Chapter 1110: Aren't you afraid I'll steal the future Emperor's wife?!

People who sleep until they wake up naturally generally do so because they suddenly open their eyes after a certain period of time.

It's as if there was a "hum" sound, and they suddenly turned on.

When Naoki Nagayama woke up in the morning, he found that he was separated to one side of the bed by a pillow, while Akina was lying on her side on the other half, gently hugging the baby...

The result of the two sneaking out for a date was that Xia Hua cried for a long time when they came back at night, and even had to be held by Akina all the time when sleeping at night.

Looking at the sleeping Akina and little Xia Hua, Naoki Nagayama sighed inexplicably:

"Sigh... raising a child is too troublesome~"

It takes time and energy, and she will marry into someone else's house in the future...

Akina didn't have any work today, so Naoki Nagayama didn't disturb her. After washing up quietly, he came directly to the first floor.

The nanny had already cooked porridge and breakfast in the kitchen. Akina would tell Mari Nonaka in advance when she wanted to cook by herself.

"Nagayama-san... good morning~"

"Morning, Mari-san..."

"Eh, Akina-san hasn't gotten up yet?"

"Akina doesn't have work today, let her sleep a little longer..."

"Then is Nagayama-san eating breakfast now?"

"Hai..."

After the ordinary conversation, Mari Nonaka began to serve and pack the breakfast, and then sent it to the dining table.

At the same time, Eitaro ran over from the yard and sent the morning newspaper... This had been regarded as a responsibility by the dog, and he would stare at the arrival of the postman every day.

"Eitaro, good dog!"

Naoki Nagayama touched the dog's head and picked up the newspaper to flip through it roughly...

"There's actually no report about me and Akina? That's rare!"

"Could it be that there are no paparazzi squatting at the entrance of Nippon Television?"

Naturally, there are, but Naoki Nagayama's Rolls-Royce Silver Spur doesn't appear much, and the paparazzi don't recognize that this is his car, so they didn't raise their cameras at the first time.

And at night, the silver car body, which is very fast, has serious reflections, and it's unclear who is sitting inside...

"However, if there's no report... why do I feel a bit lost..."

Naoki Nagayama is actually a bit of a show-off, quite eager for attention, but he absolutely doesn't admit this point.

While eating breakfast while reading the newspaper, the butler, A-Fu, who was always in the front hall, walked over:

"Nagayama-san... there is an invitation here!"

"? Invitation?"

Naoki Nagayama took it curiously, and was also very surprised. In this day and age, there is still such an old thing?

"Hai..."

Naoki Nagayama opened the gold-stamped paper envelope.

"Concert... party... banquet..."

Naoki Nagayama was a bit surprised looking at this invitation. This is a diplomatic activity, a banquet to welcome the Spanish Princess.

Originally, the Spanish Princess planned to come to Tokyo in October, but at that time the Tokyo International Film Festival was in full swing, and the personnel coming to Tokyo were very complicated, so it was postponed to November.

"Why would I be invited..."

In fact, because he doesn't participate in social activities much, Naoki Nagayama doesn't have a very clear understanding of his fame and status.

He is now not only a great writer who has won the Naoki Prize and has many best-selling novels, but also a well-known film director who has won international awards. At the same time, he also has outstanding achievements in music and other aspects... In ancient times, he was already a celebrity who was heard by the princes.

In Japan, he is also treated with courtesy by the nobility, just like Sadanaga Kiba of the Ministry of Education and Yasuko Ikebono of the Ikebono family who valued Naoki Nagayama very much before.

"Nagayama-san..." The butler, Alfred, was a high-class butler before, and he was quite clear about these social interactions, "This banquet... seems to be a matchmaking party using the Spanish Princess as an excuse..."

"???"

"Crown Prince Naruhito is already 25 years old... After returning from studying in the UK, his marriage became the top priority of the Imperial Household Agency..." Alfred introduced, "I heard that a few months ago, someone had already recommended candidate princesses to the Imperial Household Agency..."

In Japan, the prince's marriage is generally arranged by matchmaking, that is, the old nobility and political families recommend princess candidates to the Imperial Household Agency, and then find an occasion for matchmaking. After feeling it's OK, they officially date, and only then can they get married... Most of them are political marriages.

Of course, the prince must have dated before, but those lovers are not recognized by the Imperial Household Agency, at most they are lovers or something... Those guys in the Imperial Household Agency are all feudal remnants with broken brains...

"... Uh... Prince choosing a princess? Then what am I invited to do?" Naoki Nagayama was speechless, "Aren't you afraid I'll steal the future Emperor's wife?"

"...!!"

The butler, A-Fu, was stunned by these outrageous words. In semi-feudal Japan, there are very few people who dare to tease like this.

However, the butler looked at Naoki Nagayama who was thinking... and had to nod. If Naoki Nagayama went, he would probably steal the prince's limelight.

And Naoki Nagayama is handsome, talented, rich, and has status, and doesn't have those strict and cumbersome rituals of the royal family. Any girl would definitely choose him!

