Japanese Entertainment: From special effects actor to action superstar

Chapter 98 Three Plans Running in Parallel
Extreme Action Agency, paid-in capital of 500,000 yen.

That's quite sincere.

As the office location, they simply rented a small, shabby warehouse, which was the same shabby warehouse where Gu Ming used to work part-time.

The business scope includes action design and performance for various film and television works, and will be expanded in the future as needed.

This broken warehouse is piled with old tables and chairs that were thrown away at some unknown time. They might have been discarded from a primary school and no one has used them for a long time. Now Gu Ming just happens to use them.

Gu Ming casually pulled over a blackboard and hung it up, distributed tables and chairs one by one, and knocked on the blackboard.

"Brothers! Everyone, look at me! I have an announcement!"

"Even though it's the first day of the Extreme Action Agency, we already have work to do."

Everyone immediately became serious.

I didn’t expect to make money on my first day of work!
Gu Ming coughed twice and asked everyone to pay more attention.

"Three things so far."

"First, TBS is working on a sequel to Tomb of the Righteous and needs action design and acting."

Gu Ming will continue to appear in the film. Although he died in the first part, the script has arranged for a younger brother with the same appearance to appear in the second part and continue to assist Takamine Keiji...

The Japanese will also take advantage of the popularity. The first part has a very good reputation, so of course there will be a second part. Many people came just to see the combination of Keiji Takamine and Akira Tani. If he is not in the second part, they will not watch it.

Gu Ming circled a few names at random.

"Watanabe, Otani, Yamada... You guys can be in this play. I will entrust you with a role, and maybe even a line or two."

"Two families."

Gu Ming looked at Niemoto Tatsumi.

"You've participated in the action design before. I believe you can do this job well just by reading from the script. Is that okay?"

Nijiamoto Tatsumi nodded vigorously: "Do your best."

Gu Ming ordered again.

"Secondly, there's a commission from Toei for a show called 'Judo Straight Line,' a TV series about judo fights, co-produced by TBS and Toei. The amount involved is quite large, so it needs to be taken seriously. I'll go there in person."

Gu Ming mentioned the names of a few young Yakuza. These people didn't look so fierce, and they were more suitable for acting in more orthodox dramas like Judo Straight Line.

"Finally, this is a commission from Wangu, the production of an Ultraman movie... I'm not quite sure about the specific plan yet, but the script is based on a previous one I provided, so the content isn't too complicated. I have a rough estimate."

"I wasn't invited to do action design for this drama, but I'll make suggestions later, and I hope Wangu can adopt them. Seto? Seto! Manatsu Ryu!"

Manatsu Ryuu suddenly looked up.

Oh, yes, his name is Seto Mikio, he almost forgot it himself.

"Since it's Ultraman, you should still be needed in it. Even if you're not needed, I'll find a way to help you find a role."

Pigmon, who is loved by children, will continue to perform.

In a flash, Gu Ming completed the division of work.

His work focus will be on Wangu and Judo.

One is acting in person and the other is a martial arts instructor, so there is no conflict and they can both catch up in terms of schedule.

As for TBS's self-produced drama, with the experience of the first part, Tatsumi Niemoto has no problem reading from the script.

Everything was arranged and everyone was very happy.

After joining the agency, in addition to the basic salary, there will be additional bonuses if there are performances.

Although it won't be as much as the tens of thousands of yen it once was, it's still there. In short, life is becoming more and more hopeful.

Even though Gu Ming has nearly 3 million yen in his hands now, he still has to spend hundreds of thousands of yen every month if he wants to pay salaries.

——By the way, the author miscalculated the exchange rate before.

Calculated by exchange rate, the exchange rate between the Japanese yen in the late 70s and the modern RMB is about 100:16.

But it is different if calculated by purchasing power. At this time, the Japanese yen and the RMB are about 100:70, and it will vary with changes over time. After the bubble burst, it plummeted.

Previously, the author used purchasing power to calculate, which resulted in the protagonist actually earning very little.

I've now made corrections based on references to contemporary suit actors, changing the previous 30,000 yen per episode to 80,000 yen. The reward for killing has also been revised from 500,000 yen to 1 million yen, and the script has been increased from 100,000 yen to 200,000 yen. In the event of any discrepancies, the corrections after this chapter will prevail.

There are twelve young Yakuza in the office now. Gu Ming did not invite the others because they already have formal jobs.

For example, Xiaolin is now a full-time clerk at Sally, and will be promoted to store manager in a while. This job is pretty good, and Gu Ming feels that there is no need for Xiaolin to continue to be an action actor.

In addition, there are two others, Manatsu Ryu and Niemoto Tatsumi.

Nikamoto Tatsumi can take on the heavy responsibility, but Manatsu Ryu can only fight and not write, and at this stage Manatsu Ryu is not able to play other types of roles.

——When he was young, he had the face of a silly boy and a simple smile, which made him unsuitable for playing other types of roles.

On the contrary, as he got older, his aura became stronger and he became more authoritative. He could be dignified when he was serious, and funny when he was relaxed. His acting range became wider.

Fourteen people, and they get paid every month.

Gu Ming rubbed his lips and suddenly felt that he had a long way to go.

Every time I open my eyes, I see fourteen mouths!

Looks like I need to find more work!

……

……

Wangu.

A place I haven't seen for a long time.

As soon as Gu Ming arrived, he saw Cheng Tianheng waiting for him at the door.

Gu Ming stretched out his hand and took off Narita Heng's sun hat.

"Hey, you kid!" Narita Heng laughed angrily: "What are you doing with my hat?"

"How about giving me this hat? I'll buy Mr. Narita a new one later!"

Gu Ming smiled and said, "Give me this hat as a souvenir."

This is the hat of Toru Narita, the art director of Mantani.

Oh! This is also a souvenir!
Narita Toru laughed, tacitly agreeing to this matter.

As he led Gu Ming towards the planning office, he said, "Well, let's not talk too much. The previous script wasn't used for a TV series, but this time, Mr. Wangu has decided to film that TV series as a 40-minute theatrical version. Naturally, you'll still be needed to play Ultraman."

"You're already familiar with the others. Jincheng will polish your script. The director will be Xiaoyi, the stunt supervisor will be Koichi Takano, and the stencil manager will be Xiaojie. However, the music will be done by a new person named Fuyuki Toru, who the old man borrowed from TBS."

Gu Ming looked up.

"You secretly buried Miyauchi Kunio alive while I was away?"

Narita Heng raised his hand to hit him, but he held back and gave up.

"Miyauchi is seriously ill and has been recuperating recently. He won't be able to continue working for a while. I don't know if Fuyuki Toru can handle it."

Narita Toru was very worried.

Gu Ming advised him: "Don't worry, Mr. Chengtian, since this is someone Dad specially found, there will be no problem."

There is no need for Tani Akira to say much about Toru Fuyuki. Anyone who is interested in special effects knows this person.

In a sense, this person's strength is higher than Miyauchi Kunio's.

Starting with Seven, he produced music and composed for many Showa Oku films, as well as tracks from other works.

The classic '王大波大波王大波大波' was made by Fuyuki Tooru.

Of course, it was also because Miyauchi Kunio was seriously ill and needed to stop and rest from time to time, otherwise his achievements would not necessarily be worse than Fuyuki Toru.

As they were talking, they arrived at the planning room, where Tetsuo Kaneshiro was working hard with several other scriptwriters.

Gu Ming took a look and suddenly felt itchy.

oops.

The pen that Tetsuo Kaneshiro used to write scripts must be of great collection value!
(End of this chapter)