take something out of the mailbox at the door and bring it in together.

"Naoki-san, Akina-chan..." Nono Mori is somewhat surprised. "You guys also ordered manga?"

"Ah... manga..." Naoki Nagayama reacts. "It's 'Weekly Shonen Sunday', right?"

"Hai~"

"Then that's correct!"

Naoki Nagayama stands up, takes the latest issue of the manga magazine, and says to Akina:

"It's the work of the manga studio under Shuyu, it should be serialized starting today!"

"'Slam Dunk'?"

Akina leans over curiously. She also knows that her husband's company is working on a manga recently, but it's not a shojo manga, so she didn't pay much attention to it.

"Hmm..."

Naoki Nagayama tears open the packaging. Sure enough, on the cover, there is a color painting of Hanamichi Sakuragi wearing a bright red basketball uniform and draped in a uniform, his bright red hair looking more like a delinquent than someone playing basketball.

"Actually, it's a cover promotion!"

"Yes..."

Naoki Nagayama didn't continue to pay attention to the subsequent printing. These should all be communicated between Xiuichi Idou and Shogakukan, but it seems the editorial department is also very optimistic about this manga and gave a cover promotion position.

Naoki Nagayama opens the magazine and flips directly to the page serializing "Slam Dunk," and reads it with Akina.

Although he has already seen it before, the original manuscript and the manga printed in the magazine always have a different feeling. The first issue actually serialized two episodes directly? Is this preferential treatment?!

"Naoki-san... why does it feel like a comedy?"

Akina laughs when she sees Hanamichi Sakuragi appear,

"It's like Starry Taro in '101st Proposal', it's a pity he was rejected fifty times..."

"Haha, this is called the rejection flow... maybe it will be a popular protagonist character setting in the future!"

Naoki Nagayama laughs. There are also the engagement cancellation flow, the waste flow, the mortal flow, etc., etc. In the future, watch me, Naoki Nagayama, take them all out!

"But it shouldn't be... Hanamichi Sakuragi looks tall and has personality, and is also a delinquent student... He should be very popular with some girls on campus..."

Akina doesn't understand. According to the judgment criteria of middle school and high school, height is actually a hard condition.

"Maybe he wants to find an excellent girl?"

The two discussed this topic, and unknowingly, the newly printed "Slam Dunk" was flipped through...

"It's really serialized manga!"

Takafumi Ogasawara, the head of Toei's department, is very surprised holding the "Weekly Shonen Sunday" just sent by his assistant.

Because the producer of "Slam Dunk" is clearly written with the name "Shuyu Manga Studio"...

"Yes... it's really serialized!" Assistant Toru Nakano replies respectfully. "Because we have been paying attention to the trends of the Shuyu Group, their senior management knew a few days ago that the manga studio under them was about to produce results..."

"Naoki Nagayama, this guy, doesn't film movies properly, what is he doing with these messy things... and it's not a hot-blooded fighting anime like 'Crows'..."

Takafumi Ogasawara flips through the manga magazine casually and glances at "Slam Dunk." At his age and level, he has completely lost interest in things like manga. Things for children are not worth paying attention to at all!

And basketball is not a very famous sport...

Even if you want to adapt it into an animation, you can directly talk about the copyright with Shogakukan and Shueisha. The animation business line under Toei does exactly this, and you can directly get manga that is already popular...

If it weren't for the Shuyu Group suddenly inserting a foot into the animation industry, he wouldn't even look at "Weekly Shonen Sunday."

"Naoki Nagayama might just be a temporary whim?" Assistant Toru Nakano says.

"No no no, don't underestimate this guy Naoki Nagayama!" Takafumi Ogasawara shakes his head. "When he started the film festival activity last year, he originally thought he just wanted to hold a small activity for movie fans, but he held the Tokyo International Film Festival..."

"This time it must also have ambition!"

"Then... shall we continue to pay attention?" Toru Nakano asks.

"No..." Takafumi Ogasawara thinks for a while. "We need to strengthen the talent reserve of the animation business line and also get involved in the manga sector. Let's take it in our hands first. Anyway, it's just spending a little money... Let's see what Naoki Nagayama will do next!"

"...... Hai!"

When Shuyu first released the news that it was entering the animation industry, everyone thought it was just talk, until they officially started recruiting animation talents, everyone knew it was serious.

And when everyone thought that there would be at least a period of preparation, the Shuyu Group's manga studio had already started serializing its first manga!

This speed surprised the film production companies that were originally following the rules, and it seemed that they saw the scene of Shuyu's sudden rise a few years ago!

However, this time, many film companies began to learn. Except for Toei and Toho, which originally had animation business lines, other companies also invested in animation studios more or less...

It's just like as the stock market becomes popular, many companies have started to establish stock investment departments internally... It makes manga workers who were originally considered niche suddenly experience the feeling of being scrambled for~

"Weekly Shonen Sunday" is not published on the weekend as its name suggests, but on Wednesday.

So the real audience actually sees the latest issue of the magazine after school in the afternoon.

Middle school student Juto Ando is one of them. After finally waiting for the time after school, he ran to the manga shop as soon as he left the school gate.

"'Dragon Ball' latest episode should be out! I don't know who Goku is going to fight this time!"

Muttering like this, Juto Ando soon came to the manga shop near the school... and looked at the shop manager, knowing the location of the latest magazine through eye contact without speaking.

This is the tacit understanding between manga fans and manga shop owners!

However, after getting the magazine, Juto Ando was somewhat surprised looking at the cover:

"How come there is another new manga that occupies such a large space... 'SLAMDUNK'..."

