Chapter 685: People sitting in the first row of the cinema

"Minasan! Did you rest well yesterday?! It must have been very good, right!"

"Then we have to work with double the spirit today!"

"Our filming task is still very heavy~"

"..."

If there was a book called "How to Destroy Someone's Good Mood from Early Morning", then this book must have been written by Naoki Nagayama!

Naoki Nagayama, who came to the Kanagawa hotel, said these words to the film crew staff in the lobby in the morning!

And everyone who was eating breakfast had to force themselves to cheer up and shout in unison:

"Yes~~"

If other bosses dared to do this, maybe some employees would secretly scold people underneath, but Naoki Nagayama... he really gave too much!

Filming a movie for a month could get a subsidy that other white-collar workers could get for a whole year...

The so-called "taking people's hands makes you short, eating people's mouths makes you soft", how can people refute his words!

In the weather that could kill people with heat, the film crew insisted on walking towards the small road in the countryside, and it took a long time to finally encounter a field planted with taro.

Large patches of taro grew in the fields, but they had wide leaves like lotus flowers in the water. When standing on the field dike and looking at the whole field, it really looked like what the poem said, the lotus leaves reaching the sky were infinitely green~

"This is it!" Naoki Nagayama found a roadside that was particularly pleasing to the eye and said to Xu Mudao, "Mudao-kun, this is the place where we inquired about planting taro, right?!"

"The place is correct... and ten minutes further, it is the place where corn is planted..."

"That's fine, just here. Let the field staff go and talk to the family who planted the land, we borrow their field to film some things... maybe we have to pick a few leaves..." Naoki Nagayama explained clearly, and also explained that he could give some money.

If they were surrounded by the farmers in the countryside, that wouldn't be good~

After it was almost negotiated, Naoki Nagayama said to Takeshi Kitano:

"Kitano-san... let's film the scene of washing in the roadside first, and then come out with a lotus leaf on your head..."

"..."

Takeshi Kitano had black lines hanging on his forehead. What is called washing in the roadside, am I so shameless?!

Just cleaning up the body...

Under the bright sun, the vast fields of green crops brought a touch of coolness to the eyes of the entire film crew. Using the irrigation faucet, Takeshi Kitano washed his jacket, then led Masanori across the fields.

Both of them had a wide lotus leaf on their heads. When walking on the roadside, the chirping of cicadas came from not far away, and there was the sound of frogs. Masao's lotus leaf swayed non-stop with his footsteps, while Kikujiro was very stable...

Seeing this shot, Naoki Nagayama seemed to see the best memories of summer~

"Cut! That's it!" Naoki Nagayama said to the filming hand. "Great picture!"

"Honto?" Takeshi Kitano came over to watch the playback of the director's monitor.

"Hmm, this picture is very good! I think it can be used as the poster for the movie!" Naoki Nagayama laughed. "Next, Kitano-san... take Masao to the field again, I still want to film some as a backup!"

"Yes!"

The next filming part also went very smoothly, but when they were in the cornfield, breaking corn became the interest of the film crew. They were all city people and hadn't tried it much, and everyone was very enthusiastic about breaking it.

If the money hadn't been given in advance, the farmer standing on the side would probably be heartbroken.

Lunch was roasted corn...

In the new residence in Shizuoka, Naoki Nanako looked at one-year-old Wild Grass crawling on Ying Taro's body. The doting in her eyes couldn't tell whether it was for her grandson or the dog...

The fat and white Ying Taro lay on the floor, lifeless, letting Wild Grass, this little meatball, crawl on his body, treating himself as a toy, and having no way to deal with the saliva smeared on his body.

Labrador itself is a very gentle dog, and Ying Taro is a weak chicken who only knows how to "ying ying ying" when bullied. Now facing this smallest person in the Nagayama family, he could only ask Naoki Nanako for help with his eyes.

"Xiangjia-chan, look at how happy Wild Grass and Ying Taro are playing!" Naoki Nanako said to her daughter-in-law.

(Where on earth did you see that they are playing happily!)

Wild Grass Xiangjia looked at Ying Taro with great sympathy. A one-year-old child is at the age of being noisy. Since he learned to crawl, he has been energetic and exploring everywhere as long as he is awake, needing people to interact with him all the time, otherwise he will cry...

From this aspect, the arrival of Ying Taro made Wild Grass Xiangjia, who is a mother, much more relaxed.

"Mother, is Ying Taro a bit too fat..." Wild Grass Xiangjia looked at the bloatedness on the dog's body.

