Chapter 727: Before the love journey begins~

"'Crows Zero 2' is the first movie of the Dream Factory film shooting base, and also the first movie sequel of Tree Friend Film... I hope to bring everyone a better viewing experience with more refined production..."

Nagayama Naoki talked eloquently on stage, trying his best to attract everyone's attention to the movie.

But when he finished speaking and it was time for reporters to ask questions...

"Naoki-san, is your relationship with Nakamori Akina going smoothly recently?" "Director Nagayama, are you going to cooperate with Nakamori Akina in the next movie?" "Is the photo taken yesterday true? You and Nakamori Akina went to Fuji TV together, is there any work? Or is it a date?"

"......"

This was very awkward... Clearly it was a film production disclosure meeting, but the questions reporters cared about were still Nagayama Naoki's scandals...

Yesterday's photo appeared in various newspapers today, even if it wasn't the headline, it was on the front page of entertainment newspapers.

"Ahem... regarding my private affairs..."

Nagayama Naoki wanted not to answer, but it seemed that the reporters might not be satisfied, and might surround him and not let him leave.

"After the film disclosure is over, I will give a brief explanation... Now, let's bring the topic back to 'Crows Zero 2'! Let's invite Director Komori Masataka to introduce the film production situation..."

Forced by the situation, he could only make such a concession~

After this promise, the disclosure meeting for "Crows Zero 2" went smoothly.

After standing off the stage, Nagayama Naoki communicated quietly with Aritomo Yoshitomo:

"Aritomo-san, it seems I can't participate in the banquet later... otherwise I will definitely be surrounded and followed by those reporters..."

"Not going to participate?"

Aritomo Yoshitomo hesitated for a moment. The guests who came were all influential in the industry... But after a thought, Nagayama Naoki's persona was originally that of a reclusive genius who never participated in industry gatherings. It seems it doesn't matter if he doesn't come this time...

"Alright, I'll tell them Naoki-san has urgent matters and left first~"

"Arigato~" Nagayama Naoki patted Aritomo Yoshitomo's back with relief. It's really great to have such a capable assistant. "If Aritomo-san changed gender, many people would definitely want to marry you!"

"......." Aritomo Yoshitomo was stunned for a moment, and finally slapped Nagayama Naoki's hand away. "Kono yaro! What are you saying!!"

"Hahaha~"

More than ten minutes later, the interview for "Crows Zero 2" finally ended. Originally, the next step should be to take the media and guests to visit the Dream Factory park, but the media reporters surrounded Nagayama Naoki...

He still had a promise to fulfill!

Looking at the thirsty eyes of the reporters, Nagayama Naoki could only prepare to accept the storm again...

"Minasan, if you have questions, just ask!"

"Naoki-san! You and Nakamori Akina...?" "At Fuji TV..." "Date?" "When are you getting married?" "Where is she?"...

For a time, numerous questions were splashed over. Nagayama Naoki didn't hear clearly, but they were mostly about the same, so he just replied directly:

"My relationship with Akina is developing steadily..."

"The photo taken at the TV station is indeed the two of us..."

"Going to Fuji TV was because there was a TV program to record together..."

"The specific program content cannot be disclosed, but it will be recorded in the near future and broadcast in October..."

It was hard to find an opportunity to escape the encirclement, and then the media reporters followed the park tour, while Nagayama Naoki quietly drove back to Chiyoda.

Found a restaurant nearby to eat lunch, and after picking up Eitaro and Miaotaro from Sanyingyuan, Nagayama Naoki embarked on the journey back to Shizuoka.

This wasn't Nagayama Naoki's first time going to Hokkaido, but... this was his first time going by Shinkansen...

"Akimoto-san, is our program team so grounded?"

Nagayama Naoki said to the chubby producer sitting opposite, and around them, the program's staff had already set up cameras.

The production team for this love journey actually had more than a dozen people... three cameramen, makeup personnel, assistants, planners, and even drivers... In Nagayama Naoki's eyes, this configuration could film a movie!

But the method of going to Hokkaido was actually by Shinkansen...

"Can't we charter a plane, or a van or something?"

Akimoto Yasushi checked the itinerary on his hand and said to Nagayama Naoki: "Naoki-san, Shinkansen is the most commonly used way of travel in Japan, okay~ Otherwise, how did you go to Hokkaido before?"

Nagayama Naoki recalled: "Uh... seems like I chartered a helicopter..."

"......."

Akimoto Yasushi choked for a moment, steadied himself, and then said,

"Naoki-san, you should still experience the civilian's high-cost-performance way of travel!"

