Life in Tokyo starting as a child star

Chapter 346: Japanese children's quick Chinese learning method

"The Reason I'm Here" is a literary work invested and produced by Eito Co., Ltd., with Kitano Fumi as the screenwriter and director.

Speaking of this, we have to mention Eito Co., Ltd.

This company was founded in 1949 and is one of the five major film companies in Japan.

From this, we can also see its status in the Japanese broadcasting industry.

In addition to film production and distribution, Eito Co., Ltd. also operates cinemas, film and television, satellite TV and film rental and other related businesses. It is even a shareholder behind Japan-Korea TV, one of the five major private TV stations in Japan.

There are many famous directors and actors gathered among them, which can be called one of the five major Japanese film companies.

And with such a backstage.

This time, "The Reason I'm Here", which was shot as the focus of Eito Co., Ltd., is naturally not sloppy at all.

Although it is just an art film, Eito Co., Ltd. has approved a production fund of 500 million yen.

Don't think that 500 million yen is a small production fund.

You should know that art films have always been produced with small costs, and the production fund of 500 million yen is already a full treatment.

Sufficient production funds, plus cooperation with the famous director Kitano Fumi.

From this, it can be seen that Eito Company has great ambitions.

Therefore

"This lineup is much more luxurious than I thought."

Looking at the large and small actors sitting in the spacious actor lounge, Tamura Koji swallowed his saliva.

Hanaoka Jun and Yamamura Masaru from CR Actors Training Center, Watanabe Yuto from Chiba Actors Center, Koide Kazuki from Konan Office, and Tachibana Ayumi from Toranoana Office who needs their attention the most.

At a glance, there are more than 20 first-class male actors in this room.

Don't think this number is small.

You have to know that these more than 20 male actors are the first-class male actors who have fought out of the siege of more than 30,000 male actors in reserve and are standing here.

Converted into probability, it is more than 20 in 30,000.

The probability of winning the lottery is just like this.

And leaving aside these first-class male actors.

There are also many second-rate and third-rate male actors left, which can be regarded as a gathering of heroes.

Even this lounge converted from a practice room was already full of people.

Even though the audition hadn’t started yet.

The atmosphere in the air became extremely heavy as they memorized the script.

Several male actors with weaker psychological endurance were so nervous that their faces turned pale.

It’s not an exaggeration to say that this pressure can be clearly seen with the naked eye.

“What are you doing, Mr. Tamura? Hurry up and find a place to sit down.”

The iconic clear voice sounded.

Tamura Koji felt that the place where he was in an instant became the focus of everyone.

Not only the top male actors from major agencies cast a serious look at him.

Even the expressions of the agents of their agencies became nervous.

They looked at the handsome male actor who took off his knitted hat behind Tamura Koji, and subconsciously thought of his name in their hearts-

Kitasumi.

This weird male actor is here!

They couldn’t help but sit up straight, but their expressions became obviously uncomfortable, and they secretly complained in their hearts.

Kitasumi Minoru, the winner of the Jade Dragon Flag, the 9-year-old Sword Master, the miracle of Sunday, the chief of the Kitasumi Group, the most beautiful girl in Reiwa (male), the first male actor in history to skip a grade and enter high school, broke the long-standing record of Japanese horror films with his excellent acting skills, and climbed from the bottom of the male actor to the first-class position in one year.

Any one of these long list of titles is definitely a miracle that cannot be replicated in the male actor industry.

And when these titles are concentrated on one person.

The deterrence brought is definitely not ordinary.

At least at the moment of seeing Kitasumi Minoru, the momentum of all the male actors present was instantly lowered - there was a clear trend of declining spirits.

The key is that their agents don’t know how to comfort them.

This is the deterrence of Kitasumi Minoru in the male actor industry now.

It is really a shadow that has already shrouded them.

In any TV series or movie, as long as Kitasumi Minoru is present, then in the end, it is basically Kitasumi Minoru who takes the role.

As for why the word "basically" is used - in the second season of "Little Canteen", Kitasumi Minoru did not get the main role.

But how badly did that TV show end up?

Everyone present knew it in their hearts.

Damn it. Didn't someone say that he would not participate in this audition? Was the information wrong?

Some agents complained, and some agents began to have a headache.

But at this time, the arrow had to be shot - they had also been preparing for this movie for a long time, and it was impossible to give up just because they saw Kita Sumire.

To put it bluntly, although there is a trend of dominating the male actor industry, Kita Sumire is only a first-rate male actor after all.

As long as he has not become a top-tier male actor, they still have a chance of winning!

They were waiting there, their eyes focused on Kita Sumire, hoping to bring some psychological pressure to the other party.

However, to their disappointment, Kita Sumire seemed to be completely unconcerned about their gazes, and walked in despite their gazes.

