Japanese Entertainment: From special effects actor to action superstar

Chapter 343 Los Angeles at PM
Of course, Tetsuo Hara's manuscripts are worthless now, mainly because he is still alive.

If Tetsuo Hara becomes famous and gets hit by a car as soon as he goes out, then this manuscript will be valuable.

"If I run out of money in the future, I'll just arrange a jeep and kill Shotaro Ishimori first, and then Tetsuo Hara!"

Gu Ming slapped his thigh.

Oh, right.

There is also a Hojo Tsukasa!

Hojo Tsukasa is still studying fashion design, and Gu Ming entrusted the manga of the Cat's Eye Sisters to him. His drawings during this period were not very successful - after all, Hojo Tsukasa did not have the kind of J2-hard painting skills that he had later.

That's fine. Gu Ming is still waiting to film City Hunter!

When the time comes, I will ask for Hojo Tsukasa's original manuscript, and kill Hojo Tsukasa together in a few years.

Gu Ming had thought it all out; it was called the Jeep Assassination Plan.

The plan to assassinate the cartoonist was formulated by Akira Furuya.

Seeing Gu Ming coming back with a piece of paper in his hand, Nijiamoto Tatsumi was very surprised.

"Boss, what did you take?"

"Oh, I met a fan of the cartoonist, asked him to sign an autograph, and asked for a copy of the original manuscript."

Gu Ming shook it, and Nijiaben Tatsumi took it and looked at it, and was also quite amazed.

Tetsuo Hara's human body skills are quite outstanding.

It is no wonder that Tetsuo Hara became famous later.

After all, he really has some skills!

……

……

The journey to the United States still has twenty days, and Gu Ming is happy to have more people to accompany him.

After that day, Gu Ming would sometimes run into Hara Tetsuo.

It’s not that he created it on purpose, it’s mainly because a ship is so small that it’s normal to encounter it by chance.

After meeting him, Gu Ming would chat with him for a few minutes, and after a few days, their relationship began to become familiar.

When it comes to comic techniques, Hara Tetsuo knows them like the back of his hand. Although Gu Ming doesn't understand them, he listens attentively, nodding and agreeing occasionally, which provides great emotional value.

As the cruise ship gradually approached Los Angeles, the journey seemed to have come to an end. Gu Ming finally spoke, intentionally or unintentionally.

"Speaking of which, Hara-kun is currently working as a comic assistant, right? Do you want to come over and help out a little bit?"

"You mean a part-time job?" Hara Tetsuo thought for a moment and said tactfully, "Actually, I can't do much. Painting is not a bad idea."

Forget about the other things.

"It's painting," Gu Ming said. "You know, whether it's a movie or a TV series, shot division is very important when filming. Occasionally, you need some shots with strong tension to create a filming effect. In fact, I've always wanted to find someone who knows something about painting to help me."

Storyboarding is very important. Usually this job is done by the director, but some directors are terrible.

For example, Jiang Wen, his storyboard is just a string of stick figures, and no one can understand it except himself.

Gu Ming has never been a director and doesn't want to be one, but he has prepared many works, so storyboards are still useful.

Hara Tetsuo was stunned at first, but then he felt relieved.

It's just a part-time job. There's actually not much difference between being a comic assistant and drawing movie storyboards.

Anyway, you get paid.

Tetsuo Hara immediately bowed and said, "I'm very happy to do so."

Gu Ming asked Hara Tetsuo for his contact information before they parted ways.

Of course he knew the story of Fist of the North Star, but Gu Ming would not bring it up right now.

On the one hand, if you want to shoot a wasteland-style fighting manga like Fist of the North Star, the investment cost is extremely high and it is not something that can be shot casually.

Like when Kurosawa Akira later filmed Chaos, he specifically reproduced a city, but that was nothing compared to the wasteland style.

To create the imaginative wasteland like that in Fist of the North Star, it would take an investment of hundreds of millions.

It's not that there are no exceptions.

