Rebirth of the courtyard, the start is 80s

Chapter 618 Are You Sure It Must Be Him?
Yongshan Kozo's sincerity was so obvious, and he was so enthusiastic, if Cao Zhiqiang disagreed, it would be unreasonable.

However, for the sake of caution, the two parties still wrote an internal agreement first, and after signing and stamping each other, they also asked Nobuo Tomioka to be a witness.

In Japan, such a handwritten agreement officially signed and sealed by both parties, and has a third party as a witness, is also legally effective, and there is no fear of the other party's repudiation.

In fact, this internal agreement is not complicated, the main thing is that during the filming of the TV series, Cao Zhiqiang has the right to unilaterally end the filming for any reason without any punishment.

Such an internal agreement is similar to a liability exemption agreement, and it is also a bit like a seven-day no-reason return.

The purpose of writing this is naturally to threaten Kozo Nagayama. After all, he can’t write the content of the private conversation with Kozo Nagayama in the agreement, which is something that can be done but not said.

But this kind of content that ends the shooting without any reason and without any punishment is reasonable and can have legal effect.

With this, Cao Zhiqiang undoubtedly has the greatest dominance. As long as Yongshan Kozo wants to make this movie well, he must please Cao Zhiqi in various ways.

This kind of unequal agreement is willing to sign, which shows that Yongshan Kozo really cares about this drama and this opportunity.

What was even more unexpected was that after signing the agreement, Nagayama Kozo seemed to be relieved, bowing and thanking Cao Zhiqiang in various ways, which made him a little embarrassed.

Next, it seems that because of this agreement, Yongshan Kozo consciously became a partner with Cao Zhiqiang, and he thought he and Cao Zhiqiang were both young people, so the conversation started.

According to Nagayama Kozo, he was really dissatisfied with Fuji TV's TV drama production center.

No, not only Fuji TV, it should be said that he is very dissatisfied with the TV series produced by all Japanese TV stations.

According to Kozo Nagayama, Japanese TV dramas today are still similar to those in the 70s. They still focus on period dramas about samurai fighting, police dramas about solving suspenseful cases, and old-school family dramas about love between children.

You can’t say bad about these TV series. After all, these TV series are deeply loved by many middle-aged housewives and middle-aged men, but they are too conservative and old-fashioned, ignoring the changes of the times and ignoring the needs of young people.

The decade from the 70s to the 80s was one of the most dramatic eras of change in Japan, especially the rise of trendy young people.

Young people in this period, such as young people like Kozo Nagayama, actually prefer things that follow fashion, and don’t like to watch those old-fashioned period dramas and suspense dramas as a whole.

In other words, the major TV stations in Japan in this era are too conservative and do not pay much attention to the young people's market.

For example, the love and hatred of young people are not very valued by TV stations, so there are very few TV dramas that focus on young people.

In addition, the romantic dramas are also very old-fashioned. It is the hero who saves the beautiful woman over and over again, and there are very few innovations. He has long been unable to see it.

Kozo Nagayama has long wanted to film a love story between men and women in modern cities, but so far, he only has this concept and idea in his mind, but he has been unable to find a good script.

He originally wanted to write the script himself, but he was not satisfied after writing a few scripts, and finally gave up altogether.

After seeing Cao Zhiqiang's script, he immediately decided that this is what he wanted, this is what he wanted to shoot.

It was also because of this that he made up his mind decisively, even at the risk of being blamed by his boss, to snatch the filming of this drama.

For this reason, he was even prepared to resign after filming the show because he was made things difficult by his boss.

After all, it was him who robbed his boss's script halfway, which is theoretically against the rules.

But Yongshan Kozo firmly believes that only he can understand the greatness of this script, and only he can make this script well. As for his boss, he probably doesn't like this kind of urban love drama.

In Nagayama Kozo's view, although the male and female protagonists of this drama are not considered young, for example, the male is in his early forties, and the female is also 30 years old, but in terms of the entire storyline and character setting, they are very suitable for young people. taste.

In addition, this drama is also aimed at many current social problems about young people, that is, it is difficult to get married and it is even more difficult to find a partner.

Because everyone is very busy at work, there are few opportunities to make friends of the opposite sex. Although blind dates are a way, in fact, most young people’s blind date experiences are not very good.

For this reason, Kozo Nagayama believes that "101 Marriage Proposals" written by Cao Zhiqiang not only hits the pain points of contemporary Japanese urban young people, but also gives them a beautiful fantasy and hope, which is very healing.

However, in terms of age, Nagayama Kozo felt that his age was a bit too old.

It's not that a 40-year-old man is not good with a 30-year-old woman, but in this way, young people may have relatively little sense of substitution.

The most important thing is that if Cao Zhiqiang insists on letting Akina Nakamori be the heroine, 30 years old is not suitable.

Because Akina Nakamori is too young, this year, her face is full of collagen, which is the best time of invincible youth.

Although makeup and clothing can be used to lengthen her age and make her look a little older, the gap should not be too large.

