National Tide 1980

You can’t blame Suho Ikuo for being a wimp.

Because for him, the actual situation is indeed slowly getting worse with a completely out of control trend.

Perhaps it’s because for a long time, the “Big Five” in the Japanese film industry have long hated the entertainment agencies that represent the new form of entertainment.

Perhaps it’s also because they have long been dissatisfied with the increasingly exaggerated arrogance of Suho Ikuo, the representative of the new entertainment agency, and his shameless self-proclaimed “leader of the entertainment industry”.

For this “must-kill” counterattack by the Mist Studio, the “Big Five” in the Japanese film industry took the opportunity to frantically add fuel to the flames, fearing that this matter would not heat up, and desperately made it serious.

There was no need for the Mist Studio to say anything, because the “Big Five” found an opportunity for revenge, they spontaneously found various relationships, and issued notices in some neutral newspapers and periodicals, cursing Suho Ikuo to death.

They were bound to make him a cancer in the Japanese entertainment industry and a shame in the Japanese entertainment industry.

Following the instructions of the "Big Five", these newspapers and magazines defined the threats made by Suho Ikuo to the Mist Studio as the worst bullying incident in the industry, and proposed a joint boycott in the industry to hold Suho Ikuo and his BURNING Entertainment Agency accountable.

Moreover, they did not know what means they used to dig up some scandals and bad debts of Suho Ikuo many years ago when he was just starting out and did not know how to restrain himself.

Including but not limited to Suho Ikuo himself being involved in a shooting case many years ago.

The police also launched an investigation into the Burning Group because they suspected that a considerable part of its income went to the famous Yamaguchi-gumi branch.

In particular, when Suho Ikuo just established his agency, he did not know how to restrain himself at all, and used the means of intimidation and intimidation from the underworld to help it expand its business and engage in unfair competition.

The targets of his coercion include print media, TV stations, and even cheap magazines.

Whoever you want to support must do as you say, and if there is a scandal, you must withdraw, otherwise you will be in trouble.

They even regard artists as their personal property, and do not allow artists to change their contract after the expiration of their contract. They exploit artists cruelly like slaves.

In short, since the "Big Five" reached a consensus and launched a unified attack, and there is also a video as evidence, these newspapers have also made their attitude clear, without any concerns or cover-ups.

They righteously defined the Burning agency controlled by Suho Ikuo as "an empire built by bullets, violence and coercion", and characterized him as a super shameless villain who was born as a gangster.

They said that he was a nouveau riche who relied on artists to survive, but did not respect them at all.

He was a number one bastard who used artists as monopoly resources to destroy industry rules.

They advocated that the police should treat the Burning agency as a black and evil force and conduct a thorough investigation and evidence collection from top to bottom.

Needless to say, the effect was very good. The Japanese people were outraged after seeing it and were very fond of it.

The lower class people have class hatred, and they are eager to see those who are high and mighty suffer. Now that such a shocking melon has been exposed, they will definitely enjoy it.

Moreover, it is human nature to sympathize with the weak. For ordinary people, the easiest thing to accept is that whoever is weak is right.

This is the fault of Suho Ikuo. He has always been bullying the weak.

On the other hand, the Mist Studio is not afraid of suppression and refuses to give in. It has always been focused on making good movies and dramas for the people.

It has become a good example of bearing humiliation and focusing on film and television art.

So there were some voices at first, questioning whether the source and means of the secretly filmed video were legal, wondering why it was not exposed earlier, and whether this matter was also controlled by some people.

But whether it was a press conference or a newspaper, these "sparks" did not "set the prairie fire" at all, and were quickly drowned.

Because there is a video as evidence, who cares whether it is legal or not, what the court says, nothing is more reliable than your own eyes.

Anyone who dares to go against public opinion is a stupid fool and will never have a good end.

No matter what kind of expert, authority, or president or director you are, as long as you speak for Suho Ikuo, you should be scolded.

After scolding, you still have to ask whether you have accepted bribes from Suho Ikuo, and whether you are his accomplice or close friend?

So under such "political correctness", public opinion has become completely one-sided.

So much so that Suho Ikuo himself did not dare to talk back, and was directly scolded to the point of not daring to see anyone.

He walked around like a rat every day, and in order to avoid media reporters, he almost had to disguise himself when entering and leaving the office.

Needless to say, Suho Ikuo's prestige is gone, and he can't even take care of himself, and he can't even clean up his own shit.

Not to mention taking care of his subordinates who helped him and the tabloid media he used.

When those people received the lawsuit from the court, they complained bitterly. While they regretted their miserable end, it also caused Suo Ikuo's reputation in the circle to drop sharply, and he became a laughing stock among many people. They all said that he was stealing chickens but losing rice.

Logically speaking, since Suo Ikuo has been unlucky to this extent, it seems that he will not pose any threat to the Mist Studio.

From the standpoint of the Mist Studio, now they just need to wait and see how Suo Ikuo falls into disgrace and is swept to pieces by this storm of public opinion.

They don't need to take the risk of intervening or personally going out to beat the dog when it's down.

That would damage the pattern to some extent and appear petty.

