Japanese big things

After getting acquainted with the managers responsible for film project preparation at Universal Pictures, Nakamura Masahiro rushed back to Tokyo the next day.

Although Hollywood film projects are very important, for Nakamura Masahiro at the moment, he still needs to finish his work in Japan first.

Afterwards, after arranging the work of the office, Nakamura Masahiro and Oshiro Shoji directly embarked on the journey to Kanazawa.

"Nakamura-san, how long has it been since we came back?"

The train was speeding along the track, and the scenery outside the window was flying backwards. Ojo Shoji asked Nakamura Masahiro with some emotion.

"I don't remember, it seems like it's been a long time..."

Nakamura Masahiro frowned and thought for a while, his memory was a little blurry, and he even forgot the specific time.

For Nakamura Masahiro, he has no habit of recording time. The past years are like melting ice and snow, no matter how hard he remembers them, it is useless.

Except for his father Nakamura Tomimasa, who is still a station manager at Hokuriku Broadcasting, he has no worries in Kanazawa.

If he settled here and stayed in Tokyo forever, Nakamura Masahiro would not hesitate at all. For him, the memory of Kanazawa has actually begun to slowly fade away.

"Yeah...but, I feel like it happened yesterday..."

Shoji Ojo leaned his head against the car window, looking at the rapidly changing window, as if he was lost in memories.

“Unconsciously, this year is already more than half over.”

"Yeah, this year is halfway through again..."

Nakamura Masahiro echoed, and for a moment he couldn't help but sigh a little, feeling inexplicably sad.

As the sky gradually darkened, the fast-moving train began to slow down slowly, and finally arrived at Kanazawa Station smoothly.

Looking at it, although the station has a large flow of people and there are a lot of passengers coming and going, it is still a remote county after all, and it is quite different from the bustling scene of the metropolitan Tokyo.

When they walked out of the station, they immediately saw a middle-aged man holding a welcome sign. He was the representative of the Cultural Promotion Fund and was responsible for receiving Masahiro Nakamura and his party.

"No need to go to the hotel, we can just go home and meet directly tomorrow."

When the other party offered to send the two of them to the hotel where they were staying, both Nakamura Masahiro and Oshiro Shoji expressed their polite refusal.

"Is this okay?"

The other party's expression was a little hesitant. Although the people who made the decision were Nakamura Masahiro and Oshiro Shoji, if news of neglect spread, then he as the person in charge would be in trouble.

"Let's arrange it this way. If it's a hotel, we won't go."

Nakamura Masahiro said decisively: "We will meet tomorrow..."

Now that Nakamura Masahiro said so, the other party couldn't say anything more. He could only agree with the two of them on a meeting time tomorrow, and then left quietly.

"Nakamura-san, I'll go back first. If anything happens, please call me."

Afterwards, Ojo Shoji also said goodbye to Nakamura Masahiro, got into a taxi outside the station, and took a taxi to leave.

Suddenly, the street lights began to light up one after another, and the weak light was listless, just like the time for a social worker in the workplace to go to work.

"Kaneshi Nishi 3-chome, thank you..."

Nakamura Masahiro also took a taxi, and after giving the driver his address, he looked out the window with bored eyes.

The rotating wheels began to accelerate, and the scenery outside the window disappeared in the blink of an eye. After the taxi turned the intersection, it quickly merged into the traffic flow.

"Masahiro?"

When he got downstairs, Nakamura Masahiro paid the taxi fare and just turned around and walked towards the building when he heard a familiar voice greeting him.

"Odosan?"

The person who greeted him was Nakamura Masahiro's father, Nakamura Tomimasa. He had just gotten out of the car and looked tired. He had obviously just come back from get off work.

"When will you come back? I don't know if you can tell me so I can pick you up..."

"No need, I just came back just now."

"You're back to handle the cooperation with the Cultural Promotion Fund, right?"

"Hey, this is it..."

"There have been complaints from the Cultural Promotion Fund for a long time, but now that you are a famous director who has set a box office record, they don't dare to raise any objections."

"It's my fault, I kept putting off the follow-up of cooperation..."

"Don't feel guilty. There's nothing you can do about it. Your work is already quite busy."

While talking about the topic, Nakamura Tomimasa called for Nakamura Masahiro to follow, and the two of them returned home one after another.

Compared with the scene in the memory, the home seems not to have changed at all, but it feels strange to Nakamura Masahiro.

"By the way, regarding this promotional cooperation, how do you plan to film it?"

Tomimasa Nakamura casually placed his briefcase on the coffee table in the living room, then walked into the kitchen area and started busy making dinner.

"You probably haven't eaten yet. Wait for me and I'll get something to eat."

"For advertisements, they must be shooting the special scenic spots in Ishikawa. For promotional advertisements, they basically look like this..."

