Japanese Entertainment: From special effects actor to action superstar

Chapter 9: The Approval of the God of Special Effects

The moment Gu Ming threw the first punch, even Miyauchi Kunio, a composer who rarely exercises, discovered a big problem.

slow!
Moreover, the movements are completely distorted!
This is completely different from the previous Gu Ming.

The free and easy skills he had before were completely gone, and Gu Ming looked a little clumsy at this moment.

Wan Guyi was lost in thought.

Something was wrong, but at the same time, it felt strangely reasonable, something Wan Guyi couldn't explain.

He had only seen this kind of situation when Eiji Mantani was personally guiding him.

This is the uniqueness of Eiji Mantani - no matter why I shoot it this way, it must be right.

This made Wan Guyi pay attention to Gu Ming's actions.

Narita Heng didn't care about anything else. He grabbed a tin horn from the staff and shouted loudly from a distance.

"Aming!! What are you doing! Now is not the time to be humble! Show us your true abilities! Just like that day!"

Gu Ming glanced at Cheng Tianheng, but continued to punch and kick slowly as usual.

After completing a final set of moves, Gu Ming bowed and returned to Narita Heng.

"What are you doing, kid?"

Narita Heng moved closer, but was particularly dissatisfied.

He originally wanted to hit Gu Ming on the head, but looking at the thick skull of the Keml alien, he decided not to do it.

So Narita Toru could only sigh in the end.

"You bastard, don't forget that I'm your recommender. If you don't perform well, I'll be embarrassed too!"

Gu Ming took off his head shell, and his hair was stuck to his face by sweat.

He smoothed his hair and gave Narita Heng a bright expression.

"Don't worry, it'll be okay."

He didn't believe that Wan Guyi, who was able to ask this question, was unable to notice the truth behind it.

But Narita Toru couldn't rest assured.

Because Fujioka Hiroshi has already come up.

Fujioka Hiroshi was determined to get this role and he used all his abilities.

His karate posture was very professional, his moves were flexible and swift, and the Kaiml suit did not restrict his movements too much.

Finally, Fujioka Hiroshi performed a decent somersault.

Although the landing was slightly off and not very stable, the posture was still firmly displayed.

"hateful……"

Narita Toru grumbled.

"Aming, what the hell are you doing? You can obviously do it!"

No matter what, Narita Toru just doesn't like Fujioka Hiroshi.

Even though Fujioka Hiroshi's actions just now seemed particularly free and easy, Narita Toru was still unhappy.

"Okay, thank you both for your hard work." Wan Gu'ao saluted Gu Ming and Fujioka Hiroshi, then turned to Wan Gu Yi with a smile on his face: "Brother Yi, how are you?"

Wan Gu looked at Gu Ming, then at Fujioka Hiroshi, and smiled bitterly in his heart.

This is a big problem!

After a long time, Wan Guyi carefully considered his words and spoke slowly.

"Although that performance was very impressive, as a gigantic creature..."

"Wait a minute."

The sudden voice interrupted Wan Guyi's words.

He looked up in surprise, but didn't dare to have any opinion, because the person walking over was Eiji Mantani.

“Everyone is in high spirits.”

Mantani Eiji walked over, and wherever his eyes went, everyone bowed their heads in greeting.

It is because of Eiji Mantani's identity as the president, and also because he is the god of special effects, Eiji Mantani.

When it comes to special effects shooting, Eiji Mantani is the absolute authority.

Eiji Mantani finally walked towards Toru Narita, and then stood in front of Toru Narita and Akira Tani.

"It's Furuya-kun...that's not surprising."

Wan Gu Yingji raised his head slightly and looked at Gu Ming, but suddenly asked an unexpected question.

"How did you come up with that kind of action?"

Gu Ming didn't expect that he would attract Wan Gu Eiji, so he immediately became serious.

Gu Ming responded seriously, "I've seen special effects works like Godzilla and Ultra Q, and at that time, I thought about one thing: how exactly does one achieve such a gigantic posture? I thought about it for a long time, and finally came to the conclusion that it is achieved through slow movements and movements that are different from normal postures."

Wan Gu Eiji was silent for a moment, but nodded to Gu Ming with approval.

——In fact, the actors don’t need to actually perform it. It is mainly achieved by the slow-motion shooting of the camera.

Of course, if conditions do not permit, it would be more appropriate if the actors are willing to cooperate.

