Tokyo bubble life

Two flowers bloom, each showing its own beauty.

Naoki Nagayama was busy filming "Ghost", and Akina was preparing to go to Fuji TV in the afternoon.

“Beep.”

The car at the door honked. When the housekeeper saw it, he opened the door and let the car come to the gravel ground outside the main entrance. Ueda Maki got out of the car and quickly came to the living room.

"Akina-chan, your personal agent is here to pick you up!"

Maki Ueda has become Akina Nakamori's exclusive agent who was specially requested!

"Okay, Maki-chan, wait a moment~" Akina Nakamori responded with a smile, "I'll say goodbye to Hana-chan again."

Akina handed the baby to Mari Nonaka, who had been taking care of it, and told her that she might be back very late today:

"Mari-san, Naoki-san will be back earlier than me tonight, but before that, I'll leave it to you, Mari-san."

"Hey, I'll take good care of her." Nonaka Mari nodded, "Don't worry, Akina-san, go out!"

"Um"

Akina kissed the baby on the forehead again and went to change into clothes for going out.

After all, Mrs. Nonaka Mari is a professional babysitter who has been taking care of the baby since birth, so she has nothing to worry about.

After getting into Kenon's car, Akina asked about business matters:

"Have you packed your performance clothes?"

"Hey, the white kimono with cherry blossom patterns and the silver bob wig are in the trunk." Ueda Maki nodded, "We can change into them after we get to the TV station."

"That's good," Akina nodded. "Today is our rehearsal, and we'll start the official recording in a week. Are there any interviews scheduled in between?"

“There is a process for shooting behind-the-scenes footage, but they are all from Fuji TV.”

“That’s good.”

There were not many vehicles in the afternoon, and with a relaxed conversation between us, the car soon arrived at the Fuji TV building.

After coming into the building from the parking lot, the originally relaxed state was suddenly broken.

"Akina-san!" "It's Akina Nakamori!" "Ignore her." "Is Akina here to record a show?" "."

It has been almost a year since Akina officially came to the TV station, but everyone in the TV station, whether they knew her or not, greeted Akina warmly, as if they were all dear friends who had not seen each other for decades.

As expected, when you have a high status, you will see warm smiling faces!

Facing these "friends" from the entertainment industry, Akina naturally put on a business smile and responded warmly to each of them.

It wasn't until I arrived at the lounge and saw fellow Ken-On artist Yukiko Okada that I started to become enthusiastic:

"Yukiko-chan!"

"Akina-chan!"

Friends I hadn’t seen for a while started talking eagerly.

"You've been busy lately, haven't you?"

“Hi, there are all kinds of music festivals at the end of the year, and there is also a record festival.”

Okada Yukiko's popularity is now comparable to that of Akina, but Akina has been in retirement for almost a year, while she is climbing up.

"I also have to prepare new songs. Anyway, I'm very busy."

"Fortunately, the national tour is over." Nakamori Akina comforted her. She also had experience, "Otherwise, we would have to work in three shifts by the end of the year."

"Akina-chan is currently filming a movie. Is that busy too?"

“.”

Akina looked at her friend's concerned eyes and originally wanted to say that it wasn't hard, but after all, both parties had just complained, so wouldn't it sound a bit smug to say that?

"It's true that I'm very tired. Plus, we have to record 'Night Hit' now." Akina changed the subject subtly, "Which song will Yukiko-chan perform today?"

“It’s the same record from before!”

Yukiko Okada immediately shared her previous popular songs, and then talked about the style of the album she was preparing for next.

Since moving to Ken-Oen, she has gotten rid of the mental PUA of the former president, started to focus on her career, and became more confident.

It’s worthy of the bet with my family that my academic performance must be among the top three in the grade, and then I will become a top student who is an artist!

As the two were talking, there was a knock on the door of the lounge.

"Akina-san Yukiko-chan"

The person who came in was actually Kazuki Takano, the production director of Fuji TV!

"Minister Kono!"

Yukiko Okada had met Minister Kazuki Kono several times, but it was just a courtesy and she never thought that Minister Kono would come to see her.

This is indeed the case. Kazuki Takano actually came to see Akina Nakamori, and Yukiko Okada was just a bystander.

"Koya-san"

Akina also stood up to greet her. Kazuki Takano had attended the full moon banquet when Xia Hua was full moon, so they were considered acquaintances.

"No, no. The "Night Hit" production team has been very caring towards me in the past."

