Chapter 703: Well-known director, writer.... injured and unconscious!
The summer temperature was still very high, and the cicadas' chirping had been noisy since morning.
However, Naoki Nagayama felt very refreshed. He had sweated happily after playing basketball for several hours yesterday afternoon, and slept well with his beautiful girlfriend at night, so all the pressure that had been accumulating for several days had dissipated.
What butterfly effect, what script changes—enjoying the present and living well was the only way to live up to this extra life experience.
Besides, he already had such a high starting point; no matter how he mixed, it couldn't be worse than before~
As usual, he sent Akina to the car, but Eitaro and Miaotaro still stuck to their master like last night, with a sense of inexplicable anxiety~
"Is that cicada on the cherry tree too annoying?" Naoki Nagayama stroked the heads of the cat and dog to comfort them, "When I come back in the afternoon, I'll bring a sticky pole and catch it!"
The replies of *woof woof* and *meow meow* came, and Naoki Nagayama thought they had understood, so he went out very relieved.
Today he was going to participate in Shizuka Kudo's first concert for Tree Friend, and Kuniharu Morikawa and the others had already prepared a bus at the studio to take the relevant people there.
In the light blue sky, thin clouds were torn by the wind into strips of cloud bands. If the colors weren't wrong, one would think the Stars and Stripes were hanging in the sky.
"Strange clouds~" Naoki Nagayama pushed his sunglasses, didn't take it to heart, and stepped on the gas pedal again.
The strong wind blew on his body, making his shirt rustle, and even his hair felt pulled..... but it took away the heat, and the bursts of coolness made him feel very comfortable.
The cosmos in the park were in full bloom. Among the purple and pink, white flowers were dotted in between, plus the yellow stamens, making people feel colorful.
The green leaves of the tall trees were lush and dense, leaning against each other, leaving only sparse gaps for the sunlight, leaving mottled shadows between the trees.
On the ground near the tree roots, low-lying spider lilies were in full bloom. On each emerald-like stem, there were no leaves, but a bright red flower on top, and the fine stamens were also red. The bright red connected into a piece, mysterious and beautiful in the shade of the trees.
In the reinforced concrete buildings, because of the embellishment of these plants, they appeared full of vitality and vigor.
When he arrived at the studio, he already saw several cars parked at the door.
"Naoki-san, morning~"
Xing Jiahua still greeted Naoki Nagayama with a smile.
"Hua-chan, good morning~" Naoki Nagayama laughed, "Looks like those who are going to the concert have arrived~"
"Hai, Kawabata-san and the others are ready and can leave at any time."
"Ha, that's good~ Is Hua-chan going?" Naoki Nagayama asked.
"I'm on duty here~" Xing Jiahua said with a smile.
Naoki Nagayama leaned against the front desk and joked with a smile: "If Hua-chan wants to go, I can tell Otomo-san to give you a half-day off and take you with us~"
"Hahaha~ Then there will be no one to do the work~" Xing Jiahua covered her mouth and laughed, then said, "Naoki-san is in a very good mood today~"
"I am in a good mood every day~" Naoki Nagayama nodded to the employees who had just entered.
Xing Jiahua said: "Naoki-san always looked like he had a lot on his mind these past few days~"
"??? Really?"
"Yes!"
"........"
Naoki Nagayama really didn't notice that his abnormality was so obvious,
"Haha, looks like I still need to continue practicing. I still can't reach the level of 'Mount Tai collapsing in front without changing expression' after all~"
"Still a little bit off." Xing Jiahua smiled~
After chatting at the front desk for a while, Naoki Nagayama went to the editing room first to check the progress of the editing and assigned tasks to Kijima Xu.
Under the full concentration of this week, the main line of "Kikujiro's Summer" had basically been edited. What followed was the work of perfection, as well as adding subtitles, opening and ending credits, etc. These only needed Naoki Nagayama to check.
So he also changed from a main editing labor force to a boss who squeezes his subordinates~
"Otomo-san." He asked Kuniharu Morikawa when he returned to the office, "About when are we leaving?"
"Half an hour....."
Kuniharu Morikawa looked at the clock, 9 o'clock. When they arrived, the concert would be about to start. As a boss, there is no need to do any preparations in advance.
"Did Otomo-san go drinking again yesterday?" Naoki Nagayama laughed.
"Yeah, social engagement."
