Chapter 767: Maybe even more popular than the Red and White Assembly!

"Want me to participate in the ceremony?"

Naoki Nagayama received the call while eating dinner, holding the dog's head with his hand on the sofa in Shanying Court, because Eitaro stretched his head over wanting to wash his face~

Dinner was eaten very early today, just finished eating fried chicken legs, and now there is still the fragrance of grease in his mouth.

"Hai, because there is no contact information for Naoki-san there, so I was entrusted to invite Naoki-san~"

The voice coming from the receiver is Rumi Nishi's. I don't know why, it seems that the contact with Fuji TV is now through Rumi Nishi.

"What date is it specifically?"

Naoki Nagayama pressed the dog to the sofa and continued to ask.

"Uh... it's 10 o'clock in the morning the day after tomorrow, the location is Kiyomizu-dera..." Rumi Nishi heard the strange sound coming from the receiver and was a bit embarrassed, "Is Naoki-san busy with something? Is it inconvenient now?"

"No, nothing! There is an annoying little thing!" Naoki Nagayama said, then scolded the dog, "Don't lick, give me an honest lie down!"

"......."

Rumi Nishi, who was still working overtime at the TV station, was instantly overloaded. After all, TV series, novels, comics, etc., of this era are already very developed... As a mature urban lady, Rumi Nishi is not a little girl who knows nothing~

Naoki Nagayama circled the dog in his arm, not allowing him to move randomly, and by the way pushed the dog's head to the side. Just finished eating dog food, breathing was full of the smell of dog food.

"Ah, Rumi-san, you just said 10 o'clock in the morning the day after tomorrow, right?"

"Hai... Master of Kiyomizu-dera writes in public... and live broadcast, many people will come to participate..."

Rumi Nishi heard the strange panting sound coming from the receiver, only felt that her head was like burning red, and didn't know what she was saying,

"That... if Naoki-san is busy, it's okay to reply to me later..."

"Oh oh, no need, I agreed, no problem~"

Naoki Nagayama said directly.

"That's really great, we decided this! Don't disturb you!!!"

Rumi Nishi said quickly, then hung up the phone immediately, touched her slightly hot cheeks, and then patted her chest to breathe a sigh of relief...

Are the stars in the entertainment industry so good at playing? Didn't expect Naoki-san to be such a person, still on the phone!

Listening to the clicking sound from the receiver, Naoki Nagayama was a bit strange. Does Rumi Nishi have any urgent matters? He also wanted to ask about the specific situation~ What is the final character...

However, Eitaro was twisting randomly again, and Naoki Nagayama hurriedly grabbed the dog's mouth with both hands...

"Told you, don't lick randomly!"

At this moment, the dog had no way, and could only make a surrendering "Ying ying ying~"

After cleaning up the dinner tableware, Naoki Nagayama hurried out the door.

Approaching the end of the year and Christmas, many programs are doing year-end special planning, and many programs also have a Christmas atmosphere.

Today is Friday, just in time for the year-end planning time of "musicstation". The place Naoki Nagayama rushed to is Chiba City, waiting to watch the 4-hour superlive live broadcast today. The first plan is from 8 o'clock to 12 o'clock~

Speaking of which, this is also Naoki Nagayama's suggestion, letting the popular singers in Nihon come to sing the most popular songs of the year... And this is different from other award competitions, purely based on record sales and the popularity of singers, biased toward pop songs.

"4 hours of live broadcast, can be compared to the Red and White Assembly~"

Naoki Nagayama, who was driving on the road, muttered to himself. Being able to have this level of appeal, besides the popularity of "musicstation" itself, there is also the strong support of TV Asahi, and the support of Johnny's agency and other agencies...

After all, Shonentai has always been the opening performance of "musicstation", and Johnny's has invited Otomo Fangcun to drink many times.

Driving along Tokyo Bay all the way to Chiba City, it only took less than an hour.

Arriving at the Municipal Hall, it was already past seven o'clock in the evening... Many invited audiences were queuing at the door of the hall, waiting to enter officially.

Generally speaking, the live audience of "musicstation" is female, but in the year-end superlive, this rule was broken, and male audiences could also participate.

Naoki Nagayama is of course a privileged person. Even when the audience was still queuing, he had already brushed his face and entered from the staff passage. The working staff on duty might not know he is the program planner, but they must know Naoki Nagayama is a star.

"Naoki-san~"

For such a big activity, Planning Minister Yosuke Nakano naturally had to supervise on the spot. When Naoki Nagayama arrived at the main control room, he immediately saw a group of bigwigs from TV Asahi.

