Tokyo Bubble Life

Chapter 1150 Chapter 1159, My boyfriend sacrificed himself to the heavens, his magical power is boun

As it approached midnight, the stage of the Red and White Songs Contest had entered its most anticipated moment, with actors and artists from the entertainment industry cheering together, looking forward to the 108 bells ringing in the new year.

The camera scanned the entire stage, but no familiar figure was seen. The most beautiful girl tonight, Akina Nakamori, was no longer on the stage!

In Yoyogi Park near the NHK Hall, the New Year's bell ringing ceremony of Meiji Jingu Shrine is about to ring.

There were many people waiting for the New Year's bell on the shrine's approach, and it was so crowded that the Nagayama couple, who had just sneaked out of the NHK Hall, were also mixed in the crowd with the sleepy little Xiahua.

New Year's Eve, it's still more lively when there are many people~

Akina, who had changed into casual clothes, held her daughter in her arms, wrapping her in a down jacket, with only a small head with squinting eyes sticking out from her shoulder. Naoyama Naoki, relying on his tall and strong stature, protected both of them in his arms, feeling the lively atmosphere.

In the not-so-bright light, no one could recognize that the person next to them was the one who had just appeared on the screen!

"Naoki-san, cover Xiahua's ears when the bell rings later."

"Good~"

"After that, we'll go to the shrine and pray for a great amulet!"

"no problem!"

"I have to get up early tomorrow morning to perform Hatsumode!"

"." Don't you want to sleep in?

Mingcai seems to be particularly energetic today, and doesn't look like she has been busy all day. Even in the night, her eyes are shining~

He is indeed a young man in his twenties!

Listening to his wife chattering in front of him, Naoki Nagayama could only nod his head like Xiao Xiahua until the crowd began to count down. Then he covered Akina and Xiahua's ears with his hands, one on each side, so that the ears in the middle just covered each other~

“Ding~~~” “Ding~~~” “.”

When they were close, the huge bell sound was so shocking that even Xia Hua, who was originally drowsy, was suddenly awakened and looked around with wide eyes.

However, when she felt that her parents were by her side, she felt relieved and stopped crying. Instead, she turned her little eyes to both sides, trying to see clearly.

The priests in the distance wore earplugs and pulled the thick ropes hard, making the bell sounds continuous. Even through the crowd, Naoki Nagayama seemed to be able to feel the vibration of the bronze bell.

With the sound of such bells, Showa 61 slowly passed away and Showa 62 officially arrived!

The ignorant little Xia Hua didn't know what New Year's Eve was, nor did she understand why the crowd started to make noise after the annoying bells stopped.

However, she felt that she was suddenly in another embrace, which was more spacious and stronger. In the familiar and warm embrace, sleepiness surged like a tide and her eyes closed uncontrollably.

When she was about to fall asleep, Xia Hua suddenly felt a slight chill on the tip of her nose, which soon disappeared. She felt comfortable and had no effect on anything. At the end of her consciousness, there seemed to be only some exclamations.

“It’s snowing!!!” “Auspicious snow means a good harvest!” “What a good sign!” “So lucky!” “.”

Naoki Nagayama and Akina Nakamori both looked up at the sky, and snowflakes were falling, as if they were celebrating the new year.

The first day of Showa 62 starts with the falling snow!

A silent night on New Year’s Eve!

The first newspaper in 62 had the headline "Auspicious snow heralds a good harvest"!

The editors of media newspapers who stayed up all night seemed to have been stationed in the printing workshop just to get the latest news, so they directly changed the morning report when it snowed at midnight.

Snowing during the New Year's Eve is indeed a good omen, especially in this era when everyone in Japan is full of enthusiasm. There are even exaggerated reports saying something like "the era of Japan has arrived", which has aroused widespread approval.

In the Yamazakura Courtyard, which was covered with a layer of snow, Akina, who went to bed at around 2 o'clock yesterday, was still energetic when she woke up early in the morning and was busy in the kitchen.

Although there are old rules like not to light the fire, the baby at home needs to eat hot food. The baby is the biggest, so naturally others can benefit from it!

Chieko Nakamori and Akina's grandmother, who slept in the guest room yesterday, patiently accompanied Xiao Xiahua and waited for her daughter to make breakfast.

"Are you going back in the morning?"

Naoki Nagayama was a little surprised.

"Chieko-san and grandma can stay in Yamazakurain for a few more days!"

"We need people at home too!"

