Yes, Prime Minister of Japan

It is said that the second half is directly taken from the famous anti-war film "The Human Condition", which are all stories experienced by the author himself.

Got off work smoothly in the afternoon.

Sato Tsuyoshi chatted with Ma Misato and said confidently:

"It went very smoothly. As long as there are 4 viewers and 4 tickets are sold, we can make back our investment. Our first step is to do a pilot screening with the Japanese Communist Party, teachers and postal workers' unions, then show it to film associations and film journalists, and then expand it to cinemas in old industrial towns. However, the National Federation of Labor did not show it because they did not like it. Of course, such a movie is indeed difficult to become popular, and our goal is still to win film awards."

The old man came to help out of love, and everyone also agreed that the movie would lose money. Fortunately, loss-making art films have an inherent advantage in winning film and television awards.

Li Xinghe was listening and taking notes nearby.

The Japan Federation of Trade Unions, which Tsuyoshi Sato mentioned, represents trade unions, but has a bad relationship with the Communist Party. In the 2023 election, the Liberal Democratic Party had a huge advantage, but it was because it was too close to the Japanese Communist Party, which led to dissatisfaction with the National Federation of Trade Unions, which was their labor union vote bank, and lost. Subsequently, the Liberal Democratic Party and the Japanese Communist Party broke off relations.

Although the family and friends did not come to watch the show today, Ai Agatsuma and Taiho Niizawa took out their mobile phones and broadcast the show live for everyone to watch.

Li Xinghe couldn't help but complain:

“Does it have to be broadcast live?”

"Everyone is so funny watching your acting." My wife likes to stick out her tongue.

The live broadcast room was privately locked, but Li Xinghe even saw the avatar of the head teacher Katayama Mizuo among no less than 20 viewers. She was watching the show very enthusiastically, and kept sending barrages of instructions, which was criticized by Sasaki Toye. The two of them were watching and arguing in the channel, and it was almost developing into an offline fight.

Li Xinghe's face was filled with black lines, and he used his administrator authority to silence the two of them.

After the filming ended the next day, Li Xinghe and others continued to hold secret meetings via mobile phones and tablets.

Kamei Kaori shared the latest updates through her mobile phone:

"The Vice Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry announced a simple but sophisticated vote-promoting campaign. They really bought the votes."

An official from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry announced:

“Fellow citizens, as the national voter turnout continues to decline, reaching as low as less than 30%, this will lead to a serious national constitutional crisis. Therefore, we have decided to implement a new voting incentive: Vote! GO!”

The so-called "Vote! GO!" means giving voters voting subsidies.

With subsidies from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, all voters who live far from the polling stations can take a special bus to and from the polling station, and receive a subsidy of 1250 yen for each vote, and will receive public welfare economic benefits from designated foundations and social organizations. For example, the Agricultural Cooperative Central Bank will give voters a hot spring trip ticket with all-inclusive meals and accommodation, the Japan Action Association will give voters hotel invitation tickets, and the Shinto Federation will give voters tickets to visit major shrines, etc.

The subsidies provided by these social organizations are quite generous, with various coupons ranging in value from several thousand to tens of thousands of yen.

In private, the subsidies given by the Agricultural Cooperatives, the Japan Action Association, and the Shinto Union were even more exaggerated. The Agricultural Cooperatives mobilized two million farmers to vote for the Liberal Democratic Party with subsidies for purchasing fertilizers at preferential rates. Other organizations also made their own moves. Anyway, they were willing to throw money at the LDP.

The Liberal Democratic Party's attitude is quite frank.

There are so many negative stories about them that the people are probably desensitized to them. So if the LDP uses the media to build momentum, they will actually give out money.

As long as people who are willing to vote for them come, they can still secure the seat of the largest party by playing badly.

Kunibu Tsukiya shared her views in the channel:

"Open conspiracy. Most of those who receive this subsidy are farmers and residents of remote areas. They live in poverty and naturally vote for the Liberal Democratic Party. Urban residents are too busy to go to work every day, so who would care about the 1250 yen subsidy? Even if they have time to take a vacation, they still have to do odd jobs to supplement their family income."

This is what Li Xinghe said about the Liberal Democratic Party buying votes, and buying votes legally.

Japan's two million farmers, plus their relatives, children and friends, under the control of the Agricultural Cooperatives, can control a quarter of the country's votes. As long as the farmers' subsidies are increased, the Liberal Democratic Party will be able to secure its position as the first ruling party. The only difference is whether it can achieve a single majority of 50% of the seats in parliament.

However, under the "good governance" of the agricultural cooperatives, the debt ratio of Japanese farmers is extremely high. According to official statistics from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan, 95% of farmers in the country have a total family surplus of only 4 yen (500- yuan) after working hard for a whole year, which is the amount that can be saved by working in the city for a month, so most farmers rely on part-time jobs to make a living. Farmers are not satisfied, and the people are not satisfied. Only agricultural cooperatives and landlords make money, but no one can change it.

