Chapter 984: One or two, all counting on Naoki Nagayama!!

With the door closed, the outside world seemed to have nothing to do with Red Fish Court.

Naoki Nagayama watched the shortlisted movies with a group of judges in the villa, scored and wrote film reviews, held banquets, drank wine, and chatted when he was free...

Red Fish Court has a large space and was originally built for leisure. There are many entertainment facilities inside, game consoles, karaoke, billiards... etc., so it won't be boring to stay usually.

And Naoki Nagayama has Akina to accompany him, which is simply enviable~

And Akina, she has no judging work to do, and there is no restriction of being closed.

As a celebrity, she naturally has friends in Kyoto. When she was free during the day, she went to Kyoto to play and stroll, and visited friends... Life was also very comfortable.

More than two weeks passed in a flash, and the first month of the New Year arrived at the end just like this...

"Naoki-san... it should be about time now..." Fumio Ishikawa from the Academy Awards Association took the scoring results and comments and other materials, expressing his gratitude to Naoki Nagayama. "We will announce this list at the beginning of February... and then hold the award ceremony at the beginning of March..."

The Film Academy Awards is the only film competition in Japan that will broadcast the award ceremony live. At that time, the eyes of the entire film industry will be watching, so all companies and actors will definitely participate.

"Hmm, I know." Naoki Nagayama nodded. "Thank you for coming over."

"This is as it should be~"

Fumio Ishikawa said respectfully, and then said goodbye to the judges one by one... As for the judging work, it was considered finished as of today.

"Everyone, thank you for your hard work during this period..." Naoki Nagayama said with a smile. "Staying in this courtyard for so long, you must be bored~"

"Where where, the scenery of Red Fish Court is so good, we can stay for another month! " "The entertainment is very rich..." "And there are so many friends to chat with~" "..."

The judges praised in unison. It was really that the care during this period was very good, the courtyard scenery, the special chef... unlike before when they were judges, they just booked a vacation hotel and that was it.

Amidst a chorus of gratitude, the judges also prepared to say goodbye one by one.

As the owner of this place, Naoki Nagayama was naturally the last one to leave.

"Akina..." Looking at Akina packing her luggage, the original two suitcases had now become five... Naoki Nagayama couldn't help but be a bit surprised. "What did you buy?"

"They are all clothes!" Akina looked up and said with a smile. "Didn't Naoki-san encourage me to design clothes? I first chose some characteristic clothing in Kyoto... and later I want to go to Shinjuku to see the foreign fashion trends..."

"So many clothes, where to put them..."

Naoki Nagayama looked at the full suitcases, and remembered the gossip that Akina rented four warehouses to store her singing costumes in the previous life, only feeling that he had aroused Akina's desire to shop.

"On the other side of Shanying Yuan, there is still a loft for sundries, and I plan to transform it into a design studio... The clothes will also be put there..."

Akina squatted down with some difficulty to organize the clothes. She was almost five months pregnant, and her belly had already affected her movement.

Naoki Nagayama quickly helped close the suitcase and said to the energetic Akina:

"Designing clothes doesn't have to be so urgent... We can go see the clothing factory first..."

"I want to try to see if the styles I design will be popular first." Akina said with a smile. "After the design drawings come out, I will show them to friends who make clothes first... If they are willing to produce, then I will consider buying a factory..."

Without the complicated things in the entertainment industry, Akina had enough time to think clearly about establishing a clothing brand. She also knew that although she had a special feeling for fashion, every time her dressing style would lead to trends.

But she still had to determine whether fans accepted this style because of her fame, or whether this style itself was liked by people.

"I also want to try submitting to fashion magazines!"

Naoki Nagayama looked at the smile on his wife's face, showing the support of a husband, full of emotional value:

"Yabai... is this still my Akina? Planned clearly and logically... Sure enough, you should look at each other with new eyes after three days of separation!"

"I was originally so smart, Naoki-san, don't look down on me!" Akina looked at her husband confidently, and then laughed happily. "There will be many more times for you to look at me with new eyes in the future!"

"Then I will look forward to it!"

After returning to Shanying Yuan in Tokyo, before he had time to rest, Naoki Nagayama was called out by a phone call.

In an office building in Ginza, Zhongjing Yuantai was drinking tea with Naoki Nagayama in the office of Tree Friend Capital.

"Naoki-san, you actually disappeared for more than half a month..." Zhongjing Yuantai took a sip of tea and looked at Naoki Nagayama who was looking at the report. "Did you forget that you have 100 billion yen of assets coming back!"

