Chapter 894: The man with zero presence.... Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan?!

Before entering September, a song started from Tokyo and began to explode across the entire Nihon.

Shizuka Kudo's schedule during this period was dense. Sometimes she was recording programs at the TV station in the morning, and in the afternoon she had to go to other cities to participate in activities, and in the evening she had to perform at a certain livehouse.

In the middle, she also had to squeeze in phone interviews, sign autographs for fans, try on new performance clothes, live performances, etc. She was busy from morning until late at night...... Fortunately, she signed with Shuyou Agency, which at least gave her enough sleep time~

The skyrocketing schedule naturally meant skyrocketing exposure and heat. As far as the current situation is concerned, Shizuka Kudo was already on par with Yukiko Okada and had a trend of surpassing her heat, instantly becoming the top idol after Akina Nakamori and Seiko Matsuda.

"I Want to Shout I Love You" allowed Shizuka Kudo to firmly establish the image of a rock girl in the convergent idol image......

"

Kimi ga suki da to sakibitai (I want to shout I love you)

"

This lyric echoed on basketball courts, football fields, baseball fields...... Wherever there was youthful blood, there were boys and girls singing this song to cheer for their idols~

Don't underestimate the teenagers in puberty. In the right atmosphere, when they meet someone they like, they really will confess in public!

And because of this song, the music world once again recalled the fear of being looked down upon by Naoki Nagayama......

About except for genius singer-songwriters like Miyuki Nakajima, no one would not feel Naoki Nagayama's oppressive power...... What kind of terrifying strength is it that every song can hit the top ten of the announcement list!!

This song was already very obviously going to stay in the first position for a long time!!

The planners of all record companies were gnashing their teeth...... they were clearly working very hard......

This guy Naoki Nagayama, clearly hadn't written a song for a long time, how did he suddenly give everyone such a big surprise!!!

"This guy Naoki Nagayama, why can't he just film movies properly, what is he doing in the music world!"

"And..... as a musician, how can he not accept creation invitations!!! Writing songs so well, why not write one for us?!"

"......."

However, Naoki Nagayama, who was at the center of the storm, had a very peaceful life these past two days.

Writing scripts at home every day, then going to the Shuyou Building to edit dramas, occasionally strolling in nightclubs or shopping malls, or participating in some dinners...... In the evening, he would chat on the phone with his fiancée who was out of town......

In short, he was living very comfortably~

"Naoki...." In the editing room, Masataka Komori had a relaxed expression on his face, "The editing of this episode of 'Midnight Diner' is complete!"

"Mm, finally finished!" With one thing completed, Naoki Nagayama also felt a lot more relaxed. He stood up and stretched, "Masataka-kun, organize the finished product, let's go send it to TV Tokyo this afternoon!"

"Hai!"

Handing trivial matters to subordinates is the best way to liberate superiors...... Naoki Nagayama carelessly handed over all the finishing work to Masataka Komori, and then walked toward his office.

However, before arriving at his luxurious office, he turned around and came to Otomo Yoshimura's territory again:

"Otomo-san..... busy?!"

Looking at the tool man who was buried in work, Naoki Nagayama asked with fake concern.

"......" Otomo Yoshimura didn't even raise his head, only one sentence came out, "Something up?"

"Can't I come to Otomo-san to chat if there's nothing?"

Naoki Nagayama said casually, which earned him a disgusted look from Otomo Yoshimura. He was clearly working so hard, yet there was someone next to him who was easily earning a salary higher than his own, and still came to harass him several times a day......

"......" Staring.

"Ahem~" Naoki Nagayama wasn't a thick-skinned person after all, "Well, Otomo-san..... the editing work for 'Midnight Diner' is finished, and I'm going to Jinggang again!"

"Isn't the program team there filming quite smoothly without you?" Otomo Yoshimura was puzzled, "Why go back?"

The people in the program team there were all skilled workers who had retired from the "Our Little Sister" crew. Except for Masataka Komori, there were also two apprentice directors....... So even if Naoki Nagayama wasn't there, the filming work of "Midnight Diner" wasn't delayed.

"Doing things, there must always be a beginning and an end~" Naoki Nagayama laughed, "Besides.... I want to pick up Eitaro and Miaotaro back!"

Otomo Yoshimura was stunned for a moment:

"...... It turns out that in Naoki's heart, the importance of filming a drama and picking up cats and dogs is on the same level....."

"I didn't say that, Otomo-san don't talk nonsense!"

