Chapter 1077

The location of the dinner was in a membership-based club, hidden between taverns and cafes in Minato Ward.

After entering through an inconspicuous small door, the interior was a pure Japanese-style layout, with tatami paper sliding doors and colorful ukiyo-e paintings. It's just that the ceiling wasn't high enough, about two meters or so...

The whole style was exquisite, neat, luxurious, and carried a bit of oppression. Even the waiters were wearing kimonos with serious expressions, bowing 90 degrees to welcome guests, and respectfully putting away the guests' shoes~

Yeah, it had that vibe!

"Naoki-san, this is the place invited by Kiba Sadanaga. I heard that they don't receive ordinary people..."

Fangcun Dayou was a native Japanese and was quite adapted to this style. He was slightly moved looking at the interior decoration style with a sense of history,

"I haven't seen such pure Japanese-style architecture for a long time~"

This kind of moved look was probably similar to a Chinese person seeing an ancient-style inn on the Southern Song Dynasty Imperial Street~

However, the Japanese-style architecture from the very early period was obviously a bit unfriendly to Naoki Nagayama. He saw the ceiling as soon as he looked up.

"Is this a place to eat something similar to Kaiseki cuisine?"

"Probably, I haven't been here either~"

The two chatted in low voices while walking to the Japanese-style room under the guidance of the waiter, and they could already hear people talking inside.

The waiter pulled open the sliding door, and Naoki Nagayama saw four people laughing inside. Several were very familiar, Toei's Toshitaka Yamamura and Takafumi Ogasawara, and Toho's Tomozui Nakano. He didn't know the others.

And sitting in the main seat was a middle-aged man in a kimono, who was obviously the host of today, Kiba Sadanaga.

"Dayou-san!"

Tomozui Nakano saw Fangcun Dayou and Naoki Nagayama and said with some surprise,

"You actually really brought Naoki-san here!!"

"Nakano-bucho is joking. Since it's an invitation from Assemblyman Kiba, of course I have to participate!"

Naoki Nagayama said with a smile. Although he didn't like this kind of occasion, he had participated in countless client dinners before. Since he was here, he naturally had to help Dayou-san support the scene.

Kiba Sadanaga was a member of the House of Peers. These guys who clung to their ancestral aristocratic status loved titles that represented aristocratic status the most.

"Hahaha, Naoki-san!" Kiba Sadanaga stood up with a full face of smiles to welcome him, "I've heard of your name for a long time, but this is the first time I've had the honor to see you. Please give me more advice!"

"Assemblyman Kiba, I've also heard of your name for a long time. Nice to meet you, please give me more advice."

Naoki Nagayama bowed slightly, and that was how he got to know Kiba Sadanaga.

After sitting down, he also greeted Takafumi Ogasawara and Toshitaka Yamamura. As for those he didn't know, naturally there was a middleman to introduce him.

"Naoki-san~" Tomozui Nakano signaled to the person next to him and said, "This is our Toho's head of department, Koichi Maruyama. Maruyama-bucho, this is Naoki Nagayama..."

"Nice to meet you..." X2

"And the chairman of the Film Promotion Association, Nobuo Asai..."

"Nice to meet you..." X2

Under the introduction of the middleman, Naoki Nagayama quickly had a preliminary understanding of the people at the banquet.

At this time, Kiba Sadanaga started to speak:

"Because of Naoki-san's leadership, we have the international activity of the Tokyo International Film Festival. This is a great contribution to the Japanese film industry and even Japanese cultural exports..."

"Not at all, it was just a whim with friends at the beginning."

"Naoki-san, don't be humble. You have to know that the current Tokyo International Film Festival has become a key project in the heart of the Minister of Culture of the Cabinet! Even the Prime Minister values it very much..."

Key project? It's a key political achievement, right!

After all, the successful holding of the film festival can allow Japan to appear on the international stage, promote the development of the film industry, and drive the tourism economy... The most critical thing is that you don't have to spend your own energy and resources...

In fact, the Tokyo International Film Festival initiated by Naoki Nagayama is simply a face-saving project that fell from the sky for the current Minister of Culture.

"With the attention of the Minister of Culture, the holding of the Tokyo International Film Festival will surely be smoother~"

Naoki Nagayama replied lightly, without even a ripple in his heart. These politicians are best at empty talk,

"By the way, Assemblyman Kiba, will the Minister of Culture come to participate in the opening of this film festival?"

"The Minister did think about it, but he is going to the United States in October for cultural exchanges, so he doesn't have time..."

In this day and age, the US and the Soviet Union are still in the Cold War! As the hegemon of the West, Japan naturally has to rush to please it, but it's hard to say. Maybe this Kiba Sadanaga doesn't want the Minister of Culture to come and steal the limelight.

"That's really a pity~"

Naoki Nagayama said. If the Minister of Culture were to participate, he could have gotten some benefits... and raised the level of the Tokyo International Film Festival.

