Japanese Entertainment: From special effects actor to action superstar

Chapter 166 How did I, a Hong Kong native, come to Japan?
Overlapping scenes is the most hated behavior for all crews. Actors who overlap scenes will greatly affect the shooting plan.

But occasionally, there are some exceptions. When the actors are big enough, the actors will force the crew to do more. Even if they want to overlap with other actors, the crew can only adapt to the actor's shooting process.

This situation is relatively rare in Japan. Generally, big-name Japanese artists can only bully their own agents or juniors in the same agency.

——For example, it was revealed that Kanna Hashimoto often bullied her agent by calling him "useless".

Now, Gu Ming has experienced this exception.

"Well, let's think about it again. This is a special effects production after all, and the human actors don't have that many scenes. If we're all on the same set, we should still have time!"

Watanabe Ryosuke showed a considerable degree of sincerity.

Of course, he didn't do this for no reason. The reason why he had to find Gu Ming was very simple. First, there was an opportunity for cooperation. Second, he had seen Gu Ming's abilities and was indeed quite satisfied with them. It is said that it is better to have nothing than to have someone of poor quality.

With such a request, Gu Ming could not refuse and bowed to Watanabe Ryosuke.

"In that case, then I have no choice but to live up to Mr. Watanabe's expectations."

TBS does not have its own studio, so it basically has to rent a studio when filming. Toho's studio is used the most, but if Toei is willing to lend it, it is not impossible.

After some discussion, they said goodbye to each other and made a shooting plan, aiming to start filming both works within a week.

In "Cat's Eye", the agency's activities plus Gu Ming's own salary amounted to 500,000 per episode, which was a bit lower because Gu Ming was a partner and had other copyrights, so the price was lowered accordingly.

The Kamen Rider one is a bit more expensive.

Toei was extremely wealthy, and Watanabe Ryosuke attached great importance to the production. In the end, the cost of the production plus the performance fee of Takeshi Hongo reached a level of one million yen per episode, including Tani Akira's 150,000 yen per episode salary and the agency's 850,000 yen production fee. This included the performance fees of the suit actors and various action stunt designs, even motorcycle stunts and so on.

This is also a characteristic of Kamen Rider, he must race!
The condition is that the suit actor must come from Gu Ming's agency.

Gu Ming clapped his hands.

Nijiaben Tatsumi used it!

With such great skills, it would be a shame if he didn’t become a Kamen Rider!
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Tokyo, airport.

This was Yuan Qiu's first time in Japan, but she didn't have much emotion about the prosperity of Tokyo.

She is from Hong Kong, which was also very developed at that time. Although its infrastructure was a little worse than Japan's, Yuan Qiu had seen many scenes of high-rise buildings and cars coming and going.

In the early 1970s, Yuen Qiu signed a contract with a Hong Kong company to make movies, but the company was very weak and the few movies it made were not very successful.

——Besides, Yuan Qiu really doesn’t have the face of a protagonist.

This is a very mysterious thing. Some people are born to be the protagonist when they stand in front of the camera, while others cannot be the protagonist no matter how good their skills are.

For example, Jet Li and Jackie Chan have both played supporting roles, but when they stand in front of the camera, they can carry the picture, as if they were supposed to be the protagonists.

When she was young, Zhen Zidan lacked the face of a leading role. Her appearance was not dignified enough, she was aggressive, and her line delivery was poor. Therefore, she failed repeatedly and even the Yuan family could not support her.

As Zhen Zidan aged, her appearance became more stable, her features calm, and she gradually developed the look of a leading actress, able to hold her own in the camera. It was indeed a huge success.

However, his dialogue skills are still terrible.

Zhen Zidan has been using dubbing for many years, and her acting skills are incredibly poor when she speaks her own lines.

Yuan Qiu's line skills are certainly not bad, as she comes from an opera background. However, that's Chinese, not Japanese.

"The streets are full of Japanese characters. They recognize me, but I don't recognize them! Aaron said someone is coming to pick me up, but I don't know if that person can understand what I'm saying."

