Tokyo Bubble Life

When I woke up in the morning, I was the only one in Yamazakurain's bedroom.

Yesterday, Akina was kept at her hometown by her mother Chieko, who said that her daughter was about to get married and they wanted to have a private chat.

"We live not far from each other, but you act like we're going to be apart for a long time." Naoyama Naoki complained in his heart, "I guess Akina will feel more touched when she sings "Autumn Cherry Blossoms" in the future."

Naoki Nagayama touched Yingtaro who was full of energy early in the morning, and chased away Meowtaro who came to the bed. I don’t know when this fat orange guy started to like running to the bed. Not only was he very heavy, but he also made the bed full of fur~
After washing up, Naoki Nagayama made a simple breakfast in the kitchen and started eating while reading the newspaper.

More than a week has passed, and there are no reports on the Tokyo International Film Festival in newspapers. Only in other film-related articles will the words "Tokyo International Film Festival" occasionally be mentioned, saying that the film festival received many inquiries and the premiere was very popular.

"What a great way to flatter someone!" Naoki Nagayama said with a smile after flipping through the report. "None of the real winners are so exaggerated."

There isn't much news in the newspapers recently. Most of them are about some year-end program planning, the progress of various year-end competitions, the list of the Red and White Song Festival, etc. It's as if there are empty spaces waiting for some heavyweight revelations~
“At least it hasn’t been reported by the media yet.”

Naoki Nagayama flipped through the magazine and breathed a sigh of relief when he found that there was indeed no news about himself and Akina. Although he was not afraid of the news of his marriage being exposed, he was still a little nervous when he thought about the subsequent storm of public opinion.

Today is the blessing ceremony for the start of filming of "Hayato: New World". Naoki Nagayama did not stay at home for long and drove to the filming base in Ota Ward.

Before I even entered, I saw banners and balloons at the main entrance that read "Congratulations on the start of filming of Hayato: New World / Wish you a smooth filming /" and other decorations. The entire main entrance was covered with banners and balloons.
"This"

Naoki Nagayama was a little surprised, but when he saw Katsuyoshi Ishikawa standing at the door to greet him, he immediately understood who was behind this.

"Ishikawa-kun, there's no need to be so exaggerated~"

After Naoki Nagayama parked his car, he found that there were a lot of related publicity in the park. It seemed that the entire DreamWorks filming base was promoting the opening ceremony of his new movie, so he said to Katsuyoshi Ishikawa,
“So grand.”

"This is an important movie after Naoki-san won the award! It should be more grand."

Ishikawa Katsuyoshi complimented, saying that Naoki Nagayama had not officially filmed a heavyweight movie for a long time since "Kikujiro's Summer".
Let alone "Don't Stop the Camera", any discerning person can see that the movie was just a hobby, an experimental film, otherwise how could it be shot and edited in less than a month!

Although the box office is pretty good
“This is a bit exaggerated~”

Naoki Nagayama sighed as he watched. When he and Katsuyoshi Ishikawa walked to the set, they found that the altar had been set up, with huge incense sticks, offerings, etc. beside it. Granny Murata and her apprentice had already changed into colorful divine clothes, waiting for the blessing ceremony to begin.
The crew of "Hayato: New World" has almost arrived, and he also saw one of the leading actors, Tomokazu Miura, chatting with other crew members.

Yoshimura Otomo, Idou Shuichi and others also came, and even Kyon Kijima, who was filming "101 Marriage Proposals", and Masataka Komori, who was supposed to be taking a break, also gathered together.
"Naoki-san" Idou Shuichi raised his hand when he saw Naoyama Naoki arriving.

"Shuichi-san, Otomo-san," Naoki Nagayama walked into the group and looked at the other tree friends present, "You're all here!"

"Since this is Naoki-san's family blockbuster, of course we have to join in the fun." Yoshimura Otomo said with a smile.

"What kind of family movie is this?" Naoki Nagayama complained. "It's just a gangster movie."

