Chapter 220: Naoki-san, what are you doing now?

When he arrived at the studio the next day, Naoki Nagayama was rarely in low spirits.

"What's wrong? Naoki-san, you look listless."

Today is Saturday. Shuichi Yin Tang brought his daughter over today, and she was playing with little Hachiko at this time.

And Eitaro's arrival made the playing combination even happier.

"Eitaro, don't bully the child." Naoki Nagayama instructed, then sat next to Shuichi Yin Tang, watching the scene of playing. "I was very disappointed last night. My sister seems to have someone she likes (and I, the older brother, am still single)... Shuichi-san, if Yui falls in love in the future..."

"Impossible!" Shuichi Yin Tang hurriedly interrupted Naoki Nagayama's speech. "Yui-chan will always stay by her father's side! No matter which bad boy has designs on my Yui, I will definitely let him know why the maple leaves in Shinjuku Gyoen are so red!"

"..." What a dangerous statement!

"Sigh... Shuichi-san, your thinking..."

Naoki Nagayama shook his head and didn't continue. This daughter-slave was already abnormal.

After waiting for a while, Otomo Yoshimura also rushed over. After greeting Yui, he called the two into the office.

"The time for the premiere has been set, on July 25th."

"Eh? Why set it on this day?"

"Of course because it's Sunday!" Otomo Yoshimura continued, "It's great for everyone to come and watch the premiere when they are resting."

Naoki Nagayama really wanted to complain. The main audience for the preview is the media. Otomo-san, the day you set is making reporters work overtime on the weekend...

"Alright, I have no opinion."

Whether reporters work overtime or not, what does it have to do with me, Naoki Nagayama~

Anyway, the media that received red envelopes will all say good things~

Coming to the studio on this weekend is naturally not just for such a simple chat.

"Naoki-san, starting from the preview, Kadokawa Pictures is sending a staff member over under the pretext of poor communication. To act as the head of the planning department..." Otomo Yoshimura's face was a bit unhappy at this time.

"They really are swift and decisive... saying they hope to meet with the company's leadership team as soon as possible and start working next week."

"Hahaha, didn't I say it last time? They will definitely send someone for this film." Naoki Nagayama didn't care. "Even if they don't send someone this time, they will definitely send someone in the future."

"That guy Haruki Kadokawa..." Otomo Yoshimura seemed to feel a bit resentful. His original friend was actually going to attack his own company.

"Otomo-san, don't blame Haruki-san. This is just a normal business method."

Naoki Nagayama didn't want Otomo Yoshimura to complain too much about his old acquaintance. After all, the previous films were really half-gifted resources and promotion from the Kadokawa Group. If it weren't for human feelings, who would want shares in a shell company?

Now that they found they had picked up a treasure, they naturally cherished it even more.

"This also shows that our Tree Friend Pictures has become more valuable, hahaha~" Naoki Nagayama laughed to appease Otomo Yoshimura.

"Naoki-san, then how should we deal with that guy?" Shuichi Yin Tang asked. "The head of the planning department is a very key position."

Yes, the planning department is the starting point of a project. For a film production company, it is discovering scripts, developing projects, grasping the market, etc., and is a core department.

However, at Tree Friend Pictures... it seems different. This company is less of a film and television company and more of a crew centered on Naoki Nagayama. All money-making projects come from the big boss Naoki Nagayama alone.

"Shuichi-san, don't be so hostile~ The person who can be sent over is very capable." Naoki Nagayama said with a smile. "He is a professional that our company couldn't hire even if we spent money!"

"??" Shuichi Yin Tang didn't understand. "Isn't he here to monitor us?"

"Who said that! What monitoring! He is our company's planning minister!" Naoki Nagayama emphasized. "He is here to work seriously! The company must cooperate well."

Otomo Yoshimura seemed to understand: "Naoki-san, do you want to treat him as an ordinary employee?"

"Not an ordinary employee, but an excellent talent!" Naoki Nagayama said to Shuichi Yin Tang, "Our film has already been shot, and everyone in the crew has no work to do again... At this time, shouldn't the planning minister's responsibility begin to look for new projects?"

"Eh? Ah le?? That's right!

!" Shuichi Yin Tang was awakened. Isn't this ready-made labor?

Generally speaking, such very capable employees have been cultivated by their own companies for a long time. Under the seniority system in Japan, they basically won't jump ship halfway.

Being able to get such an employee for a startup company is very beneficial for future development.

"Otomo-san, send Masami Inada to him as a subordinate later, and let Inada-kun learn well."

Masami Inada is now considered Otomo Yoshimura's confidant, but Otomo Yoshimura, who became a monk halfway, doesn't actually understand the film industry that deeply and can't teach too much.

