Chapter 683: Moral kidnapping, this is moral kidnapping, right!

Having worked until two in the morning yesterday, Naoki Nagayama gave the film crew a day off... Although it was because they needed to film the scenes after the end, who knew that the crew members would have to clean up the Summer Festival props too!

In any case, in his heart, Naoki Nagayama had already downgraded the year-end bonus for prop master Takehiko Takei by another level.

The filming of the movie was more than halfway through, and Naoki Nagayama wasn't particularly anxious, so he took the Shinkansen back to Tokyo in the morning. Today was the day Shizuka Kudo was recording "Sunshine Girl"~

Looking at this morning's newspaper on the fast-moving train, he wasn't surprised to see headlines like "An Unimaginable Big Production! Hosting a Summer Festival for a Single Shot!!", "A Shot Worth a Thousand Gold! This Movie is Playing for Real!", "Exploring the Mysterious Summer Festival in Kanagawa, Just for a Movie?", and "Naoki Nagayama: Give Me a Summer Festival! I Want to Make a Movie!"...

"Are these reporters really working through the night? Don't they need to sleep?" Naoki Nagayama flipped through several newspapers in a row; almost every entertainment section had an article about this set visit.

Some authors even included interviews with local residents, their expectations for Naoki Nagayama's movie, and whether they would go to the cinema to watch it after it was released...

Although the methods of description varied, the tone of all the media was surprisingly consistent: this was a meticulously crafted, sincere movie that was well worth looking forward to... The big red envelope at the end really wasn't spent in vain!

"Released in mid-September... it should be in time..."

Putting down the newspaper, Naoki Nagayama calculated the time. Filming should be completed by late August, and following the memories in his mind, editing for over half a month shouldn't be a problem.

"After going back, I'll cut some trailers first so that Tree Friend Films can start mid-term promotion..."

Just as Naoki Nagayama was deep in thought, the train's announcement suddenly rang out:

"Tokyo Station, we have arrived~"

It didn't even take an hour from Kanagawa to Tokyo, and Naoki Nagayama was back in the Tokyo he had been away from for over half a month.

It was the hottest time of the year; the scorching sun in the sky was wantonly radiating light and heat, letting the cold steel and concrete truly experience what summer passion was. The air above the busy roads was faintly distorted, and the asphalt roads seemed to have been melted by the sun, making people feel sticky and damp.

The chirping of cicadas rose and fell, making the street trees by the road unable to bear it and droop their leaves. Only the shrubs and weeds in the shadows at the corners of the park walls retained some vitality.

What surprised Naoki Nagayama even more was that in such weather, the white-collar workers in the neon city he saw on the road were still wearing suits... as if they couldn't feel the heat at all~

Naoki Nagayama took a bus directly to the studio. After walking through the main entrance, he saw two pretty receptionists wearing small suits.

"Hua-chan, Xingxia-chan!"

"Naoki-san!" Xing Jiahua and Suzuki Xingxia were both very surprised. "Why are you here? Aren't you out of town?"

"Of course I have business~" Naoki Nagayama laughed. "Otomo-san is here, right?"

"Yes, he is in the office."

"Hmm, then I'll go find him~"

After Naoki Nagayama walked in, the two young girls started chattering away.

"Naoki-san seems a bit darker!" "He's out filming a movie, he can't avoid being tanned by the sun."

"He seems a bit thinner too~" "He must be too tired~"

"But he's more spirited, and has a healthier feeling! More masculine charm!"

"... Stop being a fangirl!"

Naoki Nagayama, walking towards the office, didn't know how the two receptionists were talking about him behind his back. After greeting a few familiar employees, he walked into the office.

"Ah, Naoki-san, you've arrived!" Otomo Yoshimura wasn't surprised to see Naoki Nagayama; they had already agreed on it beforehand.

"Yes, I came straight here after getting off the train." Naoki Nagayama sat down by the desk and asked, "How is it? Has Shizuka Kudo already set off?"

"She's scheduled to arrive at the recording studio at 10 o'clock, she should have just left now." Otomo Yoshimura said, "Naoki-san, wait a while~ Rest for a bit."

