Chapter 1380

When arriving at the Tree Friends building in Ikebukuro again, Naoki Nagayama received a warm welcome from all the Tree Friends.

Although everyone was already used to Naoki Nagayama's genius and honors, winning another international award still made everyone in the company feel proud~

"Naoki-san..."

Sharing the small gifts Naoki Nagayama brought back, Xing Jiahua asked with a smile,

"What award are you planning to win next? You've almost taken all the awards in the film industry!"

Naoki Nagayama joked:

"Hahaha, I'm anticipating... the Nobel Peace Prize!"

"Ah? Why would it be the Nobel Peace Prize?!"

Suzuki Xingxia next to her was a bit curious.

"If Naoki-san were to win one, it should be the Nobel Prize in Literature, right?!"

"...... Hmm...... this is different!"

Naoki Nagayama explained mysteriously,

"The Nobel Peace Prize is an award that even the president of the world's greatest power might not necessarily be able to win!!"

"But if I shoot more anti-war films later and make speeches hoping for world peace at international competitions, maybe I really will have a chance!"

"....."

The two girls at the front desk were speechless; they thought Naoki Nagayama was just spouting nonsense again.

"Naoki-san, you only know how to lie to young girls like us!"

"...... Young girls?"

Naoki Nagayama looked at Xing Jiahua in surprise. This front desk lady who had grown up with the company was now thoroughly an older young lady!

"Hua-chan... no, Hua-san... you need to have some concept of your age! Hahaha~"

"Naoki-san, you!!!"

Under Xing Jiahua's gnashing gaze, Naoki Nagayama quickly escaped to the elevator... Returning to the company to tease an acquaintance was indeed very exciting!

After arriving at the top floor, he went to Otomo Yoshimura's office as usual~

"Otomo-san..."

He was only halfway through the greeting when he saw another figure in the office... It was actually Shuichi Itou!

"And Shuichi-san... why are you in Otomo-san's office?!"

Shuichi Itou, who was slowly drinking tea, raised his head. The pale complexion made Naoki Nagayama feel a shock in his heart:

"Shuichi-san... why... why are you so haggard?!"

"I came here to avoid someone..."

Shuichi Itou held the hot tea in his palms, his upper body slightly hunched, as if he were absorbing the warmth of the hot water... It was already early April, and the daytime temperature was very comfortable, but it would still be a bit cool at night... However, it hadn't reached the point of being cold yet!

"I used the excuse of writing the supplementary strategy for 'Nation Building through Culture' to be able to step out of the house!"

"...... Er....."

Naoki Nagayama, who sat down next to the sofa, had already guessed a few things looking at his old friend's weak appearance, so he asked carefully,

"Didn't I tell you to prepare the blue Xiaoyao pills? Why, didn't you listen?"

"I prepared them..."

Shuichi Itou's gaze toward Naoki Nagayama was on the verge of tears.

"A pack of twelve pills, I finished them all!!!"

"!!!"

You have to know that Naoki Nagayama and the others had only returned from the United States for a week... this frequency...

"Shuichi-san, are you trying to kill yourself?!"

Otomo Yoshimura leaned over at this time and said:

"I heard that the rumors about Shuichi-san outside reached his wife's ears, so this time when he came back, she squeezed him dry desperately!"

"Ha?"

Naoki Nagayama was extremely surprised. Although Shuichi Itou had indeed been a bit indulgent while in the United States, but...

"This kind of thing... I didn't say anything, Genta-san didn't say anything, Otomo-san didn't say anything... how could it have spread back?!"

"......"

Seeing Shuichi Itou not saying anything, Otomo Yoshimura continued to explain for him:

"It's very likely that those people from the visiting delegation said it... When the delegation was still in Washington, Shuichi-san seemed to have..."

"Because Shuichi-san entered politics, Jiawei-san is the type who is well-informed in the wives' circle..."

So, some people from the visiting delegation revealed the rumors to their wives with ill intentions, and then it spread!

