Chapter 354: Xiuyi-san, hurry up and say something nice!

This evening, Naoki Nagayama tried calling Akina Nakamori's phone twice.

Once at 9:00, once at 11:00.

"Akina-chan, sure enough, she's not there~"

Listening to the voicemail reminder on the receiver, Naoki Nagayama had no choice but to leave a message.

"Akina-chan, I'm back from America~ Because of some things at home..."

"When we talked on the phone before, didn't we agree to go to Disneyland?"

"I don't know if Akina-chan has time recently?"

"If you have time, let's go together~"

What to do, it sounds just like a lick-dog!

Naoki Nagayama felt that if there was WeChat, at this time, it would definitely be various Eitaro emoji packs flying around.

Then silently wait for the goddess Akina Nakamori's reply.

Although Akina probably wouldn't reply...

"Hehe~" "I'm going to take a shower" "Sleeping~"

Right?

The weather at the turn of spring and summer changes as soon as it says it will.

The day before was clearly a scene of wind and sunshine, but in the early hours of the day, it started to drizzle, and it didn't stop until the next morning.

Naoki Nagayama opened his eyes. The heavy moisture in the air made his skin feel a bit uncomfortable. He actually went to take a shower early in the morning!

Is this using magic to defeat magic...

He simply made some breakfast, thinking while eating.

"The trip was interrupted... There's no time to invite Akina to go to Disneyland together... It started raining outside..."

"I always feel that everything is not going well. Should I go worship the Bodhisattva and change my fortune..."

But it was raining outside, so after breakfast, Naoki Nagayama chose to stay in Shanyingyuan until the rain stopped before going out for tea~

The feeling of dissatisfaction that something was not completed made Naoki Nagayama, who was originally very idle, unable to enjoy his decadent daily life peacefully.

Even though he practiced the piano in the study all morning, he didn't feel calm... The familiar Shanyingyuan was actually so quiet at this time that it made him feel inexplicably irritable.

Does this Shanyingyuan actually make people feel so cold and clear without Eitaro?

Naoki Nagayama actually knew that at this stage, his emotions had likely accumulated to the right point, and it was very likely to trigger some memories. But after wandering around Shanyingyuan for a whole morning, he still couldn't trigger his "golden finger," so he could only give up for the time being.

"Well, let nature take its course~"

But it was impossible to continue staying at home. Naoki Nagayama went to the garage, got into his beloved car, turned on the radio, and went out with a depressed mood.

"Where to go..."

Watching the raindrops draw twisted water lines on the window, the scene outside the window became blurred, like an oil painting painted by a child.

Under the gloomy dark clouds was reinforced concrete, rendering large areas of cold, hard grey; messy brushstrokes like signs and road signs dotted the horizontal and vertical straight roads, dividing the picture into a regular appearance; some lights lit up, pointing out red, yellow, or blue color blocks, but there was no longer the colorful psychedelic of the past...

However, the lush green plants at the turn of spring and summer added a thick green to this oil painting in the rain, making Tokyo in the rain not look so heartless.

Looking at the scenery outside the car window, Naoki Nagayama was driving randomly in the driver's seat without a destination. At this moment, the radio suddenly played a fresh male voice, singing a cheerful song:

May rain is green (May's green rain)

Made me sad, one person's afternoon (A sad afternoon alone)

In love and lonely (Missing, lonely)

Warming the feelings that could not be delivered (What warms me is that unrequited longing)

First love without saying "I like you" (A first love that couldn't even say "I like you")

"Eh?" Could it be that Japanese cars can also "read the air"?

Takazo Murashita's "First Love," the master of love songs! One of the most famous love songs!

But it was just released in this era...

Naoki Nagayama was a bit scared. He still remembered that the radio in his car would indeed play some sad songs when he was in a bad mood, and it seemed that it would play cheerful songs when he was happy.

Has the radio in this car also become a spirit?!

Interrupted by his own car, Naoki Nagayama raised his head from his constant depressed mood. After considering it slightly, he decided to go to the coffee shop where Xiuyi Yin Tang was filming to take a look. After all, he had already been to the studio yesterday.

It's raining today, so naturally, they are all filming indoor scenes.

