Chapter 167: How do you invite female friends out on Valentine's Day

After hanging up the phone, Naoki Nagayama realized that the day of the preview was actually Valentine's Day.

As a single dog like him, he never had to care about such messy festivals. It was only after being fed a handful of dog food by Genta Nakai that he realized it.

What to do next?

Among the friends he wanted to notify, it seemed that many were women. Inviting others to watch a movie on this day, wouldn't it be misunderstood...

Speaking of which, who picked this broken day!

(At this time, Shuichi Ito sneezed loudly~)

Speaking of which, he had been in Tokyo for so long, and he had quite a few acquaintances, but he didn't seem to have made many male friends. Excluding Otomo Yoshimura, Shuichi Ito, and Genta Nakai, it seemed that only Kuniharu Morikawa, whom he had drunk with a few times, Haruki Murakami, whom he had met once but was very compatible with, and Shin Aoyama, who was like a year-end friend, could be considered friends.

However, Haruki Murakami was a quite introverted person. After meeting once, he only sent a few postcards, giving a feeling of a gentleman's friendship. He probably wouldn't like activities like previews. Kuniharu Morikawa and Old Man Shin Aoyama could be invited~

However, how do you invite female friends out on Valentine's Day?

There were too many things to consider... it was very troublesome...

Keiko Fujita-san, hmm, after all, they had a friendship involving a huge sum of nearly 1 billion, so of course she could be considered a friend, and she seemed to have a boyfriend, so it didn't matter.

Yuko Tanaka-san, as the lead actress, she would definitely go, so no need to notify.

Kanako Higuchi-san, an industry insider in the entertainment industry, coming to watch a preview was naturally justifiable.

Akina Nakamori-san, she could also be considered an industry insider, but she was single and young, which was a bit troublesome...

Naoko Kawai, hmm, he didn't even have contact information, so forget it~

Naoki Nagayama calculated silently who to invite. Many people regarded acquaintances as friends—colleagues at work, shop owners, netizens who often chatted, etc. —but most could only be considered acquaintances. True friends were actually very few.

Then start with the simple ones!

Naoki Nagayama first called Kuniharu Morikawa's home.

"Moshi moshi, this is the Morikawa family~"

"Kuniharu-san, this is Naoki Nagayama!" Without much nonsense, he explained the situation directly. "Do you have any arrangements the day after tomorrow? I have a movie preview here, and I want to invite you to take a look~"

Kuniharu Morikawa was stunned by the sudden invitation: "Movie preview? A movie Naoki-san participated in?"

"Hai, a comedy I participated in during this period, I want friends to take a look first~"

"If that's the case, of course I have to go!" Since a friend invited him like this, how could he not agree.

"Hai, the location is Ginrei Hall in Iidabashi, at 9 am!"

"I've noted it down!" Kuniharu Morikawa continued, "Since that's the case, I'll bring your passport over by the way that day. It's already been processed."

"Is that so? That's really great!"

Naoki Nagayama was even happier when he heard this. Publicly funded travel was one step closer.

Taking down one friend, then the next was Shin Aoyama...

Uh, no phone number either, so he could only talk about it tomorrow.

Then the next female friend, first was Keiko Fujita. Naoki Nagayama dialed the phone again...

"Moshi moshi, may I ask if it's Keiko-san?"

"Hai, it's me. This voice, it's Naoki-san!" Keiko Fujita immediately recognized the voice of her big customer. "Naoki-san, is there anything?"

"Keiko-san, do you have any arrangements the day after tomorrow?" Naoki Nagayama started with his old routine.

Hearing this sentence, Keiko Fujita thought of Valentine's Day within one second, thought of Naoki Nagayama's handsome face, thought of red wine, steak, and chocolate, thought of a love hotel with ambiguous lights...

Then her boyfriend's ordinary but sincere face suddenly appeared in her mind!

Naoki Nagayama was about to continue talking about the movie preview, but Keiko Fujita interrupted directly:

"Excuse me, Naoki-san! I already have an appointment with my boyfriend the day after tomorrow. We are going to spend Valentine's Day together! So I might have to disappoint your kindness!"

After saying this in one breath, Keiko Fujita looked back at her boyfriend who was watching TV—you don't know what I just gave up for you!

"Uh..."

This unexpected long sentence, accompanied by a handful of dog food, directly interrupted Naoki Nagayama's train of thought. He thought he had already talked about the preview.

"Keiko-san, it doesn't matter. You can bring your boyfriend to the movie preview together."

