Chapter 347

This phone call from across the ocean made Naoki Nagayama's sleepiness disappear at once.

"Akina-chan? How could it be you? How did you call? How did you know the phone number here?"

A series of questions were all shot out like a machine gun. Naoki Nagayama clearly remembered that he hadn't called Akina after going abroad.

"Hahaha, you were scared, right!"

The voice in the receiver sounded very happy, just like a child whose prank succeeded, making Naoki Nagayama's mind pop up with Stephen Chow's classic old stalk "Surprised? Unexpected?"

Wiping his face, he suppressed the memories that emerged unconsciously: "This time it was really a fright, I thought it was a supernatural event!"

"Hahaha, the midnight death call~ It's the same as the story of "Ring" that Naoki-san told before~"

Akina must be lying on the sofa half-lying, very happy!

Thoughts flashed through his mind, but Naoki Nagayama, whose emotions had basically calmed down, could only echo Akina's good mood for the time being: "Hai~ Hai~ Akina-san who learns and applies, but, can the smart Akina-chan tell me, how did you call?"

"Hmm, since Naoki-san asked sincerely, then I will tell you with mercy!"

The words of Akina Nakamori trying to hold back her laughter came from the other end of the receiver... Naoki Nagayama found that this little girl seemed to like stealing the words he said when chatting before, and she didn't even pay the copyright fee.

"Does Naoki-san still remember when we met in Los Angeles last year?"

"Of course, does this have anything to do with it?"

"At that time, for convenience, didn't you give the hotel's phone number?"

"So this time you called according to the number given last time? How did you know it was still that hotel?" Naoki Nagayama remembered that there was indeed such a thing. "No, even if the hotel didn't change, the room wasn't the original one, right?"

"I feel that Naoki-san is very likely to be in the same hotel~" Although it was just a hunch, Akina used a very certain tone. "But I really don't know which room..."

"So?"

"So I called one by one according to the floor!" Akina said very simply, and at this moment, she might still be thinking that she was simply witty. "I didn't expect to find Naoki-san on the 8th one!"

"... You called one by one~"

Hearing such words, Naoki Nagayama's heart seemed to jump heavily, and the rushing blood poured into his brain at a faster speed than usual, making people feel a kind of heat in their heads.

Although Akina said it very easily, Naoki Nagayama knew that Akina, because of an uncertain hunch, actually dialed the phone one by one, experienced disappointment again and again, and perhaps there were malicious scoldings from guests, just to contact him...

"Yes, I'm very amazing, right!"

This tone of waiting for praise made Naoki Nagayama see Akina, who seemed to be waiting for recognition with her tail up, across the heavy ocean.

"Really reckless..." Naoki Nagayama sighed, then smiled. "But it's really amazing! It should be said, as expected of Akina-chan!"

"But, Akina-chan contacted me with such great trouble, is there anything important to tell me?"

"Eh?... Ano..." The girl in the apartment in Nakano Ward, Tokyo, suddenly choked up, hurriedly sat upright, and thought about it.

Seeing the screen on TV before, associating Naoki Nagayama abroad, and then her head got hot and she dialed according to the phone, but saying there was something important... actually, it seemed there wasn't, she just wanted to hear Naoki-san's voice.

It happened that the TV screen was still playing "Hana Yori Dango", and Akina immediately found an excuse:

"Ah, yes, I'm watching the fifth episode of "Hana Yori Dango"! I saw Naoki-san's scenes! I think it's very good! That's why I called to praise Naoki-san!"

As if to increase the credibility of her excuse, Akina added:

"Hmm, that's it!"

The fifth episode of "Hana Yori Dango"? Called to praise me? If it were a manga, shouldn't there be many question marks floating on Naoki Nagayama's head?

Big sister, this is an international long-distance call... Besides, didn't you watch the whole series of "Hana Yori Dango" long ago? Why didn't you praise it then?

However, at this time, don't expose the girl's poor self-esteem...

"Cough cough... Then I have to thank Akina-chan for the praise~ Also thank Akina-san for her support for "Hana Yori Dango"~"

"Hmm hmm, should be, should be~" Akina's excuse even fooled herself.

However, after this conversation full of embarrassment, the reason for calling seemed to be gone, and the phone suddenly became quiet.

At this time, naturally, he couldn't let the scene go cold. Naoki Nagayama spoke again:

"Akina-chan, have you returned from the concert in Saitama? Is it going well?"

"Hai, because it's relatively close, I can return to Tokyo on the same day. The fans in Saitama Prefecture are also very enthusiastic, and they sent a lot of gifts, including local udon noodles!"

