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Chapter 1192 1201, the whole world knows about it, but you’re hiding it from us? !
Chapter 1192 1201, the whole world knows about it, but you’re hiding it from us? !
The lights are on and most people have gone home from get off work.
In the president's office of HORIPRO, under the soft light, President Shingo Oda was lying on the luxurious sofa in the office with his eyes closed to rest.
The HORIPRO artist selection competition that he had been busy with recently came to an end, and he was freed from his busy schedule. In addition, he signed a contract with Shuyou the day before yesterday to rent out Yamaguchi Baihui's IP for two years, making another fortune.
So now I can finally take a break in the office~
Of course, it is impossible to take a vacation. The entertainment industry is always in business, and the agency has countless things and emergencies to deal with.
I don't want to go home. When I reach middle age, home is not a place to rest.
"Now, let me take a good rest and no one should disturb me!"
Anyway, the office was closed, and no one dared to break into the president's office at night. Thinking of this, Oda Shingo's face became more relaxed, and he even snored softly after a while.
At this moment, the sound of footsteps came from outside. They paused at the door of the president's office, and then pushed the door open.
Seeing Oda Shingo sleeping soundly on the sofa, President Hori Takeo's face became even uglier!
The door slammed shut, causing Oda Shingo to shudder and almost fall off the sofa.
"Who? Was there an earthquake?!"
"Still sleeping?!" Hori Takeo roared loudly, attracting Oda Shingo's attention, "The house was robbed!!!"
"???!!!"
Oda Shingo was about to get angry, but when he saw the even more furious look on the president's face, he quickly suppressed his anger, shook his head and quickly regained consciousness.
"President, what happened?!"
"Yamaguchi Momoe! She's coming back!!!"
Hori took steps angrily in the office, making the wooden floor thump.
"If I hadn't had dinner with the TBS people that night and they had let me know, I still wouldn't have known about it!"
Hori still remembers the drunk guy opposite smiling and complimenting him, saying things like "Congratulations, the cash cow is back!" "Yamaguchi Momoe is back this time and is working with Shuyou, she will definitely be able to reach a higher level" and "Don't forget us in the future".
Later, when I saw his shocked expression, there was a look of surprise and intrigue on his face.
"Comeback?" Oda Shingo felt that he didn't hear clearly, "Yamaguchi Momoe? How is that possible?!"
"What's impossible! The tree friends have already informed various media groups!!! It will be announced next month!!"
"???!!!"
Shingo Oda even thought that Hori Takeo was joking.
"Tree friend?!"
"When they came to buy the IP, we foolishly agreed! I didn't expect that they were secretly planning Yamaguchi Baihui's comeback!"
Hori became angrier and angrier as he spoke, feeling like a clown.
"And that ungrateful bastard, Yamaguchi Baihui! She didn't even tell us about such a big thing!!! I was the one who sent her off to get married!!!"
Since Yamaguchi Momoe had severed ties with her biological father, when she married Miura Tomokazu, Hori Takeo, as the bride's father, personally walked Yamaguchi Momoe down the aisle!
From this point of view, Hori Takeo thinks that he treats Yamaguchi Momoe like a daughter!
But now that her comeback is such a big thing, Yamaguchi Baihui didn't even communicate with me? ! She is so heartless and ungrateful!
Shingo Oda was not that angry. At that time, he was the agent and was familiar with Yamaguchi Momoe's situation.
As for Japanese agencies, their attitude towards artists is basically like commodities, especially HORIPRO, which is well-known in the industry for the level of exploitation of artists. They basically treat artists as animals that will recover automatically.
Many agencies in this era are controlled by the mafia. Even if it is an agency like HORIPRO that wants to whitewash itself, how can an artist retire without exposing their true colors?
Especially a cash cow like Yamaguchi Baihui, a cash cow
At this time, what kind of feelings and kindness are you talking about? Treat her like a daughter. Are you kidding?!
If you treat her as a daughter, why don't you give her a share of the hundreds of billions of yen that Yamaguchi Momoe earned for you?
If she were a daughter, why didn't she bring a dowry when she got married, but instead asked for a large sum of liquidated damages and the right to share the copyright? !
If she was a daughter, why didn't you help give her some warnings when she was harassed by the media paparazzi after marriage, so that she could live a more stable life in retirement? !
The so-called wedding and sending him off is nothing more than a show in front of the media. Managing the persona of a father is, after all, not for his own reputation!
Oda Shingo shook his head and gathered the scattered thoughts that had just been awakened:
"President, you just said that Shuyou was behind this?"
"Yes! She is the heroine of "Departures!" Hori Takeo panted, "No wonder they secretly rented Yamaguchi Momoe's IP. It turned out to be a premeditated plan!!"
