Japanese Entertainment: From special effects actor to action superstar

Chapter 15 The worst pinball machine, but the trick is so simple

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The door was pushed open from the inside, revealing a middle-aged face that looked a little tired.

Gu Ming stopped knocking on the door and bowed to the man.

"Hello, is this Mr. Nakajima Haruo?"

"It's me." Nakajima Haruo scratched his face, somewhat impatiently: "Who are you?"

Obviously, he didn't listen at all.

Gu Ming then introduced himself again and handed over the pastries in his hand.

"Wow...he's a sensible junior." Nakajima Haruo took the pastries and opened them to eat in front of Gu Ming without any hesitation, without inviting Gu Ming to sit in.

After eating a few bites, she pursed her lips and looked at Gu Ming.

"Unappetizing."

Gu Ming: ...

He has never eaten it, so how can he know whether it tastes good or not.

"Next time you come, let's buy squid from Yamagata Prefecture. It's a real delicacy!"

Gu Ming scratched his head secretly.

Hey.

This old man is also picked!

"Wang Gu? I did receive a notice from Mr. Man Gu Eiji." Nakajima Haruo crossed his arms, still looking a little distant.

"Tell me, what's going on?"

Gu Ming bowed slightly.

"I heard that Mr. Nakajima was once the skin actor for Godzilla, and he has a lot of experience in this area, so..."

Nakajima Haruo suddenly interrupted Gu Ming.

"Can you play marbles?"

Those eyes suddenly emitted a crystal light that was not there just now.

"Go play marbles! I don't care what you want to ask me, as long as it makes me happy, I'll tell you everything!"

Gu Ming touched his pocket and sighed to himself.

It costs money again.

What else can we do? Go!
Nakajima Haruo took Gu Ming as if he was familiar with the place, and soon they arrived at a billiard room.

The two people outside the door who seemed to be doing nothing actually had distinct Yakuza characteristics.

This isn't a big billiard room, just a small one.

A billiard room is not a place for good men and women to live, so you always have to be on guard against people causing trouble.

As soon as he entered the house, the foul smell made Gu Ming almost run away.

The strong smell of cigarettes, sweat, leftovers, and a roar that echoed through the ears.

"Mine! Mine! Mine!!"

"Asshole! You're such a disobedient marble!"

"..."

Gu Ming doesn't smoke.

Never smokes.

Gu Ming had an uncle with whom he was very close, who died of lung cancer due to smoking.

Therefore, Gu Ming never smokes and only drinks a little. At this moment, this kind of environment makes Gu Ming particularly unhappy.

But he still walked towards the cashier.

"Hello." Gu Ming looked at the price list and said, "Let's start with a thousand yen worth of marbles."

Nakajima Haruo suddenly interrupted: "Three thousand."

Gu Ming then added, "Then let's start with the three thousand yuan worth of marbles."

Marbles were two yen each, and three thousand yen could buy one thousand five hundred marbles. All of them were loaded into a cart, and Gu Ming pushed the cart and followed Nakajima Haruo.

"Playing pinball requires skills..." Nakajima Haruo stopped in front of one of the pinball machines and explained casually.

This pinball machine has some old-fashioned anime characters printed on it.

Gu Ming looked at it and felt that it looked familiar.

"Ashita no Joe, it's very hot." Nakajima Haruo continued to put marbles into the pinball machine without turning his head.

While he was talking, he had already stuffed more than a dozen marbles in, but got nothing.

Gu Ming let out an "oh".

He had read Ashita no Joe, a manga about a boxer, and it was one of his first works. He had never expected it to appear so early.

"Damn it! That lousy pachinko machine tricked me! Yabuki Joe, go to hell!"

Nakajima Haruo cursed, kicked the pinball machine hard, and then walked towards another machine.

Fifteen hundred marbles may seem like a lot, but they are consumed quickly.

When Gu Ming came to his senses, there were only a little over a hundred marbles left.

"Mr. Nakajima, I actually want to ask..."

"Stop, stop, stop, if there's anything, wait until I'm happy before I talk!"

Nakajima Haruo inserted another marble and stared intently at the machine in front of him.

The marble slid down and finally fell into the small hole.

“I got it… Ouch!!”

Nakajima Haruo suddenly jumped up, extremely excited.
Even so, what popped out from the prize dispenser was just a small box.

"It's true that spending other people's money is fun."

Haruo Nakajima put away the prize, feeling very satisfied.

"Okay, tell me what's going on."

Gu Ming then said, "I heard that Mr. Nakajima was once the suit actor for Godzilla and has a lot of experience with suit actors. There were a lot of water battles during the filming of Godzilla, and I'm curious how Mr. Nakajima handled it."

"That one." Nakajima Haruo smiled.

He squatted on the chair and moved closer to Gu Ming.

"Hold your breath, will you?"

Gu Ming nodded.

"Then, just hold your breath. Don't breathe unless necessary. It's that simple."

Looking at Gu Ming's surprised expression, Nakajima Haruo casually patted his shoulder and grabbed another handful of marbles.

"Do you think there's some complicated technique? Actually, there isn't. Just hold your breath, and that's all. Even during strenuous exercise, you should hold your breath to avoid inhaling water and passing out. Situations like that during a water fight are unavoidable..."

Haruo Nakajima put a marble into the pinball machine, and Gu Ming watched the marble roll down for several circles. Finally, after passing through countless pillars, it fell into a hole with a click.

Before Gu Ming could react, Nakajima Haruo suddenly jumped up.

"Big Prize!! It's the Big Prize!!!"

In an instant, eyes in the billiard room turned to look over.

"Big prize, where is the big prize!"

"amazing……"

"Damn it!! I want it so badly..."

Nakajima Haruo half-knelt down and wrapped the pointed octagonal box in his clothes, which bulged like a pregnant woman.

"Go away! I won't show you!"

Nakajima Haruo looked very ferocious, which really scared away a lot of people.

"Not bad, I'm having the most fun today." He glanced at the few marbles left and said with a smile, "You can play with the rest. I have to go back now."

Seeing Gu Ming's expression, Nakajima Haruo added, "Gu Gu Ming, I've heard of this name. You're the lead actor this time, right? It's really great to be the lead actor at such a young age. I'll do my best to cooperate with the filming."

In consideration of the grand prize, Haruo Nakajima didn't mind giving some more advice.

Gu Ming could only pull the corners of his mouth and reveal an indescribable expression.

Well, let it be considered as an expression of gratitude.

Gu Ming didn't even have the heart to play with the remaining marbles. After leaving the billiard room, he directly exchanged them for cash at a discount at the pawnshop.

"Hold your breath..."

Gu Ming smiled bitterly.

It is a simple, crude, and extremely effective method.

As for whether the suit actors can hold on?
who cares.

Filming a water battle is inherently troublesome. If Pi Yan can overcome it himself, that would be the best.

"In the future, I want to be a big actor!"

Gu Ming secretly pinched his fingers.

He wanted to be a big actor who would be surrounded by dozens of people serving him, have his own nanny car, and be able to ask the crew to change the contract anytime and anywhere.

Instead of being a silly actor who no one cares about, has to hold his breath while filming, and may even pass out in a pool.

Gu Ming walked around the street a few more times, and only took the tram back when he felt the smell of smoke had dissipated.

(End of this chapter)