Chapter 105: Regarding the feel of Ori hair

"Is that why you have black eyes?"

Washimine Shion looked at the depressed Nanaya and her face turned red - that was because she was trying not to laugh.

Perhaps because of Shion's expression, Nanaya was a little embarrassed, so he said stubbornly: "This is not a bruise, it's caused by staying up late."

"It's amazing that you have panda eyes on one side from staying up late. Senior~"

Ori on the side narrowed his eyes and gently pressed Nanaya's eye sockets with his hands.

"Ouch--!"

Nanaya immediately covered his eyes and jumped up.

"Senior, you still said it wasn't black eyes."

Nanaya sat back in his seat frustratedly. He said gloomily, "Please give me some face."

"Tsk, you're the only one who wants to save face." Ori snorted coldly. He took out the ointment from the medicine box and applied it on Nanaya's eyes.

"Hiss—gently!"

Perhaps because she felt that Ori's movements were not gentle enough, Nanaya complained quietly.

Ori glared at her and said, "Just bear with the pain! It's good enough that they didn't sue you for sexual harassment."

"I'm sorry...I really didn't mean it."

Rin said awkwardly, touching his nose.

She was really frightened at the time, because Nanaya was acting so fiercely, and the fig leaf had disappeared...

Anyway, by the time Rin reacted, her fist had already been thrown out.

Fortunately, the troll played by Nanaya will lose one eye in the later plot, so even though Nanaya is currently unable to apply fluorescent paint due to the injury to one eye, the impact on the filming is not that big.

However, this incident also left a big shadow in Rin's heart. At least from that day on, Rin never touched sausage and egg foods again.

Nanaya himself didn't care much about the one-sided panda eye, but Shion and Ori, who had just arrived from Japan, were shocked.

"No, it has nothing to do with you, Rin." Ori comforted her junior sister, "It's good to let this guy learn a lesson from a little hardship, so that he won't be as dishonest as the teacher and think about attacking actresses all day long."

"When did I ever lay a hand on an actress?"

"Last time you were with Matsuno..."

"Stop! Stop! Are you taking the nonsense seriously?"

Seeing that the other people looked at him with something strange in their eyes, Nanaya quickly stopped his junior brother from continuing speaking, otherwise his reputation would be ruined here.

"So, Miss, why are you here again?"

Nanaya looked at Shion with his other intact eye, with a very depressed expression on his face.

"Of course, it's to confirm your current shooting progress." Shion replied with a smile, "My money didn't come from the wind, so I have to find out where you spent it."

"Why did you bring him here during your inspection?"

Nanaya pointed at Ori who was applying medicine on himself.

"Of course it's so I can find someone to keep you in check. Don't you see how messy your private life is right now?"

Washimine Shion's face was full of an expression that said "I care so much about you", but Nanaya always felt that this guy was just here to laugh at him.

"I don't have any private life now. It's all about work. Do you think I'm the teddy dog in the crew?"

The teddy dog that Nanaya mentioned is now a well-known figure in a certain circle in Wellington. Because of his outstanding appearance and excellent language skills, he has become the most famous playboy in Wellington.

"You think I'm talking about your luck with women?" Shion's tone seemed a little dissatisfied. "I'm talking about your poor ability to manage your life. It's a mess! If you hadn't played the role of Troll this time, how long would it have been since you took care of your hair and beard?"

"..."

Nanaya stopped talking, his self-esteem was hurt.

So Nanaya deliberately avoided the topic about himself and asked instead: "Why did you bring Ori and others here? What about the work in Japan?"

In fact, of course, Shion brought more than just Ori. For example, Katsura Mamako, who was now frantically taking photos to record the video of Ori applying medicine to Nanaya, and the little bottom duo of Tamari Tsukasa and Ikeda Subaru, who were away from Sister Katsura. These veterans of [Erque Studio] who stayed in Japan were also brought to New Zealand by Shion.

"Senior, have you been so confused that you even forgot the time? It's already September, and I've already finished the first season of "The Solitary Gourmet". There's no work in the studio right now, so of course I came here to help you."

Nanaya asked in surprise: "Has "The Solitary Gourmet" already finished playing?"

"Not really. There are still two episodes left to be released, but everything has been filmed."

"How are the ratings?"

Nanaya immediately asked, he was eager to know the result of Ori's first independently produced TV series.

Ori said somewhat disappointedly: "Well... the current average ratings are only 2.1%, which is totally incomparable to our predecessors."

