wavenovel Chapter 1153 Chapter 1162, We must defeat Shuyou in the field we are good at!!
Chapter 1153 Chapter 1162, We must defeat Shuyou in the field we are good at!!
Chapter 1153 Chapter 1162, We must defeat Shuyou in the field we are good at!!
It is natural to visit relatives on the third day of the New Year.
I followed Akina back to Qinglai's hometown and had a somewhat awkward lunch. After all, they were not divorced yet. Nakamori Akio also returned home to celebrate the New Year.
In fact, the thoughts of the old Japanese in this era are similar. It is best not to divorce if possible, otherwise you will not be able to hold your head up among your relatives and friends.
Nakamori Akiho, the only unmarried member of the family, still lives with her mother. Nakamori Chieko also prepared a very sumptuous meal. In the afternoon, she also met her brothers and sisters who have already started families.
My eldest son Zhaoming still remembers this uncle who played a lot of games at home. My second daughter Xiaoai can talk now and calls out "Aunt Mingcai~" in a cute way.
So after returning to Tokyo, Akina hugged Natsuka and looked around:
"When will my Hua-chan be able to speak? I really want to hear her call me mom!"
"It will take a few more months~"
Naoki Nagayama put some food sent by Chieko Nakamori into the refrigerator and walked over to say,
"I think maybe I should call dad first!"
"Huh." Mingcai rolled her eyes and carried Xiao Xiahua to the side. "Hua-chan, let's ignore that guy. Come on. Call mom~ mom~"
"Haha~"
Naoki Nagayama scratched his face awkwardly. He didn't expect his wife to be so serious about some things.
Trying to change the subject, Naoki Nagayama looked at the phone next to him:
"By the way, Mingcai, it's already the third day of the New Year. Is there anyone who hasn't called their relatives and friends to wish them a happy new year?"
"I think there's no more~"
As expected, Akina was attracted.
"Friends, people from the sound research department, TV stations, and other agencies I've worked with should have called."
Because I know a lot of people, I took some time to call and wish them a happy new year on the first day of the new year.
"Then I'm here."
Naoki Nagayama recalled the people in his core circle, all of whom had called.
"There shouldn't be any Akidame sacks left! There's one person I forgot about!"
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"It's Masataka-kun!" Nagayama Naoki's face was full of regret, "He's still editing (my) movies in the company!!"
Masataka Komori's "Across the World" finished filming before the New Year. Since it was scheduled to be released at the beginning of the year, he did not even take a break during the New Year holiday and directly led people to work overtime in the company's editing room.
When I called before, no one was at home.
"Naoki-san" Akina doesn't know what to say~
I looked at the sky outside and it was still snowing. It was still the New Year holiday. Masataka Komori was working overtime in the editing room.
"Forget it, I won't bother him today. Let him concentrate on his work!"
Naoki Nagayama left crocodile tears in his heart.
"Masataka-kun, I'll bring you a New Year's present tomorrow!"
Mingcai, who was on the other side of the sofa, quickly covered Xiahua's ears and eyes. She didn't want her daughter to hear about such a father at such a young age. Children can easily learn bad things!
During the New Year's Eve, apart from visiting relatives and friends, people mostly go out to have fun.
Especially young people, go out shopping, watch movies, participate in celebrations, etc.
This year, when choosing movies, some audiences had difficulty choosing.
"Which is better, Ghost or Love Letter?"
Kawamura Ryuya asked his girlfriend next to him,
“Both look very good.”
"Can't we watch it together?" said his girlfriend, Yui Otani, "Both movies have very good reviews!"
"But, if that's the case, each movie will take almost two hours, plus the waiting time, so there will be no time to do anything else in the whole afternoon!"
Kawamura Ryuya said that both films are romance films, and their target audiences are all female. If he is not accompanying his girlfriend, he is not very interested in them.
"You have anything else to do? Isn't it just about staying with me?!"
Otani Yui stared at her boyfriend with such a determined look that Kawamura Ryu was helpless.
"Hey, hey, hey, let's watch two movies in a row!"
This made his girlfriend happy again. She bought the tickets and popcorn and walked into the theater.
While waiting for the screening, Kawamura Ryu couldn't help but sigh in his heart that movies in recent years have become more and more oriented towards the female market, with all of them being romance movies, as well as animated movies like "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind" and "Doraemon and Nobita".
Why isn't there a blockbuster movie that can make men's blood boil? !
(Porn movies and horror films don’t count!)
How great would it be to have a sci-fi blockbuster like the American movie "Back in Time"! Is it true that Japan is not big enough to make such a broad-minded movie? !
Directors from Japan, please give us some support!
At this time, several major film production studios in the entertainment industry have already set their sights on the Valentine's Day period on February 2th.
