Chapter 725: It's all related to Nagayama Naoki!!

"Twilight Meow Meow" might not be able to last until the end of the year...

This was what Akimoto Yasushi told Nagayama Naoki when they were chatting after signing the contract.

The novel reality show format brought a short-term flow, but after returning to the daily rhythm, both the ratings and fan stickiness had a relatively large decline.

Although it can be considered an excellent variety show right now, the people in the program team all know that "Twilight Meow Meow" is already a pool of stagnant water... unless a new national idol similar to Yamaguchi Momoe appears in the program...

That is completely impossible... Wait, actually it's not impossible... However, Kudo Shizuka, who has this potential, and Miyazawa Rie, who will be in the future, have already been brought under the agency affiliated with Tree Friend!

"How come the decline of the program is also related to me... making it seem like I sucked the luck of 'Twilight Meow Meow' dry..."

Nagayama Naoki complained while driving. He still remembered that before saying goodbye, Akimoto Yasushi secretly said something about how there are still many idols in the Cat Club, and asked if Naoki-san wanted to go and pick some, and start early...

"It feels like he wants to pack up the Cat Club and send it to someone... Wait, is he really going to sell it?"

Nagayama Naoki recalled that small and medium-sized agencies in the Japanese entertainment industry were really coveting the Cat Club. Right now, the exposure of the program is still okay, and the members are idols who have already gained a certain amount of fame. They can make money without too much training...

Thinking about the style of the TV station, it is really possible that they will find someone to take over while there are still people who want it!

If the Cat Club is really going to be sold, then Tree Friend still has a 10% stake, so sell it too~

Strange ideas flashed in his head, but the car had already driven to Ota Ward. He heard that the police here had taken measures against the yakuza these past two days, so he wanted to come over and take a look!

There are many people at the film shooting base, most of them are busy workers. After Kijima Xu came, the construction of the scene for "Ring 2" also began to proceed vigorously.

"Naoki-san!"

Nagayama Naoki had just parked the car and hadn't even entered the door when he heard Kijima Xu's voice.

"Kijima-kun... where did you pop out from?" This guy didn't wear a watch again? Making him unable to discover him for a moment!

"Naoki-san, I just came back from scouting for news outside!"

"......" Alright, finally found his destination...

Watching Nagayama Naoki not speak, Kijima Xu continued to report:

"In the past few days, the Ota Ward Police Station launched an operation codenamed 'Rat Extermination', launching a joint operation to arrest troublemakers on the commercial street of Ota Ward. Those arrogant and reckless yakuza organizations have suffered a great blow."

"Oh? Only on the bustling commercial street?"

"There are several other key areas... Our film shooting base is also one." Kijima Xu led Nagayama Naoki into the base, visiting the construction workers who were working diligently. "Before, when construction started, there were always yakuza coming to harass us, so the progress of the project was very slow. These two days, it's much faster..."

Most of the scenes built for "Ring" are indoors, so inside a factory building, it's like a real apartment, with floors laid, walls built, and many furniture and decorations installed...

Nagayama Naoki nodded: "Then, has the boss of the Maple Leaf Club been arrested?"

"Not yet..."

Just at this moment, Komori Masataka walked in from outside and greeted Nagayama Naoki: "Naoki-san! You're here!"

"Mm, came to see the progress."

Nagayama Naoki patted Komori Masataka, who had lost quite a bit of weight. Coming to the construction site to supervise work when it was hottest in summer was really hard and tiring, and he had become dark and thin.

"Masataka-kun, you've really worked hard~"

"Not at all, it's all my duty..."

"Naoki-san, regarding the production disclosure meeting for 'Crows Zero 2' and the ribbon-cutting for the completion of the film shooting base." After exchanging a few pleasantries, Komori Masataka talked to Nagayama Naoki about the production press conference for "Crows Zero 2". "The venue and media have all been contacted, and they will come tomorrow morning, along with local important figures. However, the police station you mentioned earlier... they might not necessarily be able to come."

"The police station is unwilling?"

Nagayama Naoki frowned. This shouldn't be. Just by announcing the film production and the completion of the film shooting base, they could promote the police station's action results and efforts to maintain public safety... How could they not want such a free publicity opportunity?!

"I heard that the person in charge of this joint operation is unwilling to participate..."

Komori Masataka said. During the time he was supervising work, he also had acquaintances at the police station. When he proposed to promote it together before, the people at the police station were clearly very happy, but when they went to ask their superiors, they were rejected.

"Who is the person in charge?"

"It's a director named Shirakawa Takato."

"It's him..."

Nagayama Naoki remembered this guy he had dealt with twice. It seemed that before, when his grandfather came, he also warned him to behave himself...

Not coming to participate in the promotion... Could it be because of me? Nagayama Naoki felt that he had discovered a blind spot.

"Naoki-san, how about we don't invite the people from the police station this time?" Komori Masataka suggested.

"How can that be... Without official people, how can we make the guys from the Maple Leaf Club give up completely..." Nagayama Naoki rolled his eyes. "Masataka-kun, just prepare for the people coming. I will handle it."

"Uh... Hai!"

