Chapter 472: The entanglement of youth begins from this moment~

There aren't many middle schools in Otaru City, and even fewer high schools.

The school where Naoki Nagayama and the others rented the venue was the high school that most students in the vicinity attended.

When he drove Akina Mori and the two managers to the school, it was just the time between classes, and many students were walking back and forth in the corridor.

"Naoki-san, are you a little nervous?" Akina Mori saw Naoki Nagayama, whose face was much darker after makeup, and now seemed a little hesitant, and asked curiously.

"The memories of high school are all rushing up~"

Naoki Nagayama curled his lips. Come to think of it, this was the first time he had come to school in the appearance of a student since coming to the Showa era. Perhaps it was because he had a sense of substitution, and memories of high school life floated into his mind one after another.

A thin, wooden, slightly weak-looking boy, whose academic performance was also average—one could imagine the life of such a guy in a Japanese school.

"Naoki-san seems to have said that he was a very wooden and lonely person in high school." Akina Mori looked at Naoki Nagayama and said, "It's really hard to imagine."

"Ah, it's true that high school life can't be said to be very pleasant..."

Even if there weren't too many bullying incidents, being ignored and excluded by classmates was inevitable.

Not in the mood to continue touring the campus, Naoki Nagayama and the others walked quickly toward the rented classroom.

The students in the school had long heard about the classroom being borrowed, and in the morning, they had seen a group of strangers in school uniforms enter the school, so when they saw Naoki Nagayama and the others, they all opened their eyes wide.

"Who is that person?" "He's very handsome~" "The girl next to him also looks familiar." "Is it some star?" "Was our school chosen as a filming set?"

Amidst the whispers of the crowd, Akina Mori and the others walked quickly.

If they were recognized at this time, it would be very troublesome!

Inside the classroom, a group of student-like artists were chatting, and there were also some girls. Kijima Xu, Kongming Sakata, and Guangming Xiaoyuan had already set up the cameras.

As soon as Naoki Nagayama walked into the classroom, he heard a sound of "Naoki-boss" greeting... This group of guys all knew that Naoki Feng was his cousin.

"Naoki-san looks like a bad boss," Akina Mori said quietly, and Naoki Nagayama was also helpless.

After greeting a few times, he clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention: "Minasan, everyone has read the script, right?"

"Hai~"

Although the answer was very neat, Naoki Nagayama, as the director and lead actor of this movie, still began to explain the play to this group of guys.

"This afternoon, we are going to film the first meeting between the two protagonists... It was initially discovered that they have the same name and surname, both called Fujii Itsuki..."

Since this scene had several shots, Naoki Nagayama pointed out the positions for this group of students, gave guidance on the reactions they should make, and even gave some guidance to Akina Mori's reaction.

"The two in their student days are not extroverted people, so their physical reactions are relatively few, mainly using their eyes to express their inner emotions."

Naoki Nagayama looked at Akina's black and white eyes and felt that there shouldn't be any problems.

"Hai~"

Turning his head, he instructed Kijima Xu again: "Kijima-kun, this filming, all have soft-focus lenses added, right?"

"Hai~"

Regarding the memories of this high school period, Naoki Nagayama had long said that he wanted to express the feeling of a beautiful golden memory. Kijima Xu, a professional photographer, naturally had long been prepared.

"That's good, Kijima-kun, call action!"

"Eh? Okay!"

Naoki Nagayama also sat in his seat, waiting for the filming to start... Recalling the memories of high school, it seemed that the introverted and wooden boy had returned to the classroom.

"Action!"

The two who had just entered high school were waiting for the teacher's first roll call in the classroom,

When the teacher calling the roll shouted "Fujii Itsuki," two different people raised their hands at the same time.

"Same name and surname, huh~"

The slightly surprised teacher didn't take it as a big deal, but the entanglement of the two's youth began just like that.

Akina Mori, who was acting in a movie for the first time, didn't have any nervous feelings, perhaps because she had already adapted to facing the camera in her work as an idol.

In fact, the girl who was very cheerful in private suddenly closed her mouth and didn't laugh, only using her eyes to tell her mood, and she vividly expressed shyness and the greenness of a young girl.

When acting as the lead and director at the same time, it is actually very difficult to take care of the whole scene, but fortunately, the scenes of the male lead Fujii Itsuki are not too many. Except for a few most famous scenes, more shots are given to Akina Mori, who is the lead.

