Chapter 238: Do I have

"Naoki-san, the gift you brought has been received!"

Received a long-lost call from Nakamori Akina. How long had it been? Probably almost more than a month.

"Haha, has Akina-chan finally returned to the apartment?"

"Yes, I thought I would have to live in the car forever."

I heard Akina complain before that she was on the road all day, eating and sleeping in the car, as if the house she lived in had become a small car. Now that she was even busier, the time spent in the car was even more frequent. Sometimes she even had to find time to wash up at a gas station.

"That's terrible. In the future, Akina-chan's car must be changed to a fully functional RV~"

"Haha~ Naoki-san, don't joke~ If you keep saying this, it feels like it will come true!"

Akina lay on the sofa in the apartment in a Ge You-style slouch, her whole body relaxed, laughing very happily, as if the fatigue of these few days had drifted away.

"How is it, are the macadamia nuts delicious?"

"Of course they are delicious, but it's very strenuous~ The shell of the macadamia nut is too hard..."

It took Akina a long time to eat one with a special macadamia nut cracker. As expected, the original shell opener was still relatively strenuous.

Eh? Remember Akina wasn't very strong?

"Perhaps the fruit meat eaten after going through hardships is so sweet~ Isn't there a saying called 'bitterness first, sweetness later'?"

"Is 'bitterness first, sweetness later' used here? Naoki-san, don't bully me for not reading books!"

Akina, lying on the sofa, frowned, her voice turned into a milky, fierce baby voice, threatening the person on the other side of the phone line fiercely and cutely.

"Didn't say it couldn't be used." Naoki Nagayama keenly changed the topic. "Akina-chan's voice-changing ability is getting more and more powerful! Maybe you can be a radio host in the future~"

"Hahaha, that's of course~ Regarding this point of vocal range, Akina-sama still has a bit of confidence. Being a radio host is a small matter!"

Akina began to boast shamelessly, not at all like the humble idol on TV. This was a trait that would only be shown between close people.

Just at this time, Naoki Nagayama thought of the ethereal voice he was looking for. Since Akina's vocal range was so wide, could it be possible?

"Speaking of which, Akina-chan, I am looking for a special voice recently." Naoki Nagayama sat up straight. "I don't know if Akina-chan can make a very ethereal sound?"

"Ethereal?"

"It's that kind of sound that is not in reality, very psychedelic, for example, the resentful female ghost sound in horror movies... and the kind of choir..."

After explaining a little, he heard a low female voice coming from the receiver: "Naoki-san, I died so miserably..."

"..." A series of black lines rose on Naoki Nagayama's forehead.

"Akina-chan, just go with peace of mind. I will definitely burn more incense for you in front of the Buddha..."

"Hahahaha~"

Naoki Nagayama even felt that he could see Nakamori Akina kicking her legs like a rabbit on the sofa.

However, judging from the timbre, it was still biased towards the middle and low pitch, and it didn't seem suitable for the background human voice of *Silent Love*~

"Speaking of which, Akina-chan, are you going to participate in the Shinjuku Song Festival next week?"

"Hai? It seems so~ I'll go check the schedule~"

The confused Akina didn't care much about the schedule a week later. Anyway, the manager-san would definitely remind her.

"Hai, it is indeed going. Are you going too, Naoki-san?" Akina returned, and after checking, confirmed her itinerary.

Naoki Nagayama nodded: "Yes, because Yin Teng Chunzi-san is also going to participate, and as the creator of the song, I was also invited."

"Ai, if Chunzi-chan is also there, the competition pressure will be very high~" Akina had just started at this time, and had no bottom in her heart about whether she could win the award.

"Isn't Akina-chan's *Girl A* also about to enter the top ten of the ranking list?" Naoki Nagayama had just checked the list, and this trend was very obvious.

"Yes..." Hearing this, Akina was actually not very happy.

"What's wrong? You don't like getting good results?"

"It's not that I'm unhappy... it's just that Shimada Yuzo-san is too proud~"

Akina-chan still held a grudge. The unwillingness of being forced to record was still lingering. Although this song made her popularity soar and made her very grateful, she still had a knot in her heart for Shimada Yuzo.

Now she was in this contradictory mood of being grateful and unhappy.

"Hahaha, Yuzo-san? Producing such a record will indeed be proud~"

Naoki Nagayama heard a light "hum" from the other side of the receiver and hurriedly changed his tone.

