Chapter 855: Sure enough, directors can do whatever they want!!

The one who bought the broadcasting rights of "Squid Game" was TBS. Speaking of which, because it wasn't a hot theme like romance, criminal, or professional dramas, the novelty of the battle royale was still questioned a bit.

However, with the guarantee of Shuyou Pictures and Shuichi Yin Tang's fame, TBS still decided to buy it, and like the previous "Love Generation," adopted the method of filming while broadcasting~

"Naoki-san's creative ability really makes us people at the TV station deeply admire!" TBS Business Department Manager Tadaki Hidaka raised his glass to toast. "I hope we can cooperate more in the future!"

"That's no problem at all!" Naoki Nagayama had a smile on his face. "I have many more ideas here!"

"Oh?" Tadaki Hidaka was in an even better mood and asked curiously, "Any ideas about variety shows?"

"Naoki-san planned 'Music Station' at TV Asahi, making everyone at TBS very jealous!"

"Hahaha, speaking of which, I just happen to have an idea for a food program........ I named it 'Midnight Diner'!"

Since someone asked, Naoki Nagayama naturally wanted to promote the program his family was about to produce. Stories that happened in a group of people in a diner in the middle of the night......

Tadaki Hidaka listened for a long time and was slightly disappointed.

He thought that Naoki Nagayama, who was called a genius, would have some good variety show ideas. In the end, it was a food program. What's good to eat in such a roadside small shop?

Moreover, it was still in the late-night slot. This was the time slot with the lowest ratings!

Shuichi Yin Tang on the side clearly saw Tadaki Hidaka's indifference and quickly changed the subject.

"Haha, Naoki-san's family runs an izakaya, so he has deep memories of these......." Shuichi Yin Tang laughed. "Stories between diners and the boss are very suitable for people who can't sleep in the middle of the night~"

Masafumi Otomo also said: "Yes, so TV Tokyo is very interested......"

TV Tokyo's late-night programs have always been very famous. Naoki Nagayama had cooperated with Kotaro Sakai on "Cat's Eye" before, and "Midnight Diner" had naturally been communicated long ago.

"I see~"

Tadaki Hidaka nodded, raised his glass again, greeted the young ladies accompanying him, and started drinking again.

"Naoki-san, let's not go home until we're drunk today!"

"......."

So a few hours later, Naoki Nagayama looked at Tadaki Hidaka, who was already paralyzed on the sofa, and Shuichi Yin Tang, who was drunk, and said helplessly to Masafumi Otomo, who was still conscious:

"Still drinking? Otomo-san?"

"......." Masafumi Otomo had no persistence of a drunk person at all. After realizing that the person in front of him was Naoki Nagayama, he shook his head. "Naoki-san, I'll trouble you!"

And then he fell onto the table!

"Tsk...... A bunch of trash! They are weak but love to play!" Naoki Nagayama said to the young ladies who had changed three batches. "Mama-san, please call three taxis for us......"

Naoki Nagayama, who returned to the 80 Building, sat on the sofa soberly to wake up from the alcohol.

"Naoki-san..... You've been drinking more and more recently!" Akina Nakamori brought a towel and wiped her boyfriend's face. "Eitaro doesn't even want to get close to you when you get home!"

"Hmph....." Naoki Nagayama looked at the dog that was far away, and the cat on the cat climbing frame. "Two ungrateful little things!"

"No way!" Akina Nakamori lightly covered Naoki Nagayama's mouth. "You are not allowed to scold them!"

"Just because Akina is backing them up, they are getting more and more presumptuous....."

"Not at all!"

The two of them bickered, and Naoki Nagayama, who had drunk alcohol, was more nagging than when he was sober, talking endlessly.

"Oh, by the way~" Akina Nakamori said. "The important things have been packed up. As for the furniture and such, contact the moving company to move them together~"

Naoki Nagayama nodded. The preparation for moving really needed to be done early.

"Mm, if we move, does Akina have time?"

"Maybe I'll have time later in the afternoon....." Akina Nakamori's face wasn't very happy. Of course, it was uncomfortable to miss her own house's move.

But now Akina Nakamori was fully preparing for her new album "SANDBEIGE - Desert." She finished recording at the beginning of the month and was now rehearsing songs every day, preparing to promote the songs.

In addition, there was the national tour, which was about to start, so it could be said that she was very busy every day.

"Then I'll go to the scene first and move the things over~" Naoki Nagayama said. "After Akina arrives, we will arrange it together!"

"Mm-hmm~ Thank you for your hard work, Naoki-san!"

Akina Nakamori happily offered a fragrant kiss.

