Tokyo Bubble Life

   Chapter 295 294, the leading dark horse with 5 nominations!

  The nominees for the Daily Movie Awards are out!

   With more than half a month before the end of the year, the entertainment section of the Mainichi News and the major sports newspapers finally announced the list of nominees for the annual movie awards hosted by them - the Japan Mainichi Movie Awards.

  As the first Daily Movie Awards announced among the three major film awards in Japan, it has always attracted the attention of ordinary people and all parties in the film industry. Even young people in school will discuss with their peers the films that have entered the nomination list.

In this Daily Film Awards, the most surprising thing is a dark horse named "That Summer, The Tranquil Sea", which won Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Soundtrack, The Best Newcomer Award, nominated for 5 awards, took the lead, far surpassing other films in the same period!

Even "The Tale of Hachiko", which has a box office of more than 4 billion, has only been nominated for two awards: Best Director and Best Screenplay, let alone "The Life of Hanako Kiryuin", "Sailor Suit and Machine Gun" " and the like.

   Naoki Naoyama was also very surprised, because he remembered that when he submitted the report, he did not report "That Summer, The Tranquil Sea" because it had not yet been released at that time.

  Looking through the list, Naoki Naoyama was even more surprised that there was another movie named "Hai Tien ブギ" (Youth Rock) that was nominated for Best Actress. It was actually a movie starring Masahiko Kondo.

   Is this due to Johnny? Or the real strength of the movie. It's up for debate.

  However, seeing the announcement of this list of nominations, Naoki Naoyama can already imagine how excited some people are~

   "Nani?! What's going on!"

  Toei's Yamamura Toshitaka was naturally the one who was so excited to take pictures of the table,

   "Why is this movie getting so many nominations?!"

  Everyone in the conference room lowered their heads like geese, as if they were studying the beauty of a certain pattern on the table, and Toru Nakano, as a confidant, could only bite the bullet and speak:

   "Minister Shancun, when I saw the list this morning, I contacted several judges."

  Toru Nakano tried to calm his voice: "It is said that Masaki Kobayashi and Masahiro Shinoda contacted other friends in the industry to solicit votes for this movie."

   "Why? Isn't this their movie? It's not Shochiku's!" Toshitaka Yamamura was even more puzzled, "Does Naoki Naoyama have a personal relationship with these two great directors?"

"Minister~" Another subordinate also spoke, "As far as I know, we are nodding acquaintances, but I also contacted the director I know, and his original words were 'such a novel, touching and artistic movie. , it would be an insult to the director of the film itself not to recommend it!'”

   Speaking of this, Toshitaka Yamamura understood. On the one hand, it was recommended by veteran directors in the industry, especially one of them led the New Wave movement in Japanese movies. On the other hand, this movie really captured the hearts of directors.

   "Gee! These artists!"

  No matter how much you bow to the box office, the film director still has an artist’s dream in his heart, otherwise how can the director be called a film artist.

   Nakano Toru saw that Toshitaka Yamamura regained his composure a little, and asked, "Minister, in the future, will our "The Life of Hanako Kiryuin" still strive for the Best Film Award?"

   "Are you an idiot?" Toshitaka Yamamura was annoyed by this sentence again, "So many major production companies did not suppress this movie before and compete with it? Does it make sense?"

"?So"

  Toshitaka Yamamura looked at the list carefully again,

  Actually, in addition to live-action movies, there are also two animated movies that were shortlisted, namely "Mobile Suit Gundam III" by Japan's SUNRISE Co., Ltd. and "Doraemon: Nobita's Big Magic Mirror" by Toho.

  But these two films are unlikely to compete for the best actor and actress. If they are selected, will Nobita and Doraemon accept the award?

   "Using all resources, we have to compete for the best actor, best actress, and best director! Among other things, we must suppress Kadokawa's "Sailor Suit and Machine Gun""

"Hi!"

   At the same time, the entire Japanese film industry is being attracted by this nomination list. Large and small film production companies, distribution companies, and even the largest capital group in the film industry are all taken aback by this dark horse.

Dongbao's planning department is having an emergency meeting, and they want to find out who pushed "That Summer, The Tranquil Sea" to the top. It's obviously just a low-budget art film. Although art films are easy to win awards, But one director award and one screenwriter award are enough, why are there 5 nominations all of a sudden?

   And this Naoki Naoyama, isn’t he from Shuyou Yinghua?