Next, they talked about some preparations for the film festival and learned about the invitation of guests. The official business today was over~

Next is happy time!

The waiters in the club started serving dishes, and there were geishas performing the shamisen on the side...

Pushing cups and changing lamps, after a few cups of sake, the atmosphere in the club started to become lively.

Kiba Sadanaga drank a glass of wine with Naoki Nagayama and said with a smile:

"In Naoki-san's previous novels, the most impressive one is indeed "Paradise Lost"! You are so young, how can you understand emotions so deeply?!"

"....."

Is he still an old pervert?! Naoki Nagayama silently moved away Kiba Sadanaga's hand on his shoulder and perfunctorily said:

"Actually, I've said it before, it was inspired by the story of an editor, that's why I wrote it."

"Really? The true experience of that editor?"

Others also looked over, looking forward to understanding the source of this novel.

Naoki Nagayama sighed in his heart. It seems he has to apologize to Kuniharu Morikawa again!

"It was after drinking with an editor from Shogakukan that he inadvertently revealed it... The frustration of middle-aged men, the feeling of not being understood, can only be said at the wine table..."

"Hmm~" "I see..." "That's true, that's true~" "Men are bitter!" "...."

I don't know why, but the others at the table were quite touched and raised their glasses to drink.

Naoki Nagayama was the youngest at the table. The others were all middle-aged and elderly people who had been mixing for decades before they had their current status...

"Then why did Naoki-san write "Jurassic Park" later?"

Nobuo Asai of the Film Promotion Association was a little puzzled,

"From love to science fiction, this span is a bit big... Of course, I'm not saying Naoki-san's book is bad, "Jurassic Park" is also very imaginative."

"Is there any reason for this?"

Naoki Nagayama dipped a piece of salmon in wasabi, felt the tender meat and the stimulating spicy taste, and then slowly found a reason for himself:

"If you want to talk about the reason, it should be that I have watched too many science fiction movies... so I had the idea of filming a science fiction movie. In fact, the novel "Jurassic Park" was originally written as a script, and then changed into a novel."

"Is it actually a script?!" "Honto ni?"

"This is really surprising, is a novel changed from a script also so popular?!"

It was Nobuo Asai who was asking again:

"So to speak, Naoki-san already has the idea of filming "Jurassic Park"?"

"Yes." Naoki Nagayama smiled, "Actually, I have already purchased an island and have already started planning and building the filming location."

"Oh?!"

"It's in the Seto Inland Sea..."

Almost everyone present was related to film. The news that Naoki Nagayama was going to film "Jurassic Park" made them very excited, and they asked about the specific situation one after another.

Even Toho's head of department Koichi Maruyama wanted to join in... After all, there can be many investors in a movie.

"Thank you all for your support. If you want to film a science fiction movie, you need a lot of hard investment... and you also need to consider special effects... The funding requirements are indeed very high."

Naoki Nagayama didn't refuse their investment request. Shuyu now has more than one movie in cooperation with others. Sharing costs is fine, as long as you consider the benefits,

"However, the movie is still in the early preparation stage. When the production committee is officially established, we will formally discuss the investment..."

"Hahaha~"

Kiba Sadanaga laughed and said,

"I didn't expect that I invited everyone to have a drink, and it could actually facilitate a movie project!"

Fangcun Dayou also said with a smile:

"This has to thank Kiba-san!"

Saying that, he raised his glass to toast, and everyone drank another cup together.

When they came out of the club, it was already afternoon.

Relying on his super good drinking capacity, Naoki Nagayama got the other few people drunk, then politely declined the idea of the few drunks wanting to continue to have fun, and took Fangcun Dayou away.

"Naoki-san... thanks to you today!"

Fangcun Dayou leaned drunkenly on the back seat of the car and said vaguely,

"In the past, these wine dinners... I would drink until I blacked out. I didn't expect to be a little sober today."

"Sigh... thank you for your hard work, Dayou-san~"

Naoki Nagayama had to comfort his friend. After all, Dayou-san is the social butterfly of Shuyu, and many social occasions cannot do without him.

He doesn't like drinking with strangers, and Yin Tangxiu doesn't stay in the company often, so he can only continue to make Dayou-san suffer!

"Dayou-san, do you want to go home now?"

"Go home?!" Fangcun Dayou shook his head hurriedly, "What for?! Send me back to the company..."

"You're so drunk, don't keep working, right?!"

Naoki Nagayama sighed. Dayou-san is indeed the pillar of Shuyu. Even like this, he is still thinking about work...

"It's not about work!" Fangcun Dayou shook his head, complaining with the strength of the wine, "If I go back like this, the old woman will nag endlessly! Scolding me for being a rotten old man... I won't go back!"

