Chapter 981: Don't challenge others' rice bowls with your hobbies~

The next day, a professional caregiver moved into Shanying Yuan.

Ye Zhong Moli, 43 years old, specializes in pregnancy care, postpartum companionship, infant care, and is also good at nutritional matching and is a professional chef... She is simply a three-in-one combination of caregiver, confinement nanny, and housekeeper... So naturally, the price is very high...

It is three times that of an ordinary white-collar worker, with an annual salary of over 10 million~

Of course, it is worth the money!

Early in the morning, Ye Zhong Moli got up early and made a nutritious breakfast for Akina~

"Ye Zhong-san..." In the morning, Akina looked at the sumptuous breakfast on the dining table with great emotion. "You don't have to make so much... Naoki-san and I eat very simply in the morning... and we can't eat so much..."

"? This... is called a lot?" Ye Zhong Moli looked at the breakfast with only five dishes. "But the employers I served in the past had more than ten dishes for breakfast... Seeing that there were no very rich ingredients in the refrigerator today, I made a little less..."

"And there is Nagayama-san's breakfast..."

Akina and Naoki Nagayama only felt at this time that they and the real rich people actually had such a big difference, even though their family's income was already higher than 99.9% of Japanese people at this time.

"Well~~" Naoki Nagayama smiled, "I'll just mooch off Akina's nutritious meal today~"

"..."

Ye Zhong Moli was stunned for a moment. She really hadn't seen a husband who would share his wife's nutritious meal in other employers' homes... Those people had special chefs, or just went out to eat...

She only found out yesterday that she was going to be a pregnancy caregiver for the two hottest couples in the entertainment industry, and thought that such young and suddenly rich people would be very difficult to serve~

But watching the two young couples sharing breakfast affectionately, she also felt a bit warm...

A caregiver with rules would not eat with the employer, and Ye Zhong Moli returned to her room after making breakfast.

Hiring Ye Zhong Moli was originally to take care of Akina, and according to the original habit, she only made nutritious meals for pregnant women... But there were only two people in this family, and it was very strange to eat separately, so she was asked to help make an extra portion...

The workload was not big, and the salary was raised~

Naoki Nagayama and Akina, who were left in the restaurant, chatted:

"Sure enough, the wealthy families are different from us~"

"Yeah, it's so sumptuous... and the taste is also very good..."

Hearing this, Akina threw a dangerous look: "Naoki-san, do you mean that what I cook is not delicious?!"

"..."

Naoki Nagayama looked at the dishes on the table that were reasonably matched, colorful, fragrant, and delicious, and the insincere words were a bit hard to say.

Akina can naturally cook, and Naoki Nagayama can also cook, but the two of them can at most be counted as the excellent batch among ordinary people, and the food they make can be called delicious...

However, Ye Zhong Moli is a professional, relying on this skill to eat!

Isn't there a saying, don't use your amateur hobby to challenge others' professional rice bowl...

"Akina-chan, let's not compare this... You sing much better than Ye Zhong-san! And you are a hundred times prettier than Ye Zhong-san!"

(Ye Zhong Moli: excuse me?)

"..." Akina felt that she was hit and praised at the same time, and didn't know whether she should be angry for a while...

Naoki Nagayama quickly ate the small portion of Japanese-style breakfast in three bites:

"Akina, in the morning I have to go to Shogakukan, and at noon, let's go shopping together!"

"Okay, okay!"

Without heavy work, staying at home to raise the baby all day, Akina felt bored to death!

Shogakukan's eternal black coffin-style headquarters, no matter how many times he came to see it, Naoki Nagayama couldn't accept it.

"There is no festive atmosphere even during the New Year..."

He pushed the door and walked in, seeing the glasses girl at the front desk, Ye Ze Lingxi, already at work... but there weren't many people, and she was still holding a novel and peeking at it~

"*The Floating Clouds*... this time it has a bit more depth~" Naoki Nagayama saw her reading a famous female novel and nodded with great relief. It's not BL, that's good!

"Naoki-san!" Ye Ze Lingxi put down the novel after seeing Naoki Nagayama. "Happy New Year~"

"Happy New Year to you too, Lingxi-chan~" Naoki Nagayama responded with a smile. "Eh, why didn't I see Ye Yuan Guangzi... Is she still on holiday?"

"..." Ye Ze Lingxi adjusted her glasses. "Guangzi-chan... she got married... she has been a housewife since this year and doesn't work here anymore~"

"... Ah, I see..."

Naoki Nagayama was stunned for a moment. Ye Yuan Guangzi had clearly just graduated and started working... It wasn't because of marriage, but because of being a housewife. However, this kind of choice couldn't be considered wrong in this era...

