Tokyo: The evil god doesn't want to be the top star

Chapter 493: Strange Stories about New Nose Bag

"Yo ho!"

"Boy, maybe J-company felt guilty about the paparazzi incident and actually agreed to talk to us about terminating the contract!"

"The condition is that you must first star in a movie invested by J Company..."

"It seems that these guys also know that they can't keep you, and they expect to perish together. Why not squeeze out a ransom for you before you get old and lose your beauty?"

Higashino Yoshihide cheered and sat back in front of the computer.

"Hey, don't make it sound like you're forcing a prostitute to become a good woman..."

"However, J-Company actually relented. It's really strange. What movie was it?"

Xia Fan curiously moved behind him.

With so many things happening, it would be awkward for him to continue staying in the AFO group. It would be best if he could quit the group and complete the oracle at the same time.

"The movie information has been sent over! Let me take a look. From the title, it looks like a horror or suspense movie?"

"The role assigned to you is the villain that will appear in the second half..."

"Has the filming started today?... You were inserted into the villain role halfway through, just to gain popularity..."

Higashino Yoshihide opened the newly received email and read it with great interest...

"Wait... this cast list..."

Quickly skimming the name and content of the movie, Xia Fan's eyes were immediately drawn to the cast and crew list...

"Title: "Kaidan Shinbibukuro: Shinjuku Arc"."

"Producer: Haruo Tsuchiya..."

"Director: Nakano Eiji..."

"Starring: Shirakawa Rika..."

"Theme song "Izayoi Nursery Rhyme", original singer: Kurokawa Tsubasa..."

He tilted his head in confusion as he read out this string of familiar names.

"Uncle Dongye, please help me reject this movie."

It didn't matter that there were many acquaintances in the crew, but considering that he might start the investigation of "Seven Wonders of Tokyo" at any time and joining the crew to shoot the movie would take up a lot of time, Xia Fan finally decided to refuse.

"I know that this kind of crappy horror movie is neither well-received nor popular, and is not worthy of your current 'status'..."

"But it's rare that S Company has given in. If we don't give them face, it will be difficult to negotiate later. Will you reconsider it?"

"It's better to waste your chance to make your big screen debut than to continue to be tied down in the AFO group..."

Since it was about the opportunity to terminate the contract and leave the group, Dongye naturally started to persuade them earnestly.

……

Koishikawa Botanical Gardens, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo.

The bright red litmus flowers swayed in the breeze, like a burning sea of ​​fire.

"Director Nakano, the venue has been arranged, please check it out!"

"This is a movie shoot, please let me supervise it."

"Supervisor, get the camera equipment in place!"

"OK, photographer, let's take a few aerial shots first..."

"Kaidan Shinbibukuro: Shinjuku Arc, theme song scene, first test shot, ACTION!"

In this "sea of ​​fire", Eiji Nakano, wearing a baseball cap and holding a script in his hand, directed the staff to start the test shooting of the scene.

"This angle won't work. The depth of the scenery is too shallow. We can't capture the concept image of 'the flowers of hell are endless'..." "But director, this litmus is just a small cluster. If we adjust the angle, we'll capture the weeds and path behind it, and it'll be all exposed!"

"We don't have enough flowers. Let the props team plant some right away. I've even grown a sea of ​​chrysanthemums in the flower garden next door before!"

"Good idea, you are indeed a cutting-edge creative director. I will arrange for the props team right away..."

After taking several angles in a row and still being dissatisfied, Nakano bossily asked the assistant director to "plant flowers".

According to the shooting plan, they are going to shoot the MV of the movie theme song today...

Ever since the theme song "Gurenge" boosted the box office of the movie "Cursive Blade" at the beginning of the year, and it soared to the sky and broke the historical record, the movies that have started shooting recently have all been "MVs released before the main film".

This time, Nakano directed "Kaidan Shinninabukuro: Shinjuku Arc", and had extremely high requirements on the quality of songs and MVs. He also planned to use them directly as trailers during the early promotion.

"Director Nakano is really picky. He insisted on shooting the 'Hell Flower' on location. It's just Litmus..."

"Can't we use special effects? I don't know how long it will take to plant the flowers."

"If I had known, I wouldn't have come so punctually... Every time I wait at Koishikawa Botanical Garden, I'm outdoors, with lots of mosquitoes and the sun, but at least it's not as hot as last time when I wore a kimono..."

Next to the "Hell Flower Sea", in the waiting area composed of several camping tents, Rika Shirakawa, who was wearing a JK school uniform and twin ponytails, held her chin with one hand and sighed.

"Speaking of which, Ms. Kurokawa Tsubasa, this should be your first time participating in a photo shoot, right?"

Looking at the woman who was also on standby not far away, she spoke to her curiously.

The girl with glasses who is wearing the same JK school uniform as her is CV Kurokawa Tsubasa, who is known as the "Queen of Variety".

Since her original performance in "Gurenhua", Kurokawa Tsubasa has been a popular and sought-after singer. This time she was invited to sing the theme song for the movie, and it is said that she did so in order to debut as a singer through the MV.

"That's right. I've always been a voice actor behind the scenes. This is my first time to appear in person. I hope you can give me some advice, Senior Shirakawa."

"By the way, you can also call me by my real name, Horie Tsubasa."

Adjusting his black-framed glasses, "Kurokawa Tsubasa" nodded politely to her.

Because the producer of this movie was her elder Haruo Tsuchiya, she had to convince her old-fashioned father with great difficulty and got the opportunity to debut as a singer of the theme song.

"Don't be nervous. Coach Nakano has a sharp tongue but a soft heart. Even if the performance is a little bit worse, he will patiently accompany you to take a few more takes."

Obviously, Shirakawa Rika was very pleased to be addressed as "senior", and she pretended to be generous and gave some advice.

"With this face and figure, and such a beautiful singing voice... After the MV is released, there should be a lot of 'body fans', right?"

Taking a quick glance at the other person's delicate face behind her glasses and the incomparable broad chest under the same school uniform, Shirakawa Rika subconsciously straightened her chest.

"This hot search is all about that guy everyday, I'm tired of seeing it..."

After the greetings, she lowered her head and scrolled through her phone out of boredom.

"I said before that the idol's career was not going well, so I recommended him a filming job... I was really shameless..."

Looking at the social media screen full of topics about "Xia Fan", and recalling how she had previously persuaded Xia Fan to act, Shirakawa Rika's cheeks felt a little hot.

In just a few days, Xia Fan has become the "most powerful music idol on the planet" and "the innate red and black hot search saint" that ordinary film crews cannot reach.

“Right, that’s right…”

"Please, please..."

Suddenly remembering something, Shirakawa Rika looked at Horie Tsubasa next to her and found that the other party also wanted to say something and looked at her.

"You are the original singer of Red Lotus, so don't you know Xia Fan?"

"Ms. Shirakawa, did you work with Xia Fan in "The Broken Chrysanthemum and the Knife"? "

The two girls asked the same question in unison, which was related to "someone".

(End of this chapter)