National Tide 1980.

Chapter 1371 Sheng Mien

Needless to say, when Ikuo Suho was poaching people, Ning Weimin and Keiko Matsumoto were certainly not aware of it.

As for those who have close cooperative relations with them but are used as a tool to exert pressure by the Combustion Department, they feel quite wronged and at a loss as to what to do when faced with the coercion from the Combustion Department.

However, huge difficulties are the times that best test the partners' mentality and ability to handle crises.

At such a critical moment when one is facing an important decision in one's career, when one is faced with the question of how to choose the right team, the truth is often revealed and one's true character is revealed.

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Yasuko Sawaguchi was born on June 1965, 6 in Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. She is 11 years old.

In 1983, Yasuko Sawaguchi graduated from Osaka Prefectural Izumi High School and then took the preliminary examination for common subjects in the university entrance examination.

In 1984, she won the highest award in the first "Toho Cinderella Selection" and entered the entertainment industry.

In July of the same year, Sawaguchi Yasuko participated in the Toho-invested film "Criminal Story 7: Poetry of Tide", and thus made her official debut.

Soon after, she was selected as the advertising girl for a cosmetics company under the name "Cinderella Cinderella".

In April 1985, Yasuko Sawaguchi made her debut in a TV series on NHK's morning drama "Soy Sauce Xiang's Daughter".

In December of the same year, Sawaguchi Yasuko starred in Toho's film "Sisters Hill" and won the Academy Award for Best Newcomer.

Needless to say, from this impressive resume, we can see how fortunate it is for a newcomer in the entertainment industry to have a wealthy film studio like Toho as its "father".

As long as you become an artist under Toho, you don’t have to worry about not having any movies to shoot.

This firm is backed by Toho, but it provides a one-stop service with its own production and sales, which is amazing!

However, to be honest, despite this, it is difficult to clearly define the opportunities for each individual.

Although Toho arranged so many performance opportunities for Sawaguchi, it was not the works produced by Toho that made Sawaguchi Yasuko so popular.

Instead, she passed the open audition of Wu Film Studio in the second half of 1986 and starred in the movie "Li Xianglan" as one of the female protagonists.

Since its release on March 1987, 3, this big-budget film, which was produced by Kiri Studio at a cost of 8 billion yen and in cooperation with the three major Chinese film studios, has grossed a total of billion yen in the Japanese domestic market until its release.

Although it is a bit regrettable that we failed to break the 3 billion yen mark.

But such box office results are already a miraculous success for a biographical film that suffers from inherent commercial disadvantages and focuses more on literary and artistic qualities.

Especially compared with other movies released by major film companies this year, this movie is still far ahead at the box office. If nothing unexpected happens, it will be the local annual box office champion.

Needless to say, the outstanding box office results also reflect to a certain extent the film's influence on the public.

Especially based on the support of feminist organizations and the story background reflecting a special historical era, this film is also very much favored by many film critics and has received high praise.

In addition, Matsumoto Keiko also made quite a splash at the Cannes Film Festival, and Ning Weimin successfully secured a spot for "Li Xianglan" to be screened in Cannes, and through "insider dealings" with the French studio, he reached an agreement to allow the film to be released in the five major cities in France, which also achieved decent box office results.

This movie has become something that people inside and outside the Japanese industry are very proud of. They believe that it is a movie that has successfully gone international and has been recognized by the European market.

This further enhances the "artistic style" of the film, making it a hot favorite to win major film awards in Japan this year.

So it's no surprise that the main actors who participated in this movie have gained both fame and fortune.

Among them, Keiko Matsumoto is undoubtedly the most deserving winner.

She is both the heroine and the investor, and her gains are unmatched.

But if we were to ask which other actor gained the most, it would probably be Yasuko Sawaguchi.

As a newcomer, Yasuko Sawaguchi, who had just debuted, was chosen by Yoshitaro Nomura because she looked very similar to Li Xianglan and was given the role of "Young Girl Li Xianglan".

Although her role only takes up a quarter of the entire film, the protagonist is still the protagonist.

Although her performance was a little immature, due to her age, she perfectly expressed the simple and innocent qualities of Li Xianglan as a girl.

This natural beauty and performance formed a perfect contrast with the older Matsumoto Keiko's mature style and skillful acting skills, producing a complementary and positive effect.

It can be said that this is a role that is almost perfectly suited to her own conditions, and it is far more impressive to the audience than Li Xianglan's friend played by Ishida Yoshiko.

Then her luck came. Within just a few weeks after the film was released, she became completely famous and became the hottest young actress in 1987.

She quickly went from being a semi-newcomer to a top-tier actress, with one interview after another.

This situation can be called overnight fame. She has millions of fans and her number of fans is rising rapidly.