The connections Kuniharu Morikawa now has in the entertainment industry are all based on these social gatherings and social interactions.
"Is Xiu-san not coming back today?"
"He will be until the end of the month."
The plot of Yin Tangxiu's "Blue Sea" is relatively simple, but there are many location shots, and it is very time-consuming to film.
Kuniharu Morikawa took out several design drafts of posters from his hand: "Naoki-san, take a look, this is the effect of the promotional poster for 'Kikujiro's Summer', and the trailer you gave before has also been arranged for the broadcast time on TV."
"Ah..... it's about to be released~"
Naoki Nagayama took the poster and looked at it. This was the last wave of promotion before the release.
"No problem." Naoki Nagayama nodded. Today is the 14th, and in about a week it will be the 25th, the time for the preview and premiere together.
"Have the media and guests invited for the release day been arranged to send invitations?"
"Hai~"
Chatting about work, soon, it was time to leave.
The location of Shizuka Kudo's concert was set at a livehouse in Shinjuku.
When Naoki Nagayama walked in, the scene was already full of fans who came to watch...... Didn't expect that even though it was a working day, Shizuka Kudo already had so many die-hard fans.
Once there were many people, the scene became noisy. Before the performance started, Naoki Nagayama and the Otomo bigwig stood beside the stage.
"Should there be a thousand people at the scene?" Naoki Nagayama looked at the full heads.
"More than that..... should be exceeded, and there are also media personnel invited."
Kuniharu Morikawa took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat on his head,
"Originally thought that Shizuka-chan had just gone solo and shouldn't have much fame, but after appearing on TV during this period, especially Naoki-san's debut song 'Sunshine Girl' made Shizuka-chan particularly popular."
"By the way, the positioning for Shizuka-chan now is Sunshine Girl."
"Hahaha, there is actually such a thing~" Naoki Nagayama laughed.
In memory, Shizuka Kudo should be famous for being a "rebellious cool girl", but now she should also be underage, how can she look cool, and rebellion will also be seen as lively.....
The two met with Inada Masami, who was in charge of overall planning, at the scene, but did not disturb the band and other staff at the scene, and did not even see Shizuka Kudo, just to let her maintain the best state.
When the concert officially started, Shizuka Kudo in a white dress walked onto the stage lightly.
"Minasan, good morning~"
The clear and lively voice made the scene excited all of a sudden, and Naoki Nagayama saw many fans already starting to shout.
"Thank you all for coming to my solo concert~" Shizuka Kudo waved her hand on the stage, "The weather is very good today, the sun is very good~ It's really a day suitable for going out~"
"Next, a 'Sunshine Girl' for everyone~"
"
Makeup, and dressed, Are you ready to go?
Weather is great, it's your holiday
We gotta party all day long~
"
With the focus of the lights, everyone's eyes also gathered on Shizuka Kudo. Listening to the high-pitched, clear, and distinctive voice, Naoki Nagayama also seemed to see a little girl who, even if the sun was poisonous in summer, had to wear sunglasses and put on beautiful makeup to go out to the party happily~
The atmosphere at the scene was mobilized again. Simple melody, catchy lyrics, Naoki Nagayama saw some older fans in the audience showing auntie smiles, clapping their hands to the rhythm~
Even Kuniharu Morikawa on the side was no exception......
Measuring the quality of a concert is not looking at its attendance rate, peripheral sales situation...... This is from the perspective of the organizer.
And from the perspective of the viewer, a concert mainly depends on how the singer sings and whether the atmosphere can be hyped up.
Shizuka Kudo's concert, singing skills can only be said to be average, but the atmosphere at the scene is very cheerful........
As the music person in charge of Tree Friend, Tetsuya Komuro chose almost all cheerful songs for Shizuka Kudo's first album, which made the cheerful atmosphere of the first concert make the audience immersed in it.
From this point of view, Shizuka Kudo's first concert can be considered a success.
"Very good~"
Naoki Nagayama looked at the expressiveness of the idol on stage, almost the same as Akina who had just debuted, and very relaxed. Perhaps potential idols have natural commonalities in some aspects.
"Naoki-san, what did you say?" Kuniharu Morikawa turned his head and asked.
"Nothing! I'm going out for a while~"
The sound of music and the audience made the scene a bit noisy. Naoki Nagayama waved his hand to indicate that he was going out to relax, while Kuniharu Morikawa was immersed in the performance again.
