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

Chapter 96: Confirmation of the Variety Show! Nohara Hiroshi's Confidence!

"Bureau Chief Sakata, you praising Sensei Nohara so much, inside the hearts of these children of our Tokyo Faction, will absolutely become jealous ah."

Over here right when Asumi and Kurosawa Eiji, were introducing Nohara Hiroshi for Bureau Chief Sakata Nobuhiko, a voice carrying a smiling expression yet untimely interjected in.

Exactly is Executive Deputy Bureau Chief Takada Toshihide.

He carrying two Level 2 Directors of the Tokyo Faction roughly forty years old, possessing ample auras walked over, even speaking as if showing off: "Bureau Chief, I also introduce for you a bit, these several, exactly are all of our TV Tokyo born and bred, promoted single-handedly by me, true talents of pillars of the state!"

At this time the complexion of Asumi whose speech was interrupted stiffened, the gaze looking towards Takada Toshihide also brought somewhat of ill intent.

But Takada Toshihide fundamentally didn't care about his ill intent.

Instead turning sideways yielding for his own subordinates, those two Level 2 Directors always highly regarded by him, also specially selected to bring before Bureau Chief Sakata Nobuhiko, their silhouettes appearing at the edge of this conversational circle.

Incidentally commenced a brief introduction.

The one on the left, tall and burly stature, wearing a set of impeccably tailored bright blue suit, hair combed smoothly shiny with oil, that golden sparkling Rolex upon the wrist sparkling brightly underneath the lighting, the entire person exuding a gust of playboy-like flamboyance and unruliness.

His name is Yasui Takashi, is exactly the Chief Director of TV Tokyo's ace variety show 『When Stars Shine in the Starry Sky』 nowadays.The one on the right then is entirely opposite.

His stature is medium, wearing a set of plain dark grey suit, wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, appearing refined and gentle, but those pair of eyes hidden behind the lenses, yet like a falcon sharp, sparkling with cold glints of adept at calculating.

His name is Ito Choan, is exactly the Chief Director of another national-level comedy variety show 『Hilarious Wednesday』.

These two can be said to be exactly the true twin stars of TV Tokyo's variety show domain nowadays, also exactly the two most proud trump cards in Takada Toshihide's hands.

"Bureau Chief Sakata, Deputy Bureau Chief Asumi, Director Kurosawa."

Yasui Takashi and Ito Choan stepped forward, respectfully bowing in greeting towards the several major figures.

In attitude impeccable.

Sakata Nobuhiko looking at this dramatic scene before his eyes, inside those always narrowed eyes, flashed past a smear of difficult to perceive, old fox-like shrewd light.

Of course he could see through this petty trick of Takada Toshihide unable to be brought onto the table.

This is demonstrating towards the entire Kanto Faction.

Is vying for favor!

But Sakata Nobuhiko not only wasn't angered, inside his heart instead possessed somewhat of satisfaction.

He didn't care about what factional struggles, what he wanted, is balance.

Only when these two male lions fight the fiercer, the position of him this Lion King commanding the center, exactly can be sat the steadier.

"Hehehehe! Young juniors like you guys ah!"

Sakata Nobuhiko smilingly smoothed things over, he lifted the wine cup, facing everyone soothingly speaking: "Our TV Tokyo being able to simultaneously possess Nohara-kun, Yasui-kun, Ito-kun, truly is the fortune of our entire station! What does this signify? Signifies the talent reserves of ours, is the number one of the entire Neon!"

Acting as Bureau Chief, he still needs to control internal strife within a certain scope.

Therefore he shifted the topic of conversation a bit, slowly reminding saying: "However, we also cannot let our guard down. I just received news, that bunch of guys at TV Osaka and Kansai TV, recently is extremely dishonest ah."

"They coveting the success of our 『Tales of the Unusual』, actually allied with those several local stations from Nagoya and Fukuoka, establishing a so-called 'Urban Legends' special research group, also preparing to produce project programs of similar genres, to fight a battle of the rings with us! Therefore, our interior, must even more so unite as one, unanimously facing externally, understand?"

"Yes!" Everyone uniformly answered, that drawn swords and bent bows atmosphere, finally was temporarily suppressed down by this sudden external threat.

However Takada Toshihide yet clearly had no intentions of letting it go just like this.

He lifted the wine cup, with a spurious smile looking at Asumi, that tone, like an elder holding onto the other party's pigtail, full of ridicule.

"Speaking of which, Asumi-kun, I heard you recently are also secretly preparing for an afternoon slot variety show project? Such a huge matter, how come you also didn't inform me a sound? Under my hands this Yasui Takashi and Ito Choan, in the aspect of variety shows, at any rate also considered to possess a little bit of experience, perhaps exactly can even give you a bit of immature small suggestions indeed."

