Japanese Entertainment: From special effects actor to action superstar

Chapter 291

Astro Boy!
One hundred thousand horsepower, eight divine powers!
At this moment, in Endai's office, the triumphant Naoji Yamashina was looking at Endai's financial statements for this month.

It can be said to be quite gratifying.

If Endai still needed 10 million yen from Gu Ming to supplement the cash flow before, then now, 10 million is just a drop in the bucket.

Of course, Yamashina Naoharu was not so shameless as to kick Gu Ming out directly.

After all, Gu Ming has value - the movie is a hit, and the advertisements are labeled as yendai.

Including the cooperation with Toei, it was also Gu Ming who made the connection.

Seeing Gu Ming coming to visit him, Yamashina Naoharu smiled and walked up to Gu Ming without hesitation and gave him a hug.

"Gugu-kun, long time no see, what have you been busy with lately?"

"It's nothing serious. I'm just working on a movie with Mr. Kurosawa and preparing to be his assistant."

Naoharu Yamashina: Who? !
It took him a while to realize the name.

It turned out to be Kurosawa!

Gu Ming casually took out two documents and placed them on the table.

There is a work that is produced by the long-established Wan Gu Company. TBS and TV Asahi will jointly broadcast this work, and now this work only needs a little money.

Yamashina Naoji looked up instantly.

Want to spend my money?
That's impossible!
Gu Ming made a big promise on the spot.

"TV Asahi!"

"TBS!"

"The broadcast range covers the whole of Japan!"

"Even if Endai only appears in a few scenes, it will be enough to make him famous!"

"In the past, only people at the level of Muto Pharmaceutical could have such an honor. Mr. Yamashina Naoji, wouldn't you consider spending some money?"

Yamashina Naoji pressed his hands tightly on the table, and the veins on his forehead were exposed.

hateful……

I feel a little excited!
This is much better than Gundam's wall-breaking advertisement!
The original Gundam has entered its second run, and the results are quite encouraging, but even so, it is only on one TV network.

And if Endai's advertisements could appear on the two largest TV stations in Japan.

The effect is unimaginable.

Absolutely!

Yamashina Naoji's old face twitched wildly. After a long moment, he slowly uttered a few words: "Let me think about it."

"Of course!"

Gu Ming responded and said goodbye to Yamashina Naoharu.

A few days later, Gu Ming received a call from Yamashina Naoji.

Endai is willing to make this investment, but as the price of production funding, Endai wants all the peripheral licenses for this work, that is, various toys, soft plastics, figurines, no problem...

All.

Moreover, it can only be exclusively authorized and other companies are not allowed to get involved.

More importantly, there must be advertisements for the yen in the work. In addition to the pre-roll advertisements, there must be at least a large number of shots involving the yen in the main story.

For example, monsters often destroy the Muto Pharmaceutical building, so now it has to be changed to Endai's building.

What, there is no building in Yendai?
Even if there's no building, it has to be destroyed! Isn't there a factory here?

……

……

Mantani, Mantani Eiji's sickbed.

Gu Ming placed the plan in front of Wan Gu Eiji.

The yen generation will invest a sum of money to ensure that at least two seasons can be produced, with an investment of 10 million yen per episode.

Gu Ming thought for a moment and added, "Extreme Action Studio will also provide a portion of the investment and participate in the performance and other design of the killing array. This will ensure that Wan Gu can produce at least two seasons. The investment per episode is 3 million yen, but the first installment of the investment will not be received until Toei receives the payment."

That's 13 million yen, roughly on par with Seven's investment, and a significant improvement over Guiman in the original worldline.

Wang Gu Yingji's eyelids trembled slightly as he flipped through the thin plan.

So what on earth did you do? You didn't go and work as a butt for Qijing Wei, did you?
Why do TBS and TV Asahi broadcast Wangu's works at the same time?
Gu Ming spread his hands.

Of course, it was a classic triangle scam! As long as 円代 was willing to invest, TBS would accept the joint screening.

As long as TBS is willing to accept joint screening, Asahi TV can also accept joint screening.

As long as these two TV stations are willing to jointly broadcast the film, then Yen Dai will be willing to invest.

It's that simple.

It can be said that no matter who you are, as long as you have a mouth, it's enough.

The prerequisite is that this person can meet Kagi Tai, Watanabe Ryosuke and Yamashina Naoji at the same time, and has enough influence to convince the three of them.

Mantani Eiji nodded.

So you guys are still selling your ass, right?

“I never thought that the actor from that time would be able to participate in the production now.”

Eiji Mantani felt a little nostalgic.

"I was originally thinking of putting aside my pride and going back to my old employer to beg for mercy."

Tani Ming knew that he was probably talking about Honda Ishiro.

Originally, Guiman was supervised by Ishiro Honda. However, Mantani Eiji passed away at that time, and Mantani lacked a strong figure to control the situation. Mantani Ichi was good at production but lacked commercial skills. Although Mantani Ao had ideas, he was too young and had no connections with Mantani Eiji, so in the end Ishiro Honda came to participate in the production.

But it has been said before.

Honda Ishiro is not a very good person.

Now, of course, that is no longer the case.

As for Ishido Shulang, he can just get out of here. There is no room for him to perform well.

Since the money is spent by others, then of course they have to find the actors. Now Eiji Mantani has nothing else to ask for. He just wants to see the return of Ultraman being released smoothly before the deadline.

Although TV Asahi is preparing to broadcast Kamen Rider V3, it is still okay to select some secondary event segments, such as Saturday morning or noon, for joint screenings.

You can never have too many good works, and no matter how the ratings are divided, they will be broadcast on TV Asahi.

Besides, there aren’t that many shows available right now.

There is no problem with TBS, and it will be broadcast at 7pm as usual.

Gu Mingzai has a candidate.

"I'll take care of the acting aspect."

There are ready-made ones, no need to look for them outside!

……

……

now.

Danshiro is eating ramen with Moritsugu Akira.

“It’s so spicy!!”

Akira Moritsugu was panting and drinking ice water desperately.

"If you can't handle spicy food, don't eat so much."

Tuan Shilang tied his scarf and ate slowly.

Moriji Koji gave him a sideways glance.

This BYD is so handsome!

Although mixed-race people are often looked down upon, they also have an advantage. If they happen to combine the advantages of both sides, they will look particularly handsome.

In this regard, the tall and handsome Tuan Shilang obviously inherited the advantages.

you could put it that way.

Throughout the Showa period, no one was more handsome than him except Saburo Shinoda.

After they finished their ramen, they just walked out the door and saw a familiar Toyota parked outside.

Koizumi poked his head out.

"Moritsugu-kun, ah, and Murata-kun! Get in the car! It's urgent! Something great is going on!"

Koizumi stepped on the accelerator and sped away with the two actors.

(End of this chapter)