Tokyo Bubble Life

Chapter 1410-1419, how about letting Naoki-san make a movie about a stock market crash?!

Chapter 1410-1419, how about letting Naoki-san make a movie about a stock market crash?!

Ever since hearing about the fireworks show, Akina has been begging to come to Jurassic Island with Naoki Nagayama.

Even if Naoki Nagayama said he'd see a bigger fireworks display in the summer, it still won't work~

"I should have just given birth and was in my postpartum period at that time!"

Akina spoke eloquently, explaining her reasons for going.

"She's physically weak, has no energy, and has to take care of the little one, so she definitely won't be in the mood to watch fireworks!"

"So let's watch one game while we can!"

"."

I've heard that recovery is faster after a second pregnancy. Besides, all the nannies in my household should be able to help, and hopefully, Akina-chan won't end up in such a miserable situation.

However, Naoki Nagayama didn't say much. At this point, as long as Akina wasn't anti-human, whatever she said was right.

"Alright then, let's go together."

Since we have a private jet at home, let's just treat it as a walk!

"Arigato, Naoki-san, you're the best!"

At this moment, Xia Hua, who had been scratching the dog's ear, finally realized what was happening, ran to her parents, and looked up to ask:

"Where to go?"

Akina smiled and patted the little guy's head:

"Hana-chan, shall we go see some beautiful fireworks?! On that island we've been to before, and there are dinosaur plush toys too."

"it is good!"

Xia Hua didn't care about any of that. She didn't really know what fireworks were, and she wasn't very familiar with Jurassic Island either. But as long as she could go out with her parents, that was all that mattered!

Nowadays, the Nagayama family doesn't need much preparation for going out. They have a dedicated driver for their car, a crew for their airplane, and their baby's items are relatively simple. They also have backups in frequently used places. More importantly, they have money!

Taking a spontaneous trip is absolutely no problem!

So after making the phone call in the morning, Naoki Nagayama took Akina, Natsuka, and their nanny Mari Nonaka onto a plane to the Seto Inland Sea in the afternoon.

Two hours later, the little guy, who was still sleeping, was carried by Naoki Nagayama to Jurassic Island.

"Naoki-san!"

Naoya Sakata personally came to the airport to greet them, and immediately lowered his voice when he saw Naoki Nagayama holding the baby.

"Did you bring some asai mulberry and flower jam with you this time?"

"Yes, they both want to see the fireworks show too."

Seeing that Akina was having some difficulty moving around, Naoki Nagayama put the flower sauce in the stroller that Nono Mari had brought, and then gently helped Akina onto the tour bus.

Naoya Sakata watched this scene from the side, feeling deeply moved. Everyone says that Naoki Nagayama and Akina Nakamori have a good relationship, and you can see it from such details!

Even at the height of the bubble economy and with the most female admirers, Japanese men's machismo wouldn't manifest in such thoughtful details with their female partners. At most, it would involve gifts, nightclubs, fancy meals, and luxury hotels.

"Alright, Sakata-san."

After Akina was seated, Naoki Nagayama said to Naoya Sakata,

"Let's settle into the resort hotel first, and then watch the fireworks show tonight."

Now that we've come to the island, we'll naturally spend a day there.

"Hi!"

Naoya Sakata immediately told the driver to start the car.

"We've prepared a room. It's the presidential suite that Naoki-san stayed in last time."

Like Sanmeiju, the resort hotel on Jurassic Island will always reserve the best room for Naoki Nagayama!

The tour bus slowly moved along the park's paths, offering panoramic views of the surrounding scenery.

Returning to Jurassic Island, looking at the increasingly sophisticated facilities and the dinosaur models that could be seen at any time, Naoki Nagayama couldn't help but feel a sense of感慨 (gan3kai3, a complex feeling of mixed emotions, including nostalgia and reflection).

"Jurassic Park will definitely attract a lot of visitors after it opens!"

"Of course."

Naoya Sakata laughed.

"Recently, quite a few people have been taking advantage of the regular ferry schedule to come and enjoy the trip!"

"Haha, are you all teenagers?"

"Quite a few adults are among them."