After several months of production, "The Solitary Gourmet" finally began to be broadcast in the late night slot in the summer. The broadcasting station was also changed from the historical Tokyo TV to TBS TV, which has a better relationship with [Erque Studio].

Of course, as a late-night TV series, the first season of "The Solitary Gourmet" did not cause much waves.

Although there is a gimmick that the heroine of "Kara no Kyoukai" changes careers to become a director, "The Solitary Gourmet", a comic with almost zero popularity, does not actually receive much attention.

In addition, the popularity of "Kara" has mostly passed, so this TV series can only be described as lukewarm.

Apart from food lovers and some die-hard fans of Ori, almost no one paid attention to this little-publicized food TV series.

However, the audience who have watched the TV series have given it very good reviews, and the comic version of "The Solitary Gourmet" that was re-serialized with the support of the TV series has also been widely acclaimed.

Although it has not reached the level of explosive popularity, the current support rate is enough for "AFTERNOON" to agree to continue serializing the comic version. Similarly, TBS has also booked the second season for next year.

It can be said that the achievements made by "The Solitary Gourmet" this time have already provided the capital for this TV series to be serialized in the long term.

Nanaya himself is also very satisfied with this result. You know, in the original history, the average viewership rate of the first season of "The Solitary Gourmet" was only 1.4%. In comparison, it is already very good.

Nanaya feels that a series like "The Solitary Gourmet" with low investment and high return rate has a good chance to become a long-lasting series of [Erque Studio] and continue to be produced.

[Originally, by the seventh season in 2018, Uncle Sam's health was no longer able to continue filming. Now that it has been brought forward by so many years, he should be able to film a few more seasons.]

However, compared to Nanaya's satisfaction, Ori was a little disappointed with the result. It's not that he had any special requirements for his first TV series, but compared with Nanaya's past achievements, he felt that he was not worthy of the title of a new director's junior.

"I'm sorry, Senior. I embarrassed you. After you helped me prepare so much in advance, I still only got a barely passing grade... Maybe the path of director is definitely not suitable for me..."

Ori knew very well that although "The Solitary Gourmet" was a TV series directed by himself alone, he basically made it according to Nanaya's instructions.

From the small details of the "dong→dong↗dong↑" triple sequence that were well received by the audience to the humanistic tone of the entire TV series, all of these were prepared for him in advance by his own senior brother.

Therefore, in Ori's opinion, this work was almost the work of his senior brother, but he only got a passable result in his hands, which was a reflection of his own incompetence.

"Why..."

Nanaya let out a long sigh, reflecting on whether he was overprotective of Ori.

"Weaving..."

After signaling Ori to stop applying medicine to him, Nanaya stood up. He looked at his junior fellow apprentice who was standing in front of him at a loss - the other party was looking at him with a confused look.

"Ori, are you thinking of giving up? Just because of a result that can't even be considered a failure, you want to give up the dream you've always had?"

Nanaya walked half a circle in the room, then suddenly turned around and looked straight at Ryougi Ori who was standing there.

"I..."

Ori lowered his head, not knowing what he was thinking.

"So, are you sure you want to give up?"

Nanaya rarely showed Ori the gentle side he used to show his junior fellow apprentice. Now he looked more like a director who picked up the baton and lectured his actors, serious and strict.

"No, I just..." Ori raised his head and met his senior brother's eyes, but quickly lowered his head again.

"Don't back down, Ori."

Nanaya reached out and touched Ori's head twice. "The TV series "The Solitary Gourmet" was originally a slow-burning TV series. As long as the TV station doesn't cut it off, we can keep doing it. You've made a very good start, and I'm quite satisfied with it. So, there's no need to be discouraged."

"Yes, Senior."

As if feeling the encouragement from his senior brother, Ori laughed secretly.

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On the side, Shion was amazed at the scene.

"I didn't expect that the relationship between these two brothers is so good. It seems that what Miss Katsura said is not completely unreasonable."

"No."

Ikeda Subaru, who had long understood Nanaya's character, directly denied it. With his sharp eyes, he could see the expression on Nanaya's face at that moment.

Even though Nanaya spoke seriously, his face showed a healing smile that showed that he was feeling so good that he didn't want to let go.

"This kid is just smoothing his own dog's fur."

Ikeda Subaru curled his lips. He would never admit that he was a little jealous.

Because everyone in Erque Studio knows that Ori's heads feel very good, so good that you can't put them down.