Chapter 666: Is Naoki-san actually

The headquarters of TV Asahi has a glass exterior wall, which emits dazzling reflections under the sun and has a very strong presence.

When Naoki Nagayama arrived here, he drove directly into the parking lot and went straight to the studio of *Music Station* from the elevator in the basement.

After pushing the door open, he heard noisy music and dancing movements... During the rehearsal, although they didn't wear special performance clothes, Shonentai was still seriously practicing dancing on the stage.

"Naoki-san, why did you come over?" One of the producers, Daichuan Yuanke, was the first to discover Naoki Nagayama.

"I'm a bit concerned about the third episode, so I came to take a look." Naoki Nagayama looked at the performance on the stage and said, "Shonentai's three people are really full of vitality~"

"Hai, I heard that after the first two episodes, Shonentai's fame grew very quickly..."

"Haha, after all, they have a regular program." Naoki Nagayama suddenly remembered the "miracle live" of the future Hikaru GENJI combination. "If you want a highlight, you can try letting the members of Shonentai come out to dance wearing transparent T-shirts."

"Transparent?" Daichuan Yuanke's eyes widened. "Does that mean naked?"

At this moment, Daichuan Yuanke's mind flashed with the image of the three members of Shonentai wearing transparent clothes. A chill came over him, and he had bad thoughts about Naoki Nagayama, and his body quietly moved away a bit.

Naoki Nagayama hurriedly explained: "Of course not, just wear it on the upper body... that would cause a sensation."

"This is no longer a sensation, it involves pornography!!!" Daichuan Yuanke said nervously.

"Didn't they wear clothes?"

"It's transparent! It's even more seductive!"

Black lines appeared on Naoki Nagayama's head. He didn't want to discuss the difference between "edge-ball" and pornography with this guy here: "Forget it, forget it, I just said it casually. The agent on Johnny's side probably won't agree either. Let's not continue~"

"......."

"Hai!"

Daichuan Yuanke nodded, but he always felt that the image was difficult to dissipate in his mind...

Naoki Nagayama watched Shonentai's opening dance end, and then Tamori started to go on stage to host, so he asked:

"The guest this time is Hideki Saijo, right?"

"Hai."

"The interview video has been completed, right? Is it going smoothly?"

"Hai, everyone is very cooperative." Daichuan Yuanke said, as if everyone could see the potential of *Music Station* and didn't want to be abandoned by this program.

"However, there is one thing..." Daichuan Yuanke looked at Naoki Nagayama's face and asked carefully, "Because our next guest plan is to invite Johnny's idols, Johnny's agent wants to let Masahiko Kondo participate..."

Naoki Nagayama's brows furrowed. Why did he hear this name again! Sure enough, he should have been sunk into Tokyo Bay early!

"I don't like that guy." Naoki Nagayama replied very clearly. "So *Music Station* will not invite him. If Johnny's must use this to make things difficult for us, male idols are dominated by them, but other singers and artists are not just from Johnny's agency..."

"Hai, I understand!"

Such a clear reply made Daichuan Yuanke understand the firm attitude of this young man. At the same time, he cursed the Johnny's agent in his heart. He knew that the idol and the program person in charge had such a big conflict, yet he still proposed to let Masahiko Kondo participate?

This is making things difficult for me!

Just as the two were chatting, Naoki Nagayama's arrival was finally discovered by more people in the studio.

For a time, Shonentai, Toshihiko Tahara, and other familiar male idols all came to greet him. There were also female idols he had cooperated with, such as Yoshie Kashiwabara and Nana Okada. Even some artists he didn't know but often saw on TV came to get to know him.

When he had titles like well-known writer, musician, director, etc., people in the entertainment industry would at most be surprised to see him, showing respectful gazes. A small part would want to make friends... it was not as popular as it is now.

And after becoming the person in charge of a well-known variety show, the "people-smart" in the entertainment industry knew that this person could decide whether the program would invite themselves. In other words, he could decide their exposure frequency and bring a direct effect to their own fame.

This made everyone come to make friends, wanting to leave a good impression, at least not to be strangers...

"Nice to meet you, my name is Yukiko Okada! Please take care of me from now on!"

Just when Naoki Nagayama couldn't remember everyone, a sweet girl introduced herself to Naoki Nagayama under the leadership of her agent.

