Japanese Entertainment: From special effects actor to action superstar

Chapter 58 Hokkaido Amateur Group Children's Silver Award
It was late at night, but Gu Ming did not sleep. Instead, he sat in front of the kotatsu, scratching his ears and cheeks.

Writing is so hard!
After the performance, Tetsuo Kaneshiro gave Gu Ming a task, hoping that he would expand on the plot of today's performance.

You don't have to write it in the format of a script. As long as you write the story well, Tetsuo Kaneshiro will change it into the format of a script.

After the work is finished, Tetsuo Kaneshiro will apply for a fee for Gu Ming.

Gu Ming agreed very readily at that time, but when he actually started writing, he couldn't help but bang his head on the ground.

Listening and reading was fine, but if he had to write a story, Gu Ming felt that his vocabulary was not enough.

There are not enough Chinese characters, so we have to use a lot of kana to make up the number.

Sensing the warm body behind him, Gu Mingdun said apologetically, "Sorry, I need to finish writing this first. After all..."

It's all Mr. Jincheng's job.

Shaqin didn't say anything else, but just knelt aside and watched Gu Ming write quietly.

Although Gu Ming's listening and reading skills are okay, when it comes to writing, his handwriting is completely like that of an elementary school student.

Shaqin looked at it for a moment, and suddenly revealed an indescribable expression.

With Furuya-kun's calligraphy level, he must be able to win the Hokkaido, Megumi-gun, Rausu-cho, Suburban Kindergarten, Third Class, Amateur Group, Silver Award!
"Gugu-kun's level is really easy to understand."

Gu Ming raised his head slightly and couldn't help but spread his hands.

High emotional intelligence: simple and easy to understand.

Low emotional intelligence: The paper is full of kana but no kanji, it’s like he has never been to school.

"I can't help it. I left home to make a living before finishing high school." Gu Ming sighed. "I've already done my best to write to this point."

Shaqin tried to use the most tactful words possible.

"How about you dictate it to me, Furuya-kun, and I'll help transcribe it."

Gu Mingdun breathed a sigh of relief: "That's really a great help!"

The two exchanged positions, this time it was Gu Ming who dictated and Shaqin who was responsible for transcribing.

Gu Ming then briefly told the story in his mind, which was actually a combination of the plots of the original time and space, the first Ultraman special, and the ending of Ultraman Tiga, and finally put it into writing.

It probably tells the story of how the first Ultraman relied on the bond between him and humans, and when his energy was saturated, he burst out with colorful Spysum rays to defeat the final monster.

Anyway, Chiaki Konaka is known as the Tetsuo Kaneshiro of the Heisei era, so Gu Ming just used Chiaki Konaka's story. I believe that many years later, when Chiaki Konaka enters the screenwriter industry, she will be surprised to find something.

Wow!
It turns out that what I wanted to write had already been written by Mr. Tetsuo Kaneshiro twenty years ago!
Although this is a simple story, it comes from fifty years later, so it is still novel today.

After finishing copying, Shaqin blew the ink dry and couldn't help but marvel at it.

Gu Gujun's imagination is still very magnificent.

It's this writing ability...

Gu Ming took the manuscript and looked at it carefully. It was a great improvement compared to before. Not only was the calligraphy level very good, but the word choice was also quite exquisite. Most importantly, unlike his paper full of kana, all the words were filled with Chinese characters.

"Thanks so much!" Gu Ming said with a smile, "I didn't expect you to write so well. You must have learned a lot before."

Shaqin raised her head slightly, feeling a little proud.

"After all, my father was once a professor at the University of Tokyo."

Although, not anymore.

Shaqin skipped the topic and just bowed slightly.

"As long as it helps."

After saying that, she folded the manuscript and put it in an envelope.

This way, when you hand it to someone else, it will appear more formal.

Gu Ming also smiled and said, "Of course I helped. In this case, I can go to Mr. Jincheng to report tomorrow. If I get the royalties from Wangu, why not split it in half?"

After saying that, Gu Ming finalized the matter without waiting for her to refuse.

Gu Ming put away the kotatsu and prepared to turn off the lights.

It's already so late, of course I should take advantage of the time and get busy again. ...

……

The next day, in Wangu Planning Office.

