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Chapter 1367: A great success! The premiere is definitely a great success!!

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The 3rd floor of the Tree Friend building now looks like a vegetable market.

The publicity department is bustling with noise, phones are ringing constantly, things like "The pre-sale tickets for Bungeiza for the next week are all gone," "The cinema in Osaka needs to extend the movie screening period," "The Sapporo cinema is asking if they can send another copy!" "TBS TV station hopes to interview the movie production team..." "....."

Sales information from cinemas all over Japan kept coming in, and the people in the publicity department deeply understood the popularity of *Jurassic Park*.

Watanabe Eiichiro opened the door of his small office, personally listening to the news coming out one by one, then gathering them to Ishikawa Susumu, and finally forming a briefing to be sent to his side...

"Watanabe-san!!"

Ishikawa Susumu's eye sockets were full of blood, and he was very excited,

"Information from all over has been sent over! The tickets for this weekend are basically sold out, and the tickets for the next week in popular areas are all sold out!

Although only one day has passed, the premiere is definitely a great success! A great success!!"

Looking at his excited subordinate, Watanabe Eiichiro kept calm on his face, gently scolding in his mouth:

"Ishikawa! Be calm and steady! If you are startled by this kind of situation, how can you calmly think about the next promotion!"

"Ah..."

Ishikawa Susumu scratched his head, only feeling that his boss indeed had the demeanor of a general, Mount Tai collapsing in front of him without changing color,

"Hai! I understand!!! I'll go smoke a cigarette to calm down right away!"

"However, there are still several TV stations here that want to invite interviews... Need to ask the superior to confirm!"

"Hmm, leave it to me!"

Watanabe Eiichiro took the briefing, and then walked out the door together,

"I'll smoke a cigarette too, and then send it upstairs..."

In the smoking area in the corridor, Watanabe Eiichiro took out a cigarette, put it in his mouth, and then took out an exquisite crown lacquer gold-plated small wave wheel lighter...

"Click," "Click, click," "Click, click..."

But it wouldn't light up no matter what!!!

Only at this moment did Watanabe Eiichiro discover that his hands were unconsciously trembling slightly!!!

Furthermore, he discovered that his heartbeat was accelerating, and his legs were also shaking non-stop... It was like the feeling of adrenaline soaring, going to fight a battle!!!

"Watanabe-san?"

Ishikawa Susumu had already lit his cigarette and looked over with some doubt,

"What's wrong? Is the lighter broken? Use mine!!"

"Ah no, no... let's not smoke for now!"

Watanabe Eiichiro waved his hand; he didn't want his subordinate to see his feigned calmness just now.

"I suddenly remembered that Naoki-san doesn't smoke, so if I smoke now, it won't be good to have a mouth full of smoke when reporting later..."

Saying this, he turned and walked towards the elevator, his legs feeling a bit light, and he subconsciously quickened his pace.

Leaving only Ishikawa Susumu looking at his hurried pace and sighing:

"Besides being calm when the sky falls, the department head is also meticulous! Sure enough, the reason he can become a department head is that he has some skills!"

After arriving at the top floor, Watanabe Eiichiro came directly to the office of Yoshimura Otomo; sure enough, Nagayama Naoki was also inside!!

"Naoki-san... Otomo-san!"

Nagayama Naoki, who was drinking tea, smiled and nodded:

"Eiichiro is here... Is there anything to report about the premiere?"

As the final person in charge of *Jurassic Park*, Nagayama Naoki naturally had to stay in the company to sit in command on the first day of the premiere.

"Hai!"

Watanabe Eiichiro hurriedly handed over the briefing, reporting the sales situation of cinemas in various places, as well as the views of various media and public opinion on the movie~

"Naoki-san, Otomo-san, judging from the current situation, the premiere of *Jurassic Park* is very successful!"

"We can follow the plan and release the promotional draft for the premiere explosion!"

"Haha, that's great!"

Nagayama Naoki handed the briefing to Yoshimura Otomo to read, and said to Watanabe Eiichiro himself,

"Eiichiro's promotional effect is significant! Just follow the plan afterward!"

"Hai!!!"

Watanabe Eiichiro was full of excitement; his credit was recognized!

Then Nagayama Naoki learned a little about the scalper situation in the briefing, and he didn't say he wanted to change anything... It wasn't just movie tickets; there were scalpers for concert tickets, train tickets, plane tickets, etc.!

This kind of thing couldn't be changed before the appearance of real-name ticket purchasing!

"Eiichiro, the sales data for the first week afterward should be urgently requested from the cinemas, and an analysis report should be formed..."

Nagayama Naoki continued to arrange work,

"Then, strengthen the publicity in international media; this is very important for our overseas expansion afterward..."

