Chapter 672

Shanying Yuan without cats and dogs seemed unusually quiet, and Naoki Nagayama also felt a bit lonely, so he said on the phone:

"Akina~~~ Shanying Yuan only has me left, now I feel so empty~ so lonely~ so cold..."

"Pfft~ Haha~" Akina Nakamori on the other side of the microphone was amused, "Naoki-san, it's still 28°C now... if you don't turn on the air conditioning, you'll be sweating, and you're actually cold? Are you sick~~~"

"...... Akina, you don't understand me~~~"

Couples in love, sometimes chatting is just so nonsensical~

After a bit of pulling, Naoki Nagayama asked: "Akina is in Okayama City today, right? How does it feel there?"

"A seaside city, the weather is still very good." Akina Nakamori introduced, "The seafood is also very fresh..."

"Is that all there is to eat?"

"There's no other way~ There are performances in the morning and afternoon, and I have to rush on the road at night..." The voice in the microphone was pitiful, "I can't go out for a stroll~"

"I should be going to other places for filming in two days..." Naoki Nagayama said, "When I meet Akina, I'll take Akina shopping~"

"But there is still a concert~"

"Uh......" The dilemma came out. Naoki Nagayama knew that what Akina wanted now was not a solution, but just comfort from her boyfriend, "Then cancel it! I'll pay the breach of contract fee~ It's most important for Akina to want to rest!"

"How can you do that! It will make the fans sad!"

Although the voice on the other side of the microphone was a refusal, the tone was very light.

The aimless conversation lasted until midnight, and Naoki Nagayama hung up the phone and stared at the TV in a daze.

Today started the filming of 'Kikujiro's Summer', and by the way, the first scene was completed, so the schedule for the next few days would be very tight. Logically, he should rest well.

However, Naoki Nagayama's brain was very active at this time. The all-night writing yesterday seemed to have opened some switch, and even sleepiness was gone.

"Is there anything missing?" Naoki Nagayama pressed his temples, "Clearly wrote down the script, besides the script... what else was not finished?"

Thinking for a long time... Naoki Nagayama remembered that the theme songs for the three movies hadn't been written down yet!

The theme song of Totoro 'My Neighbor Totoro', the theme song of 'Our Little Sister'... Damn... such aesthetic movies, the original music of the movie is too much!

This series of pure music made Naoki Nagayama have to work until two o'clock in the morning, and only then did he fall asleep in a daze.

"Naoki-san..... Daijobu?!"

The next day, Yuko Tanaka, who came to the scheduled set, couldn't help but ask again.

Because Naoki Nagayama today, not only were his dark circles thicker, but his beard was even more haggard.

This made the experienced Yuko Tanaka couldn't help but suspect whether Naoki Nagayama had really been indulging in some places of pleasure these two days...

"Naoki-san, don't rely on being young and not pay attention to your body!" Takeshi Kitano laughed and interjected from the side, then raised his eyebrows, "Although Naoki-san is young, you should have restraint when drinking flower wine!"

Yuko Tanaka's gaze toward Naoki Nagayama instantly became a bit sighing at his lack of self-discipline.

"Daijobu!"

Naoki Nagayama didn't want to explain anymore, because many people he met today had asked, he turned to Xu Mudao and said,

"Mudao-kun, the people today are about the same, let's start today's filming!"

"Yes!" XN, everyone in the crew entered the working state immediately after hearing it.

The scenes starting today were the first meeting between the little boy Masao and the hooligan Kikujiro played by Takeshi Kitano, and the story between him and the wife played by Yuko Tanaka.

Everyone had read the script, so there was no excessive explanation of the scenes, and they started filming while the weather was not too hot...

The wife played by Yuko Tanaka was chatting with Kikujiro on the guardrail by the river, but suddenly saw the high school student who was about to smoke next to her, so she opened her mouth to persuade:

"How can you smoke?!"

"Really troublesome~"

"Are you going to school properly?"

"If you continue like this, be careful of becoming like this person~"

Saying that, she nudged her hooligan husband with her elbow, asking him to give this group of high school students some advice, but Kikujiro waved at the high school students with a cheeky face.

A few lines of dialogue were spoken, and an image of a somewhat enthusiastic and strong older sister emerged.

This was naturally not a problem for Yuko Tanaka, but Takeshi Kitano, who had only starred in one movie, had some obstacles in wanting to express the henpecked hooligan who was cheeky.

"Kitano-san, don't use the smile from Manzai performance~" Naoki Nagayama said after shouting 'cut', "It looks funny indeed, but it's a bit exaggerated, and didn't express the childishness in the hooligan's heart."

