Chapter 212: Wealth is really a convenient thing!

Seeing the design model of the Silver Valley Tea House, Naoki Nagayama thought he saw a Japanese temple in the game.

"Honma-san, are you going to change this into a temple?"

The original two-and-a-half-story detached shop was forcibly raised by half a floor, becoming a three-story flying eave, a bit like the five-story pagoda in Asakusa; and the side facing the front and back roads completely became transparent floor-to-ceiling glass, and the extended flying eaves just happened to cover the protruding balcony; while the left and right sides facing the high-rise buildings on both sides had no windows at all, becoming stairs up and down.

The interior of the building adopts a loop-style layout, with an empty patio in the middle, and a large skylight on the top of the third floor, which can completely allow sunlight to shine directly from the top of the sky. Around this patio that runs through the first to third floors, large and small tea seats are distributed.

The overall space height is very strange, feeling that the space is very, very large.

"Naoki-san, the idea of this design is to let people have a spacious natural space in the middle of reinforced concrete. Breaking the restrictions of the floors, the sense of space of the entire tea room has increased a lot." Honma Takashi introduced from the side, "I combined the characteristics of Japanese-style gardens, and designed many small courtyards in the free space of the entire building."

"Also absorbed the characteristics of Chinese-style gardens, such as one step, one scene, and carved beams and painted buildings. With the movement of the perspective, all possibilities can see different scenery..."

From the chatter of the designer, Naoki Nagayama felt that this first-class architect had spent a lot of effort. From the model, the structure of the tea room revealed both Japanese delicacy and Chinese beauty, although it looked a bit like a Buddhist pagoda from the outside...

"Honma-san, I am very satisfied with your design style, but this bright red flying eave and roof are not what I like." Naoki Nagayama put forward his own opinion.

"But Naoki-san, only this color scheme is the characteristic of ancient architecture. If you change to other colors, you will lose that kind of Zen, sacred feeling..." Designer Honma said excitedly about the reasons for his design.

Naoki Nagayama said unhurriedly: "Who said that only red flying eaves and black tiles can have the characteristics of ancient architecture."

"Eh? Does Naoki-san mean?"

At this time, Naoki Nagayama talked slowly about his previous travels. "Honma-san, last year I went to Nagoya Castle, and I have a fresh memory of the ancient architecture there."

"Ah, yes, Nagoya Castle is a famous city in Japan, precipitating ancient cultural styles." Honma Takashi also agreed.

But Naoki Nagayama was not here to discuss the culture of ancient architecture with him. He added another sentence: "Nagoya Castle is very beautiful after it was rebuilt. I heard that in the morning of a sunny day, the blue-green roof and white walls seem to glow."

"Hahaha, yes, I also saw it when I traveled..." Honma Takashi said with a smile, and then suddenly stuttered a bit. "Naoki-san... are you saying..."

"Yes, that's what you think!"

This first-class designer was shocked by Naoki Nagayama's bold idea!

Green roof, white walls. This color is generally only used by rulers in ancient Japan. It looks noble and beautiful. Even the Imperial Palace in Japan has such a color scheme.

Actually, that is just a layer of copper rust on the copper tiles, which happens to be green. But the copper tiles used in ancient times were also a way for the ruling class to show off their wealth. Over time, it became a representative of the nobility, leaving people with a sense of awe, so ordinary buildings were rarely used.

And now, a tea house opened in Silver Valley actually wants to use such a color!

"Naoki-san, that is..."

"Hai, I know, but does Japanese law stipulate that it cannot be used?" Naoki Nagayama had no awe for this. "If not, why can't we use it? Isn't it good-looking?"

"It's not that it can't be used..." Honma Takashi originally wanted to use the feeling of a temple to create the cultural atmosphere of ancient architecture, but using white walls and green tiles didn't seem impossible.

"If such a 'rebellious' building appears in Silver Valley, wouldn't that greatly strengthen the reputation of the tea house?"

"Such a special building!" The architect's tone began to get excited. Maybe he would become famous!

Coming out of the Honma Design Office, Naoki Nagayama drove to the disco in Takadanobaba.