"Is that so~" Naoki Nagayama nodded and looked around the office. "Where did Xiu-san go?"

"Him? He took Yuki-chan and Chikako-chan to scout locations." Otomo Yoshimura said, " 'Love Like the Rain' is almost finished, and Xiu-san has started preparing for the production of 'Blue Sea'..."

"Not taking a break for a while?"

"..."

Otomo Yoshimura glanced at Naoki Nagayama. Rest?

You, the biggest boss, are working so hard, how can others rest!

Besides, Xiu Yin Tang felt that the box office of "Love Like the Rain" was less than 600 million in the end, and he felt a lot of pressure! That's why he couldn't wait to start the next movie!

" 'Blue Sea' is filmed in the summer... there isn't much time left~"

"Is that so~"

Hearing this, Naoki Nagayama didn't think much more, and instead asked if anything major had happened in the company or the entertainment industry while he was away.

"Major events..."

Otomo Yoshimura thought for a moment.

"Absolutely none!!!"

The earth doesn't revolve around you, kid! Whether you are here or not, life will go on as usual!

"... Alright~"

"However, the Los Angeles Olympics abroad did end on August 12th~ Is Naoki-san interested in the Olympics?" Otomo Yoshimura asked.

"Eh? The Olympics?" Naoki Nagayama wasn't interested in sports at all, he had only seen it in the newspaper once or twice.

"Yes, the United States is still leading the way, winning the most medals and gold medals... Neon is becoming more and more unsightly! It's only in seventh place, it didn't even beat Romania!" Otomo Yoshimura muttered.

Hmph... If you saw the Tokyo Olympics more than 30 years later, you would know what "unsightly" really means...

Naoki Nagayama muttered silently in his heart~

After staying in the studio for more than ten minutes, Naoki Nagayama finally waited for Wuchun Kawahara and Shizuka Kudo, who had come to gather here.

After a brief greeting, Naoki Nagayama got into the car with them to go to the recording studio.

"Shizuka-chan... feels very different from before..." Naoki Nagayama, sitting in the back row with Shizuka Kudo, saw Shizuka Kudo, whose hair was now a little longer, and said.

"Yes, because the manager said to create the image of a sunshine girl." Shizuka Kudo explained a little, "So I can't be too boyish."

"A sunshine girl, huh~" Naoki Nagayama thought for a moment. It couldn't be said that it was wrong for this period; Shizuka Kudo was only 15 years old and was indeed very energetic.

To put it nicely, her personality was uninhibited and had character; to put it bluntly, it was actually unruly and delinquent...

But such a girl happened to have a soft, cute, and obedient face and a pair of innocent big eyes, the kind that would squint when she smiled.

So it might be true that obedient girls are actually very wild inside~

"Yes!"

Shizuka Kudo stole a glance at Naoki Nagayama. She had only met Naoki Nagayama a few times, and only had the impression that he was handsome.

"Then today, let me properly feel Shizuka-chan's sunshine and vitality!"

"Hmm! Hmm?"

Amidst such strange conversations, the group arrived at the New Sound Studio in Shin-Okachimachi.

"Terashin-san, we are here according to the reserved time~" Wuchun Kawahara walked in first and greeted Xin Xiaoyansi, who was sitting at the front desk.

"Yes, the recording studio is ready!" Xin Xiaoyansi stood up, and only then did he see the two people behind. "Naoki-san! Good morning... and this is?"

"This is Shizuka Kudo, she will also be an artist under our Tree Friend banner in the future." Naoki Nagayama introduced her to Shizuka Kudo, and then said to Shizuka Kudo, "Terashin-san is the manager of the New Sound Studio, which belongs to Tree Friend... you will be in contact often in the future."

"Yes, nice to meet you... please take care of me!"

"Please take care of me~"

After a simple exchange of pleasantries, Xin Xiaoyansi took Naoki Nagayama and Shizuka Kudo to the recording studio upstairs.

It wasn't Naoki Nagayama's first time here, so he quickly adjusted his mindset and began to enter a working state.