After talking about the things that happened recently, Akina's tone became lively again, sharing interesting things with Naoki Nagayama, and then chatting about things that happened when Naoki Nagayama was not in Tokyo, and by the way, asked about Naoki Nagayama's situation abroad;

Naoki Nagayama naturally chatted about the awards ceremony he was going to attend, Kadokawa's yacht, and the old friends he met here.

Chatting randomly from all over the world, sometimes the previous topic ended, and it would naturally transition to the next one.

The cross-ocean phone porridge, it seemed that there was no special difference from when he was in Tokyo, but it was morning on Naoki Nagayama's side, and it was night on Akina Nakamori's side.

When he was about to change the topic again, more than an hour had passed. Just as he was talking about Disneyland in Los Angeles, Naoki Nagayama then reacted.

"Akina-chan, it seems we've been on the phone for more than an hour!"

"Eh?" Akina Nakamori didn't notice, but after looking at the wall clock, she found out. "Ah, yes, it's already past 11 o'clock~"

Finding that Akina Nakamori didn't seem to have found the point yet, Naoki Nagayama reminded again: "Akina-chan, this is an international call."

"International call?"

"400 yen per minute!"

"Hmm... Eh???" Akina finally reacted, and hurriedly started calculating with her fingers. "400 yen per minute, one hour is 60 minutes, multiplied together is yen!!!!"

A month's pocket money is gone!!!

Akina Nakamori has been debuted for less than a year. At this time, she only has a salary of about 200,000 per month, most of which has to be sent to her family to subsidize the family, so the remaining pocket money is actually not much.

"What to do, what to do!" The panicked tone of Akina came from the receiver. "I can only eat white rice next month!"

"Hahaha~ Rest assured, you can come to my house for a meal~"

"Naoki-san!" Akina's face puffed up, complaining to Naoki Nagayama who was gloating. "It's all Naoki-san's fault! I'm going to hang up!"

Clearly it was Akina who called... Naoki Nagayama almost blurted out, but fortunately he held back.

"Hai~ It's all my fault..." Naoki Nagayama admitted defeat, and then continued. "I'll bring you souvenirs when I come back!"

"That's more like it~"

Finally, the phone porridge had to end. At the last moment, Naoki Nagayama suddenly thought of Disneyland in Los Angeles.

"By the way, Akina-chan, when we return to Tokyo, let's go to Disneyland together? The local one must be different from the one in Los Angeles."

"Then we have to take a good look at what the difference is~"

Naoki Nagayama, who hung up the phone, then found that his stomach was already growling, and hurriedly ordered a breakfast from the front desk.

The morning light of Los Angeles shone in from the balcony, making the room bright, just like Naoki Nagayama's current mood, sunny.

Naoki Nagayama stood on the balcony and looked far away, as if he could see the skyline of the sea. Tomorrow is the awards ceremony, what should he do today?

He came to Los Angeles last time and stayed for almost half a month, and visited most of the attractions, and he didn't want to go to places like nightclubs and clubs, which were nothing but alcohol and hormones.

"Let's go diving today~ It just so happens that Robert said there are still many diving resorts nearby to see."

Just like that, he made a happy decision~

At this time in Tokyo, Akina Nakamori felt that the depressed mood of the past few days had disappeared at once, as if even the fatigue of work had disappeared, and the whole person was energetic, lying on the bed in a big character holding a penguin doll, with a smile on her face.

"Even people abroad can be found, as expected, only Akina-sama can do it!"

However, thinking of the 24,000 phone bill, little Akina felt a pain in her heart, subconsciously grabbing the penguin doll's hand: "It's all your fault, it's all your fault!"

Making the dull penguin doll want to cry without tears~

While Naoki Nagayama was leisurely in Los Angeles, Shuyou Film's actions didn't stop.

The ratings of "Cat's Eye" were very good, and it could reach 18% in the late-night slot. The episode-by-episode mode was completely fine.

Yin Tangxiu was working overtime to film the next episode, turning around in the studio, coffee shop, and police station every day. Speaking of which, this TV series was fine in other aspects, but it had high requirements for props.

Shuyou Film's prop team had to spend a lot of money to buy some of the latest equipment, and at the same time asked for advice from peers in special effects dramas, and got some secret weapons.

Masataka Komori walked over with a few balls. "Xiu-san, look!"

"Nani?" Yin Tangxiu moved his eyes away from the camera. "What is this?"

"This is the smoke bomb used by ninjas in the legend!" Masataka Komori said happily. "It's the kind that you throw on the ground with a pop, and then a burst of smoke will rise to cover people's escape!"

Yin Tangxiu smiled disdainfully when he heard this: "Komori-kun, are you still a child? This kind of thing doesn't exist at all!"

When filming movies, gunpowder or dry ice is used for special effects.

