Chapter 263: Don't girls yearn for handsome young boys?

After giving someone a crooked idea that seemed quite reliable, Naoki Nagayama didn't continue to talk much about the *Tales of the Unusual* column.

This program had already been sold to the TV station; if the original author intervened too much, it would easily be considered meddlesome~

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Naoki Nagayama planned to chat for a while and then find an excuse to say goodbye.

Sugiura Tai-tai also changed the topic and started chatting about other things:

"Nagayama-san, I heard that the new movie was released recently?"

"Ah, Sugiura-san knows too? It was officially previewed yesterday~" Naoki Nagayama was a bit surprised, then immediately reacted. "It was Otomo-san who said it, right?"

"Hai, Otomo-san praised it many times when we were eating, saying it was a movie that would be passed down to future generations or something!"

"Hahaha, Otomo-san is really too exaggerated~"

The two men chatted very happily, leaving Rumi Nishi to the side drinking coffee and eating a small cake, feeling left out:

"What movie are you talking about? Chatting so happily~"

Naoki Nagayama turned his head: "It's a romance movie I filmed a while ago, titled *A Scene at the Sea*, it was just released~"

"Eh~ a romance movie? The name sounds very evocative~" Once she heard it was a romance movie, Rumi Nishi instantly became interested. "Has it been released in all theaters? Where can I watch it?"

Naoki Nagayama was stunned. Under the suggestion of Xiu-san and his mentor Taichi Machida, this movie currently adopted what seemed to be a long-term release mode, seemingly to first improve word-of-mouth, so it was only released in niche art theaters.

"Uh... this, it seems only a small portion of theaters are showing it." Naoki Nagayama didn't know much about art theaters in Japan. "I can't fully know which theater chains are showing it, but you can still watch it at Iwanami Theater, and it will be showing until the end of the year~"

Sugiura Tai-tai had also heard the name of Iwanami Theater: "Hontoni? Showing at Iwanami Theater?"

"Hai."

"That's really amazing!" Sugiura Tai-tai looked at Naoki Nagayama again. The movie of this young screenwriter and director could actually be recognized by the famous Iwanami. "Nagayama-san, is this your first movie?"

As for movies, this was already the fourth one, right? But the first three only had his name as a screenwriter...

"Hai, this counts as the first one I directed!"

The look Sugiura Tai-tai and Rumi Nishi gave him had changed. This handsome guy had the potential of a famous director~

In the subsequent exchanges, both were clearly more enthusiastic.

Flower sedan chairs are carried by people; as employees who had worked in the production bureau of Fuji TV for so long, once they were attentive, they naturally praised Naoki Nagayama until he was very happy. No wonder Hiromi Otomo couldn't hold back.

"Nagayama-san, speaking of which, Director Xiu-san of Tree Friend Pictures is directing a yakuza movie, right?" Sugiura Tai-tai casually mentioned Xiu-san's recent situation.

"Yeah, it's still a movie related to campus gangsters."

"In the past two years, yakuza movies have indeed been very popular. I don't know if it's related to the activity of the gangsters... The third generation of the Yamaguchi-gumi passed away last year, and I heard the fourth generation still hasn't been selected~"

The topic actually jumped directly to the Yamaguchi-gumi... Sugiura Tai-tai didn't know that sitting across from him was someone who had a deep connection with the Yamaguchi-gumi...

Naoki Nagayama just smiled shallowly and didn't express an opinion.

Rumi Nishi turned her spoon and was very disdainful: "What's good about yakuza movies being popular? The student group will be affected, and there are more and more bad boys and girls!"

"But it cannot be denied that bad culture and yakuza culture are popular among young people; this is a social phenomenon~"

"Then that means there must be something wrong with this society!"

Rumi Nishi didn't know why she was puffed up with anger~

Naoki Nagayama quickly pacified the two who were about to argue: "Alright, this kind of problem is not something we can solve~"

Sugiura Tai-tai also nodded in agreement: "Yeah, could it be that Fuji TV also plans a campus drama, letting young students not contact these bad and yakuza cultures? Hahaha~"

Rumi Nishi was clearly very unhappy with campus bad boys; it was very likely she had been bullied when she was in school.

"Actually, most people don't like bad boys, but... it seems there's nothing to watch on campus except bad boys~"

Sugiura Tai-tai made a clever remark: "Who said that? There's also romance!"

"Tsk... the romance of young boys and girls has been filmed tens of thousands of times! There's nothing that can attract people!"

Rumi Nishi seemed to know a lot about campus romance dramas and started counting them for the two boys...

Naoki Nagayama looked at Sugiura Tai-tai awkwardly: "Sugiura-san, I don't seem to have watched any... do you know?"

"Uh..." Sugiura Tai-tai's old face turned red. "I've watched a part of them~"

If a boy says he has watched a part of them, it's highly likely he has watched most of them. As expected, this guy Sugiura Tai-tai also chased campus romance when he was in school!

