Chapter 70: In Progress
At the premiere, the main creative staff of the film, director Shunji Iwai, Miho Nakayama, Etsuji Toyokawa, and other main actors, as well as the producers of the investor were all present.
The interview lasted about 30 minutes, and after Shunji Iwai picked up the microphone and said, "Next, please enjoy this movie," the lights in the movie theater dimmed.
Ye Zhao and Sakai Izumizu also took advantage of this to take off the black baseball caps they had been wearing.
Needless to say, the fame of the movie "Love Letter" is, when recommending RB movies, basically everyone will recommend it.
A woman named Hiroko Watanabe, after the third anniversary of her fiancΓ© Fujii Shu, because she couldn't control her longing for her deceased lover, was flipping through the classmates of her former lover in elementary school, and with a wonderful feeling, she sent a love letter to what she thought was sent to heaven along the address on it.
Not long after, she received a reply named "Fujii Tree". After further investigation, she learned that this Fujii tree was a woman of her age, and that she was a classmate of her old lover, Fujii Shu. In order to learn more about their former lovers, the two began to exchange letters.
In the continuous memories, the female Fujii tree gradually discovered the tenderness that the male Fujii tree had hidden for her when she was a teenager.
Shunji Iwai is a master of literature and art, "Love Letter", as one of his quite popular works, has played his aesthetic to the bone marrow, although most of the people present are related people who came to watch the movie with a little box office priority, but they were also unconsciously attracted by this movie.
is about one hundred and twenty minutes of movie, the time in the film flows slowly, but the time outside the film passes quietly, even Ye Zhao himself, although he has seen this movie in his previous life, he still took it seriously and enjoyed it again.
"Dear Miss Hiroko Watanabe, I didn't send this letter because I was shy. In the last shot, the picture freezes the face of Miho Nakayama who is about to cry.
"It's a good movie. When the cast and crew list was scrolled on the screen, Sakai Izumi turned his face slightly and whispered to Ye Zhao.
Ye Zhao nodded, "Indeed." "Being able to shoot the blandness of a Japanese-style literary film without any sense of verbosity can be seen in Shunji Iwai's cleverness.
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Before leaving the movie theater, Izumi Sakai went to say hello to Shunji Iwai.
Shunji Iwai's eyes are calm, his tone is stern, and he has a strong artist's temperament. Seeing Sakai Spring, he gently raised the corners of his mouth and showed a smiling expression, "Thank you for coming, Miss Sakai." His gaze crossed her and fell on Ye Zhao, who was wearing a baseball cap standing behind her, and looked at him carefully, "Mr. Ye?"
"Hello Mr. Iwai," Ye Zhao owed, "Miss Tosakai's blessing, come and disturb, the movie is quite good." β
"Thank you. Shunji Iwai nodded.
In addition to Shunji Iwai backstage, there are also movie staff members passing by from time to time. At this time, it has been nearly two years since Sakai Izumi said goodbye to TV performances, but she is still easily recognized.
"Isn't this Miss Sakai?" a man in his forties and fifties stopped.
"Hello. "Sakai Spring owes itself.
The man smiled and said, "I'm so lucky to meet Miss Sakai here." I'm Takahashi, a producer at Fuji TV. β
Fuji Television is the producer and distributor of Love Letters. Fuji Television has a long history of film production, dating back to 1968 with the heroes of the Five Societies' "The Imperial Gold", and with the decline of the RB film market in the 80s, TV stations aggressively attacked the film industry, eventually dividing the local film landscape into three major forces: film companies, television stations, and independent producers.
Behind private television stations are often large conglomerates and newspapers, so they produce and distribute films, and they have considerable guarantees in terms of funding, publicity, and so on.
Before he started directing films, Shunji Iwai had a long-term relationship with Fuji Television, and this time he made his first theatrical film, and Fuji Television also became his backing.
The Takahashi producer seems to be quite fond of Sakai Izumi, and has been chattering since he recognized her, and as for Ye Zhao, he didn't even look at it, and it seems that because he was wearing a hat and standing far away, he was treated as a staff member or something.
Sakai Izumizu is obviously not good at this kind of polite occasion, but because of etiquette, he can only maintain his posture and reluctantly respond. Ye Zhao thought about it, quietly left the backstage, hid in the stairwell of the safety exit, and dialed the phone of Sakai Spring.
There was only one ring on the other end of the phone, and it was quickly answered.
"Miss Sakai, there's your itinerary next, the car is ready, please come out quickly. Ye Zhao said in a businesslike tone.
The other end of the phone quickly answered: "I know, please wait a moment, I'll go over right away." β
Hanging up the phone, Ye Zhao shook his neck, and walked to the elevator like a triumphant person who had just done something big.
