Chapter 897: You don't even have as many concubines as I do, how can you be my master? Meow~

When returning to Mountain Cherry Garden this time, it was still in the afternoon, and Wang Wang Wang and Meow Taro both returned together.

The excited dog had been frolicking in the courtyard ever since getting out of the car, sniffing the walls, grass, pond, cherry trees... every place that felt somewhat familiar, immediately sniffing for a while, and then taking the opportunity to lift its hind leg...

Sigh, Nagayama Naoki had no way to deal with a dog's instincts.

"Wang Wang Wang, you stay in the courtyard for me first... only after I give you a bath can you come in!" Before opening the door to go in, Nagayama Naoki locked the dog outside the door... Anyway, it was a hot day, so he wasn't afraid of it catching a cold or anything.

And after entering the room, Nagayama Naoki released Meow Taro from the airline crate... The catnip essential for every transfer was naturally arranged; this orange cat seemed to still remember Mountain Cherry Garden, swaying and walking towards its cat bed, and then lying there to continue getting high...

"That's fine too... no need to worry too much..."

The time away this time wasn't long, and there was no smell of accumulated dust in Mountain Cherry Garden; after opening the windows for ventilation, it was gone very quickly.

Slightly wiping the sweat from his temples, Nagayama Naoki pulled open the glass sliding door of the eaves corridor, called the dog that was frolicking in the courtyard, and then connected the garden hose...

"Wang Wang Wang, now it's time to play with water! Take my water gun!"

"Wang Wang Wang! (No martial virtue!)" The dog hurriedly fled, leaving a circle of messy plum blossom prints on the dry landscape in the courtyard...

In the end, Wang Wang Wang was still pulled by the collar by Nagayama Naoki and stood in place, accepting the rinsing of the water flow, but now, with the physique of this Labrador, even if its fur was completely wet, it was still a sturdy dog.

After rinsing, Nagayama Naoki turned off the faucet and stepped back step by step:

"Don't shake... Wang Wang Wang... if you dare to shake off the water now..."

Before he could finish speaking, the dog's head began to shake wildly, and its body also began to vibrate at high speed, then shook out a circle of beautiful water droplets...

Giving Nagayama Naoki a free shower.

"You..."

Looking at Wang Wang Wang, who was full of smiles and wagging its tail to lick his hand, Nagayama Naoki really couldn't tell if this dog did it on purpose for a while!

"You stay on the eaves corridor for me and dry off properly!"

After dropping such a sentence, Nagayama Naoki could only walk into the house and prepare to take a shower himself.

Returning this time was for the premiere of *Diary of the Sea Town*.

Actually, Nagayama Naoki felt that there was no need for him to return at all; after all, he had already appeared at the preview, and now the premiere was just an official release.

Anyway, the evaluations of this movie by mainstream media and newspapers had already come out, and it was a beautiful and warm movie.

Although it didn't have as high a topic value as Nagayama Naoki's *Kikujiro's Summer* or *One Cut of the Dead*, this evaluation was already quite good~

Why did he have to come back to sit in charge in this situation?

Nagayama Naoki, who had finished showering, walked down from the second floor, the whole person exuding a refreshing aura.

Turning his head to look at Wang Wang Wang, who was lying on the eaves corridor panting with its tongue out, he didn't disturb it, but sat next to the phone and began to contact the company.

"Hmm, I've returned~"

"I know it's tomorrow, it's Saturday~"

"Good, good, good, I'll be at the company tomorrow morning! Don't worry, I won't be late!"

After clarifying in a few words, Nagayama Naoki hung up the phone. The premiere was arranged on Saturday, just to let the audience have time to watch the movie.

After the communication was completed, Nagayama Naoki leaned on the sofa and closed his eyes to rest for a while; having driven for two hours on a hot day, he was also a bit exhausted.

Until Meow Taro, who had recovered, ran over from the side, looked at this two-legged beast lying motionless on the sofa, tilted its head, then jumped onto the edge of the sofa and patted his face:

"Meow aow~~ (Poop-scooper, are you dead?)"

"???"

A somewhat confused Nagayama Naoki turned his head, looking at this orange cat's slightly majestic face, and even felt a bit guilty.

"Meow Taro, just woke up?"

"Meow~~ (Hungry~)"

"....."

Watching Meow Taro skillfully walk towards the place where the automatic feeder was originally placed, and still looking at himself while turning his head, Nagayama Naoki had to rub his face.

"Sure enough, orange is heavy, good appetite!"

After entering September, Tokyo seemed to suddenly become gentle.

Even though the temperature during the day was still worryingly hot, the number of pedestrians going out gradually increased, and the number of people taking children to the park in the morning and evening also increased significantly; this was discovered by Nagayama Naoki when he took the dog out.

