Japanese big things

"Winning the Silver Bear Award at the Film Festival, the Imperial Tiger returns home with great honors."

"Japanese director Yang Wei Berlin won the Best Director Award."

"Famous Supervisor Masahiro Nakamura, leader of the new generation of Japan."

"'One Long Day' conquers Berlin, and Director Nakamura returns in triumph."

Although Nakamura Masahiro intended to keep a low profile, the media reporters were too enthusiastic and had no intention of letting Nakamura Masahiro go.

In addition, Toho Corporation and TBS TV station were behind the push, so the news of Masahiro Nakamura's return to China spread the next day.

Affected by this, the already high popularity was like a raging fire cooking oil, and the movie box office of "A Long Day" also suddenly increased, leaping to the top of the movie box office list.

However, the championship position of "The Long Day" will definitely not last long. I just don't know which challenger will knock him down?

The upcoming "Doraemon" is a strong opponent, and the "Detective Conan" ranked behind is also not a good one.

Although in terms of movie type, "One Long Day" does not have much competition with the two anime movies "Doraemon" and "Detective Conan", after all, the audiences of the movies are different.

But after all, Japan is a big country of animation, and people’s movie-watching preferences are naturally biased towards animation. In addition, the number of theaters and screens in Japan is also limited.

Newly released popular movies will inevitably crowd out the already tight film schedule. In addition, the two anime movies are also distributed by Toho, which makes it a headache.

"Nakamura-san, I will try my best to give "The Long Day" as many screens as possible, and I will try to keep the screening time within the popular prime time period."

After learning the news that Masahiro Nakamura had returned to Tokyo, Director Shibata of Toho Company immediately called Nakamura Masahiro to explain the upcoming reduction in film schedule.

Although Masahiro Nakamura is just a new supervisor, he has great potential and has a background in Dentsu. Naturally, Minister Shibata does not dare to neglect him easily.

Besides, Toho Company originally intended to win over Nakamura Masahiro, a potential supervisor: after spending so much effort, if a rift arises over a trivial matter, it would be more than worth the gain.

"Don't worry, Toho Corporation definitely attaches great importance to the movie "The Long Day," and adjustments to the film schedule are just normal business practices."

"If the market for "Doraemon" and "Detective Conan" is not as expected, Toho will replenish the number of screens for "One Long Day" later."

Minister Shibata's words made Nakamura Masahiro burst into laughter. Although he understood that the other party's words were to comfort him, this excuse for comfort was really lacking in sincerity.

The two names "Doraemon" and "Detective Conan" have accompanied the growth of many Japanese people, which can be said to be full of emotions.

Regardless of the quality of these two anime movies, just relying on the aura of these two names, the box office performance of the movies will not be bad.

"Shibata-san, I can understand Toho's decision."

Nakamura Masahiro had no intention of arguing too much with Minister Shibata. He knew that this was a decision based on the interests of Toho Company.

"However, I hope that Toho can give "The Long Day" the greatest support possible."

Nakamura Masahiro knew that Toho's decision was not easy to change. Even if Director Shibata was willing to lean towards "One Long Day", he could not change the reality of reduced film schedule.

After all, the essence of the movie "The Long Day" is a literary film. Even with the support of various popularity, it is difficult to resist the onslaught of "Doraemon" and "Detective Conan".

For Nakamura Masahiro, being able to keep as many screens as possible is a victory. As long as the peak period of animation movie releases is passed, the longevity of literary and artistic films will be highlighted.

"Nakamura-san, don't worry, Dongho Company's sincerity will not fade in the slightest."

There was no dissatisfaction in Nakamura Masahiro's tone, which made Director Shibata sigh in relief. The matter of reducing the film schedule has been decided, and it is naturally the best result for Nakamura Masahiro to accept it.

"I will reserve as many films as possible for you. After all, "One Long Day" won the Silver Bear Award."

Later, Nakamura Masahiro and Director Shibata chatted for a while, and the topic of discussion mentioned the box office performance of "One Long Day".

According to Director Shibata, after three weeks of screening, the cumulative number of viewers of "One Long Day" has reached 860,000, and the box office has exceeded 1.1 billion yen.

Although the war blockbuster "Miracle of the Pacific" released at the same time is temporarily leading the box office, its lead has narrowed significantly, and it is very likely that it will lose its little lead before it is released.

In fact, by this time, the comparison between the two movies was meaningless. Even the media that were still reporting on the movie's box office had lost interest.

In addition to hyping up and praising "The Long Day," they also criticized director Hideyuki Hirayama who directed "Miracles of the Pacific."

How could a commercial war blockbuster with a huge investment lose to a small-budget literary film at the box office?

Thinking about it makes people feel magical. Even if Hideyuki Hirayama, a well-known supervisor, has more qualifications, the media reporters will not show any mercy and criticize him.

