Tokyo Bubble Life

Chapter 1213 1222, Why do people have to work? ! Why do they have to work overtime!

Kanda Festival is one of the three major summer festivals in Japan.

The origin is unknown, but since the Edo period, it has become a well-known memorial activity.

It is usually held on the second Saturday of May. The morning rituals, the shrine procession, the samurai procession and other memorial activities will last until 5pm. There are nearly 7 people in the procession, more than 300 shrines, and even more visitors. The scene is very spectacular.

The Kanda Shrine where the Kanda Festival begins is located in the Masakadozuka in Chiyoda.

The lively Kanda Festival is a large-scale event that old Tokyo residents cannot miss. Naturally, Naoki Nagayama gave the crew another day off today. After all, in addition to his own parents, the crew also wanted to celebrate the festival.

As for this guy Hezi, she actually said that she wanted to celebrate the holiday with her boyfriend and wait to accompany her parents when they go for a check-up. She really puts her love before her parents!

So after breakfast in the morning, Naoki Nagayama took his family out. His father and mother didn't need to make any preparations, but as celebrities, Naoki Nagayama and Akina both wore glasses and masks to cover their faces.

There were too many people at the Kanda Shrine where the parade started, and Naoki Nagayama didn't want it to be too crowded, so he found a location along the parade route. However, the streets were still crowded with people, and there were police and volunteers to close the roads and maintain order.

Under the crowds of "palanquin bearers" wearing various costumes, different sedan chairs slowly came, some were noble gold, some were solemn black, and some were festive red. There were also statues of the great Tengu and the great catfish~

Each one is gorgeous and full of characteristics!

The sedan chair, under the direction of the bearer, jumped up and down to the rhythm of the drums, as if the gods were also dancing happily to celebrate this festival.

There were gongs and drums playing in the parade, creating a lively melody, and a formation of warriors on horseback, clapping their hooves on the street.

Naoki Nagayama held Xiao Xiahua on his neck, holding her two short legs with his hands, as if he was riding a big horse. Relying on the advantage of height, Xiao Xiahua could easily see the lively parade coming from a distance.

As the sedan chair got closer, the crowds on both sides cheered and applauded. Even Xiao Xiahua started to cry out.

Xiao Xiahua was very happy today. After discovering a new way of using her father's phone, she sat high up on his neck and saw far away, and she did not miss any of the lively scenes!

If you want to go somewhere, just hold your head and turn it in that direction. When you are happy, you can even use your dad's head as a drum.

This is Xiao Xiahua's first time to attend the Kanda Festival~

"Father, mother, it's very lively!"

When the parade slowly passed by, Naoki Nagayama said to his father and mother beside him,

"It is estimated that tens of thousands of people will participate in the Kanda Festival today!"

“It’s really lively~”

Nanako was a little excited. It was hard to see such a big event in the small city of Shizuoka.

“Are there any other activities after this parade?”

“There will also be Urayasu Dance at Mitsukoshi Main Store later.”

Akina, who was standing on tiptoe, replied.

“There are celebrations of all sizes along the way.”

In fact, no matter what kind of festival it is, there are usually food streets, temple fairs and the like. For large events like the Kanda Festival, big businesses along the way will also launch promotional activities in a timely manner. As long as it is a large-scale event, it can boost the economic vitality of a region.

After the parade passed, the Nagayama family strolled along the streets of Akihabara. As expected, as more and more people came to Tokyo from all over to attend the festival, the already busy commercial street became even more lively.

"Come to think of it," Akina suddenly thought, "Does Naoki-san have a shop here?"

"No, it's not."

Naoki Nagayama nodded. The shop in Akihabara was an asset he purchased early on.

He has countless commercial properties under his name. Except for those that are still under his name, such as Hongyuyuan and the vacation home, the others are managed by the real estate investment department of Shuyou Capital, and he has not paid attention to them for a long time.

However, Mingcai's words suddenly reminded him of something:

"Dad, Mom, didn't I buy you an apartment in Bunkyo-ku?"

“It seems to be the case.”

Mother Nanako nodded a little uncertainly; their main focus was actually on Shizuoka.

As the eldest brother made money from filming "Midnight Diner", and the original izakaya business was better, and he also got some family property from his grandfather, he bought a lot of real estate in his hometown.

This apartment in Tokyo seems to have a fixed rent every month.

“The price of that apartment should be about the same by now.”

Naoki Nagayama said that it is now 87 and the original purchase price has increased by at least half. Although 88 was the peak of the bubble, the housing prices in Bunkyo Ward will not increase too much.

