After watching the movie, I had a happy dinner with the girls, and then Tang Ning brought Matsuda Yoshiko into the study, and as soon as she entered the room, Tang Ning said with a calm face: "Yoshiko, according to the current situation, I think Toho will definitely continue to shoot a sequel." ”

Yoshiko Matsuda nodded: "Well, that's right, although Dr. Serizawa and Godzilla died together at the end, Dr. Yamane also said that there may be more than one Godzilla of the same kind, which laid the groundwork for the filming of the sequel." ”

Tang Ning said in a deep voice: "We must resolutely crack down on this situation, otherwise our advantage in the movie will be in danger, Dongbao's original foundation is stronger than ours, and he was finally pitted once with copyright and employee uprising before, and this time he will never be allowed to turn over with Godzilla, a big monster." ”

Matsuda Yoshiko said worriedly: "But boss, how can we stop this matter?" According to the latest news received, Godzilla is very successful all over the country, and the box office is about to break 100 million, plus Toho himself has so many theaters, we can't stop it at all, is it difficult to send people to make trouble at every house? ”

Tang Ning shook his head: "You can't do this, in that case, you Matsuda Group won't be able to stink in Tokyo in the future." I just thought about it, and I think this matter can be done from a political point of view. ”

Yoshiko Matsuda asked puzzledly: "This movie has nothing to do with politics, and there is no party or anything involved in it." ”

Downing explained: "You look at the origin of the big monster Godzilla in the movie, the prehistoric monster was contaminated by nuclear and mutated and began to harm human society, then it is obvious that the culprit of Godzilla's mutation is the person or country that conducted the nuclear test, and now the world has openly used the atomic bomb in the United States, and it was dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima in Japan, so what do you mean by this movie?" Isn't that accusing us? In particular, in March this year, we tested a hydrogen bomb at Bikini Atoll in the Marcel Islands. This is the closest to Tokyo Bay, which is simply a hint of red fruit. ”

Hearing this, Yoshiko Matsuda somewhat understood what Tang Ning meant: "Boss, are you saying that the US government will protest against this film, and then ask the Japanese government to ban Godzilla?" ”

"How could the U.S. government protest over such a trivial matter, and besides, I'm not in a position to order the government, but I can find a few film critics in the United States to write a few drafts of this kind of remarks. Then take the opportunity to put pressure on the Japanese Ministry of Culture to give Toho a good beating on the grounds of sabotaging Japan-US cooperation. Tang Ning said as he groaned.

After discussing with Matsuda Yoshiko, Tangning contacted Jimmy the next day, and as soon as he said the word Godzilla, it was as if he hit Jimmy's bitter hole in an instant, and this guy immediately complained to Tangning: "Tony, what do you say about this Toho, let's give him face." When we wanted to introduce his films, he put up a shelf with us, and he didn't sell them to me, telling you, if I hadn't been able to get over in the United States for a while, I would have had to do it with him at that time. ”

Tang Ning comforted: "It's not once or twice that we pit Dongbao, so it's normal for him to have opinions about us, but this momentum must be suppressed." Otherwise, in the future, the Japanese will go to Toho's shadow line to watch movies, then we will have no money to make. You listen. I have a plan here. Then Downing told Jimmy what he thought.

Jimmy agreed very happily: "Okay, I'll find someone to do it, I have to teach Toho a lesson, otherwise we will pay it back with us one by one in the future." ”

Three days later, Tomoyuki Tanaka had just arrived at the company. was notified by the front desk to let him go to the chairman's office, during this time, because Tomoyuki Tanaka was in charge of the box office sales of "Godzilla", so he was also highly valued, not only got a lot of bonuses, but also rumored that he was going to be promoted. This time, it is estimated that it is a good thing for the chairman to find him, and even the front desk lady is teasing him and saying that he has a good thing to treat.

But when Tanaka Tomoyuki walked into the chairman's office with excitement, he didn't expect to be greeted with bad news, and the chairman said with a very depressed expression: "Tanaka, the sequel to Godzilla that you are planning now, let's put it aside for the time being." ”

Tanaka Tomoyuki said with disbelief on his face: "Boss, why, our Godzilla box office is so good, we should take advantage of the victory to chase after it, and reverse the previous decline in one fell swoop, why do you suddenly have to slow down?" ”

The chairman said helplessly: "I understand what you said, it's rare to have a blockbuster film this time, and I don't want to do it, but we do have a sore foot and have been caught, and I still strive for it, so I can keep the normal shooting of the sequel, but the progress must be slowed down, and I have to make a gesture to the above." ”

Tanaka Tomoyuki asked wonderingly: "Can we still have any sore feet in this film?" ”

The chairman explained: "Why not? How did you see for yourself how this Godzilla came about? The mutation caused by nuclear contamination is now that the United States has nuclear weapons all over the world, and at the beginning of the year, it just tested a hydrogen bomb next to Tokyo Bay, so don't you say by name that the United States is the murderer of Tokyo? It's not clear that this is undermining the unity of Japan and the United States, the current political situation is so tense, the left and the right are fighting for the security treaty, and as a result, you still made such a thing, especially the last sentence you made for the sequel, if someone detonates the hydrogen bomb again, there may be Godzilla's kind, and the meaning of this accusation is too obvious.

It would be fine if the Americans didn't take it seriously, but now the Americans are taking it seriously, and there are articles denouncing Godzilla in several newspapers, so let's be passive, and tell you, this is democracy now, and ten years ago, this kind of film was simply blocked. ”

Tomoyuki Tanaka muttered, "Originally, they made nuclear weapons against humanity, what's the matter, they didn't let people say anything wrong." ”

The chairman snorted coldly: "What's the use of you complaining about this, people have a lot of power, whatever they say is what, we have little power, we have to listen to others honestly, and besides, what people accuse is not completely unreasonable." ”

Tanaka Tomoyuki seemed to suddenly think of something, and asked again: "Boss, could this matter be related to the American Jimmy Dupont, an American who wanted to buy Godzilla American rights before, and was rejected by us?" ”

The chairman glared at him: "What's more, if you want me to say that he did this, and the mastermind behind it must be that Tony Downing." (To be continued......)