Konoha: Rebuild the glory of the Uchiha

Chapter 87 Mito Uzumaki: Uchiha Nan, you must be telling me behind my back that I'm not worldly.

"Obito chose to defy the ninja code in order to save his comrades."

"He sacrificed himself to save his comrades. The remaining two-man squad ultimately completed the mission, securing victory in the war."

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Nara Shikato pondered for a while.

"Lord Hokage, this is indeed an interesting scenario, but only ordinary people who have never been on the battlefield would believe such a plot. As ninjas who carry out missions, they must be rational and calm. Sometimes, abandoning comrades is a choice made out of necessity."

"However, if I were to put myself in the storyline, I would also hope to have a teammate who would never abandon me."

Uchiha Nan nodded, agreeing with Nara Shikato's words.

The idea that ninjas are merely tools is now mainstream in this era; abandoning comrades to successfully complete missions is commonplace.

However, what Uchiha Nan was really targeting was this damned ninja tool theory!

Ninjas are first and foremost human beings, not tools for carrying out missions. Like ordinary people, ninjas experience joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness. They also feel pain and resentment when their comrades die, which can lead them to do things that violate the ninja code.

Overcorrection is sometimes unavoidable; stubborn problems require drastic measures.

"Lu Yuan, do you think there are more ninjas or ordinary people?"

"The answer is obvious. Ordinary people aren't like ninjas; they have emotions. Besides, no one wants to be used as a tool and then discarded at will."

Uchiha Nan's casual remark sent a shiver down Nara Shikato's spine. He was a smart man, and he understood things immediately.

My lord, times have changed!

Even ninjas need to change

"The Hokage is truly insightful!"

After Nara Shikamaru agreed, Uchiha Nan began to think about the casting issue. The main characters of the story were a trio, and there were only a few trios in the Naruto world that left a deep impression on Uchiha Nan.

In this era, only Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru are involved in gambling, prostitution, and drugs.

Orochimaru, nicknamed "Cold Lord," has delicate skin, an effeminate demeanor, and a penchant for wearing eyeshadow. He was a perfect candidate to be a male effeminate character, but unfortunately, he ended up being a nobody.

Tsunade is currently flat-chested and hasn't achieved her Mega Evolution yet, which is a bit of a shame. The movie is missing a selling point.

Jiraiya's a little pervert... let's not even talk about him.

The next day, Uchiha Nan met the trio of prostitutes, gamblers, and drug addicts in his office. They were still students at the Ninja Academy, and Uchiha Nan directly pulled them over to work as child laborers.

Orochimaru and Jiraiya were so nervous that they could hardly speak. It was the first time they had ever spoken in a room with a true bigwig from Konoha.

Only Tsunade remained calm; she was already used to the large number of Konoha VIPs coming and going from her house.

"You've all heard the requirements clearly. This is Konoha's first attempt in the film industry. You're very lucky! Would you like to play the lead role in this movie?"

When faced with Uchiha Nan's invitation, the first one to agree was Jiraiya, the brat. Although he hadn't listened to a single word of the script Uchiha Nan had just described, and had been lost in his own thoughts of surprise and tension the whole time, Jiraiya was definitely not going to miss this opportunity.

The Hokage himself invited them to make a movie!

"Lord Hokage, shouldn't we be paid for participating in the movie filming?"

Tsunade is currently in dire need of money. After being detained for gambling at the gambling den last time, she immediately revealed her identity.

When dealing with someone of Tsunade's stature, the gambling den would naturally treat her with utmost respect and escort her home. If they were to detain the Senju family's daughter at the gambling den, they might as well close down and stop doing business altogether.

After a brief negotiation, Mito Uzumaki readily settled the gambling debts, as if it were second nature to her. She had done the same thing to Hashirama Senju before, and Hashirama hadn't dared to ask Tobirama for the money back.

Mito Uzumaki typically used physical attacks against Hashirama Senju, while Tobirama Senju used mental attacks, standing on his moral high ground and pointing fingers at Hashirama. Hashirama, feeling that he was tough and resilient, thought it was more worthwhile to take a beating.

My entire month's allowance was deducted!

To punish Tsunade's gambling addiction, Mito Uzumaki decisively cut off Tsunade's source of income.

"Of course, I certainly won't let you work for nothing. Each of you will be paid 50,000 taels!"

Faced with Tsunade's money-grubbing behavior, Uchiha Nan gave them an astronomical sum of money; 50,000 ryo was an unattainable allowance for children.

"Hehehe, deal!"

Tsunade immediately beamed with joy. Fifty thousand taels was enough for her to enjoy herself at the gambling den for a whole day. Recently, she had been frantically practicing her dice-throwing skills and was sure to dominate the gambling den and win back all the money she had lost before!

"Lord Hokage, I can do without pay. I hope to learn from you for a while."

