Tokyo Bubble Life

Chapter 1040 Chapter 1049, Naoki-san, do you want to buy an island? !

Ginza is full of skyscrapers, but one of the office buildings has frequently appeared in discussions in the financial community this year - Shuyou Capital.

Generally speaking, although the entertainment industry and the financial industry are both places of fame and fortune, on the surface they are not very related fields. After all, no one wants the inside stories of private transactions to be exposed to the sun, so on the surface they all act as if we are not familiar with them.

Shuyou Capital is different. As an investment company founded by the entertainment industry celebrity Naoki Nagayama, it was unknown at the beginning. Everyone who heard about it thought it was just a shell company to manage his assets.

But since last year, the company seemed to have taken some magic medicine and seized two important opportunities. One was the merger with General Fujitsu at the beginning of the year, and the other was the Plaza Accord at the end of the year, which doubled its assets instantly.

No, it has even increased more than ten times, becoming an investment institution with a capital of hundreds of billions, and it is still rising. Their increasing investment behavior has been noticed by the entire industry.

This is just an estimate by industry professionals. After all, Shuyou Capital is not a listed company and does not need to release financial reports to the public.

They also couldn't have known that Naoki Nagayama still had a cash reserve of up to 5 million US dollars in the US capital market, and what he had in Japan was only about half of his assets.

At the beginning of this year, Shuyou Capital began to recruit new people, which immediately stirred up the entire Ginza situation.

Many outstanding graduates from top universities such as the University of Tokyo, Hitotsubashi, and Waseda University choose to go to Shuyou Capital, which makes people in other financial institutions feel the pressure. Excellent talents are the guarantee of competitiveness in the financial investment industry!

This afternoon, Naoki Nagayama came to his company again.

"Naoki-san!"

Kanai Chuxiang at the front desk is now the team leader of the administrative department, and together with two newly recruited administrative staff, she ensures the company's logistics and daily schedule.

"Good afternoon, Zhou Xiang-chan~"

Naoki Nagayama greeted them with a smile, then looked at the company which was much busier than before, and felt a little emotional.

"After not coming for a few days, the company has become much busier again!"

“All employees interviewed previously have started working.”

It is already the end of April and many college graduates have started working. With this round of recruitment, Shuyou Capital has grown from a small company of a dozen people to a company of forty or fifty people. The original one-story office building has become more or less crowded.

“Maybe you can consider renting another floor.”

As for buying an office building directly? Maybe it can be proposed. After all, office buildings in Ginza are not afraid of depreciation.

With this thought in mind, Naoki Nagayama came to his office and took a look at the operating reports for the time he was away.

At this time, Nakai Yuanta walked in.

"Naoki-san, why are you here today?"

A few days ago, Nakai Yuan had a drink with Naoki Nagayama, talked about their trip to Hong Kong, and received a gift from Naoki Nagayama.

"Come and take a look at the company." Naoki Nagayama said with a smile, "See if it can be used as a shooting location for the upcoming "Tiger of Ginza"

"As a set?"

Nakai Yuta was a little surprised. He knew about "Ginza Tiger", which was one of Shuyou's key projects this year.

"Naoki-san is planning to film here?"

"Yes, part of the company's drama."

Naoki Nagayama looked around his high-end office. It had a simple yet elegant style, and the floor-to-ceiling glass windows allowed him to directly see the bustling Ginza.

Standing in the office and looking out, it feels like you are towering over the entire Ginza.

"Yuan Tai-sang can also appear on camera as an extra."

"Hahaha~" Nakai Yuta laughed, "Me? I can actually make a movie too?"

"Yes. Everyone else in Shuyou Capital can get a bonus for being an extra," Naoki Nagayama said, "and you don't actually have to do anything, just do your usual work."

"Haha~ I didn't expect that I would have the opportunity to be an actor" Nakai Yuan laughed~

If Naoki Nagayama was not the president of Shuyou Capital, there was no way that Yuanta Nakai would agree to it. What about the red envelopes for extras? Do they need that little money?

As long as you join Shuyou Capital, you can earn hundreds of dollars in every minute!

These strange thoughts flashed through Nakai Yuta's mind, but he still knew who was in charge of the company, so he turned his instinct as a businessman and began to think about whether it would be good for the company.

"By the way, Naoki-san, in the movie, should we just show our company logo?"

Placing advertisements in big movies is something many companies want to do!

