Japanese big things

On the 11th, Sunday, a light rain began to fall in the sky in Kamakura, and it was like a string of beads falling apart.

The cool breeze blew by, and everyone in the crew who were not wearing thick clothes suddenly shivered and sneezed from time to time.

In the school gymnasium, the first scene of the movie "Model Student" was filmed here. The scene to be filmed was the exam part of the plot.

Although the plot of the movie is very smooth when it is presented to the audience, during the filming process, the filming was not done in order.

Every film supervisor has different habits and considerations. This is related to the strength of the film investors and the overall planning of the film.

For example, some senior and famous supervisors, relying on their strong investment, can shoot the films in the order in which they are completed.

Although for the actors' performances, this kind of shooting in the order of plot development is indeed beneficial to the actors' acting skills and can achieve better performance effects.

But for investors, that is definitely a nightmare. It will not only increase the cost of the movie, but also lengthen the production time of the movie.

As long as the film's investors have an above-average IQ, they will never agree to the supervision's willfulness. If they really can't resist it, it must be because the supervision has strong capital.

Either the supervisor is relatively strong and can easily identify investors if there is no shortage of investment. Or the film is an investment led by supervisors, so naturally it can have willful qualifications.

But this situation is definitely a relatively rare case. The vast majority of supervisors neither have the strong capital nor will they choose to be so willful.

At this time, the originally empty space of the gymnasium was filled with tables and chairs that had been moved in, spaced at equal distances.

Most of the actors are already sitting upright, as if preparing for an exam, but they only slightly adjust their posture from time to time.

The nearby cameras were scattered on both sides according to Nakamura Masahiro's request, avoiding each other's lens range at an angle.

The crew members who were wandering back and forth were also busy, checking the makeup of the actors, adjusting the brightness of the lights, or cleaning up the props, scenery and debris that did not meet the requirements of the scene.

"President, at the end of the month, you will need to participate in the final rehearsal of "Red and White Song"."

While Nakamura Masahiro was writing and drawing with a pen and paper, his assistant Mika Ito came up to him and gave a report.

NHK TV station finally chose to let Masahiro Nakamura perform on stage as a singer. After all, this can attract the greatest amount of traffic.

Although NHK TV station is a public media organization and does not need to rely on ratings, the level of audiovisual performance is equally important.

Especially at the end of the year, "Red and White Songs" can be called the signature program of NHK TV station. If the ratings are low, it will definitely be shameful.

Nowadays, with the much-anticipated popular fried chicken Nakamura Masahiro starring, the audiovisual performance of NHK TV station is not yet known, but the public's expectations have increased significantly.

According to the latest various survey results, more than 70% of the people said that they are very much looking forward to the performance of famous director Masahiro Nakamura.

As a result, NHK TV's "Red and White Song" defeated other competitors and became the number one most anticipated program in Japan at the end of the year.

"I see...."

After giving a vague response, Nakamura Masahiro didn't even raise his head and continued busy with what he was doing.

"Also, Dentsu has sent out many invitations to appear in commercials. Do you need to reply..."

Seeing that Nakamura Masahiro was not too concerned, Ito Mika was not surprised and continued to add.

"Also, there is currently a lot of idle funds in the firm's account. Senior Ojo would like to ask what you mean?"

"Should we invest in the stock market? Or find a few projects to invest in?"

When he heard the word 'stock market', Nakamura Masahiro immediately had a reaction: his painful experience in the stock market left him frightened, so he was opposed to the stock market from the bottom of his heart.

He stopped what he was doing, raised his head, frowned, and looked at Mika Ito thoughtfully.

"Approximately how much money is currently in the firm's account?"

"Uh... there is about 1.37 billion yen in the account."

"Established the Korean branch, participated in the Nogizaka46 project, invested in the movie "Model Student", purchased the office building and apartment building of the office..."

The numbers reported by Mika Ito surprised Nakamura Masahiro. He made a rough calculation and then asked Mika Ito a puzzled question.

"Just these things must have cost a lot of money...How can there be so much left?"

"It's normal. In addition to the income from movies, there is also income from the sales of singles..."

Ito Mika continued to explain: "In addition, there is a lot of income from copyright. Although there are many places to spend money, the office's monthly increased income is actually quite a lot..."

In short, Masahiro Nakamura's firm has more ways to make money. Although it has a lot of expenses, its income is growing faster.

Relying on the Japanese market's relatively complete copyright protection system and Nakamura Masahiro's popular works, the firm can earn a lot of settlement income every month.

Okay, I'm just superficial...it turns out that there is still so much money in the firm's account.

Nakamura Masahiro blinked, mentally making some judgments about the firm's income.

According to his original estimate, although the firm's income was large, its expenses were also considerable. Did Masahiro Nakamura think there was not much remaining funds?

"Forget it in the stock market, it is not that easy to invest. If you are not careful, you will easily lose money. The risk is too great. As for projects..."

Nakamura Masahiro thought for a moment and soon came up with an idea. He tore off a page from the notepad and quickly wrote some names on it.