“If you want to sell it, you can.”

If you sell it now, there will be many people willing to take it and the transaction will be quick.

"Then..." Nanako glanced at her husband, Ken Nagayama, and seeing that he had no objection, she nodded, "Then let's sell it and buy land in Shizuoka!"

Although she doesn't understand modern economics very well, Nanako Nagayama inherits the ancient wisdom and believes that being a landlord is always right.

"Haha, mother is going to become a big landlord in Shizuoka!"

"Why are you on holiday again? Why don't you work overtime on the shoot?"

".Forehead"

"Isn't this photoshoot a bit too casual for Naoki-san?"

"When the project was just launched, there was such a huge fanfare that Yamaguchi Momoe would return to join the team! Why does it seem like it's not taken seriously now?!"

"Yeah. I don't have that kind of tension as a worker anymore. Pressure brings motivation!"

".You are really an animal. No, a cow or a horse!"

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Relying on his abilities, Kyon Kimura could easily hear the gossip of the crew members.

After the holiday was announced again today, Kyon Kimura heard that the crew members who remained in the park seemed to have started talking about Naoki-san. It has to be said that Naoki Nagayama seemed to be much more casual about the filming of "Departures" during this period.

Maybe he has too many personal matters to attend to? Or maybe he wants to adjust the status of the crew members? Or maybe Naoki Nagayama simply wants to relax. In short, the crew has had two or three holidays in the past month, which is very rare in the Shuyou crew that pursues high efficiency in filming!

You know, Shuyou has a tradition of releasing a movie every three months!

Although he didn't know why Naoki-san did this, he knew that Naoki-san must have his reasons for doing so!

Yes, he has more confidence in Naoki Nagayama than in himself!

"Cough cough!"

Kyon Kimura walked out from behind the door and coughed deliberately to let others notice him.

"Ah, Kijima-san!" "Assistant Director" "."

The employees immediately greeted him. After all, Kyon Kimura was the deputy director of the crew and a key director of Shuyou.

"Why don't you guys go relax today? Isn't it a holiday?"

Kyon asked in a kind tone,

"There's the Kanda Festival in Tokyo, it's very lively."

"."

The rest of the staff looked at each other and gave a very sincere reason.

"We are all single, why would we go there alone? It would be better for us to chat and have a drink in the park."

"Oh," Kimura nodded, "I see."

This reason is indeed very strong, and there is everything you need near the park, including bars, billiards courts, restaurants, and even sex shops.

A crew member asked:

"Why is Kijima-san still at the filming base?"

"."Kimura showed dead fish eyes

Yes, why?! Because I am single too!

The other crew members covered the mouth of this guy who couldn't read the air, and then asked:

"Kijima-san, do you want to go for a drink together?"

"Haha, I won't go. You guys go ahead and relax."

Kijima Kyon shook his head and said with a smile,

"Naoki-san gave us the holiday so that we can have a good balance between work and rest, so that we can shoot the best film effect. Please don't let him down!"

After saying this, Kimura turned around and left in a casual manner.

The people who were just discussing Naoki Nagayama opened their mouths subconsciously, and then nodded awkwardly.

"Ah? I see, that's why." "I was saying that Naoki-san definitely wasn't doing this to make it easy for himself."

"Naoki-san has a far-sighted vision."

Kimura didn't listen to their next words.

"Alas, the crew has to disband without me!"

Kimura's achievements and fame are hidden~

After arriving at the resting office, Kimura opened the shooting schedule and began to adjust the shooting plan. If there is a day off, then all deadlines will be postponed for one day.

"The next shooting location is outdoors!"

The indoor scenes of "Departures" have been almost shot. Many of the following scenes will be set in different locations, because after all, you can't have so many people die in the same room.

In addition, there are some outdoor scenes to be shot, such as the scene where the male protagonist plays the cello on the grass.

"Going to Yamagata Prefecture?"

Time turned and it was night.

Xiao Xiahua, who had been playing outside for the whole day, was extremely sleepy when she came back. She asked Mingcai to change her clothes in a daze and then fell into a deep sleep.

After all, father Ken Nagayama and mother Nanako are old, so after dinner they returned to the guest room to rest.

However, Naoki Nagayama and Akina in the living room became more energetic after taking a bath.

“It feels like I haven’t been to a festival in a long time.”

Akina lamented that since she became famous, she usually went to large public events when she had work, and she would also go secretly when she was dating Naoki Nagayama, but since she became pregnant and gave birth to a daughter, it seemed that she no longer had the opportunity.

