Chapter 1343: Want to continue cooperating? You have to pay more!!!

"Bang!" "Bang!" "....."

The heavy footsteps caused ripples in the water in the cup!!

Looking through the vibrating car window at the tall shrubs outside, as the footsteps got closer and closer, the branches and leaves of the shrubs kept shaking, as if something huge was passing through them...

Suddenly, a two-story-tall Tyrannosaurus rex rushed out, its scale-covered body rubbing against the shrub forest, making a rustling sound...

Against the dim background, the fierce eyes, the mouth full of sharp teeth, the cold and hard scales, the huge body size... This T-rex erupted with an incomparably wild roar at the off-road vehicle!!!

"Roar!!"

Even through the screen, one could seem to feel the bloody smell coming from that bloody mouth... and the indescribable shock and panic...

The screen paused at the moment the T-rex opened its mouth to roar...

After a gasp of cold air, the studio fell into a brief silence.

And after the lights came on again, the host of the program was a bit stunned. After a while, he reacted and said in a somewhat excited tone:

"Subarashii!!!"

"Minna-san, what everyone is seeing now is the first trailer for *Jurassic Park*!"

"This is the first time the entire entertainment industry has seen it!!!"

"Ya!!! What a realistic T-rex!!! How fierce! How vivid! It's as if it's really about to pounce on me!!!"

"........"

The host who had reacted was full of praise, and he praised the director of *Jurassic Park*, Naoki Nagayama, endlessly, almost wanting to give Naoki Nagayama titles like "unprecedented and unrepeatable"!

At the same time, the audience in the stands also started discussing, and the buzzing sound couldn't stop even after the leader repeatedly told them to stop...

"Sugoi!!!" "Honto? Is it a real dinosaur?!"

"It's like it's alive! It's completely different from the models before!"

"Too amazing! I must go see it when it's released!" "I knew Naoki Nagayama wouldn't disappoint!"

"Yeah, that roar just now almost scared me!" "Eh? Why are your pants wet?" "No way!!!"

"....."

The discussions at the scene were endless, leaving the host helpless for a moment... Fortunately, this was still just the recording stage...

This film-related variety show was the channel Tree Friends chose for the first wave of promotional hype for *Jurassic Park*...

After the program aired, this trailer would also be broadcast in rotation on major TV stations, TV areas in department stores, important billboards, cinemas, subway stations, and so on!

Letting everyone in Japan see the realistic special effects of *Jurassic Park*, letting the entire Japanese audience experience a realistic Jurassic dinosaur that exceeded their imagination!

At this time, at the back of the studio, Tai Sugiura was watching the recording of the program with Naoki Nagayama.

Naoki Nagayama didn't actually need to come; he could have just sent a subordinate to deliver the film, but he wanted to see the audience's reaction to the trailer with his own eyes, so he came himself~

"Naoki-san, this trailer is really explosive!"

Tai Sugiura's eyes were also full of amazement.

"Such a realistic dinosaur... it's much more powerful than those little monsters in Ultraman!"

"Hahaha, I said before, I want people to really feel the Jurassic period!"

Naoki Nagayama responded with a smile.

"This kind of effect was polished by our team for several nights using the latest computer system!"

The footsteps and roars of the T-rex alone were synthesized using many sounds, but the realism of the T-rex basically relied on that one T-rex model... However, the continuous actions were all adjusted with special effects.

"Truly Sugoi!!"

Tai Sugiura sighed again.

"I'm really looking forward to the day it's officially released, I can't wait to see the whole film!"

"Hahaha, I'll invite you over for the preview!"

Naoki Nagayama patted his old friend's shoulder.

"By the way, send some internal complimentary tickets to Fuji TV!"

"How could I be so embarrassed..."

Tai Sugiura declined politely, but he really wanted to see it in his heart.

"Then I'll thank Naoki-san on behalf of everyone!"

"Haha, small matter, small matter...."

