540. Tonight, let 'Snow Flower' ring throughout Tokyo!
Seeing snowflakes starting to fall in the sky, Naoki Nagayama was surprised and immediately realized that the time had come!
"Tsuruko, get in the car!"
"Ni-chan, where are you going?" Tsuruko was still a little surprised.
At this time, it was no longer possible to send Tsuruko back, so Naoki Nagayama could only take her towards the studio.
"Go to the company, I have an urgent mission."
The 996 workers heard this, they must be very familiar with it.
As we drove all the way, the snow falling in the sky gradually turned into snowflakes, and the trend was getting bigger and bigger. When Naoki Nagayama arrived at the studio, a thin layer had already accumulated on the roof of the car.
"Naoki-san, you're here!"
Xing Jiahua was saying hello after seeing Naoki Nagayama, but when she saw a young girl following behind her, she didn't know what to say, "Today is Christmas!"
This boss of my own is so carefree! He actually has a young female companion next to him! (Eh? Why do I say that again?)
Nagayama Naoki just nodded slightly: "Is Otomo-san here?"
"Hi, he's in the office~"
While responding to greetings from other employees, he walked quickly towards the office.
Tsuruko followed his brother into the studio and looked around curiously. This company was actually inside the studio. It turned out that this was where his brother worked.
She didn't notice at all that the employees looked at her strangely.
"Otomo-san." Naoki Nagayama walked into the office and directly found Otomo Yoshimura who was on the phone, "It's snowing!"
After hanging up the phone, Yoshimura Otomo said: "Yeah, I saw it too~ I was just talking to someone from Dentsu."
"So, the advertisements in subway stations will be replaced soon, right?"
"Hey, I said it would take up to an hour."
"That's good." Nagayama Naoki then asked, "What about the record store? Has it started playing?"
"According to the previous agreement, as long as it snows, they will start. I just asked Riko-chan to call several commercial streets where record stores are concentrated to confirm." Yoshimura Otomo answered clearly and clearly.
Because we have already made plans before, when it snows now, like dominoes, each promotion plan is started.
However, Nagayama Naoki is still a little worried: "What about the movie copy? The time is very tight, will it be available in time?"
"Of course this is a bit nervous, but I asked Masataka-kun. It was originally meant to be urgent, and ten copies have been completed." Otomo Yoshimura said, "Now Shuichi-san and Masataka-kun have gone to coordinate with each theater to make some adjustments.
Once the schedule is over, all we have to do is hire film runners to deliver copies of the movie at full capacity!"
"That's it, but there are only a hundred or so cinemas in Tokyo, so if it's a little crowded, it should be enough." Nagayama Naoki didn't expect every cinema to have a copy of the movie, "Anyway, I can see it in the cinema today.
That’s fine, when it suddenly comes out, not many people will go see it.”
"Yes, the next promotion is more important. Later I will continue to contact various newspapers and ask them to send the previous promotional drafts. Then the advertising departments of each TV station will also call and propose the movie.
Advertisements are also going to start showing up.”
Yoshimura Otomo seemed a little nervous and went through the promotional measures one by one. Although he had always seemed calm before, this was the first time he was so anxious to promote a movie.
"Naoki-san, you also need to contact Fuji TV. The commercial that can be inserted at any time can start."
"Well, I'll call right away!" Nagayama Naoki felt a little relieved. It was great to have a reliable partner, so he was ready to make the call.
"But there is one more important thing!" Yoshimura Otomo paused for a moment and looked at Nagayama Naoki.
"Huh? What's the matter?" Nagayama Naoki was puzzled.
Yoshimura Otomo pulled Nagayama Naoki's shoulder and pointed at his back:
"I've been wanting to talk to this young lady since the beginning. What's going on?!"
Turning around, Nagayama Naoki saw a confused Tsuruko, standing at the door at a loss. He saw Yoshimura Otomo pointing over, and pointed at himself with some confusion.
"ah"
Only then did Nagayama Naoki realize that he had been asking about "Love Letter" as soon as he entered the office, and he had actually forgotten his sister.
"This is Tsuruko, my sister. Things happened suddenly, so I brought her here with me. Tsuruko, this is Yoshimura Otomo, my partner!"
"Tsuruko?" Yoshimura Otomo reacted. Everyone knew that Nagayama Naoki had a sister who was admitted to Waseda University, but this was the first time they saw her. "So this is Tsuruko-chan! Naoki-san's sister who is a top student!
"
"This is the first time we meet, I am Yongshan Tsuruko. Please give me your advice." When dealing with strangers, Tsuruko was still very polite and said hello seriously.
"Hi, I'm Otomo Fangcun"
After saying hello, Yoshimura Otomo was curious: "Did Naoki-san spend Christmas with Tsuruko-chan?"