"Shizuka-chan, you've practiced 'Sunshine Girl', right?" Naoki Nagayama let Shizuka Kudo walk into the recording room, while he directed with a microphone from outside the soundproof glass. "Sing it once with the music first, let me understand what level you're at."

"Yes!"

As the pre-recorded rhythm played, the light whistling sound began to blow, and Shizuka Kudo also started singing inside the recording studio.

"

Happy day Summer day

Sunshine Girl

I like it, Happy day Summer day

Sunshines for you

"

Naoki Nagayama listened to the original sound with headphones outside, and his brows began to furrow.

After listening to the song, he said into the microphone: "Shizuka-chan... why is there no vitality at all! You just sang as if you were reading the lyrics!"

The accompaniment for this song was very simple, almost non-existent... The most important thing was the singer's performance.

"I want to hear every lyric as if it's dancing!"

"One more time! This time, get your emotions excited!!! Feeling! I want the feeling of vitality invested in the singing!"

Shizuka Kudo in the recording studio was a bit stunned. She suddenly felt that the Naoki Nagayama outside seemed to have become a different person...

However, as a singer, she took a few deep breaths and sang it again...

And Naoki Nagayama outside had his brows furrowed even tighter:

"Why does it sound... so pretentious this time!"

"Shizuka-chan, you are deliberately raising the pitch at the end of every lyric now... It's very rigid, it sounds very pretentious... It's like a lifeless zombie trying to laugh happily!"

"..."

Wuchun Kawahara, who was also listening in the recording room, had cold sweat on his forehead. It was also his first time seeing such a different side of Naoki Nagayama.

"Terashin-san..." he whispered to Xin Xiaoyansi next to him, "Why does Naoki-san seem a bit..."

In his impression, even when filming a movie, Naoki Nagayama had never been this strict.

"Ah, this is your first time seeing Naoki-san recording a record!" Xin Xiaoyansi glanced at Wuchun Kawahara and realized, "When Naoki-san enters the recording studio, he turns into a recording studio tyrant... You'll know after you come a few more times."

"Eh?"

"In this recording studio, Naoki-san has already made several idol singers cry!"

"Eh?!!"

Xin Xiaoyansi smiled knowingly: "Later on, you will see Naoki-san using strange methods to get singers to sing in their best state!"

"..."

Just at this moment, Naoki Nagayama looked over: "You two, don't whisper over there, it's noisy!"

"!"

Seeing the serious Naoki Nagayama, Xin Xiaoyansi and Wuchun Kawahara felt their hearts jump, immediately stood at attention, and tightly closed their mouths.

And Naoki Nagayama looked at Shizuka Kudo in the recording room, feeling a bit of a headache...

This stubborn girl didn't cry, but her innocent eyes were full of accusation and even anger. It seemed that Naoki Nagayama's several reprimands just now had raised her rebellious heart.

If she continued to sing at this time, "Sunshine Girl" would become "Hateful Girl"...

After thinking for a moment, Naoki Nagayama asked into the microphone:

"Shizuka-chan... what do you do that makes you very, very happy?"

"Hmm?" Shizuka Kudo's process of accumulating anger was interrupted. Looking at Naoki Nagayama, who was full of severity just now, she subconsciously said, "Right now, I would be very happy if I could beat Naoki-san up..."

"!!!"

As soon as these words came out, Naoki Nagayama and Xin Xiaoyansi were both stunned, and Wuchun Kawahara, who reacted, almost wanted to rush into the recording studio and cover Shizuka Kudo's mouth.

This is the big boss! A real big boss, someone who can send you back to your hometown with one word!

After Naoki Nagayama was stunned for a moment, he couldn't help but laugh... As expected, she is just a 15-year-old girl... He thought of when Akina Nakamori first debuted, she seemed to have said she fought with her manager too...

As expected, she is a young person full of vitality~~~

"Haha, that won't do! You can't beat me..." Naoki Nagayama looked at Shizuka Kudo and laughed. "Let's change to another one~"

"..."

After Shizuka Kudo blurted it out, she was already prepared to continue being reprimanded, or even fired.

But Naoki Nagayama seemed... not angry??

"... Then..." Shizuka Kudo thought again. She was different from those girls who were happy just by shopping. "Then if I could ride a motorcycle and speed, I think I would be very happy too..."

