Japanese Entertainment: From special effects actor to action superstar

Chapter 65: Salia's reward, I hope she's okay
The first commercial performance finally ended, and on Thursday, Gu Ming received his payment from Wangu as promised.

Looking at the big bag in front of him, Gu Ming was slightly surprised: "Why is there so much this time? It must be hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands."

The finance manager shrugged: "Have you forgotten? There's also the payment for the commercial performance at Saizeriya!"

Gu Ming felt the weight and it was indeed not light.

Everyone was very happy after receiving their salary. After walking a few steps outside the door, Gu Ming saw Manaka Ryu, Aragaki Teruo and others squatting outside the door and whispering.

"Oh! Brother Gu Gu is out. How much did Saria give?"

Gu Ming gestured with the bag slightly.

Teruo Aragaki hissed and silently put the brown paper envelope in his hand into his pocket.

Oh damn, the gap is quite big!

However, Teruo Aragaki was not jealous. He could not do what Gu Ming did, and the situation was special at that time. He was able to resolve it, which was indeed worthy of extra payment from Salia.

Manatsu Ryuu smiled very happily. Although he was just a supporting role this time, he still got 30,000 yen.

Well, that’s comparable to Gu Ming’s pay for one episode.

Unexpectedly, he received an extra reward. Perhaps because he had done a lot of things at that time, Yasuhiko Masagaki also gave him an extra reward.

He kept some of the tens of thousands of yen for himself and sent the rest back home. He could be considered successful in Tokyo. He could proudly tell his family, "Mom and Dad, your son is an actor in Tokyo!"

Even though I play a role that you can never see.

Oh, of course, it's definitely not a harp piece! Your son is a serious man!
Seeing Gu Ming carrying a huge bag, Zhen Xialong suggested, "But it's really troublesome to carry such a big bag, brother Gu Gu. If you have a bank account, you can just deposit it directly into the bank."

Gu Ming nodded and took note of it.

Before, he was used to keeping his money in the house, and he didn't have much money on hand, so naturally he wouldn't go to the bank.

Now it is slowly accumulating.

It is indeed more convenient to have an account.

Since he had money, he had to spend it. Gu Ming immediately pulled together a few familiar actors and prepared to take a bath and then have a drink at the bar where Zhen Xialong was performing.

Of course, Mr. Furuya paid for everything, which was probably around 10,000 to 20,000 yen.

Gu Ming wanted to bring Narita Toru and the others along, but Narita Toru has been so busy designing suits recently that his hair is almost going bald, and Kaneshiro Tetsuo is not used to so many strangers. Wan Gu Jie is very willing to go, but is stopped by Wan Gu Eiji.

——Minors are prohibited from drinking! Last time, it was Narita Heng who secretly took him there, and the old man could pretend not to know, but this time he couldn't.

In the end, only a few actors enjoyed it alone.

It was already late when he went out. Gu Ming had just had a few drinks and was still very sober. He turned his eyes slightly and saw a few half-grown teenagers standing across the street. They looked to be in their teens or less than 20 years old.

When the young men looked at each other, they were a little panicked. Suddenly they turned around and ran away.

"What's going on?" Manatsu Ryuu narrowed his eyes and studied him. "That outfit, could it be the Yakuza from before? Why are they following us?"

"It's hard to say." Gu Ming said cautiously, "Everyone should be careful these days!"

If the Yakuza really follows him, it will be troublesome!

……

……

On the way back, Gu Ming deliberately walked around a few times and only went home when he felt that there was no one behind him.

When Gu Ming returned home and opened the door, he had just put down his things when he saw Sha Qin suddenly stand up from in front of the TV.

"Gugu-kun, such a big thing happened before, why didn't you tell anyone about it?"

If she hadn't watched the news today, she wouldn't have known that Gu Ming was attacked by the Yakuza.

"It's obviously a very dangerous thing, but why..."

Gu Ming forced a smile, pretending to be relaxed: "I don't have anything to do, and I got the reward as promised. It's a large sum of money. Mr. Masagaki Yasuhiko is very generous."

"That's not about money! You didn't even say anything about such a big thing. Do you really consider me a close person?"

Her voice became smaller and smaller, and finally disappeared completely.

Sigh. Gu Ming sighed secretly, but his mind softened completely.

"Thinking that nothing really happened in the end, and that it was resolved smoothly, I didn't want to spread the news. But I can promise you this."

Gu Ming suddenly turned serious, looked at Shaqin, and said, "If something dangerous like this happens again, I will tell you the first time."

Shaqin met Gu Ming's eyes, but slowly shook her head.

"Well, I still hope that nothing like this will happen to Furuya-kun."

In any case, the atmosphere finally eased. Gu Ming sat down and put the bag on the table.

There were several wrapped stacks of money inside, quite a lot, but Shaqin didn't look too surprised.

Instead, it was the other stack of things in the bag that made Shaqin a little concerned.

"Is this... a coupon?"

Gu Ming opened it and took a look.

"Really? This is a coupon for Saizeriya Restaurant."

Coupons in Japan are more like vouchers and can actually be used as money.

Although it is not possible to use the voucher to take the bus, you can use the voucher to eat even if you don’t have any money.

Even if you don't go to Saizeriya Restaurant for dinner, you can still get a lot of money by taking these things to the pawn shop.

Gu Ming was really surprised this time.

He roughly estimated the value of the coupon.

Even if the pawn shop offers a huge discount, the total compensation plus the value of the coupon is close to 200,000, and this is just for a commercial performance.

“No, is running a restaurant so profitable?!”

After sharing the profits with TBS and Bankaya, each of them could actually get tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of yen.

Gu Ming couldn't understand why he could make so much money with the prices at Salia.

"I don't want to be an actor anymore. I want to open a restaurant!"

Gu Ming spread his hands.

Reborn in Tokyo, from a chef to a restaurant king! See how he conquers foreign tastes with Chinese cuisine!
People like Kobayashi Rindan and Nakiri Alice will be so popular after eating this meal that it’s over. Let’s also serve Inogashira Goro and others.

But Gu Ming thought about it and realized that he could only cook "braised beef", "spicy and sour beef", "old-style pickled cabbage" and "fresh shrimp and fish cake", so he decided to forget it.

Shaqin's eyes were full of smiles. "But if that's the case, Furuya-kun could really try to open a restaurant in the future. After all, fame would attract many diners. But don't run it yourself."

Gu Ming nodded.

This is indeed an idea. Many actors use their fame to open restaurants, studios, and run various businesses.

Although some people are seriously overpriced, there are also some actors who do a really good job.

Gu Ming just wrote it down and will talk about it later.

Shaqin sorted out the bag, took out all the money and put it in the kitchen storage room. She knew that Gu Ming would put the money there and would not deposit it in the bank.

Even though she knew there was a lot of money there, Shaqin didn't touch it.

Instead, she cared more about the coupons.

This is something better than money.

Gu Ming crossed his arms and made a casual invitation.

"Speaking of which, now that we've got the coupon for Saizeriya, it would be a shame not to go. If we have time this week, let's go to Saizeriya for dinner."

Shaqin then clasped her hands together and nodded.

Well, let's go see the place where Furuya-kun fought.

(End of this chapter)