Tokyo Bubble Life

Chapter 1112 Chapter 1121, Oji-san~~ I won a prize!!
The square in front of Tokyo Prince Hotel was packed with people.

The closing ceremony and award ceremony of the Tokyo International Film Festival was chosen to be held here. On the one hand, the Prince Hotel itself is well-known for hosting events, and on the other hand, it is convenient for the banquets and parties that will follow.

The red carpet at the entrance was rolled out early, and reporters from all walks of life were also in place, filling the open space on both sides.

The closing ceremony red carpet was slightly less popular than the opening ceremony red carpet, because during the opening ceremony, the Tokyo International Film Festival Executive Committee carefully planned and invited the world's most prestigious celebrity guests to attend, which not only highlighted the international nature of the film festival but also increased its popularity.

At the closing ceremony, although there were many invited guests, most of them were award-winning stars, important filmmakers and bigwigs behind the scenes, so it didn't seem so star-studded.

However, it is still the most grand red carpet show in Japan. There are so many people in the entertainment industry who want to walk but can't.
Naoki Nagayama and Akina Nakamori were naturally the important guests, and they were also the best representatives of talent (wealth) and beauty (beauty). When they stepped out of the car, their way was illuminated by the flash lights.

Naoki Nagayama in formal attire and Akina in princess dress look like stars straight out of a movie!
When we arrived at the media interview area, many reporters rushed to ask questions.
"Director Nagayama, are you confident of winning the award?!" "Mr. Naoki, how many awards will Shuyou win this time?" "."

Most of the questions about Naoki Nagayama are related to today's awards ceremony, and Naoki Nagayama can only smile and nod, occasionally replying:
"Of course I have confidence. A director who doesn't want to win a big award is not a good actor!"

"As for how many to get? I actually want to get them all hahaha, but the jury won't let me!"

The reporters were happily pressing shutter buttons and holding out recording tubes. As expected, Naoki Nagayama kept coming up with golden sentences. The titles of today and tomorrow's articles have been given new ones!

They suddenly recalled the first few years after Naoki Nagayama debuted. He gave interviews and had ambiguous relationships with many female stars. He created countless hot headlines in the media industry, which made the performance of the senior journalists at that time soar!

Naoki Nagayama is such a good person!!
Oh, by the way, speaking of the actress who had an affair with him
The reporters quickly joined another interview team, and they were targeting Akina Nakamori from the very beginning!

"Akina-chan, you look so good! So pretty!" This person seemed to be a fan. "Have you recovered?"

"Arigato~" Akina smiled, "The adhesive tape has fully recovered!"

She is indeed a star. She can regain her figure so quickly even after giving birth!
"Has Akina-san started filming the movie already?"

"Hi, Ghost is already being filmed, and today is the closing ceremony, so we have a day off for now."

Akina Nakamori answered the questions honestly.

"I have to go back to the crew tomorrow~"

"What was it like filming with Naoki Nagayama again?"

"Feeling?" Akina tilted her head and laughed, "Maybe we are more familiar with each other! We can work together more tacitly."

"Akina-chan, will you be performing at the Red and White Song Contest this year?"

“Hey, I should be on stage.”

Akina Nakamori has received notification and has confirmed her participation in this year's Red and White Songs Festival, and as in previous years, she will perform this year's most popular song, "Passion."

Today, the song "Passion", which is full of vitality and passion, has already topped the music bulletin chart. Judging from its current popularity, it is unlikely to give up the first place until the end of the year.

Now, top music programs such as "the best ten", "music station" and "night hit" are all asking Akina to participate in their programs, and even the "All Japan Record Awards" has sent an invitation to Akina.

However, due to the fact that she was filming a movie and taking care of her baby, Akina was very conflicted about whether to accept the invitation from a certain family.
Other artists do not have this choice because they have to listen to the agency in everything, but Akina is a shareholder of Ken-On and has a strong husband's family, so no program dares to put pressure on her.

Amid the reluctance of the reporters, Naoki Nagayama and Akina Nakamori still walked towards the main entrance with firm steps. After all, if the two of them stayed on the red carpet, the other guests would lose too much exposure.
"Naoki-san." After entering the main hall, Akina whispered to Naoki Nagayama, "Do you know the award for today?"

"Of course."

Naoki Nagayama nodded.
"Just like the various music festivals before Akina, they must have known about it in advance. In fact, the winners have already rehearsed!"

"Eh?"

Akina looked at Naoki Nagayama with some surprise. Naoki Nagayama had been filming with her these past few days, and it seemed that there was no rehearsal.
"Didn't Naoki-san's movie win any awards?"

"Of course there is, but I'm not the one to get it." Naoyama Naoki said with a smile, "You'll know in a moment."

