novelslam Chapter 1178 Chapter 1187, The company is hopeless! It has been corrupted from the very beginning!
Chapter 1178 Chapter 1187, The company is hopeless! It has been corrupted from the very beginning!
Chapter 1178 Chapter 1187, The company is hopeless! It has been corrupted from the very beginning!
The poached Hayao Miyazaki has been working in the Shuyou Building for more than half a month.
As I gradually adapted, the people I knew before were recruited back, and they were no longer outsourced painters, but directly hired. The original sense of strangeness had long gone.
Speaking of which, such a large office is indeed very comfortable.
The Shuyou Building is much better than the small office building in Koganei City. There are many commercial atmospheres and entertainment facilities around Ikebukuro. Life in a big city is more colorful than in a small city.
Moreover, everyone in Shuyou Group is talented and speaks very nicely. He likes this place very much!
"Miyazaki." In the office, Takahata Isao asked while drinking coffee, "Have you seen the recently released "Slam Dunk"? "
"Well, I've seen it"
Miyazaki nodded.
“Very well adapted.”
"I told you that Shuyou Anime is something!" Takahata now feels that his decision was very decisive. "Simply relying on this anime, Shuyou Anime will become famous!"
"Maybe."
As a talented cartoonist, Hayao Miyazaki is also very proud, but he still admires Gosho Aoyama and Yoshihiro Togashi, the two main backbones of Shuyou Animation.
Takahata Isao shook his head and fantasized:
“I don’t know what we can achieve in Shuyou.”
“Definitely not worse than them”
While the two were chatting, Toshio Suzuki brought Shuichi Ido into the Ghibli studio.
"Shuuichi-san!" X2
Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata immediately stood up to greet him, as the person coming over was a direct executive of the Shuyou Animation Department.
"Miyazaki-san, Takahata Isao-san."
Yi Tang Xiu waved his hand, motioning for the two to sit down, and then asked with a smile,
"You've been here at Shuyou for so long, are you getting used to it?"
"Hi, I'm already familiar with working here." Takahata nodded in response, "Everyone is very friendly."
"That's good."
Yi Tangxiu nodded slightly, and did not continue to exchange pleasantries, but took on the attitude of a senior executive.
"Toshio Suzuki and I just learned a little bit about it. The current project of the Ghibli working group is "My Neighbor Totoro", but the progress seems to be unsatisfactory."
"Uh," Miyazaki said, "Because there is a lot of preparation work to do in the early stages, we need to go out and look for relevant stories, and also look for some real scenes to use in the manuscript."
"Yes, I understand all of this."
Shuichi Ido paused Miyazaki's explanation. He did not have the filter of Naoki Nagayama, and he only regarded Miyazaki as a talented young employee, so he was not too polite.
In his opinion, Naoki Nagayama has already prepared several main prototype characters and story outlines for the movie "My Neighbor Totoro", and the progress of a mature project team should not be so slow.
"Preliminary preparations are important, but overall progress is more important."
Idou Shuichi shook his head and said,
"If you think about it, maybe Shuyou isolated Studio Ghibli from other employees, not just in terms of work areas, but also in terms of business communication, so everyone thought Shuyou was a slow-moving company."
The working atmosphere at Shuyou is very harmonious, and the employees get along well with each other. There is very little overtime or lectures. It is the kind of atmosphere you would find in a European or American company, so at first glance, it does look like a retirement company.
"But in fact, Shuyou's business capabilities and work efficiency are among the best in the industry. We just abandoned the meaningless delays, overtime, wrangling, and old-fashioned procedures."
Shuyou's high efficiency is well-known in the industry. Naoki Nagayama's frequency of producing a good movie every three months is the reason why he stands out from all the old-fashioned film production companies.
"If employees work efficiently in the company, there is no need to use overtime as a metric to demonstrate their efforts."
"Naoki-san was very optimistic about the abilities of Miyazaki-san, Takahata Isao-san, and Suzuki-san, so he invested in Studio Ghibli. I also thought that everyone at Studio Ghibli was a mature team, so I didn't pay too much attention to it. But from the current progress, it seems that you haven't demonstrated such abilities."
This sentence was very serious, and Miyazaki and the other two immediately apologized:
“Private Marseille.”
"No need to apologize." Idou Shuichi said, "This is because the management did not consider the improvement."
“So, now we have to make some adjustments.”
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Miyazaki and his colleagues were a little nervous, as they felt that big changes were about to take place.
"I will be in charge of supervising the My Neighbor Totoro film project," said Shuichi Idou. He looked at Toshio Suzuki and said, "Mr. Suzuki, you need to come up with a detailed schedule within this week."
Then he said to Hayao Miyazaki:
"Miyazaki-san, the original drawings for the important scenes need to be expedited. I want to see progress this week."
