Chapter 1114

Although the editing work of "Ghost" was a bit busy, it proceeded very smoothly.

Finally, on the last day of November, the first trailer was made~

"Naoki-san, it's about to play!"

Xu Mudao said in the small screening room. Also in this screening room were Otomo Yoshimura, Xiu-san Yin, and several people from the publicity department.

"Hmm~"

Naoki Nagayama nodded, and then the lights dimmed, and a trailer of about two minutes began to play on the small screen.

First is the famous scene of making pottery together, and then the warm scenes of daily life. Akina Nakamori on the screen has a beautiful face, and Naoki Nagayama is handsome and gentle, making people know at a glance that this is a couple in the honeymoon phase.

However, in such a happy moment, the music becomes urgent, and the situation takes a turn for the worse... The male lead played by Naoki Nagayama is killed, and the lovers are separated by life and death... But the dead Naoki Nagayama is unwilling to become a Buddha, and his obsession is to protect his lover~

Naoki Nagayama, who has become a ghost, cannot be seen by ordinary people, but can be perceived by a psychic witch, and discovers in hospitals and subway stations that he can pass through walls and learn to control objects with his mind...

Finally, relying on this, he fought against the black hand, finally protected his lover, but also ended his obsession, and finally ascended to heaven...

The final freeze frame on the screen is a close-up of the sadness and relief on Akina Nakamori's face~

As the lights in the screening room came on again, Xiu-san Yin and Otomo Yoshimura took the lead in applauding, and people like Toshihiko Sugiyama from the publicity department naturally followed suit.

"It's very attractive! Naoki-san!" Xiu-san Yin praised, "The first half is gentle and mild, the second half speeds up the rhythm, the plot turns, and the final ending sublimates... Just a trailer, I seem to have felt the unswerving love between the male and female leads... And I want to see the whole movie even more!"

"Yeah... And you can see from the trailer that Akina-chan's acting skills have improved a lot!"

Otomo Yoshimura also praised,

"Whether it's sad or happy, it's very touching, and the final close-up is even more amazing... It seems like you can see the shadow of the loved one in her eyes!"

"..... Eh...."

Naoki Nagayama scratched his cheek,

"Because the last shot was taken while looking at me... I was operating the camera..."

Otomo Yoshimura was stunned, and then coughed:

"So that's it! No wonder, no wonder... But for those who don't know the inside story, it's still very amazing!"

Toshihiko Sugiyama from the publicity department asked:

"Naoki-san... then this trailer is confirmed, right?"

"Hai, let's use this one!"

This one just used the two wall-passing special effects shots processed by Robert, and the others were not ready yet.

"Before Christmas, I will edit another trailer with a stronger rhythm. It's convenient to attract audiences to the cinema~"

"I understand!" Toshihiko Sugiyama nodded, "Then I will take this trailer to copy it, and then distribute it to various cinemas and distribution channels!"

"Hmm...."

In addition to cinemas, the trailer will also be played on TV stations and dynamic advertising screens in large shopping malls, and some pictures will be intercepted to make poster materials... In short, it must be spread as much as possible so that the whole of Japan can see it.

"By the way, Minister Sugiyama." Naoki Nagayama said, "The publicity of the movie 'Ghost' abroad can also be considered... I think it will definitely be popular in the United States and Europe too!"

"This..." Toshihiko Sugiyama was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "Okay, I will consider it first!"

After Toshihiko Sugiyama and others left, Xiu-san Yin asked with a smile:

"Are you so confident in 'Ghost'?"

"Of course!"

After all, this movie itself is a classic foreign romance movie...

"It's just that the dubbing needs to be re-produced... And the characters in this movie are Asian after all, so it might be more immersive in Southeast Asia..."

"....."

After the preview of the trailer, Naoki Nagayama did not continue to go to the editing room, but instead came to the top floor office with Xiu-san Yin at the invitation of Otomo Yoshimura.

"It feels like we haven't had tea together for a long time!"

Otomo Yoshimura took out the tea set and made tea for his two good friends,

"Naoki-san is always buried in the editing room, while Xiu-san is soaked in the club..."

"What's that, I'm running around everywhere... socializing with different people, building relationships!"

Xiu-san Yin sighed. During this period, he could be said to be running around for the establishment of the "Tokyo Film Association"... Film Revitalization Association, Directors Association, Screenwriters Association, etc., at least he got familiar with all the chairmen.

