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In fact, if we were to talk about all the achievements in cultural undertakings, Ning Weimin's achievements this year would certainly be far more than this.

After all, as the saying goes, husband and wife are one.

So in addition to the money he earned from arts and crafts and domestic film and television dramas in Japan, Matsumoto Keiko's personal career is of course also closely related to him, especially since he is deeply involved in the planning and making suggestions, which can be completely regarded as an extension of his personal career.

And it must be said that 1987 was a lucky year for them.

Because in fact, no one, whether it was Ning Weimin or Matsumoto Keiko, had expected that at the end of the year, a fool like Suho Ikuo would appear, believe the promise of the Asian Sugar King family, and foolishly compete with them.

In the end, he lost more than he gained. After a series of confrontations, Suoh Ikuo didn't get anything good.

Not only did it allow Ning Weimin and Matsumoto Keiko to take over Taurus Palace and Burning Entertainment Agency naturally through this incident.

And this guy is extremely vulnerable to beatings.

Ning Weimin didn't even have the chance to fight back, he just jumped into the "wheel of the times" and was "crushed to death".

Just like a toad who is seeking his own death just to make people laugh.

It can be said that he acted in a despicable way and died in a shameful way.

But outsiders don’t know the inside story.

After Ikuo Suho's death, given his prestige during his lifetime, and the brilliant counterattack performance of the Contrast Mist Studio, and the god-level revelations of the secretly filmed evidence.

A rumor began to circulate in the Japanese entertainment industry, saying that Kiri Studio also obtained vital evidence on Sawaguchi Seiko through secret filming, and used Sawaguchi's beauty trap to send Suho Ikuo to the west on the condition of reducing the felony to a minor crime.

In the end, Lian Zekou was sent to prison together, achieving perfect revenge by killing two birds with one stone.

Anyway, no matter whether the logic is self-consistent, many people believe in it.

After all, no one who had shown hostility towards Keiko Matsumoto had a good ending.

Be it the famous director, actors in the same crew, or media reporters, all of them were in trouble.

Now that Ikuo Suho, the leader of the "Japanese entertainment industry", has also lost his life, even if Keiko Matsumoto held a press conference to clarify herself and explained that it had nothing to do with her, no one would believe her.

The Japanese entertainment industry is now a little afraid of Keiko Matsumoto. Based on these previous examples, no one wants to go against her anymore.

What's more, after acquiring the two companies, Taurus Palace and Burning Art, Matsumoto Keiko's strength has greatly increased, and her position in the industry is now very different.

Now she is more than just the owner of a film studio.

Instead, she has become a true industry giant with the capabilities of film and television production, music production and distribution, and owns many artist contracts and music copyrights. No entertainment agency can ignore her.

Although in terms of asset size, she cannot compare with the "Big Five" who are veterans in the film industry.

But compared with those TV-related entertainment agencies, it is a level bigger and stronger.

Even entertainment agencies of the size of Johnny's and Ken-On cannot compare with her.

It is not unreasonable to consider her as the "sixth greatest" in the film industry.

The key is that there are no shortcomings in her career, which is terrible.

As an actress who comes from the film industry, she is a natural ally of Shochiku Film, which cultivated her, and will definitely not be excluded by the "Big Five" in the film industry.

Now it has absorbed the strength of Burning Entertainment Agency, and with the signed contract, it has gained a foothold in TV program resources.

In addition, she has funds and production capabilities, and in the film and television and music industries, she has contracts with first-tier stars such as Tomokazu Miura, Teresa Teng, Kyoko Koizumi, Hiromi Go, and Yoko Nagayama, as well as numerous second- and third-tier stars and artists in the burning series.

The original defect of shallow roots was immediately made up.

In time, if she completely digests and absorbs the power of the Burning Department and Taurus Palace, and adds some fresh blood into her system, who among the "Four Super" entertainment agencies of the TV Department will be able to compete with her?

Therefore, Matsumoto Keiko has now become the most successful woman in the Japanese entertainment industry.

Most actors, models, singers, producers and directors would be respectful and greet her with a smile when they see her.

Even the heads of the "Big Five" in the film industry, the bosses of various entertainment agencies, and the senior executives of TV stations cannot underestimate her.

Whether willing or not, one must show full respect in person and acknowledge that the other party is entitled to a share of the pork.

Otherwise, NHK TV would not have taken the initiative to invite Matsumoto Keiko and Teresa Teng to participate in this year's Red and White Songs Festival just to repair their relationship.

