Chapter 275: Playboy Naoki

Eight o'clock in the morning,

Tokyo's recent weather didn't have warm sunshine. The gloomy sky seemed to be brewing something, and even the morning air was full of moisture. Only a huge and bright halo revealed from the thin clouds indicated the beginning of a new day.

Naoki Nagayama, who finished his morning run, was refreshed after taking a shower and was preparing a simple breakfast of bacon, eggs, bread, and milk in the kitchen of Shanyingyuan. His stomach had long been reminding him with growls.

Just as he took the breakfast to the dining table, sat down, and was about to eat, the telephone in the living room suddenly rang, and it didn't stop:

"Ring ring ring~ ring ring ring~"

"Who would call early in the morning..." Naoki Nagayama looked at the bread in his hand, and the urging in his stomach made him a bit reluctant to put it down. "If it's a sales call, I must scold them fiercely!"

Listening to the ringing that had already sounded for three rounds, he still got up and walked to the living room, restrained his emotions, and picked up the receiver:

"Moshi moshi, this is Shanyingyuan."

"Naoki! Have you seen the newspaper?!" Otomo Yoshimura's slightly urgent voice came over, seeming very anxious.

"Today's newspaper? Not yet..." He had already brought it in during the morning run and was about to look at it while eating breakfast. "What's wrong? Is there news about us?"

While asking, he greeted the dog in the living room: "Eitaro, bring the newspaper over! Yes, the newspaper!"

With occasional training, Eitaro could now understand simple instructions, such as shaking hands, rolling, playing dead, which were no problem at all. Even bringing newspapers, opening the refrigerator to get beer, etc., were fine. He had gloriously evolved from a pet dog into a tool dog!

Otomo Yoshimura on the other end of the receiver quickly explained: "Naoki-san went strolling yesterday, right? And with Yuko Tanaka?"

"Hai, happened to meet, so we strolled around and had a meal." Hearing Otomo Yoshimura say his whereabouts, Naoki Nagayama was a bit surprised, but in an instant, he thought of the reason. "Actually got photographed?"

"Yes, the entertainment newspapers have already exposed it!"

"Eh? Actually so fast this time? It was yesterday afternoon's matter." Naoki Nagayama was surprised by the efficiency of the entertainment newspapers. "And didn't come to ask us?"

Otomo Yoshimura said on that end: "I don't know exactly what's going on. I'm letting Masataka Komori inquire in the industry."

How would Naoki Nagayama know that after he and Yuko Tanaka left yesterday, the two paparazzi lost over 200,000 yen because of their sudden disappearance!

The two paparazzi, who were unwilling to give up, erupted with twelve points of enthusiasm. One washed the photos taken quickly, and the other wrote several report drafts himself while washing the photos... and then sent the formed drafts and photos to many newspapers that were often communicated with.

The report on Yuko Tanaka's extramarital affair hadn't subsided for long. Because it involved the top-tier star Kenji Sawada, who had constant accidents, and Kenji Sawada's wife was also a well-known singer, the news influence time was longer than imagined.

This time, she was caught again strolling and eating with the entertainment industry's scumbag young handsome guy—Naoki Nagayama, and finally disappeared in a high-end teahouse...

"Haha, at worst it's just scandals again~" Naoki Nagayama took *Nikkan Sports* from Eitaro's mouth indifferently and patted the silly dog's head.

"Let me see... *Direct Hit: Yuko Tanaka Abandons Extramarital Affair, Dates Younger Handsome Guy? 'Playboy Naoki' Changes Partners Again? *" Naoki Nagayama almost laughed out loud looking at the title. "Haha, Playboy Naoki? What kind of title is this!"

"Naoki-san, it's better to look at the content first..." Otomo Yoshimura reminded on the phone. "It's not just a scandal."

Naoki Nagayama looked at it carefully. The first half of the newspaper naturally introduced the experience of Yuko Tanaka and Naoki Nagayama being photographed, and then started to review Yuko Tanaka's previous extramarital affair events.

