Chapter 1176: Are Momoe Yamaguchi's fans all that rich?!

After entrusting the matter of dealing with HORIPRO to Morikawa-san, Naoki Nagayama didn't care much anymore. Kuniharu Morikawa, Shu-You's strongest tool man, would definitely make HORIPRO satisfied even after pitting them!

After returning to the office, he began to check the rhythm of the next promotion.

"In the next two days, Momoe Yamaguchi and Tomokazu Miura will go to various television stations to participate in special interviews... Tsk tsk~"

This has already been decided. For various television stations, this hot spot must not be missed. However, Naoki Nagayama felt a bit embarrassed for people...

"Every program must be focusing on Momoe Yamaguchi... I don't know if Tomokazu Miura will feel awkward..."

If the husband is strong and the wife is weak, there is generally no problem. However, Momoe Yamaguchi's topicality this time is obviously higher than Tomokazu Miura's. At this time, it depends on Tomokazu Miura's breadth of mind...

If the mentality is unbalanced and causes family conflicts and estrangement, that is not Naoki Nagayama's original intention.

"Next is the production of *Departures*... set, blessing ceremony, official filming..."

Naoki Nagayama suddenly discovered a problem,

"Speaking of which... for the sake of realism in filming, should we get some real things when the male lead goes on his first mission as an encoffiner?!"

The male lead's first mission is to collect a rotten corpse without relatives... Because it was too disgusting, he vomited wildly...

"Should we use real rotten props? Get some small animals or something? We can't really use a corpse, right?!"

Once the thinking was opened, Naoki Nagayama's thoughts ran wild,

"Then the problem comes... where can we get a corpse?!"

Just at this moment, the *thump, thump* knocking on the door interrupted Naoki Nagayama's reverie, preventing this evil idea from continuing.

"Naoki-san..."

Tomoyuki Nishimoto pushed the door and walked in, his face full of ambition, looking at Naoki Nagayama,

"The casting for *Long Vacation* has been completed... the production process is about to begin! The date set by the production committee is April 5th for the opening blessing!"

"...... Uh......"

Naoki Nagayama felt Tomoyuki Nishimoto's eager gaze.

You start filming when you start filming, why are you looking at me like this?! It's very gay, okay!

"Nishimoto-kun... if you have something to say, say it~ If you look at me like this again, I'll poke your eyes out!"

"......"

Tomoyuki Nishimoto was startled and quickly lowered his head to look at the desk,

"Ahem, that... Naoki-san, although I know you have been very busy lately... but you are the screenwriter of *Long Vacation*, so I hope you can be there together during the blessing ceremony..."

Everyone at Shu-You basically believes that Naoki Nagayama is the kind of genius who hasn't appeared in a hundred years, favored by heaven and earth... So even if he is not the director, if he is present at the opening blessing, it will be very effective!

Just like *Love as Rain*, *Our Little Sister*, etc. ~

Like *Blue Sea* where Naoki Nagayama didn't participate in the blessing, and the sequels to IPs like *Crows Zero* and *Ring*, they basically didn't make much of a splash.

"Opening blessing ceremony..." Naoki Nagayama touched his chin, "It seems *Departures* is also going to be held during this time..."

"Because the crew of *Long Vacation* is smaller, the coordination is faster."

Tomoyuki Nishimoto explained,

"Masaharu Fukuyama and Chikako Aoyama are both our own artists..."

"That's true... Alright, then I will go!"

Naoki Nagayama nodded and didn't refuse the subordinate's request,

"Just in time to go and see how the set of *Departures* is..."

Most of the scenes in *Departures* are actually biased toward indoors, so in fact, most of the filming work will be completed at the filming base in Ota Ward, and various sets have long been arranged~

Tomoyuki Nishimoto was very happy. This was the first play he directed independently, and it couldn't be better to have Naoki-san's blessing!

"Thank you!"

"By the way~"

Naoki Nagayama suddenly remembered,

"I don't seem to have seen this newcomer Masaharu Fukuyama yet. How is he?"

Masaharu Fukuyama in the later generation is also a very famous actor and singer, but Naoki Nagayama had long since stopped thinking about collecting stars, so he didn't specifically look for him...

But I didn't expect that he ran to Shu-You himself... This is probably the talent gathering effect~

"Fukuyama-kun~"

As the person who discovered Masaharu Fukuyama, Tomoyuki Nishimoto was very satisfied,

"Although he has no foundation for acting, he learns very hard... The key is that he is handsome and can sing! He has the potential to become a well-known male idol!"

"Haha, that's good~"

"Naoki-san can meet him at the blessing ceremony!"