Although Matsumoto Keiko gave this opportunity to the former burning artist Koizumi Kyoko, she felt relieved and grateful in her heart.

This move undoubtedly proves that NHK is trying to please her, so it is not impossible for her to sit down and discuss the terms with NHK regarding the grudge caused by the role change.

Of course, no matter what, all these advantages are still not enough to ensure that Keiko Matsumoto can continue to grow herself and develop her career smoothly as she wishes.

After all, the entertainment industry also has huge risks. If you invest carelessly, a single misstep could cause your career to completely collapse.

Otherwise, the “Big Five” wouldn’t be investing less and less in making movies, and would not be less and less interested in making big-budget films.

Those television-related art agencies do not touch film and television production at all except for music albums, for fear that huge investments will result in huge losses.

Moreover, whether it is film and television dramas or the music industry, in the end, it is excellent works that speak for themselves.

Without the prosperity of good works, no matter how popular it is, it will only be temporary, like a building built with sand.

But the problem is that with the help of Ning Weimin, Matsumoto Keiko doesn't have to worry about these two problems at all, which is quite scary.

Apart from anything else, no one can compare with Keiko Matsumoto in terms of financial advantages.

It’s not that other colleagues are not as rich as her, it’s that they really can’t make as much money as she can.

You know, as for his wife, "Time-Traveling Stock God" Ning Weimin must inform her without reservation at the first opportunity when to enter the market to buy at the bottom.

So don’t underestimate the fact that Keiko Matsumoto spent nearly 9 billion yen of the 15.2 billion yen raised through bank loans to buy Taurus Palace and Burning Entertainment.

But after she spent the money, Watanabe soon invested the remaining 6 billion again in the stock market.

According to Ning Weimin's instructions, allocate double the funds to buy at the bottom.

As expected, the stock price soon started to rise, and the market value has now reached 21 billion yen without any effort.

The money spent can be easily returned, right? This speed of making money is equivalent to cheating, it's like treating the stock market as an ATM. Which entertainment agency or film studio can compare to this?

If we also include the box office revenue generated by the French film library in cooperation with Fog Studios, Shochiku Films and some independent cinemas.

In addition to the benefits created by Matsumoto Agency and Taurus Palace using artists and copyrights at the end of the year, the funds she can currently control are nearly 22.4 billion yen.

With such a huge sum of money, it is enough to make twenty big productions. What else is there to worry about?
So Keiko Matsumoto has asked Akira Okamoto to start preparing for his next movie "The Wandering Princess" in advance.

This historical film was made to fulfill Fu Jie's wish, based on the posthumous works and diary materials of Saga Hiro who just passed away this year. According to Ning Weimin's plan, it will definitely benefit from the success of "The Last Emperor" shot by Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci.

Therefore, this film will still be directed by Yoshitaro Nomura, with the script written by Shinobu Hashimoto, and will cooperate with the three major film studios of the Republic.

And because of the expected large-scale scenes and more props required, the budget is naturally higher than that of "Li Xianglan".

Akira Okamoto roughly calculated the production cost to be around 1.5 billion yen.

In response, Keiko Matsumoto signed and approved it without saying a word, and even generously prepared two more films with slightly smaller budgets.

There is also a movie called "Bodyguard" starring Tomokazu Miura as the male lead and Teresa Teng as the female lead, with an estimated investment of 1 billion yen.

Another is the love movie "Ghost" starring the handsome old man Ken Utsui, with an estimated investment of 700 million yen.

Yes, that's right, the ideas for both films were plagiarized by Ning Weimin from American blockbuster movies.

This may be his unique bad taste.

As a time traveler, Ning Weimin actually doesn't care whether the two movies are box office hits or not. What he cares more about is making the two blockbuster movies that originally belonged to Hollywood, USA disappear and replacing them with fakes.

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In this case, any similarities are no longer coincidence.

He will certainly use legal weapons to file a complaint first, making Hollywood bleed and lose face.

No need to talk nonsense, plagiarism is plagiarism.

Either you admit that American law does not protect cultural property rights, or you pay compensation honestly.

Don’t talk about useless things, the rest is bullshit!

And it must be said that three films were scheduled by Fog Studios at once, and even the one with the smallest budget was a big production for other film companies.

This kind of shooting plan is undoubtedly of great benefit to the emotional stability of the artists within Matsumoto Keiko's agency, and even the most impetuous people will feel at ease.