Naoki Nagayama immediately refuted,

"Picking up Eitaro and Miaotaro is much more important than filming a drama!!!"

"......."

What kind of strange director is this, hopeless!

After complaining about Naoki Nagayama countless times in his heart, but returning to serious business, Otomo Yoshimura still had to ask about other matters.

"Naoki...... the first broadcast of 'Midnight Diner

"Hmm, the late-night slot on TV Tokyo."

"And the premiere of 'Our Little Sister', it's also in early September... Will you be back in Tokyo by then?"

Naoki Nagayama pondered for a moment. 'Midnight Diner' has 10 episodes per season, and based on the progress over there, about 7 or 8 episodes have already been filmed...

"I should be able to make it back in time!"

"That's good..."

Yoshimura Otomo nodded. After all, as the leader, if Naoki Nagayama isn't around when the TV drama and movie are released, he always feels a bit uneasy.

"Also, there's the promotional work for Shizuka Kudo's new record. Does Naoki-san have any instructions?"

"Absolutely none!" Naoki Nagayama gave a thumbs up, "Otomo-san, you all have already done a great job!"

"Heh~"

Yoshimura Otomo couldn't help but feel pleased with his tsundere personality. He looked up at the time; there was still half an hour until lunch, so he had no intention of continuing to work.

"Since I'm tired of bento today, Naoki-san, let's go out for lunch!"

"Oh? Is Otomo-san treating today?"

"...... How can you have the nerve to say that......."

As his superior, and earning dozens of times more money than him, he still wants him to pay the bill when they go out to eat together?...... Yoshimura Otomo couldn't help but wonder in his heart, why on earth is he working for this person?!

"Fine, I'll pay, I'll pay....."

The two of them tidied up and prepared to head out..... What? It's not lunch time yet?

As the top management of Shu-Yu, what's wrong with going out for lunch a bit early? Believe it or not, if the two of them issue a notice, lunch time could be moved up by half an hour!

The two chatted as they walked:

"By the way, 'Squid Game' is also coming to an end...."

"Ah, right, is the last episode tonight?"

"Seems like it...."

"Haha, 'Midnight Diner' is just in time to take the baton~"

"Did Shuichi-san tell you about any new projects? He's been frantically searching for his next script these past few days. I'm a bit worried he'll snatch '101st Proposal'!"

"No way..... Snatching a junior's project, that would be too embarrassing!"

"Who knows..... He feels extremely anxious without a film to shoot...... Logically speaking, he hasn't reached menopause yet~"

"......"

At the Ota Ward filming base, Kijima Xu was reserving the rights to use the sets until the end of the year with Ishikawa Katsuryo.

"The urban apartment set must be reserved for me....." Kijima Xu pleaded, "'101st Proposal' has many scenes inside an apartment....."

"Hi, no problem! Once this crew is done using it, I won't rent it out!"

Ishikawa Katsuryo nodded seriously. As Shu-Yu's filming base, it naturally has to serve their own projects.

"Hmm, and this indoor one too...."

After Kijima Xu finished selecting the sets he needed, he headed toward his temporary office.

He also helped out on the crew when filming 'Squid Game', so now he shares an office with that crew in the park.....

However, as soon as he walked into the office, Kijima Xu saw Yin Tangxiu standing next to his desk.....

"Is Shuichi-san looking for me?"

Kijima Xu was about to step forward, but discovered that Yin Tangxiu had started flipping through the file folder on his desk.......

"???"

Kijima Xu subconsciously softened his breathing, wanting to see what Yin Tangxiu was doing.

As someone with an ultra-low presence, even with a gold Rolex helping to attract attention, when he slows his breathing and lightens his steps, he is the strongest ninja in this world!!!

Yin Tangxiu took a file bag with slight nervousness, opened it and took a look.... Sure enough, it was the script for '101st Proposal'!

"Haha, it's really here!"

Although there were no specific documents like cast lists or shooting schedules, this script is a good thing!

It seems that only Naoki Nagayama and Kijima Xu have the complete script right now..... He only glanced at it casually back then and didn't save a copy; what a failure!

"Hmm hmm, not bad, not bad...... The combination of the beast and the beauty looks very attractive....." Yin Tangxiu nodded while flipping through the script, "Oh? Blocking in front of a dump truck? This shot is creative!"

Kijima Xu listened to Yin Tangxiu's praise from the side and let out a sigh of relief.

