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Chapter 371: This is the last chance for you to be a human!

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Roppongi during the day lacked a layer of the mystery of the night, and also lacked that psychedelic atmosphere of lights and wine, looking no different from an ordinary commercial street.

No one expected that the headquarters of Being Records was hidden in this area of Tokyo.

But it might not be so; a guy like Daiko Nagato might very well like to discuss music with young ladies.

Naoki Nagayama didn't go directly to the Being Records company headquarters, but instead found a club in Roppongi... the kind that opened during the day, and made an appointment with Daiko Nagato to have a chat.

"Naoki-san, long time no see!" After Daiko Nagato walked into the club, he found Naoki Nagayama's seat very naturally, as if he had returned to his own home. "Mama-san, please give me a mug of ice-cold beer!"

"Daiko-san, it must be very hot outside, right?" Naoki Nagayama didn't drink alcohol, because he had to drive, so he just ordered a glass of mixed fruit juice to taste. "The weather in June is already unbearable!"

"Yeah~ but the hottest time of the year hasn't come yet. That time is the hardest to endure!"

Daiko Nagato, who had been through many battles, chatted enthusiastically with Naoki Nagayama about trivial daily life, as if Naoki Nagayama had really come to discuss the weather in Tokyo with him. This old fox couldn't figure out Naoki Nagayama's intention for the time being, so he was holding his ground.

"Yeah, yeah!" Naoki Nagayama didn't have the habit of continuing to play Tai Chi with him, and went straight to the point: "Speaking of which, Daiko-san is very familiar with Burning Agency, right?"

"Burning Agency? Of course. In the music industry, who doesn't know the great name of Burning Agency." Daiko Nagato was still chatting calmly, clearly having a deep friendship with Burning Agency's president Ikuo Suo, but not revealing it at all.

Naoki Nagayama pretended not to notice: "Does Daiko-san know the former Public Relations Manager of Burning Agency, Etsuro Kikuchi?"

"Manager Kikuchi?" Daiko Nagato nodded. "Dealt with him a few times, but shouldn't he have retired internally by now?"

The internal retirement here refers to being forced to start a new business or retreat to the second line after failing in company struggles.

"It seems not yet. A few days ago, Manager Kikuchi's former confidant, the current Media Business Department Manager Masato Arai, called Tree Friend Films." Naoki Nagayama didn't hide it. "Said he wanted to discuss the transfer of the Cat's Eye Three Sisters."

"Cat's Eye Three Sisters?" Daiko Nagato took the beer sent by the young lady, but didn't drink it. "Aren't these the popular artists under you, Naoki-san? Are you sure they came directly to talk about a transfer? Was it proposed by the artists themselves?"

Daiko Nagato, who was too surprised, asked many questions in a row, but then explained it himself:

"If that's the case, is it a unilateral poaching?"

He couldn't understand! Daiko Nagato also felt strange about this approach.

"Daiko-san, is this kind of approach by Burning Agency common?" Naoki Nagayama looked at Daiko Nagato. "Is it President Suo's style?"

"That's impossible!" Daiko Nagato put down the beer and hurriedly explained: "President Suo is a very thoughtful person. Such a barbaric approach definitely didn't come from him."

Ikuo Suo started from scratch, and the black, white, and gray paths all gave him face. Although he was a bit strong, he must also be a thoughtful person.

Saying he controlled nearly half of the artists in the entertainment industry was actually just having influence over them. Except for a few direct agencies, it was absolutely impossible to influence other small and medium-sized agencies solely by means of oppression.

Daiko Nagato seemed to feel it wasn't enough, took a sip of beer, and continued: "Let alone why he would take a fancy to these three small artists, the Cat's Eye Three Sisters. Even if he did, he would discuss it properly with you, Naoki-san, or at least propose a method like cooperative development. He would never poach them directly!"

It could be seen that Daiko Nagato admired Ikuo Suo very much.

Naoki Nagayama nodded: "If that's the case, then it's someone else using Burning Agency's name."

Having said this, Naoki Nagayama already knew the most important information. This action might have been tacitly approved by Ikuo Suo privately, but there was definitely no support from him on the surface.

Then, there were much fewer things to worry about in the subsequent approach.

In the subsequent chat, Naoki Nagayama didn't talk much about poaching, but instead chatted more with Daiko Nagato about Yutaka Ozaki's concert and the production of his next album.

"It has been determined that the theme of the album is green love, and several alternative tracks have been prepared, but the main single is still under study." Daiko Nagato said about the arrangements for Yutaka Ozaki. "After the current livehouse concert tour ends, the recording of the album will begin.

Ozaki-san's performance is really good!"

Naoki Nagayama smiled. Yutaka Ozaki was originally supposed to debut two years later. Now that he had been sent to the spotlight ahead of time, he still bloomed with astonishing light.

Unlike the original age of twenty-four or twenty-five, he was younger, so the creation direction naturally couldn't lack the aspect of youth love.

