Chapter 1346: Hua-chan is so cute, let her be the female lead!

"Eh?!"

Seeing the figure walking in from outside, Xing Jiahua at the Tree Friends building exclaimed,

"Naoki-san... why did you bring Hua-chan here?!"

"She insisted on following..."

Naoki Nagayama carried the little one into the building, watching her turn her head to curiously look at the lady at the front desk, and said:

"Hua-chan, this is Auntie Xing Jiahua... do you remember?!"

"Sister! Naoki-san! It's sister!"

As if hearing some forbidden word, Xing Jiahua immediately corrected it excitedly, then gently waved at the little one,

"Hua-chan, call me Sister Hua~ Our names are the same~"

"....."

Little Xia Hua didn't know what to do, so she could only open her mouth gently and call out "Sister".

"Ah~~~" Xing Jiahua immediately acted like a little girl and became infatuated, "Hua-chan is really so cute~"

Naoki Nagayama was speechless; sure enough, the older you get, the more you like to pretend to be young~

After talking for a while, more and more employees passed by, and everyone praised little Xia Hua for being cute, making the little one a bit shy and leaning against Naoki Nagayama's neck.

Seeing this situation, Naoki Nagayama responded a few times and then took the little one to the top floor, to his office.

After putting little Xia Hua down, he let her explore... actually, she had been here before, but she probably should have forgotten it~

"This is the water cup... milk powder... wet wipes... snacks..."

Taking out some things a child needs from the bag to take inventory, Naoki Nagayama felt that he could keep a copy in the office for a long time, just like his change of clothes.

Just at this moment, the office door was knocked open, and Otomo Yoshimura walked in:

"Naoki-san, I heard you brought Hua-chan here today?!"

Before hearing an answer, he saw the little one by the water dispenser... Otomo Yoshimura's face showed a smile:

"Ah... isn't this Hua-chan!!! Do you still remember Uncle Otomo?!"

"......"

Hearing similar words, Naoki Nagayama was a bit helpless.

Is the first sentence adults use to tease children always "Do you still remember me?"

"Uncle~"

The little one clearly remembered Otomo Yoshimura, and a smile appeared on her small face.

"Hahaha, Hua-chan really remembers me!"

Otomo Yoshimura was happy, picked the little one up and spun her around, then sat on the sofa and teased her, showing her his watch and so on.

"Naoki-san, how did you think of bringing Hua-chan here today?"

Naoki Nagayama explained:

"Hua-chan didn't wait for me to come back last night and fell asleep, today she insisted on following me to work..."

"Oh? Very clingy to Daddy~"

Otomo Yoshimura scratched the little one's nose and then looked at Naoki Nagayama.

"Naoki-san, you aren't you going to work? The editing room isn't suitable for Hua-chan to stay in... How about this, I can reluctantly help you take care of Hua-chan!"

"......." What reluctantly! Your face is about to wrinkle with laughter!

"No need!" Naoki Nagayama shook his head and firmly refused. "I can not go to the editing room in the morning..."

"Akina happens to be going out in the morning, and after noon, she happens to come to pick up Hua-chan!"

"Eh?!"

Otomo Yoshimura looked disappointed, still thinking about trying hard,

"How can that be! The editing of *Jurassic Park* is such an important thing, how can Naoki-san be missing! Even a morning won't do!"

"Let me help you take care of Hua-chan!"

"Thanks for the kindness..."

Naoki Nagayama hugged the little one away from Otomo Yoshimura, peeled a banana for her to eat,

"Otomo-san is very busy anyway, and people are coming in and out of your office... it's even more inconvenient than mine!"

"......"

Otomo Yoshimura couldn't refute this sentence; as the Executive CEO, many people did come to his office to report and exchange work every day.

However, he still said to Hua-chan:

"What you said makes some sense... Then Hua-chan, let's eat a big meal together at noon, okay?!"

"Okay!" Seeing that her own old father didn't object, Hua-chan nodded and agreed.

"That's good, it's a deal!"

"Hua-chan... what do you want to eat at noon?"

The little one thought for a while and said the thing she wanted most in her heart:

"Meat!"

"Hahaha, good... let's go eat steak!"

After continuing to tease little Xia Hua for a while, Otomo Yoshimura had to go back to deal with official business under the call of his secretary, leaving Naoki Nagayama and the little one to continue playing in the office~

However, as the director and main editor of *Jurassic Park*, Naoki Nagayama still had to tell the team if he was going to be absent for a morning.

So, he took the little one to the editing room on the third floor.

As soon as the door opened, a comprehensive smell mixed with motors, film, smoke, and sweat came out, making little Xia Hua immediately cover her nose...

