Chapter 871: The Wolf of Huaerjie

After the middle of July, Tokyo officially entered the hottest period of the year~

It was noon, and the fireball hanging high in the center of the sky was wantonly sowing heat, making everything on the ground suffer from roasting.

The green trees by the roadside drooped their branches and leaves, the weeds in the corners of the walls were also listless, and even the cicadas, which were the most lively and noisy in the past, only chirped once or twice weakly...

The air a dozen centimeters above the ground was slightly distorted, and the occasional breeze was also hot. The entire city of reinforced concrete seemed to have become a huge oven.

Everyone was looking for a cool place to avoid the heat and rest, under the shade of trees, under the eaves, or in the air-conditioned cold air of department stores~ Even children with unlimited energy wouldn't run out in this weather to suffer.

Only the working people oppressed by life had to come out to work, and some had to brave the scorching sun...

And on such a day, a plane slowly landed on the tarmac of Narita Airport.

In the busy airport, many people were waiting at the exit, some holding signs with names on them, and one of them clearly wrote the words "Naoki Nagayama".

"Naoki Nagayama-san, here, here!"

After Naoki Nagayama walked out, he was very surprised, looking at this young man holding the sign and asked:

"Why is there someone picking me up? Who are you? I haven't seen you~"

"My name is Tomoyasu Toda, an intern at Shuyou!" Tomoyasu Toda was a college student who had just graduated not long ago. Although he was a bit short, he was very spirited, "I was sent by Director Fangcun to pick up Nagayama-san!"

Saying that, he diligently took the suitcase Naoki Nagayama was dragging,

"Naoki-san, the car is parked not far from the entrance, I'll drive it to the entrance immediately... Let's go over now!"

"Hmm..."

Naoki Nagayama didn't doubt that he was lying, but why? He didn't have anyone picking him up when he came back before...

"Toda-kun, why did Otomo-san ask you to pick me up? Did he say anything? Or... where are you taking me?"

"Ah?" Tomoyasu Toda was stunned, "Director Fangcun just asked me to pick up Nagayama-san, and Naoki-san will decide where to go later..."

"Heh... getting more and more interesting..." Naoki Nagayama shook his head and looked at Tomoyasu Toda, a good boy who was still waiting for instructions, "Toda-kun, what are you waiting for, let's go!"

"Ah! Hai!"

This guy was startled and immediately dragged the suitcase and walked in front... He had to drive the car to the entrance first~

"Tokyo is so hot..."

After staying in New York for several days, the first feeling Naoki Nagayama had when walking out of the airport was this. His lips were a bit dry from being baked by the hot wind. It's a pity that he didn't see those beautiful young women wearing cool clothes at the airport...

After a while, a Toyota car stopped in front of Naoki Nagayama, and then Naoki Nagayama opened the car door and got in.

It seemed that it hadn't been turned off. Even if it was parked on the side, the car's air conditioning had been working, and the interior of the car was very cool... Tomoyasu Toda, who was driving in front, asked:

"Nagayama-san, where are you going?"

"Go to Shanyingyuan in Chiyoda... next to Jinhua Park..."

Naoki Nagayama wasn't worried about Tomoyasu Toda knowing his home address. After all, it was a lifetime employment system. He was now a person of Shuyou, and if he died... cough, he died, that's it~

"Hai!"

The young man got the order and immediately focused on driving.

Shuyou's new headquarters, Shudun Building~

"Nagayama-san should be back, right?" Otomo Fangcun, who had finished his rest, still had a chaotic brain and asked Riko Hayano who came to deliver the materials.

"Hai, it's the morning flight." Riko Hayano nodded, "Someone has already been arranged to pick him up."

"Yeah, that's good~"

Otomo Fangcun nodded,

"In the future, if there are no special instructions, preparations should be made for the pick-up and drop-off for Nagayama-san's major itineraries, and a private assistant should also be equipped!"

"Hai!"

The Shuyou Group now has more than 200 people, which is not a small company, and it has a certain reputation in the industry. After all, it is already the president of the company~

What's more, the preparatory work for the Tokyo International Film Festival is in full swing. Without a certain style, the fastidious partners will be looked down upon when negotiating business with them!

