Tokyo Bubble Life

Chapter 861 869, News that resounded throughout Tokyo late at night!!!

When the news reached Tokyo, even though it was already late at night, it broke out and kept many people awake all night.

Yoshimura Otomo has been waiting for the results from Cannes today. After receiving the news, he immediately notified Watanabe Eiichiro, who was still working overtime, to start the publicity plan!
Although the morning editions of major newspapers have already been printed, he has already communicated with the newspapers he is friendly with to print an extra page. The reports that have been prepared in advance must appear in the morning edition as soon as possible.

He walked out of the office excitedly and shouted to Watanabe Eiichiro's workstation:

"Eiichiro-kun, we can begin!"

"Todoroki?" Watanabe Eiichiro's eyes lit up, and the fatigue from staying up all night disappeared at once, "I'll do it right away!"

Yoshimura Otomo nodded and was about to go back to the office when he saw other employees working overtime in the studio. They were all the people who were involved in the distribution of "Camera Never Stops" and they were all looking at him curiously.

So a smile appeared on his face: "Mina-san Naoki-san won this year's Palme d'Or!!!"

"Ohoho!" "Boom! Douni?!" "It's Naoki-san!" "Naoki-san is so awesome!!!" "Sikuni-ichi!"

In an instant, everyone's emotions were ignited!
"Haha, this is such a happy event!" Yoshimura Otomo said excitedly, "Everyone who is working overtime today, hurry up and finish your work. Let's go to Roppongi to stay up all night in half an hour! I'll treat you!!!"

"Oooo!"

Everyone is in a happier mood! They come to work overtime mainly to keep an eye on the effects of advertisements, newspaper articles, feedback from cinemas, calls from fans, etc. It’s okay to put it aside for a while.

Yoshimura Otomo returned to the office, paced back and forth, rubbed his face, and began to make phone calls. All his close friends, tree friends’ partners, and acquaintances at the TV station had to be notified, and then he had to prepare for the celebration!
But Naoki-san should inform his own relatives himself.
In addition to the tree friends, newspapers and magazines are on call 24 hours a day, international channels have been paying attention to foreign news, and those interested in the film industry wait until three or four in the morning just to be the first to know the news.

Telephone lines stretched out like spider silk to every corner of the entertainment industry, and now the trembling silk threads caused the entire web to begin to shake.

Each relevant node is conveying a message:
"Naoki Nagayama won the Palme d'Or!!!"

After receiving the news of the final results of Cannes, the huge entertainment industry began to roar and run as if an engine had been ignited.

The ringing of the telephone in Tokyo late at night is like the earliest alarm clock, waking up the still sleeping Tokyo in advance.
"Ling ring ring~"

Suddenly, a telephone rang in the spacious top floor of Building 80.

Then, two pairs of green eyes quickly moved to the side of the phone, making the originally silent space suddenly terrifying.
The phone kept ringing, and finally with a click, the lights in the living room turned on. Akina Nakamori walked out of the bedroom with sleepy eyes, looked at the living room and said vaguely:
"Yingtaro, Meowtaro, don't you know how to hang up the phone?! Who on earth wants to disturb others so late at night?!"

The dog next to the phone wagged its tail, but the cat looked bored and turned away.

Akina Nakamori looked at the phone calls that showed no sign of stopping and sighed. Ever since Naoki Nagayama directed "The Ring", anyone with a little bit of common sense would not make phone calls at night!
"It's not a harassing call." Akina Nakamori picked up the phone, "Moses, this is Nagayama's house."

"Akina-chan! I'm Hanami Kaku!" The voice of their president actually came from the microphone.

"Eh? President." Nakamori Akina suddenly became nervous. Generally speaking, if the president called late at night, it must be that something big had happened. "Did something happen?"

"It looks like Akina hasn't received the news yet!" The voice in the microphone was also a little excited, "Akina-chan, Naoki Nagayama won the Palme d'Or!!!"

".Oh~"

So that's what happened. Nakamori Akina rubbed her eyes and replied calmly, "Isn't it natural for Naoki-san to win the award? Is it necessary to call me in the middle of the night? I still need to sleep!"

"???" Hanami He was stunned. It's such a big deal, and you only have one Akina-chan?

I got the news in the middle of the night and called you immediately!
The entertainment industry has gone crazy, you know?!
This is the only Palme d'Or won by a young director since World War II. Although Japan's economy developed rapidly after the war and entered the ranks of developed countries, its spirit and culture as a defeated country were broken.