When Naoki Nagayama arrived, the four leads in the coffee shop were playing very happily. Xiuyi Yin Tang was directing something inside, and other filming staff were holding cameras, while others were lighting, in short, surrounding the few people inside into a circle.

Naoki Nagayama patted the shoulder of Xu Mudao in the outermost layer: "Mudao-kun, what are they doing inside?"

"Ah!!" Xu Mudao let out a scream.

Xu Mudao didn't seem to have the experience of being scared by others. With his super low sense of presence, generally speaking, it was his sudden voice that scared others.

"Naoki-san?"

After he turned his head and found that the person who patted his shoulder was Naoki Nagayama, his scream had already attracted everyone's attention, making Naoki Nagayama a bit embarrassed.

"Haha, Mina-san, long time no see."

Xiuyi Yin Tang was very surprised after seeing Naoki Nagayama. He hadn't talked to Dayou Fangcun yesterday: "Naoki-san, you're back so soon?!"

"Hai... because something happened, so I came back yesterday."

"Then... why did you come here?" Xiuyi Yin Tang was puzzled. If he was in such a hurry to come back, shouldn't it be urgent?

"Uh... I only found out after I arrived that there was actually nothing I needed to do immediately." He couldn't say that he was pitted back by his sister, so Naoki Nagayama immediately changed the subject, "It's nothing big. What is Xiuyi-san filming today?"

Xiuyi Yin Tang wisely didn't continue, but instead explained to Naoki Nagayama: "We are filming the scene where Junfu Neihai plays a game with the three Cat's Eye sisters. The three sisters use the game to extract information from Junfu Neihai."

???

Naoki Nagayama was full of doubts. There's this too?

Extracting information from Junfu Neihai, isn't it usually just the official long-straight-haired girlfriend Tong Laisheng asking directly, or the charming older sister Lei Laisheng seducing him, or if that doesn't work, the cute Ai Laisheng acting like a spoiled child?

When did it need to play board games to extract such high-end information?

But after seeing the game on the table, Naoki Nagayama was speechless. Ludo... and it's a specially customized version. If you encounter obstacles, you need to answer questions or act according to the instructions on the card, otherwise, you have to be pasted with small paper strips!

Isn't this Truth or Dare? Actually, set up a party game to extract information...

"Naoki-san, this Ludo of ours is specially made! Even the cards are handwritten!" Xiuyi Yin Tang was not without pride. They gathered everyone's wisdom and finally created this game.

"Hehehe~ Xiuyi-san really has ideas..."

Naoki Nagayama perfunctorily dealt with the proud director, but his eyes drifted to the four people on the table. It seemed that they were all very involved in playing the game. Ai Laisheng, played by Cai Zhi Pian Tong, actually had a lot of small paper strips pasted on her face!

"How come Cai Zhi-chan is always losing?" Naoki Nagayama asked. By reason, shouldn't Junfu Neihai, played by Xiaozhi Zhuben, be the one losing the most miserably?

"Hahaha, Naoki-san, for the sake of realism, we didn't arrange the game process! It's all a real game!"

Xiuyi Yin Tang laughed loudly, proud of his idea, "This way we can film the actors' real emotions!"

"..." Naoki Nagayama glanced at the aggrieved expression of Cai Zhi Pian Tong and felt that Xiuyi Yin Tang was simply having nothing to do on a rainy day.

And the cameras around, don't they cost money to film all the time?

"Learned something... Xiuyi-san really has a hand~" However, Naoki Nagayama still didn't express any opinions. After all, it was Director Yin Tang's set.

"Haha, overpraised~" Xiuyi Yin Tang let the crew continue filming, while he took Naoki Nagayama to the empty table next to him, and then asked, "Is Naoki-san here to visit the set today?"

"Let's say so. It's very stuffy to stay at home when it's raining."

Once seated, the big orange cat in the coffee shop that was familiar with everyone walked proudly to the table in front of them, then half-lay down and meowed at the poop-scooper: "Meow~ (Massage!)"

Naoki Nagayama looked at this orange cat and found it funny. While scratching its head, he asked: "Xiuyi-san, is Miaotailang so familiar with the crew? Not afraid of strangers at all?"

