Tokyo: My obsession with China led me to become the king of Japanese entertainment.

While Jun Sakurada was keeping Jin Feng in check, Tsuburaya Productions and Johnny's were also working diligently to recruit talent.

Both Johnny's and Tsuburaya Productions have relatively old-fashioned thinking; they don't quite understand the current online live streaming format where people can spend over ten minutes just shouting slogans and manipulating rankings.

Therefore, in order to support a live broadcast that lasts one or two hours, the organizers naturally try to cram in as much content as possible within the limited time.

As for Tsuburaya Productions, there's no need to elaborate; they've created countless folders in the past few days specifically for this live stream.

Johnny's Entertainment naturally included V6 in their performance. The other members of V6 rarely played supporting roles, but they went all out for their good friend Hiroshi Nagano's solo career.

Besides that, having some JRs act as backup dancers or something, just to get some exposure in front of the audience and become familiar with them, is considered a traditional Johnny's entertainment.

Aside from those, the remaining content has to be pieced together from the original lineup of Ultraman Tiga.

Among the main creative team, the behind-the-scenes team, such as the director, is relatively easy to invite, since most of them are veterans of Tsuburaya Productions and have connections with each other.

Moreover, Tsuburaya Productions was planning to hold some Ultraman Tiga-related events even without Hiroshi Nagano, so they already maintained some contact with these people.

So although time was a bit tight, we quickly assembled a main creative team including screenwriters, actors, and many other heavyweight figures, which allowed us to write some short stories.

Compared to those behind the scenes, it is much more difficult to invite actors to the stage.

Although Hiroshi Nagano, the most difficult actor to invite, has finally arrived, it has been more than 20 years since then, and it will be equally difficult to invite the other actors back.

The best actors to hire would be Captain Megumi Iruma and the actors who played Munakata.

Seven years later in another timeline, two of the three who, along with Hiroshi Nagano, formed the lineup for Ultraman Tiga's 30th anniversary comeback, have not completely left the entertainment industry and remain active as public figures.

Moreover, since none of them are particularly big names, their schedules are open, so even if you have to find someone at the last minute, it's not too difficult.

In particular, the actor who plays Munakata, Akari Otaki, is a person who is quite friendly to China and has played the role of an officer in Chinese anti-Japanese war dramas.

Hearing that this was a special live stream primarily aimed at Chinese fans, he readily agreed.

Similarly, there's Takashi Takara, the actor who plays the morally ambiguous character Masaki Keigo. As an artist who even held a fan meeting in China in the original timeline, he readily accepted this kind of live stream.

But apart from these few, it's not so easy for other artists to be invited back.

First, there's Horii... no, Horii's actor, Yukio Masuda, who played the comedic relief in Ultraman Tiga. He gradually faded out of the entertainment industry over a decade ago and was almost unknown.

A similar case is Shinjo, who formed the plane crash duo with Daigo. Shigeki Kagemaru, a veteran actor who was once a professional guest star in tokusatsu, spanning the three major tokusatsu series, Kamen Rider, Ultraman, and Metal Hero, also gradually faded out of the entertainment industry ten years ago.

At first, Tsuburaya Productions couldn't even get their contact information. After many twists and turns, they finally managed to contact these two men, both of whom were over fifty years old.

Having been away from the entertainment industry for many years, the two were suddenly asked by Tsuburaya Productions to return to appear on their shows, especially overseas ones, which made them somewhat hesitant.

But I heard that even Johnny's Entertainment was willing to release Hiroshi Nagano for this show, and the appearance fee offered by Tsuburaya Productions was definitely very generous.

After the staff persistently persuaded them for a long time, the Shinjo team members finally relented and said they were willing to go back and play with Daigo during the plane crash, while Horii was also willing to go back to be the life of the party on set.

As for Takami Yoshimoto, the actress who plays the female lead Rena, it wouldn't be too difficult to bring her back, but Tsuburaya Productions wouldn't dare to do so, and Shin-Chuang Hua would certainly not agree.

He's someone who said the wrong thing, though not nearly as bad as Tsuruno, but it's still a dark history that's hard to erase.

Bringing her back for Tiga-related events in Japan wouldn't be a big problem, but inviting her back for events in China would be like planting a time bomb.

If some of Leeuwenhoek's dark history about her were to be exposed, then the current prosperity might become the catalyst for its eventual collapse.

Therefore, even without Lina, a crucial character, the effect of this live broadcast will definitely be diminished to some extent, and Shinsuke and Jun Sakurada will absolutely not allow Tsuburaya to bring her back.

This kind of mistake must never be made.

At this point, only one person remained on the list of invited core cast members who hadn't been finalized:

Nozue team member, Furuya Shoichi.

"So this is why you came here?" After listening to the Johnny's staff's explanation, Furuya Shoichi slowly raised his head, his expression calm and composed.

In front of him, besides Tsuburaya Productions, was a senior executive from Johnny & Associates.

Back when he was a junior at Johnny's, there was a staff member who handled some of his management affairs; that staff member is now a senior executive at Johnny's.

"I've been out of the entertainment industry for many years." Furuya Shouichi shook his head slightly, his tone tinged with self-deprecation: "I'm quite content with this kind of life now."

He opened a restaurant halfway up a mountain in a small village in Yokohama. Business was decent, and life was peaceful, which was a relaxing lifestyle for him.

The underhanded dealings in the entertainment industry have been left behind for many years.

"We have no intention of disturbing your life. Just think of it as a reunion and conversation among the original cast and crew after many years, and you can also get a decent paycheck along the way."

The executives tried to keep their voices down.

Just as Jun Sakurada thought, Koichi Furuya was also a junior high school student who was given special attention by Johnny's when he was in junior high school and was able to play an important role in Ultraman Tiga.

However, Johnny's Entertainment was overflowing with talented young men in those years. The young men who joined the company in the following years after Furuya were known as the Golden Generation. Countless talented young men, such as Hideaki Takizawa, Arashi, and Tomohisa Yamashita, emerged during this period.

Shoichi Furuya ultimately failed to get the chance to debut. After leaving Johnny's, he worked as an actor for a while, making cameo appearances in works such as Kamen Rider Den-O, but eventually returned to an ordinary life.

As for what role Johnny & Associates actually played in this process, only the parties involved know.

At this moment, Furuya Shūichi remained silent, while executives from Johnny & Associates and Tsuburaya Productions patiently guided him.

Since it was a one-off event, and Furuya Shoichi was a veteran who joined Johnny's earlier than Takizawa Hideaki, there was no need to go to great lengths if everyone could settle things amicably.

However, he himself remained silent, and only when Tsuburaya Productions mentioned anything related to Ultraman Tiga would his expression change slightly.

After a long while, he looked at the two people in front of him who seemed a little tired from talking, thought for a moment, and took out his phone.

"I'd like to call Nagano-senpai."