It has won the Palme d'Or before, but the content was all about ancient times, such as "Hell Gate", "Shadow Samurai" and "The Ballad of Narayama". None of them are modern stories, and even the directors are old people. Everyone avoids talking about the post-war period.

The award of Naoki Nagayama represents the rise of a new generation, which is undoubtedly a boost to Japan's confidence!

So this news spread like wildfire in the entertainment industry, and it was said that even the Prime Minister and the royal family had received the news.

"Akidou Madai, why did the president come to inform me?" Nakamori Akina asked, "Naoki-san?"

"Well, I still have to accept media interviews." Hanami He knew a little about this award, "There will also be a celebration party afterwards. As the winner, I will not be able to get away for a while."

"Is that so? Then, when will Naoki-san be able to come back?"

“It will take about two or three days.”

After hanging up the phone, Akina Nakamori was stunned for a while, and then she suddenly realized that her boyfriend had won a big award!!! It was an international award! It was a rare award in the film industry!!!
"Naoki-san won the Palme d'Or!!!"

As if she had just woken up at this moment, Akina Nakamori felt as if her head was suddenly excited and her heartbeat began to speed up.
There was an emotion rushing in my chest, making my eyes red and tears streaming down my face. For a moment, I just wanted to talk to someone else.
"Yingtaro! Naoki-san won the Palme d'Or!" Akina Nakamori strangled the dog next to her and shook it so hard that its tongue was about to twitch!
"Woof woof woof!" Yingtaro called out randomly, as if asking for help.

But Akina Nakamori didn't understand at all. Sharing joy with a dog naturally didn't give her any feedback. She just felt her heart pounding and her chest felt like it was going to burst. If she didn't tell anyone else, it would feel like it was going to explode!
After thinking it over, I finally couldn't hold back and picked up the phone and dialed the number.
After a long wait.
"Oka-san!" Akina Nakamori shouted in surprise, "Naoki-san won the Palme d'Or!!!"

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Chieko was woken up in the middle of the night to answer the phone and was completely confused.
The next morning, the sun in late May was already a little hot.
In a slightly hot mood, countless office workers got up in a hurry. Those who subscribed to newspapers took out today's morning paper from the mailbox, while more people hurried out and bought a copy if they saw an interesting front page on a newsstand on the road.

The same was true for Yoshihiro Kumagai, an ordinary office worker. He even only ate a rice ball in the morning and squeezed into the subway to go to the company. After finally walking out of the subway station, he saw a group of people surrounding the newsstand outside the station.

"what happened?"

Relying on his height, he looked inside and found a row of the latest issues of "Film Weekly" hanging in the newsstand.

"Movie Junpo? Isn't the date not due yet?"

Kumagai Yoshihiro naturally knew about this most authoritative film magazine in Japan, and he would buy it from time to time to read the latest news.

Today's cover only had the word "Special Issue" written on it, and the cover picture was a scene of Naoki Nagayama, Yuko Tanaka, Takeshi Kitano and others walking on the red carpet.

"Congratulations! Naoki Nagayama wins the Palme d'Or!"

This is what it says on the cover story!

"Naoki Nagayama won the Palme d'Or?!" Kumagai Yoshihiro was surprised and immediately paid for a magazine. "This is incredible!"

There was no time to read it here and now, so Kumagai Yoshihiro stuffed the magazine into his backpack and quickened his pace towards the company building.

Soon he arrived at the office and slapped Noda Yoshihiro on the shoulder who was sitting next to him.
"Do you know? Naoki Nagayama"

“Hi, hi, hi, we won the Palme d’Or!”

Yoshihiro Noda turned around helplessly and raised the newspaper in his hand. There was an extra page in the Yomiuri Shimbun, which contained the picture of Naoki Nagayama winning the award, and even his acceptance speech was written on it. It was indeed a big newspaper!

"Several people have told me about this today!"

Yoshihiro Noda is a movie lover, so everyone naturally wanted to share the news with him, so his shoulder suffered the consequences today.

"I was very optimistic about "Kikujiro's Summer". I didn't expect it to win the award!"

He happily flipped through the additional pages and said to Kumagai Yoshihiro,

"And look at this guy Naoki Nagayama. His acceptance speech when he won the award was really bold! He said 'I did it'!"

"What a radiant man!"

"Yes, yes~"

"But I think it's better to be humble when you receive such an award."