Yuan Qiu looked around, feeling somewhat surprised.

How come I, a Peking Opera actor from Hong Kong, suddenly came to Japan to film a movie?
Since it was introduced by her junior, Yuan Qiu wasn't afraid of any risks. She just didn't understand what she could do. As she was pondering this, Yuan Qiu saw a van parked across the street. It was obvious that dozens of gang members could emerge from it.

Gu Ming came out from inside, holding a sign in his hand.

Yuan Qiu knew at a glance that someone was there to pick her up. Without showing any shyness, she walked over quickly and greeted him in the fake Japanese she had learned on the spur of the moment.

"Kou...kouchi your Qiwa?"

Gu Ming: ...?
He cleared his throat.

"Mine, those who speak Mandarin understand, you, speak Mandarin."

Gu Ming has completed the settings during this period and said that he is learning Chinese by himself.

I'm a little more coordinated now, and I'll be able to talk to Cheng Long fluently after a while.

Even so, the loose Mandarin still made Yuan Qiu a little surprised.

"This devil can speak Chinese!"

Of course she can speak Mandarin. In fact, many early Hong Kong actors could speak Mandarin and they spoke it very well.

All of Yu Zhanyuan's disciples could speak Mandarin. Cheng Long said that he had to speak Mandarin when he was learning, otherwise Yu Zhanyuan would beat him.

So later on, some actors in the Greater Bay Area, such as Yu Yan, could not speak Mandarin for so many years. It was purely because of habit. They just needed to be beaten up.

He came to the mainland to film but didn't learn Mandarin, so people thought he was here to be a father.

Although Yuan Qiu was surprised, she quickly adapted and exchanged a few words.

Gu Ming also took another look at Yuan Qiu in the rearview mirror.

Yuan Qiu is a stage name. Her real name is Zhang Zhuan Nan. Well, it is a name that is quite characteristic of the times.

At present, Yuan Qiu is not the landlady she will become later. She has not gained weight and has not become an old lady in appearance. She can be called a beautiful girl.

On the contrary, he has a very generous personality. He came to Japan alone to film and was not afraid of anything happening.

Even with Cheng Long and Yasuaki Kurata as middlemen, this kind of courage is still amazing.

"She's worthy of being Cheng Long's senior sister."

Gu Ming sighed secretly and gave Yuan Qiu a brief introduction of the shooting plan. Yuan Qiu nodded continuously, indicating that it was no problem.

Although she has signed with a company and acted in movies, the reviews were not high. Nowadays, it is very impressive for a movie to earn hundreds of thousands of local box office. Cheng Long's Snake in the Eagle's Shadow recently earned two million local box office, which Yuan Qiu couldn't even imagine.

At this time, the Hong Kong dollar is pegged to the British pound, and the British pound is still relatively valuable. If one of her films is released in Japan, it will have a box office of several million yen. On average, she will only get 100,000 yen in salary for each film.

She herself is a theater actor and can endure hardships. She is not very resistant to being a stand-in. What's more, the pay here is high, 20,000 yen per episode. Even if she only shoots ten episodes, it will be 200,000 yen, which is much more than what she can earn from shooting a movie.

On the contrary, I was somewhat surprised to hear Gu Ming say that there was actually a main show.

"Me? But I don't understand Japanese."

"Then learn." Gu Ming didn't even turn around, concentrating on driving. "Besides being a stunt double, your character in the main story is from Hong Kong, so it's okay if you don't speak Japanese. But since you're going to perform, it's not a good idea not to speak even basic Japanese."

Yuan Qiu was silent for a moment, but secretly pinched her fingers, looking a little fierce.

Learn! You must learn! No matter what, you can't let the Japanese look down on you.

Gu Ming smiled to himself and said nothing more.

In fact, he also considered keeping Yuan Qiu here to develop. After all, female fighters are a very rare type, and it can also alleviate the current situation of more men than women in the agency.

Don’t worry about whether she is the landlady or not...the landlady is a girl anyway!
(End of this chapter)