Tokyo Bubble Life

 Time is like fine sand between your fingers, no matter how you grab it, it will slowly flow away.

 As soon as I opened my eyes, June arrived unexpectedly in Tokyo.

However, the continuous drizzle is still falling from the sky, and the originally bustling city of Tokyo seems to have been pushed to 0.5 times the speed, and the noise of the traffic on the road has been reduced by more than half.

 Under the dim skylight, the steel and concrete returned to their original gray color, and the originally turbulent crowds became sparse and quiet, as if this was their original appearance.

It is easy to be depressed in rainy days, so I chose to hear the album of Michael Jackson in Yongshan Naoki, who was driving. The "Thriller" released at the end of the year has been on fire for a whole year, and it has won 8 Grammy awards at the beginning of this year.

The strong rhythm echoed in the car. Naoki Nagayama kept time with the beat with his hands, and his mood was quite high. On the passenger seat, there is a document bag, which contains the plan for "musicstation" (it will never be revised in the end).

 “Zhi Shusang, good morning!”

When Naoki Nagayama came to the studio, he was naturally welcomed by the little sister Xing Jiahua at the front desk, and then the employees said hello one by one~

With nods and occasional replies, he arrived at the office.

“Naoki-san, you’re here~” Fangcun Dayou said calmly, the report in his hand didn’t even tremble.

“Well, let’s bring this plan to Otomo-san.” Naoki Nagayama handed the document bag to Otomo Yoshimura, “I was delayed by something yesterday~”

"Is something wrong?" Fangcun Dayou took the document and said casually, "Did you go shopping with a confidante?"

"Eh? Otomo-san, how do you know?!" Nagayama Naoki was startled, "Is there another paparazzi who sent candid photos to Shuyou Pictures and asked for hush money?"

ˆ “.”

Yoshimura Otomo was speechless, it’s actually true! Naoki-san, you actually delayed your important business cooperation time because of a woman. You are really

Turning around and thinking of Nagayama Naoki's character, Yoshimura Otomo sighed. This is indeed Naoki-san's style.

“Naoki-san, I would like to ask, is this Ms. Akina?” Otomo Yoshimura looked up at Naoki Nagayama. Several high-level officials knew about his relationship with Akina Nakamori.

"Hi!"

After getting a clear answer, Yoshimura Otomo did not open the document bag to read the plan, but said to Naoki Nagayama seriously:

“Naoki-san, if an intimate photo of you and Akina Nakamori is taken, the paparazzi will not come to ask for hush money. You should understand this, right?”

Nagayama Naoki nodded: "I understand this~"

The paparazzi don’t want hush money, so of course it would be more profitable to sell it to other media! In fact, this has little to do with Nagayama Naoki. His scandal is no longer valuable, and it mainly involves his partner Akina Nakamori.

As the top idol after Momoe Yamaguchi, she is currently competing with another top idol, Seiko Matsuda, for the throne of the number one female idol.

 Huge fame and exposure, everything Nakamori Akina says and does attracts much attention. Even though she values ​​privacy, her family has been photographed many times by paparazzi. Fortunately, they are just ordinary people, and the photos will not be published in newspapers.

If it is revealed that he is dating Naoki Nagayama, Shuyu and Kenyin will face a storm of public opinion that even Yoshimura Otomo cannot imagine.

“So, do we need to be prepared to make it public in advance?”

Yoshimura Otomo continued to ask, if a plan is made with Yanyin in advance, then it may be possible to reduce it to an acceptable level.

"About this." In fact, Naoki Nagayama and Akina also discussed it, but "Although our relationship is very stable now, it is still not time to announce it."

“When the decision is made public, I will definitely make an agreement with Otomo-san in advance.”

　　Now Akina's career is booming. Although Akina is very gentle when she's in love, her personality is actually very strong and stubborn. Her singing career is actually one of her dreams.

Perhaps you will wait until you reach the pinnacle of idol status, become famous, or face the choice between love and career before you retire and get married~

"Well, that's good~" Yoshimura Otomo got the promise he wanted, and stopped asking. Instead, he opened the document bag in his hand, "This is the plan for the new program."

“Yes, yes, this is the program I have been telling you about before.” Nagayama Naoki approached Yoshimura Otomo’s desk and wanted to explain it to him.

 “Okay, let me take a look first and then talk.”

Yoshimura Otomo opened the plan book and saw Naoki Nagayama looking like he really wanted to share, so he quickly refused.

"Since there is a plan, there is no need for Naoki-san to explain it. If the plan cannot be explained clearly, how can it be shown to the people of TV Asahi!"

