Cao Zhiqiang went to great lengths to organize this drinking party, although the main purpose was to show strength to Taro Okada and his wife, but it was more than that.

In fact, in addition to showing strength and increasing the social scope, this drinking party also had a lot of surprises.

For example, the male protagonist in "Tokyo Love Story", Cao Zhiqiang found the best candidate.

In fact, the TV series Tokyo Love Story is only in the preparatory stage, except for the heroine who was set at the beginning Akina Nakamori, the other actors have not been decided, and they have to go through a round of formal screening and interviews.

For example, the actor in this play, there were indeed several candidates at the beginning, but none of them were decided.

Originally, Kozo Nagayama hoped that Cao Zhiqiang would play the leading role, after all, the movie "Love in the Rain" in which Cao Zhiqiang was the leading actor was being broadcast in Japan at this time, and if Cao Zhiqiang was willing to play the leading role in the play, he would definitely bring his own traffic.

And it should be no problem to play against Akina Nakamori.

But Cao Zhiqiang still resolutely refused, and the original solution was very simple, that is, he didn't have time.

As Cao Zhiqiang said, he will go back to China for a period of time, and it is impossible for him to film in Japan all day.

Then, Kozo Nagayama fell in love with a male actor at that time, that is, the male protagonist who played Daisuke Hasamizu in "Volleyball Girl" - Yutaka Nanjo.

Nagayama Kosan chose him three times because Nanjo Yutaka is very popular now, and he is a good person, and he can play musical instruments, so he thinks he is quite suitable for the actor.

Cao Zhiqiang had no impression of this person, but he heard that he played the leading role in "Volleyball Girl", so he agreed.

"Volleyball Girl" has been introduced into China at this time and has caused a sensation in China, so Cao Zhiqiang still has a little impression of the male protagonist.

By the way, "Blood Suspicion", which caused a sensation among Chinese people in Cao Zhiqiang's impression, and "Police Dog Carl", which Cao Zhiqiang's father talked about in his previous life, have not yet been introduced into China, and most people in China do not know these two TV series at present.

So far, there have been only two Japanese TV dramas that have been introduced into the country, namely "Zi Sanshiro", which was introduced in 1981, and "Volleyball Girl", which was introduced this year, that is, in 1983.

Among them, "Volleyball Girl" is more popular, and among young people, the name Junko Oga is not unfamiliar.

Therefore, Cao Zhiqiang has reason to believe that the reason why Kozo Nagayama chose Yutaka Nanjo is probably because of the idea of introducing "Tokyo Love Story" into the domestic broadcast in the future.

In fact, at the beginning of this reception, Taro Okada, director of Fuji TV's TV drama production bureau and one of the directors of the Fuji TV Group, once talked to Cao Zhiqiang about the output of Japanese dramas.

It was precisely this conversation that made Cao Zhiqiang understand that the top management of a large Japanese company did not know anything about China's internal situation, but basically did not know anything about it.

For example, Director Taro Okada, he didn't know about the introduction of the current domestic TV series, and it was not only the TV station that had the final say, but also had to be reviewed by the relevant national departments.

Therefore, it is not recommended by Cao Zhiqiang that he will be selected.

However, with Cao Zhiqiang's identity, status and conditions, it is not impossible to recommend a good Japanese drama to China.

For example, he can recommend "Blood Suspicion" to China in advance, and let the country broadcast this drama in advance.

Even Cao Zhiqiang can recommend the popular "101 Marriage Proposals" to China.

Anyway, Cao Zhiqiang is very familiar with CCTV and several leaders of the Ministry of Culture, so it should not be difficult to operate this matter.

After all, friendship is a matter of contact.

In short, with this idea, Cao Zhiqiang agreed to Nagayama Kozo's proposal at that time, and decided to let Nanjo Yuyo interview for the actor at that time, in fact, it was just a formality, if there was no big problem, he would basically be decided.

But at this reception, Cao Zhiqiang changed his mind instantly after seeing the young Miura Tomokazu with his own eyes.

Ma Dan, what is a beautiful man, this is a beautiful man!

Miura Tomokazu is at the peak of his appearance at this time, and he has an introverted personality, so he is naturally the candidate for Nagao Wanji.

As for that Nanjo Yutaka, he can play a supporting role, that is, that playboy Kenichi Mikami, and it doesn't hinder him.

Coincidentally, when Cao Zhiqiang talked about this with Miura Yukazu, he was not only very interested, but also said that he was very familiar with Yutaka Nanjo, and everyone was good friends and had cooperated before.

In addition, Tomokazu Miura has also worked with Sayuri Yoshinaga.

Previously, Tomokazu Miura, Sayuri Yoshinaga and Ken Takakura once acted together in the movie "Strait", and the response was not bad.

Just persuaded Miura Tomokazu to play the leading role, which already surprised Cao Zhiqiang, and what surprised Cao Zhiqiang even more was that after Cao Zhiqiang briefly said the general content of "Tokyo Love Story", Miura Tomokazu actually pulled Utsui Ken over.

