Tokyo Bubble Life

Chapter 1167 Chapter 1176 You guys, are you going on vacation again? !

The next day, it was still a peaceful and warm morning in Yamazakurain, just like before.

However, the entertainment industry outside is constantly changing and full of crazes. You can get a glimpse of this from the newspaper that Ah Fu delivers in the morning!

"Shuyou wins three awards! Reaching the pinnacle of the film industry?!"

Naoki Nagayama looked at the headline of the report and sighed.

"As expected, Japanese reporters really like to use exaggerated words!"

As mentioned before, the Blue Ribbon Awards, the Academy Awards and the Daily Film Awards are held together, so the awards are announced together.

Naoki Nagayama brought Akina to the Blue Ribbon Film Awards ceremony, but this does not mean that he will not participate in the other two competitions!

Shuichi Idou and Kyon Kimura and others represented Shuyou in other competitions and almost won the Best Film award!

The Academy Award for Best Picture went to "Tiger of Ginza", the Mainichi Film Award for Best Picture went to "Hayato", and there were other awards such as Best Director, Best Editing, Best Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Supporting Actress.

All the awards, big and small, were shared by Shuyou, allowing the entire industry to see the strength of Shuyou Films!

If there had not been private negotiations and compromises, perhaps they would have been able to sweep all the awards, making the Japanese film industry in 61 completely a backyard for tree lovers~

The entire media and newspapers used a fanatical tone to promote the tree friends, and the words such as "reaching the summit", "dominating", and "the day of the middle sky" were constantly used.

However, such wording and exaggeration surprisingly did not disgust the Japanese people, because the Japanese national sentiment is now in a boiling state. As the economic bubble grows, everyone feels that their assets are constantly growing, and when they have money, they naturally want to buy, buy, and have fun.

Many Japanese people went abroad to see everything in foreign countries and realized the strength of Japan, so the sayings such as "100 million new middle class" and "buy America" ​​appeared, and every citizen was arrogant.

So regarding the media's exaggerated statements, I even feel that there should be such a company in Japan's film industry, which represents Japan's latest upward momentum!

Akina came over to take a look and said:

"There should be other film awards like the Junpo Film Awards, right?"

"It's almost the same. The important awards will be given to tree friends, otherwise it will damage their authority. Unless they don't want to eat this bowl of rice in the future~"

Naoki Nagayama said while eating breakfast,

"Last year can be said to be the explosion year for Shuyou Films. From the beginning of the year to the end of the year, there were blockbusters. This year, there will be much fewer~"

In the past few years, Shuichi Ido and Masataka Komori would make some fresh and simple movies like "Our Little Sister" and "Love Like the Rain", and Naoki Nagayama would also make innovative films like "April Story" and "Camera Never Stops", but none of that happened last year.

The entertainment industry has actually received news that in the new year, Shuyou Films will focus on the animation business and will not have any major plans for filming movies.

Especially Naoki Nagayama, it seems that he is only preparing to shoot a science fiction blockbuster like "Jurassic Park". The preparation work will take at least until the second half of the year, and the shooting may not be completed until next year.

This made traditional film studios such as Toho and Toei breathe a sigh of relief.

“Let’s give it to our tree friends this year!” “Don’t go head-on with tree friends who are in the midst of an explosive period!” “Let’s see who wins next year!”

In some internal meetings, some members were like this. They all thought that the next year might be a period of weakness for tree friends. After all, no one can maintain a strong creative power all the time.

"Naoki-san, are you only planning to shoot Jurassic Park this year?" Akina asked.

"Yes!"

Naoki Nagayama nodded, finished his breakfast in a few bites, then picked up Xiao Xiahua who had finished her milk and gently helped her burp.

"I have to spend more time with Hana-chan this year!"

After Xiao Xiahua burped, she also lay on her father's shoulder and laughed.

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Mingcai, who was enjoying breakfast, felt a little jealous when looking at this harmonious scene of a loving father and a filial daughter.

It turns out that a daughter is her father’s little lover, and she will steal her father’s love from an early age!

Today, Akina will go to Ken-On in the afternoon to make decisions on the cover of the new album, but Naoki Nagayama will go to the Shuyou Building in the morning instead.

After arriving at the company, he found that everyone in Shuyou was in high spirits.

"Naoki-san, good morning!" Xing Jiahua greeted happily, and then Suzuki Yukatsu next to her also waved and said, "Good morning, Naoki-san!"

"Good morning." Naoki Nagayama was a little surprised. "Why are you so happy?"

"Of course, Shuyou Films won so many awards, isn't Naoki-san happy?!" Xing Jiahua looked at Naoki Nagayama in confusion, as if she didn't understand. "Everyone else in the company wants to celebrate, and they've made an appointment to go to the bar for a drink after get off work."

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Naoki Nagayama then reacted. Although in his eyes, the winners of various awards had already been decided, in the eyes of other tree friends, it was just confirmed that the tree friend had won several major awards. As a member of the tree friend, everyone was naturally proud of it!

"Happy, of course I am happy!"

"Then Naoki-san, would you like to have a drink together tonight?!" Suzuki Yukika boldly invited.

