Tokyo Bubble Life

Chapter 1069 1078, No matter where you are, people with connections will always cut in line!!!

After staying in the architectural design office for a while and describing all the plans in his mind to Naoya Sakata, Naoki Nagayama said goodbye and left.

Seeing the small notebook full of notes in Naoya Sakata's hand, Naoki Nagayama was a little worried that asking so many of the client would probably add a lot of pressure to the designers.

Forget it, this time the design draft comes out, it will definitely not be the colorful black one!

The morning was already halfway through, and Naoki Nagayama drove directly to the milk tea shop in Ikebukuro, where he saw two milk tea sisters busy at work in uniform.

After a period of operation, this "Mi Xue" milk tea has become famous in the neighborhood, and there are also customers who come here to visit.

Changing the direction, Naoki Nagayama slipped into the staff room from the back door and changed his clothes:

"Tsuruko, Chunshui-chan, you've worked hard today too!"

"Why are you late today, Ni-chan?"

Hezi was directing the new waiters to go to the tables. During the peak hours of the milk tea shop, it was too late for one person to make milk tea, collect the cash and serve.

"I went to communicate with the architectural designer~"

"Eh? Ni-chan, are you going to decorate the house again?"

"Almost~"

"Damn rich people!"

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Hezi, you have to think carefully. The apartment you live in now was also bought by your brother, that damn rich man!

But it's not Tsuruko's fault. After the bubble started, Naoki Nagayama was not the only one who saw the potential of real estate. Countless quick-witted people in Japan saw it and desperately bought properties, driving the entire property market up.

Today's real estate and stock markets have become a hot topic among housewives when they chat.

Things like “all the houses have been bought by rich people”, “it’s a pity that I didn’t act earlier”, “investors”, “capitalists”, etc. In fact, many people just regret that they were not among the people who acted earlier.

"Tsuruko. Junshui-chan" Naoki Nagayama started the first cup of hand-made lemon tea of ​​the day while chatting casually, "Do you guys have any idea of ​​buying a house?"

"us?"

Tsuruko and Ishii Junsui were stunned for a moment, then Ishii Junsui shook his head and said,

"Why buy a house? Aren't you going to live in your husband's house after you get married?"

Tsuruko smiled happily beside him:

"Yeah, let Iwai-senpai buy it! Haha~"

Ishii Junsui was not to be outdone:

"Your Kaneda-san has to buy one too!"

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"I say, can't you two have some ideals?" Naoki Naoyama sighed, "Obviously, this milk tea shop has been open for a year, and we can almost pay the down payment. Wouldn't it be better to take out a loan and buy a house of our own?"

"It's too tiring to pay off the loan," Ishii Junsui said matter-of-factly. "If I had money, I would buy bags, clothes, cosmetics, and go traveling."

"Yes, yes~"

Watching the conversation between the two girls, Naoki Nagayama shook his head. It turned out that no matter where you are, buying a house is probably the man's responsibility.

Forget it, Naoki Nagayama doesn't want to interfere in other people's lives. Anyway, with him as her brother, Tsuruko will never lack a place to live.

"Tsuruko, Junshui-chan." Naoki Nagayama changed the subject, "Have you learned how to make all the milk teas on the menu during this period?"

"Hi~" Ishii Junsui nodded, "Naoki-san, are you going to teach a new one?"

"no."

Naoki Nagayama said,

“For new products, you can try to develop them yourself, and if you think they taste good, you can add them to the menu.”

"Okay~"

"Tsuruko~" Naoki Nagayama looked at his sister, "In a couple of days, Brother Feng might send someone from his hometown to the store to learn how to make milk tea. You can teach them then!"

"Eh!!!"

Tsuruko opened her eyes wide and asked in a low voice,

"Brother Feng, isn't that the Yakuza?"

"Yeah~" Naoki Nagayama nodded and comforted, "Don't worry, we are all people who want to turn over a new leaf. We will open a milk tea shop for a living in the future."

As for the Nagayama Group in their hometown, about half of the members chose to continue to join the yakuza. Led by their younger brother from the original club, they split into four or five small clubs in Shizuoka.

The remaining half were preparing to change careers, and some of them were absorbed into Yongshan Feng's Melody KTV. As for the rest, some received severance pay, and some were preparing to switch to the milk tea business. There were about a hundred people in total.

Actually, it is best to work in a KTV, because the entertainment business is booming now and you can make a lot of money. But there are always some people who don’t want to be waiters and want to be their own boss~

"Several of them will learn here and then open a milk tea chain in Tokyo called Heilongtang."

