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Chapter 508: This is a ruthless person!

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Tokyo Bubble Life, Main Text Volume 518, This is a ruthless person! In the office building of Warner Pioneer, everyone was busy with their own things quietly, and the office atmosphere in the afternoon appeared dull and oppressive.

However, this is just the daily life of most companies. The concept of "blessing" already had a prototype in Japan long ago. How can there be so many companies with an atmosphere where you can work happily.

However, this afternoon, the employees of Warner Pioneer first saw Terabayashi Akira go to the door to pick up a capable middle-aged man and enter the conference room together; then after a period of time, Myoko Fusanori led the familiar Nakamori Akina to come.

"Is today a discussion meeting for the new song cover?" "No, maybe it's a countermeasure for the promotion plan of the next song?" "That person looks like President Hanami He of Burning Productions, it should be a big deal." "Could it be that Akina is changing companies?" "Baka, what are you talking about!"

The whispers in the office started immediately, and the dull atmosphere was temporarily relieved.

And just when everyone was discussing, Tanaka Yoshiaki, one of Nakamori Akina's main producers, also led two people from outside.

"Oho? There are handsome guys!" A young lady was very excited. "Looks very familiar! Newcomer?"

"That is Nagayama Naoki!"

Working in a record company, you might not be interested in actors and idols, but you must be very familiar with music producers, especially a guy full of controversy like Nagayama Naoki.

"Eh, what is he doing here?"

"Maybe, Akina's next song is created by him?"

"That's right, after all, he also collaborated on *Second Love*."

The discussion outside didn't affect the situation in the conference room at all. Having long known that Nagayama Naoki would come, Nakamori Akina specially chose an outer seat. Sure enough, Nagayama Naoki sat next to her.

"Akina is wearing a wig~" Nagayama Naoki saw Nakamori Akina's current shoulder-length slightly curly long hair and was a bit curious.

"Because when performing, I still need to maintain a unified style with the past, so I use a wig to decorate it first."

"Is wearing a wig uncomfortable? Do you have to wear it until your hair grows out?"

Nagayama Naoki touched the wig gently. It was thicker than Akina's own hair and looked very dense.

"Daijobu, my hair grows very fast. By next year, it will be longer than my ears, and then it will be fine."

Nakamori Akina looked directly at Nagayama Naoki. Her sparkling eyes were full of love, and even her eyes seemed to carry a sweet atmosphere.

Terabayashi Akira and Hanami He in the same conference room couldn't stand it anymore. These two guys simply treated everyone else in the conference room as decorations!

"Cough cough~" Hanami He coughed twice to indicate his existence. "Naoki-san, inviting you here today is mainly to discuss the cooperation in promotion and records."

"Hai!" Nagayama Naoki sat up straight immediately.

"Tree Friend Film should have received the preview letter, right?" Hanami He put the preview letter on the table. "I learned that this seems to be specially revealed to the paparazzi by Naoki-san during filming?"

"Hai, it is indeed so."

Nagayama Naoki handed the preview letter to Nakamori Akina, who was curious. She only knew about the preview letter of the scandal between herself and Nagayama Naoki, but hadn't seen the real thing.

Hanami He continued to ask: "So, is this something within Naoki-san's expectations? Part of the new movie promotion?"

"Yes, it can be considered as a preliminary warm-up plan." Nagayama Naoki smiled. "I don't know why, it seems that every time Tree Friend Film has a movie or TV series released, there will be scandals about me... I don't know when, even I have a nickname of 'Playboy Naoki', which is really distressing~"

"Hehe..." "Cough cough~" "Hahaha~"

Some people in the office laughed, some used coughing to cover up, but they were all complaining in their hearts, doesn't this just show that your nickname of Playboy Naoki is well-deserved?!

"Before, it was accidentally exposed... so this time I took the initiative to let the paparazzi take photos." Nagayama Naoki's face remained unchanged: "I plan to hype my own scandal directly!

My own scandal, why should it be taken away by the media for free to attract traffic?!

Isn't it good to do a wave of promotion for the new movie?"

"But... this seems to have a bad influence on Nakamori Akina's fame. The next record..." Tanaka Yoshiaki was worried about this. Nakamori Akina was about to start the promotion of the next record.

"I have no problem!" Nakamori Akina said immediately on the side.

Hanami He covered his forehead. What is "a daughter is not controlled by her mother"!

Nagayama Naoki smiled at Akina, then turned to Hanami He and the others: "This kind of hyping scandal is done by the whole industry. If we use it, it will only increase Akina's heat.

