Japanese Entertainment: From special effects actor to action superstar

Chapter 44: Hot August, Tatara Island and Red King
The ratings for the third episode were released the next day.

As expected, it has improved compared to the second episode, approaching the first episode, and has exceeded 40%.

And then, of course, comes the fourth episode.

There was nothing special about the filming of the fourth episode.

In the fourth episode, the underwater ape-man Lagun was difficult to deal with because he had a nuclear bomb hanging on his arm, but he was eventually defeated by Ultraman.

However, Ragon just fell into the water after being hit by the Spesium ray, so it is hard to say whether he is dead or not.

In the original world, this episode was also the low point of Ultraman's ratings, below 30%.

Although Gu Ming made suggestions and redesigned the movements this time, there was no improvement and the ratings were only around 34%.

There is nothing special about the fifth, sixth, and seventh episodes.

Mutant plant 'Green Mons'

Sea Monster 'Gesla'

Magnetic Monster 'Antonra'

The ratings were 36.4%, 36.2% and 37.1% respectively.
It can be considered to have saved the decline of the fourth episode.

Time flies and it is August.

It was so hot in Tokyo in August that people could hardly raise their heads, and the filming progress on the set slowed down significantly.

Every ten minutes or so, they have to stop to rest, dissipate heat, and replenish water to prevent any accidents from happening to the suit actors.

Even so, Teruo Aragaki, who acted with Tani Akira, still had an experience of heatstroke. Fortunately, it was discovered early, otherwise Teruo Aragaki would have been in danger.

On Thursday, Gu Ming stayed at home and did not go anywhere. Although he wanted to help in the kitchen, Shaqin gently but firmly drove him out.

Gu Ming rested his head on the kotatsu table, and the electric fan beside him was whirring non-stop.

Gu Ming looked at the busy figures in the kitchen.

The way Shaqin wore an apron made Gu Ming inexplicably feel like a married woman.

Gu Ming said, "Although I am the one who is entertaining the guests, I am really sorry to bother you."

Shaqin didn't turn around, but just responded: "No, it's nothing. I'm happy to be able to help."

Gu Ming casually inquired, "By the way, how's your law?"

Mentioning this, Shaqin was a little disappointed: "Ah... not very good. Although I went once, I failed the exam. Maybe I need to work harder."

Gu Ming nodded.

It turns out that becoming a lawyer is not that easy.

Gu Ming leaned closer to the fan, his mouth wide open. He muttered for a long time before saying, "Come to think of it, I've never asked you why you wanted to become a lawyer."

This time, Shaqin paused for a moment.

But then he smiled and shook his head.

"It's just a little thing, nothing important."

Gu Ming could tell that she didn't really want to talk about it, so he rationally didn't ask any more questions.

After a while, the doorbell finally rang outside the house.

Gu Ming opened the door and saw Narita Toru and Kaneshiro Tetsuo standing outside.

Narita Toru took off his sun hat and fanned himself, sighing, "Oh... this place is really hard to find."

Narita Heng handed the gift in his hand to Gu Ming: "How about it? I'm not the kind of person who would go to a visit empty-handed."

Gu Ming naturally took it and welcomed the two in.

Ever since the last time Jincheng Tetsuo was beaten, and Gu Ming beat that guy like he was hit by a truck, he and Jincheng Tetsuo have become familiar with each other. Otherwise, with Jincheng Tetsuo's personality, he would not easily come here as a guest.

Hearing the sound of guests coming, Shaqin came out, bowed and greeted the two of them.

"Oh?" Narita Heng looked at Gu Ming with a playful look for a moment and asked, "Isn't this him?"

Even though they had only met once, Narita Toru still recognized him. Shaqin bowed again and said, "Currently, I'm the landlord here."

"At the moment? Oh, I see."

Narita Heng laughed out loud, but didn't try to make things difficult for him. He just said thank you for your hard work and sat down as if he was familiar with the place.

Naturally, Gu Ming didn't mind this kind of thing. He was not afraid of him being too familiar with others, but he was afraid that he would feel restrained after he came.

For example, Tetsuo Kaneshiro was now rather reserved. After hesitating for a while, he finally sat down opposite Toru Narita.

"Come to think of it, the ratings of the recent episodes haven't reached the levels of the first and third episodes." Narita Toru leaned closer to the electric fan and opened his mouth.

"Ahhhhh!!!"

The sound was fragmented by the electric fan.

Tetsuo Kaneshiro tilted his head slightly.

Narita Toru, why do you act like a little kid sometimes?

Gu Ming also agreed: "That's normal. Ratings can be high or low."

These episodes are all pretty mediocre, not bad but not great either, so it's normal that they have low ratings.

In the seventh episode where Antola appears, the design of the god of Paraji and Noah is created, but it is obvious that the style of this episode is still not very pleasing.

Moreover, this result is not low. How many TV series combined can't achieve 36%?
Narita Toru said, "But everyone was holding back their enthusiasm, thinking that even if we couldn't surpass the first episode, we had to at least make it 40% of the way there."

Tetsuo Kaneshiro finally found a topic to talk about.

"Speaking of which, Mr. Uehara Shozo has also produced a draft of the script, so we could discuss it together."

Although he didn't bring a script, he already had the general plot in his head, and it was clear to him once he spoke it.

"It looks like there will be a lot of monsters appearing in this episode."

Tetsuo Kaneshiro briefly narrated the plot of this episode.

There is a place called "Totora Island". After the volcanic eruption, the geology changed, so four team members were ordered to investigate. However, they lost contact unexpectedly not long after. So in order to rescue them, the Kote team went to Totora Island, but discovered a monster war here.

It turns out that due to environmental changes, Todor Island has become an environment suitable for the survival of monsters, and there are monsters fighting everywhere.

In the end, Ultraman showed up and drove away the monster, but the sacrificed team members could not be saved. After everyone erected a tombstone to mourn, they left.

Gu Ming knew as soon as he heard it that this was the episode where Red King first appeared.

Red King, the big corn on the cob.

Having said that, in 1966 in the original time and space, Khrushchev was still alive. I wonder if he had seen Ultraman or how he reacted to seeing Red King.

Narita Toru was the first to object: "There aren't that many monsters. I say you should be considerate of us! It's hard to make so many suits."

He has a very hard job as an art director. He always has to spend a lot of time making the leather suits, and they can't be the same again. It's super troublesome.

Gu Ming smiled and said, "There's no need to make so many monsters. Not to mention that we can just modify them using old suits. For the battle in this episode alone, we can just use the team members' narrations. The battle situation on Tadara Island can be reflected with just two monsters."

"That's right," said Tetsuo Kaneshiro. "Mr. Uehara Shozo and I thought the same thing. The main monster in this episode is named 'Red King' and it's very powerful."

Gu Mingduo glanced at Jincheng Zhefu.

Very strong? That's not necessarily the case.

Red King was very weak when he first appeared!

Although he was supposed to be invincible, Ultraman grabbed him by the neck and lifted him up to beat him up, pinched his neck and slapped him. Finally, Ultraman threw Red King to death with a back-shooting move.

anyway……

Does Red King have a neck?
Gu Ming thought about it.

This is a really big problem.

How can Red King have a neck?

(End of this chapter)