Previously, Naoki Nagayama's own films did not allow for advertising sponsorship, but this film is a commercial film produced by Shuyou Films.

"Ha~Won Tae-sang wants to do an advertisement?"

"Yeah. If you want to advertise in other places, it will cost a lot of money. But Naoki-san, Shuyou Capital is your company! Haha~"

"Well"

Naoki Nagayama did not disagree. This period was the expansion period of Shuyou Capital. Being able to appear in the movie would be of great benefit to the expansion of fame. It was obviously a win-win situation.

"Okay, I'll make a slight modification and call the company founded by the male protagonist of "Tiger of Ginza" Shuyou Capital."

With the script in hand, you can write whatever you want!

Anyway, it will be the same in the end if the male protagonist gets cheated and the company falls into other hands!

"That's fine then. When will Naoki-san start the filming? We will definitely cooperate with the filming and let the employees dress up properly!"

"Haha, we started filming in May, and it will probably be June if we can get TreeFriends Capital."

"no problem!"

The two chatted about the movie for a while with a smile, and then talked about the current investment situation.

The main fund of Shuyou Capital is the private funds of Naoki Nagayama. The investment directions are all planned by Naoki Nagayama, adhering to long-termism.

Maybe it is not as frequent as other accounts of Shuyou Capital, and the short-term yield rate is not higher, but it is very stable.

Naoki Nagayama did not spend too much time on investment transactions. He knew that as long as he did not miss the bubble bursting around 89 and the future Internet trend, his money would expand to a level he could not even imagine.

Nakai Yuta is reporting other real estate investments to Naoki Nagayama

"Shuyou Real Estate now owns a lot of commercial properties in various cities," said Nakai Yuta. "Do we really rely on rent?"

"Yeah," Naoki Nagayama nodded, "The other operations are too annoying."

He also knew that he could buy land to build shopping malls, parks, complexes, tree-building squares, etc., but those required the establishment of construction companies and real estate companies. The various operations were too troublesome.

People can create a wealthy family just by relying on shops in Hong Kong. This kind of return with almost no risk is what Naoki Nagayama is pursuing.

"So, Naoki-san."

Since we are talking about real estate, Nakai Yuta mentioned another thing.

“Do you want to buy an island?”

“Buy an island?”

Naoki Nagayama said unexpectedly,

"Is that the island I was thinking of?"

"Yes," Nakai Yuta nodded, "In addition to the four large islands, Japan has countless small islands. Some are inhabited, and some are uninhabited."

“These islands can be purchased, but it is more difficult to develop them.”

Even if an island is inhabited, you can actually buy it, but you can't drive the residents out. You need to buy their houses, give them compensation, etc.

“Buy an island for fun?”

Naoki Nagayama was intrigued. He could completely control the island and build whatever he wanted. Once he closed the door, it would be his own private kingdom.

"Okay, let's buy one!"

Naoki Nagayama said with a smile,

"I'm going to build a zoo on the island!"

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Nakai Yuta's smiling face suddenly froze.

I wouldn't say anything if you built a castle, but what the hell is buying an uninhabited island and building a zoo?

In the afternoon, Naoki Nagayama came to the shooting base again.

The crew is ready, all the staff are ready

The filming of "Tokyo Love Story" has almost entered the final stage. Rika Akaname, who was hurt by Nagao Kanji, has decided to go to the United States and chose to leave without saying goodbye.

Nagao Kanji kept searching and finally thought of his hometown, Ehime Prefecture. On the pillar of his school campus, he saw the name of Akaname Rika next to his own name.

Before this scene, we also needed to film a monologue on the train where Akana Rika was crying while sitting on the train.

The crew's executive director, Muneo Matsuo, had already contacted the subway company and rented a carriage. After everyone got on the train, he set up the set.

"Honami-chan, are you ready?"

This scene was more difficult to shoot, and Naoki Nagayama had to be careful because he was really crying this time, and it was shot close to his face. After crying once, crying again will be very different.

Suzuki Honami took a deep breath and nodded:

"Hi!"

"Well don't worry about taking your time, just go at your own pace."

Naoki Nagayama gave a warning, then gestured to the camera and whispered,

"Action!"

As the carriage swayed slightly, Suzuki Honami, who was sitting sideways against the window, looked at the photo in her hand and fell silent.