After watching the trailer in the studio, Naoki Nagayama had no interest in the subsequent recording of the program and walked outside with Tai Sugiura.

"When will this program air?"

"It will be tonight... although this kind of variety show doesn't need much editing, the time is still set after prime time."

"Hmm..." Naoki Nagayama touched his chin. "If that's the case, I can just watch it at home tonight..."

Although he had the original film in his hands, it was too troublesome to use a projector just for a one-minute short film.

"Since the broadcast is fine, I'm going back to continue editing..."

"Naoki-san, come to our office and sit for a while!"

Tai Sugiura pulled Naoki Nagayama, who was about to say goodbye, and walked towards the office.

"You haven't been to Fuji for a long time, how can you leave so soon!"

"But...."

"Eh! Don't be in such a hurry!"

Finally pulling Naoki Nagayama to his office area, Tai Sugiura hurriedly asked Rumi Nishi and some other acquaintances to come and say hello.

The station manager was out today, but after receiving the call, he was already on his way back. Tai Sugiura wanted to try his best to drag it out until the station manager returned...

"Rumi-san, Haruta-san... long time no see..."

Naoki Nagayama greeted his old friends one by one. He hadn't been to Fuji TV much in the last year and hadn't seen them many times.

"Why doesn't Naoki-san come to Fuji to sit more often?"

Rumi Nishi said with a smile.

"Fuji TV is Naoki-san's industry after all!"

"Haha, with so many capable employees like Rumi-san and Haruta-san, I believe Fuji TV will thrive!"

Naoki Nagayama politely declined.

"I'd better focus on filming movies at Tree Friends..."

"Tree Friends is more than just movies!" Tai Sugiura said, seizing the opportunity. "A new year has arrived, and the audience is looking forward to the new Monday 9 PM drama!"

"Haha, that's already being arranged!" Naoki Nagayama nodded. "A drama adapted from *Full House*..."

Rumi Nishi heard this and hurriedly asked:

"It's Naoki-san's novel from last year!!"

"Yeah~"

"That's really great!"

Rumi Nishi's eyes sparkled.

"I loved it so much when I read the novel... I didn't expect to see it this year!"

"Haha, after all, it's the last year of the framework agreement, so I used my own novel!"

"....."

Tai Sugiura, who was still smiling, felt his heart tighten upon hearing this:

"Nani? It's already the last year?!"

"Yeah... it was set for five years back then~"

Naoki Nagayama nodded.

"We've always cooperated happily..."

"!!!"

At this moment, Tai Sugiura's heart was full of panic... The long-term cooperation agreement had expired!!!

Will Tree Friends' dramas still cooperate with Fuji in the future?!

Will other TV stations come hearing the news and compete with Fuji!!!

Although Naoki Nagayama was a shareholder of Fuji, in terms of business cooperation, the business of Fuji and Tree Friends had to be calculated clearly; business is business... Dramas can be broadcast on any TV station, so why not earn more money if you can!

You have to know that in the past few years, *Love Generation*, *Tokyo Love Story*, *Long Vacation*... one after another, the Monday 9 PM dramas that swept the country had made competitors like TBS and TV Asahi red-eyed with envy!

"Naoki-san!!!"

Under the fluctuation of his mood, Tai Sugiura suddenly spoke.

"Look... can our cooperation agreement be extended for another ten years?!"

"......"

Naoki Nagayama looked at Tai Sugiura with some surprise.

"Tai-san, you're trying to tie Fuji to Tree Friends!"

"Tree Friends is such an excellent company, I think we can definitely cooperate for a long time!"

Tai Sugiura was full of expectation.

"Naoki-san, do you think we have this opportunity?!"

"Hahaha~"

Hearing this, Naoki Nagayama laughed.

"Cooperation is certainly possible... but Tai-san, business is business..."

"Tree Friends has developed well in the past few years, and it's not the same as it was five years ago in every aspect... so..."

Tai Sugiura asked eagerly:

"So what?!"