If we consider it from the perspective of actual interests, even after the litigation process begins, we should be prepared to negotiate peacefully with the other party at any time and stop when we are satisfied.

After all, if we can get enough benefits from Suho Ikuo, it is certainly more cost-effective than fighting a lawsuit that costs an unknown amount of money.

It is possible to make peace with the other party and let Suho Ikuo go.

But the problem is, who made Suho Ikuo covet Matsumoto Keiko from the beginning, and he has been holding back.

So Ning Weimin, who has always been known for his magnanimity and friendliness, really got angry this time.

He has always been gentle on the surface, and may not care about trivial matters, because it is not worth his time, but if he really holds a grudge, he will never forget it.

So he originally thought that everything could be negotiated, but he was not prepared to let Suho Ikuo go this time.

Instead, he must eradicate all evil and must knock Suho Ikuo down and make him disappear from the entertainment industry forever.

Even if he has to pay more financially for this and gets nothing in return, he will do it.

Because compared to revenge and regaining dignity for himself and Mist Studio, Ning Weimin doesn't really care about these things.

You stinky bastard, who do you think you are? How dare you think about my wife?

Since you dare to think about her, you must be prepared to bear my anger!

So Ning Weimin not only asked the legal team of Mist Studio to prepare materials for the court, but also formally filed a lawsuit against Suo Ikuo and his art agency, accusing them of provoking trouble, disrupting business operations, and relying on their status in the industry to blackmail and coerce.

At the same time, he and Matsumoto Keiko took advantage of the opportunity of the second Tokyo Film Festival to exert their respective influence and won over the Japanese judge Masahiro Shinoda, French director Claude Berri, and the crew of the award-winning film "Old Well" to stand on their side and speak out for the experience of Mist Studio.

When these people were interviewed by reporters, they took the initiative to mention this matter and expressed their concern about the atmosphere in the Japanese entertainment industry.

It is hard to believe that such a shameful thing should not happen in Japan, a developed country ruled by law.

As French director Claude Berri said to reporters, "I sympathize with the experience of Fog Studios, but I am also shocked. I didn't expect that such disgusting behavior existed in the Japanese film and television industry. An artist's agency can actually use the resources of the artist to manipulate the media and oppress the same industry, and this phenomenon has existed for so long. This is absolutely not allowed in our country and will not be allowed. I think if this is a common phenomenon in Japan, then art and creativity have no soil to survive here."

This move is absolutely vicious, although no one has directly verbally attacked Suo Ikuo and cursed his ancestors.

But letting these foreigners speak out publicly and question the morality and laws of Japanese society is more lethal than digging up his ancestral graves.

Because the Japanese also want to save face, no one thought that such a shameful thing would spread internationally.

It actually made foreigners who came to the film festival eat melons and laugh at the jokes of the Japanese?

How could the Japanese people, who finally felt that they could stand up straight in this era, bear this?

So Suho Ikuo was unlucky.

Although he hid himself at the beginning and took the countermeasure of not responding to all the criticisms, thinking that a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water.

If there is no response after too many scoldings, others will stop scolding because they are tired of it.

But he never expected that Ning Weimin would mobilize foreigners to pay attention to this matter together and make such remarks that stimulate the self-esteem of the Japanese nation.

As a result, because of such unexpected stimulation, the situation that had been stable was not calm again.

Just after these judges of the Tokyo Film Festival made their official statements, the anger represented by public opinion rose again, like a boulder thrown into the toilet.

Many Japanese people took the negative comments of these foreigners on this matter at the Tokyo Film Festival seriously, and naturally they were full of hatred for the initiator Suho Ikuo.

Some people even openly declared that Suho Ikuo was the shame of Japan and brought shame to all Japanese people.

Because of his dirty deeds, the Japanese cannot hold their heads up in the international arena and have become a joke in the eyes of the whole world.

He should be found as soon as possible and made to apologize by committing seppuku.

Good man, what a big hat, this is adding fuel to the fire, it will kill him!

So the media got excited again. This time, not only the newspapers controlled by the "Big Five", but also many tabloids joined in and attacked and beat Suo Fukuo to the ground.

Not only for newspaper sales, they want to scold him to death, but now the people want to see this. Once his video was exposed, almost all the people were offended.

Some tabloids simply wanted to get rid of their own troubles, or even to vent their anger.

It was enough to be bullied by you in the past. This time, I didn't get any benefit from helping you, but I was sued.

Bastard, it's all your fault!

So those media that received the indictment from the Mist Studio almost all turned against them at this time.

On the one hand, he went to Kiri Studio and Matsumoto Office every day to beg for mercy, saying that he was coerced and deceived and was also a victim.

On the other hand, he also began to retaliate against Suho Ikuo, almost as a token of allegiance, hoping to get Kiri Studio to withdraw the lawsuit.

In fact, these tabloids are nothing. In this "annihilation" war against Suho Ikuo, the one who worked hardest to attack was TBS TV, which was once considered Suho Ikuo's ally.

You know, the original private deal between Director Sasaki and Suho Ikuo was to plan and snipe Kiri Studio together.