"Yes." Naoki Nagayama had already sat down and motioned to Tsuruko to find a place to sit. "I just finished eating and I noticed it was snowing outside, so I ran over right away."
"Haha, that's really a coincidence."
Taking the first snow in Tokyo as a signal to release "Love Letter", there was no advance publicity and no preview screening. This is a situation that has never been seen in any film release.
Naoki Nagayama didn't say much. The number he dialed for Fuji TV was already connected:
"Otaisan, I am Naoki Nagayama"
"Ah, it's Naoki-san!" Otasu Sugiura was a little surprised, "Shouldn't Naoki-san be celebrating Christmas at this time? Why did you call me?"
“It’s snowing in Da Taisang!”
"?" Sugiura Otai was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered the previous cooperation agreement, "Ah, it's snowing!!"
"So Naoki-san, do you mean to insert that trailer now?"
Nagayama Naoki looked out the window. Fine snowflakes were falling one by one, flying in the sky under the gust of wind, as if they were dancing.
"Well, the time has come. Da Taisang, interrupt now!"
"Hey, Naoki-san, please wait for five minutes."
After Sugiura Otaishi agreed, he hung up the phone, while Naoki Nagayama turned on the TV, switched to the Fuji TV channel, and waited quietly.
In the office, Yoshimura Otomo is still contacting other promoters, asking everyone to start revealing everything about "Love Letter" immediately.
"Arnold Ni-chan, what is this urgent matter?" Tsuruko quietly sat down next to Nagayama Naoki, "I just listened for a while, it seems that there is a movie to be advertised?"
"Well, it's a movie called "Love Letter", which will be released today!" Naoki Nagayama said.
"Eh? Is it yours, Ni-chan?" Tsuruko looked surprised.
"Well, it's a movie adaptation." Naoki Nagayama saw the confused Tsuruko and briefly explained the origin and filming time of the movie, then smiled and said, "It stars Akina!"
"Eh?!!"
I had just met Akina in the morning, and in the afternoon I heard that her movie was suddenly released, which aroused Tsuruko's strong curiosity!
"Todoroki? Is Akina-chan starring? I really want to see what it looks like."
"Wait a moment, the trailer should be out soon." Naoki Nagayama pointed at the Fuji TV screen and said.
Sure enough, after a while, a line of text suddenly appeared on the variety show that was being broadcast: "It is reported that the first snow in Tokyo this year has already begun!"
Then, the screen switched as if playing an advertisement, and the trailer of "Love Letter" was displayed along with soft singing:
In the white snow, a beautiful girl is raising her head to welcome the falling snowflakes. About the most innocent memories of that year - the silhouettes of the two protagonists of loveletter and the memories of high school, the face in memory
This nearly one-minute commercial was replaced by Nagayama Naoki's image copyright from "The Ring", and it appeared on Fuji TV along with the first snow in Tokyo.
Tsuruko quietly finished reading the trailer:
"Ni-chan, that protagonist, is Akina-chan?"
"Well, what's wrong?"
"Isn't Akina-chan only 18 years old? Why is she so mature in the trailer?" What Tsuruko actually wants to say is, how can she be so temperamental and good-looking? "And Akina's face shouldn't be so thin, as well as her hair, makeup and skin.
Why is it so white?"
"Tsuruko, you have to know that modern makeup technology can create miracles!" Nagayama Naoki joked, "But more importantly, Akina has good bones and white skin. Plus
It was highlighted by lighting.
During the filming period, I specially lost weight and put on makeup, so I looked like I was in my twenties."
"I think when Akina reaches that age, she will probably look like in the movie~"
This is not nonsense. Naoki Nagayama knew how beautiful Nakamori Akina was when she was at her peak in her twenties~
"But... it's still hard to believe." Tsuruko was still very surprised, "Also, I think I saw Ni-chan!"
Nagayama Naoki smiled: "Yes, I also starred. Didn't I tell you just now?"
"."
Tsuruko was silent for a while, and then said something that made Naoki Nagayama's face full of black lines:
"The role of Ni-chan was in high school, right? Ni-chan didn't look like that at all at that time! He was obviously as skinny as a bamboo pole!
You actually used it for personal gain to make yourself look so handsome. How shameless!"
Yoshimura Otomo, who was still on the phone, couldn't help laughing, but Nagayama Naoki's mouth twitched after hearing it:
"Tsuruko. I advise you to speak less if you don't know how to speak."
"But it doesn't matter, it's all over~" Tsuruko waved her hand generously, "Ni-chan, after seeing the trailer, I really want to see it, can you take me to see it?"