Orochimaru wasn't interested in money; he craved knowledge. He firmly believed that knowledge could change one's destiny.

As the Hokage, being able to learn from Uchiha Nan for a period of time is far more valuable than a mere 50,000 ryo.

As expected, he is the strongest scientific research master in the ninja world after Tobirama Senju. He already knows the importance of learning at such a young age!

Uchiha Kusunoki readily agreed to Orochimaru's request, but he didn't intend to teach Orochimaru himself; he preferred Orochimaru to study under Tobirama Senju.

Only a true master can carve a rough gem into a beautiful piece. Uchiha Nan teaching Orochimaru would only waste Orochimaru's scientific research talent.

Furthermore, a master-disciple relationship can easily form during the process of teaching Orochimaru. The Naruto series has a tradition of Koro-sensei. Uchiha Nan isn't worried about others, but if it's Orochimaru, Uchiha Nan has to consider whether his life is tough enough.

Now that Tobirama Senju is dead, and his life force is incredibly tough, from every perspective, Tobirama Senju would be a better fit to lead Orochimaru.

"You don't need to go to the ninja academy for now. Go home and memorize all the scripts."

Uchiha Nan gave each of them a script and told them to go back and memorize it. All that was left was to wait for filming to begin. After sending away the trio of gamblers, prostitutes, and drug addicts, Uchiha Nan began to arrange the specific details of filming the movie.

Uchiha Kunan personally sent someone to negotiate with the Daimyo of the Land of Fire, demanding that theaters within the Land of Fire fully promote his new movie.

The daimyo of the Land of Fire gladly accepted Uchiha Nan's request. Uchiha Nan had previously helped him make a fortune. As the saying goes, a drop of water in need is repaid with a spring of water, and the kindness Uchiha Nan had shown was as heavy as a waterfall.

The daimyo readily agreed to Uchiha Nan's trivial request.

Not only in the Land of Fire, but also in the other four great nations, and in various smaller countries of the ninja world, the Daimyo of the Land of Fire has given his assurance, making sure to reach out to all of them so that their country's cinemas will also give full play to the promotion!

The Land of Fire is the wealthiest country, and naturally, the richest places have the strongest cultural atmosphere. The Land of Fire has always been at the forefront of the cultural scene. If those artists in the film industry don't respect my name, then they shouldn't be in the industry anymore; they can be directly blacklisted.

Uchiha Nan was very satisfied with the daimyo's promise. To be involved in art, you have to know how to promote it. No matter how high the quality of a movie is, without promotion and distribution, the box office won't be very high, and it's not even certain whether it can break even.

Finding extras was a piece of cake. There were plenty of unemployed ninjas in Konoha. As soon as Uchiha Nan's mission notice was released, the place was overflowing with people. The Hokage was making a movie, and they had to go and support him. Even just being an extra or showing their faces would be fine.

that night

Uchiha Nan arrived at the underground laboratory and asked Senju Tobirama to upgrade the film technology quickly, and that other work could be put on hold for now.

"Making a movie?"

"Why would a Hokage like you go into the adult film industry?"

Tobirama Senju was increasingly confused by Uchiha Nan's thought process; it was simply a waste of his time!

"What do you know!"

"This is the first step in seizing the high ground in public opinion. If you don't take it, someone else will. What do you know, you old fogey!"

"Do you know what it means to 'smuggle in your own agenda'? Every movie needs heroes and villains, right? We, Konoha, are naturally the heroes. Guess who the villain is? This movie is going to have a very wide impact!"

Tobirama Senju instantly understood. How could he not have thought of that? The ninja world had always been divided into factions, fighting each other at the slightest disagreement and regarding each other as bandits.

As the film's reach expands, the impression that Konoha is a force for justice will be firmly established throughout the ninja world, and the benefits will be self-evident.

They truly are born evil Uchiha!

They even thought of such a wicked trick!

"I'll handle it!"

Tobirama Senju readily agreed, promising to upgrade the technology within a few days.

Uchiha Nan then discussed the movie script and casting with Senju Tobirama.

When Tobirama Senju heard that Tsunade would be playing the lead role, he immediately became restless. He grabbed Uchiha Nan by the collar and made him promise that he had to take him to the premiere of the movie.

Uchiha Nan naturally disagreed, as releasing Senju Tobirama would be too dangerous. Then, Senju Tobirama used his old trick: if he wasn't shown the sight, he would go on strike.

Uchiha Nan had no choice but to promise that as soon as the film was edited, he would show it to Senju Tobirama in the basement, as a way of giving Senju Tobirama a break.

Even someone like Tobirama Senju, who works tirelessly around the clock, needs to relax a bit.

Once everything was arranged and filming was about to begin, Mito Uzumaki arrived at Kusanagi Uchiha's office.

"I heard you're making a movie and planning to cast Tsunade as the lead?"

