My Name is Hiroshi Nohara, Star of Neon Film and Television!

Chapter 180: "Hachiko Monogatari" Finishes Filming! The Economic Crisis Begins to Show Signs!

The filming work of "Hachiko Monogatari", under the guidance of Nohara Hiroshi's near paranoid perfectionism, finally reached its conclusion.

The sunrise and moonset of Shibuya Station, the changing four seasons of Akita countryside, everything was like a meticulously carved picture scroll, leaving eternal marks on the film.

Everyone in the crew was exhausted, yet their hearts surged with emotion, they knew, a movie sufficient to be recorded in the annals of history, had already quietly been born.

Ashikaga Takashi and Asano Takata, these two Level 2 Directors who once boasted rich experience, at this moment felt even more like they had been completely reborn. From the initial questioning, to the later marveling, and then to the current heartfelt admiration, they seemed to have experienced a long period of cultivation.

The moment Nohara Hiroshi announced "Wrap up", the two almost simultaneously let out a long sigh of relief, that release, mixed with an indescribable sense of accomplishment, made them feel their bodies were light enough to float up at any time.

Returning to the TV Tokyo Production Bureau, the first thing they did, was precisely come to Executive Deputy Director Takada Toshihide's office.

After all, Takada Toshihide was the leader who promoted them.

Pushing open the door, that familiar sandalwood and coffee scent in the office rushed against their faces, making the taut nerves of the two slightly relax.

Takada Toshihide was currently sitting behind the office desk, in his hand playing with a fountain pen, those profound eyes of his, when seeing Ashikaga Takashi and Asano Takata, flashed a trace of imperceptible scrutiny.

"You're back." Takada Toshihide's voice was flat: "'Hachiko Monogatari' finished filming?" "Yes, Deputy Director Takada, we're back." Ashikaga Takashi and Asano Takata uniformly bowed, tone respectful.

"Finished filming." Asano Takata added, on that face of his that always hung an amiable smile, at this moment yet had a trace of unprecedented exhaustion, but deep in the bottom of his eyes, yet leaped with the light of excitement.

Takada Toshihide nodded, gesturing for the two to sit down.

His gaze swept over the slightly haggard, yet radiant faces of the two, the corners of his mouth hooking up a playful arc: "Staying beside Nohara Hiroshi for so long, looking at your appearance, seems like you gained a lot of insights?"

Ashikaga Takashi and Asano Takata upon hearing this, exchanged a glance with each other, both seeing the same bitter smile in each other's eyes.

"Deputy Director Takada, indeed gained a lot of insights." Ashikaga Takashi sighed, tone carrying a trace of self-mockery: "We consider we have thoroughly understood, Department Manager Nohara he... no wonder he is called a 'monster' ah!"

"Monster?" Takada Toshihide's eyebrows slightly raised, he put down the fountain pen in his hand, body leaning forward slightly, his eyes revealing intense interest, "Oh? Tell me in detail. I see this kid, apart from being a bit young, a bit handsome, doesn't really have anything special right."

These words of his, sounded like teasing, but deep in the tone, yet hid a trace of curiosity towards Nohara Hiroshi.

He had lost too many times.

Even now, he also wanted to know, what kind of person exactly is that legendary monster.

Just right, these two directors he sent over planning to integrate into Nohara Hiroshi's group, could answer it for him.

Ashikaga Takashi and Asano Takata upon hearing this, couldn't help but laugh bitterly.

They knew, Deputy Director Takada was giving them an opportunity, letting them pour out the shock accumulated during this period of time.

"Deputy Director Takada, we indeed underestimated Nohara Hiroshi." Asano Takata was the first to speak, on that chubby face of his, at this moment was written full of unbelievable shock, "When we filmed movies previously, it was always first having a script, then storyboards, and then filming. But Department Manager Nohara he... he fundamentally doesn't play his cards according to common sense!"

"Oh?" Takada Toshihide's interest became even stronger.

"He... he treats movies as manga to draw!" Ashikaga Takashi took over the topic, tone carrying a trace of unbelievable trembling, "From the very beginning outline, to the later script, and to the final storyboards, he constructed them all in the way of drawing manga! Every scene, every shot, the expression of every character, even the transformation of light and shadow, he used a brush, stroke by stroke, to depict them in advance!"