"If I had known, I would have sent a gift money~"

"It doesn't matter..." Ye Ze Lingxi also knew that this was just a polite remark; after all, they and Naoki Nagayama were only acquaintances.

"Naoki-san is here to see Editor-in-Chief Morikawa today, right?"

"Hmm, I've already contacted him..."

"Yes, then please come with me to the meeting room..." Ye Ze Lingxi led Naoki Nagayama toward the meeting room and thoughtfully served hot tea. "Please wait a moment, Editor-in-Chief Morikawa will be down soon..."

"Thank you~"

He took a sip of hot tea, and the warm feeling drove the coldness from the road out of his body, but Naoki Nagayama was thinking about something.

The female thought in this era is developing rapidly, and being a housewife is no longer the default option for women, so having one's own career is very good.

He also doesn't want his own Akina to become a housewife who stays at home all day... Although the wealthy wife looks infinitely glorious, the life behind closed doors is not necessarily beautiful...

Turning around her husband all day, maybe she has to fight with the mistress... It looks both miserable and helpless.

But in reality, Akina, who has had a baby, will inevitably put more energy into the family... Her career as an artist will definitely be affected. If she can't put her whole heart into it, how can she compete with idols who grow up one after another...

"Is there any career that is more flexible in time, but has good sense of achievement and social status..." For the sake of long-term marital harmony, Naoki Nagayama helped think about the career Akina could have.

"How about writing with me?"

Thinking of Akina's nature as a poor student... forget it~

"Her sense of fashion seems very good... doing a trendy clothing brand? It seems possible... Akina's fame can also drive trends..."

Almost all of Akina's singing costumes now are made by herself, and every time they are very brilliant...

Just when Naoki Nagayama was letting his imagination run wild, the meeting room door was knocked, and Morikawa Bangzhi walked in:

"Naoki-san, long time no see! And... Happy New Year!"

"Hahahaha, Bangzhi-san!" Naoki Nagayama stood up and shook hands with him. "We have been in contact all along!"

"It doesn't count on the phone~" Morikawa Bangzhi laughed. "At least meet face to face, preferably drink a few cups!"

"Hahahaha, that's good!"

"Eh eh eh, that won't work, it's very busy at the beginning of the year..." Morikawa Bangzhi shook his head. "Wait until later, after the first printing of *Tokyo Love Story*!"

"That works too~"

After a few polite exchanges, the two sat down together, and then Morikawa Bangzhi took out the trial version of the book:

"After Naoki-san sent the manuscript, I arranged for the proofreading teacher to work overtime, and then let the printing factory print the trial version as soon as the year started!"

For Naoki Nagayama, Shogakukan was already very familiar, so they did the preparation work before signing the contract.

"Is it actually so fast?!"

Naoki Nagayama looked at the sketch of a man and a woman on the cover, which was divided into two halves, just as love itself is achieved by both parties together.

"Yeah, it was also a request, request, and request..." Morikawa Bangzhi said with a smile. "The cover design is also... what does Naoki-san think?"

"Hmm... it looks very good..."

If the TV series is filmed in the future, you can consider using the actors' faces to print a collection version...

"Naoki-san's novels, we have always prepared with the greatest enthusiasm!" Morikawa Bangzhi said. "This time it is still the first printing of 200,000 copies, and Naoki-san's share is increased to 15%... I don't know if Naoki-san has any opinions?"

According to Naoki Nagayama's constantly rising fame, Shogakukan also consciously increased the share ratio. Anyway, no matter what the contract is, Shogakukan cannot give up a famous writer like Naoki Nagayama!

"No~" Naoki Nagayama didn't intend to change his family for Shogakukan, with whom he had cooperated many times, and chose to sign directly. "Then when will this novel be released?"

"If we start printing now, it is estimated that it will be laid out in bookstores nationwide in February..." Morikawa Bangzhi calculated slightly and then said. "Does Naoki-san want to be faster? We can release it in Tokyo first, hold a signing event or something..."

"... No no no, I don't mean that..."

Signing events or something, forget it... What if I get hugged by a female fan if I'm careless! It's a big loss!

"I'm just thinking... when the novel's fame rises, then push out the TV series..."

"Ah, sure enough, Naoki-san is going to film a TV series!" Morikawa Bangzhi clapped his hands. "When I read the manuscript, I felt the sense of picture was very strong, it had the meaning of a script, very novel!

... I thought it was Naoki-san's new writing style!"

"Yeah, actually I wrote the script first, then changed it to a novel!"

"So that's how it is~ No wonder!"

Morikawa Bangzhi became more and more excited as he spoke. He also understood that Naoki Nagayama wanted to push out the TV series while the novel was selling well, adding heat to heat...

But he definitely wouldn't oppose it. TV itself is easier to expose than books. After the TV series is released, the heat of the novel will rise again, which is a win-win thing itself.

