Chapter 459

Naoki Nagayama was frying bacon in the kitchen, and the rich aroma of grease came to his face, making Eitaro, who was on the side, drool constantly.

After the bacon was slightly curled and golden on both sides, he took the bacon out and drained the oil slightly.

After cleaning the frying pan, Naoki Nagayama melted a little butter and put the toast slices and eggs into the frying pan. Listening to the sizzling sound, he could already imagine the slight charred aroma and subtle texture when biting into his mouth.

The weather was good, the mood was good, and the simple American breakfast actually had the style of a five-star chef in Naoki Nagayama's eyes. Of course, the two diners who were very expectant made Naoki Nagayama have incorrect confidence in his cooking skills.

"How is it, Eitaro, Miaotaro, you've never eaten such delicious bacon, right~"

The two little ones buried in the food bowl naturally had no place to refute.

"Eitaro, Miaotaro, you guys look, is the cherry tree in the yard sprouting again?"

The cherry blossoms of Shanying Yuan always bloom twice a year, once in April and once in October. And now, it was time for the cherry blossoms to bloom again.

Sitting cross-legged on the floor of the corridor, biting the toast cut into triangles, Naoki Nagayama felt the breeze blowing gently on his face and breathed the fresh air of the morning, only feeling that the hangover from last night had completely disappeared. Life was so beautiful~

"Ding ling ling~"

But just at this moment of peace, the phone in the living room rang at an inappropriate time.

"What's wrong again..." Naoki Nagayama walked over and picked up the phone, "Moshi moshi, this is Shanying Yuan!"

"Naoki!"

It was actually his mother on the phone! Calling so early... could it be that something happened at home!

"Okasan, did something happen? Your tone sounds a bit strange..."

"Ah, Naoki, your eldest brother Aoki's child was born!" The voice in the receiver was a bit excited, "It's a boy."

"Eh? I remember the due date wasn't in November?" Naoki Nagayama was greatly shocked. Who would have thought that a nephew would suddenly pop out.

"Because she accidentally fell this morning... and then she had a premature birth." His mother's words had nervousness and lingering fear, "The stairs at home are still too steep."

"..." Naoki Nagayama could only comfort her, "It's good that the child was born safely now~"

Continuing to chat for a while, Naoki Nagayama promised his mother that he would take Tsuruko home to visit in these two days. After all, it was the first member of the fourth generation of the Nagayama family!

"Actually jumped a generation just like that..." Naoki Nagayama finished the remaining breakfast and actually had a sense of unreality~

On the way to the studio, it was the peak time for school. Naoki Nagayama saw many high school students in uniforms on the street.

Sometimes when waiting for the traffic light, he could hear sentences like "Suzuran Overlord" and "Serizawa Legion".

Without knowing it, "Crows Zero" had been released for almost a month. Without a doubt, the most outstanding and eye-catching movie in the second half of the year was this delinquent movie that combined elements of youth, blood, rebellion, and so on.

It spread like a virus among young people, coupled with the constant smearing by some unknown opposing forces in the media, Shuyou Film also fought back through newspapers, hyping up the heat of this movie, almost becoming a national topic, and attracting a large part of adult audiences.

Whether it was controversy or smearing, it couldn't stop the explosion of "Crows Zero". According to the current trend, the first-month box office of this movie should reach 3 billion, and the final box office would move toward 5 billion or 6 billion.

"Naoki-san, good morning!"

A bright smile appeared on the face of the receptionist, Xing Jiahua, making Naoki Nagayama's mood even better. Sure enough, the receptionist should be someone with high looks.

"Hai, Hua-chan morning~"

Many people had come to the studio, and it felt a bit bustling. Naoki Nagayama walked through a crowd of staff, and what he received were greetings.

After finally walking into the office door, he couldn't help but let out a breath:

"Otomo-san, do we have more people than before?"

"?" Otomo Yoshimura looked at Naoki Nagayama suspiciously.

"It's just that I feel the frequency of greetings was higher when I came in today."

"Are you actually judging the number of people in the company by the frequency of greetings, Naoki-san?" Yin Tangxiu asked with a smile on the side, "Actually, today is the time for casting. We have already invited some people who signed up."