Nagayama Naoki shook his head and stopped focusing on this problem, instead curiously looking at the passengers getting on the train outside the window.

Because there was a filming requirement, Akimoto Yasushi rented the entire carriage, so other passengers came from the doors of other carriages.

"Naoki-san, don't you need makeup?" Seeing that filming was about to start, Akimoto Yasushi asked a redundant question.

"Ah, that makeup artist said this is fine~"

A beam of bright sunlight from outside the window shone on Nagayama Naoki's hair. The soft, slightly curly hair was dyed light gold for a moment, and a few mischievous hairs reached his temples, forming a handsome face with distinct features...

Akimoto Yasushi felt that he shouldn't have asked this question...

Just at this moment, the carriage door opened, and Nakamori Akina, who had finished her makeup, walked in.

Her long, slightly curly hair draped over her shoulders, setting off her slender neck, and her fair face, the size of a palm, only had light makeup.

Under her thin eyebrows were lively eyes, and her black and white eyes carried a smile, curved like a crescent moon; her delicate nose bridge was in the middle, just right, making her fair face look even more exquisite and charming; and her full lips were like petals, smiling slightly, revealing white teeth~

She walked in wearing a fluttering dress, her skirt flying, and the entire carriage seemed to welcome a gentle breeze, and even the movements of the staff became gentler.

"Naoki-san!" Nakamori Akina sat next to Nagayama Naoki, looking at her boyfriend from the side. "Makeup is done!"

Her eyes were clearly full of expressions wanting to hear Nagayama Naoki's praise~

"Mm, really beautiful!" Nagayama Naoki naturally wouldn't be stingy with this, looked her up and down carefully, and said seriously.

Hearing this, Akina was satisfied and turned her face away, her eyes looking at the objects on the small table, but her cheeks were even more flushed~

Akimoto Yasushi looked at this pair of lovers and couldn't help but sigh: "Truly a couple like a pair of jade people~"

However, although sitting opposite, looking at the sweet expressions of the two, he still felt like he had been fed something, a bit sweet and a bit greasy...

Once he thought that he might have to eat dog food with extra ingredients for more than half a month, his mentality was a bit broken...

Mentality is mentality, work is work, filming still has to continue!

With the start of the Shinkansen, the filming of the program had to begin. The staff were all in their places, and Akimoto Yasushi also left the lens.

During the journey to the first stop, Nagayama Naoki and Nakamori Akina had to talk about the program to everyone...

"Minasan..." Nakamori Akina said to the camera without being nervous at all. "What you are seeing now is the program of the celebrity love journey! The guests for this episode, obviously, are me... and Nagayama Naoki!"

Akina patted Nagayama Naoki next to her and said lively: "Naoki-san, hurry up and greet everyone!"

"Minasan... good morning..."

Nagayama Naoki waved at the camera very obediently.

Nakamori Akina continued to explain the itinerary: "This journey starts from Tokyo, toward Hokkaido, Kyoto... eh, where else?"

"There are also Osaka, Nara, Kochi..." Nagayama Naoki naturally helped Akina supplement the sentence. "Overall, it's the route of Momijigari, but there are also many scenic spots with commemorative significance between me and Akina..."

"Hai, this time it's the love journey between me and Naoki-san!" Nakamori Akina seemed very happy, saying this sentence very loudly and clearly, as if showing off to the people in front of the lens.

"Akina~ maintain a lady's image!" Nagayama Naoki reminded from the side.

"Hai.... Sumimasen!" Nakamori Akina seemed to have just reacted, apologizing to the lens seriously as if playing a prank.

However, after putting her hands together, she didn't hold the microphone, and it suddenly fell onto the table in front of her, making Akina unable to hold her face, and couldn't help but laugh~

"Hahahaha~ The microphone fell~" She covered her mouth and turned to look at Nagayama Naoki~

"Mm... it fell~" Nagayama Naoki nodded. "At this time, I usually shout 'Cut'!"

"Cut!" Akina followed!

And then she seemed to have been hit by a laughing point and couldn't stop laughing. Nagayama Naoki also laughed... The strong infectious power made everyone in the carriage laugh~

Akimoto Yasushi watched this scene with a smile, thinking that the recording process this time should be very relaxed and pleasant.

It takes a whole day from Tokyo to Hokkaido, and there are transfers, but filming is still possible in the middle of the journey, just right to film the travel situation of Nagayama Naoki and Nakamori Akina.

In the morning, the program team arrived in Sendai and visited the famous shopping street; in the afternoon, they stayed in Aomori for a short time and ate local specialty food.