After a while, Sakai Quanshui hurriedly walked out of the corridor, and Ye Zhao beckoned to her, "Sister Quanshui, this way." β
In the elevator with only two people, Sakai Izumi was arranging his hat and joking with Ye Zhao: "Ye Jun, I didn't expect you to be quite good at lying." β
"There's no way, Sister Quanshui was so embarrassed that she was about to sweat just now, and the special event was specially solved. Ye Zhao raised his eyebrows, "Then again, is Sister Quanshui praising me or belittling me?"
"You have done everything for me, and if I belittle you, wouldn't it be too unconscionable. Sakai Izumii said with a smile.
"Since it's a compliment," Ye Zhao was a little excited, "Is there any reward then?"
"Yes. β
"What?"
Sakai Izumi blinked, "Please have dinner." β
"This is a pre-existing reservation...... Ye Zhao protested.
The elevator stopped with a clang, and Sakai Izumi stepped out of the elevator with a smile, declaring Ye Zhao's protest invalid with his actions.
Dinner was scheduled at a kaiseki restaurant in Nishiazabu, Minato-ku, and Sakai Izumi had made a reservation a week earlier. Although the dining time was temporarily changed, because she was a regular customer, the restaurant was still very accommodating.
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In an elegant Japanese-style box, in an elegant Japanese-style box, Sakai Izumi and Ha Akira sit opposite each other, while Yuki Uemura and Miss Imai sit next to each other.
It seems that the two were accidentally discovered by a reporter while attending the premiere, and just as they were leaving the Kadokawa Theater and coming to Nishiazabu, Yuki Uemura spotted the magazine's car in the rearview mirror.
Today is different from the past, Ye Zhao is already a rookie full of topics, not to mention Sakai Spring, since she announced that she would no longer appear on TV, countless magazines have aimed at her private life, ready to dig up some shocking information.
However, when the two of them took the assistant and kept a polite distance from the restaurant, the reporter who followed him withdrew his gun and turned around and left.
In any case, if you are on a date, you will not go to a kaiseki restaurant with an assistant. Maybe in a few days' time, there will be a small short report in the magazine mentioning it, and more likely it will not even be mentioned.
The appetizer is Akashi sea bream flakes, followed by Abu chicken pea soup, sashimi platter, mullet roe, tuna sushi, grilled beef tenderloin, sea urchin, and ...... The waiter holds the dishes in fine porcelain in both hands and serves them carefully one by one.
"Sister Quanshui, I had a question for you before. When the pre-dinner wine was served, Ye Zhao provoked the topic.
"Huh?" Sakai Izumii looked at him with interest.
"Daikoku-san told me that you didn't attend the BEER because you didn't drink beer. What kind of wine does Sister Quanshui usually drink?"
Sakai Spring didn't answer and asked, "What does Ye Jun think?"
"Well," Ye Zhao thought for a while and said deliberately, "Probably wearing a custom dress, sitting in the window seat of the luxury Western restaurant in the skyscraper, shaking the high-end wine in the goblet, and toasting to the scenery outside the window, like this?"
"Poof!" Miss Imai, who was sitting next to her, couldn't help laughing, and realized that she was a little rude, so she quickly covered her mouth.
Sakai Quanshui looked at Ye Zhao with a puzzled expression, "In your heart, am I actually such an image?"
"Just kidding," Ye Zhao clasped his hands together, "I guess Sister Quanshui may be surprised by the sake pie." β
"Why do you think so?"
"I feel that Izumizu-sama fits in well with the atmosphere of the kaiseki restaurant, so I think I like traditional sake?"
Miss Imai on the side finally couldn't help it, and replied instead of Sakai Spring: "Ye Zhaosang, it's wrong." Miss Izumizu's favorite thing is the mixology with a little sweetness. β
"I guessed wrong. Ye Zhao grabbed his hair, picked up the wine glass, drank the shallow pre-dinner wine, smashed his mouth, and his eyes lit up, "Sister Quanshui, you should like this wine very much, it's a little sweet, and a little fresh grapefruit flavor." β
Sakai Spring Water held his cheek with one hand, and looked at Ye Zhao with a little ...... in his eyes Kindness? Oh no, it's gentleness. After a while, she slowly drank the aperitif, nodded, "Yes, I love it." β
In fact, the only thing that was drunk in this whole meal was this glass of aperitif, but Ye Zhao felt that he might remember the taste of this glass of wine for a long time.
After eating the last dessert, Miss Imai and Yuki Uemura went to the parking lot to drive first, and Ye Aki and Sakai Izumi walked out of the restaurant a little later. Sending Sakai Spring Water to the car, Ye Zhao said: "Thank you Sister Quanshui for your hospitality today, I am very happy." β
"Me too. Sakai Izumi waved at him, "See you next time, Ye Jun." β
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