Chapter 824: Let Jobs work for me?

In the next few days, Naoki Nagayama's life became regular.

In the morning, drive to the Ota Ward studio to rehearse with the small crew, and then return to the Takanawa 80 Building in the evening to have dinner, walk, and go shopping with Akina~

The paparazzi near the building were scared away by the Yakuza several times, and even the stubborn ones didn't continue to lurk nearby.

Even Yamaguchi Momoe's family was much more relaxed, and Akina and Yamaguchi Momoe became much closer, and even went shopping together~

During the day, he came to the abandoned factory in Ota Ward again.

"Naoki-san." Matsuo Munao, full of stubble, was full of confidence. "Let's start filming today!"

Naoki Nagayama looked at the few people in the crew, including the Cat's Eye sisters, all of whom were very confident, and nodded:

"Looks like everyone is familiar with it!"

"Hai!" The more lively Pian Tong Cai Zhi said, "Ran through it several times! Familiar to the point of being familiar!"

"Hmm, let's try it~"

Naoki Nagayama smiled, and then saw several lead actors start to run excitedly, bustling to prepare for the real filming.

And at this time, Naoki Nagayama quietly walked to Sakata Kongming's side:

"Sakata-san..... remember, later when they make mistakes, you must use close-ups!!!"

"......." Sakata Kongming was helpless. "Naoki-san, how can you be sure they will fail....."

"Ha, if it can be filmed the first time, the Blue Ribbon Best Director Award should be taken by Matsuo Munao~"

Naoki Nagayama knew in his heart that this kind of long one-shot take can only be filmed once in a certain attempt like a god's help after repeated attempts.

After saying that, Naoki Nagayama watched from the side, seemingly looking forward to everyone's mistakes~

"One Cut of the Dead!"

Matsuo Munao said this sentence to the camera with a ferocious face, completely violating the rule that actors cannot look directly at the camera lens.

However, only in this way can it create the shock of breaking the third dimension~

Immediately, all the actors started to flee in a panic, while several zombie actors with very poor makeup followed behind them to chase and kill......

Speaking of which, this is already the third time starting from the beginning....... In the first two times, an actor accidentally fell, and there was another time when the camera almost hit when rushing out of the door.....

All made the one-shot take fall halfway~

Just at this time, Ido Xiu walked to the abandoned factory with Ishii Katsura.

Seeing Naoki Nagayama watching comfortably on a small slope on the side, Ido Xiu was very surprised:

"Naoki-san...... your director is too relaxed!"

"Eh? Why is Xiu-san here?" Naoki Nagayama turned his head. Ido Xiu's set is being renovated, but filming should not have started yet.

"Came to visit the set....."

Ido Xiu also climbed up the slope and looked down, and sure enough, he saw the crew of 《One Cut of the Dead》 spontaneously chasing and recording.

Seeing such a film shooting method that doesn't need the director to intervene at all, Ido Xiu was envious, and said again:

"Naoki-san..... you are too relaxed as a director!"

"What are you talking about, I also guide when rehearsing!" Naoki Nagayama smiled. "Now is the moment to enjoy the results!"

Ido Xiu didn't understand:

"Didn't the script read before say that the filming tidbits and so on should be used as the real part of the film? Then you don't need to guide either?"

A voice suddenly came from the side: "Sakata Kongming is filming those tidbits!"

Naoki Nagayama and Ido Xiu were startled, turned their heads and saw another person standing next to them, it was Xu Mudao Xu who was filming 《Love Generation》.

"Xu Mudao-kun, when did you come?" Ido Xiu asked in shock.

"......." Xu Mudao Xu was silent. "Xiu-san, I came with you~"

"........ Xu Mudao-kun...... remember to wear your gold watch next time....."

After a slight silence, the topic returned to filming again, Naoki Nagayama said to others:

"Still remember the time we filmed 《Paranormal Activity》?"

"Of course.... that was the first film....."

"It is precisely because of the rough filming and slightly blurry lens that people feel it is real." Naoki Nagayama pointed to the noisy crew below, like playing eagle catching chicken. "Now the camera in their hands and the second lens arranged will make people feel that this is a novice really filming a low-quality film...."

"And the various difficulties they encountered and the solutions are the things that the audience needs to understand...... that is, the play within a play~"

"So that's how it is...." Ido Xiu nodded, a bit understanding. "This is the reason why Naoki-san tries to reduce intervention!"

"Yeah, that's it~"

Naoki Nagayama said righteously,

"Everything is carefully designed!"

Ido Xiu looked at Naoki Nagayama's very sincere face and whispered: "...... Don't know why, my heart is telling me that Naoki-san is for laziness...."

"...... That's an illusion!"

Laughed on the small slope, and watching the crew below fail again and stop, Naoki Nagayama walked up, started to understand the problems in the filming process, and prepared to solve them.

