1982 Started from Hong Kong

Chapter 332 Painting and Humanities

After it was confirmed that Chen Shilon would play the leading role in "Hiroshima Monster".

As soon as the contract was signed, Jiuyi Entertainment launched an extensive publicity campaign in Hong Kong.

'The top star of Jiahe joins Jiuyi Entertainment, the two major cinema chains become friends and join forces, Xinbao Cinema Line is alone, and the film industry is in turmoil again.'

——Oriental Daily

Just one headline has stirred up the fire in the Hong Kong circle which had just calmed down for a few days, and the atmosphere is full of gunpowder.

In the Jiahe office building.

The three tycoons packed up their things overnight and tacitly planned to go their separate ways.

"I'm going to South Korea to investigate the market."

“Several cinema owners in Singapore, Malaysia and Borneo invited me to visit them for exchange and learning.”

"I bought a ticket to North America and will leave in the afternoon."

Zou Wenhuai, He Guanchang and Cai Dusheng looked at each other and smiled helplessly on their faces.

I had guessed that Jiuyi Entertainment would do publicity after signing Chen Shilon, but I didn't expect it to come so soon. It's like a woman giving birth today and rushing back to the company to work overtime tomorrow. Her strong initiative is admirable.

"That's good too. While Jiuyi Entertainment is taking the lead, let's all stay out of the spotlight for a while."

Zou Wenhuai tapped the table lightly and glanced at his two old friends. "After I left, I didn't answer calls or letters from Taiwan. In short, I ignored them until they made a clear public statement."

"After the Dongyang bombing, even the Chaotian Palace personally released a telegram to concede to the international media."

He Guanchang groaned and said, "I'm afraid the Freedom Association will have a hard time in the future!"

Cai Dusheng was the last to speak, speaking from a practical point of view: "It would be best if he was pushed out as a scapegoat and disbanded on the spot, so that no one would have to pay donations in the future."

Hong Kong filmmakers have been dominated by the Taiwan market for too long.

Even in this situation, few people dare to stand up and say:
"I am the youngest here, so I'll say something unpleasant first. I will not pay the donations to the association in the future."

The three bosses of Jiahe, which is at the peak of its prosperity, saw that the situation had changed, but they could only stay away for the time being, with the mentality of returning after the battlefield was cleaned up.

…………

Zhai Yuan was also waiting.

The pattern is a little bit higher than that of the filmmakers.

Freedom will always love to death.

What he was waiting for was the trade war between the United States and Japan, and when Toshiba's bomb in the Soviet Union would explode.

at the same time.

Minato-ku, Tokyo.

Located in a luxurious villa near Minami-Aoyama, next to Toshiba Shibaura Building.

Shota Tanaka sat on the sofa with his hands folded on his knees, his attitude respectful, without any trace of the debauchery he had when he and Zhai Yuan were having fun in Kabukicho.

The marble floors are covered with hand-woven rugs.

There are several famous modern Chinese paintings hanging on the walls.

Seventy-three-year-old Tanaka Takashi stands in front of an oil painting titled "New Road" created by Deng Bangzhen.

In the painting, the people's members in the mountains are excited, digging a path on the steep rock walls and building a new road.

“To understand a people, it is best to start with their artwork.”

Tanaka Takashi, wearing a loose kimono that made him look even thinner, said to himself: "In the past, Chinese paintings, whether Longmen Grottoes or tomb murals, were always about palace ceremony, imperial power, and aristocratic enjoyment.

In the era of Guo Weiqiu and Li Kuchan, flower and bird painting evolved from sketching, with fresh and freehand cultural connotations, and gradually acquired the connotations of nature and life.

Today, the works of famous artists such as Xu Qixiong, Deng Bangzhen, and Zhu Licun have penetrated into the depiction of the real life of the people. From freehand landscape painting to labor poetry, they gradually arouse the latent thoughts of the entire society. The change of painting style also hides the spiritual representation of a nation. "

When Tanaka Takashi said this, he turned his head and looked at Tanaka Shota.

"What is the art style of the East?"

"Before the Heian period, Oriental painting art was influenced by China and South Korea, and followed the Pure Land belief of the late Six Dynasties, which brought together a large number of Buddhist murals."

Tanaka Shota put his hands on his knees and straightened his back to answer: "After the Heian period, the Japanese Yamato-e replaced the Chinese painting model, and works such as The Tale of Genji appeared. The later Ukiyo-e and Kabuki influenced European painters such as Van Gogh and Degas to learn from them. After the Meiji Restoration, from the end of the shogunate to the Meiji period, Japanese painting changed from Ukiyo-e to Western oil paintings and photographs. Both politics and society as a whole were full of longing and yearning for Western European civilization, and completely lost their own style." Tanaka Takashi hummed without comment, and a smile appeared on his gaunt face: "The greatest progress of the Renaissance was to allow Eastern and Western cultures to merge with each other. Although Japanese traditional painting has declined, the cartoons of the younger generation are influencing the whole world..."

