wavenovel Chapter 1412, 1421: Naoki coughs once, the neon lights tremble three times.
Chapter 1412, 1421: Naoki coughs once, the neon lights tremble three times.
Chapter 1412, 1421: Naoki coughed, and the neon lights trembled.
Given Naoki Nagayama's current status, any move he makes will attract a lot of attention.
Therefore, when Yoshimura Otomo, through Komori Masataka, issued the order to "prepare a filming team for Naoki-san," it immediately aroused the concern of everyone involved with Naoki.
"Mr. Zhengxiao"
Souo Matsuo directly found Masataka Komori,
"What project is this filming crew working on? What kind of movie is Naoki-san going to make? Does he need any manpower?!"
A series of questions left Masataka Komori momentarily speechless, and he could only push away the face that was so close to his.
"I don't know the specifics, but Otomo-san said that Naoki-san is going to make a movie about the stock market crash, and it's a low-budget film. So the crew won't be too big."
"Low cost? And related to the stock market crash?"
Matsuo Muneo scratched the clever little head and clapped his hands.
"That must be related to Naoki-san's previous operations in the investment world!"
"probably."
Masataka Komori nodded, then provided more information.
"I heard that Naoki-san plans to star in it himself, so it's likely to be a documentary."
"A documentary."
Matsuo Muneo was somewhat disappointed, but then he thought that since the director was Naoki Nagayama, there might be some surprises!
"One Cut of the Dead" was filmed by him and Naoki Nagayama!
"It's just Naoki-san, maybe it'll be another new attempt!!"
"In short, I want to get involved. Jun Seokyo, add me in!"
"Forehead"
Actually, when I first received the news, Masataka Komori also wanted to participate.
However, in the current film division, Shuichi Itō no longer manages it, Naoki Nagayama is indifferent to worldly affairs, and Kijima, a contemporary of theirs, has too little presence. Only he can hold the fort, so many things in the division cannot be done without him.
"Okay, I'll add you then~"
Masataka Komori nodded, then, as if remembering something, added:
"By the way, don't tell anyone about this. Naoki-san wants to keep it a secret."
"Hi!!"
Matsuo Muneo patted his chest and guaranteed it!
But how can you keep something like this a secret?
So many members of the filming crew knew the news, it spread throughout the tree-loving community by the afternoon!
Many people directly approached Masataka Komori to express their desire to participate in Naoki-san's new project. This is because everyone knows that Naoki Nagayama's project not only offers excellent training opportunities but also comes with substantial prize money.
After filming for Jurassic Park wrapped up, all the crew members received big red envelopes!
Since the employees of Tree Friends found out, the Japanese entertainment industry naturally received the news as well.
By evening, many well-informed people had learned that Naoki Nagayama, who had just won an Oscar, was going to film a new movie!
"How can it be repaired?"
Toshitaka Yamamura of Toei Animation couldn't help but complain while drinking with its director, Takafumi Ogasawara.
"Is Naoki Nagayama a robot?!"
"They just won an Oscar in March, and they're already starting a new project at the end of April?!"
"It's guys like him who have made the film industry so much more chaotic than it was a few years ago!"
"?" Takafumi Ogasawara asked, somewhat puzzled. "What do you mean, too many rolls?"
"Because Shuyou makes so many films and shoots them so quickly, other film studios are forced to speed up their production processes as well."
Yamamura Toshitaka drank a glass of red wine, sighed, and said...
"Chief, as you know, in the past, great directors might have waited a whole year for a season's worth of footage, but now they have to reduce that kind of pursuit!"
"Otherwise, the entire Japanese film market will be taken over by Tree Friends!"
"Hahaha, it seems to be true."
The film market isn't a market with unlimited growth potential. Leaving aside avid moviegoers, the average person only watches five or six movies a year at most.
As for Shuyu Pictures, it focuses solely on Naoki Nagayama, producing more than two films a year. Don't forget that while most people value Naoki Nagayama, Shuyu Pictures also has other projects!
However, Tree Friends Pictures continues to produce sequels to the "Crows Zero" IP, a genre known for its unconventional films, and has also spawned new worldviews such as "District B13". In the horror genre, the sequel to the major IP "Ring" has firmly occupied the thriller market, and they have also tried other horror films, such as "The Black Room". There are also animal protagonist film series that have emerged since "Hachiko".
These types of sequels or smaller productions, while not as big-budget as the sci-fi films like "Jurassic Park" and the animated films like "My Neighbor Totoro," still maintain stable box office returns!
Just like the later "Boonie Bears" film series, although it doesn't have a strong presence and doesn't seem to make a big splash, it still steadily earns five or six hundred million yuan at the box office every year.
"But this time, I heard it's going to be a movie about the stock market crash!"
