Chapter 1090

The baby was taken home by Mrs. Mari Nonaka to sleep in the afternoon, so naturally, Naoki Nagayama and Akina had to head home for the evening.

However, there was still an extra person hitching a ride on the way back, and she was excitedly stroking Naoki Nagayama's new car...

"Nii-chan, how long until I can buy a Rolls-Royce Silver Spur~"

"..." Naoki Nagayama silently estimated the profits of the bubble tea shop. "If the bubble tea shop's business keeps up like this and you open a few more branches, you can probably buy one by the time you graduate from college..."

"Oh?!! Two years is enough?!"

"The prerequisite is that you have to manage it well!"

"Hahaha, I'll be able to drive a Rolls-Royce when I graduate!" Tsuruko laughed heartily, completely ignoring the prerequisite he had just mentioned. "Akina, what color Rolls-Royce do you think looks good?"

"..."

Akina glanced at the speechless Naoki Nagayama and said to her sister-in-law:

"I'm not sure... but if it were me, I'd drive a Porsche. Porsches are prettier! And they're more suitable for girls to drive..."

"That's true~"

Tsuruko thought of Akina's exquisite and petite blue Porsche 911, and her tone began to fill with envy again.

As expected, girls only care about the appearance and color when choosing a car~

As the two in the back seat chatted about the latest autumn cosmetics, Naoki Nagayama finally drove back to Shanyingyuan.

As soon as Akina got out of the car, she walked toward the crib; although she had only been away for an afternoon, she already missed Xia Hua terribly. As for Tsuruko, she reached out her "claws" toward Eitaro, making the big dog "ying-ying-ying" again after a long time...

Naturally, she bummed another dinner that night, but she didn't stay over afterward; she went back to her apartment in Waseda, saying she was worried about her best friend being alone...

"She must have gone to a date with her boyfriend, right?"

Akina understood a girl's thoughts very well.

"Tsuruko's boyfriend is named Dalu Jin Tian, right?"

"Mm... their relationship is quite stable." Naoki Nagayama nodded.

In reality, ever since he found out that Tsuruko's brother was Naoki Nagayama, her cousin was Feng Yongshan, and her grandfather was a Yamaguchi-gumi boss—and the prototype for the legendary figure in *The Legend of Hayato*—Dalu Jin Tian had no choice left...

Unless Tsuruko changed her mind first; if he were the one to change his mind, he might find himself at the bottom of Tokyo Bay next time~

"It's still early... the nightlife for young people hasn't even started yet!" Akina held Xia Hua and walked into the courtyard, looking at the vibrant red afterglow of the sunset. "Naoki-san, I feel like we're just boring middle-aged people, only staying home to take care of the baby at night..."

"Isn't that great..." Naoki Nagayama pulled both Akina and Xia Hua into his arms from behind. "Spending time with family is a happiness that so many people want but cannot have..."

"You sound more and more like an old man!"

Akina held Xia Hua and broke free from Naoki Nagayama's embrace.

"Hua-chan, let's go. Don't listen to old man Papa. Let's go watch TV and play games, and do things that only young people do!"

"..."

Watching TV and playing games with a child—isn't that exactly what middle-aged people with families do?!

Naoki Nagayama shook his head, preparing to join the two of them. However, the cartoon on TV today surprised him endlessly.

The opening theme had just started playing, and that magical call instantly pulled Naoki Nagayama back to the past...

"Seiya pe~"

"Saint Seiya?!!" Naoki Nagayama sat on the sofa and asked Akina not to change the channel for a moment. "Is it actually this anime? And it's airing at this time?!"

"?" Akina looked at Naoki Nagayama in surprise. "Naoki-san knows this anime?"

"Of course... Saint Seiya! Pegasus Meteor Fist..." Naoki Nagayama was a bit excited, as if the hot-bloodedness of his childhood was surging up again, and he told Akina about fragments from his memory. "Fighting to save Athena!!!"

"But compared to the Pegasus Meteor Fist, I prefer the Rozan Rising Dragon Force!"

"And as for the Cloths, the Hades Cloth is definitely the most domineering and best-looking!"

"..."

Watching her husband suddenly start talking about strange terminology she didn't understand—and it all seemed to be from this newly aired anime—Akina was stunned and speechless.

"Naoki-san, do you like this anime very much?"

"Actually, it's not a question of liking it or not..." Naoki Nagayama said. "It's just that feeling of... childhood memories suddenly surging into my heart..."

"Huh?" Akina was even more confused...

"..."