"You have to pay more!!!"

At this moment, Naoki Nagayama seemed to be possessed by the "Add Money" scholar; saying this sentence felt very refreshing...

When the agreement was signed five years ago, Tree Friends had just started, so the framework cooperation agreement was actually biased towards Fuji TV in terms of both amount and conditions.

For example, Fuji TV had no share in venues, actors, costs, etc., all of which were borne by Tree Friends themselves... Then, for the finished film, it needed to be reviewed by Fuji TV's top management, and they only paid the cost of purchasing the whole film...

If they wanted to continue cooperating this time, the conditions inside would have to change drastically!

Tree Friends wanted more things...

"Add money..."

Tai Sugiura was stunned for a moment, then immediately nodded.

"Regarding this point, I believe the Minister and the Station Manager will both agree!"

"Haha, that's not necessarily true~"

Naoki Nagayama shook his head and turned to look around.

"By the way, is Minister Takano not here today?!"

"The Minister and the Station Manager went out. But I have already called them, and they are already on their way back!"

Rumi Nishi spoke at the right time, looking at the clock on the wall.

"Naoki-san, it's almost noon... why don't we have a meal together!! Just in time to meet the Station Manager?"

"This...."

Naoki Nagayama looked at the time, which was only past ten, and then looked at his old friend's expectation, and finally agreed.

"Alright!"

"But no drinking this time... I still have to go back to edit the movie in the afternoon!"

"No problem!!"

Rumi Nishi smiled.

"I'll go book a restaurant right away!"

At a high-end Japanese restaurant in Shinjuku, Naoki Nagayama watched as expensive delicacies were served one after another as if they were free.

"Tsk tsk tsk... is this too extravagant!"

Naoki Nagayama looked at Tai Sugiura and Rumi Nishi.

"Is Fuji so rich now?!"

"This is to entertain Naoki-san, how can we be stingy!"

Rumi Nishi said with a smile.

"Besides, these shouldn't count for much in front of Naoki-san..."

With Naoki Nagayama's net worth, this kind of top-tier ingredient was indeed a daily consumption, it's just that the chefs at his home didn't have the knife skills and craftsmanship of the restaurant chefs... although it was already much better than usual, the nanny's main job wasn't cooking.

Naoki Nagayama didn't have to hire a chef to cook at any time; after all, the atmosphere at home couldn't be as exquisite as a restaurant, nor did it have that kind of atmosphere... If he wanted to eat exquisite dishes, he would just go out with Akina to eat.

"Not at all... this is already very good~"

Tai Sugiura also spoke at this time:

"Don't worry, Naoki-san... the entertainment expenses of the TV station are not lacking these years..."

"Oh? Is that so?! Looks like you've made a lot of money!"

"The whole society is making money!"

Tai Sugiura sighed.

"High-end restaurants, club nightclubs, amusement parks... have almost become daily life..."

"Even luxury cars, yachts, villas, and mansions seem to be obtainable after a few years of hard work!"

"We live in the best era!"

Hearing this, Naoki Nagayama had to agree:

"Yeah... this is indeed the best era!"

It's a pity that in another year, such an era will come to an end! And then Japan will enter thirty years of loss!

Naoki Nagayama knew this clearly, but seeing the pride on the faces of Tai Sugiura and Rumi Nishi opposite him, he didn't mean to spoil the fun... Anyway, Fuji TV has stood tall until after the millennium!

So you guys just enjoy this golden age to your heart's content!

Just as he was talking, the door of the private room opened, and Minister Kazuki Takano and Fuji Station Manager Masayoshi Miyauchi walked in together.

"Naoki-san!!" X2

"Minister Takano, Station Manager Miyauchi... long time no see!!"

Naoki Nagayama naturally stood up to welcome them.

"It's really troublesome for you to come over specially..."

"Hahaha, it's hard to see Naoki-san once, how can we not come!"