The hot news in the entertainment industry during this period was still emerging one after another, but the most surprising one was naturally a female idol named Kudo Shizuka.

A song *I Want to Shout I Love You* seemed to suddenly put Kudo Shizuka's name at the top of the idol world, landing at the top of the music billboard. In addition, the organizer of a basketball game had already come to negotiate, hoping to use this song as the opening theme song for the competition...

Teenagers sweating on the court even used large boomboxes to play this song on loop on the sidelines when playing basketball, just like the square-dancing aunties of a certain country in the future...

"Naoki-san, are there any more, are there any more?" Inada Daotian Yamin at the Tree Friend building asked with red eyes and full of expectation.

Life's opportunities usually only come a few times, and he was very sure now that he had encountered the greatest opportunity in his career.

As long as he pushed Kudo Shizuka to the top of the idol world this time, then perhaps this would be the peak of his career as an agent; songs, idols, and timing were all indispensable, and there wouldn't be a better opportunity than now in the second half of his life.

During this period, he was like a fierce wolf, frantically connecting Kudo Shizuka to announcements and running promotions, determined to push Kudo Shizuka to the top of the idol world's pyramid, even afraid of wasting time when sleeping.

"......."

Nagayama Naoki actually had a few more; the theme songs for *Slam Dunk* were all in his mind, but if he gave them all to Kudo Shizuka like this, he was more or less unwilling.

She wasn't Akina, worthy of his dedication... Besides, Nagayama Naoki wasn't exactly short of money now...

"For the time being, there are no suitable ones..."

After hearing this, Inada Daotian Yamin sighed; he was just asking subconsciously just now.

Everyone knew that Nagayama Naoki was a gold-medal musician, but he knew even better that Naoki-san was a very casual musician, and his songs relied on inspiration... He had the ability to create high-quality songs, but not the ability to produce them stably and continuously...

In other words, Nagayama Naoki could not be treated as a musical beast of burden by record companies and talent agencies!

What's more, no one could drive this beast of burden... Who could make Nagayama Naoki a beast of burden?

Nagayama Naoki just happened to run into Inada Daotian Yamin at Tree Friend; he came over today mainly to sit in charge... Actually, he was just staying in the Tree Friend building; all other promotions for *Diary of the Sea Town* were already being executed in an orderly manner.

Also coming to the Tree Friend building, besides the main director Xiaosen Zhengxiao and other trainee directors, were actors like Qi Teng Yougui, Qingshan Zhikezi, Juchi Taotao, and Gongze Lihui.

"Naoki-san! You're back~" "Naoki-san, good morning~" "Naoki-san, thank you for your hard work~" "Naoki-san..."

The offensive of soft words struck, and one after another pleasing smiling faces made Nagayama Naoki feel like he was picking young ladies at a peach-colored KTV in the future for a moment... A "change a batch" almost blurted out.

"Why are you all here today? Shouldn't you be going on a roadshow?"

When a movie premieres, a roadshow is an indispensable step; when Nagayama Naoki's first movie premiered, he was on the road for several days in a row.

"Hi, we're starting after meeting up at headquarters today." Qi Teng Yougui said. "For the next week, we'll be doing roadshows at various cinemas."

"Ah, that's really hard work~"

Thinking of the days of back pain in the past, Nagayama Naoki gave the few little girls a sympathetic look.

"It will be a bit uncomfortable the first time... you'll get used to it slowly later~"

Qi Teng Yougui, Qingshan Zhikezi, and Juchi Taotao had all experienced movie promotion roadshows; Nagayama Naoki's words were mainly for Gongze Lihui, making the little girl's face turn red, not knowing what she was thinking of.

Currently, almost all management for Gongze Lihui was handled by Tree Friend, including her daily life, food, clothing, housing, transportation, learning, education, work connection, etc., and even her pocket money was given directly by Inada Daotian Yamin... She was the most potential junior artist in the Tree Friend agency at present~

She only saw her mother once or twice a month, which could be said to have completely gotten rid of the mother who treated her as a tool.

Now she had made friends at school and the agency, and her laughter was full of liveliness; the whole person was full of the vitality of a teenager, and the cheeks that hadn't fully grown could vaguely see the style after growing up.

"Naoki-san!"

The voice coming from behind made Nagayama Naoki break away from this group of warblers and swallows, and looking back, Funamura Otomo was waving at him.

The two walked into the office together, which isolated the hustle and bustle of the *Diary of the Sea Town* main creative team.

"Otomo-san, I said I would be on time, right!"

"Ha, this time indeed." Funamura Otomo nodded, looking very satisfied. "Do you want to participate in the roadshow in Ikebukuro today?"

