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Chapter 412 Let’s have a drink together
🕑 Added 2025-08-03 15:01:22 +0000 UTC"Forget it."
Nanaya’s first reaction was to shake his head. He had absolutely no fondness for alcohol.
But Ori insisted: "I think you'd better relax. I almost thought a volcano was going to erupt today. The look you gave Lily was so scary."
"You and I both know that losing your temper won't solve the problem." Nanaya shook his head slowly, "I don't want to lose control either. You should understand this feeling."
"I'm better than you. Uncle Matsushige is a veteran actor, so I feel at ease."
Ori's words made Nanaya smile.
The food drama shot by my junior brother has relatively low requirements for the actors, but has higher requirements for presenting the food in front of the camera.
With the addition of the veteran actor Matsushige Yutaka, the set is quite harmonious.
"Then you are much luckier than me. I hope you can always be so lucky." Nanaya said with empathy.
In fact, as long as you take the position of director, pressure will come.
After filming "King Kong: Skull Island", Jordan Vogt-Roberts, the director of this movie, went from a fair-skinned young man to a wild man with hair and beard longer than his arms.
Therefore, no matter how good-tempered a person is, they will become irritable and manic after becoming a director, and it seems that yelling is the best way for them to relieve stress.
This is especially true for commercial film directors. James Cameron and Michael Bay are both well-known tyrants on the set.
"In fact, you have done very well, senior. This time is just an exception." Ori said with a smile, "You have always been able to control your temper well. Sometimes I think you are too mature."
"Thank you for the compliment." Nanaya said helplessly, "I have always felt that losing temper is a sign of impotence and rage, so I have been restraining myself. But this time..."
Ori agreed and said, "So you need a way to vent. If you don't find a way to relieve it, you might really lose control one day. I don't want to be beaten into a pancake by your rage."
"My last name isn't Ma."
Nanaya replied speechlessly.
Ori obviously didn't understand the joke, and he took out a new pair of shoes and socks from behind him.
"Here, go have a drink. You've been carrying a lot of mental pressure, and it's going to make you sick."
"All right."
Nanaya nodded, he took the shoes and socks and put them on.
But he still added: "It's agreed in advance that I will only drink one glass."
Ori chuckled and said, "I thought you wanted to drink juice."
Nanaya rolled his eyes. After changing his shoes, he packed up his equipment and left the studio with Ori.
Since Nanaya basically never goes to bars, Ori can only lead the way.
Because they were going to drink later, they asked the driver assigned by Washimine to the crew to take them there.
Under Ori's guidance, the driver took them to a bar not far from the studio.
The decoration of this restaurant is a bit fresh and there is no particularly loud music.
There was only one guitarist playing a relatively soothing tune there.
“This place is pretty good.”
Nanaya was quite satisfied with this restaurant. He thought of a western restaurant next to his home in his previous life.
Apart from the fact that that restaurant specializes in Western food and this bar only provides drinks and light meals, there really isn't much difference.
Ori laughed and said, "I know that you like a quiet environment, so I chose this place on purpose."
Nanaya raised the corner of his mouth and teased Ori: "So you usually go to those kinds of bars with various dances? Go there to pick up girls?"
"How could I!" Ori pouted and glared at Nanaya.
But Nanaya chuckled, walked to the bar and sat on the high stool.
Ori then sat down to the right of Nanaya and said to the waiter at the bar, "A glass of Gordon's Gin."
After saying that, Ori looked at Nanaya provocatively and said, "It's your turn now. Do you want some juice? Baby~"
"Nonsense!"
Nanaya turned his gaze away from the list of non-alcoholic cocktails in a somewhat annoyed manner.
"A glass of solid dark beer, thank you."
Although Nanaya didn't want to admit defeat, he knew that he couldn't drink much, so he still chose a glass of low-alcohol wine.
Neither of them chose a cocktail that needed to be mixed, so the bartender quickly brought the drinks to them.
"Cheers, Grumpy-senpai."
Ori touched Nanaya's quilt with his own, and then took a big sip very generously.
Nanaya smiled helplessly, then picked up the cup and took a sip.
The bitter taste of alcohol made Nanaya frown. He felt that he would never be able to adapt to this taste in his life.
When Ori saw Nanaya's expression, he snorted with satisfaction.
"As expected, you are just a child, Senior."
Nanaya smacked his lips and asked, "Is this what I look like in your eyes?"
"Which one? The naughty kid or the violent one?"
"The last one."
Nanaya has completely given up on the issue of drinking.
Let them despise me, at least I won't have drunken sex or anything like that in my life.
Ori tilted her head playfully: "Hey? Senior, aren't you irritable? You scared the little girl to tears!"
"Well, as for what happened to Lily, I am indeed sorry for her." Nanaya admitted it readily.