Let Otomo Yoshimura learn? That's impossible. He is already a senior executive, just learn to know people and use them well.

"Hai, I will make it clear to Inada-kun."

"As for the others, Otomo-san, as his direct superior, be more friendly; Shuichi-san, just be official; I will be a bit cold and ignore him, hahaha~"

Shuichi Yin Tang and Otomo Yoshimura also laughed when they heard this, and the laughter attracted the attention of the trio playing outside.

Yui Yin Tang ran in quickly with two dogs, completely ignoring the arm stretched out by Shuichi Yin Tang, and dived into Naoki Nagayama's arms.

"Big Brother Naoki, what are you talking about, laughing so happily?"

"Hahaha, we were just talking about how to beat up a bad guy!"

"A bad guy? Then Yui will help you beat him up!" While gesturing with a fighting posture, she made a "ba-ba" sound herself.

What a cute little girl.

Shuichi Yin Tang, who was stretching his arm on the side, had a gray face at this time...

Since he agreed to pretend to be cold, Naoki Nagayama didn't intend to meet the person in advance. He took Eitaro back to Chiyoda in the afternoon.

On the way, he took a detour and came to the headquarters of Shogakukan.

"Teacher Naoki, good afternoon~"

Mitsuko Nishihara had better eyes and saw Naoki Nagayama at the front desk first, while Reiki Nozawa beside her was focused on reading a novel, which was actually "Love Letter." After hearing the movement, she hurriedly greeted him too.

"Mitsuko-san, Reiki-san, good afternoon to you too." Naoki Nagayama saw the novel at the front desk and said with a smile, "You are also reading 'Love Letter'? How does it feel?"

Reiki Nozawa said excitedly: "Teacher Naoki's novel is really good! I've already read it for the third time!"

"Haha, thank you for the compliment, Reiki-san~"

Mitsuko Nishihara asked: "Teacher Naoki, did you make an appointment with Editor Morikawa this time too?"

"Ah, there is no specific appointment time. Morikawa-san helped me store some things, and I happened to be free today, so I came to get them."

"Hai, then I will take you to find Editor Morikawa." Mitsuko Nishihara led the way diligently, leaving Reiki Nozawa, who was left behind for a moment, to stay at the front desk on duty.

Naoki Nagayama nodded to the glasses girl and followed.

Mitsuko Nishihara introduced while walking: "Teacher Naoki, is this your first time here? This is the office hall, this is the manga department, this is the teaching aid department, this is..."

The interior of Shogakukan is indeed very consistent with the atmosphere of a publishing house. On the bookshelves, desks, and corridors, there are samples and peripherals of various novels and manga.

Many editors were reading manuscripts with their heads down, and occasionally a few people would look up to size up the handsome man who walked in.

A strong scholarly atmosphere came to his face, as if to explain that this is one of the origins of Tokyo's spiritual culture.

"Teacher Naoki, Editor Morikawa's workstation is just ahead." Mitsuko Nishihara walked a few steps faster and reminded Kuniharu Morikawa: "Editor Morikawa, Teacher Naoki is here."

Kuniharu Morikawa looked up and stood up immediately after seeing Naoki Nagayama: "Naoki-san, why did you come over?"

"Haha, didn't I say there were a lot of fan letters before? I came to get them."

"This... didn't we agree that I would send them to you?"

"Haha, it happened to be on the way, and I also happened to come to see Morikawa-san's work."

Naoki Nagayama sized up the desk. Messy manuscripts were piled up at will, but the most conspicuous position was naturally the freshly baked "Love Letter." This could already be said to be the hottest novel recently.

Kuniharu Morikawa also seemed a bit embarrassed about the mess on his desk: "Haha, I'm used to it when working, it got so messy without paying attention... Naoki-san, I'll take you to see the fan letters."

"Hai, sorry for the trouble~"

Naoki Nagayama followed Kuniharu Morikawa to a storage room. Three medium-sized boxes were placed on the outermost side.

"Naoki-san, these are the letters sent recently. Two boxes are already full, and another one is almost full."

"Are there so many?..." He originally thought one box was the most. Fortunately, he drove here.

Kuniharu Morikawa asked Mitsuko Nishihara to get a small cart: "This is just for this period of time. Now we can receive a big pile every morning, continuously."

Naoki Nagayama opened a letter, which actually only wrote one sentence: "I am fine, are you fine?"

Uh... they wouldn't all be written like this, right...

"Hahaha, I was wondering if it would be like this." Kuniharu Morikawa laughed, "Naoki-san described it too well in the novel... Sending letters like this will become a trend, right."

"... They wouldn't all be like this... How do other authors handle these fan letters?"

"Generally, pick some to reply to. As for the others... some will burn them directly, some collect them, and some will hand them over to us to handle."

