Japanese Entertainment: From special effects actor to action superstar

Chapter 204 Go away, you damn money

Endai may have a conscience.

But it is unlikely that Endai has a conscience!
At first, only a dozen belts were sold.

But as the kids brought this thing to school to show off, everything changed in an instant.

Kamisama!
This should be so fun!
Look at those toys in the past, compared with the transformation belt, they are simply the weakest among the weak!
Just imagine, as a child in 1978, you only need to spend yen to own a Kamen Rider belt and enjoy the admiration of your peers!

And it's fun! Just tap the belt to hear three different voiceovers, and press a button to make it spin just like in the TV show!

This is so fun!

Children without belts will be laughed at!

However, even so, not every family is willing to spend such expensive money to buy a toy for their children.

At least Xiaoji didn't get the toy.

When the old father heard that the belt was worth 5,200 yen, he became very angry and beat him up.

After returning from school today, Xiaoji finally couldn't bear it anymore.

It was as if all the classmates around me had belts overnight!
Even the older sisters in the higher grades stopped talking to him!
"I want a belt. Give me a belt. If you don't buy me one, I want to be blackened!"

Kinoshita Danjiro rolled up his sleeves.

Let’s not talk about whether this kid will turn evil or not.

But he's going to beat someone up!
"Honey?"

His wife protected Xiaoji and complained to Kinoshita Danjiro, "We're not so poor that we can't even come up with 5,200 yen, are we?"

"Oh, Ningning..."

Kinoshita Danjiro scratched his ears and cheeks, looking like a monkey.

"But that won't work. We can't spoil this child too much. He already has a lot of toys, and many of them he plays with once and then forgets. We can't pamper him like that."

"Will our child grow up to be a bad person because of 5,200 yen?"

Xiaoji nodded vigorously.

After thinking about it, he felt something was wrong and shook his head vigorously.

Kinoshita Danjiro still refused.

Xiaoji hid behind his mother and suddenly made a secret gesture to Kinoshita Danjiro.

Kinoshita Danjiro: Huh? ! !
That was the opening pose of the three Cat's Eye sisters!

Xiaoji: If you don’t buy me a belt, I will tell mom that you secretly looked at the big sister in tight clothes at 10 o’clock at night!
Kinoshita Danjiro took a deep breath.

Okay, okay, send it to me, kid, you’ve even learned how to take things without a knife!

In the end, Kinoshita Danjiro could only let out a long sigh.

What else could he do? After all, he was a TBS employee, a legitimate high-income earner in Japan. Five thousand two hundred yen wasn't much, and he simply felt that Xiaoji already had plenty of toys, so he couldn't spoil him.

But now, there is no way.

The main thing is that he can’t let his wife know that he secretly looks through the peephole at night!
Otherwise my wife will definitely ask, honey, if the three Cat's Eye sisters and I fell into the water together, who would you save first?

Kinoshita Danjiro was too embarrassed to say it.

Dear, actually it’s okay if you add Hibari Misora.

Anyway, we must save the three Cat's Eye Sisters first!
……

……

Just like that, Endai got rid of all the difficulties overnight.

Two thousand belts were shipped that day, and this number continues to rise.

A belt that costs 5,200 yen!

If sold for a month, the revenue would be as high as several hundred million, which is hundreds of times more than Gu Ming’s monthly income!
Of course, these hundreds of millions of yuan are not cheap at all. The cost of the Kamen Rider belt is indeed very high. In addition, Toei has to collect high licensing fees, internal partners also have to take dividends, and Endai also has to cover a lot of expenses.

The actual amount that each person can get is probably only 8 or 9 million yen, or even tens of millions of yen.

Gu Ming, who was far away in Nara, answered the phone and couldn't help but sigh.

"Along." Manatsu Ryu looked at Gu Ming.

"What's wrong, Brother Gugu? Is your work not going well over there?"

"It's not just not going well, it's extremely not going well."

Gu Ming took off his wig.

"If I don't become an actor in the future, I will just be an ordinary company partner with a monthly income of several million yen."

Manatsu Ryu: Where's my stick!

Gu Mingze patted his shoulder solemnly.

In fact, it is impossible to say that it is tens of millions of yen, because after deducting the costs, not all of the money will fall into the hands of the partners. Moreover, Gu Ming, who invested 8 million to buy the partnership qualification, is only the smallest partner and his dividend ratio is not high.

Unless the company goes public in the future, he can find an opportunity to get some shares and attract some partners, and then he can slowly move up.

In the real economy, the payment collection time is incredibly slow, often taking several months or even a year.

Even so, Gu Ming can get at least three to four million yen in dividends a month, and this number will continue to change with the broadcast of Kamen Rider.

To the point that Gu Ming couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

Now, apart from the millions of yen in dividends he can get every month, what else does he have left?

He is still a nobody!
Manatsu Ryu: If I couldn’t beat you, I would have beaten you a long time ago!

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……

"Hey, Brother Tiandi is here!"

As soon as he arrived on the set, he was teased, but Gu Ming just smiled slightly and was not moved at all.

Today he is a brand new him, earning millions a month.

Sometimes Gu Ming wants to say, go away, you damn money-grubbing people, I just want to be an ordinary actor!

"I heard the first episode has been edited. I wonder when it will be aired?"

Watanabe Yusuke shrugged.

It has been sent to various TV stations in Japan and needs to be reviewed briefly.

Don’t think that foreigners don’t face any review. Foreign review is even more frightening than domestic review.

For example, in the American version of Doraemon, there is not even Dorayaki to eat, because there is no Dorayaki in the United States, and Americans are very wary of this kind of cultural invasion.

Japan's review process is also very strict, and it has its own unique warning points for certain elements.

Gu Ming didn't feel nervous at all.

He just arranged a big scene and did not mix any personal opinions into the plot.

As for why there are the Four Heavenly Kings and the Tai Chi diagram...

That's not important! Gu Ming didn't do anything anyway.

As expected, Gu Ming received a notification as soon as the filming ended today.

"It's approved. This Journey to the West will begin airing on various Japanese TV stations tomorrow!"

Gu Ming first responded, then couldn't help but ask another question.

"I heard that the Zhou people also provided considerable help. Will they also broadcast it simultaneously?"

"That shouldn't be the case. It seems there are some other reasons."

Watanabe Yusuke didn't understand, but just said to Gu Ming: "Besides, they still need to re-dub, do subtitles, etc. I think it will not be broadcast there for a long time."

Gu Ming suddenly felt a little regretful.

The original Japanese version of Journey to the West was re-dubbed in China but was canceled after only a few episodes were aired because the audience generally felt that they could not stand it.

He couldn't change the script, but at least he designed the fighting in a style that Chinese people would prefer.

"I hope this time, in the country, it won't be cut short as it was in history!"

(End of this chapter)