Chapter 1061

"Are you going to let me pay or not?!!"

Naoki Nagayama grabbed the scattered bills with one hand and pushed Hezi's face away with the other, looking disgusted... because this guy was actually pulling his T-shirt! This was a designer brand gift from Akina!

"No, no... absolutely don't want you to pay!" Hezi promised repeatedly...

"Let me tell you, from now on, I'll take whatever I want in this shop, and I won't pay a single cent! And you still have to give me money! Do you know that?!!"

"Please, don't!!! We only make so little money a month!"

"Hehe, scared now? Let me tell you, it's too late!"

Naoki Nagayama held up the large handful of small change and said arrogantly:

"I'm telling you, I don't care about this little money! But your attitude just now made me very unhappy! So I have to make you learn a lesson!"

Just as Naoki Nagayama and his debt-ridden sister were tugging at each other, the milk tea shop door suddenly opened, and a figure ran in lightly, still saying:

"Hezi, I passed, la la la... ah?!"

After entering the door, Sachiko Kamachi froze, because she saw a man actually using violence to threaten Hezi at the milk tea shop!

One hand was grabbing the scattered bills from the register, and the other hand was actually grabbing Hezi's head, with enough force to deform Hezi's face!!!

In Tokyo, is it this blatant for gangs to collect protection money?!

Actually bullying a little girl?! Hezi was her first friend in Tokyo!

After arriving in Tokyo for a few weeks, the small-town girl finally witnessed the dark side of Tokyo!

"Stop!" Sachiko Kamachi gathered her courage and shouted loudly, "Let go of that girl!!!"

"Otherwise I'm calling the police!!!"

It was truly a case of seeing injustice and roaring, striking when it was time to strike!

At this moment, Sachiko Kamachi felt like justice had descended from the heavens!!!

And at this moment, the three people in the shop—Naoki Nagayama, Hezi Nagayama, and Ishii Chunshui—subconsciously turned their heads to look at the sudden girl, and for a moment they were all a bit stunned. The entire milk tea shop suddenly became quiet~

"Click..."

The player used to play background music in the shop made a soft mechanical sound, the tape that had been playing backwards reached the end, and started playing the songs on Side A...

The light drum and electronic keyboard melodies rang out, like a pleasant breeze blowing up...

"

From where should I begin to tell you?

(From where should I begin to tell you?)

Time flows on without me knowing.

(Time flows on without me knowing.)

"

"Sudden Love"... since "Tokyo Love Story" aired, it has been popular until now... becoming the background music looping in countless malls and shops...

Such an unexpected meeting scene was just like a scene in an idol drama~

A few moments later~

With the explanations from Hezi and Ishii Chunshui, Sachiko Kamachi finally understood that this was just the two siblings joking around...

"Sumimasen... Nagayama-san~"

Sachiko Kamachi's ears were red, all the courage she had just gathered turned into shyness, she didn't dare to look directly at Naoki Nagayama at all, only feeling that he was a very handsome person, completely failing to recognize that he was Naoki Nagayama,

"It was me who didn't understand the situation and shouted, it was truly too rude!"

"Hahaha, it doesn't matter... Kamachi-san was very cool just now~"

Naoki Nagayama waved his hand with a smile. He had already recognized this celebrity from his past life; he had just seen her information, but he didn't expect to meet her in this situation,

"Speaking of which, I should thank you. If it really were Yakuza, Kamachi-san would definitely have reached out to help Hezi!"

"Yeah, yeah!"

Hezi laughed and hugged Sachiko Kamachi's arm,

"Didn't expect Sachiko-chan to be so brave!"

Ishii Chunshui also brought over an iced coffee with a smile; selling coffee in a milk tea shop is normal, right...

"Sachiko-chan is a person who is cold on the outside but warm on the inside~"

"......"

Whether she was brave or not, Sachiko Kamachi's cheeks were burning, her eyes lowered, not daring to look at anyone, just wanting to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

She picked up the iced coffee and took two sips to calm her nerves... Ugh, so bitter...

Hezi and the others laughed and joked for a while before asking:

"Sachiko-chan, when you came in just now, what did you say about being selected?! Sounds like good news..."

"Ah, it's the selection for 'Voice of Neon', I have become a member of Miyuki Nakajima's team."

Sachiko Kamachi had been nervously recording for the past two days, and when she was free, she had to take her family around Tokyo. Today, after sending her family back, she finally had time to come to the milk tea shop to share the good news with her new friend.

"'Voice of Neon'?"

Hezi subconsciously looked at her brother,

"Nii-chan, isn't that your program?"

