Tokyo Bubble Life

“Where is the hottest place in Tokyo this summer?”

"Of course, 'Neon Voice' is the hottest!!!"

This question and answer was selected from a variety show. But it also represents part of the truth.

As the auditions for "Neon Voice" came to an end and entered a more intense and exciting confrontation phase, this variety show attracted more and more people, and even the ratings started to rise from the original 30% to 35 or even 40%. As a multi-episode variety show, it can even be compared with the TV station's year-end programs.

But it hasn't reached the level of the Red and White Song Contest yet~
In the NTV studio, the latest episode of the show is being recorded.

"Fireworks ready!"

On-site director Sora Uemura said to the executive assistant,

"Look at my gestures. After the instructor makes the decision, the contestants will spray out from both sides when they take two steps forward!"

"Hi"

After explaining the recording work, the director signaled the host to continue cueing the process.

You have to know that for variety shows that are not live broadcasts, the recording and broadcasting are completely different things, and the same is true for "Neon Voice" this time.

Apart from the basic need for no readjustment during the singing performance, other movements, interactions, exchanges, and even the instructors' words are scripted. Of course, this also leaves room for the instructors to express themselves freely, making the show appear more realistic.

The team performing on the field now is Miyuki Nakajima's team. The 14 people are divided into 7 pairs, fighting against each other.

On the stage, Sachiko Kamachi still didn't wear much makeup, she wore jeans and a T-shirt, with her hair casually combed. This casual look complemented the song she sang, "My Summer Vacation".

The audience in the audience also swayed along with the relaxing music, and it felt like everyone was spending the summer vacation together.

Producer Fujiwara Kazuhisa was standing nearby, watching Miyuki Nakajima choose Kamachi Sachiko without hesitation after the contestant's performance, feeling somewhat helpless:

"So determined, it looks like it was decided in advance!"

"Haha~" Production Director Yukari Kasahara also came to watch the show, "It's okay, at worst I can give that contestant a 'beloved disciple' persona, maybe that will increase his popularity."

When editing, I put Kamachi Sachiko's performance and Nakajima Miyuki's smiling expression together, with the introduction of the beloved disciple, and the mutual appreciation between outstanding women.
In Japan where the trend of female boxing is becoming more and more prominent, this will undoubtedly please a group of female audiences.

Don’t think that the Japanese art world in the 80s was backward. Because there were not too many constraints, the Japanese art world was bolder than you might think. They were actually the originators of some concepts, such as establishing character settings and hyping up CPs.
As for things like LEGB culture and rotten girl culture, Japan has also been studying them for a long time~
Kasahara Yukari and Fujiwara Kazuhisa talked about the recording of the show for a while, and then asked:

"Naoki-san doesn't seem to come to the Japanese TV station to watch the filming of the show recently. What is he busy with?"

"Naoki-san" Naoki Nagayama was naturally addicted to taking care of the baby. Fujiwara Kazuhisa wanted to cover up for the new boss and said, "Isn't the Tokyo International Film Festival being prepared now?"

"Ah~~" Kasahara Yukinori nodded in understanding, "So you're busy with that. The Tokyo International Film Festival is indeed important."

“But Neon Sound also lets go completely.”

"Naoki-san certainly hasn't let go." Fujiwara Kazuhisa can guarantee this. "He was discussing with us before whether we should strengthen the publicity strategy."

"Oh?" Kasahara Yukinori looked at him in surprise, "Now it's the most high-end publicity resource~"

Fujiwara Kazuhisa then brought up the topic that Naoki Nagayama had called to discuss the day before yesterday:

"Naoki-san thinks that maybe we can combine the promotion with Akina Nakamori's comeback before the final of Neon Voice, which will benefit both parties."

It was no secret that Akina Nakamori was preparing for a comeback, and the TV station's Yukinori Kasahara had naturally heard about it, but he was still a little surprised when he heard what Fujiwara Kazuhisa said:
"Indeed, as long as Akina Nakamori appears in the show, it will definitely be a huge hit!"

"Yeah, so we're already working on the details."

"Hahaha, Fujiwara-san is really reliable!"

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Fujiwara Kazuhisa was a little afraid to look into Kasahara Yukari's eyes, and could only pretend to concentrate on observing the recording of the program~
In the outside world, Naoki Nagayama, whom the two had just been talking about, had just driven his new car, the Rolls-Royce Silver Thor, to the Shuyou Building.

"Naoki-san, you're here~"

Suzuki Yukika, who was on duty at the front desk, greeted us warmly.