Slowly, memories came to my mind, scenes of my time with Nagao Kanji

Finally, I couldn't hold back any more and tears kept flowing from my eyes.

The crying scenes of beautiful heroines on the screen are usually like those in Qiong Yao's dramas, with big tears falling from the eyes, hitting the ground and making a small splash of water, while the crying heroine herself does not even have her makeup messed up.

The so-called "fairy tears" actually depends on acting skills. There are very few people who can really look good when they cry!

What is it, first holding your breath to let the tears gather in your eyes, then closing your eyelids at the moment of tears falling, and at the same time applying a slight downward force on your face? These have become the secrets of the entertainment industry!

But today, Naoki Nagayama asked Suzuki Honami to cry in the most realistic way, the kind of crying with tears streaming down her face, in order to make people feel the sadness of the character.

The afternoon sun shone through the window of the carriage, filling the entire carriage with a warm atmosphere. In this environment, Akana Rika was looking at a photo and couldn't stop crying.

But she seemed to be concerned about the people around her and didn't dare to cry out loud

For a moment, it seemed as if the whole world was fine, but I was the only one left feeling sad.

This sense of detachment allows the audience to focus all their attention on Rika Akaname's inner heart.

"Cut!"

Seeing that the effect had already appeared, Naoki Nagayama quickly shouted "click".

But Suzuki Honami over there was so lost in her emotions that she couldn't stop for a long time. This is called being into the role!

"Very good! Honami-chan, calm down a bit, this crying scene is spot on!"

"Hi"

Suzuki Honami wiped her face with a tissue, still in that mood.

The scene after Naoki Nagayama started to communicate with others, because there was also a short conversation in the carriage.

After the filming of the scenes in the carriage was completed, the crew members packed up and went to Narita Airport to catch a plane. They were going to fly to Ehime Prefecture to shoot the exterior scenes.

"If it's Ehime Prefecture, it seems like Hiroshima is just across the street?"

Naoki Nagayama suddenly thought of this question when he was looking at the map.

"Do you want to go check it out? Is there still any radiation?"

Then I saw the bay between Shikoku and the main island, with a large number of islands in the middle.

"It seems that the island Yuan Tai-san mentioned before is in this bay."

Ehime Prefecture is located in the western part of Shikoku, with the Seto Inland Sea to the north. There are more than 200 islands connected by the "Shimanami Kaido". It should be the prototype of the Wave Country in Naruto.

"This kind of bridge shouldn't be the Naruto Bridge!"

It was almost evening when they arrived here. Looking at the bridge over the Seto Inland Sea, Naoki Nagayama couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

He recalled anime such as Detective Conan and Slam Dunk, and was also impressed by the three popular animes of Death, Fire and Sea, but surprisingly did not recall these three animes.

“Is it because there are no memorable songs?”

It is said that people's memory of sound is the most profound. They can hear sound before they are born, and it is the last feeling they lose after they die. Naoki Nagayama thinks that this may be the reason.

It's really wrong that the Dead Sea of ​​Fire has been around for such a long time, but there are no widely sung songs left behind!

But, is there really none?

All kinds of thoughts flashed through their heads, and there were still many things to do in reality. The crew of "Tokyo Love Story" quickly found the campus that matched the description in the novel.

But first

"Is it enough to just carve the name? Can you make it look old?"

Naoki Nagayama complained about the props team.

"You need to burn the wood slightly with fire to carbonize the surface, and then polish it with sandpaper! This way it will have an old feel!"

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The prop master was very helpless.

"Naoki-san, we are not dealing with antiques. Besides, this is a school, and we can't burn the pillars."

"Forehead"

"Just wipe it with wood wax oil"

"Hey, I won't bother you anymore!"

Naoki Nagayama ran away. It turns out that professional matters should be left to professionals!

Wait, how does a prop master know how to make antiques?!

After the set was settled, Naoki Nagayama quickly asked the crew to get ready.

After Akana Rika left without saying goodbye, Nagao Kanji finally showed his wisdom once in the whole play and soon came to his hometown, Ehime Prefecture.

He saw his own name carved on a pillar on campus, and next to it, there was a new scratch, with "Akaname Rika" engraved on it.

In the warm afternoon sunshine, Nagao Kanji found Akaname Rika, who had left without saying goodbye, on the school playground.

"Maruko-kun~~~"

Akaname Rika's smile is still so bright~

(End of this chapter)