She had been very interested in motorcycles, things that belonged to boys, since she was a child...

"Hmm... let me think, you come out and rest for a while first~"

Naoki Nagayama touched his chin. Riding a motorcycle and speeding, huh... He went outside and made a phone call...

As it approached noon, the sunlight became more and more intense.

Outside the New Sound recording studio, amidst a heatwave, a roaring engine sound suddenly rang out.

Takao Ozaki, who didn't even wear a helmet, rode a red and black motorcycle to the entrance of the New Sound Studio.

After parking the car, he walked towards Naoki Nagayama, who was standing at the entrance:

"Look, Naoki-san! This is my coolest motorcycle!

Kawasaki GPZ400R! Water-cooled four-stroke DOHC 4-valve parallel 4-cylinder engine!"

"It hasn't even been released on the market yet! How is it, very cool, right!"

Naoki Nagayama nodded repeatedly: "Indeed very cool! Then this task today must be you!"

Among the friends he knew, Takao Ozaki was the only rich young master who had money and leisure, and pursued extreme sports... So he must be very familiar with things like riding a motorcycle and speeding!

"What? There's a task?" Takao Ozaki asked in confusion. "Didn't you say on the phone that you wanted to see my coolest motorcycle?"

"Yes, once I see it, I naturally have to experience it!"

Naoki Nagayama had no shame in tricking him over. After all, he had given the title of the founder of the Ozaki Eight to him.

He pulled Shizuka Kudo to the side: "Your task today is to take this little sister and speed properly! Then send her back safely!"

"??? Are you kidding me?" Takao Ozaki looked at the little girl who was looking at his motorcycle with wide eyes, and leaned over to ask quietly, "What's the situation with this little girl?"

Naoki Nagayama pulled him to the side and whispered:

"Terminal cancer! This is her last wish!"

"Ah, this!!!"

"So, Ozaki-san, you will satisfy her, right?!" Naoki Nagayama tightly held his hand. "You wouldn't have the heart not to fulfill a little girl's last wish, right?!"

"..."

Moral kidnapping, this is moral kidnapping, right! Now Takao Ozaki couldn't run away even if he wanted to...

"Then... can her body handle it?" Takao Ozaki looked at the "skinny" Shizuka Kudo and asked.

"Daijobu!" Naoki Nagayama said affirmatively. "I'm counting on you! The faster the speed within a controllable range, the better! She wants to feel the feeling of flying on land!"

"This... alright~" Takao Ozaki could only agree. For him, speeding was a daily occurrence. "Just this once, don't let it happen again!"

"Hmm hmm!"

After saying that, Naoki Nagayama pulled Shizuka Kudo to the side again:

"Shizuka-chan, this guy is someone I found to take you speeding. He will take you to ride until you're satisfied, and then bring you back!"

"Naoki-san... is this okay?" Shizuka Kudo was still a bit confused. Wasn't today for recording a record?

"Hmm, no problem. However, although this person is very good at speeding, he is a bit strange. He always likes to persuade people to cherish life and live every day as if it were the last day. If he says some strange things halfway...

Just pretend he's talking nonsense!"

"Uh... Yes!"

"Hmm, I'll wait for you here!"

"Yes~"

After giving instructions, Shizuka Kudo sat on the back seat of Takao Ozaki's motorcycle. With a roar, the motorcycle drove towards the distance.

"Naoki-san, daijobu?" Wuchun Kawahara was a bit worried. "Won't it be very dangerous?"

"Rest assured, that guy is someone who plays extreme sports!"

"You saying that makes me even more worried!"

"He is a very experienced extreme sports enthusiast!" Naoki Nagayama explained seriously. "Do you know the Ozaki Eight? It was initiated by him!"

"... I don't know!" X2, both Wuchun Kawahara and Xin Xiaoyansi said.

"Well... just know that this guy is very experienced in sports related to speed!" Naoki Nagayama said. "It's just ordinary speeding, it's completely effortless for him.

Besides, with a person on the back, the speed can't be increased!"

"..."

What to do if I'm getting more and more worried!