Toshitaka Yamamura continued,
"This kind of movie is a bit too sensitive. More than half a year has passed since the stock market crash, and many people still haven't recovered from it!"
"You mean, Naoki Nagayama might suffer a major setback this time?"
Takafumi Ogasawara asked, somewhat surprised.
"Hahaha, I'd love to see him fail once."
Yamamura Toshitaka laughed, but then shook his head.
"But he's Naoki Nagayama, he definitely wouldn't be that stupid!"
Even if he doesn't like this guy, Toshitaka Yamamura no longer underestimates him. After all, someone who can win an Oscar, make a lot of money in the United States, and then return safely is no ordinary person!
"But this time, it's more like dancing on landmines~"
Yamamura Toshitaka remained noncommittal, simply continuing to drink.
Just then, his trusted subordinate, Nakano Toru, walked over and said with a smile:
"By the way, I just heard that Naoki Nagayama seems to want to star in the film himself this time!"
"Nani?"
The remaining two were even more surprised.
"Is he really just playing himself?!"
"Heh, this is exactly the kind of thing Naoki Nagayama would do!"
"Based on Naoki Nagayama's acting skills alone..."
Ogasawara Takafumi, halfway through his sarcastic remarks, suddenly remembered that Naoki Nagayama had appeared in films like "Love Letter" and "Ghost," and the results were actually quite good.
"Actually, his acting skills are just average. He should have scored a little higher in this performance."
Yamamura Toshitaka quickly chimed in:
"The subject matter is somewhat sensitive, and it could easily be made into a documentary. I wonder if the box office results will be surprising."
"Yeah yeah."
Such conversations circulated among the upper echelons of the entertainment industry, reaching producers, directors, actors, reporters, paparazzi, and even beyond the entertainment world, including political and business circles.
Several big names in the investment circle who collaborate with Shuyou Capital were overjoyed when they heard about this.
"Haha, Naoki-san is actually going to film it!"
"I just said it casually, I didn't expect Naoki Nagayama to be so accommodating."
"The investment community has long been curious about Shuyou Capital's operations during the stock market crash. I wonder if Naoki Nagayama will go into details!"
"That's probably impossible. But we should be able to figure out the general method!"
"I'm kind of looking forward to it, I wonder when it will be released."
"."
The next day, when Shuichi Itō arrived at the Prime Minister's official residence, even Prime Minister Tagako Doi asked him curiously:
"Shuichi-san, is your Naoki Nagayama going to film a documentary about the stock market crash?"
"Forehead?"
Shuichi Itō was surprised. He only learned about this last night when he was chatting with Naoki Nagayama. How did the Prime Minister find out today?!
And they even asked him a question in public?!
"Well... Naoki-san really wants to make a business drama, and it's probably related to the stock market crash."
Shuichi Itō still asked the question.
"However, it's only been two days since it was confirmed, how did you know, Doi-san?!"
"Haha~"
Doi Tagako smiled and replied,
"During the cabinet briefing this morning, the intelligence officers considered the stock market investment information to be quite important, which is why they included it in the briefing and told me about it!"
"Involving stock market investments?"
Hearing this, Shuichi Itō was even more confused.
"But the stock market crash happened more than half a year ago!"
“No, no.” Tagako Doi shook her head. “What I mean is that Naoki Nagayama, as the actual controller of Shuyu Capital, could influence the current stock market dynamics with his actions.”
"According to the briefing, since this news came out, trading in film and television stocks has become much more active, although the stocks of several investment companies have experienced a decline."
"Huh? This is actually related to Naoki-san?!"
"Yes, don't underestimate Naoki Nagayama's influence these days!"
Doi Tagako sighed,
"Whether in the entertainment industry or the investment world, he is a benchmark figure."
Just as a future president's tweet could shake up the global stock market, or Elon Musk's tweet could send Dogecoin to the moon, once a person reaches a certain level, their every move can have a huge impact!
Although Naoki Nagayama has not yet reached the point where "Naoki's cough can make Japan tremble," his past deeds have already allowed him to influence a considerable number of people!
With his accurate predictions of stock market crashes, if Naoki Nagayama were to predict another stock market crash today, it could even trigger a panic sell-off in the Japanese stock market!
"So, please pass on this message to Naoki-san: please be a little more cautious when making any major announcements."
Upon hearing this warning, Shuichi Itō quickly nodded:
"Hi! I'll pass on Doi-san's message!"
“Hmm,” Doi Tagako picked up the new proposal, “Shuichi-san, let’s take a look at these items for ‘Culture-Based Nation’!”
"Hi"
Seeing that Doi Tagako didn't say much, Itō Shuichi breathed a sigh of relief and began to communicate with her about the new entry:
"First, a cultural center needs to be built around the newly constructed international conference center to encourage large-scale international events like the Tokyo International Film Festival to be held there."
