Chapter 876: What are you eating? It's human relationships!!

On the long highway in the distance, the familiar small coastal town slowly emerged in the blurred field of vision.

When Naoki Nagayama returned to his loyal Shizuoka, the sound of the waves on the entire coastline seemed to be calling out—Naoki Nagayama had returned to his loyal land of prosperity!

"I've been letting my imagination run wild lately!"

Shaking his head, Naoki Nagayama threw the strange thoughts out of his mind.

In recent days, maybe Naoki Nagayama was the only one in Shanying Garden. When a person suddenly becomes lonely, there will be many strange thoughts. This made Naoki Nagayama recall many strange things from the past... including that other world, Azeroth, which many people dream about.

"In short, go to the old home first..."

Naoki Nagayama stepped on the accelerator, and the convertible sports car, which couldn't show its performance in the urban area of Tokyo, made a roar, pushing Naoki Nagayama forward with the strong sea breeze...

It was morning, and under the strong sunlight, even the insects that were very active in the small town stopped chirping, and only in the woods did cicadas occasionally resist the high temperature.

Eitaro, at the old house in Shizuoka, was lying lazily on the floor with his mouth open and tongue sticking out, digesting his food...

What he ate in the morning was the fried chicken meatballs left over from last night with overnight rice, plus miso soup. The full soup and meat made the dog feel incomparably happy.

He had been in Shizuoka for more than half a month, eating a lot but not exercising, and finally lived the life of a landlord...

Just at this time, Eitaro's ears suddenly heard a familiar engine sound. When the convertible stopped outside the house, he had already jumped up and ran toward the gate...

"Woof woof woof woof! Woof woof! (It's the master! The master is here!)"

Sure enough, smelling the familiar scent, seeing the familiar figure, and hearing the familiar voice:

"Ah, Eitaro!!! I missed you so much!"

Naoki Nagayama happily touched the dog's head, stroking the white dog that was twisting and turning. He also missed this dog very much.

"You've gained weight again!!! Sure enough, Mother gave you too much to eat... You have to exercise well when we go back!"

"..."

For some reason, Eitaro felt that the excitement just now suddenly cooled down...

After teasing the dog at the door for a while, Naoki Nagayama walked toward the house. After entering the entrance, he saw his mother waiting with a smile, so he hurriedly handed over the gift bag in his hand:

"Mother, I'm back~"

"Welcome home~" Nanako Nagayama took the bag, led Naoki Nagayama toward the living room, and asked while walking, "Are you back this time to film *Midnight Diner*?"

"Mm, it's almost ready." Naoki Nagayama poured a cup of cold tea and drank it. "The team has all come over. Taking advantage of this time being relatively empty, let's film it quickly... strive to broadcast it on TV in September."

"September, so fast?" Nanako Nagayama was a bit surprised. "Is it so fast to produce a TV series?"

"Haha, about the same."

Actually, it was mainly because Naoki Nagayama himself was there, with templates in his head. If other TV stations were to produce TV series, it would take at least a quarter.

"Then, will Naoki stay at home this time? Or will you stay with the program crew?" Mother Nanako asked with some expectation.

"Since it's so close, of course I'll stay at home!" Naoki Nagayama said. "My room is still empty, right?"

"Of course~" Mother Nanako smiled even more happily.

"Why didn't I see Miaotaro?"

"Miaotaro is much wilder than Eitaro. He ran out to find other cats to play with again... He won't be back until evening."

"Oh~~~ became a cat boss~"

After staying in the old house for a while, Naoki Nagayama mentioned who the gifts brought from the United States were for, and asked his mother to let his sister-in-law, Jia Hua Nagayama, come over to get them in the afternoon or evening.

Then he prepared to go to the hotel where the crew was staying to see and communicate with everyone about the filming situation.

In the evening, he also had to go to the izakaya to explore the situation and arrange the camera positions and so on.

"Mother, I'll go communicate with the crew about the production of the program first." Naoki Nagayama stood up. "It should be very late tonight, I'll probably come back with Father."

"Mm, go ahead and get busy~"

Mother Nanako was unpacking the high-end cosmetics brought from the United States, looking at them with glowing eyes...

"..."