Then he looked at the other actors around him who were wearing black suits.

"Speaking of which, this looks like a gangster gathering."

"." Yi Tangxiu was stunned for a moment, then laughed, "Haha, it does look alike. If I walk down the street, I might attract the attention of the police."

"It's not that exaggerated~" Yoshimura Otomo shook his head.

"Brother Feng hasn't arrived yet?" Naoki Nagayama looked around, but didn't see the other lead actor, nor did he see his grandfather. "Is there a traffic jam?"

"It's rush hour in downtown Tokyo. It's possible!" Idou Shuichi said, "But it's still more than half an hour before the auspicious time, so it's okay~"

"I hope so~"

Grandfather takes this blessing ceremony very seriously, so it’s best not to be late~
Naoki Nagayama and others chatted while waiting for Nagayama Kaede's arrival. He also chatted with Miura Tomokazu and asked about the recent pregnancy of Yamaguchi Baihui~
After all, Akina is pregnant now, so it's always good to know more about her.
Time passed by minute by minute during the conversation. Just when the auspicious time was about to come, Ishikawa Katsuyoshi hurried to the side of Naoki Nagayama:

"Naoki-san, there seems to be something wrong at the door!"

"?What's up?"

"Mr. Nagayama Feng came with several cars, and there were police officers following behind him."

"???"

Hearing that it was his cousin's business, Naoki Nagayama naturally had no reason to ignore it. He followed Katsuyoshi Ishikawa to the door.

Then I saw my grandfather Nagayama Hayato getting out of the car, and two rows of younger brothers in black suits stood at the door, bowing and greeting. Not far away, there were several police cars, and many policemen got out of them.
"What's going on here?!"

Didn't Grandfather only bring three younger brothers with him this time? There must be at least dozens of them here now, right?!
Let's go back to last night~
After dinner, Naoki Nagayama and Kaede Nagayama took their grandfather Hayato Nagayama to visit several KTVs.

Seeing that several KTVs were packed with people, Nagayama Hayato was very happy. He smiled and praised the store manager, duty manager and staff of each store.

You have to know that these people were all veterans of the Nagayama Group, and they had fought all the way with Nagayama Hayato!
"Team Leader, why are you here?!"

The manager of Melody KTV Ebisu, Hamasaki Shogo, was originally the younger brother of the Nagayama Group. He can be said to be a direct descendant. If his grandfather had not abdicated and he was too old, he might have been qualified to inherit the Nagayama Group.
Now he's the store manager of the prosperous Ebisu branch, pocketing large dividends every month. This makes him much happier than the retired old man from the yakuza!

In the traditional concept of the Yakuza, retired members of the society, those with important status will be given a severance pay at most, and the better ones will be helped to open a small shop to make a living. Most of them are actually left to fend for themselves.

Of course, the money earned by real senior executives is enough to live the rest of their lives in peace and stability, but it is just floating wealth and will be gone once it is spent.

How can I be as happy as the huge dividends that Hamasaki Shogo receives every month?
"I'm here to attend the blessing ceremony for Naoki's new movie." Nagayama Hayato didn't mean to hide it. "After all, it's a movie adapted from my own story. I came to see an old friend by the way~"

"Team leader, we are really surprised that you can come!" Hamasaki Shogo was very happy and wanted to invite Nagayama Hayato to experience the luxury box, but was rejected.

"I just came to see the Nagayama Group's business and you guys. I'm getting older and I don't come to Tokyo very often, so we have fewer and fewer opportunities to meet."

"Please don't say such things!" Hamasaki Shogo's eyes turned red, "Team Leader, you will definitely live a long life!"

"Haha, I hope so~"

Nagayama Hayato smiled, patted Hamasaki Shogo's shoulder and said something, then he consoled the other people who came to the store, and then he was ready to go see the other elderly people.
Speaking of which, after Nagayama Hayato became the head of the Shimizu family, he was indeed very concerned about the members of the club, otherwise he would not have been the team leader for decades. He turned the Shimizu family into the older elders of the Nagayama group, which really recognized and respected him.