From a certain perspective, Hideyuki Hirayama, an old-timer, has completely become the background and stepping stone for Nakamura Masahiro, and has embodied Nakamura Masahiro's reputation.

At the same time, the sales of movie singles have also climbed to 860,000. Although the growth rate has slowed down a lot, if accumulated over time, there is still no problem in breaking one million.

According to the analysis of the latest Oricon chart data, the movie single sales of "A Long Day" may not catch up with akb48, but it is still very possible to stabilize in the top five in annual sales.

"By the way, Nakamura-san, arrange for your finance department to come over and make arrangements so that we can settle the box office and single income for you."

Minister Shibata suddenly brought up a topic that excited Nakamura Masahiro, which was income settlement.

"According to the established rules, settlement will usually be made after the movie is released... However, I know that your firm has just been established, so I applied for an exception to give you priority in settlement."

"Thanks...."

Masahiro Nakamura said his heartfelt words of thanks. Although it was only part of the settlement, who could refuse the income?

After the call ended, before Nakamura Masahiro could take a breath, his cell phone rang again like a deadly ringtone.

I took a look at the caller ID and saw that it was Shoji Ojo. After adjusting my breathing a little, Masahiro Nakamura answered the call.

"Nakamura-san, you didn't even notify me when you came back? If it weren't for the media reports, I wouldn't have known you were back..."

Slightly dissatisfied words of complaint kept coming out of Ojo Shoji's mouth, and his chattering posture was like a machine gun.

"By the way, congratulations on winning the Silver Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival. When are you going to treat me to dinner?"

"No problem, as long as I'm free."

Nakamura Masahiro agreed immediately. In addition to inviting Ojo Shoji to dinner, Nakamura Masahiro also contacted Okita Yutaro, Ueda Shinichiro and others.

By the way, we can’t forget Genichiro Miyagi, and Keita Kurita, the dessert shop owner who sponsored the movie.

Although the film "A Long Day" was directed by Masahiro Nakamura, without their assistance and support, the film would not have been completed so smoothly.

"Nakamura-san and Tanazawa Takayoshi-san's affairs have been taken care of. From now on, you don't have to worry about it anymore."

Oshiro Shoji quickly talked about important things, which was the focus of the transaction between Nakamura Masahiro and Tanazawa Takayoshi.

"The Silver Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival is really useful. As soon as the news of your award came out, those firms immediately changed their attitude, and they were all willing to pay."

Before the results of the Berlin Film Festival awards came out, the agencies that Shoji Oshiro contacted were very reserved and kept going back and forth with Shoji Oshiro.

But as the news of the award results spread back to Japan, they immediately contacted Oshiro Shoji and expressed their support by transferring money without saying a word.

"After all, I won the Silver Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival, and I am now considered a famous director in the Japanese entertainment industry... If they don't seize the opportunity, they will have no chance to recommend artists to me in the future."

Masahiro Nakamura saw this very clearly. After winning the Silver Bear Award, Masahiro Nakamura became a famous director in the Japanese entertainment circle, and he still has unlimited potential.

If you don't take advantage of this opportunity to make friends with Nakamura Masahiro quickly and miss this opportunity, it won't be that easy in the future.

There are not many film and television resources in the Japanese entertainment industry, and they are basically firmly controlled by large clubs and related firms. Small firms often have a harder time.

Even a big shot in the entertainment industry like Akimoto Yasushi, whose idol group akb48 has become very popular in Japan, still cannot get decent film and television resources.

Why did Akimoto Yasushi want to win over Nakamura Masahiro? Is it because he took a fancy to Nakamura Masahiro's film and television resources and wanted to use them to make up for his shortcomings in film and television?

It's not as easy to mess around as in the domestic entertainment industry. No matter what kind of cats or dogs they are, as long as there is traffic and capital to support them, they will just walk around wantonly.

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore, I have to go to TBS TV station soon..."

Shoji Oshiro sighed and was about to hang up the phone. However, he then warned: "Hurry up and finish the things in Tokyo. The crew has all been transferred to Hokkaido and is waiting for you to come over."

"During the time you went to Berlin, the actors in the crew were busy doing business and making money. Especially Kimura Takuya-san, Johnny & Associates has a full schedule for him..."

"I tried to communicate with their agency, but to no avail. I don't know if their condition can be adjusted back, or whether it will affect the shooting..."

From Ojo Shoji's tone, Nakamura Masahiro felt his concern and worry. There is nothing wrong with making money through commercial acting, but if it is done too frequently, it can easily affect the actor's condition.

However, Nakamura Masahiro couldn't pursue this issue too much. After all, he went to Berlin to attend the film festival for more than half a month, so he couldn't let those actors stay on the set every day, right?

Even if an actor has this idea, his agency will not easily agree. After all, an actor's time means money, and who doesn't like money?

"I understand, don't worry, I will take care of this problem."