Japanese Entertainment: From special effects actor to action superstar

Chapter 175 There seems to be a financial problem
The second episode of Maoyan aired smoothly on Thursday. It's hard to say how well it performed, but when Gu Ming went to the office the next day, he heard from Nishikie Michiko herself that she took the train to work today and someone knelt in front of her and begged her to spank him...

Gu Ming couldn't help but slam the table when he heard this.

Oh my god, why are the Japanese so perverted!

"President, isn't this what you asked for?"

"Really? That's fine then."

Shooting continued as usual. Today was the day of financial audit, and Gu Ming asked Yuko Matsuzawa to conduct the financial audit.

I didn't expect that I would be busy until evening in the blink of an eye.

"It's so troublesome?" Gu Ming was surprised. "I thought it would only take a few hours to solve."

"Your crew lacks professional financial personnel. No one makes detailed plans for every expense. It's scattered and disorganized, so it's very troublesome to sort it out."

Matsuzawa Yuko casually pulled out a piece of paper and showed it to Gu Ming, explaining: "What's the matter with this money? Transportation expenses?"

"Oh, yes, transportation expenses. I set a special transportation fee. After all, although most people are in Tokyo, some people live far away and need transportation expenses, so the agency gave a small subsidy."

After Gu Ming finished speaking, the accountant suddenly showed an indescribable expression.

"Then classify that money as 'welfare' and don't lump it in with other expenses."

After saying that, he muttered, "It's because we're all a bunch of amateurs that we waste so much time."

Gu Ming spread his hands.

那咋办嘛!

Anyway, the person in front of me is an expert, so of course I will listen to him.

Seeing that it was getting late, Gu Ming called Nishixie Michiko over and talked to her for a few words.

She lives in the suburbs and has to go back home every day. If she goes back late, she can accompany the accountant.

As for Gu Ming, he was busy and of course couldn't stay here with the accountant.

The accountant didn't care and continued to focus on calculating each item of expenditure and income.

“This expenditure…”

Matsuzawa Yuko suddenly raised her head and wanted to ask Gu Ming, but found that Gu Ming had already left.

Nishixie Michiko stepped forward at the right time: "What's wrong? Do you need help?"

"Please call the president for me and ask him what's going on with this expenditure."

Michiko Nishiwaki picked it up and was shocked.

Is this still Japanese? Why can't she understand a single word?
The purpose of this expenditure was not recorded on paper. The amount was 24,000 yen, and the person who spent the money was the lighting technician.

Michiko Nishiwaki didn't understand, so she stopped thinking about it and went to call several places listed in the office to contact Gu Ming.

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Saturday morning.

“Shooting went smoothly!”

"Come to my house tonight? My tatami mat is big and comfortable."

"You can drink, I'll teach you, turn adults!"

Gu Ming invited everyone in the office and also politely invited several leading actors to see if anyone could come to his home to watch the premiere of Kamen Rider together.

Saturday is a rest day, no shooting, no need to be busy with work.

Gu Ming went back and forth in Daquan Photography Studio to give notice, and finally, he stopped at the shooting location and looked up at the lights hanging above the studio.

Logically speaking, spending on lighting expenses is a very normal thing, and Gu Ming couldn't see any problem at first glance.

"But then again, twenty-four thousand dollars for lighting is pretty normal, right?"

Gu Ming thought about this.

He had been thinking about this problem since he received the call yesterday. The lighting technician withdrew 20,000 yen and said it was for lighting fees. It seemed that there was no problem because the filming funds were there and were ready to be used at any time.

In addition, since both dramas were filmed at the Daquan Studio, it is normal to have occasional conflicts.

But according to Matsuzawa Yuko, Maoyan shoots for two weeks and Kamen Rider shoots for one week. She is not sure about the situation on Kamen Rider, but Maoyan has such a regular expenditure every day.

Twenty-four thousand a day, and the filming has taken eleven days, so that's two hundred and fifty thousand yen.

Considering the average income of Japanese people in the 1970s, this price was not low.

That’s 700,000 yuan a month, which takes up a large portion of the filming budget.

"Brother Gugu, what are you looking at?" Wan Gujie greeted him. "Those lights are fine, aren't they? The Toei people will check them. They don't need us to maintain them, right?"

"Indeed, I was just taking a look."

Gu Ming didn't say much, just waved his hand: "Go back first. By the way, have you done everything I asked you to do?"

"It's done every day!" Wan Gujie felt a little bitter when he mentioned this.

Gu Ming arranged for him to watch more Hong Kong action movies, and he watched them on videotapes at home every day, which made Wan Gujie feel overwhelmed.

How could Gu Ming talk about such things?

Because Wan Gujie is really not suitable for an action actor, Gu Ming wants to see if he can have other uses, such as being a martial arts director.

After all, it was because of Wan Gu Yingji's request that Gu Ming brought Wan Gu Jie along.

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In the evening, TV Asahi.

There weren't many people at home today; most of the boys who had guest-starred as Shocker fighters had gone to the office or to Saria, where Kobayashi was in charge, to watch TV. The ones who came to Gu Ming's place were Tatsumi Niemoto and Shoji Kobayashi, along with a few other crew members he knew, and a guy who wasn't really a friend: Fuji Shusuke, a disciple of the judoka Masahiko Kimura.

Because of our long-term cooperation in judo, I was already familiar with him, so I invited him over this time.

"It's a pity that Mr. Shotaro Ishimori didn't come."

Gu Ming felt a little regretful.

Of course, Shotaro Ishinomori should watch the premiere of Kamen Rider. After all, he drew it!

Soon, TV Asahi started broadcasting and several people watched it attentively.

The story is not long and the plot is quite smooth, from the capture and transformation of Takeshi Hongo, to Hongo's first battle, and finally kicking Spider-Man to death.

Generally speaking, because the investment reached seven million per episode, it did not have the original atmosphere of poverty. After Gu Ming made some modifications, the first episode included designs such as transformation actions and knight kicks, which gave a stronger overall look than the original first-generation knight.

"Not bad." Kobayashi Shoji wiped his eyes and smiled, "I didn't expect that the old Furuya-kun can now produce such outstanding works."

Gu Ming smiled, but suddenly raised his hand to salute.

"So should I call you Captain Muramatsu, or Father Tachibana?"

"That's troublesome, why don't you just call me Captain Tachibana!"

Several people burst into laughter.

After eating and drinking, they began to review the works as usual.

Niemoto Tatsumi said, "By the way, aren't the lights here at Kamen Rider too bright?"

Gu Ming looked up at him.

Tatsumi Niemoto had followed the entire filming of Judo Straight Line and was already very familiar with the filming process. Gu Ming wasn't surprised that he could say such a thing, but what surprised him was the statement.

"The lights are too bright?"

"Yeah." Niemoto Tatsumi pointed to the top of the screen.

Of course, that's not the sky, but an effect similar to a sky box in the studio, created by high-lumen headlights to ensure that the indoor scenes are not too dim.

Now looking at it carefully, Gu Ming's first reaction was that there was nothing wrong with it and it was very normal.

But then he thought of Cat's Eye.

The tone of cat's eye is darker and obviously does not reach this intensity.

Gu Ming narrowed his eyes slightly.

Is it that the light of Kamen Rider is too bright, or the light of Cat's Eye is too dim?

(End of this chapter)