"However, you can't let this guy be too proud!"

Nakamori Akina was curious, but still explained: "Does Naoki-san have any way? However, it's not that I want to do anything to Yuzo-san! (Whispering: Just want to make him lose face a little~)"

"Akina-chan, do you remember when we were in Los Angeles, we ate together? Yuzo-san got drunk twice?"

"Eh? Of course I remember, what's wrong?"

"Hehe, I took photos of them when they were drunk!"

Naoki Nagayama laughed somewhat treacherously. Although there was no mobile phone, the camera hadn't rested.

"The dissolute appearance after getting drunk is all there! If I mail them to the office..."

Nakamori Akina seemed very excited after hearing it: "Is it really okay? Yuzo-san won't be anything, right?"

"He will die socially."

In the end, it was just losing face. Being laughed at by colleagues, it wouldn't have any impact on Shimada Yuzo. He wasn't a public figure.

Then the two began to chat about how to send it over, how to let the office discover it.

A good phone call turned into a prank conspiracy.

A weekend passed, and the weather in Tokyo began to fluctuate. The breath of late autumn arrived all at once.

The cherry tree in the yard had become bare, leaving only black branches standing in the gradually cooling wind.

In the small park next to Shanyingyuan, some maple leaves had begun to turn red from the edges, intertwined with green leaf veins, becoming very good-looking. Plus the small chrysanthemums blooming in the flower bed, the whole park became a place where young couples nearby liked to come for dates.

Naoki Nagayama, who led Wang Wang Wang several times, encountered young couples coming to play~

This morning, Naoki Nagayama was called to the studio by Dayou Fangcun, and then found that Xiao Sen Xiaoshen Zhengxiao was also in the office.

"Naoki-san, you're here~" Dayou Fangcun organized a stack of photos on the table. "Come over and take a look."

Naoki Nagayama was shocked to see the photos of young or beautiful ladies on the table.

"In just a few days, Dayou-san actually took so many photos? And these wearing school uniforms, did you really squat at the school gate?!"

Dayou Fangcun couldn't laugh or cry: "No, it's from the talent scouts I know. How could we squat at the school gate!"

"And some are idols of suitable age from other agencies. Hearing that we were looking for a female lead, they sent them over."

Xiao Sen Xiaoshen Zhengxiao continued: "Most of them were either the wrong age or the conditions didn't meet. I picked out the suitable ones."

So, now it's my turn to make the final decision?

Naoki Nagayama sat down, took the thick stack of photos on the table in his hand, and began to look at them one by one.

According to the aesthetics of the Showa era, these girls were all round-faced, with delicate features and gentle faces. However, when a person is beautiful to a certain extent, if there is no special place, it is also impossible to be remembered.

Naoki Nagayama clicked his tongue while looking: "They are all cute girls~"

"Dayou-san, Xiaoshen Zhengxiao-jun, you take out the photos you especially recommend and put them on the table. We will decide together."

So the two people over there also began to examine them one by one.

Because the female lead is deaf and mute, this pair of eyes has to bear a lot of emotional expression, which is the most important factor.

"Big eyes, big eyes that can speak..."

Naoki Nagayama would take out the relatively good ones and put them on the table. Plus the other two people, there were only a dozen photos on the table in total for half an hour.

Xiao Sen Xiaoshen Zhengxiao said at this time: "What should we do now? Notify them to come for an audition?"

Naoki Nagayama shook his head: "Xiaoshen Zhengxiao-jun, the maple leaves have turned red, time is running out..."

This week, the casting must be completed. Next week, we will go to Okinawa to start filming! If we notify others to come, if they are not in Tokyo, then it is estimated that it will be delayed for a period of time.

"Then?"

"Let's do subtraction, reduce the candidates to 3! Then drive to meet them directly!"

Dayou Fangcun nodded. Then how to subtract?

"Dayou-san and Xiaoshen Zhengxiao-jun have both read the script. If you feel that the person in the photo is a bit unsuitable for the female lead, remove it!" Naoki Nagayama pointed to one of them. "For example, this one, although very cute, but too short..."

Although girls around 1.5 meters were also very popular in this era, they were not very suitable in this movie.

After a selection, the remaining three photos came out. Two were students, and one was already an idol artist.

Dayou Fangcun said: "Naoki-san. Why don't we go see the artist first, it's more convenient."