Because what are artists most afraid of?

It's just that there is no chance to stand out.

Not only was Miura Tomokazu happy now, he finally had the opportunity to try a transformation, and he was even more excited to play the leading role in a tough action movie.

Even Ken Utsui was overjoyed.

In fact, he never expected that Mist Studio would really keep its word and actually let him, a veteran actor who had basically transformed into a golden supporting actor, take on the leading role again. He became more and more grateful to his new employer.

Even the newcomers and unknown artists were happy together.

Their most immediate thought is that the boss really has plenty of money.

Since there are so many movies to be shot, it is to take care of their own people. They can get a role with a few lines and some scenes. This is an opportunity.

In addition, what is even more surprising is that near the end of the year, Fog Studio has achieved breakthrough results in TV drama shooting.

"Black Leather Notebook", which was just completed, will be broadcast on TBS TV station at 12 pm prime time on Friday, December 4th.

This is the best time slot given by the director of TBS as an apology and compensation, the weekend prime time.

As a result, the first episode was a great success as soon as it was aired, with an astonishing average viewership rating of 27.01% in that time period.

It's totally worthy of the super luxurious cast and the good time slot of TBS.

You know, most TV dramas with luxurious casts, even if they have the advantage of prime time, usually have a first-air ratings of only 18 or 19 percent. Over 20 percent is considered excellent, and over 25 percent is extremely rare.

This undoubtedly represents the audience's extraordinary expectations and satisfaction for this TV series adapted from Matsumoto Seicho's masterpiece and starring many first-line actors.

In Ning Weimin's opinion, all the bad things that happened before were not meaningless.

All those hardships turned into ratings bonuses and increased audience attention.

The rest depends on whether this advantage can be maintained. As long as the ratings don’t collapse in the future, it will be a victory. It can basically be locked in as a 100% hit drama this year.

As expected, in the next day's newspapers, almost all drama critics from various media outlets gave positive reviews.

Although only one episode of "Black Leather Notebook" has been aired, because Matsumoto Seicho has a large readership and this is a well-known work, the direction of the plot can already be discussed.

Many people are satisfied with the fact that the reason why the heroine Yuanzi is greedy for money is attributed to paying off the debts of her deceased parents.

Also, Ando accidentally saved Motoko from the robbers so the two of them met by chance.

Most people believe that this partial change makes the male and female protagonists seem less hateful, and they also have more expectations for the development of the subsequent plot.

In addition, the most talked about thing about this drama is the mama-san played by Keiko Matsumoto, who is simply beautiful.

It fully demonstrates the kind of stunning beauty that makes the whole drama look very convincing.

Even neutral drama critics have no complaints about this.

Without exception, everyone was impressed by Matsumoto Keiko's grace in the play, and their praises were overwhelming. They strongly recommended the audience to watch the play.

I think the show is worth continuing just based on the last scene of the first episode, where Keiko Matsumoto looks so stunning in her mama-san's kimono.

It can be said that the director truly captured the beauty of the Ginza mama-san, making the drama extremely convincing and beyond doubt.

The only worry they had was that a new problem had arisen - there was a chance that the play would become a one-man show for Keiko Matsumoto!
The individual performance was too good, that's all.

Fortunately, the other actors are also big stars, otherwise it would be hard to believe that the performances of the others later on could balance hers.

Of course, they also recognized Wu Production's ability in filming TV series, and believed that the series was a rare masterpiece in recent years in terms of exquisite filming.

Even people from the cultural circle rarely joined in the fun. Generally speaking, these people look down on "shallow, fast-selling works" such as TV dramas.

But this time it’s different, because it’s the work of Matsumoto Seicho, and many people who make a living by writing have given it unanimous praise.

Even the old man Seicho Matsumoto called privately to congratulate Keiko Matsumoto.

The old guy said that he was completely overwhelmed by Keiko Matsumoto's stunning beauty, and praised the character Haraguchi Motoko played by her for having "beauty and charm that cannot be described in words and language", which was more memorable than the original character he portrayed.

I am impressed that Mist Studio can produce such a work.

Needless to say, even though only the first episode was released, the fact that it received recognition from so many parties, including the original author, was enough to put Keiko Matsumoto's heart at ease.

Moreover, Ning Weimin soon told her another piece of good news, saying that the Republic had agreed in principle to pass the review of the Japanese drama "Black Leather Notebook" and agreed to broadcast it, so they could start the translation work in China. (End of this chapter)