Chapter 332

Early in the morning, Naoki Nagayama went out with Eitaro.

The destination was the first residence he owned after coming to Tokyo, an apartment in Waseda.

After digesting food last night, he naturally heard Tsuruko's message and also learned the good news that she passed Waseda University. He called to congratulate her well in the evening, and by the way, said he planned to clean up the apartment in Waseda for Tsuruko to live in while going to school.

What? Live in Shanying Yuan? How is that possible!

Please, they are all adults. What if Tsuruko Nagayama brings her boyfriend home to stay overnight, or Naoki Nagayama brings his girlfriend back, wouldn't it be very awkward?

What's more, it's not like there's no condition! The apartment in Waseda has been empty for more than a year.

After a long time, he came to this 20-ping small apartment again. Naoki Nagayama was a bit emotional. This was the first house he had in the Showa era!

Tsuruko and Nao came to Tokyo to play and lived here, and he had invited Akina and her sister to eat here...

Naoki Nagayama took Eitaro around the room. Because he asked a housekeeping company to clean it regularly, the room was still very clean.

The kitchen utensils were all well stored in the cupboard, the natural gas and so on were all fine, the walls were clean and spotless, and even the small TV and magazines in the side cabinet were well placed there.

It's just cold and clear, without any popularity.

Eitaro turned around in the room, seemingly smelling the scent left by the owner when he lived here a long time ago, looking very excited.

Naoki Nagayama walked to the balcony and looked out. The residential area in the morning was still very lively, and he could see children playing outside. By the way, it's still spring break.

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Eh? Isn't that the prototype of the story when writing *Summer Garden*?

The landlord seems to be an old man named Tadahiro Nagai. The cosmos in the courtyard hasn't bloomed yet, but the whole courtyard is full of neatly managed green plants. It seems that the prototypes of the three children, Kazuya Haruyama, Eda Hara, and Shita Akita, really had an extraordinary fate with this old man~

Feeling the wonderful connection, a smile appeared on the corner of Naoki Nagayama's mouth...

In the apartment in Waseda, Naoki Nagayama stayed for a whole morning. Besides cherishing the past, he also had to clean up the things left behind that were not suitable for Tsuruko to see, such as some relatively explicit magazines.

Waseda University will start school in April, which means Tsuruko will come to Tokyo soon, and this place can become her residence for four years.

After coming out of the apartment, Naoki Nagayama originally wanted to continue returning to Shanying Yuan, but he always felt he had forgotten something. Sitting in the car, he began to think hard.

Today is... Monday?

Naoki Nagayama stepped on the brake!

Yabai!

There was a message from Otomo-san last night!

He said he was going to TV Tokyo this morning to negotiate the preparation of *Cat's Eye*!!!

But Naoki Nagayama was shocked by the news that Tsuruko passed the university, and completely threw that news behind his head.

Looking at his watch, it was already 11:30, and the morning was almost over~

"... Otomo-san should be furious..."

Naoki Nagayama felt guilty. It was indeed his own forgetfulness. He was already thinking that in the answering machine of Shanying Yuan, there might be dozens of urging calls from Otomo Yoshimura...

"Eitaro... what should I do?"

Looking at the dog in the passenger seat with a pleading look, he got a head tilt from the dog in return.

Between admitting his mistake and escaping, he struggled for a long time. After a while, Naoki Nagayama made up his mind, he... was going to pretend he didn't know!

After all, if he admitted he forgot, he didn't know how long he would be ridiculed by the other two...

And, thanks to the inconvenient communication of this era, there wasn't even a pager, so real-time communication was completely impossible.

What's wrong with the answering machine message? I had a hangover last night, is it okay if I didn't hear it?

Besides, didn't they discuss it in a meeting before? For this *Cat's Eye* project, Naoki Nagayama planned to leave it entirely to Shuichi Yin Tang to handle, it wouldn't matter without him~

Just like this, he forcibly found an excuse for his absence, Naoki Nagayama was full of Ah Q spirit, and drove happily towards home~

When he arrived at Shanying Yuan, it wasn't even 12 o'clock. Naoki Nagayama rushed to the living room for the first time, and sure enough, he saw the message light on the phone flashing... Did he really call?

"Naoki-san, are you awake from your hangover? We're going to TV Tokyo today! Don't forget!"

This was the earliest one, estimated to be from the studio, but how did he know he had a hangover? Did he hear something from Yutaka Ozaki? But how could it be today?

"Naoki-san, why haven't you arrived yet? Did you not hear the previous message? If you heard it, please reply immediately..." He was already getting impatient!

