Chapter 1127

The morning sunlight shone into the bedroom of Shanying Yuan, causing Naoki Nagayama to slowly open his eyes, only to find that he had been squeezed to the edge again...

Beside him was Xia Hua, sleeping sprawled out, her head still insisting on being close to Akina on the other side.

Ever since the mother-recognition phase, little Xia Hua cannot leave her mother even when sleeping, otherwise she will keep crying.

Although Mrs. Mori Nonaka said that they could force a separation at night during this time, and she would develop the habit after crying for a while, neither Akina nor Naoki Nagayama could bring themselves to do it~

So now they can only sleep in the same bed at night, at most putting her in the crib next to them when she is asleep... Naoki Nagayama and Akina have to act like thieves if they want to be intimate...

Children really are the stumbling block in a couple's relationship!

After getting up and washing up quietly, he took Eitaro, who was sleeping outside the bedroom, downstairs. At this time, another live-in nanny, Anxia Zhongchuan, was already busy in the kitchen, and the fragrance of food wafted out.

"Nagayama-san, breakfast will be ready in a while... Will you eat first, or wait for Akina-san?"

"Ah... let's wait a little while~"

"Hai!"

Having already developed a biological clock, Akina would also wake up in a while, so Naoki Nagayama picked up the newspaper to read first.

Today's morning papers were naturally full of yesterday's litigation results, with all major newspapers using the verdict as the main content.

Five million in compensation, an apology on the spot... it was far from Naoki Nagayama's original demands, but for a newspaper, it was quite a lot.

For print media that follows the low-profit, high-volume route, if they relied solely on the money from selling newspapers, the annual profit would probably be about this much... the real profit of newspapers lies in advertising and promoting products~

So it is equivalent to the 'Tokyo Sports Newspaper' taking a hit, and coupled with the fact that their editor-in-chief fainted at the courthouse entrance for some reason, their reputation has been greatly diminished, and the lesson should be very profound.

They probably won't dare to provoke Tree Friend again in the future!

And Naoki Nagayama's passionate speech at the courthouse entrance yesterday was also retold by some small entertainment newspapers... "Do you dare to be Naoki Nagayama's brother? The kind that pays five million!" "Be brothers with Naoki Nagayama and defeat the media industry!".

"Haha... I was just a little crazy for a moment by accident..."

Naoki Nagayama swore that his speech at the press conference yesterday was a spur-of-the-moment thing; he hadn't stood in front of a lens alone for too long and hadn't controlled himself very well.

But it should also count as having embarrassed the other media that were stirring up trouble, leaving those media reporters with no way to complain... haha, my media brothers...

In short, I'm in a very good mood~

After waiting for a while, Akina finally got up, and after carrying Xia Hua, who had also woken up, downstairs, she sat at the dining table.

"Nagayama-san, why didn't you eat first?"

"It's fine, eating together is the same~"

"Nagayama-san seems very happy today?"

"I just want to laugh when I think about yesterday's events..."

The two chatted about the interesting things in the morning paper while eating breakfast. After slowly finishing, Naoki Nagayama prepared to go out.

"Is there anything else Nagayama-san needs to be busy with this week?"

"Apart from the release of 'Ghost', there shouldn't be anything else... going over today is just to arrange the work before the release, I'll be back soon!"

"Ah... right, I have to take the script over too!"

Saying this, he hurried to the study and took out the script for 'Long Vacation'. During his spare time in this period, he had already completed the script for this TV series.

The cold wind at the end of December made people shiver, but the constant temperature system of Shanying Yuan had been pre-installed during the renovation, so he didn't feel cold while inside the house.

And when he went out, the butler, Afu, had long since turned on the car's air conditioning, and it was even warmer in the car than in the house... After arriving at the company, there was the warmth of the central air conditioning...

So he only needed to wear a coat; rich people aren't afraid of the cold~

"Nagayama-san~" The receptionist, Xingxia Suzuki, greeted him hurriedly upon seeing Naoki Nagayama, "Good morning..."

"Morning~"

Naoki Nagayama nodded and asked,

"Xingxia-chan, help me notify Haotai Zhutian from the script center... to come to my office in ten minutes."

"Hai~"

After taking the elevator to the top floor, Naoki Nagayama did not go into his own office first, but walked directly into the room of Dayou Fangcun next door.

"Dayou-san... morning~"

"Hmm?" Dayou Fangcun, who was processing some documents, was a little surprised to see Naoki Nagayama, "Nagayama-san? Why did you come over today?"

"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with me coming to the company?"

"Uh....."

Dayou Fangcun didn't know how to refute for a moment. Naoki Nagayama, don't you know that you coming to the company this early is a low-probability event to begin with?

"Nothing wrong!"

Decisively not arguing about this point, Dayou Fangcun asked directly,

"After the trial just now, I thought Nagayama-san would be resting at home for a few days."

"Ah... it is indeed somewhat related to that matter..."

Naoki Nagayama sat down,

"We won the lawsuit, didn't we? I think we should issue a statement... the pre-sale ticket money will not be refunded..."

