Tokyo Bubble Life

Chapter 1160 Chapter 1169, You guys rebelled too quickly, didn't you?!

When I returned to Yamazakurain in the evening, a cold wind was blowing, and the fine snowflakes hit my windbreaker, making a rustling sound.

"It's going to snow again~"

After parking the car in the garage, Yingtaro rushed out to greet us, wagging his tail, and his thick tail slapped the wheels as if he had no feeling of pain.

"Yoshi. Yingtaro is here to take me home again!"

"Wang Wang Wang!"

"Good dog!"

Naoki Nagayama walked into the garage through the small door while stroking the dog's head.

The butler Ah Fu was already waiting inside the door. He bowed slightly:

"Naoki-san, welcome back~"

"Ha, thank you for your hard work~"

Naoki Nagayama said to the butler Afu,

"It's snowing outside again. I guess it will snow several more times this winter. It's really cold!"

"Yes sir, according to the weather forecast, there will be moderate to heavy snow tomorrow, and the temperature will be between 1-5℃. It is recommended to wear a scarf and an umbrella when going out."

Hearing this, Naoki Nagayama couldn't help but sigh:

"Alfred, you answered like an intelligent robot."

The butler Ah Fu didn't know if this was a compliment, so he just said, "This is the butler's duty."

"Haha, the smart butler will call you 'Xiaofu classmate' from now on!"

".Please don't!"

After chatting with the housekeeper for a few words, Naoki Nagayama went to the west building where the small family lived. After pushing open the door, a warm feeling suddenly hit his face, making him feel comfortable all of a sudden.

Yingtaro also ran inside quickly~

"I'm back~"

What I didn’t shout out in the garage was only shouted out here.

"Welcome back~"

Akina, who was originally in the living room with the baby, came over after hearing the sound and welcomed the return of her husband.

Naoki Nagayama also saw Akina, who was wearing blue and white furisode, a purple belt, and her hair was tied with a pure white headband.

Under the light, her fair skin is like delicate porcelain, her slender neck shows soft curves, her eyes are bright, her teeth are bright, she is dignified and beautiful, like a blue periwinkle fairy~

"Wow~~~ So beautiful!"

Obviously, she wore it for herself, so Naoki Nagayama naturally wanted to give it enough emotional value, and took Akina's hand and turned around.

"Why are you wearing a kimono now?"

“It’s for a spring-themed shoot!”

Akina smiled happily. Seeing her husband's amazed look, she felt that all the anticipation since the afternoon was worth it.

"I was invited by Hanataki magazine to be a character for the spring theme. This year's theme is blue, so I took a blue kimono to try it out~"

"'Hana Tsubaki'?"

Naoki Nagayama was a little surprised.

"Is this the one from Shiseido that has no ads?"

"Hi!"

Akina said happily,

"Editor-in-chief Nakajo Masayoshi called me and said that my life journey from an ordinary woman to an idol, singer, actress, and now I am looking forward to becoming a fashion designer is very suitable for the theme of "Hanatsubaki" magazine."

“Women can do whatever they want!”

"Hanatsubaki" is a women's magazine whose main purpose is to express the lifestyle of new-age women. Because there is no need to consider revenue, it only invites special new-age women as guests, including artists, designers and others in this era of rising female consciousness. It can be said to be the Little Red Book of Japanese women.

Being able to become the theme guest of this magazine shows that Akina Nakamori has become the representative of the new era of Japanese women!

"Akina is really amazing!"

Naoki Nagayama looked at the happy smile on Akina's face and felt that his wife was really beautiful and capable. He couldn't help but pull her into his arms and kissed her.

"Hmm~"

Anyway, Nonaka Mari and the others would not enter the west building at night. After being shy for a moment, Akina did not push them away, but hugged Naoki Nagayama's neck.

The young couple is naturally sweet and happy, and the warm little living room gradually has a more charming atmosphere~

Just when the two were being affectionate with each other, an angry meow suddenly came from the sofa in the living room, and then Yingtaro ran over as if he had been wronged. There were even a few red marks on his face!

"Hey~"

Gouzi hid behind Naoki Nagayama's legs and complained in a very aggrieved manner.

And Meow Taro, who came out from the sofa, looked over here fiercely.