Walking to the door, the sun directly above made Naoki Nagayama realize that it was already noon.
At the peak of noon, the road not far away was crowded with vehicles, and the honking of horns came one after another; and the streets of Shinjuku were also full of people, and the bustling life and car sounds were very lively.
On the strange faces, they were all full of enthusiasm for life.....
Seeing this scene, Naoki Nagayama felt the vividness and vitality of reality again......
An inexplicable emotion began to fill his chest...... thoughts surged in his mind, and it seemed that something was about to burst out.
"As expected, it's now....."
Muttering a word, Naoki Nagayama was very familiar with this kind of omen. It must be this moving emotion that touched a certain memory in his subconscious, making him about to remember something.
And this time it seems to be a big venting of the chaotic mood hidden in his heart for more than a week, a release of mental pressure during this period...... He will definitely remember a lot of things!
Trying his best to calm his mood, quietly waiting for the emergence of memories....
Suddenly!
A sense of palpitation came~
Then his head suddenly felt bursts of dizziness~
Naoki Nagayama thought he was about to remember something particularly complicated, silently waiting for the arrival of the memory impact.....
However, just at this time......
A *clatter* sound came from the side,
Then a burst of *bang bang dang*.....
The drinks on the counter at the door of the livehouse suddenly fell! Bottles fell to the ground and hit other furniture.
Followed by a *snap*.....
The neon light stand of the shop on the street swayed and fell down!
*Bang bang~*
Several pieces of wall skin fell from the office building next to it!!!
Next, only heard pedestrians on the street shouting:
"Earthquake, earthquake! Run!"
Naoki Nagayama finally reacted!
His dizziness was actually feeling the vibration of the earthquake....
Japanese people have a very high prevention of earthquakes. In a short time, everyone found a solid corner to support, and hid with pale faces.....
The ground cracked in the shaking, utility poles and traffic signs fell, and even some old houses made creaking sounds and collapsed.....
Naoki Nagayama also hurriedly wanted to find a place to hide!
But just at this time, it seemed to be catering to the sudden earthquake, the shock and fear emotions impacted his mind.....
The subconscious sea that was already eager to move instantly raised waves!
"Why at this time!!!"
Such a thought flashed through his heart.....
A rapid drum beat sounded in his ear......
A bass that sounded like a rapid heartbeat.......
A burst of explosive electronic organ chords......
And then it was a human voice like a nuclear bomb explosion.....
"
Ai-same-CRIER Ai-save-LIAR
Aid-Sei-RisingHELL
I'll-nessReset-End janai Burst
Don't-Sei-War Lie-Heishi-War-World
Eyes-Hate-War
"
"aLIEz"...... Nuclear explosion divine song.....
Japanese, English, German.......
Lyrics that were chaotic as if written by rolling on the keyboard with a face.....
Strong sense of rhythm, intense emotional conflict, high-pitched female voice full of power.......
This background music that fills various explosive anime edits makes anyone who hears it for the first time full of doubts, while being attracted by the strong dynamism!
Whether you can figure out the lyrics or not, put it aside first. You tell me, this is a song praying for peace?!!
Are you sure it's not asking people to press the nuclear bomb launch button?!!
Chaotic lyrics emerged one by one in Naoki Nagayama's mind!
"Furatsuita shisou doori da"
"Eyes-Hate-War"
"A-Z Looser-Krankheit-Was IS das?"
Japanese and English are okay, but German really stumped Naoki Nagayama, making his head have to search for memories related to German from the subconscious memory.....
So "Downfall", "The Pianist", "The Reader"......
Several German movies also began to emerge in his mind.
"Downfall" was watched because of Hitler, "The Pianist" was recommended, and "The Reader" was watched entirely for the big name of Kate Winslet.
A large amount of memory gushing out made Naoki Nagayama's brain unable to issue instructions, and for a time his whole body could not move~
And at this moment, anime edits using "aLIEz" as editing background music also appeared in his mind......
Various fragmented anime scenes erupted in his mind, making his brain like paste.
Naoki Nagayama, standing at the door of the livehouse, was like a little ghost fixed by a immobilization spell, standing still in the violently shaking environment!!!
"Get out of the way!!!"
