Chapter 193: Tokyo Returns
After seeing the real India with his own eyes, Zhang Fan feels that he has always lived a very good life.
In the past, I didn't say that I could live in a high-rise building, but at least I could have a home of my own. In terms of food, clothing, shelter and transportation, at least basic needs can be met.
And with compulsory education, at least you can get rid of illiteracy. As for free medical care for Indians, it's more of a joke. Have you ever seen a free medical treatment that uses a beer bottle as an infusion bottle? And those doctors are barefoot doctors who are not licensed, who have not received a full education, and who use mainly herbal medicine!
The real India can only be seen after actually stepping into these slums that are everywhere throughout India.
India says that there are many ethnic groups, but in fact there are only two kinds of people.
One is the conqueror known as the white man, called caste. The other is the vanquished, called the untouchables.
The preparation of the crew is very smooth, or Eddie's work ability is very strong. After applying for a special public relations fee from Zhang Fan, Eddie successfully obtained all the government approvals and could officially start filming.
According to Eddie's description, the Indian officials were very talkative, and as long as the green dollars were handed over, nothing could be done.
After getting the approval, the official shooting began immediately.
The venue is directly in the slums, and the extras can recruit a large group of people with just some cheap Indian bills. As for the filming process, it is completely in Zhang Fan's mind.
At the beginning, those crew members still regarded Zhang Fan as Kaizi who wanted to play his movie dream just for a little money. After all, Zhang Fan does not have the slightest qualifications and experience as a director, and he is still a foreigner. These perennial people in Hollywood are only obedient to Zhang Fan for the sake of the dollar.
Only, when the official shooting began. Zhang Fan easily controlled the actions of the entire crew, and the filming progress did not deviate in the slightest, and the progress was even very fast. This made these Yankees shout in their hearts and be shocked at the same time, and at the same time really identify with Zhang Fan.
No matter what industry it is, the layman is always frowned upon. This is especially true when a layman is a leader.
Under Zhang Fan's control, although the climatic conditions and shooting environment are very harsh, the filming progress of the crew is very fast.
It only took a little more than a month to complete the location shooting. The rest is back in the studio and done.
After the location shooting was completed, Zhang Fan was finally able to leave India, where he ate yellow batter-like curry all day long. After handing over the rest of the work to Eddie, Zhang Fan boarded the plane to Tokyo.
The TV series Naoki Hanzawa is about to start, and it is impossible for Zhang Fan, who is the director and starring actor, not to appear anyway.
Although I don't have much confidence in Zhang Fan's TV series, it is impossible for Fuji TV to surrender to TBS TV with a white flag just because Takuya Kimura is starring!
Fuji TV has given this TV series the publicity and various conveniences it deserves, and even increased publicity for the sake of face.
If this was more for the sake of face competition with TBS TV before, then after Zhang Fan suddenly became popular in the United States, it really became a power propaganda.
During the time when Zhang Fan was filming movies in India, things in the United States were not delayed at all.
Under Li Ruhui's work, there are channels from Universal Music, Fox TV and ABC TV to help promote it. Zhang Fan's moveslikejagger went all the way to win the Billboard Week championship!
The quality of this song is already very high, plus Zhang Fan has a large amount of money to spend on publicity, and it has the support of two major TV stations and Universal Music. This is a well-deserved achievement.
In the commercialized country of the United States, as long as you are willing to spend money, there is almost nothing you can't do!
Zhang Fan's moveslikejagger caused an uproar throughout Asia. This is the first time that an Asian has reached the top on a billboard!
Zhang Fan's achievements instantly sparked a strong response in Asia. In addition to the Chinese side is still more reserved. Japan, South Korea and other American little brothers are already boiling.
The Japanese fear and adore the Americans. Everything in the United States is considered good, and the Asians who can succeed in the United States are even more envious.
Although Zhang Fan is Chinese, ordinary people in Japan don't care about this. After learning that Zhang Fan will appear in a Fuji TV drama, the expectation rate of the survey has begun to climb wildly.
The other happiest country to bounce around is South Korea. Because Zhang Fan is a song that he collaborated with Jessica. Although Jessica has American citizenship and is only a chorus character in the song. However, the Koreans, who have always considered themselves to be the great powers of the universe, completely attributed the credit to Jessica. The lead singer Zhang Fan has become a supporting role in their report.
Japan is a market that Zhang Fan values because of its large market size and high consumption level.