By April, she was rated by some famous magazines as "the most popular newcomer in the entertainment industry in April" and "the female artist of the new generation of movie stars that the audience most wants to marry", and she was leading the way in the number of votes in the ranking list with unremarkable features such as appearance and beautiful legs.

Newcomers such as Tachibana Risa, Sakai Noriko, Sakamoto Fuyumi, and Minamino Yoko, who also became popular in the same year, cannot be compared with her at all.

It can be said that she created a "Sawaguchi Yasuko whirlwind" in Japan with this film, which shows that the audience was really fascinated by her.

Moreover, after "Li Xianglan" was released in mainland China, she also became familiar to Chinese audiences because of this movie, and gained a large number of fans from mainland China across the ocean.

Having international influence is of course something that is highly desired, as it undoubtedly represents huge popularity and audience love, and actors ultimately make a living by relying on popularity.

There is no doubt that film pay is rising, and invitations to commercial performances and various advertising contracts, which are the easiest way to make money, are also coming in.

After all, mainland China is also one of the main investment markets valued by many large Japanese companies. Sanyo and Hitachi both want to invite her to shoot TV commercials in mainland China.

Logically, Yasuko Sawaguchi should be grateful to Kiri Studios and director Yoshitaro Nomura for making her successful.

In particular, Fog Studios also asked her to continue collaborating on the next two works "Crazy Rich Asians" and "The Black Leather Notepad".

And considering the changes in her popularity and fame, she was offered a generous salary close to that of a first-line actress - 8 million yen for a movie and 1.5 million yen per episode for a TV series.

You know, for playing similar supporting roles in "Crazy Rich Asians", Tomokazu Miura and Ken Utsui only received 10 million yen and 9 million yen respectively.

Although they both starred in the same TV series, Tomokazu Miura, as the male lead, was paid only 2.5 million yen per episode, while Ken Utsui was paid 1.5 million yen per episode, which is exactly the same as Yasuko Sawaguchi.

Mist Studios ignored the differences between men and women and did not consider her acting experience and industry qualifications. The price they offered her was definitely not stingy.

This is something that no other studio would ever offer, and it's enough to make other actresses jealous.

But after all, Yasuko Sawaguchi became famous, and she became famous too quickly and too early.

The rapid rise to fame that happened almost overnight caused the young Yasuko Sawaguchi to undergo an extreme change in her mentality that was difficult for her to adapt to.

In fact, the kindness from the Fog Studio did not make her grateful and put her best efforts in filming.

Instead, it gave her an illusion and made her fall into false arrogance, thinking that fame was everything and that what she got was completely deserved.

Yasuko Sawaguchi can clearly feel the benefits of becoming famous.

The people around me are more friendly to me, and the staff in the crew are more polite to me.

She was even pleasantly surprised to find that the new crew members and even the director of "Crazy Rich Asians" were extremely accommodating to her.

Even if she made a mistake, the director would not call her over and scold her like in the past.

On the contrary, the director would comfort and encourage her, which was an extremely good feeling.

There are also better treatments in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation.

It turns out that this is what it feels like to be a big star. It's like the whole world is infinitely tolerant of you and willing to offer you kindness. It's good to be famous. Even directors have to give you face.

Who would have dared to think of this two or three months ago?

Yasuko Sawaguchi was very proud and happy. She became more and more relaxed and carefree, and no longer focused on acting.

Gradually, I began to think that I was no longer a small figure, but a rising star in the entertainment industry and a future big figure!

No, now I’m a big shot!

It was no longer that she needed Fog Studios, but that Fog Studios needed her.

Especially since she was a girl from a very ordinary family, her father was an ordinary office worker and her mother was an ordinary housewife.

Moreover, the contract she signed with Toho Entertainment was on a "monthly pay system", which is a common practice for all agencies to exploit newcomers, and it was the same even when Yamaguchi Momoe entered the industry.

In other words, no matter what price Mist Studio gave her, it had no practical significance to her.

According to the contract, she did not receive any share of the film remuneration for the first two years, and only received 100,000 yen in pocket money from Toho Entertainment every month.

Such income is almost nothing in a bubble economy.

If she wants to make money, she can only rely on the income from advertisements and commercial performances.

This created a serious conflict between her personal interests and the filming work of Fog Studios.

It was better at first when we were filming Crazy Rich Asians in Singapore.

After all, it is not a native of Japan, so it is not so convenient to do anything. The most she can do is to contact Japanese fashion magazines.

She usually spends half a day or a whole day taking photos and gets paid 1.8 million yen for her work, but even so, one photo shoot is almost enough for her to earn in a whole year.

So after finishing the filming in Singapore, she, Tomokazu Miura, Ken Utsui and others rushed back to Tokyo, Japan to join the crew of "Black Leather Notebook".