After all, it's an island, and supplies need to be delivered regularly from neighboring Ehime Prefecture. It's impossible to guard against them bringing people along.

"Sakata-san."

Akina, who had just been admiring the scenery, suddenly spoke up.

"If the park opens, will it be necessary to add more dedicated cruise ships?"

"Yes, at least two cruise ships are needed, working in shifts."

Naoya Sakata answered the landlady's question.

"We have already arranged to contact the shipping company."

"Huh? Don't we have our own boat?"

"Yes, we do have boats on our island, but they are all small boats. The small cruise ships are used for sightseeing and cannot be used to transport large groups of people."

"I see."

Having satisfied her curiosity, Akina continued to admire the scenery, while Naoki Nagayama finally spoke up and asked:

"Are the security facilities on the island adequate?"

"Hi, regarding safety, we have made detailed plans and set up a dedicated clinic on the island with an emergency room. In case of any injuries, once the condition is stable enough, we will transfer the patient to a larger hospital."

The medical services on the island are certainly not those of a comprehensive hospital; at most, they are just like a community health center. Adding an emergency room is already considered an over-allocation.

Most importantly, Jurassic Island and the municipal hospital in Ehime Prefecture have reached an agreement to call in an emergency helicopter at any time.

Along the way, Naoki Nagayama asked many questions, and Naoya Sakata answered them all, which put Naoki Nagayama at ease.

After arriving at the resort hotel, the group settled in and waited for the evening's fireworks show.

Meanwhile, in an office building in Ginza, Nakai Genta was having further talks with a group of investment firm executives.

"Nomura Securities can only use 500 billion yen for now. If we use any more, it will attract regulatory attention!"

"Daiwa Capital has access to 450 billion yen."

"If we communicate with other member companies and try to squeeze some money together, Itochu Corporation's private equity fund could have over 1000 billion yen."

As one of the conglomerates, Itochu Corporation's economic scale naturally far exceeds 1000 billion yen, but for the time being, the amount of funds that can be allocated to private equity funds is limited.

This was only agreed upon after Investment Minister Mitsuhiro Katagiri and the Chairman explained that it was a joint action spearheaded by Shuyou Capital, which led to the temporary transfer of funds from other companies under the conglomerate.

After each institution finished speaking, including Shuyou Capital, this was a collective operation by seven large and medium-sized investment institutions, with a total operating fund of nearly 300 billion yen!

Katagiri Mitsuhiro looked at Nakai Kenta:

"Yuan Tai-san, is there anything wrong with this operation?! Will it get the regulators to intervene directly?"

"With the total market capitalization of the Japanese stock market now exceeding 600 trillion yen, they won't pay much attention to this amount of money!"

Nakai Genta was actually quite calm. After witnessing Nagayama Naoki's large-scale operation, he was somewhat disappointed with this Ponzi scheme; it was only a little over $15 billion. Nagayama's private group alone had over $30 billion in the US.

I don't know how these Japanese investment institutions managed to do this; seven of them pooled their resources and they only got this little.

In reality, even the investment firms wouldn't dare to bet their entire fortune. According to rational investment principles, a single risky move should not exceed one-tenth of the total capital.

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Upon hearing that it was only a small amount of money, the heads of several investment institutions were stunned. This amounted to over 3000 billion yuan, the total market capitalization of more than a dozen listed companies!

What exactly has raised the bar for Nakai Genta, the friend of Tree Friends?!

Oh, right, it must have been Tree Friends Capital that made a fortune during the previous stock market crash!

"cough cough"

Akihisa Ueno of Daiwa Capital cautiously asked the question that all the investment gurus were curious about.

"Minister Nakai, we're all very curious about how much money Shuyou Capital invested in the last stock market crash!"

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Nakai Genta looked up at the assembled bigwigs in the conference room, a slight smile playing on his lips:

"You can't tell me that!"

"Hey! Yuan Tai-san, don't be like that." "Yeah, yeah, tell us!" "I've been itching to hear it!" "."

As if their curiosity had been piqued, all the bigwigs present started making a fuss.