Flipping through it slightly, looking at the imposing color painting, Juto Ando inexplicably felt a sense of defiance:

"I have to see what manga has such a big battle!"

Just as Ando Juto wanted to continue reading, the shopkeeper walked over and looked at him with a calm gaze... Trying to get a free read without paying?!

"......"

Ando Juto understood in an instant, a touch of sorrow rising in his heart, and he looked at the shopkeeper with an accusatory gaze... Could it be that the tacit understanding between us is worth so little?! Am I the kind of person who would read manga for free without paying?!

However, the shop manager's eyes were calm and unmoved... Yes! You are that kind of person!

Clenching his hands, Juto Ando, who felt looked down upon, wanted to refute, but had to succumb under the pressure of the shop manager's eyes, trembling and taking out this week's pocket money from his pocket...

"Here!"

Closing his eyes and handing the money to the shop manager, Juto Ando wanted to leave this manga shop with a shake of his head!

He finally understood that this shop is just a place to make money, and the shop manager is just a cold businessman, without any hot-blooded romance in the manga at all!

Was it really a mistake?!

However, his body leaving was blocked, and the shop manager's strong arm rested on his shoulder, as if there were ten thousand whispers he wanted to tell him.

Juto Ando looked back and met the shop manager's eyes, which seemed to have different emotions than just now...

"Shop manager... san?"

Is he going to apologize? Then I will reluctantly accept it! Juto Ando thought so in his heart~

The shop manager opened his palm, and inside was a banknote and a few coins...

"Money... not enough!"

"......"

After a long time, Juto Ando, who finally managed to search for enough pocket money from the corner of his schoolbag, walked out of the shop door with "Weekly Shonen Sunday."

He was still complaining that the shop manager had no human touch and didn't even give a discount to old customers...

Then he opened the manga while walking:

"I have to see if this 'SLAMDUNK' is worth it!"

So Juto Ando read it on the road, the corners of his mouth curled up at some point, and then he sat on the park chair unknowingly...

"Oh ho? Basketball looks very interesting!"

"Should I join a basketball club and see... SLAMDUNK, I should be able to do it too, right?!"

At the same time, in every manga shop in Japan, more and more manga fans saw the latest version of "Weekly Shonen Sunday." Everyone was very curious about the newly serialized "Slam Dunk" and discussed it with friends who had common hobbies.

More and more people learned about the serialization of "Slam Dunk." For this manga that concentrated hot-blooded, comedy, youth, and sports, most people gave positive evaluations.

In Japan, basketball is actually not the most popular sport. The attention is far below baseball, soccer, sumo, etc., and even people who like to watch boxing are more than basketball...

"It looks like basketball is very interesting~" "So it's to chase girls that he plays basketball? Sure enough, lewdness is the first productive force!" "I want to see Hanamichi Sakuragi dunk!" "......."

The fame of "Slam Dunk" spread among the people like this~

"For the next episode, I have to wait until next week..." "Call the publisher and let the painter draw more!"

Ota Ward shooting base.

The filming of "The Tiger of Ginza" has been going on for almost half. The film industry in Japan in this era is much more advanced than in Hong Kong. Not to mention anything else, just such a large shooting base, you can't squeeze out such a large plot of land in Hong Kong.

"Filming is going very smoothly~" Masataka Komori chatted with Xu Mudao during the break, "Looks like it will be finished by the end of the month, right?"

"Hai..." Xu Mudao nods. Commercial movies in this era pursue speed themselves. "Editing can start in July..."

"It's really fast!"

Masataka Komori remembered when it first started, he even borrowed a car from the capital boss for a high-end car.

"How is the protagonist? The performance is very good, right?"

"The male lead played by Leslie has a sense of layering. When he interprets the protagonist at different stages, he switches freely..."

Speaking of Leslie Cheung, Xu Mudao is full of satisfaction, which also shows the accuracy of his vision!

"I can't wait to see the movie released!"

"Hmm... I promoted a wave when I was making it..." Masataka Komori says, "The second stage of promotion is about to start... Mudao, what kind of scene do you want the reporters to shoot when they visit the set?"

"Hmm..." Xu Mudao's eyes light up. "Just that scene, XX on a bed paved with US dollars"

"..... Uh..... bed scene..."

Masataka Komori is taken aback. Although he also wants to see that scene, in order to respect the actors, only a few necessary staff members will be left in the room when filming bed scenes!

"Naomi Saejima and Leslie Cheung won't agree to let reporters shoot..."

"It's not about reporting the bed scene! Of course, it can't be leaked!" Xu Mudao says, "It's shooting the bed paved with US dollars!"

"Hasn't Masataka-kun ever thought about lying on a bed paved with money?"

"......" Masataka Komori turns to look aside, "I haven't!"

"Che..... dare to think but dare not say!"

"I just haven't! I'm not that vulgar!"

Xu Mudao doesn't want to continue exposing his good friend, he says back to the topic just now,

"If reporters are allowed to shoot this scene, it is to highlight how extravagant the movie protagonist is after making money..."

"Use this as a gimmick?" Masataka Komori nods. "If it's an interview during the cruise party..."

"We have material, just provide a little!"

Xu Mudao says,

"In short... we have to let the media reveal the wind that we are filming a movie of paper-drunk gold fans!"

Masataka Komori agrees: "Hmm hmm, well said!"

Then he hears Xu Mudao continue to say:

"By the way, I still have to ask Naoki-san to come and see it during this time... see if the extravagant scene we arranged is consistent with the real situation..."

"Naoki-san?"

"Yes, Naoki-san is the richest person we know! If he can't see any flaws, there should be no problem!"

"...... What you said makes so much sense...." ===== CHAPTER 1040 =====