38. Box Office and Taiwan Market (M)
"I'm going to be your full-time secretary, why do you have to follow you to Taiwan?" Liu Xin complained to Mitsumi Fukuda, "I'm not even an employee of your company. β
"Do you want to work as a clerk in my company?" Mitsumi Fukuda asked rhetorically.
"Well, forget it, I'm a little more interested in cartoons." Liu Xin replied.
"You'd better put less effort into that," Mitsumi Fukuda glanced at her, "You don't have that talent, do you have a role in the new anime?" For the boss, many times it is enough that you only need to pay, and the professional things are handed over to the professional personnel, and as the boss, you have to do not do these trivial things. β
"You're educating me?"
"Of course, I'm passing on your experience."
"Why teach me, you should teach Shen Zhenghui these things, right? He's the one who's doing the trivial stuff as the boss. Liu Xin picked up the newspapers on the table, a high-end restaurant in Taipei City, which were bought by Fukuda's subordinates at her request, and were full of news about "The Cruel History of Peking High School." Liu Xin flipped through it casually, suppressed her excitement when she saw the box office number, and her eyes fell on a piece of gossip at once.
Hong Kong and Taiwan's newspapers and magazines have always taken entertainment as the highest principle, without the slightest discipline, and the report Liu Xin read is that the report corresponds to the interest of the majority of prostitutes, and reports on Tomoaki Aonuma. What makes Liu Xin angry is not that the report revealed the past of Tomoaki Aonuma, she used to be an actor in a ** information film, this matter is known to everyone in Japan, the point is that this report finally pulled Shen Zhenghui in, the report said that the starring - they didn't even figure out his real name, using the stage name Shen Yu - is a rich second generation, as for which rich second generation is unknown, but the report affirms that this rich second generation soaked in Aonuma Tomoaki, in order to help the other party become famous, did not hesitate to invest 100 million yen to invite Masahiro Nakaju to play the role, and achieved the fame of Tomoaki Aonuma.
This report is extremely good at writing the characteristics of paragraph writing, and completely simplifies the characters and events, as if these things were born as a simple idea of the rich second generation Shen Yu, so this made Liu Xin feel more and more unhappy.
"Oh, it's the news." Mitsumi Fukuda poked her head over, reached out and took the newspaper, and read it carefully, "That's a good job," she said, "maybe we can try to translate it into Japanese and then go back to Japan." β
"That's just nonsense." Liu Xin said angrily.
"I know!" Mitsumi Fukuda responded, "If he made this film just to please Tomoaki Aonuma, I wouldn't have invested in it at all." β
"That's not what I'm talking about." Liu Xin continued to say angrily.
"Calm down, girl." Mitsumi Fukuda glanced at her, "We're about to meet with a big man who specializes in Taiwanese entertainment, so don't show in front of her that you will actually be angered by entertainment tabloids, which is not conducive to our work." β
"You're not angry?" Liu Xin asked rhetorically.
"That's your mistake, if this report gets in the way of the growth of my company and the value of my artists, I will be even angrier than you, and I will try my best to get them to compensate for my losses or find a way to compensate for my losses, but," she raised the newspaper in her hand, "this kind of Cheng dΓΉ report may make us money." β
"Is that so?"
"Girl, you are too innocent to recognize the rules of the entertainment industry." Mitsumi Fukuda spread her hands.
"Really?"
"It's nothing that all kinds of scandals are flying all over the world in the entertainment industry, as long as your fruit photos and videos don't flow out."
"Huh?"
"Sometimes it doesn't even matter if it comes out, and that's sometimes the case in Japan."
"Huh?"
"So those ** men who are going to buy Zhizhao's tapes and discs will appear, and they can't buy them anymore."
"Uh, what?"
"Do you think I'll not care about the past of my female stars?"
"Well, I don't quite understand."
"It's no longer possible to buy Tomoaki's tapes and discs in Japan, and I've already done the finishing touches, which makes the people who have gotten into their brains even more anxious, so it will deepen their impression."