The exclamation from the outside aroused Naoki Nagayama's brief sobriety. He focused his eyes on the front and saw the person hiding under the street tree across the street shouting loudly at himself!
"Get out of the way!!"
"Get..... out..... of..... the..... way....." Naoki Nagayama's thoughts were like a buffering video, card by card, "Get out of the way..... wh..... at....?"
"Above!!!" The person pointed at Naoki Nagayama's head and shouted.
"Abo..... ve......"
Naoki Nagayama spent two seconds to understand his meaning, subconsciously looked up at his head......
The neon sign of the livehouse was shaking at the door, and it was seen to be loosening......
"Yabai!!"
It's going to fall!!
Naoki Nagayama felt the danger, wanted to dodge to the side, but his body didn't listen at all. In the strong shaking and chaotic memories in his mind, like a drunkard who drank too much, he couldn't act at all!!!
As the creaking sound grew louder, Naoki Nagayama barely raised his head.....
Only saw a shadow coming.....
"Bang!"
"Clatter~"
"Puff...."
Naoki Nagayama only felt that his head seemed to shake, and then the chaotic memories in his mind really turned into a paste.......
Until pitch black.....
"Seems to have hit my head..... but it doesn't hurt at all....."
In the chaotic thoughts, such a thought actually popped up.....
September 14, 1984, a magnitude 6 earthquake occurred in the Nagano Prefecture, Japan, Tokyo, and Kyoto areas, causing some buildings to collapse, countless economic losses, and few personnel losses.....
A magnitude 6 earthquake is not considered a very large earthquake for Japan. After a burst of chaos, Tokyo, which is no stranger to earthquakes, began orderly post-disaster rescue work.
People in the livehouse naturally walked outside at the first time. Shizuka Kudo's first concert was forced to end, but fortunately, no one was hurt.
Kuniharu Morikawa pulled Shizuka Kudo and other staff to bring up the rear, and walked out at the end, only to see a group of people at the door, and some invited media personnel were taking pictures with cameras *click click click*....... Seeing a person lying on the ground from the gap in the crowd.
As the highest person in charge of the organizer, Kuniharu Morikawa naturally stepped forward immediately:
"Who is hurt?"
"Someone was hit by the falling sign."
"Ah?!"
Kuniharu Morikawa was even more anxious when he heard it. If something went wrong at this concert, although it was a natural disaster, they would also have to bear some responsibility!
He pushed aside the crowd and walked to the middle, seeing the accident scene. The sign was not big, and it had been lifted to the side, and this person lying on the ground......
"Naoki-san!!!"
"Naoki-san!! What's wrong with you?!! Naoki-san, wake up!"
Kuniharu Morikawa panicked all of a sudden at this time. The person on the ground was actually Naoki Nagayama!!! He immediately wanted to lift Naoki Nagayama's body!
But someone next to him who knew a little medical common sense stopped him:
"Seems like a head impact, it's not suitable to move at this time!! It may cause secondary injury!"
"Then what to do?! What to do!! Naoki-san..... Naoki-san....."
Kuniharu Morikawa didn't know whether to reach out or shrink back, the whole person was anxious and at a loss, and could only keep asking.
"Wait for the ambulance to come, let professionals help him!!"
This sentence made Kuniharu Morikawa clarify his thoughts slightly. After taking a few deep breaths to calm his excited emotions, he finally found the decisiveness precipitated in half his life.
"Kawabata Takeharu!!" He shouted loudly at his subordinate.
"Hai!" Kawabata Takeharu immediately ran to the side.
"Call an ambulance!!"
"Hai!"
"Other Tree Friend people come over!" Kuniharu Morikawa looked at the people around, and the media personnel taking pictures, took a deep breath, "You guys, before the ambulance comes, surround Naoki-san, don't let others move him."
"Find a parasol!"
"Greet the media that came!"
"Evacuate the people who came to participate in the concert!"
"See if there are any people around who need rescue!"
"......"
One instruction after another was ordered in an orderly manner. Looking at his own employees starting to maintain order and rescue the injured, Kuniharu Morikawa was anxious, but could only wait for the arrival of the ambulance.
And at this time, reporters who only wanted traffic but not conscience had long ago run to call the newspaper.....
"Tokyo earthquake, well-known director, writer...... Naoki Nagayama injured, unconscious......"
This news spread like lightning among the media in Tokyo! ===== CHAPTER 704 =====
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