At the award ceremony venue, several large cameras had been set up and were already in operation, with staff members occasionally pointing the cameras towards the interior of the banquet hall.

The guests who arrived not only had to face the camera lenses, but also the photos taken by internal reporters, so most of them sat upright and maintained their appearance.

Only a small number of people can relax a little.

"Naoki-san, why are you so late?" Idou Shuichi leaned over to greet Naoki Nagayama.

"Because we were pestered by reporters when we were walking on the red carpet," Naoki Nagayama said, "We are very well-known."

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As a director, Shuichi Idou is indeed not as famous or topical as stars.

"Oshima Oo also called you before, right?" Idou Shuichi changed the subject, "Is Naoki-san not angry about this year's award?"

"What's there to be angry about?"

Naoki Nagayama shrugged.

"If I win, it's my fate; if I lose, it's my luck"

"Tsk, don't lie to me like that! Not to mention the Best Director award for Hayato, you didn't even win the Best Screenplay award. Don't you feel anything?"

"Didn't he win the Best Actor and Best Art Awards?"

Naoki Nagayama had already known about the award that Hayato had won, and Oshima Oo specially called him to explain it.

In order to highlight the international nature of the Second International Film Festival, several foreign judges were added to the jury, so the final selection was somewhat biased towards foreign films. As the chairman of the jury, Oshima Oshima could not control the results.
"Ha, as long as you don't mind."

Shuichi Idou shook his head. This time at the Tokyo International Film Festival, since the organizer was Shuyou, they did not spend much effort on public relations in order to avoid suspicion, so there were not many awards.

But since Naoki Nagayama doesn't care, he naturally won't say much.

In fact, when Naoki Nagayama was making this movie, he didn't have the idea of ​​winning a big award. After all, it is a biographical film about his grandfather, which is equivalent to a customized movie. It tends to focus on the creation of excitement and action shots, but lacks more in-depth exploration.

If he wanted to win an award, why didn't he just shoot "Infernal Affairs"? Other people are hell, struggling in the endless purgatory.
The award ceremony did not officially begin until half an hour later.

"Mina-san, welcome everyone to the closing ceremony and awards ceremony of the 2nd Tokyo International Film Festival!"

The host announced the closing ceremony on the podium, using his exquisite words to stir up the emotions of the audience.
"After careful voting by the jury, the winners of the Tokyo International Film Festival's various awards have been determined. We will now witness them one by one."

“But first, let’s review the films shortlisted for this year’s Tokyo International Film Festival.”

The projector began to project the short films of the finalists on the background screen.
Starting with "Hayato" at the beginning of the year, "The Burning House", "The Tale of Naoki Uemura", "The Cat Tale", "Rocky IV" and "Back to the Future". Over the past year, all the blockbuster movies that people have seen in cinemas have appeared on the screen.

In fact, Naoki Nagayama has seen all of them. After all, his friends now have their own exclusive cinema, "Wenyizuo". Whenever he wants to watch something, he can book a screening room for himself.

The following time was a bit boring. Naoki Nagayama just listened to the host following the procedure, introducing the awards, inviting the award presenters to the stage to present the awards, the guests presenting the awards, and the winners giving their acceptance speeches.
"The winner of the Best Actress award is Mieko Harada from "The Man on Fire"!!"

Naoki Nagayama saw his acquaintance Mieko Harada walking up to him. He hadn't seen her for a long time. Mieko Harada had lost her baby fat and became more mature.

She took the trophy handed over by the award presenter with an excited smile:

“Thank you to the judges of the jury and the Tokyo International Film Festival.”

Ever since Naoki Nagayama made an award speech that was all "thank you", Japanese artists seem to have obtained a perfect award speech template, and most of them will thank the important people in their speeches.
"Winning the Best Actress award is a recognition of me. I will work harder and give a better performance in the future."

When Mieko Harada came down, applause broke out in the venue, and Naoki Nagayama naturally also applauded for his friend.

"Next up is Best Actor"

When he heard about the award, although he already knew the result, Naoki Nagayama also perked up because the one going on stage to receive the award was his cousin Kaede Nagayama!
"The winner of the Best Actor Award: Nagayama Kaede from Hayato!!"

Applause broke out again, and Nagayama Kaede, who was sitting in the third row, stood up happily and gave Nagayama Naoki a hug as he passed by.
"Mina-san, holding this medal today shows that I played this role very well. I want to do something I have wanted to do since I was a child. Private Marseille"

Nagayama Feng's tone was a little excited, and he excitedly held up his medal to the live camera, like a little kid.
"Oh my goodness, I won a prize!!!"

!!!

Everyone was stunned for a moment, then laughed and applauded.
“Hahaha~” “How reckless.” “Childish.” “European model series!” “.”