"However, it's only a few days until the official release, and I think the pre-sale ticket period can be extended a bit more. Tickets for the days after Christmas can still be pre-sold... just... just say that I'm very happy about winning the lawsuit, so pre-sale tickets can still be purchased at a discount..."

"So, is it similar to a promotional activity?" Dayou Fangcun nodded.

"Hmm... something like that..." Naoki Nagayama also agreed, "However, since we at Tree Friend are doing pre-sales, booking the audience's viewing arrangements a few days in advance, we can squeeze out other movies at the end of the year in advance!"

"I'll have to talk to Sugiyama-san about this later..."

"....... Nagayama-san, you're not leaving a way for other movies to survive!"

Dayou Fangcun sighed. It's not just Tree Friend's 'Ghost' movie being released at the end of the year; there are also other films from Toho, Toei, and Shochiku!

"It's a business war, this is called using every possible means!" Naoki Nagayama laughed, "I just want other companies in the film industry to know Tree Friend's capabilities."

Although Tree Friend Film has been considered a big player in the film industry for the past few years, in the eyes of old-school production factories like Toho and Toei, they are still upstarts, just rich for a while......

Although they have to lower their stance on the surface because of the box office sales, there is a feeling of "sitting and watching his building rise and fall"...... they are still unconvinced in other aspects. This time, the matter of Xiuyi-san wanting to establish the Tokyo Film Association is also being met with secret non-cooperation......

"But pre-sales can only be tried in our own Tree Friend theater chain... other theater chains might not necessarily cooperate with pre-sales..."

"Theaters won't oppose this kind of thing that can determine box office trends in advance, arrange screenings, and obtain maximum profit..." Naoki Nagayama said, "First, each theater chain will try it themselves, and after there is a unified consensus, national ticketing platforms and payment settlement institutions will slowly appear!"

Although it might not be as convenient as future comprehensive platforms like Alipay or Taopiaopiao, Japan's own payment system is not bad either.....

Especially since the credit card payment system, just like in the West, is actually slowly becoming popular, and there are also convenience store payment systems, phone card payment systems, etc.....

As for comprehensive film ticketing companies, they will probably only appear after film industry associations like the Tokyo Film Association are established.

Chatting in Dayou Fangcun's office made them forget the time, and it wasn't until Haotai Zhutian from the script center knocked on the door and came in that Naoki Nagayama remembered the previous matter.....

"Nagayama-san, I just went to knock on your office door, but there was no one...... so I thought you might be in Dayou-san's office....."

It is naturally no secret in the company that Naoki Nagayama and Xiuyi Yitang use Dayou Fangcun's office as a base.

However, it's just that the Tree Friend company culture is relatively harmonious, and coupled with the fact that Haotai Zhutian thought Naoki Nagayama had something urgent to find him for, otherwise he wouldn't have dared to knock on the CEO's office door.

"Ah...... I almost forgot!"

Naoki Nagayama patted his head and took a document bag out of his briefcase.

Actually, he doesn't really like briefcases, but in this era, men carrying briefcases is a trend, and as the boss, he also really needs a bag to carry his mobile phone, pager, and some other things, so he equipped himself with one.

Haotai Zhutian took the document bag and opened it; inside was a stack of manuscripts...... pulling them out to look, the title was written as 'Long Vacation'.....

"Nagayama-san, this is.... a script for a TV series?"

After glancing slightly at the script, Haotai Zhutian couldn't help but be surprised in his heart,

"When was this created?"

"I wrote it in my spare time after editing the movie." Naoki Nagayama said, "Zhutian-kun, please help proofread it.... add it to the project discussion for next year's TV series.... let's discuss who will film this drama after work starts early next year..."

"......"

Wrote it in his spare time..... it's been less than three weeks since editing the movie, and a perfect script has been written just like that?!

You have to know that ordinary screenwriters have probably only just finished the character settings and written the outline!!!

And judging from the beginning just now, the story is already very interesting and very attractive....

Haotai Zhutian looked at Naoki Nagayama with somewhat resentful eyes. Nagayama-san.... you doing this makes us screenwriters who are subordinates feel like we have no reason to exist!

Could it be that the purpose of establishing the script center is just to help Nagayama-san check for typos?!

"What's wrong? Zhutian-kun?"

Naoki Nagayama noticed that Haotai Zhutian's eyes were a bit strange and asked with some surprise,

"Is there a problem?"

Does Nagayama-san think that I, Haotai Zhutian, a high-achieving graduate of the Waseda University Literature Department, can't even complete such a simple task?!

A fire ignited in Haotai Zhutian's heart; he got angry for a moment and said loudly:

"I guarantee I will complete the task!!!"

"......." Dayou Fangcun's ears were even shaken by this shout.....

After Haotai Zhutian went out, he shook his head:

"As expected, young people are full of energy; even the way they speak is so vigorous!"

"Hahaha.... that's right~"

Naoki Nagayama also nodded approvingly, completely unaware that he wasn't even older than Haotai Zhutian.....

"Has Nagayama-san already arranged the plans for next year?!"

"There isn't any special arrangement, actually..."

Naoki Nagayama calculated slightly in his heart and said to his good friend,

"'Once a Thief' by Zhengxiao-kun, as the movie for the beginning of the year, has almost finished filming and is about to be edited....."