"Then is the production of the next main single the responsibility of Tetsuro Oda? Or Akira Sudo?"

Daiko Nagato seemed very troubled: "Both are involved. Tetsuya Komuro from your side, Naoki-san, is also involved, and even Ozaki-san himself wrote a song, so it hasn't been decided yet~"

"Hahaha, they are all talented people, so they naturally have their own pride." Seeing the rich resources of his artists, Naoki Nagayama couldn't help but laugh. "This might be able to collide and produce some really great songs!"

"But there is also the result of being deadlocked because no one is convinced by anyone..."

Daiko Nagato himself was also a music producer, and he also had a headache about the next main song, because the people involved were all talented guys, so it was even more troublesome; no one was convinced by anyone.

He took another big gulp of beer, and the cold liquid went down his throat to his abdomen, making him shiver comfortably, but there was a heat in his head, dizzy.

Daiko Nagato, whose alcohol tolerance wasn't very good, asked: "If Naoki-san encountered this situation, what would you do?"

"Eh? Me?" Naoki Nagayama recalled. It seemed that Tree Friend Films had never had this situation. As for the main song, almost all of them were his songs. "Haven't encountered it yet. Currently, the albums of the artists under our agency are almost all my songs as the main single."

Damn it, he was being shown off!

Daiko Nagato looked at the matter-of-fact Naoki Nagayama, and jealousy arose in his heart. This person in front of him was a genius, no... he was a complete monster!

But after a long while, he still sighed: "Sigh, if Naoki-san participated in the production, there should be no problem!"

Participate in the production? Naoki Nagayama touched his chin, thinking of his small treasury. It seemed he really had stock.

"Participating in the production of the whole album is too troublesome~"

"However, I seem to have a piece of music here that is very suitable for the theme of the new album."

"Hmm?" Daiko Nagato became puzzled. "A song Naoki-san wrote before?"

"Hai, a song from before, named 'Yakimochi' (Jealousy). I will give it to Daiko-san later to see if it can be added to the new album~"

Daiko Nagato's eyes narrowed slightly, and he might have been a bit disdainful in his heart: "Hmm... want to use an old song you saved before to defeat the special creations of several geniuses? This is too confident, right?"

Naoki Nagayama actually didn't mean this; he just felt that it happened to coincide, so he wanted to see if it could be used.

"Daiko-san, take a look when the time comes. It doesn't matter if it's not suitable."

"Hai, then I will look forward to Naoki-san's masterpiece."

Daiko Nagato was waiting to see a joke. When it was taken to the album production discussion meeting and seen, it turned out to be inferior to other songs. Where would Naoki Nagayama's face go...

He had originally decided not to drink, but Daiko Nagato, who was already a bit drunk, insisted on dragging Naoki Nagayama to drink in Roppongi during the day. In the end, this guy actually got drunk in the club during the day, while Naoki Nagayama was only slightly tipsy.

Fortunately, this place was not far from the Being Records headquarters. Naoki Nagayama directly carried this guy back to his building and handed him over to the Being Records employees. However, he himself seemed to be in a bit of trouble.

"Can't drive anymore..."

In Roppongi in the afternoon, even the designated driver hadn't started work yet. At this time, he knew the benefits of having a full-time driver~

"Forget it, I'll come and get it later!"

Naoki Nagayama didn't think about waiting in Roppongi until night, so he took the subway toward Chiyoda.

Without the office workers during peak hours, the Tokyo subway was very comfortable. He swayed along the subway line to Jimbocho Station in Chiyoda. After exiting the subway station, he could see the familiar street. It took less than ten minutes to walk to Shanying Yuan.

The street back wasn't far, and it was exactly the Aoyama shop. Naoki Nagayama, feeling thirsty, immediately changed his pace and walked to the shop door.

"Old man Aoyama?" Naoki Nagayama, who pushed open the shop door, called out loudly. "Is there any tea? I'm a bit thirsty!"

"Coming to the shop without buying anything, and actually asking for things... are you a monk?"

After seeing that it was Naoki Nagayama, Shin Aoyama muttered, but still poured a cup of warm tea from the teapot.

"Did you actually go drinking during the day?" Shin Aoyama, who walked closer, smelled the alcohol on Naoki Nagayama. "Naoki, did you go drinking flower wine?"

"Yeah, went to a club in Roppongi. The young ladies there are very enthusiastic!" Naoki Nagayama said casually. In fact, he knew that Shin Aoyama was actually concerned about his health.

"There is an Eastern proverb: The word 'color' is a knife on the head!"

Shin Aoyama said this, but in fact, he was a bit envious in his heart. Youth is so good~

At his age, even if a young lady stood in front of him to seduce him, he would be powerless.

"By the way, it seems I haven't seen Chikako-chan recently? Is she at school?"

Shin Aoyama became a bit nervous when Naoki Nagayama mentioned his granddaughter: "Of course! At her age, she is naturally at school!"

He emphasized her age! It was to remind Naoki Nagayama that there was an age gap between them!

"Yeah... but there are also girls of this age who are already married!"

