Chapter 248: Movie Preparation

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If you want to talk about Chinese Japanese drama rice or Japanese rice, the familiarity with Abe Kuan must be higher than that of Hiroyuki Sanada, this middle-aged man who is one meter tall **, and the model debuted was handsome at the beginning, in the 9o years, he began to transform into the Japanese drama industry, and what made him famous and embarked on the road of a first-line actor was "The Trap" in 2ooo years, and then, in O1, he starred in Yuko Oshima's "Western Bone Dong Fruit Shop" and Kimura's heRo, and then starred in "Dragon Sakura" in O5, and "Dragon Sakura" in O6 The Man Who Can't Get Married", "Nethk Taiga Drama Heaven and Earth People" with Kimura again in O8 Kenshin Uesugi ...... In short, in the future, this is a first-line actor with countless famous works, and in Zhou Xiao's thoughts, working with Abe Kuan will be a very important part of his directorial career.

Now in January of 2oo2, the TV station is broadcasting Trap 2, this year is a very busy year for Abe Kuan, the trap has made him enter the ranks of first-line male stars, and there are countless invitations to films for a while, but when it comes to time, Zhou Xiao estimates that it is not completely impossible to pull out, Zhou Xiao knows that there is no shortage of examples in the Japanese entertainment industry that can shoot movies and TV series at the same time and even star in stage plays at the same time, Abe Kuan in "JuRI" is just a more brilliant supporting role, as long as the time is arranged, it should be able to be staggered.

Thinking like this, Zhou Xiao finally contacted Abe Kuan's company.

Because he encountered such an annoying problem in Sanada Hiroyuki's company, this time Zhou Xiao did not wait for the report like last time after self-announcing his name, but directly said that I can go over now, and then, he went directly to Abe Kuan's company with Nakamaru's car.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Xiao first reported his home when he called. And then he said, "Can I go over now?" There are some things that I want to negotiate", but when he arrived at Abe's company, he was disappointed, because neither Abe's nor the agent in charge of his work was in the company at the moment.

"Where are they?" Zhou Xiao, who was a little dejected, asked.

"Mr. Abe has been performing stage plays recently, so at this time of day, they may be in the theater."

"Good! Then let's go to the theater! "Do it to the end. Zhou Xiao decided.

Kindness...... In fact, the main reason is that Zhou Xiao is not busy today, and another reason is that he doesn't need to drive anyway.

Riding Nakamaru's car to the theater where Abekuan's stage play was located, Zhou Xiao and Nakamaru ran directly to the backstage.

"Knock knock." Backstage in the theater, Abe was resting in his lounge when he was surprised by a sudden knock on the door.

"Please come in." Abe Hirodo.

Zhou Xiao's persuasion of Abe Kuan is actually similar to that of Sanada Hiroyuki's agent, but the response of the two is completely different. It's not that Abe Kuan is so good to Zhou Xiao here, but here, Zhou Xiao can deeply feel his seriousness about filming and Zhou Xiao's invitation, especially when Zhou Xiao took out the script, Abe Kuan, who took it, bowed his head and read the script seriously after confessing to Zhou Xiao. That's 30 minutes.

Sanada Hiroyuki's agent wants to read the script, Zhou Xiao will only pout, but if it is the actor himself, the other party will pout if he doesn't read the script Zhou Xiao, Abe Kuan's behavior of hanging Zhou Xiao up after getting the script makes him feel very comfortable, what profession and position to do anything, this is a person's professionalism.

Abe's degree of turning over the script is very fast. It can be seen that he read the script first, but there are some important parts, but he will stop his hand and read it carefully, and in 3o minutes, he finished Zhou Xiao's script in this fast and slow way.

"It's a pretty good story...... Actually, there are no particularly surprising reversals in the plot, but the connotation of the whole story is very good, and if it can be filmed, the feeling of narrating the story is also good. So, which role do you want me to play? Abe asked.

"He is the father of the adoptive couple. That is, the middle-aged man who plays the most against the heroine JuRI. Zhou Xiao said.

"Well...... This character is not quite the same as my image, are you the first to find me? Abe asked.

"To tell you the truth, the first thing I looked for was Mr. Hiroyuki Sanada, but I was rejected, so I came to you. But I don't think you're different from the character in the film, on the contrary, I think you're still very suitable for this kind of role. ”

"Oh? Why? ”

"First of all, your appearance is better, and thirdly, with your acting skills, I believe that you can be competent for any role." Zhou Xiao said.

"But it's ...... time," Abe Kuan was a little concerned about the timing.

"It's okay, we still have some time to prepare before filming starts, and we can try to compress your scene and push it to a more suitable time." Zhou Xiao said.

"That's good, in that case, I'll take this film! It's a very good script, and I hope you can bring us a slightly different movie. Abe said.

"Really? Thank you so much! Zhou Xiao stood up excitedly and said, in fact, it took a lot longer to see Abe Kuan than to meet Sanada Hiroyuki's agent, but it was obvious that the latter Zhou Xiao spent more effort but failed to succeed, and here, it was just that Abe Kuan was given the script most of the time.

