Chapter 300

It was already evening when he parted with Sugiura Tai at the coffee shop. Naoki Nagayama rarely took the Tokyo subway.

Speaking of which, the saying that you can find a subway entrance in Tokyo in less than ten minutes is indeed not a lie. Even he, who doesn't take the subway much, had no problems at all and returned to the district where the studio is located very smoothly.

The cold wind blew, and Naoki Nagayama was walking on the winter street when he suddenly smelled an aroma. It was the smell of roasted sweet potatoes!

Long-lost memories surged into his heart. In his student days, going home with friends after school, holding a hot roasted sweet potato on the road to share, chatting and eating, that kind of pure satisfaction and happiness became increasingly difficult to find in later times.

Walking a few steps into the fork, Naoki Nagayama saw a small stall with wheels. In Tokyo, this kind of small stall with a charcoal stove and a red lantern is called "Yaki-imo", and the owner of the small stall is called a Yaki-imo person.

Although roasted sweet potatoes can also be bought in large supermarkets, I don't know what happened, the taste is just not as good as this charcoal-grilled taste.

Naoki Nagayama walked over happily and looked at the sweet potatoes that were already roasted on the stove. Some of the skins were oozing some oil, but that was not the oil brushed by the boss, but the sweet potato's own.

He asked the boss for a small one to taste. After taking a bite, he was burned by the scorching sweet potato and sucked in cold air, but he didn't want to spit it out at all. After his mouth adapted, the sweet taste of the soft and glutinous sweet potato and the faint charcoal burnt aroma mixed together, as if what he swallowed was a kind of thing called happiness.

"Uncle, it's really delicious!"

Naoki Nagayama praised the elderly Yaki-imo person without hesitation, watching him add charcoal while wrapping new sweet potatoes in tin foil and putting them into the oven.

"Hahaha, this is ancestral craftsmanship!" The stall owner also responded happily. "I don't come out often. The young man made a profit today!"

This kind of steaming roasted sweet potato is really the same taste as in his memory. It's a pity that there is no friend to share it with.

Eh? This place seems not far from the studio?

Naoki Nagayama looked at the wheels on the small stall, his heart moved, and he looked at the remaining sweet potatoes in the small stall:

"Uncle, do you want to do a big business?"

"Eh?"

Naoki Nagayama finished the sweet potato in his hand, then bought all the remaining sweet potatoes from the stall owner, let the Yaki-imo person roast them all, and then pushed the small stall with him toward the studio.

It took more than half an hour to finally see the studio. Naoki Nagayama sighed that he had spent a lot of money for this trip.

Pushing the door open, many people saw their own president come over again, and hurriedly greeted him, Naoki-san, Naoki-san.

And seeing that everyone basically hadn't gotten off work, Naoki Nagayama said loudly and spiritedly:

"Minasan, I just discovered a very delicious roasted sweet potato on the street outside, and specifically bought some to bring to everyone!"

"???" Many people looked at Naoki Nagayama, who had empty hands, and made a silent question.

"It's outside, everyone hurry up and get it, first come, first served!"

Hearing this, Masataka Komori and Riko Hayano slowly prepared to walk out, but still said with a smile:

"Honto? Naoki-san won't lie to us, right? Celebrity prank? No, amateur prank?"

A group of people in the studio walked out laughing and talking, and found that there was a mobile small stall for roasted sweet potatoes parked at the door, and bursts of fragrance had already drifted out from the oven.

"Naoki-san, actually brought the roasted sweet potato stall over?!!!"

While surprised, everyone was also attracted by the fragrance and walked toward the small stall. It was time to get off work, and everyone was hungry. In winter, a hot and fragrant roasted sweet potato is simply supreme deliciousness.

Such a big movement outside, Daikichi Yoshimura and Shuichi Itou in the office naturally heard it. When they came out, they saw Naoki Nagayama greeting Kitamura Guanglian and Momoki Tsunoda from the finance department to go out and eat sweet potatoes.

Shuichi Itou walked over and put his arm on Naoki Nagayama's shoulder: "Naoki-san, what are you doing?"

"Ah, Shuichi-san, Yoshimura-san, just discovered something delicious, so let everyone taste it. Let's go too, if it's late, we won't be able to eat it."

Saying that, he pulled the two of them out of the studio~

After going out, seeing everyone in the studio surrounding a roasted sweet potato stall, Daikichi Yoshimura couldn't help but say:

"Naoki-san, because it's delicious, did you buy the whole roasted sweet potato stall?"