"At that time, Narita recommended you to me, and I thought you were just a kid with good skills. But now it seems that you are even better than I thought." As Wangu Eiji said this, he turned around and called Wangu Ichi.

"Xiaoyi, come here with me."

He wanted to share some of his experience in special effects shooting with Wan Guyi.

Wangu Kazunori immediately bowed his head and followed Wangu Eiji to the other side. The two men talked in a low voice under the tree.

Seeing Wan Gu Yingji and Wan Gu Ichi leave one after another, Wan Gu Ao was somewhat confused.

However, he had already figured out the general idea from Mantani Eiji's attitude.

It seems... Eiji Mantani is very satisfied with Tani Akira's performance.

Fujioka Hiroshi took off his head shell, wiped his sweaty hair, and his eyes were extremely confused.

He couldn't understand it at all.

"I performed very well! Why don't I get any praise?"

Tsuburaya Ao had no way to answer this question.

At this moment, Narita Heng patted his head and was a little surprised.

"Is that so? I didn't expect that! Ah Ming, you are really good at giving people surprises!"

Gu Ming didn't answer, just smiled.

After all, it is the special effects shooting experience taught by Tsuburaya himself, and the method brought back from later generations. Of course, it is equally reliable when put here!
Although it seemed like he won the victory unfairly, there was no doubt that he won this time.

More than ten minutes later, Wang Ya Eiji went back to take a nap with his hands behind his back, while Wang Ya Ichi ran a few steps and returned to the crowd.

He first looked at Fujioka Hiroshi and bowed slightly.

"Fujioka-kun, I'm truly sorry to ask you to come back. I'll provide the travel expenses later."

Fujioka Hiroshi wiped his forehead and smiled bitterly.

"I was rejected. It's really rude, but I must ask why. Why can't I?"

Wan Guyi didn't say anything more, just briefly explaining, "My father doesn't think you're suitable to portray such a giant creature, so I'm very sorry."

Fujioka Hiroshi found it hard to accept this reason.

However, seeing that Wanguyi was not going to explain any further, he could only bow, change his leather cover with Wanguyi's staff, and prepare to leave.

Before leaving, he took another look at Gu Ming.

Fujioka Hiroshi remembered this incident.

It can't be called resentment, but if he has the chance, he will definitely ask for advice.

Wan Guyi turned to Gu Ming again.

"Gugu-kun, your performance just now was truly amazing. Even my father was impressed. If you have nothing else to do, you can sign the contract and accept the offer."

Gu Ming also responded with a salute.

He had finally secured this position, and this was what he deserved!

A few minutes later, Gu Gu Ming signed the contract in the presence of Wangu staff.

Seeing Gu Ming signing his name on the contract, a smile appeared on Narita Toru's face.

Very good, this is the person he has his eyes on!
When he came to the address, Gu Ming suddenly stopped writing and said, "I only have a temporary residence in Tokyo. Is this okay?"

Narita Heng nodded. "That's no problem. Once you have enough money, you can move into a better place. But it would be best if you fill in an emergency contact person so that they can contact you if anything happens."

Gu Ming responded and said, "So, what about the guarantor?"

Narita Toru took the responsibility for the matter and said, "I will be the guarantor."

In order to invite Gu Minglai to be the suit actor for Ultraman, he ran several times and almost had a fight with Wan Gu Ao.

A mere guarantor is nothing.

Gu Ming then wrote down Shaqin's landline number in the emergency contact section.

The guarantor was also given to Narita Toru.

The main thing is... Gu Ming doesn't recognize anyone else.

And he asked Yi Bu Shaqin before he came, and Yi Bu Shaqin said that it was okay to write her as the contact person.

When the contract was signed and handed to Wan Gu for stamping, Gu Ming was terrified, fearing that his identity would be exposed.

Fortunately, it won’t.

Thanks to this era without the Internet, if one wants to verify his identity, one has to go to Nara to verify it in person.

But that would be too troublesome.

Seeing that there were no typos or other problems in the contract, Wan Gu casually stamped it, declaring that the contract was officially effective.

Until the filming of the original Ultraman is finished, Tani Akira will be working as Ultraman's suit actor as Akira Furutani.

The salary is 80,000 yen per episode.

"But in this case, I'd better find a fake identity as Nara in the future... That's going to be difficult."

Gu Ming sighed inwardly, feeling somewhat worried.

(End of this chapter)