Chapter 574: Pass it on, Naoki-san is going to buy a building in Ginza!!!

When returning to Mountain Cherry Garden, Naoki Nagayama was still recalling the conversation in the afternoon, thinking about the possibility of inviting his grandfather over.

"It should be fine, right? It's not like being in prison in the hometown. What's wrong with coming to Tokyo to play?"

Naoki Nagayama touched Eitaro's dog head and asked, "Eitaro, do you think the Metropolitan Police Department will make things difficult for an old man over 80?! At most, send two police officers to maintain order, right?"

Eitaro narrowed his eyes, didn't hear his master's words clearly at all, and just hummed from time to time to show agreement.

And after thinking for a while, Naoki Nagayama decided to ask his grandfather himself after returning to his hometown.

By the way, I have to participate in the eldest brother's move! Thinking of this, Naoki Nagayama hurriedly called home.

After two rings, the phone was answered.

"Moshi moshi, this is the Nagayama family." The voice in the receiver was indeed his mother, Nanako.

"Mother, it's me."

"Ah, it's Naoki~" Nagayama Nanako was a bit surprised, "Why did you suddenly call back?"

"Didn't I say I would go back to help the eldest brother move before? So I came to ask about the specific time." Naoki Nagayama said, "Are Father and Eldest Brother still in the shop?"

"They are still busy..." Mother explained, and then said, "The specific time is set for March 1st, just at the beginning of March, implying a new beginning."

"There are only two days left!" Naoki Nagayama was surprised, "Then is the new house arranged?"

"Hmm, the decoration and such have been completed. When the time comes, pack the luggage and let the small truck transport it directly." Mother Nanako described the process, "These two days we have already organized the general things."

Looking like this, Naoki Nagayama and Nagayama Hezi going back, at most, is to help the eldest brother's family arrange the luggage and furniture moved over, and then eat a housewarming banquet, which is about it.

Naoki Nagayama asked clearly about the process, chatted about some family affairs on the phone with his mother, and asked about his little nephew Nagayama Wild Grass, chatting for a full half an hour before putting down the phone.

However, he immediately called his younger sister Nagayama Hezi...

"Nagayama Hezi..."

"Baka Nii-chan, you actually hung up my phone! Where is the gift!"

"..." It seems that I can't forget it... Hey, it seems I have to give it. "The gift is in Mountain Cherry Garden... I will give it to you when you come..."

"That's more like it!" Nagayama Hezi finally vented her anger, "What's wrong, suddenly calling?"

"Isn't it about going back? Are you going with me, or taking the Shinkansen yourself?"

"That of course is taking the car!" Nagayama Hezi didn't hesitate at all, "When is Nii-chan going back?"

"The moving time is March 1st, so I will leave on the morning of that day." Naoki Nagayama said, "If you want to go with me, you have to arrive at Mountain Cherry Garden at 7 o'clock~"

"7 o'clock... so early?"

"It's 9 o'clock when I get back to Shizuoka." Naoki Nagayama said, "Anyway, I have to help move things."

"Alright, I will arrive..." Nagayama Hezi suddenly raised her voice, "Prepare the gift! I want to verify the goods on the spot!"

"..."

Click... Naoki Nagayama pressed the receiver on the phone...

When he arrived at the studio the next day, before he sat down, Yin Tangxiu said excitedly about gossip.

"Naoki-san, do you know? There is another big gossip in the entertainment industry!"

Then he winked, seeming to want Naoki Nagayama to ask.

Naoki Nagayama was speechless, he hated people who only said half of what they said: "Since you said so, of course I don't know..."

Yin Tangxiu was stunned for a moment. Wouldn't ordinary people ask "Oh? What is it? Tell me quickly!" at this time? How come this guy Naoki-san is different from others?

But it doesn't matter, when he begs me, I will tell him with mercy! Yin Tangxiu suppressed his excitement, waiting for Naoki Nagayama's continued inquiry...

"..."

Silence all around, the office fell into an awkward silence for a while.

For a long time,

"Naoki-san, why don't you ask me?" Yin Tangxiu couldn't help it.

"Anyway, if I don't ask, Xiu-san will still say it, right." Naoki Nagayama's face was calm.

"..." Yin Tangxiu suddenly felt that his desire to share was gone.

Seeing that this child's psychological resistance was so low, Naoki Nagayama sighed in his heart. He still needs to exercise Xiu-san more in the future!

But for today, let's satisfy him...