"Naoki-san, when we promote the novel, we can publicize the fact that it is about to be adapted into a TV series... It will make readers look forward to it even more!"

"Haha, how to promote it can be casual..."

"Yes, then our Shogakukan will make a plan! We will cooperate with Naoki-san's TV series at any time afterward!"

"Then thank you very much~"

Naoki Nagayama and Morikawa Bangzhi, an acquaintance, chatted very happily. If it weren't for work and Naoki Nagayama also promised Akina to go shopping, he really had the idea of going to drink directly.

"Bangzhi-san, I will take the trial novel!"

When saying goodbye, Naoki Nagayama took more than ten trial novels, which could be given to friends and family as souvenirs~

"Yes, wait until the official release, we will contact again!"

"..."

Walking on the commercial street of Shinjuku, you can see posters of *The Legend of Hayato: New World* everywhere.

Naoki Nagayama and Akina were both wearing thick coats, walking on the street arm in arm. Since they came out shopping, they had to look like they were shopping. The car was naturally parked outside the pedestrian street.

"The publicity for *The Legend of Hayato* is very big!" Akina glanced at the poster, her eyes eager to try... "I heard it's very good!"

"... No!" Naoki Nagayama pulled Akina's head over. "We agreed that you can't watch violent and bloody movies when you are pregnant!"

"But I'm curious... other friends have watched it, and Today-chan and the others have also..."

Akina wore a mask, but her agile eyes clearly expressed "want to watch," but Naoki Nagayama didn't waver.

"You can watch other movies..." Naoki Nagayama pulled Akina forward. "If you want to watch it after half a year, I will bring the master tape home and play it for you! With lots of behind-the-scenes footage!"

"... There is behind-the-scenes..."

Akina seemed to be persuaded... After half a year, the baby will be almost born.

When passing by the mall, Naoki Nagayama found that Akina's large poster here had been replaced by Yoshie Kashiwabara's... This year, the news that Yoshie Kashiwabara is the imperial successor idol fermented again.

Prince Hiro-no-miya Naruhito, who is the prince, just returned from studying abroad, and the whole person was influenced by Western culture, becoming yearning for personality and freedom. Perhaps puberty came a bit late, becoming rebellious, so he didn't hide his preferences.

And this year, Yoshie Kashiwabara's image is changeable, and the topic has soared... In the absence of Seiko Matsuda and Akina Zhongsen, the heat is more than that of Yukiko Okada and Shizuka Kudo who are emerging.

"Yoshie-chan's style is becoming more and more mature..." Akina Zhongsen looked at the clothing on the poster, seeing the curves that were obviously deliberately exposed, and couldn't help but sigh.

Akina now doesn't pursue sexiness, and doesn't even like to show her legs... At most, it's just her shoulders and neck, which is relatively conservative in the entertainment industry~

"Yoshie Kashiwabara's record sales have fallen..." Naoki Nagayama stood from a more objective perspective. "In order to maintain heat and exposure, artists can't avoid adopting a sexy style..."

As everyone knows, LSP is the most solid productivity in the entertainment industry... The entry age threshold is small, the duration is long, and the motivation is maintained until entering the soil...

"That's true..."

Akina is also clear about this... In another time and space, after various blows, popularity once slipped. If she wants to maintain the peak, she can't avoid taking the sexy route.

But now it's not needed~

"But this clothing style is a bit ugly..." Akina pointed to the clothing on the poster and said. "Suit jacket plus pearl necklace, nothing new... just exposing meat..."

"..."

People themselves want to see meat...

Speaking of this, Naoki Nagayama suddenly floated the previous thought:

"Akina... can you design singing costumes?"

"Of course!" Akina threw a white eye. "The previous singing costumes were all made by myself!"

"Can you draw them out?"

"Some... why?"

"Akina's singing costumes are all very individual and very bright... I'm thinking... should we try to design Akina's singing costumes into trendy clothing that everyone can wear!"

"??" Akina's eyes lit up. "Does Naoki-san mean designing clothes yourself?"

"Hmm... Akina has this vision... maybe you can try..." Naoki Nagayama said. "Anyway, it doesn't cost much money..."

Probably just buying a clothing factory, renting a studio, ordering a batch of materials, and hiring a batch of workers... added together, at most a few hundred million...

It's just sprinkling water~

"Hmm... let me consider it..."

Akina was obviously moved, but still pulled Naoki Nagayama toward the shopping street... Whether to do clothing or not is for later, in short, buy the most popular clothes first!

This time coming to the commercial street, it's not just to buy for herself, but also to buy clothes for the future baby!

However, it seems that putting cute clothes designed by herself on the baby is also very interesting... ===== CHAPTER 982 =====