After turning around in the film shooting base for quite a while, seeing that the project was proceeding in an orderly manner, Nagayama Naoki was very satisfied. Before leaving, he made a phone call to Aritomo Yoshitomo in the studio.

"Aritomo-san, you should know the reporters who specifically deal with the public relations department of the Tokyo Police Department, right?" Nagayama Naoki had always been full of confidence in the connections of a senior agent!

"...... Are you treating me as a tool person again?" Aritomo Yoshitomo in the receiver was full of resentment.

"I don't want to either, but no one else can compare to Aritomo-san (easy to use)!" Nagayama Naoki praised. "So whenever I encounter difficulties, I think of Aritomo-san!"

"......." Aritomo Yoshitomo felt that the resentment dissipated a lot after hearing this. "So, what happened again?"

So Nagayama Naoki told him about the press conference in Ota Ward tomorrow and the fact that the Ota Police Station was unwilling to participate:

"So I want to find a few reporters who specifically deal with the public relations department to react to the public relations director..."

"Shirakawa Takato is a person who does practical work. He might not attach much importance to the media, but the public relations director must know the importance of public opinion propaganda..." Nagayama Naoki analyzed the situation with Aritomo Yoshitomo.

This is like the person who does things in the company and the person who makes PPTs. Although you have done a lot, you might not be able to compare to the person who knows how to make PPTs for publicity in front of the boss.

"Are you trying to use the public relations director to pressure the director Shirakawa Takato?" Aritomo Yoshitomo confirmed.

"Haha, it's all for the reputation of the Tokyo Police Department. How can you say it's pressure? This is internal communication to reach unity..." Nagayama Naoki said with a smile.

Aritomo Yoshitomo took a cold breath: "Naoki-san, you have a bureaucratic mouth!"

"......."

Nagayama Naoki was speechless, paused, and said,

"Aritomo-san, then please arrange the reporters..."

"Hai~"

Afternoon at Sakurada Gate.

The originally serious and earnest working atmosphere was broken in the office building of the Fourth Investigation Division.

The police officers and directors here were celebrating very happily because the joint operation codenamed "Rat Extermination" had achieved very good results.

After destroying several yakuza dens and arresting a large group of people, the traces of yakuza could no longer be seen on the streets of Ota Ward. The news spread to the core area of Tokyo, and even in places like Kabukicho, the figures of yakuza had decreased a lot. The frequency of yakuza cases this week had dropped significantly!

Today, the chief announced that the "Rat Extermination" operation had achieved success and could come to an end.

And just at this happy moment, the publicity director of the Metropolitan Police Department, Guangming Xiaoyuan Tatsumi, walked into the territory of the Fourth Investigation Division with an unhappy face again... making the police officers who were talking and laughing immediately close their mouths, and then walked into Minami Nan Nan Jun Xiong's office.

"Director Guangming Xiaoyuan... how come you have time to come to this old man's office again~" Minami Nan Nan Jun Xiong said unexpectedly. "Shouldn't you be considering how to praise our Criminal Department at the routine press conference?"

Guangming Xiaoyuan Tatsumi, who walked into the office, didn't put on a face, but sighed and made a gesture of complaining:

"Sigh... yeah, yeah, the Fourth Investigation Division's operation has made great progress. Our Public Relations Department is wholeheartedly trying to help the Fourth Investigation Division become famous, and at the same time fight back against the public opinion criticism of our Police Department during this period...

Thought of various ways, invited many media to help with publicity, used all resources... but our publicity department's painstaking efforts cannot get support from our own people... it really makes people feel a bit cold..."

"......?"

Minami Nan Nan Jun Xiong is someone who eats soft but not hard. He is used to fighting hard against criminals, and he is also very hard when looking for trouble in other departments... But seeing the publicity director's appearance of complaining and grumbling, he only felt a sense of discomfort...

Goosebumps were about to rise!

"Director Guangming Xiaoyuan, speak properly!" Minami Nan Nan Jun Xiong said helplessly. "How did we not cooperate?! I let the subordinates who participated write the action report, and detailed the specific action process and results to the colleagues in the Publicity Department!

Also let them answer any questions... clearly very cooperative, okay!"

"Anyone can do this kind of superficial work!"

Guangming Xiaoyuan Tatsumi sighed again,

"Chief Minami Nan Nan Jun Xiong, you don't know the difficulty of publicity work!

If the Police Department doesn't do well, everyone will compete to spread it, criticize, complain, and scold, and it will become notorious all of a sudden... And if the Police Department does well, it's only in a corner of the official newspaper, but not many people are willing to say more..."

"So, every time our Public Relations Department does positive publicity, we are very active... but we don't get any good..."

"But such good results have been achieved, and even the Ota Ward Police Station is willing to publicize it, but our joint action group is unwilling to participate!"

Guangming Xiaoyuan Tatsumi complained to Minami Nan Nan Jun Xiong like an old lady with bound feet. Listening to the resentment in his tone, it was clearly not stored for a day or two...

Minami Nan Nan Jun Xiong listened for a long time and finally heard the keyword:

"Are you saying that the Ota Ward Police Station intends to publicize it, but our side disagrees?"

