Chapter 1345: Is there no one else in the film industry?!

Naoki Nagayama, who came out of the editing room, only felt dizzy and sore in his waist and back... He couldn't help but stretch, which brought some relief~

"It's just like the days of working overtime writing code in my previous life!"

This familiar soreness made a sense of emotion well up.

"Fortunately, I'm only twenty-six now, and I recover after a stretch. If I were over thirty, I might be even sorer after sleeping..."

At this very moment, thoughts of lying flat, resting, vacationing, etc., couldn't help but rise in Naoki Nagayama's heart. You have to know that with his current conditions, he could completely stop living this kind of life, and no one would force him to work overtime to edit movies.

It's just that he is choosing to do it now; doing these things is not for a living, but to complete a certain ideal... Sometimes, the self-drive of people who complete ideals is stronger than those who just mix for a meal!

"Naoki-san!"

Kijima Xu leaned over.

"The second trailer is also edited, when should we broadcast it?"

"Just give this material to Eiichiro Watanabe and let him consider it~"

Naoki Nagayama walked towards the office while relaxing his body.

"I just want to go home and rest now!"

"Naoki-san..."

Kijima Xu caught up and walked side by side with him.

"Regarding the male lead for *Full House*... who do you think I should choose?"

The female lead had actually been decided by Naoki Nagayama as Yukiko Okada, and Kijima Xu had already let his subordinates communicate with Ken-On about the schedule, which was completely fine.

And before preparation for filming began, Kijima Xu needed to make a final confirmation about the male lead... What if it didn't fit the boss's idea? Then was he still going to film this drama?!

"Didn't I say the male lead can be chosen by you... I have no opinion!"

In the elevator, Naoki Nagayama said.

"As long as it fits the image of a young big star, it's fine!"

Kijima Xu then gave a candidate:

"Then Naoki-san, do you think Masaharu Fukuyama is suitable?!"

"?" Naoki Nagayama was a bit surprised. "Masaharu Fukuyama?"

"Yes!"

Kijima Xu nodded.

"The previous *Long Vacation* has already made Masaharu Fukuyama quite famous, and the heat has never diminished... Now letting him star in *Full House* can just catch this wave of heat..."

"Hmm..."

Naoki Nagayama thought for a few seconds and felt that this choice seemed very good.

Takuya Kimura was probably still dancing as a backup for Johnny's, and Masaharu Fukuyama was young and handsome, which was the most suitable young male actor at the moment~

And it just happened to fit the image of the male star in *Full House*...

"Not bad! Have you talked to him yet?"

"Not yet..." Kijima Xu shook his head. "But he doesn't have a new film contract for the time being, so he can come to act at any time!"

As a mainstay second-generation director for the Friend Group, don't let the fact that Xu Mudao Xu seems to have little status in front of Naoki Nagayama and the others fool you; within the Friend Group, his words still carry a lot of weight, and calling upon a newly promoted artist is absolutely no problem!

As long as it's a written order!

"Is that so..."

Seeing that the elevator had already reached the 7th floor, Naoki Nagayama didn't think too much and nodded directly.

"Then it's him... he happens to be an artist of our Tree Friends too!"

"Yes!"

Naoki Nagayama, who was just about to return to the office to tidy up, happened to run into Otomo Yoshimura going out and asked curiously:

"Otomo-san, getting off work so early?! Don't you usually leave very late!"

"Ah, Naoki-san..."

Otomo Yoshimura walked in a hurry.

"I'm just going for a drink! There's a dinner party... want to go to a club together afterwards, Naoki-san?!"

"..... Eh..... Sure enough, it's Otomo-san!"

Naoki Nagayama shook his head.

"I'll pass~"

"Tsk tsk tsk...."

Otomo Yoshimura compared the daily lives of the two and sighed.

"Being with Naoki-san, sometimes I don't know which of us is the old man..."

"......"

What could he say? Could he say that his mental age was about the same as Otomo Yoshimura's?!

"Otomo-san, take care of your body, you're not young anymore..."

"Hahaha, to borrow a phrase, why sleep so much before death, we will sleep for a long time after death..."

Otomo Yoshimura waved his hand and walked towards the elevator.

"As long as I'm alive, I'm going to have a good time!!! Otherwise, what's the point of this life!"

After Otomo Yoshimura's elevator left, Naoki Nagayama shook his head speechlessly:

"However, life is not just about drinking and carousing!"

At this moment, a voice suddenly came from the side:

"Naoki-san is right!"

"!!!" Naoki Nagayama was startled. "Kijima, you haven't left yet?!"

"..... Naoki-san, we came up together!"

"......"

Because of working overtime, it was already very late when he returned to Yamasakura Garden, and only Eitaro ran over to welcome him when Naoki Nagayama returned.

"I'm home..."

After walking into the entrance, he saw the lights on in the living room and the TV on, but the sound was turned very low.

Akina was sitting on the sofa and turned her head to look over, but didn't speak loudly... just replied with her mouth shape:

"Welcome home~"

Looking over, it turned out that little Xia Hua was sleeping in Akina's arms in a daze...