"Xiuyi-san is focused on the establishment of the Tokyo Film Association......

Next year, the film projects on the film side will mainly be 'Jurassic Park', which I will be filming, and in the summer, it will be Mudao-kun's 'District B13'...... now a TV series 'Long Vacation' has been added.... and there is still a surplus at the end of the year, which can be joined by other movies.... small movie projects will be filmed by Zongsheng Songwei and Banyue Xiben....."

Dayou Fangcun reminded him:

"Don't forget, there is also the animation production of 'Slam Dunk'...."

"Ah.... right!" Naoki Nagayama clapped his hands, "I almost forgot the animation department....."

The manga 'Slam Dunk' can already be considered mature, with a new chapter coming out every week..... the animation adaptation will also start broadcasting on TV Tokyo early next year!

"Isn't the animation department going to expand its staff next year? How did the talks with the previously mentioned Studio Ghibli go?"

"Xiuyi-san is in charge of this; he is not in the company today...."

"I see, then I'll ask him when he comes...." Naoki Nagayama nodded, "However, for next year, we must start the production of animated movies no matter what!"

"My little Xia Hua will be over a year old next year and can understand animation..... I want to produce an excellent animated movie for her to watch!!!"

"....."

Hearing this, Dayou Fangcun couldn't help but complain,

"Is it possible that Nagayama-san established the animation department just so Xia Hua could watch cartoons?!"

"No, no, no..... I established the animation department so that babies the same age as little Xia Hua could watch cartoons!"

"That's not the same thing!"

"...... Alright, actually, I just established the animation department so my daughter could see good animation!"

"......."

The topic drifted further and further away without knowing it. Dayou Fangcun didn't know what was going on; when chatting with Naoki Nagayama, he always felt that the topic would drift to who knows where!

They were clearly discussing next year's plans at the beginning!

In the filming base in Ota Ward, in a messy indoor set, the smoke of gunpowder had not yet completely dissipated.

"Cut!!!"

Xiaosen Zhengxiao shouted 'cut' loudly with a megaphone, then hurriedly leaned over to the director's monitor to look at the footage. After a while, he raised his head, a smile appearing on the corner of his mouth,

"Alright, this shot is a wrap!"

Then, under the expectant gaze of the crew members, he picked up the megaphone again:

"Minna-san...... it's a wrap!!!"

"Oh oh oh~" "Finally!" "It's a wrap!" "....."

Whether it was the actors or the crew members, everyone shouted happily at this moment!!!

The last few scenes of 'Once a Thief' were almost all action scenes, and gunfight action scenes at that..... due to the uncertainty of the explosion smoke, every time the effect wasn't good, the prop team needed to repair the scene and re-bury the explosives..... filming was very arduous!

But today, it was finally finished!!!

"Minna-san, tonight at the restaurant near the filming base, we will have a wrap party! Everyone must come!"

"Okay!!" XN

In such a joyful atmosphere, everyone in the crew began to organize the equipment in an orderly manner. Xiaosen Zhengxiao also directed the filming team to pack up the footage, put it in the secure safe room of the filming base first, and then find time to transport it to the editing storage room of the Tree Friend building all at once.

The lead actors of the crew, Gongbing Shibata, Guorong Zhang, and Zhikezi Qingshan, also came to Xiaosen Zhengxiao's side after cleaning the dust off their bodies.

"You can't miss the wrap party tonight!"

Xiaosen Zhengxiao said with a smile,

"You don't have any arrangements, right? Leslie's flight?"

"I'm on a flight in the middle of the night...." Guorong Zhang said with a smile, "After drinking tonight, I can just sleep until Hong Kong..."

"Haha, that's good!"

For the busy Guorong Zhang, Xiaosen Zhengxiao didn't try to keep him too much. You have to know that he had already been urged several times in Hong Kong, and he didn't know how long he would have to work three shifts for this last week.

"Zhikezi-chan, and Shibata-san..."

Xiaosen Zhengxiao took a few movie tickets out of his bag,

"These are the movie tickets for 'Ghost' on Christmas Day, all in the best seats...... I specifically got them from Sugiyama-san in advance....."

"You can go watch them that day, or give them to other friends.... Leslie can only wait until he comes to Japan again to watch it~"

The Tree Friend publicity department naturally kept a batch of these connection tickets. In the situation where premiere tickets were so scarce after pre-sales, they were very good as social gifts, and almost all the company's executives and mid-level backbone staff could get a share.

"Arigato!" Zhikezi Qingshan was naturally very happy; she had thought she wouldn't be able to see the premiere and would have to make up for it later!

Gongbing Shibata also accepted them with a smile; he also had a girlfriend~

"Alright, relax and have fun tonight! After that, just wait for the New Year!!"

"Hai!" X2

In a happy atmosphere, the crew of 'Once a Thief' packed up the scene and then headed towards a nearby restaurant together....

And in the commercial district near the Ota Ward filming base, colored lights, bells, and decorative Christmas trees and gift boxes had already been hung up......

In a few days it will be Christmas, and the festive atmosphere is already very rich!

(End of chapter)