Chapter 920: Stand in front of the dump truck, I guarantee it won't hit you!

The morning newspapers were indeed full of reports about the Tokyo International Film Festival.

Just like the Olympics, the stars who came to participate, the films exhibited, the screening times, the details of the opening ceremony... analyzing the film festival from various angles, and the voting for the award-winning films were all in the newspapers.

"The expected total prize money is as high as 150 million..."

Naoki Nagayama read the words in the newspaper with some helplessness...

At the beginning, he had said that he would use part of the box office share of *One Cut of the Dead* as prize money, but now the total box office hasn't even reached around 1 billion~ Tree Friend Film will only get its share after the cinema chain finishes dividing it...

"But this is a benefit only for the first session~"

Naoki Nagayama curled his lips, because it was the first session, he used prize money to stimulate some film companies and actors to participate.

After successfully hosting and gaining influence this time, by the next Tokyo International Film Festival, the awards themselves will represent honor and value!

Awards like the Palme d'Or at Cannes or the Oscars don't have prize money themselves, yet filmmakers all over the world are spending money to chase that trophy, just because it represents the highest honor in the film industry~

Oh, and after winning an award, an actor's salary can generally increase by more than 20%, or even double...

And directors and producers can improve their reputation, get more investment for their next film, and better promote their film projects.

"Naoki-san, what are you saying?" Akina Mori brought lunch to the dining table, a bit puzzled. "I didn't hear clearly..."

"I was saying the newspapers are all about the Tokyo International Film Festival."

Naoki Nagayama explained slightly.

"The influence of this film festival has met the standard, and there shouldn't be any problems later..."

Akina Mori sat opposite the dining table eating lunch, thought for a moment, and asked:

"Then what else does Naoki-san have to do later?"

"Me?" Naoki Nagayama thought for a while. "Probably go to inspect it every few days, and then act as an award presenter at the closing ceremony... other than that, there shouldn't be anything, right!"

"Then doesn't that mean Naoki-san is on vacation?" Akina asked happily.

"It seems so..." Naoki Nagayama was stunned for a moment, then immediately thought, "Actually, I didn't have a vacation in the first place, and you could also say every day is a vacation..."

Actually, as long as you don't mind being bored, with Naoki Nagayama's current status, lying flat at home every day is also fine~

"It's really enviable..." Akina said, then sighed, "I still have to work..."

"Today?"

"Mm, there are announcements in the afternoon and evening..."

"Eh~~~" Naoki Nagayama, who originally thought he could spend the whole day with Akina, was very disappointed. "I thought we could go on a date after a long time~"

"We can go after this busy period!" Akina Mori laughed. "Just in time for the maple leaves at the Red Fish Garden to turn red..."

"Yeah, it's the season for maple leaf hunting again..."

The two chatted casually while eating lunch. Thinking of the season, Naoki Nagayama subconsciously looked out the window. On the cherry blossom tree in the courtyard, many small flower buds could already be seen... The white dog was frolicking under the cherry blossom tree, and on the branches, a strong orange cat was lying...

"The cherry blossoms in the Mountain Cherry Blossom Garden are going to bloom again~"

"Yeah~"

The autumn noon sunlight shone in through the window, outlining the furniture in the restaurant with a golden edge. The side face of Akina, who was looking out the window, was also outlined, and against the backdrop of her fair cheeks, the exquisite contours of her features were highlighted...

Naoki Nagayama was a bit mesmerized, and couldn't help but call out:

"Akina?"

"Mm?"

Akina Mori turned around calmly, her slightly furrowed brows revealing puzzlement, but she was secretly happy in her heart, waiting to hear her boyfriend's praise.

She had just sensed Naoki Nagayama's gaze, so she adjusted to the most beautiful 45-degree angle based on the direction of the light... As an artist under the spotlight, she was very clear about what angle could show her charm!

However, after Naoki Nagayama paused, he didn't say the words Akina Mori wanted to hear, but instead said cold words from his 37-degree mouth...

"You seem to have gained weight~~~"

"!!!"

Akina Mori opened her eyes wide and looked at Naoki Nagayama, unable to think of how to reply for a moment.

"The baby fat on your face had disappeared, but it seems to be back when looking from the side just now..." Naoki Nagayama laughed. "Chubby is so cute~"

"!!!!!!"

Akina Mori's face turned black. She had worked so hard to lose it!!!

"Naoki-san!" Akina was full of low pressure, her tone threatening. "Girls are naturally a bit bloated when they wake up, and I stayed up late yesterday, and didn't get up until noon today. This is sleep-bloated, do you know that?!"

"Eh?"

Naoki Nagayama just wanted to say, isn't that referring to eye bags... but he sensed Akina's gaze and hurriedly nodded, laughing it off.

"Haha, so that's it, I understand~"

"..."

