Chapter 247: Invited to star
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Otsuka Nene , Nakai Kiichi , Koizumi Kyoko , Sanada Hiroyuki are the four movie actors that Zhou Xiao hopes to invite, if it was more than a year ago when Zhou Xiao first debuted, I am afraid that he would not be able to invite any of these four people, but now it is different from the past, the current Zhou Xiao is not the rookie director who was overstretched when selecting actors and was afraid that people would not come, now he has enough confidence to choose the ideal actor in his heart, and the person who is selected may also attach great importance to cooperation with himself, Although Zhou Xiao has not really directed a Japanese movie yet, with his previous talent in screenwriting and directing Japanese dramas, it must be no problem to invite people with such achievements.
Zhou Xiaoxian contacted Otsuka Ningning, who is the best among these four people in his opinion, the 34-year-old actress debuted at the age of 2o, and the woman who debuted at this age is actually considered to be older in the Japanese entertainment industry, and there are very few TV series starring her, only a few three or four, and she has played some supporting roles in the rest of her Japanese drama years, most of the time, but she is not bad at acting, otherwise she would not have starred in a big drama like hero. Although such an actor is not as high-profile as Kimura every time he makes a move, as long as he is diligent enough, he usually does not lack work, so Zhou Xiao's invitation is actually a little late, and now I can only hope that she has not been busy recently, or that the movie invitation is much more attractive to her than the TV series.
After a phone call, Otsuka Ningning, who answered the phone, after hearing Zhou Xiao's self-introduction, Otsuka Ningning on the other side did not seem very excited, and nodded after chatting with Zhou Xiao about the movie very skillfully: "In terms of specific time, I have been relatively free in the past six months, although there are also Japanese drama shooting." But as a supporting role, he didn't star for a long time, even if he starred at the same time, it was no problem. ”
"That's great, how to arrange it, someone from our company will contact your agent later." Zhou Xiaodao.
After hanging up the phone. Zhou Xiao shook his head, this Otsuka Ningning person is very good, there is no delay or nonsense in official business, it is very comfortable to cooperate with such a person.
Otsuka Nene was followed by Koizumi Kyoko, and in Zhou Xiao's special program, Koizumi Kyoko was once invited to witness his time pause flash mob. So the two can be regarded as having cooperated, but Zhou Xiao doesn't have her phone, just a variety show, if they have to exchange contact information every time, the mobile phones of these big stars may have exploded long ago.
But this couldn't help Zhou Xiao, after he returned to the company. Just find someone and find out.
The person who answered the phone was Kyoko Koizumi's agent, it seems that this phone is just Kyoko Koizumi's work phone, and after Zhou Xiao explained, he quickly got in touch with Kyoko Koizumi.
"What, you want to invite me to appear in a movie?" Kyoko Koizumi was surprised.
"Yes, I've always loved your performances like Koizumi-san, and it would be nice if I could appear in my first movie." Zhou Xiaodao.
"That'...... What do you want me to play? Kyoko Koizumi asked.
Zhou Xiao then explained the whole play of "JuRI".
"It's a supporting role......" The voice on the other side of the phone was a little regretful.
"That's right. But a very tasteful supporting role, and, sister, this movie will be very good. Zhou Xiao explained.
"I'm just a little disappointed, in fact, I know that it's not the age to take on the youth department to play the leading role." Koizumi said today.
"But I'm expensive." She continued.
"Don't worry, I'll never be reluctant to spend money." Zhou Xiaodao.
"Then can I ask again, who is the father who plays JuRI and the person who plays opposite me?" Kyoko Koizumi asked.
"I haven't invited that person yet. But if you can...... I would like to find Mr. Takaichi Nakai to play the role. Zhou Xiao said.
"Is that him?" Kyoko Koizumi was also surprised that the relationship between these two people was quite good.
"I still have to think about it, but if it was him......" What surprised Zhou Xiao a little was that what came from the other party was not surprise but hesitation.
