Chapter 151: Nostalgia
"You're a little too good to them, aren't you?" Looking at the proposed contract, Nazumi Horiguchi was a little surprised, "Isn't Japan a big deal of fanfiction authors like this?" ”
"You're wrong, authors like this don't just grab a handful." Shen Zhenghui pursed his lips and said, "Maybe there are occasionally such authors who are suddenly very amazing, but there is still a lack of people in Japan who treat the doujin business as the only business to do." Shen Zhenghui thought about it carefully, "As far as talent itself is concerned, it is just an attachment of persistence. ”
Nazumi Horiguchi looked puzzled, "What? ”
Shen Zhenghui remembered the countless authors he remembered who wrote online novels and the last eunuchs, in a sense, what Shen Zhenghui wanted to recruit was to regard his work as the author of his own career, that is to say, psychologically speaking, he was a person who regarded himself as a full-time author, after all, there are many people with a high level of writing, and compared with the base of amateur authors, there are very few people who can insist on being a full-time author. Of course, there are also people who can maintain their interest in writing and the act of writing, but they create based on their interests and do not achieve the purpose of self-improvement.
When Shen Zhenghui thinks of this, it is easy to think of his previous failed life. He wasn't interested in explaining too much to Nazumi Horiguchi, and in his opinion, the usefulness of Takazu Takeuchi was not only because of the success of their TYPE-MOON, but more importantly, they were two very useful talents who could play a big role in Kasuga's career.
"You mean you're very optimistic about their development in the film industry?" Nazumi Horiguchi asked.
"Ah, the question. Haven't we always invested in animated films in addition to live-action films? ”
"That's just as well." Natsumi Horiguchi shrugged her shoulders, "Miss Liu Xin has been having a headache about the subject matter!" She asked seemingly casually, "Today she also called me and asked me to help her book two tickets to Hong Kong, is it because her subordinates want to go to Hong Kong to purchase copyrights?" ”
"Hong Kong? Hehe," Shen Zhenghui shook his head, "Sure enough, everyone is very nervous, I can't wait!" He sighed, "Do you think Takashi Takeuchi and Nasu Mushroom will accept our terms?" ”
"I don't know what this kind of otaku thinks," Nazumi Horiguchi said. "But if it was when I was younger, someone said they wanted to invest in me and let me play the heroine in the movie. I don't think I can refuse. She said, pausing, and added, "No matter what the conditions." ”
"Your job now is no worse than that of a movie star. Miss Horiguchi. Shen Zhenghui raised his eyebrows.
"That's why I said when I was young!" She spread her hands. "When I was younger, I couldn't have imagined that I would be able to work as a secretary for the president of a big company like Kasuga."
Shen Zhenghui laughed. "Don't be so presumptuous. And," he paused, "those two men are older than you. You don't have to say you're too old. ”
"Hey, I'm too old." Nazumi Horiguchi said, "When I think back to when I dreamed of being a star, I felt that I was really too young at that time. ”
"You're young now, too." Shen Zhenghui responded.
"I can't feel it." Natsumi Horiguchi shrugged her shoulders and took away the text that Shen Zhenghui had signed, "At least I know that what I care about now has changed a lot compared to what I cared about before. ”
Shen Zhenghui took a deep breath, wondering if Nazumi Horiguchi meant something when she said this.
"I'll send a copy of these texts to President Fukuda, don't you have any comments?" Natsumi asked.
"Of course," Shen Zhenghui waved his hand, "this is as it should be," he touched his chin and looked at Nazumi Horiguchi thoughtfully, "Do you still want to be a star?" I mean, it's easy for you to become a star now, but you're going to have to give up your current job and life. ”
"Of course not!" Nazumi Horiguchi responded, "How old am I! ”
"Look at it, I'm also a star, although I never accept interviews and don't appear on variety shows." Shen Zhenghui replied seriously, "I met high school students on the train before, and they were very surprised! Now that I'm out of the house, someone should know me. Shen Zhenghui pouted and said, no matter how he sounded, this tone didn't look like pride.