Chieko Nakamori shook her head. Having been the head of a family for half her life, she was not used to being served in someone else's home, even if that person was her daughter.

"Grandma also wants to spend the New Year in Qinglai."

Akina's grandmother is over 70 years old, which is definitely an elderly person in this era. She now lives with Chieko. If it wasn't a great honor for Akina last night, she actually didn't want to move.

"I've gotten used to living here!" Grandma said with a smile.

At this time, Mingcai brought breakfast over and was about to feed Xiahua some egg custard as a supplementary food. After understanding her mother and grandmother's thoughts, she nodded:

"Qinglai has more friends and relatives. It's more lively. Mingsui is also here."

In big cities like Tokyo, human relationships may be less friendly, but in small cities, even the traditional culture of neon has closer neighborhood relationships.

"Then I'll have someone take you back."

"No, just take the tram!"

"It's okay~"

Although it is New Year, it is a big city after all, and some people still have to go to work to make more money.

While eating and chatting casually at the table, Akina said that she would go home to pay New Year's greetings during the New Year, and she would also go to Shizuoka to pay New Year's greetings, and she also had friends in Tokyo to pay New Year's greetings during the New Year.

For the couple in Yamazakurayuan, they now have their own small family, and visiting the husband's family and the wife's family is really like visiting relatives.

People are celebrating the New Year, but the entertainment industry is not taking a holiday.

The Lunar New Year movies will be released starting today, but they will soon face two major challenges!

The hit movie "Ghost" is currently in theaters, and its popularity shows no sign of dying down until the New Year. After Shuyou provided the pre-sale box office data to various theaters, there seems to be no reduction in the screening of this movie.

From the beginning of the year to the end of the year, all the new films of various film companies have to be released under the shadow of "Ghost", which is a very infuriating thing.

However, at this time another piece of bad news appeared again!

"Snowing!"

Okamura Koichi, the manager of a cinema under AEON Cinema Line, seemed to have been touched by a keyword and immediately went to the warehouse to look for it.

“Ah, found it!!!”

He was holding a film box of a movie, and the small print on the box clearly indicated the name of the movie - "Love Letter"!!

The film was released when Tokyo saw its first snow, which set off a love frenzy throughout the city. The song of "Snow Flower" filled the streets and alleys of Tokyo. This timeless love movie brought countless infatuated men and women to the cinema again and again.

Since that year, Shuyou Films has set rules with every cinema chain.

Every year when the first snow falls in Tokyo, it’s time for “Love Letter” to be re-screened!

So. On the first day of the new year, "Love Letter" was released again!!!

"Everyone, put up the latest promotional posters for Love Letter!" Okamura Koichi ordered his staff at the cinema, "Also, play Snow Flower in the lobby!"

"No, no. Go inform the person in charge of AEON Mall that the mall's music will also be playing "Snow Flower" today!!"

"Play on loop!!!"

Since there is no definite time, in order to re-screen "Love Letter" in theaters on time during the first snow, Shuyou Films has invested a lot of money in the agreement. 1% of the box office of the re-screening in each theater will be directly distributed to the theater!

That is to say, in addition to the original share, this 1% will be used as a personal bonus for the cinema manager!

You know, the box office of the re-release of "Love Letter" has been very good. After all, young people have grown up one after another. Even if a part of the profit is distributed to employees, the extra profit is enough to make people jealous! !

This gives cinemas plenty of enthusiasm!

After assigning the work, Koichi Okamura quickly reminded his colleagues and friends. Then, one after another, the movie theaters in Tokyo re-hung the posters of "Love Letter" and inserted the screening schedule of "Love Letter".

While movie theaters were taking action, Toho's General Manager Maruyama Yukiichi, as one of his colleagues in the film industry, had to return to the company.

"How can you repair Naoki Naoki? This is too much!!!"

In the conference room sat all the members of the film division, all of whom were urgently summoned by a phone call.

"Now facing the pressure from Ghost and Love Letter, I am thinking, forget about other types of movies, but should we postpone our movie Girls in Love?!"

Minister Nakano Tomomi said,

"After all, these two movies put too much pressure on people."

"Yeah, yeah. Maybe it would be better to play it on Valentine's Day in February?"

"By that time, the popularity of Shuyou's two romance films had probably died down!" "It seems that Shuyou didn't have any romance films released at the beginning of this year."

All the publicity and promotion staff echoed this, which made the head of the department, Yukichi Maruyama, angry and helpless.