In this peculiar logic of Japanese rule, the Agricultural Cooperatives controlled the farmers, making them poor but highly obedient, and thus were able to use 200 million people to control 1.3 million citizens in the electoral politics.

It is highly tied to the price of rice. When the rice price is high, farmers will obey, so they have to reduce production and reject imported rice. This in turn leads to the agricultural cooperatives continuously reducing rice production. As a result, the people cannot eat rice and are always faced with a rice supply crisis.

The lower the real rice price, the higher the rice price and the more rice there is, the less rice there is.

Makabe Kunibu, who is in charge of the commercial project, also shared:

"Japan has political party subsidies, with a total amount of about 350 billion yen. They are distributed according to the number of members and the number of votes in the general election. The Liberal Democratic Party can get more than 150 billion yen in subsidies every year, while the second largest party, the Liberal Democratic Party, only has about 70 billion yen. Not to mention that the Liberal Democratic Party has been in power for a long time and has joint funding from bureaucrats and the financial community. If we only compete on financial strength, the Liberal Democratic Party will definitely win."

"The main event comes next."

Everyone feels that the LDP should still have the means to ensure their victory.

Higashikawa Yukimi, who had been silent all this time, suddenly forwarded two recordings.

The first recording is from a woman:

"Please gather at the official chief's office. I have an important mission for you."

The second paragraph changed a person:

"We hope to gather a group of people to put pre-made votes for LDP members in the ballot boxes of several key swing constituencies in advance to ensure that the regime will not be overthrown by left-wing idiots."

It was so simple and crude that even Li Xinghe was silent.

It turns out that it is best to just stuff the ballots in.

The author says:

Author's words: Thank you for your support. There are many funny things in Japanese elections, such as dead people's votes, underage votes, vote buying, intentional power outages to swallow the other party's votes, and other bizarre stories. In addition, the wife and the nursery school are based on a real case of Tokyo University.

Chapter 304: Deep Mother-Son Love and Secret Photography

The meeting on the second day ended hastily. Even Li Xinghe had nothing to say about the LDP's shameless behavior.

At night, just after Li Xinghe finished his shower, the door of his room was quietly opened by a lady. After she came in, she stretched her head and looked around, looking very stealthy. If you ignore her age, she is indeed very young. But the problem is that Haru is nearly twice as old as Li Xinghe.

"Uh, I'm behind you."

Li Xinghe poked his head out of the bathroom and startled Haru.

She stuck out her tongue, turned around and said, "I discussed the script with Ms. Jian, and she was actually quite interested in it. She said she was willing to be the nominal producer."

It was difficult for Li Xinghe to explain to her that Jian Misato was not interested in the script at all.

"Wait a moment, I'll come out right after I wipe it."

Simply wrapping himself in a bath towel, Li Xinghe came out to listen to Haru briefly describe her ideas.

Although Haru, who is already 35 years old this year, still looks like a girl and her walking posture still maintains the fresh temperament of her youth, she is at this age after all, and it is time to consider her future life.

With the right investors and endorsement from a well-known female director in the industry, this social problem drama with a single female lead looks good no matter how you look at it.

She coughed twice, and her serious tone could not hide her crisp girlish voice:

"I quietly inquired in the industry, and the production cost of a single episode of such a TV series is about 500 million yen per episode. If we shoot 12 episodes, it only takes 6000 million yen to invest. Because the main scene is in the office, it is also simple to create scenery or rent a room. But are you really not going to act?"

Li Xinghe silently calculated the expenses. In fact, 30 US dollars can cover the production costs, which can be completely included in the daily expenses of the Maliki Foundation for Democracy. It is exactly equal to the bonus that the CIA is about to arrange, which is the part that can be solved with clean money.

He thought about it and said:

"The cost is not high, but I definitely cannot act in it, otherwise I will be held accountable by the civil servants. At most I can put on makeup occasionally to add an Easter egg."

In this painful society, investors are the hardest to fool. Haru was even more excited to find that Li Xinghe was so easy to talk to. She jumped up and said lightly:

"That's easy. You can play the role of my boyfriend who appears occasionally. I'll help you write a special contrast plot. For example, we are having a meal, and you are talking about where to go, while I am talking about the small contrast of the balance sheet. We are sleeping in bed, and your dream talk is about liking to listen to music, while mine is about the speech made by the leader today. The response will definitely be good."

Li Xinghe was certain at this time that Haru must have stayed up late to finish watching "Diaosi Lady" and "The Prime Minister", and she skillfully pieced together the funny plots of the two dramas, which was indeed very hard work.

"Well, thank you very much."

So, Li Xinghe stood up and extended his hand to Haru to confirm the cooperation.

As a result, Haru stood up and bowed to Li Xinghe.

Haru's head suddenly rested on Li Xinghe's hand, and both of them were stunned.

