Traveling through the Tokyo bubble era

Chapter 102 The Hesitating Ito (Hundred Chapters Sahua)

"Why are there only so few young actors, and the mother-in-law has only one actor profile."

"Child actors are not easy to find. It would be nice to have such a few. As for the actor of grandma, it took me a long time to find someone close to the novel."

Shota Yoshioka is also very helpless, suitable child actors have always been a scarce resource in the industry, and special actors who are suitable for the role of grandmother are more difficult to find than child actors.

No matter how hard he tried, it was useless, he couldn't change a living person out of thin air.

"These young actors are not suitable, and the temperament of the grandmother's actor is too rich, it is impossible to play the feeling of grandma suffering from poverty." Hideki Hanyu shook his head.

Asako Hirohashi who was next to him suddenly interjected, "I remember Hanyu-san once said that the creation of Love Home was inspired by an old woman in a homestay. Since there is a prototype, why not find that prototype character to play the role."

"Will there be any problems in acting when an amateur starred in a movie?" Nobusuke Ito was a little worried.

"You can think about it."

After Hirohashi Asako had reminded her like this, Hideki Hanyu remembered that when Li Yanxiang was filming this movie in later generations, the actors used were all ordinary people with no acting experience.

Besides, grandma is a character who can't speak. As long as she can substitute real emotions, she doesn't have high requirements for acting skills.

And to a certain extent, film performances actually have very low requirements for acting skills, as long as a small piece of emotion is expressed in a specific environment, it needs to be pieced together, and what is presented as a whole is actually the director.

Since grandma can use amateurs, so can young actors. Thinking of this, Hideki Hanyu said to Shota Yoshioka.

"Yoshioka-san, go to the print media to advertise, saying that in order to restore the most authentic "Love, Go Home" story, we decided to cast all amateur actors and recruit amateur actors nationwide."

"Hanyu-san is planning to use a cute and multi-advertising promotional model again."

Shota Yoshioka immediately understood what Hanyu Hideki meant.

"This is only one aspect. The main reason is that these actors are not suitable." Hideki Hanyu pointed to the actor information in front of him.

"I see."

After Yoshioka Shota wrote down the request, he took out another script and handed it to Hanyu Hideki.

"According to your outline, the person we are looking for has already written the first draft. Hanyu-san will take a look."

"Don't worry about the script." Hanyu Hideki said while looking at Nobusuke Ito, "How is the progress with Ito-san, Shochiku's cooperation cannot be negotiated, and all our plans have to be postponed."

"In terms of investment allocation, they agreed to only occupy %, but hoped to enjoy the same proportion of film copyrights, including the original soundtrack." Ito Nobusuke said.

"no problem."

% of the copyright is given, and Neon is not in North America, so the follow-up benefits of copyright are very limited.

But he remembered one thing and emphasized again.

"I have also prepared a theme song here, which will be produced by YM Records alone. It will be used in the movie by authorization, and it will not be included in the scope of copyright."

"I know, the biggest disagreement now is the producer's share, they are only willing to give 20.00% of the box office, I hope at least 20.00% four."

This is what Ito Shinsuke is most concerned about. After all, the neon film market is currently sluggish.

In case the box office does not do well after the film is released, this small share of points may affect whether the film can return its cost.

"Then trouble Ito-san to continue to work hard." Hanyu Hideki knew that negotiations in this aspect would be a grind, so he couldn't be in a hurry.

Fortunately, the sales volume of the novel "Love, Go Home" is strong enough. Although the sales volume has slowed down since November, it is also compared to before, and it is easy to beat the works of the same period.

According to Eri Kitahara's estimation, it is very likely that he will sign the fourth printing contract after the next year.

The good sales have also led to more people who want to win the shooting authorization, which has given Shochiku Pictures a sense of urgency, which is much happier than the previous progress.

But having said that, even though he is the original author of "Love, Go Home" and the major shareholder of Fang Yunying Pictures, Yunying Pictures needs to get the shooting authorization, but it is not free.

In the licensing agreement of "Love, Go Home", first of all, Yunshang Pictures needs to pay him 400 million yen in licensing fees for the original work.

As a publishing house, Xiao Xiao Guan did not ask for any authorization fee, but will directly participate in the film production as a member of the production committee.

Xiao Xiao Guan will pay % of the total amount based on the final production cost, and finally share % of the producer's revenue after the film is released.

This is already the minimum condition given by Shogakukan in order to maintain the relationship with Hideki Hanyu.

If the producer is not Hideki Hanyu's cloud movie, but another producer, and wants to win the authorization to shoot a popular novel such as "Love, Go Home", without the 20.00% investment of the production committee, Don't even think about it.

That is to say, if the box office of "Love, Go Home" can reach 30 billion yen, the producer's share will be calculated according to the share requested by Ito Shinsuke, and Shogakukan will be able to share about 2100 million yen.

Not counting the income from Yunupang Pictures, how much Hanyu Hideki can get is only the 400 million yen licensing fee for the original work.

Because according to the copyright laws of Neon, Hideki Hanyu is not eligible to participate in the box office share, even if the movie is his work, except for the authorization fee for the original work.

Moreover, according to the regulations of the Neon Artists Association on the use of works, the upper limit of the authorization fee for original works is only 1000 million yen, even if Hideki Hanyu is a member of the association.

The popular anime "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba" has a global box office of over 500 billion yen in the theatrical version of "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba". The manga author Gotoge Hoshiharu only got the maximum authorization of 1000 million yen. Fees, the money earned at the box office will not get a penny.

This is why he is unwilling to serialize "Pokemon" comics, and why he proposed to jointly operate the copyright of "Saint Seiya".

In this way, several people discussed the work until the evening. Seeing that it was getting dark, Hideki Hanyu really didn't want to spend any more time with these fighting monsters, so he decided to slip away first.

"Big guy, that's all for today, I'm going home to feed the cat."

"Hanyu-san, let's go first, we still have a few advertising projects to discuss." Hirohashi Asako waved her hands without raising her head.

Hanyu Hideki's lazy character, being able to stay busy with them today is already enough to surprise her, what else can she say.

However, although Asako Hirohashi didn't say anything, Nobusuke Ito who was sitting opposite stood up abruptly.

"Hanyu-san... that... I'm in Shochiku today..."

Ito Shinsuke's expression was tangled, his words hesitated, and he didn't say a complete sentence for a long time.

(End of this chapter)