"Cut!"

The one who called stop was Naoki Nagayama. "Everyone performed very well just now! Let's do it again, and we will follow the previous standard!"

Turning his head, he said to Kijima Xu: "Next are a few close-up shots, mainly close-ups of the faces of the two protagonists."

"Hai!" Kijima Xu, who was originally just a photographer, suddenly became an assistant director.

"Ready... action!"

With one "start" after another, the filming work quickly entered a state.

Because they were teased by classmates for having the same name and surname, were forcibly paired by the class, and even had conflicts when voting for positions later...

Everything that happened in this classroom seemed to be accelerated by more than ten times in an instant, performing intermittently under the lens.

And Naoki Nagayama, in addition to the unsmiling character he played himself, was also explaining the play to other characters on the scene.

"That mocking classmate, the tone should be arrogant and carry the panic of running away quickly! If you don't run, you will be beaten if you are caught!" This was the student who stirred up the relationship between the two.

"Classmate sitting next to Akina and stirring up trouble, haven't you experienced students stirring up trouble? Even if Akina cries, you have to continue to say 'Are you crying?' in a hateful way, okay? Do you know?"

When Naoki Nagayama was about to press the leading classmate, he had to pause for a moment.

"I said, Wenyi Imamura, at least resist a little... You can't just give up directly!"

Wenyi Imamura hesitated: "But... the opponent is Naoki-boss! I instantly lost the will to resist in my heart."

"Even if the opponent is Feng-dage, you must be fully immersed in the character when acting! Do you know?"

"... Hai!"

With the ringing of the school bell, Naoki Nagayama woke up from his working state.

"It seems the light is not good either. Today's filming is about the same." Naoki Nagayama said to the crew members, "Thank you all for your hard work. Let's stop here for today!"

"Hai~~" x15, just like the head teacher saying school was over, the whole classroom instantly became relaxed.

Akina Mori walked to Naoki Nagayama's side: "Naoki-san is really devoted when working."

"? Has anyone said that?"

"When chatting, someone said that Naoki-san is very serious in the recording studio." Akina Mori laughed. "So everyone is actually a little afraid of working with Naoki-san..."

"Eh? Is it that exaggerated? I clearly feel that I get along well with everyone... By the way, Akina's song, it doesn't seem to be produced by me, right?"

"Hai, it was recorded at Warner."

"I heard that Akina is actually quite serious when working? And there are rumors of arrogance and playing big names?"

Akina Mori's small face wrinkled: "... Sometimes it's clearly that the employees didn't do their work well... I just pointed it out..."

"Hahaha~"

While chatting, Naoki Nagayama helped Kijima Xu tidy up the equipment. The next scene would be in the library and other campus exteriors.

"By the way, what does Akina want to eat tonight?"

Seeing the artists of the crew discussing going to the Otaru night market together, Naoki Nagayama also asked Akina Mori,

"Also, do you want to go out for a stroll at night?"

Akina Mori looked around and didn't see the shadow of the manager. Her heart was very excited:

"Is this okay? Fusahori-san and Maki-chan..."

"They are all adults, naturally they will take care of themselves!"

Naoki Nagayama said directly. Actually, when filming in the afternoon, he had sent the two back to the rented house.

These two already knew about the relationship between Naoki Nagayama and Akina Mori. Now that the two didn't avoid the manager and went out on a date, they could only let it be.

"Then let's go for a stroll~" Akina Mori's eyes curved into crescents. "But we have to change out of the school uniform first!"

While Naoki Nagayama was filming *Love Letter* in Otaru, Xiu-yi Yin in Kyoto was also rushing to film *Ring*.

"Naoki-san, do you think this scene..." Subconsciously wanting to ask for Naoki Nagayama's opinion, he just remembered that the person was already gone~

Xiu-yi Yin stopped what he was about to say, and instead asked Zhengxiao Xiaosen:

"Naoki-san went to film the courtyard, right?"

"Hai, he left this morning." Zhengxiao Xiaosen said, "Along with a filming team."

"Sigh..." Xiu-yi Yin was a bit helpless, Naoki Nagayama's willful appearance, "Can't Naoki-san wait until the movie filming is over before going to film the courtyard renovation? What's so good about filming a documentary for a small courtyard renovation!"

Zhengxiao Xiaosen said: "I heard before that it is a very large noble courtyard..."