Masataka Komori said: "It's true, we learned it from the Ultraman crew, and it cost a lot of money to buy it. It is said to be made of fireworks gunpowder, and it will explode when thrown hard."

Hearing this, Yin Tangxiu also became interested, took one in his hand: "Really? Then how is the effect, Komori-kun, have you tried it?"

"Not yet... it just arrived, but according to the introduction, the explosion is completely harmless, only sound, and the smoke that rises is also non-toxic."

"Just throw it down?" Yin Tangxiu played with the ball in his hand and walked a little bit to the empty space on the side, his heart eager to move.

"Hai!" Masataka Komori stepped aside a little bit. As long as it is a man, it is difficult to resist this temptation, right?

Yin Tangxiu secretly looked at both sides, and then showed a smile: "Then I will be rude~"

The ball was thrown on the ground at once, a flash of light came out first, and then a "Peng" sound erupted, a sound as loud as a firecracker, and at the same time a burst of thick smoke erupted, startling everyone in the studio.

"Is it on fire?" "What exploded!" "Is anyone hurt?"

The staff surrounded them, asking with concern, but only saw a burst of thick smoke.

"Cough cough cough..." Yin Tangxiu and Masataka Komori waved their hands and walked out of the smoke, looking at the people around, a little embarrassed. "Cough cough, sorry, just experimenting with props."

"It's okay, it's okay, everyone go back to work~"

The surrounding staff then dispersed, still muttering about being so careless.

After the people left, Yin Tangxiu looked at Masataka Komori and showed a smile: "It's powerful enough!"

"Hahaha~"

A man's happiness is so simple...

"Komori-kun, hide a few~ When Naoki-san comes back, I want to use them to scare him!"

"Eh? Is this bad?"

"Who told him to leave us behind to be carefree~"

Yin Tangxiu patted his body, then sat back behind the camera and started to direct the scenes to be filmed today.

On the other hand, Fangcun Dayou was not in the studio. He was now at the recording studio, Xinyu-cho Studio, in Shin-Okachimachi, Taito-ku, which he had bought before.

Junko Ito and Tetsuya Komuro were also here, just for Junko Ito's third title song, "Sakura-iro Mau Koro" (When the Cherry Blossoms Dance).

"How is it, Tetsuya-kun? Is Junko-chan's singing okay?"

"Well... Junko-chan's interpretation is actually quite good, but I always feel that something is missing." Tetsuya Komuro scratched his head.

"I don't know under what circumstances Naoki-san created it, but "Sakura-iro Mau Koro" carries a bit of nostalgic emotion. Does it seem like the feeling of first love?"

"But, Junko-chan doesn't seem to have any nostalgia for first love at all~"

Junko Ito replied embarrassedly on the side: "What can I do~ That guy has many shortcomings, and I dumped him... how can I still be nostalgic~"

Fangcun Dayou sighed: "In short... Tetsuya-kun, think of a way... to let Junko-chan enter that state, at least the singing should be that feeling.

And Junko-chan, you are a singer! You must be able to sing all kinds of songs! Work hard yourself too!"

"It's best to produce a record before the concert, even if it's not fully sold to the public, it can give fans a surprise as a special peripheral!"

Being lectured by the boss... both young people looked very nervous and started to think urgently.

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Fangcun Dayou sighed again. Naoki Nagayama's songs were actually produced by Naoki himself, but this time he ran away...

At this time, the tuner, Shin Onodera, raised his hand to signal: "Dayou-san, I have an idea."

"Nani?"

"Ano, last time, for the song "Dislocation of Time", Junko-chan was also a little off-state." Shin Onodera was a little nervous. "So Naoki-san took everyone to a temple and held a blessing ceremony..."

"Blessing ceremony? Is that kind of thing useful?"

"It seems to be to make Junko-chan's mentality change through chanting and blessing."

Fangcun Dayou suddenly realized: "You mean, we go again?"

"No... not to go for blessing and chanting. Naoki-san said before it was to experience the confusion of fate..." Shin Onodera became clearer as he spoke. "This time it's first love, should we go to see temples for marriage or something?"

"Well, it seems to make some sense." Fangcun Dayou started to think.

At this time, Tetsuya Komuro suddenly interjected: "It's not a marriage temple, it's a movie, a love movie about first love! Or a novel, a youth love novel! Only then will there be feelings!"

Fangcun Dayou suddenly laughed: "I know when Naoki-san wrote this song! "Love Letter"! It was when he was writing "Love Letter"!"

"Junko-san, have you seen "Love Letter"?"

"Eh? I have seen it!"

"Then hurry up and get it! No, Terushin, you go directly to the bookstore and buy one." Fangcun Dayou said. "Junko-chan, you hurry up and read it a few more times! Take a good look at the nostalgia for first love!"

"... Hai~"