"Try the look of taking a photo when you were a child! Make a V-sign... silently chant 'eggplant' in your heart..."

Takeshi Kitano nodded, and in the second performance, he really took the lens as a camera like a child, revealed a smile, and then made a V-sign gesture...

Looking at this fierce face, but so funny, everyone at the scene laughed. Sure enough, he is a guy who does Manzai, and he is very good at being funny!

The next plot is when Masao passes by the two, but Yuko Tanaka calls him because she knew his grandmother at home before.

"Why are you back so early today? School's out?"

"Vacation."

"Is Grandma okay?"

"Hmm."

The wooden Masao answered the two questions simply, and then walked away.

Kikujiro next to him said: "Why is this child full of gloom..."

"Cut!"

Naoki Nagayama shouted 'cut' at this time.

Masao's performance just now couldn't be said to be full of gloom, it could only be said to be an ordinary child. Although he came from a drama troupe, it was still a bit difficult to express a sense of gloom.

At this time, it was useless to let the child actor understand what gloom is. Naoki Nagayama directly taught the details...

"Naoto-kun... when walking over, remember to keep looking down at the road... don't look up."

"And when answering questions, don't have expressions on your face... when looking at people, half-close your eyes, avoid eye contact... it's that feeling of not waking up."

"Yes!" Although he was still young, Naoto Fujiki still nodded earnestly.

"And after answering other people's questions, don't close your mouth completely..."

"Hmm~"

Under Naoki Nagayama's careful guidance, an introverted and wooden child image began to appear in the camera lens.

When he walked past in front, it was really worrying. Immediately after, Yuko Tanaka talked to Kikujiro about Masao's family situation, and brought out background elements such as orphan, living with grandmother, and never having seen his mother.

"Cut, performed very well!"

Naoki Nagayama laughed. The shots in this studio were considered finished.

Although this plot is not long, there are more than ten shots, each of which needs to be set up again, find a good angle, and film different pictures...

Even if everyone cooperated very well, it was almost two hours from nine o'clock in the morning until it ended.

"Mudao-kun, let's film until here for the morning~" Naoki Nagayama said to Xu Mudao, "Eat first, and go to the next set in the afternoon..."

The lunch on the set is a bento... only pork chop bento, chicken chop bento, and tempura bento... The first few can be picked, and the later ones are whatever you get.

In the filming scene of Neon movies, even the director and lead actors are no different, otherwise the filming set will be in chaos.

The set in the afternoon is in a residential area. Xu Mudao had already rented a house in advance, and had already asked the prop team to prepare photos, schoolbags, summer homework, etc.

While Naoki Nagayama was busy filming 'Kikujiro's Summer', another director of Tree Friend, Osamu Ido, had ended the promotional activities in Wakayama and returned to the studio in Tokyo.

'After the Rain' had been released for a week. Although the data of various theater chains had not been counted, according to the attendance rate of the cinemas in the cities Osamu Ido had promoted during this period, he also roughly understood the box office situation of the movie.

"I am indeed a person without talent!" Osamu Ido sighed and said to Otomo Yoshimura, "After the situation during this period, I found that the attendance rate of 'After the Rain' is not even half of 'April Story'."

"And 'April Story' is still Naoki-san's literary work, only one hour long... it's not pursuing box office at all!"

Otomo Yoshimura looked at his disappointed friend, and for a time didn't know how to comfort him, so he could only say:

"Shuichi-san, don't compare with Naoki-san... that guy, doesn't count as a human, he's a monster!"

Osamu Ido raised his head and looked at Otomo Yoshimura, "Although you say so to comfort me... but aren't you afraid of Naoki-san finding trouble?"

"......."

Otomo Yoshimura choked. There are only you and me in this room. The words spoken are known by heaven, earth, you, and me. How would Naoki Nagayama know?

There is only one possibility, there is a traitor among us!

In an instant, the eyes he looked at Osamu Ido had no sympathy, feeling that his compassion just now was fed to the dog...

"What did I say? Naoki-san was never an ordinary human! He is a genius like a monster!"

The explanation increased by Otomo Yoshimura was impeccable!

"Sigh~~~" Osamu Ido returned to his sighing appearance, "The box office of this movie 'After the Rain' is really worrying!"

After Otomo Yoshimura returned to an objective state of mind, he made a simple comparison:

"Shuichi-san, you said the attendance rate is about half, right?"

"Hmm.... barely reached about half."