"How is that any storyboard script, it's simply a complete movie manga!" Asano Takata excitedly added, he even couldn't help standing up, gesturing with his hands and feet, "We only need to shoot according to the manga he drew, it's like... it's like copying frame by frame according to an already filmed movie!"

"Moreover, his control over details, simply reached a perverted extent!" Ashikaga Takashi also followed standing up, eyes full of fanatic reverence, "He can see at a glance which shot has problems, which actor's emotion is wrong, which set still needs adjustment. He can always give the most precise guidance in the first instance, even the hair color of Hachiko, the style of the professor's glasses, he all gave clear instructions!"

"What makes us feel the most inconceivable is..." Asano Takata's voice lowered a few degrees, tone carrying a trace of confusion, "We can feel, Department Manager Nohara he, actually doesn't understand traditional filming theories. He hasn't learned professional photography composition, hasn't learned editing techniques, and even more hasn't learned those obscure movie theories of the directing department."

"He... he is entirely relying on a kind of, near instinctive intuition, filming the movie!" Ashikaga Takashi took over the topic, eyes full of confusion and shock, "He is like a natural-born filmmaker, using that unique 'Manga Thinking' of his, to film the movie vividly and movingly! We even suspect, is he... is he traveling back from the future?"

Takada Toshihide listening to the descriptions of the two, that playful smile on his face had long disappeared without a trace, replaced by, a deep contemplation and... bitterness.

He slowly leaned back against the chair back, exhaling a long breath, in that breath, as if taking away all the stubbornness and unwillingness in his heart.

"As expected... as expected it's like this ah." Takada Toshihide muttered to himself, voice carrying a trace of self-mockery, "I was just saying, how could a twenty-three-year-old kid like him, possibly film a work like 'Seven Samurai'. Turns out, he fundamentally isn't filming a movie, he is... is drawing a movie ah!"

He bitterly smiled shaking his head, gaze casting towards that vast Tokyo Bay outside the window, profound eyes always carrying bitterness.

"Looking at it this way, back then Bureau Chief Sakata letting me put aside sectarian bias, cooperating with him, was indeed a wise choice ah." Takada Toshihide lightly sighed, tone carrying a trace of helplessness, yet full of heartfelt approval, towards that unfathomably profound talent of Nohara Hiroshi.

He turned his head, gaze once again falling on Ashikaga Takashi and Asano Takata, eyes carrying a trace of helplessness, yet full of expectations.

"So, Ashikaga-kun, Asano-kun." Takada Toshihide sighed: "What we should do now, seems to be only able to learn from him, embrace him, and facilitate him right?"

He paused, tone also becoming earnest and well-meaning: "You guys must properly cooperate with him, assist him. What he wants, isn't only your experience, but even more your loyalty and execution ability. If you guys can do it, perhaps in the future, your life, will also be different because of it. Perhaps, you guys can also follow him, walking towards a, better future, who knows."

Ashikaga Takashi and Asano Takata upon hearing this, also sighed nodding their heads, didn't say much more.

However the eyes were still very shocked.

They never thought, Executive Deputy Director Takada, this former leader of the "Tokyo Faction", would actually say such words!

And simply chatted a bit more.

They looked at that peaceful face of Takada Toshihide that seemed like he had already accepted his fate, and then thought of that excessively young face of Nohara Hiroshi, that heart that had already been thoroughly conquered by Nohara Hiroshi's talent, at this moment rippled with circles of fanatic ripples.

They admired the strong.

Or rather Nippon people all admire the strong.

And Nohara Hiroshi, is exactly that strong person who makes them willingly follow.

From this moment on, their life trajectories will completely change.

They will no longer be those "Tokyo Faction" directors indulging in factional struggles, but will become brand new selves under Nohara Hiroshi's command, striving hard for the future of "Greater TV Tokyo", for the rise of Nippon culture.

Takada Toshihide looking at that fanatic expression of the two, a faint helpless smile finally surfaced on his face.

