Chapter 744: Is it really because of love?! I don't believe it!!!

Naoki Nagayama didn't stay in Tree Friend's studio for long. After Tomo Yoshimura communicated the meeting with Haruki Kadokawa, he drove toward Fuji TV.

The Fuji TV building in Shinjuku Ward has an endless stream of vehicles coming in and out.

As one of the largest TV stations in Japan, it produces dozens of programs every day that are about to be broadcast...... so it's inevitable that there are many people.

Naoki Nagayama came here today mainly for two purposes: the first is to communicate on the year-end planning of the *New Words and Buzzwords Awards*; the second is for Akihito Yasushi to show him and Akina the final effect of *Love Journey*.

Yes...... Akina will also come in the evening, and the two agreed to go home together then.

Walking into the gate of Fuji TV, he saw Rumi Nishi waiting inside.

"Naoki-san!" Rumi Nishi walked over quickly, "Finally waited for you!"

"Eh? I shouldn't be late, right?" Naoki Nagayama looked at his Patek Philippe watch, "Isn't the set time one o'clock?"

"Hai, but because the program team attaches great importance to it, they have already arrived early...... just waiting for Naoki-san alone!" Rumi Nishi pulled Naoki Nagayama toward the conference room.

Pushing open the door of the conference room, inside were many familiar or unfamiliar faces. Naoki Nagayama was most familiar with the host, Taro Nakanaishi, and the editor assistant of Shogakukan who was responsible for explaining the meaning of buzzwords, Yuya Furuya!

"Nakaishi-san, Furuya-san, long time no see...." Naoki Nagayama sat beside the two and greeted them slightly.

"Ha, Naoki-san!" Yuya Furuya laughed, "Haven't seen you for a long time....... Senior Morikawa has said several times that he hasn't understood the situation of Naoki-san's new book....."

"......."

Naoki Nagayama was speechless. Urging for updates as soon as they met, he was indeed an editor from Shogakukan!

However, fortunately, this was Fuji TV, and Naoki Nagayama didn't have time to consider Shogakukan's affairs.

"Minasan, since Naoki-san has also arrived, the year-end planning meeting for this *New Words and Buzzwords Awards* officially begins!"

Fuji TV's program producer Fumio Kimura directly announced the start of the meeting. Next, under the gaze of everyone present, Fumio Kimura described the planning done by the program team.

Although there were many improvements, it could still be vaguely seen that this was what was mentioned in the original planning proposal for the *New Words and Buzzwords* Awards, collecting the buzzwords of each month to decide the buzzword of the year!

"Naoki-san, what do you think?"

After explaining, Fumio Kimura let everyone digest it for a while, then asked Naoki Nagayama directly.

And Naoki Nagayama on this side didn't decline. Since he came to participate in the planning and recording of the program this time, he naturally wanted to do it better:

"Minasan!"

Naoki Nagayama knocked on the table, strengthening his tone:

"When I planned the *New Words and Buzzwords Awards* at the beginning, I didn't want to simply produce a text variety show......"

"What I want is to create a tradition that can influence the entire island country! That is the final one — the Kanji of the Year!"

Naoki Nagayama's tone became more enthusiastic, explaining to everyone present the influence this program would eventually bring to the public, using one character to summarize the whole year...... what would this year's Kanji of the Year be?

"We must collect from everyone in Japan, on TV, on the phone, by mail...... display the candidates in the program at the end of November...... on the last day of this year, invite a temple abbot who is highly respected and good at writing large characters with a brush to write the Kanji of the Year in front of everyone......"

Naoki Nagayama talked about his vision and also stated the final planning method. The changes in the eyes of the people in the conference room were visible!

"When our Kanji of the Year appears, it will not only attract the attention of the public but also attract the attention of the upper levels...... maybe the Imperial Family will also send people to participate......"

Naoki Nagayama was full of confidence. This kind of activity with political value would definitely attract the attention of political animals!

