Chapter 1078: What

"Naoki-san, what are you writing?"

Akina came to the study holding little Ye Zi and stood by the desk, watching Naoki Nagayama typing.

The crisp clicking sound of the keys made the baby, whose hearing was developing, very curious. Her head tilted toward the keyboard, and the rhythmic clicking sound felt like a massage for her ears. This could probably be considered the earliest mechanical keyboard~

"Writing the script for 'Ghost', the completion of the company's screenwriters is too low...."

Naoki Nagayama said while typing.

He has had the script for this movie in his hands for several days, and he has also taken the time to write some.

"'Ghost'...... Is it a horror movie?"

Akina leaned closer to look at the script, but after reading it for a while, she found that there didn't seem to be anything scary.

"Not scary..... Although there are ghosts, it should be called a romance movie."

Naoki Nagayama explained the general plot. A couple is separated by yin and yang because of a conspiracy, and then the man gives up the chance to become a Buddha for love to protect his girlfriend....... In Neon, ghosts are naturally magically modified to become Buddhas, otherwise it's a bit strange to go to heaven~

However, when filming, the special effects are just a ray of light, so it doesn't matter much~

"I see, it's a love that can't be separated even by life and death~"

Akina became interested,

"Are you filming it yourself, Naoki-san?"

"Yes~" Naoki Nagayama nodded, "It will be released around the end of the year, I will try my best to finish it before Christmas..."

"When it's filmed, I want to go to the cinema to watch it!"

"..... Okay....."

At this time, little Ye Zi's small head in Akina's arms also leaned over, her round eyes turning around, not knowing what she was looking at, but her hand reached toward the keyboard, making a vague "ah ah ah" sound.

Seeing that her daughter liked the keyboard so much, Naoki Nagayama took Ye Zi from Akina's arms, then held her in his arm and put her small hand on the keys, pressing down lightly.

With the crisp clicking sound, a smile instantly appeared on the baby's face, and she laughed very happily.

"It looks like Ye Zi wants to be a writer in the future too! Liking the keyboard so much...."

"Or maybe she wants to be someone who repairs keyboards....."

With a slap, Akina patted Naoki Nagayama on the back, wondering why a father would say that about his daughter.

"Ah..... it hurts!" Naoki Nagayama held Ye Zi up, kissed her small face, and then complained, "Ye Zi, your mother hit someone! Be careful, she might hit your butt in the future! Come, let's hide quickly!"

Saying that, he held the baby and walked around the study, turning his back and hiding her so she couldn't see Akina~

"......."

Who was it that said during pregnancy that they would hit their daughter's butt after she was born!

Akina looked helplessly at this father and daughter, and then walked over, sticking her head out from behind Naoki Nagayama to look at her daughter. Every time she confirmed she saw her, she would let out a "wow" sound, causing the baby to open her eyes wide, and after seeing clearly that it was her mother, she would smile again~

The late summer sun had lost a bit of its intensity, scattering on the family in the study through the window. The baby in small clothes was held in the arms of her tall father, while Akina in a loose T-shirt stuck her head out from behind Naoki Nagayama to look at the baby~

With her back to the light, only a few strands of hair could be seen floating on her face, and her fair and smooth cheeks were a bit blurry in the halo, smiling very sweetly~

Naoki Nagayama had been modifying the script for "Ghost" since he got it from the script center, and it was almost finished by now.

Holding the completed manuscript and the storage disc, Naoki Nagayama came to the Shu You building.

"Naoki-san, good morning~"

Suzuki Suzuki Xingxia greeted Naoki Nagayama very respectfully. After such a long time, this little sister at the front desk had completely clarified her position and set her mindset. Naoki Nagayama is someone she can't climb up to.....

"Suzuki Xingxia-chan is good too~"

Naoki Nagayama nodded, then asked,

"Is Xiu Yi-san at the headquarters?"

"Hai.... Xiu Yi-san has been here these few days." Suzuki Suzuki Xingxia replied, "Generally on the floor of the animation department."

"Good..... I'll find him on the way."

Taking the elevator to the 5th floor of the animation department, as soon as Naoki Nagayama arrived on this floor, he smelled the smell of paper and ink, the kind of book fragrance often smelled in libraries.

After asking the painter at a nearby workstation, he found Yin Yin Tangxiu, who was observing the animation adaptation.

"Naoki-san?"

Yin Yin Tangxiu was a bit surprised after seeing Naoki Nagayama,

"Why did you come here?"

"Just arrived at the company, came to find you on the way~" Naoki Nagayama greeted Aoyama Gosho next to him, "Gosho-kun, how are you and Togashi-kun adapting to the new location?"

