Japanese Entertainment: From special effects actor to action superstar

Chapter 60 Commercial Performances and Expanded Scripts

Considering the prices in Tokyo, when Yasuhiko Masagaki told everyone the prices of the dishes in the restaurant, it really shocked everyone.

well……

This is too cheap!
This isn't cheap, this is cheap!

Only Gu Ming knew this was normal. After all, it was Saizeriya, a restaurant where you could eat for just over ten yuan.

--By the way, the author checked the wrong information. At this time, Saizeriya had not yet formed a chain. Although it had opened many branches, they were just "family restaurants", a Japanese-style restaurant with a large number of partitions and a strong private atmosphere.

It was precisely because a large number of branches were opened and management was difficult that Yasuhiko Masagaki realized the need to introduce the chain store system. He went abroad to learn from experience and eventually slowed down the pace of opening new stores. He gradually transformed Saizeriya from the original family restaurant into the later well-known affordable Western restaurant chain brand.

Well, back to the topic.

Yasuhiko Masagaki was very talkative and told about his entrepreneurial experience. At the beginning, the Saizeriya restaurant was burned down in a fire, but he still tried his best to revive it and raised more than one million yen to reopen it.

I saved up 1 million yen with the 100,000 yen I earned from running the restaurant and the 900,000 yen my family gave me...

The shoji door suddenly opened, and Miwa Toshimichi walked out with a bit of confusion.

For a moment, everyone turned their eyes to Miwa Toshimichi.

I don't know if he succeeded.

Miwa Toshimichi walked towards Gu Ming and bowed.

"Gugu-kun, Mr. Wan Gu specifically requested to see you."

Gu Ming was more and more surprised.

"Are you going to have a commercial performance or not and still want to meet me alone?"

Although he was confused, Gu Ming still walked into the Japanese-style room in front of him.

It was now afternoon and the light in the Japanese-style room was still sufficient. Eiji Mantani was sitting opposite the kotatsu, greeting Tani Ming.

"Amin, please sit down."

Gu Ming took the opportunity to sit opposite Wan Gu Eiji.

Unexpectedly, Mantani Eiji still maintained that kind smile, and it seemed that no quarrel had just happened. If it weren't for the tea that was still not finished on the table, Gu Ming would have suspected that Miwa Toshimichi had not come at all.

Mrs. Wan Gu removed the old tea set and poured a cup of tea for Gu Ming before bowing and leaving.

Gu Ming held the teacup, sniffed the hot steam and the aroma of tea, and looked at Wan Gu Eiji with suspicion.

"Jincheng has shown me the story you submitted. It's an excellent story."

Eiji Mantani never mentioned the commercial performance, but instead mentioned the script.

Gu Ming didn't understand what was going on, so he just nodded and listened.

Eiji Mantani said: "Jincheng wanted to use this story as the ending, but I don't see it that way."

"Even if there are more Ultramen than us, victory still depends on the power of humanity itself, on the sparks of human thought that spark miracles, and on human hands to defeat the monsters, rather than relying on a savior."

"This story is quite good. Jincheng had already told me about the children's visit. You were really good at thinking of that way to handle it."

Gu Ming bowed slightly and said, "Thank you for the compliment, Dad. I just made a small contribution."

Wan Gu Yingji just waved his hand, signaling Gu Ming to stop being polite.

Although stage plays are not uncommon, the fact that the makeshift and somewhat crude stage at that time was able to entertain those little kids was a method that had to be considered.

You have to know that you have to pay to visit Wangu. In this day and age, even visiting a public toilet requires paying, let alone Wangu.

After what happened before, the number of people who made reservations to visit this week almost doubled, most of whom wanted to watch the stage play.

Eiji Mantani took a deep breath and finally made up his mind.

"Commercial performances should not affect filming, you must resolve this as soon as possible!"

Gu Ming's eyes lit up instantly.

Eiji Mantani actually agreed!
I don't know how Miwa Toshimichi managed to convince him, but it's really rare to be able to do this.

This is a win-win outcome.

Salia gets to have a stunning opening ceremony, Wangu gets paid, and Gu Ming gets to have extra income.