"Xu Mudao-kun...." Ido Xiu watched this scene from the outside, feeling very puzzled. "Do you think Naoki-san can really film an interesting film this time?"

The crew below looks like a mob, don't let people in the cinema walk away after half an hour of screening!

"Naoki-san doing this must have his reasons!" Xu Mudao Xu trusted Naoki Nagayama very much. "Besides, didn't we read the film script before..... it's very interesting!"

"....... Hope it's not Naoki-san's Waterloo~"

During lunch break, Naoki Nagayama and Ido Xiu and Xu Mudao Xu ate at a restaurant in Ota Ward.

In the chat, they talked about the current work progress~

"《Love Generation》 is also coming to an end." Xu Mudao Xu said. "Naoki-san, in the last episode, does the male lead really have to be late?"

"What's wrong?"

"Being late at such an important time, always feels a bit unstable...... aren't they truly in love?"

"Because he is a prodigal son...." Naoki Nagayama said. "Guys who are naturally dissolute always have some worries and fears about settling down. For them, this is a kind of unknown....."

Ido Xiu looked at Naoki Nagayama explaining, couldn't help nodding, and said to Xu Mudao Xu:

"Naoki-san is right, this is definitely based on experience! Trusting him is absolutely not wrong!"

"......."

Naoki Nagayama was speechless, Xiu-san, what are you hinting at?!

In the afternoon, Naoki Nagayama didn't continue to stay in the studio, anyway they still need to continue rehearsing, so he rushed back to the Tokyo city area.

The commercial street in Ginza was still prosperous, with domestic and foreign goods, Naoki Nagayama walked and strolled in the men's goods area.....

"For middle-aged old men to save face....."

He aimed at a certain blue small pill, and decisively shook his head...... Sending this is too much, besides, this can't be shown off to others.

Continuing to walk, Naoki Nagayama saw all kinds of tonics, ginseng, wolfberry, angelica, panax notoginseng....... Traditional Chinese medicine is very popular in Japan.

"Akina's father, doesn't seem to be bald....."

After looking around, Naoki Nagayama bought some valuable medicinal wine, which can save face when drinking with friends......

Then he thought about it, it seemed not very safe, and went to the clothing area to buy a brand-name belt..... In the Showa era, which advocated wearing suits, this is a very suitable gift for men.

After coming out of the shopping street, Naoki Nagayama came to Tree Friends Capital in Ginza on the way.

"Naoki-san, you are here!" Jinjing Zhouxiang welcomed very enthusiastically. "Haven't been here for a long time~"

"Haha, just happened to have time today~"

Indeed, since the end of the demon stock trading, Naoki Nagayama hasn't been to Tree Friends Capital. He came here today, on one hand, it was on the way, and on the other hand, he wanted to see how the capital preparation was going.

"Naoki-san?" In the office, Zhongjing Yuantai was very surprised after seeing Naoki Nagayama. "Why are you here today?"

"Went to buy something......." Naoki Nagayama handed over the medicinal wine in his hand. Going shopping naturally wouldn't just buy a little bit. "This is for you~"

"Oh? Ginseng medicinal wine?" Zhongjing Yuantai was a bit surprised. "I haven't reached the age of needing nourishment!"

"Health preservation, start from youth!" Naoki Nagayama smiled. Knowing that the young people full of diseases in their thirties in the future are countless. "You have been drinking flower wine every day for the past few years, and you have long been hollowed out. Drinking a small cup when eating dinner is good for your body~"

"... When have I been going out drinking and chasing women every day?!"

Genta Nakai said with dissatisfaction.

"Heh... Not every day, but every other day, right?"

Naoki Nagayama was dismissive. The saying that men go bad when they have money isn't just talk. He himself has the willpower of two lifetimes, but others... even Otomo Yoshimura, who is already in the second half of his life, isn't he still staying up all night at clubs every few days now?!

If you ask, it's business socializing, dinners... all work-related matters. The wives at home also turn a blind eye; as long as the household expenses aren't short, it's fine~

Since it's come to this, Genta Nakai didn't say much more. Anyway, it's a good thing, so it's fine to take some supplements while at home~

After laughing and joking around for a while, Genta Nakai asked:

"Naoki-san, did you come over today just to deliver gifts?"

"Of course not just that..." Naoki Nagayama also became serious. "It's April. I'm here to ask... how is the capital preparation coming along?"

"Currently..." Genta Nakai said, "Most of the funds have been transferred to offshore accounts. Currently, in our domestic stock trading accounts, we are only doing some small transactions, and we can consolidate the funds at any time."

"Hmm... The trading platform regulated by the NFA (National Futures Association) has been handled as well, right?"

"Hai, the contract has been signed, and we can proceed with transactions at any time..."

In this day and age, the foreign exchange market is not yet mature. The NFA has been operating for less than two years, and there aren't many qualified trading platforms...