The entire conference room seemed to have become Naoki Nagayama's personal show. He constantly combed through the year-end planning scheme of the *New Words and Buzzwords Awards*, and the concept of the Kanji of the Year was deeply embedded in the minds of everyone present.....

Rumi Nishi, who was listening below, had glowing eyes, only feeling that the decision of Department Manager Takano to invite Naoki Nagayama at all costs was simply too cost-effective!

The meeting of more than three hours made Naoki Nagayama's throat hoarse, and only then was the entire scheme perfected.

Subsequent operations were naturally handled by the professional production team. Naoki Nagayama followed Rumi Nishi to the preparation room of *Evening Meow Meow*..... no, it had become the "Special Preparation Room for the First Section of the Production Bureau"!

"This is....." Naoki Nagayama looked at the sign curiously, "Did Ota-san get promoted?"

"Haha, not yet!" Rumi Nishi said with a smile, "It's just that this office will be dedicated to our First Section from now on, specifically responsible for planning the trendiest variety shows!"

Then it shouldn't be too far away...... being able to independently lead the First Section, this section manager position of Ota Sugiura must be stable!

"Naoki-san, come in!" Rumi Nishi led the way in front, "Akihito-san is already waiting for you!"

"Hai~"

Walking into the office, he saw a slender figure inside...... his girlfriend had actually arrived early!

"Naoki-san!" Akina Nakamori heard the sound and turned her head, "You're here~"

"Hmm, I just came over after the meeting downstairs. When did Akina arrive?" Naoki Nagayama walked to Akina's side and asked.

"Been here a while!" Akina Nakamori pointed to the screen on the TV, "Naoki-san, this is the final edited version of *Love Journey*!"

"Hmm hmm~"

Akihito Yasushi on the side saw Akina Nakamori pull Naoki Nagayama directly to start watching, and a helpless expression appeared on his face.

"Just pretend I don't exist, you two......"

Having come here one after another a few times in the past few days, the two had seen the edited clips separately and put forward some revision opinions. This final edited version only needed the two to look over it, and then it would be released!

"Naoki-san, Akina-chan...... if there's no problem, this *Love Journey* will be officially broadcast in the prime time tonight!"

Akihito Yasushi saw that the two had quickly browsed through the program and said directly to them,

"Don't forget to watch it then!"

"Hai, we naturally won't forget!" Naoki Nagayama nodded and said, "This is the love journey of the two of us, after all!"

In the study on the second floor, Naoki Nagayama tidied up the bookshelf slightly.

Suddenly, in the middle of the script, he found a musical score....... *Wind Love Song*?

"This piece....... seems to be a song I recalled a long time ago....." Naoki Nagayama looked at this song with some surprise. This was a song that popped up just after *Crows Zero* finished filming and before *Ring* was filmed!

It was actually hidden in the middle of the script....... he hadn't found it several times when tidying up his small treasury, and he had almost forgotten it!

"Naoki-san? What are you laughing at?"

Akina Nakamori had finished her bath and walked to Naoki Nagayama's side with the lemon fragrance of body wash, reaching out and hugging her boyfriend's neck.

"Suddenly found the lost musical score...... it has been hidden in the script book." Naoki Nagayama rubbed his cheek against his girlfriend's smooth cheek and said very happily, "It feels like finding a treasure~"

"Eh?" Akina lowered her head and looked at the musical score on the table.

The handwritten musical score had the name of the song written on the top, and the perfect score and lyrics on the bottom..... carrying Naoki Nagayama's consistent simple style~

"*Wind Love Song*?" Akina said lightly, and then hummed~

Oshiete yo kono kaze no yukue (Tell me, where is this wind blowing)

Anata no omoi wa dare ni muke fuku no (To whom is your longing blowing)

Hoho o tsutai nagareru namida ga kawakanai no wa (The reason why the tears flowing down my cheeks won't dry)

Hearing these familiar lyrics, Naoki Nagayama felt his heart itch, so he walked to the piano in the study.

His fingertips touched the keys, gentle notes popped out one by one, and the mournful piano melody rang out......