Besides, because of my image, there will definitely be more people scolding me at that time. With a little guidance, the discussion about Akina will be more positive, such as 'poor girl deceived by a scumbag', 'innocent Akina', 'little girl longing for love', etc.

I heard that Akina's next song is just about love, right? Maybe it fits the tone of that song better."

It is indeed a good idea. Tanaka Yoshiaki was stunned for a moment, and asked a bit puzzled: "Then Naoki-san, your own fame..."

"Ah, this~"

Nagayama Naoki took the preview letter easily, looked at the title with Playboy Naoki inside, shrugged and said, "What fame do I still have?!"

"This is a ruthless person!"

Listening to Nagayama Naoki's narration, everyone else in the room silently liked him.

Yoshimura Otomo, who was sitting next to Nagayama Naoki, didn't say a word. Anyway, his Nagayama Naoki didn't rely on the fame of an idol at all, and in the Japanese entertainment industry, it was very tolerant to men.

At worst, hold a press conference to apologize, or if it's more serious, bow, or if it really doesn't work, come to a dogeza... Isn't everything solved?

After a slight silence, Hanami He continued: "Then, let's decide, deal with this scandal revelation vaguely."

"Naoki-san, regarding the promotion of *Love Letter*, do you want to take this opportunity to expose it?"

"Let the scandal fly for a while first. We have already prepared the specific promotion steps." Nagayama Naoki said. "When we need Akina to help with promotion, we will definitely not be polite."

While talking, Nagayama Naoki suddenly felt a foot touch himself gently under the table, but Nakamori Akina next to him was a look of knowing nothing.

Even though he was already looking at her, the little foot was still making trouble!

While chatting with Hanami He about various aspects of promotion and the approximate response time, he also had to deal with Akina's teasing under the table, and Nagayama Naoki still didn't show any difference.

"Naoki-san, since there is no objection to the revelation, let's continue to talk about other things."

Seeing that the first topic was no problem, Hanami He looked at Terabayashi Akira, and Terabayashi Akira took over the topic and opened the folder in front of him:

"Naoki-san, regarding the song *Snow Flower*, you hope Akina-chan will sing it, right?"

"Hai!" Nagayama Naoki didn't play any games. "When filming the movie, I let Akina sing it. I think Akina's voice and performance are very outstanding, and Akina is the lead actress of the movie. If she sings it, it will add an attraction to the movie."

The straightforward praise made Akina next to him smile embarrassedly.

Terabayashi Akira nodded: "I also saw the song. This song is indeed very excellent. Can Naoki-san sell the copyright of the song to our Warner Pioneer? We will definitely give the maximum amount and share... Warner Pioneer's volume in Japan is also very large, and it will definitely make this song achieve the best sales."

At this time, Yoshimura Otomo couldn't continue to be silent. He said very firmly: "Terabayashi-bucho, regarding this point, there is no need to discuss!"

"Tree Friend Film has always been very precious about the songs created by Naoki-san, and we also have our own record department, which can also promote this song."

Promoting under Dentsu is just a matter of more or less money. The most important thing for a record company is, of course, the high-quality song itself.

"This time it is because of Miss Nakamori Akina, we will let this high-quality song flow out."

Yoshimura Otomo's hard words made Terabayashi Akira's face look bad: "We also have many high-quality song libraries, and Nakamori Akina's fame is also what we cherish very much! That's why we have an exclusive record contract."

"Hahaha, the importance both of you attach to your own precious resources is of course very correct! Our Burning Productions also cherishes it very much."

Seeing that the conversation between the two companies was about to fall into a deadlock, Hanami He immediately made peace, after all, Burning Productions was the party that wanted to make money the most.

"However, in business, talk business. The next stage of Akina-chan is very important. Terabayashi-san, this movie may be the key to Akina's fame breaking the circle. And this movie theme song will definitely be able to achieve excellent results on the Oricon chart. This is an opportunity that Akina-chan's career development absolutely cannot miss."

"Otomo-san, don't be so determined~~ Regarding the copyright, we can also establish a new cooperation label, put the copyright under the new label~ Let the two companies cooperate to develop this song... Maybe we can continue to cooperate in the future!"

Under Hanami He's flowery words, Terabayashi Akira and Yoshimura Otomo calmed down and started to discuss the real cooperation method and division details, etc.

And Nagayama Naoki, who was sitting on the side, didn't intervene too much. Originally, Otomo-san came for this point, and if he talked, there wouldn't be much room for maneuver.

What's more, he was using one leg to hold Akina's calf at this time, winning the victory of the battle under the table!