"Mr. Takahata, you are a member of the My Neighbor Totoro production team. You need to allocate tasks and stay busy during working hours. Keep a good control of the progress of the work."
“In the next period of time, we have to get the production of My Neighbor Totoro back on track!
You three need to report your work progress to me every week.
Until I think you have adapted to the rhythm of the tree friends, then go back to once a month."
Each business department of Shuyou usually reports at the monthly meeting.
After so many years of experience, Shuichi Ido actually possesses the qualities of a senior executive, and the more efficient SOP management method of later large companies brought by Naoki Nagayama allows him to be clear and powerful when assigning work.
This time, I felt that several of the Ghibli artists didn’t seem to fit in with the tree friends, so I paid special attention to them.
Under his order, the three people from Studio Ghibli looked serious and did not dare to object. It was not until Idou Shuichi left that Miyazaki Hayao and the others breathed a sigh of relief.
Being watched by my boss early in the morning really makes me nervous~
"Well," Takahata Isao took a sip of the slightly cold coffee, "Shuuichi-san was very imposing when he arranged the work! It was really frightening."
"That's for sure! Xiuyi-san is the person in charge of the main film business of the Shuyou Group!"
Toshio Suzuki shrugged. On the surface, Idou Shuichi was only a department head, and his rank was lower than that of Yoshimura Otomo, the general manager.
However, compared with the head of the powerful department of the film industry and the CEO of the group, who has more say? This is not certain. According to Shuyou, everyone is under the leadership of Naoki Naoki.
"If you're not that good, can you be the director of the film department?"
A few words were exchanged between them, and then they returned to the topic.
"This time Xiuyi-san came to arrange the work, which means we were indeed a bit lazy before. We must work hard next time!"
"Yes, our tree friends dug us here, but they didn't come to live in retirement!"
"Miyazaki, don't worry about what's perfect. Go on a business trip to the site and take the photos you want. Come back and draw the original paintings!" Takahata Isao said, "We will make a work schedule this week!"
"Hi!" Miyazaki nodded.
Although he is a perfectionist, he knows that not everything can be perfect when he is working.
At the same time, Naoki Nagayama was selecting actors for "Departures" in his office.
The large desk was cleared of all the clutter, and photos were arranged on the tabletop. Naoki Nagayama and Kyon Kijima were pointing at the photos.
"No, this one looks too fierce!"
"This one is smiling and a little frivolous"
"The male lead I'm looking for this time is a character with a melancholy vibe," Naoki Nagayama said, "and the female lead is a virtuous woman with a wife-like vibe."
"This actress's eyes are not right, too tempting! Take it away!"
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Kijima next to him was speechless. He took the photo and put it back into the file bag. It felt like Naoki Nagayama was like an ancient emperor flipping cards.
He had nothing to do, so Naoki Nagayama drafted him in, under the pretext of "letting Kimura-kun get more familiar with actors in the entertainment industry," and then he was pulled into the office to record the results of the screening.
After the casting announcement for "Departures" was released, many agencies have sent in information on their artists, regardless of whether they meet the requirements or not, as long as their gender meets the requirements.
Those sent to Naoki Nagayama have already been preliminarily screened and generally meet the requirements. Even so, there are hundreds of people, and there are still a steady stream of candidates being sent in.
"Naoki-san," Kimura said helplessly, "You know, there are some differences between the photo and the real person. Maybe he just took it in this style on purpose!"
"You have a point. But..."
Naoki Nagayama looked at this photo of Yuko Natori, and then flipped through the sexy photos of Aiko Morishita.
"But the agency sent this kind of photo, and it's obvious that they have bad intentions!"
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Maybe it’s because of Naoki-san’s previous reputation, everyone thinks you must be a face-obsessed person!
Everyone who knows Naoki Nagayama knows that apart from some scandals when he first became famous, Naoki Nagayama is actually a very loyal guy. But others who are far away from him don’t think so!
In the entertainment industry, which is a big melting pot, how could there be someone who can stay untainted by the mud and judge others by himself? The directors of the agency must think that Naoki Nagayama is restrained on the surface, but who knows how much he flirts in private!
It’s just that I’m in a high position now, and I’ve done a good job of keeping secrets, so I have to be careful about my reputation!
"Then Naoki-san, please give me these photos!" Kimura stretched out his hand and wanted to take the photos, "I'll be a backup for the next movie."
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Naoki Nagayama retracted his hand.
"Kijima-kun, please don't do anything weird with the photo!"
".!!!"
Kimura was stunned for a moment, then got angry. What does it mean to use photos to do weird things? !
With his current status as a famous director, what does he need photos for? He can even call the real person over!