Although there is no evidence, this kind of thing doesn't need evidence... Since there is still surplus grain outside, wouldn't it be better to pay the public grain thoroughly?!

"So Jiawei-san wants to punish Shuichi-san?! Er... or is it a reward?"

"Hehehe..."

It was Otomo Yoshimura again, gloating:

"If you're in your twenties, that's a reward; when you're in your thirties or forties, it becomes a punishment... After you're forty or fifty, that's called torture! The kind that hits both body and mind!"

"....... Why does Otomo-san say it so scarily..."

Naoki Nagayama wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. Regardless of his past or present life, he had never tasted the flavor of torture...

And Shuichi Itou, who had been silent on the side, finally spoke slowly:

"Forget it... after this time, I finally know that women and all that are just floating clouds! One is enough!"

"From now on, I will abstain from lust! I will put all my energy into work!!!"

"Starting with the 'Nation Building through Culture' strategy!"

"......"

It was still Otomo Yoshimura, speaking in a sneaky way:

"Whether you abstain from lust or not is not something you can decide!"

"Jiawei-san is only in her thirties... there's at least twenty more years of sentence left!"

"Otomo-san, why are you so gloating?!"

Naoki Nagayama looked at Otomo Yoshimura with slanted eyes.

"Shuichi-san is our close friend!!"

Otomo Yoshimura let out a twisted smile:

"Hehehe, the suffering I once endured, as a good friend, Shuichi-san naturally has to experience it properly too!!"

"......"

Don't, Otomo-san! When it comes to the topic of middle-aged helplessness, why do you turn into a villain!

Looking at his two friends, Naoki Nagayama sighed:

"Sigh... I heard that Todai has that Liuwei Dihuang pill, which can nourish the body... I still have some friends in Hong Kong; let me ask them to buy some at an old shop and mail them over..."

"...... Trouble you!" X2

After the complaining session ended, Naoki Nagayama talked to the two of them about tomorrow's cherry blossom viewing party:

"This time, because I'm coming back with honors, the scale of the cherry blossom viewing party will be a bit larger, and I've invited quite a few people..."

Otomo Yoshimura asked immediately:

"Will there be media interviews?"

"Of course not... I don't want Shanyingyuan to be known by everyone..."

Naoki Nagayama shook his head and then thought of the interview with Rumi Nishi he had agreed to earlier.

"Ah... Otomo-san, there's one more thing I need to tell you."

"What is it?"

"Yesterday, Fuji TV called to invite me for an exclusive interview. Considering other aspects, I agreed!"

Otomo Yoshimura didn't ask back immediately after hearing this, but frowned and thought for a while before nodding:

"Hmm... Fuji TV, that's indeed fine!"

"I was actually having a headache about how to choose among so many invitations!"

"Agreeing to one will definitely offend another... but Fuji TV counts as our own people..."

Shuichi Itou on the side also nodded in agreement:

"Indeed, my mentor also called to ask me to invite you... Now I have a reason to refuse!"

"Haha... Shuichi-san has entered politics, are you still in contact with your university mentor?"

"Of course... maybe in the future, the preferential policies for universities will be proposed by me!"

After laughing twice, he returned to the main topic:

"This publicity from winning the Oscar is a very good opportunity for Naoki-san personally and for the Tree Friends Group..."

Shuichi Itou said, looking at Naoki Nagayama.

"I proposed in the 'Nation Building through Culture' strategy that we should support a batch of film companies with potential to let Japanese films go to the world... Tree Friends Film is undoubtedly able to become a leader among them..."

"With Naoki-san's fame, we can definitely pull in a large amount of funding and policy inclination..."

"In the second half of this year, we might be able to produce several film projects facing the world at the same time..."

Listening to Shuichi Itou's blueprint, Naoki Nagayama nodded; he indeed felt that Tree Friends Film could strengthen its output to the outside world!

"Just in time, the matters in the United States have been resolved, and the market there can be developed!"

"No obstacles?"

Otomo Yoshimura asked.

"Can the money in Tree Friends Capital be used?"