"Well, has the judging meeting started yet, Yukichi-chan?"

"Not yet." Suzuki Yukika shook her head. "Naoki-san hasn't arrived yet, how can we start!"

"Ha, tell them not to wait for me~"

Hearing this, Naoki Nagayama felt helpless and hurried to the meeting room on the second floor.

Today is the script review meeting to decide next year's filming plan, so Yoshimura Otomo and Idou Osamu informed him early in the morning that he must attend, as this is related to next year's work.

When I arrived at the reserved meeting room and opened the door, I found that people from the Film Division, including Yoshimura Otomo, Idou Shuichi, Komori Masataka, Kijima Kyon, Matsuo Muneo, and Nishimoto Banyuki, had already arrived, as well as several employees from the Script Writing Center.

As soon as Naoki Nagayama came in, he was stared at by several pairs of eyes. For a moment, even with his thick skin, he couldn't stand it:
"Private Marseille, traffic jam. I haven't been out during the morning rush hour for a long time. I didn't expect such a traffic jam."

Hearing this, Idou Shuichi suddenly seemed to be possessed by some memory, and said with a sly smile:

"Eh? Traffic jam? Naoki-san, it turns out that driving a Rolls-Royce can also cause traffic jams!"

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"Hahaha~"

Yoshimura Otomo couldn't help laughing when he heard it. Although the joke about getting stuck in a traffic jam when riding in a Mazda was not used in "Hayato", Naoki Nagayama had naturally told it to the two of them.

Now it’s like my dark history from my youth is being brought up by my best friends to make fun of me!
"Xiuyi-san, I'll give you a Mazda as your year-end bonus this year!"

As Naoki Nagayama sat down, several black lines appeared on his forehead.

"Hahaha~"

Fangcun Dayou is even happier~
Other employees, such as Kyon Kimura and Masataka Komori, looked at the three people in confusion.

Of course, Neon, who was very good at reading the atmosphere, obviously realized that this was a funny thing between the three big guys, but no one dared to ask.

And Ueda Kota, who was the least familiar with the script writing center, was a little envious.
"Is the year-end bonus a Mazda? Naoki-san and Shuichi-san have such a good relationship~"

After the laughter and joking, today's script review meeting officially began.

Kota Ueda brought out the scripts that Shuichi Ido had seen before, including "Black House", "Ring 3", "The Unjust", "Community", "Snowy Night", and the newly added "Ghost Bride" and "The Unfortunate".
"Mina-san, these are the scripts completed by the Script Center." Ueda Kouta, the host of the meeting, said, "This review meeting is to evaluate whether these scripts can be included in next year's filming plan."

Idou Shuichi said to Naoyama Naoki nearby:

"The Black House I mentioned earlier has been handed over to Matsuo Muneo, and will start filming after the film festival ends."

Matsuo Muneo next to him nodded and smiled shyly at Nagayama Naoki.

"Mmmmm~"

Naoki Nagayama was not very interested in this low-budget movie, so he took the script in front of him and started reading.

However, Idou Shuichi hadn't finished speaking yet, and continued:

"There is something I wanted to discuss with you at the full moon banquet, but we didn't talk about work that day so it has been put off until now."

"?" Naoki Naoyama asked in confusion, "What's the matter?"

"It's your script for Across the World. Do you think you should start filming it? As the first movie of the year? And who will be in charge of filming it?"

Hearing this, Kyon Kimura and Masataka Komori's eyes suddenly lit up and they looked at Nagayama Naoki with fiery gazes.

They both knew that Shuichi Idou's focus was now on the development of the animation business, and he would probably not make a movie himself, and Naoki-san himself was obviously obsessed with taking care of his children, so it was even more impossible for him to shoot a movie!

Then looking around, Matsuo Muneo already has "Black House", Nishimoto Banyuki has little experience, and Shuyou has the ability and qualifications to take on this project. Who else but these two? !

Among them, Masataka Komori is even more looking forward to it, because Kyon Kimura has just finished filming "Tora no Kotobuki"!

So his eyes now are loudly conveying messages like "Look at me!" "I'm here!" "Look at this baby"!

But Kimura was not to be outdone, his eyes said:

"I have finished filming and I am free now." "I am a professional worker and don't need to rest." "I will definitely live up to the company's training."
Naoki Nagayama raised his head, saw the looks in their eyes, and raised the corners of his mouth slightly:
"This one"

"I think I should write the script of "Across the World" myself!"

"???"X4
All the other employees present looked over, and the looks on Komori Masataka and Kimura Kyon's faces were filled with disbelief.

