novelnext Chapters 1321 and 1330: It's time to look up and move forward!
Chapters 1321 and 1330: It's time to look up and move forward!
Chapters 1321 and 1330: It's time to look up and move forward!
The closing remarks were delivered by Ikuo Suo.
This was planned long ago, to enhance Suo Ikuo's authority so that he could smoothly become the second president of the Tokyo Film Association.
On the awards stage, Ikuo Suo held the microphone, his face beaming with pride.
The huge crowd below the stage is filled with the world's biggest names in the entertainment industry, so it's like he's giving a speech to the entire world.
"Everyone, welcome to the closing ceremony and awards ceremony of the 3rd Tokyo International Film Festival."
"During the film festival, outstanding films from various countries will be screened in turn."
Filmmakers from around the world gathered to exchange ideas.
"Common development."
"Arigato."
"I hope the Tokyo International Film Festival will continue to improve."
"Thank you again to the Shuyu Group, Fuji Television, NTV and other parties for their support. Now, let's prepare for the awards ceremony!"
The lengthy speeches were so soothing they made people want to sleep, and the clicking of cameras was even more hypnotic. Not everyone could understand Japanese, but almost everyone present was an actor, and they always managed to put on a focused and attentive act in front of the camera.
Only the final applause sounds truly heartfelt!
After the awards ceremony began, the host invited the judging panel to the stage, and then proceeded with the awards presentation in an orderly manner.
There were many nominated films, but only "Departures" was related to Naoki Nagayama. Having already known the results, Nagayama had no expectations for the upcoming awards ceremony and instead let his thoughts drift to what was to come.
For example, how much money did those four key members actually earn for themselves?
Congratulations to Naoki Nagayama for winning the Gold Sakura Grand Prize for "Departures"!
The host's voice, the chairman's applause, and the congratulations from those around him brought Naoki Nagayama back to his senses. He realized that it was time to announce the final grand prize!
"Naoki-san!!"
At Akina's prompting, he stood up, bowed to the people around him, and then led the male and female protagonists, Momoe Yamaguchi and Tomokazu Miura, toward the stage.
The presenter handed him and the creative team of "Departures" a huge trophy and certificate, and then left the stage to him to give his acceptance speech!
"Wow~"
Naoki Nagayama, looking into the eyes of the crowd, immediately tossed aside his prepared acceptance speech and, with a sigh, began to deliver his acceptance speech in both languages:
"For a moment just now, I didn't even know where I was or what I was doing."
"I was only able to recover thanks to my wife's reminder."
Naoki Nagayama waved the trophy at Akina.
"Arigado~"
At this moment, Akina blushed and covered her mouth to laugh. The other guests in the hall also smiled knowingly.
Naoki Nagayama put down the trophy and cleared his throat:
"Of course, to receive this award, I must first thank Tomokazu Miura and Momoe-san, who gave such outstanding performances that they brought the profession of mortician and the families surrounding it to life in a vivid and moving way."
"Recently, the world has undergone significant changes, and many people have suffered losses, but this has also made me realize a truth."
"Apart from life and death, nothing else matters in life!"
"It's all over now, life goes on, it's time to look up and move forward!"
The atmosphere quieted down, and applause gradually rose as Naoki Nagayama finished speaking.
From a sparse sound, it gradually turned into a roaring noise.
Indeed, the global stock market crash affected almost everyone. Some suffered losses, some went bankrupt, some had their families broken apart, and some saw their friends crying. But in the face of life and death, all of that seems to pass.
Now that the disaster is over, it's time to look forward!
After the awards ceremony came the banquet, where many of Naoki Nagayama's friends came to his seat to congratulate him, including Jackie Chan, Leslie Cheung, and others.
"If Jacky and Leslie had come to Tokyo, I, as the local, would have been prepared to treat them well that night."
Naoki Nagayama raised his glass in apology.
"I'm sorry, but I need to go to the company later for an important meeting."
Jackie Chan and Leslie Cheung naturally wouldn't be dissatisfied with this:
“If Naoki has something to do, then of course we’ll go. We also have a schedule in Tokyo.”
"Yes, yes. We already have a good place to go."
The two men chatted and laughed. Both were shrewd and intelligent, and Jackie Chan was known for having many friends. In Japan, he certainly wouldn't have trouble finding a place to have fun.
Actually, if Naoki Nagayama hadn't been there, we might have had even more fun!
"That's good. Please forgive my poor hospitality."
Naoki Nagayama drank a glass of wine.
"If you two are free tomorrow, you can come to my Jurassic Island to see that we're filming 'Jurassic Park' there!"
"Haha, we're in for a real eye-opener!"
After Jackie Chan and others, Naoki Nagayama received congratulations from many people, drinking one glass of wine after another until his eyes were blurry. In the end, he naturally left the banquet under the pretext of being drunk.