Women... although she was old and had never used cosmetics before, since her second son had money, he always brought back quite high-end cosmetics...

At least when her best friends or even her daughter-in-law came to visit, they were all longing for them. If she didn't use them, should she give them away?

Naoki Nagayama walked out the door, leaving the dog that wanted to follow behind:

"I won't take you now, I'll come back tonight~"

There were no five-star hotels in the small town, only one or two inns that received passersby or sea guests all year round.

The *Midnight Diner* program crew had booked an entire inn as their temporary headquarters this time.

When Naoki Nagayama arrived at the inn, the crew members had already placed their luggage and were reading the script, preparing for filming~

"Munao-kun~"

A group of people was gathered temporarily, but since Matsuo Munao, the director of *One Cut of the Dead*, had joined, he naturally became the deputy director second only to Naoki Nagayama in the program crew.

"Naoki-san!" Matsuo Munao greeted very respectfully. "We are ready to go to the scene at any time!"

"Filming still has to wait until night!" Naoki Nagayama laughed, looked around, and saw that all the members were full of energy. "However... it's not impossible to go to the set early to familiarize yourself."

"Ah, is it the izakaya that has been renovated?!"

"Yes, let's go to the izakaya for lunch together later~" Naoki Nagayama said with a smile. "I'm not bragging, but the Nagayama family's izakaya has been open in Shizuoka for so many years, and the taste is still very good!"

"Hahaha, that's for sure!" "Naoki-san's family business, definitely no problem!" "Absolutely delicious!"

Everyone flattered him very sensibly, and Naoki Nagayama blushed when he heard it...

At this moment, he also knew in his heart that even if they ate pig food at noon, they would all lie through their teeth and say it was supreme deliciousness!

Naoki Nagayama even thought of the praise for them—if the food was salty, say it went well with rice; if it was sour, say it was appetizing; if it was spicy, say it was rich; if it was bitter, say it cleared fire...

In Nihon, it's even simpler. Put the food in your mouth, no matter what, just say "delicious" and it's OK!

What are you eating in the entertainment industry? It's human relationships! In short, you can't hear a word of truth.

Naoki Nagayama sighed in his heart, actually, his father's izakaya's taste was indeed okay~

There was still some time before noon. In this inn, Naoki Nagayama first communicated with everyone about the filming matters that followed.

One very important point was that they were filming in the middle of the night, so everyone could rest in the inn during the day. In short, it was the time to work officially at night.

Seeing that the time was almost up, the inn owner even came to ask if they wanted to have lunch in the inn, so Naoki Nagayama took the crew to the izakaya.

"My family's izakaya is near the pier, actually mainly serving people working around the pier."

Naoki Nagayama led everyone walking on the familiar street, talking excitedly while walking,

"When I was in high school, I would come to help when I was free..."

"I often came to this convenience store before..."

"Haha, Munao-kun, did you see that video store? I would also sneak over to watch movies..."

"Kongming-kun, when you are free, you can also take some photos or clips around the small town... to make behind-the-scenes or opening and ending credits."

After walking in the sun for about ten minutes, until everyone's heads were sweating, the group finally arrived at the inconspicuous izakaya.

"Wait until night, then hang up the *Midnight Diner* sign~" Naoki Nagayama said before walking in.

It was meal time, and there were quite a few people eating in the izakaya, and the shop looked a bit lively.

However, the newly installed high-power air conditioner was humming, keeping the shop at a cool temperature, and people coming in from outside all shivered~

"Welcome... Naoki?"

A large group of people walked in, naturally making Aoki Nagayama notice.

"Big brother, we're here!" Naoki Nagayama said. "By the way, have some lunch."

Saying that, Naoki Nagayama poked his head in and greeted his father, Ken Nagayama, who was busy, and only got a nod...

"Oh oh, these are all people from the program crew! Welcome, welcome~"

Aoki Nagayama enthusiastically welcomed the people from the program crew and hurriedly found seats for them to sit down. Fortunately, after the renovation, there were quite a few more seats in the shop, otherwise, if ten people came suddenly, they might not be able to sit down!

And the diners around looked curiously at this group of people. They all knew that a program would be filmed here... finally saw it today!

After everyone finished ordering, Naoki Nagayama said to his busy big brother:

"They are just here to see the location now... they won't come to install the camera positions until night..."

