Chapter 329

There was no special situation. Tai Sugiura and Rumi Nishi from Fuji TV came to the studio on Monday, explained the situation of the review passing to Otomo Yoshimura and the others, and also informed them that they planned to officially air it on Friday.

"Otomo-san, we will conduct some warm-up previews this week." Rumi Nishi was very active in the conference room, "And this week, we also want to invite several protagonists to participate in some variety shows, especially Naoki-san."

Tai Sugiura asked curiously: "Why isn't Naoki-san here?"

Otomo Yoshimura sighed: "That guy said that a cherry blossom petal fell in Shanying Yuan, making him feel a bit lost... He wants to drink sake while watching the cherry blossoms at home these few days to soothe his mood..."

Hearing this strange reason, Tai Sugiura and Rumi Nishi were both stunned. After a while, Tai Sugiura asked cautiously:

"Ano... is there something wrong with Naoki-san's life?"

"He is at his peak, handsome, rich, and young... and he doesn't have any messy bad habits. What could be wrong?!"

Otomo Yoshimura hadn't spoken yet, but Shuichi Yin Tang on the other side took over the conversation, and the more he said, the more jealous he became, angrily saying: "Otomo-san, I think he just wants to be lazy..."

But Otomo Yoshimura's next words were like a punctured balloon, "However... this guy is still a writer! Writers' spirits are more or less different (there's a hole in his brain!)!"

Seeing that Tai Sugiura and Rumi Nishi still didn't seem to believe it, Otomo Yoshimura didn't say much more.

"Since it concerns Naoki-san, let's just make a call directly!"

The conference room naturally had a telephone line pulled in. Otomo Yoshimura dialed the phone number of Shanying Yuan.

After hearing a few "du~ du~" sounds, the receiver was picked up, but what was the heavy breathing sound on the other side of the receiver?

Only Naoki Nagayama's voice was heard coming from afar: "Eitaro, hurry up and bring the phone over!"

Then it became normal: "Moshi Moshi, this is Shanying Yuan~"

In the studio's conference room, the phone was on speakerphone. Otomo Yoshimura asked a bit uncertainly: "Naoki-san, Daijoubu?"

"Ah, it's Otomo-san~" Naoki Nagayama's voice sounded a bit excited, "I'm naturally fine! Didn't I tell you before? I'm watching cherry blossoms at home..."

As he spoke, his voice became even more excited: "Otomo-san, I just tested it, it turns out the speed of cherry blossoms falling is really five centimeters per second! Hontou yo!"

The four people in the conference room looked at each other, and for a while, they didn't react.

The speed of cherry blossoms falling is five centimeters per second?

Which bored guy had nothing to do and went to measure this?

Oh... it's Naoki Nagayama...

Otomo Yoshimura was the first to react, coughed lightly to wake up the others: "Cough cough... Ano, Naoki-san, actually, calling you is because of the airing of *Boys Over Flowers*. Tai-san and Rumi-san are both here."

"Oh? Is there any problem?" Naoki Nagayama's tone on the other side of the receiver became serious.

Tai Sugiura responded hurriedly: "Ah, there's no problem with the episodes of *Boys Over Flowers*, it's confirmed to air on Friday. Coming here today is to invite Naoki-san and other creators to go on variety shows this week, and do some promotion by the way."

"Promotion?"

Naoki Nagayama originally thought that just releasing a trailer would be enough. When *World's Strangest Stories* was aired, it was purely a new program going online directly. It seems that Fuji TV attaches great importance to *Boys Over Flowers* this time.

"No problem, just confirm the time with Otomo-san, I'm fine with anything!"

"Hai, Arigatou~" Rumi Nishi added to express her gratitude.

"Hahaha, it's okay~ Is there any other problem?" Listening to this tone, if there was no problem, he was going to hang up.

Shuichi Yin Tang interjected at this time: "Wait... Naoki-san, are you planning to sit at home for this period of time?"

"Eh... it's not impossible..." The tone in the receiver became casual again, "Leisurely tasting sake, sitting and watching cherry blossoms... isn't it also very interesting~"

With a click, the phone hung up.

The four people in the conference room looked at each other. At this time, they could only squeeze out an awkward smile:

"These writers are really hard to understand, huh!"

In Shanying Yuan, on the corridor, under the cherry blossom tree.

Naoki Nagayama was directing Eitaro to put the phone back in its original place.

"Yes, yes, just put it on the coffee table by the sofa, good boy!"

After the dog grew up, it had many uses, such as getting a newspaper in the morning, dealing with leftovers in the evening, acting as a biological foot warmer when feet were cold, etc. And now, Naoki Nagayama was already training this guy to help get things.