"Minister Nakano, Otake-san..." Greeted a few people he knew, Naoki Nagayama integrated into the main control room without being an outsider, "Shouldn't there be any problems, right?"

"Hai, the live team this time is all experienced people, and they have experience in many song festivals and concerts..." Large-scale performance activities need to consider all aspects, and Hiroshi Otake introduced the powerful execution team to Naoki Nagayama.

"Is the live signal confirmed to be no problem?"

"Of course..." Hiroshi Otake was still very confident.

Looking at the orderly appearance of the main control room, Naoki Nagayama didn't ask any more questions. After chatting for a while, he went to the live broadcast scene.

The main stage that had already been built stood in the center, the colored lights had been turned on, colorful and gorgeous; a circle of cameras with all kinds of positions were ready, and many people were surrounding the cameras for final inspection.

The gate in the distance had been opened, and batches of audiences were coming

"Naoki-san?"

Motokatsu Okawa, who was busy directing the scene, walked over to greet Naoki Nagayama after seeing him.

"How is it?"

"It's not inferior to the Red and White Song Battle, is it!" Naoki Nagayama praised.

"Although the program performances might be a bit behind, in terms of hardware, it's absolutely on the same level as the Red and White Song Battle!" Motokatsu Okawa said with great pride.

The Red and White Song Battle is the official year-end extravaganza, supported by all television stations, similar to the Spring Festival Gala.

But this Super Live can only be considered a year-end music program project by TV Asahi, so naturally, its scale is somewhat reduced, and the program format is also relatively singular...

"Haha, Okawa-san, don't lose confidence... we've selected pop music, so it might even be a bit more popular than the Red and White Song Battle~"

Naoki Nagayama said with a smile. The Red and White Song Battle has to cater to viewers nationwide, so the programs might be a bit old-fashioned, but TV Asahi doesn't have to!

Just like how Bilibili's Spring Festival Gala might be more popular with young people than the national Spring Festival Gala~

"How could that be, haha~"

Motokatsu Okawa was a bit skeptical, but he laughed anyway.

While the two were chatting, the final inspection had also concluded, and the live audience was gradually increasing.

This time, Naoki Nagayama didn't go backstage to bother Akina Nakamori; instead, he found a good seat in the front row. As the planner, he was of course in the VIP area, chatting with the bigwigs invited by TV Asahi along the way.

Meanwhile, in the performance backstage, inside the lounge, the singers who still had some time were chatting, easing their pre-performance nervousness.

"To think that guy Kondo isn't here this time either!" Hideki Saijo, a great senior, was chatting in the public lounge with Toshihiko Tahara and Shonentai. "I heard Naoki Nagayama has been refusing to let that guy participate in 'Music Station'?"

Hideki Saijo was naturally very familiar with these male idols, but it was only after signing a drama agreement with Tree Village that he began to care about Naoki Nagayama and Tree Village, which led him to deeply understand the early stories of 'Music Station'.

"Hmm... I heard that for this Super Live, Mary-san even went to protest to Johnny-san, demanding that Kondo must be allowed to perform..." Toshihiko Tahara said with some schadenfreude. "But in the end, it was still vetoed by the 'Music Station' production team."

"Is Naoki Nagayama's control over 'Music Station' that strong?" Hideki Saijo was a bit surprised. Generally speaking, this kind of power in such programs belongs only to the senior management of TV Asahi.

"It seems that when the contract was signed, the general manager was Naoki-san... he possesses... a veto power~" said Noriyuki Higashiyama of Shonentai. It was precisely because of Naoki Nagayama's insistence that Shonentai was able to perform the opening act every time.

"There's such a thing?" Hideki Saijo was even more surprised.

"After all, it was Naoki-san who enabled TV Asahi to compete with Fuji and TBS in music programs... this kind of power to lead the program is acceptable, right~"

Toshihiko Tahara helped explain.

"Why is Naoki-san so disgusted with Kondo?" Hideki Saijo asked, looking at Shonentai. "Could it be because of that conflict at the TV station?"

Kazukiyo Nishikiori of Shonentai also thought back to when they were still backup dancers. At that time, they didn't have any fame; it was only after participating in the 'Gas Station Robbery Incident' that they gained a little bit of popularity.

But they were targeted and vented upon by Kondo, their idol senior, who even resorted to physical violence at the TV station... and it was even captured by the media.

Kazukiyo Nishikiori thought for a moment: "It should be that even before that time, Kondo was already very unhappy with Naoki-san~"

"It seems he snatched an advertisement from Naoki-san..."

"But after he endorsed it, sales dropped significantly, and the advertiser didn't want him anymore..."