"Lily is just the unluckiest one!"
Ori pushed Nanaya's arm and said in a coquettish tone: "Senior, you have a bad reputation in the crew recently. Even Sister Katsura has complained."
Nanaya waved his hand nonchalantly: "Forget it, my reputation should return after the filming of the movie is finished."
James Cameron is a notorious tyrant, but you have to ask anyone who has worked with him before whether they want to work with him again.
Apart from the actors, most of the other behind-the-scenes staff were willing.
After all, it is always a good thing to work with a successful director. At least your career is very stable.
"Senior, your extremely conceited and arrogant personality has remained the same for ten years."
Ori thought about the time when he first met Nanaya. At that time, his feelings towards Nanaya were really not good.
Apart from the "Kara no Kyoukai" script that Nanaya had very problematic issues with, in Ori's opinion at the time, Nanaya was too self-centered.
I'm a young master from a wealthy family and I'm so cautious in this business. How can you, a country bumpkin, be so confident?
This was probably Ori's truest thought at the time.
Of course, due to her upbringing, Ori was a little lacking in confidence at that time, but that also explains some problems.
Although Ori was nicknamed "Cold Beauty" because of his lack of expression, he is still very tolerant towards people he knows.
This shows how much Ori disliked Nanaya at that time.
“It’s really incredible when I think about it.” Ori shook his wine glass. “At that time, my idea was to become a master under the teacher as soon as possible, so that I wouldn’t have to endure you anymore.”
Nanaya laughed: "Really? I really didn't realize that. I have always regarded you as a very useful assistant."
"Senior, you are really self-centered. I hinted to you several times that you couldn't do it." Ori glanced at Nanaya.
"Wei, this is your problem."
Nanaya put down his wine glass, pointed at Ori and said, "Brother, I have to have a good talk with you. You care too much about other people's opinions. The first requirement for being a director is to have a thick skin! The wall is not thick enough, and it would be best if even the Star Destroyer cannon can't penetrate it."
"puff----"
Ori spurted out.
But Nanaya didn't care at all. He continued, "You have to know that our works as directors will be put under the spotlight and criticized by everyone. If you don't have a thick skin, you will be easily misled by other people's comments."
The most important thing for a director is to maintain his own style and path, and not be led astray by others.
The most obvious example is the Wachowski brothers, directors of The Matrix...
Uh...it seems like they are siblings.
That’s not right!
They should be sisters.
Forget it. Never mind.
In short, the guy in the Wachowski family whose gender is in a Schrödinger state is a typical example of someone who has been misled by film critics.
Anyway, since The Matrix, the movies they (they?) directed have basically lost more and more money at the box office.
Although Wachowski has many loyal fans and believers, these people are obviously not enough to support the box office of a big-budget movie.
"So, I'm working on this FZ project..."
"Forget it, let's not discuss the movie."
Seeing that Nanaya was about to talk a long story, he quickly changed the subject.
I asked Nanaya to come out today to help him relax. If we continue like this, I'm afraid it will only add to his negative energy and emotions.
"Senior, tell me about you and Miss Washimine." Ori showed a gossipy expression, "How far have you two developed?"
"Shion?"
Ori’s words stunned Nanaya. After thinking for a while, he gestured with two fingers.
"Before she holds the board meeting, we average twice a day, right?" Nanaya said with a very annoying expression.
"I'm going to your brother-in-law's!"
Ori almost punched him.
"Haha, are you jealous? I tell you to find someone sooner rather than later."
Seeing that Ori was about to hit someone, Nanaya changed the subject: "Well, except that the food is not so good every time we go to Shion's house, everything else is pretty good. We are the kind of couple that love each other very much now."
"Then you better be careful not to be discovered by Rin, or you and her will end up breaking up."
Maybe it was because Nanaya’s joke just now was too much, Ori’s expression was still a little unhappy.
But Ori still kindly reminded him, as he was very clear about Nanaya's character.
Different from being overly conceited in his career, Nanaya is really timid when it comes to relationships.
Nanaya shrugged. He didn’t know whether the “she” he was referring to was Shion or Rin.
But when I think about it carefully, am I in a relationship with them?
For a moment, the atmosphere between the two became silent.
At this time, the cell phone in Ori's pocket rang.
After he took out the phone and answered it, he made an apologetic expression to Nanaya.
"My sister called." Ori stood up after listening to the call, "She said that my mother wants to video chat with me tonight. I have to leave first."
"Go ahead, go ahead. I'll sit for a while and go back by myself later."
Nanaya said casually, not caring that Ryougi Ori didn't pay for the drinks.
Who would have thought that after Ori went out, he directly greeted the person waiting at the door.
"He's in there. It's up to you from now on."