"Yes, but you can't be called a star at all, you can only be called an actor."
"Aren't actors one level higher than stars?"
"An actor is one level higher than an idol, and a star is one level higher than an actor." Nazumi Horiguchi pursed her lips in response, she sighed, "I used to think it was easy to be a star, but now I think it's very difficult to be a star." She hugged the signed Wen Jiàn and turned away, "Okay, I'll go first." ”
"Wait, what gives you such feelings?" Shen Zhenghui asked.
"It's nothing, Miss Aonuma asked me to dinner, and figured out Guò I asked if I could invite someone to have a meal with." Natsumi Horiguchi tilted her head, looked at Shen Zhenghui and sighed, "So being a star is very easy, but it's also very difficult, isn't it?" ”
Shen Zhenghui touched his chest, "I feel like I was assuming that Takeshi Kitano didn't reject Rie Miyazawa at the beginning, and the reason why I didn't refuse is because I'm younger than Takeshi Kitano." ”
Natsumi Horiguchi raised her eyebrows, "If there's no problem, I'll go away first." She said, then bowed to Shen Zhenghui, "I'm very sorry for offending you!" ”
Shen Zhenghui waved his hand and watched Natsumi walk out.
He looked at the copy of the contract for Takeuchi Chong and Nasu Mushroom that he had left, and at this time he felt a little distracted, the original very lucrative contract at this time, even if Shen Zhenghui saw the various terms in his eyes, he couldn't think about and weigh it, he just felt that these conditions didn't seem to matter.
Shen Zhenghui sat on the chair and pressed his temples hard, "Well, it must be because I'm too tired." He shook his head, resuming that Natsumi had returned to her office, so he picked up the phone on the desk and called Natsumi again, "That's right, Miss Horiguchi." The contact information left for Mr. Takashi Takeuchi and Mr. Nasu Mushroom is yours, if they have any feedback to you, please tell me immediately, and if they think about it and are ready to sign a contract with us, you can also tell me immediately. ”
Natsumi Horiguchi on the other end of the phone was obviously a little surprised, and agreed a little blankly on the other side of the phone. After putting down the phone for a while, Shen Zhenghui picked up the phone again and thought about it. He put the phone back down.
"Jingle bell!" The phone that had been put down rang suddenly. scared Shen Zhenghui. He steadied himself and picked up the phone again, "Moximoxi." ”
"It's me!" Liu Xin's tone was full of joy.
"I know it's you," Shen Zhenghui closed his eyes. "What's the matter?"
"Good thing!" Liu Xin's tone was cheerful and excited. "CLAMP is very interested in the subject matter of "The Legend of Wukong". They've decided to take over the manga adaptation. ”
"I'm in such a hurry, and the Japanese translation hasn't been written yet!" Shen Zhenghui frowned and said, "Didn't the translator say that it would take two weeks?" ”
"I'm good at speaking Japanese with Lao Zhou, Lao Ma, and a few others. I first wrote a synopsis of the story and translated some important lines, and showed this to CLAMP, who liked the story very much and had decided to take over the adaptation of the story. ”
"It's so impulsive, we haven't gotten the copyright yet!"
"I'm sure you'll be able to do it." Liu Xin's tone made Shen Zhenghui feel happy.
"The most important thing is that we found out that Kasuga actually bought the copyright of "Journey to the West"," Liu Xin exclaimed excitedly, "Can you let them dub it into a Japanese version?" Because CLAMP doesn't understand some things and wants to learn them. ”
Shen Zhenghui didn't remember that he had bought the copyright of "Journey to the West", maybe it was Fukuda Mitsumi's decision, so "Journey to the West" was lying in the library of Chunga, Liu Xin mentioned this movie, which made Shen Zhenghui think more instantly, "How do you know that there is this movie in Chunga?" ”
"I asked Mr. Ito, and I wanted to ask if I could dub the disc I brought, but he told me that I had the movie in the library." Liu Xin replied, "He even said that the film can be released in Japan with Japanese, is this true?" ”
"Holy!" Shen Zhenghui said softly, and patted his forehead at the same time, "I know, I'll do this thing." "Soko Ito is the head of the Kasuga Film Library Management Division, but his work is not limited to managing the film library, he is also responsible for the dubbing of foreign films, which is a big deal of things, including scripts, line translation, voice actor selection, etc., these tasks are not the responsibility of one department, there needs to be a coordinator, this coordinator is the head of the library management section, so his position and his responsibilities are not too equal. Shen Zhenghui was also surprised that Liu Xin had such an ability to find accurate people to obtain information.
