Chapter 763: Sign, take the money, say thank you, leave

The rustling sound of snow falling on bamboo leaves continued for a whole night, like the best lullaby~

Naoki Nagayama was woken up by very bright light. The moment he opened his eyes, he thought the lights in the bedroom were on.

On the morning of December, he didn't see the sun, but the crystal-clear snow surface was like a huge mirror, reflecting all the scattered light, making the light in the space more sufficient than usual.

"Akina, get up~"

Naoki Nagayama called his girlfriend as usual. It seems that girls are more sleepy, and Naoki Nagayama always wakes up naturally early.

"Naoki-san~ five more minutes~"

A vague voice came from the quilt. When sleeping in winter, everyone likes to bury their face in the quilt~

Hearing this, Naoki Nagayama could only get up first. No need to worry about his girlfriend. After losing the human hot water bottle next to her, Akina would wake up soon.

After washing up, breathing fresh air in the courtyard, Naoki Nagayama only felt that his whole person was refreshed.

A thin layer of snow of five centimeters gave the outside world a plain white coat, looking completely different from usual.

The bamboo outside the courtyard wall was pressed very low by the snow, like an old man wearing heavy cotton clothes, bowing to the shrubs wearing new clothes; the snow on the cherry branches inside the courtyard wall was also stacked with a layer of snowflakes, like a middle-aged man in his prime, looking much more upright after putting on a silver windbreaker.

The originally white dry landscape was completely covered by the carpet made of snow, but there were marks like plum blossoms scattered on it... Eitaro appreciated the morning snow scene earlier than Naoki Nagayama~

"Aren't you cold?" Naoki Nagayama scratched the dog's head next to him. Does the Labrador's fur not look thick?

The dog was wagging his tail frantically, and even white gas was spit out of his mouth:

"Wang wang wang! (What's cold, come out and play!)"

Twisting a snowball and throwing it out, causing Eitaro to run around the courtyard excitedly, but he couldn't find the snowball that merged with the snow, and could only bark back in confusion~

In exchange for Naoki Nagayama's ruthless ridicule...

After playing for a while, Naoki Nagayama walked into the kitchen and started preparing breakfast.

The thick egg liquid with salt, finely chopped ham, and green onions was poured into the frying pan. There was a sizzling sound, and the fragrance of eggs instantly permeated the kitchen~

When it was half-solidified, roll it from right to left, and pour the egg liquid again... Repeat this three to five times.

The fresh and fragrant Japanese-style spread eggs... ah no, the rolled omelet was finished~

Fry a few more sausages and buttered bread slices, cut some lettuce and shredded carrots as side dishes, and finally a cup of hot milk. A simple and rich mixed breakfast was finished.

"Naoki-san, Ohayou~"

Attracted by the fragrance, his girlfriend ran downstairs just right, kissed her boyfriend on the cheek, and then sat at the dining table very happily to start enjoying breakfast.

Naoki Nagayama suspected that she deliberately dawdled until breakfast was ready before coming down~

"Which competition is Akina in today?" he asked while eating breakfast.

"All-Japan Broadcasting Awards, and Japan Broadcasting Awards!"

Akina said vaguely. These two competitions are natural opponents. Not only are the announcement dates the same, but even the award ceremonies have to be chosen on the same day, creating a sense of conflict that is incompatible with fire and water... Perhaps they tasted the benefits of forming a CP...

"Akina is participating in both?" Naoki Nagayama was curious, "Is there enough time?"

"As long as the previous award ceremony is finished, immediately rush to the next location, and there will be no problem!"

Akina Mori said that this kind of rushing is naturally very urgent, but today many star artists may encounter this situation. The two powerful organizers have long contacted the transportation department to create convenience for artists who rush to the venue...

Although it is not to the extent of traffic control, traffic police clearing the way is still possible~

"Will it be very late?"

"Well, there will be a celebration banquet in the evening..." Akina Mori said, "But there will be a day off tomorrow!"

Participating in various assemblies and recordings continuously, even iron-made artists will not be able to stand it. Plus now Akina is already a shareholder, so the agency cannot treat her as a cow or horse to squeeze... After cutting many small announcements and activities, she can rest at least one day in half a month~

"What is Naoki-san going to do today?" Akina Mori had a good appetite. She had already finished the bread slices and others, and was enjoying the last rolled omelet. She always put the most beautiful bite at the end, "It will snow today too~"

"Me." Naoki Nagayama raised his eyebrows, "I'm going to give money to hundreds of people...!"