"Cough cough, listening to what you just said, I am a bit curious. Xiu-san, what exactly is the gossip?" Naoki Nagayama asked calmly, as if he was perfunctory, and he was indeed perfunctory~

"... Naoki-san, you will lose a good friend like this..."

"Then are you going to say it or not, Xiu-san?"

"... I'll say it!" Yin Tangxiu's unwilling voice sounded like a weak chicken being coerced.

However, after talking about gossip, his voice was full of vitality again.

"When I went to Tokyo University of the Arts yesterday, I chatted with the teacher, and he told me!" Yin Tangxiu looked at Naoki Nagayama and said, "Speaking of which, it's related to Naoki-san!"

"Oh? Related to me?" Naoki Nagayama became interested.

"Remember that director who was scared into incontinence by Sadako?"

"Director Shinji Fukasaku?"

"Yes, yes, that's him!" Yin Tangxiu said vividly, "This old lecher likes to have scandals with young actresses all day long, and the recent one is Keiko Matsuzaka... a great beauty!"

"Ah... Keiko Matsuzaka." Naoki Nagayama remembered this female artist he had met twice, and she was indeed a great beauty of the royal sister type.

"However, ever since he was scared into incontinence last time and became a laughingstock in the entertainment industry, Shinji Fukasaku has been unlucky... First, the joke that his wife of decades wanted to poison him, and then he moved into Keiko Matsuzaka's house openly... Recently, he was actually photographed being kicked out in the middle of the night!"

Yin Tangxiu's eyes were shining: "He just carried a suitcase! He was kicked out in the middle of the night!"

"?" Naoki Nagayama didn't believe it, "No matter what, Director Fukasaku shouldn't be so miserable, right? Even if his private morality is flawed, the box office of the movies he filmed is still very good? Keiko Matsuzaka shouldn't offend him so much, right? He also has a home himself, right?"

"This is the key point!" Yin Tangxiu said, "I heard that when Shinji Fukasaku

"How miserable..." Naoki Nagayama felt a bit sorry for this guy.

"Yeah, and the most outrageous part is that at the Blue Ribbon Awards ceremony recently, for some reason, he offended a large group of well-known people in the industry... so now everyone is secretly spreading his dirt!" Shuichi Ido shook his head, seemingly moved by this guy's experience, "So after he was caught being kicked out in the middle of the night, the news spread everywhere at once!"

"......."

Naoki Nagayama mourned for this old man... but he had no intention of standing up for him. Not to mention that this guy had already enjoyed everything in the past, just the fact that he had been working against Shu-Yu Entertainment for the past two years gave him no reason to help.

Turning his head to look at the always calm Otomo Yoshimura, Naoki Nagayama was curious: "Otomo-san, aren't you surprised?"

"...... Ido-san already told me when he came in early this morning! I was already surprised back then." Otomo Yoshimura's expression was calm as he continued to handle the matters at hand, "Besides, I have so much to do now that I'm in no mood to continue relaxing."

"Oh? What's going on?" Naoki Nagayama asked, "Is there anything I can help with?"

Upon hearing this, Otomo Yoshimura looked up, his eyes seemingly filled with disbelief, but it immediately turned into joy: "Naoki-san, I really didn't misjudge you!"

Then he took out his to-do list: "What's more urgent on my side is the end-of-month report, the salary expenditures for Shu-Yu Entertainment, including the profit accounting for Rebellion and the Kitten Club. Let's skip the artist schedule business; it's too complicated, so I'll handle it... and there's the budget review for next month..."

A huge pile of reports was about to be handed over to Naoki Nagayama, making him deeply regret saying the previous sentence.

"Otomo-san.... I suddenly remembered......"

Before he could finish his sentence, Naoki Nagayama suddenly felt the temperature in the office drop. A low-pressure vortex that seemed to absorb heat appeared around Otomo Yoshimura's desk, making one shudder......

And the glasses Otomo Yoshimura was wearing flashed with a cold light, his tone calm yet icy: "Naoki-san, what did you remember?"

Naoki Nagayama swallowed hard. We're in a slice-of-life show, right? How did it suddenly turn into a horror show?

He looked around, but Shuichi Ido, who had been chattering away, was now looking out the window at the scenery, as if a UFO were passing by....... Naoki Nagayama felt a surge of resentment. Since it's like this, then don't blame me!

"Ah...... I suddenly remembered that Ido-san can also share some of the load!"

Shuichi Ido, who was looking out the window, was suddenly startled. He opened his eyes wide, his tone full of accusation:

"Naoki-san, what are you saying? (Naoki-san, why would you do this to me?!)"

