Konoha: Rebuild the glory of the Uchiha!

"I heard you're making a movie and planning to cast Tsunade as the lead?"

Mito Uzumaki sat in a chair, looking at Uchiha Nan with an unfriendly expression; she was clearly there to cause trouble.

"Any questions?"

"Tsunade agreed to it herself; I didn't force her!"

Uchiha Nan assumed that Uzumaki Mito thought he had forced Tsunade to make the movie, so he directly stated his position: he had not forced Tsunade in any way.

"I know this!"

"I don't object to Tsunade making movies, but I'm not too happy with her salary."

Mito Uzumaki recalled the contract that had ripped him off, a deal worth hundreds of millions of yen that he had sold for a mere few million ryo!

Mito Uzumaki didn't believe that Uchiha Kusanagi wouldn't know the annual cost of coal used by the power plant, so he deliberately set a trap to deceive him!

Later, even the power plant's business plan was obtained by Mito Uzumaki. The Senju clan were also shareholders, so these things weren't difficult to acquire.

It's better not to look at this than to see it. The future plans and profits of the power plant made Mito Uzumaki so angry that he couldn't sleep for several days.

If I give Mito Uzumaki another chance, she won't even glance at the contract if the compensation wasn't eight figures!

Mito Uzumaki has learned her lesson. Uchiha Nan won't do anything that doesn't make money. Now he's going to make a movie. Although Mito Uzumaki doesn't understand this, she believes it will definitely be very profitable.

"Fifty thousand taels is not a small amount. She's just a student. Earning the equivalent of a C-level mission fee for making a movie is already a huge profit!"

“The other lead actors are all paid the same price, and they have all agreed to the amount. Mito-sama, what you are doing is against the rules.”

Uchiha Nan shook his head, indicating that this was a difficult matter.

"What kind of bullshit rules are these? Did you make those rules?"

"If you agree to void that previous contract, I won't get involved in this matter!"

"You offer me only one million taels for a deal worth hundreds of millions? How dare you!"

If it weren't for the fact that Uchiha Nan was the Hokage, Mito Uzumaki would have already started fighting him.

On one hand, she felt bad about the money; on the other hand, it was the first time Mito Uzumaki had experienced what it meant to sell something and still help the seller count the money—she was happily taking the small amount and thinking how easy it was to make money.

Uchiha Nan must be laughing at me behind my back, calling me an old woman who's never seen the world!

The thought of Uchiha Nan talking behind her back made Mito Uzumaki want to smash Uchiha Nan's face with a Tailed Beast Ball.

"cough cough"

Uchiha Nan felt a little embarrassed; he admitted that what he had done was indeed dishonest.

However, Mito Uzumaki had already signed the contract, and it was absolutely impossible to cancel it. If a new contract were to be signed, Mito Uzumaki would definitely demand an exorbitant amount.

"Lord Mito, this power plant doesn't just belong to me. Konoha, Hyuga, and even your Senju clan have shares. Saving costs is making money for your Senju clan!"

"Don't you have any idea how much of the Senju clan's shares you own? Besides, let's keep things separate. The Senju clan's profits don't go into my pocket alone. Thousands of people are relying on the Senju clan to support them. How much could I possibly take?"

Mito Uzumaki didn't want to argue with Nan Uchiha anymore. She was afraid that she would get caught up in Nan Uchiha's schemes again and be defeated by his skillful techniques, so she simply raised one finger.

"One layer of the film's total revenue!"

"Are you kidding me? The money for the entire movie comes from me and the investors. We not only have to pay for the Konoha ninja, but also for the movie's marketing and distribution, and the entire theater needs to make money. You want a slice of the total revenue with just one sentence? I think you're daydreaming."

Uchiha Nan flatly rejected Uzumaki Mito's request, even if Uzumaki Mito insisted on making such an outrageous demand.

Uchiha Nan would directly choose to change the female lead, even though Uchiha Nan really didn't want to break up the trio of prostitution, gambling, and drugs.

