Chapter 1063: *The Voice of Japan*? There will be *The Voice of the World* in the future!

The sound of cicadas made the summer afternoon even more sultry.

And in such sultry temperature, Naoki Nagayama still had to come to the Shu-You building.

Today was the review after the editing of *The Voice of Japan* was completed. Besides him, people from Nippon TV were also invited.

In the past, it was Shu-You that sent the finished program to the TV station for review, but now, with the industry's increasing emphasis on Shu-You, the TV station even put down some posture and treated Shu-You as an equal partner.

"Naoki-san, you're here~"

Jia Hua's smile was very bright when she saw Naoki Nagayama, because her boss had been coming less and less during this time, making people miss him,

"The people from Nippon TV are already in the No. 1 meeting room, Otomo-san and Morikawa-san are entertaining them..."

"Hai, I know..." Naoki Nagayama said with a smile, "I'll go over right away..."

"Okay~"

Naoki Nagayama first went to his office, took the latest contestant materials for *The Voice of Japan*, and then headed to the meeting room.

Knocking on the door, he found Otomo Yoshimura and Kuniharu Morikawa chatting very happily with Nippon TV producer Yukinori Kasahara and another middle-aged man...

"Ah, Naoki-san is here!"

Otomo Yoshimura stood up and helped introduce,

"Naoki-san already knows Yukinori Kasahara-san, and this is Department Manager Gakuto Nakamura from NTV... Department Manager Nakamura, this is Naoki Nagayama, everyone should know him..."

"Haha, Nagayama-san, long time no see... please take care of me in the future." Department Manager Gakuto Nakamura was a very gentle middle-aged man, and he also looked smiling.

"Department Manager Nakamura, nice to meet you, please take care of me in the future..."

After Naoki Nagayama shook hands with him, he greeted directly,

"What were you chatting about so happily just now? I heard everyone's laughter when I was outside the door..."

"Hahaha~" Kuniharu Morikawa said with a smile, "Kasahara-san was just teasing Shu-You for being too fast... actually pre-determining the contestants they like before the program even airs..."

Yukinori Kasahara also said with a smile:

"As expected, entertainment companies are sharp... This contestant, Sachiko Kamachi, has already been asked about by several agencies, and record companies are also very interested... But I heard that she has already been signed by Shu-You's agency~"

"Has she already been signed?" Naoki Nagayama looked at Otomo Yoshimura in surprise. "I didn't even know..."

"Hahaha, Nagayama-san is really good at pretending~" Yukinori Kasahara pointed at Naoki Nagayama with a smile, thinking he was just putting on an act.

"That's actually true..." Otomo Yoshimura helped explain, "Naoki-san's family just had a daughter... he hasn't cared about company affairs at all during this time. If it weren't for Kasahara-san and Nakamura-san coming over this time, I wouldn't have been able to call him over~"

"Oh oh, that's right, Nagayama-san has a daughter... Congratulations, congratulations..." Yukinori Kasahara scratched his head,

Department Manager Gakuto Nakamura also hurriedly congratulated him, and then chatted a few words about children. The atmosphere in the meeting room was very harmonious.

Except for Naoki Nagayama, everyone else was middle-aged, so naturally, they all had children.

And chatting about children was always a good way to close the distance between adults~

"Knock knock~"

Before they knew it, a cup of tea had been finished, and the door of the meeting room was knocked. Suzuki Xingxia Suzuki walked in:

"Otomo-san, Naoki-san... news came from the *The Voice of Japan* program group, the screening room is ready..."

"Ah... I know!"

Otomo Yoshimura nodded to Suzuki Xingxia Suzuki and then greeted everyone,

"The preparation work has been completed... then let's go over!"

"Good, this is the business of the day~"

"Let's go~"

Gakuto Nakamura and Yukinori Kasahara both stood up and headed toward where the *The Voice of Japan* working group was located, led by Kuniharu Morikawa.

On the way, Kuniharu Morikawa also introduced the composition of the program group to them...

"This is the registration group, which is also reserved for receiving hotlines in the future... Shu-You temporarily assigned ten employees, and I think it might need to be increased..."

"This is the design group... stage and promotional posters and other materials are designed here..."

"This is the director and editing group..."

After walking to a relatively large exhibition hall, Kuniharu Morikawa stopped.

After opening the door, there was a large conference table inside, and there was a large TV screen, which almost occupied a quarter of the front.

With only a few people, the huge room even felt a bit empty.

"Department Manager Nakamura, Bureau Chief Kasahara, let's watch it here..."

"Oh... this is Panasonic's latest LCD TV, right? It's really big..."