Ken Utsui is the guy who played Shigeru Oshima in "Blood Suspicion", this is the king of TV dramas in this era, and he is known as a good father in Japan.

This guy's appeal to TV dramas is much stronger than that of Tomokazu Miura, at least in Japan.

Miura Tomokazu's meaning is to let Utsui Ken play the boss of the male protagonist, and at the same time, the heroine Rika Akana's object of ambiguity, and Minister Natsuki He.

Utsui Ken was still a little confused when he was pulled over by Miura Yuwa at first, but after hearing that Cao Zhiqiang was the music wizard "Morinaka Qingquan" who suddenly rose recently, or the director, screenwriter and actor of the recently popular messy movie "Love in the Rain", or the screenwriter of the recently popular messy TV series "101 Proposals", or the famous "Kudo Yusaku", he was immediately moved.

Yes, in Japan, there are many people who can become popular as soon as they debut, but there are really not many people who can stay popular and be helpless every time.

After Cao Zhiqiang debuted in Japan as a singer "Morinaka Qingquan", his first song became popular all over Japan, and it is still in the top five of the weekly list of the public trust list, and the cumulative sales have exceeded 3 million copies.

It's just that, the key is that Cao Zhiqiang became popular every time he released a song, and he had to be on the public trust list every time.

So far, the top 10 of the Japanese Public Trust Chart Music Weekly Chart have all been rounded up by Cao Zhiqiang's songs, achieving a real domination of the charts.

The top 10 on the public trust chart was dominated by the same person's songs, which had never appeared before, so it was also in the news, so even Utsui Ken, a middle-aged man, had heard of it.

However, relatively speaking, the name Yusaku Kudo made Utsui Ken even more moved.

The reason is that Chieko Abe, Ken Utsui's wife, not only likes Morinaka Qingquan's songs, but also likes "Kudo Yusaku".

In particular, "Norwegian Wood" and "Snow Country" written by Yusaku Kudo are Abe's favorite to watch recently.

For a long time, Utsui Ken was a little curious about "Morinaka Qingquan" and "Kudo Yusaku", because according to legend, these two people are the same person.

It's just that he is usually busy with work, and he has to take care of his sick wife after work, so he doesn't have time to inquire about people, and now he finally sees me, and it is confirmed that the rumors are true, and those two people are really one person.

Yes, Ken Utsui's wife is sick now, and she has leukemia.

This time, Ken Utsui's wife also came, but she didn't know that "Morinaka Qingquan" and "Kudo Yusaku" were also here.

In fact, according to Ken Utsui, he didn't want to come in the first place.

But when he heard that there were top-notch tuna sashimi, top-notch sea cucumber sashimi, salmon sashimi, etc., and it was self-service, all free, he brought his wife over.

Ken Utsui's wife, Chieko Abe, loves sashimi, especially salmon and tuna.

It's just that since she had leukemia, she has paid a lot of attention to her diet.

This attention is not only due to the illness itself, but also to economic factors.

Because in this era, the treatment of leukemia is very expensive, and if you want to live for a long time, you have to use money everywhere.

Generally speaking, the treatment of leukemia at this time is mainly chemotherapy, and the drugs that can be chemotherapy are very expensive, even if it is Ken Utsui, it is very difficult to bear.

Therefore, Chieko Abe usually eats very ordinary and cheap things, and generally does not eat expensive seafood sashimi.

This time there is a chance to taste the top sashimi for free, and the promoter Nagayama Kozo promised that everyone would just meet and get to know each other, and that they would not engage in gangs and factions, and they would not force anything, so of course Ken Utsui would bring his wife over.

Unexpectedly, I actually met my wife's idol here.

In short, after realizing that Cao Zhiqiang was "Morinaka Qingquan" and "Kudo Yusaku", Utsui Ken soon took Cao Zhiqiang and others to meet his wife.

After hearing that Cao Zhiqiang was "Morinaka Qingquan" and "Kudo Yusaku", Abe Chieko was very excited, not only happily took a photo with Cao Zhiqiang, but also asked for an autograph, just like a little fan girl.

It's that this little fan girl is a little older, and she is qualified to be Cao Zhiqiang's mother.

In fact, "Morinaka Qingquan" and "Kudo Yusaku" are the same person, and the situation here quickly spread, attracting many female stars, vying to take photos with Cao Zhiqiang and ask for autographs.

Naturally, there are people who really like it, and there are also people who join in the fun.

Although there are not many singers at this reception, mainly actors and directors, Cao Zhiqiang's drama ability is not bad.

Whether it is the movie "Love in the Rain", which is still being released, or the currently popular "101 Proposals", the script is from Cao Zhiqiang, and all the music is too.

Everyone is not stupid, they all know a good movie and TV series, the script first, the characters second, and the music third.

Cao Zhiqiang has both the ability to write a good script and a good music, which is too great.