The hand of Asumi holding the tea cup slightly paused.

He raised his head, deep inside those pair of refined eyes, all sparkled a trace of unexpected astonishment and chilliness.

The matter of him preparing for the 『Kasou Taishou』 this project, aside from these several Kanto Faction cores present today, exactly never dragged it up towards a sixth person anymore.

And Takada Toshihide, actually knew.

This signified inside the interior of their Kanto Faction, appeared an, traitor living on one person while helping another!

Inside Asumi's mind instantly flashed past several suspicious names, but upon the face, yet still hung that set of unflustered genial smile.

He cast a glance at Kurosawa Eiji whose complexion identically slightly changed beside him, repeatedly looking towards that Nohara Hiroshi whose complexion was unflustered beside him, that bit of fury inside his heart produced due to being betrayed, actually inexplicably calmed down somewhat.

It doesn't matter anymore.

As long as this young man is present, a mere traitor, exactly can stir up how massive of waves?

"Deputy Bureau Chief Takada jests."

Asumi put down the tea cup, posture composed and proper: "Merely a tiny idea lacking form, still at the discussion stage, how would I dare to trouble you and the esteemed presence of the two major Directors Mr. Yasui and Mr. Ito. However..."

His topic of conversation shifted, exactly passing the ball entirely intact back anew: "This idea, actually with our Nohara-kun, deeply discussed over. He gave me quite a lot, extremely constructive suggestions."

"Oh?"

This sentence coming out, Yasui Takashi and Ito Choan behind Takada Toshihide, almost simultaneously snorted out a laugh.

Inside that laughter, full of undisguised contempt and disdain.

"Discussing with Sensei Nohara?"

Yasui Takashi swirled the red wine glass in his hand, upon that handsome and unruly face, hanging a smear of playing smile: "Deputy Bureau Chief Asumi, I of course acknowledge Sensei Nohara's talents. Regardless if it is animation or television dramas, he all proved himself to be an absolute genius. After all, these two, speaking to the end, are all narrating stories, possessing common grounds."

He paused, topic of conversation shifting, that tone transformed into a knife quenched with poison, piercing towards that young man always maintaining silence.

"However, variety shows... that is exactly an entirely different other world. What it requires, isn't bizarre ideas created behind closed doors, but rather accurate control towards audiences' emotions, is improvising according to the rhythm of the site. This stuff, exactly isn't something capable of being played entirely relying purely on a good script."

"Correct."

Ito Choan at the side also pushed the gold-rimmed glasses upon the bridge of his nose, inside the eyes sparkling with icy mockery: "Variety shows, although on the tier of 'Enlightening National Education', indeed cannot compare to television dramas. But the significance of its existence, is exactly 'Entertaining the Nationals'. What this requires is experience, is connections, is a profound comprehension towards the entire comedy entertainment circles. These, exactly isn't something a young man having just entered the industry for less than a year, capable of easily mastering."

He looked at Nohara Hiroshi, corners of his mouth hooking up a smear of malicious arc, utilizing a kind of joking tone saying: "Deputy Bureau Chief Asumi, that new project of yours, exactly couldn't possibly be... also engaging in 'Urban Legends' right? Letting a group of comedians sit there narrating ghost stories? Hahaha, that is exactly truly... possessing too much creativity."

The two echoing each other, belittling Nohara Hiroshi to the point of being utterly worthless.

That meaning goes without saying—— you a person engaging in behind-the-scenes creations, also worthy to come to the circle of us playing front-stage variety shows to gesticulate?

"Yasui! Ito! How are you speaking with Deputy Bureau Chief Asumi!"

Takada Toshihide right at this time finally 'timely' opened his mouth, he pulled a long face, utilizing a kind of leader's tone, reprimanding those two 'ignorant' subordinates of his own: "Must learn to respect! Sensei Nohara although young, but his achievements, are exactly something all of us must squarely face!"

Saying so, deep inside the bottom of his eyes, yet sparkled a smear of no matter what unable to be suppressed, self-satisfaction of watching a good show.

He exactly wanted to use this method, to beat Asumi, to suppress the arrogant arrogance of that young man.

He wants to let everyone know, inside TV Tokyo, inside the domain of variety shows, ultimately, it is who having the final say!

However, exactly within this atmosphere full of gunpowder smell, at the main seat, that Bureau Chief Sakata always smilingly looking at all of this, yet suddenly opened his mouth.

His voice wasn't loud, yet exactly like a basin of exactly just right warm water, instantly extinguishing that powder keg impending to detonate.