Therefore, if you insist on using Nakamori Akina as the heroine, Nagayama Kozo thinks it is more appropriate to define the heroine as 28 years old.

A 28-year-old woman is the most elegant and beautiful period for women, and it is also the period when women feel the most anxious.

And if it is set at this age, if Nakamori Akina is allowed to act, there will be no big problem.

As for the leading actor, Kozo Nagayama thinks that being in his early 40s is actually not suitable.

After the age of 40, men tend to stabilize, and it is difficult to have passion again.

It is best to be 40 years old when you are about to reach 39 years old. This time is the most anxious period for men.

A 39-year-old ordinary man, when he meets a woman he likes, suddenly bursts with enthusiasm, which is more reasonable and shocking.

On the contrary, if it is over 40 years old, not only young people don't like it, but middle-aged people don't like it either, they will think it is too unstable.

For these suggestions, Cao Zhiqiang felt that they were reasonable and would not affect the main plot, so he agreed to them all.

Indeed, the original "101 Proposals" was a TV series launched in 1991.

In Japan in 1991, it happened to be the end of the "yen appreciation depression", that is, the so-called economic bubble burst event.

This incident caused serious social turmoil, and Japan in the early 90s was completely different from the Heisei boom period in the early 80s.

But in 1983, although the social phenomenon in Japan, especially the unemployment rate of young people, had begun to rise, overall it was not serious, and the anxiety of young people was naturally not as serious as that in the early 90s.

As for the marital status of young people, although the birth rate and marriage rate of Japanese young people were not very good in 1983, they were generally stable.

That is to say, generally speaking, the anxiety of Japanese young people in this period is not serious. On the contrary, they have a high desire to consume and are more interested in trendy things.

"101 Marriage Proposals" focuses on young people's love, and the bottom poor boy catches up with Bai Fumei through sincerity and enthusiasm. These are the themes that young people like, and it is also the life of these young people's fantasy.

In short, young Japanese in the early 80s, with the take-off of the overall economy, felt that they could do anything and do everything. They were the most powerful people, and this period was also the most powerful in Japan period.

The so-called "Neon Can Say No" appeared at the end of this period, which shows what Japanese young people in this period thought.

This is a bit like the Chinese people in 2023. They are also confident and arrogant, and they look down on any other country except their own country, including the United States, which is the number one country in the world.

Generally speaking, young Japanese in this period look down on other countries that are stronger than themselves, such as the United States, but they are more tolerant to those countries that are worse than themselves, such as my country.

But this kind of tolerance is a kind of high tolerance, not the tolerance of later generations who simply lie flat until they can't catch up.

For this kind of psychology, Cao Zhiqiang does not comment, but if his TV series want to be popular, young people must like it.

As Kozo Nagayama said, the main audience of this "101 Marriage Proposals" is actually young people under the age of 40.

That being the case, it is necessary to make adjustments in details to adjust to the age group that can most resonate with young people.

So although in Cao Zhiqiang's view, changing that point of age is irrelevant, Nagayama Kozo attaches great importance to this point, thinking that age is very important, which directly determines the rationality of the character design and the audience's acceptance.

No matter what, Yongshan Kozan is a professional at any rate, and Cao Zhiqiang didn't want to argue with him, so he agreed.

Next, it is the casting of specific actors.

Among them, the most important thing is the hero and heroine, but when the heroine has already been decided by default, it is actually the hero.

Originally, Kozo Nagayama wanted to ask Atsumi Kiyoshi to play the leading role, but Cao Zhiqiang shook his head immediately when he heard it.

Atsumi Kiyoshi is also known to Cao Zhiqiang, because he is Torajiro in "The Story of Torajiro", not only a well-known figure in Japan, but also famous in the world.

For example, Cao Zhiqiang, a post-[-]s generation, also knows Atsumi Kiyoshi.

Atsumi Kiyoshi's image is actually very suitable for the character of Tatsuro Hoshino. As for the fact that he is already in his 50s, it is not a problem. After all, men have a wide range of ages. It is not a problem to play a 50-year-old in his 39s.

The real problem is Tojiro, or Atsumi Kiyoshi's fixed image.

As the saying goes, Injiro Cheng also loses.

Since Atsumi Kiyoshi starred in "The Suffering of Men", that is, "The Story of Tonajiro", because of his successful performance, everyone thinks that Atsumi Kiyoshi is Tojiro, and this impression has begun to solidify.

Later, Atsumi Kiyoshi continued to shoot this series of movies, which made this solidified impression more and more serious.

In other words, the reason why Atsumi Kiyoshi is afraid to cast Atsumi Kiyoshi in many movies and TV series nowadays is not because Atsumi Kiyoshi's acting skills are not good, but because his image has been fixed and severely fixed.

As long as Atsumi Kiyoshi appears, no matter what he plays, others will regard him as Torajiro.

It's like when Zhou Xingchi became famous for his comedies, even if he acted in a serious drama with a straight face, others would subconsciously laugh.