One singing, one playing, Akina's low voice carried some slight magnetism, expressing the lingering and reluctance in the song to the fullest.

For a long time, the cooperation between the two finally ended~

"Naoki-san's songs all exude a feeling different from this era...." Akina was slightly out of breath, but she, who was very sensitive to performance, immediately discovered the blind spot of *Wind Love Song*, "The performance of this song always feels like it needs to be matched with some images to be more perfect."

"Yes....."

Naoki Nagayama nodded. Most of the songs he recalled were soundtracks for anime movies after the Heisei era, and a few were famous single loops~ This song should be listened to with anime to have more feeling!

This song is very good to listen to...... the songs he found casually were already so good to listen to, then how many are there in that small drawer......

Before living together, although she knew that Naoki Nagayama had a small song library, Akina Nakamori was very sensible and didn't ask..... but now that they were living together, and it just happened to encounter this situation......

This made the curiosity in Akina's eyes impossible to hide!

"Naoki-san~~" Akina Nakamori approached her boyfriend's ear and acted spoiled sweetly, "In Naoki-san's small drawer, are there many songs?"

"There are indeed a few more...." Naoki Nagayama turned his head to look at Akina's pretty cheek and laughed, "Does Akina want to see?"

"Hmm hmm!"

Akina nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, like a child asking an adult~

Looking at his

"That requires a kiss from Akina!"

Before he could finish speaking, Akina kissed Naoki Nagayama on the cheek; they were a cohabiting couple, so this was an easy thing to do~

"Naoki-san, is it like this?"

Naoki Nagayama touched his cheek and shook his head:

"That's not the kind..."

As he spoke, he reached out and scooped Akina into his arms horizontally, one hand cradling her slender shoulders, the other stroking her straight legs...

"It has to be kissed like this!"

Naoki Nagayama said to the beauty in his arms, then lowered his head and kissed her warm, red lips...

Akina didn't resist at all, wrapping her arms around Naoki Nagayama's neck and closing her eyes gently...

This lasted for several minutes... when the kiss ended, Naoki Nagayama said with satisfaction:

"As expected, the strawberry flavor is quite good~"

"Naoki-san, what are you saying?" After Akina in his arms stabilized her breathing, she still had her arms around her boyfriend's neck and asked somewhat strangely.

"Nothing..." Naoki Nagayama immediately changed the subject and turned his girlfriend in his arms in a different direction, "Didn't Akina want to see? The songs are all in this drawer..."

"Honto?"

Akina Nakamori didn't even get down from Naoki Nagayama; relying on her excellent core muscles, she leaned her upper body out and pulled open the drawer... Naoki Nagayama wrapped his arms around his girlfriend's waist to keep her steady...

The couple stayed close like this, checking the sheet music in the drawer~

" 'Love Wind' (Riding the Love Wind), 'Rain', 'Happy Ending', 'Staying by Your Side', 'Sudden Love', 'My Neighbor Totoro', 'aLIEz'..."

Akina Nakamori flipped through them one by one, becoming more and more surprised; when she saw some scores that only had names and a few melodies, she was even more amazed...

"Naoki-san, 'Cruel Angel's Thesis'? What does that mean?"

"Ah... this," Naoki Nagayama explained, "This is the theme song for an anime I've been thinking about recently... it's not finished yet!"

"Anime? Naoki-san, are you going to draw manga?" Akina Nakamori's eyes widened.

He could write songs, write novels, and film movies... if he could also draw manga, was there anything her boyfriend couldn't do?

"No, no, no... I'm just proposing an idea."

Naoki Nagayama shook his head; even if he had the memories of the manga in his head, his hands didn't have that kind of memory... he definitely couldn't draw it himself!

"Even if I make an anime movie in the future, I will definitely hire professionals."

"........" Akina pondered for a moment, then immediately said with great anticipation, "If Naoki-san is going to hire manga artists, can you help me get a few autographs?"

"???" Naoki Nagayama looked at her in surprise.

"Because manga artists are always staying at home, and they only contact publishers and don't come out for events... so it's very hard to get their autographs!" Akina Nakamori said.