"Eh? Naoki-san, didn't you say you were taking the photo for someone else?"

"Ha, I regret it, okay?!"

Naoki Nagayama's reckless tone makes people want to hit him, but there is nothing to do, after all, it is his script, and Naoki Nagayama is still the boss.
"Naoki-san" Masataka Komori begged softly.
"Zheng Xiaojun, don't be so sad, there are still so many scripts."

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But those scripts are different from the ones written by Naoki-san!
It was Yoshimura Otomo who interrupted:
"Naoki-san, stop teasing them. Isn't your next movie going to be Jurassic Park?"

"Haha~"

Amid Naoki Nagayama's laughter, Komori Masataka and Kijima Kyon realized they had just been tricked.
"The film 'Across the World' is very difficult to shoot." Naoki Nagayama said seriously. This film was adapted from a Hong Kong film. He looked at Komori Masataka and said, "Masataka-kun, you have to work hard!"

"!"

It's settled, this means the film will be handed over to Komori Masataka! Komori Masataka burst out laughing, while Kyon Kimura next to him sighed, he also knew that his chances were slim.

"Arigato, Naoki-san, I will do my best to film it!"

Masataka Komori took a photo of his chest to express his stance.

"Yeah, come on~"

After saying this, Naoki Nagayama lowered his head and began to read the script again, while Shuichi Ido signaled to Kouta Ueda, who was a little stunned, to continue explaining the script.

Kouta Ueda is a senior editor who has been in the company for a short time and has not had much contact with Naoki Nagayama, but he decided the outcome of a movie with just a few words. This kind of strong attitude without any discussion still surprised him.

"Ah, Ring 3 is a sequel, and the scripts of The Unjust and District are both extensions of the concept of High School, both of which are movies about bad culture."

"And 'Snowy Night' is a love story" "'Ghost Bride' is not a pure horror story like the name suggests. It is a love movie. It tells the story of the love between a human and a ghost."

Naoki Nagayama was a little surprised: "A love between a human and a ghost?"

"Hi." Ueda Kota continued to explain, "It was a newlywed couple who encountered an accident during their wedding. The groom survived but the bride died, but the bride became a ghost and continued her love."

"Well"

Is the love between people and ghosts gone?
That’s a bit like that!

Naoki Nagayama took the script of "Ghost Bride" and read it carefully. The movie "Ghost" is very famous and has been remade in various regions.

The Japanese version has a bit more horror and weirdness, but from the story structure, it is indeed a love story between a human and a ghost.

"This script is quite interesting," said Naoki Nagayama, "but since it's about love, let's tone down the horror part."

"Also change your name. Don't be so scary. I thought you were going to come and take my life wearing a red wedding dress."

".Ahem." Idou Shuichi reminded, "Naoki-san, the wedding dress is white."

"It's even scarier! Red and white can be very scary elements if used properly. Have you heard of the Red and White Devils?"

“Not this one”

After all, neon weddings and celebrations are all in white~
"Anyway, this script needs to be revised. Once it's revised, it can be filmed," Naoyama Naoki said, then he turned around and saw Nishimoto Banyuki, who seemed to have no works. "The cost of filming a movie is not high, so let Nishimoto-kun film it, and try to catch up with Christmas."

No matter how the filming effect is, as long as a love movie is released, it can gain some applause and box office as long as the dog-licking economy has not collapsed. It is a good choice for new directors.

What's more, Japan is now at the peak of women's status~
You must go to the movies on Christmas and Valentine's Day~
"Thank you!"

Nishimoto Banyuki immediately became excited. He didn't expect that it would be his turn this time. It seems that his good days are coming!
In the next hour, in this small conference room, Shuyou Films roughly arranged its shooting schedule from the end of this year to next year!

At the end of the year, the low-budget horror film "The Black House" and "Ghost" will be released first, followed by "Once Upon a Time" at the beginning of next year, and "District 3" in the summer. In the second half of the year, Naoki Nagayama's "Jurassic Park" will begin filming.

The sequel "The Ring 3", the gangster film "The Unjust", the pure romance film "Snowy Night" and the realistic film "The Unfair Ones" were all rejected as Naoki Nagayama felt there was nothing new in them.

If there are other new scripts, they can be added temporarily next year.

When the meeting was over, Naoki Nagayama called Idou Shuichi:

"Shuichi-san, what's the progress of the anime adaptation?"

"I've already started drawing." Idou Shuichi said, "Naoki-san, you know that animation requires a lot of drawing, so the progress can't be rushed!"