"Is there any difficulty?" Zhou Xiao asked.
"Well...... It's not so difficult to say. Koizumi said today. Although the other party said that he didn't mind, Zhou Xiao could obviously feel it. Kyoko Koizumi is still a little concerned about the issue of Takaichi Nakai's participation. His heart jumped and he thought, these two people can't really have anything, right?
Koizumi Kyoko is already married, and Zhou Xiao guesses that in this case, the only reason that can make her feel troublesome is probably this. She's married, and she's across from an actor who's worked with her, so either she or her husband might be a little weird.
"If it's inconvenient, it's better to change someone." Zhou Xiaodao.
"No, there's no need to change people, he's fine. It's been a long time since I've seen each other, and it's good to meet and chat, Xiao Zhouxiao, you invited someone very professionally, and you actually called him. Koizumi made a joke.
"I also had this idea after watching the films you starred in with Mr. Takaichi Nakai before, but I didn't expect that there would be a dilemma on your side......" Zhou Xiaodao said.
"There's nothing embarrassing, it's just that when you first brought it up, you just felt that it wasn't appropriate, but if you think about it carefully, it's nothing, just decide, looking forward to your official invitation." Koizumi said today.
"By the way, Sister Koizumi, do you know Nakai Kiichi-san's phone number? I don't have his contact information yet. Zhou Xiao said.
"Oh? Well, I'll give it to you later, and even though I have his number, I've never called. Koizumi said with a smile.
Listening to Koizumi Kyoko say this, Zhou Xiao can finally feel that the sister on the other end of the phone seems to have something to do with Nakai Guiichi, according to his estimates, the two are likely to have been in a state of unfulfilled lovers for a while, which makes her treat Nakai Guiichi a little strangely.
But Zhou Xiao doesn't care much about this kind of thing, it's all someone else's business anyway, he can't be a matchmaker as a big man, not to mention that Koizumi is also married.
With Koizumi Kyoko's introduction, Zhou Xiao was not kind to Nakai Guii's invitation, and as soon as the other side heard that he was going to play a rival role with him, he simply agreed. But Zhou Xiao didn't feel any special feelings in it, or rather, it was precisely because Takaichi Nakai agreed too simply that he gave people the feeling that he had nothing he couldn't say.
Originally, Zhou Xiao thought that such an invitation would be easily completed in the future, but something happened when he invited the last person among the four.
At this stage, Hiroyuki Sanada is a big-name actor who often appears in various movies. graduated from the film department, and his resolute appearance won him a large number of audiences and fans, but perhaps it was this that made him and his agent very strict and cautious when they were connected.
Zhou Xiao couldn't directly find the phone number of Sanada Hiroyuki himself or his agent, and Zhou Xiao, who had no choice, had no choice but to call the company's public phone, such a phone must not be guarded by any important person. So the first person to pick up the phone was the operator of his company.
"I'm Zhou Xiao, what? How to prove it? This...... Does this still need to be proven? Is there any benefit to pretending to be Zhou Xiao? Deceived? It's a bit of a choking waste, let's hey. ”
Hiroyuki Sanada's ...... The operator worked hard for a long time, but in the end he didn't succeed in convincing the other party that he was Zhou Xiao who had a job to talk to the other party, and hung up the phone angrily and helplessly, Zhou Xiao thought about it and said to Nakamaru: "Forget it." Let's go once. ”
"Boss, there's no need, right?" Nakamaru said. He was next to him when Zhou Xiao called just now, and in his opinion, the opposite company was so arrogant, there was really no need to post it.
"Even becky's invitation I went in person, and this time I invited such a big-name actor, so it's nothing to go in person." Zhou Xiao patted his thigh and said.
The car that made Nakamaru arrived at Hiroyuki Sanada's company. Zhou Xiao walked in while making a phone call.
