Japanese Entertainment: From special effects actor to action superstar

Chapter 433 I also want to make a movie with Akira Furuya.
Things did not go as Gu Ming had expected.

Just like the sailor suit and machine gun became a hit in 1980, the modified sailor suit and machine gun also became a hit on Christmas Eve in 1981.

Moreover, there are various proactive and reactive marketing efforts involved in the early stages.

For example... many viewers came to join the fun because they heard that Akira Furuya had kept the fact that suit actors were selling hooks a secret.

In a sense, we really have to thank Wan Gu'ao.

A movie theater in Shinjuku.

Yukiko Shimizu, a thirteen-year-old junior high school student, was crying particularly miserably. At first glance, one might think she had been bullied.

The parents were also helpless.

"Yuki, stop crying, okay, okay! Hoshizumi escaped, didn't she?"

"But, oh... Ohtani, he was killed!"

The parents were scratching their heads in frustration, their headaches only getting worse.

I only took my daughter to see a movie on Christmas Eve, but I didn't expect the aftereffects to be so severe. This is the second time she has seen the movie, and she still cried her eyes out.

Is this story really that heartbreaking?
Okay, parents may not understand these feelings of young girls, but for a junior high school girl like Yukiko Shimizu, the situation is different.

Please! Hoshizumi is trying so hard to become an adult, to break free from her family's control, and she even has the support and concern of the assassin, Otani!

That black suit looks so cool!

Is life always this hard, or is it only when you're a child?

"always like this."

As Yukiko recited her lines, she felt as if she had undergone some kind of baptism, her personality elevated. She not only wanted to write this line in her diary, but also in her essays. How philosophical!

Only after Yukiko Shimizu stopped crying did her parents take her away from the movie theater.

“The movie was good.” Yukiko Shimizu thought for a moment, “But the ending was terrible. Why couldn’t they have both left alive?”

My father could guess something about this.

"Because Otani is a cleaner belonging to Yakuza, once you do this kind of thing, you can't leave. Perhaps he also wanted to die."

Yukiko Shimizu nodded at first, then suddenly shook her head: "Dad! Mom! Let's go to Hong Kong too!"

The two looked at each other and froze instantly.

What are some fun things to do in Hong Kong?

"I want to go to Hong Kong. Xingquan went to Hong Kong, and I want to go to Hong Kong too!"

The two looked at each other and sighed.

Let's go then! We're not short of money anyway, it'll be good to go and see, and save my daughter from nagging.

A family of three was walking along Shinjuku Street when their eyes casually swept across the area and they suddenly noticed a newly opened store—a video store called '91 Video'.

Below that, there's also stylish foreign language writing.

91video……

The shop assistants were greeting customers warmly outside the door.

"Our store has just received the latest Hollywood blockbuster 'The Elephant Man,' complete with Japanese subtitles! Limited quantity, first come, first served!"

"Also available is the 'Wraith Scroll Trilogy.' This winter, join Ken Shimizu in slaying demons and monsters!"

"Behind-the-scenes story of 'Sailor Suit and Machine Gun'! There's a second ending!"

Yukiko Shimizu couldn't help but widen her eyes and blink like a young deer.

What is the second ending?

The shop assistant smiled slightly, revealing a knowing look that suggested he was trying to rip them off.

"The second ending is quite different from the theatrical version. Want to know what happens to the two of them? Maybe in this world, Otani will turn the tables on Mr. Jin and they'll head towards a bright future together!"

Yukiko Shimizu clenched her hands instantly.

I want to buy it! Buy me this! I'm not leaving unless you buy it for me!
……

After watching the behind-the-scenes story of this movie's production, seeing the group of people sneaking into the Metropolitan Police Department to film, looking extremely nervous, and Akira Furuya running on the windowsill without any safety measures, Yukiko Shimizu's girlish heart was deeply captivated.

I wish I had a kind, weathered older man like that, someone who looks like he's been through a lot, strong, reliable, and kind to her, to protect her!

Moreover, she also got to see the second ending as she wished. In the second ending, Otani killed the enemy and left the city with Hoshino. They changed their identities, went to Hong Kong, and lived a happy and wonderful life.

"That's great, that's wonderful."

Yukiko Shimizu wiped away her tears, then suddenly remembered something and ran to her parents.

"Mom and Dad!"

"I really want to act in movies too!"

The two looked completely bewildered.

What a joke!
Who do you think we are? Do you think we're like Hiroko Yakushimaru's parents, one a director and the other a local singer?

We don't have the ability to send you to see Akira Furuya!
……

……

By the way, Yukiko Shimizu is indeed an actress, although she isn't yet.

Her stage name is Izumi Igarashi. She starred in a classic film at the age of nineteen, titled *Girls' Commando: Izumi*.

A classic image appears in this film: a girl in a sailor suit carrying a rocket launcher on her shoulder.

Many people later thought that the image was of Shigenobu Fusako, but in fact, it was just a still from the anime/TV series "Girls Commando: Izumi".

Izumi Igarashi has never achieved great fame, but Izumi from Girl Commando Team has certainly left a deep impression on many viewers.

Of course, Gu Ming was unaware that the movie would cause such a side effect.

At this moment, Gu Ming is showing the script to Cheng Long in the firm.

"Plan A is roughly this kind of script. Actually, it was written a long time ago, but I always felt that something was missing, so I never took it over."

Cheng Long glanced through it briefly without looking at it closely: "I think it's fine. I'll have someone come over to discuss the payment later."

After thinking for a moment, he suddenly spoke again: "Do you think I could act like this?"

Gu Ming asked, "How do we act it out?"

"That's how it is, running on rooftops or inside landmark buildings and such."

Gu Ming couldn't help but chuckle.

"What landmarks? We filmed this secretly at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, afraid of being discovered. As for the kind of performance you mentioned... I actually think it suits you quite well, but it's not suitable for this movie. There aren't any skyscrapers to run across in this film's setting. Why don't you try some other methods?"

Cheng Long nodded, seemingly lost in thought.

Project A, the movie about sailors fighting bandits. Jackie Chan did indeed contribute a very brilliant action choreography in it.

Both of them felt relieved to finally receive the script that had been delayed for six months.

"In that case, I must congratulate you on the box office success! This movie seems quite excellent!"

"That's true, that's exactly the news I've been waiting for."

As Gu Ming was speaking, the phone rang.

"Brother Furuya, we found it. Mr. Kurosawa Mitsuru originally said he would send it over, but we got one first."

"This is the film's box office statistics from last week, with an allocation ratio of 48.5%."

Gu Ming gripped the microphone.

His contract with Dongzhong System was 64 points, meaning he received 60% and Dongzhong System received 40%, with the income distributed equally.

In other words, 29.1% of the box office revenue will go to Gu Ming.

The film also had some smaller investors who contributed a small portion of the investment. After deducting the profit-sharing ratio, the agency and Gu Ming will share 24% of the box office revenue.

Gu Ming could not help but be nervous about this matter.

after all.

He owes Haruki Kadokawa a huge sum of money!
Seeing Gu Ming's slightly nervous expression, Cheng Long couldn't help but move a little closer.

"How about it? It must have exceeded 100 million by now, right?"

After Tanaka's assistant finished speaking, Gu Ming looked at Cheng Long and slowly and laboriously shook his head.

Over 100 million? No way!

(End of this chapter)