"If Naoki-san meets these manga artists, please help me get their autographs..."

Akina Nakamori skillfully listed the names of several shoujo manga artists... Naoki Nagayama had almost forgotten that his girlfriend was still a manga fan!

The two of them checked the small music library in the study for quite a long time; during this period, Naoki Nagayama let Akina pick a few songs she liked, but Akina didn't accept.

"These are all Naoki-san's works!" Akina Nakamori said seriously, "My vocal range might not be suitable for all the songs... Naoki-san should find suitable singers for them!"

"......"

As expected of a sensible girlfriend!

Amidst the laughter and talk, the time arrived for the evening's prime time.

Akina Nakamori and Naoki Nagayama came to the living room and turned on the TV to wait for the Fuji TV program.

After a pink opening, Naoki Nagayama and Akina Nakamori's "Love Journey" officially began airing!

"...... Today, we have invited the hottest screen couple of the moment—Naoki Nagayama and Akina Nakamori!" After the host warmed up the crowd, he invited the two to appear with an impassioned tone!

On the large TV screen, Naoki Nagayama was sunny and handsome, and Akina Nakamori was exquisite and beautiful; when they stood together, anyone would say they were a perfect match!

The applause from the audience below was the best approval~

"Naoki-san..." Akina Nakamori hugged Naoki Nagayama's arm and said, "Seeing us on stage together on TV feels really strange~"

"Haha, yeah... even though you're right next to me..."

Naoki Nagayama moved his body and pulled Akina into his arms,

"It looks like it's fake on TV......"

"Fake is also very interesting~~"

Watching "Love Journey" interview the details of their romance, and seeing Naoki Nagayama on the screen happily talking about how he met, knew, and fell in love with Akina in front of the camera...

Naoki Nagayama, watching in front of the TV, seemed to recall their romance once again; he only felt that the memories of that time were so vivid, and the way they looked back then was still lifelike~

As the broadcast progressed, the two's love journey officially began—the first stop, the Daisetsuzan Mountains in Hokkaido...

At the same time, there were countless viewers in Japan watching the new prime-time program on Fuji TV in front of their televisions.

"Yame-te!!!" Takashi Kitamura, a salaryman, grabbed his face, distorting his features, "Why do I have to see the love story of Akina-chan and a playboy scumbag!!!"

"This must all be fake! How could the two of them be so happy and joyful?!" Takashi Kitamura refused to believe that "Love Journey" was real, "TV variety shows all have scripts! This must be acted out according to a script!!!"

Consoling his heart like this, Takashi Kitamura finally had the courage to continue watching.......

On the Daisetsuzan Mountains in Hokkaido, Naoki Nagayama and Akina Nakamori were playing and joking in the cable car; the interaction between the two was natural and vivid, and the smiles on their faces were extremely bright...

There wasn't a hint of acting at all!!!

"Kuso!!!" Takashi Kitamura could only let out a loser's roar, "My Akina-chan! Why does my Akina-chan feel much prettier than before??? Could it really be because of love?! Impossible! I don't believe it!"

With the passage of time and the disappearance of her baby fat, Akina Nakamori had grown from the energetic girl she once was into a woman in the prime of her life... she already had an extraordinary mature charm~

While Takashi Kitamura refused to believe it, many of Akina's fans also saw this scene.

Some refused, some offered blessings, and some started making frantic phone calls—it didn't matter if it was to the TV station or to friends; they just wanted to say something to someone else.....

And in front of the TV screens, there was still a large portion of people who were not Akina Nakamori fans, such as middle-aged people, urban women, etc. After seeing this "Love Journey," they became even more interested in Akina Nakamori.

After all, after a stressful day at work, who wouldn't want to watch a sweet romance to relax their mood?

Unknowingly, Akina Nakamori's fan base grew... of course, Naoki Nagayama's female fan base also grew a lot~

There was no telling how many people wanted to know how celebrities fell in love........

That's why scandals were so easy to attract the public's attention!