wavenovel Chapters 1267 and 1276: Running a company is very tiring.
Chapters 1267 and 1276: Running a company is very tiring.
Chapters 1267 and 1276: Running a company is exhausting~
Naoki Nagayama's return to Tokyo didn't cause much of a stir, but Akina Nakamori was a different story.
After her appearance at the Ken-On headquarters, news of her quickly spread among reporters, and then she was photographed practicing songs with a music teacher, which became a hot news story.
"It is understood that Akina Nakamori had just returned to Tokyo that day."
"In preparation for the tour and the duet with Michael Jackson, I practiced the song with my teacher until late that night."
Naoki Nagayama looked at the text in the news report and sensed the influence of paid online commentary, much like the captions used on platforms like Weibo for popular young male celebrities in later years: "Brother, you're working so hard, still studying scripts late at night," "Just got off the plane and rushed to the next appointment, brother, you're so diligent," and so on.
"Mingcai."
Naoki Nagayama looked at his wife, who was feeding Natsuka breakfast across from him, and asked with some curiosity,
"Was the news about going to practice songs leaked by Ken-On? And this report looks like a press release!"
"Of course, otherwise how could the reporters have photographed me going to the music teacher's place?"
Akina showed no surprise and told Naoki Nagayama directly.
"Hana-san and others thought that I needed to increase my exposure and popularity after returning from vacation, so they hastily fabricated a bombshell."
"More will follow over the next few days; this is also to generate buzz for the new song."
"Haha, I knew it. It gave off a feeling of being paid off~"
Naoki Nagayama smiled as he looked at Akina.
"But Akina is definitely a big star; her scoop at night becomes headline news the next day!"
"Hmph~~ Of course~"
Akina felt a little smug after hearing her husband's words.
Just then, Xia Hua finished her breakfast, and she had time to pay attention to Nagayama Naoki:
"Naoki-san, are you going to the company today?"
"Yes, I always need to go over and check on the company's operations, get to know the employees better, and build rapport. There are many things that I, as the chairman, need to handle."
Naoki Nagayama shrugged, as if to say that running a company is tiring.
However, Akina laughed:
"Hehe, it all sounds like Otomo-san's job."
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Oh no, his true nature as a workplace slacker has been discovered!
They finished breakfast chatting and laughing, and Akina soon arrived at her car, which took her to the agency.
In the first few days, Akina will be busy recording the final version of "Nanpasen" and taking promotional photos, as well as finalizing her stage outfits.
Naoki Nagayama spent most of the morning playing with Natsuka before handing the little one over to Mari Nonaka and then driving towards the Tree Friends Building.
I'm back in Tokyo after a long absence, and the weather is so warm it feels like it's welcoming me.
The Rolls-Royce Silver Spur, with its air conditioning on, gleamed in the sunlight before disappearing into the bustling highway.
Soon after, we arrived in Ikebukuro!
"Naoki-san!"
As always, Hoshino Kaka noticed Nagayama Naoki the moment he entered.
"You're back!!"
"Yes, I just got back yesterday."
Naoki Nagayama said with a smile, and then greeted Kouka Suzuki who was standing next to him.
"Oh, right, Xingxia-chan, I have some gifts in the trunk of my car. Could you ask a few people to help me unload them?"
There are many employees in the Shuyu Building, so Naoki Nagayama brought back even more Ehime tangerines, and someone needs to move them.
"These are some local Ehime tangerines, along with other small gifts. We'll share the flower jam and Yukika-chan jam once they're brought in."
"Hi!"
Xing Jiahua's face was beaming with smiles, and her voice was twice as sweet.
"Naoki-san is the best! Arigato!!"
"The flower sauce is too much!"
Naoki Nagayama handed the key to Hoshino Hana, waved his hand, and stepped onto the elevator.
Only then did Suzuki Yukina look at Hoshika:
"As expected of a senior, you have such a sweet tongue!"
Suzuki Kouka knew for herself that she didn't have the courage to be so cheesy in front of Naoki-san!
"That's real skill!"
Xing Jiahua showed no shyness whatsoever, and excitedly picked up the keys and headed towards Naoki Nagayama's luxury car.
"Wait a minute. Shouldn't we be calling for help?"
"Of course I'll go first and pick the best for myself!"
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Naoki Nagayama paid no attention to the two receptionists' ulterior motives. He sat in his office for a while and then walked over to Yoshimura Otomo's office next door.
"Otomo-san, I'm back!"
Yoshimura Hirotomo, who was reviewing documents, looked up, his face full of exhaustion:
"Now that you're back, get back to work, Kono!"
"Ok?"
Naoki Nagayama was quite surprised; this was very unusual about Otomo Yoshimura.
"What's wrong with Otomo-san? He seems very irritable?"
"Because several movies and TV series are in the settlement stage, the reports these past few days have been driving me crazy!!"