"Ah... it doesn't smell good, right~"

Naoki Nagayama, as a man, had been in the abalone shop for a long time without smelling the stench, but little Xia Hua had always been in a fragrant place, so naturally, she couldn't stand it.

"Then we won't go in!"

Holding the little one, he took a few steps back at the door and called Masataka Komori out.

"Eh? Naoki-san brought Hua-chan here?!"

Masataka Komori naturally noticed the little girl at first glance.

"Hua-chan, do you still remember Uncle Komori?!"

"......" Naoki Nagayama was speechless. Sure enough, it's always this question!

For this uncle she didn't see often, little Xia Hua naturally didn't have much impression, so she shook her head directly.

Seeing this reaction, Masataka Komori was very disappointed:

"e=(′o｀*))) Sigh... doesn't remember~"

At this time, Kijima Xu also walked out:

"Isn't this Hua-chan... Hua-chan, do you still remember..."

Hearing this question, Naoki Nagayama and Masataka Komori answered together:

"Kijima/Kijima-kun, stop messing around, Hua-chan definitely doesn't remember you!"

"......"

Like a thunderbolt, Kijima Xu was struck and lost his color...

Without continuing to pay attention to the struck Kijima Xu, Naoki Nagayama said to Masataka Komori:

"I'm going to take care of Hua-chan this morning and don't have time to come to the editing room, so I'll leave the work inside to you, Komori-kun!"

"Yes!"

Masataka Komori was originally the assistant director, so naturally, he had no words at this time.

"I will let everyone produce according to the process!"

"Hmm, I'll come over in the afternoon..."

"Okay!"

After the entrustment was completed, he wanted to take the little one back to the office, but seeing her looking around curiously, a thought arose in Naoki Nagayama's heart:

"Hua-chan, how about Daddy takes you to watch cartoons?!"

"?!"

Little Xia Hua immediately nodded. Even children like to watch colorful cartoons~

"Good... let's go see how cartoons are made!"

Having decided, Naoki Nagayama carried Xia Hua to the fifth floor, the Tree Friends Animation Department!

In the animation department, there were more papers and some paint smells, which was much better than the editing room, and little Xia Hua didn't resist.

And the colorful drawings, character images hanging or posted in the office, and various peripherals placed on the employees' desks all made the little one full of curiosity.

Naoki Nagayama's arrival naturally made the animation department noisy, and everyone was very surprised by little Xia Hua's arrival... but fortunately, most of the painters were introverted, so they didn't surround them and shout.

"Naoki-san!"

Gōshō Aoyama naturally walked out of the office to welcome the boss and greeted him with a smile.

"You are... bringing Hua-chan to inspect the work?!"

"Hahaha, there's not much fun in the office... I brought Hua-chan over to see if there's anything suitable for her to watch..."

The animation business department naturally had other reference animations. Almost every comic book on the market would be bought here for reference, and every issue of *Weekly Shonen Jump*, *Weekly Shonen Sunday*, etc., was not missing.

"Ah... for Hua-chan to watch!"

Gōshō Aoyama looked at little Xia Hua, who was only a year old, and scratched his head. Basically, these were all shonen comics.

"Then... it should only be available at Hayao Miyazaki's side!"

Hayao Miyazaki's painting style was the kind that was more childlike~

"Hmm, I'll go see..."

Naoki Nagayama also thought so. He took the little one and turned in a direction, coming to the interval of Studio Ghibli.

He saw Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, Toshio Suzuki, and others discussing something at a large table...

"Naoki-san? And... this is Hua-chan, right?!"

Hayao Miyazaki discovered Naoki Nagayama and little Xia Hua. He hadn't seen little Xia Hua much and was a bit curious why Naoki Nagayama would bring his daughter to the company.

"Miyazaki-kun, what are you doing?"

"We are trying to build the preliminary image of *Kiki's Delivery Service*..."

Hayao Miyazaki took the two to the desk and introduced them. There were already many strange character images, castle images, etc., on the desktop...

"After Naoki-san agreed last time, we started preparing... we are just waiting for the preliminary character images to be drawn, and then let Naoki-san take a look!"

"Hahaha, is the speed so fast?!"

"Yes... we had a general direction very early on... now with such good conditions, naturally we want to realize it as soon as possible!"

Hayao Miyazaki's side was relatively convenient because there was the running-in of *My Neighbor Totoro*, and everyone in the studio was a skilled worker.

As long as he drew the main concept map and sorted out the plot, this movie could start to be produced in an orderly manner!

And Gōshō Aoyama and Yoshihiro Togashi's side were more troublesome because they were serialized comics, needing to draw all the drawings from scratch and send them to animation journals for publication... After seeing the effect, they could carry out animation adaptation.