"Haha, judging is not isolating inside and outside... you can still make phone calls~" Naoki Nagayama responded with a smile. "It looks like the money has been safely transferred back to Japan!"

"Yeah, many offshore accounts were established, and a lot of effort was spent..." Zhongjing Yuantai said. "But fortunately, now, they have all been transferred back!"

"Naoki-san, you are now a super rich man sitting on 100 billion in liquid funds!"

"Hahaha..." Hearing this number, Naoki Nagayama no longer had the passion at the beginning. "There will be more in the future..."

Zhongjing Yuantai tsked, and didn't continue to boast... just feeling that his heart still needed to be practiced bigger.

"Oh, by the way..." He handed a document into Naoki Nagayama's hand. "I called you over so urgently, mainly because of this matter..."

Naoki Nagayama took the document and opened it. Inside was an investigation report on the sale of forest rights.

Japan's forests are divided into state-owned forests, public forests, and private forests...

Forestry resources are basically under the management of a system called the Forest Association, among which the national Forest Association Federation, and the small municipal-level Forest Association organizations, the forests owned by the members basically occupy half of the total forest area of the country.

The Forest Association organizes scattered small and medium forest owners to carry out large-scale, professional, and intensive production and management, promoting the modernization of forestry~

"Naoki-san, at present, small forest owners are almost all members of the Forest Association. They join the Forest Association for joint management, so that they can improve labor productivity and profitability."

Zhongjing Yuantai explained to Naoki Nagayama while pointing at the data analysis,

"At the beginning, it did guarantee profitability, allowing a batch of forest owners to obtain benefits... However, after 1980, affected by the impact of low-priced timber from abroad, domestic timber prices fell sharply and have remained sluggish..."

"As far as the current situation is concerned, domestic timber prices in Japan will remain sluggish, and they can't go back for the time being! Many forest owners can't hold on and started to sell forest rights... If we acquire at this time, will it..."

Naoki Nagayama didn't change his attitude toward buying when he heard this, but laughed happily:

"This is the best time to copy the bottom!"

"Yuantai-san, remember, we are now rich with nowhere to spend... we need to find assets that can preserve and increase value."

"Timber resources like this will continue to increase in value if placed in the ground... maybe it will rise in a few decades..."

Zhongjing Yuantai shook his head:

"That's not as good as buying gold mines... that is preservation..."

"Haha, that also requires someone to sell!" Naoki Nagayama laughed. "If someone sells gold mines or iron mines, we will go buy them immediately!"

Zhongjing Yuantai also knew it was impossible. Those mineral resources were all mastered by families with close relations with the government. Others had no chance to buy them.

Only forest rights and land still have a chance~

"In short, if any forest owner sells, we will buy it..." Naoki Nagayama said. "Establish a shell company, hire a professional manager to manage it... just follow the current way of managing timber, as long as it doesn't lose money..."

"Then it must join the Forest Association!" Zhongjing Yuantai said. "Naoki-san won't show up?"

"Hmm... wait until the purchased forest rights reach a certain area, then I will show up..." Naoki Nagayama said. "Anyway, in this Forest Association organization, the larger the area, the more right to speak."

"Yes... then we will go negotiate!"

Zhongjing Yuantai didn't worry at all about whether he could buy forest rights... Holding 100 billion in funds, who can compete with him?!

Naoki Nagayama, sitting on the sofa, recalled an American drama he watched in his previous life—*Yellowstone*...

The Dutton family, who owns the largest land in Montana, supports government agents, masters armed forces, and interferes with the judiciary... just to protect their own land.

And in Japan, Naoki Nagayama only needs to pay money to buy the forest rights that forest owners can't manage...

"Sure enough, Japan is different from the free America where there is a gunfight every day!" Naoki Nagayama sighed. "But it's safer to be safe..."

With the announcement of several major awards in the film industry, cinemas began to select excellent movies from last year to re-release, and people's attention to movies continued to rise.

*The Legend of Hayato* has been released for a month, and the heat is much lower than when it was just released, but the total box office has reached more than 2 billion, far exceeding other movies in the same period.

Tree Friend Pictures once again stood at the peak of the film industry...

"Xiuyi-san... how is your *The Man with Zero Presence* filming?" Fangcun Dayou chatted with Yin Tangxiu after the evaluation meeting of the Tree Friend building ended.

"..." Yin Tangxiu wiped his face, showing a bitter expression. "Dayou-san, you know that feeling..."