"Should be because Nagayama-san is already married?"

"Uh..."

This doesn't affect his charm either! There are many girls who like married men... Being family-oriented and knowing how to love people is a plus!

"Alfred..." Naoki Nagayama gently shook the invitation, "Do you think I should participate? This concert..."

"Well... this depends entirely on Nagayama-san's meaning..." Alfred said, "If you don't go, just find an excuse at will... I will write a letter to the Imperial Household Agency to reply..."

"Alright, let me think..."

Naoki Nagayama himself has no interest in this kind of social party... However, now that Shizuoka is still preparing to support a member of the assembly, and Tree Friends is also going to form the Tokyo Film Association, these are all times when upper-level relationships are needed.

Even the world's richest man in the United States was forced to participate in politics to protect himself. Naoki Nagayama also knew that if he wanted to further expand, Tree Friends needed political asylum~

"No politics, no business... For the centennial plan of the Nagayama family, do I have to step into the evil political arena?!"

Fortunately, the butler had already left, otherwise, listening to his master's strange words, he might have rolled his eyes.

After coming to the Tree Friends building this time, Naoki Nagayama didn't go to the editing room first, but came to Masafumi Otomo's office on the top floor.

"Nagayama-san?"

Masafumi Otomo's eyes were bloodshot, and one could tell at a glance that he had been drinking again last night,

"Why are you here?"

"Otomo-san." Naoki Nagayama greeted Masafumi Otomo to sit on the sofa, and by the way, started to boil water to make tea, "There is something I want to discuss with you..."

"What are you doing... mysterious..."

After Masafumi Otomo walked over, Naoki Nagayama told him about the morning's matter.

"Invited to attend the banquet?!" Masafumi Otomo, as a pure Japanese person who is older, was very envious of being invited by the royal family, "Then of course you should go... Why not go?! This is an honor!"

He wanted to be invited but couldn't!

"But this kind of matchmaking banquet, if I go..."

"It doesn't matter!" Masafumi Otomo said directly, "This kind of matchmaking banquet is estimated to be held more than a dozen times later... The prince of this session of the Japanese royal family is a very independent person, and he probably doesn't like those official ladies..."

"Ah?"

"Nagayama-san, have you forgotten, just a while ago." Masafumi Otomo seemed to be interested, and started chattering, "During Yoshie Kashiwabara's 7th anniversary solo concert, Prince Naruhito went to the scene and gave Yoshie Kashiwabara a rose!"

"Ah... this matter..."

Yoshie Kashiwabara had always been heard to be liked by the successor of the royal family. That solo concert at that time could be said to have truly confirmed this matter.

It caused a great sensation at that time, even Naoki Nagayama, who was on vacation at the Red Fish Garden and didn't answer the phone, knew about it. And Yoshie Kashiwabara's "Royal Idol" was thus established!

"The Crown Prince of our session is raised under the influence of Western culture, different from the past..." Masafumi Otomo drank a cup of tea, "Maybe the Imperial Household Agency feels that the Crown Prince might marry an idol artist, so they hurriedly arranged a matchmaking for him!"

"Hahaha, there is indeed such a possibility..."

As the successor to the throne, if he really marries an artist... then the Imperial Household Agency of the most feudal and stubborn Japanese royal family in the world would probably have to commit ritual suicide collectively to atone for their sins~

"So this time is just a prelude. If there is no suitable one, it is estimated that it will continue to be held..."

Masafumi Otomo said,

"As for Nagayama-san... rest assured to go, those official ladies must have been instructed by their families, and will not act according to their own will..."

"Haha, that's good~"

Naoki Nagayama let out a sigh of relief and revealed a smile...

The morning sun shone in from the window, adding a layer of filter to Naoki Nagayama, making him look as handsome as a prince in a story.

"And... Nagayama-san is married after all... it should be better..."

Masafumi Otomo, who was talking, looked at Naoki Nagayama's face and was a bit uncertain about what he had just said... Throwing fruit to fill the car, jade swallows throwing themselves into his arms... Sometimes women pursuing handsome guys is even crazier than men pursuing beauties.

"Yes, I will go with Akina this time..."

"Is the concert mainly to welcome the Spanish Princess? Do you know her?" Masafumi Otomo asked curiously.

Naoki Nagayama shook his head: "I don't... There are too many princesses in Europe... I'm not a nobleman who has specifically studied it, how could I know everyone..."

There are dozens or hundreds of countries in Europe, and almost every country has a royal family. Its genealogy is so complex that only professional scholars can distinguish it... Maybe someone walking on the street is one of the king's aunts or uncles.

Naoki Nagayama has a relatively deep impression, one is Queen Elizabeth of the UK, after all, she is the queen with the longest standby time... and there are royal members who make people have a deep impression, Princess Diana.

The second is naturally the Japanese royal family, after all, the Showa men and Heisei waste are too famous, and the future royal family is also full of strange news...