Masayoshi Miyauchi smiled and sat next to Naoki Nagayama.

"Naoki-san is a very busy person now!"

"Haha, no way... the movie audience is urging..."

After a few pleasantries, the atmosphere in the private room suddenly became lively.

After hearing that Naoki Nagayama couldn't drink, Masayoshi Miyauchi didn't persuade him much, and after toasting with Naoki Nagayama, who used tea instead of wine, he drank by himself, also very happy~

On the other side, Kazuki Takano had already heard Tai Sugiura whisper about the framework cooperation.

"Naoki-san..."

Kazuki Takano didn't hide anything and said directly,

"Regarding the fact that the framework cooperation agreement has expired... we at Fuji want to cooperate with Tree Friends for a long time!"

"If you have any conditions, we can talk about them!! We are all one family!"

After all, Naoki Nagayama was also a shareholder of Fuji TV, so saying this was certainly not wrong~

"Hahaha, Minister Takano, Station Manager Miyauchi, then I won't hide anything either!"

Naoki Nagayama also nodded.

"Cooperation is no problem... but a few conditions need to be met!"

"First, in addition to the increase in purchase fees, we also need a share of the advertising revenue for the new drama!"

TV advertising fees are based on popularity, and the price of commercials inserted in the middle of a hit drama is very expensive...

"This... no problem!"

Masayoshi Miyauchi thought for a while and immediately agreed!

"Second, the cooperation method remains unchanged, filming while broadcasting, with no hard requirement of at least one drama a year..."

"No problem!" Kazuki Takano agreed directly.

"Third, regarding the quality of the new drama, Fuji TV can offer opinions, but cannot veto them in one word... The leading power is on Tree Friends' side!"

On this point, Tai Sugiura, the director of the production bureau, agreed immediately; the TV station wouldn't have too many opinions anyway.

"Fourth, Tree Friends cannot be restricted from cooperating with other TV stations!"

"......."

"This..."

Masayoshi Miyauchi spoke,

"Naoki-san, can you reconsider this point?!"

"You and Fuji TV are one family... you shouldn't help the enemy!"

"Yeah, yeah, isn't it good to keep cooperating with our Fuji?! Other conditions can be raised!! Raise them until you are satisfied... Isn't it good for us to be a loving family forever?!" "...."

Ratings are the lifeblood of a TV station, so everyone at the table was persuading Naoki Nagayama.

"Everyone! Everyone! I know Fuji TV wants to take on all of Tree Friends' works!"

Naoki Nagayama clapped his hands to quiet them down.

"But for Tree Friends, the market of Fuji TV alone is too small..."

"You have to know, Tree Friends has more than just me as a content creator... and more than just me as a director... there are five who can stand on their own!"

"Besides *Full House*, other directors have scripts to produce... we also have a training mechanism for backup directors, which will only make more and more directors and producers..."

"Those backup directors, they also need to film dramas, and they also need a place to broadcast them..."

"It can't be that... Fuji will broadcast all of Tree Friends' works in the future, right?!"

"....."

Hearing this, Masayoshi Miyauchi and the others calmed down...

Indeed, it can't be that our TV station is wrapped up by Tree Friends! They also have other cooperative production parties!

"What Naoki-san said is indeed reasonable!"

"So in the future, our Tree Friends and Fuji TV will be a strong cooperation..."

Naoki Nagayama continued,

"As long as the cooperation doesn't have any problems, it will naturally last for a long time!"

"....."

After exchanging ideas, they finally decided to agree to Naoki Nagayama's conditions!

"Naoki-san, let's do it this way!"

Masayoshi Miyauchi made the final decision.

"We'll hold a signing ceremony later... Fuji and Tree Friends will become a strategic alliance!"

"Hahaha, good!"

Naoki Nagayama picked up the tea.

"Station Manager Miyauchi, we will definitely cooperate happily in the future!"

"Come, come, let's have a drink together!" ===== CHAPTER 1344 =====