In the preparation of the movie, after the five main actors are determined, the rest of the work will be much easier.

And one of the most important tasks is the selection of the studio.

Because it is adapted from a European and American movie into a Japanese movie, many of these things have also been modified by Zhou Xiao, such as the place where JuRI lives, and all kinds of things in the adoptive parents' room, all of which need to be overhauled.

In the original work, the various furnishings and use of these places are very crucial, especially the situation in the adoptive parents' home, which constitutes the biggest reason for JuRI to choose each other in the end.

JuRI is a very tasteful, very special girl, the kind of style in her body, is the key to the whole film, and in addition to JuRI, the opposite is the kind of style similar to JuRI in Abe Kuan, and the resonance of the two is very important. Therefore, regarding the characteristics of Abe Kuan, the things he likes as much as JuRI, etc., all need to be set up by Zhou Xiao from the beginning.

And what carries these settings is a studio that can allow Zhou Xiao to toss with the film crew.

With this in mind. Zhou Xiao came to Daying Company with Uncle Inoue.

In 2ooo year, the first drama that Zhou Xiao invested in as a screenwriter was made in Daying's studio, so this time, he naturally found Daying again, but nearly two years have passed. Some things have changed uncontrollably.

"Can't do it? Why? Zhou Xiao looked at the person in charge opposite Daying in surprise and asked in surprise. There have always been rumors in the outside world that Daying is unsustainable, and Zhou Xiao also knows that the time for them to go bankrupt is not far away, but it is exactly like this, but he should be very concerned about the business that comes to him, right?

"When you came to borrow the studio two years ago, it was still partially in use. So generally speaking, it is still in a state of maintenance, but you were already the last customer of our company, and after that, our company did not have any work, so in the past two years, the whole studio has basically been abandoned, and our company is now preparing to sell the studio, so I am very sorry. We really can't accept any more guests, because this time has to be reopened, so the cost of the whole renovation and maintenance is difficult for us to afford. Dayei's staff looked very sad and said.

Zhou Xiao left Daying very helplessly, in fact, when he cooperated with Daying in the first part, Zhou Xiao's feeling was still very good, and the cooperation with Daying can be said to be quite pleasant, so this time he felt very uncomfortable to let him find a new collaborator.

The Japanese film industry is usually controlled by the so-called big five film companies, and if you want to use the studio of one of them, you need to cooperate with the other company. It's just that this is Zhou Xiao's own movie. He doesn't want to see someone meddle in his own investment films, as for not letting the other party invest? That's okay, but on the other hand, the amount of money you need to pay in this case is not the same as the price you had in the studio before.

"Zhou Xiao......" came out of the studio, and Uncle Inoue shouted with a little hesitation.

"What's wrong?" Zhou Xiao asked.

Or...... Can we buy this studio? Uncle Inoue said.

"Buy? A sound stage? I'm the only one in our company who can make movies. It's too extravagant to buy a studio. Zhou Xiao said.

"Of course, it's not just for us, we can also rent it." Uncle Inoue said.

"Although this studio is dilapidated, such a large area is in Tokyo, and the price must not be small, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to do it with our company's financial resources." Zhou Xiaodao.

"Even if you can't buy it all, you can take a stake in it, as long as the buying company is not just buying land, the studio will be dismantled after it is in hand." Uncle said.

After listening to Uncle Inoue's words, Zhou Xiao nodded and said, "Then let's go in and ask which company is preparing to take over Daying's industry." ”

In fact, Zhou Xiao already vaguely knew who the other party was in his heart, and he also understood that Uncle Inoue's idea might be difficult to realize.

If a person is a fan of Japanese manga, then some names must be very familiar, Tokuma Shoten, Kadokawa Shoten, Shueisha, Kodansha, Shogakukan, etc., these names are very famous publishing houses in Japan, and among them, after 2oo2, for the Japanese film circle, the name Kadokawa Shoten has become different, because Kadokawa Shoten has taken over a lot of Daiei's industry, replacing Daiei, and becoming another Japanese film producer.

In November of this year, Kadokawa will completely take over the business of Daiei and establish the so-called Kadokawa Daiei Pictures Company, but how could the weak Daiei stop Kadokawa's footsteps, less than a year and a half, the so-called Kadokawa Daiei was directly abbreviated as Kadokawa Pictures, completely eliminating the power of Daiei.

Coming out of Daiei again, Uncle Inoue was also a little discouraged, Kadokawa Bookstore wanted to merge Daiei and didn't just accept one or two properties, so for this studio used in the glory days of Daiei, it must be impossible for Kadokawa to give it up casually.

"If that's the case, there's a way to get the most out of it." Zhou Xiao said.

"Oh? What's the solution? Uncle Inoue asked.

Zhou Xiao told Uncle Inoue what he thought in his heart.