"Yukiko Okada?" Naoki Nagayama looked at this idol who was pure and innocent, a bit surprised. "So it's you!"

"...... Mm?" Yukiko Okada had a bit of awkwardness and shyness in her eyes. "Does Naoki-san know me?"

"Heard it from a friend." Naoki Nagayama smiled. "She said you are an idol with potential..."

"Eh?"

Naoki Nagayama thought about this youthful girl jumping off a building and committing suicide in the future, which was really a pity~

"In short... be positive and optimistic, don't climb buildings, work hard! Ganbatte!"

Yukiko Okada just wanted to ask who evaluated her like that, but other idols handed over business cards, making Naoki Nagayama's attention shift away.

"Why did he say be positive and optimistic, don't climb buildings?"

"What a strange person~"

Naoki Nagayama finished watching today's rehearsal in the studio and had a count for the live broadcast tomorrow night. After the first few episodes, the next step should be to maintain it. Besides the idol circle, the guests invited should also be expanded...

I guess if it's the Enka circle, Hibari Misora should be able to be invited... and foreign ones, if Madonna could be invited, that would be great... but she is already an American diva, maybe she won't remember the one-sided relationship with herself~

Just when Naoki Nagayama was supervising the production of the new program at TV Asahi, a team at Fuji TV fell into trouble.

Yasushi Akimoto looked at the fluctuating ratings this week and sighed:

"Daitai-san, the ratings of *Evening Meow Meow* can no longer rise."

Sugiyama Daitai also pressed his temples irritably: "There's no way, it's a program that has to be broadcast every day..."

If a variety show has to be broadcast every day, it is a very serious test for the production team, and for the contestants, it is also... and for the audience, it is also very easy to fall into sensory fatigue.

"Daitai-san, why not make a grand finale for the first season like other variety shows, and rest for a while, so that the audience and we can temporarily recover?" Rumi Nishi suggested from the side.

"*Evening Meow Meow* is different from them!" Sugiyama Daitai said. "This program is a chariot that needs to keep moving forward. When it stops, it is when the program stops!"

"This was what Naoki-san said at the beginning of planning the program!"

An entertainment variety show with a fast pace like *Evening Meow Meow* actually only occupied a first-mover advantage, attracting all the attention to non-regular idols in the current market... Freshness is the only selling point of this variety show. Compared with orthodox idols, the fan loyalty of the members of the Cat Club is not high, and it is very easy to be replaced... because the members of the Cat Club themselves are constantly being replaced.

"If we stop, the fan loss will be very serious... and I can guarantee that if we stop this week, similar variety shows will suddenly pop up in other TV stations next week!"

Rumi Nishi didn't expect such consequences. After

After being silent for a long time, Tai Sugiura thought for a long time, but still said: "Still need to consult Naoki-san!"

When Yasushi Akimoto heard this, his originally unconvinced expression seemed to have thought of something, and he suddenly became listless.

"Alright... indeed should consult."

"However, Naoki-san should be focusing on that program on TV Asahi now, right?" Rumi Nishi said. "Will he still give advice to one of the competitor TV stations?"

Yasushi Akimoto and Tai Sugiura looked at each other, just wanting to say that "Twilight Meow Meow" is also his program, but they both closed their mouths.

At the beginning of the planning of this program, Naoki Nagayama did have relatively large authority, but later, especially when Minister Kazuki Takano wanted to increase the proportion of Fuji TV, Naoki Nagayama did not have the title of producer or director, let alone Tree Friend's shares in the Kitten Club only remaining at 10%.

"Chotto matte!" Tai Sugiura suddenly remembered. "Isn't "New Words and Buzzwords Awards" also Naoki-san's program?"

"That program?"

The program once a month, the ratings can only be considered good. If it weren't for the station's management valuing it, it might be treated as an optional program.

Yasushi Akimoto said: "That is a program for face, it is done for the Ministry of Culture... there is also some political influence..."

"I remember that program, the content is now led by people from the National Freedom Society and Shogakukan, we are only responsible for production... but Naoki-san is indeed still one of the producers of that program." Tai Sugiura said. "He just hasn't been here for a long time."

"Sure enough, it fits Naoki-san's personality; he won't manage much after the program gets on the right track..." Yasushi Akimoto sighed.