"Huh?"
"The star is the influence, the more impressive it is in people's hearts, the greater the influence of this person, as long as this influence is not negative, well, sometimes it doesn't matter if it is negative, it is just a very simple thing to flip."
"I don't understand what you're talking about, but it sounds powerful, but does it have anything to do with what we're going to do in Taiwan?"
"Poor child," Mitsumi Fukuda glanced at her, "If Mr. Sasaki was here, he would have started to complain to me a long time ago." β
Liu Xin had to react before she remembered that the so-called Sasaki was Shen Zhenghui's Japanese name, "Sasaki's name is really ugly," she pouted and said, "Do you really want Shen Zhenghui to be here?" β
"It's fun to talk to him."
"Then you still let me come, it's better to let him come." Liu Xin said angrily.
"Ah, don't be angry! It's also a lot of fun to talk to Shin-chan! Mitsumi Fukuda took a sip of her drink, "It feels like a child talking." β
"I'm so naΓ―ve!" Liu Xin pouted.
At this moment, a capable woman in professional clothes hurriedly walked over, "I'm really sorry, is it Miss Fukuda?" I'm Chai Zhiyi, I'm late, I'm sorry. β
"It's okay, we've just arrived." Mitsumi Fukuda stood up and shook hands with the other party, and Liu Xin also stood up, "This is my partner, Miss Liu Xin." β
When shaking hands, Liu Xin nodded politely at her, and Chai Zhiyi's eyes lit up, "Is Miss Liu Taiwanese?" β
"No," Liu Xin felt her facial expression stiffen a little, "I'm a big six." β
"Oh," Chairman Chai was very self-contained, and did not express any affection because Liu Xin was a big 6 person, but was very enthusiastic to introduce Taiwan's tourist attractions to the other party, and Mao recommended himself to take two distinguished guests to visit Taiwan. Liu Xin hadn't experienced too many such scenes, and at this time, it was usually his father or Shen Zhenghui who came forward, so she had no choice but to set her sights on Fukuda Mitsumi.
Mitsumi Fukuda appropriately responded to the other party's enthusiasm.
"Chairman Chai, let's start a formal meeting." With this sentence, Chai Zhiyi Xun completed the transformation from an enthusiastic Taiwanese female tour guide to the chairman of an entertainment company.
"President Fukuda, I personally watched the "Cruel History of Peking High School" filmed by Kasuga Pictures, and it is indeed a good movie."
"Thank you."
"But Kasuga Pictures is a new company in Japan after all, although we attach importance to Japan's performing arts resources, but we are based in Taiwan, so I think we can take the form of cooperation, as for you want to take a stake in my company, please forgive me for not agreeing."
"Chairman Chai, please don't answer so early. Although Kasuga Pictures is a new company, you probably don't know much about our resources in Japan, we started the layout in the entertainment industry very early, and we have a strategic relationship with Kadokawa Shosha. β
Chai Zhiyi smiled slightly, "I have no ambition to enter the Japanese market for the time being. β
Mitsumi Fukuda nodded, "I heard that Chairman Chai is in contact with Shueisha and is preparing to buy the TV series rights of a manga?" β
Chai Zhiyi was finally moved, "Does President Fukuda have any advice?" β
"I also approached Shueisha and bought the rights to one of their manga called 'Boys Over Flowers,'" she said after a pause, "and the rights to the TV adaptation throughout Asia." β
Chai Zhiyi licked his lips and subconsciously picked up the white water in front of him.
"I'm sorry, I don't know what Chairman Chai likes to drink, so I only ordered water, and you can order a drink." Saying that, Mitsumi Fukuda said hello to the waiter nearby.
Chai Zhiyi settled down, took this opportunity to think carefully, waited until the waiter came, and casually ordered a fruit drink.