She became more and more concerned and anxious about making extra money, but became more and more casual about the filming work.

She also tries her best to take on endorsements, commercial performances and other jobs that require energy and time.

This often causes conflicts with shooting plans.

Director Yoshitaro Nomura tolerated this again and again, but finally he couldn't help but lose his temper.

Once, after Yasuko Sawaguchi was two hours late, he scolded her severely in public and threatened to kick her out of the crew if she continued like this.

At this point, Yasuko Sawaguchi calmed down a little.

After all, this veteran director is different from Osawa Yutaka. His many years of shooting experience have given him natural dignity. He is also the one who has promoted her. If she is not convinced, she will be criticized.

What's more, the heroine is Matsumoto Keiko and she has many rival scenes with her, and they are usually on the scene. This boss is enough to control her in terms of status and seniority in the industry. She really doesn't dare to act rashly and is a little scared.

But on the other hand, not daring to resist does not mean that she does not hold a grudge. She is just forced to endure and suppress it.

So when Ikuo Suho secretly took action against Kirito Studio for the first time, a large number of actors resigned and the crew stopped filming.

Far from being worried at all, Yasuko Sawaguchi laughed in her heart and happily watched the jokes of the crew, feeling full of anticipation.

In particular, this way, she became free of worries and could spend all her time making money.

They can attend a large-scale event, be a host, be a guest, perform on stage, or simply be a mascot to accompany people drinking and playing...

These are all real money-making businesses, and she can earn millions of yen at a time.

In just over ten days, she increased her personal wealth to 40 million yen.

She even hoped that the crew would just stop filming and never start filming again, or disband completely.

To be honest, she just became famous and can't ask for a high price yet, otherwise she would have no problem asking for 50 or 60 million yen.

Otherwise, how did a first-line actress like Yamaguchi Momoe earn 400 million yen a year before retiring?

That's it.

If I only rely on film pay, my annual income would probably shrink by more than ten times.

It has to be said that Yasuko Sawaguchi's mentality of "being happy to stand by and watch the benefactor suffer misfortune" is a perfect interpretation of the principle of "a little bit of rice is a favor, a big bit of rice is resented".

So in September, when Mist Studio officially launched a war against Burning Series, Sawaguchi Yasuko suddenly received a phone call from Suho Ikuo and she went to the appointment without any hesitation.

She didn't even bring her assistant with her or notify her agent.

She accepted all the baits that Ikuo Suho persuaded her in person.

Instead of being the least bit wary or suspicious, he felt that he was lucky and had met a new noble person.

She believed that as long as she quit her current crew, she could rely on Ikuo Suho's favor and fly to the top of the tree to become a real golden phoenix.

And to be honest, she had been secretly jealous of Matsumoto Keiko for a long time, her eyes were bloodshot.

Some people even felt dissatisfied in their hearts, thinking that Matsumoto Keiko should have retired long ago at her age, and hated her for blocking the way for all young actresses.

In particular, she still remembered that Fuji TV and Mist Studios had a conflict in projects on the film "Li Xianglan", and Fuji TV took the initiative to give in.

Otherwise, she would be Fuji TV's exclusive "Li Xianglan" and Matsumoto Keiko would have nothing to do with her at all.

This inevitably made her feel like she was being "persecuted" and that something had been taken away from her by others.

Keiko Matsumoto has become so popular and has made so much money as the owner of a film studio!

Why is this?

This role should have been completely mine, as I am obviously closer to the original character than she is.

  This bitch took away my chance and luck for career development!

Damn it!

But the problem is that Matsumoto Keiko has an exclusive status and has always represented "justice in the circle."

Not to mention provoking her in public, even if Yasuko Sawaguchi said something bad about her behind her back she had to worry about it being leaked and used to please Keiko Matsumoto.

She really wanted to tear Matsumoto Keiko apart with her bare hands, but she knew better that this would only add insult to injury.

If you confront your opponent head-on when he is stronger than you, you might end up being the first to be killed.

  Now that Matsumoto Keiko has caused so much trouble with Suho Ikuo, it seems that now is the opportunity for her to vent her anger. It can be both revenge and beneficial to herself. Only a fool would not do it.

So, she became bolder and went back to call her agent directly, asking him to come to her place for an interview.

I plan to confront my agent and discuss specific ways to get the most benefit by quitting the show.

She didn't dare to treat her agent like this before.

But now, of course it doesn’t matter.

After all, he was no longer the same as before. Not only was he a popular first-rate actor, but he also had many guarantees from Suho Ikuo.

Even in Toho Entertainment, she no longer needs to be submissive and submissive like before, and can express her own ideas and requests.

Otherwise, you might as well just leave Toho Entertainment and switch to a more popular agency.

(End of this chapter)