And Cao Zhiqiang seems to be very familiar with many high-level executives.

For example, the high-level executives of Warner and Toho, the high-level executives of Fujitai, and the descendants of the wealthy family Nagayama Kozo all have a good relationship with Cao Zhiqiang.

Especially after everyone Yongshan Gengsan inadvertently said that Cao Zhiqiang was responsible for all the supplies at this private reception, then everyone's opinion of him was even more unusual.

Talented, rich and backer, this is a proper and good resource.

It can be said that except for old people like Akira Kurosawa who like to drink, eat and chat alone, basically young actors and directors are all vying to get to know Cao Zhiqiang and Kozo Nagayama.

In this way, it was just a simple drinking party, and the cast list of the new drama "Tokyo Love Story" was almost made up.

For example, the actor is basically set to be Tomokazu Miura, and the supporting actor is Toyoka Nanjo Utsui Ken.

The heroine is still Akina Nakamori, and the supporting actresses are Sayuri Yoshinaga, Yuko Furugawa, and Onko Asano.

Among them, the reason why Akina Nakamori was re-allowed to play the heroine was because Sayuri Yoshinaga took the initiative to retreat.

Because Sayuri Yoshinaga feels that her age and temperament are more suitable for playing the childhood sweetheart Satomi Sekiguchi of the actor Nagao Wanji.

As for the lively and jumpy Rika Akana, it is more appropriate to let the younger Akina Nakamori play.

But in fact, Sayuri Yoshinaga is all a pretext.

The reason why she gave in was because she found that the scene was full of big names, and Cao Zhiqiang's backers were many and hard, and she didn't want to be angry, so she retreated and hoped to play the second female lead.

However, what Sayuri Yoshinaga said also has some truth.

Judging from Sayuri Yoshinaga's current temperament, it is indeed more suitable to play the gentle second female Satomi Sekiguchi.

Especially the heroine Rika Akana had an affair with her older boss before she fell in love with the male protagonist, which is also an unpleasant point during this period, and may not be acceptable to many people.

Therefore, after comprehensive consideration, Sayuri Yoshinaga gave up the heroine and let Akina Nakamori continue to be the female number one.

Tomokazu Miura doesn't care, but he also thinks it may be more appropriate to play against the young Akina Nakamori.

After all, this is a drama of a woman chasing a man, and if a woman is older than a man, it looks a little weird.

And the character of Akina Nakamori's rebellious girl has been out for a long time, and it is very suitable for her to play Rika Akana.

Seriously, originally Tomokazu Miura wanted to recommend his wife Momoe Yamaguchi, and Momoe Yamaguchi was actually here.

It's just that Yamaguchi Baihui is also a little afraid of life in private and doesn't like to socialize very much, so he didn't come to say hello at first.

Also, after Yamaguchi Baihui retired from the movie, although he did not completely withdraw from the entertainment industry, he basically began to rot, and he no longer wanted to be busy with work all day.

Therefore, even if Tomokazu Miura wanted her to act, Momoe Yamaguchi was not interested in acting.

What's more, Akina Nakamori has a lot to do with Cao Zhiqiang at first glance, and she looks like she has a leg.

That is, Tomokazu Miura didn't see it at first, but Yamaguchi Momoe is a woman, so she can see it at a glance.

So Yamaguchi Baihui doesn't want to act anymore, after all, this is something that offends people.

Didn't you see that even Sayuri Yoshinaga flinched, gave up the role of the heroine, and was she relieved to be a green leaf for Akina Nakamori?

Such an obvious situation, if Yamaguchi Momoe can't see it, she won't become a legend.

Yes, perhaps, as Taro Okada said at the beginning, in the Japanese entertainment industry, talent and beauty alone can't get ahead, the key is to be a person.

If you can't be a person, no matter how popular you are, it's only temporary.

The most typical case is Midori Kiuchi, the heroine of "Police Dog Carl".

When Midori Kiuchi first debuted in the mid-seventies, it was called a fire.

At that time, Yamaguchi Momoe was also at his peak, and in terms of acting, singing and works, he far surpassed Midori Kiuchi.

But in terms of popularity, Yamaguchi Momoe is still beaten by Kiuchi Midori.

At that time, Midori Kiuchi, just by taking a few random covers, he could be robbed by people, and a casual smile was enough to make people heartbreaking.

It's a pity that Midori Kiuchi can't be a man, he is too willful, at the peak of his popularity, he willfully fell in love with a scumbag who was not divorced, and after being discovered, he fled to the United States without saying hello, and was finally abandoned by the entertainment industry.

On the contrary, it was Yamaguchi Baihui, who was humble and polite, and finally had a bumper harvest in career and love.

It can be seen from this that being a person in advance is indeed a portrayal of the Japanese entertainment industry at this time.

You can't be a person, no matter how beautiful and talented you are, you are just a meteor that passes by in a hurry and disappears soon.