This disco street, because there were no long queues and cars always parked on the side of the road, seemed a bit deserted.

However, because izakayas, bars, game halls, etc. have already opened, this street of fun still attracts a lot of people. At least you can see pedestrians coming and going on the street, and there is popularity in the shops.

The original disco had been surrounded by a circle of railings with internal renovation signs. Naoki Nagayama entered from the opened door and found five or six workers working nervously and orderly. Sakata Naoya was patrolling everywhere in the room.

"Naoya-san." Naoki Nagayama greeted.

Sakata Naoya hurriedly walked over: "Naoki-san, why are you here?"

"Just came from Honma-san's side, so I stopped by to see the progress of the project." Explained slightly. "How is it, is it going well?"

"Hai, the foundation and basic wiring work are about to be completed. The remaining decoration work will also be very fast. It will definitely be completed in about a week or two."

Naoki Nagayama looked at it. The basic structure of the disco was already there, and the time was indeed not slow.

"That's the best~ It's been closed for so long. I just saw that the popularity of Disco Street has declined a bit."

"Yes, Naoki-san's disco is very important to this street. During the renovation, many neighboring shopkeepers came to inquire." Sakata Naoya remembered that the landlady of the izakaya and the boss of the game hall had visited the construction site.

"Hahaha, is that so? Then we really have to start work early."

Speaking of which, I don't know how the training of the ST band by Araki Shige is going. After opening, if you can't play a little punk rock, it will be a bit disappointing.

After wandering around, Naoki Nagayama drove towards the set in Ueno. "Hachiko Monogatari" had already filmed the last parts. Even Shinichi Chiba wrapped up a few days ago, leaving only Hachiko's later years.

The employees of the camera crew were not staying in the old house, but in an old-fashioned train station nearby.

This one had not been abandoned, but the flow of people was very small, especially not during the peak hours of commuting. Yoshimura Otomo used his glib tongue and some money offensive to get the consent of the station master, allowing the film crew to borrow the venue during this time.

"Otomo-san." Seeing the camera crew filming, Naoki Nagayama went directly to Yoshimura Otomo who was smoking on the side. "Why are you smoking here? Is there any problem with the filming?"

"Ah, Naoki-san." Yoshimura Otomo extinguished the cigarette when he saw someone coming. He had long known that Naoki Nagayama didn't smoke. "There is indeed some trouble."

"Nani? Is there really? What is it?"

"It's Hachiko." Yoshimura Otomo looked worried. "In order to reflect the down-and-out feeling of the adult Hachiko, the hair needs to be wet and dirty, and some makeup needs to be applied, but Hachiko is very uncooperative."

"Ha, so that's it." Naoki Nagayama laughed. After all, it is a dog. It is inevitable that it will not cooperate in this situation. It is also very difficult to perform the weak situation at the end.

"Naoki-san, we are afraid that the last part of hunger and cold cannot be filmed. After all, we can't really let Hachiko go hungry..."

Naoki Nagayama looked at Yoshimura Otomo and Shuichi Ido who was still filming, feeling a bit comforted. His friends are kind-hearted people.

In this era, even if Japan already had the "Act on Welfare and Management of Animals", if it were replaced by some other unscrupulous directors, they wouldn't care about the situation of animal actors. For how to express hunger and cold, just let them really go hungry and cold. Even the final death, in order to show the real sense of death, maybe they would...

"Otomo-san, don't worry so much." Naoki Nagayama comforted. "Hunger and cold, it's summer now. Let the makeup artist shave Hachiko's hair thinner, won't the overall body shape become thin?"

"Then the feeling of exhaustion... Before filming, let the dog trainer take Hachiko to run five kilometers and play frisbee for a few hours. I guarantee it will be as tired as a dog!"

Ah no, Hachiko is a dog in the first place.

"But it's winter at the end of the movie... If the hair is too short..." Yoshimura Otomo was still a bit puzzled. This would be a leak in the movie.

"Otomo-san, let the makeup artist worry about this. Let them blow the hair or something to create a feeling of dense hair but very thin..."

Yoshimura Otomo complained from the side: "Naoki-san, I feel like you are making things difficult for the makeup artist..."