"Akina is currently filming 'Ghost', right? If she takes time off at the last minute, will it cause trouble for the filming?"

"Stupid tape, today's filming doesn't have my scenes, it's Naoki-san and Nana-chan"

"That's good, that's good. How are you doing recently, Naoki-san?"

"Hi~"

After a while of bland polite talk, Takano Ikki hesitantly told the real reason for his visit to Akina today:

"I heard that Naoki-san has discussed a cooperation with Tokyo TV again~"

"Ah." Akina seemed to have heard the hidden meaning and opened her mouth slightly, "Really?"

"Hasn't Akina-chan heard about it?" Kazuki Takano said, "It's said that the broadcast rights of the anime adapted from Slam Dunk have been sold to TV Tokyo."

There are no secrets in the entertainment industry, let alone among TV stations. There are only five TV stations in Japan, the circle is very small, and everyone knows each other, so any news will naturally spread quickly.

What's more, it's related to Shuyou. The joke that Director Sakai told to his subordinates while drinking privately, "A short film cost us 1 billion yen," seemed to be a complaint on the surface, but was actually a boast inside, and it spread among the TV stations.

Fuji TV's production director Kazuki Takano felt bad after hearing this. After all, Naoki Nagayama is a shareholder of Fuji TV! They had a good cooperation in the past!

Why are all the attention paid to other TV stations now?!

What? Aren’t the flowers at home as fragrant as the wild flowers outside? !

So, taking the opportunity to visit Akina Nakamori, Kazuki Takano has started to think about pillow talk~

"This is an animation~" Akina said a little embarrassedly, "Naoki-san may think that Tokyo TV is more suitable for broadcasting animation."

"This is totally prejudice!" Takano Kazuki said excitedly, "Our Fuji TV animation ratings are also very high! It's also a very important program type! There are also many young people looking forward to good animation!"

"Ah, this" Mingcai didn't know how to respond for a moment.

"I'm not saying anything, Akina-chan, but sometimes you should persuade your husband. Fuji TV is the real deal! How can you give all these good things to other TV stations?"

Kono Kazuki complained like Xianglin Sao,

"Can't Fuji TV afford the money? We have plenty of money!"

".Hehe~" Akina smiled awkwardly, "Indeed. Indeed, Fuji TV is not short of money~"

Seeing that what he wanted to say had already been said, Kazuki Takano added a few more words with deep affection, such as "We are family", "Fuji TV values ​​Naoki-san very much", and "I hope we can continue to work together in the future".

"Haha, I accidentally said so much. Is Akina-chan going to prepare for the performance? I won't bother you~"

Kazuki Takano then said goodbye and left~

When the door of the lounge was closed, Yukiko Okada, who had been careful and silent all this time, finally relaxed.

"Minister Akina-chan Takano Ikki, are you here to build relationships?!"

"Yeah, he talked a lot about this and that."

This is also the first time that Akina has encountered such a situation. It seems that it is inconvenient for Kazuki Takano to act coquettishly directly with Nagayama Naoki, so he has to go around it and say soft words?

"I've never seen Minister Kono so down-to-earth before."

Yukiko Okada lamented that every time she met Kazuki Takano in the past, she always seemed to be superior to him.

In fact, as the director of the production department of Fuji TV, Kazuki Kono would not stoop to visit any star in person.

Because there was no Internet in this era, in the eyes of large media with near monopoly, such as TV stations, the entire entertainment industry depends on them for their livelihood, and artists are just cattle and horses with better performance, or even lower.

Even if he is a big star, he is just the sales champion of the business department. The executives can only be more friendly and kind in attitude. It is impossible for him to praise the sales champion to the sky like small companies in later generations.

After all, in Japan, TV stations can really directly promote a newcomer into another big star!

The stars in the entertainment industry are also very pitiful. Although they seem to be very glamorous on the surface, in the eyes of the real bosses behind the scenes, they are just commodities.

However, Akina Nakamori is naturally different. On the one hand, she is a shareholder of Ken-On and can be considered a part of its capital.

On the other hand, she is Naoki Nagayama's wife, which means she is the wife of the chairman of a cooperative company with equal status, so it is natural that the executives should try to please her.

"Just trying to find out."

Mingcai sighed. After becoming the chairman's wife, these things happened more frequently. Fortunately, she had basically stayed at home to take care of the pregnancy and give birth to the child during the past year of marriage, and no one had come to her house yet.