"Yeah, it's the film shooting base I mentioned last time, the ribbon-cutting for the completion plus the production disclosure meeting for the new movie..."

Guangming Xiaoyuan Tatsumi continued,

"In order to thank the police for their crackdown on the yakuza and create a good social environment, the Ota Police Station was originally arranged to participate in the ribbon-cutting and make a speech... but the people on our side disagreed..."

"What a good publicity opportunity! Police-civilian interaction, positive and proactive... and the attention of the film base and the new movie... it will definitely achieve very good exposure!"

"......."

Minami Nan Nan Jun Xiong also felt it was very good, at least the attention was higher than the routine press conference of the Police Department that didn't have any big trouble. So why didn't they agree?

He thought for a moment and contacted his subordinate outside with the phone on the desk: "Director Shirakawa, please come to the office..."

After a while, Shirakawa Takato walked in confused... and naturally, it was a round of explanation.

After he also understood the matter, he asked the reason:

"Because that is Nagayama Naoki! His grandfather is Yamaguchi-gumi... Direct descendant of the yakuza..."

"....... So it's related to Nagayama Naoki?" Minami Nan Nan Jun Xiong and Guangming Xiaoyuan Tatsumi were both stunned for a moment. "Is that just the reason?"

"Yeah, Chief... didn't you say before that you wanted to pay attention to this guy and his cousin Nagayama Kaede?" Shirakawa Takato said.

So the root of the problem is Minami Nan Nan Jun Xiong himself!

"Ah... this, there is indeed such a thing..."

Facing Guangming Xiaoyuan Tatsumi's gaze, Minami Nan Nan Jun Xiong explained a bit awkwardly. He didn't expect that his subordinates would take it so seriously...

Guangming Xiaoyuan Tatsumi looked back and forth between the two, but still said:

"Chief Minami Nan Nan Jun Xiong, Director Shirakawa... Nagayama Naoki is a well-known writer, a well-known director, a well-known musician. He is a positive figure with great fame...

Simply put, even if he really has any relationship with the yakuza, as long as he hasn't been clearly arrested or officially admitted it himself, we should turn a blind eye..."

"......."

Minami Nan Nan Jun Xiong and Shirakawa Takato both offered sidelong glances. They just really don't like this attitude of the Public Relations Department. Is there still justice in their hearts?! Can't they distinguish black from white!!!

Guangming Xiaoyuan Tatsumi ignored the two of them and continued:

"Nagayama Naoki is a celebrity with high attention... The press conference he participates in is a place with very high exposure! Speaking at this press conference is very beneficial to our Police Department's publicity!"

"In short... you must participate!"

The words are rough but the meaning is not. Minami Nan Nan Jun Xiong actually understands that there is no need to hold on to Nagayama Naoki's yakuza bloodline... Even those politicians and high-ranking officials in the Japanese cabinet have many deep involvements with the yakuza!

"Ahem... Shirakawa," he cleared his throat and said to his subordinate, "Since this is about the Police Department's publicity, then you should go and participate..."

"......"

Shirakawa Takato frowned, but looking at the chief and the public relations director in front of him, he still nodded,

"Hai! I understand! I will go and participate!"

"That's good~"

Guangming Xiaoyuan Tatsumi showed a satisfied smile.

At the same time, after several paparazzi's secret filming, a photo of Nagayama Naoki kissing Nakamori Akina in the parking lot of Fuji TV had quickly spread to the editorial departments of major newspapers.

"Sure enough, they are so wanton after announcing it!" Tokyo Sports editor-in-chief Imamura Junichi laughed after getting the photo. "Actually so intimate in public..."

His Tokyo Sports first reported Nagayama Naoki's official announcement, and the sales of those newspapers increased significantly. And this time, he definitely couldn't miss it!

Naturally, all the newspapers that got the photos started to include this photo in the earliest printing queue!

In the editorial department of another media, freelance writer Matsuzawa Masanosuke had already hidden the clue wall about the playboy Naoki after Nagayama Naoki officially announced it...

He had long given up on reporting Nagayama Naoki's lace news, but he had always been paying attention to his love life. After seeing this photo by chance, he laughed:

"Didn't you hide it well before? Can't hide your true colors after the official announcement? Relaxed your vigilance?"

Ishizaki Satoshi, who brought the photo next to him, asked: "Matsuzawa-san, are you very familiar with Nagayama Naoki?"

"Ha, maybe the most familiar in the entertainment industry... But now I don't pay attention to him anymore." Matsuzawa Masanosuke sighed. "No matter how much you dig, it's just lace news... What I'm doing now is something more meaningful!"

"?" Ishizaki Satoshi asked curiously, "What is it?"

Matsuzawa Masanosuke lowered his head and pointed to a report and said: "It's this matter!"

The report in the newspaper was a notice from Johnny's, stating that starting this year, Johnny's would no longer cultivate female artists and would start to fully invest in the "male color" product...

"Johnny's?"

"Mm, there are many things inside..." ===== CHAPTER 726 =====

"Hmm, there are many things in it..."