  Obviously "The Tale of Hachiko" has been suppressed, why is there another movie? !

   And Kadokawa Haruki was also looking at the list in the conference room. In fact, he knew it the night before. As soon as the results came out, a familiar judge called him.

   "Minister Morikawa, "That Summer, The Sea of ​​Tranquility" was not released through Kadokawa, right?"

   "Hey, Naoki Nagayama chose to release it in Iwanami theaters because it was an art film."

   Isao Morikawa bowed slightly, with a nervous tone in his tone. If Kadokawa lost such an award-winning movie because of him, it would be a major mistake.

   "Artistic film." Haruki Kadokawa felt a little regretful, "I wish I could have seen it when Naoki-san was released."

"Well, there's nothing we can do now, but our "Sailor Suit and Machine Gun" must win the best actress, and if it's the best movie, we can try it out, after all, the box office of this dark horse. By the way, the box office How much?"

  Otomo Yoshimura is on the phone with Naoki Nagayama,

   "Naoki-san, 600 million!"

   "Nani?"

   "The first month's box office of "That Summer, The Sea of ​​Tranquility"!"

   Naoki Naoyama, who was eating breakfast, felt nothing at all, even a little bored,

   "It's only 600 million? What's there to be happy about? Not even half of the earliest "Ghost Story"~"

  Otomo Yoshimura was taken aback by Naoki Nagayama's attitude, and then realized that his president's perception of the movie box office is problematic:

   "Naoki-san, this is already a good result! Since it was screened in Iwanami theaters for the first half of the month, it only took about a week to spread to theaters nationwide."

   "In this way, the final result may reach more than 2 billion?"

   Naoki Naoyama somehow became a little interested. Now he is not very sensitive to numbers below 2 billion. After all, there are more than 2 billion yen in his own account~

   But Yoshimura Otomo is not so confident: "For this art film, it may be a bit difficult. But Naoki-san's final income should be similar to "The Tale of Hachiko."

Brothers also need to settle accounts clearly. This movie was written and directed by Naoki Nagayama himself, and it was not distributed through Kadokawa’s channel. It is equivalent to an independent movie, so naturally all proceeds can be attributed to him. If you show your face, you can get a reward.

   "Hahaha, if you think about it this way, it's actually pretty good~" Assets are going to increase again~

   Then we chatted for a while about the movie selection, Fangcun Otomo reminded Naoki Nagayama,

  After the final selection, I must thank the two directors Masaki Kobayashi and Masahiro Shinoda. Without their strong recommendations, there would definitely not be so many rankings.

   I also inquired about the relationship between Naoki Nagayama and them by the way.

"It's nothing to do with it. Speaking of it, I just met a few times at the test screenings of a few movies." Naoki Yongshan was also very curious, "By the way, I don't even have their phone number. How to contact them is still a little bit distressed?"

   "Naoki-san, are you joking?" Fangcun Otomo couldn't believe it, because the two directors might not be so supportive of their own sons.

   "Of course I'm not joking. It's definitely just a nodding relationship!"

   "Then why are they helping so much?"

   "Uh" Naoki Naoyama thought for a long time, "Because of mutual appreciation between geniuses?"

   "." is really shameless

   "Hahaha, Otomo-san, can you please get their phone number for me? I will contact them."

  While waiting for Otomo Fangcun to get the contact information, Naoki Yongshan cleaned up his kitchen, then walked out of the courtyard, raised his hand to cover his eyes and looked at the sun in the sky,

   "It's really nice weather~ except it's a bit cold~"

  Due to the blocking of the cold current by the mountains, most of the winter in Tokyo is sunny and cold. The warm sun shines on the body, which makes people feel warm, and then it is taken away by a cold wind.

Naoki Yongshan stayed in the yard wearing a woolen sweater for a while, and soon couldn't help but ran into the room, feeling the warm hot air again, and the air conditioner was naturally turned on, even though it was early in the morning, he couldn't treat him badly I am~

   After a while, Otomo Fangcun called.

  As an industry insider, especially a successful film production company, it is very easy to find the director's contact information. Yoshimura Otomo directly asked Minister Isao Morita of Kadokawa,

   I also learned that the two directors have no film plans in the near future, so they should be at home.

   Naoki Naoyama struggled for a while, but he still called. He also wanted to know why the two recommended his own movie.

   "Jingle bell jingle bell."