"Haha, anyway, Ido-san seems to have nothing to do and is still gossiping...... (Who told you not to save me?!)"

"You....... I didn't....."

Otomo Yoshimura seemed to have reacted. His glasses flashed with a cold light again, and he looked at Shuichi Ido with a calm, unruffled gaze, his tone flat yet carrying a powerful sense of oppression:

"Ido-san, are you unwilling to help?"

"......." Shuichi Ido turned his face away uncomfortably, avoiding his gaze, "No..... please leave the most difficult part to me!"

For a moment, the air pressure in the office returned to normal, and Otomo Yoshimura smiled warmly:

"I knew it. Naoki-san and Ido-san are both such understanding people; how could they push all the work onto me alone!"

"If I encountered such a boss, I would definitely be very sad too!"

The other two nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes~ It would be too wrong to make Otomo-san sad!"

Having been forcibly assigned some tasks, Naoki Nagayama and Shuichi Ido spent their morning in the office.

However, Otomo Yoshimura was just venting his dissatisfaction about the two of them leaving without saying goodbye yesterday and leaving him behind to work overtime. The documents he actually gave them were simple enough to just review, while the work that really needed continuous follow-up and advancement was still on his own side.

When looking at the payroll, Naoki Nagayama discovered something:

"Otomo-san, it seems we have a lot of new people this year!"

"Yeah..... because the company has been reorganized, there are many positions that need to be filled." Otomo Yoshimura looked up and asked, "What's wrong?"

"I mean..... can our studio accommodate so many people?"

The studio of the Shu-Yu Group was actually Shuichi Ido's property. After the original shooting venue was demolished, it was converted into the current open-plan office, but it could only accommodate about 70 people at most. If it gets any more crowded.....

Otomo Yoshimura also nodded: "Regarding this point, we originally planned to reduce the spacing between desks to see if we could squeeze out some space."

"It's still a bit too crowded...." Naoki Nagayama thought for a moment, "Ido-san, is the box office share for our 'Love Letter' and 'Ring' about to arrive?"

"Ah..... this, our share is settled once a quarter." Shuichi Ido said, "It won't come until March."

"March, huh....."

Naoki Nagayama had previously withdrawn the funds under his name to establish an investment company, so there were only a few hundred million yen in the company's account now...... the working capital was a bit tight.

"Actually, it's about the same......" Naoki Nagayama said to his two old friends, "Since the Shu-Yu Group has been reorganized, should we also change our headquarters? How about buying a building?"

"Eh??" Shuichi Ido and Otomo Yoshimura both listened carefully.

"With future development, the company will definitely have to change its headquarters. The sooner this is decided, the better. Not to mention that the real estate market has been rising, and we also need to build a shooting base, don't we?"

Naoki Nagayama spoke eloquently: "If we buy a building in Roppongi or Minato Ward, it will be convenient for employees and look very respectable when receiving guests...... When the box office share comes in March, it can be used as funds for the purchase......"

"This..... a building? The box office money might not be enough."

"Who said we need a building with dozens of floors!" Naoki Nagayama said, "A low-rise or a certain floor is always enough. If it's not enough, I'll just lend my share to the company for the time being."

"In that case....."

Suddenly, it felt like moving to a new building wasn't a bad idea~

The three people in the room began to discuss the location of the new headquarters and the various procedures for moving, interspersed with laughter and arguments.

The moving process for Japanese companies is very precise. After knowing they are moving, the leaders start holding meetings, then assign heads for each department, and then set aside time every day to hold meetings to study the details of the moving plan.

After countless meetings, it is said that every employee has a moving manual that lists all processes and materials in great detail, and the staff below then completes them meticulously according to this plan.

When Riko Hayano walked into the office to get a signature, she heard a word or two, and the news about the Shu-Yu Group moving spread throughout the studio.

"What, the studio is moving to Roppongi?"

"No, no, no, I heard it's moving to Shinjuku, and they're going to buy an office floor!"

"Naoki-san is going to leave the box office share to the company to change offices? And it's in Akasaka?"

"Shu-Yu is going to buy a building in Minato Ward?"

"Pass it on, Naoki-san is going to buy an office building in Ginza!"

"......."

All the employees of Shu-Yu were enthusiastically discussing the location of the new headquarters, including how to move, whether they needed to rent a new apartment, etc. In short, everyone was filled with anticipation for the new headquarters.....

Because this undoubtedly meant that the Shu-Yu Group was about to reach a higher level! And their future would be even brighter!