"Do we need to prepare in advance?!" Big brother Aoki was a bit nervous. "Close the shop early, clean up?"

"No need... it's very good like this..." Naoki Nagayama looked at the cleanliness of the shop. "It's also very grounded~"

"Then... you just watch~"

Aoki Nagayama didn't say much, and started to bury his head in making set meals.

And Naoki Nagayama here didn't go into the kitchen to help, but stayed with the crew members, chatting about the placement of camera positions, the furnishings in the shop, etc.

If he went to cook, whether these guys would dare to eat was a question~

At this time, across a mountain range, Akina Mori had just arrived in Imizu City.

Also a port city, also a small coastal town... Holding a concert here was to satisfy fans in all the cities along the coast of Sanbei.

Later, Akina Mori would go to Fukui Prefecture, then to Aichi Prefecture... That was the station closest to Shizuoka.

"Akina-chan, how is your state?" Fusunori Mingxing brought a box of sushi and came to the backstage of the concert hall. "Are you hungry?"

"The weather is too hot, I'm a bit unable to eat~" Akina Mori, who had just arrived here by car, was leaning on a chair at this time, drinking cold water to rest. "Mingxing-san, put it there, I'll eat it when I'm hungry."

"Yes..."

Fusunori Mingxing didn't persuade much either. His own artist was very stubborn about performance work, but was quite casual in daily life, and didn't have the kind of delicacy of other female artists.

Just thinking about going out, he heard Akina Mori call him:

"Mingxing-san... today in Imizu City, tomorrow to Fukui Prefecture, the day after tomorrow to Aichi Prefecture... is it possible to go to Shizuoka the day after that?"

"..." Akina-chan, we have two concerts in Aichi Prefecture, one in Nagoya and one in Toyota..." Fusunori Mingxing said.

"..." Meaning I can only see Naoki-san the day after the day after tomorrow?"

Akina Mori's eyebrows frowned. She hadn't seen her boyfriend for almost another week!

"Mm..."

Fusunori Mingxing thought for a while, but still said the latest news,

"Akina-chan, don't worry. Actually, Tree Friend has already contacted the agency. Because the new *Midnight Diner* is a unit drama, they want to arrange for Akina to appear as a guest in one of them..."

"Eh?!!!"

Hearing this, Akina Mori's spirit improved all at once,

"When?!"

"Tentatively August 9th... They said they can adjust the time according to Akina's schedule." Fusunori Mingxing added. "Because it's a late-night unit drama, you can go film it when you are in the Kansai region."

"That's very soon!"

Akina Mori became happy, wishing it was today, and immediately took out her pager, wanting to send a message to Naoki Nagayama...

"Mm..."

Seeing that there was nothing for him to do, Fusunori Mingxing prepared to exit the lounge. When closing the door, he had already seen Akina Mori open the sushi box and put a piece of sushi into her mouth.

"Mingxing-san?" Maki Ueda dragged a large suitcase and walked over. "Did you buy lunch for Akina?"

"Mm, she's already eating..." Fusunori Mingxing looked at the suitcase. "Is this Akina's stage costume?"

"Yes... everything to be used today is here!" Maki Ueda nodded. "Hope the performance this afternoon goes smoothly!"

"It definitely will!"

Fusunori Mingxing echoed, and then let Maki Ueda enter the lounge.

And he himself turned and walked to the back of the stage, starting to check the equipment used for the performance this afternoon for the last time, and confirming with other logistics personnel one by one... ensuring no accidents.

Akina Mori's national tour had passed the first few stations, and the performance at each station was very popular.

"Security personnel, should increase a bit..."

Fusunori Mingxing looked at the staff maintaining order in the hall and felt a bit thin.

Today's Akina Mori is undoubtedly the number one idol. The popularity and fan loyalty far exceed the second place... There are even fanatical fans who will disguise themselves as staff to mix into the backstage, just to see their idol and say a word...

"The fire escape should be kept clear... maybe have to leave from there after the performance..."

"The car should also be prepared..."

He thought of what he just said about participating in *Midnight Diner*...

"How to keep it secret when going to Shizuoka..."

"This is a problem!" ===== CHAPTER 877 =====