Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 2153 Kyogen

How high is Dongbao's status in neon movies? You can get a glimpse of the annual box office rankings alone.

In the previous 1988 annual box office list of neon movies, seven of the top ten were films released by Dongbao.

No.1是《敦煌》拿下了45亿日元，No.2《优骏》18亿，No.3是《いこかもどろか》拿到了16亿的票房，这三部电影都是东宝拍的。

At No. 4, it was "Dangerous Detective" produced by Toei, which earned a box office of 15 billion.

As for Shochiku, there is only one film on the box office rankings of the year, and that is "The Story of Tojiro" ranking 10.1th with 10 billion. This shows how influential Toho is in Neon movies.

Before that, even if the two film companies Toei and Shochiku Yinghua joined forces, it would be impossible for Toho to be an opponent.

But now that Lin Daoqiu has joined in, it is tantamount to letting Shochiku Yinghua and Toei directly change their guns, at least they don’t have to worry about being defeated by Dongbao.

Lin Daoqiu, the leading actor in the play "Onmyoji", had already made up his mind, so he asked the wild word master Nomura Takeshi, who is also the famous crazy word master Nomura Mansai in the later generations to play the role.

At this time, Takeji Nomura was only in his early twenties, but he already had very rich experience in stage performances, and he also participated in "Ran" directed by Akira Kurosawa.

Takeshi Nomura played the role of Abe Seimei in "Onmyoji" in his last life, and he was 35 years old, while Takeshi Nomura was only in his early twenties at this time.

If it were an ordinary actor, he might think that he is too young to be worthy of such a big responsibility for the time being.

However, Takeji Nomura was born in a kyogen teacher's family. He made his debut on the stage with the play "靱麻" at the age of three, and played the leading role in "いろは" in kyogen in the same year, and performed overseas at the age of eight.

Judging from Wuji Nomura's experience, he naturally doesn't have any major problems in acting. Lin Daoqiu only needs to adjust a little during filming, and Lin Daoqiu thinks it should be almost the same.

"Wuji Nomura? You want him to be the protagonist of "Onmyoji"?"

When Okada Shigeru, Maekawa Kiyonori and Lin Daoqiu were talking about the filming of "Onmyoji", Lin Daoqiu suddenly threw out a person's name.

Kyogen is a well-known profession in the neon high society, after all they regard it as a neon national treasure.

But Lin Daoqiu wanted to find Takeshi Nomura to play the protagonist Abe Seimei in "Onmyoji", which made them unacceptable at once.

Because Maekawa Kiyonori and Okada Shigeru are very clear, whoever can be the protagonist of Lin Daoqiu's play will become a popular fried chicken in the neon film circle, so they both want to introduce their own candidates.

"Is Takeji Nomura too young? I think it would be better to find an experienced actor to play the role of Seimei Abe."

Shigeru Okada first raised his objection. After all, it was the first cooperation with Lin Daoqiu, and he didn't want to be too domineering in front of Lin Daoqiu, so he talked with Lin Daoqiu in an entirely commercial and thoughtful tone.

Naturally, Maekawa Kiyoshi would not miss this opportunity, and he also objected to finding Takeshi Nomura as the leading actor, because the other party is not from Shochiku Films.

"I, Mr. Okada, are right. Takeji Nomura is too young. If I remember correctly, he is only in his early twenties. Although he has a lot of experience on stage, this is a film after all."

Why these two people opposed Lin Daoqiu was very clear, and he could understand that they wanted to make their actor popular.

But it's a pity that if those who have worked with Lin Daoqiu are well aware of his temper, once Lin Daoqiu makes a decision, he won't change it easily.

"Two, I am the director and screenwriter of this play, and I am not asking for your opinions. I hope you two understand."

Lin Daoqiu looked at Maekawa Kiyoshi and Okada Shigeru and said with a smile.

Although he was smiling, Lin Daoqiu's tone did not intend to joke with them at all.

The two were taken aback when they heard what Lin Daoqiu said, and then they remembered that the young man in front of them was not an ordinary filmmaker, but Lin Daoqiu, a world-renowned film tycoon.

Even though the two of them were heavyweights in the film industry in Neon, they were really nothing in front of Lin Daoqiu.

"Since Mr. Lin has made his decision, let's do as you said."

Qian Chuanqing reacted immediately, and he immediately dismissed the idea of ​​recommending actors.

And Kiyoshi Maekawa gave up Shigeru Okada, and naturally he will not continue to be stubborn, so the matter of Takeshi Nomura as the leading actor of "Onmyoji" is settled in this way.

Now that the male lead has been decided, the next thing to decide is the list of the female lead and the main supporting roles.

"I decided to go through the selection process for these roles. Except for the actors under Dongbao, actors from all Neon film companies can sign up for the selection."

The exclusion of Dongbao is not surprising to Maekawa Kiyonori and Okada Shigeru, because the purpose of their cooperation this time is to deal with Dongbao, and there is no reason to help each other.

"We have no objection to this, and we will do as Mr. Lin said."

It was the first time that Maekawa Kiyonori and Okada Shigeru experienced what it was like to work with Lin Daoqiu.

This guy is completely a tyrant type of person. Don't look at his polite appearance, but what he says and does is completely opposite to what he looks like, and there is no room for negotiation at all.

If it weren't for the many benefits of cooperating with Lin Daoqiu, it would be difficult for Maekawa Kiyoshi and Okada Shigeru to accept these.

Not long after, Fang Jinsheng helped Lin Daoqiu meet Wuji Nomura.

The place where the two met was the office of Shochiku Films.

Because he didn't want to be known by outsiders, Lin Daoqiu planned to find an office in Shochiku Films or Toei for interviews with actors in the future, so as to prevent being discovered by the paparazzi to a large extent.

"Hi, Mr. Nomura, I'm Lin Daoqiu, nice to meet you."

"Hello, Mr. Lin, I am Takeshi Nomura. I have admired you for a long time. It is a great honor to meet you here today. Thank you very much for your invitation."

Nomura Wuji speaks and behaves very elegantly, because this is a habit developed since childhood. The Nomura family's tutor is very powerful, which is completely different from ordinary families.

Wuji Nomura, who grew up in this kind of family, has developed a habit from speaking to behavior. It is no exaggeration to say that he is a complete noble son, and noble son is a compliment here.

"Mr. Nomura is too polite, please sit here."

After inviting Wuji Nomura to sit down on the sofa, Lin Daoqiu looked at him for a while, and then said.

"This time I plan to ask Nomura-san to be the leading actor in my new film."

When Nomura Wuji heard what Lin Daoqiu said, his eyes widened in surprise, with a shocked expression on his face.

(End of this chapter)