“Hahaha~” Naoki Nagayama sensed his subordinate’s anger and immediately laughed it off, “It was just a joke~ I know Kijima-kun would never do that!”
"!! Naoki-san!"
I don't know why, but Kimura became even angrier~
Just as a conflict was about to break out, there was a knock on the office door.
"Dong dong."
"Naoki-san," Idou Shuuichi pushed the door open, "Ah, Kijima-kun is here too!"
As he spoke, he walked to the desk and saw the photos on it. He subconsciously joked:
"Ah, we're casting. There are so many beauties. You two should not do anything weird with the photos~"
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What kind of company is this!
The president and senior executives actually like to play such weird jokes!
Shuyou has been led astray by Naoki Nagayama!
Hopeless!
It was he, Kyon Kimura, who said that!
"Kijima-kun," Idou Shuuichi looked at the stunned Kijima Kyon and asked with a smile, "What's wrong? Did I get it right?"
".Shuuichi-san!"
Kijima Kyon's body tensed up, he was furious;
"Only young people like Matsuo-kun and Nishimoto-kun would do such a thing!"
He did not hesitate to pass the blame to his juniors.
"Hahaha~" X3
The office was instantly filled with the joyful laughter of the three men. Sometimes the happiness between men is so simple. This company is hopeless! It is broken from the root!
After laughing for a while, Idou Shuichi asked:
"Naoki-san, have you found the right person?"
"Just judging by the photos, it's hard to choose!" Naoyama Naoki sat down, "They all look suitable, but I haven't had much contact with them."
"Who told you that you never attend parties, Naoki-san?"
Idou Shuichi took out a bottle of drink from the refrigerator, leaned against the desk and smiled.
“That kind of occasion is actually a chance for you to get to know more actors.”
“It’s too troublesome~”
Naoki Nagayama still didn't want to participate in such a troublesome thing.
"Then there's no other way. You can only let the actors come to you!" Idou Shuichi continued, "Just select a group of candidates and meet them face to face during the audition!"
"That's all we can do."
Naoki Nagayama signaled to Kidima-kun to pick out the photos that he had thought were good and put them aside.
"Shuuichi-san, shouldn't you be busy with the establishment of the Tokyo Film Association? Choosing a venue? Why are you here at the company?"
"You can just pick any venue. They're all high-end hotels, so they're all pretty much the same."
Idou Shuichi said,
"I just checked the progress of the animation department and asked them to speed up the progress of My Neighbor Totoro."
"Oh"
Naoki Nagayama just nodded. Ghibli was under the Film Division and did not interfere with Idou Shuichi's management of his subordinates.
"Xiu Yi-san has worked hard."
"By the way," Idou Shuichi asked, "Naoki-san, how is the communication between you and Ikebana Yasuko going?"
“Budget?”
Naoki Nagayama pressed his temples.
"One billion is not a small amount. The Ministry of Education will definitely review it. Even with the support of the Economic Planning Agency, progress is very slow."
"So we have to establish the Tokyo Film Association in March to make the scene more lively and louder, so that it will be easier for them to lobby in the Senate."
April is the beginning of the government's new fiscal year, and the Senate usually approves the budget at the end of the month.
The budget for the Tokyo Film Association has naturally been raised long ago, in the name of supporting film culture, and it only accounts for a small part of the trillion-dollar budget.
Some lawmakers who are concerned about cultural spending still have some objections to this budget, and the Ministry of Education is lobbying hard.
"really."
Yi Tangxiu nodded slightly.
"This time, in addition to the stars, I invited senior people from the film industry. I asked my mentor and other friends to invite them."
These people may not be as famous as celebrities, but they definitely have strong connections.
"Well, we can't let Ikebo Yasuko bear the pressure of the councillors alone. We should also invite the councillors who are concerned about cultural affairs to come."
Naoki Nagayama recalled,
"On March 3, right?"
"Hi~"
"Ha" Naoki Festival~
"All the senior members of the Tree Friends will be present at that time!" Naoki Nagayama said, "Bring your families along."
"Madam, are you sociable?" Idou Shuichi had no problem with that.
"Some things still need to be whispered." Naoki Nagayama said, "Especially when those dissenting congressmen send expensive gifts or something and ask the company to reimburse them!"
"Haha, good~ Jiawei will definitely be very happy."
Yitang Jiawei would definitely be happy to use the company's money to expand his social circle.
In the circle of wives, Akina may be a little immature, but after years of training, Shuichi-san's wife has become a mature lady.
With the support of her husband, who is a senior executive of Shuyou and a well-known director, she is as influential as the wife of a congressman, and even more financially capable!
If the gifts can be reimbursed this time, then it will be very easy to get closer to those ladies.
One bag isn't enough? Then get another one!