Yoshimura Otomo pointed to his head and said,
"Naoki-san, I only have a few hairs left on my head, and soon I won't have any left!!!"
"Oh, so you're worried about hair loss?"
Naoki Nagayama ignored what was said before and turned to leave Otomo Yoshimura's office.
"Don't worry, Mr. Otomo, I know a secret recipe: rubbing your scalp with ginger slices can promote the growth of new hair. I'll go find some tender ginger right now."
"Come back here!"
Yoshimura Otomo's words froze Nagayama Naoki in his tracks, and then he stepped out from behind his desk and handed Nagayama a stack of reports.
"Never mind the rest, these are the overseas reports for 'Ghost' and other movies. Your English isn't very good, so take a look!"
"This doesn't have a Japanese translation."
"Stop talking nonsense, who knows if there's a translation error?"
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Naoki Nagayama, who tried to shirk his responsibility, was quickly overwhelmed by the more documents Yoshimura Otomo presented, and had no choice but to return to his office with his work.
"Sigh, I should have just not bothered Otomo-san."
Naoki Nagayama flipped through the reports with a sense of helplessness, but since he had already started doing the work, he couldn't be perfunctory, so he began to look at them carefully.
Over the past six months, the English version of "Ghost" has spread to various countries overseas. As it is a romance film, it has attracted a lot of viewers, even though the lead actors are of Asian descent.
In addition, with its concepts of love that transcends life and death, ghosts, heaven and hell, it has achieved great success in European and American cinemas.
"It's grossed over 20 million in the US alone."
At the current exchange rate of 1:120, the box office revenue in the United States would be more than 24 billion yen if converted into Japanese yen. However, the distribution company in the United States took more than 8% of the box office revenue, so the company received less than 5 million yen.
"That's pretty good."
The movie "Ghost" is a classic romance film that deserves to be re-released repeatedly. Naoki Nagayama believes that the box office will increase over time.
"However, relying solely on overseas distribution companies will inevitably lead to severe exploitation; the process of acquiring overseas film companies needs to be accelerated."
Next, I looked at the box office figures for Hong Kong and Taiwan. These two regions are not large, so even though they are very popular, the combined box office is only slightly over 100 million.
"As expected, without the vast market of mainland China, the box office will never take off."
"A vast market is essential!"
Naoki Nagayama's idea of acquiring an American film studio resurfaced; the future of Hollywood definitely needs a part of Nagayama's ambitions!
Naoki Nagayama patiently reviewed the overseas reports carefully before signing them off. Since he had already reviewed them, there was no need for Otomo-san to review them again.
In the following period, Naoki Nagayama naturally did not go to Yoshimura Otomo's place to ask for work again, but instead began to inspect the Shuyu Building.
First, we went to the animation department downstairs.
"Naoki-san!" "Naoki-san, you've come."
Amid the exclamations of the employees, Gosho Aoyama came out of his office to greet Naoki Nagayama.
"Naoki-san, you're back from your vacation!"
"Yeah, I just got back yesterday," Naoki Nagayama said with a smile. "How's the progress of 'Slam Dunk' and 'My Neighbor Totoro' going lately? Any problems?"
"Hi"
Gosho Aoyama began his report.
"The Slam Dunk manga has maintained its popularity since its hiatus, but the anime adaptation has received some negative feedback."
"Because the anime's pace is about to surpass the manga's, the anime production team has to create some side stories to keep up with the pace."
"Ah, I get it, I get it." Naoki Nagayama nodded. "It's just spamming!"
This is how it was done in previous works like "One Piece" and "Naruto": when the main manga storyline fell behind, the anime would air side stories, such as the experiences of a certain marine or the stories of rogue ninja from other ninja villages.
In short, watching it is like a waste of time; it's pure spam!
"Hey, there's nothing we can do about it, and some readers understand," Gosho Aoyama said with a hint of helplessness. "But posting spam once or twice is fine, but if it keeps happening, it'll cause controversy."
"We definitely shouldn't resort to massive, indiscriminate stimulus!"
Naoki Nagayama nodded and walked towards his office.
"Our animators need to step up their work efficiency! Has Yoshihiro Togashi been slacking off lately?!"
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Gosho Aoyama didn't understand why Naoki-san perceived Yoshihiro Togashi as a lazy person, but at this moment, he still had to speak up for his friend.
"Naoki-san, Togashi-kun works very hard and is very efficient. He used to sleep at the company for several days in a row."
Naoki Nagayama peeked at Yoshihiro Togashi, who was diligently drawing at his workstation, and muttered to himself:
That's because he hasn't met the rich woman who's going to support him yet.
"Huh??? Naoki-san, what did you say?"
"Ah, I mean, if Yoshihiro Togashi doesn't work hard, how could any rich woman possibly be interested in him!"