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Shingo Oda regained his sharpness as president.
"So, Yamaguchi Momoe is going to sign with the Shuyou Agency in the future?"
"Yeah! I'll definitely grab it!"
Seven or eight years have passed, and now Yamaguchi Momoe’s contract is no longer with HORIPRO agency. She could still leverage the IP copyright before, but she signed the contract the day before yesterday!
After thinking for a while, Oda Shingo picked up the phone and called several media bigwigs in the entertainment industry. After asking them indirectly, he found out that they all knew that Yamaguchi Momoe was going to make a comeback!
"Shuyou must have been planning this for a long time." Oda Shingo said, "He is indeed very shrewd and acted decisively and quickly!"
"By now, we should have already greeted other media!"
The whole world knew about it, but they kept it a secret from their own family?!
"How could Tree Friend do this!"
Nobuo Oda was helpless. This behavior completely violated the industry's unspoken rules!
The crux of the matter is that HORIPRO can't think of any good way to fight back, because Yamaguchi Momoe obviously volunteered. Whether in the black or white world, Shuyou is above HORIPRO!
Chairman Hori Takeo could only walk around the office in frustration and anger.
"Are we just going to watch Yamaguchi Momoe make a comeback in Shuyou?!"
This is a feeling similar to that of the Minotaur, where "one's lover was rudely snatched away by the yellow-haired man, but the lover did it willingly"!
"What can we do?" Oda Shingo sighed, "Contracts, IP, media in the circle. Tree friends have prepared everything in advance!"
"But. But!!"
At this time, Oda Shingo suddenly thought of something.
"Wiff-san, it's not that bad actually! Yamaguchi Momoe has been retired for so many years, and we don't know what she will be like once the comeback hype is over!"
"Besides, the lease contract for the IP of Yamaguchi Momoe is only for two years. When the term is up, the IP will still belong to our firm!"
"If we continue to expand the popularity of Yamaguchi Momoe's IP in the next two years, wouldn't that be making things easier for us?"
It can only be said that the Ah Q spirit is everywhere. After hearing what Oda Shingo said, President Hori Takeo gradually calmed down. Then he began to imagine the future where Shuyou worked for him for free:
"Haha, that's right. When the time comes, I'll take the IP back and the tree friends won't be able to do anything about it!"
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It's almost April, and the cherry blossoms in Tokyo are in full bloom. The petals are falling from the treetops with the wind, landing on the ground and the water. It's as beautiful as pink snow~
But for people in Japan, it seems that this year's cherry blossom season seems a little dull.
The usual cherry blossom season planning, new TV series, and special programs in previous years all have a sense of familiarity, just like the waves at the seaside that never stop all year round, still surging, but without the shocking impact~
Obviously, the media and newspapers are still filled with celebrity gossips, international and domestic news, and the latest program plans of major agencies and TV stations.
I don't know why, but people always feel that the entertainment industry seems a little dull during this period, as if the bigwigs have subconsciously relaxed their hands and are waiting for something.
Like the calm and depression before the storm~
Hayakawa Yuki, who has already started working, eats breakfast and watches the morning news with her mother before going to work.
"Odou-san got drunk yesterday and hasn't woken up yet, so you can eat the sauce first!"
"Hi~" Hayakawa Yuki, who was holding his meal, watched the news out of the corner of his eye.
"Long Vacation, a collaboration between Shuyou Films and Fuji TV, is going to be released in April?" Hayakawa Yuki looked at the preview on the show in surprise, "The heroine is Chikako Aoyama, and the hero is actually a newcomer?!"
"Yes." Mrs. Hayakawa looked at the makeup photo on the screen with some emotion, "He looks like a handsome boy!"
"Oga-san, don't look at the handsome guy!"
Hayakawa Yuki was helpless. Why was her mother, who was already middle-aged, still chasing stars, and the one she chased was young and handsome!
"What's the matter? Don't you like looking at handsome guys too?"
"But, two generations of us are chasing after the same handsome guy, don't you feel embarrassed, Ogasan?!"
"What's so embarrassing about that? There are handsome guys every year, and there are new beauties every year!" Mrs. Hayakawa shrugged. She is a full-time housewife with a young mindset. "Otherwise, what kind of celebrity should I chase?"
"Like Tomokazu Miura, Hiromi Go, Hideki Saijo, etc.! Aren't they the stars of your era~"
"Miura Tomokazu is indeed sunny and handsome!"
Mrs. Hayakawa seemed to recall her youth and said with a smile,
"The golden boy and girl on the screen back then made so many people envious~"
"Haha, now only Miura Tomokazu is left!" Hayakawa Yuki said with a smile, "By the way, didn't they say that Miura Tomokazu was going to be the leading actor in Nagayama Naoki's new movie? Why is there no news?!"