"Yes... usually fed too much..." Naoki Nanako was a bit helpless. "Naoki said he wanted to take the dog out for more exercise, so he walked to your place today."

"Hmm, it can indeed consume a bit of energy..." Wild Grass Xiangjia brought herbal tea. "Where is Naoki now?"

"Just in the Shizuoka area, I don't know the specifics. By the way, didn't the newspaper two days ago say it was in Kanagawa?" Naoki Nanako naturally saw the report.

"That's very close~"

"Hmm~"

In fact, as long as they live separately and are a little further away, the conflicts between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law can be much smaller, so the relationship between Wild Grass Xiangjia and Naoki Nanako is quite good.

When the two women chatted, they inevitably mentioned the situation of the other children in the Nagayama family.

"Naoki and Hezi both have girlfriends, right?" Wild Grass Xiangjia said. "Have they brought them back to see?"

"Not yet~" Naoki Nanako said. "Naoki is a celebrity, so he might have to be cautious about his love life, and Hezi... she has just started talking."

"Is that so..." Wild Grass Xiangjia's eyes turned. "Mother, if that Miss Akina Nakamori really comes to the house, what will you do?"

When Naoki Nanako heard this, her expression was a bit nervous: "What do you mean what will I do?! Isn't it just a daughter-in-law visiting her husband's family!"

"But she is a star after all~ Can she be the same as an ordinary person?"

"How can there be any difference!" Naoki Nanako said stubbornly, but actually she was a bit guilty.

She herself is just an ordinary housewife, and the family is just running an izakaya... Although the uncle's side is a fierce yakuza, it has basically nothing to do with her family... just an ordinary small town family.

She didn't know how a proud son of heaven like Naoki Nagayama could emerge from her family, and he even had a star daughter-in-law-to-be.

Speaking of which, if it were the daughter of some consortium or a noble lady, she wouldn't be guilty. After all, she doesn't understand that class at all and has no concept.

But if it's a star... that's someone ordinary people see on TV every day!

Wild Grass Xiangjia was still adding fuel to the fire over there: "Will she give a signed photo as a gift? How will mother entertain her? What will you give as a return gift? What if you talk about music? Do you want to inquire about the gossip in the entertainment industry..."

Naoki Nanako heard these outrageous words and couldn't help but slap Wild Grass Xiangjia on the forehead:

"You are already a mother, why are you still so unserious!"

"How can that be..."

Wild Grass Xiangjia rubbed her forehead, squatted down and picked up Wild Grass who crawled over: "Mother, haven't you thought about it?"

"I have thought about it... but it's useless to think about it... Naoki said he might bring her over to meet at the end of the year, let's talk about it then!" Naoki Nanako touched Ying Taro who came over together, and decided not to think about it.

"Haha~ end of the year~ I want to go see it then!"

"Do you still want to go over?"

"Of course, a star!"

"Achoo~~"

Akina Nakamori, who was being discussed by the two, sneezed in the backstage of the concert, making Ueda Maki next to her very worried:

"Akina-chan, did you catch a cold last night?"

"No..." Akina Nakamori rubbed her nose. "It's so hot, how can I catch a cold!"

"Didn't you blow the night wind for a long time..." Ueda Maki complained while testing the temperature of her own artist's forehead. "Because you couldn't rush over immediately, you opened the window to blow the wind... Are you a child!"

"..."

Blowing the wind with the window open on the highway last night, until Saitama... After arriving at the hotel, she felt a bit dizzy, and didn't even call Naoki Nagayama before resting.

Thinking of this point now, Akina Nakamori regretted it a bit... But according to Naoki-san's saying, people always have times when their emotions explode, so it's very normal to do some willful things occasionally~

"So, I definitely didn't catch a cold! It must be someone missing me! Maybe it's Naoki-san!" On the fair little face was a stubborn mouth. I don't care what others say, anyway, someone must be missing me!

Ueda Maki curled her lips and decided not to care about her~

"The concert is starting in half an hour! If you feel uncomfortable, I'll go buy medicine immediately..."

"Daijobu!"

After changing into the performance clothes backstage and drinking that glass of Long Island Iced Tea, Akina Nakamori stepped onto the stage again.

"Minasan, thank you for coming to my concert in such hot weather!"

"Akina!! Akina!!! Akina!!!!"

"Everyone be careful of heatstroke~"

"Akina-chan! Arigato!"

The concert in Saitama was the same as before, but Akina Nakamori's performance was even more wonderful.