Naoki Nagayama also froze for a moment before realizing that Akina couldn't understand his current feelings, and he felt a bit lost for a moment.

But he discarded this feeling of loss in an instant. Your lover has already given birth to a cute baby for you, what else could you be dissatisfied with?!

"Isn't our Shuyou laying out plans for the anime industry? We've been paying attention to the original manga of this anime for a long time~"

Naoki Nagayama casually found an excuse.

"These moves and Cloths are all from *Saint Seiya*... but they're just from the later plot..."

"So that's how it is!" Akina nodded.

"Anyway, let me explain it to you..."

Naoki Nagayama enthusiastically told Akina about the background of *Saint Seiya*, completely failing to mention another point: that the subsequent content of this anime hadn't even been released yet, and the author hadn't even drawn the Hades arc!

But the more she listened, the stranger Akina felt...

"Isn't Athena the goddess of war and wisdom in Greek mythology? Why would she not like weapons?! If she doesn't like weapons, how can she be a war goddess?"

"Since there are gods, why do mortals still need to wear Cloths to fight? Shouldn't they just be able to snap their fingers?"

"And... why..."

Naoki Nagayama hurriedly raised a finger to press against Akina's lips.

"Shh... Akina... this is anime, anime! Anime all have their own settings! Why do you have to be so serious?!"

"Maybe in the future there will be fruit that tastes terrible, and after eating it, you can have superpowers!"

"..."

Akina looked at her husband with the gaze one uses for a child, shook her head, and said the words Naoki Nagayama often kept on his lips:

"As expected, men are forever boys!"

Xia Hua didn't understand at all what her mom and dad were talking about, looking at her mom for a while and then at her dad, but she knew the atmosphere was very pleasant, and the colors on the TV screen were very rich, which she liked very much...

The first episode of *Saint Seiya* aired last night, making Naoki Nagayama think of his own anime department after a long time.

While in the car, he used his mobile phone to call Xiuyi Yin.

"Xiuyi-san, how is the progress of our *Slam Dunk* short film?"

"The short film? It's already finished..." Xiuyi Yin was a bit surprised by Naoki Nagayama's sudden call. "Didn't we say we were going to add a theme song? Izumi Sakai hasn't recorded it in the last few days."

"Ah..."

Naoki Nagayama remembered. Otomo-san had indeed told him about recording the song, but he had refused because he was busy filming the movie...

And because it was his own song, the people in the Shuyou music department didn't dare to record it.

Now the boomerang had hit him in the head...

"Since that's the case, I understand..." Naoki Nagayama nodded. "I will try my best to make time for Izumi Sakai to finish the recording."

"Once we have the music, we can add the audio track in just a day or two." Xiuyi Yin said. "Then the Shuyou anime department's first animated short film will be finished!"

"Mm-hmm, having results is a good thing!" Naoki Nagayama praised. "It shows that everyone's direction is correct."

"But Xiuyi-san, the anime department still needs to speed up and get the animated version of *Slam Dunk* made!"

Switching the phone to his other hand, Naoki Nagayama continued.

"Do you know *Saint Seiya*?"

"I think I've heard of it..." Xiuyi Yin seemed to have heard Gosho Aoyama talk about it. "*Saint Seiya* has only been serialized for a year, and the anime aired yesterday!"

"Eh?"

"That means they started production about half a year into the manga serialization..." Naoki Nagayama said. "At this rate, it's time for *Slam Dunk* to be made into an anime too. The competition in the anime industry is no weaker than in the film industry!"

"So that's how it is... I understand!" Xiuyi Yin promised over the phone. "I will urge the anime department to get to work!"

"Mm... once the short film is finished, I'll take it to TV Tokyo to discuss a partnership and have them buy the broadcast rights for the *Slam Dunk* anime!"

Naoki Nagayama was full of confidence.

"By then, the anime department's first project will be a success! Next, we need to expand our output even more..."

Listening to the prospects Naoki Nagayama described over the receiver, Xiuyi Yin nodded in approval. He also knew that Shuyou Anime would definitely grow strong.

But at this moment, he remembered what Otomo Fangcun had said to him: Is becoming a Shuyou executive his ultimate pursuit?

"By the way, Naoki-san..." Xiuyi Yin asked Naoki Nagayama over the phone. "What do you think about us at Shuyou taking the lead in establishing a film association?"

"Hm? Why did you suddenly bring this up?" They were clearly just talking about anime adaptations.

"A thought that suddenly surged into my heart..." Xiuyi Yin said. "The anime business has limitless prospects, and the Tokyo International Film Festival has great influence now. It's the perfect time to stand in the present and plan for the future!"