He knew, these two guys had also already been conquered by Nohara Hiroshi.

It was only about two weeks of time.

And they had already submitted under Nohara Hiroshi's talent.

He could even foresee, in the near future, Nohara Hiroshi will with an unrivaled posture, stand tall at the peak of Nippon cultural circles, even, in political circles, in business circles, in various fields, all blooming his own, unique light.

"Sigh, a monster is a monster." Takada Toshihide lay backwards on his own chair, pursing his lips still didn't say much more.

Let it be like this.

Having experienced so many blows, he was also slightly tired.

Since Nohara Hiroshi is so talented, then TV Tokyo in the future can also definitely develop better.

Himself as the Executive Deputy Director of the Production Bureau, wouldn't he also similarly have the merit of leadership?

Takada couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Although there was some bitterness in the smile.

But thinking of that despair-inducing talent of Nohara Hiroshi, as well as the 'Hachiko Monogatari' about to premiere, so powerful that even Governor Koike expressed support, he still chose an ordinary state of mind.

...

After the movie finished filming, Nohara Hiroshi didn't choose to rest.

He directly locked himself in the office, dedicating himself to the intense post-editing work.

He was like a lonely Shokunin, taking those films full of emotions, rearranging and combining them on the editing table, endowing them with brand new light. Every shot, every piece of music, the control of every rhythm, all condensed his near paranoid perfect pursuit towards movies.

He knew, post-editing, is the key determining the final success or failure of a movie.

He wants to make this 'Hachiko Monogatari', not only deeply moving, but even more make it, become a classic capable of being passed down for a hundred generations!

In the office, there was only the slight humming sound of the editing equipment, and Nohara Hiroshi occasionally issuing light sighs. On the screen in front of him, Hachiko's loyal figure, the Professor's genial smile, the changing four seasons of Shibuya Station, everything in his hands, was endowed with the most perfect presentation.

He even personally picked the soundtrack for the movie, letting those melodies that were either melodious, or sorrowful, or full of hope, perfectly integrate with the images, pushing the audience's emotions to one climax after another.

When the last frame of the picture finished editing, when the last musical note perfectly synchronized with the image, Nohara Hiroshi exhaled a long breath.

In that breath, carried a trace of exhaustion after battling, yet was full of indescribable satisfaction and sense of accomplishment.

He leaned on the chair back, gaze peacefully gazing at the finalized 'Hachiko Monogatari' film on the screen that had just been completed.

He succeeded.

This movie after his purification and amplification, was even more perfect, more moving, and more directly hitting the heart than any single version in his memory.

He could even foresee, after this movie premiered, what kind of sensation it would trigger in the entire Nippon society, and even the whole world.

The corners of Nohara Hiroshi's mouth unconsciously hooked up a satisfied arc, that joy originating from the bottom of his heart, made him feel as if he was enveloped by a ball of warm light.

He picked up that mobile phone and pager on the desk that had already been silent for half a month.

In the past half a month, to rush the progress, he almost isolated himself from the outside world. All calls and text messages, were selectively ignored by him.

Now, it's time to "lift the ban".

The moment he turned on the phone and pager, a burst of notification sounds like tide water instantly attacked!

"Beep beep——"

"Beep beep beep——"

The text message notification sound of the mobile phone and the buzzing sound of the pager, interwove into a unique symphony in this quiet office.

Nohara Hiroshi bitterly smiled shaking his head.

He knew, these were all "greetings" from various parties.

He casually flipped through a bit, as expected, most were all care and greetings from relatives and friends.

"Hiroshi, heard your new movie is about to start filming? Is it that story about the dog? Do your best ah, we all think highly of you!" —— This was sent by Misae's younger sister, Koyama Masae, tone carrying a few traces of trust and expectations towards him.

"Brother Hiroshi! Is 'Hachiko Monogatari' really going to be filmed ah? I'm super expecting it! When can I go to the set to visit ah?" —— This was sent by Koyama Musae, tone full of the unique excitement and curiosity of a little girl.