Nagayama Naoki shook his head: "As for this movie, it's best to go with your Kaneda-senpai~ It would be such a waste to watch it with me~"
Tsuruko's face showed shyness: ".I'll think about it~"
Outside the studio in Tokyo, the snow was getting heavier and heavier. The falling snow fell on the streets and alleys like cotton wool, and soon weaved a thin hat on the roofs and treetops.
Pedestrians walking on the street gradually felt that white snow had accumulated on the road.
It was Christmas, and the college students were already on vacation. Aoyagi Riko was passing by a record store when she suddenly heard a moving melody, and then a soft singing voice came from it:
"
Dance of the snow (Flowing snowflakes)
窓の外ずっと(Non-stop chatting outside the window)
This year, the first snow of the year (the first snow of the year)
ふたり出っって(We lean on each other)
The moment of gazing quietly (the moment of looking out)
星せがあふれだす(overflowing with happiness)
"
Aoyagi Riko was immediately caught by this melody, and quickly dragged her friend into the record store:
"Store manager, what song is playing now?"
The manager of the record store was a mature uncle. He looked at the two people who rushed into the store, but he just pointed at the poster in the store.
A large movie poster was erected next to the display stand, with the white snow as the background. In the center was the side profile of a girl wearing a black velvet coat. The words "Love Letter" were written on the top, followed by "Famous Adaptation" and "Nakamori Akina".
Promotional terms such as “on screen” and “now showing”.
Next to the poster, there are stacked records of "Snow Flower" and even "Love Letter".
"Akina Nakamori?"
Although she is not a fan, Riko Aoyagi naturally knows this top idol. After all, she is someone who often appears in major TV shows.
Then he picked up the record curiously and said, "Is this a new song by Akina Nakamori? It's also the theme song of the movie? "Snow Flower"."
When I was thinking about whether to buy it, I heard the singing voice in the store changed again and turned into a sad female voice. The same song "Snow Flower" actually had a completely different feeling.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Is this also from Akina Nakamori's record?" Riko Aoyagi asked.
The store manager finally stopped pretending to be aloof: "Hey, this is the unique thing about this record. The same singer, two interpretations, and both are very good. You can take it home and listen to it dozens of times without getting tired of it!"
"
She was very excited, and when the store manager told her about it, Aoyagi Riko immediately decided to buy it!
But after paying the money, the store manager said again: "By the way, the movie "Love Letter" also stars Akina Nakamori. I heard that it would be more suitable to listen to "Snow Flower" while watching the movie~"
How can you listen to music while watching a movie?!
Riko Aoyagi and her best friend Yumi Yamashita complained about the store manager's words, but before leaving, they still subconsciously glanced at the movie poster.
Is it showing now? "Love Letter". It sounds like a love movie, but I promised my best friend to have dinner.
At this time, my best friend next to me Yamashita Yumi said: "Riko-chan, I want to go watch this movie with my boyfriend, so I won't have dinner with you tonight~"
"Humph, I value sex over friends!"
Riko Aoyagi was very shameless, but she also made up her mind to watch this movie with her boyfriend!
After the trailer of "Love Letter" was broadcast on Fuji TV, fans of Akina Nakamori immediately called the Kenin Office.
"Excuse me, the one starring Akina-chan in "Love Letter" played on TV, right?"
"Hi, yes!"
"Is that heroine really Akina-chan? It's completely different!"
"Hi, I did some image transformation for the movie. During this period, I occasionally wore a wig just for this movie."
"Excuse me, is the album "Snow Flower" really sung by Akina-chan? Why wasn't the song released in advance and there was no other promotion?! Isn't the next song "North Wing"? Will it be released on time?"
"This song is the theme song of the movie. Due to the request of the producer, there was no advance promotion of this song and it will not be used as a mainstream record for Akina-chan."
"."
At the beginning of the promotion, Yanyin's operator had already been informed of this situation and had prepared a corresponding reply, so the response was very smooth.
However, it seems that more and more people are calling. As the news spreads, I believe more and more fans will learn about this matter.
At the same time, Fuji TV’s hotline was also ringing:
"Has the movie "Love Letter" been released yet?"
“Hey, you can already watch it in cinemas! But it’s only in cinemas in Tokyo for the time being~”
"Why haven't we heard of this before?"
"Because this is the first publicity."
"Huh? There was no preview screening before the release, and there was no media coverage?"
"The producers planned to release the movie only with the first snowfall in Tokyo, without any preview screenings."
"So willful?"
"." The operator choked at the question and was silent for two seconds before replying, "Hi, the director is Naoki Nagayama, he's just so willful."
Similar questions are received from the hotline one after another. It can be expected that such inquiries may continue until tomorrow's newspaper comes out.
In the studio of Shuyu Pictures, Tsuruko had already left on his own, while Naoki Nagayama and Otomo Yoshimura were in contact with all parties on the phone.
