Tokyo Literary Godfather

At 12 noon, NHK's "Lunchtime News" also reported the incident.

The president of Matsunichi Pictures, Shigeru Nobi, read the news with a blank expression. He was not particularly concerned about the content of the news, but was staring at the NHK logo.

What is in front of him now is the mouthpiece of the Japanese government, the National Television Station, Japan Central Television, Japan's most authoritative television station and news media, the organizer of the Red and White Song Festival, and the holder of the highest ratings - NHK.

First it was the Sankei Daily and Japanese Filmmaker Magazine, and now it’s NHK. How many more media outlets will be involved?

On the surface, Nobi Shisuke was much calmer than Aso Kozo, but at this moment, he was starting to feel a little nervous.

Of course, Nobi Shiosuke is well aware of the quality of the movie "Sad Love". Therefore, he also knows how this film's box office growth is completely beyond the normal range.

Although he was not careful, he was still a little surprised that the film had a box office of one billion. He originally wanted to warn the sales department not to go too far, but he had not yet figured out how to word it, which could serve as a warning. When it appeared that he knew nothing about the matter, the matter came to light.

Moreover, the intensity of the public's reaction to this incident exceeded Nobi Shisuke's expectations.

Nobi Shisuke originally thought that even if the box office transfer was discovered, at most the producer and distributor would send two legal attorneys to warn them, and the two parties would discuss compensation measures. If the negotiation was not successful, they would find a few small media Report it, then spend some money on your side to suppress public opinion, and assign a person in charge to eliminate the impact... that's enough.

But what I didn't expect was that the producers and distributors of those movies were not contacted at all, nor were they sent any legal letters. Instead, they directly used the most deadly and ruthless method - public denunciation. Moreover, the platform for speaking out is NHK and Sankei Daily, which are extremely influential media.

In the evening, Fanxing TV's "Evening News" column reported the matter again. Many major media bombarded the same matter on the same day, pushing this news to the vast majority of viewers who pay attention to news. In front of you.

Only then did Nobi Shiosuke realize that he was wrong, very wrong.

He thought that as one of the top five, the small film producers and distributors would give them some face, but he ignored that there were several film producers who were released at the same time who had always been at odds with him.

Mizuha Productions, president Kei Fujiwara has never bought into his account, and Matsunichi Pictures has targeted them several times in the past. With Miya Sato being kicked out of the crew, Fukuyama Television withdrawing investment, and the two companies completely turned against each other.

Nikki Motion Pictures, not to mention the place where old rival Eiji Shirai quit. Nobi Shisuke usually has a lot of disdain for this company, but even though it is the last one, it is still one of the top five, and it is equally painful to bite someone.

Not to mention that there are old rivals like the Sankei Daily, who want to stab me in the back at any time.

Nobi Shisuke browsed the "Sankei Daily" again and found that the article listed many "victims", that is, movies whose box office was stolen, but it did not place a certain movie as the main victim. There is also no emphasis on which film was stolen more and which was stolen less.

This detail made Nobi Shisuke even more worried - although he had already guessed that Kei Fujiwara of Mizuha Productions was behind this matter, because most of these big media outlets were investors in his five films, except for him Who else has the energy to mobilize so many big media in a unified way?

The more Nobi Shisuke thought about it, the more he regretted it. How could he have ignored such a time bomb? This guy's movie sells so well. If "Sad Love" wants to divert the box office of other film companies, it must be the first to target it... How can this guy and Eiji Shirai sell their face?

Nobi Shisuke didn't even bother to call and try to make peace. He could also guess that 90% of the time no one answered or an operator with a sweet voice politely informed him: President Fujiwara is in a meeting now and will call back later.

Of the more than one billion stolen from the box office of "Sad Love", at least 700 million were taken from the ticket warehouse of "My Sassy Girl". However, neither the NHK news nor the articles in the magazines mentioned this matter very much. Nobi Mosuke felt that this was intentional by Kei Fujiwara, perhaps because he wanted to pull all the distributors of the movies in the same period to denounce him.

Thinking of this, Nobi Shigesuke was extremely flustered. So I quickly contacted my acquaintances in the other five major universities.

"Tojo-kun, it's me. It's been a long time." The first person I contacted was a young director of Dongzhen Pictures. He also had a good relationship with Nobi Shisuke, and the two even exchanged lovers. At that time, they still felt that it was quite a legacy of the ancients.

After the second generation ancestor knew the other party's intention, he readily agreed: "That's it, it's easy to talk about it, don't worry, we Dongzhen will not participate in this matter... Haha, of course my words are useful, I am the director, My uncle is still the president, Brother Nobi, just take it to heart!"

Nobi Shigesuke felt a little relieved.

The next day, Dongzhen's legal department's lawyer's letter was sent to Songri's legal department. At the same time, Dongzhen also issued a statement on the related TV station NBC, severely accusing Songri of this dishonest market theft.

After Mosuke Nobi knew it, he could only smile wryly. It seems that it is really useless to have a good relationship with these second-generation ancestors who only know how to play, and they can't help at critical moments.

Since all the major media reported on it the day before, it directly caused an impact from scratch. The next day, other media also rushed to report it. The media that ended include NBC, Bunshun, Yomiuri Shimbun, Asahi Shimbun, and many radio stations related to these media, which cover almost the entire Japanese society. Regardless of whether everyone is interested in the so-called box office performance of movies, everyone has heard about it to some extent.

There was naturally a lot of excitement on the movie forum.

In fact, someone has already raised doubts before. A poster raised doubts as early as three days ago because she had watched the movie "Sad Love" and felt that the movie was really bad, both in terms of narrative and performance. It's incredible that a movie like this has earned close to 1 billion at the box office. She asked in a half-joking tone. Could it be that she had fallen behind the times? Or are these ticket-buying audiences mentally ill?

The answers below the post all expressed approval, and some viewers who have watched the movie also felt that it was not an interesting movie.

At that time, there was a reply under the post that was not particularly eye-catching. One person said in the reply that this movie may have stolen the box office of other movies, because he bought the box office of "My Sassy Girl", but The ticket issued at the box office at that time was "Sad Love".

When he expressed his doubts, the conductor said it was a printing error and said that this was a pass and he could watch both movies.

She didn't pay attention at the time, but after she went back and told her father about it, as a practitioner in the film-related industry, his father immediately revealed the truth and told her that this was a typical box office stealing behavior.

At that time, not many people paid attention to this thread. Until multimedia platforms jointly exposed the scandal at Songzhu Theater, this thread suddenly had more than 400 comments.

Many people said that they also had such an experience, and told the time and place. At this point, the incident fermented and became a hotly discussed event that triggered discussions in the entire society.