Chapter 1266: Hua-chan having another younger brother, what does that have to do with you??

Akina brought little Xia Hua to the Geon headquarters once again.

The little one could run around everywhere now, so she walked back and forth excitedly in the office area. When she saw unfamiliar employees looking over, she would run away shyly; when she saw familiar aunts and uncles, she would lean in to take a look, then leave with a smile...

Akina chatted with the employees while paying attention to the little one's movements, feeling very relaxed~

It was the kind of relaxation one feels right before a long vacation!

"Michael Jackson is a very enthusiastic and sincere person, curious about everything..."

Akina said to cameramen Honda Nobuyasu and Kuroki Kuroki Yuta, whom she hadn't seen for a while,

"It's just a pity I didn't bring a photo, otherwise I would have asked for an autograph~"

"But there's still a chance. Isn't he coming to Tokyo soon? We'll still be able to see him!"

"....."

Kuroki Kuroki Yuta asked very curiously:

"How did it feel to sing a duet with Michael Jackson?"

"How did it feel... tsk tsk, it's hard to describe..." Akina pondered for a moment. "It was probably a very harmonious feeling, because my voice is relatively low, and his voice is just right, very high... it just happened to complement each other~"

"Haha, that's just perfect complementarity."

"That's right... hahaha~"

The laughter here reached the ears of President Hanami-san, who walked out of his office and called Nakamori Akina into his office.

Akina naturally ran over to hold her daughter in her arms first, then came into the president's office.

"Hanami-san..." Akina held little Xia Hua, "Hua-chan, come and meet Uncle Hanami..."

"Un-cle~"

The little one's soft voice made Hanami-san's heart melt, and the expression on his face became even more kind:

"Hua-chan can actually speak so well?! She's only a little over 1 year old, right?"

Akina also said with a smile:

"Now she mostly repeats what her father and mother say, but she can already understand a lot... Now we are all trying our best to let her speak more, so her language ability develops faster~"

"I see~"

Hanami-san sat on the sofa and teased little Xia Hua, then sighed,

"Time flies so fast... I remember when you first came to the office, Akina, you were only 16, just a naive child yourself. Now even your child can call people~"

"......"

Suddenly attacked by memories of the past, Akina felt a bit shy and pouted at Hanami-san,

"Hanami-san, don't say such old-fashioned things, it will make you look older!"

"Hahaha, alright."

Hanami-san didn't continue, but instead talked about the main business of calling Akina over:

"Akina-chan, the response to your duet with Michael Jackson before was very good, so we and the team opposite are very supportive of continuing to cooperate in Tokyo."

He got up, went to the desk, took a document, and handed it to Nakamori Akina:

"This is the plan we discussed... It adds a solo song for you... To fit Michael Jackson's overall style, we chose *Babylon*..."

"If there's no problem, we'll finalize it..."

Because she had talked directly with Michael himself, Akina flipped through it slightly and agreed.

"Hai, no problem!"

"Then we'll start making posters and materials and start promoting..."

Hanami-san nodded and directly called the publicity department to notify them. There were less than two weeks left, and time was already very tight.

"Then this matter is finalized. During this time, Akina, practice the previous songs well..."

After the cooperation matters with Michael Jackson, Hanami-san asked about Akina's next arrangements:

"The Tokyo International Film Festival in October, Akina shouldn't miss it, right?"

"Hai, I will attend with Naoki-san..."

She attended as the wife of the famous director Naoki Nagayama, not as the entertainer Akina Nakamori; it was purely to show her face and ride the wave of traffic.

"Hmm, that's good too~"

Hanami-san nodded. Naoki Nagayama still had some benefits!

"Then after that, we have to consider the year-end activities. Some year-end planning, the Record Awards are definitely to be attended, striving for the Triple Crown, and the Kohaku Uta Gassen will soon be inviting..."

"Wait a minute, Hanami-san!"

Akina suddenly interrupted Hanami-san's narration,

"I only plan to participate in one activity for the Record Awards at the end of the year..."

"Hmm?"

Hanami-san didn't react for a moment, and then heard Nakamori Akina continue:

"And for next year, besides the album and songs already scheduled, I won't be able to participate in many activities..."

"?!!" Hanami-san asked in surprise, "Akina, why?! Suddenly not working!"