“The other actors haven’t been decided yet, right?” Mrs. Hayakawa sighed. “There are not many actors who can pair well with Miura Tomokazu!”
".Then let Yamaguchi Momoe come back!"
"Hahaha, how is that possible!"
The two of them finished their breakfast while chatting, and Hayakawa Yuki prepared to start his day's work.
"I'm leaving~"
Hayakawa Yuki shouted at the door, then put on his headphones and pressed the play button on the Walkman on his waist to start learning English.
In an era when foreign trade business volume is growing, knowing a foreign language is a strong support for the promotion of women in the workplace!
"I'm fine, thank you and you?"
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Immersed in the ocean of learning, Hayakawa Yuxi did not notice the cover of the morning paper and the big special edition on the roadside newsstand. Anyway, she didn't buy the newspaper to read it.
When I got to the subway station, I didn’t notice the excited discussions of the people waiting next to me. What’s more important than studying?!
In the crowded high-speed rail carriage, he was holding the handrail and silently reciting along with the headphones, completely unaware that the guy next to him was talking to the person across the street with his mobile phone. With spit flying, Hayakawa Yuxi quietly walked away, focusing on himself and not caring about other people's affairs!
It was not until I arrived at my company and entered the office that I took off my headphones and greeted my colleagues:
"Oh~~~"
Then I heard a group of ducks gathered together, chirping and discussing loudly, and even my usually serious boss, the section chief, joined in!
She came over curiously, only to hear a flurry of noises.
“Really!” “You must be kidding, right?!” “It’s true!” “It’s already been reported, how could it be false!” “This is so surprising, right?!” “How is it possible!” “It’s been almost 8 years!” “.”
Hayakawa Yuki asked a usually friendly colleague:
"What the hell is going on?! What is everyone talking about?!"
"Don't you know there's Xijiang?!"
Colleagues looked at Hayakawa Yuki with surprise. This was the entertainment bomb this morning! Almost all the newspapers reported it!
"what?"
"Yamaguchi Momoe is back!!!"
"what?"
A colleague brought a newspaper and turned to the entertainment section. There was a piece of news with the title:
"The latest news from Shuyou Films: the casting for "Departures" has been officially announced!"
Then the report in it blandly stated "The male lead candidate is Miura Tomokazu, and the female lead candidate is Yamaguchi Momoe"
Such important news about Yamaguchi Baihui's comeback was hidden in a piece of latest news!!
"How is that possible?!" Hayakawa Yuki exclaimed, "Didn't Yamaguchi Momoe retire?!"
“So it’s a comeback!”
"Really? You must be kidding!?"
"It's all reported in the newspapers! How could it be false?!"
In this way, Yuki Hayakawa also became one of the chattering ducks in the office!
With the announcement of this news, the entertainment industry was in an uproar!
Countless calls were made to the tree friends' hotline, asking in unison whether the news was true or not. The frequent calls made the telephone lines hot.
Then, reporters and TV stations were preparing to go out and interview Naoki Nagayama, Tomokazu Miura, and Momoe Yamaguchi, but they held back after receiving orders from their superiors.
However, the next call from a tree friend calmed the anxious reporters down a bit.
The production reveal of "Departures" is about to be held!!!
The director, the leading actor and the heroine will all be interviewed by the media!!!
If you have any questions, you can ask them at the disclosure meeting!!!
So the reporters picked up their food and started rushing towards the address of the disclosure meeting!
In the banquet hall of Tokyo Prince Hotel, the staff of TreeFriends were busy. Everyone's eyes occasionally glanced at the protagonists of today's disclosure meeting.
Naoki Nagayama, Tomokazu Miura and Momoe Yamaguchi are making final preparations. Momoe Yamaguchi is wearing a blue suit, looking more mature and calm than before.
"Tomokazu-san, Momoe-san, are you ready?!"
"Hi!" X2
"Are you ready to continue being surrounded by flashes and shutter sounds?"
Naoki Nagayama asked Momoe Yamaguchi,
"After today, I will live in the spotlight again!"
"Of course~"
Yamaguchi Baihui smiled, as if the big star who once stood at the top of the entertainment industry had returned:
"I was a little nervous, and my palms were sweating. Come to think of it, I kind of miss this feeling!"
"Haha, it's normal to be nervous ~ but don't worry!"
Naoki Nagayama said, pointing to the many staff members in the banquet hall and the burly bodyguard standing at the door.
"Although there are only three of us being interviewed, everyone here will be our protection!"
"Don't worry, those media reporters can't do anything to us!"
"Hi, Arigato Naoki-san"