Naoki Nagayama's hand started to move restlessly, and just when he wanted to take further action, he suddenly heard the ringing of the telephone.

"Ding-a-ling~"

"Who is it! Actually calling so late....." He glanced at the time, it was already past nine o'clock!

Akina Nakamori giggled and pushed her boyfriend away. Naoki Nagayama answered the phone helplessly, and said urgently, "Moshi Moshi, this is the Nagayama house!"

"Naoki?" The gentle voice coming from the microphone immediately extinguished Naoki Nagayama's anger. It was his mother Nanako!

"Why does your tone sound so impatient?"

"...... No, I just came back after drinking alcohol......"

"I see....."

"Mother called at this time, did something happen?" Naoki Nagayama suppressed his impatient mood and asked.

"Mm....." Nanako Nagayama said. "Your father came back and said that someone from the construction team went to the izakaya to measure today...... It was sent by Naoki-san, right?"

"Hi, I entrusted a design firm to do the design drawings." Naoki Nagayama replied. "Because if we want to film 'Midnight Diner', we need to renovate the izakaya."

"Mm....." The voice in the microphone was slightly hesitant. "Naoki..... Can your father also appear on camera for your program.....?"

"?"

Naoki Nagayama was a bit surprised.

"Does father also want to participate?" Naoki Nagayama said. "I originally thought father was so shy, he definitely wouldn't want to appear on camera!"

"This...... This izakaya is your father's hard work after all......" Mother Nanako Nagayama said. "If the izakaya is moved to TV, your father naturally wants to contribute a part....."

"Hahaha, that's no problem at all."

"Midnight Diner" originally only had one chef, and it was mainly about the stories between this chef and the customers...... However, if it was modified, maybe it would make the character image more three-dimensional.

Naoki Nagayama is the screenwriter, the producer, and the director... Naoki Nagayama is the big boss, after all!

"Then I'll add some scenes for father." Naoki Nagayama said with a smile. "What about mother? Does mother want to participate? I can also add mother!"

"I'm so old....." The tone in the microphone began to hesitate. "What does it look like to be on TV....."

"Haha, it doesn't matter, appearing in a few shots is fine! There won't be any problems!"

"Really?"

"Of course!"

Promised on the phone to let his mother appear in a few shots, and this call ended.

After Nanako Nagayama hung up the phone, she rolled her eyes at her husband who had been listening beside her, complaining: "It was clearly you who wanted to be on TV, but you let me open my mouth!"

"I don't want to....." Ken Nagayama said stubbornly.

"Then I'll call Naoki again?"

"There's no need for that......" Ken Nagayama's face was serious. "It's so late, don't go and disturb Naoki again!"

"...... Old man who says one thing but means another!"

"......."

And in the large flat of the 80 Building, after Naoki Nagayama took a hot bath, he was washing in the bathroom, brushing his teeth while still saying to his girlfriend:

"Father, mother..... I'll arrange some scenes for them in 'Midnight Diner'...... This way our whole family is involved!"

"Haha, sure enough, directors can do whatever they want!" Akina Nakamori laughed. "Anyone can be added to the play......."

"That's for sure! And I'm the screenwriter, and the producer!"

Naoki Nagayama rinsed his mouth and pointed to Eitaro, the licking dog at the door,

"If I want to, my dog can also be put into the TV series to perform! Become a star dog! Nyataro can too!"

If he even wanted to use unspoken rules, as long as he let out the wind, a large group of beautiful actresses would come and lie on his bed directly!

"Hahaha~"

Akina Nakamori looked at Eitaro, who had a confused face, and couldn't stop laughing,

"Eitaro, did you hear that? You can be a star!"

The dog couldn't understand what the owner was saying, but felt the owner's happiness, and it also wagged its tail~

After Naoki Nagayama finished washing, he walked to the side of the bed and said to Akina Nakamori:

"Akina can too..... Arrange a big star Akina Nakamori who passes by in one episode, hungry in the middle of the night and can't sleep, coming out to find something to eat....."

"Me?" Akina Nakamori was stunned for a moment and reacted. "Am I playing myself?"

"Yes!"

Naoki Nagayama hugged his girlfriend and lay on the bed, feeling that his head started to become dizzy,

"Arrange for me and Akina to be together too..... Big star meeting boyfriend in the middle of the night, hungry while walking, and just finding an izakaya to eat a late-night snack!"

"And then?" Akina Nakamori asked while lying in Naoki Nagayama's arms.