Is the agency's pillar about to quit?!

"Because..."

Akina held little Xia Hua and said with a smile,

"Hua-chan is going to have another younger brother!"

"What does Hua-chan having another younger brother have to do with you not working?!"

Hanami-san's retort came out, and only then did he react, standing up all at once,

"Akina-chan, you're pregnant again!!"

"Hai~"

Akina nodded,

"Just found out..."

Hanami-san paced back and forth, feeling even more surprised and nervous than when Naoki Nagayama found out about this news:

"Akina-chan, are you sure?! I heard that convenient tests like pregnancy sticks aren't accurate!"

"......" Akina was a bit speechless. "Went to the hospital for a checkup... it's already been three weeks!"

"....."

No choice, that was certain!

Hanami-san felt a bit weak all over and sat back on the sofa... He had just been planning her career for Nakamori Akina, but he didn't expect the protagonist to quit first!

Akina beside him was still constantly stabbing him:

"So I guess I'll be resting for the pregnancy all next year... After the baby is born, I'll need time to recover and take care of the baby... Next year and the year after, I might significantly reduce activities..."

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Every sentence of Akina's was like attacking Hanami-san's heart... You have to know that Nakamori Akina was the core artist Hanami-san had cultivated!

Akina also noticed the old president's complexion and hurriedly comforted him:

"Songs can still be released..."

"Also, on the agency side, there's still Yukiko-chan... Hanami-san can spend his energy on Yukiko-chan..."

Ah, that's right! Geon still has Yukiko Okada!

Hanami-san finally regained a bit of motivation. He was infinitely grateful for Sunny Agency's letting go back then.

Although he paid a considerable price to sign Yukiko Okada to Geon, it seemed very worth it now!

"Cough cough... Since you're pregnant, there's no other way..."

Hanami-san sat up straight, not considering anything like getting rid of it at all~

Looking at little Xia Hua now, he knew that in Akina's heart, the little baby in her stomach was likely more important than the entire Geon, no, more important than her entire music career!

And he was also very sure that if he dared to advise Akina to have an abortion today, Naoki Nagayama would dare to acquire Geon tomorrow and kick him out!

No... tomorrow Naoki Nagayama would bring a group of people over and tie him up and sink him into Tokyo Bay!!

"Akina-chan..."

Hanami-san organized his thoughts,

"Then the duet with Michael in October?"

"That's no problem..." Akina said directly, "Just singing two songs... it's not like I have to sing for hours."

"Good, then let's continue to arrange it like this..." Hanami-san nodded. "Only participate in the Record Awards at the end of the year!"

"Arigato..."

After continuing to chat about some meaningless things, Akina saw the little one was already impatient, so she got up and said goodbye.

When only Hanami-san was left in the office, he finally didn't suppress his emotions and slapped the desk hatefully!

"Naoki Nagayama, you sinner!! You actually made my Akina pregnant again!!"

"She is someone who is going to be a music queen, someone who is going to shine on the stage, how can you make her stay at home having babies every day!!!"

"Kishou!!... My hand hurts!!"

"......"

"Achoo!"

Naoki Nagayama in the Ginza office sneezed...

"Who is scolding me in their heart?!"

Looking through the glass door at the busy traders, he shook his head... The extremely conservative investment strategy during this period, coupled with the constant closing of accounts by clients, must have made many of these investment managers complain.

Income is based on commissions, and Naoki Nagayama made their income decrease!

"Just persist for another month, and you will be grateful to me..."

Naoki Nagayama lowered his head and continued to look at the magazine. This was the current issue of *Film Weekly*, which had already published the time flow and other detailed information about the Tokyo International Film Festival.

The opening red carpet, opening performance, guest speakers, and other confirmed items had all been announced.

While introducing the various segments, it specifically introduced Naoki Nagayama's special project—the *Jurassic Park* casting audition!

During the Tokyo International Film Festival, all personnel participating in the film festival could come to audition for roles in *Jurassic Park*.

The character list listed the male and female leads, some supporting roles, their detailed requirements, and the scripts needed for the audition... The gimmick could be said to have been pulled to the max!

As a well-known writer and internationally renowned big director, the film adapted from Naoki Nagayama's sci-fi masterpiece *Jurassic Park* attracted a lot of attention from the very beginning.