"Of course I'm adapting, such a spacious workspace....."

Aoyama Gosho nodded repeatedly. He was very satisfied with the Shu You building and very satisfied with the animation department, feeling that he had been full of confidence during this time.

"That's good~"

Naoki Nagayama looked at what Yin Yin Tangxiu was just looking at, called a shooting table.... It was a machine like a scanning camera, and there was an employee sticking paintings for scanning.

"What is this?"

"This is the production of animation!" Yin Yin Tangxiu said, "Didn't we say we were going to make a short film before? It's being made now...."

Aoyama Gosho also helped explain:

"The short film is a clip of playing basketball indoors. The base is almost fixed, but the characters' movements, including expressions, are all drawn one by one, then pasted with celluloid sheets according to the position, and finally scanned one by one....."

"Each one is a frame."

Listening to Aoyama Gosho's explanation, Naoki Nagayama saw that the employee needed about ten seconds to calibrate the position of the painting, and then let the machine scan it before removing this one and laying on the next painting.....

"One second has about 24 frames, and 24 processes need to be carried out. Each time it takes almost a minute.... plus rest...."

Silently calculating in his heart,

"A single second of animation actually takes almost half an hour!"

Yin Yin Tangxiu interjected:

"This is just scanning; the previous storyboards, drawing the key frames, drawing the in-between frames, coloring... every single task takes a lot of time! Sometimes one second of animation takes a whole day!"

"......" Naoki Nagayama was stunned, feeling the difficulty of animation production realistically for the first time. "Then how long is the short film?"

Aoyama Gosho replied:

"The plan is 2 minutes."

"Tsk tsk tsk, 120 seconds.... A short film actually takes 4 months?!"

"No no no..." Aoyama Gosho immediately shook his head, "It's just a bit slow at the beginning. Once the storyboard script is made, it will be faster, and many materials can be reused later, and the painters' speed will also become skilled....."

"Such a short film, it takes at most a month.... A mature production team can finish it in about two weeks."

"Really?"

"Hai, we are already scanning now, it is estimated that the film will be out by the end of the month."

"Sigh~~ You guys are really working hard~"

"Where, where, this is what we should do!"

The conversation quickly transitioned from work response to gratitude response. Aoyama Gosho was indeed very grateful. After all, Shu You's treatment for these painters can be said to be very good. If they didn't create some achievements, he would feel a bit uneasy.

After inspecting the animation production process for a while, Naoki Nagayama returned to the office on the top floor with Yin Yin Tangxiu.

"Xiu Yi-san..... According to the current speed, it seems that one episode of animation takes at least three months....."

Naoki Nagayama took a bottle of soda from the refrigerator and drank it,

"This speed is a bit slow!"

"They just started, Naoki-san, give the young people some time!"

Yin Yin Tangxiu was quite satisfied with the progress of the animation team. From knowing nothing to being able to produce short films, how long did it take?

"Besides, because there is an animation storyboard script, there is basically no need for editing, just add the dubbing, which will also reduce time."

I think in the end, one episode of animation should be able to be compressed within a month.

"A month is also a bit slow!"

Naoki Nagayama touched his chin. In his memory, the updates of the three major migrant comics are one episode a week!

So....

"It would be best to be able to compress it to about a week...."

"This..... is a bit difficult!" Yin Yin Tangxiu was stunned for a moment and shook his head, "Either we need to increase manpower..... or we need to increase working hours....."

"Hahaha, I'm just saying it casually."

Naoki Nagayama let out a laugh. Having experienced the pain of working overtime, he didn't want to be such an unscrupulous capitalist.

Besides, the future updates of the three major migrant comics are so fast, it may also be due to technology upgrades, such as computer software, etc......

"Anyway, just let Gosho-kun try his best~"

Yin Yin Tangxiu nodded, also took a sip of the drink, and then asked:

"Why did you come over today?!"

"Ah.... it's this!" Naoki Nagayama took out the script, "The script for 'Ghost' has been modified, I brought it over for Xiu Yi-san to take a look, and then I'm ready to start filming."

"So fast?"

Yin Yin Tangxiu took it, flipped it open slightly, and his expression became abnormal. He looked up at Naoki Nagayama and looked down again, then looked at Naoki Nagayama in surprise again.....

"?? What's wrong?" Naoki Nagayama asked.

"It seems to be quite different from what the script center created, right?!"

Yin Yin Tangxiu said. He only read a small part and found that it was completely different from Haotai Ueda's original script!