"Hmm, there will be a chance~"

In Tokyo, the original Department Manager Shige-nori Yamakawa of MURAYAMA Activity Support Co., Ltd. has become the president because of his achievements in expanding the new business of airship advertising.

Today, he is listening to the report of his subordinates in the office...

"What did you say? Suddenly received more than a dozen orders?"

"Yes!" The subordinate was a bit uneasy, "It has been coming one after another since yesterday, but there are more today... They are all the same type of request, spraying 'Warmly welcome Momoe Yamaguchi's comeback!' or 'Momoe Yamaguchi is the best!' on the airship..."

"There are also those who want to write 'Momoe-san, I love you' and so on... and then fly in circles in the sky..."

"Hmm..."

Shige-nori Yamakawa pondered. He naturally paid attention to the big hot spot of Momoe Yamaguchi's comeback, but he didn't expect that it would be associated with his business... You know, renting an airship is not cheap...

"They... aren't they joking, right?"

"No..." the subordinate said, "Some people paid the deposit directly after consulting..."

"Ah... are Momoe Yamaguchi's fans all that rich?"

Shige-nori Yamakawa scratched his head. He was already over fifty, so naturally, he was not a fan of Momoe Yamaguchi,

"But since it's a business, we'll do it!"

"Are our airships enough?"

"There are three airships with windows of opportunity, two others are being sprayed, and the other five are flying... far from meeting the demand..."

Ever since the airship birthday celebration, confession, and even marriage proposal business became popular, the company bought ten airships on the market, almost monopolizing the market over Tokyo. After all, it takes two years to build an airship...

As for other cities, there is no way, let other local companies undertake this kind of business.

"Then from now on, temporarily stop taking orders for other businesses and only take those related to Momoe Yamaguchi... I estimate that this is just a wave of heat, and it is estimated that it will last for a week at most."

Shige-nori Yamakawa made a decision quickly,

"Of course, explain it well to other customers... During this time, the sky over Tokyo will be full of celebrations for Momoe Yamaguchi..."

"Yes..."

At the same time~

Tomomi Nakayama, the business manager of Tokyo Dentsu Company, also received a report from a salesman that someone wanted to rent the 8-screen simultaneous broadcast advertising space at the Shibuya Station intersection!

"Oh?"

Tomomi Nakayama nodded,

"Which one is it? How long do you want to rent it?"

"The client is anonymous... He wants to rent it for a week!" said salesman Ryoji Shimura.

"Huh?!" Manager Tomomi Nakayama raised his head in surprise, "A week? And anonymous?"

"Could it be that someone called to play a prank?!"

You know, this advertising space is one of the advertising spaces with the largest traffic in Tokyo, with millions of people passing by the Shibuya Station intersection every day. In the era before the rise of the Internet, advertising fees were calculated by the hour!

"No!" Ryoji Shimura said, "He came directly to the business department, asked about the price, and after putting forward the demand, he left the check!"

"Huh?" Tomomi Nakayama felt that he didn't seem to have woken up today...

Ryoji Shimura handed over the envelope left by the client, which contained several posters of Momoe Yamaguchi in her peak period:

"The guest said to broadcast these posters, and the copyright is left to us to handle. As for the text, it is also left to us, just write 'Welcome back!'..."

"Huh?!"

This was the third time Tomomi Nakayama made a sound of doubt...

He took the check and looked at it. It was a cash check for 15 million yen!

"This... pay the full amount directly!"

Tomomi Nakayama confirmed the authenticity of the check and had a rough guess about the customer's anonymous behavior.

It might be a rich second generation with strict family education or a child of a famous noble family, who liked Momoe Yamaguchi in his youth, but couldn't spend much money to support his idol.

Now that he has grown up and has money, he can pay for his younger self!

But because of face or simply shyness, he anonymously advertised for her comeback...

"Well... since it has been paid, let's prepare to put the advertisement..."

Looking at the words the customer asked to write, Tomomi Nakayama instructed,

"Let the art designer pick a good font and design it carefully... Don't let the guest be dissatisfied with the effect!"

This customer is not short of money... Maybe he will be a repeat customer in the future!

Just after the instruction, another subordinate came to report:

"Someone wants to rent the static billboard on Shibuya Center Street..."

"Is it also Momoe Yamaguchi?"

"Yes!"

"......."

The previous LED screen can be adjusted at any time, but this static billboard needs to be sprayed and produced... This cost is not low either!

Tomomi Nakayama had a premonition that soon, advertising columns at subway stations, bus stations, and billboards on the streets... would all receive similar requests...

Once the new advertising cycle begins, the whole of Tokyo will be filled with Momoe Yamaguchi's image!