They don't dare to compete with Shuyou's "Ghost" and "Love Letter", and have put all their own romance films in this schedule, making this year's Valentine's Day movie competition particularly fierce.
Some movie theaters have already adopted the unfair competition of discounted pre-sales!
"I'm really unwilling to give up the New Year's Eve slot like this!"
Toei's general manager, Takafumi Ogasawara, said while drinking with the board members,
"Just this week, the total box office revenue of TreeFriends is estimated to be over 30 billion!"
“Haha, I think maybe 40 billion.”
Toei's supervisor, Ryo Kuroda, shook his head and said,
“Don’t forget, they pre-sold it so long in advance! And there was no competition.”
"Indeed." "They can even pre-sell it in advance, how despicable!" "It destroys the market!" "It dominates the market!"
Almost all the people who were drinking together were senior executives of Toei, and they all started to spit out alcohol under the influence of alcohol.
You know, in the past, during such big schedules, people usually only talked about Toei and Toho!
"The pre-sale system is good!" Kuroda Ryoo set the tone. "Judging from the feedback from cinemas, this pre-sale performance is indeed a great guarantee of the quality of the film, and this data can also be used to judge the trend of the film."
"I've heard that after Christmas, Shuyou negotiated with movie theaters to increase the number of screenings through pre-sale box office."
Kuroda Ryo shook his wine glass and talked about the news he had received. During the Christmas premiere, Shuyou Films almost monopolized 7% of the screening schedules of AEON Cinemas, which had never happened in the history of Japanese films.
"So I say, with Ghost and Love Letter, the total box office for TreeFriends this New Year is estimated to be over 40 billion!"
"What a despairing number!"
The senior executives all nodded, and one of them said directly:
"If you ask me, it's because our film directors and screenwriters are not competitive, otherwise why would they give up the entire period from Christmas to New Year?"
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When the truth was spoken, everyone was speechless.
It is true that our own movies cannot compete with others!
It was Yamamura Toshitaka, who was in charge of serving drinks, who broke the silence:
"This can't all be blamed on the directors and screenwriters under us. Naoki Nagayama is an anomaly. Think about it, since he appeared, there have been love movies such as "That Summer, the Quiet Sea", "Love Letter", "April Story" and now "Ghost", as well as youth love TV series such as "Boys Over Flowers", "Love Century" and "Tokyo Love Story."
"Almost all of them have sparked heated discussions among the public. In the field of romance films, he is truly a rare talent!"
Yamamura Toshitaka has done a thorough study of Naoki Nagayama.
"From what I know, he seems to have come up with a script for a romantic TV series called 'Long Vacation' and plans to film it this year!"
"What?" "Again!!!"
"Didn't he just finish filming Ghost?!"
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"Don't forget, Naoki Nagayama has written several romance novels, all of which can be adapted!" Yamamura Toshitaka continued to add, leaving no one else able to refute.
Ogasawara Takafumi, who was pouring wine while listening to everyone's discussion, also nodded and sighed:
"So, don't compare yourself to Naoki Nagayama when it comes to romance movies. We may not be able to compare with him!!"
The director in charge of operations said this, which shows that Shuyou’s dominance in romance films is truly unparalleled.
So Kuroda Ryo asked with some annoyance:
"What should we do? Last year's performance was not good, and the financial report for February will not look good either. If we don't find a solution this year, the board of directors will be unhappy!"
When it comes to interests, all the senior executives frowned.
For a while, they could only drink in depression, so the top management found a vent:
"Minister Yamamura, you are the Minister of Planning, don't you have any good ideas?!"
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Yamamura Toshitaka wants to curse, but if I have a better idea, will you let me sit in your seat? !
However, as the director of planning and sales, I cannot be shy at this time.
"I really don't have any good ideas for winning over my tree friends in romance movies~"
"but."
"It's not like there's only one type of movie, romance!"
"Judging from the trend of foreign films in recent years, science fiction and action films are becoming more and more popular. Perhaps we can develop in this direction!!!"
"Surpass your tree friends in other areas! Return to the top!"
After listening to Yamamura Toshitaka's analysis, the senior executives thought for a while, and then Kuroda Ryo suddenly thought:
"Action movies are not good enough! The action scenes in Shuyou's Hayato are outstanding!"
"Yes, yes, it's really realistic and exciting, it seems to be a combination of Hong Kong action movies and European and American fighting styles, it feels like it's a unique style!"
“Indeed, indeed.”
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Looking at this group of people who are trying to boost others' prestige but destroy their own ambitions, Yamamura Toshitaka wanted to curse. It was you who asked me to find a solution, but now that you have come up with a solution, you are suppressing me again. Is it so difficult to be a worker? !
However, Takafumi Ogasawara, who had been listening, discovered a blind spot:
“Science fiction!”
