The journey of the plane is usually very short, especially the flight from South Korea to Japan, which is not very long, and after a while, the Asiana Airlines plane stopped safely at Tokyo's Haneda Airport.

After getting off the plane, Kim Do-jun walked straight to the passage, had already contacted director Takashi Miike in advance, would wait for him in the studio, and sent Kim Do-joon's agent Anan in Japan to pick him up.

After following Kim so young and taking the luggage, I found that there were no fans at Haneda Airport today, and it seemed that there were no fans coming to pick up the plane to support, maybe the news was not particularly high, and even if there were, it was just three or three standing together, shyly holding the support scarf in his hand, and looking at Kim Dojun embarrassedly.

Taking off his hat and glasses, with a faint smile on his face, he nodded, bowed slightly to the fans, and said hello.

Some fans glanced at Kim Do-jun timidly, still holding a notebook in his hand, which seemed to be about to be autographed.

Kim Do-jun stopped, anyway, there weren't many people, so he couldn't delay for a few minutes, looked at the location, and walked straight over.

It can be seen obviously, when the female fan in front of her saw her coming, the expression on her face changed from the original surprise, to surprise, and then to excitement, with a look of disbelief she saw, and almost jumped up from the ground.

It seems that they are not very old, and some of them are junior high school students who are still carrying schoolbags and wearing school uniforms!

Long Feifeng danced, quickly helped the female students in front of him sign a few names, and left quickly under the urging of Kim so Yong.

Kim so-young doesn't like Kim Do-joon very much, and he casually interacts with fans by signing autographs, which looks really good. It was cozy. I take good care of my fans.

But Kim Do-joon didn't think about it himself. First, there were not many people around him, not even an assistant, only Li Yongzhe and a makeup artist.

If something bad happens, or if it causes a riot, it is very dangerous to easily let the whole scene get out of control and not be effectively controlled.

So in the airport, artists rarely do more interaction with fans. At most, a nod will be fine.

Basically, as soon as you get off the plane, go outside, or go directly to the VIP channel, and get into the nanny car as soon as possible to avoid these things from happening.

As soon as he walked to the door, he found that Anan had already stood up in advance, waved his hand, and trotted all the way over.

"Hello Daojun, long time no see!"

patted Kim Do-joon's arm and said with a slight smile. As before, I'm still very shy. When he spoke, he didn't dare to look at Kim Do-joon.

It's just that it's much better now than it was at the beginning, at least there's no problem with greetings, and it's still very easy.

"Brother Anan, long time no see!"

Kim Do-jun hurriedly got into the car under his greeting, a little bit of a taste of being pushed up, the enthusiasm of Japanese fans is no less than that of South Korea, no wonder Korean artists like to come to Japan for development, not only because of money and companies, but also because of the support of Japanese meals, which can't help but make artists have a good impression and like fans in this country.

Kim Do-joon didn't get out of the car to help, he waved his hand through the window, and didn't even close the curtains, which is disrespectful to fans and an impact on his own image.

The expectations of fans are very small, and sometimes they really need to be generous and let more people know about themselves.

Kim Do-jun didn't expect his popularity to be like this now, it doesn't seem to be anything that has exploded people's attention, but by his side, he has accumulated a lot of fans.

The flashing lights, screams, and the sound of fans tapping on the glass of the car were all very harsh, and there were not many fans who gathered around the nanny car all of a sudden, and they were unconsciously a little worried.

When there are many people, it is easy to have problems, even if it is just a small crowding incident, it will have a great impact in the end, so Kim Do-jun has to be careful

After watching Anango help Kim so-young and Lee Yong-chul put all the luggage in the trunk, he opened the door and got into the car, started the car, and drove to the studio.

Along the way, the atmosphere was obviously very silent, and if it weren't for Kim Do-joon's presence, he probably wouldn't have been able to say a word.

In the past, Han Sung-ho followed behind Kim Do-joon, and Anan was very familiar with him, and he had met many times, but this time it was the first time that Kim so-young followed him to Japan as Kim Do-joon's agent, although he had explained on the phone, the two of them didn't say a few words because of the language, and they would only say hello in the most basic way, so they were silent, so they could only nod awkwardly, bow and shake hands with each other and say hello.

"Brother Anan, I would like to officially introduce you, my new agent Jin Suyong, Brother Suyong, this is my agent in the Japanese office, Minami Muto, they are all meeting for the first time, let's say hello!"

Foreigners together, it is really inconvenient, language communication is a big problem, fortunately come to Japan, the average Korean will speak a few words of Japanese, may be similar to grammar, Koreans learn Japanese, far easier than learning Chinese.