The result of this sudden incident was that Naoki Nagayama started cleaning up the kitchen after eating, while Akina hurried to the dressing room on the second floor to apply a mask...

Naoki Nagayama didn't pay much attention to missing the communication with Genta Nakai in the United States in the morning. After all, he could make a call in the evening, and it would be morning market time there, so nothing would be delayed.

By the afternoon, Akina Mori was picked up by Fusunori Akiko, and Naoki Nagayama didn't want to stay at home after playing with the dog for a while, so he drove to Ota Ward to see how his film set construction was going.

And *101st Proposal* had been filming for quite a while, so he took the opportunity to inspect it~

"Naoki-san... time is quite urgent..." Katsuyoshi Ishikawa explained humbly beside Naoki Nagayama. "And didn't it rain a while ago? It delayed things, so the construction progress of your venue hasn't been completed yet~"

"Then can it be completed in the middle or late October?"

Naoki Nagayama looked at the street on the film set and saw that only the main buildings had been built, and the more exquisite exterior wall decorations had just begun.

"No problem!" Katsuyoshi Ishikawa nodded repeatedly. "I will have the construction team work overtime to catch up on progress!"

"Mm..." Naoki Nagayama didn't stop him. "But overtime pay cannot be saved!"

"Hai, I understand!" Katsuyoshi Ishikawa promised, patting his chest.

After checking the film set, Naoki Nagayama came to the filming site of *101st Proposal*, which was filming the scene of the male lead, Tatsuro Hoshino, in the apartment.

Naoki Nagayama didn't sneak a peek from the side this time, because Xu Mudao Xu had already established authority in the crew and was directing the crew members like an arm and a finger~

"Cut! This take is fine, everyone take a break... Executive director, arrange the preparation work for the next scene..."

When Xu Mudao Xu was waving his arms, he happened to see Naoki Nagayama on the periphery of the crew, and suddenly became nervous, hurriedly stood up and walked over.

"Naoki-san, why are you here?! Didn't the Tokyo International Film Festival just open?"

"I'm not needed for the time being, so I came to see the venue for *The Legend of Hayato*..." Naoki Nagayama laughed. "By the way, I came to see Xu Mudao-kun's filming progress... How is it, the filming of the first three episodes..."

"Currently, it's going very smoothly." Xu Mudao Xu laughed. "We can go to editing soon!"

"Mm, bring it to the TV station for review then." Naoki Nagayama nodded. "By the way, were there any difficulties during filming?"

"Mm... there is one..."

A look of embarrassment appeared on Xu Mudao Xu's face.

"It's about that shot of blocking in front of the car..."

"It hasn't been filmed yet?" Naoki Nagayama was surprised.

"Hai..." Xu Mudao Xu looked at Toshiyuki Nishida on the set. "Nishida-san has been mentally preparing for several days, but... standing in front of a speeding dump truck is really a test of courage!"

Naoki Nagayama asked, "Didn't you tell him the car speed would be controlled?"

"I did... but a large vehicle like a dump truck has a lot of inertia, and it's dangerous even at low speed..."

"... That's true..."

Because he had to stand in front of the dump truck until it stopped at the last moment... the braking time of the dump truck was especially important... If one was careless, he could be hit or crushed!

Then Toshiyuki Nishida would have to start the next stage of his life!

Besides, regardless of Toshiyuki Nishida's personal affairs, their *101st Proposal* would have to change a lead actor! Everything filmed before would have to be reshot...

Naoki Nagayama didn't care about Xu Mudao Xu's inner grumbling; he was thinking about how to dispel Toshiyuki Nishida's concerns.

After a long time, he patted Xu Mudao Xu on the shoulder:

"Xu Mudao-kun, arrange it first! It happens to be a night scene, I'll help out on the side!"

"This..." Xu Mudao Xu looked at Naoki Nagayama, not knowing what good method he had thought of, but it seemed Naoki Nagayama didn't want to explain on the spot. "Okay, then I'll go arrange it..."

"Mm, don't tell Toshiyuki Nishida yet, I'll go communicate with him later!"

"Hai!"

While Naoki Nagayama went to find the prop master to prepare, the afternoon passed leisurely.

When the sky gradually darkened, the crew arrived at the filming location, and Naoki Nagayama communicated with Toshiyuki Nishida:

"Nishida-san... let's film the scene of being hit by the dump truck tonight!"

"??? Nani? Hit by a dump truck?!" Toshiyuki Nishida's face showed an extremely surprised expression. "Didn't it not hit?!"

"Mm, I think it's more reasonable to be hit by a car and get injured!" Naoki Nagayama said without changing his expression. "How about it? The shot of being hit by a car and getting injured should be no problem, right?"

"..."

Eh? Don't say, filming standing in front of a dump truck and filming being hit by a dump truck and getting injured, it really made people feel more at ease... as if!