"The feeling of clearly having no passion, but having to bite the bullet and do something... helpless and aggrieved, but have to force yourself to cheer up... but you can't persist for long before becoming decadent again..."

Fangcun Dayou was listening well, but as he listened, his face began to become strange... How the more Yin Tangxiu said, the more it felt like describing the embarrassment of middle-aged men...

Thinking of his experience of having to pay public grain to his wife at home every half month... no passion but must do it, can't persist for long, helpless and aggrieved...

"Xiuyi-san, what are you talking about!!!"

Fangcun Dayou's tone increased a lot subconsciously, which startled Yin Tangxiu.

"Why so loud all of a sudden?!" Yin Tangxiu looked at Fangcun Dayou. "I'm talking about filming a movie!"

"Filming *The Man with Zero Presence* with Mudao Xu... I can't cheer up, I clearly want to work hard to film, but after a while, I lose my passion again..."

"Oh oh, so it's about the movie!"

"Then what did you think it was?"

"I thought Xiuyi-san was in poor spirits recently!" Fangcun Dayou immediately perfunctory, and changed the subject. "Then Xiuyi-san, do you think in this evaluation meeting, the script brought up by the screenwriter group has anything refreshing?"

"Refreshing..." Yin Tangxiu shook his head. "Good scripts are like good novels, it depends on God's will... these scripts are all regular models, and the movies filmed are neither good nor bad..."

"If you say so, can it be filmed?!" Fangcun Dayou confirmed.

"Hmm... we have contacted many producers who are interested in investing before, right? Let the new directors try..." Yin Tangxiu said. "I will also set up the movie project and apply for subsidies and discounts from above..."

"In short, it can be filmed first... otherwise our crew members can't be idle every day!"

Fangcun Dayou nodded: "Hmm, listen to Xiuyi-san on these~"

The division of labor between these two people is already very clear. Everything about movies is listened to Yin Tangxiu, and everything else is listened to Fangcun Dayou... As for Naoki Nagayama... hehe~

They both listen to him!

"By the way, should Naoki-san be back?" Fangcun Dayou suddenly thought. "When will his *Battle Royale* be filmed?"

"Naoki-san said he didn't want to film it... and he said *Battle Royale* doesn't fit the current social situation... I think wait a while, unless there is really no suitable script, then film this..."

Yin Tangxiu said so,

"Moreover, after Naoki-san comes back, maybe he will write a new script at any time!"

"He is so busy... and has to raise the baby..." Fangcun Dayou said halfway and seemed to realize he said it wrong. "Have to accompany to raise the baby... how can he have time to write a script!"

"Didn't he write *Tokyo Love Story* when he got married before~ It's about to be sold... Don't you see that trial version of the novel?!"

Yin Tangxiu said with some jealousy,

"Some people... can't be viewed with common sense!"

"Oh~~~" Fangcun Dayou looked at Yin Tangxiu. "You say Naoki-san is not a person!"

"!!! Dayou-san, you are so old, don't play elementary school tricks!" 【984-1

The two in the office walked out while joking, just in time to run into Masataka Komori and other directors who were about to head out, leading to another lively scene.

Masataka Komori held the script that had already been approved by the review board and began preparing for the project's initiation, and then he would have to find suitable actors... Having already had the experience of independently directing a film, he was no longer a stranger to these things.

And he could take the opportunity to use the excuse of training juniors to order around newcomers like Munao Matsuo...

"Otomo-san, Shuichi-san... has Naoki-san returned?"

"Hmm, it seems he has..." said Shuichi Ido, "The Academy Award judges have already returned, and I heard the final list of winners will be announced in the near future."

"Then which movie won the grand prize?!" Masataka Komori's eyes held some anticipation; although the hope wasn't high, *Our Little Sister* was, after all, a film he had directed.

Shuichi Ido glanced at him and still told him the cruel news:

"It's Akira Kurosawa's *Ran*... a film by a great director, naturally one has to give face..."

"...... ε=(′ο｀*))) Sigh"

"However, *Our Little Sister* still won two awards: Best Cinematography and Best Editing... that's already quite good!"

Shuichi Ido comforted this top disciple of the Tree Friends,

"Keep working hard in the future!"

"...... Hai!"

Masataka Komori looked down at the film script in his hand and suddenly felt dejected; with this movie, it definitely couldn't win an award!

He raised his head and looked at Shuichi Ido expectantly:

"Shuichi-san... does Naoki-san have any new scripts?"

"........"

One after another, they were all counting on Naoki Nagayama!

"Wait until he comes over tomorrow, then you can ask him yourself!"