Japanese Entertainment: From special effects actor to action superstar

Chapter 253 So I am so rich

"Jackie Chan has another hit movie."

Gu Ming accepted the package and marveled at it.

I even gave him a red envelope of 20,000 Hong Kong dollars.

Unfortunately, Japan does not use Hong Kong dollars, so I will have to go to the bank to exchange them for Japanese yen.

As for him.

I’m still in the TV drama circle and haven’t touched the movie yet!

Although TV drama stars earn a lot in Japan, it always feels like something is missing.

I always feel that my life is incomplete if I don’t act in a movie!

Fortunately, the preparations here were not in vain. Gu Ming was gone for a week and came back two weeks later. In nearly a month, Uehara Masazo came back alive.

Gu Ming looked at him and felt incredible.

"You didn't die in the village of Kaishen?"

Uehara Masami was surprised: "Why would I die in a village? Oh, you don't know, the people in that village are so simple and honest. The customs of Kaishin Village are simple and the villagers are warm and hospitable. I stayed there for a few days and interviewed the local customs. I don't want to go back to Tokyo anymore."

He gestured at the thick stack of manuscripts in his hand, all of which were his thoughts and feelings written during this period. Once they were sorted out, they could be used in the filming of the movie.

"Give me a few days to sort it out, and this script will be ready for use. Furuya-kun, how are the preparations going on here?"

"Almost there. As for the funds, I'll go check it out. It should be enough."

Gu Ming wasn't sure how much money it was.

The money he has from the firm plus his personal savings must be a considerable sum. If he saves a little, it might be enough to invest in a movie.

Masazo Uehara couldn't help but sigh.

You don’t even have the money ready yet, what a waste of time making a movie!

……

……

Gu Ming went to the agency to check the accounts to see how much money the agency and he personally had available for filming the movie.

If it’s not enough, go begging and see if you can find some investors.

“Hello, thank you, Xiaolongbao…”

Seeing Nijiamoto Tatsumi coming towards him, Gu Ming was shocked: "What are you carrying?"

Nijiaben Tatsumi spread his hands and said, "Manatsu Ryu taught me Chinese."

"Tell him to stop teaching nonsense! What is he teaching?"

Gu Ming rolled up his sleeves and prepared to find Zhen Xialong and give him a beating.

Unfortunately, the accountant came and saved Manatsu Ryu's life.

It had been a while since they last met. Gu Ming looked at Matsuzawa Yuko and felt that the accountant seemed to have become much more haggard.

It seems that accounting work is very busy!
Gu Ming cut to the chase: "Look at how much money I have available now and how much I can use to prepare the work."

"...?"

Matsuzawa Yuko gave Gu Ming a look full of doubt in return.

Don’t you know how much money you have?

Gu Ming spread his hands.

Of course I know, it’s probably a few million, which is definitely not enough to make a movie.

"What makes you think you have millions of dollars?"

Gu Ming couldn't help but sigh.

Could it be that there were actually no millions left, only a few hundred thousand? It was obvious that the accountant's expression made her want to hit someone, but she finally held back.

I wanted to use more complicated words to explain to Gu Ming, but she finally pulled over a piece of paper and did a simple calculation.

"Let's not talk about the various expenses for now, let's talk about the income first."

"The Maoyan sisters are essentially a team from the agency, collaborating with TBS. Apart from the comics you authorized, the TV series itself alone is making 500,000 per episode. Maoyan filmed 52 episodes, so that's a total of 26 million!"

"Kamen Rider, your performance fee for "Killing the Array" is 850,000, and the lead actor's salary is 150,000. Although you haven't appeared in all the series, you have appeared in 34 of the 60 episodes so far. This means your personal income is over 5 million, and the agency's profit has reached 51 million!"

"Journey to the West, various expenses per episode are 1.5 million, so 26 episodes total 39 million."

"That is, in the past year, just the past year, the firm's revenue reached 116 million yen."

"Expenditures can be roughly divided into two parts: welfare expenses and salary expenses. Regarding salary expenses, excluding you, there are currently 22 employees in the firm. Each person has a guaranteed monthly salary of 50,000, which comes out to 13.2 million per year."

"In addition, you have formulated various welfare expenditures..."

"Anyway, based on a rough calculation, your firm's gross profit for the entire year of 1978 was approximately million yen."

Gu Ming was silent for a long time before he asked a crucial question: "When did the firm have 22 people? Wasn't there only a dozen before?"

With a sound of Pia, a list of staff was thrown over.

Gu Ming took a look and saw that there were indeed more than twenty people.

At first, there were a dozen young men including Yakuza and Niiemoto Tatsumi. A few of them left in the middle, and some of them ate the peaches like Watanabe.

Later, people like Shin Natsuryu, Motoaki, Akira Moritsugu, as well as Kanako Higuchi and Yamako were found.

Counting them up, there are indeed twenty-two people.

At the beginning, everyone had a fixed minimum salary of 30,000 yuan per month, but later Gu Ming felt that it was too little, so he increased it a little to 50,000 yuan.

This aspect is a huge expense.

But compared with the income, it is far behind!

Gu Ming couldn't help but slam the table.

grandma's.

It turns out he is so rich!
"Of course, this is just a rough calculation. If we actually check the accounts, the entire number will fluctuate, up or down, but it won't exceed the overall range by too much."

"The firm is your sole proprietor. In other words, although there are some procedures to withdraw the money, you can use it as you please."

"As for you, last year you received several TV series paychecks, as well as final payments for Cat's Eye, Kamen Rider, and Ultra Seven, totaling over 10 million yen. The largest portion of your income comes from your monthly sales dividends from the agency. They pay you back regularly every month, bringing you in several million yen each month. It's been nearly six months now. In other words, your personal disposable assets have reached approximately 40 million yen."

Gu Ming: ...?
Why are there so many!

But he didn't feel anything!

The office is still in a shabby warehouse, and they still drive a shabby van when they go out.

"But since we're an acting agency, there's no need to build a building, right? I'm used to living in this warehouse. Let's spend our money wisely and use it to make movies."

Gu Ming figured it out and thought that if he withdrew the money in the office, he could achieve an investment of 100 million yen.

For a movie, 100 million yen is considered a medium-sized production.

After all, Journey to the West is a big-budget TV series, with one episode costing 40 million yuan. If you count three episodes, each 60 minutes long, that would be 120 million yuan.

Of course, the exact amount cannot be converted in this way, but 100 million yen can definitely be considered a medium-level production, and it can produce many ambitious shots.

For example, Kurosawa Akira's later masterpiece, "Ran", only cost 2.4 billion yen.

Seeing Gu Ming's eyes that seemed to understand something, the accountant had to knock on the table.

"I don't know what you're going to spend your money on, but I'm going to give you some personal advice."

"If you want to live lavishly, that's your business. This money will last a long time as long as you don't use it on unnecessary things. If you want to invest in a movie, it's best to find a few partners. On the one hand, they can share the investment risk, and on the other hand, they can enhance the quality of the film, which will give you more bargaining chips when it is released later. The most important thing is..."

The accountant stood up suddenly and looked at Gu Ming.

You paid me your accounting fees! You haven't paid me a cent since you contacted me last year! If you don't pay me, I'm going to report you to the Metropolitan Police Department for unpaid wages!
(End of this chapter)