As for South Korea, the narrow land and small number of people in the market are not in the flow, and Zhang Fan has no interest at all. He was not even in the mood to take a look at the nonsense of the South Korean media under the collective high tide.
Unlike the last time he came to Tokyo, when Zhang Fan walked out of the VIP passage, the dense crowd was already waving a lot of support items and screaming at Zhang Fan, and the noise of the entire airport seemed to have increased by an octave in an instant!
Zhang Fan was taken aback, he didn't expect to encounter such a scene before getting off the plane. It seems that the influence of the Americans on Japan is indeed very terrifying.
After showing a charming smile, Zhang Fan walked towards the outside of the airport under the escort of many staff.
Many of the fans who came to pick them up at the airport were mostly young women. Shouting Zhang Fan's name came up and wanted to have close, even negative contact, with Zhang Fan. However, a group of five big and three rough entourages pushed people away very roughly.
Of course, the staff who do this kind of thing are all staff, Zhang Fan completely pretended not to see it and waved his hand with a smile, maintaining his image.
Amid the shouts of many fans, Zhang Fan boarded the car and went directly to Fuji TV.
"Mr. Zhang, congratulations!" Koji Takeda stretched out his hand to Zhang Fan with a smile on his face, "Your achievements in the United States are the pride of all Asians!"
"It's ok. Zhang Fan didn't care much about this.
"Mr. Zhang's excellent performance in the United States has directly affected the Japanese market. After the two sides sat down separately, Koji Takeda still kept talking about the United States. For countries like Japan and South Korea, which are deeply influenced by the Americans, their admiration and fear of the United States are incomprehensible to people like China, who are equal to the United States.
For a media person like Koji Takeda, being able to open up the U.S. music market is something that he never dreamed of.
If a foreigner wants to open up a situation in the United States, excellent works, deep financial support and strong publicity channels are indispensable. The reason why Zhang Fan was able to succeed is because he has all three!
"Let's talk about the TV series. Zhang Fan didn't want to talk more about the United States in front of Koji Takeda, so he changed the topic with a smile.
Koji Takeda is also a smart person, and after understanding what Zhang Fan meant, he immediately nodded in agreement, "Recent surveys show that the audience's expectations for your TV series are rising rapidly. ”
"Have you made the preliminary preparations for the TV series?" asked Zhang Fan aloud.
Before Zhang Fan was busy with things in the United States, the TV series Hanzawa Naoki was handed over to Fuji TV to make preliminary preparations. It wasn't until this time that the official shooting began.
"That's right. Koji Takeda nodded in response, "The preliminary preparations have been completed." The crew and actors are already in place. We invited director Katsuo Fukuzawa to direct..."
Zhang Fan interrupted Koji Takeda with a loud voice, "Wait a minute, I remember saying before that I will be the director of this play." ”
"That's right. Zhang Fan's reputation is now soaring, and Koji Takeda can't talk to Zhang Fan purely as a partner, and his attitude has been weakened, "Mr. Zhang has no experience after all..."
"I filmed a TV series in Huaxia with high ratings. Zhang Fan interrupted Koji Takeda again, and waved his hand calmly, "Moreover, I am still directing a film with a total investment of more than 30 million US dollars and Disney participation." ”
Koji Takeda's eyes widened instantly.
An investment of $30 million is nothing, and it is just a small business in Hollywood. It's not a lot of money for Fuji TV either.
To the surprise of Koji Takeda, Zhang Fan was able to direct a Hollywood movie!
This is not a small investment literary film that deceives beautiful women, but a big production with the participation of Hollywood giant Disney!
Koji Takeda had heard about this before, but he didn't care about it. I didn't expect Disney to invest!
When the Japanese economy was booming, they once arrogantly declared that they wanted to buy the whole of the United States!
At that time, Japan's stock market and real estate market were all freaks blown up by bubbles. The combined land prices of the whole of Tokyo can buy the entire land of the United States!
This horrific land price drove the Japanese crazy, and then they began to invade the United States and buy it aggressively. At that time, the Japanese really bought everything, even the Rockefeller Building.
However, after the bubble in the real estate market and stock market burst, the Japanese not only vomited everything they had eaten, but even started a decades-long economic weakness for this.
Moreover, the Americans did not have a good impression of Japan because of that incident. With Japan's economic capacity, only Sony can have a foothold in Hollywood.
"I'm going to direct this TV series myself. "The main reason why Zhang Fan wants to be a director is that after he bought film and television works from the system store, the entire shooting process was in his mind, and he didn't need to get some unnecessary redundant shooting. [.]