Chapter 1279: Next Monday, they will all look at me like a god!!

"Meow!!!"

A flash of orange shadow zipped by, and Miaotai's shrill cry was enough to make one weep...

At this moment, Yingtai, the other fur-child of Shanying-in, also ran to the veranda in fear, watching the figure in the living room with vigilance and curiosity.

Then, one could hear crisp laughter like "Ah~", "Haha~", "Hoho~", followed by a one-meter-tall, claw-waving figure running and chasing after Yingtai to the side...

And what made both of them afraid was the realistic, anthropomorphic dinosaur costume the figure was wearing!!!

To prepare for the filming of *Jurassic Park*, Naoki Nagayama was naturally very focused on the props in the movie and had even gone to a specialized simulation toy workshop to customize large dinosaur props... the crew's prop masters couldn't make them~

The realistic props were naturally very satisfying, and when he saw a costume for a child upon returning, he bought a set for little Xia Hua.

And so... little Xia Hua, wearing the dinosaur coat, was extremely happy!!

"Wow~~"

The claw-waving child pounced toward the dog, who was no bigger than her, like a miniature, cute, and silly dinosaur.

Of course, that was how she looked in her parents' eyes; Yingtai and Miaotai were naturally scared into fleeing everywhere, and the entire Shanying-in was in chaos~

"Naoki-san..."

Akina watched this scene with great worry.

"Are we raising Hua-chan to be a boy..."

"Hahaha~" Naoki Nagayama shook his head. "Children should be energetic. There's no harm in having a bit of 'masculinity' when she's young... it will be fine when she grows up."

Being lively and active was the true nature of a child at this age!

"..."

Akina sighed slightly, feeling that she had become much more sentimental lately~

"But she still has to wash her hands and feet after playing, otherwise she can't eat!"

This was the last bit of stubbornness as a mother!

Naoki Nagayama naturally didn't say much more, but said to his wife:

"I have to go to the company this afternoon... to handle some investments."

"Will you be back for dinner tonight?"

"Mm..."

Just like that, like an old married couple, Naoki Nagayama drove toward Ginza amidst Akina's farewell of "Have a safe trip."

The first half of October in Tokyo was too noisy: first, there was the bribery scandal in the upper echelons, then the opening red carpet ceremony of the Tokyo International Film Festival, followed by the announcement of a hot prime ministerial candidate withdrawing from the party, and immediately after, Michael Jackson's Tokyo concert...

Just hearing about it made it seem like everything was crammed together, as if someone was dissatisfied with the departure of the heat and had arranged all the hot topics at the first step of autumn~

Yet, such a scene, placed in the bustling Tokyo of today, seemed unexpectedly fitting~

Frivolous and noisy, wealthy and extravagant... Under the constant expansion of the bubble, Tokyo had become the most flamboyant, noisy, and colorful city in Japan, as if everything that happened here was reasonable!

"The coming stock market crash might let this city cool down a bit."

In Ginza, the most prosperous place in Tokyo, it was the afternoon rush, and Naoki Nagayama shook his head as he watched the bustling street scene passing by the car window. Only he knew about the stock market crash that was about to come beneath this prosperity...

Arriving at Tree Friend Capital, Naoki Nagayama greeted the somewhat surprised Choka Kanai:

"Choka-chan, notify everyone to hold an emergency meeting in half an hour."

"Hai!"

Choka Kanai nodded quickly and immediately went to the work area to notify everyone.

Naoki Nagayama went to his office and picked up the faxes sent by Genta Nakai and the others from various countries; they were all the latest intelligence from international stock exchanges.

"New York is still prosperous..."

Naoki Nagayama sighed as he watched the constantly rising Dow Jones Index, Hang Seng Index, and other economic indicators.

In the current market situation, no one could predict that there would be a stock market crash in the next few days~

From the faxes, it could be seen that the core members Naoki Nagayama had sent to various countries were already prepared, having set up index futures contracts, just waiting for the potential sharp drop in the second half of the month.

"I just don't know if it will be October 19th this time... but today is already Friday, and if the weekend market is closed, this is the final deadline..."

"If the judgment is wrong, what impact will it have?" "At most, lose money... it can't be that bad..."

