Chapter 141

It was as if a keyword had been triggered.

All the information about the movie "Attack the Gas Station!" came back to him.

Coming back to his senses, he looked at the little puppy still biting its rubber duck.

"Eitaro, it's so nice to be you. You can play without a care in the world~ But adults have to go to work~"

After patting the dog's head, Naoki Nagayama went up to the piano room on the second floor, which was now also his study, and began to transcribe the movie script while lying on the desk.

Actually, reverse-engineering a script from a finished film isn't necessarily accurate, not to mention having to convert some elements from the future into the Showa era, and also converting the Korean characteristics into Japanese ones; it was still a bit difficult~

There was also a bright side: no one would come to Naoki Nagayama to collect copyright fees! Haha~

When one is focused on something, time always passes quickly. It was originally two o'clock in the afternoon, but in the blink of an eye, it was already dark.

Looking at the tens of thousands of words of the script on the table, Naoki Nagayama actually felt a sense of accomplishment. This is the joy of typing away~

"Woof!"

Eitaro's bark came from outside the slightly ajar door, and then a round little ball squeezed in.

"Eitaro, you can actually climb stairs now!" He clearly couldn't before~

The little guy ran to Naoki Nagayama's leg, wagging his tail, biting his pant leg, and making those whimpering sounds again.

"Why are you whimpering again~ Are you hungry?"

Naoki Nagayama picked up the puppy; it was indeed already night, so it was time to eat~

The next day, he woke up to those whimpering sounds again.

"Eitaro, you're my alarm clock from now on~"

Carrying the little guy, he quickly rushed downstairs and watched him accurately find the pit he had dug yesterday... He was indeed well-trained.

After serving Eitaro and eating breakfast himself, Naoki Nagayama drove to the studio.

Of course, he had to show off the fruits of his overtime work from yesterday as soon as possible~

There were still many people at the studio today.

Although there was basically no business since the New Year had arrived, coming here to clean up or organize equipment was still better than staying at home.

In Japanese society, even one's own wife would look down on a man who didn't go out to work on a workday.

"Shuichi-san!"

Pushing open the door, Shuichi Ido was sitting in the small office reading a newspaper and drinking hot tea like an old man, and he almost choked.

"Naoki-san? Why are you here?"

"Of course, to see you all~" Naoki Nagayama sat down with a bold posture; with confidence in his heart, he naturally appeared firm.

"Naoki-san... if it's about yesterday's matter..." Shuichi Ido thought he had come to settle scores.

Naoki Nagayama interrupted him directly: "That's right! It is about yesterday's matter!"

Then he placed the script in front of Shuichi Ido, signaling him to take a look.

"Could this be?" Shuichi Ido immediately picked it up and flipped through it page by page.

"Naoki-san, didn't you say you only wrote an opening? You actually finished it in one day?"

Then he heard Shuichi Ido make some strange sounds:

"Omoshiroi~"

"Sugoi!"

"Hahaha, Naoki-san is too amazing!"

"It can actually be done like this..."

"There are so many tricks here!"

Naoki Nagayama's face grew darker as he listened. If someone were eavesdropping at the door right now, his reputation would be ruined!

"Shuichi-san, how is the script?" Naoki Nagayama asked after finally waiting for Shuichi Ido to finish reading.

"Sugoi, Naoki-san!"

Naoki Nagayama listened with black lines on his face... Can't you use a different adjective?

Shuichi Ido continued:

"I thought it would be another horror movie, but I didn't expect it to be a comedy~"

"And there's a reflection on society hidden within the comedy. This sense of black humor is saikou!"

"And it cleverly incorporates the news about the Bosozoku robbing the convenience store!"

Naoki Nagayama hurriedly denied it:

"Shuichi-san, it absolutely has nothing to do with current events. Besides, by the time the movie is filmed and released, the heat of this news will have long passed!"

He couldn't say that this script was written on the fly just after reading the news...

"Naoki-san, don't be so certain~" Shuichi Ido spoke like a veteran, "Release the hot topic as soon as it breaks, then investigate the suspects' history, follow up on the results during the trial, and after the verdict, rehash it by combining it with family or education..."

"It's not easy for a major event to be broadcast live in Japan; the media reporters' quarterly performance indicators depend on it!"

Naoki Nagayama was surprised; this was exactly the routine of self-media chasing hot topics in the future!

Does this mean that after decades, the media is still using the same old tricks?

"Ahem..." Naoki Nagayama cleared his throat unnaturally, "So, Shuichi-san, do you think this script can be filmed?"

"Of course!" Shuichi Ido said happily, "Once filmed, it will be another blockbuster!"

The audience for comedies is much larger than for horror movies!

This comedy, with a laugh almost every minute, indeed had the potential to be a big hit.

"And what about the funding?"

Naoki Nagayama thought for a moment.

"I remember 'The Blair Witch Project' still has box office revenue coming in, right?"

"That won't be settled until the first quarter, but it doesn't matter, Naoki-san."

Shuichi Ido indicated that this was not an issue at all.

"The location costs for this movie aren't high, and since we have Kadokawa Pictures as a shareholder, we can borrow a batch of their actors at a low cost, so the investment won't be much."

"That works too. Since Kadokawa has invested, besides promotion channels, we naturally shouldn't miss out on places we can borrow from."

Naoki Nagayama nodded.

"Shuichi-san, then I'll trouble you to prepare the formal project proposal for the film."

"Hai, then we're going to do something big!" Shuichi Ido said excitedly.

"And what about Otomo-san?"

"Hahaha, that guy was saying yesterday that he had nothing to do!" Shuichi Ido said with a bit of schadenfreude, "The upcoming tasks like finding actors and setting the schedule are going to keep us busy to death~"

You two are just as bad as each other!

Which part of the subsequent filming, directing, location scouting, and editing was easy?

Shuichi Ido then said another sentence: "Naoki-san, you're going to act in it too, right?"

Eh? How did it fall on me again? Wasn't it okay just to write the script?

Naoki Nagayama thought about declining: "Me? I'm not a professional actor, so maybe..."

Before he could finish, Shuichi Ido said: "Naoki-san! You are already an actor with one commercial and one breakout work under your belt! A real actor!"

"That was just a coincidence... maybe..."

Shuichi Ido interrupted again: "Besides, we don't have many actor resources left~ If we hire famous actors, the costs might increase significantly~"

"Don't we have the support of Kadokawa Pictures?... For me, maybe..."

Shuichi Ido interrupted precisely: "Since Naoki-san wrote the script, I'm afraid no one understands the film better than you. If Naoki-san acts in it, it will definitely achieve the best effect!"

"Ano..." Actually, I reverse-engineered it from someone else's movie, but I can't say that...

"Shuichi-san, for me, maybe..."

"In short, Naoki-san!" Shuichi Ido's ability to interrupt others had grown significantly today, "You must act in this movie!"

Shuichi Ido looked at Naoki Nagayama with bright, piercing eyes, and his gaze revealed this message: "You can't escape!"

Under such a gaze, Naoki Nagayama had to retreat, "Then... I'll just play a supporting role~"

"That's more like it!" Shuichi Ido responded with a smile, though he had his own ideas in mind.

"Supporting role? Who is the lead and who is the supporting role depends on who I, the director, give more screen time to, right?

It would be a real waste not to use Naoki-san's handsome face!"