"Hello, I'm Kim so Young, please take care of me when we meet for the first time!"

Kim so-young, who was sitting in the co-pilot, stretched out his hand and bowed respectfully like a Japanese greeting each other, and spoke.

"Hello, I'm Minami Muto, it's a pleasure to meet you, please take care of me!"

This way of greeting has become a common practice in the Japanese, with constant bowing, bending down, and saying "hi"

Ordinary people still can't accept it, it's too polite, and Kim Do-joon is the same, he doesn't like this way very much.

After watching the two people say hello, listening to the broken Japanese and Korean, I really couldn't accept it, so I could only give a thumbs up, point to the two people sitting at the back, and then introduced.

"Brother Anan, you should know the one in the back, I've been to Japan several times, Li Yongzhe, the agent of our Leessang group, next to him is the makeup artist arranged by the company!"

Since they have all taken the initiative to introduce them, it is naturally impossible to miss Li Yongzhe and them, otherwise it will not be a very polite way of expression.

Besides, the two of them already knew each other, and there was nothing embarrassing and shy, so it was just a matter of taking advantage of the situation to do it yourself.

Cars are speeding down the road from Haneda Airport to downtown Tokyo. Director Takashi Miike's studio is not very far from Ginza. The distance is close. Therefore, the nightlife can be abundant at night.

He has already seen the casual side of director Takashi Miike, although he is not young, he is still like a child who has not grown up, a bit of an old naughty child.

is full of curiosity about everything.,Full of strange ideas.,And the spirit of never accepting old age.,Sometimes more than young people are full of enthusiasm and fighting spirit.,Every time I think of this.。 A faint smile will appear on Kim Do-joon's face.

When will I be like Director Miike, free from shackles, live freely, sit whatever I want, it seems that I can't achieve it now, I'm still too young, I have a lot of things to go through, and I still have a lot of dreams to complete one by one, and when time passes, I'll be older. Maybe it will be the same as Director Miike, thousands of miles of red dust. Chic and sprinkled a lifetime.

After a while, the nanny car stopped in front of the studio, and it still felt familiar, and there was no change at all after a while.

Except for a few cherry blossom trees at the entrance, everything looks the same as the first time.

After getting out of the car, Anan was the first to speak.

"Daojun, you guys are in the company first, Director Miike will personally pick up the wind and wash the dust for you at night, by the way, there are two guests who are coming over, together at night!"

"Oh? Who is it? Do I know each other? ”

Kim Do-jun couldn't wait to ask, I thought it was some familiar actors from "Hot Blooded High School"!

After calculating the time, their schedule should not be available yet, there is still a period of time before filming, and if you want to officially join the group, it will take a while, and you will come over in advance if you have something.

"It's time to get together with them!"

Kim Dojun whispered in his heart, not to mention anything else, his relationship with Takayuki Yamada is still very good, and the two formed a deep friendship when they were filming.

As the saying goes, if you don't fight, you don't know each other, this principle works there, many friends and brothers only met from the first fight, and eventually developed into very good friends.

"I guess I don't know, I heard Director Miike say, it seems that he is a director who is very good at making MVs, and the other is a composer, who is very good at composing music and writing lyrics, and has single-handedly arranged the songs of many famous artists and groups, for you, I specially invited to come!"

Anan is not very clear about these things, generally speaking, he has nothing to do with himself, he doesn't like to manage too much, and he doesn't worry about it.

If it weren't for Kim Do-jun coming over, he wouldn't have bothered to ask a few words.

"Oh! So that's the case, okay, hard Anan, then I'll go up by myself! ”

Kim Dojun nodded hurriedly, took the opportunity to hug Anan, carried his backpack, and went straight up.

As soon as I entered the company, I found that it had been almost a few months since I last came, and there were many more people in the studio of director Takashi Miike, and it was a young woman, which made Kim Do-joon refreshed.

He touched his chin and muttered quietly.

"I can't guess what the director thinks, it's really strange that a lot of girls were hired at once!"

The waiter at the front desk seemed to recognize him, smiled slightly and bowed to greet him, explained the reason, and then led Kim Dojun upstairs.

Coming to the door, Kim Do-jun knocked on the door gently, and after hearing a "please come in" inside, he opened the door and entered.

"Director Miike, I'm here!"

Kim Do-joon's standard 45-degree bow greeted him.