Otomo Yoshimura nodded:

"Yes, we just purchased it. After all, we have to give customers the best display effect..."

Actually, an ordinary TV could play edited works, but spending money on this was to show the company's strength... This was a very normal practice in all companies.

Yukinori Kasahara and Gakuto Nakamura praised it a few times and then sat down. Kuniharu Morikawa greeted the program group's assistants to start playing...

Naoki Nagayama hadn't participated too much in the specific filming and editing of *The Voice of Japan*, and it was his first time watching the finished film.

After the golden microphone opening, the first thing was the camera's display of the entire stage, and then in the explosion of fireworks, host Tamori walked onto the stage...

After that was the joint opening show of the four mentors. The song *YMCA*, which was widely circulated, made people feel excited when they heard it~

"*The Voice of Japan*... looking forward to your voice!"

"......."

Next was the first contestant to go on stage. After singing the song *I Want to Shout Out I Love You*, the mentor pressed the button with great momentum, and the seat turned...

The contestant on the stage was overjoyed, and the audience off the stage applauded enthusiastically...

The tension, happiness, and cheers of the family members beside the stage...

Such blind selection based solely on singing voice, that kind of single judgment, was something that had never existed in previous programs.

Like *Star! Birth! * that Akina participated in, it also had to look at Akina's age, appearance style, and whether the song chosen was appropriate, and finally, it had to be scored according to the judge's personal preferences... It was too complicated!

A damn judge blocked Akina for three sessions!

Naoki Nagayama looked at the program on the TV screen and compared *The Voice of Japan* with *The Voice* of the future.

He was surprised to find that, except for the possible difference in the precision of the filming equipment, the others were almost the same... and even in terms of stage art, it was even higher...

After all, the stage art of this era was really refined by professional stage art teachers, not just made by flashing lights, fireworks, and computer special effects.

He also saw the situation after Sachiko Kamachi appeared, and saw the fight between the four mentors...

In the end, because Sachiko Kamachi was a fan of Miyuki Nakajima, she entered her team...

However...

"Hideki Saijo's conditions are too straightforward, purely luring with profit!"

Naoki Nagayama laughed,

"Maybe in the future, there will be the title of 'Saijo Twenty-Two'!"

Besides the contestants' interpretation, the mentors' fighting for contestants was also a very exciting part of *The Voice of Japan*.

And in the first episode, because of his condition of "touring 18 cities nationwide, 22 concerts," Hideki Saijo undoubtedly became the most outstanding one!

The rhythm of *The Voice of Japan* was very fast. Contestants only had the time of one song, and contestants who didn't pass just left like that, without even a chance to be resurrected...

After forty minutes of one episode, a large amount of information was thrown down together, making the people watching keep their attention focused on the screen at all times. Until the end of the next episode preview, the few people in the conference room were still not satisfied.

Department Manager Nakamura sighed:

"I heard Kasahara-san praise this program before, I didn't expect it to be so attractive!"

"Haha, I said so~" Yukinori Kasahara said with a smile to Gakuto Nakamura, "Naoki-san's creativity, Fujiwara-san's coordination, Shu-You's production ability... these major conditions combined, how could it be bad!"

"Haha~ that's true!"

Gakuto Nakamura nodded, looking at Naoki Nagayama and Otomo Yoshimura,

"Naoki-san, Otomo-san... I am already a fan of *The Voice of Japan*, may I ask when the next episode will be broadcast?"

"Hahaha~"

Otomo Yoshimura laughed heartily,

"We will definitely let Department Manager Nakamura watch it first once it's edited!"

Having expressed his attitude like this, Otomo Yoshimura knew that Nippon TV was definitely very satisfied with *The Voice of Japan*!

Next, naturally, they talked about the broadcast time of *The Voice of Japan* and other promotional situations, and finally determined that it would be broadcast in the golden time slot next Friday, just taking over from the *Evening News* program.

This was already the best broadcast time slot. As for replacing the news... even the station manager of Nippon TV couldn't decide that.

Behind Nippon TV was the Yomiuri Shimbun, which was undoubtedly the flagship program.

"Naoki-san, Otomo-san..." Department Manager Nakamura and Bureau Chief Kasahara shook hands with the two from Shu-You before leaving. "I hope this *The Voice of Japan* will truly become popular all over Japan!"

"Haha, it definitely will!"

Naoki Nagayama had great confidence in this. According to his memory, this type of program might become popular all over the world...

"In the future, there might be *The Voice of America*, *The Voice of the UK*, or even *The Voice of the World*!"

"Hahaha, then we will wait and see!"

Department Manager Nakamura laughed non-stop... He thought this was just Naoki Nagayama's joke.