"Naoki-san, are you not planning to come? Are you planning to let go of this project directly?! Give me a reply, let me and Shuichi-san know..." The voice was already low...

The last message was very short: "Naoki-san... Shuichi-san and I are going over first..."

Yabai! Otomo-san might really be angry...

What should I do...

Turning his brain, after thinking about it again and again, he decided to tell a lie!

"There was once a sincere love... Ah, damn!" He messed up...

Naoki Nagayama called back, because Otomo Yoshimura and Shuichi Yin Tang were not in the office at this time, so it obviously turned to recording mode:

"Otomo-san, Sumimasen, I didn't hear the message before..." A good attitude of admitting mistakes, followed by an excuse, "I went to a nightclub to drink the night before, and then took advantage of the alcohol to go drink and watch cherry blossoms, and slept until noon today~"

"However, for *Cat's Eye*, with you and Shuichi Yin Tang, I am very relieved. Didn't I say it before? This TV drama will be shot by Shuichi-san, and the actors have already been selected. You can discuss the rest~"

"Others... let's talk when we meet in the afternoon. That's all!"

This message should be heard by Otomo Yoshimura and Shuichi Yin Tang when they return to the studio, right? When he says it again, Otomo-san's anger will definitely disappear~

For this old man, Naoki Nagayama felt that he could grasp him firmly.

He wasn't in a hurry, and after having a beautiful lunch with Eitaro, he even took a nap in Shanying Yuan.

Until he woke up, Naoki Nagayama drove to the studio alone.

As soon as he entered the door, he responded to the staff's greetings as usual, and then asked Masataka Komori at the workstation: "Masataka-kun, are Otomo-san and Shuichi-san back?"

"Hai! They are already in the office."

"How was their mood when they came back?"

"Eh?" Masataka Komori was stunned by the question, the mood when they came back... "This... should be okay, right? It's no different from usual, they were talking to everyone very gently."

Is that so? It means there's no big problem, right? The communication about the preparation of *Cat's Eye* should be very smooth?

He wanted to ask more, but saw the office door open, and Shuichi Yin Tang poked his head out.

"Naoki, what are you doing? Why don't you come in!"

It seems Shuichi-san is anxious to settle accounts with Naoki Nagayama...

"Hai~"

After walking into the office, Otomo Yoshimura and Shuichi Yin Tang were indeed waiting for him. Naoki Nagayama smiled embarrassedly: "Haha, Otomo-san, Shuichi-san, have you finished talking and come back? How was the communication about the preparation work?"

However, Otomo Yoshimura didn't answer, but looked at Naoki Nagayama with a very strange look: "Naoki-san, I heard that you danced a striptease after getting drunk at a disco in Takadanobaba before?"

???!!!

"Striptease?"

What the hell is dancing a striptease! Although he knew the rumors would be a bit outrageous, this is too exaggerated!

Naoki Nagayama was furious: "Who is ruining my reputation! It was clearly just ordinary dancing! Otomo-san, who is spreading rumors!"

Otomo Yoshimura avoided answering: "Naoki-san's alcohol tolerance isn't very good, right? How could you get drunk? I heard you were almost picked up by a stranger?"

"It was just an accident... I accidentally drank strong cocktails..."

Shuichi Yin Tang gloated from the side: "Naoki-san, you have this day too! You were laughing at our poor alcohol tolerance before, and all the ugly states after getting drunk... It turns out that you would dance a striptease after getting drunk!"

"Shuichi-san, I didn't dance a striptease..."

Naoki Nagayama knew that explaining to someone who didn't want to listen to your explanation at this time would have no effect at all, so he hurriedly changed the topic.

"So, how was your negotiation this morning?"

Otomo Yoshimura replied: "There is no problem at all. TV Tokyo is willing to air the first episode in May, but it's at 10 o'clock, late-night slot. One episode at a time, paid by the quarter!"

Shuichi Yin Tang continued: "So we have to start shooting this month. Is there any problem with the time?"

Naoki Nagayama nodded: "Anyway, the script and protagonists have already been decided. Didn't I say before that this time it will be shot entirely by Shuichi-san? Let's look at Shuichi-san's opinion for the next things."

Shuichi Yin Tang is actually not afraid of *Cat's Eye*, after all, it is adapted from a popular manga, and the effect won't be bad. However, Naoki Nagayama has always wanted to push everything to him. Does he... have other plans?

Thinking about Naoki Nagayama's style all along: "Naoki-san, you don't want to go abroad for a trip during this time, right!"

"Eh?"

"After shooting a movie, then go on a trip! This is Naoki-san's consistent style!"

"Haha, I do have this idea, since there's nothing to do anyway~" Naoki Nagayama smiled, and then found a high-sounding reason, "Besides, isn't the Oscars in May? Just go and participate!"