"Yingtaro, how did you offend Meowtaro again?"

There is a cat and a dog at home, and the dog often provokes the cat and then comes back after being beaten.

"嘤嘤嘤~~~"

Inatarou couldn't explain it clearly, and Naoki Nagayama could only touch the dog's head to comfort him.

At this moment, Akina whispered:

"Hana-chan.Dami!"

Naoki Nagayama turned around and saw Xiao Xiahua lying on the armrest of the sofa. She also imitated Nyanko Taro and leaned over to look, swaying and about to fall!

However, Miaotaro was faster than his parents. He jumped onto the sofa in one go, bit Xiao Xiahua's clothes and dragged her back to the sofa!

When Akina and Naoki Nagayama walked over, they saw Xiao Xiahua pressing on the orange cat and trying to bite Miaotaro's ears~

Ming Cai quickly picked up Xiao Xiahua and gently patted the baby's butt twice, then said helplessly:

"Hana-chan seems to be cramming more and more lately!"

"Children are all like this~" Naoki Nagayama stretched out his hand to tease the baby, and then glanced at the living room, "Let's replace the carpet with a bigger and thicker table and cabinet with anti-collision corners so that it won't be a problem for them to play in the living room."

"That's all I can do~"

"Hmm~"

Generally speaking, Naoki Nagayama would play with Natsuka for a while, and the couple would watch TV together until going to bed at night.

But today he was not in the mood to look at the child, and his eyes were always on Akina next to him. It was really unfair for such a beautiful woman to wear such a kimono in winter!

It makes young people in their twenties unable to control themselves.

So when he saw Xia Hua was a little drowsy, Naoki Nagayama decisively threw the baby into the crib in the living room and told Miaotaro to watch the baby.

"Nyanotaro, I'll leave Xia Hua to you first! No, I'll come back and take her back in an hour!"

Then he pulled the blushing Akina towards the bedroom~

After entering, he closed the door, and conveniently locked out Yingtaro who was following him~

After a while, a strange sound came from the bedroom.

Yingtaro complained a little about this, but he just hummed twice and lowered his head to lie on the mat at the door.

Alas. The owner is having fun again, without the dog!

The wind and snow were indeed stronger the next day, but in Yamazakurayuan it was like spring all year round.

After getting up in the morning and having breakfast with his rosy-cheeked wife, Naoki Nagayama took some things from the study, got into Toda Tomoyae's special car, and went to the Shuyou Building to pick someone up.

Because it was snowing, it took less than half an hour to get to Ikebukuro.

"Naoki-san, good morning!"

Gosho Aoyama pulled the passenger seat open and sat in. He had been informed yesterday that he would be going to Koganei City in the suburbs with Naoki Nagayama today.

"Hurry up and fasten your seat belts. It will take more than an hour to get there in such heavy snow."

Naoki Nagayama said.

"Hi"

After fastening his seat belt, Gosho Aoyama saw some manuscripts scattered on another seat in the back row, which seemed to be comic characters.

"Naoki-san, over there is..."

"Ah, this is the concept of an animated film. I think I haven't shown it to you yet." Naoki Nagayama handed over the manuscript paper. "These are some concept drawings of My Neighbor Totoro. It's a project I want to do after I hire Studio Ghibli."

Now that Ghibli's "Castle in the Sky" has failed miserably, Miyazaki's animation career has just suffered a Waterloo, and he probably has no time and energy to think about the next work. However, it is said that the movie "My Neighbor Totoro" was inspired by Miyazaki's previous life experiences, so he may have a vague idea.

So Naoki Nagayama had to give the concept of "My Neighbor Totoro" to Hayao Miyazaki first, otherwise he might have made it himself!

"My Neighbor Totoro?"

Gosho Aoyama took the manuscript and saw a vivid drawing of two Totoro prototypes, one large and one small, with some fantastic scenes and strange behaviors.

For example, flying on a spinning top.

Since recalling the animation, Naoki Nagayama has really practiced sketching and painting, and now his drawings are quite realistic.

“It looks like.”

Gosho Aoyama is not very interested in this soft image full of fairy tale style. He prefers sharp lines and handsome characters. However, after all, it is the masterpiece of his boss, so he also has to control the tone.

“Very childlike.”