"Ah... yes..." Naoki Nagayama nodded. "It's being edited... Kamachi-san gained the approval of all four mentors, she's the dark horse of this year! But she ended up choosing Nakajima-san... I didn't see that part..."

"Eh?? Nagayama-san's program?"

Sachiko Kamachi finally raised her head seriously to look at Hezi's brother. Seeing the very familiar handsome face under the ordinary clothes, it overlapped with the face she often saw in the newspapers...

Naoki Nagayama hadn't appeared in the public eye for more than half a year. Even when visiting the set of "Tiger of Ginza", he mainly let the media reporters publish scenes from the film set... What appeared in the reports was only Naoki Nagayama's name...

Plus, he had changed to a refreshing hairstyle in the summer, making it hard for those who weren't familiar to connect him with the past...

Sachiko Kamachi's eyes widened, and she couldn't even speak clearly:

"You... you... Hezi... your brother..."

"Yes, I am Naoki Nagayama, and also Hezi's brother." Naoki Nagayama reached out his hand. "... Nice to meet you, please take care of me!"

"Nice to meet you... I am... Sachiko Kamachi!"

Sachiko Kamachi felt like she was acting in an idol drama today. The brother of the friend she made in the big city was actually a big celebrity known to everyone!

And she had just been so reckless as to treat him as a Yakuza!

"Haha, I saw Kamachi-san's information before coming here~" Naoki Nagayama explained with a smile. "The program's producer is very optimistic about Kamachi-san's potential and wants the Tree Friend agency to contact Kamachi-san in advance..."

"What contact?" Hezi quickly leaned over and said, "Nii-chan, Sachiko-chan is my good friend, you can't bully her!"

"What nonsense are you talking about!"

Naoki Nagayama gave Hezi a hand chop,

"It's the agency president who wants to talk to Kamachi-san privately in advance..."

"Hidden rules?!"

To protect her friend, Hezi endured Naoki Nagayama's hand chop and asked again,

"That won't do!"

"You guy, get aside!" Naoki Nagayama pushed his debt-ridden sister away and explained to the somewhat panicked Sachiko Kamachi, "Hezi is talking nonsense... Kamachi-san, don't mind her."

"It's just talking about signing a contract in advance." Naoki Nagayama said. "It's a very normal business move. Now that Kamachi-san's potential has been seen by many people, it's very likely that other agencies will want to talk later."

"Is that so..."

Sachiko Kamachi was still a young girl who hadn't graduated from university, looking somewhat like she understood but didn't quite understand.

"Haha, that's it... Kamachi-san can compare the conditions of various agencies, but I'm not bragging about my own agency, the treatment at our Tree Friend is one of the best in the industry!"

Naoki Nagayama said,

"You are also in Nippon TV now, just find someone familiar with the entertainment industry and ask, and you'll know..."

The artists under Tree Friend, such as Junko Ito and Shizuka Kudo, are all famous idols. In addition, there are Yuki Saito, Momoko Kikuchi, Chikako Aoyama in movies and TV dramas, and Kaoru Kobirumaki who focuses on singers.

The fields involved can be said to be blooming everywhere, and all have achieved success.

And the treatment of artists can be said to be the best in the industry, unlike other agencies that purely exploit... It's just that the threshold for signing is also very high, and they have rarely signed newcomers in the last two years~

"Hai, arigato~"

Sachiko Kamachi naturally heard Naoki Nagayama's good intentions and thanked him repeatedly.

Seeing the little girl's nervous look, Naoki Nagayama shook his head. It seemed that she wouldn't relax with him here. The current Izumi-chan doesn't have the cool older sister style of the future yet!

He had met many celebrities after coming to the Showa era, and Naoki Nagayama had long since lost his awe. Everyone is just an ordinary person... and he didn't want to chat more or anything.

"Well... I still have things to do, so I'll take my leave first... Very happy to meet Kamachi-san~" Naoki Nagayama said goodbye politely and glanced at Hezi. "Hezi... treat her well~"

"That's for sure!" Hezi said, "Sachiko-chan is my friend!"

"Then that's it~ Bye-bye~"

Naoki Nagayama nodded to Ishii Chunshui and Sachiko Kamachi, then left the milk tea shop with his drink~

By the time the shop door closed, Sachiko Kamachi, sitting in the chair, was still a bit dazed...

"Sachiko-chan!" Hezi walked to the side of the seat and hooked her arm around Sachiko Kamachi's shoulder. "My brother is very handsome, right?!"

"Eh?"

Naoki Nagayama's handsome face subconsciously appeared in Sachiko Kamachi's mind,

"Indeed very handsome... about the same as on TV..."

"Hehe~"

Hezi hooked Sachiko Kamachi's chin like a little hooligan,

"It's a pity... Sachiko-chan has no chance! Nii-chan is already married... even has a child!"