"No wonder~" Naoki Nagayama vaguely felt that there were a few faces he didn't have an impression of.

"So we started casting today?"

"Mm, after all, the protagonists are already there~" Yin Tangxiu sorted out the materials in his hand, "'Ringu' mainly depends on Sadako!"

"Well... others are also very important!" Naoki Nagayama added. After all, this time for casting, he was also thinking of picking some supporting roles for "Love Letter".

Yin Tangxiu glanced at him: "Okay, you are the boss, whatever you say is right~"

Don't know when, Yin Tangxiu also learned such strange words.

Otomo Yoshimura saw that the conversation between the two finally ended and said to Naoki Nagayama:

"Naoki-san, why do you feel like you are in a good mood today?"

"Eh? Can you even tell this?" As expected of an old bird in the workplace who was good at observing words and expressions, "I just found out this morning that I have a nephew."

"Oh? This is really~" The others also said a few words of congratulations. In this era, a prosperous family was of course a good thing.

"Yamaguchi-gumi has a new heir!"

"???"

Xiu-yi-san, if you are so emotional, do you want to go to the organization to congratulate them?

After entering the working state, the order of the studio began to be orderly. Other employees worked seriously at their workstations, and the incoming applicants entered the conference room in an orderly manner under the guidance of the front desk.

Because this time it was after initial screening and was an invitation-based invitation, there were actually not many people who came.

"Mr. Teruyuki Yoshikawa, you want to play the role of Ryuji Takayama. May I ask what your opinion is on the role and where your advantages lie?"

The 30-something Teruyuki Yoshikawa in front of him said somewhat tremblingly: "Judging from the existing materials, Ryuji Takayama is a husband who cares about his ex-wife and son, and I myself am a divorced husband and also have a son of about the same age..."

This is... role adaptation?

Naoki Nagayama didn't expect the first person to sign up to be so bizarre. Not to mention that Teruyuki Yoshikawa also had stage play experience.

Among the subsequent applicants, there weren't many professional actors, and most of them were amateurs. However, Naoki Nagayama didn't dislike them either. After all, for some supporting roles in horror movies, to be honest, it didn't take much acting skills.

"Sumimasen, I am Miyu Nishida, and this time I hope to audition for the role of Sadako."

Miyu Nishida was a woman who looked very delicate, which made Naoki Nagayama and Yin Tangxiu a bit surprised,

"Are you here to play Sadako? I have to explain in advance, this role has very few front shots, and basically doesn't show her face." Yin Tangxiu pointed out a few points.

"Daijobu, I just want to try it out."

Naoki Nagayama asked: "Then, Ms. Nishida, what advantages do you have for playing the role of Sadako?"

"Hai, I come from a popping dance background, and I have some insights into body control~"

"..."

The subsequent applicants were even more strange, but Naoki Nagayama and the others did find many suitable supporting roles.

"Xiu-yi-san, everything else is fine, but the child among them still needs to think of a way." Because it was an external solicitation, no children came to sign up.

Yin Tangxiu nodded: "For child stars, I will look for them in the industry. It's not very difficult."

"Hai~"

During the lunch break, Otomo Yoshimura chatted with Naoki Nagayama while eating,

"Naoki-san, do you remember the reporter from the last press conference?"

Naoki Nagayama spent some time: "Ah, that reporter who kept asking sharp questions. What happened to him?"

After speaking, he lowered his voice a little: "Otomo-san, you didn't find someone to beat him up, right?"

"What are you talking about! Naoki-san, what kind of yakuza organization do you think we are?!" Otomo Yoshimura was between laughter and tears. Shuyou Film was a regular film production company, "I just asked someone to treat him to a flower wine meal!"

"..."

Naoki Nagayama was a bit emotional. Facing a guy who clearly had hostility, he actually treated him to a drink. It was really too lacking in face!

"So, did you get any news?"

"Hai, that guy said after getting drunk that the manager who temporarily asked him to ask questions belongs to the Watanabe Agency."

Naoki Nagayama stopped his chopsticks from eating: "Watanabe?"

This was the former leading boss before Johnny's and the Burning system, and it was still the oldest and most powerful agency to this day.

"When did we offend the Watanabe Agency?" Letting others smear Naoki Nagayama on the front page of the newspaper.