"I hope it can be soon," Liu Xin said, "and in order to prepare for this, CLAMP even stopped their new comics." ”
"Stopped? No way? ”
"Anyway, it hasn't started serialization yet, so it doesn't matter! Draw later. Liu Xin said.
"Humanoid Computer Angel Heart" came out a few years later, which may be a good thing for otaku, but it may not be necessarily.
Turning off Liu Xin's phone, Shen Zhenghui thought about it and called Ito Sogo directly, "Mr. Ito, I'm President Sasaki, please come to my office." Shen Zhenghui tried to bypass Horiguchi Natsumi and contact the people below directly.
But when Ito came in, Shen Zhenghui was disappointed, he was followed by Nazumi Horiguchi, and Nazumi Horiguchi looked puzzled, "President, what are you looking for Section Director Ito, and the section chief came to ask me." ”
Looking at the somewhat cramped Ito Sogo, Shen Zhenghui smiled, "Sit down," he said, "I just want to ask, if you want to dub Stephen Zhou's "Journey to the West", how long will it take to do it?" ”
After Ito heard this, the cramped and uneasy look on his face was suddenly replaced by a serious look, and he said slowly, "When all the films entered our class, we had already done the relevant work in the early stage, including watching the whole film, writing the script, lines, and formulating dubbing roles, etc., but if there is no plan to release it for a while, the official dubbing work will not start, "Journey to the West" has been in the library for more than half a year, and the preliminary work has been completed, and what we have to do now is just dubbingIf you follow the lì, it will be able to do it in about a week. ”
Shen Zhenghui stared at Ito Sogo in surprise, which made Ito Sogo a little uneasy. I'm afraid that what I said is wrong will cause the vice president's dissatisfaction. However, Shen Zhenghui sighed in his heart, this is simply a talent, he actually made preparations in advance, he tried to show a smile, "So" he said, "Can you start the dubbing work now?" ”
"Yes," Ito Sogo nodded, then asked cautiously, "Do you want to see the list of voice actors we have drawn up?" ”
"Oh, then please show me." Shen Zhenghui said in surprise.
Ito Sogo actually took out a bunjiàn clip from his pocket. took out the dubbing list of "Journey to the West" from the text jiàn folder.
The selection of voice actors is very professional. Shen Zhenghui was surprised to find that he knew some voice actors, but not others. He tilted his head, looked at the list carefully, and then said to Ito Sogo. "The protagonist Monkey King asked Bao Zhi Soichiro to dub it. Zhu Bajie let Fukuyama Run. ”
"Wouldn't it be too young?" Sogo Ito was a little worried.
"I'm sure they'll do a good job. Of course, if it really doesn't work, just change it. Shen Zhenghui stared at the list for a while. Picked up the pen and made some changes on it, "Don't look for anyone else for the role of the white bone spirit, let Tomoaki Aonuma come!" Shen Zhenghui's words made Natsumi Horiguchi, who was standing aside, blink.
Handing the list of voice actors in his hand to Ito Sogo, Shen Zhenghui said, "In this way, I ask Section Chief Ito to speed up the progress and complete this dubbing work as quickly and well as possible, because this work is related to the relevant production of our next work, so I must ask you to bother more." Saying that, Shen Zhenghui stood up.
"Hey, that's my job." Sogo Ito stood up and bowed.
"Also, send me a copy of the translated lines." Shen Zhenghui was a little uneasy about his Japanese expression.