"Then this time, the main thing is to get to know some upper-level contacts."

Naoki Nagayama nodded and said:

"If our Tree Friends Group needs to continue to expand, and there are other things, we also need some human contacts for asylum."

"That's true!"

After chatting for a while about the invitation, Naoki Nagayama suddenly asked about Yin Tangxiuyi:

"What is Xiuyi-san doing? I feel like I haven't seen him for many days."

"Still discussing with the representatives of the film industry." Masafumi Otomo sighed, "The establishment of the Tokyo Film Association is very difficult~"

"How is it difficult?"

"Establishing a film association means that the Directors Association, Producers Association, Screenwriters Association, Actors Association... even the Cinematographers Association, Journalists Association, etc., all have to compromise more or less. There are too many groups involved, and the resistance is too great!"

Masafumi Otomo sighed with emotion,

"Xiuyi-san may have some fame in the Directors Association and Producers Association, but in other aspects..."

"I see..."

Naoki Nagayama nodded. The establishment of this kind of industry association should not be rushed:

"The establishment of this kind of industry association should have been from top to bottom... take the upper-level route..."

"Hai~~"

After chatting in Masafumi Otomo's office for a long time, Naoki Nagayama returned to the editing room.

"Nagayama-san..." Kijima Shizhi said very excitedly, "The clips we let you pick before have been completed."

"Oh? Let me see..."

Naoki Nagayama started to check it immediately after hearing it.

The promotion of *Ghost* is spreading. In addition to posters, brochures, and other materials, it is time to release the first trailer.

"What we chose is the plot where the male lead encounters an accident and dies, becomes a ghost, and discovers the betrayal of his friend..."

Kijima Shizhi said,

"This way the first trailer has a sense of suspense..."

Naoki Nagayama nodded: "In that case, the second one will be more biased towards the love line?"

"Yes..." Nishimoto Tomoyuki beside him also spoke, "And the first one can just use Luo Bote's special effects shots."

"The one passing through the hospital bed?"

"Yes!"

After checking several materials, Naoki Nagayama nodded:

"Then let's start... try to release this trailer by early December!"

"Hai!"

While Naoki Nagayama was seriously editing the movie, in a villa in Setagaya, the Director of the Treaty Bureau of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sadayuki Koda, was talking to his daughter.

"Masako... getting into the Ministry of Foreign Affairs doesn't represent anything..." Sadayuki Koda said earnestly, "This is just a starting point... you must be cautious in your words and actions in the future."

"Okay, okay, I know!"

Masako Koda is a high-achieving student who graduated from Harvard, young and full of enthusiasm,

"I will definitely perform well at this reception banquet!"

She is a career-oriented woman, and her ideal is to be an outstanding diplomat traveling around the world.

And her father, Sadayuki Koda, is also deeply influenced by Western culture and strongly supports his daughter's ideals... However, as a government official, he naturally has some ties, such as knowing that this is also an activity with a matchmaking meaning.

On the one hand, he hopes that his daughter can become the future princess, because that can add help to his official career; on the other hand, he also hopes that his daughter can choose freely and fulfill her dreams... instead of marrying into a stubborn and conservative royal family.

So, he is very conflicted...

"When you see Prince Naruhito and Princess Elena at the banquet, don't be too nervous... Both of them are about the same age as you, and they are both raised under Western education..."

"Hai hai, I know!"

Masako held a dress in front of the mirror and swayed. She was choosing clothes to attend the banquet.

Suddenly, she paused:

"By the way, Father... I heard that Naoki Nagayama was invited to this banquet?"

"!!!"

Keyword triggered, Sadayuki Koda's brain suddenly beeped!

Level 1 alert! Level 1 alert!

"Yes... yes..." Sadayuki Koda nodded, "Naoki Nagayama is a celebrity among the younger generation after all... and he is also famous abroad... The Imperial Household Agency might want to introduce him to the Spanish Princess."

"I haven't seen Naoki Nagayama yet!" Masako was very curious. For such a legendary figure, peers naturally talked about him when chatting, "I heard he wrote a song in five minutes!"

"..." "Rumors are inevitably exaggerated..." Sadayuki Koda said, "But he is indeed talented!"

"Of course, after all, he can win the Naoki Prize and film so many well-known movies... My favorite is *Love Letter*! Sure enough, movies adapted from novels are better when filmed by the original author!"

"..."

Seeing his daughter's eyes light up when talking about Naoki Nagayama, Sadayuki Koda's thoughts had to develop in the worst direction...

What if his daughter and Naoki Nagayama fall for each other? That guy is very handsome!

What if they develop an extramarital affair? That guy is married!

More tragically, what if his daughter is played with and gives birth to a child?!

"Cough cough cough!"

Sadayuki Koda coughed heavily and said seriously to his daughter,

"Masako... Naoki Nagayama is already married! You have no chance!"

"... Eh?"

Masako Koda was confused... She was just asking out of curiosity... how did it get to having no chance?!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1111 =====