So... should a private assistant be a man? Or a woman?

It just so happens that I should also be equipped with one...

Otomo Fangcun fell into reverie~

And on the other side, Naoki Nagayama was chatting curiously with Tomoyasu Toda in the car:

"Toda-kun, during this period, has anything interesting happened in Tokyo?"

"Eh? Interesting things?" Tomoyasu Toda was stunned, and then pondered in his head, "Ah, there is one thing that is very interesting... 'Squid Game' produced by Shuyou Film has caused a lot of discussion, and there are education representatives who publicly opposed such stigmatization of children's games... saying it will make children unconsciously learn violence when playing games..."

"???"

This is called interesting? Naoki Nagayama looked at Tomoyasu Toda who was driving and felt that this guy was a bit... stupid and cute?

Perhaps seeing his own president's expression from the rearview mirror, Tomoyasu Toda also reacted. This was not interesting news for Shuyou Film.

"Ah, Sumimasen!!! I shouldn't have said interesting!"

"Forget it... continue talking..." Naoki Nagayama waved his hand, "'Squid Game' should be the fourth episode now... how is the ratings?"

"The ratings reached 24%!" Tomoyasu Toda said, "Even the broadcast time has been adjusted forward for a period... to prime time."

Originally, the broadcast time of "Squid Game" was a bit late in prime time, but now it seems that TBS has also realized the attractive parts of this drama.

"Not bad..." Naoki Nagayama continued to ask, "Then where did those opposing voices come from? Is there any handiwork of other competitors?"

"Ah... this..."

Tomoyasu Toda was stumped. No one told him that he had to know these things when being a driver for Naoki Nagayama!

"...... Alright, you're a newcomer, you should not know..." Naoki Nagayama shook his head and then changed the subject, "Is there anything else fresh?"

"Ano... Teresa Teng's 'Airen' won the Nihon Cable Request Chart champion for 10 consecutive weeks?" Tomoyasu Toda said cautiously.

"Hmm... anything else?"

Teresa Teng is different from Akina Nakamori, she belongs to a pop singer... The songs are very popular and easy to sing. After coming to Nihon again, the records have been quite good.

Tomoyasu Toda continued to think, and decisively broke all the latest gossip in the entertainment industry...

Something like Yukiko Okada's new song "Kanashii Yokan" is officially on sale...

Yoko Minamino officially debuted as a singer, and her first single "Hazukashisugite" was well received...

And Shizuka Kudo was said by the newspaper again to like motorcycles... and her conduct was bad...

"Wait, what's wrong with Shizuka Kudo?" Naoki Nagayama stopped Tomoyasu Toda.

"Ah, Shizuka-chan was blacked by the media again!" Tomoyasu Toda realized that Shizuka Kudo was an artist under Shuyou, but he still said honestly, "I heard that at an idol event, Shizuka-chan was asked again if she likes motorcycles..."

"....... Is that so~"

Naoki Nagayama was a little helpless. This bear child just doesn't know how to avoid suspicion~

Since Shizuka Kudo moved from Onyanko Club to here, because she was young, Otomo Fangcun pushed her as an idol... She released a few albums, and the effect was quite good, so she was prepared to continue developing in the direction of an idol...

Speaking of which, Naoki Nagayama hadn't seen her for a long time~

As far as Shuyou's situation is concerned, the Cat's Eye Three Sisters are mature and cannot go to the idol track. The early Junko Ito has taken shape, but her potential has been exhausted. Later, she will also try to transform...

Yuki Saito, Chikako Aoyama, Momoko Kikuchi are all biased towards acting... There is also Kaori Kobayashi, who is not the type of idol, but more of a singer... The youngest Rie Miyazawa is too young...

It is indeed necessary to raise a flag in the idol world again! Shizuka Kudo is very suitable.

"Give a few songs..."

Naoki Nagayama pondered his song library to see if he could add a little help to raise this idol who was originally very potential~

Tomoyasu Toda in the front row saw his president stop talking and didn't dare to continue, silently driving towards Shanyingyuan.

The Shanyingyuan surrounded by green bamboo, the black-based building, the lush cherry trees, plus the living water pool in the yard... actually had a sense of quietness in this summer.