And now, we have made such good arrangements for their later years, we are even more grateful!
After Nagayama Hayato and his group left, Hamasaki Shogo said to the other people coming from Shizuoka:

"The old team leader said that Naoki's new movie is adapted from his story. This movie must be very important to the old team leader!!"

"The blessing ceremony for this movie must not make the old team leader feel that it is not grand enough. I have decided to attend the blessing ceremony with the old team leader tomorrow to show our support!"

"Hey! We're joining in too!" "We can't miss this kind of thing!" "We have to stand up for our old team leader no matter what!" "."

The thoughts of the extremists are so simple, with just one word of support, everyone agreed to go together tomorrow!

After making the decision, Shogo Hamasaki also called the other seniors at the Tokyo branch to inform them.
So, without the knowledge of the three generations of Yongshan's family, the people of Jidao began to gather together, preparing to follow the old team leader to pray for blessings tomorrow morning!

"Section Chief!"

Hiroyuki Hirakawa, a police officer from the Fourth Investigation Division, called Toshio Minami who had already returned home at night.

"The gang of yakuza from the Shizuoka Nagayama Group that you asked us to pay attention to seems to be making a big move!"

Ever since Nagayama Kaede came to Tokyo to open a KTV, and Nagayama Hayato also came to Tokyo to inspect and confronted the police, the people of the Nagayama Group have been the focus of attention of Nan Junxiong. He has always believed that Nagayama Hayato is going to do something, such as letting the Nagayama Group enter Tokyo.
This became even more certain for him after the leader of the Tokyo Yamaguchi-gumi, Misaka Takahiro, was thrown into prison by Naoki Nagayama!

"Has the Nagayama Group finally been unable to hold back and is going to replace the East Asia Association?!"

Nan Junxiong immediately became excited. He was about to retire and actually had no interest in any achievements. It was just the conflict between him and Nagayama Hayato when he was young that made him always care about the Nagayama Group.

"What are they doing?"

"Uh," Hiroyuki Hirakawa said, "According to the information we have received so far, the gang members who were originally working at the KTV have gathered in several cars and seem to be going out together tomorrow."

"Where is the specific location?"

"This has not been investigated yet!" Hiroyuki Hirakawa whispered. There was nothing he could do about it. The police were not omnipotent. It was good enough to plant an informant. "But we know another important news. The former leader of the Nagayama Group, Nagayama Hayato, has quietly come to Tokyo!"

"According to the information, he contacted members of various branches in succession at night. We can be sure that this action was organized by Nagayama Hayato!"

“Haha, this old guy actually came to Tokyo quietly?” Nan Junxiong laughed, “He’s already so old, can’t he settle down?!”

"Go inform Shirakawa Takato and have him prepare a mobile team." Nan Junxiong thought for a moment and ordered, "Keep a close eye on those people tonight and find out where they are going. We will follow them tomorrow."

"We must catch Nagayama Hayato red-handed!"

"Hi!"

The time goes back to one hour before the blessing ceremony.
After leaving the hotel, Nagayama Hayato found Hamasaki Shogo and others, as well as four vans full of people.
"Hamazaki, what are you doing?"

"Team leader, we are here to participate in the blessing ceremony with you!" said Hamasaki Shogo, "After all, this is an important movie, so we must make a big splash!"

"."

Yongshan Feng beside him was a little speechless, but they had good intentions after all, and they gathered spontaneously.
Nagayama Hayato was very happy. The kindness from his old subordinate showed that he was still very popular with the former team leader:

"Thank you for your kindness! Let's go together."

Besides, it's no big deal to take my little brother to the blessing ceremony. He used to do it often~
"Hi!"

So Nagayama Kaede's car took the lead, and the other cars followed towards Ota Ward.

In an inconspicuous place, several police cars followed.
When we arrived at the filming base in Ota District, we finally ran into each other at the door~
"Team leader!"