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Turning her head and glancing at what Masahiro Nakamura was writing, Ito Mika only saw these two names, and endless doubts suddenly arose in her heart.

Looking at the name, it doesn’t seem like a Japanese company? So, where does the name written by the president belong to?

For about two minutes, Nakamura Masahiro wrote a lot of things intermittently. Then, he handed the paper to the confused Ito Mika.

"Let Zhao Er prepare an investment fund, and then invest all the funds in the firm's account into the companies I wrote about..."

"President, these companies don't seem to be Japanese companies, right?"

Mika Ito quickly glanced at the company name on the paper, and then asked Masahiro Nakamura a question in a low voice.

She was very sure that judging from the names of these companies, they were definitely not Japanese companies.

"Well, they are all companies on the other side. There is a huge market over there with great potential for development. These companies are all targets that I am very optimistic about."

"this...."

After getting an affirmative answer from Nakamura Masahiro, Ito Mika subconsciously glanced at the paper in her hand, not knowing how to evaluate it for a while.

Although I have great faith in Nakamura Masahiro's ability and vision, why does it feel a bit outrageous that a company across the sea has been favored by Nakamura Masahiro?

By the way, when did Masahiro Nakamura start paying attention to the market on the other side of the country? Did he also notice these small companies with great potential?

"What? Do you have any ideas or opinions?"

Seeing Mika Ito's delay in moving, Masahiro Nakamura couldn't help but look up at her, his tone slightly curious.

"If there is any, you can mention it and I will refer to it."

"No, President..."

After coming back to her senses, Ito Mika quickly shook her head. She didn't know much about the other side of the sea, so naturally she couldn't put forward useful ideas and opinions.

"If not, then let's arrange it this way."

Nakamura Masahiro waved his hand and dismissed Ito Mika: "If Shoji has any objections, ask him to come to me directly."

"Hi...."

Mika Ito responded solemnly, then turned around and left to deal with the affairs arranged by Masahiro Nakamura.

"Nakamura-san, can we start filming?"

Seeing Ito Mika leave, assistant Hamaguchi Ryusuke quickly walked to Nakamura Masahiro and asked him for instructions.

"Is everyone ready?"

Nakamura Masahiro looked at the veteran senior in front of him and asked casually. Because they were admitted to Tokyo University of the Arts, Nakamura Masahiro and Hamaguchi Ryusuke became classmates.

After learning that Nakamura Masahiro was going to shoot the commercial film "Model Student", Hamaguchi Ryusuke took the initiative to ask Ying to be an assistant to Nakamura Masahiro, hoping to learn the shooting experience of commercial films from him.

Although he has made some films and received a lot of praise, he mainly focused on the field of low-cost literary films.

Regarding the field of commercial films, Hamaguchi Ryusuke certainly has ideas, but at this stage he can only suppress those ideas and work honestly on small-budget literary films.

Now, with such an opportunity to study, Hamaguchi Ryusuke will naturally not let it go: anyway, his relationship with Nakamura Masahiro as classmates will not be used in vain.

"Well, I've checked and everyone is ready."

Hamaguchi Ryusuke gave a positive reply: before he came to ask for instructions from Nakamura Masahiro, he had already confirmed the preparation status of each department.

"Okay, let's start shooting..."

Nakamura Masahiro didn't hesitate, nodded and agreed to the filming work. Then, taking advantage of Hamaguchi Ryusuke's announcement, he also did a little inspection.

As Ryusuke Hamaguchi announced the decision to start filming, the original loose atmosphere of the entire crew suddenly disappeared.

Irrelevant personnel retreated to the side one after another, while the relevant departments stood firm at their posts and stood ready with solemn expressions.

Within the scope of the camera's focus, the actors playing the roles of students sat quietly at the examination table, each of them holding their breath and keeping a straight face.

There is no trace of acting. They are full of youth, and they completely fit the student characters in the movie.

Sugata Masaki's position is diagonally behind Takei Saki, and the two are separated by two test positions. The focus of this scene is on him and Takei Saki.

The seat to the right of Takei Saki is Yanagaku Yuya. He doesn't have many roles and can only be regarded as a small supporting role.

Although he was a former best actor at the Cannes Film Festival, Yuya Yanagi's development was not smooth. He also gave up on himself and was depressed, and even once caused a scandal of attempted suicide.

However, Yuya Yanagi has now adjusted and returned to the right track of life: he got married, had a daughter, and began to actively seek job opportunities.

It is said that in addition to participating in stage plays and improving his acting skills, he also worked part-time at car washes and izakayas.

This time when he participated in the selection of the role in the movie "Model Student", he asked his seniors in the agency to help him.

Although he failed to get the lead role in the movie, being able to get a role can be regarded as a small success for Yuya Yanagaku.

Anzu and Yamazaki Kento were also behind Takei Saki. Although the camera hadn't started shooting yet, they were already getting ready with solemn expressions.

"Act 1, Scene 1...begins."

After confirming that there was no problem, the keeper walked quickly to the camera with the slate. There was a slight pause for two seconds, and then he closed it heavily, and the slate made a clear crisp sound.