This Tokyo International Film Festival would bring the fame of this film to the entire Western world!

Media newspapers had already raised questions about such a flamboyant approach...

"What if *Jurassic Park* isn't that excellent when it's filmed?! This would make Japan lose face in front of the whole world!"

"Although, Naoki Nagayama hasn't filmed a sci-fi movie before... can he do it?"

"*Ghost* isn't it?" "That's a fantasy movie!"

"......"

Similar comments had already been passed to Naoki Nagayama through friends in the circle, but he just smiled at them.

When he took time to drink tea with Masaki Kobayashi in Ginza's Sanmeiju, he said:

"This time I'm going to let everyone see what a real sci-fi movie is!!!"

"Naoki-san..." At that time, Masaki Kobayashi was impressed by Naoki Nagayama's confidence. "In sci-fi movies, America is still the strongest!"

"*King Kong*, *E. T. *, *Back to the Future*... almost made sci-fi movies write America's name!"

"Whether in special effects or narrative, it's very difficult to surpass..."

But Naoki Nagayama wasn't worried. He took a sip of tea and said:

"Masaki-san, times are developing!"

"Film technology is also developing!"

"Today's filmmakers probably haven't realized the shock that computer special effects will bring to the film industry... Let them start from *Jurassic Park*!"

In previous sci-fi movies, those monsters, aliens, etc., were mostly live-action, just models covered with a layer of skin...

For this *Jurassic Park*, he was going to use computer synthesis to create real dinosaurs from the Jurassic era!

"Seeing Naoki-san so confident, I'm relieved!"

Masaki Kobayashi laughed,

"Sure enough, young people have drive!"

"Hahaha, Masaki-san is also still sharp..."

The mutual flattery between the two directors was naturally embarrassing, but this pair of friends of different ages talked about films going abroad, entering the European and American markets, etc.

"Naoki-san, you are already at the forefront of the Japanese film industry... The responsibility of leading Japanese films to Europe and America later will be handed to you!"

"......."

Naoki Nagayama was stunned, then laughed,

"Masaki-san, why does it sound like a hero in an animation movie!!"

"Hahahaha~ It really does sound a bit like it!"

"Speaking of animation..." Naoki Nagayama sat up straight, "Shu You Film has an animated movie that will be released at the end of the year. Masaki-san, you must go to support it then!"

"Oh? It's already out?"

"Hmm, it's called *My Neighbor Totoro*!"

Before, they called to say that the production of *My Neighbor Totoro* was very smooth. Now the key frames had all been drawn, just waiting to be scanned onto film after completion.

"Knock knock..."

The knocking on the office door pulled Naoki Nagayama's thoughts back.

He turned his head and saw Zhouxiang Jinjing Zhouxiang Zhouxiang Jinjing at the door, so he asked directly:

"Zhouxiang Jinjing-chan, what's wrong?"

"Naoki-san, Assemblyman Koichi Hamada is here!" Zhouxiang Jinjing Zhouxiang Zhouxiang Jinjing said somewhat nervously, "He says he wants to see you!"

"Hamada-san!"

Naoki Nagayama recalled this assemblyman. Before, Ito Shuichi-san asked him for help to facilitate the *Film Industry Labor Rights Protection Act*, and he was Shu You's ally in the Diet and the Liberal Democratic Party.

Because this guy was from the underworld and had washed his hands of it, he had no factional interests, and the Recruit bribery scandal didn't involve him, allowing him to safely pass through the turbulent period.

By the way, Shu You Capital also helped him open an account to help him make money... This time he should be here for this!

"Zhouxiang Jinjing-chan, please invite him over!"

Naoki Nagayama said,

"And brew a pot of good tea later..."

"Hai!"

After Zhouxiang Jinjing Zhouxiang Zhouxiang Jinjing went out for a while, she brought Koichi Hamada into the office.

"Naoki-san, sashiburi!"

Koichi Hamada didn't look angry at all, and even smiled at Naoki Nagayama.

"Hamada-san, long time no see. Please sit down..."

Naoki Nagayama naturally greeted him with a smile and chatted...

"Everything has been good lately..."

"Thanks to you, thanks to you..."

"......"