"Oh? Hearing you guys say it like this, I rather truly am curious."

Those always narrowed eyes of Sakata Nobuhiko, landed onto Nohara Hiroshi's body, repeatedly looking towards Asumi: "Asumi-kun, since Nohara-kun even participated, then this project, presumably must be extremely interesting right? Are you able to... slightly reveal a tiny bit, also letting me this old fellow, open my eyes?"

Asumi looking at that face of Sakata Nobuhiko written full of giving me a way out, laughed secretly a sound inside his heart, upon the face yet exactly just right revealing a trace of being forced helpless bitter smile.

This directly is exactly pulling a biased fight.

"Since Bureau Chief you all exacted said so, then I exactly... will make a fool of myself."

He cleared his throat, describing that idea of Nohara Hiroshi sufficient to subvert the layout of the entire variety show circles, named 『Kasou Taishou』, utilizing a kind of plain and straightforward, yet also full of pictorial language, briefly and to the point, repeating it once.

Of course elaborating is elaborating.

The specific details and inner cores he absolutely wouldn't speak of.

But even so, when he spoke to "Letting ordinary people become protagonists", spoke to "Utilizing the simplest props, going to stimulate the most infinite creativity", spoke to "Utilizing bodies stacking Arhats (human pyramid) imitating a cup of beer actively being poured full", to coax everyone into roaring laughter.

The entire private room, instantly sunk into a patch of death-like silence.

Upon that gloomy face of Takada Toshihide, that self-satisfaction of watching a good show, instantly solidified.

Yasui Takashi and Ito Choan, upon those two faces written full of contempt and disdain, even more so exactly like having binding spells cast upon them, all expressions, all stiffened there.

They are variety show directors.

Hence towards what creativity capable of attracting the roaring laughter of audiences, still exactly capable of rapidly running through the mind once, inspecting it once.

Right now having passed their inspections.

They discovered...

Seemingly this creativity of 『Kasou Taishou』, is indeed extremely interesting!

Only Sakata Nobuhiko, those always narrowed eyes, opening wider and wider, opening brighter and brighter, ultimately, erupted out an unprecedented, exactly like discovering a new continent, scorching hot radiance!

"... Good! Good! Good!"

He violently slapped his thigh, repeatedly saying three "Good" characters, upon that chubby face, written full of undisguised excitement and appreciation: "Letting ordinary people become protagonists! Combining education with entertainment! Nationwide creation! This... this is simply genius-like conception! This is already no longer a simple variety show, this is a brand new, sufficient to lead an era, program format!"

He turned his head around, looking at that young man entirely from start to finish merely peacefully drinking tea, that gaze, exactly like looking at a national treasure sufficient to alter history.

"Nohara-kun! This project, I approved it! Inside the station giving you the best time slot! The most ample budget! The absolute top-tier promotional resources! I only possess one requirement, you must, personally come to handle this project!"

This spiel, like the most resounding slap, ruthlessly, slapping onto the faces of all Tokyo Faction members present!

Takada Toshihide's face, instantly from black turned green, repeatedly from green turned white, brilliant exactly like a palette.

While Yasui Takashi and Ito Choan, even more so exactly like two roosters having all their feathers plucked in public, that flushed red face, a burning pain.

They wouldn't think even in their dreams, the "layman" they were exactly still mocking in a hundred ways just now, in the blink of an eye, then brought out a, even insiders like them, all can only gaze up at, god-tier project!

"Bureau Chief, you overpraised."

Nohara Hiroshi finally put down the tea cup inside his hand, he stood up, facing Sakata Nobuhiko, once again performing a standard bowing etiquette, that posture, still neither humble nor arrogant.

"Only, this junior currently, still hopes to be able to invest entire energies, entirely throwing into the production of 『Tales of the Unusual』 and 『Yamishibai』. After all, this is the task you personally assigned, I wouldn't dare to possess the slightest slackness."

This spiel spoken watertight, not only giving the Bureau Chief heaven-sized face, while also ingeniously, pushing this hot potato, exactly back anew.

"Hahaha! Good! Possessing taking charge!"

Sakata Nobuhiko hearing the words, not only wasn't angered, instead laughing even more happily: "Then exactly first do these two dramas well! Matters concerning variety shows, no rush! Waiting until whatever time you hold free time, we will chat anew!"

He increasingly liked Nohara Hiroshi.

Abundant creativity.

Mind sharp.

Moreover also understands human relations and worldly affairs.

Crucially is regardless of what, also regardless of how the factions are divided, Nohara Hiroshi is indeed an employee of TV Tokyo, considered as their Kanto TV's own person!