"Nagayama-san didn't watch any at all when he was in high school?"

"Ah... at that time I was relatively isolated and dull; I didn't care much about anything except studying..."

"Eh? Can't tell~" Rumi Nishi felt that the handsome guy in front of her didn't feel dull at all; if she said he was a playboy, it would be a bit like it...

Being stared at by Rumi Nishi's eyes, Naoki Nagayama felt a bit uncomfortable and laughed dryly: "Actually, regarding campus romance or something, I'm not completely ignorant; I've even fantasized about strange plots~"

Sugiura Tai-tai leaned over cheekily at this time: "Nagayama-san, it wouldn't be erotic plots, right~ Hahahaha~"

Naoki Nagayama's forehead instantly had a patch of black lines, while Rumi Nishi hit Sugiura Tai-tai's shoulder twice. However, everyone was an adult, so it didn't matter to talk a bit loosely.

"It looks like Sugiura-san didn't think less of this kind of plot when he was in high school!"

Naoki Nagayama countered without hesitation.

"Actually, what I thought of at that time was probably a princess descending from the sky, a distressed young lady, and then just happened to meet me or something, hahaha~"

Rumi Nishi also laughed and said: "Hahaha~ when I was in high school, I also had daydreams about an amnesiac noble young master, a prince on a white horse, or something~"

Sugiura Tai-tai also seemed interested: "It looks like campus romance still has a lot of market. It just so happens that Fuji TV doesn't have any good dramas recently. If we plan a TV series about campus romance, it will definitely have attention."

Chatting and chatting, Naoki Nagayama suddenly thought of the campus romance drama he recalled a year ago called *Hana Yori Dango*, so he said it directly: "Haha, speaking of which, I happen to have a finished script here, about campus romance~"

"Eh?" Sugiura Tai-tai and Rumi Nishi both stared in surprise. Is it such a coincidence? Could it be a story put together temporarily?

"Hontoni? Is it such a coincidence? What kind of story is it?"

Anyway, there was nothing important, so Naoki Nagayama told the two about the plot of *Hana Yori Dango*.

Something about the four most influential families in the political and economic circles, a noble school founded to cultivate excellent descendants; the heirs of the four families (F4 flower group of four) enjoy various privileges on campus; a Cinderella from a poor background enters the noble school by chance; and then the story from opposing F4 to finally falling in love...

Sugiura Tai-tai was attracted into the story and also understood that this was indeed a complete script, not a story made up on the spur of the moment.

"How could there be such a school!"

Although he was also attracted by the story, it didn't hinder Sugiura Tai-tai from complaining about the plot setting at all.

"And why would the young masters of noble families like a girl from a poor background, and both of them like her... it doesn't conform to common sense at all~"

"Hahaha, Sugiura-san, this is the story of Cinderella and the Prince on a Bai Mawangzi~

And noble schools exist in the first place; the story just extreme-ized it~"

Naoki Nagayama looked at Rumi Nishi, who seemed to be immersed in the story, and asked with a smile: "And romance stories, the love-hate relationship between F4 and the heroine, etc., were originally written from the perspective of girls, which is very consistent with the fantasies of high school girls, right Rumi Nishi?"

"Ah, ano, not really, actually... the person I like, just one is enough..." stuttering...

"Eh?" Naoki Nagayama didn't quite understand. "Rumi Nishi-san, haven't you ever yearned for many handsome and dashing boys to fight for you?"

Hearing this sentence, Rumi Nishi seemed to have her inner heart pierced, her face turned red with shyness, and she retorted in a low voice: "No way~"

That coy appearance made people see at once that her words didn't match her heart.

Naoki Nagayama shrugged at Sugiura Tai-tai. Look, it's indeed very popular, right?

And Sugiura Tai-tai and Rumi Nishi actually started discussing the plot, and from time to time asked for Naoki Nagayama's opinion, as if this story had really happened.

"If it were me, I would definitely choose Hanazawa Rui!" Rumi Nishi said confidently. "Handsome and gentle, a proper Prince on a Bai Mawangzi!"

"But shouldn't the kind of prodigal son returning be more popular with girls?" Sugiura Tai-tai retorted. "The kind of boy who will change for himself will more stir up a girl's love, making girls obsessed, right?"

"....... Tai-tai, how come you know so much about girls?"

"At least I was a prodigal son when I was in school!"

"I think you're a scumbag!"

Seeing that the topic was getting more and more off-track, and they were actually about to argue again, speaking of which, how did these two people get assigned to a group...

Naoki Nagayama had to interject again: "Aren't we discussing the plot? Why are we pulling it to individuals again..."

Rumi Nishi looked at Naoki Nagayama and smiled embarrassedly: "Too immersed, didn't pay attention for a moment..."