"Eh?" Akina Mori reacted, "Year-end bonus? Today?"

"Yes... it's already calculated~" Naoki Nagayama smiled, "The money is all in the finance room, the security guards are on duty 24 hours, Otomo-san said if it's not issued, maybe it will be targeted by thieves~"

"Haha, what kind of thief can break the safe!" It's not a child anymore, Akina Mori wouldn't believe that kind of big thief.

"Maybe it's a ninja... I heard that it's still circulating in the mountains~"

"Is Naoki-san a child?!"

"I don't know who collected the shuriken..."

"You..."

The two were happily bickering, and a breakfast was eaten very comfortably.

When cleaning the tableware together, Naoki Nagayama said:

"Akina, tomorrow, let's go to Shizuoka together~"

Akina Mori's hand paused. The rag and plate in her hand were a bit stiff, and the faucet was still flowing...

"Tomorrow?"

"Well, after all, before the end of the year, it seems only tomorrow is free~" Naoki Nagayama bumped his girlfriend with his shoulder, "It was agreed to take Akina back to see before the end of the year~"

"...... Okay~" Akina Mori pondered for a while, then started cleaning the tableware again, as if nothing had changed, "Just to see Naoki-san's father and mother~"

"Is Akina nervous?" Naoki Nagayama asked with a smile.

"Not at all! Aunt Nanako is not some flood beast!" Akina Mori tightened her small face, her expression calm.

"Then this plate has been washed three times!"

"....... Urusai! I don't think it's clean enough, that's all!"

"......"

On the way to the studio, Naoki Nagayama found that the route was full of posters and advertisements for "Love Letter", and Akina's beautiful face could be seen everywhere~

When passing by the record store, the gentle melody of "Snow Flower" drifted out, lingering in his ears all the way, and even on the car radio, this song would be played.

It's almost like a new movie release...

"Toshihiko Sugiyama and the others are doing a great job!" Naoki Nagayama said with relief, "Except for the advertisements at the big intersection, others are more detailed than my previous publicity~"

When he arrived at the studio, Naoki Nagayama found that the parking lot here was full of cars. Most of the employees came today.

"Naoki-san, good morning!" In this year, Xing Jiahua's smile had never been so bright!

"Morning, Hua-chan~" Naoki Nagayama smiled, "Very happy today!"

"Hehe~"

"Pfft~" Xingxia Suzuki on the side couldn't help but giggle~

Shaking his head, Naoki Nagayama walked inside. During the distance to the office, the sound of greetings didn't stop. Naoki Nagayama also saw Daotian Yamin Inada, Tetsuya Komuro, and others who were often not in the company.

"Should I have a company annual meeting or something... let everyone get together?" The thought of having an annual meeting suddenly rose in his heart, but he turned around and denied this method.

This kind of form, only the boss and the boss are happy, ordinary employees definitely don't like it, it's better to give money directly...

"Otomo-san, Xiuyi-san~" Naoki Nagayama greeted the two in the office, "Is Xiuyi-san's filming also resting today?"

"Take your year-end bonus and go!" Shuichi Ido's face had grown much rougher; the filming during this period must have been extremely draining. "As it happens, the next scene is set over at Izu Oshima..."

"Is it okay if it snows?"

"There isn't much snow over in Izu anyway... it should all be melted by the afternoon~" Shuichi Ido said. One had to remember that it was an active volcano over there...

After chatting for a while, Guanglian Kitamura from the finance room sent the year-end bonuses for this year in cardboard boxes. They were all packed cowhide envelopes with names written on them.

Now that there are so many people, Naoki Nagayama and the others can no longer pack them personally~

"Naoki-san, Otomo-san, Xiuyi-san..." Guanglian Kitamura distributed the forms to the three, "These three boxes are for employees of different business departments. When distributing, please ask them to sign their names..."

"Arigato, Guanglian-san, thank you for your hard work~" Naoki Nagayama smiled, "Then let's start with Guanglian-san! I'll look for it..."