Originally, the big things were settled, and according to Japanese customs, there should be some entertainment, going to high-end restaurants or clubs...

However, Gakuto Nakamura and Yukinori Kasahara both indicated that they had to return to the TV station to report and arrange the broadcast matters of *The Voice of Japan*, so this entertainment was postponed to the evening.

After sending the two from Nippon TV away, Naoki Nagayama and Kuniharu Morikawa came to Otomo Yoshimura's office.

"The broadcast time of *The Voice of Japan* has been set, and it will be hard for Morikawa-san next."

Otomo Yoshimura poured hot tea for Kuniharu Morikawa,

"There is still a lot of work to do until the end of this season!"

"Hai, I will definitely do my best!" Kuniharu Morikawa patted his chest and guaranteed, "*The Voice of Japan* will definitely become the hottest variety show this year!"

"Then I'll leave it to you~"

Otomo Yoshimura wanted to pour tea for Naoki Nagayama, but he waved his hand and walked straight to the small refrigerator in Otomo Yoshimura's office, taking an iced beer...

Taking a large gulp, Naoki Nagayama sighed:

"Ah~~~ finally I can drink to my heart's content!"

Kuniharu Morikawa was surprised:

"? Naoki-san is..."

"Akina gave birth to a baby, so she can't drink... I don't drink at home either~"

Naoki Nagayama shrugged. It wasn't that he absolutely couldn't drink, but he would be accused by Akina's resentful eyes...

"Haha..." Kuniharu Morikawa laughed, "Naoki-san is really... family-oriented~"

He originally wanted to say he was afraid of his wife~

According to Japanese traditional culture, the head of the family naturally eats and drinks whatever he wants at home, so there's no need to care about what the wife thinks~

"After all, Akina gave birth to a cute daughter for me~"

Naoki Nagayama didn't care what others thought. He grew up in a culture where women hold up half the sky, and he was very protective of his wife.

"This guy Naoki-san..." Otomo Yoshimura teased with a smile, "After having a daughter, he's completely a daughter-slave... even the company doesn't care about it~"

"How can I not care, didn't I come here~"

Naoki Nagayama sat on the sofa and retorted,

"There's just no need to care about other small things."

"Then the release of *Tiger of Ginza*... do you want to care about it?" Otomo Yoshimura set a trap, "It's going to be released this weekend!"

"I......"

Naoki Nagayama couldn't refute for a moment. He really hadn't cared about the release matters of *Tiger of Ginza* during this time.

"There shouldn't be any problems with the film's release, right?"

"No~"

Otomo Yoshimura shook his head. Shu-You Films was already a very mature film production company, and the film's publicity work had been done many times. Roadshows, publicity, support from film critics, theater scheduling, fan meetings, and even announcements on various TV stations were all familiar.

The film's director, male and female leads, were all promoting in various cities in Japan, and the main creative team was very busy, even Ito Shuichi Yin Tang couldn't be seen all day.

"Yin Tang-san complained to me several times... Naoki-san doesn't care about him at all..."

"Ha?!"

Why should I care about that old man?! He didn't give birth to a child for me!

"Besides the film's release, including the manga studio he manages now... he doesn't care about the *Slam Dunk* manga either..."

"......"

Naoki Nagayama touched his nose and didn't speak. He really cared much less about this...

"Oh... isn't the manga very good? *Slam Dunk* is very popular, what else do you want me to care about..."

"Didn't I say, it's going to be adapted into an animation~"

Otomo Yoshimura took a sip of tea and said slowly,

"Yin Tang-san recruited another team and has already started the animation adaptation of *Slam Dunk*!"

The team in the animation business department was growing bigger and bigger. Shu-You's next step was the animation industry, and everyone had recognized the seriousness of this expansion.

"Does Naoki-san have any instructions?"

"I see... Yin Tang-san has indeed worked hard~"

Naoki Nagayama thought for a while, thinking of Sachiko Kamachi who had already signed, and the theme song of *Slam Dunk* in his memory...

"Otomo-san, tell Yin Tang-san when you see him later, after the animation adaptation comes out in a while, I'll give him a gift~"

"Ha? A gift?"

Otomo Yoshimura was surprised,

"What gift?"

"I already said it's a gift, naturally I can't say it in advance..."

"Then do I have a gift?" Otomo Yoshimura asked, "I'm also very hard-working, where is my gift?!"

"......."

Otomo-san, you are already at such an old age, and you are still asking others for gifts... what a shameless old man!

Kuniharu Morikawa laughed silently on the side. Shu-You Group is really a strange company... The management is a bit different from other companies. How can the relationship between subordinates and the chairman be so interesting~ ===== CHAPTER 1064 =====