Otomo Yoshimura was helpless: "Actually, it's not aimed at Naoki-san and Shuyou Film."

"I inquired again, and that Watanabe manager is the manager of Tsukiko Ito."

Naoki Nagayama was confused: "Tsukiko Ito? Who is that?"

"Tsukiko Ito! It's the The Peanuts combination, one of the Peanut sisters!" Otomo Yoshimura's voice suddenly got louder, "Don't tell me Naoki-san hasn't heard of 'Passion Desert'?"

"Uh... Sumimasen, I don't care at all about idols before Momoe Yamaguchi..." Naoki Nagayama's memory of the entertainment industry before was all inherited, and before Momoe Yamaguchi, the reclusive guy really didn't pay much attention.

Otomo Yoshimura was a bit dramatic. The Peanut sisters were idols he had chased!

"It's... my passion is like a basin of fire, burning the whole desert..."

Otomo Yoshimura hummed two lines of lyrics, which suddenly evoked Naoki Nagayama's memory. So it was Wakin Chau's "A Fire"! However, this was different from "A Fire in Winter"...

"Ah, I remember!" Naoki Nagayama nodded, "However, what does this have to do with us?"

"Tsukiko Ito is the wife of Kenji Sawada!" Otomo Yoshimura reached the point, "And Yuko Tanaka had a scandal with Kenji Sawada before!"

Naoki Nagayama understood instantly upon hearing this relationship: "......... So, it's really aimed at Yuko Tanaka, and I just suffered an innocent disaster?"

"Hai, after all, The Peanuts have a very important position in the Watanabe Agency." Otomo Yoshimura said, "And the two sisters also have considerable connections in the music scene..."

"Perhaps if Yuko Tanaka and Playboy Naoki are linked together, it would be a blow to Yuko Tanaka."

"..."

Otomo Yoshimura, don't think I can't hear that this is sarcasm! The Peanuts are your idols, so you speak well of them?

Naoki Nagayama thought for a while: "However, just because of personal grudges, Watanabe wouldn't offend us so hard, right? That's the front page of the media."

"That reporter is Watanabe's." Otomo Yoshimura said, "As for the previous behavior, it seems that many hands are pushing it, but more news points to one—Toho!"

"? Toho?"

"Yes, it seems to be to hit 'Crows Zero'..." Otomo Yoshimura said, "Toho is also very active in pushing negative news about 'Crows Zero'."

"Same old trick, why do these old guys like to suppress newcomers so much?!"

"They wouldn't suppress just anyone, it's just because Shuyou Film really has the ability to threaten them." Otomo Yoshimura finished his lunch, "Toho's 'Antarctica' is currently showing. The only one that can compete with it this year is our 'Crows Zero'!"

"Sigh..." Naoki Nagayama sighed, "Otomo-san, the four major film production factories in Japan, Toei, Shochiku, and now Toho, except for Kadokawa, which has a relationship with us, all have been offended!"

"Hahaha, yeah, is Naoki-san under a lot of pressure?"

"Whatever!" Naoki Nagayama threw the bento box into the trash can, "Anyway, I'm used to it!"

Naoki Nagayama didn't stay in the company much in the afternoon. The subsequent interviews were handed over to Yin Tangxiu and Masataka Komori. Although he said there was no pressure, he still needed to relax his mood a little.

Sanmeiju in Ginza had long since vacated a seat, but this time it wasn't in the booth.

By the window on the second floor, Naoki Nagayama had made an appointment with Genta Nakai to drink tea.

"Chinatsu-san, please give me a pot of Mizumo tea today." Naoki Nagayama said to Chinatsu Kamigami, "I'm a bit irritable today."

"Hai!"

Chinatsu Kamigami naturally had no questions. The so-called Mizumo tea was cold-brewed tea. Since she ran a teahouse, she naturally had such drinks.

Not long after, while Naoki Nagayama was sipping slowly, Genta Nakai walked up under the guidance of Katsuo Yasui,

"Naoki-san!" Genta Nakai sat opposite with a smile and then looked, "Ah, cold tea, just right, I'm thirsty!"

After speaking, he poured himself a cup without ceremony and drank it like a cow chewing a peony.

"Yuantai-san should be on vacation now, right?"