Outside Tokyo, activities in the name of celebrating Momoe Yamaguchi's comeback were endless. There were dance parties, fireworks performances, and even the flags of some *bosozoku* motorcycles were written with celebrations of Momoe Yamaguchi's return...

On the other side, the personal guards of Momoe Yamaguchi's fan club blocked the door of HORIPRO!

Because the news of Momoe Yamaguchi's comeback was not notified to them in advance, they ran to the door of HORIPRO headquarters to protest.

Although they knew that Momoe Yamaguchi had transferred to Shu-You, the management of the club was still HORIPRO!

"Collected so much membership fee from us, and didn't even tell us about the comeback?!"

The head of the personal guards, Kanta Kurihara, was full of anger,

"To think that we personal guards actually knew about it from the newspaper! How can your agency do this!!"

This made the agency staff cry without tears... They didn't know in advance either!

"Everyone... actually we didn't know in advance that Momoe-san would make a comeback..."

"How is that possible?! Isn't your chairman Iwao Hori's relationship with Momoe Yamaguchi like a 'father and daughter in the entertainment industry'?!"

Kanta Kurihara questioned loudly,

"Even the marriage was sent to the red carpet by Iwao Hori!"

"How can you say you didn't even know about the comeback now?!"

"......."

Iwao Hori, who was listening upstairs, tightened his face... That's a persona, do you understand?! That is the role I play in the entertainment industry, which is the "father" of all artists in HORIPRO agency!

So they should naturally listen to me!

But who knew that the most famous daughter among them wouldn't listen!

The personal guards argued at the door of the agency for a long time, until the police were attracted, and then they slowly suppressed their anger and asked the original ear management contact person:

"Then can you still provide the latest trends about Momoe Yamaguchi in the future?!"

"Also, since Momoe Yamaguchi has made a comeback, our fan club naturally wants to take the lead in holding celebration activities... How do you plan to handle these things?!"

"This..."

The agency staff was also very embarrassed. Momoe Yamaguchi is no longer in our agency!

But the fan club didn't follow... Even the management rights of the fan club, the boss above is still fighting...

Not to mention any celebration activities...

"Regarding celebration activities, we have no plans for the time being..."

"Then we won't pay the membership fee in the future!"

Kanta Kurihara saw that HORIPRO agency couldn't answer, and immediately said angrily,

"Our personal guards want to follow Momoe Yamaguchi forever!"

"Since you don't care about celebration activities, we will go to Shu-You to establish a new club! And then celebrate Momoe Yamaguchi's return!!!"

Hearing this, Chairman Iwao Hori couldn't stay still. You know, Momoe Yamaguchi's fan club has more than 10,000 people, and the annual membership fee of 3,000 yen has a net profit of 30 million.

Even if the membership fee is not collected, there are peripheral products that miss Momoe Yamaguchi, selected records, various celebration activities, etc., all of which can be sold within the club!

You know, the copyrights of these music and images are all in HORIPRO, and Shu-You only bought the IP usage rights of Momoe Yamaguchi~

As long as Momoe Yamaguchi is still remembered, this fan club is a golden goose that lays eggs!

Hurrying to the door of the headquarters, Chairman Iwao Hori took a loudspeaker:

"Everyone... the operation of the fan club will be communicated and negotiated with Shu-You, including this celebration activity, and we will definitely give everyone an explanation as soon as possible!

You are all loyal fans of Momoe Yamaguchi, and we will definitely not abandon you!"

"In the future, the latest trends of Momoe Yamaguchi will still be known by you first...

However, during this handover period, please give us some time..."

"....."

Hearing the chairman's guarantee, Kanta Kurihara was satisfied and left with the members of the personal guards~

And Iwao Hori, who remained, naturally became angry again after returning to the office!

The heated discussion from the outside world did not stagnate, but became more and more lively.

The ripples caused by Momoe Yamaguchi's comeback this time finally formed a giant wave across Japan. Fans in cities like Sapporo, Kyoto, Osaka, Nagoya, Kumamoto, and even Okinawa all got the news and started chasing their idols again.

And after 7 or 8 years, the former high school students and college students have long become white-collar workers in society, and the former bad boys have also started families and careers, working seriously...

Some have even stood out and become leaders in the industry!

In other words, the fans who had the heart but not the strength and could only rely on pocket money to support their idols now have real gold and silver in their pockets!

This time, Momoe Yamaguchi's comeback, the fans who were originally short of money can use Fukuzawa Yukichi and Prince Shotoku to support her!

So... the large-scale celebration activities began to emerge like bamboo shoots after a spring rain...

?? Chasing stars when young, it's really having the heart but not the strength!

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