Chapter 626: This is called using the original soup to dissolve the original food!!

Time is like fine sand between fingers; no matter how you grab it, it will slowly flow away.

With a blink of an eye, June in Tokyo arrived unexpectedly.

However, the fine drizzle continued to fall from the sky. The originally bustling city of Tokyo seemed to have been pressed to 0.5x speed, and the noise of traffic on the roads had weakened by more than half.

Under the dim sky, the reinforced concrete returned to its original gray, and the originally surging crowd became sparse and quiet, as if this was their original appearance.

Rainy days are prone to depression, so Naoki Nagayama, who was driving, chose to listen to Michael Jackson's album. *Thriller*, released at the end of the year before last, had been a huge hit for a whole year and had swept 8 Grammy Awards at the beginning of this year.

The strong rhythm echoed in the car. Naoki Nagayama clapped to the beat, and his mood was quite high. On the passenger seat lay a document bag, which contained the proposal for *Music Station* (the final, absolutely-no-changes version).

"Naoki-san, good morning!"

Naoki Nagayama, who arrived at the studio, naturally received a welcome from the front desk girl, Xing Jia Hua, and then greetings from the employees one by one~

Amidst nodding and occasional replies, he arrived at the office.

"Naoki-san, you're here~" Fang Cun Dayou said calmly, the report he was processing not even shaking.

"Mm, I'm here to bring this proposal to Dayou-san." Naoki Nagayama handed the document bag in his hand to Fang Cun Dayou. "I was delayed by something yesterday~"

"Something?" Fang Cun Dayou took the document bag and said casually, "Did you go out shopping with some confidante?"

"Eh? Dayou-san, how did you know?!" Naoki Nagayama was startled. "Did another paparazzi send stolen photos to Tree Friend Film and ask for hush money?"

"..."

Fang Cun Dayou was speechless. It was actually true! Naoki-san, you actually delayed important business cooperation time for a woman. You really are...

Thinking of Naoki Nagayama's personality, Fang Cun Dayou sighed. This was indeed Naoki-san's style...

"Naoki-san, may I ask, is it Ms. Akina?" Fang Cun Dayou looked up at Naoki Nagayama. Several senior executives internally knew about his relationship with Akina Nakamori.

"Hai!"

Fang Cun Dayou, having received a clear answer, didn't open the document bag to look at the proposal, but said quite seriously to Naoki Nagayama:

"Naoki-san, if intimate photos of you and Akina Nakamori are taken, the paparazzi won't come to ask for hush money. You should understand this point, right?"

Naoki Nagayama nodded: "I understand this point~"

Paparazzi don't want hush money; of course, it's more profitable to sell to other media! Actually, this point didn't have much to do with Naoki Nagayama. His scandals were already worthless; the main issue was the other half, Akina Nakamori.

As a top-tier idol after Momoe Yamaguchi, she was currently competing with another top-tier idol, Seiko Matsuda, for the throne of the number one female idol in the "Sei-Na Hegemony".

Huge fame and exposure made Akina Nakamori's every word and action receive great attention. Even with her personality that valued privacy, her home had been photographed many times by paparazzi. Fortunately, they were just ordinary citizens, and the photos wouldn't make it to the newspapers.

If it were exposed that she was dating Naoki Nagayama, then the public opinion storm that Tree Friend and Burning would have to face... even Fang Cun Dayou dared not imagine.

"Then, do we need to make preparations for a public announcement in advance?"

Fang Cun Dayou continued to ask. If they made a plan with Burning in advance, perhaps they could reduce it to an acceptable level.

"Regarding this..." Actually, Naoki Nagayama and Akina had discussed it, but "Although our relationship is very stable now, it's still not the time to announce it."

"When we decide to make it public, we will definitely tell Dayou-san in advance."

Akina's career was currently on the rise. Actually, don't look at Akina being very gentle when in love; her personality was actually very strong and stubborn. Her singing career was also one of her dreams.

Perhaps she would only retire and get married after reaching the pinnacle of being an idol and achieving fame, or when faced with a choice between love and career~

"Mm, that's good~" Fang Cun Dayou got the promise he wanted and stopped asking, instead opening the document bag in his hand. "Is this the proposal for the new program..."

"Yes, yes, this is the program I've been telling you about." Naoki Nagayama leaned close to Fang Cun Dayou's desk, wanting to explain it to him.

"Alright, let me read it first."

Fang Cun Dayou opened the proposal and saw Naoki Nagayama's look of wanting to share, so he quickly refused.

"Since there is a proposal, there's no need for Naoki-san to explain. If the proposal can't be explained clearly, how can we show it to the people at TV Asahi!"

"Eh?" Shouldn't it usually be showing a PPT on stage while lecturing people?