"Humph hum..."

Both of them knew they couldn't stop their president's plan, but Otomo Yoshimura and Shuichi Yin Tang still argued with Naoki Nagayama, hoping he wouldn't go out until the shooting of *Cat's Eye* was over... at least keep an eye on it...

"However, if I wait until the shooting and airing are over, wouldn't it be summer?!"

"At least wait until the first few episodes are shot! Let it stabilize before leaving~"

Shuichi Yin Tang insisted~

Finally, driven by a little guilt and sense of responsibility, Naoki Nagayama agreed to go on a trip after the first two episodes were shot.

And Shuichi Yin Tang went to find the members of the shooting team in a hurry~

In the Shanying Yuan at night, Naoki Nagayama was sitting on the sofa watching the variety show on Monday.

Unknowingly, he found that Yuki Saito's figure began to appear more frequently on TV.

Sure enough, that song *Yume no Shizuku* (Dream Drops) has already begun to rush into the top ten of the Oricon chart, and major music programs have also begun to invite this newcomer to appear.

"Yuki-chan might be able to win the Best Newcomer Award for all music awards in Japan this year~ There is no one who can fight among the idols of the same period~"

Naoki Nagayama complained silently. Since Akina Nakamori debuted, he felt that the female idols of the Showa era had no successors~

For example, Akiko Matsumoto, the 1982 champion who came out of *Star! Birth! * like Akina Nakamori, her debut song *XX Kiss* couldn't even enter the top 100 of the Oricon chart...

However, there is no way. Seiko Matsuda, Naoko Kawai, Yoshie Kashiwabara, etc., who debuted in 1980, are in their peak period, and the "Flower 82 Group" who debuted in 1982 has already begun to become popular, especially Akina Nakamori, who is already comparable to the seniors who debuted in 1980.

So the idols who debuted in 1983 are under a lot of pressure. If Yuki Saito hadn't debuted this year, maybe this group would be called the "Non-working 83 Group" in the future~

Just thinking about it, the phone next to the sofa rang again!

"Moshi Moshi, this is Shanying Yuan."

"Moshi Moshi, this is Akina Nakamori~" Akina's reply in the receiver was very playful, "Good evening~"

Naoki Nagayama was very happy to hear it was Akina's phone: "Akina-chan~ Have you actually returned?"

"Hai, the concert in Mito is finished. The next concert is in Utsunomiya, it will be a while~"

Akina Nakamori was leaning on the sofa, holding a small notebook in her hand, which was her itinerary.

"So you will be in Tokyo during this time?"

"Almost, Tokyo's programs, and new songs to be recorded..."

Akina chattered about her arrangements during this time, complaining about the agency exploiting employees, which was no different from employees working 007 decades later.

"By the way, Naoki-san, I watched *Boys Over Flowers*!" The tone in the receiver was like asking for credit, "Although I asked someone else to help record it..."

"Haha, is it actually a recording?"

Naoki Nagayama laughed. In fact, the behavior of using video to record TV programs and watching them later is very common in this era.

"However, how do you feel after watching it? Akina-chan, what do you think?"

"Oh my!" Short words expressed Akina's thoughts on *Boys Over Flowers*, "Both the plot and the interpretation of the characters are very interesting!"

Then she whispered: "Naoki-san is also very handsome!"

"Haha, Arigatou, it couldn't be better to get Akina's praise~"

It seems that another fan has been attracted~ Naoki Nagayama is more confident in the playback rate of the next episode.

"I really want to know the content of the next episode. Actually, I originally wanted to learn about the follow-up content from Naoki-san, but I was worried that spoilers would destroy the viewing experience..."

Akina's brows wrinkled, looking very tangled.

"Waiting for one episode a week is really too tiring~"

"Yeah~"

Naoki Nagayama was also an audience member who chased dramas, and he understood the feeling of waiting period too well.

"However, maybe it is this sense of expectation that makes the TV drama deeper~"

Akina also nodded in agreement: "So there is no way~"

However, at this time, Naoki Nagayama suddenly thought that he was the producer, director, and protagonist of this TV drama! He had tapes of all the episodes of this TV drama!

Because he signed a contract with Fuji TV, he couldn't give them to irrelevant people... However, watching them at his own home, there would be no problem, right?

"Akina... actually, it's not impossible..."

"Hmm?? Nani?"

"Actually, I have tapes of all the episodes here!"

"Eh?"

"So..." Naoki Nagayama's mouth lifted slightly, "Do you want to come to Shanying Yuan to watch them in the next two days?"

"Eh???"