"Hm..."

Naoki Nagayama pondered for a moment. It seemed that because of the complex structure, there hadn't been any Japanese film association in his past life. But with him and Shuyou in this life, building one didn't seem to be a problem.

Once established, it could also provide protection for Shuyou's future business...

"Not a bad idea! Xiuyi-san... if it's built, then you'll be the first president!"

"Hahaha, that's true. Who else but me?!"

Hearing that Naoki Nagayama didn't object, Xiuyi Yin was full of confidence.

"Let's talk about it in detail after you come to Shuyou~"

"Hai!"

After chatting for a few more sentences, Naoki Nagayama hung up the phone, and the car was quiet for a moment.

Tsuruko didn't hitch a ride today, and the full-time driver, Zhian Toda, had pulled up the partition early. There was only Naoki Nagayama in the back seat of the Rolls-Royce Silver Spur.

As for Akina, she was riding in the Toyota Century driven by the butler, along with Mari Nonaka and Xia Hua, who was in her baby seat...

"Why did Xiuyi-san suddenly think of establishing a film association?"

Naoki Nagayama thought for a moment, feeling that something might have happened that he didn't know about, which allowed Xiuyi Yin, who had been a bit lost recently, to find his direction again.

"But a film association isn't bad... Once established, after doing two good deeds for the film industry, the influence will come... A guild that can represent an industry like this is something even the upper echelons have to value!"

With Shuyou's expansion and development, tying himself to the industry was inevitable.

Starting from the Plaza Accord in September last year, a full year had passed.

Shuyou Capital's investment income statement looked very good; to be precise, the income statements of all Japanese investment companies looked very good.

Because this was the period when the stock market was expanding rapidly!

Many companies that were not in the investment industry had already established "investment departments," specifically using the company's cash to speculate in stocks, and such operations also made the company's bosses and shareholders very profitable.

Investments in real estate could only be seen from land and housing prices, but with stock market investments, one could directly see the numbers in the account constantly growing!

"Sell the stocks in this account and transfer the funds to the US account..."

Yuantai Nakai instructed his subordinate, Zhen Dao Ban Kou.

"Go buy IBM and Microsoft stocks!"

"Why?! Yuantai-san!" Zhen Dao Ban Kou, wearing black-rimmed glasses, was a bit confused. "The trend of this stock is clearly very good! According to the current trend, if we hold it for another half a year or a year, it will rise by more than 20%."

"This is one of Naoki-san's accounts, so we follow Naoki-san's instructions."

Yuantai Nakai didn't want to explain too much; in fact, he couldn't explain it either...

The bubble bursting and real estate hard landing that Naoki Nagayama talked about sounded like doomsday prophecies to him—scary to listen to, but doomsday prophecies had appeared several times, and not one had ever come true!

After all, there were already voices in the investment industry saying that the Japanese stock market would never fall!

But Yuantai Nakai had one good point: he had known Naoki Nagayama since the beginning, and along the way, he had witnessed how Naoki Nagayama went from a convenience store part-timer to the multi-billionaire he was today, while he himself had followed along to become a multi-millionaire and an investment banking bigwig.

He knew that this guy's vision and decisiveness were definitely higher than his own!

So he just needed to follow what he said!

"But Yuantai-san... the growth of the US stock market is nowhere near as high as Japan's..."

"If you want to invest, you can use your own money to invest!"

Yuantai Nakai said seriously to Zhen Dao Ban Kou.

"Naoki-san's money follows his own plan! Naoki-san has his own ideas!"

"..." Although Zhen Dao Ban Kou was a bit unhappy, he had no choice. "Hai, I understand!"

"But I still want to say that if Naoki-san does this, he will lose a large amount of profit!"

Yuantai Nakai watched Zhen Dao Ban Kou walk out of the office, relaxed, and muttered to himself:

"Naoki-san also knows he will lose a lot of profit... but he has also bought a lot of stocks in several major tech companies!"

"He said that in a dozen years, they will increase more than tenfold!"

"... Naoki-san must be right! Right?"

After pondering for a long time, Yuantai Nakai decided to find another time to get together with Naoki Nagayama, accept a good brainwashing, and let himself form a firm, unshakable belief in Naoki Nagayama's words...

Otherwise, watching the rise of the Japanese stock market every day and seeing his subordinates making money hand over fist, it was hard for him to suppress his own desire to invest!

"Naoki-san, why do you have so little confidence in Japan's economy?!"