"Nagayama-san... this is my phone number." After Tomoyasu Toda helped take down the suitcase, he handed over his business card with both hands, "If you need to use the car, notify me at any time!"

"Okay, thank you for your hard work today, go back and rest~"

Naoki Nagayama accepted the business card. Although he didn't know how Otomo Fangcun arranged it, he would see this young man often in the future,

"If I need to use the car, I will notify you at least half a day in advance..."

"Hai, then I will take my leave first..."

After the Toyota car disappeared, Naoki Nagayama returned to the house he hadn't seen for more than half a month.

The thick walls, plus the marble floor, directly blocked the heat outside, making the spacious hall even a bit cool.

No Eitaro, no Miaotaro, and Akina is not here... The huge Shanyingyuan looks a bit cold. After all, the koi in the pond and the cherry trees in the yard can't talk.

Walking to the residential area on the left, the newspapers on the table, the tea set and fruits on the coffee table, the remote control and the opened magazine on the sofa... everything shows that someone lived in this room before.

Unlike the apartment in New York, it has a kind of "popularity".

"Akina, should be at rehearsal~"

Naoki Nagayama closed the magazine and went to the second floor. He wanted to put away the things in the suitcase.

In the large suitcase, besides two changes of clothes, all were gifts brought back from the United States... and there was something very special, a small red box, an important thing specially bought from a famous jewelry store in the United States...

"If it's this thing, I have to hide it for now..."

Naoki Nagayama looked around the bedroom, bedside table, wardrobe... couldn't find a place to hide it... This is Akina's world.

So he could only walk to the study, open his own locked small vault, and put the red box under a pile of manuscript paper... This drawer contained Naoki Nagayama's creations, and Akina usually wouldn't come to move it.

By the way, he looked at his stock:

"'Koi Kaze ni Nosete' (Catching the Wind of Love)... only suitable for male vocals..."

"'aLIEz' is too difficult, too avant-garde... let's forget it~"

Naoki Nagayama flipped through the scores one by one, and suddenly flipped to the three theme songs of "Slam Dunk", "I Want to Shout I Love You", "No One Can Control Me", "Only Staring at You"...

"If it's female vocals, then only 'Only Staring at You'... However, the original singer of this song is Maki Ohguro, that kind of voice and expressiveness is rare in the entire singer world..."

"Shizuka Kudo... no way..."

Although Shizuka Kudo's voice is also hoarse and low, in terms of singing skills... it's more than a notch worse!

"Others... 'I Want to Shout I Love You', 'No One Can Control Me' are all male vocals..."

As for other songs, they are all soundtracks for animated films, either gentle or pure music. At first glance, it seems there are no songs suitable for Shizuka Kudo~

"Hmm... the small vault is going to be in an emergency!"

Naoki Nagayama sighed. After all, he was not a professional songwriter, and the memories in his head didn't always appear on cue; getting things for free still came with uncertainties.

"So, it's still making money... Only money is truly your own thing!"

Determined the determination to get rich!

He was about to put the score back, but when Naoki Nagayama saw "I Want to Shout I Love You", some fragments suddenly flashed in his head, that was a scene of a stylish female singer singing "I Want to Shout I Love You" in a live house.

Noisy audience, energetic drums, plus the female singer's enthusiastic singing... This effect is no worse than male vocals...

Plus this song is about the feelings of meeting someone you secretly love, this kind of feeling is possessed by both men and women!

Especially in Nihon's culture, it is not uncommon for girls to confess to boys they secretly love!

Naoki Nagayama looked blankly at the song title on the score, and many singing scenes flashed in his head, various versions of covers... that represented many people's memories of youth...

"Well... now I decide!"

He took this song out,

"Anyway, it's impossible for the original band to sing it... it's not impossible to give it to Shizuka Kudo..."

Shizuka Kudo also has many songs in the future that have a strong sense of rhythm, full of power and enthusiasm... She herself is a very energetic image...

"However... Shizuka-chan has to be trained well... In short, it can't be worse than the original!"

Since it was decided, Naoki Nagayama didn't hesitate too much, and directly pulled out the score, deciding to bring it to Otomo-san at the company later.