"Hiroshi-kun, Happy New Year ah! The box office of 'Seven Samurai' is still continuously rising! That project of 'Hachiko Monogatari', Bureau Chief Sakata and His Excellency Fujiwara both look very highly upon it ah! Our propaganda department, will definitely fully support you!" —— This was sent by the secretary of His Excellency the Propaganda Department Manager, tone carrying the perfectly appropriate respect and flattery.

Nohara Hiroshi merely smilingly nodded, he knew, these were all affirmations towards his personal abilities, and also massive assisting powers towards his future career.

He continued flipping downwards, and very quickly, saw a text message from the Mayor of Omagari City, that text message full of official colors.

"Nohara-kun, hello! Heard you are currently preparing the movie 'Hachiko Monogatari'? Our Omagari City, as well as Akita Prefecture, all highly support this project of yours! If there's anything needing our assistance with, whether it is venues, or resources, we will all fully cooperate!"

"Right, Nohara-kun, the Governor adult of Akita Prefecture, also expressed high praise towards this project of yours. He praised you, for making a massive contribution to the cultural propaganda of your hometown! He even stated, if the movie needs it, he is willing to personally stand on stage to promote the movie!"

The corners of Nohara Hiroshi's mouth unconsciously hooked up a satisfied arc.

This recognition and support from his hometown, is also considerably important.

He continued flipping downwards, and very quickly, saw a text message from Big Brother Nohara Semashi.

"Hiroshi, you're truly too formidable! That 'Hachiko Monogatari' project of yours, is simply god-like! Those leaders of Omagari City and Akita Prefecture, are all rushing to approve loans for us! Now our Nohara family Kabushiki Gaisha, the bought fields already have over 500 mu, and following the release of loans, is still continuously expanding! Expected by mid-year, can reach 1000 mu of land!"

A satisfied smile appeared on Nohara Hiroshi's face.

Hard work finally obtained returns.

These lands that look seemingly to have no value now, that is a major retreat route in the future, arguably even, is the secret weapon helping the Nohara family soar!

The reason lies in the Economic Bubble!

He clearly remembered, Nippon's Economic Bubble, seems to have precisely started from 1991.

The real estate market gradually declined, and then thoroughly erupted in August 1992.

Real estate crashed down with a rumble, the stock market completely fell to its limit, over half of the book value vanished into nothing.

By that time the entire Nippon's urban economy will completely collapse, the remaining economy will also be forced to return to the countryside and local regions to gasp for breath, and also let agriculture and the JA begin to ascend to the peak of the historical stage.

Thinking of here, Nohara Hiroshi's eyes instantly became profound.

He knew, this is a crisis, but it's even more a massive opportunity!

He wants to let the Nohara family Kabushiki Gaisha, become a "survivor" in this economic crisis, even a "beneficiary"!

He immediately edited a text message, sending it to Big Brother Nohara Semashi.

"Big Brother, now the country is regulating the economy, but please remember, agriculture, is always the firmest aspect. Therefore, quicken your pace, exhaust all possibilities, continue expanding fields! Especially the breeding of Akita Inus, must also quicken the pace!"

"After my 'Hachiko Monogatari' premieres, the value of Akita Inus, will definitely rapidly rise! By that time, we can then recoup even more funds, to go buy even more land!"

"Big Brother, my goal is —— at least 5000 mu of land! Hope you can also put in a lot of effort! Don't be afraid to spend money!"

After he finished sending the text message, leaned on the chair back, gaze peacefully cast towards the brightly lit Tokyo outside the window.

He knew, an unprecedented Economic Crisis, in reality has already begun brewing now, and is about to sweep across the entire Nippon.

But he also firmly believed, relying on his wisdom, his far-sightedness, as well as his heart that never accepts defeat, he can definitely lead the Nohara family, in this storm, to stand tall without falling, even, against the wind turn the tables!

He wants to make the Nohara family, become the "winners" in this Economic Crisis!

And now even if they take out more loans.

Wait until after the Economic Crisis ends.

Currency devaluation.

By that time when paying back the money, that will simply be too easy!

PS: Everyone, give some more opinions in the book review section ah. Now because of a burst of updates, I feel my brain is slightly stunned. The authorities are confused. Begging everyone for more opinions...

(End of Chapter)