"That makes sense~"

The two began to criticize each other over the newspapers. Kumagai Yoshihiro also took out the special edition of "Movie Junpo" and shared it with Noda Yoshihiro, not realizing that this was at work.
In fact, no one else really cares. With the development of the economy, this era can be said to be the happiest beginning for workers. You can make money by starting any company, even by lying down, and you can earn a super high salary by working half a day every day.
The boss is all smiling, colleagues are all kind-hearted, and the company's environment and atmosphere are really too relaxed.

After the Plaza Accord was signed, newly graduated college students had the opportunity to go on vacation to Hawaii, with plenty of travel expenses. After get off work, their superiors would treat them to an all-night club. That was the golden age.

Besides, at this time, almost everyone was discussing Naoki Nagayama winning the Palme d'Or.

Kumagai Yoshihiro talked for a while, flipped through Noda Yoshihiro's newspaper and suddenly said:
"Eh? By the way, I used to see discussions about "Keep the Camera On" and those negative comments, why are they gone today?"

"It seems so. I don't think I've seen it today!"

“Ah, here’s another praiseworthy report.”

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Kumagai Yoshihiro said with a smile:

"Let's watch 'Keep the Camera On' again tonight. We watched it too quickly last time and missed a lot of details."

"Okay! Let's go watch it again~" Noda Yoshihiro nodded immediately, and then said, "Later, 'Kikujiro's Summer' will definitely be re-screened, and summer is here, so let's go watch it again!"

Sure enough, as the news of Naoki Nagayama winning the grand prize came out, other newspapers all withdrew their coverage of "Don't Stop the Camera". What's the point of attacking "Don't Stop the Camera"? !
In Shochiku's office, Kobayashi Masaki originally came to discuss the editing and subsequent promotion of "House Without a Table", but he didn't expect that after arriving at the headquarters, he found that everyone was discussing the Palme d'Or.

"Mr. Kobayashi, have you known this for a long time?" a colleague asked.

"How can it be so early? The final result was announced last night!" Kobayashi Masaki said with a smile. He was also the type who was woken up by a phone call in the middle of the night. "But I have always had confidence in Naoki-san!"

"We have been in the film industry for so many years, but we are actually losing to this young guy Naoki Nagayama."

"Haha, Naoki-san is a genius~" Kobayashi Masaki tried to smooth things over. He didn't want his friend of different generations to be isolated.

Not only Shochiku, but also people from Toho, Toei and Nikkatsu are discussing the winning of the Palme d'Or. Kadokawa is naturally no exception. I heard that Haruki Kadokawa has already started looking for someone to plan the celebration!
In the general manager's office at Toei headquarters, Takafumi Ogasawara was holding a cup of coffee with a frown on his face.

"Dong Dong~"

As the office door was pushed open, Director Yamamura Toshitaka walked in with his subordinate Nakano Toru:
"Headmaster!"

"Hmm." Ogasawara Takafumi put down his coffee cup and rubbed his eyes. He was also the type who was woken up by a phone call in the middle of the night. "Did you know about the Palme d'Or?"

"Hi~" Yamamura Toshitaka nodded, "I didn't expect that Naoki Nagayama really did it."

"." Ogasawara Takafumi gave him a disapproving look, "Are you repeating his acceptance speech?"

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Toshitaka Yamamura didn't know what to say for a moment, the office fell into silence, and Toru Nakano was trembling with fear and didn't dare to speak.

After a few breaths, Ogasawara Takafumi spoke again:
"Your assistant Nakano Toru was the one who hired someone to spread negative news about "Don't Stop the Camera" and promote negative reviews, right?"

"Hey, Nakano-kun is my confidant, and he personally carried out everything! But we commissioned it anonymously, so we didn't leave any traces."

"Well, that's good," Ogasawara Takafumi said, "Nakano-kun, wrap things up, don't keep this in your heart, and don't tell anyone!"

"Hi!"

"Anyway, don't go against this guy Nagayama Naoki for the time being." Ogasawara Takafumi was a little unwilling. As a second-generation person, his life was so difficult.

"After Naoki Nagayama won the award, did he have such a big influence?"

"I heard that he will be rewarded by the upper echelons." Ogasawara Takafumi sighed, "Everyone is optimistic about him."

The "everyone" here refers to the circle that holds real power. This kind of thing that boosts national confidence, in today's terms, is of great united front value and will receive support from the upper echelons.

"In short, just don't let anyone find any real evidence that Toei is suppressing Shuyou."

"Hey, let's do it right away!"

(End of this chapter)