"Pfft~" Ishii Junsui, who was eavesdropping, couldn't hold back his words, "The Black Dragon Hall sounds like the Yakuza."

Naoki Nagayama rolled his eyes:

"You don't allow others to reminisce about the past? This is called not forgetting your roots!"

"Anyway, Tsuruko and Junsui-chan, teach a few people a lesson in a couple of days."

Hezi curled his lips:

"Ni-chan, why don't you teach me yourself?!"

"Brother Feng and I are of the same generation! If you teach me how to make milk tea, I'll be laughed at!" Naoki Nagayama said confidently, "I'll leave this matter to you. Do you hear me?"

"Hi~~~" X2

In NTV's headquarters building, the decoration of the "Neon Voice" studio is almost completed.

In fact, the requirements for the show scene are not very high. It only requires a curtain, a stage, a few rotating chairs, and step lights on the ground that can be turned on by remote control.

As soon as the custom-made chairs arrive from the factory, the rest can be completed simply by relying on the current stage art.

"Mina-san, be quiet~~"

Producer Kazuhisa Fujiwara shouted to the others in the studio, then signaled to the director to start playing music.

All that could be heard was Mozart's G major string serenade coming from the speakers. The cheerful melody made everyone who heard it couldn't help but nod along to the beat.

In the studio, both the high and low notes are crystal clear, and even the original reverberation is very slight under the sound-absorbing walls.

"Not bad, not bad!" Fujiwara Ichihisa nodded as he listened to the music. "As expected of the sound equipment ordered from the United States, the effect is perfect!"

After testing the sound system, Fujiwara Kazuhisa continued to check the stage conditions in the studio for a while before returning to the Shuyou Building to report to Yoshimura Otomo.

"The Otomo-san studio is almost ready."

"Well, in that case, can we start recording?"

Yoshimura Otomo made hot tea for Fujiwara Ikkusa. Although it was a bit strange to drink tea on such a hot day, Fujiwara Ikkusa didn't say much and just thought it was just a little habit of Mr. Shuyou.

"Yes, Otomo-san. How are the contestants' selections going?"

"About the players"

Yoshimura Otomo sighed. He was very troubled by this matter.

Ever since Shuyou was going to produce "Neon Voices", many entertainment agencies have been vying to invite Yoshimura Otomo to have dinner and drinks together.

In fact, there is only one purpose, which is to get some of their own new artist idols into the show.

Don’t think it’s just a new talent show that doesn’t have any historical results yet, but everyone knows that this is a show planned by Naoki Nagayama, and no one dares to underestimate it!

Didn't you see how much exposure "Music Station" has received and how much viewership it has brought to TV Asahi?

What's more, when the program was just being produced, there were no big stars involved. Only Naoki Nagayama's lover Akina Nakamori and the familiar boys' team participated out of respect.

Then the Boys' Team served as the opening performance guests, and have been the opening guests until now. The Boys' Team jumped from a second-rate idol group to the top, and has remained at the top ever since!

This is the benefit of early investment!

"Alas," Yoshimura Otomo sighed, "Fujiwara-san, the wine in the entertainment industry is not drunk for nothing!"

“Hahaha, shouldn’t Otomo-san be used to this kind of thing?” Fujiwara Ikki laughed, “It’s just a few more artists.”

This can be said to be basic operation in the entertainment industry.

"But, the first-time contestants were all confirmed by Naoki-san," said Yoshimura Otomo. "You know, Naoki-san is sometimes easy to talk to, and sometimes very stubborn."

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Fujiwara Ichihisa could understand that Naoki was easy to talk to, after all, he was always friendly, but was he very stubborn? He had never met him, after all, he had not had much contact with him.

"The main principle of his show this time is blind audition," said Yoshimura Otomo. "If the singing doesn't impress him, he won't agree anyway."

"Is that so?" Fujiwara Ichihisa didn't know how to persuade him and could only sigh a few times.

"Is Naoki-san not here today?"

"Ah, she didn't come today," Yoshimura Otomo shook his head, "Maybe she's staying at home with Akina-chan. The due date is getting closer, and she could give birth at any time."

"What a good man!"

Fujiwara Kazuhisa sighed.

In Japan, there are still very few men who are willing to accompany their wives while they are expecting their babies. The current concept is that men should venture out into the world and not worry about household matters.

"Yeah yeah."

Although the two middle-aged and elderly people from the early Showa era did not quite agree with Naoki Nagayama's approach, since he was the boss, they could only agree with him.