Naoki Nagayama insisted on not doing what Shin Aoyama wanted and started arguing with him.

"You guy, don't you dare set your sights on Chikako!" Aoyama Shin said again, sure enough~

Japan has a strange thing... The age of adulthood for women is 20, and only then can they drink in public. But girls can actually get married at 16...

Then the question arises, is it illegal for girls to drink wedding wine in public when they get married?

Just when this pair of friends of different ages were about to continue arguing, they heard strange sounds coming from outside the shop door.

It seemed to be cursing words like "Kono yaro, baka, maru..."

And then the movement became bigger and bigger, and it seemed someone was fighting!

The mentality of watching the fun, in fact, the Japanese also have. When Naoki Nagayama and Shin Aoyama walked out to check, someone was already lying on the street not far away, groaning, and there were several people standing aside.

That strong figure... was it actually Naoki Nagayama's cousin, Feng Nagayama?!

Feng Nagayama had been very annoyed these two days, because his cousin Naoki asked him to open an agency. In fact, this was very easy; just find an intermediary to help register it.

In addition, cousin Naoki also helped him find two little brothers, although he had to subdue them, which was also quite easy; just a few slaps would do.

However... later he had to find so-called artists for the agency.

And they had to be male artists, and they needed to have a bit of a delinquent temperament.

Said it was to reserve talent for the next movie...

This was very difficult to do.

"Bunichi, Hokuto, you are more familiar with Tokyo. Where do you say I can find people with a delinquent temperament?" Feng Nagayama asked his newly recruited little brothers in the morning. "I need to find quite a few people!"

The two thugs, Bunichi Imamura and Hokuto Nakazawa, after graduating from high school, couldn't find what they wanted to do. They usually did odd jobs, and when they didn't have work, they happily walked the streets~

However, both of them lived in Chiyoda, Tokyo, with houses and leisure. Such a life was simply happy without bounds.

It was hateful that Feng Nagayama was unreasonable and forcibly recruited little brothers.

Hokuto wanted to turn against him, but was miserably ambushed by a punch and knocked down.

Bunichi cursed him for being shameless, but was caught by both hands and slapped several times... several times!

In the end, he could only endure the humiliation with tears in his eyes... and recognized him as his big brother...

"Big brother, of course there are such people!" Bunichi Imamura immediately thought of some delinquent teenagers in the school near his home. They didn't study well and blocked children every day to ask for living expenses. "There are many, they are all guys who bully the weak!"

Hokuto Nakazawa beside him also nodded repeatedly, completely forgetting that they had once been one of them.

"Yoshi, then take me there today. I want to communicate with them one by one and let them become artists of our agency!"

? Become an artist?

Hokuto Nakazawa and Bunichi Imamura looked at each other. Was the big brother they just recognized yesterday a bit unreliable? Wasn't he looking for little brothers?

Persuading delinquents to turn over a new leaf and become artists? How was this possible?

Feng Nagayama and his group of three were naturally treated as fools and lunatics, and were even mocked by some delinquents.

However, this guy Feng Nagayama inherited the traditions of Hayato Nagayama and Kumahara Nagayama, and was accustomed to subduing people with fists.

So, for those who provoked, mocked, or overestimated themselves and wanted to teach him a lesson... just beat them all up!

When Naoki Nagayama recognized his cousin, he was clutching a delinquent by the collar, asking very fiercely:

"You delinquent, say it again? Do you want to join our Heavy Fist Agency!

! Say it quickly!

This is the last chance for you to be a good person!"

Blood flowed down the delinquent teenager's face, even flowing into his eyes. The figure of this fierce man in front of him was also covered with a layer of blood, looking even more hideous and terrifying!

The head that had just been punched was still a bit dizzy and ringing. Hearing his words at this time was like adding heavy bass and echoes, feeling like a demon roaring:

"This is the last chance for you to be a human!"

Could it be?

Is this guy really going to kill me?

Mom! Save me! I'm going to die today!

God, I repent for my wasted life! Please give me another chance!

At this time, Feng Nagayama shook the delinquent's collar hard: "Kono yaro! Say it quickly, do you want to join our agency!"

"If I join, can I not die?" The delinquent struggled to ask.

"Not die?"

Amidst the dizziness and ringing, Feng Nagayama's counter-question was taken as confirmation. The delinquent hurriedly replied loudly: "I join! I join!"

Feng Nagayama then let go of the delinquent's collar: "Really?"

"Really! Really! If I go back on my word, let me go to hell!" The delinquent confirmed hurriedly.

Feng Nagayama then showed a smile, straightened the delinquent's upper body, and patted his shoulder: "Haha, since you agreed to join, then we are a family!

Let's go, let's find the next one! Do you still know where there are people like you?"

The figure following Feng Nagayama increased by one...

After seeing this scene, Naoki Nagayama couldn't help but cover his face...

This cousin of his was really here to recruit little brothers, here to plant his flag in Tokyo! ===== CHAPTER 372 =====

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