He thought this was just Shuichi-san being bored after 'Squid Game' wrapped up and just wanting to look at the '101st Proposal' script~

"This script is really not bad!"

Kijima Xu listened to Shuichi-san's praise, and a smile appeared on his face, so he raised his hand to greet him and let Shuichi-san take it back to read, but the next sentence made him completely abandon this idea~

"Giving it to Kijima-kun to shoot..... seems a bit of a pity......"

"???" Kijima Xu's raised hand froze in mid-air.

Yin Tangxiu continued to flip through it:

"Since 'Squid Game' is finished and I haven't found a better script..... How about I PY with Otomo-san and coordinate it to be given to me?"

"!!!"

Kijima Xu felt like he had heard a thunderclap on a sunny day, and his whole body shook~

Shuichi-san..... He actually wants to snatch my project?!

His heartbeat began to accelerate, and his head began to flush with blood..... A surge of anger rose in Kijima Xu's heart, followed by a chill.....

What could he do?

Yin Tangxiu is the head of the Film Division, a well-known director, a good brother of Naoki-san and Otomo-san, and one of the three giants of Shu-Yu!

And him..... He is just a newly promoted second-generation director at Shu-Yu with an ultra-low presence.....

If Shuichi-san wants to snatch it, he..... seems unable to do anything!

"No.... Snatching a junior's project, others will laugh if it gets out!!! Kijima-kun is usually very respectful to me too....." Yin Tangxiu muttered to himself, as if caught in a struggle, "But..... if I don't have a film to shoot by the end of the year, it would be too empty~"

"......"

When Kijima Xu heard this, he also had an idea. It seems he can only rely on Shuichi-san's sense of shame!!!

Just as Yin Tangxiu was struggling in his heart, suddenly, a hand patted his shoulder:

"Shuichi-san!"

"!!!" Yin Tangxiu trembled all over and almost dropped the script in his hand before turning his head to see Kijima Xu's face, "Kijima-kun, do you know that people can scare people to death!!!"

"Ah.... I called Shuichi-san several times, but there was no response...." Kijima Xu's face wore an apparently innocent expression.

"Did you call?" Yin Tangxiu was also a bit suspicious.

"Of course....," Kijima Xu said with conviction, "It's just that Shuichi-san was staring blankly next to my desk...... Were you thinking about something?"

Looking at Kijima Xu's sincere eyes, Yin Tangxiu couldn't say what he had thought before, so he could only find an excuse at random:

"Ah.... I saw this script for '101st Proposal' and got absorbed in it...."

"So that's it~" Kijima Xu nodded, took the script into his own hands, and a smile appeared on his face, "Naoki-san specifically wrote this drama for me when he saw I didn't have a project...."

"Is that so~" Yin Tangxiu felt a bit hot and fanned himself with his hand, "I didn't know that~"

"And he even helped contact the lead actress....," Kijima Xu continued, his tone full of gratitude, "It's that Hitomi Kuroki..... Shuichi-san knows her, right?"

"Ah, I think I've heard of her...." Yin Tangxiu seemed a bit hot and unbuttoned his shirt collar....

"It's really thanks to Naoki-san...... It's expected that filming can start at the end of September!" Kijima Xu said sincerely, then seemed to think of something, "Ah, Shuichi-san is also very experienced with TV dramas. If I have any parts I don't understand when filming starts..... can I ask Shuichi-san to guide me?"

"Ah..... this....." Looking at Kijima Xu's sincere gaze, Yin Tangxiu couldn't say anything else, "Of course, that's no problem~"

"Then thank you very much, Shuichi-san!"

Kijima Xu stuffed the script back into the file bag without changing his expression, then tucked it under his arm, and patted his forehead as if he had suddenly forgotten something,

"By the way..... I still need to go reserve the sets I'm going to use!!"

"Shuichi-san, if there's nothing else, I'll take my leave first!"

"Ah...... nothing else...." Yin Tangxiu said subconsciously.

"Then I'll go first....."

"Hmm...."

Watching Kijima Xu's departing figure, Yin Tangxiu really couldn't say the words about snatching a junior's project..... Lowering his head and sighing, Yin Tangxiu discovered that the script for '101st Proposal' had actually been taken away?

Only then did he feel something was wrong!

"Speaking of which, when did this guy Kijima come over?!"

"Did he hear something?"

"Hold on, he didn't come specifically to take the script away, did he?!!"

"......."