"... I naturally know." Xiu-yi Yin naturally knew about Naoki Nagayama's courtyard, and had even seen pictures. "My meaning is, can't the documentary be filmed later?"

"Hahaha, maybe the renovation can't be delayed..."

Laughing it off, Zhengxiao Xiaosen immediately talked about other things,

"Xiu-san, the daytime filming is over. Next is the conversation between the protagonist Reiko Asakawa and the male lead in the evening."

"Ah, right, there is also a night scene today!" Xiu-yi Yin nodded. "Trouble Zhengxiao-jun to notify everyone, we have to work overtime today."

"Hai, everyone already knows."

In the plot of *Ring*, the relationship between the protagonist Reiko Asakawa and her ex-husband Takayama is also a main line. The outdoor conversation not only pushes the plot but also makes the character image fuller.

"That's good, let's go eat first~"

Waiting for the sky to darken.

"I don't know when that guy Naoki-san will be back! If he's not here, I feel the filming progress is much slower!"

The two movies of Tree Friend Films were in full swing, but the entertainment industry in Tokyo didn't mean to stop and wait for them.

Toei and Shochiku, who had been smearing *Crows Zero*, saw that the discussion related to delinquency had risen to a social problem. Since no conclusion could be reached by continuing the discussion, they could only stop.

Shinji Fukasaku of Shochiku found Yoji Yamada again to drink bitter wine:

"Yoji-san, it seems the smearing of *Crows Zero* didn't have much effect."

"Shinji-kun, because there are always some reporters and newspapers that escalate the contradiction to the level of social problems and social education, the focus of everyone's debate is no longer on the movie *Crows Zero*!" Yoji Yamada said, "I think we might as well give up this method!"

"But... but I have already invested a lot of human favors! The previous Film Ethics Review Committee was also!" Shinji Fukasaku was full of unwillingness. "Now the box office of *Crows Zero* is about to reach 3 billion, right?"

"It's a really enviable achievement!" Yoji Yamada sighed. He didn't have the experience of reaching such a high box office.

"It's annoying!"

Shinji Fukasaku drank the shochu in the cup in one gulp. The spicy feeling was like the dazzling box office performance, making people uncomfortable.

"Actually, Shinji-kun." Yoji Yamada suddenly said, "Maybe we can change a direction."

"What?"

"Didn't Naoki Nagayama have a scandal with Yuko Tanaka before?"

Shinji Fukasaku recalled: "That time... didn't he hold a media conference to explain it immediately? And he also promoted the movie he was filming!"

"What I want to say is, that time, besides us, there was actually another force dealing with Naoki Nagayama." Yoji Yamada didn't sell it. "It's Toei."

"? Is Toei also unhappy with Tree Friend Films?" Shinji Fukasaku laughed. "Yeah, they filmed so many movies in one year, and they were all box office hits!"

"Kishou, *Crows Zero* is still popular, and they actually went to film *Ring* again. Tree Friend Films, no... Xiu-yi Yin and Naoki Nagayama, don't these two need to rest?" Shinji Fukasaku shook his head, indicating he didn't understand. "Why are they so rolled?"

"New directors, they have to gain a foothold in the industry, otherwise, after a year, people will forget the name Tree Friend Films." Yoji Yamada's tone had the contempt of an old-fashioned film production factory like Shochiku for newcomers.

"Shinji-kun, what I just said means we can strike at the movie *Crows Zero* from other angles."

"Yoji-san, what's a good way?" Shinji Fukasaku became interested.

"We can start from the dark history of the director himself. Xiu-yi Yin used to be a person who filmed adult magazines, and Naoki Nagayama... in terms of personal fame, he is too fickle..."

Yoji Yamada talked eloquently,

"Start collecting negative information about the two now, and explode it when selecting the Film Academy Awards and Blue Ribbon Awards."

"At that time, the judges won't vote for a director who has negative news..."

Shinji Fukasaku's eyes lit up. In that case, his *Legend of the Eight Dog Warriors* should have a much greater chance...

"Yoji-san, this can be done..."

"And Toei, we can also contact them. Maybe we can get unexpected help!"

"Hahaha~ Yeah, yeah!"

These two guys, who were over fifty, were drinking and plotting bad ideas in the private room.

They didn't feel at all that they were actually very similar to the villains in their movie filming. ===== CHAPTER 473 =====