Japanese Entertainment: From special effects actor to action superstar

Chapter 313 Please Call Me Your Highness

At the banquet, Gu Ming took a few sips and stopped at the table.

"Hey."

"Ok?"

Gu Ming turned around and looked in the direction of the sound.

George Lucas came over with a glass of wine and made a gesture of invitation.

Gu Ming then sat down with him at the small coffee table nearby.

Gu Ming had heard of George Lucas and Star Wars, but he didn't know much about them.

After all, Star Wars is still too far away for domestic audiences. Even among the audiences who watch European and American blockbusters, the audience group for Star Wars is not large enough.

Gu Ming has never seen it and has only heard of Star Wars.

Now that George Lucas came to him, Gu Ming was a little surprised, but he was not very excited. He just gave a polite response.

"Mr. Lucas, I've heard of you before. I've seen your Star Wars. The magnificent imagination is truly astonishing, especially the special effects, which are simply groundbreaking."

George Lucas uttered a "ha!", quite proudly.

"In order to create the special effects in Star Wars, we invested heavily in building a laboratory just for the purpose of producing various special effects. I can responsibly say that there is no better special effects company in the world than Industrial Light & Magic!"

Gu Ming added in his heart.

So far there won’t be any.

In later generations, special effects companies emerged one after another. Although Industrial Light & Magic is still ranked at the top, it is not the top special effects company.

George Lucas raised his glass.

"Ming, that's the name, right? Your performance was brilliant, maybe you could win an Oscar!"

Gu Ming smiled.

Get an Eggplant Oscar.

In his impression, Shadow Warrior didn't even win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, let alone the Best Actor award.

It was just enough to win the Palme d'Or at Cannes.

Hmm...Versailles!

The two of them exchanged tactical praises, and Gu Ming went straight to the point.

"Well, Mr. Lucas, do you have anything to say to me?"

There was no change in expression on George Lucas's bearded face. One could only see Lucas's facial muscles twitching, probably as he made some exaggerated expression. Even when he was leaning back and forth, his beard seemed to be flashing with a wine-red light.

"No, it's nothing. It's just a little surprising for an investor."

As George Lucas said this, he suddenly turned his wrist and a small card appeared in his palm.

Gu Ming understood and took the card while handing over his business card.

George Lucas's business card is simple, made of white cardboard with a few lines of flowing handwritten letters.

George Lucas

director.

George Lucas looked down at Gu Ming's business card, which was a specially made business card with gold-plated text on it, which looked a bit fancy, and below it were the Chinese name and Romanization.

And the identity on the business card is.

Actor and martial arts instructor.

George Lucas waved the business card and casually stuffed it into his wallet.

"Important things should be placed in the important section. Haha! Maybe we will work together one day."

As he said this, he raised his glass to Gu Ming, stood up and left.

Gu Ming held a thin business card in his hand and couldn't help but think about the meaning of George Lucas's action.

"Are you really planning to ask me to go to Hollywood? However, that's unlikely. Americans are not short of good actors."

Gu Ming quickly went over George Lucas's recent works in his mind several times.

Star Wars II: The Empire Strikes Back.

Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Yes, the one with Raiders of the Lost Ark.

No matter how you look at it, there are no Asian characters in it.

Gu Ming didn't think much about it and just put the business card away.

The banquet lasted until midnight. Gu Ming remained sober, but some people were already staggering, ready to perform a drunken fist. Director Akira Kurosawa, bearing the brunt of the criticism, was now tongue-tied and barely able to stand with the help of several assistants.

Several assistants supported him as he staggered to leave, but Kurosawa suddenly pushed the assistants away and stumbled towards the stage.

While Gu Ming was slightly stunned, the old man had already climbed onto the stage with agility that did not match his age.

There was a microphone at the scene, which was originally used for the previous speech and has not been removed.

He grabbed the microphone and clapped it a few times, and the dull sound swept the entire audience.

"Ahem, um..."

"Hey. All the cast and crew, look at me! Look at me, look at me, I have an announcement!"

"Gugu Ming! Gugu Ming! I see you." He raised his hand and pointed: "Come here."

In full view of the crowd, dozens of pairs of eyes were looking at Gu Ming.

Gu Ming responded with a polite yet awkward smile, walked towards the stage, supported himself with one hand, and flipped onto the stage in a chic manner.

"Okay, it's you." Kurosawa put his arm around her shoulder, looking very intimate.

"I want to announce something to everyone! Your performance exceeded my expectations. You deserve to be the protagonist. I'm going to nominate you for the Blue Ribbon Award. You should win the Best Actor award!"

"Uh..." Gu Ming touched his face secretly and could clearly smell the strong smell of alcohol on Kurosawa Akira.

"As for Best Actor, there's still a big gap, and I'm..."

"Okay, shut up." Kurosawa paused, then continued, "Yes, I admit, I was a bit harsh on you. You weren't originally capable of being the protagonist, but this time, you were truly unexpected. Perhaps you'll bear a grudge against me, but that's fine. Many years from now, you'll still remember this experience."

Kurosawa paused, as if his brain had stopped working.

After a long while, he could only recite the name intermittently.

"Kurosawa Akira..."

"Aki Furuya."

"Haha! I thought we were brothers."

Gu Ming snorted.

That can't be done!

Gu Ming didn't want to die on the same day as Kurosawa.

It can be seen that Kurosawa was indeed drunk. He spoke a lot in a daze, most of which were incoherent. It was nothing more than those things about the filming, and Gu Ming also responded incoherently.

In the audience, many staff members let out some good-natured laughter.

The reporters at the scene glanced at the assistants and saw that they also had somewhat awkward smiles.

“Can I take a picture of this?”

"It might work?"

Aides weren't so sure either.

However, the reporter was just asking for formality. Without waiting for anyone to give an answer, the reporter raised his hand and took the photo.

It will be published in the newspaper tomorrow, and the effect will definitely be good.

He has even thought of the headlines for the news.

Shock!

The Emperor's brothers who are living abroad!
……

……

The next morning.

Gu Ming woke up, packed up and prepared to leave.

Everyone can return to Tokyo today, and the work will be sent to Toho for subsequent production, editing, and distribution, etc. And as the director, Kurosawa Akira will naturally arrange for the editing, so Gu Ming doesn't need to worry about it. He can return to Tokyo with the other crew members today.

Seeing Gu Ming appear outside the hotel gate with a small bag on his back, several staff members rushed over and greeted him with laughter.

"Prince!"

"Your Highness the Prince."

"Haha! From now on, I'll call you Prince Furuya-kun."

Seeing Furuya's expression, casting assistant Honda Hiroaki explained, "The Emperor's brother is, of course, a prince, haha! Since you're the Emperor of the film industry, then Furuya-kun has no choice but to be the Prince of the acting world."

Gu Ming: ...What a mess!

(End of this chapter)