Middle age: leisurely life in the entertainment industry

R: Shimomaruko 3-chome, Ota-ku, Tokyo, Chapter 30.

This is where Canon's headquarters is located. Tanaka Shoichi is watching a short movie on his computer in his office.

Canon is Japan's world's leading comprehensive group that produces imaging and information products. As the vice president in charge of sales for a Fortune 500 company, with so many things to do, there is no time to enjoy these films with strong literary and artistic colors.

But he has watched this short film several times.

It was the "Leave Me" that won the award at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival. The reason why Yamamoto Ichiro was interested in it was because it was a short film shot with a Canon camera!

Through his understanding of the product, he could figure out that he was using a 1DX series SLR camera, which was not Canon's latest product but was released a few years ago.

Leaving aside the story of the movie itself and other things, just looking at the quality of the pictures taken by a photographer, Tanaka Masaichi dares to conclude that this is a photographer with very profound skills.

Looking at the plot, Tanaka Shoichi couldn't help but sigh. An old man like himself who has turned fifty and has seen all kinds of things in the world can't help but feel sore for a while because of the love and affection shown in the movie.

Of course, as a businessman, this is not his focus. He is interested in the commercial value of this micro film.

He was watching a shot at the beginning of the movie, which was a close-up of the Canon camera used, but the Canon logo was not taken! "

Ahhhh!

If the Canon logo can be displayed here, it will be a good Canon camera commercial film in a sense!

But the other party didn't do this!

This drove Tanaka Shoichi crazy.

After turning off the video, Masaichi Tanaka pondered for a while. He suddenly made a call on his landline, which was to Ichiro Yamamoto, President of Canon Asia Sales Group.

"Yamamoto-kun, I have a very interesting short film that I can send to you."

"Oh? Then please send it over."

Five minutes after the video was sent, Tanaka Shoichi received a call from Yamamoto Ichiro: "Mr. Tanaka, it is indeed a good movie, touching the heart. More importantly, it only needs a few changes and the Canon logo. An excellent advertising film promoting Canon!”

"That's exactly what I mean. I hope Tanaka-kun will send someone to talk to you."

"Okay, I'll send someone to talk to you right away!"

"Then I'll trouble you, Tanaka-kun."

It was already at noon the next day that Yu Dongqing got the news. It was a call from Yang Liu from the studio, saying that she received a strange call at work. It was from Canon Asia Sales Group, saying that she had something important to discuss with Yu Dongqing. Mr. Contact.

"Teacher Yu, the other party said that you made a short film. They are very interested in it and want to talk to you."

microfilm? Canon?

Yu Dongqing thought of something immediately, with a faint smile on his face.

"Yang Liu, tell them that I am willing to talk to them. You are responsible for the specific time and method of contact." Yu Dongqing said.

"Okay, I'll do it right away."

The two sides met on the second day. Yu Dongqing was sitting at the round table in the conference room. In addition to Yang Liu, there was also a college student who Yang Liu had hired from BFSU to serve as Yu Dongqing's Japanese translator.

A representative from Canon arrived on time, bringing with him a young assistant.

"Hello, Mr. Yu Dongqing, I am Otake Masaki, the marketing section manager of Canon Asia Sales Group. It's an honor to meet you." Otake Masaki took the initiative to extend his right hand.

Turns out to be fluent in Chinese.

Yes, it seems that translation is no longer needed.

After the two shook hands, Yu Dongqing smiled:

"Hello, Mr. Dazhu, I am Yu Dongqing. I wonder what your company wants from me?"

"We are very interested in the short film "Leave Me" you made, so we want to talk to you."

Then, Otake Masaki talked about his feelings about this movie. Naturally, he highly praised it, including being very interested in the songs written by Yu Dongqing. He is simply a rare genius.

Yu Dongqing didn't say anything but just smiled. The other party was definitely not here to praise him.

Sure enough, speaking of interest, Otake Masaki suddenly changed the subject: "Mr. Yu, I saw a close-up shot of that camera in your video. I have a grudge."

"Oh, please speak."

"Can you change it a little and put the logo of this camera on it?"

Yu Dongqing did not answer, but still looked at the other party with a smile on his face.

Yamamoto Ichiro immediately said: "Of course, in order to show our company's support for Mr. Yu's creation, we are willing to pay 100,000 yuan."

Damn it!

One hundred thousand?

Yu Dongqing sneered in her heart and said nothing.

Yang Liu, who had been standing nearby and quietly listening to the conversation between the two, finally understood that the other party was trying to place an advertisement.

But think about it, it was shot with a Canon camera and it won an award. Such a film is quite good for advertising and will definitely attract people's attention.

But, 100,000 RMB is a bit small, right?

Sure enough, Yu Dongqing smiled and said, thank you Mr. Yamamoto for your kindness, but I have no intention of changing the film.

"I think this is good. If the LOGO is displayed, it will destroy the beauty of the picture."

But

Seeing that Yu Dongqing was not fooled, Otake Masaki was going crazy with anxiety.

"500,000, 500,000, how about it?"

Yu Dongqing still had a smile on his face and suddenly said: "Otake Masaki, this is our first meeting, why not find a place to drink tea and chat. As for these trivial matters, how about leaving these trivial matters to your subordinates?"

Otake Masaki heard it.

The other party is still not satisfied!

This appetite is really big.

The first negotiation ended badly.

After seeing off Dazhu and his party, Yang Liu looked at Yu Dongqing with admiration and couldn't help but asked curiously: "Teacher Yu, when you used a Canon camera to shoot, did you know that Canon would come to you?"

In fact, Yang Liu thought too much.

At that time, Yu Dongqing used the Canon brand because he only had this camera.

However, this short film was also rumored to be an advertising short film made by the director for Canon in its original time and space.

In the original time and space, although it was not shot with a Canon camera, the close-up shot of the camera in the movie clearly shows the Canon LOGO!

However, the director neither admitted nor denied it, and neither did Canon.

When Yu Dongqing took the photo, she used a Canon camera, but deliberately removed the close-up of the LOGO!

hey-hey

Of course, Yu Dongqing would not tell Yang Liu about these twists and turns. He just replied that he really didn't expect so much at the time.

I just filmed and played.

This made the girl fall into admiration.

Just play it and make a movie that won an award, and even asked Canon to pay for advertising!

"Yang Liu, I'll leave this matter to you. From now on, you can talk directly to Canon representatives." Yu Dongqing was bothered by these things the most.

"What's our minimum asking price?"

Yu Dongqing thought for a while: "If they want to add a logo, at least 5 million! If they want to buy the film copyright, 10 million!"

Oh My God.

Yang Liu was stunned.

So expensive?

"Don't worry so much. If the other party comes to you, just offer this price. Otherwise, there is no need to negotiate. I will go back first." After saying that, Yu Dongqing turned around and left the office.

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