In the evening, the program team finally arrived at the first stop of the journey—Asahidake Daisetsuzan.

Hokkaido's Asahidake Daisetsuzan is a volcano located in Higashikawa-cho, Kamikawa-gun, Kamikawa Subprefecture, the highest peak in Hokkaido.

This snow mountain is a ski resort, famous for its beautiful powder snow and forest snow scenery. Its ski slopes are rich and diverse, loved by ski enthusiasts.

However, Nagayama Naoki and the others didn't come for the snow scenery. It is early autumn, and Asahidake Daisetsuzan is the place where the red leaves in Japan turn red earliest... In other words, this is the starting point of Momijigari!

"Naoki-san, Akina-chan... let's stop here for today!" Akimoto Yasushi brought everyone to the booked hotel.

The running around on the road was also very tiring, and Akimoto Yasushi didn't strictly require Nagayama Naoki and Nakamori Akina to start recording directly.

Today is the first day, so the interaction situation on the train will be filmed as the focus, and the bits and pieces along the way.

And in the subsequent recording, it will mainly be the situation of various different scenic spots, and the arrival process in the middle will only be mentioned in one stroke... At that time, you can fly directly over!

"Everyone walked a lot today, you can rest early..."

Saying that, he let the assistant handle the check-

"Little Grass, if you come over, I'll give you this to eat~ It's very delicious~"

Little Grass, that little fellow, stared blankly at Naoki Nagayama for a while, then turned his head and walked into the kitchen without even saying hello...

"... The gourmet strategy failed..."

Naoki Nagayama shook his head; children at this age would forget him after three days of not seeing him...

It looks like he can only be a distant stranger uncle in Tokyo from now on...

They had dinner at the old house in the evening. His father and older brother had both returned early, and Naoki Nagayama was able to have a late-night snack with the two of them and chat about daily life.

Resting at his old home at night, he could also drink a little alcohol~

"Naoki, is the new program going to circle the island?" his older brother Aoki Nagayama asked.

"No... it's following the route of autumn leaf hunting... and then finding a few more special scenic spots," Naoki Nagayama said. "Mainly going wherever the scenery is good..."

"This is traveling on public funds!" Aoki Nagayama was envious. Since taking over the izakaya, he hadn't been out to play properly for quite a while.

"Pretty much~"

Naoki Nagayama drank a cup of sake and then nodded.

"It's just that there are people holding video cameras along the way."

"That's also very good~"

His father, Ken Nagayama, listened silently to his two sons chatting, only occasionally interjecting a few words. Both children were grown up now, and they no longer needed much support from him!

When he was in high spirits from drinking, Naoki Nagayama remembered the gourmet variety show again:

"Big brother, Father, do you still remember the concept for that gourmet program I mentioned last time? I really think we can try it..."

"Are you talking about The Solitary Gourmet, or that other Midnight Diner?"

"Either is fine... but I think Midnight Diner is easier to operate, after all, our family has an izakaya..." Naoki Nagayama analyzed. "However, The Solitary Gourmet can travel everywhere... which is what big brother said, traveling on public funds!"

"Is that so..."

Big brother Aoki was somewhat tempted, but he still looked at his father, Ken Nagayama. For such a major event concerning the whole family, he still had to make the final decision.

Realizing this, Ken Nagayama drank a cup of alcohol and popped out a few words:

"Need to think about it some more..."

"... Alright then~" Naoki Nagayama didn't continue to persuade him; this time he estimated it could only reach this point.

Anyway, he had already loosened his stance this time; if he said a few more times, he would probably agree!

In short, in the end, he would definitely make this family appear on this program. Not to mention anything else, they could earn a considerable amount of remuneration!

His big brother, who had just had a child, could be much more comfortable...

And the two programs, The Solitary Gourmet and Midnight Diner, would also serve as one of the programs to be produced in cooperation with other television stations in Tokyo next year.

Tree Friends had a five-year framework agreement with Fuji Television, and they had to produce one independently produced program every year!

There were also resources from other television stations that couldn't be let go either!

Chatting and chatting, it became late at night.

Naoki Nagayama had long decided to stay at the old house, and Aoki Nagayama, who was a bit tipsy, didn't go back in the middle of the night, fearing he would scare Little Grass.

The two brothers returned to their original bedroom and fell asleep on the tatami mats.

Tomorrow morning, Aoki Nagayama would go home to take a look before going to work, while Naoki Nagayama would have to drive back to Tokyo to start his romantic journey with Akina~