"Yes, I'll go get it." Ito Sogo immediately turned around and left, Shen Zhenghui looked at his back, and then at Nazumi Horiguchi, who was staring at him, "Very nice person, dutiful." ”
"Yes!" Natsumi Horiguchi also nodded, a puzzled expression on her face.
"If I hadn't suddenly remembered this matter and met him today, I really didn't know that he did such a good job at his job." Shen Zhenghui sighed.
"Uh, yes." Natsumi Horiguchi said casually.
"I really shouldn't have a perfunctory approval in the office every day, so let's do it, Miss Horiguchi, you give me a list of the whole company's personnel, I'll take a good look at it, from tomorrow, I will take half a day every day to inspect various departments, and I can't become the acting president and I don't even know the staff."
"Oh, okay." Nazumi Horiguchi had no choice but to nod.
"It's none of your business, you go get busy first!" Shen Zhenghui said, Horiguchi Nazumi walked to the door like a dream, and then was stopped by Shen Zhenghui, "Oh, by the way, let Aonuma Tomoaki dub the matter, please call her in person to inform her, of course, by the way, tell her, if she has anything, you can call me directly." ”
Nazumi Horiguchi's eyes widened, but she immediately lowered her head and said, "Yes!" ”
Shen Zhenghui returned to his seat and sat down, full of anticipation for the Japanese dubbed version of "Journey to the West".
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In the following time, Natsumi Horiguchi found that he couldn't understand the acting president of Sasaki, and he went to all the departments and every staff member of his subordinates every day with great enthusiasm to get to know and talk, to understand their work and the direction and progress of their current work, and he personally audited the dubbing meeting organized by Ito Sogo, which was an extremely serious meeting, the actors first watched the original film with Japanese subtitles, and then held a meeting to discuss and figure out the role, and finally the director decided what kind of dubbing tone to use, Shen Zhenghui was very interested in this process, attended such meetings many times, and talked cordially with the voice actors who came to work - literally. He is very friendly to several female voice actors, and treats Tomoaki Aonuma equally, he seems to have overcome some kind of psychological barrier, and he is completely awkward about meeting Tomoaki Aonuma, and his attitude towards Tomoaki Aonuma is kind and not close, and it seems that he only treats her as a noteworthy staff member.
Shen Zhenghui's abnormal attitude has affected a group, and he attaches so much importance to the progress of "Journey to the West" and "The Legend of Wukong", which leads to a sharp increase in the pressure on the staff related to the spring and these two projects. The translator who was responsible for translating "The Legend of Wukong" completed the finalization three days in advance, and after sending the translated novel to the spring side, Shen Zhenghui copied and distributed the manuscript to Liu Xin's side, and then there were crazy revisions, finalization, and various preliminary preparations.
Shen Zhenghui has already begun to arrange plans to wait for Stephen Zhou's "Shaolin Football" to be released in Japan before releasing the Japanese dubbed version of "Journey to the West", and he has completely opened the curtain for the project he led.
Shen Zhenghui is so thoroughly engaged in work, the hardest thing is Nazumi Horiguchi as a secretary, she reviews this change of Shen Zhenghui with some complicated feelings, for such a proactive rather than passively relying on herself to control the president of the company, Nazumi Horiguchi instinctively felt that something was wrong, it seemed that someone had a sense of some kind of change, so when she had the courage to call Mitsumi Fukuda directly for instructions, Mitsumi Fukuda's indifferent attitude made her even more uneasy.
"It's okay, leave him alone, isn't that a good thing?"
Maybe that's a good thing. Nazumi Horiguchi said this to herself, feeling that she was caught between the two presidents, and she was always facing Tomoaki Aonuma and Liu Xin at the same time, which was really too much psychological pressure.
Damn, it's a big deal. After being tired half to death every day, Nazumi Horiguchi said this to herself on the bed, but every morning, she tried to get up and go to work, after all, she was only twenty years old! (To be continued......)
PS: I'm on a business trip today and I'm tired to death.