"Haha, this is a movie for kids."

Naoki Nagayama said with a smile,

"It's like a dream on a summer night~"

Gosho Aoyama flipped through the drafts of the original works, which were completely different from the style of Slam Dunk, and finally understood:

"So Naoki-san wants to ask Hayao Miyazaki to produce it! From Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind to Castle in the Sky, his style of painting is like this!"

“That’s part of the reason.”

Naoki Nagayama leaned on the seat, squinting at the snowflakes outside the window.

“I just want some excellent works to appear as soon as possible.”

If we want to wait for Hayao Miyazaki, Gosho Aoyama, Yoshihiro Togashi and others to grow up naturally and create original anime works, we probably have to wait until after the millennium. By that time, we will be middle-aged!!!

The vehicle drove in the wind and snow for more than an hour and finally arrived at Koganei City, further outside Setagaya.

This place is already very simple. In this era, it is better than the countryside. It can be regarded as a township.

"Naoki-mulberry"

Toda Tomoan, who was driving all the way, said,

"We've arrived at Studio Ghibli!"

Naoki Nagayama looked up and saw that the Ghibli Studio was located in Kichijoji, a two-story rental building with a sense of history. It was covered with a circle of ivy outside and looked inconspicuous.

After parking the car, Naoki Nagayama and Gosho Aoyama came to the front door together and knocked.

At this time, a man wearing a beret came out and opened the door.

"Good morning"

Naoki Nagayama recognized the person.

"Takahata Isao, I'm here to visit Naoki Nagayama as scheduled and this is Gosho Aoyama!"

"Forehead"

Takahata was a little surprised that Nagayama Naoki recognized him at first sight, but he still saluted immediately.

"Hi, nice to meet you. I'm Takahata Isao."

"Nice to meet you." Gosho Aoyama also greeted.

When Takahata Isao brought Naoki Nagayama and Gosho Aoyama to the office, in addition to Hayao Miyazaki, there was also a middle-aged man in a suit.

"This is Hayao Miyazaki. This is the president of Tokuma Shoten, Yasushi Tokuma!"

Isao Takahata started to introduce the two parties.

"This is Naoki Nagayama and Gosho Aoyama."

"Nice to meet you~" X4

After this complicated greeting ceremony, Naoki Nagayama asked curiously:

"Didn't we have an appointment with Miyazaki-san and Takahata Isao today? Why is President Tokuma here?"

Tokuma Yasushi was almost speechless. You are going to poach people from my family, so won’t you allow me to come and take a look?

Because Studio Ghibli's first work did not meet expectations, the studio had to accept investment from Shuyou, which would cause Tokuma Shoten to lose its controlling stake and many shares.

Tokuma Shoten is a very good publishing company with a long history. However, like most companies, its profits are actually not high, at most around 700 to 800 million a year, not even reaching ten digits.

Compared with the current Shuyou Group, it can only be considered a younger brother~

"Shuyou wants to acquire Ghibli, a studio with unlimited potential. As an original shareholder, I naturally want to take a look."

Yasushi Tokuma quickly said that he was the controlling shareholder of Studio Ghibli, while Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata were considered the founding fathers and senior workers.

Now he was going to give the studio away with nothing, which made him very unhappy. I don't know if he was holding back his anger, so he wanted to come over to see the tree friends~

"What do you mean by acquisition? We are injecting capital to help Ghibli develop!"

Naoki Nagayama sat down, as if he were at home.

"And isn't Ghibli going to close down soon because it can't pay its employees?"

He said this on purpose, because most cartoonists are idealistic, and Miyazaki is stubborn. If you don't knock down some of their arrogance, it will be difficult to cooperate with them in the future.

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After this was said, the other people at the scene fell silent.

What Naoki Nagayama said is really to the point!

"Castle in the Sky" did not achieve the expected box office results due to its heavy and literary tone. Coupled with some other expenses, Studio Ghibli is now in a critical period of survival.

And Tokuma Shoten could not continue to support itself with transfusions, so it had to choose to "sell".

In particular, Hayao Miyazaki, the original author and director of "Castle in the Sky", bears a great responsibility for this!

So he said nothing at this time~

"Mr. Nagayama," Takahata Isao said, "The studio is indeed facing some difficulties now, but we believe that we will be able to overcome the difficulties in the future!"

