Japanese Entertainment: From special effects actor to action superstar

Chapter 174 Directing the Performance in Person
"Gentlemen, this is our financial supervisor, Ms. Matsuzawa Yuko."

Gu Ming introduced the accountant he had hired to everyone, who would be responsible for overseeing the financial expenditures of the Maoyan crew in the future.

However, Gu Ming is a little face-blind and he doesn't know what Matsuzawa Yuko looks like.

Looking around, Gu Ming saw that everyone looked welcoming and didn't seem to think having an additional finance officer was a big deal.

Gu Ming was also willing to relax, thinking that perhaps no one in his crew had embezzled funds.

"That's about it. Every week before filming a new episode, I might have to trouble you to do some financial auditing. If it's too late and inconvenient, I'll arrange for someone from the office to take you home."

Gu Ming glanced at his watch and said, "I'll be leaving first."

I have to go to Beiqingshan Middle School to pick up Yaowanzi. He is still a middle school student, and his parents are worried if he comes home too late, so someone needs to pick him up regularly.

Of course, compared with the cost of filming, such a small matter as pick-up and drop-off is not worth mentioning.

Gu Ming naturally would not enter the campus, but just waited outside for a while. Soon, he saw students walking along the slope in groups of three or four.

This time, many students were around Yakushimaru Hiroko, showing their courtesy in groups of three or four. Obviously, with her experience in playing supporting roles and the previous pilot broadcast of Maoyan, she had a lot of topics to talk about on campus.

"It's great to be young."

Gu Ming sighed, waited for them to come over, honked the horn and asked them to get in the car.

"Not bad, it seems you are very popular in school."

Gu Ming steered the wheel and greeted without turning his head.

"It's not bad."

Yakushimaru Hiroko was a little proud of this.

It's very ordinary.

Seeing her leaning over the shaking back seat to dig out her schoolbag, Gu Ming quickly told him to stop: "Wait until we're somewhere safe. Don't do it in the car. It's inconvenient."

"But I still have homework."

"What?! You still have homework!"

Gu Ming was shocked.

I heard that Japanese students don’t have homework!
He had heard before that only students in Zhou country had homework, and Japanese elementary school students went home from school at two o'clock, played outside every day, and had no homework at all.

Yaowanzi was even more shocked than Gu Ming: "Don't you know?"

"Of course I don't know!" Gu Ming said, "I've never been to school."

He is not right but he is confident. He is the one with the lowest education level in the entertainment industry, and that is Akira Furuya!

After hearing these few words, Yakushimaru Hiroko's eyes were full of suspicion.

No wonder Gu Ming doesn't look very smart.

"But you can read scripts. Uncle Jissoji said you even wrote your own scripts. Didn't you never go to school?"

"Just because I haven't been to school doesn't mean I can't read. That's why I have to teach myself."

Gu Ming grinned and made up a story.

I regret not going to school back then, and now I’m studying hard to improve my cultural level. I envy other people who have studied, etc.

After hearing these words, Yakushimaru Hiroko's eyes were filled with admiration.

I never thought Gu Ming had such a complicated past! He's also such a passionate learner—that's incredible!
Although it still doesn't look very smart.

……

……

When we arrived at the set, Gu Ming had already distributed the scripts. The previous scripts had been appropriately modified. In order to respond to the needs of TBS, the matter of the Hong Kong actors was postponed to the second season. The little boss of the first season was played by Michiko Nishiwaki. Of course, as the stand-in for the eldest sister, she would not appear in the same shot with the eldest sister.

——It doesn't matter if they appear, as long as they don't fight together. If necessary, using camera editing will not cause any problems.

But after Gu Ming stood outside and watched for a while, he felt a little complicated and indescribable.

Nishiwaki Michiko's skills are really...

It's all about fitness.

Poor acting is understandable, after all, he is a newcomer. But his poor dialogue skills are also unsightly!

"Stop, Xixie, come here for a moment."

Gu Ming called him over: "You don't usually talk like this, right? Why don't you use your original tone?"

"I think we need to change the setting."

Gu Ming raised his pen and wrote a few lines. "How about this? I'll make some changes to your character. You're a supervisor assigned by the Metropolitan Police Department, responsible for the arrest in the Cat's Eye case. Your name is Muto Ran. As for your lines, don't say them unless necessary. If necessary, just let out a three-part laugh. I'll also find you a prop, a whip. You're a strong, S-shaped character who enjoys lashing out at your subordinates."

Gu Ming talked about a bunch of settings, which left Nishixie Michiko stunned.

Is this appropriate?

That's certainly appropriate.

Maoyan itself is adapted from a comic, and even if it is adapted into a drama, it still has very strong anime characteristics.

So Gu Ming here adapted the personality of the character Karma Mei in the "Ace Attorney" series. He is used to carrying a whip with him and whipping people when he meets them.

No matter whether it is outrageous or not, what we want is that strong sense of comics and absurdity, which complements the overall design of the cat's eye.

The main reason is that Michiko Nishiwaki’s acting skills are really not good, but her appearance is unique. As long as she is given an exaggerated personality, the shortcoming of her poor acting skills can be avoided.

Of course, it is impossible to do this in a children's play, but Maoyan is not a children's play.

Which kid from a good family would stay up late at night to watch a big sister in tight clothes?

But Michiko Nishiwaki didn't quite understand.

"What is a three-part laugh?"

"Look at me, and learn from me."

Gu Ming cleared his throat and began to laugh.

“Ahahahaha! Ahahahaha!!”

Three exaggerated Queen laughs!
For a moment, the whole audience was shocked.

"Brother Gugu, what's wrong with you?"

"Boss, are you awake?"

“Is this okay?!”

Gu Ming spread his hands.

It's just a play, it's normal to do it yourself!
Gu Ming asked for a prop rope.

"If you pretend this is a whip, your character should act like this."

Gu Minglun pointed the whip at the air and whipped it repeatedly, laughing wildly as he whipped.

"Mmmmm... Useless thing."

"It's useless!"

You perform like this while whipping your subordinates and lashing them out to do your bidding. This is called a queen-style detective!

Jissoji Akio shifted his gaze slightly.

Can not bear to look!

This time, Michiko Nishiwaki really understood.

At the same time, a strange feeling arose.

This kind of thing seems quite interesting!
She bit her lower lip, returned to the field and began to cooperate with the filming.

Gu Ming crossed his arms, feeling somewhat satisfied.

This is actually a special way of performing.

There are many actors who seem to have great acting skills, but in fact have no acting skills at all and can only play specific roles.

This kind of acting is used to circumvent one's own shortcomings, thereby creating the advantage of excellent acting skills.

For example, Michiko Nishiwaki doesn't know how to act. Her eyes and lines are not good. In that case, she should talk less and laugh more. It is useless to say a line occasionally. If her eye acting is not good, she should look up more and smile like a queen to show her fit body.

This way, her various shortcomings can be avoided to the greatest extent possible, and her originally minimal acting skills can be magnified.

Yakushimaru Hiroko raised her head from her homework and looked at Gu Ming.

Gu Ming spread his hands.

"Well, I'm good at directing actors, right?"

Yaowanzi shook his head with difficulty.

No, I just think you're a bit of a pervert sometimes.

(End of this chapter)