"That's of course not, just bought all the sweet potatoes~"

And Shuichi Itou laughed: "Haha, Naoki-san really does some unexpected things~"

Saying that, he also walked toward the roasted sweet potato stall: "I want to see what the roasted sweet potato Naoki-san said is delicious is like~"

The studio entrance was very lively, which made the boss of the shop next door and many passing pedestrians notice it. After smelling the fragrance of roasted sweet potatoes, several bosses nearby really walked over wanting to buy one.

The uncle selling roasted sweet potatoes naturally didn't know if the people who wanted sweet potatoes were the people Naoki Nagayama said, and only followed what he said before, "Those who come to get them later are all~"

After discovering that the vendor didn't want money, several customers knew that they had taken the benefits given to employees by others, and found Naoki Nagayama wanting to pay.

However, it was only a few sweet potatoes, so Naoki Nagayama naturally sent them for free directly.

The atmosphere around the small stall became more and more lively~

Daikichi Yoshimura and Shuichi Itou each held a sweet potato, and Naoki Nagayama, who took another one, hid in the corner out of the wind and ate. For some reason, none of the three wanted to enter the studio.

"Ohoho~ So hot, so hot~" Shuichi Itou bit off a piece, gasping for heat, and then finished it slowly. "Sure enough, delicious!"

Naoki Nagayama also held the roasted sweet potato wrapped in tin foil and tasted it slowly. Sure enough, roasted sweet potatoes are only interesting when eaten with friends~

While eating the steaming sweet potato, Naoki Nagayama told the two about the content of the meeting today.

"Burberry actually wants you to be a spokesperson?" Daikichi Yoshimura seemed to have heard a fantasy. "Naoki-san, is this true?"

"Of course it is." Naoki Nagayama squinted at the Mediterranean Sea. "Am I not worthy?"

"That's not what I meant. The key is Naoki-san's fame among the audience, it hasn't reached that level yet~"

As a high-end luxury brand, if you want to find someone, you should find an idol like Momoe Yamaguchi at her peak, or a male star like Ken Takakura~

As for Naoki Nagayama, he is indeed very handsome and very young. But his popularity exists more in the industry circle.

Shuichi Itou looked at it very openly: "I think the probability is that they want to use empty hands to catch white wolves, and increase the exposure of the brand in 'Boys Over Flowers'. For a TV series, an average viewership of 15% is very difficult to achieve!"

Daikichi Yoshimura nodded: "Naoki-san, in fact, if we agree, we won't have any loss. 'Boys Over Flowers' originally needs high-end brands to support the scene."

"Since that's the case, then I will trouble Yoshimura-san to talk about cooperation later."

"Hai!"

Naoki Nagayama took another bite of the sweet potato, and then seemed to remember something: "Shuichi-san, the movie over there is almost ready to let go. 'Boys Over Flowers' is scheduled to start production in the middle of the month!"

"Is that so~" Shuichi Itou nodded in agreement. "Then let Ren Bo and Shimizu put more effort into the subsequent publicity. I will also learn from Naoki-san's previous style!"

"What style of mine! My style is very upright, okay!" Naoki Nagayama opened his eyes wide, as if Shuichi Itou had said something stupid.

"Someone who left the movie publicity to travel, actually has the nerve to say such words?"

Naoki Nagayama's full of sophistry was choked, and he couldn't find any reason to think about it, feeling very angry in his heart.

Then he saw Shuichi Itou proudly bite into the roasted sweet potato.

"Shuichi-san, you are eating the roasted sweet potato I sent, and actually still speak ill of me?"

"Don't you know that people who eat people's mouths are short?"

"No, you have to pay for this sweet potato!"

For a time, this corner outside the studio was full of a happy atmosphere.

A little earlier, the selection committee of the Mainichi Film Awards was holding a meeting.

The chairman of the selection committee, Tomoo Takenaka, said to all the judges: "Minasan, the results of the selection are out."

The crowd below discussed buzzing: "Sure enough, right?" "Definitely!" "It must be that movie!"

Tomoo Takenaka didn't pause too much: "Just as everyone predicted, several hit movies won awards."

"Among them, this year's best work is 'Hachiko Monogatari'"

The discussion below became more frequent. Tomoo Takenaka coughed twice to suppress the noise.

"This year's best actor is Ken Ogata for 'Hokusai Manga'; best actress is Masako Natsume for 'The Life of Hokusai's Daughter'"

"Best Director Award—Naoki Nagayama for 'A Scene at the Sea'"

"Best Music Award—Naoki Nagayama for 'Silent Love' and 'A Scene at the Sea'"

"Best Newcomer Award—Yuki Saito for 'A Scene at the Sea'"

"Japanese Film Enthusiast Award—'A Scene at the Sea'"

After all the final awards were announced, Tomoo Takenaka said: "Minasan, it will be announced to the outside world in a few days, and the subsequent award ceremony should also be prepared."