Mito Uzumaki sat in a chair, looking at Uchiha Nan with an unfriendly expression; she was clearly there to cause trouble.

"Is there a problem?"

"Tsunade agreed to it herself; I didn't force her!"

Uchiha Nan assumed that Uzumaki Mito thought he had forced Tsunade to make the movie, so he directly stated his position: he had not forced Tsunade in any way.

"I know that!"

"I don't object to Tsunade making movies, but I'm not too happy with her salary."

Mito Uzumaki recalled the contract that had ripped him off, a deal worth hundreds of millions of yen that he had sold for a mere few million ryo!

Mito Uzumaki didn't believe that Uchiha Kusanagi wouldn't know the annual cost of coal used by the power plant, so he deliberately set a trap to deceive him!

Later, even the power plant's business plan was obtained by Mito Uzumaki. The Senju clan were also shareholders, so these things weren't difficult to acquire.

It's better not to look at this than to see it. The future plans and profits of the power plant made Mito Uzumaki so angry that he couldn't sleep for several days.

If I give Mito Uzumaki another chance, she won't even glance at the contract if the compensation wasn't eight figures!

Mito Uzumaki has learned her lesson. Uchiha Nan won't do anything that doesn't make money. Now he's going to make a movie. Although Mito Uzumaki doesn't understand this, she believes it will definitely be very profitable.

"Fifty thousand taels isn't a small amount. She's just a student; earning the equivalent of a C-level mission's fee for making a movie is already a huge profit!"

"The other lead actors are all paid the same price, and they have all agreed to the amount. Mito-sama, what you're doing is against the rules."

Uchiha Nan shook his head, indicating that this was a difficult matter.

"What kind of bullshit rules are these? Did you make those rules?"

"If you agree to void that previous contract, I won't get involved in this matter!"

"You offer me only one million taels for a deal worth hundreds of millions? How dare you!"

If it weren't for the fact that Uchiha Nan was the Hokage, Mito Uzumaki would have already started fighting him.

On one hand, she felt bad about the money; on the other hand, it was the first time Mito Uzumaki had experienced what it meant to sell something and then help the seller count the money—she was actually quite pleased with herself, thinking how much money she had and how easy it was to make.

Uchiha Nan must be laughing at me behind my back, calling me an old woman who's never seen the world!

The thought of Uchiha Nan talking behind her back made Mito Uzumaki want to smash Uchiha Nan's face with a Tailed Beast Ball.

"Cough cough cough"

Uchiha Nan felt a little embarrassed; he admitted that what he had done was indeed dishonest.

However, Mito Uzumaki had already signed the contract, and it was absolutely impossible to cancel it. If a new contract were to be signed, Mito Uzumaki would definitely demand an exorbitant amount.

"Lord Mito, this power plant doesn't just belong to me. Konoha, Hyuga, and even your Senju clan have shares. Saving costs is making money for your Senju clan."

"Don't you have any idea how much of the Senju clan's shares you own? Besides, let's keep things separate. The Senju clan's profits don't go into my pocket alone. Thousands of people are dependent on the Senju clan to support them. How much could I possibly take?"

Mito Uzumaki didn't want to argue with Nan Uchiha anymore. She was afraid that she would get caught up in Nan Uchiha's schemes again and be defeated by his skillful techniques, so she simply raised one finger.

"One layer of the film's total revenue!"

"Are you kidding me? The money for the whole movie comes from me and the investors. We not only have to pay for the Konoha ninja, but also for the movie's marketing and distribution. Everyone in the theaters has to make money. You want a slice of the total revenue with just one sentence? I think you're daydreaming."

Uchiha Nan flatly refused Uzumaki Mito's request, even if Uzumaki Mito insisted on making such an outrageous demand.

Uchiha Nan would directly choose to change the female lead, even though Uchiha Nan really didn't want to break up the trio of prostitution, gambling, and drugs.

But for the sake of profit, Uchiha Nan had no choice but to do this.

"Then name a number!"

Mito Uzumaki knew, of course, that she was asking for an exorbitant amount.

However, if you ask for an exorbitant price, you have to bargain. Unless you ask for an astronomical sum, Uchiha Nan will definitely try to fob you off with a small amount.

Mito Uzumaki didn't care about the money Tsunade earned from acting; what she cared about was her reputation.

"You can add a zero after the reward, or it can be one percent of the total profit."

"This is already a very high price."

To satisfy his collecting obsession, Uchiha Nan decided to give in. He could exchange acting for the reward of an A-rank mission; countless Konoha ninjas would fight tooth and nail for that.

Mito Uzumaki recalled the information she had gathered: the highest box office gross for a movie in the Land of Fire throughout history was only a little over 50 million ryo, not even including the cost.

It's still more worthwhile to spend 500,000 taels!

(End of this chapter)