"Then the box office is probably about half of 'April Story'." Simply comparing the opening box office and total box office of the movie, it's about the same, "'April Story' total box office reached over 1.2 billion... then 'After the Rain' has about 600 million..."

Osamu Ido opened his mouth slightly: "Otomo-san, box office can't be calculated like this.... The reputation of 'After the Rain' and 'April Story' and the difference in the films will affect the follow-up..."

"Even if the follow-up is not so powerful, the total box office is about 500 million."

Otomo Yoshimura gave a number directly, and then said to Osamu Ido: "Shuichi-san, currently a box office of over 100 million already has the possibility of being ranked in the top ten films of the year!"

"Compared with other film practitioners, Shuichi-san's achievements are already very excellent!"

"......"

Although it sounded like it made sense, Osamu Ido didn't feel comforted at all, but became even more disappointed,

"Is it that I will never catch up with Naoki Nagayama?! Can only watch his taillights disappear in front..."

Otomo Yoshimura complained mercilessly:

"Shuichi-san, three years ago if it weren't for Naoki-san, you would still be an unknown director filming adult magazines and small advertisements... Now you are a well-known major director in Neon, hurry up and be content!"

"A guy like Naoki-san is rare in a hundred years... I can only look up..."

He was saying this, but found Osamu Ido's head turning around, looking around in the office, as if looking for something.

"Shuichi-san, what are you looking for?"

"I'm looking for whether there is a monitor..." Osamu Ido said, "If not monitored, how could Otomo-san say such flattering lines..."

"You!!! Bakayaro!!"

The middle-aged man was instantly furious, but unfortunately, there was no material on the top of his Mediterranean head, so he could only look at his damaging friend with fierce eyes.

"Hahaha, just kidding just kidding~" Osamu Ido hurriedly raised his hands to surrender, and then asked, "Naoki-san is filming 'Kikujiro's Summer' now, right?"

"Yes, it should be in Sumida Ward today." Otomo Yoshimura said unhappily, "Why? Want to go film with Naoki-san?"

"Not at all!" Osamu Ido said stiffly, "Although 'After the Rain' expectations are not ideal, after all, it is my own movie, I still have to promote it later!"

"This time it's purely to visit the set."

"Hehe, then you go~" Otomo Yoshimura looked for it and gave him the backup filming schedule, "Observe Naoki-san's filming techniques well."

"Hai hai~"

Having just offended his friend, Osamu Ido now had no temper at all.

The sun was high, Osamu Ido looked at the address and decided to go there in the afternoon.

"Naoki-san's unique filming techniques can't be learned... but asking him to think of a way to improve the box office should still be possible, right?"

Just at this time, Otomo Yoshimura remembered something again and took out two documents from the drawer.

"By the way, Naoki-san gave two movie scripts yesterday, one called 'Our Little Sister', one called 'Blue Sea'... both are summer movies... Shuichi-san, you take a look."

"Oh? Another two scripts? Still summer movies?"

Osamu Ido took it with some confusion, and then flipped through it,

"Naoki-san's meaning is, film it in the summer?"

"Should be picking one to film." Otomo Yoshimura said, "It's a script specially created for our few girl idols..."

"Anyway, Shuichi-san is temporarily free after 'After the Rain'..."

"What are you talking about, we still have to film 'Crows Zero 2' and 'Ring 2'!" Osamu Ido refuted.

Otomo Yoshimura curled his lips: "'Crows Zero 2' isn't directed by Masataka-kun? 'Ring 2' is at the end of the year... so these three months of August, September, and October are all free~"

"Masataka-kun lacks experience, I still have to watch~"

Forcibly finding a reason, Osamu Ido became more and more addicted to the scripts of the two movies,

"'Our Little Sister' four female leads, 'Blue Sea' two female leads... all are female leads! Is Naoki-san completely looking down on male actors? Hahaha~"

"Emotional entanglement between women... very delicate~" Osamu Ido, who read ten lines at a glance, roughly looked at the story outline, "Oh roar? 'Blue Sea' is still lesbian..."

Otomo Yoshimura was annoyed by the noise made by his friend:

"Shuichi-san, in short, pick one and film it!"

"That must be 'Blue Sea'!"

Osamu Ido blurted out, making Otomo Yoshimura look at him strangely.

"Of course it's not that I have any hobby for this kind of movie, it's just that the plot of 'Our Little Sister' is a bit complicated, the filming difficulty is high... and the timeline is also very long..."

"Hai hai hai, I know, Shuichi-san doesn't need to explain so much..."

"Really not interested in lesbianism or anything..."

"Hmm hmm, I believe you!"

"......."