"Mm, after returning from being stationed abroad, the company gave me a week's vacation." Genta Nakai was all smiles, "Said that being stationed abroad was too hard, let me accompany my family well."

"Hahaha, hard?" Naoki Nagayama laughed, "Yuantai-san wasn't too carefree in America!"

"How come?! Clearly, I was working hard!"

"Working in a bar!"

With a few jokes, the atmosphere suddenly relaxed. After chatting for a while, Genta Nakai took out the materials from his briefcase,

"Naoki-san, these are the relevant documents for your apartment in New York. It is currently managed by a property company. If you want to live there, you can let the company prepare supplies and so on in advance."

Naoki Nagayama took it and looked. Sure enough, it was near Central Park. Looking at the photos, it also looked very exquisite,

"It's really nice! Next time I go to New York to play, I can stay here!"

After looking at it for a while, Naoki Nagayama closed the document. Current real estate was mostly for investment. Without putting thought into it, it was no different from a hotel.

"By the way, Yuantai-san." Naoki Nagayama suddenly remembered, "I said before that my eldest brother's child would also be born in November, but he was born this morning."

"Eh? Was it a premature birth?" Genta Nakai immediately asked with concern, "Is everything okay?"

"There shouldn't be any big problems, and my sister-in-law is also safe." Naoki Nagayama said, "But still need to observe in the hospital for a period of time."

"The further you get to the back, the more careful you have to be..."

Perhaps because he was about to be a father, Genta Nakai's tone carried a sigh, "Hope he can grow up safely."

"Mm, I should go back to my hometown to visit tomorrow."

The two big men sighed for a while and then continued to the next topic,

"Naoki-san, the investment this time in America has already been earned back." The newly promoted billionaire Genta Nakai sighed, "Completed the dream of a lifetime in advance."

"Is Yuantai-san's dream only this much?" Naoki Nagayama laughed out loud, "Are you going to lie flat for the rest of your life?"

"Haha, temporarily I really haven't thought about what to do. These few months have been like a dream, and the money seems to be endless."

Genta Nakai remembered that in the few months in America, he spent money lavishly, luxury... but he didn't spend much money either.

"Of course it will be spent!" Current Genta Nakai was like a beggar who suddenly had money and still used a golden bowl to beg for food, "As long as Yuantai-san buys a few houses, then buys a few cars..."

"However, let's buy a house. This is an appreciating asset."

Unknowingly, he fell into the mentality of persuading people to buy houses again.

"Haha, Naoki-san really likes real estate!"

"Yeah, it gives people a sense of stability."

The two laughed for a while, and Naoki Nagayama said seriously: "Yuantai-san, if you want to expand your assets again, for ordinary people, buying real estate is the most cost-effective."

"However, if Yuantai-san wants to truly cross the class... then, you still have to own an industry."

Genta Nakai became serious upon hearing this: "Naoki-san's meaning?"

"Yuantai-san, I want to establish an investment company... not that kind of shell company, but a real investment company." Naoki Nagayama's eyes looked at the high-rise buildings in Ginza outside, "Although there isn't much capital now, I hope that one day, I can buy a whole floor in that kind of financial building outside..."

"Naoki-san... this is very difficult, right."

"Ha, what's difficult about it? In just over two years, I already have so much money..." Naoki Nagayama's words now carried arrogance, "After this movie, I think it's no problem to exceed 5 billion... Although it can't compare to a financial group, it should be no problem to open a small investment company."

"Yuantai-san, in the next 5 years, Tokyo will undergo earth-shaking changes. We are standing at the turning point of history!"

Genta Nakai was frightened by Naoki Nagayama's words: "Naoki-san..."

"Ha, just saying!" Naoki Nagayama's tone passed in a flash, "In short, I think the future period is promising. Yuantai-san, do you want to come and open this investment company with me?"

"This... Naoki-san, I need to consider it."

In a lifelong employment society like Japan, wanting to give up a high-quality position like Bankman, of course, requires being very cautious.

"Hahaha, of course, such a big matter, at least it won't start until next year. There is plenty of time." Naoki Nagayama laughed awkwardly,

"However, after the child is born, Yuantai-san will realize how serious the expense of milk powder is!"

"..."