"Hai!"

Watanabe Eiichiro nodded repeatedly.

"Next week, the Oscars will start... Hollywood must be gathering filmmakers from all over the world... I hope that in Hollywood, America, I can also see news about *Jurassic Park*!"

"I understand!"

"......."

Writing down Nagayama Naoki's instructions in his notebook, Watanabe Eiichiro asked:

"By the way, Naoki-san... there are interview invitations from hotlines and TV stations like TBS, wanting to interview relevant personnel of the production team..."

"Let's forget about this... I don't have time for now!"

Nagayama Naoki refused without hesitation; at his level, if someone wanted an interview, it would definitely be a senior acquaintance from the TV station calling to communicate first; how could he accept an invitation from a hotline.

Besides, he really had other arrangements afterward, so he didn't have time... The male lead of the movie, Harrison, had also returned abroad and definitely couldn't accept interviews; currently, only Tanaka Yuko had some possibility...

"Let's focus the publicity on the movie itself!"

Yoshimura Otomo said; the biggest protagonists of *Jurassic Park* were those dinosaurs... but they couldn't accept interviews...

"Naoki-san hasn't promoted movies in person for a long time..."

"Hai! I understand!"

Watanabe Eiichiro didn't mean to direct his superior, nodding to show understanding,

"Then I'll go down and get busy first!"

"Hmm..."

After Watanabe Eiichiro left, Nagayama Naoki and Yoshimura Otomo continued their previous chat.

"Judging from the effect, the premiere of *Jurassic Park* this time is very successful!"

Yoshimura Otomo put down the briefing and smiled with relief,

"Afterward, we can continue the publicity step by step!"

Nagayama Naoki smiled:

"Hahaha, Otomo-san, are you still worried about my previous fishing strategy?!"

"That's for sure!"

Yoshimura Otomo took a sip of tea,

"Before, no movie company dared to play with the audience's emotions... I was a bit worried when you said not to promote the preview... Now I can finally set my heart at ease!"

"Ha, then why didn't you say so at the time?!"

"I was worried about the method, but I still had a lot of confidence in Naoki-san..."

"You guy! If you can speak, speak more!!!"

"Hahaha~"

*Jurassic Park* could be considered successfully released; the atmosphere in the office between the two was very relaxed, and after chatting about the movie, they started chatting about other things.

After putting down the teacup, Yoshimura Otomo asked:

"Since the premiere of the movie has come to an end, are you going to America afterward, Naoki-san?"

"Yeah..."

Nagayama Naoki nodded,

"Shuichi-san and Yuantai-san have been in Hollywood for many days..."

"Aren't the two of them enough?"

"There are some things I still need to talk about personally..."

"Then... what about Akina-san? She is already 7 months pregnant..."

Yoshimura Otomo's face showed a worried look,

"You are going for at least half a month..."

"This... I'm not very worried about other things; there are experienced nannies and housekeepers, and the private hospital has already been booked. I went to ask Akina's mother to come and help... But I will still feel lost in my heart..."

Nagayama Naoki sighed, but still said,

"So, during this period, I also ask Otomo-san to help pay more attention to Sanyingyuan..."

"No problem, I will let Yoshiyuki visit often..."

Regarding this point, Yoshimura Otomo naturally patted his chest and agreed; the two families were originally family friends, and his wife, Yoshimura Yoshiyuki, would also visit often...

On Nagayama Naoki's side, besides Akina's mother, he also asked his eldest brother Feng and Hezi in Tokyo; if there was anything, they would go over immediately...

As for the hometown side, he also let his mother, Caizi, come over to accompany~

Anyway, it's only two weeks; if everything goes well, he will be back at the end of the month!

Night gradually fell, and the colorful neon lights of Tokyo announced the arrival of the nightlife in the city that never sleeps!

There were more and more discussions about *Jurassic Park*, and people outside had no idea that Nagayama Naoki was about to leave.

At the moment when his own movie was being released so vigorously, Nagayama Naoki, as the director and producer, actually planned to fly to the other side of the ocean?

This also... this also didn't seem to affect the popularity of *Jurassic Park*!

Nagayama Hezi and her group had just come out of the cinema in Ikebukuro; Ishii Chunshui, Jin Tian Dalu, Yan Jing Dayang, and others took a deep breath of the cool night air as soon as they came out, to let their brains calm down!

As Nagayama Naoki's relatives and friends, Hezi naturally got the relationship tickets for the giant screen hall, so these four people were able to watch the thrilling dinosaur chase in the best seats of the giant screen hall!

"Sugoi!!! Too sugoi!!!"