Naoki Nagayama, sitting in his boss chair, crossed his arms and pondered. Would a sudden stock market crash like this be affected by his butterfly effect?! Was there anything inappropriate about his operations?! Where were the loopholes?!

Various thoughts jumped around in his mind... In the end, he could only conclude that he didn't have that much capital in the US, nor did he have much influence; this stock market crash wouldn't be affected by him!

Time passed minute by minute, and soon half an hour had passed. Choka Kanai knocked on the office door:

"Naoki-san, everyone is already in the conference room!"

"Ah..." Naoki Nagayama finally came back to his senses. "I'll be right there..."

Following Choka Kanai to the large conference room, the entire large round table was already full of people, and some employees were even standing against the wall opposite... The buzzing of discussion continued.

When Naoki Nagayama walked in, the entire conference room slowly quieted down...

Naoki Nagayama gently placed the folder containing the faxes on the conference table before sitting down. He looked around at the employees of Tree Friend Capital and spoke slowly:

"Minna-san..."

"Some time ago, I called you into the conference room and arranged an extremely conservative investment strategy..."

"I'm here today for that same reason!"

Some employees' eyes lit up. Was this ban about to be lifted?!

Heaven knows how difficult it had been for the extremely conservative Tree Friend Capital during this period in such a favorable market environment... These traders had even lost 40% of their clients!!

So, a senior investment manager asked:

"Naoki-san, is the investment strategy going to be relaxed?!"

As soon as he finished speaking, others immediately echoed...

"Will it be relaxed?" "It's not too late to relax now!" "Taking this opportunity, we might be able to get the clients back!" "I have a pretty good relationship with my clients..." "..."

"Clack!"

The crisp sound of the folder hitting the table made everyone quiet again. Naoki Nagayama said:

"No... quite the opposite!"

"I received news from your team leaders and Department Head Nakai that the systemic risks facing the market have not decreased... they are even rising rapidly!"

When dealing with these investment managers, Naoki Nagayama couldn't just rely on his own guesses, so he had to fabricate a special source of analysis...

He said it was a report analyzed by a high-end computer research center in the US, along with on-site analysis from several core members of Tree Friend Capital~

"Even..." He looked around at the employees again, "It will erupt in the second half of this month!"

With a "whoosh," discussions broke out in the conference room. Everyone was excited by this news... This forced Naoki Nagayama to tap the table a few times to make them quiet.

"I know this news disappoints everyone, but... the extremely conservative strategy cannot stop!"

Naoki Nagayama continued,

"In fact, today, we must be even more resolute!"

"I require you to stop more trading before the market closes, recover all funds from all accounts, and keep them in the accounts without moving them... until the end of the month!"

Everyone was even more surprised after hearing this:

"Keep the funds in the accounts?!! What's the difference between that and putting them in a bank?! And there's no interest! Are we stopping business? If Tree Friend does this, when the market opens on Monday, all the clients will call!" "..."

The previous extremely conservative strategy at least managed to attract some steady clients to stay.

If everything was just kept in the accounts, it would be purely saving money, even worse than putting it in a bank! Banks at least wouldn't charge a custody fee... and those clients had paid Tree Friend!

"Naoki-san, if we wait until the end of the month... we won't have a single client left!"

"..."

Naoki Nagayama remained silent. He naturally knew that if everything remained unchanged, it would be clear by next Monday, and the clients would be thanking them by then... but he couldn't explain it at this moment!

So he could only command with the authority of the President of Tree Friend Capital:

"Just do as I say... if clients are lost because of my instructions, you won't be blamed!"

"..."

The employees present looked at Naoki Nagayama as if he were a madman, looking at their legendary president... Many employees even started planning to switch companies.

After all, one might tolerate an extreme company boss, but a mad boss...

"Alright!"

Naoki Nagayama didn't intend to explain, clapping his hands twice.

"Go to work!"

Under his strong pressure, everyone slowly walked out of the conference room and returned to their workstations... still discussing it non-stop along the way...

The atmosphere of the entire Tree Friend Capital was visibly withered...

Naoki Nagayama let out a long breath after returning to his office and silently looked at the skyscrapers standing in Ginza outside~

"Naoki-san... your coffee..."

Choka Kanai, the receptionist, walked in and served the routine hot coffee... but before leaving, she had a timid expression, forcing Naoki Nagayama to ask:

"Choka-chan, what's wrong?"