"Anyway, by tonight, I want to see the poster of "Love Letter" on the billboards on the streets of Tokyo!" Naoki Nagayama said to an advertiser, "I know you have a special connection with Dentsu, please use it.
Get up!"
After hanging up this advertiser, Nagayama Naoki contacted another advertiser:
"Hey, if you want to hear the song "Snow Flower" on various radio channels, I want all taxis in Tokyo to play this song!"
"Tonight, let "Snow Flower" be heard throughout Tokyo!"
Yoshimura Otomo felt very distressed when he heard this. Every time Nagayama Naoki said something, his face looked sad.
Because behind these domineering words, all the money spent behind them is just money!
"Naoki-san has spent at least 50 million today!" Otomo Yoshimura said, "This week, it is estimated that 200 million will be spent on advertising!"
"Hahaha, Otomo-san, don't worry, you will make it back in the end!" Nagayama Naoki comforted, "This time we not only have the box office, but also a share of the record!"
".I hope so~"
Fangcun Dayou nodded, "By the way, I have already informed you that the live broadcast programs of various TV stations will promote our movie."
Nagayama Naoki nodded: "Well, I'm not worried about publicity anymore, but now it's Shuichi-san's side. Has the copy of the movie been sent to the cinema? Has it been coordinated?"
"Don't worry, Shuichi-san is very popular in the film industry. In the past two years, he has almost become familiar with the movie theater owners. Coordination will be quick!" Otomo Yoshimura said, "In one week, all movie theaters will have "Love Letter"
If you make a copy, then there will be no problem!”
".I hope so~" Naoki Nagayama borrowed lines from Otomo Yoshimura.
"Everything should be going according to plan!"
Akina Nakamori didn't know about the promotion and release plans of "Love Letter". She had already arrived at the photo shooting location when it started snowing.
I originally thought it was snowing, which would delay taking photos.
However, the photographer seemed to think that this kind of snow scene was more suitable for winter photos, and he was very excited and asked to take pictures outside.
At this time, a keen TV program producer had already taken up Akina Nakamori's idea.
A live entertainment variety show directly asked Yanyin Office, and then directly found the filming location, which shocked Akiko Fusanoori.
After explaining for a long time, I found out that "Love Letter" had suddenly been released, and the TV station wanted to do a live broadcast online.
He hurriedly asked for a ten-minute break from the filming party, and then led a confused Akina Nakamori to the door of a nearby store, and borrowed the power source of the camera from the store.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! As the program connection began, Nakamori Akina listened to the host's questions through the headphones with difficulty:
"Mingcai-chan?"
"Hi, good afternoon!"
"What are you doing now?"
"Hi, I'm taking photos for a magazine promotion."
"It's really hard work. You have to work so hard on Christmas~"
"Hey, this is work, there's nothing you can do about it~"
He actually told the truth and the celebrity who was listening next to him slapped his forehead. Sure enough, this situation would have happened if the problem had not been communicated in advance!
"Haha, Akina-chan is so cute~" The experienced host in the show also smiled, and then stepped into the theme, "The movie starring Akina-chan is officially released today! "Love Letter"."
"Hey, I just found out too!"
"Eh? Didn't you know Akina-chan before?"
"Hi, I only found out when the reporters came."
"You actually don't even know the starring role?"
"have no idea"
It seemed that the news was so shocking that the experienced hosts took a breath of air-conditioning. Such producers and distributors are really rare to see!
"Then Akina-chan must be very surprised now, right?"
"I was shocked!"
"Akina-chan, can you tell me how you felt filming "Love Letter"? Were you nervous? It was your first time in a movie, right?" The host still wanted to let the program go on.
"Well, even though it was my first time filming, the staff on site were all experienced film practitioners, so they gave me a lot of encouragement."
Akina Nakamori talked about the scene. In fact, she was not nervous at all when filming. Because the director was her boyfriend, and during the performance, the guidance was very precise, and she was good at adjusting the shooting method according to the actors themselves. The whole set was very
harmonious.
Rather than filming a movie, it's more like taking a vacation with my boyfriend.
After Akina Nakamori finished speaking, the host said a few more words before thanking Akina for taking the time to be interviewed.
After the live broadcast ended, Nakamori Akinasai and Akiyukifusa complained:
"Fang Zesang, I didn't expect that when my first movie was released, I hadn't even watched it myself."
Akiko Fusana was also confused: "Yes, this distribution method is really confusing. However, Naoki-san may have his own ideas~"
"Then I will ask him carefully tonight!"
Talking about her boyfriend, Akina's mood suddenly improved a lot.
"Hey, today's shooting should end very early. Akina might have time to go watch a movie."
Akiyukifusa no longer prevents Akina Nakamori and Naoki Nagayama from meeting, but instead provides convenience for the sake of her idol's mood.