Xiuyi Yin Tang was also surprised: "Not really. Except for a few people, others are not allowed to touch it."

Saying that, he wanted to reach out and touch the cat's back, but it was met with a hiss from the big orange, and the raised cat's claw... "Look, it won't let me get close!"

"Hahaha, it seems that I am popular with small animals~"

Naoki Nagayama applied the method of petting Eitaro to Miaotailang, which actually made this big orange very useful, making a purring sound.

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"Naoki-san is really enviable... handsome, talented, rich, and popular with small animals..." Xiuyi Yin Tang angrily scolded the little thing on the table, "Miaotailang, you heartless guy, the dried fish the day before yesterday was fed to you by me!"

The orange cat ignored the accusation and turned its head to the other side.

When the mood is depressed, petting furry children is indeed a wonderful way to relieve it.

Naoki Nagayama served Miaotailang while chatting with Xiuyi Yin Tang. Anyway, it was raining, and the small indoor scenes were directly handed over to Zhengxiao Xiaosen. He, the director, didn't have much to pay attention to.

"Xiuyi-san, when I was in Los Angeles, chatting with local friends, the movie we filmed, *Paranormal Activity*, was actually more famous." Naoki Nagayama talked about chatting with the Los Angeles diving coach Luo Bote, "They didn't know about the other movies, including the very popular *Hachi: A Dog's Tale*."

"This is... a problem of tradition, right." Xiuyi Yin Tang said, "After all, Japan's cultural output is still not as good as America's for the time being."

"It shouldn't be this reason. Horror movies like *Paranormal Activity* are started from marketing, so the effect is so good." Naoki Nagayama said, "Our other movies seem to be very lacking in marketing and publicity."

Japan's publicity channels are controlled by old advertising companies. Basically, all advertising business, as long as it is handed over to the corresponding company, you don't have to worry about it, so the publicity of several movies is very convenient in Japan.

And abroad, there are no such convenient conditions.

"Naoki-san, abroad, there is really no way..." Xiuyi Yin Tang still wanted to say that laying out channels abroad is the ability of big companies like Toho. Small companies like Shuyou Film should focus on the domestic market for the time being.

"As for the method, we always have to think about it. Xiuyi-san, you don't want our movies to be limited to the domestic market forever, right?" Naoki Nagayama, after all, has the perspective of later generations and has a deep feeling for globalization, "Besides, hasn't *Paranormal Activity* already provided a sample?"

"?"

"Start with horror movies!" Naoki Nagayama said, "Japanese horror movies have a very special style, completely different from American slasher horror movies, and have a strong attraction for people who love horror movies."

"Naoki-san means, film horror movies?"

Actually, it was just an idea. Naoki Nagayama didn't have a specific direction: "We can try it first. If horror movies work, we can slowly open distribution companies abroad..."

Since horror movies were mentioned, naturally, he imagined a series of American horror movie names such as *It*, *Annabelle*, *A Nightmare on Elm Street*, etc.

Feeling the restless dizziness in his head, Naoki Nagayama suddenly broke out in a cold sweat... He remembered *Ring* before. Miss Sadako played a game of cat and mouse with him in his dreams for a whole night.

If he thinks about it again this time, then the clown, Annabelle, and Freddy will come to find him in his dreams together... Naoki Nagayama's little heart can't take it!

"Xiuyi-san!!"

【Empty line】

"? Nani?" Xiuyi Yin Tang was startled by Naoki Nagayama's sudden shout, and even Miaotailang was startled and sat up.

"Hurry up and say something nice!" Naoki Nagayama pressed his temple with one hand.

"??? Nani?" Xiuyi Yin Tang was caught off guard and a little ashamed, because some people in the crew looked over, so he lowered his voice, "Even if you want me to praise you, Naoki-san, you don't have to be so anxious, right? In public..."

"No..." Naoki Nagayama pressed his head with both hands, trying his best to stay awake to avoid falling into dizziness, "Xiuyi-san, I have a burst of inspiration now. Hurry up and tell me some happy things in your memory to stimulate my inspiration!"