 “Huh?” Shouldn’t it usually be done while showing PPT on stage and giving lectures to others at the same time?

"While I'm looking at the plan, Naoki-san, if you're bored." Otomo Yoshimura handed over another stack of reports, "It happens to be the beginning of the month, Naoki-san can help review and complete these salary tables!"

".Forehead."

Looking at Yoshimura Otomo who had begun to read carefully, Nagayama Naoki could only take the report and start reviewing it.

 On a rainy day, the crew of "Love Has Ended Like the Rain" were nesting on the upper floor of a certain two-story apartment.

This is a very messy house with a large flat floor layout. The study, living room, bedroom, and kitchen are all in one space. The refrigerator, desk, quilt, green plants, storage boxes, etc. are all messily distributed in this space. The space exudes the flavor of a bachelor

However, what is even more impressive are the bookcases full of bookshelves and the books stacked in long strips here and there.

 This is the home of the store manager played by Muga Takewaki.

Although he is the manager of a restaurant, he is a book lover himself. When he was young, he also had the ambition to write a book!

Itou Shuichi arranged the camera position in the room, and then said to Takewaki Muga:

“Takewaki-san, this is a scene where you catch a cold after getting wet, so remember to show your weakness when speaking your lines.”

"Hi!"

 Takewaki Muga reluctantly agreed. As a senior actor, he still has some acting skills, so there was no need to remind him. But today, Itou Shuichi is a little excited, so he talks a lot.

"And the guy over there who plays Takewaki-san's friend, remember, you can't act too familiar, but you can't be completely unfamiliar either." Itou Shuichi yelled at the actors on the other side again, "You guys are from when you were young. Good friends, but we haven’t seen each other for many years. So we are the most familiar strangers, you know?”

 “Hi~~~”

 The supporting character opposite could only nod.

Today Shuichi Itou was pointing at various tasks of the crew, as if nothing could go wrong.

I heard him say to everyone: "Today is the last important scene. With tonight's scene, the main scene of our movie has ended, so...

 Everyone must complete the project in the most perfect state! "

 “Oh~~~”

Before the director called Action, Masataka Komori walked up to Shuichi Itou:

“Xiu Yisang, if it’s almost going to be finalized after today, then shall we have a finalizing banquet together?”

Itou Shuichi shook his head: "Forget it today, everyone will be very tired after the filming is done."

“Let’s wait until tomorrow when the last few shots that need to be added are finished, which are almost static images, and then we can eat together.”

Itou Xiu paused for a moment: "Call Naoki-san, Otomo-san and Sugiyama Tohihiko."

 “Huh? Sugiyama-san, please call me too?”

Masataka Komori is a bit strange, Tomohiko Sugiyama is currently the head of the distribution department, but there is still some time before the movie is released.

"Of course, while editing, we can keep up with the promotion and distribution." Itou Shuichi explained, "Let Sugiyama-san get familiar with everyone in advance, and it will be easier to communicate with you later."        Hi, I understand. Komori Masataka nodded in agreement.

"Also, the next month should be all about editing." Itou Shuichi lowered his voice and whispered to Komori Masataka, "When I meet Naoki-san during this period, I need to talk more about editing. , it’s best to get him to agree to edit together!”

"This?" Komori Masataka opened his eyes wide, "Didn't Naoki-san say he would try not to interfere in this movie?"

"Baga!" Itou Shuichi patted Komori Masataka on the head with hatred, "Do you want two of us to edit? This is a lot of work!"

ˆ “.Hi~”

Masataka Komori nodded humbly, but he remembered that there should be other people helping with the editing. There should be enough manpower, right? !

The staff of the theater set up the camera and adjusted the lighting, and then the actors began to rehearse silently in front of the camera. At this time, Kijima Xu, who was behind a main camera, discovered that the two actors always seemed to like each other. Face the camera sideways

 “Arno, Takewaki-san.” Kijima Xu hesitated before speaking.

"Huh?" Takewaki Muga was startled. It seemed like someone was calling him. He looked around subconsciously, but couldn't find the person speaking. He shook his head, "Did you hallucinate?"

 So he started to continue performing.

 “Takewaki-san!”

 The second obviously aggravated sound made Takewaki Muga and the opposite actor look at the camera. Nani? When was there actually a person behind that camera?

But thinking about it again, it seems that the person was always behind the camera, they just didn't pay attention.

"Ah" Takewaki Muga was a little embarrassed. He had just ignored this person calling him, "Camera-san. Ah, no, Arnold, what is your name? I was a little confused for a moment."