"Miyazaki... and Takahata, Suzuki."

Naoki Nagayama looked at these backbone staff and encouraged them.

"You've worked hard... you've done very well!"

"Not at all..." "We are just doing our best..." "...."

Hearing the praise, several people were very happy and were humble.

"Naoki-san!" Hayao Miyazaki immediately said, "Since you're here today, let's just decide on the main character image for *Kiki's Delivery Service*!"

Saying this, he picked out a few character image drawings he had drawn and placed them in front of Naoki Nagayama...

He saw that they were very cute girls, combining the currently popular elements, with Seiko heads, handsome short hair, etc., as well as big eyes, dresses, ribbons, etc....

Naoki Nagayama lowered his head and looked at the character prototypes on the table, comparing them with his memory. It seemed that each one had some differences... It looked like there was a butterfly effect after being advanced~

Just when he was thinking, the little one in his arms twisted her body and reached out to one of the witch images with a big red ribbon...

"This... this..."

"Oh?!" Naoki Nagayama was a bit surprised. "Does Hua-chan think this one is good?! Is the ribbon beautiful?"

"Beau~tiful~"

Naoki Nagayama felt that the little one might just be looking at the big red ribbon and thinking it was eye-catching...

However, children follow their first impression. Since this one could attract Hua-chan, Naoki Nagayama felt that this one could definitely attract other children~

"Then this one!"

He took out the short-haired girl image with the big red ribbon and handed it to the little one.

"Since my Hua-chan thinks it looks good, then there must be a reason for it!"

"......."

Hayao

This is a massive project with an investment of several hundred million yen, yet the protagonist is being decided at the whim of a small child?!

Although they feel any of these character design drafts would work, but... Naoki-san, are you really not going to reconsider?!

"Alright, this one will do!"

Naoki Nagayama nodded in confirmation, then looked at little Xia Hua, who was currently observing the drawings. His heart stirred once again, and a whimsical idea emerged!

He quietly leaned over to Hayao Miyazaki:

"Miyazaki... look... is my Hua-chan cute or not?!"

"Uh..."

Hayao Miyazaki subconsciously glanced at little Xia Hua. It had to be said that under the meticulous care of Naoki Nagayama and Akina, little Xia Hua was now fair and tender, with red lips and white teeth, like an exquisite little princess... The baby fat on her face, just right in its proportions, added even more cuteness...

"Very cute!"

Although there was a bit of flattery toward the boss involved, the little one was truly deserving of the praise; Hayao Miyazaki wasn't forcing it at all.

"Then..." Naoki Nagayama continued, "Although it's a bit self-indulgent, could we use Hua-chan's appearance for the protagonist?!"

"Naoki-san means to use Hua-chan as the character prototype?!"

"Yes, although she's a bit small, I feel that when my Hua-chan grows up, she will definitely be a free-spirited witch!"

Naoki Nagayama felt slightly embarrassed,

"Besides, I want to create a meaningful memento for the little one's early childhood!"

"......"

Hayao Miyazaki pondered for a few breaths, then immediately nodded and agreed!

Anyway, he only needed to adjust the facial features slightly to match little Xia Hua... Xia Hua herself was already very cute!

Besides, Naoki Nagayama was the big boss! The investor! He was paying way too much!

Even if he wanted to gender-bend himself to be the female lead, Hayao Miyazaki wouldn't have a single word of objection!

"Haha, good!"

Naoki Nagayama patted Hayao Miyazaki's shoulder with satisfaction,

"Since we have the time, my Hua-chan can act as a model... Miyazaki, you all should hurry up and draw it!"

"...... Hai!"

Miyazaki and his team wouldn't waste time talking about using photos or anything like that... they immediately gathered several senior artists and began sketching a full-body outline of the little one!

By around noon, when Otomo Fangcun followed news from others to the animation department to find little Xia Hua for lunch, he witnessed a strange scene.

The little one was wearing a large bow, sitting in the middle of a circle of artists looking at color drawings, while the others were busily capturing little Xia Hua's features.

Naoki Nagayama, standing nearby, was selecting the most suitable original draft with Hayao Miyazaki and the others...

"Naoki-san... what are you doing?!"

"Haha, I'm drawing an anime portrait for Hua-chan!"

Naoki Nagayama laughed,

"My Hua-chan is going to be the prototype for the female lead in 'Kiki's Delivery Service'! She's modeling right now!"

"....."

This absurd scene left Otomo Fangcun feeling a bit confused for a moment. After figuring out the situation ten seconds later, the first question he asked was actually:

"Then Hua-chan, is there a modeling fee?!"

"Ah?!"