Japanese Entertainment: From special effects actor to action superstar

Chapter 319 This plan came from the Eastern Tang Dynasty
Life at sea is fun, but we still have to return to land.

The moment Gu Ming saw the mailbox full of letters, he was devastated.

The sea is still better, he wants to go back to the sea!
Pick out the letters, prioritize them, and reply.

There was a letter from Jackie Chan saying that Snake in the Eagle's Shadow was released in Japan and did well at the box office, and he was very grateful to Gu Ming.

Of course, Gu Ming knew that this had nothing to do with him.

Because Snake in the Eagle's Shadow was originally released in late 79 and did well at the box office.

It was just because of some strange misunderstanding that people in Hong Kong thought that it was his connections that made Jackie Chan's films a hit.

Gu Ming, of course, chose to keep this beautiful misunderstanding.

"I'm ashamed to say that I only made a small contribution... Mainly because the quality of the film itself is high enough. Besides."

Gu Ming attached a photo.

"You also know that I caught a 400-pound fish?"

After replying, seal the letter and send it back.

There was another bill, which was a letter sent from Toei. The movie was officially taken off the screen, and the final outcome was indeed not beyond Gu Ming's expectations.

Overall, this year, it cannot beat overseas blockbusters like Superman, but in Japan, it is definitely one of the best films.

“But why is there no subsequent copyright development?”

Gu Ming crossed his arms, thought for a moment, and suddenly remembered something.

Talk about it.

There is no place to rent videotapes in Japan!

Gu Ming recalled.

Video rental stores should have already existed in the United States in the 1980s.

Later, the famous American video rental store Blockbuster was established in the 1980s.

If Netflix hadn't emerged, Blockbuster would have survived for a long time.

After all, Blockbuster provides integrated warehousing and leasing services, with logistics and warehousing channels across the United States!

However, in this kind of thing, Americans have always been at the forefront of the world, and other countries can only follow closely behind.

Come to think of it, there might not have been any video rental stores in Japan at that time.

Gu Ming suddenly saw a light in front of his eyes, and he couldn't help but exclaim in his heart, "Oh my God!"

This is big business!
In Gu Ming's impression, there were still many rental places in China until around the millennium, but they rented CDs rather than videotapes.

"I don't know much about business, but I should be able to find someone who can do this. I'll just ask around later."

Gu Ming just made a note in the small notebook and opened the next letter.

This time, it was the TV station.

……

……

Toei Television Department.

When Gu Ming and Watanabe Ryosuke met, they gave each other a bear hug.

"Furuya-kun, are you having fun out there?"

"You also know that I caught a 400-pound fish?"

Watanabe Ryosuke:?
Who asked you!

Gu Ming said, "It's not big, only about 400 kilograms."

Watanabe Ryosuke sighed.

Gu Ming said: "It's just an ordinary tuna, how did you know?"

Watanabe Ryosuke rolled up his sleeves.

Who asked you!

Gu Mingha smiled and said no more: "Let me make a long story short. This time filming Warrior really exhausted me. I need to take a good rest for a while. For the time being, I don't think there will be any new works coming out."

Watanabe Ryosuke nodded slightly, not surprised.

In fact, the filming of Kamen Rider V3 is in full swing now, with good ratings and toy sales. For the time being, Toei really has no spare energy to produce new works.

——It’s not that Toei doesn’t have the resources, but that TV Asahi doesn’t have enough.

A TV network only has a few prime time slots, and both Kamen Rider V3 and the co-produced Guiman are already fully occupied. Even if they were to work on other projects at this time, they wouldn't be able to find a suitable time slot to air them. He wrote to Gu Ming, just to ask for a courtesy inquiry.

"So, Furuya-kun, do you have any other ideas for now? Feel free to share them. Although TBS is strong, TV Asahi is also very strong. Why not try to cooperate more with Toei?"

Gu Ming smiled.

"I knew Mr. Watanabe would ask these questions. I do have some ideas, both for film and television. If you're okay, please take a look at this."

Gu Ming casually pulled out a thin file folder.

Watanabe Ryosuke took a look.

Look again.

Take a closer look.

hiss!
It's a special effects work, and like Kamen Rider, it's a life-size special effects work.

but.

Unlike Watanabe Ryotoku’s well-known works, there are quite a lot of people in this life-size special effects film!

To be specific.

Having two people in the first Kamen Rider was already a lot, but in this work there are five!
Six, to be exact!

Thousands of years ago, in order to occupy Japan, the Yamata-no-Orochi ejected fifty magic stones. Master Jianzhen, a monk from the Tang Dynasty in the East, crossed the sea to Japan and brought five light and shadow stones with him. However, he was attacked on the way and the light and shadow stones were lost.

Five light and shadow stones fell in five villages in ancient Japan. The residents of the villages were irradiated by the light and shadow stones and gained the ability to summon light and shadow armor. The geographical locations of the villages are Tohoku (Sendai and Mutsu areas), Kanto, Kansai, Kyushu, and Shikoku.

The story takes place in the present day. Five contemporary young people obtain the corresponding light and shadow stones and transform into the ultimate armor to fight against the villain Yamata no Orochi and complete their mission.

Watanabe Ryotoku flipped through the pages quickly and instinctively realized that this project could definitely be filmed, and that the ratings would most likely be higher than those of Kamen Rider.

more importantly.

With so many people, we can sell five belts at the same time!

Of course, Ryotoku Watanabe also has some problems.

"Why is it, this...Jianzhen?"

Gu Ming spread his hands and said, "You know I'm from Nara, right?"

"Too."

Watanabe Ryosuke didn't ask any more questions. He had already guessed the possibility in an instant.

I heard that many people in Nara believe in Buddhism. Since they believe in Buddhism, it is not surprising that they admire Jianzhen.

Gu Ming also gave a strong reason: "His origins are mysterious and his history is long. Not to mention that he brought five Light and Shadow Stones, even if you said he was still alive, people might believe him. As for background, as long as the description is not too detailed, most viewers will not care."

For example, the story of the Shocker Organization transforming Kamen Rider actually has a lot of loopholes in the background setting.

For example, there are not so many Shocker organizations in the world!
But who among the audience cares about this issue?

Watanabe Ryosuke didn't care much.

"It's a good plan, but will Furuya-kun appear in it himself?"

"Then I probably won't." Gu Ming spread his hands.

By the time Shadow Warrior is released, Gu Ming himself might not be able to afford his own salary.

For a blockbuster like Shadow Warrior that has both box office success and awards, the star-studded cast is overly generous.

It would be fine if he was just a supporting role, but if he was the leading actor, after this movie, Gu Ming's salary would be at least hundreds of thousands or even millions of yen per episode, and one person would take up a large part of the production cost.

At that time, it would be impossible for Gu Ming to reduce his salary to perform in the film.

Although Watanabe Ryosuke understood, he couldn't help feeling a little regretful.

He knew very well that there were some things that Gu Ming could do that others could not, and the shooting effect was completely different.

Gu Ming said, "I heard that Toei has a lot of young actors waiting for opportunities, and there are some people in my agency who I really want to make famous. If we combine our efforts, we can definitely put together the five main characters, and we can also find the corresponding suit actors. All these things are not a problem."

Watanabe Ryosuke closed the file instantly.

He thought so too.

and so.

"Please, please give this project to Toei! I can do anything!"

Gu Ming raised his head slightly.

anything!
(End of this chapter)