However, Naoki Nagayama was a bit stunned looking at one of the photos. This seemed a bit familiar. Have I seen it?

"Naoki-san? What's wrong?"

"This student seems a bit familiar." He turned the photo over, and the words "Saito Yuki, Yokohama Gakuen High School" were written on the back.

Saito Yuki? The queen of infidelity? This is a celebrity!

Although her later love view was a bit strange, as an artist of the Showa jade girl school when she debuted, her fame was also top-tier.

In short, she had audience appeal.

"Dayou-san, let's go see this one first. If she can, the other two don't need to be seen."

"Eh?!" Dayou Fangcun felt strange. "Does this student have any special place? Did Naoki-san know her before?"

He took the photo and looked at it. It was indeed very cute, and the eyes were very big, but the other candidates were not bad either?

"No, it's just a feeling." Naoki Nagayama smiled. "You'll know when you see it."

"But Dayou-san, Xiaoshen Zhengxiao-jun and I can go. Dayou-san, you should stay in Tokyo and help find a male actor. This also needs to speed up."

"Nani?" You two go to see girls, and then let me find men here?

Naoki Nagayama said in his heart: "Dayou-san, if you go to the school gate to wait for people with your bald head, you will be mistaken for a lecherous uncle, and Xiaoshen Zhengxiao-jun and I will be treated as peers."

However, on the surface, it was naturally a high-sounding reason: "Actually, the car only has two seats, and it can't sit anymore~ Xiaoshen Zhengxiao-jun is not as familiar with the agency as Dayou-san, so Dayou-san should stay."

"... That... okay."

Yokohama is below Tokyo. After passing Tokyo International Airport, it is actually not far away.

Naoki Nagayama's convertible sports car went straight down the highway, and the whole journey didn't take 1 hour.

This time, it was naturally Naoki Nagayama who drove, and Xiao Sen Xiaoshen Zhengxiao next to him seemed a bit restrained because the boss drove for him. Speaking of which, this was the first time he and Naoki Nagayama were alone.

"Xiaoshen Zhengxiao-jun, have you independently shot a movie before?"

"Short films and advertisements have been shot a lot. Currently, the company's advertisements are basically shot by me, but feature films are all completed under Xiu-san's guidance."

"Then you have a certain experience. You can try shooting feature films more in the future."

Subordinate employees chatting with the boss, if they are not particularly familiar, generally become like work reports.

Now Xiao Sen Xiaoshen Zhengxiao was in such a situation. Naoki Nagayama was his boss's boss, young, rich, and talented, a proper life idol.

Naoki Nagayama encouraged: "For this movie, although I will direct it, most of the shots will be shot by Xiaoshen Zhengxiao-jun. If I express it unclearly, leading to not shooting well, or how to shoot better, I hope Xiaoshen Zhengxiao-jun can say it directly."

"Hai, I understand!"

He promised so on his mouth, but Xiao Sen Xiaoshen Zhengxiao made a decision in his heart: Naoki-san says what it is. If it is not shot well, it must be my own fault!

Before chatting a few words on the road, Naoki Nagayama found that Xiao Sen Xiaoshen Zhengxiao's sitting posture was a bit stiff, looking very nervous, and there was already fine sweat on his forehead.

Feeling that if he continued to chat, this young man might kneel...

"Is it so stressful to chat with me?" Naoki Nagayama muttered in his heart. "Could it be that I have that kind of 'Conqueror's' Haki unconsciously?"

The so-called "residence changes the body, nourishment changes the spirit". Coming to the Showa era for two years, Naoki Nagayama's mental outlook had undergone not small changes. Dealing with stars, directors, presidents, etc. was also normal.

Plus Tree Friends Film had been established for almost 1 year, and there were at least 30 employees in the company. The idols of the gg agency under his hand and the employees of the disco, how to say, there were also more than 50 people. Although he didn't manage much, basically all affairs could be decided in one word.

Such experience, plus the confidence of knowing the future trend and the confidence from 30 years later, naturally affected some of his tone and demeanor.

In the feeling of employees who were not very familiar, there would be a kind of pressure, which seemed to be the temperament of the so-called "superior".

Seeing that his "ordinary chat" made Xiao Sen Xiaoshen Zhengxiao sweat, Naoki Nagayama was also helpless.

So he turned on the audio, played relaxed citypop music, and dispelled the slightly awkward atmosphere. ===== CHAPTER 239 =====