Then it came to Naoki Nagayama's side, and even pasted the headshots of several idols who had scandals with Naoki Nagayama, making them into a character relationship diagram with Naoki Nagayama's headshot.

Akina Nakamori was also on it, and under her headshot, it was marked as suspected new love? Then crossed out with a horizontal line... changed to (past tense).

"These media... are really not polite!"

Seeing this, it was just entertainment exposure, just a simple scandal.

However, the next small half of the content actually started to combine Naoki Nagayama's several scandals with the movies he participated in, as if to shape Naoki Nagayama into a villain who used movie opportunities and song opportunities to sexually harass female stars and take advantage of female artists.

"This... is this trying to kill them all? What hatred and what resentment?" Naoki Nagayama frowned.

How does a director collapse?

Sexually harassing female stars is one of the important accusations. No matter what it is in private, once it falls into the open, it will be difficult to cooperate with most female artists in the future.

They also have to consider the influence. After cooperating once, they might end up with a label of 'having been sexually harassed'...

Unless they go to film adult movies later...

Otomo Yoshimura also said on the other side: "The latter part doesn't look like it came from the same person as the former part at all."

"In that case, is someone deliberately smearing?"

"Highly probable."

Naoki Nagayama knew without thinking that this must be the batch of people suppressing Tree Friend Films in the entertainment industry who made a move... Because the Japanese film awards, in addition to judging the movie itself, also judge the character of the award winner.

In this way, the chance of the Best Screenplay Award shrank by more than a notch.

Putting down the phone, Naoki Nagayama had a headache.

This group of old conspirators likes to engage in such insidious methods. The key is that this behavior is a typical "mo xu you" (unfounded) accusation, and there is no way to prove one's innocence.

However, this kind of accusation essentially has no evidence or anything.

"It seems that I can only consider muddying the water."

Naoki Nagayama put down the newspaper and walked back to the dining table: "Kikasho! The bacon is cold!"

Naoki Nagayama, who had been silent for more than half a year, appeared in front of the audience this time because of the scandal with Yuko Tanaka.

As *Nikkan Sports*, which has a large circulation, it basically covered most of Japan's big cities, which means many people saw it.

By the time Naoki Nagayama arrived at the studio, he found that the phone in the office was ringing non-stop. Masataka Komori had three phones on his desk. He hung up one phone and picked up another:

"Moshi moshi, this is Tree Friend Films." "This is not the case, it's fake news!" "Absolutely no such thing!"

"Sir, please don't scold people! Otherwise, I will hang up!"

With a click, Masataka Komori pressed the receiver on the base, only then did he find Naoki Nagayama standing next to him.

"Naoki-san, when..."

"Haha, the calls Komori-kun received are all about my scandals, right? What kind of people are they?"

From the morning, the external phone of Tree Friend Films received various calls, making everyone in the studio feel like they were facing a great enemy, very nervous.

Although he became the protagonist of the scandal event, Naoki Nagayama's face didn't show any abnormality, still smiling and very gentle, making everyone else in the studio settle down instantly.

Masataka Komori recalled: "All kinds of people... fans of Yuko Tanaka, fans of Kanako Higuchi, fans of Akina Nakamori... fans of female stars who have had scandals with Naoki-san all have them, and there are fans of Kenji Sawada..."

"And fans of Kenji Sawada? What does it have to do with them?" Naoki Nagayama was a bit surprised.

"Saying that Naoki-san, why do you snatch Kenji Sawada's love..."

"Uh..."

Naoki Nagayama was speechless about the Japanese fan circle. Sure enough, in any fan circle, there will be some guys whose brains are broken.

"Komori-kun, it's really causing you trouble~" Naoki Nagayama comforted Masataka Komori. "However, for the subsequent calls, you don't need to answer them for the time being~"

Unplug the phone line!

"Eh? But fans..." In this era, agencies attach great importance to fan groups.

Naoki Nagayama shrugged: "Anyway, they are not my fans~ Komori-kun, come to the small office first."

