Chapter 487

The branches at the treetops could finally no longer hold onto the last fallen leaves; the withered yellow leaves drifted and floated, finally stopping in the river shrouded in the sunset, bumping into ripples with shimmering light.

A gust of autumn wind rose, and the water surface rippled with gentle waves, pushing the fallen leaves like small boats downstream, as if competing with the children on the shore who were anxious to go home.

Second-grader Rino Ueda was running quickly toward her home. After experiencing a week of study, Friday when returning home could be said to be the happiest time.

"Tomorrow is the weekend, I'm going hiking with Yuzu-chan!"

Her little head had already calculated the plan for her day off. Rino Ueda quickly took off her shoes in front of the entrance gate. "Okasan, I'm home!"

"Ah, is Rino-chan so early today?" Her mother, Mami Matsuyama, in the kitchen was very surprised. Generally speaking, her daughter would play with her little friends for a while and wouldn't arrive home until half an hour later.

"Hai, because today there's the animation *Magical Angel Creamy Mami*~" Rino Ueda answered loudly, then put down her schoolbag and ran into the living room to turn on the TV.

Her mother, Mami Matsuyama, could only shake her head; children these days couldn't wait to stick their heads to the TV screen~

This time was exactly when housewives were busy: washing vegetables, cutting vegetables, cooking rice, stewing vegetables, frying meatballs...

In order to have a nutritious dinner today, Mami Matsuyama was busy in the kitchen and had no time to pay attention to the child in the living room. Anyway, it was just watching TV, what problems could there be?

Busy time always passed quickly. When she noticed the time, it was already dark~

"I'm home~" The voice of her husband, Keigo Ueda, came from outside.

Mami Matsuyama immediately walked out of the kitchen: "Welcome home. Thank you for your hard work today~"

She tidied up his briefcase and coat: "Wait a moment, dinner will be ready."

"Arigato!" Keigo Ueda nodded and walked toward the living room, while Mami Matsuyama turned back to prepare to serve dinner on the table.

Keigo Ueda took a turn and was just about to walk into the living room when he heard a somewhat strange song, with a light melody, and lyrics that weren't very clear but were catchy.

"Sore minna de, issho ni Nyan Nyan Nyan Nyan Nyan (We learn to meow together, meow meow meow meow meow)"

His daughter's voice was very cute.

"A children's song?"

Keigo Ueda walked into the living room curiously and found his daughter standing in front of the TV, singing and dancing along with the picture on the TV.

With some clumsy movements plus a crisp singing voice, Keigo Ueda, who had a tendency to be a daughter-slave, could only say—it was cute to the point of explosion!

"Rino-chan, what are you doing?" After the song stopped, Keigo Ueda asked.

"Ah, Odosan." After Rino Ueda discovered him, she immediately ran over happily. "Welcome home."

"Hmm, what was Rino-chan dancing to just now?"

"'We Learn to Meow Together'" Rino Ueda pointed to the program on the TV and said, "It's sung in this program called *Twilight Meow Meow*."

"Oh? What program?" Keigo Ueda became interested and walked to the sofa to watch.

On the gorgeous stage, a group of young, beautiful girls wearing cat-ear hair accessories and dressed in cool clothes were answering the host's questions. Some were serious, some were laughing, and some were stumbling...

In the interaction between the host and the live audience, the program proceeded very smoothly.

And every transition had the very magical song "Learn to Meow," and those girls dancing were full of youthful breath.

"Comedy variety show? Singing program? Or talent show?"

It was unclear what this variety show counted as, but the atmosphere of the whole program was very relaxed and happy. Even an adult worker like Keigo Ueda watched the program curiously.

"Dear? Rino-chan? Time to eat~" Mami Matsuyama set up today's dinner on the dining table. She first called out in a normal voice, but found no response.

"Time to eat~" She called out again, her voice louder, but still no response.

She couldn't help but walk into the living room, only to find her husband and daughter sitting in front of the TV, watching the program on the screen with full concentration.

"You two!! Aren't you hungry?!" Mami Matsuyama walked behind the two and put her hands on her hips.

The housewife was angry!

"Eh?!" The big and small father and daughter reacted, hurriedly ran to the dining table, and sat down obediently. "Itadakimasu~"

Although they were taught not to talk while eating, Mami Matsuyama was really curious: "What were you watching just now, so engrossed?"

"A new variety show called *Twilight Meow Meow*." Keigo Ueda took a sip of beer. "It's unexpectedly interesting."

"Oh? Where is it interesting?"

Rino Ueda interjected: "There's a song that sounds very good, and the dancing is also very good! Meow meow meow meow meow..."