Once he got into the car, Naoki Nagayama immediately sobered up.
"Toda-kun, let's go to Ginza!"
"Hi!"
Toda Tomoyasu had no doubts, naturally knowing his boss's drinking capacity.
The black Toyota Century merged directly into the traffic without causing a ripple, and arrived safely at the office building of Shuyou Capital.
When Naoki Nagayama arrived at the 12th floor by elevator, there was still a queue in the elevator lobby. They were all people who wanted to open accounts at Shuyou Capital. Naoki Nagayama saw the reception desk of Shuyou Capital's headquarters again.
"Naoki-san!"
Kanai Hiroka greeted him happily and welcomed Nagayama Naoki inside.
"There are still so many people!"
Naoki Nagayama was somewhat surprised to see the people queuing at the elevator entrance.
"Yes, it's much better now."
Kanai Hiroka said,
"It's half the number it was a week ago; now it's mostly retail investors!"
"I see."
Naoki Nagayama nodded without further ado and asked directly.
"Has Sakaguchi Mamichi and the others arrived?"
"Hi, they're in the workspace right now. Should I ask them to come to the meeting room?"
"No need, I'll go straight there."
Naoki Nagayama turned around and headed towards the investment manager's large open-plan office.
Turning a corner, I saw Sakaguchi Masamichi and his three companions surrounded by investment managers, discussing their business trip.
"Naoki-san?!" "It's Naoki-san!" "Naoki-san is here!" "..."
Upon seeing Naoki Nagayama, the investment managers were all extremely excited and readily stepped aside, now regarding him as a deity!
And the four core members finally saw Naoki Nagayama!
"Naoki-san!" x4
"Um"
Naoki Nagayama tilted his head slightly.
"Come on, let's go to my office."
"Hi!" X4
Five people made the small office feel a bit cramped, but this wasn't the time to complain. Looking at these key personnel, who had lost weight, Naoki Nagayama sighed:
"You all worked so hard this time, you've all lost so much weight!"
"Oh, not at all." "I should thank Naoki-san! It's all thanks to Naoki-san that I was able to participate in this operation!" "This probably only happens once in a lifetime!" "..."
Several people spoke up, all expressing their gratitude!
On the one hand, the operation was too unbelievable; on the other hand, all of these people invested their own money and are now billionaires!
"Okay, okay~"
Naoki Nagayama waved his hand, signaling them to stop flattering him.
"Let's talk about the bottom-fishing situation! Let's start with Tomoaki Takeda!"
"Hi!" Takeda Tomoaki adjusted his glasses, took out a notebook from his pocket, and opened it. "I shorted XXX shares in Hong Kong, and after closing the position, I made about 250 billion yen."
It is approximately more than 2 million US dollars.
"Most of the funds have been remitted back, with some remaining in Hong Kong to purchase land in Victoria Harbour. We've already found a plot and are currently in negotiations."
"it is good"
After hearing the address of the land, Naoki Nagayama didn't say much and continued to look at Masamichi Sakaguchi.
"On the London Stock Exchange, after I shorted XXX and closed out my position, I made a total of £3.5 million."
Currently, the exchange rate between the British pound and the Japanese yen is 142:1. Naoki Nagayama calculated that this amount to be approximately 500 billion yen, or over 4 million US dollars.
"As instructed by Naoki-san, I bought 8% of Shell's shares at a bargain price."
Following Masamichi Sakaguchi, Yukio Nakayama in Sydney and Katsuya Hayakawa in Toronto gave detailed reports on their operations in various countries.
After everyone finished reporting, Naoki Nagayama silently calculated that he had become a major shareholder in seven well-known listed companies around the world, the kind of person who could attend board meetings and request audits from the companies!
If all of this were made public, TreeFriend Capital would already be an internationally renowned capital firm!
"Thank you all for your hard work."
Naoki Nagayama stood up and bowed slightly to the four of them. He was already very familiar with Japanese culture.
"We will still need everyone's help in the future!"
"No, no." "How could I dare?"
The four men immediately returned the bow at a 90-degree angle, deeply moved by the sentiment of "a scholar would die for a friend who understands him."
After finishing his business report, Naoki Nagayama naturally chatted with the others about interesting things that happened in various countries, such as whether he had met Queen Elizabeth or Princess Diana in England.
Everyone was having a great time, until Hayakawa Katsu unconsciously asked:
"Is Yuan Tai-san still in New York and hasn't returned yet?"
"..." Naoki Nagayama looked somewhat dejected. "Yes, Yuan Tai-san is having some difficulties."
"You guys have only made a few hundred million. Although you've made a lot, it's not a lot in the market."
Naoki Nagayama explained,
"Yuan Taisang earned over a billion in New York, which crossed the regulatory red line!"