Pushing open the door, Otomo Yoshimura was on the phone in the office, inquiring about news from connections in the industry. Seeing Naoki Nagayama coming, he hurriedly ended the call.

"Naoki-san, I roughly know which one is behind it, give me some more time..."

"Forget it, Otomo-san, knowing the mastermind behind it is useless." Naoki Nagayama waved his hand. "Let's think about how to solve this matter."

"How to solve it? Hold a press conference?"

"What's the use of that kind of thing... If others just move their fingers and we have to face a great enemy, what will we do if there are similar events in the future?"

"Then?" Otomo Yoshimura didn't speak, and Masataka Komori on the side didn't speak either.

"Otomo-san, Komori-kun, let's muddy the water!"

"?"

"Inform the media we are on good terms with, issue guiding drafts, guide the whole thing in other directions, such as old-fashioned forces in the industry suppressing newcomers, etc... and then guide it in the direction of conspiracy theories."

"This... how to... guide" Masataka Komori expressed incomprehension.

"This, first find media on good terms, suggest that there are doubts about this event; then find a few famous mouths in the industry, say there might be reasons, vaguely say it's exclusion in the industry, and finally find a few programs to discuss the unspoken rules in the industry..."

Otomo Yoshimura was surprised: "This, isn't Naoki-san's reputation not reversed?"

"Who said it needs to be reversed? This kind of reputation will not be reversed. Even if you take out real evidence, the audience's heart will not believe it."

Naoki Nagayama knew that the audience's heart actually doesn't care about truth or falsehood. They are more willing to believe in rumors, which can satisfy their hunting curiosity. So rumors are just a mouth, and refuting rumors breaks legs.

"What we need to do is to pull others into the water, turning the event against me alone into a criticism of the internal atmosphere of the industry."

"Eh?"

"Then take advantage of this heat to achieve our goals.

Otomo-san, Komori-kun, for those unfriendly media,

Privately find relevant reporters through intermediaries, and have them publish articles that 'pair up the previous movies of Tree Friend Films and the female stars involved in the scandals one by one'. However, note that the part introducing those movies must take up a large space!

When necessary, spending money doesn't matter!"

"Meaning, let the previous movies return to the public's vision?" Masataka Komori understood a bit.

Naoki Nagayama nodded: "Isn't it evaluating film awards? During this period, if the heat of our previous movies comes up again, the judges will also pay more attention."

Hundreds of movies a year, the judges of film awards can't have watched them all.

But recent topics will undoubtedly make them more concerned, and the quality of their own movies is indeed very good...

The probability of voting is higher!

Masataka Komori proposed: "But this might also make the judges have a bad impression of the movie because of the scandal? So it is also possible not to vote."

Naoki Nagayama nodded: "Komori-kun is right, so when it is near the end of the year, we also need to arrange a third wave of media reports, guiding in the direction of 'the previous scandals, reports, etc., are actually operations made for film evaluation'."

Otomo Yoshimura was a bit confused: "But, Naoki-san... in this way, the audience might think they are being fooled! They will have bad thoughts about Tree Friend Films!"

"Fooled? Fooled what? Everything is just the audience's own thoughts."

Having experienced the "three thousand six hundred degree reversal eating melon drama" on the Internet in later generations, as well as "more than ten hot search headlines a day", Naoki Nagayama understood a truth:

"The public's memory doesn't exceed a week... and later news hotspots will fill their brains again in a day!"

"And in this process, we have completed all the goals: 1. Get rid of the slander against me personally 2. Let the previous movies of Tree Friend Films become a topic again."

Although Otomo Yoshimura still didn't understand a bit, he decided to believe in Naoki Nagayama's method.

"Rest assured, Otomo-san, Komori-kun, they are all rumors, the worst result is just continuing to fight verbal wars in the media! Rest assured and do it!"

"Hai!"

