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The applause subsided, and the quiet atmosphere returned to the auditorium. After the host finished the standard prelude, he gave the stage to Nakamura Masahiro and Mukai Yosuke.

After all, it is just a low-budget film. Even with the blessing of a nomination from the Berlin Film Festival, the resources provided by Toho cannot meet the standards of a large-scale production.

It would be great to be able to arrange a premiere for this movie, but what else do you need to expect from a bicycle?

Masahiro Nakamura and Yosuke Mukai bowed to the auditorium below, and the audience once again gave them warm applause. The overwhelming momentum was like a surging ocean, flooding the entire theater.

"It seems that the entertainment industry needs another general supervisor."

Glancing back at the lively auditorium behind him, Mitani Yuki whispered to Hirokazu Kore-eda beside him: "Being shortlisted for the Berlin Film Festival proves his directing ability. If he also performs well at the box office, it will be a strong one."

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"Wouldn't it be better to have one more excellent supervisor?"

Kore-eda smiled, and while applauding along with the audience, he asked in a low voice: "Only with more excellent movies can we attract more viewers into the cinema and make the market prosper."

"I'm not worried..."

Mitani Yuki looked at Hirokazu Kore-eda, who was pretending to be stupid, but did not expose the other party, and continued on his own: "It's just that it is more difficult to supervise the newcomers in the circle who have not yet made a name for themselves."

"There's nothing we can do about it, the whole industry is like this."

Kore-eda Hirokazu very much agrees with Miko Yuki's view. Although he has had a smoother journey, he has also experienced a lot.

The general environment of the film industry is not good and it has been in a state of decline for a long time. No one can change it. Therefore, all parties have not invested much in film projects, and the competition in the industry is very fierce.

It's better for supervisors who are already famous. After all, with representative works and actual achievements close by, it is relatively easy to attract investment in movies.

It would be quite uncomfortable for those new supervisors who are just starting out, or for senior supervisors who have no results to show for themselves.

In a circle that was originally quite competitive, now a powerful person like Masahiro Nakamura with actual results has emerged. The effect is no less than adding a catfish to a school of sardines.

Listening to the conversation between Yuki Mitani and Hirokazu Kore-eda, Masami Nagasawa stared straight at Masahiro Nakamura who was talking on the stage.

The eyes full of ambition are like a hunter trying to hunt. Maybe, in her eyes, Masahiro Nakamura on the stage is her targeted prey.

"Thank you for your love for this movie, and I hope you will support the movie "One Long Day"."

Nakamura Masahiro still didn't know that he was being targeted by Nagasawa Masami, so he was on stage talking to the audience to promote the movie, telling everyone about it from the perspective of the movie's theme.

Mukai Yosuke kept a smile on his face and kept silent except for occasionally answering questions seriously.

With the previous lessons, Yosuke Mukai also knows that you can't complain as you like: you can say whatever you want in private, but it will be taboo in such a formal public setting.

The following Q&A session is for interaction with the audience. The host randomly selects the audience to ask questions, and Nakamura Masahiro and Mukai Yosuke are responsible for answering.

"Director Nakamura, I just want to ask, do you have confidence in the Berlin Film Festival? For example, if you win a certain award."

The first lucky person selected by the host was a young girl, who looked about twenty years old. She stood up with excitement, took the microphone handed by the staff, and asked questions.

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"Well..."

Nakamura Masahiro didn't expect this question. He was slightly startled, then a standard smile appeared on his face, and he replied: "It's hard to say... I am definitely confident in my movie, but whether it will win the award or not, I don't know.

It depends on the film festival’s decision.”

Although he learned relatively certain news about winning the award from Wakamatsu Koji, Nakamura Masahiro could not reveal it to others at will until the real results came out.

It's like an unspoken rule that everyone knows. It's one thing to know it in private, but it's another thing if it's put on the table.

"Mukai-san, I want to ask..."

The second audience member selected was a middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes. His smart workplace attire made him look like a senior professional.

"Have you ever experienced what you see in the movie... If you haven't, you won't be able to act it out. It's too real."

"Well, before filming this movie, I actually had a similar experience. In a sense, the me in the movie and the me in the real world are all connected."

Yosuke Mukai was a little surprised when he was asked. He organized his words a little and answered in an orderly manner. From a certain perspective, the movie "One Long Day" is a true portrayal of him.

"No wonder, Mukai-san's role doesn't look like a performance, it looks like the life of an ordinary working person..."