"Hmm..."

Naoki Nagayama nodded.

"And Toshihiko Sugiyama has already established a distribution company there. This time in Hollywood, I also reached agreements with film companies from various European and American countries..."

"Starting with *Jurassic Park*, the films of Tree Friends Film might be able to be distributed in Europe and America continuously!"

"Haha!"

Otomo Yoshimura was all smiles.

"Sure enough, if Naoki-san takes action personally, he will definitely be able to surprise people!"

"Now, our Tree Friends can steadily move toward becoming a large international company!"

"Yeah, yeah!"

For a moment, the atmosphere in the office turned into one of singing praises and boasting!

In the editing room on the third floor of the Tree Friends building.

The screen of the TV in front of them was paused. Xu Mudao Xu said to Tomoyuki Nishimoto, who was helping out:

"How is it? The first episode of *Full House*?!"

"Hmm..."

Tomoyuki Nishimoto didn't dare not to speak like others; he was a third-generation Tree Friends director with works under his belt, and his status was about the same as Xu Mudao Xu's!

"Looking at the first episode, whether it's the performance of the male and female leads or Xu Mudao-san's editing, it's all very perfect..."

"But?"

Xu Mudao Xu continued.

"There must be a 'but' later, right?!"

"That's indeed the case..."

Tomoyuki Nishimoto nodded.

"Maybe it's because as a professional, I've watched too many TV dramas... The plot is very interesting, the heroine is silly, very innocent, and very cute... The hero also fits the look of a big star..."

"In short... it's definitely a work above the standard!"

"Still feel a bit unsatisfied? Right?"

Xu Mudao Xu asked again.

"I also discovered this problem..."

"Yeah..."

Theoretically, this TV drama has the popular young star Masaharu Fukuyama and the new-generation sweet idol Yuki Okada; it will definitely be a hit!

Xu Mudao Xu also affirmed that as long as the promotion is in place, the ratings of this TV drama will definitely be very high...

However, I always feel like something is missing?!

The two thought silently, but they could never figure out what was missing...

Until the door of the editing room opened and Munao Matsuo walked in, holding a bottle of cherry blossom-flavored soda!

"Ha, Xu Mudao-san, Nishimoto... look what I bought?!"

Munao Matsuo smiled.

"This flavor of soda... is Naoki-san's first advertisement, oh... Cherry blossoms, cherry blossoms, I want to see you... the song is still echoing in my mind!"

"!!!"

Xu Mudao Xu and Tomoyuki Nishimoto clapped their thighs together!

"That's it, it's the song!!"

"Yeah, it's the song!"

Tomoyuki Nishimoto muttered:

"*Love Century* has *Happy Ending*; *Tokyo Love Story* has *Sudden Love*; *Long Vacation* has *LA? LA? LALOVESONG*!!!"

"All the love stories written by Naoki-san have a theme song with a very high singing rate!"

"Xu Mudao-san, whose theme song is this one?"

Xu Mudao Xu said:

"I asked a famous composer to customize it... a theme song of the same name!"

"???!!!"

Tomoyuki Nishimoto suddenly realized; so it wasn't a song written by Naoki Nagayama!

"No wonder, I always felt something was missing... the theme song isn't impressive!"

"....."

Actually, this theme song of the same name is written quite well, and the singer found is also Yuki Okada... It's actually very suitable for *Full House*!

It's just that, compared to the theme songs of the previous few TV dramas, it's inexplicably a bit lower!

Munao Matsuo finally understood the words of the two and asked:

"Theoretically, wouldn't Naoki-san create good songs when writing the script?"

This has almost become Naoki Nagayama's style; every story he creates will be matched with a theme song, sometimes even two or three, just like *Hana Yori Dango*...

And in fact, this is correct; when Naoki Nagayama was writing the novel *Full House*, he had already recorded the theme song *Fate*!

It's just that the theme song is in Korean... Naoki Nagayama was still a bit unfamiliar with converting Korean to Japanese, and it just so happened that other things came up at that time, so it was delayed!