Unfortunately, this matter was leaked by Suho Ikuo himself in advance, and Kiri Studio did not even wait for such an opportunity, and he was overthrown by Kiri Studio.

At this time, whether it was to make up for the mistake or to thank Kiri Studio for repaying kindness with kindness, he finally left himself some dignity.

Director Sasaki had to kill Suho Ikuo to live up to Kiri Studio's magnanimity and generosity, otherwise he would not be able to wash away the stain on him.

So Suho Ikuo began to enjoy a more grand treatment than the Mist Studio. Too many media took buckets of gossip and rushed to pour it on his head, directly "splashing" him into a scum of the world.

Another thing worth mentioning is that because of the participation of these defected media, they also disclosed in the newspapers that Suho Ikuo had coerced and held them each in the past, which made this matter more confirmed Suho Ikuo's crime.

It can be said that before the trial, the Mist Studio had already won.

Because so many witnesses suddenly appeared out of thin air, even if the court refused to accept the secretly filmed video as legal evidence, it could not cover up the fact that Suho Ikuo had been the king of the industry for many years and bullied his peers.

Moreover, the court also had to consider public opinion. Even the most stubborn judge could not lie with his eyes open and openly shield Suho Ikuo. The only difference was the scale of sentencing.

In short, Suho Ikuo was doomed.

He could never have dreamed that his first film as the leading actor, which was appreciated by all Japanese citizens, would bring him jail and a huge fine.

So much so that the current Mist Studio has been awe-inspiring to people in the industry because of this incident.

Take Haruki Kagawa as an example. In fact, many people, like him, have found that the risk of offending Keiko Matsumoto is very high in recent years.

It seems that anyone who goes against her and fights a public opinion war will end up with a bad ending. She has become a person that everyone respects from the bottom of their hearts and has become the embodiment of a successful person.

Especially this time, she can let the "Big Five" stand behind her and support her in the competition with Ikuo Suho.

Even as a woman, no one dares to look down on her.

But then again, is everything that has happened so far the full punishment for Ikuo Suho?

Is this all the bad consequences he needs to bear?

No, it's far more than that. For him, the real disaster is still to come.

Because the one who really knows him best and knows how to destroy him is not someone else, but someone like him who runs a new type of entertainment agency.

As the saying goes, when a wall falls, everyone pushes it; when a drum is broken, everyone beats it.

Things quickly evolved into the current situation, and everyone can see clearly that Suoh Yukio is a weak person.

So, as the "one super and four talents" of the other four - Watanabe, Johnny's, Hori Production, and Kenon, they inevitably thought of "dismembering" the Burning Department.

No one knows better than them how huge the TV resources that have been controlled by the Burning Department are.

No one is more jealous than them. Suoh Yukio relies on the power of dominating half of the entertainment industry to firmly control these resources.

But now, Suoh Yukio is obviously no longer worthy of having these.

So they tacitly reached a consensus that they should wipe out this "one super" who has been riding on their heads for a long time, and there will only be "four strong" in the Japanese entertainment industry in the future.

It is time for Suho Ikuo's Burning Department to split up. In this way, everyone can have enough food and there will be no hidden dangers.

Perhaps some benefits can be given to the "Big Five" and Kiri Studio in the film industry.

Anyway, except Suho Ikuo himself, no one will have any objections and will be happy to see this happen.

In this way, a bigger storm broke out in the entertainment industry.

Under the joint call of Watanabe, Johnny's, Hori Production, and Kenon, the artists under these companies took the lead in launching an activity against bullying in the entertainment industry and boycotting Burning Department artists.

And the five major commercial TV stations also spontaneously terminated their cooperation with the Burning Department because they were afraid that the public would have a bad impression of them.

So this time, the Burning Department was seriously injured, and the vacated resources were used to fill the gaps of the "Big Five" and "Top Four" agencies.

In the Burning Department system, it suddenly became a down-and-out party without food to eat, and almost all entertainment agencies and their artists were in a state of panic.

Faced with the possibility of losing their jobs, all actors, whether famous or not, are panicking.

But they can’t find Suho Ikuo himself.

Second, they estimate that even if they find him, he won’t be able to solve the current situation.

Otherwise, Suho Ikuo should have made an effective counterattack long ago. Would this situation still happen?

In this way, an originally huge entertainment empire easily collapsed, and many entertainment agencies rose up and announced that they would withdraw from the Burning Department and draw a clear line with Suho Ikuo.

Later, more artists began to jump out to denounce Suho Ikuo.

Especially those artists in the Burning Department, many of them also called themselves victims.

Even some male stars who had been cultivated by him were worried about being dragged down by him because they had close relations with him or assisted him.

In the media, they denounced Suho Yuo.

What does it mean to be in the bottom after one slip?

To be honest, even Ning Weimin, who is now seeking revenge, did not expect that a secretly recorded videotape would have such a good effect.

It went so smoothly that Suho Yuo was directly defeated.

It made his career and reputation collapse completely, without even a chance to struggle to the death, and he has no power to turn over.

The burning system, look at the name, it seems that it really burned out in one fire!