Until Zhouxiang Jinjing Zhouxiang Zhouxiang Jinjing served the hot tea, the two began to talk about today's main business.

"What wind blew you here today?"

Koichi Hamada didn't hide anything:

"Of course it's about investment! I heard from the investment advisor about some conservative strategy... some stock market risk... so I came directly to ask."

Actually, when he first heard about it, Koichi Hamada thought it was the recent bribery scandal, political turmoil, and that Shu You chose to separate from him!

Later, he inquired and found that several friends investing in Shu You were like this, so he knew it wasn't targeting him.

"Ah, this matter."

Naoki Nagayama handed the tea to Koichi Hamada and explained,

"Hamada-san, I'll tell you the truth. It is indeed because our analysis believes that the recent market is a bit wrong and may contain risks... so we stopped high-risk investments."

"Stock market has risks?"

Koichi Hamada's words almost made Naoki Nagayama say the next sentence, but he managed to hold it back.

"Yes..."

"But Japan's economy looks red-hot right now... everyone in the stock market is making money..."

"This is not because of the economy, but..." Naoki Nagayama explained, "Systemic risk, brought about by the use of computer program trading..."

"Computer real-time analysis will decide to sell or buy based on the current rise and fall. Processing and trading speeds have increased, which is very likely to cause trading congestion for a period of time..."

Naoki Nagayama tried to explain in layman's terms:

"High-speed traffic jams are just jams for a while, but if large-scale transaction orders in the stock market are blocked together, it will form a run... leading to a large amount of selling in the stock market for a period of time... forming a stock market decline, forming a vicious cycle..."

This was actually an analysis after Black Monday. Many economists believed it was caused by computer program trading. The stock market decline, coupled with the herd effect, led others to sell off, forming a larger-scale stock market crash.

One market suffers, and under the domino effect of globalized trading, other stock markets in the world will also be affected...

Koichi Hamada didn't quite understand these professional terms, but he knew that Naoki Nagayama wasn't trying to pit him; he really thought there was a risk.

"Naoki-san, how long do you think this risk will last?"

"I think it will be dangerous until the end of the year..."

Naoki Nagayama naturally couldn't say it would be within a month,

"So we need to be prepared to resist pressure for a period of time..."

Then he said sincerely to Koichi Hamada:

"If Hamada-san feels that you can't make money during this period and it's purely our worrying about nothing... then you can also withdraw the money in the account and find other investment institutions to help handle it..."

"No, no... don't withdraw it!"

Koichi Hamada refused immediately. Just kidding, other investment institutions wouldn't guarantee that his account would make money and charge low commissions like Shu You Capital!

"Naoki-san, I believe in you!"

"Haha, then thank you for your trust, Hamada-san!"

The atmosphere in the office suddenly improved, and besides investment, the two soon chatted about the recent scandal.

"The Liberal Democratic Party is a mess right now... everyone is considering whether to resign..."

Koichi Hamada drank tea, even gloating a bit,

"Usually they all dress up, as if nothing can hit them. When things happen, they know they are all straw bags!"

"Ha~ The world itself is a straw-man troupe..."

Naoki Nagayama echoed,

"Especially in Japanese politics, I don't know how many people inherited it... There are too few people like Hamada-san who fought their way up from the bottom!"

"Hahaha, that's true!"

A few words made Koichi Hamada feel happy. Fighting from the underworld to become an assemblyman could be said to have jumped several classes!

"Naoki-san, the Prime Minister election is about to start... who do you support?"

"Me?" Naoki Nagayama shook his head. "I don't want to participate in politics!"

"How can a company this big not participate in politics!"

Koichi Hamada shook his head,

"You still have to take sides in advance! The probability of Takeshita taking office this time is very high! It's best to build a good relationship with them in advance!"

Koichi Hamada was not the core of the Liberal Democratic Party, and he didn't know that the Takeshita faction was seeking to control the Film Association. This time it was purely out of good intentions.

"......"

Naoki Nagayama didn't think Takeshita could successfully ascend to the Prime Minister's throne this time...

The clues he provided hadn't been exposed for so long, so they must be waiting for the critical moment for the Socialist Party to use them!

That is the most critical moment of the election...

"I always stand on the side of the winner!" ===== CHAPTER 1267 =====