But for the sake of profit, Uchiha Nan had no choice but to do this.

"Then name a number!"

Mito Uzumaki knew, of course, that she was asking for an exorbitant amount.

However, if you ask for an exorbitant price, you have to bargain. Unless you ask for an astronomical sum, Uchiha Nan will definitely try to fob you off with a small amount.

Mito Uzumaki didn't care about the money Tsunade earned from acting; what she cared about was her reputation.

"You can add a zero after the reward, or it can be one percent of the total profit."

"This is already a very high price."

To satisfy his collecting obsession, Uchiha Nan decided to give in. Acting in exchange for the reward of an A-rank mission—Konoha had no idea how many ninjas would fight tooth and nail for that.

Mito Uzumaki recalled the information she had gathered: the highest box office gross for a movie in the Land of Fire throughout history was only a little over 50 million ryo, not even including the cost.

It's still more worthwhile to spend 500,000 taels!

Chapter 88 I Captured a Bounty Hunter with Five Hearts

"I choose 500,000!"

"Uchiha Nan, this time I've done my homework. I won't let you get the better of me again. The highest-grossing film in the Land of Fire only has over 50 million yen in box office revenue, and I heard it was made by a relative of the Daimyo."

"Then let's sign the contract."

Uchiha Nan and Uzumaki Mito signed a confidentiality agreement, stipulating that the fact that Tsunade received 500,000 ryo in compensation could not be revealed.

If it gets leaked, the consequences could be dire.

Mito Uzumaki got a number that satisfied her, and she felt that Uchiha Nan, that shrewd businessman, would definitely not take advantage of her this time.

She didn't expect to get so much money, even though it was only 500,000 taels. This was actually quite a lot. This was the reward for an A-level mission. Originally, Mito Uzumaki only wanted to ask for a few hundred thousand more taels, but she didn't expect Nana Uchiha to be so generous.

The extra 450,000 taels was Uchiha Nan giving Uzumaki Mito face. Last time he swindled so much money from Uzumaki Mito, so he didn't let her find an excuse to vent and find some balance in her heart.

She'll probably make excuses the next time she tries to extract Nine-Tails chakra.

This is not something that can be easily solved with a mere 500,000 taels of silver; this is about accomplishing great things with a small amount of money.

Moreover, the money wasn't wasted; using 500,000 taels to improve his relationship with Tsunade was a very worthwhile deal. Uchiha Nan was quite interested in Tsunade, not in a physical way, but in her talents.

In the future, Tsunade will be a top-tier medical ninja in the ninja world, so spending this 0 won't be a loss for her!

Uchiha Nan watched as Mito Uzumaki, who seemed to have won a great victory, left her office in high spirits.

Pshaw, no taste!

Uchiha Nan felt a bit resentful. How could Uzumaki Mito have so little faith in his ability to direct a movie! He had given Uzumaki Mito the opportunity to take advantage of him. If it were him, he would definitely have chosen the one percent total profit!

Mito Uzumaki had no idea how many connections Uchiha Nan had pulled in order to make a movie that could launch his brand!

The Daimyo of the Land of Fire is responsible for managing the channels between nations. He is the Kage of the strongest of the five great ninja villages in the ninja world, but his influence between nations is not as strong as that of the Daimyo.

But in the ninja world, that was Uchiha Nan's domain.

Uchiha Kusanagi wrote letters to the Kage of all the other four major ninja villages, except for Kumogakure (who are the villains in the movie), as well as other smaller ninja villages in the ninja world, promoting his movie and asking them to support him.

The ninja world's gold exchange shops, gambling dens, and the Yakuza organization Uchiha Nan were all notified.

After all, none of the above costs money; they're just boosting the reputation of Uchiha Nan and Konoha. It would be a waste not to use them.

An excellent film can still fail if it is not properly promoted. It's like a piece of gold being covered by a rag. If no one removes the rag, it will never shine.

Uchiha Nan's debut work, even before its release, has already topped the trending charts in the Naruto world, with a promotional campaign comparable to a certain hot and spicy food.

