When carp streamers start to fly on the flagpole, people know that May is coming.
May 5th is Children’s Day, which is also the neon Dragon Boat Festival. Those with children at home have already prepared cypress cakes or rice dumplings in advance, as well as calamus leaves for taking calamus baths.
But before that, a movie came out that attracted people's attention.
"The Cameras Don't Stop" will be officially released in May!
The movie caused a lot of controversy as soon as it was released. During the test screening, people in the industry and movie enthusiasts were very demanding about movies, but they also had certain appreciation skills. Most of them could see the thought and creativity put into the movie, so
Most of the reviews have a friendly or neutral attitude~
And when it came to the official release, as the viewing base increased, all kinds of voices came out. After all, Naoki Nagayama had many compliments before, so naturally there were a large number of people waiting to see the collapse of the high-rise building~
I seized the opportunity this time!
Some people said that "Don't Stop the Camera" was a complete piece of shit. After watching it for more than ten minutes, they couldn't bear it and left the scene. Some people said that the camera was so shaky that it would make people vomit after watching it. Some people said that the short film in the first half hour,
This kind of editing is purely to screen the audience. In this case, I also screened the director...
"This kind of movie is just sensationalism!"
"What does he think the audience is? Pawns at his mercy?!"
"A movie like this has nothing but showmanship!"
"What are Naoki Nagayama doing? Do you want to teach the audience a film lesson?"
Yoshimura Otomo in the office slightly raised the voice of public opinion and said to Naoki Nagayama:
"Naoki-san, these criticisms suddenly appeared collectively, someone must have been secretly instigating them!"
"Hmm~" Nagayama Naoki grabbed a newspaper and read it with gusto, "These little black guys are really good at talking, from such a novel angle... and they are taking film classes, why don't you tell them to hold a meeting?
!”
"Naoki-san!" Otomo Yoshimura patted the table, "You have a sense of crisis. Someone is messing with you behind your back!"
"...."
Otomo-san, your statement seems a bit strange...
"Ahem...Otomo-san, haven't we already anticipated this?" Itou Shuichi interjected, "And we've also made a plan."
"But...the voices of criticism are really..."
Nagayama Naoki put down the newspaper and comforted his friend: "Otomo-san, you are just focusing on the negative comments now and subconsciously collecting more negative news... forming an information cocoon.
.”
"Actually, if you look wider, you will see more positive news!"
Yoshimura Otomo looked with some uncertainty at the other newspapers Naoki Nagayama only showed him... As expected, they were all praising Naoki Nagayama for his pioneering exploration in the film industry, the movies being novel and interesting, etc.
information.
"But...if we don't find the black hand behind this..."
"Haha, you can't find it~" Nagayama Naoki waved his hand, "Even if you find it, there won't be anything you can do... others are just here to disgust you~"
Nagayama Naoki looked at the brightly colored carp streamers outside the window and said casually:
"Let him go~ It won't affect much~"
Then he looked at Itou Shuichi: "Shuichi-san... let's go, let's go to the casting meeting!"
"Hmm~"
Having said that, Nagayama Naoki and Itou Shuichi went to the audition venue specially prepared for today.
But Yoshimura Otomo, who stayed in the office, hesitated for a moment, then picked up the phone and started calling... He still wanted to find out who was behind it, and even if he couldn't fight back, he still had to know it.
........
"Do you really not know who Naoki-san is?" Itou Shuichi asked as they walked together with Nagayama Naoki.
"It's just a few... Toho, Toei..." Nagayama Naoki shook his head, "I heard that Toei's "Muscle Man Strikes Back! Invisible Superman" will be released soon?
"
"You mean Toei?"
"The box office of "The Camcorders Don't Stop" has declined at the box office. Whoever can benefit is the one!" Naoki Nagayama said. After all, this kind of smear operation also costs money. Who would do it if there is no immediate benefit?
"How can we repair it...then we...can't do anything?"
"Ha, not really..."
Nagayama Naoki actually already had some ideas in his mind, but the counterattack measures would have to wait for an east wind, about a week... Thinking of this, a line from a movie suddenly popped up in his mind, so he turned around and joked:
,
"Let the bullets fly a little longer!"
"???Naoki-san, what are you talking about?"
"Hahaha, I didn't say anything!" Naoki Nagayama smiled and opened the door of the audition conference room and walked in with Shuichi Itou.