"After that......" Naoki Nagayama felt the alcohol start to surge into his head, his consciousness was chaotic, and even his speech became a bit vague, "Then I'll complain to the uncle about the pain of being a star..... Can't appear in public places during the day..... Meeting boyfriend can only be in the middle of the night....."

Akina Nakamori nodded and also played along:

"And there are many annoying things at work, the staff doesn't cooperate well....... When I first debuted, I couldn't sleep at all, working continuously......"

While talking, she found that her boyfriend hadn't responded. Looking up, he....... had already fallen asleep!!!

"What is this!" Akina Nakamori looked at her boyfriend who had already fallen asleep angrily. "Sleeping so fast after drinking alcohol!!! (And there's still business to do!)"

Drinking so much recently...... It's like this every time!

After poking Naoki Nagayama's face with her hand, Akina Nakamori gave up, buried her head in her boyfriend's arms, and listened to the breathing sound, slowly falling into a deep sleep~

"Naoki-san, morning!" The front desk star Jia Hua, wearing a cool dress, greeted with a smile.

"Ah, Hua-chan, morning!" Naoki Nagayama nodded with a smile, and even praised, "You look very beautiful today!"

"Arigato!"

Teasing the little beauty early in the morning, this is the daily source of joy for the heartless Naoki!

After walking to the office, sure enough, he didn't see Shuichi Yin Tang, and Masafumi Otomo was also haggardly holding a cup of black coffee to refresh himself....... Getting old, recovery from such things as a hangover is naturally slower.

"Otomo-san..... Are you okay?"

Masafumi Otomo listened to the bang of the door closing, and his expression was a bit painful..... He heard Naoki Nagayama's energetic voice again, and the jealousy mixed in the pain:

"Naoki-san..... Have some consideration for the elderly...... Unlike you young people who recover quickly! Making noise like this is very unfriendly to people with a hangover!"

"......."

Naoki Nagayama suppressed the idea of making trouble.....

Seeing that you are old......

Just at this moment, the office door was knocked, and Riko Hayano walked in:

"Naoki-san...... This is for you!"

"This is...." Naoki Nagayama took the two tickets. "These are concert tickets!"

The LiveAid Save Life concert is held at the beginning of July. For such a huge concert, selling tickets a month in advance is a matter of course. Buying through the company can naturally save a lot of effort, and...... there are other benefits.

Riko Hayano said:

"The tickets we got through the organizer, because we are an agency, and Naoki-san and Akina-chan are both celebrities..... So we got VIP tickets!"

This kind of concert naturally has relationship tickets. Just like this one in London, even Princess Diana attended. Naturally, they were in the VIP seats with the best positions!

"Hi, Arigato!"

Naoki Nagayama thanked Riko Hayano, but found that she placed the other tickets on Masafumi Otomo and Shuichi Yin Tang's desks separately, and then left.

"?"

"Otomo-san, are you and Yin Tang-san also going to watch?"

Masafumi Otomo was calm:

"Of course...... Naoki-san solemnly instructed Riko-chan to buy tickets. Hearing this, naturally, Shuichi-san and I were very curious!"

The day he instructed Riko Hayano was in front of the two of them. For the concert that Naoki Nagayama thought highly of, the two naturally thought it was very important, so they also wanted a few tickets.

"....... Uh, rock music, do you two like it too?"

"Of course, I also like music very much!" Masafumi Otomo nodded, as if he really was a rock music fan.

"..... All in English!" Naoki Nagayama said.

"So what if it's English!" Masafumi Otomo said stubbornly. "I like listening to English songs!"

In fact, this guy who was over fifty years old liked listening to Enka, and only knew how to say hello and hello in English......

Naoki Nagayama shook his head and didn't say anything anymore....... Anyway, if these two guys didn't go, they could give them to others~

"If Otomo-san and Yin Tang-san want to go together, let's go together in early July!"

"Mm, I know!"

Stayed in the studio for about two hours, understanding the preparation work of "101st Proposal".

Called Kijima Kyo over, communicated well about the script situation, and by the way, explained that the casting would be completely handed over to him.

"With great power comes great responsibility....."

Naoki Nagayama patted him on the shoulder and said earnestly,

"Kijima-kun, this '101st Proposal' is completely handed over to you!"

"Hi! I will film it perfectly even if I die!"

Although he hadn't transformed into Spider-Man yet, Kijima Kyo was excited!

Naoki Nagayama's ability to draw cakes is getting stronger and stronger!

After wandering around the studio for a while, he took the two movie tickets, and Naoki Nagayama stepped on the accelerator and killed back to the 80 Building!

Mount Zhishusangde is ready...... The matter of moving can't wait! ===== CHAPTER 856 =====