Everyone chimed in and gave a rough account of the matter. In short, Kondo had provoked Naoki Nagayama, so there was an unspoken rule in programs planned by Naoki Nagayama not to invite Kondo.

"So that's how it is... Naoki-san seems to be quite vengeful too..." Hideki Saijo joked.

"Not really... Naoki-san seems quite amiable..." "He's very gentle, isn't he?"

"Never seen him angry..." "He can be very serious when filming movies..."

"I heard he's also very different in the recording studio, with a very serious attitude..."

"As for the specific reason, perhaps only Akina Nakamori knows..."

As they spoke, all the male artists believed that Akina Nakamori, as Naoki Nagayama's public girlfriend, must know the specific reason.

Naoki Nagayama's reputation in the entertainment industry is sometimes good and sometimes bad, mostly centered on his scandals and womanizing nature~

Regarding his character and conduct, it is generally said that he is a rare good person in the entertainment industry... it's just because of this Kondo incident that some anti-fans say he is narrow-minded and vengeful...

However, this also conversely let others know that this guy Naoki Nagayama is actually a needle hidden in cotton; he is not to be trifled with and is vengeful... unknowingly, he has also warded off quite a bit of petty malice.

After all, if one were to be a complete pushover in the entertainment industry, one would generally be bullied into the ground~

Soon, the live broadcast of the program began.

This time, it was still Shonentai doing the opening dance... it has become a convention for 'Music Station', and even the Super Live is no exception.

The remaining singers who were about to perform gathered in the backstage waiting area, preparing to start their performances at any time.

Akina Nakamori naturally came to the waiting area. As the most popular female idol, her two song performances were scheduled once very early and once almost as the finale.

"Akina-chan?" Hideki Saijo couldn't help his curiosity and came over to greet her.

"Saijo-senpai!" Akina Nakamori looked at Hideki Saijo with some surprise. "Are you about to go on stage too?"

"I still have some time..." Hideki Saijo shook his head and said, "What song is Akina-chan going to sing?"

"'Tears Are Not Decorations'!" Akina Nakamori smiled. This is her latest single, which is currently exploding in popularity, having already ranked in the top three of the Oricon charts and soon to be number one. "There's also 'Snow Flower' afterwards~"

"Ah, that one by Naoki-san~"

Speaking of 'Snow Flower', Hideki Saijo was also very moved. Recently, 'Love Letter' was re-released, and not only did its screenings exceed many new films, but the theme song also became popular again.

And it is expected that next year, this cycle will repeat itself... because a year has passed, the couples watching it are new, and the people listening to the song are also new...

Possessing such a long-lived song, Akina Nakamori is enough to make many famous singers envious.

"Hi..."

Akina Nakamori smiled slightly shyly; she still felt a bit embarrassed when others mentioned Naoki Nagayama in front of her.

"'Music Station' was also planned by Naoki-san, right~" Hideki Saijo asked. "Did Naoki-san come?"

"Naoki-san said he would be watching the performance from outside today..." Akina Nakamori said.

"Oh? He's actually outside~" Hideki Saijo laughed. "Sure enough, for such a big program, one has to stand from the audience's perspective to see the effect~"

"It should be like that..."

Akina Nakamori echoed, but what she was thinking about was what Naoki Nagayama had said earlier, that he just wanted to watch her perform from below...

"I heard that this year-end program invited all the popular singers; it's truly a grand gesture!" Hideki Saijo asked circuitously. "... but it excluded Masahiko Kondo... I wonder what the reason is?"

"Uh..."

Her boyfriend's disdain for Kondo had never been hidden from Akina Nakamori, so she had never had much contact with Kondo in the entertainment industry, and even if they were on the same program, she would just be polite and keep her distance.

"Even Akina-chan doesn't know the reason?" Hideki Saijo asked curiously.

"I don't know~"

Akina Nakamori naturally couldn't say what Naoki Nagayama had told her, such as "the story that Kondo and Mary had to tell, the bits and pieces about Johnny-san of Johnny's and the young idols,"

"Naoki-san just said to keep my distance from him..."

"I see..."

Hideki Saijo was slightly disappointed. He didn't really want to know gossip when he asked these things, but rather wanted to understand Naoki Nagayama's character... after all, he was going to star in a drama written by him next year, so he had to avoid pitfalls first~

Just at this moment, the program team called out, "Seiko-chan, prepare to perform! Akina-chan, you're next to go on stage!"

"Ah, Saijo-senpai, I have to go on stage!" Akina Nakamori bowed and said in a panic, "Excuse me~"

"Ganbatte!"

Hideki Saijo showed a bright smile and sent his encouragement.