"Huh? What the? Wait, I didn't understand, can you talk about it? ”

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"This ...... It's too complicated, right, can it really work? Uncle Inoue asked.

"If it works, let's see first, if it works, it's best. If it doesn't work, it's a big deal to change places, we still have the time. Zhou Xiao said.

"Good...... All right. Uncle Inoue nodded.

Next, starting from the next day, Zhou Xiao started their plan with Uncle Inoue and aZx.

Kadokawa Bookstore welcomed Zhou Xiao and Uncle Inoue early in the morning, and they came to talk. It's a slightly special business.

"You're in charge of sorting out Daiei's studio, and then when the shooting is complete, you can hit our Kadokawa's name?" The president of Kadokawa Bookstore said.

"That's right, that's what it means." Zhou Xiao nodded.

"If that's the case, it won't do us Kadokawa any good. With all due respect, Mr. Zhou Xiao, you are certainly a genius. But it's the first time you've come into contact with filming, right? It's hard to leave a movie to you, so we don't get any benefit here at Kadokawa Bookstore. ”

"Why is it no good, after the merger, your Kadokawa Bookstore will get it. It's a brand new soundstage and one of my films. Zhou Xiao said.

"We already need to renovate the studio, and the price of the renovation is about the same as the price of renting it to you for filming, but what about the big screening? We haven't officially merged yet, so if you want to use their stuff, I'm afraid you'll have to give them benefits, right? ”

"Don't worry, I'll take care of them!" Zhou Xiao is very confident, and the reason is very simple. The studio is about to cease to be your business, and we'll help you clean it up, and you've lost nothing.

In fact, Zhou Xiao's method is very simple, go and tell Daying alone to help you clean it up and then you lend us the venue, Daying may not agree, because this studio will not be theirs, and because Zhou Xiao did this, it is neither their movie nor their investment, which can be said to be thankless.

Across from Kadokawa Bookstore. Zhou Xiao would not agree to say it alone, because this studio is not theirs yet, and Zhou Xiao's so-called conditions, whether it is the movie calling their name or sorting out the studio, are not enough benefits for the bookstore to impress them. And there may be a lot of trouble, which is not a good choice.

But what if Zhou Xiao let both sides get enough benefits? For Daying, Zhou Xiao said that he had already agreed, if he could lend it to us, we would sort out the studio, and there would be a better price when the time came to combine the appraisals.

As for Kadokawa Bookstore, Zhou Xiao's statement is that we help Daying clean up the studio, and at the same time, we will also put your logo on the film, and at most, what you pay is only a part of the cleaning cost that you need to pay for the final studio valuation.

It can be said that this operation is somewhat similar to a cooperation between the three parties, Zhou Xiaofang paid for cleaning and got a movie that was wholly owned except for the name of Kadokawa Bookstore, and the big film got a studio that was well organized and could be better valued, while Kadokawa Bookstore got less money for sorting out the studio and a film that was nominally jointly invested by them and aZx. Although Zhou Xiao's filming level has not been proven, judging from his previous level of filming Japanese dramas and writing scripts, anyone can feel that his filming ability is still quite good, at least it is okay not to let Kadokawa Pictures' first movie be scolded or have a bad reputation.

Zhou Xiao was very excited to get the work done in the studio, and then he was busy in the recording studio for a few days to make his new single.

Zhou Xiao's new single still has two songs, one of which is naturally the title song he has already prepared, "sakuRa" originally composed by Naotaro Moriyama, and the other song is actually this, but this second is not sung by Zhou Xiao himself but his chorus with Sakai Izumi.

Zhou Xiao's solo version of "sakuRa" only uses a guitar as an accompaniment, but in the chorus version, Zhou Xiao and Sakai Izumizu use a lot of orchestrations, and the style of the whole song is completely different from the solo version, the reason why Zhou Xiao created such a version is very simple, he hopes that by doing so, more people can sing it together, so that this song will become popular in karaoke, Zhou Xiao knows very well that the sales of this song are very high, yes, but the real potential is still in karaoke, if the promotion is good, Zhou Xiao is confident that this song will take Japanese karaoke by storm again within a week or two.

It can be said that Zhou Xiao has been debuting for almost two years, and what really makes him the most money is in terms of songs, almost every single is a million sales, which has brought him a huge amount of shares, and karaoke is another field with a huge amount of shares.

"In terms of songs, as long as there are no accidents, they will never be thrown away, which is really a money-making weapon. And the key is that compared to other singers who want to write songs, they need to spend a lot of money to learn, to build their own recording studios, etc., writing songs is much easier for Zhou Xiao, which can be regarded as the benefit of crossing. ”

Preparing the movie, sorting out the studio, recording, recording a flash mob tour, Zhou Xiao's work is busy and varied, the first two months of 2oo2 passed quickly, and on March 2, his new single finally ushered in the sale day.

In the previous week, when the whole song had been disclosed and Zhou Xiao had also appeared on several music programs, he easily led the sales and trend of music again in 2oo2.