Watching her daughter learn to meow, Mami Matsuyama was full of confusion. What kind of strange program was this!

Naoki Nagayama never expected that *Twilight Meow Meow*, which was originally aimed at teenagers and young people, would actually spread virally among elementary school students first.

Adults were discussing that there was a fresh program, while children in school had already started singing and dancing.

"We... learn to meow together, meow meow meow meow meow..."

First, the girls learned this song, which was like a children's song, and the simple hand dance, then it spread to the boys, and then the parents...

Like a cold, the program *Twilight Meow Meow* and the song "Learn to Meow" were both rising geometrically.

Fuji TV's hotline had been blown up. Many people came to ask about the source of this song, and some asked about the broadcast time of the program, when the next episode was, whether there were videotapes for sale, and some even asked who the Kitten Club, as the singer, was...

"Naoki-san, the ratings for the first night have already reached over 30%!" Sugiura Otai's voice on the phone was full of excitement. "Now the TV station has arranged for the Kitten Club to appear on other programs, and the department head has already requested that we produce the second episode as soon as possible!"

"Haha, I told you, *Twilight Meow Meow* is capable!" Naoki Nagayama answered the phone in the studio office. "30% is not our goal, our goal is to reach over 40% to be considered a success! It doesn't look difficult at the moment!"

"Hahaha, as expected of Naoki-san, you have determination. But in any case, the effect of the premiere is so good, it's worth affirming!"

Sugiura Otai still couldn't hide his happiness,

"Naoki-san, let's go have a drink together in the afternoon! Let's celebrate properly! By the way, we can also discuss the production afterward and go through the script!"

"Has Akimoto-san already written the script?"

Naoki Nagayama remembered that it was three days ago when he talked to Sugiura Otai and Yasushi Akimoto. Was Yasushi Akimoto actually so productive?

"Hai, the preliminary script has been completed! We must start filming the second episode as soon as possible!" Sugiura Otai continued, "According to the initial goal, to achieve the frequency of daily broadcasting, we still have a long way to go!"

"Ah, if it's broadcast every day, your small office won't be able to fit everyone!"

Naoki Nagayama teased. The *Twilight Meow Meow* preparation team office only had a four-person table. If they had to film every day, at least the planning team would need three or four people, plus other staff.

"Haha, then let the department head arrange a few more offices for me!" Sugiura Otai's tone became tough. "It's settled then, let's go have a drink together in the afternoon!"

"Ha, since Otai-san invited me so sincerely, then I certainly can't miss it~"

"Good~ see you there!"

"Hmm~"

Naoki Nagayama, who hung up the phone, looked at Shuichi Ito beside him a bit innocently:

"Shuichi-san, it looks like there's no other way, I have to go look at the script in the afternoon~"

Shuichi Ito was speechless: "You guy, you're clearly going to drink!"

"Discussing the next script, and having a drink by the way." Naoki Nagayama said with justification, "This is legitimate work!"

"You're clearly just trying to escape the editing work!" Shuichi Ito rolled his eyes. "You haven't even started editing yet, and you're already thinking about running away?"

"Hahaha, Shuichi-san, you're overthinking it. How could I! It's just that *Twilight Meow Meow* is in the starting stage, it needs me, it can't do without me!"

With a righteous look on his face, if he didn't know Naoki Nagayama's personality well, Shuichi Ito might have believed him.

"You guy..."

Otomo Yoshimura, who was watching from the side, almost laughed out loud, but he couldn't watch the fire from the other side at this time:

"Shuichi-san, such good news on Monday morning is indeed worth celebrating. Let Naoki-san go, anyway, hasn't the editing started yet~ He won't be able to escape afterward!"

Shuichi Ito thought about it, and his brows relaxed: "Also, anyway, November is long, I don't believe you, Naoki-san, have things to do every day!"

"Yes, unless Naoki-san has some plans we don't know about~" Otomo Yoshimura pointed out with hidden meaning. "Isn't that right, Naoki-san?"

Naoki Nagayama looked at the two who were singing in harmony, wanting to trap himself in the editing work, and hurriedly started thinking:

"I still have the FNS Music Festival to attend!"

"That's only one day~"

"I still have to attend the year-end *Kohaku Uta Gassen*!"

"That's not until December!"

"My friend's child is about to be born! The due date is in these few days!"

"Haha, it's not your child! At most, I'll give you one day to visit!"

"..." These two old men seemed to want to occupy even the weekend!

Naoki Nagayama looked at Shuichi Ito's triumphant expression and Otomo Yoshimura's gaze of holding a handle, thought about the matter of filming a movie behind Shuichi Ito's back, and steeled his heart:

"Shuichi-san, actually, I plan to film a movie at the end of the year!"