Saying that, Naoki Nagayama found a thick envelope from the box in front of him, stood up, and handed it to Guanglian Kitamura with both hands:

"Guanglian-san, please take it! Please take care of us next year too!"

"Naoki-san, Arigato!" Guanglian Kitamura signed first, then happily took the envelope and bowed again, "Please take care of us next year too!"

According to the scoring system made by Otomo Fangcun, Tree Friend's year-end bonus is extremely generous. Even for non-business departments like theirs, there is a lot, which makes other companies envious!

The envelope was sealed by herself, so she naturally knew how much the amount was... But receiving it from Naoki-san's hands, this is truly belonging to herself~

"Haha, Guanglian-san, after you go out, call the next Taoxi-chan in~"

Just like that, Tree Friend's annual money-sharing... ah no, welfare-sharing action officially began!

Sign, take the money, say a lot of good things, leave...

The basic process is like this, but for more than a hundred employees, plus meeting key employees like Masataka Komori and Daotian Yamin Inada in the middle, it is necessary to encourage them a few more words, so the time caused by this is very, very long...

In the morning, the headquarters Naoki Nagayama was responsible for were all distributed, and Xiuyi-san's film business department was also almost distributed~

"Naoki-san, please help distribute the rest later!" During the lunch break, Shuichi Ido said to Naoki Nagayama, "I've already distributed the crew members for 'Ring 2' in advance; I have to rush to Izu this afternoon."

"Hai, leave it to me~"

Naoki Nagayama nodded without hesitation. After all, Xiuyi-san is working conscientiously! Half of the money the movie makes in the future will be his own...

After a short rest, the distribution of year-end bonuses in the afternoon continued in an orderly manner.

Although this way of distributing money in person seems very inefficient, it is very beneficial for the cohesion of private companies and the authority of the boss...

Just like the year-end bonus issued in later generations is just a string of numbers, some employees don't even see the boss once a year. What kind of centripetal force is there? Who is the heart?

When the scale of the enterprise is large, the bosses of various branches also have similar practices...

Always having to stand up and sit down again, Otomo Fangcun, a person of this age, couldn't stand it, so he let Naoki Nagayama replace him when distributing, and he rested for a while.

"Otomo-san, you need to exercise!" Naoki Nagayama shook his head, "How old are you, and you can't do it anymore?"

"This is already considered a squat, okay!" Otomo Fangcun was stubborn, "Besides, old people can continue to go to the battlefield after a halftime break!"

"......"

Shaking his head, Naoki Nagayama looked at the next person,

"Eh? Is it already the idol artist?"

"Hai... but the few who have works have all gone to participate in the award ceremony, so the rest are mostly newcomers..."

"Hmm..."

The next one to come in was indeed a newcomer I haven't seen for a long time—Shizuka Kudo.

"Shizuka-chan..." Naoki Nagayama stood up, seeing Shizuka Kudo in front of him still with short hair, it was a bit difficult to connect with her image in later generations, "You worked hard this year..."

"Arigato!"

Shizuka Kudo was receiving the year-end bonus for the first time. The moment her hand held the cowhide envelope, she only felt her wrist sink... How many Shotoku Taishi... ah no, now it should be Fukuzawa Yukichi!!!

As an idol who just came out of school, the big increase in salary after coming to Tree Friend already made her very satisfied. Now this year-end bonus made her more and more glad that she came to this agency!

"The sales of this year's debut song were excellent, continue to work hard next year!" Naoki Nagayama encouraged with a smile.

"Hai, I will work twice as hard!"

Even for this generous year-end bonus, I have to fight for everything!

Just when the money-distributing behavior was about to end, Naoki Nagayama still couldn't hold back: "By the way, Shizuka-chan."

"Hai?"

"Starting next year, grow your hair long!" Naoki Nagayama said, "You are still more suitable for long hair!"

"......" Shizuka Kudo didn't know what to say for a while. Does Naoki-san like long hair?

Under the prompt of the heavy envelope, she nodded, "Hai, I understand!"

After Shizuka Kudo walked out, Otomo Fangcun asked curiously: "Does Naoki-san have arrangements for Shizuka-chan next year?"

He wouldn't think that Naoki Nagayama was interested in this little girl. Getting along for the past few years made him understand long ago that Naoki Nagayama is a rare clean person in the entertainment industry.