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Gosho Aoyama's expression conveyed a sense of absurdity and dejection.
"Naoki-san, manga artists like us are all otaku, no rich woman would be interested in us."
That's not necessarily true.
Naoki Nagayama did not continue his slanderous remarks, but instead turned and walked towards the Ghibli working group.
"Okay, let's go check on the progress of 'My Neighbor Totoro'."
Upon entering the separately separated Ghibli work group, Naoki Nagayama was immediately struck by the stacks of drawings piled high on the workstations, along with various diagrams and illustrations pasted on the walls.
Just then, Miyazaki Hayao emerged from the storage room and saw Naoki Nagayama looking utterly surprised.
"Naoki-san, what brings you here?"
“I’ve come to check on the progress of ‘My Neighbor Totoro’,” Naoki Nagayama said, then pointed to the artwork on his workstation. “What’s going on with these?”
"Ah!" Miyazaki explained, "These are the drawings waiting to be colored onto the cel animation. There are also some drawings that will be used for photography."
"Filming has already started!"
The process of photographing involves transferring the images onto film. Naoki Nagayama briefly examined a few of the sketches and was quite satisfied.
"That's pretty good."
"Hi, it's going very well."
"Is there any difficulty that needs to be resolved?" Naoki Nagayama asked as usual.
"Um," Miyazaki paused for a moment, then continued, "It's just that we only have one animation camera right now, and it needs to be shared with 'Slam Dunk,' which is why there are so many drawings waiting to be filmed."
"If we don't have enough machines, then we'll buy another one!"
Naoki Nagayama is very magnanimous.
"You submit the report, I'll approve the approval document."
At this time, after a long day of work, Mr. Hiromasa E, the president of Recruit Corporation, came out of the Ginza headquarters and asked his driver to take him to the club in Roppongi.
Running a company is exhausting!
I get up at 8 a.m. every morning, go to the company for a meeting at 8:30 a.m., have a quick lunch, work until the afternoon, and then go to various clubs, restaurants, KTVs and drink with all sorts of different people until I pass out.
Then the next day, you wake up with a headache in your hotel or home bed, drink some hangover soup or just take painkillers, and continue repeating the same steps as yesterday.
However, Jiang Fuhao was quite content with this kind of life. He was a person who was unwilling to be mediocre.
I realized the power of connections when I started soliciting sponsorships for the school newspaper during my university years.
After graduating from the University of Tokyo, he chose to start his own business. He quickly relied on his university connections to attract advertising revenue and earned his first pot of gold. He then encountered an economic boom, and from then on, he was unstoppable!
He astutely bet on the real estate industry before the bubble burst, and with his close relationships with various government officials, he also served as a special commissioner for government tax system investigation and a special commissioner for land investigation, making him very influential in the real estate circle.
With soaring land prices, its subsidiary, Recruit, is thriving. Even its second branch in Kawasaki City, a 22-story information building, is under construction and is expected to be completed early next year.
Jiang Fuhao is currently enjoying the most glorious period of his life!
Everything is moving in the best possible direction!
If we don't compare him to Naoki Nagayama, he's the one who seems to have the protagonist's aura!
"Today we are hosting Shintaro Abe, Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party."
Jiang Fuhao was still on the phone with club staff while he was in the car.
"Therefore, everything must be done with the highest level of service! I don't want to upset the secretary-general because of poor service."
"Absolutely top-tier."
Hearing the assurances from the microphone, Jiang Fuhao felt a little more at ease. He had built his fortune on connections, so he had the utmost respect for them.
Turning to his assistant, he asked again:
"Is the red envelope preparation complete this time?"
"Yes, sir!" the assistant nodded. "We've prepared red envelopes of 100,000 yen for Shintaro Abe's secretary and driver."
"What about Shintaro Abe himself?"
"The monthly consulting fee of 30 yen for Shintaro Abe's wife, Yoko Abe, has already been transferred!"
I mean today!
"Today?" the assistant asked, somewhat confused. "Is it also going to be given to Shintaro Abe himself today?"
Because these lawmakers and politicians are very shrewd, they wouldn't personally accept any bribes!
“Of course, how could we let our husbands come home empty-handed!” Jiang Fuhao said. “Go prepare a red envelope of 50 yuan. It’s just a courtesy, no problem!”
"Hi!"
As the car weaved through the traffic, Jiang Fuhao glanced at the bustling commercial street outside, and a surge of ambition rose within him:
"In a few years, I'm going to take over this street!"
He said this with great confidence, as Recruit's real estate business was second only to Tokyo Real Estate Company, ranking second in the real estate industry.
If the company continues to grow at its current rate, Hiromasa Eba will undoubtedly become Tokyo's largest real estate developer!
He had no idea that someone was secretly plotting to plant a mine on Licurut!
(End of this chapter)