With the scale of Tree Friend Capital, if we want to trade foreign exchange, it's safer to have the funds in the New York foreign exchange market in the United States~

Listening to Genta Nakai explain the current progress, Naoki Nagayama didn't have much more to say. When it comes to actual operations, these investment professionals are the ones who are skilled at it.

"In short... go long on the yen's appreciation, and after it's about right, convert it into dollars to purchase high-quality assets in the United States..." Naoki Nagayama said. Although he knew that after the Plaza Accord, the dollar-to-yen exchange rate would reach at most 1:120-something, he didn't know the specific timing. The intermediate operations would depend on Genta Nakai. Anyway, just withdraw before the bubble bursts in 1990.

"Hai, I understand!"

Genta Nakai completely trusts Naoki Nagayama, and then he asked,

"Naoki-san, which assets should we lean towards when purchasing?"

"Of course, real estate..." The first thing that popped into Naoki Nagayama's mind was buying houses, but then he thought, "Wait... Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Oracle, IBM, Apple... the stocks of these companies aren't expensive, right?"

"Hmm... The first few are all okay, but Apple..." Because of Naoki Nagayama previously, Genta Nakai has been paying close attention to technology companies, and even in the United States, he would often inquire about news.

"Apple's market isn't very good right now... Its personal computer market share is being snatched up by IBM..." Genta Nakai said, "And I heard that the internal strife is also very intense. Rumors about the discord between Chairman Jobs and the board of directors have already spread to the outside..."

"Oh?"

Naoki Nagayama instantly thought that this must be the time when Jobs was kicked out of Apple, and the next few years would be Apple's most sluggish period...

"When the strife reaches a fever pitch, we will start buying Apple stock!"

"Uh... Naoki-san, are you sure?" Genta Nakai was a bit uncertain. "No matter how you look at it, Apple seems like it can't keep up with the times... There are too many tech companies competing with it! It might just collapse!"

"It's okay, I feel that Apple has the potential to make a comeback... Just acquire it in small batches... The duration just needs to be long..."

Naoki Nagayama thought to himself, maybe when Jobs regains power, Tree Friend Capital could become one of Apple's major shareholders...

Let Jobs work for me?

Haha, I just feel like I've avenged the time I bought an Apple computer and ate instant noodles for a month!

Although Genta Nakai was a bit skeptical, he still followed Naoki Nagayama's idea... After all, facts have already proven that following Naoki Nagayama really means there's meat to eat!

He stayed in Ginza for quite a while. Besides catching up, he also communicated with various employees of the company; otherwise, if he hadn't been seen for a long time, they might have thought the company's boss was gone.

After returning to the Takanawa 80 Building, Naoki Nagayama carried the gifts he bought today and walked towards the main entrance.

"Naoki-san? Do you need help?" Security guard Kazushi Matsuzaki saw Naoki Nagayama's hands full of things and asked hurriedly.

"Daijoubu, I can carry it~" Naoki Nagayama smiled. "Matsuzaki-san, haven't seen any paparazzi around lately, right?"

"Hai, there are fewer and fewer now..."

Kazushi Matsuzaki reported quickly. He knew why the paparazzi had disappeared. Although Naoki Nagayama didn't say the previous yakuza had anything to do with him, Kazushi Matsuzaki could be certain that Naoki Nagayama definitely did something.

The day before yesterday, when Naoki Nagayama just got home, he chatted with him about a paparazzi van that had appeared outside. Not an hour later, several tattooed tough guys came over and beat the paparazzi up...

They were so fast that the police could only come over to sweep the floor... Ah, take away the injured paparazzi lying on the road~ That group of people seems to be getting more and more ruthless~

"That's good... These paparazzi are really too ignorant of what's good for them... They clearly already know that a yakuza boss lives in this neighborhood, yet they still come to harass..."

"Yeah, yeah, they really don't know any better!" Kazushi Matsuzaki echoed repeatedly. "Speaking of which, we should really thank that boss!"

"Haha, that shouldn't be necessary... The person wants to keep it secret, that's why they don't want people to know!"

"No, we have to thank them!" Kazushi Matsuzaki said with a face full of sincerity, "Thank them in our hearts!"

"....... Alright~"

After chatting with Kazushi Matsuzaki for a few words, Naoki Nagayama took the elevator to the top floor. After opening the door with his key, he saw a dog enthusiastically wagging its tail waiting in the entryway!

"Eitaro! I'm back!"

"Woof woof!" The dog's eyes were fixed on the things in Naoki Nagayama's hands; he smelled the scent of food.

"These aren't for you to eat!"

Naoki Nagayama said while walking into the living room, and then he heard Akina Nakamori's voice,

"Naoki-san, you're back?!"

"Hai~" Naoki Nagayama looked at Akina, who was wearing loungewear and walking out of the bedroom, and smiled. "I've bought the gifts I need to send tomorrow~"