"But this group of people are all different... When talking about establishing a unified Tokyo Film Association, they all have various needs, or they are lukewarm..."

"Ha, there's no way, they all represent various interest groups, and no one wants an older brother on their head..." Naoki Nagayama comforted with a smile, "It was a very difficult thing to begin with."

"Yeah, yeah, one monk carries water to drink, three monks have no water to drink!"

Xiu-san Yin looked very troubled, feeling that he had overestimated the influence of Tree Friend and himself.

If it were a prestigious director like Akira Kurosawa, there might be some opportunities, but himself or Naoki-san... are still too young...

"Xiu-san~" Naoki Nagayama spoke again, "At the party at the East Palace before, I met Section Chief Yasuko Ikenobo...

She seems very interested in the establishment of the 'Tokyo Film Association'... I think this matter really needs to be led by an official management organization to succeed, let's have a chat together after making an appointment."

"Does the Ministry of Education also want to build a 'Tokyo Film Association'?"

"No, it's Yasuko Ikenobo who is interested." Naoki Nagayama said to Xiu-san Yin, "Maybe we can get the endorsement of the Agency for Cultural Affairs or even the Ministry of Education through her?"

"This..."

Xiu-san Yin rubbed his hands,

"The possibility is indeed very high."

Xiu-san Yin had also been in contact with Yasuko Ikenobo, and knew that she was a capable and ambitious official of the Ministry of Education, and, she was also a person from the Ikenobo family of flower arrangement respected by the upper class... She has a background!

In politics, capable people may not be able to get things done, but people with backgrounds are highly likely to get things done.

However, Xiu-san Yin still asked uncertainly:

"Will that Yasuko Ikenobo-san help us?"

At this time, Otomo Yoshimura handed the brewed tea cup to the two of them and said with a smile:

"That depends on whether Naoki-san's beauty trap works!"

"......." Otomo-san~" Naoki Nagayama stared with dead fish eyes, "I think you are also getting more temperamental as you get older!"

"Cough cough cough cough!"

Xiu-san Yin coughed out the tea he had just drunk, and then began to laugh wildly,

"Hahahaha, Otomo-san! Naoki-san... let's just go together and see who that Yasuko Ikenobo chooses!"

"You guy! You are her contemporary!" "Shut up!" "Get out, get out, get out~"

The atmosphere in the office suddenly became indecently happy!

A few minutes later, when everyone stopped laughing, Otomo Yoshimura continued to perform his tea ceremony. After the three of them tasted tea for a while, Otomo Yoshimura seemed to suddenly remember something:

"By the way, Naoki-san, although the year-end meeting hasn't started yet, there is one thing that can be said."

"What's the matter?"

"We are going to issue year-end bonuses again!" Otomo Yoshimura said.

"Ah? Didn't we just issue them?" Naoki Nagayama asked the voice of all bosses, "Why issue them again?"

"That was a year ago!"

Otomo Yoshimura said,

"Time flies too fast!"

"A year ago..."

Naoki Nagayama recalled, it seems that at that time he was still editing "The Legend of Hayato", and now he is just editing "Ghost"... Why does he seem to be very busy at the end of every year?!

Just when Naoki Nagayama was still reminiscing, Otomo Yoshimura continued:

"As the Tree Friend Group gets bigger and bigger, issuing year-end bonuses is already a big deal... I expect to issue at least 80 million this year..."

"Eh...."

Naoki Nagayama is now a little sensitive to the issue of issuing year-end bonuses. He is actually not very sensitive to money figures, just feeling that... it's not much, not even 100 million.

"And there are too many people now, Naoki-san, we can't distribute them to employees one by one!"

When the first year-end bonus was issued, the three of them went to the bank to withdraw cash, and then packed them one by one... He still remembers the pile of cash on the desk~

Xiu-san Yin interjected:

"So we issue them to middle-level cadres? And then each department issues them separately?"

"That's about it!"

Otomo Yoshimura nodded. Currently, the Tree Friend Group has many departments and more than 500 people, but if it is middle-level backbone, there are probably only a few dozen~

"Ha... then issue them~"

Naoki Nagayama didn't have many thoughts, anyway, Otomo-san manages performance and so on.