Although he performed very calmly in front of Otomo Yoshimura and Masataka Komori, Naoki Nagayama actually had no bottom in his heart at this time. He couldn't predict what results these measures would finally get.

However, he spent the whole day handling this matter in the studio, arranged for Otomo Yoshimura and Masataka Komori, and they sent others in the studio out to contact, while Naoki Nagayama coordinated in the office.

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If the people who went out had any problems, they could call the private phone in the office directly and ask Naoki Nagayama.

After a day, he actually felt a long-lost mental fatigue.

In the evening, he ate takeout hastily, watching Otomo Yoshimura still on the phone:

"Otomo-san, let's stop here today. This is not something that can be completed in a day. Komori-kun will go too."

"But..." Both of them wanted to handle it as soon as possible.

Naoki Nagayama patted the two on the shoulders: "The spread of information also takes a certain amount of time, and public opinion needs to ferment. Especially in the era of paper media, it can't be rushed. Rest well today, and talk about it tomorrow!"

After driving the two away, Naoki Nagayama returned to Shanyingyuan. Sure enough, after resting for less than a while, the phone in the living room started ringing.

"Moshi moshi, this is Shanyingyuan."

"Naoki-san? How is it today?" It was Shuichi Indo, who had been staying on the set because of rushing the filming progress, and only called to inquire when resting.

"Shuichi-san, it's fine, I've already asked Otomo-san to contact the media to launch a counterattack!" Naoki Nagayama said relaxedly. "It should start tomorrow or the day after."

"So ka, sure enough it's Naoki-san, should just punch back!"

Shuichi Indo had great confidence in Naoki Nagayama. The previous few public opinion wars of Tree Friend Films were all planned by Naoki Nagayama behind the scenes. After hearing the guarantee, he relaxed and started teasing Naoki Nagayama's peach blossom luck.

"However, Naoki-san, your peach blossom luck is too prosperous, be careful of becoming a peach blossom robbery!"

"Konoyaro!"

"Hahaha, since it's fine, I'm going to rest early too. I have to continue rushing the progress tomorrow, bye-bye!"

Without waiting for Naoki Nagayama to counterattack, Shuichi Indo hung up the phone directly.

For the next hour or so, friends outside the circle all called to express their condolences, including Genta Nakai, Shigeru Araki, Keiko Fujita, etc.

The last one was from home, from Tsuruko. The first sentence was:

"Ni-chan, was the sexual harassment thing discovered?!"

The tone actually contained more schadenfreude. Naoki Nagayama could also hear the mother Nanako's scolding voice on the side. And for this resentful sister, Naoki Nagayama had the best way to make her shut up immediately:

"Tsuruko... the New Year's gift is gone!"

"Nani?! Ni-chan, I advise you not to return kindness with ingratitude!" Tsuruko exploded instantly. "Your dear sister called specifically to comfort you!"

"Oh? Why do I feel like you are here to mock me?"

"You absolutely felt wrong!"

Although the tone wasn't very good, Naoki Nagayama could still feel his sister's concern. Later, his mother also asked about the situation with concern. After Naoki Nagayama explained that everything was being handled in an orderly manner, she felt relieved.

When hanging up the phone, Tsuruko still remembered the threat: "Baka Ni-chan, remember to bring the New Year's gift back, otherwise... humph!"

Hanging up the phone and looking at the time, it was actually 11 o'clock...

Thinking about it, he should really call the female stars involved, right?

"Moshi moshi, this is the Tanaka family, I am temporarily not here..." "Moshi moshi, this is the Higuchi family, I am temporarily not here..."

Why are these two not here... Are they filming? Or are they on a program?

"Moshi moshi, this is the Nakamori family, I am temporarily not here..."

When calling the third one, it was still this message. Naoki Nagayama planned to leave a message like before: "Moshi moshi, Akina-chan, I am Naoki Nagayama, called to..."

Halfway through the sentence, the phone was picked up, and a familiar voice rang: "Naoki-san?"

Eh?

Isn't she clearly at home...

...... ===== CHAPTER 276 =====