Three wins!

Gu Ming bowed again.

Seeing that Wan Gu Eiji seemed to have nothing else to do, Gu Mingfang bowed and left.

Wangu Eiji held his forehead and sighed slightly. Miwa Toshimichi's way of persuading him was simple.

Times have changed. Japan is now gradually moving towards a commercialized era. The power of agencies is growing, and the large studio system is about to die out.

In such an era, if Wan Gu still maintains its past habits, it will not be able to survive on its own and must adapt to the trend of commercialization as soon as possible.

It is of course important to shoot good works, but if you don’t have money, no matter how many ideas you have, you can’t realize them.

A previous stage play also brought Wan Gu extra income. At that time, Wan Gu Ao was very excited when he talked about it, and that look made Wan Gu Eiji both angry and sighing.

Sure enough, times have changed.

In the past, people were ashamed to talk about money, but in the future, money will probably become everyone’s buzzword.

So, Eiji Mantani finally compromised.

If it’s a commercial performance, just go.

The premise is that it does not affect the main shooting!

……

……

It is really surprising that Eiji Mantani would compromise on such a matter.

After everyone discussed it, they quickly came up with a plan.

Saria will pay two sums of money. One is to insert a text advertisement below the Ultraman episodes broadcast on TBS for one week.

Another deal was to invite two human actors, Susumu Hayata and Hiroko Sakurai, and three special effects actors, including Ultraman, Baltan, and Pigmon, to perform an opening show outside the new store.

Originally, Yasuhiko Masagaki didn't want to bring Pigumon, but Gu Ming finally gave a reasonable reason, which made Yasuhiko Masagaki agree happily.

It is both selfish and public-spirited.

His selfish motive was naturally to help Manazalong. In his previous life, Manazalong suffered from stomach problems and had no money to treat them. In the end, he had surgery with the help of Higashi Kotaro.

The public spirit is due to Pigumong's popularity.

You know, Pigumon is very popular among children, and Salia's current business strategy is to use parent-child relationship as a selling point. If Pigumon goes there, it will be of great help.

Even if they don’t eat, many children will beg their parents to take them to Saizeriya just to watch a stage play!
Don't even say it,

This Pigumeng must be played by Zhen Xialong!
This Manxia Long is indeed good-looking, with great figures and real moves. He is the kid from Tokyo, and you can't go a day without watching him.

In the evening, when Gu Ming was about to go home after get off work, he was stopped by Tetsuo Kaneshiro who had been waiting for a long time.

"Gugu-kun, I plan to use that script for this commercial performance. It's already perfect and only needs a few minor revisions. It also includes scenes for interacting with the audience, so I'm sure it'll be quite popular."

Gu Ming naturally felt that there was no problem, as Tetsuo Kaneshiro's strength was unquestionable.

Gu Ming just cares about one thing.

"But why did you specifically tell me about this?"

Kaneshiro Tetsuo adjusted his glasses and explained, "After all, that story was written by Furuya-kun. If I want to change it, I need to ask Furuya-kun about some details, right? Let's talk while we walk."

Gu Ming laughed and nodded, and discussed the script of the stage play with Jincheng Tetsuo while walking.

Tetsuo Kaneshiro did not do this on a whim. If the changes are good, this stage play can be expanded into a regular column of Banku. In that case, the admission fee will be well worth the money when visiting Banku.

In that case, we will have to pay Gu Ming additional script fees.

The two of them discussed this and walked further and further away.

　Let me report to you all that the first round of recommendations has ended, and thanks to your support, we have successfully made it to the second round of recommendations.

　　The current result is No. 29 on the new book list...

　　It really makes people exclaim in horror.

　　Being able to be on the list of Qidian.com and rank so high makes my writing career complete.

　　So let us briefly preview what’s coming next.

　　Ultraman and Pigmon compete on the street and meet the first female star in the Japanese entertainment industry (not Takagi Mio)
　　I dare to invite everyone to guess who it will be.

　　Although there is no reward for guessing correctly, there is no punishment for guessing incorrectly.

　　Hint: This person was in Tokyo at this point in time, 1976, and would become very famous in the future.

(End of this chapter)