"Oh oh, Daojun is here! So soon, I thought you would have another 2 hours to come over, I knew it was so early, I would have gone over with Anan to pick you up! ”

Director Miike quickly got up from the chair, walked to Kim Do-joon's side, patted his arm, and said with some excitement, I've been busy with the script, and I don't even have the time to eat, don't think that the director doesn't do anything, just directs on the spot.

In fact, the word director has a very broad meaning, which is both professional and general, and requires the director to grasp the overall situation and organize and schedule the filming schedule of the movie or TV series.

At the same time, there are also reasonable judgments, revisions and improvements to the script, plot, and outline, what kind of shots are what you need as a director, what kind of actors' expressions are what the director wants, and what kind of lighting, lighting, and photography techniques can satisfy you. It's all on the director alone.

So the box office of a movie is good or bad. If you count the actors together. If you succeed, 70% of the credit is due to the director, 30% is due to the actors and other aspects, a very simple truth, the on-site shooting of the actors, is according to your requirements, the post-editing and special effects are also according to your requirements, to the final publicity, distribution, release. The producer and investor will also try their best to help you, schedule more, promote more, and if it is not successful, almost all the reasons will be blamed on the director.

If an actor is an actor, at most, if the acting skills are not good, or the script is not good, there is nothing to do, there are too many artists with poor acting skills in the entertainment industry. But they still have notices, and there are still investors looking for them to film.

But the director is different. If you fail, you will have to stay at home for a long time, and you will be crowned with the title of "failed director", and you will have no work to do.

The reality is very cruel, so Kim Do-joon wants to take the step of directing, not just by making an MV to learn experience, or through a few successful MVs he thinks he can be the same, he has a lot to learn, at least director Miike is the best role model.

The only way in front of Kim Do-joon now is to study with director Miike and find a university in Korea to learn acting and directing expertise, which is the most important thing.

In a country like South Korea that attaches great importance to academic qualifications, qualifications, and seniority relationships, alumni are very important connections, for example, Chung-Ang University's directing department, acting department, and Dongguk University's acting department have cultivated many famous directors and actors for the Korean entertainment industry, forming a huge central network and Dongguk network, to name a simple example.

"Famous alumni of Chung-Ang University, Kang Di-gyu, Kong Woo-jin, Ha Jung-woo, Kim Hee-sun, Kim Rae-won, Yoon Eun-hye, Kim Beom, Lee Young-ae, Lee Byung-hun, Lee Beom-so, Lee Yeon-hee, Lee Jung-hyun, Hyun Bin, Jang Na-ra, and many more!"

There are many famous artists, many artists of the older generation have taken on the role of professors in it, not only participating in performances in person, but sometimes returning to school to give lectures, Kong Youzhen is a typical representative.

As for Dongguk University, there are also many directors, actors, and singers.

"Choi Min-sik, Lee Kyung-kyu, Kim Hye-so, Ahn Qi-hyun, Han Chae-young, Lee Da-hae, Yoo Si-won, Jun Ji-hyun, Kim So-yeon, Cho In-sung, ERIC, Lee Min-woo, Han Hyo-joo and many more!"

I can't list them all, these huge connections, intertwined, have controlled a variety of relationships in the entire entertainment industry, and a simple alumni reunion can easily generate a lot of intersections and opportunities.

Maybe the next good fortune will fall on your head.

In fact, Kim Do-joon has already discussed this matter with Kim so-young, it is impossible this year, if he can, he will help Kim Do-joon contact a university next year, as for Chung-Ang University or Dongguk University, or other universities, these will be discussed in detail later, so far, the only thing that can be determined is that with Kim Do-joon's graduation grades, graduating from Yale University with full marks, and wanting to enter that university for a master's degree, it is a very easy thing.

As long as he is willing to apply, it is almost 100% certain, so Kim Do-jun is not in a hurry now, and before he thinks about it, these are all in the back of his mind.

It is precisely because of this that many families do not object to children chasing stars, if every child can be like Kim Do-joon, with such good grades and graduation from a prestigious university in the United States, he will not have to work so hard to pull him from high school to college.

You know, the burden of going to school in South Korea is not light, education is very strict, and the annual college entrance examination is more important than anything else.

Whether it is a passenger plane or a military aircraft, as long as it is in the examination area, it is forbidden to fly, cars on the road are prohibited from honking their horns to prevent affecting the children's college entrance examination, and the police have taken to the streets to maintain order and ease traffic.

More parents are burning incense and kneeling at the door outside the examination room, begging for their children to get a good score and be admitted to the ideal university.

Back at the studio, after listening to what Director Miike said, Kim Do-jun said with a slight smile.