"No!" Nagayama Naoki refused immediately; he didn't want to continue that kind of roadshow life.

"Alright, I was just asking~" Funamura Otomo seemed to recall the pain of driving for three days and three nights, subconsciously rubbing his waist.

"The promotion of *Diary of the Sea Town* is all proceeding in an orderly manner, let's not talk about these~" He directly changed the subject and handed a stack of manuscripts to Nagayama Naoki. "This is the script expanded by the editorial department according to Xiu-san's concept, *The Man with Zero Presence*."

"Naoki-san, you should take a look too..." Funamura Otomo hesitated. "See if this script is worth filming..."

"*The Man with Zero Presence*... Xu Mudao-kun's autobiography?"

Nagayama Naoki took it and started flipping through it; in his memory, there seemed to be such a film, but it was used in *Tales of the Unusual*, and it was a short film.

"By the way, how is *Tales of the Unusual*?"

Nagayama Naoki suddenly raised his head and asked.

"Uh..." Funamura Otomo was a bit surprised; they sold this late-night TV drama to Fuji TV when they first started, and it seemed they hadn't paid attention to it since then. "As for *Tales of the Unusual*, it seems to be in its fourth season already."

With the foundation laid in the first season, even if the subsequent short stories weren't as brilliant, with the support of Fuji TV's production bureau, this TV drama was finally slowly made...

This is the power of foundation; Fuji TV has countless screenwriters, producers, directors, and other connections, and also has an exposure platform like Fuji TV.

Even though the second season went downhill a bit, it still slowly pushed *Tales of the Unusual* up and became a long-running IP for Fuji TV.

"Why did you suddenly bring up *Tales of the Unusual*?" Funamura Otomo asked curiously.

"Because putting this story into this drama feels like it would be very suitable..." Nagayama Naoki roughly finished flipping through the script of this movie, feeling a bit emotional.

*The Man with Zero Presence* is not much different from the short film in terms of plot, but it arranges a "Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan" bloodline for the protagonist, giving this special ability a source, and then according to the situation of Xu Mudao Xu, arranges "borrowing items from people with high presence" to solve the lack of this ability...

In short, it's quite innovative... but not optimistic about the box office...

Relying purely on a new idea doesn't seem to be able to attract the audience... What if this movie also becomes a "movie with zero presence"?

"In short, if Xiu-san wants to film this movie, it needs to be filmed brilliantly, and great efforts must be made in the protagonist and promotion..."

"Ahem..." Funamura Otomo coughed twice and looked at Nagayama Naoki. "Yes... so Xiu-san asked me to ask Naoki-san..."

"?" So hesitant?

"Ask Naoki-san to participate in a supporting role... that man with super strong presence..."

"......."

Nagayama Naoki was stunned, and then laughed out loud; Yin Tangxiu was simply killing three birds with one stone!

Nagayama Naoki is the boss of Tree Friend, the project he participates in will definitely have the best resources... Borrowing Nagayama Naoki's fame, this movie will definitely be able to attract the audience's attention... Plus, if he participates, he will definitely have to give some pointers on the filming of the movie... In addition, he is also an all-around talent, maybe he will contribute a little to the soundtrack...

"Xiu-san... why didn't you come and tell me yourself?" Nagayama Naoki made the legendary smile-but-not-smile expression, looking at Funamura Otomo.

"Naoki-san... what's wrong with your face? Cramping?" Funamura Otomo looked at his friend's strange expression and asked subconsciously.

"......."

Nagayama Naoki rubbed his face; the control of this kind of expression was really too difficult...

"As for Xiu-san..." Funamura Otomo snapped his fingers, and then someone walked in from outside the door. "Isn't he right here~"

"......." A snap of the fingers summoned Yin Tangxiu...

You two, playing very newly...

In the end, in the office, Yin Tangxiu took Nagayama Naoki's hand and forcibly dragged him into the project of *The Man with Zero Presence*...

"Naoki-san, let's start filming at the end of October!" Yin Tangxiu was full of confidence. "It will definitely be able to be released by the end of the year!"

"I don't have any problems..."

Nagayama Naoki sighed.

"There is also *101st Proposal* at the end of the year, and adding another movie is about enough; as for next year, do we have any other projects?"

"It seems there are none for the time being."

"Then, I might have to start filming *Hayato's Legend: New World*..." Nagayama Naoki said.

"Hmm hmm~"

The three of them chatted about Tree Friend's plan for next year in the office; Nagayama Naoki was thinking about whether he should contribute the *The Pianist* he recalled before and let Tree Friend try foreign movies... ===== CHAPTER 898 =====