In the conference room, which was not too small, there was a row of tables on one side, with an open space in the middle. Beside the table, Kijima Xu and Matsuo Souo were sorting out some forms and the like.
"Naoki-san, Shuichi-san!" Matsuo Souo's eyes were sharper, and he immediately saw the two bosses.
"Sosei-kun." Nagayama Naoki nodded, "Are you here to help too? Isn't it a holiday?"
"Hey, I have a lot of free time after the filming and I am not in the mood to take a rest... so I just came to help with the casting meeting and learn a bit by the way..."
In fact, Souo Matsuo hasn't even slept well these days. "The Camera Don't Stop" is officially released, and he is the most nervous one.
"Thank you for your hard work~"
Naoki Nagayama didn't say much, and sat in the examiner's seat with Shuichi Itou, and then took over the candidates for today's audition from Kyū Kijima.
"Nanjo Yutaka, Harada Yoshio, Namiki Shiro, Takewaki Muga... Hey, Takewaki-san is here too~" Naoki Nagayama was a little surprised when he saw the familiar names.
"Hey, they are all popular actors~"
Itou Shuichi explained from the side that because the protagonist of "Squid Game" this time is a middle-aged man, the actors chosen are all actors with masterpieces.
"Well, not bad, not bad~"
Yutaka Nanjo, Yoshio Harada, Shiro Namiki, etc. are all actors who have played impressive roles in "Hammers", "Manhunt" and "Oshin".
No matter which country you're in, auditions are pretty much the same. Wait until the actors arrive, introduce themselves...and then improvise a piece according to the script given to them.
The first one to arrive was Nanjo Yutaka, a man with a bit of unruly temperament...
"Director Itou, Director Nagayama, I am Nanjo Yutaka. I have appeared in "Sea of Eden" and the TV series "Volleyball Players"..."
Facing two famous directors who are hot today, Nanjo Yutaka did not have the arrogance of a star at all, and introduced himself very humbly,
"I have rich experience in playing roles with different identities and how to express the emotions of the characters..."
"Nanjo-san, we have seen all the roles you have played..." Itou Shuichi took the lead in the casting without hesitation, "Have you already understood the role you are going to audition for this time?"
"Hey, I am a helpless person who became addicted to gambling after losing his job and lost his family and relatives..." Yutaka Nanjo only received part of the script, but he also had some thoughts about the character, "So I left my hair half-long and my beard slightly longer.
It’s sloppy…”
"Oh? You are very well prepared!" Itou Shuichi nodded with satisfaction.
"This is the duty of an actor..."
"Then let's give it a try..." Yi Tangxiu chatted for a while and then started to practice, "You know all about the wooden man's game, right?"
"Hi!"
The improv script I chose this time is, the first game... Wooden Man.
Under the threat of a machine gun, under the three calls of a wooden man, from doubt to fear, doubt, and then quickly calm down, looking for a way out... Such a short-term emotional change...
"One, two, three... wooden man!" Matsuo Munsei became a supporting role in the scene, announcing the pronunciation of the game, "Pah! Pah! Pah!"
In the first scene of the wooden man, Nanjo Yutaka, who was initially confused, seemed to be frightened by the sound of gunshots. When the wooden man's voice sounded again, he turned his head and looked back tremblingly. He seemed to be frightened by the blood and corpses and collapsed on the ground.
, with extreme fear on his face...
The second time the wooden man continued to be shot, someone finally realized that if he was caught playing this wooden man's game, he would be killed!
The third time, Nanjo Yutaka had already turned around. Although his face was still in shock, he started to move in the direction of the robot...
"Cut!" Itou Shuichi shouted after the third time, and then nodded, "Thank you very much, Nanjo-san, you performed it well."
"Arigado!" Yutaka Nanjo touched his forehead. He was so nervous that he was really sweating...
"Thank you for coming to the audition this time... If there is any progress in the future, we will notify you through our agent!"
Naturally, the results of the audition will not be announced on the spot. After Itou Shuichi and Nanjo Yutaka said a friendly farewell, they were ready to call the next candidate.
The next one is Harada Yoshio, who plays the police sergeant in "Pursuit"...
Naturally, another round of auditions followed...and then Shiro Namiki...
While filling out the casting evaluation form, Itou Shuichi sighed:
"Naoki-san, as expected, these qualified actors are all very skilled in acting! It's hard to choose..."