Then, as he spoke, he felt a little aggrieved:

"Naoki-san, I work hard outside, and I can't even get a cup of hot tea when I go home! Woo woo woo, I'm really a failure!"

"....."

Is this because he has accumulated too many grievances?

Naoki Nagayama recalled Fangcun Youxue. She should be a kind and amiable woman... Could it be that she is not good to her husband?! Can't even drink hot tea?

No way, Dayou-san has become the president of a large company, is he actually looked down upon by his wife?

Then he thought of the fact that Japanese wives seem to like to divorce their husbands when they are old and then take away the pension... Dayou-san still has ten years to retire!

Then he heard Fangcun Dayou say vaguely:

"It's not that I can't pay the public grain, I'm already at such an old age! Isn't this very normal!"

"......."

Ah, Fangcun Youxue is over fifty... Thirty like a wolf, forty like a tiger, fifty...

He glanced at the driver in front and found that he seemed to be deaf to things outside the window and focused on driving the Mercedes-Benz. He seemed to be immune to Dayou-san's drunken words.

"Sigh... Dayou-san, I heard that there is a kind of divine oil in India that is very nourishing for men..." Naoki Nagayama could only comfort him, "If it really doesn't work, the American research institute seems to have developed a little blue pill..."

"Really? Naoki-san?"

Fangcun Dayou narrowed his eyes, not knowing if he was drunk or awake, but he said,

"If it's true, that would be great..."

"....."

After sending Dayou-san back to the Shuyu building, Naoki Nagayama asked the driver to drive him back to Shanyingyuan.

After entering the door, Yingtailang came over, moved away slightly after smelling the alcohol, and then wagged his tail around Naoki Nagayama.

The short, thick tail slapped on the shoe cabinet in the entrance hall, slapping like a wooden mallet.

"Yingtailang, doesn't your tail hurt?!"

"Wang wang wang!"

It shouldn't hurt~

Just at this time, Akina came over holding little Xia Hua:

"Xia Hua, look, Papa is back!"

Then she sniffed, and Akina smelled the alcohol,

"Naoki-san, you actually drank without me?!"

"......"

Akina is a little drunkard, but because she has been pregnant for a year, she hasn't drunk for a year, and it is expected that she won't be able to drink for a long time later,

"I was caught to socialize today~"

Naoki Nagayama wanted to tease little Xia Hua in slippers, but the baby's nose wrinkled and she wailed at her mother...

"Ah... Hua-chan also smelled the alcohol!"

Akina hurriedly held Xia Hua away, which stopped the little guy's trend of crying,

"Naoki-san, go take a bath first, you can only get close to little Xia Hua when the smell is gone!"

"....."

What can he do? Naoki Nagayama could only go upstairs to wash and shower...

After returning to the living room feeling relaxed all over, Akina asked the nanny to squeeze fresh fruit juice for Naoki Nagayama to sober up, and then sat away from Naoki Nagayama holding Xia Hua:

"Where did Naoki-san go to drink today?"

"A private club in Minato Ward, a very hidden place... decorated like an ancient palace."

"Eh~~~"

Akina said in surprise,

"Is there actually such a place?"

"It's generally not open to the public, it's a place where the nobility entertains guests......."

Even though Akina is a famous singer, in the eyes of some high-class people, she is just a low-class person. Young as she is, she naturally wouldn't be invited to be a guest at their private club.

Unless she can become a singer like Hibari Misora later, at that time she would be recognized as an artist and would be considered to have entered the circle.

Strange, right? But those who take the artistic route are basically divided into two stages: singer and vocalist, dancer and choreographer, painter and artist, author and writer......

At a certain moment, an artist will have a qualitative change, and there will be a earth-shaking change in social status, which has nothing to do with the money earned.

"Haha, my Naoki-san is a well-known writer, he must be a distinguished guest of the nobility!" Akina laughed.

"It's not because of this...."

Naoki Nagayama shook his head with a smile. He doesn't just take the artistic route, he is a capitalist!

"We went to talk about the Tokyo International Film Festival...."

"Tokyo International Film Festival... it's on October 8th, right?"

"Yeah, the opening ceremony is still more than half a month away..." Naoki Nagayama said, and then suddenly remembered something, "Akina, do you want to walk the red carpet with me?"

"Red carpet?"

"Yeah... many media will report it at that time. Isn't Akina going to make a comeback? It can increase a lot of heat!"

"That's true...."

Akina nodded, but subconsciously looked at her stomach and figure. She was still a bit rounder than before, and she said a bit coyly,

"But can I wear a dress now?"

Naoki Nagayama looked up and down and felt that she wasn't actually fat. A little flesh makes her more feminine:

"Of course! If Akina feels shy, wearing a kimono is also fine."

She is already married and has children, so wearing a kimono to attend formal occasions is the style of a mature woman.

"...... Actually, Naoki-san also thinks I'm fat, right?"

"...... Absolutely not!"