Hamasaki Shogo and others bowed to welcome Nagayama Hayato, which scared the security guards at the filming base. A group of big men in black lined up in two rows and bowed collectively. This is obviously the style of a yakuza boss!!!
Which big guy came to DreamWorks? What is he doing here?!
Fortunately, there were also several police cars parked nearby. After Nagayama Hayato got off, a group of policemen also quickly got out of the car. The two gangs confronted each other again at the gate of the base.

Nan Junxiong came down wearing the uniform of the police inspector, and walked in front of Nagayama Hayato with a smug look on his face:
"Nagayama Hayato. We meet again. Didn't you say you wouldn't come to Tokyo? What tricks are you going to play this time?"

"."

Nagayama Hayato touched his head and sighed.
"Why are you here again? Can't you let an old man like me go~"

“Who told you to always come and provoke the police?!” Nan Junxiong looked at a group of younger brothers in black suits, “So many gangsters gathering together will make the people nervous! What exactly do you want to do?”

"I just came to attend a blessing ceremony." The retired Nagayama Hayato didn't want to confront the police. Besides, there was something wrong this time, and it wasn't a bad thing.
"What blessing ceremony?"

"A blessing ceremony for the start of filming of my grandson's new movie."

"What does the start of this movie have to do with you?"

Nan Junxiong pressed on step by step. He naturally knew Nagayama Naoki. The Tokyo International Film Festival also made him very important in the hearts of senior government officials.
"There were so many movies before, why didn't I see you in it?"

"."

Nagayama Kaede couldn't bear to see his grandfather being questioned, so he wanted to step forward to speak, but was stopped by Nagayama Hayato. He just wanted his movie to be filmed normally.
“Because this movie is about my story.”

“???” Nam Joon-woong was stunned for a moment before reacting, “A gangster movie?!”

"."

Nagayama Hayato agreed.

“Hahaha, you’re actually going to make this Yakuza story into a movie?!!”

Nan Junxiong found it a little funny. Could it be that they had come here with such a big fanfare just for a blessing ceremony? !

He couldn't accept such a result!

"I don't believe it. Please cooperate with our police station in the investigation!" Nan Junxiong said, "So many people gathered together with unknown purpose. It's highly suspicious!"

Just when Nan Junxiong was determined to bring the person back, Nagayama Naoki finally arrived.

He heard what the police said and immediately spoke:
"Police-san, they are all actors from our crew!!"

"??"

Nan Junxiong turned his head and looked at Nagayama Naoki who was walking towards him. He was handsome and young, and it seemed as if his whole body was glowing as he walked towards him in the sun.
This guy is actually the grandson of a gangster? ! ! He should be my grandson!
"Naoki Nagayama, do you know what you are talking about?! These people are all gangsters!!! Do you want to become one of them?!"

"Police officer, Chief Nam Joon-woong. They used to be gangsters, but now they are ordinary people with legitimate jobs!"

Naoki Nagayama walked up to his grandfather with a relaxed expression on his face.
"Because I want to make a gangster movie, I invited them to be extras.
A reformed yakuza playing a Yakuza makes perfect sense, right?!

"."

Nan Junxiong looked at Naoki Nagayama. He had met him once before at a KTV in Harajuku and felt that he was definitely not an ordinary person. Now he felt that this guy was even more difficult to deal with.
"Every word you say is a great truth. Do you want to be a lecturer?!"

Nan Junxiong snorted, unable to refute. After all, it was known that these people did switch careers to become KTV operators and paid taxes honestly. He was somewhat unwilling to accept this, as he had originally thought that he would be able to catch Nagayama Hayato's handle!
"Gathering so many former gang members, who knows what you are planning."

“Hahaha, if you don’t mind, Section Chief Nan Junxiong can also come to participate in the blessing ceremony in person!” Naoyama Naoki laughed, “There’s nothing shameful about it. We still have reporters preparing to write news reports!”