Naoki Nagayama and his family, living in the Yamazakura-in, were unaware of the ripples in the outside world.
Naoki Nagayama is still in his study working on the script for "Black Monday".
"The most effective trading strategy is always the simplest!"
"Complex measures can cause a chain reaction. Therefore, for now, only futures contracts are needed."
After typing these two lines of dialogue, Naoki Nagayama stopped typing and began to ponder them carefully:
"It seems that 'the simplest trading strategy is always the most effective' is still better. Or is it 'the best trading strategy often only requires the simplest approach'?"
"Well"
When writing the script, memories from his past life would occasionally give him some memorable quotes, causing Naoki Nagayama to struggle with making choices.
Just then, the study door opened:
"Naoki-san, lunchtime's ready~"
Along with the sound came a little chubby dumpling running over with a pattering sound!
Natsuka, of course, came up with Akina again~
"Haha, okay."
Naoki Nagayama picked up the little guy who was clinging to his leg and kissed him a few times.
"Hua Jiang is calling for Daddy again, how good!"
Akina, standing at the door, propped up her belly, her face full of mockery:
"It's just that Hana-chan came up to call you, look how happy Naoki-san is~"
"Ha~ Flower Jam Mom is jealous."
Naoki Nagayama smiled at the little guy on his arm.
"It must be because Dad just kissed Hua Jiang, but not Mom."
"Come on, let's return it!"
As he spoke, he walked over to Akina and, together with Hana-chan, kissed her cheeks a few times, making Akina a little shy!
"You two scoundrels!"
Akina feigned disgust, but a slight smile played at the corners of her lips.
"Alright, let's go down for lunch!!"
"it is good"
The food at the Nagayama family's restaurant can no longer be simply categorized as Japanese or Western. The tables are filled with all sorts of mixed dishes, such as asparagus with tempura, steak with sturgeon, and so on. They are strange, but very delicious.
After Xiaoxia Hua sat down in her assigned seat, she began to eat heartily, making it look delicious to everyone.
Naoki Nagayama and Akina were much more refined; they would occasionally wipe Hanako's face or pick up some food for her.
"Is Naoki-san going to continue writing the script this afternoon?"
"Yes," Naoki Nagayama nodded, "It'll be finished soon. At most, the day after tomorrow."
"Are you going to film next?"
"No!"
Naoki Nagayama shook his head.
"Afterwards, we need to give the lines to Yuan Tai-san and the others, and have them memorize them!"
Hearing this, Akina laughed:
"Haha, Yuan Tai-san must have had a very hard time."
"Well, besides our own people from Tree Friends Capital, we also need to find some actors."
"Other actors?"
"Yes, for example, playing government personnel from the United States, or people from other parts of the world."
At this point, Naoki Nagayama paused for a moment.
"Yes, in the end, we might even have to travel to other countries to film some scenes."
After all, back then, we sent several people to different countries to carry out the operations!
"Huh? This..." Akina exclaimed in surprise, "Can't we film this in the Ota Ward set?"
"Then it won't feel real!"
Naoki Nagayama continued to shake his head.
"Besides the local atmosphere, there are also some extras, so setting up the set would be a lot of trouble!"
Perhaps it was because they were talking about other countries, Naoki Nagayama suddenly remembered:
"Furthermore, we can also take the opportunity to check on some of the traders' operations in other countries. For example, that office building in Hong Kong."
After the stock market crash, most of the money from outside the United States was repatriated, but a significant portion remained in the country for long-term investment.
Besides stocks of large companies in the stock market, the largest investment was in Hong Kong, where I bought an office building in Victoria Harbour!
"Although the commissioners are all trustworthy confidants, I still need to go and see for myself."
Without oversight, even the most trusted subordinates and friends might harbor ulterior motives.
Just like that Hermès heir, who completely trusted his friend who managed his wealth and had no intention of monitoring him, ultimately had his enormous fortune of $150 billion stolen!
There's always a barrier between people, after all!
"In this case."
However, at this moment, Akina had some other worries.
"Will Naoki miss the baby's birth?"
Seeing his wife's worry, Naoki Nagayama immediately explained:
"No, Akina, I'll wait until after the baby is born before filming these scenes!"
"There aren't many shots, and considering the flight time, it will only take four or five days at most."
After receiving Naoki Nagayama's assurance, Akina finally felt relieved.
"That's good! Otherwise, it would be such a pity if the baby didn't get to see his father first!"
"Will not!"
Naoki Nagayama gently stroked Akina's belly.
"I'll definitely see him as soon as possible!"
"Ok!"
(End of this chapter)