"Yes, there are too many monks but too few... This is the norm in the acting world, so there are so few evergreen trees..." Naoki Nagayama said, "If it's difficult to choose, just start with the character itself...
For example, the protagonist Kiho Muranari...has a ruffianism that only a teenager can have...actually he has the innocence of a child in his heart..."
"So among today's actors..." Itou Shuichi closed his eyes and thought for a moment, and a figure emerged, "Only Yutaka Nanjo has a younger face, not a square face..."
This era encourages square and upright people with thick eyebrows and big eyes... Takakura Ken, Miura Tomokazu... are all like this.
At the end, Takewaki Muga also came over... As an acquaintance, he naturally greeted Itou Shuichi properly.
Then I secretly decided on the role of the second male lead... After all, we are acquaintances, and my acting skills are very good. The entertainment industry also values human relations!
"So...the male lead is still missing the role of a villain..." Itou Shuichi said.
"Hmm...evil...who will you choose instead?"
"Kitano Take-san? What do you think of Naoki-san?" Itou Shuichi asked in return.
"Well... Kitano-san can indeed play a villain... but without that kind of pure disgust..."
In Naoki Nagayama's impression, Takeshi Kitano always has a sense of story hidden in his eyes. Even when Takeshi Kitano plays the villain, he is also the kind of villain who has a story and a struggling mind... The villain in "Squid Game",
Just like the kind of bad guys who often bully others in life.
"So who are the candidates..."
"How is Chiba Shinichi?" Itou Shuichi said suddenly.
"Eh?" The first thing that came to Naoki Nagayama's mind was the image of a domineering figure... "Shinichi-san is so domineering... If he were to play the role, he would also be a villain...
..Ordinary evil people…”
"So...how about Kurata Yasuaki?" Shuichi Itou mentioned another person.
"Who is this?" Nagayama Naoki felt that he had no impression.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Ah, I participated in "The Legend of the Eight Dogs" with Chiba Shinichi..." Itou Shuichi rummaged through the information and found it.
This guy's personal information sheet reads, "I have often gone to Hong Kong for development in recent years..."
"oh?"
Naoki Nagayama took it and took a look, "Ha, it turns out it's Fumio Koshi, the head coach of the Black Dragon Club..."
"???Naoki-san, what weird things are you saying again?!"
"It's okay, it's okay..." Naoki Nagayama looked at the photo on the form and said with a smile, "He can... remember to shave his hair! It needs to be a very flat hair..."
Hahaha~"
"...."
Itou Shuichi looked at his president who suddenly went crazy and didn't know what to say.
........
After the casting audition, Naoki Nagayama chatted with Otomo Yoshimura and Shuichi Itou in the office for a while before preparing to go back.
But at this time, the office door was pushed open, and Hayano Riko walked in:
"Naoki-san... Shuichi-san..." She held the passport in her hand, "This is your passport. The ticket to Cannes has been bought~"
"Hi, Arigado~"
Shuichi Itou, as the person in charge of Shuyu Pictures, is actually a producer in name, so he also wants to go.
The two took the passports and then said to Yoshimura Otomo,
"The Cannes Film Festival starts in a week. We'll arrive three days early... It will take us almost three days to get there, so after tomorrow, Shuyou will have to trouble Otomo-san!"
"Does this need to be said?" Fangcun Dayou rolled his eyes, he was always in charge, okay?
"Anyway...after you go, meet with the vice president of the Producers Guild first to understand the specific situation..."
That guy is the lobbyist whom Yoshimura Otomo spent nearly 100 million yen to find. He knows the most about the current trends of the judges. By communicating in advance, he can understand the latest selection results.
"Well, don't worry!" Nagayama Naoki nodded, "In fact, we are quite sure!"
"It's better to be cautious in everything..."
Yoshimura Otomo continued to give a few words of advice before sending the two of them off.
In addition to the door of Shuyou, Nagayama Naoki said: "Kitano Take-san, and Yuko-san, we should all be on the same flight, right?"
"Of course...and Naoto-kun and his father..."
As the main character, Naoto Fujiki will naturally appear, and Yuko Tanaka is the representative of female characters...
"Well, see you tomorrow then!"
"Hi!"
As he watched Itou Shuichi drive away, Nagayama Naoki was still thinking about the counterattack method he had thought of when he saw the negative reports in the morning... When he returned to Neon with the Palme d'Or trophy, and with this trend, the demons and monsters were absolutely
