With the conclusion of the Berlin Film Festival, the awards results of the Berlin Film Festival spread wantonly, spreading like a raging flood, and in a very short period of time, it became the focus of attention of all entertainment media.
Media from various countries are more reporting on the glorious victory of the Iranian film "A Separation" at the Berlin Film Festival. For example, it won the three major awards of the Berlin Film Festival: Best Film, Best Actor and Best Actress.
Of course, some media pages and content are focused on the four best actors and two best actresses at the Berlin Film Festival.
After all, things like double-yolk eggs are rare enough in the film industry, but the Berlin Film Festival also performed such a cunning operation with four best actors, which is really surprising.
Compared with the brilliant victory of the Iranian film "A Separation", the film "A Long Day" only won a trophy such as the Silver Bear Award, which is somewhat shabby.
However, for Nakamura Masahiro, this is definitely not a failure. Even from another perspective, this Silver Bear Award is enough to represent Nakamura Masahiro’s success.
After all, for a new director, who is directing his first film, to be able to win an award at the Berlin Film Festival, this is already an outstanding performance.
""The Long Day" unexpectedly won the Silver Bear Award, and the new Japanese director made a name for himself at the Berlin Film Festival."
""One Long Day" won the Berlin Film Festival Grand Prix, and Masahiro Nakamura became the representative of a new generation of Japanese supervisors."
"New director Masahiro Nakamura became famous at the Berlin Film Festival and won the Silver Bear Award for Best Director."
"Famous director Masahiro Nakamura showed his prowess and won the Silver Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival."
"Genius supervisor Masahiro Nakamura Berlin bravely captures the bear."
While Nakamura Masahiro was still busy making deals with various film producers at the Berlin Film Festival, various media in Japan had focused all their attention on Nakamura Masahiro's award, and continued to make endless reports.
Although Nakamura Masahiro only won one Silver Bear Award, who knows that Nakamura Masahiro is from Japan, and this Silver Bear Award is also an extremely important Best Director Award.
Therefore, Masahiro Nakamura, who was already at the center of public opinion, suddenly became so popular again, and the box office of the movie "One Long Day" also continued to soar.
As of the 25th, which is Golden Sunday, two complete weeks have passed, and the latest box office statistics have been released.
"A Long Day" has attracted a total of 550,000 moviegoers, and the movie's box office exceeded 700 million yen, exceeding the box office judged by Toho ahead of schedule.
Relying on Dongbao's strong promotion and distribution capabilities, combined with the soaring popularity caused by winning the Berlin Film Festival, the attendance rate of theatergoers remained above the eighth floor.
During prime time, Dongbao Cinema, located in a prosperous area of the city, is packed with moviegoers, and more than half of the movie tickets purchased are for "One Long Day."
The public opinion of the entire Japanese society seems to have fallen into some kind of fanaticism. The topics discussed by the public and the media are all about Nakamura Masahiro and "The Long Day".
Affected by this, the sales of movie singles also exploded, quickly rising to the top of various charts, showing a crushing trend.
According to the latest Oricon chart data, the cumulative sales of movie singles have exceeded 650,000.
Although the final sales results are still unknown, judging from the current sales statistics, it is basically locked in the top 10 positions of the year.
If you are lucky, you may still have a chance to compete for the title of annual sales champion. However, this possibility is unlikely after all.
After all, not to mention other competitors, just in front of Masahiro Nakamura is the unattainable idol group akb48, which is as terrifying as a monster and difficult to defeat.
They released the single "Become a Cherry Blossom Tree" on the 16th, and sales reached 942,000 copies in the first week, ranking sixth in history.
With this initial sales performance, it ranks directly second among all female artists, second only to Utada Hikaru's "addicted·to·you".
The single "Become a Cherry Blossom Tree" sold more than 900,000 copies in its first week, which not only created history in the Japanese music scene, but also wiped out Masahiro Nakamura's reputation.
The initial sales volume of his movie single was only 120,000 copies, which is simply not comparable to akb48’s initial sales volume of 942,000 copies.
How big is the gap between the two? It's probably as disappointing as the difference between Kanazawa and Tokyo.
When akb48 is at its peak, and with the blessing of akb business law, almost no one can defeat akb48.
Not to mention Nakamura Masahiro, a cross-border supervisor, even the veteran big-name singers Namie Amuro and Ayumi Hamasaki are far behind.
"Originally, I thought your sales performance could maintain the number one spot. Who knew akb48 would release a single right away? Those otakus are really rich..."
Mukai Yosuke followed Nakamura Masahiro step by step, and kept complaining in a slightly emotional tone, as if he had endless words to say.