"really."

Naoki Nagayama nodded. There was nothing he could do about it. The animations of this era were almost entirely artificial and could not be sped up.

Only when computers evolve to the 21st century may they become a little faster.

"The department is upstairs, Naoki-san, would you like to go take a look?"

"Since I'm here, I have to take a look!"

In this way, Naoki Nagayama followed Shuichi Idou to the floor of the Shuyou Animation Division.

After not seeing it for a while, the place is already filled with the scent of ink and various unfamiliar machines.
Although Naoki Nagayama has watched many animated films in the future, he actually doesn't know much about animation production.

If the production of film is relatively transparent, then the animation is really just a final product, because the process in between is all just sheets of manuscript paper.
"Goushi-kun!" Idou Shuichi called out to the person in charge, Aoyama Goshi-kun, "Report to Naoki-san on the current progress of the adaptation of Slam Dunk!"

"Hi!"

Gosho Aoyama immediately and seriously led Naoki Nagayama to a group of painters who were painting. Naoki Nagayama leaned over to take a look and saw that the painters were painting a scene of people playing basketball on a basketball court.

"Naoki-san, with the comics as a reference, the animation style has been determined and the action design of each character has begun."

In comics, you only need to draw a few trajectory lines to draw the trajectory of a basketball, but in animation, you have to draw the movement of the basketball frame by frame, as well as the movements of the characters. The background and characters have to be drawn separately. The workload is really too much!
"Gongchang-kun, do you think the anime adaptation can be completed this year?"

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Gosho Aoyama was in a dilemma as there were less than three months left until the end of the year!

"Naoki-san, the animation division is just getting started, and everyone is still in the running-in period. The painters also need time to adjust their painting styles. So it will be difficult to produce results this year."

"Hmm," Naoki Nagayama nodded without blaming him, "Then at least you can make a few minutes of footage like a trailer, right?"

"That's no problem, of course." Aoyama Gosho was a little surprised, "But if there's no animation, what's the point of a trailer?"

“Let’s make a music video!”

Naoki Nagayama laughed and said, no one has ever thought that MV can be made with animation, right?
"I have another promise to fulfill!"

After the end of "Neon Voice" this year, he said that the song he would give to the winner is now the theme song of "Slam Dunk"!

By the way, it seems like I haven't remembered anything for a long time? Is it because I'm getting old?
Summer thunderstorms always come quickly and violently. The big raindrops pouring down with the thunder hit the soil and the ground at an angle and break into misty water vapor, which then blows in the face with a rough and fresh breath in the strong wind.

Naoki Nagayama opened the glass door and took a deep breath of fresh air, feeling the hot summer air being taken out of his body with his breath.
Suddenly, a thunder burst out in the sky. The lightning first entered Naoki Nagayama's eyes, and then the thunder followed, which frightened people!
Then no surprise.
“Wow~~Wow~~~Wow~~”

The crying of the little princess of the Nagayama family began to resound throughout the Yamazakura Courtyard.
"Eh eh eh?!"

Naoki Nagayama hurriedly closed the glass partition door and quickly rushed to the crib. He saw little Xiahua moving her hands and feet around in the crib and crying loudly with her mouth open, so he quickly picked her up and comforted her.

At the same time, Akina also came down from the second floor, still asking:

"Are you scared?"

"There must have been a thunder just now." At this time, I dare not say that I opened the partition door!
Akina quickly took Xiao Xiahua from Naoki Nagayama's arms and coaxed her softly.
"It's okay, it's just thunder. Mom is here. Mom is here."

After coaxing him for several minutes, the little guy slowly stopped crying and fell asleep with his eyes closed, as if he was tired of crying.

"Thunder. I was also afraid of it when I was a child. But I am not afraid of it anymore when I grow up."

Akina, who was sitting on the sofa, finally had time to talk to Naoki Nagayama.
"Were you afraid of thunder when you were a child, Naoki-san?"

“I shouldn’t be afraid.”

When there was thunder in the sky when he was a child, he would point to the sky and shout, "Which Taoist friend is here to survive the thunder?"

"Have you always been so courageous since childhood?" Akina kissed the baby in her arms, "It would be great if Hana-chan could inherit this."

"Then you'll become a tomboy."

Naoki Nagayama smiled and said,

"It's better to be timid."

“It’s not good to be too weak.”

Before they knew it, the two began talking about their daughter's future.

This situation seems to be very common among couples who have children. It seems that after having children, the focus is on the children. (End of this chapter)