And this *Full House* had been in the script center for too long, so he forgot about this matter...

When Xu Mudao Xu was about to shoot, Naoki Nagayama was busy with *Jurassic Park* and the Oscars, so he didn't further perfect the song...

By a twist of fate, the original theme song was missing!

Xu Mudao Xu's face was full of helplessness:

"This script doesn't have it..."

"How about..."

Munao Matsuo suggested,

"Let's go ask Naoki-san for it?! I heard from Xingxia-chan that he came to the company today!"

"...... This, isn't it not very good?!"

Xu Mudao Xu's respect for Naoki Nagayama was to the point of fear.

"Troubling Naoki-san with everything... wouldn't we become people who just eat for free?!"

"Eat Naoki-san's free food! It keeps you full!!"

Under the instigation of the two juniors, Xu Mudao Xu still shuffled to the top floor office.

"Knock, knock..."

"Please come in..."

Listening to the sound from inside, Xu Mudao Xu tidied his clothes and pushed the door open under the encouraging gazes of the two juniors!

However, when the door closed, he found that those two guys didn't follow him in!!!

"Xu Mudao-kun... what's wrong?"

"Ahem..."

Xu Mudao Xu had to face Naoki Nagayama alone.

"Naoki-san, you're back..."

"Hmm... I've been back for a while..."

Naoki Nagayama replied while looking at the policy document on the computer.

"I just came to the company today..."

"I see..."

Xu Mudao Xu summoned his courage and said,

"Naoki-san, the first few episodes of our *Full House* have been edited; would you like to watch them together?"

"? Oh, they're already done?"

Thinking about the timeline, Naoki Nagayama felt a bit gratified:

"It looks like the shooting process went very smoothly!"

"Haha, it's okay... would Naoki-san like to go take a look? It's in the editing room!"

"Forget it, I won't watch it for now; I have to read Shuichi-san's strategy document first..."

Naoki Nagayama encouraged,

"Since it's already edited, just send it directly to Fuji TV... I'll watch it on TV in two days, haha, just in time to watch it at home with my family!"

"....."

Xu Mudao Xu couldn't find any other reason to get Naoki Nagayama down~

And seeing Xu Mudao Xu's hesitant look, Naoki Nagayama was curious:

"Xu Mudao-kun, is there a problem with *Full House*?!"

"Ah... this... yes!"

Hearing Naoki Nagayama's inquiry, Xu Mudao Xu immediately brought up the theme song issue.

"Naoki-san, your scripts used to be matched with theme songs... is it possible that *Full House* doesn't have one this time?!"

"It's not that it doesn't have one..."

Naoki Nagayama finally remembered that his song hadn't been translated yet.

"It's just that I forgot..."

"Hahaha~"

"....."

Seeing his top boss laughing, Xu Mudao Xu felt very helpless...

"Naoki-san... the songs created by other composers always feel a bit different from yours... can you..."

"That's true!"

Naoki Nagayama nodded and suddenly thought,

"I'll perfect it tonight... by the way, aren't you coming to the cherry blossom viewing party tomorrow? Just take it then!"

"Hi!!!"

Xu Mudao Xu was happy to get the accurate news.

"Then if there's nothing else, I'll take my leave!"

"Hmm... go, go..."

After Xu Mudao Xu left, Naoki Nagayama rested his chin on his hand and thought...

If the Tree Friends Group were just a small enterprise in Japan, he would have the confidence to support the music sector by relying on the songs in his head.

However... since they are going to face the world... how could they find Naoki Nagayama for everything in real-time?!

"Sure enough, I still need to cultivate musicians and other talents belonging to Tree Friends!"

At this moment, the previous seed director plan, special effects team cultivation plan, script center, and other talent cultivation mechanisms all flooded into his mind.

"Music, scripts, directors, actors... there are quite a few artists, and singers have *Voice of Japan* continuously providing blood..."

"Thinking about it this way, there are already quite a few alternative talents..."

"I can't just rely on myself alone!"