Although there's a saying that one shouldn't flaunt their wealth, in the investment world, wealth is a symbol of strength, and everyone here has analysts who are proficient in mathematics and finance, so they certainly know roughly the size of the funds.

However, Shuyu Capital basically uses Naoki Nagayama's own money, and since it operates in multiple countries and doesn't need to report to others, no one knows the specific amount.

"Hahaha~"

Nakai Genta practiced Tai Chi skillfully.

"I'm only responsible for operations in the US; I don't know anything else!"

"Wonta-san, you...you..." "At least reveal a little something, let us broaden our horizons!"

"Okay. Actually, it's roughly our current Ponzi scheme, a little over a billion US dollars."

"A billion dollars?!" "Sigma!" "That's amazing!"

Everyone was amazed by Nakai Genta's answer.

With over $10 billion in funding in the US alone, what about globally? It seems that TreeFriend Capital has truly reached the scale of a conglomerate, far beyond the level of typical venture capital firms!

After a series of exclamations of surprise, Nakai Genta discussed the operation of the light industrial products project with them, making arrangements for this large-scale project that would last for a quarter.

"Alright, according to Naoki-san's prediction, this quarter, no, it will probably last until September. Everyone's focus will be on this matter, and they won't have the energy to deal with anything else."

In his closing remarks to the assembled leaders, Nakai Genta said...

"So, Naoki-san said he won't be attending the analysis meetings for a while. I'll chair them instead!"

"What?!" "What?! Naoki-san isn't coming?!" "How can this be?!"

Upon hearing this, everyone groaned in dismay.

"Haha, what's wrong? Can't I host it?!"

Nakai Wonta smiled and said,

"I'm the one who liaises with you all. I'm the one who handles the specific operations and arrangements!"

"Naoki-san has never really liked getting involved in the actual operations."

Hidaka Yasuhiro paused for a moment, then said:

"Oh, of course it's not that Yuan Tai-san is bad, it's just that we want to see Naoki-san more often and get closer to him!"

“Yes,” Yasuhiro Kajiwara continued, “Even if we don’t talk about investments, it would be nice to talk about other things!”

"Ha ha."

Nakai Genta laughed again.

"Do you guys want to hear Naoki-san brag?!"

"Haha, it would be even better if you could praise Naoki-san's actions during the stock market crash!"

Mitsuka Suga, the head of the Risk Business Center (VEC) in Japan, nodded with a smile.

"Even now, people in the industry are still very curious about Naoki Nagayama's divine move!"

Upon hearing this, Nakai Genta shook his head:

"Wouldn't it be best to make a movie to let you understand the cause and effect?!"

"Haha, that's perfect!" "Yeah, Naoki-san is a famous director!" "That's a great idea!"

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As dusk fell, Naoki Nagayama, at the resort hotel, received a call from Genta Nakai, who was reporting on the progress of the operation.

After discussing the specific funding details, Nakai Genta jokingly said with a smile:

"Haha, Naoki-san. They want you to film your previous mega-scheme!"

"He also said that if the film is made, he will make sure everyone in the industry comes to learn from it, and every company will book a whole theater!"

"They even said they'd make it a must-see educational film for aspiring investors!"

Naoki Nagayama laughed upon hearing Nakai Genta's words.

"Hahaha, these guys are dreaming. They want me to make a movie just for them!"

"My appearance fee is very high!"

"My appearance fee isn't cheap either!" Nakai Genta laughed. "They were just joking~"

"Alright, alright. Let's continue with the previous plan!"

Naoki Nagayama didn't take it to heart and said to Genta Nakai,

"I'll leave these next few months in your care, Mr. Yuan!"

"Hahaha, what are you saying? After resting for so long, I've been itching to get back to work!"

"."

After hanging up the phone, Naoki Nagayama held his mobile phone, looked at the twinkling lights outside the window, and shook his head.

"Ha, you want me to make movies? You really dare to dream."

However, at this moment, a movie I had previously recalled suddenly came to mind: The Big Short.

He recalled that movie before the stock market crash, which reminded him of all the information about the crash. However, he then hid it away.

Before the stock market crash, there was even an idea to make this movie first to increase public opinion advantage and make it easier for the US to manipulate the market, but in the end, it was abandoned.

