Japanese Entertainment: From special effects actor to action superstar

Chapter 55: Squids from Yamagata Prefecture, Waste People from Bankai
The filming of Ultraman episode 10 has finally finished.

During the filming the next day, Nakajima Haruo did not speak a word, as if he had lost the ability to speak.

The shooting progress was delayed for a day.

Fortunately, Wan Guyi contacted TBS and said that the delay was for one day due to issues with the master editing, and TBS was lenient with them.

The original purpose of establishing the system of broadcasting on Saturdays and reviewing on Wednesdays was to allow three days to prepare for various unexpected events.

After that, Gu Ming never saw Nakajima Haruo again.

After the filming ended that day, Wan Gujie sneaked over to find Gu Ming.

"Brother Furuya, Nakajima Haruo is gone."

Gu Ming was stunned: "Gone? Are you saying what I understand?"

"That should be it?" Wan Gujie said, "He asked for a long vacation from Dongbao, saying he was going back to his hometown in Yamagata Prefecture, and then he left."

Gu Ming let out an "oh" and was speechless for a moment.

After a while, Gu Ming asked, "How did you know?"

Wan Gujie explained, "I went to deliver his salary. He hadn't come to collect his salary for the tenth episode, so my father asked me to deliver it to him. So I went to Dongbao, and when I got there, I found out that he had taken leave to go back to his hometown after filming ended that day."

After saying that, Wan Gujie smiled to himself and said, "Maybe the pinball machines in Yamagata Prefecture are more fun."

Gu Ming couldn't laugh.

When it comes to fun, there's nowhere better than Tokyo.

……

……

Haruo Nakajima is gone, but life must go on. The things that happened before are like flowing water that cannot be grasped, and will soon be forgotten.

Time has passed and September has arrived.

September 9th.

Gu Ming woke up and looked at the calendar first.

After seeing the time clearly, Gu Ming sighed with regret.

It’s September 9th…

Goodbye.

Gu Ming bowed silently.

Then he returned to his own life.

There was no filming assignment today, and it was a rare opportunity to rest. Gu Ming was eating breakfast hastily by himself when the phone suddenly rang.

When the phone was connected, it was Shaqin.

"Gugu-kun, um... I'm sorry, but do you have time to come here?" Saqin explained, "Here's a package for you."

Gu Ming was stunned: "The package is for me."

Shaqin nodded: "If it's not convenient, I'll send it over in the evening."

Gu Ming shook his head: "It's okay, I have time now, I'll go get it later."

After hanging up the phone, Gu Ming was confused for a moment.

The package is for him.

Who mailed it?
Gu Ming guessed that it was most likely Narita Toru, as his personality was such that he could do such a thing.

After a quick breakfast and a simple wash, Gu Mingfang headed for the convenience store.

When the two met, Shaqin bowed slightly and said, "When I woke up this morning, I received this package. It was clearly written on it that it was for you."

Gu Ming leaned in closer to read the words on the package.

This package was mailed from Yamagata Prefecture.

When it was opened in a few seconds, a strong smell of the sea hit me in the face, almost choking me to death.

Gu Ming fanned again and again before he got closer to take a look.

It was a bag of wrinkled dried squid, exuding the unique fishy smell of the sea.

Gu Ming stared at the bag of dried squid in front of him and was silent for a moment.

"Is it a gift from a fan?" Shaqin guessed.

But Gu Ming shook his head.

Certainly not a moviegoer.

"Friends, then?"

Gu Ming still shook his head.

Maybe, they are not friends either.

He tried picking up a piece of dried squid and chewing it. It was salty and fishy, but also had a unique taste.

The squid from Yamagata Prefecture is indeed delicious. Gu Ming asked Shaqin for a few bags, split the squid and packed them into several small bags, which looked much more exquisite.

"Take it." Gu Ming left a bag for Shaqin: "A friend gave it to me. It's delicious."

"Oh, and..."

Gu Ming thought for a moment before speaking: "Are you going there today?"

Shaqin nodded: "Sure."

Gu Ming smiled and said, "If it's late, don't go back."