"What's that, Rena-san has done this kind of hair for many female stars."

"Eh? Is that so? Why don't I know?" Making hair look dense, Yoshimura Otomo subconsciously touched his Mediterranean head with a little hair left. Is there any salvation?

Naoki Nagayama, who didn't know that Yoshimura Otomo had run off the track, saw that this scene of filming had ended and walked over immediately.

"Ido-san, how is it today?"

"Ah, Naoki-san is here." Shuichi Ido drank a sip of water. "The summer and spring parts are almost finished, and then it will be autumn and winter."

"Is that so, then this station needs to be set up."

"Yes..." Shuichi Ido said. In autumn, decorations and plants need to be replaced with withered grass and fallen leaves.

And winter is more convenient. Just spread a layer of snow on the whole space, but it needs an expensive snow machine.

"Is it the set group of the TV station?"

"Hai, I relied on some relationships and found a team that specifically serves TV stations." Shuichi Ido said, "It will probably come in a while tomorrow. It is said that they also brought a truck of fallen leaves."

"What, brought fallen leaves? At this time?"

"Yes, it is said that they are all natural fallen leaves collected from the forest."

The two chatted about the subsequent set, marveling at the Japanese scene manufacturing team.

After chatting about the filming difficulties for a while, Naoki Nagayama also participated in the subsequent filming process. In addition to Hachiko waiting, there were some other actors and roles. Some were friendly to Hachiko, and some drove Hachiko away as a stray dog. Different roles formed the miserable life of Hachiko in the later period of his life.

Naoki Nagayama, who returned to Sanyingyuan, found that the message light on the phone was on. Did anyone call again?

"Moshi moshi, is this Nagayama-san? I am Akihiro Hirayama, the sales manager of the Toyota car dealership. I don't know if you still have an impression."

"Calling to inform you that there is news about the Toyota Century you set. If you need it, I can set it for you."

"The time is tight, and it needs to be confirmed in the next two days, so if Nagayama-san hasn't changed his mind, please notify me at any time, that's all."

Ah, it's about buying a car.

Naoki Nagayama smiled. It seems that the power of money is really great. In such a short time, there is already news.

But it's better to get it as soon as possible. He returned the call according to the phone record. The ringtone only rang once before it was picked up.

"Moshi moshi, is this Nagayama-san?"

Akihiro Hirayama's tone was a bit nervous. It seems he has been guarding the phone.

"Hai, it's me. I heard Manager Hirayama's message when I got home, so I called back immediately." Naoki Nagayama asked calmly. "Hirayama-san, is there a quota to pick up the car early?"

"Hai, Nagayama-san, I heard that a company had a quota for a car temporarily vacant due to some problems. I begged several old friends and finally got it from the headquarters, so I notified Nagayama-san for the first time!"

Akihiro Hirayama said as if the origin of the quota was very normal, and then he spent a lot of effort himself.

Naoki Nagayama was not moved, because cutting the line is not a big deal, especially for people inside Toyota. At most, it is just an exchange of favors. If you meet a friend in a key position, it is even just a matter of a word.

But you can't say that in your mouth: "That's really hard for Hirayama-san, please rest assured, I will definitely give compensation here."

This is fulfilling the previous promise.

"When can I pick up the car?"

"Nagayama-san, it will take until the end of June at the earliest." Akihiro Hirayama replied. "If you are lucky, you can pick it up about a week early."

"Is that so? Four months early, that's really great." Naoki Nagayama replied. "Then please continue to watch the car pickup process for me, Hirayama-san. When I can pick up the car, I will personally bring the reward to the store."

Four months early is a commission of 4 million yen. Naoki Nagayama is confirming his promise to Akihiro Hirayama again.

"Hai, I will definitely watch the process more seriously! Please wait for my good news, Nagayama-san!" Akihiro Hirayama hung up the phone excitedly.

From the original half a year to now being able to get it in two months, Naoki Nagayama realized the convenience brought by money and strengthened his determination to continue to get rich.

"Wealth is really a convenient thing! Don't you think so, Eitaro?" Naoki Nagayama scratched Eitaro's chin on the side.

..... ===== CHAPTER 213 =====