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Since Maetori Shrine in Kanagawa enshrines the god in charge of literature, it is usually synonymous with purity except during the exam season. However, recently, the originally quiet courtyard has suddenly become lively.

Small tents were set up in the open space of the front hall. Under the blue or red tents, there were stalls selling trinkets, vendors playing shooting games, charcoal grills for barbecue, taiyaki and takoyaki.

The cart... also has shaved ice, apple candy, chocolate banana, etc.~

The tents are clustered on both sides of the Shinto, leaving only a not-so-wide aisle in the middle. Tourists, some in yukatas and others in T-shirts, are flowing slowly in the aisle, making it seem crowded and lively~

The wisps of green smoke floating from the sky, together with the incense inside the shrine, filled the entire Maetori Shrine with the smell of human fireworks, as if it wanted to attract the ethereal gods.

When Nagayama Naoki came here with the crew, it was almost evening, which happened to be the busiest time of the summer festival... Nearby residents came here with their families, and the laughter of children and

The voices of advice from adults are endless.

"What's going on..." Nagayama Naoki was a little confused, "Is there really a summer festival event at Maetori Shrine today?"

Next to him, Kijima Xu was also very surprised. He immediately called someone to call Takehiko Takehiko from the props team:

"Takei-san, please explain to Naoki-san..."

"?Explain what?"

"Didn't I ask you to build a venue?" Kijima Xu said, "Why did it really become a summer festival?"

Takei Takehiko was a little confused: "Didn't Naoki-san say that it should be exactly the same as the real Summer Festival? In addition to the tents borrowed from the shrine, I also went to the market to buy lamps and signs for the Summer Festival.

of....."

"Then people came and asked where the venue was, how many shops there were, whether they were vacant, whether they wanted to fill in the crowd, etc..."

"I thought so. After all, the empty Summer Festival must look unreal, so I agreed that they would find someone to come..."

"After that, starting from this afternoon, traders started coming one after another..."

“In the end, I don’t know since when, customers came here to hang out... I don’t know why, but there are more and more people...”

"However, this looks more and more like a real summer festival!"

"Isn't that right, Naoki-san?!"

Nagayama Naoki looked at Takei Takehiko who was begging for praise and fell silent...

In the past few days, he had put some of his focus on writing the script. He only paid attention to it during filming and didn't pay much attention to other details, let alone the construction of the venue as far away as Kanagawa.

He was a little confused whether his subordinate was too serious and took his words as the highest requirement, or whether he was too slow and turned a fake event into a real summer festival...

"Hahaha, European model series~ European model series~"

Kitano Takeshi heard the whole process from the side and was very surprised at the result of such nonsense. He looked at the scene that was exactly the same as other summer festivals and couldn't help but applaud.

"Naoki-san, you planned a summer festival in Kanagawa!"

Tanaka Yuko was also holding Naoto Fujiki beside her, smiling happily. If it hadn't been for the filming requirements, she might have taken the young actor to the summer festival by now.

Why does Naoto Fujiki follow Yuko Tanaka? Compared to a group of rough guys, of course he prefers a gentle and beautiful big sister!

Seeing that it had become an established fact, Nagayama Naoki could not say anything. He could only pat Takehiko Takehiko on the shoulder:

"Takei-san, you did a good job....Don't do it again~"

"???"

Then he asked Kijima Xu: "Kijima-kun, didn't you say that reporters are coming today? Where are they?"

"In the main hall of the shrine, Takei-san placed them there."

"Okay, let's go meet them for a while first~"

.......

Shinnosuke Matsuzawa and Tomoya Shimoda, the editor of "Weekly Bunshun", were among a group of reporters, visiting the main hall of Maetori Shrine.

"I didn't expect Shuyou's on-set interview to invite so many media." Shimoda Tomoya looked at the colleagues around him and was a little surprised. There were several of his acquaintances here.

"After all, he is a well-known director." Shinnosuke Matsuzawa said casually while looking at the statue, "Didn't I say before that this movie will compete for the Palme d'Or and the Oscar at the same time, so everyone is curious."

"Speaking of comedy...it's very difficult for comedy to win awards..."