"The upper echelons of the US financial world are now restricting Yuan Tai-san's public appearances and demanding hearings, possibly even lawsuits, on the grounds of suspected stock market manipulation."
All four of them were shocked!
"How could this happen?!" "What are we going to do about Yuan Tai-san?!" "Can't he come back?!"
Seeing the panicked looks in their eyes, Naoki Nagayama raised his hand to reassure them:
"Don't worry, I've arranged a large legal team, Yuan Tai-san will be fine!"
“You’re all from the financial industry, you should know that these kinds of lawsuits are time-consuming and costly. And in the end, they might not even come to a conclusion.”
Naoki Nagayama continued his analysis,
"So this could very well be just regulators putting pressure on them because they actually want a settlement."
"A settlement will definitely come with conditions!"
Tomoaki Takeda hit the nail on the head.
"What do they want? Do they want TreeFriend Capital to give up the profits from this operation?"
“How could that be?!” Yukio Nakayama shook his head. “Even if Shuyou agrees, Wall Street won’t. That would set a dangerous precedent!”
The United States operates on a case law system; once a case of this kind is established, future judgments may be based on that case.
If those who make money by short selling have to give back their profits, all the financial giants on Wall Street will be in an uproar!
“Yes.” Naoki Nagayama nodded. “So they used the fact that Tree Friends Capital is Japanese Capital as a pretext.”
"Ultimately, it will likely involve requiring these billions of dollars to remain in the US stock market, buying bonds, investing in social security funds, and preventing them from flowing out of the country."
Actually, this doesn't mean much to Naoki Nagayama. He originally wanted to buy up US stocks at the bottom, and most of his funds would stay in the United States.
However, there is a big difference between doing it yourself and being forced to do it!
In Western culture, if you are bullied and don't fight back, others will think you are weak and will continue to bully you.
This compromise means that Shuyou Capital might have to take the blame for anything that happens in the future.
"However, we cannot suffer this injustice!"
Naoki Nagayama stated firmly,
"Besides arranging a legal team, I also hired lobbyists. The US presidential election is coming up soon, and I'm also in Japan preparing a counterattack."
In short, Yuan Tai-san may not be back for the time being, but he will definitely be back within a year or two!
Sakaguchi Masamichi and the others were deeply moved.
"Naoki-san, is there anything we can do?!"
"You guys."
Naoki Nagayama's tone calmed down again.
"While Yuan Tai-san is away, manage Tree Friends Capital well. If it can become one of the top investment companies in Japan, then our voice will be even stronger!"
"Hey! We'll do our best!" X4
While Naoki Nagayama was having a meeting with his subordinates in Ginza, Akina Nakamori, who was supposed to be shopping with Momoe Yamaguchi, disguised herself and went to the Waseda University campus.
After finding a Nayuki milk tea shop on the street, I waited there for a short while and then I saw Tsuruko come into the shop!
"Tsuruko!"
Akina quickly waved her hand.
"Here, here."
"Akina sauce!"
Tsuruko walked over, and looking at Akina's disguise, she almost laughed.
"Why not just say it over the phone? Why do we have to meet in person?"
"no!"
Akina said earnestly,
I need to confirm this with my own eyes!
"Okay, let's go! We'll go to the rented warehouse!"
"it is good"
"Seriously, you actually asked me for help to surprise Ni-chan? You really went through all that trouble~"
"What do you mean by 'leisure'? That means being focused!"
The two bickered as they walked toward the warehouse, where they had prepared a special birthday present for Naoki Nagayama!
Upon arriving at the warehouse, Tsuruko looked up at the large items covered with dust cloths and curled her lip.
"Does Nii-chan really like this kind of thing?"
"Of course!"
Akina nodded earnestly, looking at the gift with great satisfaction.
"Naoki-san once said that a man is a boy until he dies! He'll definitely like that!"
"Tsk tsk tsk"
Tsuruko remained noncommittal about the gift.
After checking everything, Akina put the dust cover back on and then said to Tsuruko:
"Tsuruko, let's come to Yamazaki-in Temple together tomorrow night! To celebrate Naoki-san's birthday~"
"OK."
Tsuruko nodded. Although she verbally expressed some disdain for her older brother, she still cared about him very much.
"I want to see Nii-chan's expression when he sees this!"
"Hahaha~" Akina laughed, "So, Tsuruko, have you prepared a gift?"
"certainly."
"You can bring your boyfriend along too!"
"..." Tsuruko pursed her lips. "Okay~"
Involving Kaneda Continent more in the Nagayama family's activities, especially the private affairs of the current true "patriarch," would help him gain acceptance into the Nagayama family.
It's important to understand that while Naoki Nagayama and Kaede Nagayama don't oppose Kaneda Continent, they won't involve him in anything unless absolutely necessary, such as money-making opportunities or using resources to support his promotion.
His career and marriage with Tsuruko might be even more successful in the future!
(End of this chapter)