The whole stage seemed to be prepared for her by nature, and the fans under the stage only needed simple interaction to easily mobilize their emotions. The whole scene was extremely enthusiastic, and everyone's enthusiasm seemed to never be used up.

"I can see Naoki-san again in about a week, Ganbatte!"

Akina Nakamori thought after the concert ended.

Unknowingly, the national tour concert had reached the final stage. In another week, after going around north of Tokyo and finally returning to Tokyo, the last stop of the national concert would be officially over.

And on Naoki Nagayama's side, a group of people drove to Kamakura Dadao. It was too hot in the afternoon, so Naoki Nagayama gave the film crew a few hours off, while he drove around Kamakura.

"Why did we suddenly come here?" Tanaka Yuko in the passenger seat asked curiously.

"Some shots need to be filmed here~" Naoki Nagayama explained. "And there is a movie next, it should be filmed in Kamakura, so I can be considered to have come to scout the scenery in advance."

The main scene of "Our Little Sister" was in Kamakura, and Naoki Nagayama was also scouting the spot in advance.

"Naoki-san, this one hasn't finished yet, and you are thinking about the next one?" Tanaka Yuko was surprised.

"Yes... Tree Friend Films' movies, fast is certain!" Naoki Nagayama emphasized the characteristics of Tree Friend Films again.

Tanaka Yuko thought for a long time, and finally let out a long sigh.

"Other directors spend half a year polishing the script, and one or two years of meticulous work to make a movie... unlike you Tree Friend Films, making one every two or three months!"

"By then, the cinemas will all be your Tree Friend movies, and the order of the movie market will be ruined by you like this!"

Naoki Nagayama looked at Tanaka Yuko next to him and thought for a moment:

"Yuko-san, have you ever heard of the theater effect?"

"?"

"Everyone is watching a movie in the cinema... suddenly a person stands up to see the movie clearly, blocking the view of the people behind, causing the audience behind to have no choice but to stand up and watch. Slowly, everyone in the theater stood up..."

Naoki Nagayama told Tanaka Yuko what the theater effect was.

"But at this time, shouldn't everyone let the first person sit down?" Tanaka Yuko didn't quite understand.

"But that person doesn't listen?"

"Call the manager!"

"There is no manager... or the manager has no right to manage~"

"This..."

Naoki Nagayama said:

"In a fully competitive environment, one of the individuals gains an advantage through some method, and soon, other individuals must also gain the same advantage through this method."

"Tree Friend Films has gained huge benefits in the industry through fast-paced movie filming... It can be said that it has shared a not-small cake of the movie industry's profits in the past two years, so it has its current fame.

It is conceivable that in the time to come, fast-produced movies will become more and more... Other movie production factories, their movies will also become more and more, and they will not let our Tree Friend enjoy such a big cake alone."

Tanaka Yuko still shook her head:

"But this is unfair to other directors who take a long time! They are movies meticulously crafted for two or three years!"

Naoki Nagayama continued: "Hahaha, are we not meticulously crafted? Will the audience come to the cinema because there are many movies? They come because the movie is good!

Movies are ultimately measured by quality!"

"But what about those movies that must take time? Like 'Antarctica' which was filmed for a year or two..." Tanaka Yuko still asked in confusion.

"The blowout of the number of movies can also expand the width of the entire industry, and even drive the development of upstream and downstream industries. There will be more and more people watching movies, so every kind of movie has its audience... From this aspect, fast-produced movies are actually a trend."

After Tree Friend was reorganized into a group, one of the development directions was to build a filming base. If there was a filming base similar to Hollywood, with various sets close to each other, the speed of movie production would be even faster.

Industrialized movie production, assembly-line movie filming...

"..."

Tanaka Yuko didn't speak. She just felt that what Naoki Nagayama said made some sense, and she seemed to be about to be persuaded.

"Yuko-san, if you were one of those audiences in the theater, what would you do?" Naoki Nagayama suddenly returned to the theater effect he mentioned before.

"Eh? Me?" Tanaka Yuko thought for a moment. "I would probably stand up too..."

"But there are some people in the theater who don't need to stand up!"

"? Who?"

"People sitting in the first row... Big production factories like Toho and Toei, even if they slow down the pace, produce hundreds of movies every year..."

Naoki Nagayama said firmly,

"So our Tree Friend must speed up the pace of movie production and become the person sitting in the first row as soon as possible!"

He continued to look at Kamakura outside the window. "Our Little Sister" was to be filmed here. This movie was indeed a long-time movie, filming the four seasons of Kamakura~