This is the disadvantage of the fixed image of an actor, that is, he cannot take on other scenes and perform other images.

There are many actors whose images have been solidified by the public, but none of them are as serious as Atsumi Kiyoshi.

Therefore, even if Atsumi Kiyoshi's image and acting skills are good, he must not be allowed to play the male lead of "101 Proposals".

Seeing Cao Zhiqiang's disapproval, Nagayama Kozo proposed the names of two more actors, both of whom are relatively well-known comedy actors in Japan.

It's a pity that the two people he mentioned may have been really famous during this period, but Cao Zhiqiang didn't sound impressed.

It's no wonder that Cao Zhiqiang was born in the [-]s in his previous life, and he belonged to the group born in the [-]s. The TV series that this group of people came into contact with were different from those born in the [-]s and [-]s.

Especially Japanese TV dramas, most of the Japanese TV dramas that Cao Zhiqiang came into contact with were after 2000, and most of the earlier well-known Japanese dramas were watched on the Internet after he went to college.

In other words, in fact, Cao Zhiqiang didn't know much about the Japanese showbiz in the 80s, and he naturally knew few Japanese stars.

To be able to know Nakamori Akina and Koizumi Kyoko is because these two people are very famous.

For example, Nakamori Akina, this is the most representative singer of the 80s, even after 2000, she still has a lot of fans.

As for Kyoko Koizumi, Cao Zhiqiang was able to know her first because of a Japanese drama "Super Office Worker Zuo Jiangai".

In that play, Kyoko Koizumi is the heroine Sae Uchi Motoko. The character is very distinctive and the performance is quite good, so Cao Zhiqiang remembered her and searched for her real name.

But this was not enough, because not long after that, Cao Zhiqiang heard about a scandal involving Kyoko Koizumi, saying that she publicly admitted that she fell in love with a married man and publicly apologized to the other's family, but she did not intend to change herself, and continued If you like that man, you still have to know what to do.

Cao Zhiqiang was so surprised by such a weird three views and a public apology, and then he remembered the name of the woman Koizumi Kyoko.

As for other Japanese female artists, except for various female teachers, that is, Nagasawa Masami, Shinhuan Yui and the like, these people are basically not born now.

Of course, Cao Zhiqiang also knows a lot of women who are contemporary with Kyoko Koizumi, such as Momoe Yamaguchi and Yasuko Sawaguchi, but for various reasons, he has no chance to get in touch with these people, and he doesn't fit in with this drama.

In fact, what Cao Zhiqiang wanted to find the most was naturally the original male lead in "101 Proposals". Unfortunately, Cao Zhiqiang had watched that Japanese drama before, but he only knew the man, but he didn't know the real name of the other party.

After thinking for a long time, Cao Zhiqiang suddenly remembered a Japanese TV series, which seems to have already existed, and the male protagonist in it is the male protagonist of "101 Marriage Proposals".

"By the way, I have someone to choose!" Cao Zhiqiang said suddenly.

"Who?" Yongshan Kozo asked.

Cao Zhiqiang said: "I don't know his specific name, but I do know the name of the leading actor in a TV series he acted in."

"Which TV series? What's the name?" Yongshan Kozo asked again.

"Looks like, what's your name, Teacher Jinba?" Cao Zhiqiang said.

"Mr. Jinpachi?" Kozo Nagayama frowned, "Which Mr. Jinpachi?"

"Well, I knew he was called Mr. Jin Ba in it." Cao Zhiqiang said, "What class is that TV drama called Mr. Jin Ba? Good teacher."

"I know." Nobuo Tomioka suddenly said, "Cao Sang, you should be talking about Sakamoto Kinpachi in "3 Years B Group Kinpachi Teacher", right?"

"Yes, yes, this is it!" Cao Zhiqiang nodded quickly.

Nobuo Tomioka smiled: "Then I know who it is."

Speaking of this, Nobuo Tomioka turned his head and looked at Kozo Nagayama, who was still puzzled: "The person Cao Sang said is Takeda Tetsuya, who once acted in the movie "The Yellow Handkerchief of Happiness", in which he played Hanada Kinya, I wonder if you have any impression?"

"Oh, it's him." Yongshan Kozo nodded, "I know, so I know."

"Are you sure it's him?" Yongshan Kozo asked Cao Zhiqiang again.

Cao Zhiqiang shrugged: "That's not true, I just think his image as a teacher in it is okay, a little enthusiastic, and a little funny, and he is very suitable to play the leading actor. Of course, this is just my personal perception. It depends on you." directed."

"In that case..." Yongshan Kozo touched his chin, "Okay, you can get in touch with him first and try the play. As for whether it is suitable, let's talk about it after the test play, how about it?"

For the last sentence, Yong Shangeng asked Cao Zhiqiang.

Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly: "You are the director, I'm up to you in this regard, it's better to try the play first, it's more secure!"

(End of this chapter)