"Well, I probably can't." He wants to go home to be with his baby.

However, his embarrassment caused others to misunderstand. Xing Jiahua gently patted Suzuki Yukika:

"Yukina-chan, Naoki-san will definitely be celebrating with other big names in the entertainment industry!"

"Ah, I see." Suzuki Yukina nodded quickly.

Japanese society is a society with clearly defined circles, and the president and celebrities are naturally in another circle.

Naoki Nagayama realized that they had misunderstood him, but it was not convenient for him to explain anything. He could only nod silently and say a few vague words, then took the elevator to his office.

When they were on the top floor, they happened to see Shuichi Itou walking towards Yoshimura Otomo's office, and Naoki Nagayama immediately followed him:

"Shuichi-san, did you attend the party last night?"

"Ah, Naoki-san," Idou Shuichi said as he pushed the door open, "Of course, such a great opportunity can't be missed!"

"I have talked with my colleagues at the Tokyo Film Association and everyone on the Academy Awards Committee, and I will definitely support the establishment of the Tokyo Film Association."

Yoshimura Otomo was on the phone in the office. When he saw Naoyama Naoki and others come in, he spoke a few words quickly and ended the call.

"Naoki-san, Shuichi-san. Just now, the legal department called and said that the acquisition contract of Studio Ghibli has been negotiated. We will use 70 million yen to buy % of Tokuma Shoten's shares in Ghibli and become the majority shareholder of Studio Ghibli."

"We can sign the contract in a few days!"

"Is that so?" Naoki Nagayama smiled, "It's not that expensive!"

“Just a studio”

Shuichi Idou was a little surprised that a studio with only two key members would spend so much money, almost the entire box office of a movie.

"Haha, Xiu Yi-san, take a long-term view. You will know in the future that it is not expensive!"

When you think about the future when Ghibli's various animations will easily have box office of tens or hundreds of billions and will be released all over the world, then you will understand how cost-effective today's acquisition is.

After hearing what Naoki Nagayama said, Shuichi Ido didn't take it to heart. He still had great trust in his friend's long-term vision. Besides, 5 million was not too much for his current friends.

"After signing the contract, the next step is to wait for Hayao Miyazaki to start producing My Neighbor Totoro!"

"My Neighbor Totoro," Ito Osamu nodded. He had known about Naoki Nagayama's idea for a long time. "It's really time."

After talking about work, Naoki Nagayama and Otomo Yoshimura sat down and started talking about other things:

"The film awards are over. I'm going to take a vacation at the end of February. I'm going to take Akina and Xiao Xiahua to a hot spring."

As soon as he said this, Naoyama Naoki saw that the eyes of Idou Shuichi and Yoshimura Otomo turned slanted.

"Huh? What's with that look on your face, both of you? I've been busy all year, can't I take a break?!"

"Didn't we have the New Year holiday?" Idou Shuichi said, "Naoki-san even took a few more days off!"

"And last year, didn't you go overseas and visit Hongyuyuan?" Yoshimura Otomo also said, "And you only come to Shuyou for half a day every day, which is no different from a vacation."

Then they both said in unison:

"So, Naoki-san is actually on vacation while he's working!"

".Ahem~"

Naoki Nagayama felt a little embarrassed by what the two said. Compared to them, it seemed that he did rest a little too much and slacked off at work a lot.

Not to mention Yoshimura Otomo, who runs the Shuyou Group diligently every day. Ido Shuichi is also busy with the film business and the establishment of a film association, and last year he also added the animation business!

If I think about it this way, I really feel a little ashamed!!!

I started my own company so that I could make more money, take more vacations, and enjoy life more. Why should I feel guilty?

"Ahem. Shuichi-san, Otomo-san, well, rest is actually for better work!"

Naoki Nagayama shamelessly said this twisted logic,

"Think about it, I have a big project this year, so I need to conserve my energy!"

"You guy!"

Fangcun Dayou shook his head. He had no choice but to sigh and ask,

"Where are you going this time? How long will your vacation be?"

"We should also go to the Seto Inland Sea and the holiday house near Lake Toya. It will be more convenient to go there by private plane this time!" Naoki Nagayama said, "It will probably take about half a month. Maybe it can be extended to a month!"

"." Idou Shuichi said helplessly, "It's already March! The cherry blossoms are about to bloom!"

"It's so cold this year, maybe the cherry blossoms will bloom a little later."

The topic of the conversation then became all kinds of tangled, and they even talked about when Naoki Nagayama's private jet would be able to fly international routes, so they could take Shuichi Ido and Otomo Yoshimura to New York for some fun.

"By the way, I think I have another apartment in the United States."

Naoki Nagayama suddenly remembered that he had asked Nakai Yuta to help him buy a property a long time ago.

“But I’ve never lived there”

Now almost all investment properties are owned by Shuyou Capital, and they are all over the world. Naoki Nagayama doesn't have many personal properties.

"Hahaha, Naoki-san's houses, I guess you can't even count them all, right?!"

Yitang Xiu smiled and said,

"I said, why buy so many houses? It's better to invest in the stock market!"