   "Moses, Moses, Xiaolin House here~" An old female voice came from the microphone, not the person himself.

   "Hello, I'm Naoki Yongshan from Shuyou Yinghua. I take the liberty to call because I want to find director Masaki Kobayashi." Naoki Yongshan reported himself in a well-mannered manner.

   "Hi, please wait a moment." The microphone didn't ask much. After all, I can get a phone number to my home, and I'm still in the film industry. Usually, looking for Masaki Kobayashi is related to movies.

   Soon, an energetic voice came from the other end of the phone: "Moses, Moses, Naoki-san?"

   "Hi, Masaki-san, good morning~ I'm so rude to call you." Yongshan Naoki still greeted in a polite manner.

"No, I was so happy to receive a call from Naoki-san~" Naoki Kobayashi spoke in a very pleasant tone, "I have always paid attention to Naoki-san, and I am looking forward to getting to know him better. each other."

   For a moment, Naoki Naoyama had the urge to drop the phone, what was going on with this strange tone? Isn't this old guy really crooked?

  But after all, he called with a purpose, Naoki Yongshan endured it:

   "Hehe, then I'm really flattered." Naoki Naoyama turned to the topic, "It's Masaki-san like this. The nomination list for the Daily Movie Awards has come out. I am very grateful for Masaki-san's strong support"

   "Haha, apart from being grateful, there is also misunderstanding, right?" As expected of an old man with rich experience, he understands other people's psychology very well.

   "Hi, I do have some doubts." Naoki Yongshan looked outside, "Masaki-san, the weather is fine today, do you have time to come out and have a cup of tea?"

   "Oh? Do you want tea? Well, the weather is really nice." Kobayashi Masaki thought for a while, "But I won't drink it if it's not good tea!"

  “.Of course it’s good tea~”

   Naoki Naoyama is a little speechless, this kind of child-like temperament~

   "Hahaha, that's good~"

   "Does Masaki-san know about the Sanmai Residence on Ginza Street? It's a building with a green roof and a very old style."

   "That palace-like place? The place where you and Yuko Tanaka were photographed dating?"

   ".That's not a date." Naoki Naoyama wanted to explain.

   "Well~ It's understandable for young people to be a little romantic. Didn't you see you with Yuko Tanaka and Kananko Higuchi in the first preview~"

   ". Just ordinary friends." Naoki Naoyama began to regret inviting Masaki Kobayashi to drink tea.

   "Hi~hi~ an ordinary friend who came out of a hotel~hahahaha" Kobayashi Masaki laughed, and then asked, "Should I still call Shinoda Masahiro later?"

"Yes."

  Of course Masaki Kobayashi knew that if Naoki Yongshan invited him to drink tea because of the selection, both of them would make an appointment.

   "Then there's no need to call, I'll just take him there~"

   "What an embarrassment~" Naoki Naoyama is a sincere person, "Then please trouble Masaki-san."

   "Haha, see you later~"

Naoki Naoyama, who put down the phone, always felt that today's tea trip would be very strange, but he didn't think too much about it, so he immediately called Katsuo Yasui from Sanmaiju and asked them to prepare private rooms in advance, and he wanted to entertain guests .

   While Naoki Naoyama was worrying about the upcoming selection of the first film awards, Akina Nakamori ushered in the first major event of his idol career.

  In Warner’s Japan Music Department office, the direction of Akina’s next song has been determined, “1/2のMythology”, the lyrics are still written by the author of “Girl A”, Masaya Masano, and the composer is Yoshiyuki Osawa.

  Even though "SecondLove" has successfully reached the top, Akina's publicity team still decided to maintain the style of one sweet song and one rebellious song. Perhaps this change will become Nakamori Akina's biggest feature.

   But after the meeting ended, Nobuo Tomioka pulled Akina Nakamori to a corner,

   "Akina-chan, are you a little dissatisfied with the arranged song? Actually, Akina-chan doesn't like this kind of rebellious song?"

Although he really thought so in his heart, when facing the producer who has been in charge of his own publicity work, Akina Nakamori still said thoughtfully: "Although I am a bit reluctant, this is work after all. I respect the professionalism of the producer. Very approved."

  Nobuo Tomioka looked at Nakamori Akina, a stubborn and sensible girl idol, and was silent for a while: "Akina-san, have you ever thought about moving?"

"Eh?!!"

  (end of this chapter)