"Silly tape!" Kijima Xu didn't pay attention, he had long been used to it, "Takewaki-san, I called you because you just turned your face to the camera in all the performances. The same goes for the opposite actor. .”

“Ah, is that so?” Muga Takewaki looked at the camera position and understood. He said with great gratitude, “Thank you for the reminder, I will pay attention to it. What is your name?”

"Alas" Kijima Xu sighed, "My name is ■■■. This is the third time I have told you. You will forget it anyway."

 “Hey, I definitely won’t! Thanks for the reminder!”

Takewaki Muga didn’t believe it, how could he forget it? Do you think your name is some indescribable anomaly? I will definitely call it out to show you next time!

 After having this idea, Takewaki Mugo turned around and continued rehearsing.

 “Huh? Why didn’t I face the camera? Fortunately, someone reminded me! That person is really a good person.”

 After a while,

"Huh? Someone just talked to me, right? Who is it?"

 A few more minutes pass,

“Did I lose my mind before? Oh, I’m too old! I have to rehearse more seriously!”

Kijima Kyon, who returned to behind the camera, sighed again. As he grows older, his sense of existence is really getting lower and lower!

But it’s not all my fault that Takewaki Muga can’t even remember his name, right? Could it be a sign that he has Alzheimer's disease?

Even though Shuichi-san and Masataka-kun will ignore my existence, they will still remember my name when they see me!

 In the office of the studio, Otomo Yoshimura finally finished reading the plan.

He closed the document and put it back into the document bag, and then saw Nagayama Naoki's expectant eyes:

“Otomo-san, what do you think? If there is anything you don’t understand, I can explain it to you!”

“The planning is very clear, and I understand everything.” Yoshimura Otomo shook his head, “The planning of this show looks very good.”

 “But~”

 Sure enough, there is always a turning point after a compliment.

“However, as for music variety shows, there is always a performance process, which is the same for everyone. Whether other points planned by Naoki-san can really attract the audience’s attention needs to be judged.”

Nagayama Naoki nodded: "There may indeed be concerns in this regard, so the host of the show and the first impression given to people are very important."

“I plan to invite Tamori-san as the host of the show! In addition to the first episode, I will invite Akina Nakamori and other top artists!”

Yangcun Dayou continued to ask:

""Night Hit" and "THEBESTTEN" will also invite top stars and artists, and they have sufficient funds and often go to foreign countries and other places for filming!"

 “How can Naoki-san’s program defeat them?”

"Our program will have a pre-interview in the early stage to connect the singer with the place where the singer was born. In this way, we will not only have fans of the singer, but also attract local people. In addition, in the future we will not be limited to local singers. We will also invite foreign singers and even Madonna, Michael Jackson, etc."

Naoki Nagayama explained all the attractive points of "Musicstation", which made Otomo Yoshimura nod his head:

“Naoki-san, when we contact TV Asahi, they will definitely ask the same question, especially since we want to take control of the program. You have to be mentally prepared!”

“Hey, I understand.” Naoki Nagayama knew that this was Otomo Yoshimura inoculating himself.

"If that's the case, then I will officially communicate with the people from TV Asahi." Seeing that Nagayama Naoki was in mind, Yoshimura Otomo felt relieved, "We expect to meet the day after tomorrow or on the weekend."

 “Then I’ll trouble Otomo-san.”

　　After the two chatted for a while about the negotiations, they returned to Shuyou’s operations.

“The work for the idols is actually progressing step by step.” Yoshimura Otomo said, “But have you found the actors for the movie project you mentioned last time?”

ah! "Summer of Kikujiro", although Yuko Tanaka has agreed to participate, the leading actor has not yet been found~

 In the entertainment industry, there are very few people like Takeshi Kitano who can be a bit vicious in themselves, but have a childish heart. Most of the vicious adults have learned to be smooth and greasy.

 “This one hasn’t been found yet.”

"Then it's better to hurry up." Yoshimura Otomo said, "The shooting of Shuichi-san's "Love Has Ended Like the Rain" has almost finished, and the crew of the shooting team will be free soon. If Naoki-san's movie doesn't start shooting, I will Let them start preparing for the filming of "High School 2" first."

 “That’s it”

  Naoki Nagayama knows that this is a way to improve efficiency, but it is indeed a bit difficult to find a suitable actor at this time.

 Suddenly, a strange idea appeared in his mind:

 “How about letting Kitano Takeshi play the role?!”

At any rate, Kitano Takeshi didn’t know that "Summer of Kikujiro" was a movie he would make in the future!

And using the original actors to shoot the movie he originally directed, maybe it can produce a better feeling!

 What is this called?

  Original soup and original food?

 (End of this chapter)