Nakamura Masahiro lowered his head and thought for a moment, then replied in an orderly manner: "As for the TV series, I still need to think about it. Is there any special profession in Ishikawa?"

Compared with the simplicity of advertising, TV dramas are more troublesome. They must not only meet the goal of promoting Ishikawa Prefecture, but also make the filming of TV dramas interesting.

As a result, the difficulty of cooperation has been increased invisibly. Although Nakamura Masahiro is very confident, the choice of subject matter is also a big problem.

"Can you do haenyeo? Just dive into the sea to collect seafood..."

As soon as the proposal was uttered, Nakamura Tomimasa paused slightly, then immediately rejected the idea.

"Forget it, this probably won't work. The morning drama on NHK TV seems to be about this subject."

"NHK TV station wants to film haenyeo?"

Upon hearing the news, Nakamura Masahiro suddenly raised his head, his eyes flashing with surprise.

In his memory fragments, NHK TV's morning drama "Haenyeo" was a huge success. Is filming about to start?

"Yes, don't you know?"

Regarding Masahiro Nakamura's reaction, Tomimasa Nakamura felt a little strange, and his hands were busy with different things. He asked: "If you were in Tokyo, you should have known earlier, right?"

"I'm usually very busy, so I didn't pay attention to this news."

Masahiro Nakamura sighed sadly. Although the news of NHK TV station filming a morning drama was very important, it was obviously drowned by the wave of public opinion like "Model Student".

"The script for Ama's TV series was written by Kankuro Miyafuji, who is well-known in the industry. I have met him before and originally had an idea to come over..."

While talking, Tomimasa Nakamura placed two bowls of ramen on the table. The noodles were soaked in the soup, covered with fried eggs, cabbage and two pieces of meat, mixed with some scattered green onions and kelp, which was eye-catching.

Very appetizing.

"In the end, he said it was an invitation from NHK TV station, so I gave up."

Since it was a script invited by NHK TV station, even if Tomimasa Nakamura was sincere, he would not be able to snatch it away.

Besides, NHK is a media giant, and Hokuriku Broadcasting is just a small local TV station. The gap is obviously insurmountable.

"If we want to talk about local specialty occupations, geisha is one, and craftsmen in the three industries of Kutani ware, Kanazawa gold leaf and Wajima lacquerware must also be..."

Taking a spoon and taking a sip, Nakamura Tomimasa felt the deliciousness of the soup and analyzed it: "By the way, there are also fireworks masters, who are the craftsmen who make fireworks."

"Fireworks master?"

Hearing about this profession, Nakamura Masahiro was moved. Although the Japanese people like fireworks very much, there don't seem to be many TV dramas about this aspect.

"What? You want to film the profession of pyrotechnics artist?"

Seeing Nakamura Masahiro's agitated look, Nakamura Tomimasa couldn't help but become interested. He said, "If necessary, I can help you contact them. The TV station has done interviews with them before, and there are channels for contact..."

"I have this idea, but I'm not sure yet..."

Nakamura Masahiro shook his head and replied with a slight hesitation: "We'll think about it later when I'm sure."

From the splendid product of Hanabi, Masahiro Nakamura thought a lot. If it was written into a TV series script, it would be a good choice.

However, if you want to organize those scattered thoughts into a TV drama script, you still need some effort, and you must at least have an understanding of the profession of fireworks artist.

"OK...."

Nakamura Tomimasa nodded, picked up his chopsticks and started eating the noodles. Perhaps because he was a little hungry, he finished it in a short while and drank the soup as well.

"The preparatory work for the commercial is almost complete. As for the shooting team, it will be provided by Hokuriku Broadcasting..."

Breathing out a pleasant breath, Nakamura Tomimasa looked at Nakamura Masahiro who was still slowly drinking soup, and said: "Theoretically there is no upper limit on the production cost of advertising. Anyway, you just have to spend it according to your budget."

"Your directing remuneration is calculated separately. The Cultural Promotion Foundation will give you 5 million... However, it will be written as 10 million in the settlement."

Hearing this, Nakamura Masahiro subconsciously rolled his eyes. The senior executives of the Emotional Culture Promotion Fund still want to take money from him.

According to the supervision remuneration standards in the Japanese entertainment industry, the income of ordinary supervisors is mostly between 1.5 million and 3 million, and the Cultural Promotion Fund can give a remuneration of 5 million, which is already considered a high standard.

Of course, this is because advertising is of a public welfare nature, and if it is a commercial advertisement, the remuneration will be increased accordingly.

But no matter what, compared with the high incomes in the entertainment industry on the other side, the remuneration of practitioners in the Japanese entertainment industry is relatively low, and the main focus is cost-effectiveness.