"Why not go upstairs to sleep?"

Naoki Nagayama asked in a low voice.

"Didn't I say I would work overtime today..."

"Hua-chan insisted on waiting in the living room for you to come back!"

Akina shook her head, gently patting the little one with some helplessness.

"No matter what I said, she wouldn't go upstairs to sleep... In the end, she was so sleepy that she fell asleep watching TV..."

"Ah... this little one, she's really stubborn!"

Naoki Nagayama walked to the front of the sofa and squatted beside Akina's legs.

Looking at his daughter sleeping soundly in her mother's arms, her rosy cheeks slightly bulging, her long eyelashes trembling gently with her breathing, as if it were Naoki Nagayama's moved heart at this moment...

"Alright, I'll carry her back to bed to sleep!"

Naoki Nagayama said to Akina.

"Akina, go to the room to rest too..."

"Hmm, be gentle..."

Akina gently let go of her arms, and Naoki Nagayama reached out to wrap around the little one's head and back, then supported her legs and held her directly in his arms... The weight of tens of catties was light as a feather for Naoki Nagayama now~

"Daddy~"

Little Xia Hua murmured twice, but it seemed she smelled a familiar scent, and after her eyes opened slightly, she continued to sleep peacefully.

And seeing that the little one had been picked up, Akina also stood up by holding the armrest, and was actually a bit unsteady...

Holding her increasingly prominent belly, Akina was a bit helpless:

"The one in my belly is also getting heavier..."

"Haha, this means the little one is getting bigger."

Naoki Nagayama laughed.

"Come, hold my arm, let's go upstairs..."

The little one sometimes sleeps in the room next door, sometimes sleeps with Naoki Nagayama and them, depending on her mood.

But today, naturally, they slept together...

After washing up, Naoki Nagayama lay on the bed, looking at Akina beside him and little Xia Hua in the middle of the two through the warm yellow bedside lamp, only then did he feel the peace in his heart.

"I'm not an old man style! This is called being a good man!"

Tokyo in February was still cold, but new grass tips could already be seen in the parks and lawns, and even the leaves of evergreen plants seemed to have more vitality...

Spring was walking slowly without knowing it~

"Japan Academy Film Prize winners announced!" "Blue Ribbon Awards winners announced!" "Mainichi Film Awards winners announced!" "......."

The winning lists for these three major film awards were announced together in early February, but the award ceremony would be held in the middle of the month...

Undoubtedly, *Departures* swept many of the major awards, almost six in each major award!

Such results even made people ask a soul-searching question:

"Is there no one else in the Japanese film industry except Tree Friends and Naoki Nagayama?!"

And at this time, Naoki Nagayama was in the office of the Tree Friends building, listening to Otomo Yoshimura's complaints...

"Naoki-san... you tell me about this group of people, when you are too excellent, they want to pick bones in an egg!!"

Otomo Yoshimura even wanted to swear.

"Clearly it's other film production factories that don't have the ability, but they say Tree Friends is too aggressive and doesn't give other film factories a chance..."

"And saying something like Tree Friends took all the awards and didn't give newcomers a chance to stand out, so the Japanese film industry will have no future..."

"Something like big companies should have responsibility and consider the long-term development of the industry..."

"So they should give up the awards... and let others have them!"

"Isn't this... isn't this..."

A word was on the tip of his tongue, but Otomo Yoshimura couldn't find it no matter what, and he was so anxious he wanted to pat the table!

Yesterday at the club, he heard a lot of rumors, and some people even patted the table directly when they were drunk. Otomo Yoshimura felt at this time that he had been set up...

"Isn't this moral kidnapping! I'm familiar with this!"

Naoki Nagayama patted his shoulder and poured him a cup of tea.

"Just talking casually, they want others to give up real money, honor, and interests......."

"Yeah, why don't they give up themselves?!"

Otomo Yoshimura was so angry he couldn't stand it.

"Truly shameless!"

"Hahaha, they also need to have it themselves!"

Naoki Nagayama shook his head and laughed.

"If they gave up their own things for the so-called righteousness, although they would be a bit of a saint, I would admire them..."

"But those guys who hold righteousness and morality and want to ask others to give up their own things..."

"They are generally called saints... bi*ch!"

"!"

Otomo Yoshimura was stunned, but soon reacted, only feeling that this way of saying it was very vivid.

"Hahaha, indeed, they are a group of bitches wearing the guise of saints!"

Naoki Nagayama continued to comfort the psychologically injured Otomo Yoshimura:

"Otomo-san, don't worry about those rumors, they are likely fabricated by some of our competitors... no need to be angry about these things."

"We must use real strength to slap their faces!"

"Yes! I understand!" Otomo Yoshimura's mood felt much better. "Just angry for a moment..."

Instead, he talked about the main business of coming to Naoki Nagayama's office today:

"Naoki-san, are you going to participate in this year's Academy Awards live broadcast?!"