Yoshimura Otomo and Terabayashi Akira fought for nearly an hour before finally setting the general direction of cooperation. Next was for the people below to draft specific contracts, and then find time to sign them.

"Naoki-san!" Yoshimura Otomo shouted, interrupting Nagayama Naoki and Akina's whispers.

"Hmm? Is the discussion over?"

"Hmm, the general terms have been set, waiting to be signed." Yoshimura Otomo said. "After that, you can finish recording the song first, and the promotion can also be synchronized after the movie is released."

"That's good! Then..." Nagayama Naoki turned to Akina. "When is Akina free to record? It will take a whole day!"

Nakamori Akina's eyes lit up: "I think tomorrow..."

"Cough cough! Tomorrow is definitely not possible." Tanaka Yoshiaki attracted everyone's attention. "Akina-chan needs to focus on year-end music festivals and other activities during this time, and the schedule may be very tight."

"Haha, it doesn't matter, my schedule is very empty, I can cooperate at any time." Nagayama Naoki smiled.

"..." Tanaka Yoshiaki was speechless for a while. "Then once we are free, we will contact Naoki-san!"

"Good~"

Nagayama Naoki didn't care at all. If there was a schedule, Akina would definitely tell him early.

Next, Nakamori Akina had to hold a meeting on the promotion plan for the new song, including the design of covers, posters, and stage costumes, and now Akina was paying more and more attention to these, so she didn't leave with Nagayama Naoki.

And, it seemed that she had to go to dance training for the new song in the evening, and the time to go back would be very late.

When leaving the Warner Pioneer office building, the sky had slowly darkened, and Nagayama Naoki didn't want to return to the studio:

"Otomo-san, I won't go to the studio, I will get off work here!"

"Naoki-san, it's not time to get off work yet... Xiu-san is still waiting for you..." Yoshimura Otomo felt that Nagayama Naoki had become lazy again.

"Haha, there is nothing urgent, why run over to work overtime." Nagayama Naoki walked quickly to his Toyota Century. "Tell Xiu-san not to work overtime either!"

Yoshimura Otomo shouted at Nagayama Naoki's back: "Naoki-san, don't forget, come to the company tomorrow morning, don't miss the distribution meeting for *Ringu*!"

"Will, will, will... why are there so many meetings to hold?" Nagayama Naoki complained in his mouth, but still waved his hand and said, "Hai, I know!"

Driving on the road in Chiyoda, the winter sunset was a bit blurry, but it was still very warm.

Nagayama Naoki, who passed Hibiya Park, looked at the lush green plants in the park, and moved in his heart, so he parked the car nearby.

Hibiya Park is located south of the Imperial Palace and is the first modern Western-style park in Japan. Although it was the end of October, you could still see red roses blooming in the park.

Nagayama Naoki walked slowly along the S-shaped tree-lined path, while admiring the carefully cultivated flowers and the ground covered with ginkgo leaves, while moving toward his goal.

He was going to Matsumoto-ro today. This was the former residence of Umeya Shokichi, a close friend and sworn brother of Sun Yat-sen. It is said that the wedding of Mr. Sun Yat-sen and Madam Soong Ching-ling was held here.

And now, Matsumoto-ro is a famous century-old French restaurant.

Matsumoto-ro, hidden among the trees, had a feeling of being independent from the world. The Western style had a sense of age. The brown roof and white walls were very simple, but the decoration inside was very modern... No, it should be said very Showa, which is the style of today.

Just entering the shop, he saw the piano played by Soong Ching-ling, the clean solid wood tabletop and exquisite silver-plated tableware, and the flowers on the stage, all of which made people feel very comfortable.

However, there were not many people, it seemed it was still a bit remote.

Nagayama Naoki naturally ordered the famous omelet rice first, but also ordered an oyster set meal. Matsumoto-ro's sashimi was also very famous.

Matsumoto-ro's omelet rice was very unique. In the middle was golden omelet rice, and on both sides were sauces of different colors. One side was tomato sauce and the other was black pepper sauce, and there were salads to choose from, looking like three-color ice cream.

It was also very tender and delicious to eat, paired with side dishes, it was very appetizing.

The oyster set meal was grilled and sent over. Besides the sauce, it was also paired with winter melon soup and fried chicken cutlet. Actually, compared with top-level oysters, it was relatively average, but it was no problem to fill the stomach.

But wait, oyster set meal...

It seems Akina will be very late tonight, I have to sleep in Yamasakura-in... ===== CHAPTER 509 =====

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