"Don't you guys have the heart to compete with Shuyou?!! We are Dongbao!!"

"."

All the participants looked at each other and fell silent. They couldn’t win the argument. They really couldn’t win the argument!

"Ahem!" It was Nakano Chizu who spoke again, "Director, we are a commercial company after all, and our goal is to make a profit. When facing an unfavorable situation, there is no need to confront it head-on. It is better to adopt a roundabout approach!"

"It makes money, it's not shabby!"

"Yes, yes, yes!" "Minister Nakano is right!" "As expected of you, you are the minister."

There was another chorus of voices echoing, leaving Maruyama Yukiichi speechless. He actually felt relieved in his heart, as he didn't want to confront Shuyou head-on!

But as the director of this department, he is not allowed to say such things!

"Then let's do this. We'll withdraw the movie and postpone it!"

Maruyama Yukichi finally made the decision.

"We won't compete with Shuyou Films for a moment!"

"The Minister is right!" "It should be like this!" "We are in a tactical retreat!" "That's right."

Maruyama Yukiichi, who was sitting in the front, looked at the nodding bugs in the conference room. For a moment, he couldn't even get angry. He just felt that Toho would be finished sooner or later in the hands of these guys!

At the same time, similar conversations were taking place among the top executives of other film companies.

At the Shochiku headquarters, a small department meeting.

"Do you want to return our copy of "Tora-san's Story: The Blue Bird of Happiness"?"

"No need for that, right? Torajiro's story isn't a romance."

“There’s an element of love!”

“It’s an everyday movie.”

"."

After a period of discussion, the final decision was not to withdraw. After all, it has become a habit for Torajiro's story to be released every year, and there is a group of loyal fans who will pay for it!

In Toei's office, General Manager Takafumi Ogasawara is calling Director Toyoichi.

"Director Dongyang, it looks like the release of 'Incarnation' will have to be postponed for a while."

"But Director, this movie was supposed to be released in the second half of the year! At that time, it was said that..." Director Dong Yangyi on the phone was very aggrieved, "It has been postponed to the beginning of the year."

"In October, they said they would avoid the limelight of Tiger of Ginza, and at Christmas, they said they would avoid the limelight of Ghost. Now it's the New Year. Do we at Toei have to keep avoiding it?!"

"I'm just thinking about your movie!" Ogasawara Takafumi cursed in his heart but didn't say it out loud.

After taking a few deep breaths, I calmed down:

"Director Dongyang, you are now under the double pressure of "Ghost" and "Love Letter". Do you think your "Avatar" can handle it?!"

"."

"You're not talking anymore, right? That means you agree!" Ogasawara Takafumi immediately set the tone, "Then let's save 'Incarnation' for Valentine's Day on February 2th!"

"Hi"

On the streets of the New Year, the song of "Snow Flower" echoed again in the record stores on the commercial street!!

People who come to shop or go shopping during the New Year also received the message

"This is Akina Nakamori's Snow Flower?!"

"No wonder it sounds so familiar! It was the theme song of the movie Love Letter!"

"So, 'Love Letter' is being re-released?!"

"Didn't it snow last night?"

"Too.""."

"Love Letter" has been re-screened several times, so movie lovers are more or less familiar with it!

Not to mention that the quality of "Love Letter" itself is very good, this love movie that is re-screened every year at the beginning of the snow is full of romance and is also very popular among young people of the new era.

Those who have seen it want to watch it again, and those who haven't seen it naturally want to go there to check in with their lovers out of curiosity.

"Love Letter and Ghost. Haha, both starred Naoki Nagayama and Akina Nakamori!"

“I’m going to watch it twice today!”

"Does Shuyou want to make us cry twice?!"

"."

The audience members all laughed when they saw the posters of the two movies in the cinema. Some young couples started to consider the showtimes and really wanted to watch two movies in a row!

And some smart viewers seem to have discovered the blind spot:

"Akidou Madai, have you noticed that in the couple movies shot by Naoki Nagayama and Akina Nakamori, it seems that the male partner always dies!!!"

"Really?! Has it become a habit?"

"My boyfriend is offering sacrifice to the heavens, and his magical powers are boundless?!"

"Hahaha, isn't Naoki Nagayama worried?!"

"."

No matter what the audience said, I still went to buy the tickets obediently.

This year’s Lunar New Year holiday, choose one of the two romance films produced by Shuyou Films to watch!

It’s okay to play two movies in a row!

As word of mouth spread, more and more people went to the cinema.

(End of this chapter)