"Maybe..." Naoki Nagayama hadn't decided yet, so he could only be vague.

"Is that so..." Otomo Fangcun nodded and didn't say anything more. Anyway, he would know in the end.

"Next..."

The one who walked in was actually an elementary school student... ah no, should be junior high school.

"Rie-chan..." Naoki Nagayama held a slightly thin cowhide envelope in his hand, feeling a bit subtle. Am I hiring child labor?

"Naoki-san..."

Rie Miyazawa bowed a bit timidly. Although the older sisters outside all said Naoki Nagayama was very kind, she still had some awe.

"Hai, this is your year-end bonus!" Naoki Nagayama handed the envelope to the little girl, "After all, you came a bit late, so the bonus this year is not much..."

"No no... it's already a lot!"

In the envelope in her hand, there was at least three months of her salary.

"There will be more next year." Naoki Nagayama smiled, "Are you used to living in the employee apartment?"

"Hai, the seniors all take good care of me... Wuchun-san also instructed the management aunt..." Rie Miyazawa whispered about the treatment in the "girls' dormitory" of Tree Friend's employee apartment.

This villa apartment located in Setagaya was full of Tree Friend's female idol artists, with special management aunts and cooking aunts. The comfort and confidentiality were very good.

"That's good... Don't delay your schoolwork either. You are still young, learning is still very important."

"Hai!"

Naoki Nagayama exhorted a few words as usual before letting Rie Miyazawa leave.

After the person left, Otomo Fangcun said: "Rie-chan's mother has looked for the agency several times before, wanting to advance Rie-chan's salary..."

"Then did you give it?"

"According to the previous contract, except for that buyout fee, we put Rie-chan's salary and dividends in a special account. Except for Rie-chan's tuition, pocket money, and other private expenses, others have to wait until she is an adult to move." Otomo Fangcun said, "Her mother found that she couldn't move it either, so she came to make trouble several times... We gave some appropriately... but also warned her."

"Alright, let's handle it like this..."

Naoki Nagayama nodded. After all, she is Rie Miyazawa's mother, and the bloodline cannot be separated... It is estimated that Rie Miyazawa will not be able to keep this year-end bonus either.

The process of distributing year-end bonuses continued, and Naoki Nagayama was a bit absent-minded...

Tree Friend is over, he still has to go to Tree Friend Capital, there is still a salary negotiation to be carried out there... pday ah!

By the way, there are discos and KTVs...

It seems like he will be busy until very late today~

When it was evening, Akina Mori hadn't returned yet.

Naoki Nagayama was calling his hometown in the living room:

"Mother... tomorrow I will bring Akina Mori to the house in Shizuoka..."

"Is it that Akina Mori?!" The mother in the receiver was a bit nervous.

Naoki Nagayama was a bit amused: "...... Who else could it be?! Is Mother nervous?"

"This is not someone I often see on TV, suddenly coming to the house..." Nanako Nagayama's tone was a bit strange, "Still my own son's girlfriend... It's certain to be a bit nervous!"

"Haha, I also often appear in newspapers and on TV~" Naoki Nagayama smiled.

"You are different! From childhood to adulthood, I have seen every part of you..."

Mother Nanako said tiger-wolf words, making Naoki Nagayama a bit unable to handle it,

"Hai hai hai, I understand, I understand!"

"Mother, we will arrive in the morning... let's have a meal together at noon..." Naoki Nagayama talked about tomorrow's itinerary, "Because of the end of the year, Akina is very busy, so we may not be able to eat dinner, and we have to return to Tokyo early..."

"Does Father have time?"

"He has no problem!" Nanako Nagayama immediately decided for Ken Nagayama, "There is Aoki in the izakaya..."

"That's good~"

"That... do you need to prepare any food?" Nanako Nagayama asked again, "Is seafood okay?"

"No problem, Akina is not picky..."

Nanako Nagayama still asked a lot of questions nervously. Before the Nagayama family produced this alien Naoki Nagayama, it had always been an ordinary small merchant family, still a family on the bottom.

Even though Naoki Nagayama has made a lot of money in the past two years and has subsidized the family a lot in the dark, it can only be considered an ordinary family.

They don't have the unspoken rule of looking down on artists in the entertainment industry. Being able to marry a big star is already beyond the original imagination. ===== CHAPTER 764 =====