The next day, on the filming set

"Get out of my way! I'm playing a Konoha ninja, don't try to steal my headband. Your dark appearance makes you look like you're from the Kumogakure!"

"You bastard, do you want to fight?!"

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Before Uchiha Nan even arrived on set, the extras almost got into a fight over the roles of Konoha ninjas. As the villains of the movie, Kumogakure had been relentlessly attacking Konoha throughout the Fourth Shinobi World War, making them universally hated in Konoha.

They only stopped when Uchiha Nan arrived. In the end, Uchiha Nan made the decision to draw lots to select identities, and the scene was like a large-scale murder mystery game.

Since it was his first time directing a movie, Uchiha Nan wasn't very familiar with the process. To avoid any accidents during filming, he hired two renowned directors who had directed high-grossing films as his assistant directors, which ensured that everything proceeded smoothly.

Scene 5, sixth shot

This scene depicts the three-person team's first encounter with the enemy on the battlefield. The inexperienced trio, fresh out of the ninja academy, nearly get wiped out, but are saved by the arrival of a Jonin.

"Phew, that scared me to death! I thought I was really going to die!"

Jiraiya started yelling and screaming, his whole body covered in dust and dirt, his clothes tattered, and he had wounds on his arms and back.

The actors who acted opposite Jiraiya and his trio were all Chunin who had retired from the battlefield. Uchiha Nan had instructed them to pursue realism and fight according to the script. There was no need to worry about getting hurt, as the crew had the best medical ninja in the ninja world. These minor injuries would only take half a day to heal.

"Jiraiya, your crotch is all wet, did you pee your pants in fright...?"

Tsunade, oblivious to the danger, mocked Jiraiya. Her performance hadn't been much better than Jiraiya's. To make the trio forget they were filming, Uchiha Nan even cast a little genjutsu on them.

All three were students who hadn't even graduated and had never seen blood before; they were all on the verge of wetting themselves in fear. Of course, Jiraiya might actually have wet himself in fear.

"How could this be? This is water that got stuck to the water from the Water Release technique in the story!"

Jiraiya insisted he hadn't peed, but if he admitted to his beloved Tsunade that he'd peed his pants in fear, he felt he'd never win her heart.

Orochimaru chimed in beside Tsunade, saying he would never miss something this interesting!

"Director, isn't this going too far?"

Uchiha Nan was enjoying the scene he had just witnessed when the assistant director beside him spoke with a worried expression. He had also filmed action sequences before, and the movements and fighting techniques were strictly controlled; the blood in the scenes were just props.

Unlike Uchiha Nan, whose fight scenes were all large-scale, the destructive power of his ninjutsu left them speechless. It truly opened their eyes.

The scene of the kunai slicing through his skin and spurting blood had just left the assistant director terrified.

After all, he's just an ordinary person who makes money by acting. Even if he hires ninjas to perform ninjutsu, he's always very careful. If it leads to a murder or lawsuit, then it would be a huge loss.

"They are students at the Ninja Academy, and they all aspire to become real ninjas. The stories in the plot will be commonplace for them in the future."

Uchiha Nan said slowly, while the assistant director was somewhat incredulous. As an ordinary person, he was far removed from life in the ninja world and naively thought that fighting was something only adults did.

"Those three are still children, are they really going to the battlefield so early?"

The assistant director sympathized with him; he also had children, about the same age as Jiraiya and the others, and they complained about their studies every day.

"Is this weird?"

"In the ninja wars, it was common for children this age to go to the battlefield."

Uchiha Nan's tone was solemn as he thought about the future of the original anime. In the late Second Shinobi World War and even the Third Shinobi World War, it really became a reality in Konoha for children of that age to go to the battlefield.

Kakashi went to the battlefield at the age of six, Shisui at around seven, and Itachi Uchiha went to the battlefield to kill people at the age of four.

Konoha isn't that pathetic yet; it's still a large and prosperous place.