Whether it is the Palme d'Or or the Oscars, such film awards, in addition to box office performance, also need to pay attention to the influence and artistry of the film.

Neither of them has any doubts about the box office. Naoki Nagayama has never made a movie that failed to be a hit, and this has almost become a consensus in the industry.

But the social impact and artistic value of comedy...that's difficult.

Unless it's a romantic comedy or black humor? It's easy to win awards by praising love and reflecting reality, but Naoki Nagayama seems to be a children's comedy this time...

The two were discussing nonchalantly, and suddenly Matsuzawa Shinnosuke asked a little strangely:

"Maedori Shrine...is there such a lively summer festival? I remember it was very clean before?"

"Otherwise Naoki Nagayama wouldn't have chosen this place as a filming location~" Shimoda Tomoya said with a smile, then turned to ask the priest serving at the nearby shrine, "This summer festival should be specially planned by the shrine, right?"

The priest looked confused:

"Eh? Isn't this hosted by the crew with you?"

"??"

A group of reporters came over and looked over, making the young priest a little nervous. Originally, the shrine was not big, and he was only caught as a part-time coolie. He was on duty at night...

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Didn't it say that a crew came to shoot a movie, so they gave the shrine a sum of money to rent the venue?" the young priest said, "

Wasn't that summer festival set up by the crew? Aren't those people extras?"

"???!!!"

The reporters present instantly smelled the news... and looked at the young priest with bright eyes.

.......

At this time, Nagayama Naoki and his party, led by Takei Takehiko, arrived at the main hall of the shrine and saw a group of reporters surrounding the priest asking questions.

"..." Nagayama Naoki was silent for the third time tonight.

"Did we come at the wrong time?" However, as the biggest person in charge, he had to ask, "Everyone seems to be busy..."

"No! You came just in time!"

After seeing Naoki Nagayama, Shinnosuke Matsuzawa immediately threw away the young priest. This is the one who knows everything!

"Naoki-san, is today's summer festival specially planned by the crew of "Kikujiro's Summer"?"

"Right..." Now it's not the same~

Matsuzawa Shinnosuke continued to ask: "You actually held a summer festival just to take a shot?"

And looking at the level of excitement, it’s almost the same as a small or medium-sized summer festival in Tokyo! This is a third- and fourth-tier city like Hiratsuka City in Kanagawa...

"Hmm... Well, that's right~" Naoki Nagayama answered with some hesitation.

Another reporter asked: "Those tourists are ordinary people, not extras, right?"

"no......"

"Why are there so many people coming here? Naoki-san, have you promoted it nearby?"

"...I'm not too sure about this..."

Generally speaking, a small city like Hiratsuka City will only hold one large summer festival in the summer, and it has already been held some time ago.

But this time Naoki Nagayama's crew revealed the news at a market that specializes in selling activity supplies, and also invited many local vendors to set up stalls... How can there be secrets in a small city?

The news of this secret summer festival made the nearby residents very curious. When curiosity leads to concern, concern leads to action. In addition, it was Saturday, so they all came with their families to explore, but

I didn’t expect it would be really interesting here, so I called more people...

In the main hall of the shrine, Naoki Nagayama's answer made the reporters very dissatisfied, but there was nothing they could do.

"Mina-san...we will start shooting the movie in a while. Before that, you can interview our crew...but you can't interrupt us until we start shooting." Nao Nagayama

Shu said to the reporters.

"Can we take photos then?" a reporter responded.

"Okay~" Anyway, it's just a shot of one scene, and it won't hurt if it's revealed.

So, when the crew started to set up the camera seats, reporters surrounded the creative team and started harassing them.

"Kitano Takeso, how did it feel to work with director Naoki Nagayama?"

"Ah... I'm very happy~" Kitano Takeshi smiled.

"Mr. Kitano Takeshi, can you tell us about the shooting process?"

"I was very happy while filming..."

"..."

Having been in the entertainment industry for so many years, Takeshi Kitano is extremely familiar with reporters' questions. However, due to his somewhat sinister character, he will tease reporters when answering...

Some reporters caught Yuko Tanaka trying to escape:

"Miss Tanaka Yuko, don't you need to prepare?"
To be continued...