Japanese Entertainment: From special effects actor to action superstar

Chapter 88: Less mature opinions

In the afternoon, in the office, Qu Jingwei held a small meeting, and the participants were all from his department.

However, no one could come up with a good solution.

Yoji Hashimoto thought that the script could be overhauled, while Toshimichi Miwa thought that the plot could be changed accordingly, from a Yakuza fight to an urban plot, changing it to the struggle story of Keiji Takamine, and making it a CD City TV series.

But Qujing Wei was not satisfied with any of them.

After preparing for so long, everything has to be changed just because of a shooting. It’s really embarrassing!

"We need to work harder to come up with a solution." Kagami pondered and said, "Let's get the actors over here and pool their wisdom. Maybe we can come up with some ideas!"

It is impossible to stop filming. The planning has already reached this point, and the filming has even been going on for a day. If the filming is suddenly stopped at this time, the loss to Qi Jingwei will be the greatest.

He is not the only minister in TBS!
For example, Oto Isamu from the next-door editorial department was waiting to see him make a fool of himself. Both of them were vying for the position of TBS TV projection station.

So, one call after another was made from TBS to everyone who could be contacted.

Of course Gu Ming also received the call.

"...You don't want to change the genre, but does that mean you're still going to continue filming this kind of drama? That's too dangerous! You'll get shot!"

After hanging up the phone, Gu Ming couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

He was thinking about how to do this kind of thing.

The safest way is of course to reshoot the chivalrous drama that whitewashes the Yakuza, so that he won't be assassinated.

However, this kind of filming will not yield any results unless different scenes can be filmed based on the xia drama.

Gu Ming sat cross-legged at the table, watching videotapes one after another, speeding through the various recently aired martial arts dramas, gang movies, etc.

Renxia drama has its own unique style. Whenever fighting is involved, it does not require particularly sophisticated movements, but rather pure street fights, such as headbutts, knee strikes, or even direct fist swings.

——Of course it’s not as strong as the turtle punch, it’s a methodical swing.

Overall, the goal is to stay close to the reality of street fighting.

After watching it repeatedly, Gu Ming gradually had an idea in his mind.

However, Gu Ming was a little hesitant.

Gu Ming is not afraid of fighting with the Yakuza, but he is afraid of being shot by the Yakuza!

This body obviously doesn't have the ability to block a bullet!

After repeatedly struggling and unable to make up his mind, Gu Ming lay down on the kotatsu with his head pressed against the table, unable to help but ponder.

Gu Ming didn't look up until he heard the door open.

"Huh? Why are you back so early?"

Shaqin was even more surprised than Gu Ming.

In her mind, if Gu Ming was filming, he wouldn't be back until at least seven or eight o'clock. But today he was very early.

Gu Ming shook his head. "Something happened, so filming is temporarily suspended. However, I have to attend a meeting tomorrow morning. It seems that Mr. Kagami has other ideas."

Gu Ming was silent for a moment, then suddenly spoke again: "Actually, I do have an idea, but I don't know whether I should explain it to Mr. Qujing Wei."

Shaqin had changed her shoes and was now stuffing various vegetables into the storage cabinet while tidying up the counter. The ribbon in her hair fluttered up and down with her movements.

Although she didn't turn around, she was obviously listening.

After Gu Ming finished speaking, she asked, "Why don't you say it? Is it because of something you are worried about?"

"Because there was a man named Kawauchi Hiroshi, the leader of the Yakuza organization, but he was shot dead."

Gu Ming briefly recounted the incident of Kawauchi Hiro being shot.

"Because of concerns about this, the crew has temporarily stopped filming. I do have an idea, but... I also have to consider the shooting."

Gu Ming was not only worried about being shot, he was also afraid that anyone he knew would be shot!

No matter how good your martial arts skills are, you are afraid of bullets.

Shaqin was forced to stop what she was doing and sit across from Gu Ming to think things over. Yakuza, shootings, everything seemed dangerous.

"Go ahead. If you're worried about the things around you, that's fine. Tokyo isn't a place where you can just fire a gun. Besides..."

She smiled lightly, "Actually, I've been thinking about closing the convenience store for a few days. I won't be going out very often these days."

After she said this, Gu Ming realized that she actually came back a little early today.

"Because the judicial examination is about to begin, I thought I'd take advantage of this time to work harder. Perhaps I can pass the examination. This also requires me to study behind closed doors for a period of time."

Gu Ming felt relieved.

Since it seems that there are no worries, he can propose conditions to Qujing Wei tomorrow.

After all, it’s a production I’m going to act in, so how can I not finish filming it?
……

……

The next day.

Before Gu Ming visited, he made some preparations and brought a bag of flour.

Although Kagi Takeshi meant to gather ideas from all sides, in fact, the only people invited were Keiji Takamine and Akira Tani. In addition, there were the producers and various staff members under Kagi Takeshi.

Gu Ming took a look and found that there was an acquaintance among the staff, the monkey-faced Kinoshita Danjiro.

He was an employee of TBS and had previous experience in field ratings research.

I didn't expect that I would be working under Qujing Wei.

Miwa Shunmichi spoke on behalf of Kashii Wei: "Everyone is basically clear about the matter. I will repeat it again. This work cannot be stopped. To this end, some changes need to be made. I hope everyone will brainstorm and put forward their own ideas."

He looked around, but no one spoke.

When the Yakuza really goes crazy, no one wants to go against the Yakuza.

Gu Ming suddenly raised his hand.

"I have a somewhat immature opinion."

Miwa Shunmichi paused slightly, recalling that when he met Wan Guyi before, Wan Guyi mentioned Gu Ming by chance, saying that Gu Ming occasionally had some opinions during the filming, but the results were all good.

He nodded and gestured, "Gugu-kun, please speak."

Gu Ming said, "Since filming is not conducive to the Yakuza and there is a possibility of being attacked. And we can't easily stop filming, so for safety reasons, we can only film according to the format of the previous Renxia drama."

"But this leads to a well-known problem: xia dramas are outdated. Such works will be neither successful nor unsuccessful, and may even result in losses."

Well, it’s not a loss, after all, there is still a market for xia movies.

But if you earn less, you lose money.

Gu Ming said, "Based on this, I have a somewhat immature idea. If I can't find any new ideas in the script structure, I might as well try something new in other areas. I've been watching a lot of wuxia films and similar themes lately, and I've noticed that all of them share a similar problem."

"Although we know that the Yakuza are fighting, except for the films that are willing to spend money on them, in most films, the Yakuza's fighting lacks a sense of power and their movements are relatively simple."

Miwa Shundao was confused by what he heard, but Kagi Wei suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Gu Ming.

"go on."

"Yes."

Gu Ming nodded: "So I brought some small props. If you don't mind coughing, I can demonstrate it to you."

He called out to Keiji Takamine.

Keiji Takamine, who had been thinking with his arms folded, couldn't help but look up.

"We? What can we do?"

Gu Ming patted his chest.

"Hit me."

(End of this chapter)