"......."

Sachiko Kamachi blushed,

"Hezi, what are you talking about! I have a boyfriend!"

"Oh??"

Hezi felt a bit relieved. Her brother's appearance would attract many young girls, even her best friend Chunshui-chan almost fell for him~

After all, her relationship with Akina was quite good, and she liked the little niece she saw earlier very much... Naturally, she had to help cut off her brother's bad peach blossoms.

"What kind of person? First love? Is he handsome?"

"......."

Sachiko Kamachi pushed Hezi's face away like Naoki Nagayama did earlier:

"Just an ordinary person..."

The three girls laughed and joked, and the atmosphere in the shop became very relaxed and pleasant.

The success of the "Tiger of Ginza" preview was not too surprising news for people in the entertainment industry.

After all, it was a big production by Tree Friend Film, so it was normal for it to be popular, and it was even more normal for it to be a topic of conversation, just like "Legend of Hayato" at the beginning of the year. Everyone was basically used to it.

Some people even predicted that the box office of this movie would be over 3 billion!

It would definitely win good awards in the three major film competitions at the end of the year!

Maybe in the end it would still compete with their own "Legend of Hayato"!

However, on the other hand, the variety show "Voice of Neon" stirred up waves in the entertainment circle.

Although Naoki Nagayama's talent in variety shows was proven by "Music Station", everyone was not optimistic about him wanting to play new tricks in the already played-out talent show field.

But the momentum of "Voice of Neon" had already made people have to focus on it.

In the few clips revealed in other Nippon TV programs just now, the cheers of the audience, the domineering button-pressing of the mentors, the surprise when the contestants were selected, the arguments between the mentors fighting for contestants... and the amazing singing voices of several contestants...

All attracted the attention of countless viewers, and everyone was looking forward to the broadcast of this variety show as soon as possible.

Even though it hadn't aired yet, it had already booked a hot viewership rating!

Competitors in the industry were analyzing the detailed intelligence brought by spies overnight, such as blind selection, turning around, setting conditions...

Fuji TV, as an old friend of Naoki Nagayama, regretted it even more...

"I said at the beginning, no matter what, we have to get this program!"

Department Head Kazuki Takano complained to Sugiura Tai and Nishi Rumi below him,

"Now it's been given to Nippon TV for nothing!"

"......"

Sugiura Tai was speechless. Was it that they didn't want to get it? It was Naoki-san who insisted on cooperating with Nippon TV!

This Naoki-san, he was clearly still a shareholder of Fuji TV!

"In the end, it's because you didn't have a good relationship with Naoki-san!"

Department Head Takano glanced at his incompetent subordinates, especially Nishi Rumi,

"Nishi Rumi-chan, why couldn't you hook Naoki Nagayama's heart!"

"......"

Nishi Rumi was speechless. How... now it's all my fault?

Was it that she didn't want to hook Naoki Nagayama? It was that she didn't have the conditions!

"A good variety show! A variety show that is very likely to reignite the talent show trend!" Kazuki Takano felt a pain in his heart whenever he thought about Nippon TV picking up such a big bargain.

"You guys..."

Just as he wanted to continue scolding his subordinates, the phone on his desk rang. It was a call from Station Head Masayoshi Miyauchi...

"Hai, I'll be there right away..."

He put down the phone and glanced at Sugiura Tai and Nishi Rumi again...

"You guys, I'm going to be lectured by the Station Head now!"

"......"

Sugiura Tai and Nishi Rumi remained silent... This is also their fault?!

"You two are friends with Naoki Nagayama, hurry up and contact Naoki Nagayama more, you must maintain this friendship!"

Department Head Takano pointed out. You must know that when Naoki Nagayama first debuted, he was friends with these two,

"Didn't Naoki-san have a daughter? Have you congratulated him?"

"...... When we just found out, we called to congratulate him..."

Nishi Rumi said in a low voice.

"How is a phone call enough!" Department Head Takano sighed. "You always have to send gifts!"

"...... But Naoki-san doesn't lack anything..."

"Whether you send it or not is up to you, whether he lacks it or not is up to Naoki-san!" Department Head Takano hated their lack of ambition. "Forget it, I have an amulet here requested from the head monk of Kiyomizu-dera... you guys help me send it over!"

Things blessed by such masters are very hard to get, so it counts as a thoughtful gift.

"Hai, we understand!"

"Remember, if Naoki-san has any good plans in the future but doesn't give them to Fuji TV, I will hold you accountable!"

"......."

Sugiura Tai and Nishi Rumi looked at each other, both seeing the helplessness in each other's eyes...

This task is so hard, I want to give it to someone else...