After pondering for a long time, Yin Tangxiu finally sighed. Regardless of what Kijima Xu's purpose was..... in any case, snatching his project is wrong.....

"This guy Kijima Xu...... I didn't even know he snuck over!! He's really good material for a thief!"

"Isn't his presence a bit excessively low?!"

"Eh..... wait, a man with zero presence like this..... seems very suitable to be made into a movie!!!" Yin Tangxiu's eyes lit up. It seems no one has ever filmed this kind of subject matter!!

"A man who has had zero presence since he was a child, even his mother couldn't find him when she carried him on her back...."

"He looks at the neighbor's answers openly during exams...."

"After growing up, he doesn't even need to cover his face when robbing a bank....."

"Like a Nurarihyon!" Yin Tangxiu became more excited as he spoke, "How about adding a background of being a descendant of a Nurarihyon? The movie title could be called 'Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan'?"

"When he thought he would spend his life alone like this..... he met the person he loved?"

"And then desperately searched for a way to increase his attention?"

"What happened in the end?"

Yin Tangxiu recalled the method Naoki Nagayama had mentioned before to help Kijima Xu increase his presence,

"Right, I heard from a certain shaman that as long as you possess a personal item of someone with an ultra-strong presence, you can help yourself improve your presence!!"

"Then I need to find a guy who is naturally the focus of people's attention and obtain a personal item from him...."

"Naoki-san's gold Rolex!!!"

"In the end, he was seen by the person he loved, and they were happily together!!!"

"It works!!!!"

Yin Tangxiu swung his arm fiercely, feeling that he had suddenly come up with a very wonderful movie idea! It seems it would be very interesting if filmed!

Yin Tangxiu felt as if his Ren and Du meridians had been opened, and his whole person was refreshed...... Then he immediately set off for the Shu-Yu building!

He wants to find the Shu-Yu Film screenwriting team and perfect this script quickly! Then establish the project and prepare for filming!

"Strive to start filming in October, after the film festival ends!!"

"At that time..... to attract people, we can let Naoki-san play himself!!! A person with a naturally ultra-strong presence!"

"Hahaha, Naoki-san definitely won't refuse!"

"Achoo~ Achoo~ Achoo!"

In a private room of a traditional Japanese restaurant, Naoki Nagayama sneezed three times in a row!

"Naoki-san..... is the air conditioning too strong?"

Yoshimura Otomo asked with some disgust, complaining in his heart that fortunately the food hadn't been served yet....

"No...." Naoki Nagayama rubbed his nose, "Someone must be harboring ill intentions toward me!!!"

"...... That's for one sneeze....." Yoshimura Otomo said, "Two is longing...."

"What about three?"

"You have a cold!"

"Absolutely not!"

After bickering for a while, the two started chatting while eating once the meal was finally served.

"Naoki-san seemed to say before that something big is going to happen in the international market in September?"

"Yeah..... it should be soon!"

Naoki Nagayama picked up a slice of salmon, dipped it in soy sauce and wasabi, stuffed it into his mouth, felt the delicate texture and spicy taste, and then washed it down with a mouthful of sake~

"At that time, Japan's economy will be like a volcanic eruption, boiling over~"

"That's an exaggeration....." Yoshimura Otomo said, "Naoki-san's layout in the United States is already complete, right?"

"Yeah...."

Naoki Nagayama smiled. He had already arranged for the operators, and a capital pool of nearly 500 million US dollars had been assembled over there. The investment manager there had used all his connections to finally gather so much capital.

"Otomo-san and Shuichi-san's investments are also arranged..... Don't worry!"

"Of course I'm at ease with Naoki-san!"

Yoshimura Otomo was indeed not worried. It could be said that even if the current investment were to be completely lost, he could still earn it back within five years!

Shu-Yu's current scale can already be said to be a cash cow with well-developed roots~

"Hahaha, Otomo-san, wait to become someone at the top of Japan's pyramid!"

Yoshimura Otomo shook his head. Naoki Nagayama, after drinking, actually talks big in such a smooth way.....

The top of the pyramid? That's the territory of financial groups, nobles, and politicians~

Ordinary people can never climb up there in their lifetime!

Yoshimura Otomo poured the sake in his glass into his mouth in one gulp, feeling the fiery taste go straight down his throat..... He looked at Naoki Nagayama opposite him, who was savoring the food in big mouthfuls, and suddenly seemed to have confidence again in climbing to the top of the pyramid....

"If it's Naoki-san, it seems...... it's not impossible!"