“I am not.” Nam Joon-hyung opened his mouth to refuse.

Unexpectedly, Naoki Nagayama spoke again at this time:
"Section Chief Nam Joon-woong probably doesn't know that this movie is based on my grandfather's experience."

"Come to think of it, there is a positive character in the film who is also a policeman. He is based on the policeman that my grandfather met back then." Nagayama Naoki looked at Nan Junxiong with a smile, "That character has a deep relationship with my grandfather. It seems that he is still paying attention to my grandfather's every move."

"!!!"

Nan Junxiong was shocked, and felt even colder when he saw Naoki Naoki's smile.
What does he mean by this? What kind of deep entanglement is this? Why is he paying attention to every move of Nagayama Hayato? !

Isn't that a reference to me, Nam Joon-woong? !
Does that mean he created a character based on me in the movie? ! !
Nan Junxiong immediately thought of this. With Naoki Nagayama's current status in the film industry, the movies he made would undoubtedly be a big hit.
If the character based on him was edited to be more negative, wouldn't Nam Joon-woong's fame be ruined by a movie? !

Not to mention that the character’s name is different, just say in an interview that it is based on someone, the audience will naturally think of the person himself!

Just like the movie "Cell Phone" directed by Feng, in which the host spoke his mind, the audience all thought that it was Cui who caused him to suffer so much criticism!
One movie is not enough, they have to shoot "Cell Phone 2" to continue to provoke people. Just accept the yin-yang contract and directly overturn the table!

"How could this guy Nagayama Hayato be so despicable?"

Nan Junxiong looked at Nagayama Hayato in disbelief. Since he couldn't do it in real life, he had to kill himself in the movie? !
Nagayama Hayato didn't even look at Nan Junxiong's face, and even felt a little proud in his heart~
"How about it? Section Chief Nam Joon-woong, do you want to join us?!"

Naoki Nagayama continued to invite him, and in fact he had his considerations. In this movie, neither the positive character nor the negative protagonist did anything wrong. It was just fate that ended up with them parting ways.

If Nam Jun-woong and Nagayama Hayato appear at today's prayer ceremony, it will be a gimmick!
"The prototype of the story is at the scene, the grudges between the gangster and the police chief." "Adapted from real experience, the life of black and white" "The story that the police chief and the gangster must tell." "."

Any title can make the audience look forward to it!

What’s more, there were real police officers participating in the blessing ceremony!
"Section Chief Nam Joon-woong, come and take a look. The auspicious time is almost here. I promise there is nothing to hide!"

As Naoki Nagayama spoke, he welcomed his grandfather and other younger brothers in, and was still greeting the hesitant Nan Junxiong.

"You won't feel reassured unless you see it with your own eyes. I can make an exception and show you the script as well."

"."

After thinking for a while, Nan Junxiong gritted his teeth and walked into the filming base with a group of subordinates.
No matter what, the details of that role must be mastered!

In public, as a police officer, would you still worry about being besieged? !

"You better be fine!"

"Hahaha, don't worry, Section Chief Nan Junxiong, we are all legitimate citizens!" Nagayama Naoki smiled and led a large group of people to the place of prayer.

After talking to the somewhat surprised Yoshimura Otomo and Idou Shuichi, the whole blessing ceremony began~
Although Granny Murata and her apprentice were a little nervous when they saw the police and gangsters, they did not slack off after entering the praying state. To the rapid drum beats, they began to dance the great god with crazy steps, praying to God that the filming of this movie would go smoothly.

In the Showa era, people were still somewhat superstitious about neon. People were still in awe of this kind of ceremony. Even the police watched the blessing ceremony quietly.
For a while, the police, the Yakuza, and the Shuyou employees seemed to have become a harmonious group.
The shutter sounds continued to ring out, and the reporters recorded this scene from different angles. There was also a small camera that had been operating for a long time to record the highlights, recording the entire ceremony.
(End of this chapter)