"That won't take long, will it?" Shuichi Ito originally planned to reply with the previous sentence structure, but suddenly reacted. "Naoki-san, you want to film another movie? Didn't you just finish filming one?"

"Yes, I want to film *Love Letter*!" Naoki Nagayama said. "I've been thinking about it for a long time. Snowy days at the end of the year are not common. If I don't film it this year, I'll have to wait another year!"

"*Love Letter*? Is it the one Naoki-san wrote before?"

"Hai!" Naoki Nagayama hurriedly added, "It's just an emotional story between two people, very simple, low cost, and won't take many people or much time..."

"Hmm..." Shuichi Ito thought for a while. "I see..."

"Yes, Shuichi-san, I estimate it will only take a week!" Naoki Nagayama said.

"But, won't this make *Ringu* miss the Christmas release?" Shuichi Ito said. "After all, we've already missed Halloween, and it's already the first week of November~ And there's so much preparation and filming... Masataka-kun and I..."

"It doesn't matter! I'll star in this movie myself, and just find one actress!" Naoki Nagayama hurriedly said. "Shuichi-san and Masataka-kun can continue editing, it won't delay the editing!"

"It's just a small movie for self-entertainment, just to give an account to the fans of *Love Letter*~"

Shuichi Ito then reacted: "Naoki-san means we don't need to go film it? You're both the actor and the director yourself?"

"Hai, plus one lead actress, the whole crew won't exceed 10 people!" Naoki Nagayama laughed. "How about it, I said it's low cost, it won't delay manpower or time! What do you think, Shuichi-san?"

"Uh... it sounds like there's no problem." Shuichi Ito felt something was wrong, but didn't think of it for a while. "It's just that if it's a week... the editing work for *Ringu* is still a bit tight..."

"Then three days! Filming finished in three days!" Naoki Nagayama immediately increased the chips. "There must be no problem, right?!"

"This..."

Shuichi Ito felt there was nothing to say. Three days, what could be filmed? It was probably just a documentary from when he was in Kyoto before! Thinking that *Ringu* still had to rely on Naoki-san's editing, he relaxed.

"Alright, then it's settled, only go film for three days!"

"Hahaha, then it's settled! Shuichi-san, you agreed to let me film *Love Letter*!" Naoki Nagayama laughed happily. "You can't go back on your word! And you can't use this matter to threaten me in the future!"

"Haha, what's there to go back on!"

Shuichi Ito also laughed. As a famous big director, would he need to use this matter to threaten you?

"But you're going to Fuji TV in the afternoon, and you only started in the morning. Let's start the editing work for *Ringu* this morning!"

"OK, no problem! Everything listens to Shuichi-san!" Naoki Nagayama had no problem at all.

Otomo Yoshimura, who was watching Naoki Nagayama reverse cause and effect on the side, couldn't help but sigh for Shuichi Ito,

Shuichi-san, you can't play against Naoki Nagayama, this guy is full of bad water!

In the afternoon, Naoki Nagayama drove to the TV station happily, but Shuichi Ito, who was left behind, thought it was more and more strange,

"I always feel there's something wrong with Naoki-san! What exactly is wrong..."

"Ah, Shuichi-san!" Riko Hayano happened to have something to find Masataka Komori in the editing room. "I'm here to find Masataka-kun."

"Oh? He's organizing materials in the storage room, is there anything?" Shuichi Ito asked casually.

Riko Hayano said: "It's the soundtrack for *Crows Zero*, there's a program that wants to use background sound..."

"Oh, then find it for you after he comes over~" Shuichi Ito never cared about such small things, but at this time he suddenly thought of Naoki Nagayama's matter, so he asked Riko Hayano, "By the way, Riko-chan, have you read Naoki-san's *Love Letter*?"

"Of course I've read it!" Riko Hayano nodded immediately. "The story inside is very moving, and the words are also clear and meaningful. After reading it, there is still a faint sadness and relief lingering in my heart..."

Shuichi Ito didn't expect to hear a lot of praise all at once, and was a bit speechless. Naoki-san, this guy, the books he writes are so popular!

"Then, if *Love Letter* is made into a movie, would Riko-chan go see it?"

Riko Hayano's eyes lit up when she heard this: "Eh? Has *Love Letter* already been filmed?"

"?"

Shuichi Ito seemed to hear some strange words,

"Already? Filmed?!"

Riko Hayano seemed to think this was confirmed, and her tone was full of expectation: "Ah, it's really filmed! That's great, I'm really looking forward to the visual version of *Love Letter* filmed by Naoki-san! What will it be like..."

"???"

"!!!"

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