"This copyright has already been sold once in 95 years, so the copyright in Japan is not exclusive." Mitsumi Fukuda continued, "The copyright outside of Japan is exclusive," she said after a pause, "but this copyright is time-bound, if Chairman Shiba is willing to wait another five years......
Chai Zhiyi rubbed his temples vigorously.
"Chairman Chai, Kasuga Pictures does not want to turn your company into a part of Kasuga, the layout in Taiwan is part of our layout in Asia, we need to have a solid partner in Taiwan, I am very optimistic about Chairman Chai in this regard. It is not impossible for Kasuga to establish a strategic point in Taiwan that belongs entirely to Kasuga, and although it is not impossible, for strategic reasons, we still try to consider cooperating with local forces. β
Chai Zhiyi set his eyes on Liu Xin, and then looked at Fukuda Mitsumi again, with an obvious meaning of inquiry in his eyes.
Mitsumi Fukuda handed the newspaper in her hand to Chai Zhiyi, "We still have a partner in Big 6. β
Chai Zhiyi took a look at the report on this page and said with some surprise, "This actor is also a big 6 person?" β
"He is an important partner of Haruga, and I hope that Chairman Demo is also a partner of Haruga." Mitsumi Fukuda said seriously.
Chai Zhiyi tapped his fingers on the table and said for a long time, "Miss Fukuda, I know that "The Cruel History of Peking High School" is very good at the box office in Taiwan, and it has now exceeded the box office of NT$100 million, which is almost a miracle box office, so in Japan, what is the box office of this movie?" β
Mitsumi Fukuda looked at Liu Xin before continuing, "Before I left Japan, the box office was about 500 million yen, and now, it has probably exceeded 700 million. Liu Xin's eyes widened.
"President Fukuda, I probably need to think about what you said, how long will you stay in Taiwan?" Chai Zhiyi asked with a very sincere appearance.
"I'll stay in Taiwan for another week or so, and then I'll go to Hong Kong." Mitsumi Fukuda replied simply.
"Okay, I'll give you the answer in a week." Chai Zhiyi stood up as he spoke, and at this time, the waiter brought the juice.
"Why don't you sit down and drink the juice before you leave?" Fukuda Mitsumi said yì.
Chai Zhiyi naturally accepted this advice, and the three women got together to talk about things in life, such as clothes brands, cosmetics, etc., but the tense atmosphere just now was gone.
"President Fukuda, I want to ask," Chai Zhiyi asked, and continued after Mitsumi Fukuda nodded in greeting, "If "Boys Over Flowers" starts filming in Taiwan, do you have any requirements for the four leading actors? Or do you want to appoint a Japanese artist? β
"No, I think if it's a Taiwanese version, it's good to use Taiwanese, I don't have any male artists, there have never been male artists," Mitsumi Fukuda spread her hands, "Of course, my partner is an exception, that's a personal interest." β
Chai Zhiyi nodded slightly.
"But the heroine, I hope to be able to recommend my artists."
This answer did not pass Chai Zhiyi's bottom line, but she was still ready to test it, "It doesn't seem like a Taiwanese female artist if you don't use this, right?" After all, this is a Taiwanese drama, can I know who you plan to use? β
Mitsumi Fukuda replied calmly, "The only female artist I can use at the moment is Tomoaki Aonuma, who is the heroine of "The Cruel History of Peking High School"," she paused and said, "Of course, if Chairman Chai is willing to wait any longer, there will be more candidates to choose from." β
Chai Zhiyi smiled slightly, "Miss Aonuma is very good, but I'm a little worried that her past will not fit the background of this character?" As she spoke, she tapped lightly on the newspaper on the table.
Mitsumi Fukuda pursed her lips, "That's why I said there will be more candidates to choose from, as long as we wait a little longer." But at the moment, I still think Zhizhao is the best, because she is fluent in Chinese, there is no language barrier to communicate with Taiwanese actors, and she also has a certain popularity in Taiwan. β
Chai Zhiyi wisely did not continue the topic, and took the initiative to leave after drinking the drink.
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