Although he didn't know much about the Japanese music scene, he did know what 650,000 sales meant. However, he was surpassed by akb48 in a short period of time, which really made him feel a little unhappy.
"There's nothing I can do about it. After all, I'm not a woman, so I can't attract the otakus in China..."
Compared to Mukai Yosuke's dissatisfaction, Nakamura Masahiro is more calm. No matter how much akb48's sales volume is, the authenticity of the data is unquestionable, and it is useless to worry more.
"Well, if everyone follows the AKB Business Law, the domestic music scene will really be hopeless..."
Mukai Yosuke's mood suddenly dropped and he let out a long sigh. Although akb48's sales data are amazing, the use of the bundling model has been criticized by many people in the industry.
After all, akb48’s sales are not a reflection of its musical prowess. Its core essence is the bundled sale of handshake coupons and other things.
According to normal purchasing logic, when a buyer purchases a record, the purchasing factor must be music and other factors.
But when it comes to akb48’s buying group, this logic doesn’t work. They often make a large number of repurchases for purposes such as meeting and shaking hands with their idols.
The purpose of the audience buying records is no longer for the music, but for the bundled items such as a handshake coupon or a handwritten photo.
As for the core record, it no longer mattered. After taking out the bundled items such as handshake coupons and life-drawing photos, the record was discarded casually.
Just like the same scholarship selection, some people only assess academic performance, but some people rely on various additional bonus points to be far ahead.
If the music world is filled with such unfair manipulations, then the future of the Japanese music scene may be cast into a haze as bad money drives out good money.
"It's not that exaggerated..."
Nakamura Masahiro didn't quite agree with Yosuke Mukai's pessimism. He thought for a moment and said, "They can't always be so strong. The peak period of an artist is only a few years."
"Music can be eternal, but artists cannot, especially idol groups like akb48 that have a graduation system. Once the early members are almost gone, they will go silent."
Although Nakamura Masahiro also feels the invincible momentum of akb48 at the moment, there is not much impression of this idol group in his future memories.
That shows one obvious thing. The idol group akb48 has either disbanded or has gone silent.
Just like the carefully displayed products in a store, even if it is a popular brand, the trend will pass one day.
"Nakamura-san, what you said makes sense..."
After thinking for a while, Yosuke Mukai agreed: The entertainment industry is a place that changes rapidly, and no one can remain popular forever.
"Mukai-san, hurry up and follow..."
Noticing that Yosuke Mukai was lagging behind and not keeping up, Nakamura Masahiro couldn't help but stop, turned his head and urged the other person: "It's very rude to be late. We were already late when we went out."
"OK...."
Mukai Yosuke agreed, subconsciously speeding up his pace, and then caught up with Nakamura Masahiro in front.
Originally, Nakamura Masahiro had no intention of taking him with him, but Mukai Yosuke was bored, so he volunteered to follow Nakamura Masahiro to the appointment.
The two of them walked forward, bypassing the bakery on the corner, and soon arrived at a coffee shop after about five minutes.
"Nakamura-san, this way..."
As soon as Masahiro Nakamura stepped into the coffee shop, he heard a slightly rough voice. Looking closely, he saw that the other person was Ehiro Fukawa, who had an appointment with Masahiro Nakamura.
"Fukawa-san, what's the matter?"
Walking closer, Nakamura Masahiro noticed the Western face sitting next to Fukawa Eihiro. The man's strong lines were like a sculpture, which looked very strange.
"Who is this?"
"Let me introduce you, Nakamura-san..."
Fukawa Eihi stood up and introduced Nakamura Masahiro enthusiastically: "This is Mr. Lucero, he is a film selection committee member of the Cannes Film Festival."
"Hello, Nakamura."
Lucero's face was full of smiles. He stood up and greeted Nakamura Masahiro enthusiastically: "Nice to meet you."
Selection committee member of the Cannes Film Festival? What does this mean? Is this the reason why Ehiro Fukawa asked him out?
With many questions lingering in his mind, Nakamura Masahiro calmly nodded to Lucero in response, and then forced out a smile.
"Hello Mr. Lucero."
Yosuke Mukai on the side also greeted him politely, and then everyone sat down together. The clerk came over enthusiastically and brought steaming coffee.
"Nakamura-san, what Mr. Lucero means is to invite you to the Cannes Film Festival..."
After some polite greetings, the atmosphere seemed to be about the same, and Fukawa Eihi took the initiative to bring up the reason for making an appointment with Nakamura Masahiro.
Although Lucero did not speak on the side, he nodded at Nakamura Masahiro from time to time with a smile on his face. Obviously, what Fukawa Eihiro said was what Lucero meant.