After all, I can't let go of my daughter~

"Yes." Naoki Nagayama gently hugged his wife, "Then let's find more opportunities in the future."

"When Xiahua grows up a bit, she can go to activities abroad. She won't even need to disguise herself then."

Akina smiled and nodded:

"Well, then we can leave Xia Hua to Mom and Dad and go out and play by ourselves!"

Come to think of it, because of Xiao Xiahua, the two of them didn’t even have a honeymoon!

After chatting for a while, Naoki Nagayama used the remote control to tune into Fuji TV when the prime time came.

"Long Vacation started airing today. Akina hasn't watched it yet, right?"

"Hmm~"

"Then watch it with Akina once!"

"Haha~"

Fuji TV's prime time programs always have a large audience.

Today, the audience is sitting patiently in front of the TV, because "Long Vacation", which has been promoted for many days, is about to begin broadcasting.

This romantic TV series, with handsome men and beautiful women as the main characters, the screenwriter being Naoki Nagayama, and the theme song being sung by Akina Nakamori, has long attracted the attention of many people.

Yasumasa Ueno is one of them.

A year ago, when he was still a student, he watched Shuyou's "Love Century" and "Tokyo Love Story".

He has already graduated and is experiencing the hard working life. Today he has been working overtime until late at night before he could return to his small apartment. Today is his birthday!

"I want to see if 'Long Vacation' can continue its reputation as a tree-friendly romance drama!"

With beer and snacks, Yasushi Ueno sat cross-legged in front of the TV and tuned to Fuji TV. His mentality is different from when he was a student, but he still wants to re-experience the feeling of watching youth romance dramas.

As the opening credits of "Long Vacation" ended, Ueno Yasumasa unknowingly stopped eating and drinking:

"Oh, run in white wedding gown. European model series"

Then, when I saw the male protagonist:

"This male protagonist is as handsome as me!"

When I learned the reason why the heroine ran:

"A person like Aoyama Chikako would actually be abandoned?! If it were me, I would definitely take her home first!"

When I learned that the heroine had run away with the money and was penniless, and had to share a house with the hero:

"Qikexiu, why don't I have any sexy older sisters to share the apartment with me?"

"."

As the plot of "Long Vacation" developed, Ueno Yasumasa's entire attention was drawn to the TV series, and he even forgot to drink the beer placed aside.

Moreover, as the story progressed, he also discovered that the male and female protagonists were both at the lowest point in their lives.

The heroine has no money, no job and is kicked out of the house, while the hero has a bad career and a bad relationship. In this low period, the two met and encouraged and comforted each other.

Before I knew it, I had finished watching the first episode of "Long Vacation".

At the end, when the male protagonist played by Fukuyama Masaharu silently played the birthday song for the female protagonist, Ueno Yasumasa said with emotion:

"That's great. It's unlike me, who didn't even have a single person wishing me a happy birthday."

Thinking of this, the beer tasted even more bitter.

"Why do people have to work? Why do they have to work overtime?"

At this moment, the phone in the apartment suddenly rang!

"Jingle Bell"

"Moses, I'm Ueno Yasumasa."

"Taejeong-kun" my colleague Sugiyama Harumi's voice came from the microphone, "Thank you for covering for me today"

"Ah, stupid tape."

Ueno Yasushi shook his head and said,

"I have nothing to do anyway"

Sugiyama Harumi is also an ordinary person working hard in Tokyo. He usually has to work two jobs to pay for his tuition and living expenses. But today, due to health reasons, he had to ask Ueno Yasumasa to help him take over.

"That's something to be thankful for, not to mention today is Taejung's birthday."

"."

Ueno Yasumasa was a little surprised. Someone actually remembered his birthday?

“No, it’s okay.”

"Of course I have to thank you. But I am sick today and can't make a cake."

Sugiyama Harumi smiled and said,

"I can only sing Happy Birthday to Taejeong-kun first~"

"Happy birthday to you~Happy birthday to you~~"

"."

Ueno Tai was listening to the song coming from the microphone silently, and felt a warm current flowing in his heart. After hanging up the phone, he looked at the preview of the next episode of "Long Vacation" that was playing.

"Aoyama Chikako is still very beautiful after all."

After a long time, Ueno Yasumasa drank the remaining beer in one gulp, crumpled the empty can into a ball and threw it into the trash can.

He fell back onto the tatami and said vaguely:

“The clear water sauce is also good.”

(End of this chapter)