Then he sat loosely on the cushion of the corridor, picked up a wine glass from the small low table and took a shallow sip. After savoring the slightly stimulating alcohol in his mouth, the rest was the clear and sweet sake, and then he picked up a pine nut from the small dish next to him and put it in his mouth. Inside the crispy shell was soft and sweet fruit, accompanied by pine fragrance, which just neutralized the alcohol taste in his mouth.

The morning sun was just right, shining on the wooden floor of the corridor through the branches of the cherry tree, forming a natural ink cherry blossom.

A breeze blew, gently shaking the fine cherry blossoms, letting one or two pink petals fall from the branches, falling softly on Naoki Nagayama, like a gift from the cherry blossoms in the courtyard.

Naoki Nagayama picked up a petal and placed it in front of his eyes. Through the cherry blossoms, he seemed to be able to see the light blue sky of Tokyo.

"It's really five centimeters per second~"

The timer on the low table is the witness!

Naoki Nagayama, who had been depressed for two days because of some unspeakable thing, quickly regained his spirits and came to the Fuji TV building on Wednesday afternoon under the notification of Otomo Yoshimura.

He soon found the familiar parking lot. Unexpectedly, he happened to meet Mieko Harada and Naoyuki Okazaki, the manager of the Dance Promotion Agency, who had just gotten out of the car.

"Mieko-san, Okazaki-san, you've come too!"

"Naoki-san!" Mieko Harada greeted happily, "Everyone should have gone over, right."

The program they agreed to go on was also very familiar, it was *It's Okay to Laugh* hosted by Tamori. Naoki Nagayama familiarly led the two to the studio.

He felt that he was already very familiar with Fuji TV...

After pushing the door open and looking around, Tai Sugiura and Rumi Nishi were both there, and his acquaintance Haruta Kamiya was also inside. Then came the three members of Shonentai. After seeing Naoki Nagayama, they hurriedly came over to greet him.

"Naoki-san, good afternoon!" "Mieko-san, you've come too?"

"Noriyuki-kun, Katsuhide-kun, and Kazukiyo-kun are all dressed very handsomely!" Naoki Nagayama greeted everyone in the studio, "Tai-san, Rumi-san, and Haruta-san, I'll have to trouble you all today!"

For a moment, this studio seemed to have become a gathering place for friends.

It wasn't until Tamori, wearing sunglasses, walked into the studio from the dressing room that this noise slowly stopped.

"Naoki-san seems to be very popular~"

Tamori obviously remembered this guy who had flirted with his assistant host on his program.

"By the way, today's assistant host is still Sanae Miyata. Naoki-san didn't ask for her phone number last time, which made Sanae-chan sad for a long time..."

"Eh..." Naoki Nagayama laughed awkwardly, "Hahahaha, Tamori-san, don't say it anymore, people will take it seriously~"

Sanae Miyata, who appeared in the studio at some point, had a slightly red face at this time.

Tamori, who could become a pillar of the station even with one eye missing, naturally knew the measure. After teasing for a while, he began to communicate with the staff present about the interview process later.

"There are a lot of people today, but it doesn't matter, everyone just follow my rhythm." Tamori obviously knew that today's program was to promote *Boys Over Flowers* later, so he didn't want to insert more plots, "Basically, they are all frequently interviewed content, everyone just answer as you like."

A few words were said with great momentum, as if to say, you all just slack off, I'll carry the program!

However, he also had this ability.

During the official recording, the protagonists of *Boys Over Flowers* were all behind the background board, waiting for the opportunity to go on stage. Naoki Nagayama was still holding the poster just handed over by Tai Sugiura.

"Next, let's invite today's guests..." Tamori's signal was sent, the backstage staff opened the small door, and Naoki Nagayama's group of five filed out.

"One, two... five, there are a lot of guests today!" Tamori's tone was a bit surprised, and then he pointed at Naoki Nagayama and said, "And Naoki Nagayama, who has been here before and has very high flirting skills!"

"Hahahaha~" The audience under the stage laughed. It was obviously not directed. Could these be the same extras as the last program?

After Tamori introduced the others, he also focused on introducing *Boys Over Flowers* and hung the poster on the background wall.

"Mieko-san, the TV drama *Boys Over Flowers* is going to air on Friday, right?"

"Hai, at 9 o'clock on Friday night." Mieko Harada also just learned from Naoki Nagayama, "I hope everyone will support it!"

【Recommended by old book friends I've known for ten years, the book chasing app, huanyuanapp! It's really easy to use, reading and listening to books while driving or before going to bed all rely on this to pass the time, you can download it here.】

"That's for sure~" Tamori said, "However, I'm curious, in *Boys Over Flowers*, Mieko-san is the heroine, and the other four male protagonists on the scene, could it be that all four of them are pursuing you?"

"No... the character I play in the TV drama is Tsukushi," the young lady replied with a smile, "Actually, only two of them have emotional entanglements, the four of them are actually a very good brother group... F4."

"Naoki-san's character is one of them, right?" Tamori led the topic to Naoki Nagayama again, "Is it the one pursuing Tsukushi?"