This time it was Shaqin's turn to remain silent.

After a long moment, she nodded and chuckled, "Okay."

……

……

After agreeing to come back for dinner in the evening, Gu Ming left with a few bags of dried squid.

Gu Ming first went to Narita Heng's house and left him a bag of dried squid.

Narita Heng laughed jokingly and said, "Luckily I'm still young. If I were ten years older, I wouldn't be able to eat this."

Chewing on the chewy dried squid, Narita Toru casually asked, "Why did you suddenly think of buying this?"

Gu Ming shook his head: "I didn't buy it, it was given to me by a friend. Well then, Mr. Narita, you should get some rest early. I have to go to the next place, so I won't bother you any more."

Then Gu Ming went to the residence of Tetsuo Kaneshiro. Tetsuo Kaneshiro was a married man, and his family was temporarily living in Tokyo.

Tetsuo Kaneshiro was a little surprised when he received the gift from Gu Ming.

Knowing that he was not very good at communication, Gu Ming just said a few polite words and left.

Masahiro Yamada, Masazo Uehara and other main creative team members, as well as Gu Ming, all gave some.

Finally, Gu Mingcai arrived at Wangu.

At this time, Wan Guyi and Wan Gu'ao were not at home. Only Wan Gujie was at home, playing with the child out of boredom.

Seeing Gu Ming, Wan Gujie stood up instantly, very happy.

Gu Ming, however, looked intently at the child crawling around at his feet.

"Is this your son?!"

Gu Ming was shocked.

Don't judge a person by appearance! I didn't expect Wan Gujie to have a child at such a young age!
"Nowhere." Wan Gujie sighed, "This is Brother Yi's son. He's busy at TBS. Brother Yi's wife went shopping, so she asked me to help out temporarily. Come, Yingming, say hello to Brother Gugu!"

Gu Ming was even more stunned after hearing this.

Wan Guyi's son?
Wan Gu is wise?

good boy.

Beat him up before he grows up! This kid will be a rip-off when he grows up!
It is said that corruption within the Wangu family is extremely serious, and this is something that everyone in the circle knows.

After the new century, the Mangaya family lost the Mangaya Company, and it was an outsider, Shinichi Ooka, who eventually restored Mangaya's reputation.

Although the reputation of the new generation Ultraman is really bad, if it weren't for Shinichi Ooka's efforts to produce LED Ultraman including Ginga and Orb, the Bankaya brand would have been ruined long ago.

Looking at the rise and fall of the Mantani family, there is no need to say much about Mantani Eiji's abilities. He is the famous god of special effects.

Wan Guyi and Wan Gu'ao are both very capable. Although Wan Gujie is mediocre, he is at least not bad.

But the next generation is different.

Wan Guyi is an excellent director himself, but his sons are worse than the other.

Masahiro Mantani was forced to resign after serving as president for only one year due to sexual harassment.

Wangu Eimei, the famous Wangu useless man, had absolutely no abilities and completely ruined Wangu during his tenure. He also insisted afterwards that he should control Wangu, obtain the Ultraman trademark, and so on.

His only contribution during his tenure was the creation of the classic, Ultraman Nexus.

As a result, the film ended in failure due to insufficient production and was widely criticized.

In comparison, Wang Ya Ao's son Wang Ya Kazuo is relatively outstanding, having supervised several classic Ultraman works in the Heisei era.

Gu Ming looked at Wan Gu Yingming crawling on the ground without wearing shoes, and resisted the urge to spank the kid, and handed the thing in his hand to Wan Gu Jie.

"Wow, Brother Gugu, you are so nice, you even bought me food!"

Wan Gujie raised his hand to take it, but Gu Ming slapped his claw away.

"Don't eat it all yourself! Wait until Dad wakes up from his nap and then we can share it with everyone."

Looking at Wan Gu Yingming, Gu Ming warned: "Forget about this child."

Wan Gu Yingming, this unlucky kid, doesn’t deserve to eat good food!

　Sorry for being late today. I was not satisfied with the writing and revised it several times. I just finished it. After thinking about it, I decided to give Nakajima Haruo a happy ending.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)