However, when he was about to stand up again, he suddenly thought of "The Wolf of Huaerjie" he thought of in New York...

"Since I'm here, I'll just write the script for 'The Wolf of Huaerjie'!!"

Naoki Nagayama started to bury his head in writing... At the same time, all kinds of strange ideas started to pop up in his head...

What if "The Wolf of Huaerjie" was filmed in Tokyo?

"If I adapt it, 'The Wolf of Huaerjie' becomes 'The Wolf of Ginza'... Ah no, in Nihon, it seems that 'The Tiger of Ginza' is more appropriate... The tiger in the eyes of Nihon people feels more aggressive..."

"Plus the bubble coming after the end of the year..."

Anyway, in the bubble era, the prosperity of Tokyo is not inferior to New York... Comparing Huaerjie in New York and Ginza in Tokyo, there are many commonalities!

The same gathering of money, the same gathering of elites, the same lights and wine... banknotes, stocks, nightclubs, parties, sex, drugs... Huaerjie has it, Ginza has it, maybe even more prominent.

In that era of paper-drunk and gold-obsessed, filming a movie that is equally paper-drunk and gold-obsessed...

It seems...

It's very promising!

The more he thought about it, the more feasible he felt. First, he wrote a script for "The Wolf of Huaerjie", and then he wanted to magically adapt it into "The Tiger of Ginza"... Naoki Nagayama, who was burying his head in creation, didn't even notice that the sky started to darken...

Akina Nakamori recorded a program in the morning, which was a funny idol variety show, the kind she hadn't participated in for a long time.

However, after returning from abroad, she had been recording this kind of variety show very frequently in the past few days, not for promoting songs, but for promoting her national tour.

Participating in this kind of program recording was just to take out the poster in the program and say this sentence:

"Ano... Akina Nakamori's 'BITTER & SWEET' national tour is about to start, I hope to see everyone this summer... I hope to get everyone's support!"

After saying that, she returned the program to the host, and then laughed heartily...

"Well... Akina-chan should be more SWEET!" Host Sanma Akashiya followed the conversation very well, "Look, she's laughing non-stop now... hehehe~"

"Hahahaha~"

Sanma Akashiya's facial art and words seemed to poke Akina Nakamori's laughter point, and she laughed until she squatted down...

"Er..." Sanma Akashiya looked at this top idol in front of him and said helplessly to the camera, "I seem to have laughed Akina-chan down..."

"Hahahaha~" Akina covered her stomach, not knowing why she couldn't stop...

This happy atmosphere made the entire studio happy, and the guests and the audience under the stage couldn't help but laugh.

When recording the program, even if she wasn't singing, Akina could effortlessly become the center of the audience... This might be the source of natural expressiveness!

It was hard to wait for Akina Nakamori to control her laughter, and Sanma Akashiya helped her to her seat and instructed:

"Akina-chan, don't laugh anymore... If you laugh again, the recording won't be able to continue!"

"Sumimasen... Sanma-san" Akina Nakamori pressed her stomach, her breathing was still a bit rapid, "I just thought of something funny..."

"......" Sanma Akashiya said earnestly, "Akina-chan, as an artist who has undergone strict training, you must remember that when recording, no matter how funny things you think of, you cannot laugh!"

"But I can't help it!"

Originally, she was in a very good mood because her boyfriend was coming back today, and she saw Sanma Akashiya's facial art again... Who could help it!

Shaking his head, Sanma Akashiya still tried hard to maintain the subsequent recording.

After noon, Akina Nakamori came to Nakamori's headquarters again, started to confirm the itinerary of the national tour one last time, and prepared for the subsequent tour...

"Akina-chan!" Looking at the distracted artist, Ryomei Tanaka had to remind her, "Any other questions?"

"Ah! Absolutely none!" Akina Nakamori said immediately.

"Then... starting tomorrow, our national tour will officially begin!" Ryomei Tanaka said, "For tomorrow, Fangze-san will pick you up in the morning... The first stop is Aomori City..."

"Hai!"

Ryomei Tanaka originally wanted to instruct some matters about tomorrow's performance, but seeing Akina Nakamori who was becoming more and more restless, he sighed:

"That's it... Akina-chan, go back, have a good rest today..."