"It's almost the end of the month, it's easy to invite Naoki-san to come over in the name of that program..." Rumi Nishi asked again: "Then how do we let Naoki-san give advice to "Twilight Meow Meow"?"

"This..." Tai Sugiura regretted again that he had an unpleasant time with Naoki-san.

Just at this moment, Yasushi Akimoto struggled and said:

"Naoki-san is a guy who attaches great importance to potential talent. Do you still remember Kaoru Kobirumaki from before?"

"Is it the heroine of that "Love Like" recently?" Rumi Nishi said immediately. "I watched it in the cinema, and it's completely different from how she looked in the Kitten Club!"

"Yes." Yasushi Akimoto deliberated and continued, "Naoki-san was the one who took an interest in Kaoru Kobirumaki after seeing her on Fuji TV before. After I discovered it, I contacted Etsuro Kikuchi to send her to Tree Friend, and then the next movie chose her as the heroine..."

"It was also that time that Naoki-san pointed out the style problem of "Twilight Meow Meow"... and proposed to go for a rebellious style..."

Rumi Nishi knew nothing about what happened behind this, and opened her mouth wide at this time: "Akimoto-san, you actually used an idol to exchange?!"

Is this the legendary pillow business?!

Does Naoki-san actually secretly rule female idols?! I really misjudged him!

Rumi Nishi's impression of Naoki Nagayama was constantly collapsing... Fortunately, Tai Sugiura explained quickly:

"Rumi Nishi, don't think wildly! Naoki-san just has the eye to discover the potential of idols... Didn't Kaoru Kobirumaki shine in the movie?!"

"..."

Rumi Nishi looked at the two men opposite with suspicious eyes. In short, the behavior of exchanging resources with affiliated artists cannot be escaped!

"Cough cough..." Tai Sugiura tried to stay calm. "Akimoto-san, you mentioned this for?"

"In previous contacts..." Yasushi Akimoto signaled to a poster on the wall and pointed to one of the contestants. "I found that Naoki-san is very interested in Shizuka Kudo..."

Tai Sugiura touched his chin: "What do you mean?"

"Why not use the reason that the ratings of "Twilight Meow Meow" are falling, and consider whether to let Shizuka Kudo 'graduate' to Tree Friend... and ask Naoki-san to analyze the program again!"

Yasushi Akimoto said without blushing or panting. Although Shizuka Kudo is currently one of the popular members of the Kitten Club, at this moment in his heart, Shizuka Kudo is no different from a commodity.

"Hmm..."

Tai Sugiura started to think. A potential contestant in exchange for the rebirth of a program... this exchange...

The cost-performance ratio is very high!

"Alright... then let's do it!"

The two guys who really have decision-making power decided Shizuka Kudo's stay or leave just like that.

"Rumi Nishi-san~" Tai Sugiura's tone became gentle. "I have to trouble you to contact Naoki-san..."

Rumi Nishi was still calming her mood just now, and was a bit unhappy when she heard this: "The decision was made by you, do you actually want me to say it?"

"After all, you are more familiar with Naoki-san..." Tai Sugiura laughed. "And, you are a woman..."

"?!"

Rumi Nishi narrowed her eyes. If he dared to say she was a vase, don't blame her for losing her temper!

"And a beauty!" Tai Sugiura added quickly. "And as everyone knows, Naoki-san is... very patient... with beauties..."

Yasushi Akimoto also persuaded from the side: "What I and Tai-san say is a bit awkward... I can only trouble Rumi Nishi-san!"

"..."

This kind of statement made Rumi Nishi feel a little better, but... thinking about having to tell Naoki Nagayama that she wants to send him a female idol... it's really hard to open her mouth!

However... after all, being in the workplace, one always has to do some difficult things!

At this time, in the studio downstairs of Fuji TV, the members of the Kitten Club were filming the indoor part of the new issue of "Twilight Meow Meow". Among a group of fully devoted contestants, there was a contestant with a strong personality who made people remember her at a glance.

She was with her companions, showing a brilliant smile in front of the camera~

Shizuka Kudo didn't know yet that she had been promised to Naoki Nagayama by the upper management...

But for Shizuka Kudo, maybe this is a rare opportunity! After all, currently, all the idols of Tree Friend have a very good development trend...