After sighing again, the other person returned the microphone to the staff and sat down again. Soon, another selected audience member took the microphone, stood up and asked a new question.

After the question and answer session, there is the final photo session. For the audience, this may be the most popular session.

Since the domestic copyright system in Japan is very strictly protected, especially in the image-conscious entertainment industry, ordinary people cannot take and keep photos of public figures without permission.

For example, no photos of the artists from Johnny & Johnson will be circulated without the permission of Johnny & Johnson. If anyone dares to secretly take photos or publish them, they will not simply issue a lawyer's letter, but will really dare to fight.

Lawsuit.

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After all, for Johnny & Associates, the images of its artists are also very important assets. Not only can ordinary photos make money, but image licensing fees are also a huge amount of income.

Although Nakamura Masahiro and Mukai Yosuke are not well-known at present, anyone with a discerning eye can see that with the quality of the movie "One Long Day", they are the rising stars of tomorrow.

If we don’t take advantage of the opportunity to take a group photo now and take two more photos as a souvenir, it will be impossible for such a good thing to happen again after the two of them sign a contract with an agency or become popular.

The flash of the camera kept flashing, and the clicking sound of mobile phones also sounded from time to time. Masahiro Nakamura and Yosuke Mukai, who were surrounded in the center of the crowd, had smiles on their faces and cooperated with the audience's request for photos.

About ten minutes later, after the group photo was basically over, the security personnel came forward and rescued Nakamura Masahiro and Mukai Yosuke from the crowd.

"Oh, I feel so tired..."

Mukai Yosuke moved his hands and feet, then stretched out his hand to rub his slightly stiff cheek, and sighed in a tired tone: "Nakamura-san, I feel more tired than filming a movie with you."

"This is nothing, it's just trivial."

Hearing Mukai Yosuke's words, Nakamura Masahiro smiled and joked: "If you want to continue in the entertainment industry, you have to adapt to these."

Although the various aspects of the premiere are relatively complicated, compared with the high intensity of popular artists, they are really weak.

If Yosuke Mukai can't even adapt to this, then he might as well stop being in the entertainment industry. After all, popular artists have very intensive schedules, and they often even eat and sleep in the nanny car.

"That's what you said..."

Nodding, Mukai Yosuke also agreed with this. After a moment of silence, he immediately asked: "Nakamura-san, what do you think the box office of this movie will be?"

"Hey, why do you suddenly care about the movie box office?"

Yosuke Mukai looked at him in slight surprise. Masahiro Nakamura was very surprised by his question. "One Long Day" belongs to the category of literary films. Logically speaking, the box office results will not be too high. Why does Yosuke Mukai's tone seem to have high expectations?

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"After all, it's a movie in which I play the leading role..."

Mukai Yosuke smiled awkwardly, but being stared at by Nakamura Masahiro's scrutinizing gaze, he couldn't help but feel a little guilty.

"I also want the movie's box office results to be higher, so it's normal to be concerned about it."

"According to my estimation, the box office of the movie should be around 50 million. With the influence of the Berlin Film Festival, if there are no problems, it is possible to triple that."

After pondering for a moment, Nakamura Masahiro gave his own judgment. Literary films have always been less popular than commercial films, and it is often difficult to achieve high box office results. Most of them rely on long-term screenings to make profits.

"A Long Day" is slightly different. With the influence of the Berlin Film Festival, it must have a big increase in box office. But how much it can achieve is a bit uncertain.

After all, low-cost literary films have great limitations and are naturally at a disadvantage. There are not many who can stand out from them, but there are definitely not that many.

Just like the so-called dark horse, it is called this term precisely because it is not common. If everyone is a common dark horse, then there is still the term dark horse?

"You mean, can it have a box office of 200 million?"

Yosuke Mukai's eyes lit up, and he stared at Masahiro Nakamura with piercing eyes. Although the box office performance of a movie with 200 million yuan is not very high, it still depends on the box office performance of 200 million yuan.

In the field of animated movies, a box office of 200 million is a huge loss. Let alone profitability, even the production cost cannot be recovered.

In the commercial field of live-action movies, a box office of 200 million is also a huge failure. Relatively speaking, it may not lose as much as anime movies.

But in the field of low-cost literary films, a box office of 200 million is definitely a good performance. Box office figures of several billion are certainly fascinating, but the reality of losing money is the real result of most movies.