Chapter 4 Hyakumekusa Tsuchin

After escaping from the coffee shop, Nanaya had a simple lunch at a roadside ramen shop, and then rushed back there before the lunch break on the set.

The movie that Nanaya's teacher is currently filming is a campus youth drama, so in order to save costs, the crew took advantage of the spring break to rent a high school as a set.

"No one should notice me, right?"

After entering the school gate, Nanaya looked towards the playground and found that there were only a few vans of the crew but no one on the playground.

"It looks like we're filming an indoor scene today. Do you want to go to the teacher's office and wait?"

Just when Nanaya was struggling, a sharp voice with a bit of a duck voice interrupted his thoughts.

"Oh my, who did I think it was? Turns out it's you, a country bumpkin."

A sarcastic and harsh voice sounded in front of Nanaya. Nanaya, who was originally looking around, immediately became very ugly.

[Really? My good mood was ruined by this guy. How come I met this annoying guy as soon as I entered the set? ]

Nanaya raised his head and what came into his sight was a face he hated extremely, or rather, the crew member he least wanted to meet.

In Nanaya's eyes, the other person's face was pale like a vampire, and the silver afro was an eyesore. With the other person's face that looked like a woman's, Nanaya felt that the ramen he had eaten before was churning. Every time Nanaya saw this guy, he would think of the picture of the electric beam wood playing with the ball in his previous life. He didn't know how this guy could COS with a 10,000% similarity.

This person is the male lead of the current youth idol drama, and is also the new artist promoted by Japan's [J-house], the young and handsome Hyakumekusa Tsuchin.

Nanaya has always felt that only idiotic parents whose heads were caught in the door would give their children such a name that looks like it was insane. Of course, it is also possible that he has such discriminatory thoughts because he has a conflicting relationship with the other party.

But no matter what, at least in Nanaya's opinion, this guy Hyakumesa is someone he hates, from his name to his looks to that effeminate face.

In fact, Nanaya is not opposed to actors with pretty faces. After all, there is a market only when there is demand. Moreover, the idol positioning of creamy boys is not something that has only appeared in recent years. Not to mention the modern film and television entertainment industry, didn't people in ancient times also pursue pretty boys?

Unfortunately, as the pace of life accelerates, people's pursuit of stars has gradually become fast-food. In the past, stars not only had to have good looks, but also had to have their own characteristics, such as singing, acting, etc. However, now it is enough to have a good look, and it doesn't matter even if it is the same face. At most, you can just find another one after one is out of fashion.

Gradually, the stars who debuted in the past few years have become more and more traffic-oriented. This is not a problem of any particular country. In fact, this is happening in the entire Eastern entertainment industry. Some people around Nanaya even call this phenomenon "monkeyization."

"These days, even if the person standing on the stage is a monkey, as long as the face is still effeminate, he can be considered a star."

Nanaya almost spit out his anger when he heard this, but he had to admit that it did make some sense.

After all, these pretty boys and popular stars nowadays are really worse than those in the past. They have nothing but a face, but they have basically no signs of working hard and are wasting their capital. In Nanaya's opinion, it is really appropriate to describe these guys as "eating up all the resources".

Nanaya remembered that when he was in school in his previous life, he never understood why investors were so fond of these traffic stars who had no acting skills, no qualifications, and even no character. However, after he entered the circle and saw the economic benefits brought by these guys, he suddenly realized it.

For example, Nanaya once witnessed a popular star making a makeup video without makeup because she was angry with her fans. As a result, the video lasted less than an hour from start to finish, and the lipstick used by this woman sold as much as the brand's offline counters sold in a year.

After all, investors invest in projects to make money. Since these traffic stars can bring these benefits, trivial matters such as acting skills become irrelevant.

As for the atmosphere of the entire circle? That's none of my business. As an investor, I just come here to make money. What I need is hard cash.

After that incident, Nanaya became somewhat indifferent to traffic stars. If it rains, it will rain. If it gets married, it will get married. Since those guys want to make money in this way, Nanaya, as a small figure who is not even a director, can't stop them at all. At worst, he will just not cooperate with these guys in future directing.

As the saying goes, people with different ideals cannot work together. Since both sides have different ideas, there is no need to communicate much. Whether in the previous life or this life, Nanaya tried not to communicate with these guys except for necessary work.

Unfortunately, things don't always turn out as planned, and Nanaya eventually got into a conflict with the guy in front of him over a trivial matter.

Although Nanaya didn't want to cause trouble, he wouldn't be afraid if someone really wanted to conflict with him. Since he had already offended the other party, Nanaya simply didn't give this guy any face. So Nanaya immediately acted according to his own thoughts - he turned his head and showed that he ignored the other party's existence.

"You bastard! You're just a country bumpkin and you look down on me?!"

Unlike the face that was in pain, this guy's temper exploded at the slightest provocation. He pointed at Nanaya and started cursing.

In response to this, Nanaya could only roll his eyes in his heart.

[It's not that I look down on you, I just completely ignore you. ]

Looking at the other party's endless stream of dirty words, Nanaya believed that this guy definitely came to block him at the door just to vent his emotions.