"..... I always have to add some of my own ideas~"

"But this is too different, it doesn't look like a script at all!"

"What's wrong with this....."

In the scripts of some places in the future, except for the screenwriter, which director, actor, or producer doesn't add a little something? In the end, even the screenwriter himself might not be able to recognize the script!

"Xiu Yi-san, let's film according to this script this time~" Naoki Nagayama put down the drink and asked, "In our filming team, which group is still free?"

"Group 1 has already started preparing for 'Once a Thief', it was booked by Zheng Xiao-jun first."

Shu You's current filming teams are roughly divided into three groups,

"Group 2 has just finished filming 'Tiger of Ginza' and needs to rest. Only Group 3 is left...... Zong Sheng-jun hasn't started the production of 'Black House' yet...."

"Ah..... then Group 3~" Naoki Nagayama nodded, directly deciding the candidate before his subordinates, "I also need the prop master Kenhiko Takei who filmed 'Ring', I need to make some props...."

"No problem~"

Yin Yin Tangxiu nodded. The big BOSS of Shu You wants someone, so he has to give them no matter what.

"Naoki-san, are you not waiting until after the film festival to film?"

"Let's see, I'll look for suitable actors first....."

The plot of this "Ghost" is not complicated, there are only a few characters, and the scenes needed are not many. It's just that the special effects are a bit troublesome, but there are solutions. The film industry has long had ghost special effects. The phantom of the girl glowing white in "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time" has it....

Overall, it's still quite simple to film~

"Do you already have a suitable actress in mind?" Yin Yin Tangxiu asked with a smile, "Naoki-san knows actresses best! Right..... And all the actresses in Neon want to appear in movies filmed by Naoki-san!"

"...... Xiu Yi-san, this is slander!"

Naoki Nagayama complained helplessly, but there was no way. After filming so many movies, the fact that he can make the heroine popular in every movie is well known.

The distant ones include Yuki Saito, the recent ones include Nao Saejima...... Ah, the relationship with Nao Saejima is slightly shallower.....

Actresses in the entertainment industry naturally hope to participate in Shu You's movies, especially movies written and directed by Naoki Nagayama.

"Then is there anyone?"

"....... Not for the time being...." Naoki Nagayama's mind flashed through Yuko Tanaka and Kanako Higuchi, who he often cooperated with..... They all seemed to be a bit insufficient, "I want to find a female character who is both innocent and beautiful and grounded...."

Shaking his head, he temporarily put the heroine's candidate aside, and Naoki Nagayama continued to state other requirements:

"Also notify the filming base to order a batch of pottery and pottery clay...."

The famous scene of the two making pottery cannot be missing!

"Also find a cat~"

Naoki Nagayama thought about the plot and scenes in the movie, and said everything that might be needed......

"If it's a cat, don't you have Ying Taro at home?!" Yin Yin Tangxiu laughed, "It was originally an actor cat!"

"..... Hmm, that's true....."

Naoki Nagayama originally wanted to find a black cat. After all, there is a saying that black cats can see ghosts, but ordinary families do raise more orange cats..... chubby and very cute~

"It looks like Ying Taro can be re-employed!"

"Hahaha~"

Yin Yin Tangxiu laughed loudly, and then suddenly seemed to think of a good idea, and said with a smile,

"I say Naoki-san, since the cat is from your house, why don't you let Akina-chan play the heroine!"

"And then you play the hero..... Doesn't that make a family! Hahaha~"

"......."

Naoki Nagayama was stunned for a moment~

Let Akina appear?!

It seems..... it seems..... it's not impossible~

Yin Yin Tangxiu saw Naoki Nagayama stunned and realized something:

"Naoki-san, I was just joking! You wouldn't be serious, right?!"

"Wait a minute..... Naoki-san!" Yin Yin Tangxiu sat up straight, "You wouldn't really want to perform yourself, right?!"

"...... Akina's image.... is very beautiful, and it seems quite suitable"

Naoki Nagayama recalled Akina's every smile and frown, and spoke slowly,

"Her eyes are also very big, her eyes are very agile, and her crying scenes are also very good..... As for me, it's enough to be handsome as the hero...."

As for him being the hero..... it's enough to be handsome!

Not to mention he is the boss of the crew!

"Naoki-san? Are you serious?"

Yin Yin Tangxiu opened his eyes wide,

"Since 'Love Letter', you haven't participated in any performances, right?!"

"Before, there was no suitable script, and Akina and I didn't have time...... But now, since there is this good script 'Ghost'.... then.....

What's the harm in breaking a rule?!"