As he spoke, his eyes fell on the painting "New Road", and he shook his head and sighed: "It's a pity that life is too comfortable, and the work lacks some enterprising spirit and is not aware of the crisis. This is often the time when problems are most likely to occur."

Tanaka Shota opened his mouth at the right moment and asked, "Like Toshiba right now? Many people in the company now believe that the Kumagai dominance crisis is over."

At the beginning of last year, submarines from the United States and the Soviet Union encountered each other in the Kuril Islands, and the United States discovered that the technological precision of Soviet submarines had been greatly improved.

At the beginning of this year, a Japanese man named Doku Kumagai submitted a letter of complaint to the Batumi Embargo Association.

This Kumagai Doku was originally the head of the Moscow branch of the Toyo Wako Trading Company.

After Toshiba's machines were shipped to the port, he took full charge and was responsible for communicating with the Soviet side.

As a result, because of the uneven distribution of spoils with his boss, Kumamoto wrote a letter of denunciation to the chairman of Batumi in anger, exposing his own company and Toshiba's smuggling of CNC machine tools.

When the news first reached Japan, Toshiba executives fell into extreme panic.

But more than half a year has passed and the situation is still calm, so people gradually stop taking it seriously.

"A fire that burns too hard will eventually turn into ashes. Whether there is a person named Kumamoto or not, Toshiba will be uprooted sooner or later if it continues to thrive like this."

Tanaka Takashi shook his head slightly and said, "A country has hundreds of military bases stationed by the United States on land, sea and air. There is no need to expect it to protect local companies. Kumagai Doku was just a fuse. Toshiba will be sanctioned by the United States sooner or later. Now is just the calm before the storm."

"Hai! I have followed my father's instructions and gradually sold off my shares."

Tanaka Shota hesitated for a moment, then continued, "In addition, the young man from Hong Kong named Zhai Yuan promised 20% of VCD's profits in Japan. This is a long-term benefit, provided that the Tanaka family continues to work hard for him to acquire the three production lines, and it would be best if they could get the support of the Liberal Democratic Party and the Cabinet Secretariat."

Tanaka Takashi was slightly surprised when he heard this, and laughed, "I didn't expect that this young man from Hong Kong also has a deep understanding of the economic environment in Japan."

Toshiba is a strategic industry in Japan, and it is difficult to acquire it simply by offering money.

What matters most is the attitude of senior Cabinet officials and key members of the Liberal Democratic Party.

Tanaka Takashi stood up with a smile and stretched his muscles: "It seems that this 20% profit is not so easy to get. I have to keep moving my old bones and visit some old friends."

Tanaka Shota respectfully supported his old father and said, "Thank you for your hard work for the Tanaka family."

"Shota, the economy of the East is on fire right now, but the fire will eventually die out."

Tanaka Takashi smiled and patted his son's hand, saying earnestly: "If I can live a few more years, I can still teach you how to do it. If I don't live to that age, remember to get out of this fire before it goes out, live in Japan, invest in China, and cooperate with America."

In front of Zhai Yuan, Tanaka Shota, who had once shown his extreme hatred for America, nodded solemnly.

…………

"Zhai Sang, I found the computer special effects team you wanted. They are definitely the most professional talents in Japan!"

On the phone, Shota Tanaka returned to his usual loud and shouting tone and discussed the plot of the movie with Zhai Yuan for five minutes.

Finally, he got to the point: "Father has invited two key members of the Liberal Democratic Party to attend a family dinner tonight. He hopes that they can help you gain official support. In addition, you will also need a professional legal advisor and a team of M&A experts. Goldman Sachs or Baker & McKenzie have branches in Japan and are most suitable for providing legal advice and operations for this kind of cross-border acquisition business."

The Liberal Democratic Party.

Zhai Yuan hung up the phone and thought.

Before the economic bubble burst, Japan's economic system was always controlled by the Liberal Democratic Party, which was known to be bureaucratic-dominated and its overall economic structure was closer to socialist state-owned capital.

This is also an important reason why it is difficult for overseas capital to acquire Japanese companies.

If Tanaka Shota's old father could get hold of this biggest source of cultural economy, the chances of acquiring Toshiba's production line would increase by at least 20%.

Zhai Yuan hugged Nishixie Michiko and pondered for a while in the hotel corridor.

Putting the Toshiba matter aside for the moment, he turned and entered a guest room behind him.

In the hotel room.

Smoke billows.

Xu Qi and several special effects masters from New Vision just arrived at Tokyo Airport in the afternoon and have now begun drawing the image of the monster in "Hiroshima Monster".

As soon as the special effects masters entered the hotel, Xu Qi ordered them to start working, and each of them held a cigarette to stay alert.

Zhai Yuan pushed the door open and saw that everyone looked tired. He smiled and knocked on the door: "Hey, this is Japan, not Hong Kong. Everyone just got off the plane, relax and take a rest. There is no need to risk your life like this."

After saying that, he raised his chin towards Xu Qi and said, "Old Xu, change your clothes and come with me to the office to meet the Dongyang special effects team. By the way, call Wang Jin and let's talk about the casting of "Hiroshima Monster" on the way..."

(End of this chapter)