Tetsuo Kaneshiro works here most of the time, and his main job is to modify various scripts and do daily creation.

This was Gu Ming's first time coming to Wangu's planning office.

The room before me looked like some old-fashioned teacher's office, with a cobbled-together desk, a water dispenser, and plants that needed watering.

When Gu Ming arrived, he saw Tetsuo Kaneshiro talking to another stranger.

Naturally, he wouldn't disturb them, so he sat aside and waited for a while.

Only after the stranger left did Gu Ming step forward and hand over the envelope in his hand.

"Oh? Furuya-kun is very formal."

Tetsuo Kaneshiro gave a slight exclamation of admiration, then opened the envelope and began to look at it.

The story is not long, just the length of one chapter updated by the author, and Tetsuo Kaneshiro finished reading it quickly.

"Not bad! It has all the elements of a good story. While it can't be used directly as a script, it can be filmed with a few minor modifications. I didn't expect that Furuya-kun, who looks so rough, could have such delicate writing skills."

Gu Ming tutted his words and said, "I feel like Mr. Jincheng's words don't sound like he's praising me."

He didn't take credit for it, and casually told Jincheng Tetsuo: "But I didn't write this. I just dictated it. In fact, other people helped to transcribe and polish it."

"That's pretty impressive too." Tetsuo Kaneshiro said as he pulled over a piece of manuscript paper, wrote and drew a few strokes on it before handing it to Gu Ming.

"Take this and go collect your royalties, Furuya-kun. Wan Gu is willing to pay 200,000 yen for this story."

I only earned 80,000 yen for shooting one episode of Ultraman, but something I wrote in a few hours earned me 200,000 yen.

Gu Ming was not surprised.

Now, it is a paradise for creators.

For example, Masami Kurumada became famous a few years later by drawing Saint Seiya.

That is to say, Gu Ming doesn't have that ability, otherwise Gu Ming would not be an action actor, he would just be a plagiarist!
Reborn, I am a literary giant in Tokyo!
Even if they split it in half with Sachin, they could each get 100,000 yen.

Gu Ming put away the note from Jincheng Zhefu and finally had time to chat.

"Speaking of which, who was that person just now? I don't think I've seen him in Wangu before."

"That guy just now?" Tetsuo Kaneshiro said, "He hasn't been here recently, but he used to work with Dad at Toho. His name is 'Jissoji Akio', and he's now working at TBS, just like Ichigo. Because several directors have been busy or on vacation recently, Ichigo invited him to come to Banka to shoot the next few episodes after this one is finished."

Gu Ming stood up instantly, which surprised Jin Chengzhao a little. He pushed his glasses and looked at Gu Ming: "What's wrong, Gu Gu?"

"No, my legs are a little numb from sitting for so long."

Gu Ming dealt with it casually.

Unexpectedly, the man who looked ordinary just now turned out to be the famous Jissoji Akio!
Gu Mingzhen was really amazed.

Akio Jissoji is not only a special effects artist, he is also a well-known figure after leaving the special effects industry. In the era of the New Wave of Film, Akio Jissoji supervised many outstanding works.

Jissoji Akio's shooting style is particularly distinctive, with a lot of shaking and dreamy shots, and close-ups of characters' faces, as if they are looking at people outside the screen, but their eyes do not stay on the screen. The tilted picture is shrouded in a layer of out-of-focus halo, creating the most possible "symmetrical" effect in the picture.

His style is so unique that one can tell it is Akio Jissoji just by looking at his works.

Akio Jissoji has also left many famous works in special effects, such as the episode "Butterfly Dream" in "Ultraman Max", which was directed by Akio Jissoji alone.

In the first generation of Ultraman, Akio Jissoji also filmed many famous episodes.

For example, 'Jamila the Planet Monster', 'Skelton the Steel Monster', 'Sinbo the Undead Monster', etc., were all created by Akio Jissoji.

Although the ratings of these episodes were not satisfactory, and the episode of Skarsten basically had the lowest ratings among the first generation of Ultraman, Akio Jissoji is still a very talented director.

Thinking of all this, Gu Ming couldn't help but sigh from the bottom of his heart.

I didn’t expect that after filming this episode, the next episode would be a collaboration with Akio Jissoji.

Compared with other directors, it must be a completely different experience!
(End of this chapter)