Life in Tokyo starting as a child star

Cumulative box office of 2 billion yen.

This is undoubtedly a milestone for a horror movie in Japan.

As long as "The Grudge" can cross this milestone, it will be a new milestone for Japanese horror movies in the future and will be discussed repeatedly.

It's like the past few years.

Obviously not many people have seen the movie "Titanic".

But when they are asked to answer which movie has the highest box office in the world, they will say the name of "Titanic" without any hesitation.

This is the power of classics.

From here, we can also see the importance of the 2 billion cumulative box office.

It is like a peak, a peak that many horror movie directors in the industry don't even dare to reach out to climb.

Originally, everyone in the industry secretly thought that "The Grudge" would be stuck at the node of 1.9 billion yen to 2 billion yen for a while.

But unfortunately, reality is not a novel.

There was no such dramatic development.

First, it took advantage of the popularity of the establishment of Eiryū and Kitasumi Group.

"The Grudge" broke into 1.9 billion yen in one and a half days at a speed that others could not imagine.

Two days later, "The Grudge" broke through the 2 billion yen mark without any pause.

Yes.

There were no obstacles or bottlenecks as expected.

Everything came naturally.

"The Grudge" climbed a mountain, and at the same time, it raised the horror movie box office record in the industry by a large margin.

The horror movie directors in the industry were all confused.

The 1.2 billion yen cumulative box office of "Midnight Haunted" was already enough to make people feel troubled.

As a result, Shimizu-san, together with the freak Kitasumi, suddenly raised the cumulative box office by 800 million! And it looks like it will rise in the future.

Who wouldn't be troubled by this record?

Then there was another commotion and interviews.

What "The Grudge" was like, and how it broke the record.

Some people even said that they would shoot a behind-the-scenes interview with Shimizu-san.

However, Kitasumi no longer participated in these miscellaneous discussions and commotions.

The reason is also very simple--

"So this is the specific method of cooperation."

Putting down the information in his hand, Kita Chengshi showed a look of understanding.

As mentioned before.

The AR Sub-service Training Institute will establish a stable and good cooperative win-win channel with the 'Kita Cheng Group'.

This includes the creation, packaging and external publicity of sub-services.

Each member of the 'Kita Cheng Group' can obtain a certain degree of job opportunities and resource assistance from the Kita Cheng Group-the specific degree of assistance depends on the contribution made by the members.

Similarly, while each member enjoys these resource assistance.

The AR Sub-service Training Institute, which provides financial assistance behind the Kita Cheng Group, will also appropriately extract part of the commission to maintain the operation of basic affairs.

This is equivalent to a kind of profit-making enthusiasts' organization.

The resources and personal connections in the industry are interconnected to a certain extent, which can be regarded as quite flexible.

And with Kita Chengshi's understanding.

It turns out that the number of members in the Kita Cheng Group is not as small as it seemed at the previous press conference.

There are many actors or directors whose names Kitasumi doesn't know on the list of members.

These members are probably people that Shimizusan, Honma Fumihiko or Mikawa Takeo know.

In addition to their acquaintances.

There are also a few old acquaintances of Kitasumi among the members of Kitasumi Group.

For example, the screenwriter Yotsuya Masayoshi who helped write "Kidnapped Natsuko" before, and the original author of "Tokyo Curse Sword Master" Mikasa Otome, and the original author of "Kengouden" Watanabe Mayu who came back from vacation, etc.

It has to be said that there are all kinds of people everywhere, and there are some well-known figures in the industry.

At such a cursory glance, it really feels like a formality.

Supporting the side of his face with his hand.

Kitasumi pulled the black hair that fell on his forehead and continued to think.

If we talk about the person who has gained a lot this time, it is undoubtedly Okano Yoshiko.

You have to know that the original AR sub-service training center is only a small agency.

Although there are some connections in the industry.

But basically, all kinds of job opportunities for male servants are monopolized by large male servant agencies.

When they are distributed to AR training institutes, only a few cold dishes are left.

Even if Kita Chengshi is very popular, it is still the same.

To put it bluntly.

Kita Chengshi is just a special case after all - equivalent to a nuclear weapon.

Although he can monopolize all the high-end jobs of first-class male servants, such as the main role and the main supporting role, by himself.

But this does not mean that his "nuclear weapon" can radiate to the group of third-rate and second-rate male servants under the AR male servant training institute.

Major TV stations and directors still look down on other male servants trained by the small workshop of AR male servant training institute.

Now that the "Kita Cheng Group" has been established.

The situation is completely different.

It can be imagined that after the establishment of the "Kita Cheng Group", other male servants in the AR training institute will benefit from it and get a steady stream of job opportunities.