This generous and easy-going attitude was a world of difference from the few male actors who had pale faces just now.

Noticed the expressions of these agency agents.

Tamura Koji also sighed in his heart.

Once upon a time, he and Kita Chengmi also looked at these first-class agents and first-class actors in this way.

At least during the last audition for "Kengouden".

No one took him, a small agency agent and a third-rate actor, Kita Sumire, seriously.

But what about this time?

It can only be said that the iron must be hard to forge.

Today, Kita Sumire is already an excellent actor that they cannot ignore.

He sighed and found an empty seat to sit down.

On the other side.

Kita Sumire didn't care about the miscellaneous thoughts of these people.

He just glanced around at the actors in other agencies with a very novel expression.

The main scene in front of him was indeed quite novel - a bunch of Japanese actors, sitting in the lounge and practicing Chinese back and forth.

But there was nothing to do about it.

In "The Reason I'm Here", the son of the male and female protagonists, Lu Zhiyuan, had a plot in which he communicated with other Chinese elementary school students in Chinese.

And this part of the play accounted for a large proportion.

After all, the main theme of "The Reason I'm Here" is the collision between Chinese and Japanese cultures, which shows different social atmospheres and situations.

This kind of collision is not only between the male and female protagonists and their elders, but also between children.

But if even the most basic daily conversation plot is directly omitted.

Then what kind of cultural exchange collision is there?

Isn't it pure nonsense?

It can be said that in this audition, whether the sub-actor is more proficient in Chinese may even affect the final result of the audition.

The sub-actors present naturally have to practice hard.

That is

Listening to these children practicing Chinese constantly, Kita Sumire always feels indescribable awkwardness.

He simply patted the shoulder of a sub-actor next to him and said with a smile.

"Excuse me, can I see your script?"

"Ah? Bei Beicheng"

"Hmm?"

The expression of the sub-actor who was patted on the shoulder by Kita Sumire obviously changed, showing an expression of nervousness that was about to cry.

That look made Kita Sumire speechless.

What's the situation?

I won't eat you, why are you so scared?

Fortunately, the other party's agent nodded and smiled to help him, signaling him to hand the script to Kita Sumimi, so that the boy did not cry.

Kita Sumimi also saw the script in the other party's hand as he wished.

But he just frowned after taking a first look.

The reason is very simple.

That is, on this script, there are a lot of Chinese characters' "onomi".

The so-called "onomi" actually refers to the pronunciation of Chinese characters in Japanese according to the Chinese transliteration.

Some people may not understand this explanation.

This is similar to some smart people in China who marked "very good" as "Wai Rui Gude" in Chinese and "what fuck" as "Wade Fa" in Chinese.

Because it is the "onomi" of English in Chinese, the pronunciation is naturally different from standard English.

And these boys do this.

Mark all the Chinese in the script in Japanese and memorize them all.

This is a very common operation in Japanese.

After spending two or three minutes flipping through the script, Kita Sumire shook his head.

No wonder the more he listened, the more he felt that the Chinese words these actors read were not right, as if they had something in their mouths.

It turned out that they used the method of on-recitation.

This really helped to memorize the pronunciation of these Chinese lines for a short time.

But that was all.

Its pronunciation was quite non-standard, which made people who really understood Chinese couldn't help but shake their heads.

Moreover, Chinese tones are also very complicated, with the first, second, third, and fourth tones.

The on-recitation characters marked in Japanese naturally cannot include them.

You can't be a British person and think that the pronunciation of 'Wai Rui Gude' and 'Ward Fa' is standard, right?

"Thank you."

Handing the script back to the other party, Kita Sumire thanked him.

"Ah, uh. It's okay."

A little surprised by Kita Sumire's gentle attitude, the little actor over there carefully took his script and glanced at Kita Sumire in front of him with some confusion.

Why does it feel like Kita Sumire is completely different from the image of the ‘big devil’ portrayed by their agent?

She is not at all alienated from a young actor like him, but rather has a sense of affinity?

However, before he could finish thinking.

Kita Sumire on the other side had already left and returned to Tamura Koji.

He just took a quick glance.

He found that many actors used this kind of phonetic reading method, and even many first-class actors relied on this rote reading method to practice the Chinese lines on the script.

To be honest.

This made Kita Sumire feel quite uncomfortable overall.

It really felt like a Chinese entering an anti-Japanese drama and listening to the Japanese reading Chinese to him.

But this is also a method, and he can't blame these kids for taking shortcuts.

After all, Chinese is really difficult to learn.

There was no way, he shook his head and was about to sit down.

Then

he heard a voice that was awkward, but the pronunciation was much more accurate than that of ordinary actors.

"Hmm?"

Kita Sumire raised his head.

Which agency's actor is this?

It seems that he is really studying Chinese seriously.