Japanese Entertainment: From special effects actor to action superstar

Chapter 212 We’ll guest star in each other’s roles next year
On the night of checking into the hotel, Gu Ming sent over several sets of videotapes, all of which were works he had recently participated in.

Cheng Long came to show off to him, but Gu Ming had nothing to show off, so he had to show him his latest work.

Cheng Long has already seen Maoyan, and it is true that Hong Kong cannot achieve that kind of flavor for the time being.

Cheng Long still couldn't understand the concept of fashion kung fu movies, but he could feel that this TV series was very trendy.

Unfortunately, he couldn't figure it out for the time being and couldn't reach this level.

Cheng Long has no feelings about Kamen Rider, he has no feelings about special effects. Of course, it doesn't matter if there is a performance.

"So, this is Journey to the West? The Japanese are filming Journey to the West. How novel."

Cheng Long stuffed the tape in and started reading from the first episode.

He doesn't understand Japanese, but Yasuaki Kurata can basically do simultaneous interpretation, and the plot is not complicated, so Cheng Long can probably understand it.

"This martial artist is very skilled!"

Cheng Long lay on the bed with his arms and legs spread out, his eyes following Zhen Xialong's movements.

This set of stick fighting techniques is quite good, and he can be a top dragon and tiger martial artist in Hong Kong.

It’s just that the scenes in the Japanese version of Journey to the West are too strange, and he is a little uncomfortable with it.

This Sun Wukong is so noisy, and the other characters also have unique shapes.

In the blink of an eye, the scene of Havoc in Heaven arrived.

Cheng Long didn't feel anything at first, but as he watched, he suddenly bounced up and almost hit the ceiling.

“This was filmed by the Japanese?!!”

Yasuaki Kurata responded, thought for a moment, and shook his head.

"The credits here say it was directed by JAC, but JAC doesn't have this style. I'm afraid this play was made by Furuya-kun."

He failed in the killing competition at that time, and Gu Ming was selected, so Kurata Yasuaki was so sure.

Cheng Long sighed, raised his hand and scratched his big nose, feeling very annoyed.

Others can direct such large-scale scenes, but he still gets paid 6,000 yuan for a movie.

Annoying!

And Cheng Long soon asked himself this question.

Can he do it?
The answer is not difficult to guess.

The answer is, it can't be done.

Cheng Long felt that he was not capable of directing a work of this level.

Originally, Cheng Long had an idea in mind, which was to use the ideas of the previous Snake in the Eagle's Shadow to adapt a play, and he would still be the male lead.

This movie is the one that was originally supposed to be released in 1979, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", produced by Lo Wei and written and performed by Jackie Chan.

But now, looking at this grand scene and thinking about the funny boxing moves he had conceived, Cheng Long suddenly felt that this thing was pure dog food.

The script must be changed!

Cheng Long is also ambitious. It is impossible for him to just get 6,000 yuan for his whole life. For a moment, he also wanted to do a big scene.

Cheng Long took a photo casually.

Yasuaki Kurata instantly took off and ran to the other side.

Stop filming, brother.

Your legs let you hit the ball!
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The next day, Gu Ming took Cheng Long to guest-star in both scenes. In Cat's Eye, he played a Hong Kong detective who was commissioned by Chun-Li to investigate a case. He was very skilled, but in the end, due to a moment of kindness and the mutual hindrance between him and Scarlett, he still failed to catch Cat's Eye.

This is a setting added by Gu Ming without attracting any attention.

That is to say, they deliberately create a stereotype about Chinese people.

Stereotype is a neutral term. To blindly think that a person is good is a stereotype, and to blindly think that a person is bad is also a stereotype.

Gu Ming creates a positive image of Chinese people, and everyone of them is good at fighting.

As for Kamen Rider, there was no solution. The filming schedule was set, with fixed Shocker Organization leaders for each season, each episode creating different monsters. While maintaining the individual plotlines, they also tried to ensure a consistent main plot. Therefore, Gu Ming couldn't give Cheng Long a prominent role without compromising this.

But we still gave him a cameo role, a physical education teacher passing by, who exchanged a few moves with the Shocker fighters before they had time to attack, knocking down several of them. Then Knight Two arrived and rescued him.

The two scenes took less than four hours in total.

Cheng Long himself felt that it was easy and pleasant to receive the money.

Gu Ming looked at him and felt it was a pity. Now Gu Ming did not have enough say, so he could not come up with a story like "Kamen Rider Bu Jingyun".

When Gu Ming is able to decide the direction of a drama in the future, Cheng Long will be too popular by then, and the budget for special effects will not be able to find such an expensive movie star.

"But at least there are others, like Liang Xiaolong?"

Liang Xiaolong is also very powerful. After playing Chen Zhen in 81, he participated in a domestic evening party and was banned in Taiwan.

At that time, Hong Kong's box office was heavily dependent on Taiwan. Liang Xiaolong was not of high enough level, no one protected him, and he refused to write a letter of repentance, so he lost the opportunity to make movies and was forced to retire for several years.

That was when Liang Xiaolong was at the peak of his popularity. If he had continued filming, written a letter of repentance, and achieved financial freedom, he wouldn't have to make guest appearances in all the bad online movies today. But Liang Xiaolong didn't write it.

Yasuaki Kurata once introduced Liang Xiaolong to Japan to shoot several works, but they were not very popular.

For example, there is a work written and directed by Yasuaki Kurata, which imitates the Hong Kong action style. In it, Liang Xiaolong plays an international criminal police officer named "Liang the Demon".

"Kamen Rider Cheng Long is impossible, but Kamen Rider Liang Xiaolong can give it a try."

Gu Ming thought and decided to keep this matter in mind.

Cheng Long didn't just come to Japan to make a few cameo appearances, nor did he come to Japan to take a bubble bath.

"Speaking of which, I want to release these movies in Japan. My godfather said he knows someone at Toei. Does Gu Sheng know Toei?"

Gu Ming hissed.

Of course you know! Wasn’t the Kamen Rider we just performed a Toei production?
Seeing that Cheng Long didn’t understand it very well, Gu Ming gave a brief introduction.

After listening to it, Cheng Long roughly understood it.

Oh, that's Shaw Brothers Japan! They have both a TV station and a film company!

Gu Mingben wanted to correct him.

Toei is much larger than Shaw Brothers.

But seeing that Cheng Long only had a vague understanding of this, Gu Ming didn't explain much.

"Since it's a Toei platform, it's trustworthy. It seems that if nothing goes wrong, I'll be able to see your movie in the cinema next year." Gu Ming smiled and said, "When the time comes, I will definitely bring my relatives and friends and book a private theater to show my support."

"Thank you so much, Mr. Gu!"

Cheng Long was not polite to Gu Ming either.

Gu Ming's TV works were released in Hong Kong, and he also bought videotapes.

After talking for a while, Cheng Long finally made up his mind as he liked her more and more.

"Speaking of which, if Gusheng doesn't have any other plans next year, how about coming to Hong Kong to help me make a movie? I'll definitely not be stingy with the compensation!"

Luo Wei was very stingy with him, but he was not that stingy with outsiders.

(End of this chapter)