"Forget it, Yukiko-chan, let's continue talking about the performance. Which one are you in?"

"In the middle. Where's Akina-chan?"

“I scheduled the show for the finale.”

In the evening, Naoki Nagayama returned from the set after dinner.

Mingcai had to record until very late today, so naturally she didn't come back, so he would take care of Xiahua tonight.

"Hana-chan, daddy is back~"

Picking up Xiao Xiahua from the crib, Naoki Nagayama fell into the mentality of a daughter slave.

"Do you miss daddy? Can daddy take you for a walk in the yard?"

Mari Nonaka, who was taking care of him, shook her head.

"Naoki-san, we took the baby out this afternoon and it's almost dark now. The baby's eyes haven't developed well yet, so he can't see clearly!"

“Oh, I see~”

Naoki Nagayama could only hold Xia Hua in his arms and sit down on the sofa.

"Then watch TV with Dad!"

"Ah~~Ah~~" Xiao Xiahua made some incomprehensible whimpering sounds, and it seemed that she was also interacting with Nagayama Naoki.

"Come on, Hua-chan, call me pa~pa"

But Xia Hua didn't give him face at all, and didn't even look at his father~

Naoki Nagayama, who was holding the baby, began to try to teach the baby to call daddy. He made a bet with Akina, saying that the child would call daddy or mommy first, and the bet was who would buy Xiahua's toys in the future~

However, girls seem to be closer to their fathers when they are young, and closer to their mothers after puberty. It seems to be the opposite of boys! What can I do?

"Naoki-san, babies won't be able to talk until they are about one year old!"

Nonaka Mari brought a small piece of clothing to Xiahua.

"It's going to be cooler at night, wear one more layer~"

"Haha, I'm training her in advance. When she can talk, the first word she'll say will definitely be daddy!"

“.”

Mari Nonaka smiled. She and Akina would tease Natsuka to call her mom every day in private. Naoki-san, you have no chance!

Just as Naoki Nagayama was lying on the sofa, playing with the baby on his belly, the landline next to him suddenly rang!

"Ding-ling-ling~"

The sudden sound made Xia Hua shudder, but because she was next to her father, she didn't cry, but just looked up curiously~

I can actually lift my head!

"Moshi Moshi, this is Yamazakurain."

Naoki Nagayama didn't stand up, but reached out and took the phone.

"Moses, this is Naoya Sakata." The voice of Naoya Sakata from the Honma Design Office came over the phone, "Is this Naoki-san?"

"Hi, it's me. But Sakata-san should be in Jurassic Island, right?"

Naoki Nagayama naturally knew that an uninhabited island was being built in the Seto Inland Sea. The preliminary design had been finalized some time ago, and he had now taken the construction team to the construction site.

"Hi, I'm calling from the island"

"Did something happen?"

"Ah, yes!" Naoya Sakata nodded, "Naoki-san, during the construction on the island, several hot springs were discovered!"

"spa?"

"Hey, it turns out that this island was formed by an underwater volcanic eruption. I didn't expect there are hot springs underneath."

"Uh," Naoki Nagayama said in surprise, "If there is a hot spring, then that means there is magma underneath? Will it erupt?"

"No, no, no. Researchers have investigated and found that this island has been formed for thousands of years. Even the crater has no shape anymore and it won't erupt anymore."

Naoya Sakata said directly that he had invited a volcanologist to investigate and made the call only after confirming that everything was fine.

"The hot springs are just heated underground water veins thousands of meters deep, similar to the hot springs in Hakone."

"That's good"

Naoki Nagayama nodded. With so many hot springs in Japan, he had no reason to worry about volcanic eruptions.

"Did Sakata-san call just to tell me this?"

"Hey, since there are several hot springs, I would like to ask Naoki-san if we want to build a hot spring resort here?!"

"Oh? Is the temperature high?"

"It's over 30 degrees in winter now, which is pretty good. If we dig a little deeper, it might be higher."

"Hmm," Naoki Nagayama nodded, "Then let's build one, so we can go to the island and soak in the hot springs."

"Ha, I told you Naoki-san would agree."

Sakata Naoya's tone was somewhat excited.

"Then I'll determine all the hot springs and then draw the design for Naoki-san to review!"

"Hi, thank you for your help~"

After hanging up the phone, Naoki Naoyama said to Xia Hua who looked confused:

"Hana-chan, do you want to take a hot spring bath? Call me papa, and I'll take you to the hot spring when you grow up~~~"