A judge couldn't help but say: "This year's award ceremony will become very interesting~"

Tomoo Takenaka rolled his eyes speechlessly. Interesting? This year's Mainichi Film Awards, I'm afraid it's a slap in the face of all the big manufacturers. However, if the Mainichi Film Awards are like this... won't the Blue Ribbon Awards and the Japan Academy Film Prize be like this?

Thinking of this, Tomoo Takenaka suddenly laughed. Sure enough, as long as there are companions for bad things, it feels much easier.

"However, who will notify Tree Friend Film this year?" Generally speaking, an award will have different people to notify the production party and the winners to come to participate in the award ceremony.

But this time, should we merge the notifications to Tree Friend Film~

At the same time, the judge of the Japan Academy Film Prize, Fumio Ishikawa, had a headache.

He looked at the list in his hand, thought and thought, and simply ran to the vice president of the Japan Academy Film Prize Association, Tomoyuki Tanaka.

"President Tanaka, the nominations for the Japan Academy Film Prize are about to be announced, and the preliminary list has already come out."

Tomoyuki Tanaka took the list and looked at it, couldn't help but sneer: "Sure enough. These big companies~"

I saw that even idol dramas like Toho's "Teen Boogie" and "Good Luck Love" were submitted on the list.

This kind of movie is similar to those movies of traffic stars, completely relying on the heat of the actors themselves to bring traffic. Tomoyuki Tanaka doesn't want to evaluate the movie and acting skills themselves.

"Ishikawa-san, don't worry, just send it out according to this nomination list."

As the vice president of the Japan Academy Film Prize Association, there is no way to do this. Who told the Japan Academy Film Prize Association to have 30% of the employees of big companies?

When the Blue Ribbon Awards announced the nomination list two days ago, didn't it also cause discussions among the audience~

But fortunately, among the nomination list this year, there are two movies that are far ahead of other works. One box office dominates, and pioneered a new field of animal movies. The other has high artistry, is very popular with the audience and film enthusiasts, and has the strong support of independent directors in the film industry and some small film companies.

"'Hachiko Monogatari', 'A Scene at the Sea', this time, at least it should break the haze of big companies!"

As the sky darkened, the liveliness of the studio naturally stopped early. The uncle selling roasted sweet potatoes closed the stall early, ended the work that would have lasted until after 9 o'clock, and went home happily.

And Naoki Nagayama also drove back to Sanyoin. As soon as he entered the door, Eitaro ran over, and then turned around his master. Before long, saliva began to drip from his mouth.

"Eh," Naoki Nagayama said disgustedly, "Eitaro, can you have some ambition? Isn't it just roasted sweet potatoes? Could it be that high-end dog food can't satisfy your appetite?"

But he still took out half a sweet potato wrapped in tin foil from his coat pocket, removed the tin foil, and handed it to the big dog:

"I heard that dogs can only eat a little sweet potato, so only half is left for you. If you are still greedy after eating, go bite the molar stick!"

Waiting for Eitaro to finish the roasted sweet potato in a few bites, Naoki Nagayama went to the kitchen to clean up the saliva on his hands.

He ate a lot of roasted sweet potatoes, so Naoki Nagayama just made a simple dinner, a bowl of egg noodles, and ate it comfortably~

Sitting on the sofa, the satisfaction and warmth surged in his stomach after just eating dinner, making his whole person warm. Of course, Eitaro's biological foot warmer also contributed.

The TV was playing the prime-time variety show, and "Yoru Hit" invited Akina Nakamori up again. The latest "1/2 Mythology" has already started to be promoted on variety shows.

Seeing Akina with a rebellious image, it is completely different from the ordinary Akina seen before. Clearly, she is a cute little chubby Akina in daily life~

However, this rebellious image also seems quite handsome~

Looking at Akina Nakamori, who finally stretched out her arms and sang "Give me a stop!", Naoki Nagayama suddenly thought in his mind, should he invite Akina to appear in "Crows Zero" later?

It seems there is also a handsome singer role that seems very suitable for Akina Nakamori's current image~

And the whole drama seems to have only one female protagonist.

Ask. Does any reader remember which district I wrote the studio was in Tokyo before? I don't seem to have recorded it. Schrödinger's studio, always there when I think of it. If someone can remind me, there are benefits! Arrange for you to participate in a role!

(End of chapter)