"Hey, I'm the one who just claimed to be Zhou Xiao, I'm here now, you won't refuse me now, right?" Zhou Xiao walked to the front desk while making a phone call, where a woman was on the phone.
"You're here!? Yes! The voice of the woman at the front desk on the phone came along with the screams in reality.
After several twists and turns, Zhou Xiao finally met Hiroyuki Sanada...... of brokers.
"Mr. Sanada has a vacation in the middle of the two-step drama, so he is on vacation right now." Said the broker.
Zhou Xiao frowned, it was very unpleasant to invite Hiroyuki Sanada from the beginning, and the difficulty of the woman at the front desk may barely be said to be cautious, and now Zhou Xiao is sitting in front of this agent. On the other side, he said that he was abroad and then there was no follow-up, as if he didn't mean to contact the other party at all.
"I'm here to invite Mr. Sanada to appear in my movie." Zhou Xiao suppressed his unhappiness and said to the agent in front of him.
"Oh? As far as I know, Mr. Zhou Xiao, you are a TV drama director, right? The agent asked.
"Even so, I was already a screenwriter for Nikkage when I debuted. "A Liter of Tears" is my work, and I also have several novels......" Zhou Xiaodao.
"Of course, there is no problem with Mr. Zhou's ability, but for our Mr. Hiroyuki Sanada, his filming requirements are very strict, so let's leave the script first, and when Mr. Hiroyuki Sanada comes back, I will tell him."
"I wonder when Mr. Sanada will come back? You said before that he took on the movie later, when did he star in it? Zhou Xiao asked.
"He started filming a "Qingbei at Dusk" in March, and he starred in it." Said the broker.
"March? How long can you shoot? The movie on our side is actually expected to start shooting in June. Zhou Xiao said.
"Filming starts in June? In three months, a movie can't be finished. ”
"It's okay, we can postpone Mr. Sanada's role a bit." Zhou Xiaodao.
The shooting time of a movie can be long or short, if you shoot some food products casually, or you are talented, the rhythm of filming is perfect, and you can make the movie in a month, it is rumored that Johnny To's "Gunfire" was only filmed for eighteen days, but this is a special case within a special case, a normal movie, it is normal to shoot for half a year, a year or even two years, and it is very ordinary to shoot for a minute or two a day.
"Can I take a look at your script first?" Broker said.
"Okay, please take a look." Zhou Xiaodao. In fact, he is a little strange, there are few agents to do this kind of work like choosing scripts, after all, actors are people who know how to do it, agents or something, and the economic management of actors is okay. When choosing a script, he can't have the eye of an actor.
"The protagonist is a teenage girl? Is this a campus film? Sanada Hiroyuki's agent looked down and looked up at Zhou Xiao for a few moments.
"It can't be said to be a campus film, it can only be said that the age of the protagonist is just the age of school, and this film is actually about teenage pregnancy." Zhou Xiao explained.
"So we don't have a lot of scenes on our side?"
"Strictly speaking, Mr. Hiroyuki Sanada plays the most ink in the whole film. Describe one of the heaviest male characters. Zhou Xiaodao.
"Mr. Zhou laughed, no matter how much he described, the protagonist is still the pregnant girl, don't use this way to fight for our appearance."
Zhou Xiao was speechless for a while.
"So be it, leave the script and wait for the decision. We will contact you. The agent said.
"Mr. Agent, the script of this play is actually written from the perspective of European and American countries, and JuRI's choice of children is actually related to various views of Christianity in Europe and the United States, so I expect that this drama should be very marketable in Europe and the United States. So after the filming is finished, I will take this film to overseas exhibitions. Zhou Xiao said. Sanada Hiroyuki has become a well-known actor in Europe and the United States ten years later, and has starred in many masterpieces, so he has begun to look for opportunities to enter the European and American markets in 2oo2, and Zhou Xiao's words are also going to this meaning.
"This play? Abroad? Mr. Zhou, you're not kidding, are you? Hiroyuki Sanada's agent flipped through the script and said.