"Hai!!!"

This time Akina Nakamori was much more active than before, immediately stood up to pack her things, and then walked quickly towards the parking lot.

"Akina-chan... Akina-chan..."

"Hmm?" Akina Nakamori looked over with a frown...

"It's better to let Fangze-san send you, your mood now... is not suitable for driving..."

"....... Hai~"

When the sky darkened and the sunset slanted, Akina Nakamori finally returned to the Shanyingyuan.

After seeing off Fusanori Mingxing, she rushed into the Shanyingyuan impatiently, but found that the first floor was empty... as if no one had been here.

"Impossible... clearly arrived at noon... did it arrive late?"

Only after seeing Naoki Nagayama's shoes did she confirm that her boyfriend had really returned.

"On the second floor?"

"Is he resting? Jet lag?"

Akina Nakamori walked up to the second floor lightly, but found that there was only an open suitcase in the bedroom, which was full of various gifts... She didn't rush to look, but walked towards the study next to it with a small crack open.

Gently pushing open the door, the afterglow of the sunset penetrated from the window, slanting on the wide desk, dyeing the spread white manuscript paper golden red...

And beside it, a handsome and tall figure was poking his temple with a fountain pen, thinking about something immersed... From time to time, he put down the pen and made a rustling sound on the manuscript paper.

Akina Nakamori stood quietly by the door frame of the study, looking at her boyfriend's appearance, and couldn't bear to break this picture...

Until Naoki Nagayama turned his head with awareness:

"Akina-chan?!"

Then he smiled: "When did you come back?! Why are you standing at the door?!"

"Just arrived..."

Akina Nakamori pushed open the door, walked to her boyfriend's side, and hugged his shoulders,

"Seeing Naoki-san writing something, I didn't want to disturb..."

"Just a script... just happened to think of it~"

"Naoki-san has inspiration again?" Akina Nakamori looked at her boyfriend with some surprise, "Is it a movie or music?"

"It's a movie script..."

Naoki Nagayama felt that it was a bit tiring to talk with his head tilted, so he directly reached out and pulled his girlfriend into his arms, explaining to her:

"This time I went to New York and communicated with the investment managers on Huaerjie, and discovered some of their characteristics, so I came up with this script..."

"'The Wolf of Huaerjie'?" Akina Nakamori looked at the name of one of them, and then looked at the other, "'The Tiger of Ginza'?"

"Two scripts?!"

"One is the American version, one is the Nihon version..."

Naoki Nagayama said, "A variant of the same idea in different environments..."

"Can it still be like this?!"

"Of course! This is something I wrote..."

After finishing the script on the table, Akina Nakamori turned back to the topic, looking at her boyfriend:

"Naoki-san... when did you come back?!"

"Came back at noon... and then I've been writing these in the study..."

"Didn't even tidy up the suitcase!" Akina Nakamori said in surprise, "Didn't you even eat lunch?"

"Seems like I didn't..." Naoki Nagayama felt that his stomach was indeed a bit hungry...

"Let's go make dinner immediately..." Akina Nakamori felt a bit distressed, "Or go out to eat directly?"

"......."

Naoki Nagayama looked at Akina in his arms. The red face was delicate and shiny, and the exquisite facial features were like a match made in heaven...

Because it was summer, the cool camisole she was wearing revealed a large area of snow-white skin, and the soft and plump body with a faint heat made people a bit reluctant to let go...

"I want to eat something else first..."

"?"

Before Akina Nakamori could react, Naoki Nagayama lowered his head and bit her lips, and his hands started to attack the city and seize the land...

The atmosphere in the study suddenly became romantic~

"Naoki-san..." Akina Nakamori supported her boyfriend's chest with difficulty, and said panting, "Let's eat first... I've been hungry for a whole day! We can do it again at night..."

"This won't do!" Naoki Nagayama held his girlfriend horizontally in his arms, kissing while walking towards the bedroom, "The stomach has only been hungry for one day, but the others have been hungry for a week! This is absolutely not to be waited for!"

"......."

The Shanyingyuan without Eitaro, without a dog guarding outside the bedroom...

However, strange sounds still came from the bedroom~ ===== CHAPTER 872 =====