"If Naoki-san is bored while I'm reading the proposal." Fang Cun Dayou handed over another stack of reports. "It's just the beginning of the month, Naoki-san can help finish auditing these payroll sheets!"

"... Er..."

Looking at Fang Cun Dayou, who had already started reading seriously, Naoki Nagayama could only take the reports and start auditing...

On the rainy day, the *After the Rain* crew was huddled on the upper floor of a two-story apartment.

This was a very messy house with an open-plan layout. The study, living room, bedroom, and kitchen were all in one space. Refrigerators, desks, quilts, green plants, storage boxes, etc., were all scattered messily in this space, exuding the flavor of a bachelor...

However, what was even more impressive was the full wall of bookshelves and books stacked into long strips everywhere.

This was the home of the manager played by Wu Fu.

Although he was a restaurant manager, he was a book lover himself, and he even had the ambition to write books when he was young!

Yin Tangxiu arranged the camera positions in the room and then said to Wu Fu:

"Wu Fu-san, this scene is where you catch a cold after getting wet, so remember, you must embody a sense of weakness when speaking your lines."

"Hai!"

Wu Fu agreed a bit helplessly. As a veteran actor, he had this bit of acting skill; originally, there was no need to remind him. However, Yin Tangxiu was a bit excited today, so he talked a lot...

"And that guy playing Wu Fu-san's friend over there, remember, you can't act too familiar, but you can't be completely unfamiliar either..." Yin Tangxiu roared at the actor on the other side again. "You were friends when you were young, but you haven't seen each other for many years... so you are the most familiar strangers, do you know?"

"Hai~~~"

The supporting actor on the opposite side could only nod.

Today, Yin Tangxiu was pointing fingers at all kinds of work in the crew, as if he couldn't afford even a single mistake.

He heard him say to everyone: "Today is the last important scene. Plus the scenes tonight, the main scenes of our movie are already finished, so..."

"Everyone must finish in the most perfect state!"

"Oh~~~" XN, the crew members gave face and let out a low shout in unison, and then began to enter a tense state of filming.

Before the director shouted "Action", Xiao Sen Xiaoshen Zhengxiao walked in front of Yin Tangxiu:

"Xiu-san, if we are almost finished after today, then shall we have a wrap party together?"

Yin Tangxiu shook his head: "Forget it today. I guess everyone will be very tired after filming."

"Let's wait until tomorrow when the last few shots that need to be reshot are filmed. They are all almost static images, and then we'll eat together."

Yin Tangxiu paused: "Call Naoki-san, Dayou-san, and Zhiyan Shanshan too."

"Eh? Call Shanshan-san too?"

Xiao Sen Xiaoshen Zhengxiao was a bit strange. Zhiyan Shanshan was currently the head of the distribution department, but there was still some time before the movie was released.

"Of course, while editing, promotion and distribution can keep up." Yin Tangxiu explained. "Let Shanshan-san get familiar with everyone in advance, so it will be more convenient to communicate later."

"Hai, I understand." Xiao Sen Xiaoshen Zhengxiao nodded.

"And... next month should be all editing work." Yin Tangxiu lowered his voice and said quietly to Xiao Sen Xiaoshen Zhengxiao, "During this time, when you meet Naoki-san, talk more about editing. It's best to let him agree to come and edit together!"

"This?" Xiao Sen Xiaoshen Zhengxiao opened his eyes wide. "Didn't Naoki-san say he would try not to interfere with this movie?"

"Baka!" Yin Tangxiu slapped Xiao Sen Xiaoshen Zhengxiao's head in frustration. "Do you want the two of us to edit it? How much workload would that be!"

"... Hai~"

Xiao Sen Xiaoshen Zhengxiao nodded aggrievedly, but he remembered that there should be other people helping to edit, so the manpower should be enough?!

The theater staff set up the cameras and adjusted the lighting, and then the actors began to rehearse their positions silently in front of the camera... At this time, Xu Mudao Xu, behind a main camera, discovered that the two actors seemed to always like to face the camera with their side profiles...

"Ano, Wu Fu-san..." Xu Mudao Xu hesitated but still spoke.

"Eh?" Wu Fu was startled. How did it seem like someone was calling him? He subconsciously looked around, but didn't find the person speaking. He shook his head. "Did I have auditory hallucinations?"

So he began to continue performing...

"Wu Fu-san!"

The second sound, which was clearly heavier, made Wu Fu and the actor playing opposite him look at the camera. Nani? Since when was there someone behind that camera?

But recalling it, it seemed that person had always been behind the camera, they just hadn't noticed it all along.

"Ah..." Wu Fu was a bit embarrassed. He had ignored this person calling him just now. "Camera-san... ah... no, ano... may I ask what your name is? I'm a bit confused for a moment."