"Haha, I also think you have great potential, that's why I came to invest!"

Seeing that Tokuma Yasukazu was about to say something, Nagayama Naoki waved his hand.

"I am not here today to discuss the details of the investment. The legal department will naturally handle those with you."

He looked at the man who was sitting in the main seat but had not spoken a word, the man who looked a little stubborn with black-framed glasses:

"Miyazaki-san, Takahata Isao-san, I want to talk about your first work after joining Shuyou."

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Miyazaki Hayao and Takahata Isao looked at each other in surprise.

"Does Nagayama-san have a plan yet? Isn't Shuyou's animation career just getting started?"

"Ah, there is only one manga and animation of Slam Dunk at the moment." Naoki Nagayama patted Gosho Aoyama's shoulder, "It's Gosho-kun next to me who is in charge of it."

"Animation?" Miyazaki asked in confusion. "Is it going to be adapted into an animation already?"

"It has not been adapted yet!" Aoyama Gosho corrected, "Five episodes have been produced so far, and we have already negotiated with Tokyo TV. It will be officially broadcast in March!"

"It's actually already available for broadcast?! And it's on Tokyo TV?"

Miyazaki was even more surprised, because he originally thought that Shuyou's animation was just getting started.

"Yes. It's the successor to Captain Tsubasa." Naoki Nagayama also said, "It just so happens that Captain Tsubasa has come to an end."

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The fact that it is taking over the national sports animation shows that Tokyo TV attaches great importance to the quality of "Slam Dunk"!

Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, and Yasuyoshi Tokuma all thought of this, and the old concept of tree-friend animation has been refreshed again~

"Miyazaki-san, your first project at Shuyou is called My Neighbor Totoro!"

Naoki Nagayama handed him the manuscript paper.

"This is part of the prototype. It's an animated film for children."

Miyazaki and Takahata took the manuscript and started reading it. They were immediately attracted by this fantastic creature, and Miyazaki felt it was very familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before.

"Mr. Nagayama," Takahata asked, "who drew these prototypes?"

"I drew this." Naoki Nagayama said, "I don't know when this came to my mind, so I drew it."

"Does Nagayama-san also draw comics?"

Miyazaki was very surprised when he looked at the celebrity in front of him.

He knew Naoki Nagayama was a writer, musician, and director, but he had never heard of any anime works of his? !

Gosho Aoyama helped his boss clear his name:

"Of course Naoki-san can draw comics! He also drew the prototypes of the characters in Slam Dunk!"

"Boom Bean?!" The others all looked over~

"Haha, I just gave a beginning, and the rest was completed by Gochang-kun and the others." Naoki Nagayama said quickly, "After all, I'm not a professional cartoonist."

Then he looked at Hayao Miyazaki:

“So this time, My Neighbor Totoro also needs Miyazaki-san and Takahata Isao-san to perfect it together!”

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Miyazaki looked at Naoki Nagayama, then at the drawing in his hand, and finally nodded.

"Hi! I'll try!"

"In fact, from the first time I saw the prototype of My Neighbor Totoro, I felt that it had an indescribable sense of familiarity. I also felt that I must make this My Neighbor Totoro!"

"Haha, maybe this is fate!"

Naoki Nagayama said with a smile, and secretly added in his heart,

"This is your original destiny!"

"Next, let's talk about the story of this movie in detail!"

As Naoki Nagayama spoke, he started chatting about movies with Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, as if they were already employees of Shuyou.

Tokuma Yasukazu was a little sulky on the side, but there was nothing he could do. The shareholders of Tokuma Bookstore were already somewhat dissatisfied. Shuyou's investment was a foregone conclusion.

I just saw that they were having a great time chatting when they met for the first time.

"Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, these two guys, they rebelled too quickly, didn't they?!"

This made him, the former boss, a little angry!

What's more, the way you two are so affectionate with each other now makes me, your former boss, feel very awkward here!

"Ahem. Miyazaki, Apu. I have something else to do at the company. I'll leave first!"

Miyazaki Hayao and Takahata Isao, who were already immersed in their creations, just nodded when they heard this:

"Hey, please be careful on your way."

Not even sending it!

(End of this chapter)