"Hai, Naoki-san plays Rui Hanazawa..."

"That's incredible!" Tamori said exaggeratedly, casting his eyes to the assistant host on the other side, "How could a girl resist Naoki-san! Sanae-chan, don't you think?"

The audience under the stage began to roar with laughter, and the atmosphere at the scene was very active.

Naoki Nagayama felt like he was sitting on pins and needles, but at this time he could only laugh, even if his face was twitching, he had to continue to maintain the artist's smile...

Fortunately, it turned to Shonentai afterwards, "Johnny's Shonentai, it seems to be a group established only last year, right?"

"Hai! It was officially established early last year." Noriyuki Higashiyama spoke on behalf of the three, "Currently preparing for debut..."

"However, it seems that you have already collaborated with Naoki-san to shoot two movies." Tamori asked, "What does it feel like to shoot with Naoki Nagayama?"

"Naoki-san is a very gentle and talented senior, we have learned a lot..."

Noriyuki Higashiyama's opening remarks were all standard social niceties, seemingly practiced in private. Tamori knew that there was nothing left to interview these three.

"Hai, it seems that Naoki-san is not only popular among girls."

Naoki Nagayama was speechless. What should he say at this time? "..."

However, Tamori's next question was relatively routine: "Naoki-san, you are also the screenwriter of *Boys Over Flowers*, right? Why did you write such a script?"

"Actually, at that time, I was chatting with friends and talked about things in high school." Naoki Nagayama smiled, "'Every girl expects to be pursued by many handsome guys!' 'Every boy thinks about being able to dominate the campus handsomely!' Because I heard this kind of statement, I wrote such a story."

Actually, it was just that the mood was right, and he recalled it randomly, but he couldn't talk nonsense at this time.

"Hahaha, so that's how it is, so in *Boys Over Flowers*, the heroine is surrounded by rich and handsome men, and F4 can also be superior on campus." Tamori said, "It looks like it will be very popular among teenagers. Even a middle-aged person like me would want to reminisce about high school time."

"Then please look forward to it, Tamori-san~" Naoki Nagayama responded with a smile.

In the following time, Tamori continued to guide the interview with witty words, not only talking about Mieko Harada's *Snow Country Train*, but also knowing the singing and dancing talents of Shonentai very well. The whole recording process was successfully completed at once.

"Tamori-san is truly amazing!"

Unexpectedly, he could finish the recording early. Naoki Nagayama expressed his admiration under the stage. Talking to 5 people alone is a test of real ability!

"Thank you for Naoki-san's praise." Tamori said modestly, and then looked to the other side, "However, Naoki-san, are you really not going to ask for Sanae-chan's phone number? Look at her peeking at you over there."

Naoki Nagayama looked up, and sure enough, he saw Sanae Miyata's sneaky gaze. It seems that he really left a deep impression on her last time, but he could only say sorry~

"Tamori-san is joking~ I'm not that kind of person!"

Naoki Nagayama hurriedly said goodbye to Tamori, and after communicating with Tai Sugiura and Rumi Nishi about the specific airing time and other related matters, he came out of the Fuji TV studio.

"Where is Naoki-san going next?" Mieko Harada asked.

"Maybe go to the company... followed by the next project." Naoki Nagayama had a headache, *Cat's Eye* was about to start shooting.

"It's really busy~ Then we'll say goodbye today~" Mieko Harada left with the manager.

Naoki Nagayama looked at the three members of Shonentai beside him: "What about you?"

"We're taking the subway back to the apartment..."

Noriyuki Higashiyama said. Johnny's doesn't even have a dedicated manager for artists who haven't debuted yet, and they have to come over by themselves for programs...

"Alright... you're all men, I won't see you off~"

The sun rises and sets, another sunny day.

Shoko Tsukada of Meiji University in Tokyo has been very stable recently, because her idol Naoki Nagayama has become a director and screenwriter behind the scenes, and even won the Japan Film Academy Award.

On the one hand, although it's a pity that she can't see Naoki Nagayama in TV dramas, on the other hand, she is relieved. Her idol has graduated from the idol industry, right? He has become a more respected director.

However, because there is no reason to appear in the foreground, perhaps this "Naoki Nagayama Support Group" will also be disbanded...

"Akiko-chan!" At noon that day, Shoko Fukumoto from the same student apartment called out excitedly, "Naoki-san! He appeared!"

"What is it..."

Yona Kono also poked her head out and walked to the TV with Shoko Tsukada. Fuji TV's noon program was airing *It's Okay to Laugh*, and today's guest was Naoki Nagayama and his group.

"Why is Naoki-san on the program again?"

"Did he actually shoot a TV drama?"

"*Boys Over Flowers*?"

The three people in the student apartment were all a bit confused. Why doesn't their idol play by the rules?