"Daijoubu!" Xu Mudao Xu didn't care, he was already used to it. "Wu Fu-san, I called you because all your performances just now were facing the camera lens with your side profile... and the actor playing opposite you is the same."

"Ah, is that so?" Wu Fu understood after looking at the camera position and said very gratefully, "Thank you for your reminder, I will pay attention. May I ask your name?"

"Sigh..." Xu Mudao Xu sighed. "My name is ■■■. This is already the third time I've told you. Anyway, you'll forget it later..."

"Hai, I definitely won't! Thank you for your reminder!"

Wu Fu didn't quite believe it in his heart. How could he forget! Do you think your name is some unspeakable anomaly? Next time I will definitely call it out for you to see!

After this thought arose, Wu Fu turned and continued rehearsing...

"Eh? Why wasn't I facing the camera? Fortunately, someone reminded me! That person is really a good person..."

After another while,

"Eh? Someone spoke to me just now, right? Who was it?"

A few more minutes passed,

"Was I distracted just now? Sigh... I'm really not good enough as I get older! I must rehearse more seriously!"

And Xu Mudao Xu, who returned behind the camera, sighed again. With the growth of age, his sense of presence was really getting lower and lower!

However, Wu Fu, who couldn't even remember his name... shouldn't be entirely his reason, right? Could it be a precursor to his Alzheimer's?

Xiu-san and Xiaoshen Zhengxiao-jun, although they would also ignore his existence, would still remember his name when they saw him!

Inside the studio office, Fang Cun Dayou finally finished reading the proposal.

He closed the document, put it back into the document bag, and then saw Naoki Nagayama's expectant gaze:

"Dayou-san, what do you think? Is there anything you don't understand? I can explain it to you!"

"No... the proposal is written very clearly, and I understand it all." Fang Cun Dayou shook his head. "The planning of this program looks very excellent..."

"However~"

Sure enough, there was always a turn after praise.

"However, as far as music variety shows are concerned, there is always a performance process, and everyone is the same in this regard. Whether the other points planned by Naoki-san can really attract the audience's attention needs to be evaluated."

Naoki Nagayama nodded: "There may indeed be concerns in this regard, so the host of the program and the first impression given to people are very important."

"I plan to invite Tamori-san to be the host of the program! Plus, for the first episode, I will invite Akina Nakamori and other top-tier artists!"

Fang Cun Dayou continued to press:

"*The Best Ten* and *The Night Hit* will also invite top-tier stars and artists, and they have sufficient funds and often go abroad to film!"

"How will Naoki-san's program defeat them?"

"Our program will have a pre-interview in the early stage, connecting the singer with the place where the singer was born. In this way, we will not only have the singer's fans, but also attract the local people... Plus, in the future, we will not be limited to local singers, we will also invite foreign singers... even Madonna, Michael Jackson, etc..."

Naoki Nagayama said all the attractive points of *Music Station*, making Fang Cun Dayou nod repeatedly:

"Naoki-san, when you contact TV Asahi, they will definitely ask this too, especially since we want the program's dominance. You must be mentally prepared!"

"Hai, I understand." Naoki Nagayama knew this was Fang Cun Dayou giving him a vaccination.

"Since that's the case, then I will officially communicate with the people at TV Asahi." Seeing Naoki Nagayama's confidence, Fang Cun Dayou felt relieved. "We expect to meet the day after tomorrow or on the weekend."

"Then I'll trouble Dayou-san."

After the two chatted a bit about the negotiation, they returned to the operation of Tree Friend.

"Regarding the work of the idols, it is actually proceeding in an orderly manner." Fang Cun Dayou said. "However, regarding the movie project you mentioned last time, have you found the actors?"

Ah! *Kikujiro*, although Yuko Tanaka agreed to participate, the lead actor hadn't been found yet~

In the entertainment industry, there are very few people like Takeshi Kitano who can be somewhat fierce but also somewhat childlike in their hearts... Most fierce adults have already learned to be sleek and have become greasy.

"This... I haven't found one yet."

"Then let's hurry up." Fang Cun Dayou said. "Xiu-san's *After the Rain* has almost finished filming, and the filming crew will soon be free... If Naoki-san's movie doesn't start filming, I will let them start preparing for the filming of *Crows Zero 2* first."

"Is that so..."

Naoki Nagayama knew this was a way to improve efficiency, but it was indeed difficult to find a suitable actor at this time...

Suddenly, a ghost idea appeared in his mind:

"How about, let Takeshi Kitano star in it?!!"

Anyway, Takeshi Kitano didn't know that *Kikujiro* was a movie he would direct in the future!

And using the original actor to film the movie he originally directed might be able to burst out a feeling that is even better!

What was this called again?

Using the original soup to dissolve the original food? ===== CHAPTER 627 =====