Although these jobs may not be on the table, they may just be some small supporting roles and small roles.

But that's better than having no chance at all, staying at the bottom of the industry's food chain, hugging your legs, and waiting for the end of your service career.

After all, job opportunities mean the life of a kotoyuki—this is a well-known saying in the industry.

Not to mention that with the support of directors and actors such as Shimizuyama and Mikawa Takeo.

The status of the AR Kotoyuki Training Institute, which was originally a small workshop, will rise a lot in the kotoyuki industry.

Therefore, although Okano Yoshiko has to provide people and money for the Kitasumi Group, it seems that she is exhausted.

But in fact, she is enjoying it.

The face that has always been serious and tense has relaxed.

Except for Okano Yoshiko.

Kitasumi Minoru, the spokesperson of the "Kitasumi Group", is undoubtedly the one who benefits the most among all people.

The first is the celebrity effect brought by the establishment of the "Kitasumi Group".

In just the past few days, directors and TV stations have continuously sent Kitasumi Minoru invitations to shoot in the winter season, trying to grab Kitasumi Minoru's winter schedule in advance.

This situation made Kitasumi Minoru speechless.

The autumn season has not yet ended, and you are already thinking about the winter season?

Although he could indeed agree, Kitasumi still didn't give in without seeing the script.

After all, there was the incident in the second season of "Little Canteen".

He didn't want to agree to be the main actor, but when he looked at the script, he was just a main supporting actor.

And not all movies and Japanese dramas are good works that can make him famous.

There are many bad movies and dramas among them.

If he gave in and took a bad movie or drama.

Damage to his reputation is just a small matter.

The most important thing is that he wasted his time cost - a whole schedule was ruined by bad dramas and movies.

Just like the bright moon reflected on the water, it looks very beautiful, but before you have read the script, you can't tell the truth.

In addition to the celebrity effect.

Kitasumi is the representative of the "Kitasumi Group".

The biggest benefit he got is undoubtedly that if there is a role or other work suitable for Kitasumi, the internal members of the Kitasumi Group will give priority to Kitasumi, the "chief commander".

It sounds a bit outrageous, but in reality, it is a win-win situation.

After all, Kitasumi Mi is unmatched in the circle of acting and fame.

You are willing to invite Kitasumi Mi.

Kitasumi Mi may not be interested in you.

This is actually a benefit for the directors within the Kitasumi Group.

In terms of acting, they can send job opportunities to Kitasumi Mi as soon as possible.

That's it.

Kitasumi Mi has an additional work channel.

The directors within the Kitasumi Group can also contact Kitasumi Mi, the double flower red stick in the acting, as soon as possible, without having to go through the process of Tamura Koji.

This is indeed a win-win situation.

Thinking of this, Kitasumi Mi took out his mobile phone and sent a thank-you message to Yotsuya Masayoshi, Akebab Otome and Watanabe Mayuki.

Let's not talk about Akebab Otome and Watanabe Mayuki, the couple that he helped to bring together.

Yotsuya Masayoshi really needs to be thanked.

After all, the other party is the screenwriter of Fuji TV, and he has collaborated with Honma Fumihiko to shoot many excellent literary and romantic works.

For a screenwriter of his level, it must have taken some effort to join the "Kitazami Group", an organization with a strong personal nature.

Although Kitazami is now very popular.

But people should not forget their roots. It is not good to forget the screenwriter who took care of them when they were fat.

Raised his hand, edited the message and sent it out.

Kitazami nodded with satisfaction.

Then raised his hand and glanced at the LINE message.

It turned out that Akiyama Shion sent him a congratulatory message at some point.

This surprised Kitazami.

After all, when the box office broke through 1.8 billion yen before, Akiyama Shion had already sent a message to congratulate him.

At that time, Shiba Izumi also sent him a message.

She said that after the work at hand was finished, she would give up the 13 million yen endorsement fee for the advertisement to hold a celebration party for him.

The groaning look seemed to make her happier than her own record-breaking performance.

This made Kita Sumimi speechless at the time.

Skipping a 13 million yen advertising shoot to hold a celebration party for him?

If Kusakabe Kazuko knew about this, wouldn’t she kill him and chop him into minced meat?

So he didn’t hesitate at all and immediately told Kusakabe Kazuko about Hosokawa Shibaizumi’s ‘conspiracy’ with him, becoming a traitor again.

I remember that when Hosokawa Shibaizumi was discovered, he made a special trip to call him.

“I’m sorry, you annoying guy. I clearly agreed to hold a celebration party for you, but in the end, I… I’m really stupid. I messed it up again. I clearly agreed with you.”

Hosokawa Shibaizumi is a girl who keeps her promises.