"Of course not!" Zhou Xiao seriously denied it.
"Mr. Zhou. I think...... In many cases, it is better for people to be conservative, I am afraid that no one will deny that you are a wizard in the entertainment industry in the past two years, but many times, you must understand that a person cannot do everything well, you have shown your talent in so many aspects, why do you want to challenge the field you are not familiar with? Even if you take on the challenge, you should start from a more basic place, your film has never even entered the Japanese market, so you want to directly challenge the European and American markets. It's a bit ......"
Zhou Xiao was speechless, although these words hurt people, but Zhou Xiao estimated that many people might think so when they knew what they thought.
"Trust me, I think this film has a lot of potential. I'm sure Mr. Sanada will be able to see it, and as long as you give him the script, I'm sure Mr. Sanada will be able to see the charm of the script. "Zhou Xiao has done his best.
"Okay, okay, I know, Mr. Zhou, I still have a lot of work to do here, so I won't send it." Hiroyuki Sanada's agent began to send off customers.
"Well, thank you very much." Zhou Xiao stood up and shook hands with the other party, and then turned around and walked out of Sanada Hiroyuki's company with Nakamaru.
What he didn't know was that after he walked out of the company, Sanada Hiroyuki's agent pouted, and casually threw the script that Zhou Xiaohua had worked hard to make into the corner of the office, and at the same time said to himself: "I really don't know how many pounds and taels I have, and I want to be a film director at a young age?" Let's not talk about ability, let's just say that if we Sanada really go, can you hold it down? What else do you say to fight for foreign markets, hum! Children who haven't grown all their hair have this kind of delusion? It's so arrogant! ”
Coming out of the company, Zhou Xiao stood on the side of the road and sighed: "Let's go back to the company, it's unlikely here." ”
"Boss, don't be angry with such arrogant guys, they will regret it!" Nakamaru also said on the side.
Zhou Xiaoyi smiled: "Actually, I think this is a normal response, like Koizumi Kyoko before, Nakai Guiichi's response was too kind." ”
"Boss, if Sanada-san can't do it here, who do you want to find?" Nakamaru asked.
"Mr. Sanada hasn't decided here yet, let's wait until their contact comes, I haven't thought about who to choose." Zhou Xiaodao.
"Boss, wouldn't you think about Mr. Abe? You didn't get Mr. Abe's contact information from Mr. Kimura. Nakamaru asked.
"He? It's too early......" Zhou Xiao said reflexively, and he paused just after saying this.
Why is it too early? In fact, Zhou Xiao has long wanted to cooperate with Abe Kuan, but his idea is to find Abe Kuan to shoot "The Man Who Can't Get Married", a very classic drama that Zhou Xiao also likes very much, so he feels that it is too early to find Abe Kuan. But if you think about it carefully, it's already early, Uncle Kuan is not undebuted or too young, the current Uncle Kuan is 38 years old, as long as the makeup is a little more mature, he is a very handsome and very charming uncle, and it is also very suitable to play the adoptive father in the movie.
Zhou Xiao even thought that it would be great if he could cooperate with Uncle Kuan continuously, and after the end of this "JuRI", he could start filming "The Man Who Can't Get Married", and then "Dragon Sakura", both of which are very good.
"Nakamaru, you're right, then let's wait and see, as soon as Sanada Hiroyuki's refusal here arrives, let's contact Mr. Abe Kan!" Zhou Xiaodao.
It turns out that Sanada Hiroyuki's company didn't let Zhou Xiao wait, on the third day after the invitation, the other company's refusal came to aZx Zhou Xiao's desk, although it said that Sanada Hiroyuki had read the script but it was not suitable so he refused, but Zhou Xiao estimated that this ten ** is the meaning of the agent, as for Sanada Hiroyuki, maybe he didn't know about it at all.
Of course, Zhou Xiao himself doesn't care about these anymore, and Abe Kuan may be a better candidate.