"Award ceremony..."

Naoki Nagayama thought about it. There was no need to go to other major awards, but the Japan Academy Film Prize award ceremony was a good exposure channel for national live broadcast.

"Go, why not go?!"

"Just right... during the live broadcast, we can also promote our new movie!"

"Let me see... we won six awards... then there will be six opportunities for acceptance speeches..."

"This time we must plan well and let everyone's acceptance speeches promote the new movie together!"

"....."

Masataka Komori on the side couldn't listen anymore:

"Naoki-san, isn't that a bit bad?! You will be said to be disrespectful to the Grand Prize!"

"Haha, don't worry, I will definitely make the acceptance speeches sound very respectful to the Academy Awards!"

Naoki Nagayama laughed twice, then suddenly remembered,

"By the way, Masataka-kun, why aren't you in the editing room? Coming to the office to find me, is there something?"

"It's about the special effects team learning!"

Masataka Komori handed over an application form.

"Before, Naoki-san asked to select more than ten employees to learn special effects technology, this is the list... and one below, it's about the procurement of new computers..."

"Ah, this!"

Naoki Nagayama lowered his head to look, nodded, and signed his name very refreshingly, stamped...

Saying he would open a special effects company, Naoki Nagayama wasn't joking.

First, find some employees in the company who are interested in special effects technology, then conduct on-site training, and then find some internship projects to practice:

"I remember there are many projects that need special effects at the filming base in Ota Ward, right?!"

"This... I'm not too clear about this."

Masataka Komori couldn't answer, but Otomo Yoshimura had an impression.

"Yes, basically all the special effects at the base are relatively ordinary... they are all done by the crew themselves!"

How do low-budget crews make special effects? Generally, they use props to achieve the effect.

"Hmm, after our *Jurassic Park* editing is completed, these people should also be able to learn a lot..."

Naoki Nagayama considered the development route of the special effects company's initial team.

"After that, send this group to the filming base to take on low-cost special effects production... make a name for themselves in the industry..."

"Let's call it... let's call it 'Five-Mao Special Effects Group'!"

".....?" Otomo Yoshimura didn't understand. "Does this name have any special meaning?!"

"Hahaha, it means cheap!"

Naoki Nagayama laughed.

"The smallest denomination of Japanese coins is 1 yen, five mao is half of it... cheap as can be!"

Thinking that everyone would call Tree Friends' special effects "Five-Mao Special Effects" in the future, Naoki Nagayama wanted to laugh... this was another joke that only he could understand!

"Okay..."

Masataka Komori didn't understand, but he didn't ask too much and did exactly as the boss said.

"Then I'll go to work first..."

"Good..."

Otomo Yoshimura, who was left behind, also nodded and prepared to leave, but was stopped by Naoki Nagayama:

"Otomo-san... Kijima-kun is about to start the preparation for *Full House*, you know, right?"

"Yes, I've already heard about this... it seems Kijima has already communicated with Masaharu Fukuyama about the lead role?"

Otomo Yoshimura looked at Naoki Nagayama, his eyes a bit strange.

"And the female lead was designated by Naoki-san, Yukiko Okada from Ken-On?"

"Yes!"

Naoki Nagayama nodded.

"Yukiko-chan's image is very suitable..."

"But..." Otomo Yoshimura was a bit helpless. "Didn't you say before you were going to give it to Rie Miyazawa?!"

"Ah?"

"Did Naoki-san forget?!"

Otomo Yoshimura's eyes became even stranger.

"You said that Rie-chan had reached the age where she could get rid of being a magazine idol, and you were going to give Rie Miyazawa a relatively good role to debut!"

"...... Yabai!"

Naoki Nagayama was stunned; he had completely forgotten!

"Otomo-san, you didn't tell Rie-chan, did you?!"

"No..."

"That's good..."

Naoki Nagayama breathed a sigh of relief.

"It doesn't matter if there's no promise..."

".... Actually, it doesn't matter even if there was a promise~" Otomo Yoshimura didn't care. "The final decision-maker is Naoki-san, if you think it won't work, it won't work!"

"Hahaha, that would feel like bullying a little girl!"

Naoki Nagayama shook his head.

"Then the next one, give the drama of *I'm Sorry, I Love You* to her!"

"......"

Alright, you're the boss, you have the final say!

"Ah... by the way, by the way, speaking of Kijima-kun's matter!"

Naoki Nagayama continued,

"He's going to film a new drama, so the relevant team must be well-equipped... also, relax the budget a bit, Kijima-kun has made a lot of contributions to Tree Friends!"

"I know this!"

Otomo Yoshimura knew Kijima Xu's contributions best!

"Hahaha, can't let a meritorious official feel cold! Kijima-kun's ideal is to film movies and get more people's attention!"

Naoki Nagayama laughed.

"Otherwise, who will help us continue to search for dirt in the shadows in the future~"

"Hmm hmm..."

Otomo Yoshimura nodded repeatedly.

"Don't worry!" ===== CHAPTER 1346 =====