"Naoki-san..." Choka Kanai asked uneasily, "Is Tree Friend Capital going to go bankrupt?!"

"..."

It wasn't surprising that this little girl was worried. She had come to Tree Friend Capital as a receptionist right after graduation and had always felt the company had good benefits, a friendly atmosphere, and a famous big boss, making it a dream company...

But just now, many employees who made a lot of money were saying something about "the company is going to be finished"... This made her very worried!

"Huh?"

Naoki Nagayama was stunned for a moment, then laughed out loud.

"Is Choka-chan that worried?"

"... This..."

Choka Kanai stammered.

"I really like Tree Friend... Everyone here is talented, and the boss speaks well... I love it here! I hope to work here for a lifetime!"

"Hahaha..."

Naoki Nagayama laughed non-stop; this sounded so familiar... He stopped and comforted her.

"It won't go bankrupt... don't worry!"

"And even if it did, for such a good employee like Choka-chan, I would arrange for you to work at my other companies...

You can even see big stars at Tree Friend Entertainment!"

Ah... almost forgot, the big boss Naoki Nagayama was a tycoon with many companies!!

Choka Kanai's complexion immediately improved, and she even started fantasizing about how to get autographs from stars:

"Arigato!"

"Alright, go back and work hard..."

"Mm!"

Watching the little girl's relaxed pace, Naoki Nagayama shook his head. It seemed this decision really had made the company's morale unstable!

However...

"It doesn't matter. By next Monday... they will all look at me like a god!!"

At the same time, in the Tree Friend building, Otomo Yoshimura was checking the resumes with Masami Inada.

Opening one, closing another...

"Tsk tsk tsk..." Otomo Yoshimura was getting impatient. "Naoki-san, this guy, wants someone intelligent, wants resilience... and can't be too pretty..."

"Why can't she be too pretty?"

Masami Inada didn't understand.

"Isn't that the value of a vase?!"

"Naoki-san wants people to remember the dinosaurs in this movie!!" Otomo Yoshimura explained. "The actors in it are all serving that, so they can't be too pretty and steal the dinosaur's spotlight!"

"..."

Even Masami Inada thought this requirement was excessive...

"How could any actress be more attractive than a T-Rex!!"

"..." Otomo Yoshimura looked at Masami Inada with a strange expression. "Inada-kun, you've spent too much time on the dinosaur prop preparations lately..."

"Uh... not really, I'm just contacting the manufacturer and paying attention to the progress..."

"Mm, the props are ready. You should rest a bit and go to a club to relax..."

Otomo Yoshimura said earnestly.

"You're young, talk to some pretty girls more, and get dinosaurs out of your head!"

"..."

Masami Inada didn't speak, just continued flipping through the resumes.

Suddenly, he said:

"Otomo-san, what do you think of Hitomi Kuroki?"

"Hitomi Kuroki?" Otomo Yoshimura took it and looked. "Seems a bit thin..."

"Then how about Rei Takagi... the actress who played Megumi Iruma in Ultraman..."

"Let me see..."

The two were looking for a female lead for Naoki Nagayama's new movie in the office, preparing to have Naoki Nagayama review the candidates after the first wave was sorted out.

During this period, on Jurassic Island in the Seto Inland Sea, a steady stream of supplies and props began to be transported over. Naoya Sakata on the island temporarily acted as the production manager, storing all the supplies.

In addition, the lead actor Harrison Ford also arrived on the island and checked into the resort hotel...

Harrison Ford originally didn't have the idea of staying in Japan for long, so he hadn't booked the hotel for long.

However, after Tree Friend and his agency finalized the contract, he stayed. Naoki Nagayama simply had him move directly into the resort hotel on Jurassic Island, where the entire crew would stay later.

Moving in now, Harrison Ford could get familiar with the set in advance~

"Director Nagayama, you really built a Jurassic Island!"

Looking at the massive island, he was full of sighs. The previous port town, railroad tracks, park... he had seen them all on the sightseeing car... At this moment, his heart was full of shock!

Even in Hollywood's *Star Wars*, there hadn't been such a grand gesture... those were all sets inside a studio!

"It looks like this movie might really be a big hit!" ===== CHAPTER 1280 =====