Ishii Chunshui shook Hezi's arm,

"My legs are still soft even now!! The dinosaurs just now were really too realistic!!!"

"......"

Actually, Hezi's legs were also a bit soft, and her heartbeat was very fast... but she couldn't show it at this time:

"Yeah... it's amazing special effects technology!"

"Hezi's brother is indeed too amazing!"

Yan Jing Dayang praised,

"A movie of this level simply transcends cognition!!! It can be said to be the number one person in Japanese film!"

"No way..."

Just when Hezi was about to help her brother be humble, a cold snort suddenly came from the side! It was a guy who was a bit old...

"Humph..."

A cold wind blew, and Fukasaku Kinji covered the hat and sunglasses on his head, feeling indignant in his heart,

"Number one person in Japanese film? Nagayama Naoki is still far behind! It's just an ordinary commercial film, purely sensory stimulation!"

Actually, there were many reasons for his anger now; first, Nagayama Naoki's *Ring* had made him lose face, and second... the movie preview invited many well-known figures in the film industry, but didn't invite him!!

You have to know that he, Fukasaku Kinji, had won the Blue Ribbon Best Film Award! He was also the master of the Japanese violent film genre!!

Nagayama Naoki actually dared not to give him an invitation? Then he would just have to pick on the movie's flaws!!!

"???"

Hezi frowned; she could talk about her own brother, but others dared to offend him?!

"What nonsense are you talking about! The excellence of *Jurassic Park* is obvious to all!!"

"Heh... a bunch of laymen, too lazy to talk to you more!"

Wrapping his trench coat, Fukasaku Kinji was about to leave; after his prostate cancer surgery, his body was much weaker, and he couldn't stand the night wind!

"Chotto matte!"

Hezi was very dissatisfied and blocked in front of him,

"Speak clearly! This movie is clearly full of reflections on technology, life, and ethics... Special effects shots and visuals are just one of its advantages!"

"And the editing technique is also full of novelty, perfectly combining the soundtrack, characters, and story; the characters and dinosaurs are all very three-dimensional and vivid!"

It's nothing like the pure sensory stimulation you said! Apologize to Nagayama Naoki!"

"......"

Fukasaku Kinji was stunned; he didn't expect the little girl in front of him to really be able to speak reason.

However, as a senior director, he didn't want to argue with young people:

"Heh... just an adventure story eroded by Western culture... No reflection on Japanese culture at all...

But if you say it is, then it is... Nagayama Naoki's brain-dead fan!"

"!!!"

Hezi's brows were all knitted together!

She was angered by this old man in front of her!!

No one had ever dared to despise her brother like this in front of her!!!

But looking at this guy in front of her who didn't want to continue talking at all and was about to leave wrapped in his trench coat, Hezi only felt a surge of hot blood rush to her heart...

"This guy!!! He spat on someone and wants to run!"

Hezi, gritting her teeth, didn't know what to do for a moment; she couldn't call the police to arrest someone just because of one sentence, right?!

But when she saw her boyfriend, Jin Tian Dalu, she suddenly had a plan and pulled him over to whisper in his ear.

"...... This... that's not very good!"

Jin Tian Dalu was a bit coy after hearing it,

"We are all adults..."

"Hurry up!" Hezi punched him, "He scolded my brother!"

"......"

So, under the attention of several people, Jin Tian Dalu walked quickly to Fukasaku Kinji's side with big strides, suddenly reached out, took his hat off... and then ran away quickly...

Fukasaku Kinji on the sidewalk hadn't reacted yet, only feeling his head empty, until his sparse hair swayed in the wind, and the cool feeling came from his head, did he realize what had happened!

"......!!!"

"Someone stole my hat?!"

Hezi and the others saw it and hurriedly ran away, even unable to help but burst into laughter... They only put the hat on the flower bed by the side of the road after running hundreds of meters~

"Old man... wearing sunglasses when it's dark, be careful not to bump into people!!!"

"The hat is placed here~~"

"!!!"

Looking at the group of young people running away, Fukasaku Kinji, this senior well-known director, broke his defense directly:

"You bunch of guys!! This is bullying an old man!!!"

There were originally many people at the cinema entrance; at this time, seeing this scene, they whispered and discussed, then laughed... After all, in the eyes of the onlookers, this scene was just interesting playfulness!

The figures in the field of vision gradually went away, listening to the laughter of the surrounding crowd...

At this time, a feeling of "the children of the village bullying me for being old and powerless" surged into Fukasaku Kinji's heart... His eye sockets were wet!

Then, he counted all this frustration on Nagayama Naoki's head:

"Nagayama Naoki! I will not rest until you are finished!" ===== CHAPTER 1368 =====

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