"??"
"It seems that tree friends have never made a successful science fiction film!!!"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's eyes lit up instantly.
Yes, Shuyou Films dominates romance films, and is also unique in action and comedy films. Horror films (Sadako) and dramas (Hachiko: A Dog's Tale) also seem to have potential. However, it seems that they have never made any science fiction films!
Among the different types of movies, romance, action, comedy and science fiction are the easiest to make money at the box office!
Oh. It seems that Naoki Nagayama has written science fiction novels, but the writing and the filming are different!!!
"Yeah, yeah! Science fiction movies are very technical!"
"Science fiction films are not something that can be made casually. They require heavy investment, experience and technology. Only a well-established production company like ours with a strong foundation has the strength to make them!"
"So we should beat our tree friends in areas where we are good at!!!"
Ogasawara Takafumi listened to the discussion of the senior executives and gradually gained confidence in his heart, so he knocked on the wine glass:
"Then let's decide this first. This year's focus will be on science fiction films!!!"
"Yeah, that's right!" "That's right!" "Let's use science fiction movies to turn defeat into victory!" "."
Looking at the excitement of Toei's top executives, Toshitaka Yamamura, the planning director, felt a little uneasy. He seemed to have heard something before, what was Naoki Nagayama going to do by buying an island?
Ah. Yes, yes, we need to build a children’s playground!
That’ll be fine!
Originally, it was just a small-scale discussion within Toei, and no one knew who directly spread the content.
In the entertainment industry, as long as three people know something, it is no longer a secret. So an undercurrent spread among film production studios such as Toho, Toei, Shochiku, and Kadokawa.
Naoki Nagayama heard the news from Yoshimura Otomo while he was on vacation at home.
"What? There are a lot of movies that have been approved this year, and many of them are science fiction films?" Naoki Nagayama asked into the microphone with some confusion, "What's going on?"
In Japan, movies do not require third-party review before they are broadcast. Generally, they are reviewed internally by the film production company and are reviewed and graded by the "Film Ethics Management Committee" before they are broadcast. If they cause major impacts, they are also handled by the industry itself.
That’s why we shoot all kinds of movies.
However, if you want to make a profitable commercial film rather than a low-cost niche film, you naturally need financing, star actors who can carry the flag, famous directors and screenwriters, etc., so the news generally cannot be concealed.
"Yeah~" Yoshimura Otomo was also wondering in the microphone, "Because Shuyou is going to shoot a few movies this year, so when I was chatting at an industry gathering, I heard a famous producer talk about this matter."
"I heard that Toho and Toei all have ideas in this regard."
"Huh?" Naoki Nagayama was a little surprised at first, but then he thought that this actually had nothing to do with him, "It's possible that the trend in recent years is science fiction films.
After all, the American film "ET" two years ago and "Return to Time" last year both achieved very good box office results, and the Japanese film industry has also responded!"
Yoshimura Otomo on the other end of the phone nodded:
"That's possible. But Naoki-san, aren't you also going to shoot Jurassic Park this year? Is that okay?"
"Ha, what does that matter?"
Naoki Nagayama is full of confidence.
"It's estimated that it will be released in the second half of the year. Once other companies' science fiction movies have cultivated a good audience, everyone can come and watch the more outstanding "Jurassic Park"!"
"Hahaha, Naoki-san is confident again!"
Yoshimura Otomo was also relieved. He had originally just regarded this incident as an interesting anecdote, and the phone call was another matter.
"Naoki-san has invited you to be the award presenter at the Blue Ribbon Film Awards, right?"
"Hi," Naoki Nagayama nodded in confirmation, "The Academy Awards also sent an invitation, but this year I want to go to the Blue Ribbon."
“But judging by the trend of Ghost, it will probably win many awards. Will you give awards to yourself then?!”
".Uh. That shouldn't be the case?!"
The Blue Ribbon Film Awards should take this into consideration.
"Anyway," said Yoshimura Otomo, "I have already mobilized my tree friends' connections, and Ghost will definitely win a lot of awards! You just need to be prepared."
“There’s no need to fight.”
Naoki Nagayama is no longer so interested in Japanese awards.
"That's impossible! What belongs to us is ours!"
Yoshimura Otomo was very active.
“Why should I give it to others?”
"I mean"
Naoki Nagayama paused.
"If you want to compete, you can compete for an international award like the Oscars! Ghost will definitely be popular abroad!"
"This~~~"
Yoshimura Otomo was stunned, it turned out that he had underestimated it!!!
"Hahaha, okay. Then let's open up the American market at the beginning of the year and get Ghost released in the U.S.! Then we can win an Oscar!"
The hearty laughter could be heard through the microphone.
Naoki Nagayama also smiled and nodded:
"Good! Win an Oscar!"