Seeing that she couldn’t fulfill her promise.

Tears rolled around her eyes, her voice choked, and she almost cried on the phone.

But in the end, she still didn't cry, and blinked her big eyes to "blink" back the tears - because she was afraid that Kita Sumire would worry about her.

Now even Kita Sumire, who was as thick-skinned as a city wall, couldn't hold it back.

A sense of guilt arose spontaneously.

Maybe in the heart of Hosokawa Shibaizumi, 13 million yen was more important than not playing with him.

However, Hosokawa Shibaizumi may not understand the importance of this money, but Kita Sumire cannot.

After all, Ziyu is only a short-lived profession. When his career is over, Hosokawa Shibaizumi may still need more money.

By then she would have understood the importance of the money.

As for now——

Kitazumi could only silently apologize to Hosokawa Shibaizumi, and said that she would do anything with her at the next celebration party.

And speaking of apologizing.

"By the way, I remembered."

Looking at the message about Qiu Shan Shiyin on his mobile phone, Kitazumi slapped his thigh and suddenly remembered something.

He remembered that before he attended the Jade Dragon Banner Conference in early July, he promised Akiyama Shiyin to go out with her.

It was just that at that time it was because of the ‘hidden rules’ and the ‘Jade Dragon Flag’ conference, as well as the ensuing tram advertising issues.

Kitazumi completely forgot about it.

It is now the end of November.

This is a direct difference of four months.

Although going out with the other party is not a big deal, what was promised was not fulfilled.

This really shouldn't be the case.

And it was a full four months.

To use an inappropriate metaphor, this is equivalent to you and your friend agreeing to play black games on Thursday night, but the other party not only uses various excuses such as "bathing", "sleeping", "something to do", etc. to excuse the matter.

And this prevarication lasted for four weeks.

It's not easy to break up the relationship, but you still expect the other party to treat you well?

Don't even think about it.

Kitaki Minoru hesitated.

I still called Akiyama Shion.

After all, Akiyama Shion is different from Hosokawa Shibaizumi's straightforward temperament. Even if she is really angry, she will not say much. At most, she will just sit and smile.

"Mini-chan?!"

On the other end of the phone, Akiyama Shion's voice sounded a little surprised.

This also made Kitumi breathe a small sigh of relief.

It seemed that he was not the only one who was busy with work and forgot about the agreement.

Akiyama Shion is probably similar to him and has also forgotten about this matter.

In this case, she probably wouldn't care too much.

Thinking of this, Kitazumi did not hesitate: "The reason for calling Shiyin-chan this time was actually about the incident in early July. I"

"Is Minoru talking about spending time with me on your day off?"

"Well?"

This straightforward answer surprised Beicheng Minoru.

The main reason is that Akiyama Shion's inquiry was not sloppy at all.

How can I forget this? I remember it clearly.

It's a little embarrassing now.

Shaking his head, Kitumi Minoru apologized directly.

"Well, I just want to apologize for this. I'm very sorry, Shion-chan. This is my problem and I won't make any excuses."

That's right, you have to stand at attention when you're being beaten.

It was your fault in the first place, so there was no need to find other excuses.

However--

"I don't think Minoru-chan needs to apologize to me."

Akiyama Shiyin spoke softly.

"Why?"

Beicheng really didn't expect this.

After all, this was a pigeon that had been left alone for four months. Any child would probably be angry on the spot.

But how come Akiyama Shion's voice doesn't sound angry at all?

Probably aware of Kitami Minoru's thoughts.

Akiyama Shiyin didn't remain silent for too long and asked rhetorically.

"Do you have any rest time in the past four months?"

"That's not true."

Kitaki shook his head.

These four months were filled with unspoken rules, and then there was another incident of bullying at the AR sub-combat training center, then there was crisis public relations, and then there was the filming of "The Grudge".

He didn't even have time to take a breath. There were all kinds of pressures all the way, let alone time to rest.

He was obviously just a servant, but in the past four months he had become like a cow.

"In other words, Minoru has worked hard enough in the past four months, even to the point of making people feel distressed."

Akiyama Shion looked at the phone and blinked her beautiful eyes.

"Since Mi-chan has worked so hard, why does Mi-chan still have to apologize to me? Shouldn't it be me who cares about Mi-chan?"

Her eyes were as gentle as water, she tilted her head playfully, a slight smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and her little feet in the straw sandals of the costumed miko were raised and raised.

"Thank you, Minoru. I'm glad you still remember the promise we made before."

come on! There’s another chapter today! Take a shower before writing! Recently, I found that if I don’t take a shower, I really don’t have the energy to write the next chapter. After taking a shower, I feel like I’m intoxicated. Sure enough, I still have to take a shower.