"How can it be bothersome for the director to pick me up in person, it's good for me to come over by myself, it's not very troublesome, and there is Brother Anan to pick me up, it's okay!"

Kim Do-joon is not like other artists, he is very particular about pomp and circumstance, but he is very casual, just comfortable, and he doesn't need to do some pretentious things.

"I haven't seen you for months. Do-joon is getting better at talking. All right. Come and sit down, Anan told you, there is a party in the evening, you have to come over! ”

Stretching out his hand, he motioned for Kim Do-joon to sit opposite him, and he continued to return to his chair, took out a cigarette from the table, took out one and handed it to Kim Do-joon.

"One?"

"No, I don't. No, I don't smoke, I've already said it, I think I'm a director and a composer who is good at shooting music videos, right? ”

Kim Do-jun didn't say anything polite to Director Miike, sat down, put down his backpack, took off his hat, and straightened his hair. Quickly wave your hand and signal that you will not smoke.

"Don't smoke? That's not going to work. The movie you made is a bad teenager, but "Hot Blooded High School", which is full of youth and blood, you actually told me not to smoke, I don't care about other times, now I am about to enter the state of filming, I have to learn to smoke if I don't smoke, last time a friend told me that your smoking posture is not very natural, and you just learned it at first glance, and this time there can be no such situation! ”

Don't think that director Takashi Miike looks kind and pleasant, with a smile on his face, but in fact, he has very strict requirements for filming, the quality is very high, and he often NG, as long as the actor fails to meet his requirements a little, he will immediately overturn and start over.

Some actors were even stopped by him for criticism, and they were notoriously bad-tempered directors.

Even for Kim Do-joon, I like and take care of the juniors, but the requirements for him are naturally much stricter.

Kim Do-joon glanced at Director Takashi Miike in disdain, and could only take a cigarette and stick his head out.

"Ding", after ignition, take a deep breath.

People who have never smoked, except when they tried smoking when they were filming the first hot-blooded college, they didn't touch it the rest of the time.

I don't smoke much, I smoke too much, my throat is not very comfortable, I cough easily, and I have a lot of phlegm.

Second, there is no need, Kim Do-jun doesn't have so many worries, and he smokes in order to abandon his troubles, so naturally he didn't develop these habits.

As for the third one, I'm afraid that Taeyeon won't like it, after all, smoking is not a good thing, and it's not good for the body, if she has seen it, it's okay when filming, these are professional needs, and in private, maybe I'll be angry.

The little guy is small, not tall, and still quite temperamental, at least, he will not accept Kim Do-joon smoking.

"By the way, how about filming in the United States this time, did you gain anything?"

Director Miike Takashi took off his leather coat, looked at Kim Do-jun with a comfortable face, put his hands behind his head, knocked his legs on the table, shook his chair to look at Kim Do-jun, and asked.

"It's okay, I haven't been in contact with Hollywood, it's very standardized and standard, there are also very strict time limits and safety restrictions, the use of stand-ins, the accuracy of the shooting time, are very strict, my role is not much, it is a small supporting role, it didn't take long to finish filming, but I practiced racing for a long time, and I also liked this sport!"

Kim Do-jun half-squinted, his own eyes were almost unable to open, and he hadn't gotten used to the smell of smoke, so he was a little unaccustomed to it.

Stretched out his hand and flicked the cigarette ash, continued to put it in his mouth and took a puff, and then looked at Director Takashi Miike.

"You are a newcomer who debuted for a year, it is very rare to have such an opportunity, participating in the filming of Hollywood movies, for you, you are definitely the biggest turning point in your life, of course, limited to acting career, I think this popularity index, you should feel it yourself, but don't be proud, with the first time there will definitely be a second time, since I can help you for the first time, I will also help you find a second time, of course, as Asians, they all start from supporting roles, even if they are Hollywood action stars, they are the same, has achieved unparalleled popularity and achievements in their own country and region, and it is the same when they go to the United States, interracial discrimination is not so easy to eliminate! ”

Director Miike shook his head and sighed, and responded lightly.

The two of them had been sitting in the office chatting, Kim Do-joon came over, just in time to accompany director Takashi Michi, who stayed in the office all day thinking about the details of the script, until Lee Yong-chul walked in later, he exclaimed.

“oh！ My Megumi Hayashida is here and it's amazing! ”

Facing Li Yongzhe, he put his hands up and down, and touched it, this is his ideal lily of the valley myth.

It didn't go until 6 p.m. that a few people finished chatting and walked towards today's meeting. (To be continued......)