In fact, there was nothing wrong with Nanaya's conflict with this guy. Nanaya just stood up to stop him from teasing his junior (♂). At least in Nanaya's opinion, the other party should thank him, otherwise if the other party really took his junior to bed, he would be traumatized for life. After all, it's better to just keep it as a joke when the other party takes out something bigger than yours.

Besides, this guy just looks effeminate, not really gay.

However, instead of appreciating it, Hyakumekusa started to oppose Nanaya at every turn, as if he felt that it was Nanaya who had made him look bad.

I swear to God, Nanaya only told this guy the gender of his offspring in front of everyone, but this guy thought that Nanaya and his partner were playing a prank on him.

[I wonder if this guy's fans will be heartbroken when they see this? ]

Looking at Hyakumekusa who was still yelling there, Nanaya couldn't help but have the idea of ​​secretly filming the video. However, when he thought of the confidentiality agreement signed before the filming, Nanaya finally gave up this constructive idea.

However, as Hyakumekusa spoke more and more excitedly, the other members of the crew also began to move towards the school gate.

Seeing more and more people around him, Nanaya began to get angry. He knew that if he didn't fight back, he would be inferior to the other party in the crew in the future.

"Hey, you're so angry? Did you take too many diet pills?" Nanaya squinted his eyes and mocked, "I heard that one of your members became a eunuch after taking diet pills. Could it be that you are the same? That's why you have no place to vent your anger and lose your temper."

When the people around heard Nanaya mention this, they immediately burst into laughter. Although this matter was kept secret outside the circle, it was no secret in the circle. Hyakumekusa originally debuted with a team of 5 people. Because one of the members was prone to obesity, this guy took diet pills and finally successfully sent himself to the palace.

Because of this reason, the group that Hyakumegusa was in announced its disbandment last month, and the other members started to go solo. Currently, this movie directed by Nanaya-sensei Hanai Ryuichi is the first work of this guy after he went solo, which is very important to him.

However, Nanaya felt that Hyakumekusa, a guy with an IQ of less than 9, obviously did not know about this matter, otherwise he would not have done things that offended the crew members. From the laughter of the people around him, it can be seen how unpopular this guy is.

"You bastard!"

Hyakumekusa's face, which originally looked rosy due to makeup, suddenly turned the color of liver, and he began to attack Nanaya with even more vicious words.

[He gets more excited as he talks. This guy is totally hopeless...]

Looking at the growing crowd, just when Nanaya was unsure whether to say a few more harsh words, a serious voice interrupted Hyakumekusa's speech.

"What are you all doing here? You seem so energetic during your lunch break, why don't you start working right now?"

A serious-looking middle-aged man glared at everyone present with vicious eyes. This man was Nanaya's cheap teacher and the director of the set, Ryuichi Hanai.

Judging from his appearance, the director is probably in his 40s or 50s. Rather than being a director, he looks more like a middle-level leader in a company.

Looking at his teacher's serious look, Nanaya couldn't help but wonder if the reason why he knew the big boss Ryutani Nobuyuki was because they both participated in competitions like the [Serious Face Grand Prix]?

When the crowd saw that the BOSS was coming, they immediately dispersed, leaving only Hyakumesa, Nanaya and Ryuichi still there.

Ryuichi looked at the unwilling Hyakumekusa and scolded: "Look at what you have done. How did your makeup become like this? Hurry and get to the dressing room!"

Even the popular idol Hyakumekusa didn't dare to disobey the director's authority in public. Although his brain wasn't very good, he hadn't completely degenerated into a monkey. So he could only walk towards the RV that served as a temporary dressing room, but he was still cursing at Nanaya as he walked.

"Tsk, you're lucky, country bumpkin. Listen to me, country bumpkin, you are not suitable for the city at all, get out of here and go back to the countryside! You are destined to be unknown all your life and will only be a shameful loser!"

Looking at Hyakumekusa''s back, Nanaya thought that this guy should be a talk show host, so that he could see him on a show like eating frogs. Listening to the increasingly rhythmic cursing sound of this idiot, which was similar to rap, Nanaya couldn't help but scratch his ears with his fingers. He was really afraid that the guy who debuted for two and a half years would say "chicken is too beautiful".

"What are you looking at? Haven't you seen that face enough on the crew all day?" Ryuichi kicked Nanaya on the butt to remind him to come back to his senses.

"Well, teacher, I have to go to work first."

Nanaya smiled awkwardly and wanted to leave, but before he could take a step, he was stopped by Ryuichi.

"Why are you in such a hurry? Come with me to my office first. I want to talk to you about some preparation details for the movie you are directing."

When Ryuichi said this, he glanced at Hyakumekusa' who had not walked far yet, and deliberately raised his voice very loudly.

"Thank you for your help, teacher." Nanaya saw that his teacher was standing up for him in disguise, and he was really grateful for that.

"Let me tell you, although this is just a TV movie, if it can meet the requirements, it is not impossible to be released in theaters. So you..."

Hyakumekusa looked at the backs of the two people leaving. He wanted to rush up to confirm the authenticity of the matter to the director, but his legs could not move.

So Hyakumekusa Tsuchin stood there in a daze under the sun. He looked at the bright sun hanging above his head and frowned tightly on his face: "How is it possible... are you kidding... that country bumpkin?"