".Xiu Yi-san, you will know in a few years~"

After chatting for a while in the office before ending the morning tea party, Naoki Nagayama returned to his big office and sat there for a while, reading the newspaper and playing on the computer to kill some time. Then he came to the editing room around noon.

"Naoki-san!" Komori Masataka was the first to notice Naoyama Naoki, "Why are you here?"

"Come and see the status of Across the World," Naoki Nagayama patted Masataka Komori on the shoulder, "Did you say that the editing is almost done?"

"Hi, I finished editing it yesterday. We're going to screen it internally today, and then we'll take it to the film studio to make copies."

Komori Masataka's tone was filled with excitement.

“After that, it will be screened for preview and released on Valentine’s Day!”

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I've complained about the Valentine's Day schedule before, because there are many romance dramas released during this period, but the publicity department said it doesn't matter, because "Across the World" is not a romance movie, so there is no competition. And the subsequent cherry blossom season and other movies are also romance-themed movies.

Naoki Nagayama didn't care much about it. Anyway, they chose the time when everyone was most willing to go to the cinema.

"Naoki-san, do you want to come and watch the internal screening?!" Komori Masataka invited.

"I won't watch it. I have something to do this afternoon." Naoki Nagayama turned it down. "Besides, I've watched it many times."

"That's it"

Komori Masataka was a little disappointed, but he cheered up again.

"So what about the preview? Will Naoki-san come to attend?!"

".I'm going on vacation."

Naoki Nagayama refused again.

“It’s already been decided”

"Hehe, now that it's decided, there's nothing we can do about it~"

What else can Komori Masataka say? He can only accept it helplessly. He feels that Naoki Nagayama is targeting him. Could it be that he didn't let Naoki-san edit the film before, so he holds a grudge? !

It seems that Naoki-san is not the one who holds grudges. Komori Masataka realized that Naoki-san is very grudge-holding!

It seems that those who have offended him in the past are not in a good condition now!

"Naoki-san" Komori Masataka's eyes were full of sincerity, "If there is anything I have not done well, please give me a chance!"

"???"

Naoki Nagayama felt something was wrong, but looking at Komori Masataka's expression, he nodded.

"Don't worry, Zheng Xiaojun, we are a family!"

"Hey, Naoki-san, just remember it, just remember it!"

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Naoki Nagayama took a quick look at the second trailer in the editing room. This time it was much more exciting, with gunfights, adventures, dances, and beauties.

The cool and handsome Leslie Cheung, the beautiful Chikako Aoyama, and the mature and humorous Kyohei Shibata.

It satisfies all people's fantasies about art thieves.

"Across the World" should be able to support the influence of Shuyou in the first half of this year. Naoki Nagayama is now satisfied and ready to go home~

At this time, Akina Nakamori was in the Ken-On conference room, looking at the cover designs of each record.

"TANGO NOIR!"

Tanaka Yoshiaki said with some excitement,

"The French name Tango Noir has both the passion of Western tango dance steps and the mysterious elements of the East. It is the most suitable name!"

"The cover adopts a side silhouette, and Akina's black clothes are full of mysterious temptation and abstinence."

"Only after listening to the record can you discover the passion and a little bit of madness in Akina-chan's songs. Just like the women of this era!"

Mingcai looked at this plan and was very satisfied:

“Then this is the first album of this year!”

"Hi!!" Tanaka Yoshitomi nodded, and that was confirmed.

Then, Shimada Yuzo spoke:

"Akina-chan, the next album I'm planning will also be about modern women."

"The sweetheart of the West, the blonde of every era, the dream girl of the masses."

"BLONDE"

"Have you ever considered dyeing your hair, Akina? If you don't want to dye your hair, you can wear a blonde wig. Maybe you can change your image."

Western culture was very popular in Japan during this era, and blondes in the West became a symbol of sexy, sweet, and mature women.

When Akina Nakamori heard about this project, she unconsciously associated it with the stage costumes made of Hermès scarves.

"BLONDE doesn't necessarily mean blonde hair, it just means a trendy, mature and sexy temperament!"

Akina Nakamori expressed her opinion.

"Oriental blondes don't have to have big golden waves in their hair! They can wear luxurious silk."

In Akina's narration, a modern oriental girl with big wavy hair, wearing clothes made of limited edition silk scarves, and dancing passionately on the dance floor seems to appear in people's minds.

A different image, but it resonates inexplicably with the blonde's temperament.

In the eyes of Westerners, blonde girls are actually just the epitome of modern urban girls who are at the forefront of fashion!

"BLONDE is a good name, but it should be our Eastern BLONDE!"

Akina made the final decision and determined the direction of the new album in the second half of the year, and Shimada Kumazo did not offer any further opinions.

Now, all planning, records and announcements related to Ken-On and Akina Nakamori are decided by Akina Nakamori, and even Hanami Kaku will not raise any objections on these matters.

"Okay! Then it's settled!"

"Akina, we will start producing the record and then officially sell it later."

“For sales, let’s start in March.”

Mingcai said,

“Just in time for cherry blossoms”

Actually, I was going on vacation with my husband!

"Hi!"

It's only a week, so naturally no one else would object.

(End of this chapter)