At this time, the ubiquitous cultural differences made Li Xinghe a little uncomfortable. He even forgot the Japanese reaction after discussing the contract.

Haru was stunned for about two seconds, then suddenly stood up, and the strong wind blew away Li Xinghe's already precarious bath towel.

Poor little Galaxy, suddenly left alone.

"what?"

Li Xinghe didn't know what to say. Although there was a big age difference between them, he always felt like he was playing youth play with girls of the same age.

"Excuse me."

Haru laughed strangely and ran out with her neck shrunk. She really felt that she had been stolen.

The next day.

The third day's shooting schedule begins.

Sato Tsuyoshi was not there, and the shooting scene was located in a Japanese-style room. There were only a few female makeup artists and female photographers. The person in charge of on-site guidance was Li Xinghe's biological mother, Ma Misato.

Because today's filming was about sex and semi-naked love scenes, which were the emotional aspects of women that Misato Ma was good at, and the scene didn't require many changes, and everything was on the same bed, so the men were given a day off.

She held up a megaphone and said:

"Today's filming schedule is short, but it's mainly about the climax. Whether you can get high scores from the critics depends on your talent. You two should pay attention, because today is all about your scenes together, and you must especially show the emotional twists and turns, which is a very important test of your acting skills."

As a famous director, Misato Ma is indeed very good at directing emotional scenes.

Under her hands-on guidance, Li Xinghe and her either hugged each other affectionately or looked at each other lightly. Through the misaligned shooting, the emotional exchange between the two was delicate and sincere. The audience mistakenly thought it was the female lead, but in fact, under the misaligned shooting, it was Jian Miri and Li Xinghe face to face to cultivate their feelings.

Haru watched for a while and then went back to lie on the mattress to prepare for the sex scene.

"Wait a minute, isn't this a bit too weird? Why are you the one mainly acting opposite me?" Li Xinghe raised his hand to ask.

"What else? You want to show your affection to Haru?"

Jian Meili glared at Li Xinghe, causing him to shut up instantly.

She is here to act out a parent-child romance scene with her son, otherwise you would think a famous director is here to direct for free.

After filming the emotional scenes in excess, Li Xinghe took off his clothes, changed into seamless underwear, and went to the bed to prepare for the second sex scene with Haru.

Li Xinghe complained:

“It always feels weird.”

A mattress, a simple room layout, a man and a woman.

Haru showed her signature smile again: "Just treat it as if we are acting in an erotic film. Be bolder."

The script for the second sex scene was even more demanding. Li Xinghe was injured and unconscious, and was hidden by his mother in an abandoned old room. He was then besieged by the Nationalist army. The two were starving and had hallucinations and embraced each other affectionately when they were dying. Then they were burned to death in the flames, sacrificed on the eve of victory, and finally romantically transformed into a butterfly and flew away, flying over the victoriously liberated Changchun City.

This is a script that Misato changed temporarily.

Although it looks very erotic for a naked man and woman to hug each other, it is very painful when actually filming it.

Not only was I sweating all over, but there was actually hardly any touching, and I also had to control my micro-expressions.

"come on."

Lying in the bed, Haru encouraged Li Xinghe who was constantly stuck.

After a whole morning of hard work, I didn't accomplish much.

Jian Meili was a little anxious, and Haru kindly explained the play to Li Xinghe: "You don't have to be so serious, relax a little, just pretend that we are a couple who are about to die, and put aside the identities of mother and son."

The show continued in the afternoon.

Li Xinghe improved a little and acted it as if it were an ordinary Category III film, which had a pretty good effect.

But the problem is, at some point, these seamless underwear couldn't stand the friction anymore and they were rotten.

So in the process of grinding back and forth, Li Xinghe and Haru both fell into a strange state.

In a moment of carelessness, Haru could clearly feel as if an egg was stuffed into her.

"Go in...go in...don't, don't, don't..."

At this moment, both of them were dumbfounded.

What kind of crappy quality underwear is this? It has a hole in it?

Misato Mama hadn't noticed the problem yet, and instead excitedly gave instructions on the spot:

"Yes, it's this desperate and sad expression. The heroine's grasp of the role is perfect. The hero is also great. This dull and unbelievable expression is excellent. Very good~ Hold on, we need a long close-up. You two must not move. This shot will replace the previous sex scene during the first meeting. Your cooperation this time is seamless, and the emotional performance is extremely delicate. Very good."

Then, the best freeze-frame shot of the film appeared.

Li Xinghe and Haru's performances were both perfect, the only imperfection was this seamless underwear.

After the freeze frame ended, Li Xinghe was a little flustered:

"Wait, you mean this part replaces the first sex scene, which means we have to shoot it a second time?"

"Yeah, take more shots while you're still in the mood."

Misato Jian directed the female photographers to take pictures from multiple angles and positions.

Now comes the problem.