"Eh? Then how do you handle them?"

"Shredded and thrown away..."

Then I'd better keep them...

With the help of Mitsuko Nishihara's small cart and Kuniharu Morikawa, Naoki Nagayama moved all three boxes into the car, said goodbye, and drove back to Shanying Yuan.

Looking at the cardboard boxes in the living room, Naoki Nagayama sighed. It seems that this afternoon will be spent on this. Maybe until the evening...

When people are focused on one thing, time passes quickly.

This afternoon, except for drinking water and eating, Naoki Nagayama threw himself into reading fan letters. He found that fan letters are generally divided into three categories:

The first type: to confide their own emotional experiences and life experiences, wanting to get the author's advice or comfort; the second type: seriously discussing the plot, expressing their views on the novel; the third type: unclear, some are words in the novel, some are messy and don't know what was written, and some are strange threats, such as "How dare you make this master shed tears, I remember you, author! Don't let me see you!"

In short, the world is indeed strange.

"Ding ling ling~"

"Moshi moshi, this is Shanying Yuan~" Naoki Nagayama lifted his arm from the sofa full of letter paper and pulled the phone over.

"Naoki-san? This is Akina Nakamori~" The voice coming from the receiver was Akina-chan's voice. "Why does it sound listless? Are you sick?"

"Ah, Akina-chan, I'm not sick, I just saw many, many people in the afternoon, and my heart is numb." Naoki Nagayama looked at the letters on the table, and there was one box left.

"Eh? Did Naoki-san attend a party?"

"No, I spent an afternoon reading fan letters for 'Love Letter'..." Naoki Nagayama responded. "Speaking of which, Akina-chan should have received many fan letters too, right?"

"I didn't receive many myself... Most of them were read by the agency first, and then the manager-san picked some fan letters for me." Akina recalled the previous fan letters. "Everyone is a very good fan, and I am very happy to see their letters."

"Ah, that must be that the people in the agency have already screened some letters." Naoki Nagayama complained to Akina Nakamori. "Akina-chan, this afternoon, I saw dozens of letters scolding me..."

"Eh? Why scold? Naoki-san's 'Love Letter' is clearly written so well."

"Who knows..." Naoki Nagayama felt that he might not read every one in the future. "People's joys and sorrows are not the same..."

"Eh? Akina-chan went home unexpectedly early today~" Naoki Nagayama looked at the time, it was not even 8 o'clock.

"Even as an artist, you have to have rest time!" Akina said sullenly. "I recorded a new song today, so I came back a little early..."

Hearing that the tone was wrong, Naoki Nagayama immediately thought of the style problem he mentioned before: "Is it that rebellious song?"

"Yeah, yeah, and Shimada Yuzo-san was very fierce, insisting that I sing..."

"Is it that guy Yuzo-san? He can't drink much, and his temper is still so bad?" Naoki Nagayama remembered the experience of getting this guy drunk in Los Angeles. "At that time, it was thanks to Akina-chan that he was sent back. Is he so ungrateful?"

As an idol, it is inevitable to encounter situations where you have to sing songs you don't want to sing at work. Akina also understands this very well, but the depressed and suppressed mood is inevitable.

Such troubles, of course, cannot be told to colleagues at work; if told to the family, the family cannot understand, and perhaps they will ask to follow the agency's arrangements; as for friends, past good friends feel more and more distant, and new friends have not reached the point where everything can be said.

Akina could only tell Naoki Nagayama, who could understand all this.

"Exactly, exactly, that guy Yuzo-san, simply doesn't know how to be grateful!" As she spoke, Akina actually laughed. "Hahaha, next time he is fierce to me, I will use this to talk about it."

"Next time we meet, I'll get him drunk again! Hahaha~" Naoki Nagayama echoed Akina's tone and laughed too.

"By the way, Naoki-san, I received the letter you sent!" Akina seemed to remember something. "I originally called to say this."

"Ha, is that so?" Naoki Nagayama recalled the content. "Then did Akina-chan eat well?"

"Hai, today I made a big meal myself!"

Akina Nakamori, who returned to her apartment early today, went to the supermarket to buy the vegetables and meat she liked, carefully prepared a dinner, and enjoyed it beautifully.

After cleaning up the kitchen, she also took advantage of the rare free time to clean the place where she lived.

Afterward, she originally wanted to watch a TV drama, but found that the TV drama she had been chasing had missed a long plot, and she couldn't understand the plot development now, so she lost interest in watching it.

Plus, during the day, she was forced to record a new song she didn't like in the recording studio, and she felt a bit emo at this time.

After being in a daze for a while, when she turned her head, she suddenly saw "Love Letter" and a letter on the bedside table.

"Naoki-san... what are you doing now?"

... ===== CHAPTER 221 =====