"Speaking of which, combining the plot of 'The Big Short' with 'Black Monday' seems like a really interesting idea."

Now that six months have passed since the stock market crash, the whole world is reflecting on its causes and consequences. At this time, a movie about the stock market crash will definitely attract a lot of attention!

Moreover, the filming of "The Big Short" was quite simple. It involved only a few people and a few scenes, with minimal action sequences and no need for large-scale scenes. It could have been filmed in a film set in Daejeon-gu. No, no, it could have been completed in an office building!

"It seems I've been idle for quite a while now."

"Mr. Otomo is also urging us to start the next project."

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The more Naoki Nagayama thought about it, the more it yearned for it. It turned out that the Naoki Nagayama who had always been content with a peaceful life had, after experiencing a higher level of spiritual pursuit, come to cherish the spiritual satisfaction of self-actualization.

Just as Naoki Nagayama was lost in thought, he heard light, hurried footsteps behind him.

Turning around, I saw Natsuki, wearing a dinosaur costume, running towards me and immediately lunging at Naoki Nagayama's thigh:

"Ah woo~~"

"Oh my god, where did this dinosaur come from?!"

Naoki Nagayama accompanied the screams.

"It hurts so much to be bitten!"

The little guy was so excited when he heard that that he hugged my leg and started munching on it, making happy "ah-woo-woo" noises.

Naoki Nagayama let out two screams, then suddenly picked up the little guy:

"You bit me so many times! I'm going to bite you back! Ouch!"

Then he took a bite out of Xia Hua's tender cheek, making the little one giggle.

"Ah, don't bite. Hehehe ah hehe."

As the father and daughter playfully wrestled and yelled at each other, the slow-moving Akina sighed helplessly and scolded them:

"Alright, stop fooling around, we're going to watch the fireworks!"

"."

Upon hearing this, the two, one big and one small, immediately fell silent. Nagayama Naoki, with his arm around Natsuka, looked at Akina:

"Hua Jiang, look. What's that over there?"

"It's Mom."

"No!" Naoki Nagayama grinned mischievously, "It's prey!"

"Quickly, use the Raptor Flower Pill to bite her!"

As he spoke, he held up the little summer flower and brought it close to Akina's side, letting the little one kiss Akina's cheek!

"Hey you two!!"

Akina's face was covered in drool from the little one's nagging, so she reluctantly snatched the baby away and put it aside. Then she used a tissue to wipe her own face and her daughter's face. Naoki Nagayama also leaned in to wipe his face.

"You're about to leave and you're still acting so recklessly!"

"Okay, okay, I'm done playing!"

After wiping his face, Naoki Nagayama carried the little one under one arm and linked his arm with Akina's with his other, walking towards the hotel entrance, where a tour bus was already waiting.

After getting in the car, we arrived at the port town a few minutes later.

By this time, it had already gotten dark, but the port town was still brightly lit.

The adjacent bay was also filled with neon lights and colorful light strips, the dazzling lights scattering into countless shimmering colors in the sparkling water.

"Naoki-san!"

Naoya Sakata and Takahiro Makino both came over.

"The fireworks show is ready, and the light show is also for you to see. Which one would you like to see first?"

"Of course we'll go together!"

Naoki Nagayama smiled and said,

"The most stunning sight is when the sky and the water bloom together!"

"Hi!"

Upon receiving Naoki Nagayama's instructions, Takahiro Makino immediately notified the fireworks ship in the harbor and the control room via radio!

The harbor's colorful lights lit up in succession, flickering and changing to form dazzling patterns and animations, a riot of colors.

As the first firework soared into the sky, bursting into bloom, the once-dark night sky was filled with colorful fireworks.

The colorful lights and dazzling fireworks on the sea blend together, like the most magnificent painting, yet the waves shatter it into an even more mesmerizing halo.

In an instant, the sky, the ocean, and the ground were all bathed in a brilliant rainbow, as if we had suddenly stepped from the human world into a fairytale wonderland, and everything seemed so unreal.

This scene made Naoki Nagayama, Akina, and Natsuka, who were standing in the best positions, widen their eyes in amazement.