"Eh? Stimulate inspiration?" Xiuyi Yin Tang suddenly thought of the scene in the studio before, "Ah, suddenly I have inspiration... Why do you want me to talk about memories... Why don't you do it yourself, Naoki-san..."

"Hurry up!" If I don't hurry up, Freddy is going to occupy my brain!

"Ah ah... so that's it, then okay..." Xiuyi Yin Tang saw that Naoki Nagayama was so determined, so he hurriedly agreed, "However, suddenly asking me to talk about happy memories and the like... how can I think of it..."

"Hurry up!" Naoki Nagayama was urging again!

Xiuyi Yin Tang was so anxious that he scratched his head and looked around, and suddenly saw the rain outside the window: "Ah! Got it, got it!"

"Ano, actually it was also such a rainy weather. I, I met someone, also in a coffee shop!..."

Xiuyi Yin Tang slowly talked about the situation when he met his first love in junior high school, and a nostalgic smile appeared on his face unconsciously.

"At that time, Miyu-chan was really cute!"

【Empty line】

She also looked good when she smiled,

Her athletic cells were also very powerful!

"..."

Speaking and speaking, Xiuyi Yin Tang's face suddenly became regretful, and there seemed to be tears in his eyes.

"But... but at that time, I was really too unreasonable!"

"For a simple little thing, I started arguing with Miyu-chan!"

"Then we kept the cold war..."

"Until junior high school graduation, I actually even lost the second button on my school uniform..."

Naoki Nagayama looked at this middle-aged man with long hair and a stubbly beard who could still see a trace of dashing, and then listened to him telling his beautiful and sour first love...

The raindrops outside the window fell on the window, and the sound of dripping was crisp, but in Naoki Nagayama's ears, it suddenly became louder, and the rhythm suddenly became the sound of a piano, like a piano rhythm like rain...

Raining on a summer afternoon (Raining on a summer afternoon)

Passing rain under the umbrella (Happening to be under the umbrella in a sudden rain)

Kissing the wet cheeks (Kissing the cheeks wet by the rain)

Gently kissed (Gently kissed)

Still longing for that season (I am still full of longing in that season)

Aimer's "Ref: rain," the ending song of the animation *After the Rain*, slowly played from the memory and flowed into Naoki Nagayama's mind.

But this time, there were actually all the plots of the animation *After the Rain* and the live-action movie.

Coming back to his senses, feeling the head that was obviously heavier just now, Naoki Nagayama couldn't help but knock on it.

"Naoki-san, do you have inspiration?" Xiuyi Yin Tang, who took a deep breath and seemed to have sorted out his mood, asked, "Suddenly changed from happy memories to regrets..."

"Whose first love has no regrets~"

Naoki Nagayama smiled, took out a palm-sized notebook from his arms, and began to compose the song in his mind to reduce the burden on his head.

"*After the Rain*..."

Xiuyi Yin Tang stood up, walked behind Naoki Nagayama's chair, and looked at it, muttering in his mouth, as if he remembered that afternoon after the rain again...

When Naoki Nagayama finished writing completely, Xiuyi Yin Tang subconsciously took the notebook and looked at it.

"Naoki-san, was this song written based on my story?!"

At this time, everyone in the crew had surrounded them. Zhengxiao Xiaosen stretched his head to look at the content of the notebook and asked a bit excitedly: "Did Naoki-san write another song?"

After watching for a while, Xiuyi Yin Tang immediately closed the notebook and said a bit shyly and angrily:

"This song was written for me!"

"???"

Xiuyi-san, you are a bit dangerous saying that!

Naoki Nagayama couldn't help but explain: "Ahem, it was written based on Xiuyi-san's first love story."

Zhengxiao Xiaosen suddenly realized: "So it's Xiuyi-san's first love in the notebook~"

"However, let us see it, it doesn't matter, right~ Xiuyi-san~ *After the Rain*..."

"Don't even think about it!" Xiuyi Yin Tang quickly stuffed the notebook into his arms and walked out quickly.

"My notebook..." Naoki Nagayama was speechless.

Eh? The last song written in the notebook, the notebook seems to have been taken away by someone too! Will it be taken away this time?