For example, Gu Ming thought, he could actually go to Shengjiang to shoot...

Go to Shengjiang, find a desert, and set up a scene. You can still recreate the wasteland and yellow sand. You can also try the baked buns from Adasi in the local area. At this time, Zhou Guoju is short of foreign exchange, and the Japanese yen is also a foreign exchange. If you go there to shoot, maybe the locals will give you the green light.

But even going to the neighboring Zhou Kingdom to shoot would cost money, and he couldn't afford that level of investment right now.

On the other hand, the incident with Hojo Tsukasa also served as a wake-up call for Gu Ming.

Don’t be fooled by the fact that he later became a world-famous cartoonist.

But now I am nothing!
Hojo Tsukasa later drew Cat's Eye and City Hunter by first practicing his painting skills from other works.

Therefore, Gu Ming will not mention the Fist of the North Star right now. He has to wait for Hara Tetsuo to hone his painting skills a little.

The whistle sounded melodiously, and Gu Ming knew that they had arrived in Los Angeles.

The cruise ship arrived at the port at four o'clock in the afternoon. Gu Ming looked at his watch and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"Man!"

I missed the 4am trip, but luckily I could see Los Angeles at 4pm.

Calculating the time, Lao Xiao should have been born now, so he should be a child of three or four years old.

It’s time to say it or not.

Kobe was indeed the one with the best attitude among all the stars who came to visit China in the early days.

This cannot be denied.

Unlike Messi next door, he doesn't even have a business attitude.

Nijiamoto Tatsumi looked up at Taniaki.

I don’t know why Gu Ming suddenly screamed!

Gu Ming didn't mention Mamba, but instead asked, "Erjiaben, did Industrial Light & Magic say someone would be coming to pick you up?"

"Yeah, they said a Japanese guy named Marcus Sakagami will come to pick us up."

Industrial Light & Magic is certainly not in Los Angeles, but the ship arrives in Los Angeles, so we have to find a contact here before going to Industrial Light & Magic.

The two of them each took their luggage and got off the ship, saying goodbye to Tetsuo Hara and his party at the exit.

Gu Ming recalled that this person would wear a yellow jacket and a baseball cap, and would come to pick them up holding a sign with their names on it.

But Gu Ming took a look.

All I could see were people in yellow jackets, but I couldn't see any name tags.

"Brother Gu Gu, you didn't miss it, did you?"

"I just left the house, how could I miss it?"

Gu Ming frowned slightly and took another look at his watch.

The cruise was on time and not delayed.

But there was no one to pick me up.

With George Lucas's level, Gu Ming certainly believed that this guy would not play tricks on him, so the problem could only lie in the execution below.

Nijiamoto Tatsumi suddenly came closer and lowered his voice: "Brother Furuya, there are a lot of white people staring at us over there."

"It's normal, don't worry about it, they are all white, energetic guys who can't find a job."

Gu Ming didn't even have the courage to explain the science to Nijia Ben Tatsumi.

Detroit, known as America's Little Evergreen!
In the 1980s, Japanese cars were exported to the United States. They were good quality and cheap, which brought down Detroit. So much so that Americans started shouting slogans in the 1980s.

Boycott Japanese products!
Smash Japanese cars!

Yes, it is such a familiar operation. The neighboring Zhou Kingdom did the same thing decades later.

However, the quality of Zhou's domestic vehicles caught up later, and Japanese cars had no advantages over domestic cars and other joint venture cars, so no one smashed them anymore.

And the Americans...

Until Detroit was completely destroyed, it still didn't understand Japanese cars, and the solution to the dumping of Japanese goods was to rely on other means.

Gu Ming casually explained: "Don't worry about them, let's go make a phone call first!"

Whether it was because the man was drunk, or he forgot the time, or he was simply beaten up by some local white gang on the way and did not come to pick him up today, Gu Ming had to call George Lucas.

It’s impossible for him to come all the way here and then there’s no one to pick him up!
(End of this chapter)