Also exact is a young, also actively rising superstar!

As long as keeping him inside this pool of TV Tokyo, sooner or later, he will all stir up, sufficient to cover all domains, monstrous giant waves.

Perhaps waiting until Nohara Hiroshi develops, him Sakata Nobuhiko, still needs this young man of his in the follow-ups, to provide him a steady stream of film and television drama outputs, to act as political achievements to defeat other film and television leaders indeed!

Thinking of this, Sakata Nobuhiko increasingly became full of smiles.

And very quickly.

This meal gathering capable of being called a Hongmen Banquet (a banquet set up with the aim of murdering a guest), ultimately, within an atmosphere full of magic realism, lowered its curtains.

Bureau Chief Sakata and Asumi, Takada Toshihide two Deputy Bureau Chiefs, departed first.

This separate leadership region, only remained several core members of director levels.

Those two variety show directors exactly still unexcelled in the world just now, Yasui Takashi and Ito Choan, at this moment yet exactly like two defeated roosters, drooping heads and dispiritedly sitting there, not even daring to cast a single glance at Nohara Hiroshi.

"Young man, don't be too greedy."

Ultimately, exactly still by Yasui Takashi, under the emboldening of alcohol, utilizing a voice almost bordering on dry and hoarse, squeezing out this sentence of advice full of jealousy and unwillingness.

"Television dramas, animation, manga, right now still going to engage in variety shows... careful spreading the stalls too large, ultimately, overstuffing oneself alive to death." Ito Choan also coldly snorted a sound, inside those pair of sharp eyes, sparkling with icy cold glints.

Nohara Hiroshi looking at these two guys fierce of mien but faint of heart before his eyes, upon the face merely revealing a calm and indifferent smile.

He neither retorted nor argued.

He merely peacefully, spoke out a sentence, sufficient to cause them tossing and turning unable to sleep peacefully for countless nights in the future.

"Many thanks for the reminders of the two seniors."

"Only, this world is very large, the sceneries I wish to see, are still very numerous."

"When the time comes, exactly let us use viewership ratings, to exactly see the real truth right."

Nohara Hiroshi finished speaking then exacted turned around, walking out of this region full of power plays and filthiness without looking back.

The sky is very late, the major leaders all left.

Why still stay here?

Of course he also and Kurosawa Eiji over here bid farewell a bit, towards Kurosawa Eiji this famous director, also senior taking very good care of himself, he is also possessing extremely good attitude.

Only leaving Yasui Takashi and Ito Choan, like two statues having been weathered, blankly standing in place, upon those faces one after another, written full of disbelief and astonishment.

"Ha, this brat!"

Kurosawa Eiji looking at the departing back figure of that young man, upon that face always carrying somewhat of seriousness, finally blooming out a hearty smile deriving from the bottom of his heart.

He walked to beside the position Nohara Hiroshi sat at just now, lifting that cup of tea already completely cold long ago, lightly taking a sip, that gaze, like an old craftsman, seeing his own most proud artwork.

"That brat Asumi, this time, exactly truly is... picking up a treasure."

He turned his head around, looking at those several Kanto Faction veterans identically possessing faces full of sighing with emotion, loudly laughing saying: "Let's go right, us exactly also should return. That unpromising script of mine, seemingly... possesses new inspiration anew."

He recalled Nohara Hiroshi at the meal gathering just now, that handling of facing the provocations of the entire Tokyo Faction, still capable of composedly dealing with, even the spirit of a counter-check, that portion belonging to a young man's, pushing forward with indomitable will sharp spirit, like a bolt of lightning, instantly illuminating that heart of his already becoming somewhat silent due to the years.

He suddenly felt, that story of his concerning "Fake Samurai", perhaps, could be a bit bolder.

Perhaps, that protagonist, shouldn't merely be a simple counterfeit.

He should be an, utilizing his own method, going to challenge the entire samurai class, going to subvert all old rules... true, hero of troubled times!

"Thanks entirely to you ah, Nohara-kun."

Kurosawa Eiji inside his heart, facing that young man already far away long ago, silently, said a word of thanks.

He knew, his own creative career, due to the appearance of this young man, will usher in an, unprecedented gorgeous rebirth.

And that movie destined to subvert everyone's imaginations, also will officially within the New Year's Eve not long after, formally meet, this world.

"However, exactly truly envying... the talents of Nohara-kun ah..."

Thinking about that anti-cliché, thinking oneself obtaining victory, yet everything is the manipulated astonishing feeling of enemies, Kurosawa Eiji towards the creativity he himself drew reference from Nohara Hiroshi, increasingly sighing with emotion.