After a while, Yoshimura Otomo said:

"Forget it, I'll just stuff the tapes sent by the agency into Naoki-san's basket. After all, those who can be signed as artists must have some singing skills. As for whether they can be selected, it all depends on their luck!"

"That's fine too." Fujiwara Ikki nodded, "But Otomo-san, when Naoki-san comes over, please remind him that he needs to be selected as soon as possible. That way, the recording can start as soon as possible."

"Hi!"

After Fujiwara Kazuhisa left, Yoshimura Otomo took out some tapes from his briefcase, which were sample tapes given to him in person by other agencies, and then walked into Naoki Nagayama's office.

On the desk in Naoki Nagayama's office, a basket of DEMOs screened by the "Neon Voices" working group is placed in the center. These are sent to Naoki Nagayama for screening every day.

Fangcun Dayou stuffed the sample tape in his hand, and stuffed it in separately, and couldn't help but see a few names

"Tanabe Eisuke. From Kyoto."

"Hoshino Rikizo. He's from Osaka."

"Eita Otani from Hokkaido"

“There are people from all over the place.”

"This is Sachiko Kamachi from Kanagawa. She's in Shizuoka, not far from Naoki-san's hometown."

"This time, "Neon Voice" really attracted people from all over the country~"

Yoshimura Otomo sighed and stuffed the last demo tape in his hand. He would not take out other people's DEMOs just to increase the chances of his own demo tape being accepted. This would be too shameless.

After quickly stuffing the sample tape into his pocket, Yoshimura Otomo walked out leisurely.

Although it is a bit unfair to the contestants who have been screened through various levels.

But this is life, this is the entertainment industry, people with connections can always get in line everywhere!

Fortunately, this time "Neon Voice" is supervised by Naoki Nagayama, otherwise all the contestants would probably be people in the circle!

After Yoshimura Otomo stuffed the demo tape in, he put the matter behind him. As the CEO of Shuyou, he has a lot of things to focus on besides "Neon Voice".

For example, the second Tokyo International Film Festival is ongoing.

For example, the progress of other artists' albums.

Kanagawa.

Sachiko Kamachi is at home on vacation from university.

"Oune-san~" Minako Kamachi said to her sister who was packing her luggage, "Have you booked a place to stay in Tokyo? You won't be coming back for the entire summer vacation?"

"Yes, the magazine said they helped me contact the dormitory." Sachiko Kamachi nodded. "This time I will be doing a summer job and will not be back until the end of August, and then I will go directly to the university."

"I really want to go to Tokyo~"

Minako is in high school, and it's natural for a kid her age to want to go.

"You can definitely go in the future," Kamachi Sachiko consoled, "as long as Minako is admitted to a university in Tokyo!"

“Hey~~~That must be difficult!”

Minako Kamachi sighed and lay on the table like a frustrated turtle.

But he soon remembered something and became full of energy again.

"If I can be selected in that audition, I can go to Tokyo!"

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"That's it!" Minako saw that her sister seemed to have forgotten, so she reminded her, "Didn't we all submit a tape for the 'Neon Voice'?!"

"Tape?"

Then Sachiko Kamachi remembered that her sister wanted to record a tape to participate in the audition a few days ago, but she was too shy to go alone, so she insisted on dragging her to record the DEMO together.

She was busy with her part-time modeling job in Tokyo during this period, and didn't pay any attention to the talent show.

The so-called "Neon Voice" is just another idol audition. It is certain that they won't select someone as old as her!

Sachiko Kamachi is already nineteen years old and is about to become an adult. The best time for her to debut as an idol has passed, and she has no idea about being an idol anymore.

"I say, Minako." Kamachi Sachiko tapped her sister's forehead, "If you want to be selected for the show, you might as well study hard! The chances will be higher!"

"I'm not going to pay any attention to you!" Minako Kamachi went downstairs angrily.

Kamachi Sachiko shook her head and smiled helplessly. The dreams of youth are not so easily extinguished.

After packing her clothes, she went to the phone and called her boyfriend, telling him about going to Tokyo.

"No need to send me off, my father will take me to the station~"

"I won't be seeing you for a long time. Don't talk to other girls during this time!"

"We have to talk on the phone every night!"

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Sachiko Kamachi, who has a pretty face and a pair of long legs, is of course the object of pursuit in college, and she is also very sweet with her boyfriend~

It's just that the passionate youthful love in school days sometimes wakes you up with the cold water of reality after entering the society.

Tokyo's prosperity makes more than just the eyes dizzy; the entertainment industry's dye vat makes more than just clothes stained

(End of this chapter)