"Aren't you still standing in front of the dump truck! It's very dangerous!"

Naoki Nagayama continued to persuade:

"The danger is of course a little bit, but it's all controllable! At most, you'll get injured..."

"You know Jackie Chan who just attended the Tokyo International Film Festival... his movies are all about realism, and injuries are common... Recently, he had a coccyx fracture, head injury, finger contusion..."

Naoki Nagayama talked eloquently about the glorious achievements he heard from Jackie Chan last night.

"That's why he is so famous now! He became an international movie star! Getting injured for a shot... is very useful!"

"..."

Toshiyuki Nishida glanced at Naoki Nagayama.

"Naoki-san, do you think I'm a twenty-something young man? Just rush up after being encouraged a few times? I'm already over forty!"

"Hahaha~" Naoki Nagayama then laughed. "Nishida-san, I was joking with you! How about it, you're relaxed now, right?!"

"..." Toshiyuki Nishida looked at Naoki Nagayama, feeling blocked in his heart...

"Naoki-san, you'd better not joke with others casually in the future! (I'm afraid you'll get beaten!)"

However, after such a back-and-forth, the nervousness of coming to this filming location was indeed removed a lot.

Naoki Nagayama then pulled him in front of that dump truck:

"Nishida-san, look at this dump truck..."

"This..." Toshiyuki Nishida was very shocked looking at the dump truck in front of him that only had the front part left. "What's going on?!"

"This is the result of our prop team for an afternoon!" Naoki Nagayama laughed. "We separated the head and body of the dump truck (referring to Optimus Prime's head form), and then welded a cart wheel directly. Doesn't it feel much lighter now..."

"This... you scrapped a car directly!"

With only the head left, looking from the side, the dump truck looked a bit pitiful...

However, Toshiyuki Nishida nodded, it was indeed much lighter...

"It doesn't matter, polish the head, it's almost like new!" Naoki Nagayama shook his head, it was just the price of a scrapped car.

"Nishida-san, stand in front of the dump truck, I guarantee it won't hit you this time!!"

"Can this thing... move?"

Toshiyuki Nishida was a bit uneasy, after all, because of his shot, a car was scrapped.

"Of course... it just needs to be pushed by people... the brakes are also no problem, pure manual mechanical braking!"

Naoki Nagayama patted the pure steel bracket. As long as the person pushing it lets go, it absolutely won't move on the asphalt road...

"What about the shot in front? The shot of driving with lights on..." Toshiyuki Nishida continued to ask.

"We rented another one!" Naoki Nagayama pointed to a dump truck a little further away. "Although the color is a bit different, it's night and the high beams are on, so you absolutely can't tell!"

"Naoki-san is really thoughtful..."

"Haha, Nishida-san shouldn't be worried now!"

"Naoki-san has already done this, how could I still have a problem..." Toshiyuki Nishida took a deep breath. "Let's finish filming it today!"

"Mm!"

In the night, Tatsuro Hoshino, played by Toshiyuki Nishida, was walking on the road in the night with Miss Kaoru, listening to Miss Kaoru saying words of rejection... Her fiancé died suddenly due to an accident, and she was very afraid that the next one would be the same...

Tatsuro Hoshino had an impulse in his heart and rushed into the center of the road where vehicles were speeding. A dump truck was speeding towards this side!

Miss Kaoru was dumbfounded on the side and couldn't speak, and even Tatsuro Hoshino was shocked by the dump truck coming head-on and couldn't speak...

Until the harsh friction sound rang out, at the last moment, the dump truck stopped in front of Tatsuro Hoshino... The dump truck driver let out a loud scolding!

"Baka, are you looking for death?!"

Tatsuro Hoshino took a deep breath, still shaken, turned to Miss Kaoru, who was in tears beside him, and shouted excitedly with a crying voice:

"I won't die!"

"I won't die!"

"Because I love you, I won't die!"

"I, I will definitely make you happy!"

"..."

"Cut!!" Xu Mudao Xu shouted this sentence at the end. "Very good! This take is perfect!! Nishida-san, well done!"

Naoki Nagayama saw this scene in the lens and couldn't help but applaud... Toshiyuki Nishida is worthy of being a veteran actor, interpreting this kind of emotional release perfectly!!!

Everyone present also applauded, and everyone congratulated the lead actor Toshiyuki Nishida... Before filming, everyone knew that this was destined to be a classic shot that would be passed down!

The famous scene of *101st Proposal*, which was used in various versions of remakes in the future!

An ordinary man blocks in front of a dump truck to propose to his lover... Although Naoki Nagayama also felt it was a bit outrageous when writing the script.

But when performed by an actor with superb acting skills, even he felt moved...

This is betting everything for love! ===== CHAPTER 921 =====