On the podium, Nagayama Kaede's somewhat reckless behavior made everyone laugh bitterly. Everyone knew that Nagayama Kaede played his grandfather, and now he was obviously showing off to Nagayama Hayato who was off-camera.
Nagayama Kaede's behavior adds a bit of innocence and sincerity to the already hypocritical world of fame and fortune
At the same time, in Qingshui's old house, the old man who was half lying on the tatami watching TV couldn't help shaking his head.

"Really? How can you be so rude on such an important occasion?"

Yongshan Xiong Yuanze beside him smiled and said:
"Feng, I've wanted to show off to you for a long time. Hahaha, I finally found the opportunity."

"A child who never grows up. Cough cough cough." Nagayama Hayato coughed a few times, "How can I feel at ease!"

"It's time to have a baby, she's grown up!"

Nagayama Kumahara had a worried look on his face, but his tone was firm.

"Father, take good care of yourself. You will be able to see in a few months."

“Okay~Okay~~~”

The next Best Screenplay Award went to Back to the Future, and the Best Director Award went to Rocky IV, both of which are foreign films, also known as foreign movies.
However, Naoki Nagayama is not surprised. The script of "Back to the Future" is indeed novel and interesting, and "Rocky 4" is a series of movies, and the shooting technique of this one is also excellent.

The Grand Jury Award went to "Cat Story", a film from the perspective of cats, which is very novel and interesting.
The final award is still "Back to the Future", which gave a new imagination to time travel, with thrilling plot and very humorous dialogue.
Whether it is the script, shooting techniques, or box office, this movie is excellent, even a groundbreaking classic, which naturally makes people identify with it.

However, "Tiger of Ginza", which was the opening film, only won a Gold Award for Youth Film. It was a bit disappointing!
Especially Kyon Kijima and Masataka Komori, they looked a little listless when they went on stage to receive the awards.
The award ceremony of the Tokyo International Film Festival came to a successful conclusion after a speech by the president of the Tokyo Directors Association.

However, the media reporters did not disperse, but gathered in the banquet hall next door.
A celebration banquet is naturally indispensable.

Award winners, industry leaders, and celebrity guests all came to the celebration party to participate in one of the largest social events in the entertainment industry.

"Director Nagayama." "Naoki-san." "Naoki-san."

Regardless of whether they knew each other or not, everyone would raise their glasses to Naoki Nagayama, and Naoki Nagayama would return the greetings one by one by raising their champagne glasses.

Akina Nakamori saw Kyoko Koizumi and went to chat with her, and Naoki Nagayama naturally found an acquaintance to chat with for a while~
"Kijima-kun Masataka."

Naoki Nagayama smiled and said,

"Why do you look so lost?"

"Naoki-san" Komori Masataka sighed. They had not yet reached the level where they could know the result in advance, and they indeed knew the result at the last moment.

“I thought I could at least win an award in the main competition. I didn’t expect to get only the Youth Award.”

"Haha, you guys are young anyway, it's great to win the Youth Award!"

Tree friends can push all their resources to Naoki Nagayama and help him win the award, but it is impossible to pile up a lot of resources to make their directors win the big prize.

What's more, this time the competitor has another movie of their own.
In addition, there are many foreign blockbusters and other parties involved in this session, so it is already very good to win a Youth Award.

"But, the box office of 'Tiger of Ginza' is so good."

"When it comes to winning awards, box office is just one criterion."

Naoki Nagayama tried to persuade them a little, but seeing that they were still disappointed, he said,
"If you are unwilling to give up, wait until you become more famous and you will naturally have more influence, so expand your network! This occasion is a rare social occasion!"

Kijima nodded:

"Hey, it's time to let the movie industry hear the name 'Kishima Kyon'!"

As he spoke, he unbuttoned his sleeves, revealing his gold watch, and walked towards the producers and movie bigwigs.

Masataka Komori stood next to Naoki Nagayama and said something else:

"Naoki-san has already agreed to play the lead role in the movie 'Across the World'."

"Oh? Leslie Cheung agreed?"

"Um"

Naoki Nagayama nodded: "What about the other male protagonist?"

"It's chosen, it's Shibata Kyohei!"

"Ah, it's him."

Shibata Kyohei is a versatile actor with profound acting skills. His acting styles are also diverse. He is funny and good-looking. He is indeed suitable for Chow Yun-fat's role.

However, the reason why Naoki Nagayama remembers him is that Kyohei Shibata is Akina's idol!
“Hahaha, he’s pretty good too.”

Komori Masataka nodded:

".Naoki-san, we will hold a blessing ceremony for the start of filming in a few days, and we may go abroad for filming in the second half of the month."

"Yeah, come on!"