And Sugiura Tai-tai, who had walked out of the plot, suddenly became quiet, drinking coffee absent-mindedly, his eyes unfocused.

Seeming to have thought of something, he suddenly drank the coffee in the cup in one gulp.

"Ano, Nagayama-san..." the address had changed, and the tone had also begun to become formal. "You said before that the script for this story already exists?"

"Ah... it is indeed already written..." Naoki Nagayama was stunned for a moment. "Sugiura-san? What's wrong?"

"Nagayama-san, if you don't mind, please call me by my name!"

"Uh, hai... Tai-tai-san?"

"It's like this, Nagayama-san." Sugiura Tai-tai sat up straight, and then his tone and demeanor began to become formal. "After listening to the story you told just now, although it was only a part, both Rumi Nishi and I were attracted by the plot."

"Both Rumi Nishi and I have read quite a few TV scripts. Generally speaking, it's not easy to be attracted, let alone argue for the plot..."

Rumi Nishi also reacted at this time. Usually, when seeing the scripts of screenwriters sent to the production bureau, she wouldn't easily argue with Sugiura Tai-tai.

"So?"

"So, Nagayama-san's story is very interesting, very attractive..."

Sugiura Tai-tai paused and continued: "I don't know, Nagayama-san, do you have any thoughts of selling the script?"

"Selling?"

This proposal suddenly put forward by Sugiura Tai-tai made Naoki Nagayama begin to think seriously.

Speaking of which, his company already had many scripts. *Hana Yori Dango*, *Tokyo Love Story*, *Love Generation*, etc., were all excellent scripts that had been tested by the audience.

But in Japan, TV series and movies are still different. TV series are bought by TV stations after being produced. But after major TV stations had their own production bureaus, most of the time they chose TV series produced by their own production bureaus.

And if the production bureau chose joint production, they would generally find old-school production companies with good relationships, such as Toho, Toei, etc.

If they relied on Tree Friend Pictures to film it themselves, whether it could be broadcast at that time would be a problem.

"Tai-tai-san, you suddenly said this, I'm a bit surprised..."

Sugiura Tai-tai also remembered that this was their first meeting, and before, Fuji TV's production bureau had forcibly bought a column from Tree Friend Pictures!

"Nagayama-san, being so abrupt is indeed very rude. But please believe in my sincerity; our production bureau will definitely give a satisfactory condition!"

Sugiura Tai-tai dared to guarantee, on one hand, because the story was indeed attractive, and on the other hand, because he was the confidant of the Minister of the First Production Department, and he also knew that the production bureau was currently facing the predicament of a drama shortage.

And Rumi Nishi was holding her breath to the side. Suddenly entering a purchase negotiation, she was both excited and nervous, her face flushed red.

"Tai-tai-san, for this drama, I originally planned for Tree Friend Pictures to film it myself..."

"Daijobu, the leading power of production can still be given to Tree Friend Pictures. When the production committee is formed, it can be set in the contract."

They were originally going to cooperate with external production companies to produce it together, and Tree Friend Pictures already had several representative works. The movie directed by Naoki Nagayama was even shown at Iwanami, so Sugiura Tai-tai was not worried about the level and ability of Tree Friend Pictures' TV series production at all.

"But, we originally wanted our own artists..."

"This... this is also not a problem!" Sugiura Tai-tai paused, recalling that Tree Friend Pictures actually only had 4 artists, so it didn't matter. "However, in casting, if there are other agencies and production companies joining, we still have to refer to their opinions..."

"But it will still be based on Tree Friend Pictures!"

Naoki Nagayama felt a bit unreal hearing such generous conditions.

"Tai-tai-san, don't you need to discuss it with the ministers of the production bureau?"

"Nagayama-san, unlike other TV series productions, your script is already completed, no need to start from the project establishment. The rest is just a matter of money and filming." Sugiura Tai-tai became more excited as he spoke. "And I have already confirmed the excellence of the story; the viewership rating will definitely be very good. There won't be any problems on the minister's side!"

"However, the cost amount and so on still need to be further confirmed and discussed with Minister Takano."

Naoki Nagayama looked at the excited Sugiura Tai-tai and Rumi Nishi, who was full of expectation to the side, and finally smiled:

"Since Tai-tai has said so, then the script can naturally be sold!"

Sugiura Tai-tai was so excited at this time that he stood up: "Then Nagayama-san, let's go to Fuji TV right now! Find Minister Takano!"

"Uh... Tai-tai-san, is it too fast? My script is still at home~"

Sugiura Tai-tai looked at the sky outside; it was noon without realizing it.

"Ah, indeed, it's noon... why don't we go in the afternoon! Nagayama-san, let's have a meal together at noon!"

Looking at the burning Sugiura Tai-tai, Naoki Nagayama felt that this guy seemed to have a feeling of being ignited.

Wouldn't he have run into some strange person... ===== CHAPTER 264 =====