"Ah?" Keiko Fujita didn't react. "Movie preview?"

"Yes, I filmed a movie recently and want to invite friends to come and take a look~ The day after tomorrow at 9 am, at Ginrei Hall movie theater in Iidabashi."

Keiko Fujita's face burned like fire. Fortunately, it couldn't be seen across the phone line. She said in a muffled voice: "Hai, arigato Naoki-san, I will definitely come."

"That's great~"

Hanging up the phone, she walked back into the living room. Her boyfriend asked while watching TV: "Whose phone call was it?"

Keiko Fujita's nameless anger suddenly rose. She outputted a burst of anger at his shoulder: "Told you to watch TV, told you to watch TV, told you to watch TV..."

"Hey hey? Keiko-chan, what are you doing? It hurts, it hurts..."

"Wrong, wrong, I was wrong..."

"Where were you wrong?"

"Uh..." Looking at Keiko Fujita who raised her hand again, her boyfriend had tears in his eyes. "I was wrong everywhere!"

Not to mention Keiko Fujita training her husband at home, Naoki Nagayama here also felt that the previous question was a bit inappropriate. The first sentence seemed to be a request for a date. Wouldn't it be misunderstood?

He dialed Kanako Higuchi's phone again.

"Moshi moshi, this is the Higuchi family." A knowledgeable and gentle voice came from the receiver. It was her.

"Kanako-san, this is Naoki Nagayama."

"Naoki-san?" They had contacted a month ago to see if there was a schedule, so it hadn't been long since they last contacted.

"Hai, has Kanako-san's new play finished filming?" Naoki Nagayama asked about the previous matter.

Kanako Higuchi laughed: "Haha, not yet. Currently, it's in intense filming. How about Naoki-san's movie?"

"Haha, we have already finished filming here!"

"So fast? It hasn't been a month yet!"

"Low cost and fast pace~ Kanako-san, the day after tomorrow is our movie's preview. Do you have time to come and take a look?"

Naoki Nagayama took the opportunity to explain the situation.

"The day after tomorrow..." Kanako Higuchi's words were unfinished. "I should have time."

"That's good. The day after tomorrow at 9 am, at the venue of the last 'Hokusai Manga' preview~"

"Hai, see you there~"

Then they talked about some other things before hanging up the phone.

Looking at the names in the address book, this was the fifth phone call tonight, right? Naoki Nagayama dialed quickly.

"Moshi moshi?" A crisp voice came from the receiver.

"Akina-san? This is Naoki Nagayama!"

Because Akina had debuted, for the convenience of work, she lived in an apartment provided by Ken-On, so Naoki Nagayama called her name directly.

"Naoki-san!" Hearing it was Naoki Nagayama's phone call, little Akina was very happy. "I have practiced the song Naoki-san sent many times and have practiced it very well~"

Suddenly receiving Naoki Nagayama's phone call, little Akina was a bit excited. She wanted to express her happiness but didn't know what to say, so she brought up the hard practice of "Second

Love", as if showing off something to someone close.

"Is that so? Then Akina-san is really amazing." Naoki Nagayama understood what Akina wanted to express, so he praised her back in the tone of a child.

"Hahaha~" After being praised, she looked very happy.

"Akina-san, the movie I filmed has been edited~" Naoki Nagayama had talked to Akina about the movie before. "There is a preview the day after tomorrow morning. Do you want to come and take a look?"

"Eh? Preview? That is, you can see the film in advance before it is released?" As an idol who hadn't officially debuted yet, Akina Nakamori hadn't participated in things like previews.

"Hai, there are some film critics, media people, directors, and other industry insiders, and there are also ordinary audiences watching together." Naoki Nagayama described the scene that day slightly. "So, do you want to come and see?"

"Hmm hmm hmm!" It seemed that he could see her nodding across the phone. "I want to come!"

"Hahaha, that's good. The day after tomorrow at 9 am, at Ginrei Hall movie theater in Iidabashi." Naoki Nagayama explained the time and place. "See you there~"

"Hai!"

After making 5 phone calls, it was almost 11 o'clock. After chatting with Akina for a while about the daily training and future debut plans, he hung up quickly.

Naoki Nagayama looked at Eitaro who was drowsy on the side.

"Today's tasks are all completed!

Eitaro, you've eaten dog food twice, you can have a full and good dream today~" ===== CHAPTER 168 =====

"Eitaro, you've eaten dog food twice today, so you should be able to have a nice, full dream tonight, right~"