"Okay... I will show you the distribution plan for year-end bonuses..." Otomo Yoshimura nodded, "But we have to set aside a day at the end of the year to specifically issue them to the backbone, and also have a heart-to-heart talk with them!"

"Hai, I will!"

Speaking of this, Naoki Nagayama suddenly remembered that he still had a company under his name,

"By the way, Tree Friend Capital... might be a bit troublesome..."

The bonus negotiation of the investment bank is more important, and it requires the boss to talk to each trader personally. This cannot be done by others.

Naoki Nagayama now, except for monthly data, has not paid much attention to everyone's performance... He needs to take time to have a good chat with Yuan-san...

Sigh... I always feel that in addition to editing work, there are many more things!

Naoki Nagayama in the office sighed and drank a cup of bitter tea... Sure enough, earning so much money will have so many troubles!

Akina doesn't have the trivial matters of year-end bonuses here. She no longer has a share of the year-end bonuses at Ken-On. She is now a shareholder and takes dividends.

However... it's approaching the end of the year. In addition to participating in the rehearsals for the Japan Record Awards and the Red and White Song Festival, Akina is also spending her energy on another thing...

In the design room of Ken-On headquarters, Akina Nakamori is asking the stylist Yoyo Ochi for advice:

"Yoyo-san, if you want to be an independent designer and create a clothing brand, where do you need to start?"

"Hmm?" Yoyo Ochi, who was drawing the design of the singing clothes, looked up. "Akina-chan, why do you want to ask this?"

"Isn't it because I was very interested in clothing before, and I have a lot of experience in fashion matching..."

Akina was very confident when she said this, because she could indeed lead fashion trends. The new hip-hop kimono in "Passion" had already caused some trends, and rock singers in livehouses and underground concerts often saw similar styles...

Some young people who pursue new trends also began to wear this kind of clothing, appearing in the pedestrian paradise and various event scenes.

Even the bob cut returned to the heads of young girls~

"So, I want to understand, if I really want to be an independent designer... how should I start. I want to treat it as a career, not a hobby~"

Akina Nakamori was infected by the career-minded women she saw before. In addition to her music career, she also wanted to make some achievements in design.

In fact, Naoki Nagayama had said before that he would buy a factory for Akina, and left a design room at home... but it was delayed by marriage and childbirth.

"Actually... with Akina's current influence..."

Yoyo Ochi looked at Akina Nakamori and said,

"Akina-chan just needs to register a company and then make the clothes... there will definitely be many people paying for it!"

"Eh..." Akina Nakamori shook her head. "I don't want to make it in the form of idol merchandise, nor do I want to use Ken-On's channels... I want to make it an independent fashion brand!"

"Clothing brands will also choose spokespersons!" Yoyo Ochi didn't care. "Since you have such conditions, why not make good use of them?"

"As long as the clothes you make are also good in Akina's opinion, then why not confidently recommend them to fans?"

"This..." Akina was stunned for a moment. Her thinking had not yet shifted from a worker to a boss. "Can I do this?"

"Of course!"

Yoyo Ochi nodded,

"However, in the early stage, let's design the clothing style first, invest a sum of money, and entrust the foundry to make it and try it..."

"As for sales, if you don't want to use Ken-On's channels, I know the owners of several clothing stores here, you can hang them there and try it first..."

"Really?" Akina was surprised.

"Of course... anyway, it's all selling clothes for a split, it doesn't matter if the quantity is not large."

"Hmm..."

Akina thought for a while and felt that it was absolutely no problem to take out tens of millions to try. Her own dividends this year were several hundred million~

And Naoki-san would not complain about her spending money indiscriminately...

"Then Yoyo-san, I'll design the clothes first and see..."

"The clothes designed by Akina are of course clothes for young girls, preferably spring clothes... Production also takes time!" Yoyo Ochi reminded. "Spring clothes are light and thin, easy to stand out... After people have worn thick clothes for a winter, they also want to show different characteristics!"

"Hai, I understand!"

After talking about this, Akina felt a long-lost excitement and agitation... It was the feeling of walking into a brand new unknown field when she first debuted~

"Anyway, make a few sets of clothes for yourself first... You can also design a few sets for Naoki-san later!"

Imagining Naoki Nagayama wearing clothes she designed in the future, Akina felt a little happy~

?? There is something tomorrow... so I will code a chapter early!

? (End of this chapter)