Tokyo Reborn: Dark Superstar

Chapter 82 New Producer

Japan, Toariu City, Masuka Girls' Academy, the crew of "Hot Blood High School".

"What? Divest?"

Director Takashi Miike jumped up when he heard producer Takahiro Ishii mentioning the suspension of filming.

"Mr. Ishii, does President Ikuo Shubo know about this? Although you are the producer...but...but for the investment in this movie, Burning Entertainment seems to be the main financier..."

Screenwriter Shogo Muto said stumblingly.

"TMD, you're teaching me how to do things! I'm a producer! Bastard!"

The producer of "Hot Blood High School" and the president of the Chivalrous Association, Takahiro Ishii, went up and gave Shogo Muto a kick, knocking him over into a pile of abandoned tables and chairs.

"Um...Boss Ishii, do you want to think about it again? We are halfway through the filming now."

"Burning Production (Burning Department) and Stardust Communications are important sponsors of this drama..."

Director Miike Takashi persuaded Shogo Muto while helping him up.

"I'm informing you! You think I'm negotiating with you!"

"Shut up! If you want to be photographed, then pay for it yourself! If you don't want to be photographed, get out!"

Takahiro Ishii yelled loudly, pointed at Miike Takashi, knocked over the shelf with props and costumes with one punch, and left the shooting scene cursing.

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Throughout the ages, wars have always been about logistics.

Takako Ishii misappropriated the entire "Hot Blood High School" crew's funds, plus all the cash flow of the Chivalry Club, and prepared to make a desperate move.

Increase the weight of winning the decisive battle as much as possible.

He hired a large number of local forces, set up defenses at all levels, and sniped at the main force returning from Suga Girls' Academy on the road, focusing on train stations and bus stations.

The attack on Tessai and his elite men plunged Ishii into an extremely manic and restless state.

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The distance from Sapporo, Hokkaido, to Toariu City is at least 1000 kilometers.

Toariu City is in the southwest of Honshu Island. You need to take a high-speed train or highway bus from Hokkaido, go from the northeast to the southwest of Japan, and cross the strait to reach Toariu City.

This Hokkaido Shinkansen is a mixed passenger and freight line, and the entire journey takes 10 hours and 46 minutes.

On the way westward, the train passes through Hachinohe, Aomori, Tsugawa Channel, Shin-Hakodate Beidou Station, etc. The train stops at dozens of large and small stations along the way.

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That's a lot of room to maneuver.

Ishii Takamasa plans to rely on the local branches of the Inagawa Society and local snake forces.

Dozens of battles were arranged for Oshima Yuko and her team from Masuka Girls' Academy...

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Ishii Takahiro's current identity is "Wakagami Busha", but the first generation of Inagawa Association, Inagawa Holy City, is very optimistic about Ishii Takahiro.

After successfully planting the flag in Toariu City, it was necessary to promote Takahiro Ishii to serve as Wakatou of the Inagawa Council.

Ruotou refers to the leader in the club, second only to the group leader.

Generally, he is the third person in the group, which is also equivalent to the heir.

This identity coupled with the silver bullet offensive allowed Ishii Takaumaru to successfully get branches in various places to take action...

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When Takahiro Ishii is in full swing and ready to do something big.

The crew of "Hot Blood High School" is in a state of confusion.

The capital chain was broken, and many staff members began to pack their things and prepare to leave.

Takakura Bunta called Kanda Keiko, and then found director Miike Takashi and expressed his willingness to fund the film to continue filming.

Director Takashi Miike immediately contacted Burning Production and Stardust Communications by phone to coordinate funding issues.

The three parties negotiated over the phone and also invited legal lawyers to conduct a conference call.

Inakawa will withdraw from the "High School" movie project due to illegal misappropriation of crew funds.

Takakura Bunta Studio took over the "High School" movie project, took over all the rights and responsibilities of Inagawa Kai in the "High School" project, and injected a sum of funds.

Burning Production and Stardust Communications added additional funds to the team to complete the filming of the film.

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Takakura Bunta was able to invest in "High School" mainly because of the popularity of Sailor Moon dolls and Sailor Mars' Hono Rei.

The newly established "Onigashima Science and Technology R&D Center" on the 250th floor of the Shibaura Building in Minato-ku, Tokyo, uses nanometer audio chip technology on a large scale.

Then developed a full series of beautiful girl dolls such as Sailor Moon's Tsukino Usagi, Sailor Mercury's Mizuno Ami, Sailor Jupiter's Kino Makoto, Sailor Venus's Aino Minako and so on.

According to real-time sales data provided by "Ultraman Information Book" (Ultraman Information Book), the annual sales of the beautiful girl series dolls exceed the annual sales of Nintendo's FC console (Famicom).

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FC game console (Family Computer) is an 8-bit third-generation home game console produced, distributed and sold by Nintendo. The official Japanese version is called Famicom.

The emergence of the Famicom had a profound impact on video games, allowing the American video game industry to recover from the collapse of 1983 and changing the development and popular trends of world games...

In the previous life, global sales of FC consoles (Famicom consoles) were 6200 million units.

In addition, pirated machines such as the Little Overlord from the Red Earth Continent, the Little Genius from the Xiangjiang region, Dendy from the Soviet Union, Pegasus from Poland, and Phantom System from Brazil. Overall sales of FC consoles (red and white consoles) may exceed 5 million units.

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This dark star world benefits from the "Universal Convention for the Protection of Copyright".

Nintendo's FC console (Famicom) sells well in various countries, and there is no rampant pirated console in various countries. With annual sales of 3000 million units, it is the best-selling game console in the world.

Because of the high price and unique nature of Sailor Moon dolls.

"Ultraman Information Book" (Ultraman Information Book) also included it in the ranks of game consoles, comparing it with Nintendo's FC console.

In 1996, sales of Mizuno Electronics' Sailor Moon series of dolls exceeded 5000 million.

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The information revealed in the "Eroman Information Book".

At the beginning, Mizuno Tangyue personally visited Toshiba Semiconductor, which produces IC chips, and proposed a betting agreement with the other party to "order 3000 million pieces in two years" in order to lower the price.

According to the consensus in the Japanese industry, the maximum market capacity of such high-end dolls with high prices is only 200 million per year.

After all, high-end and low-end products such as dolls do not have a particularly impact on consumers.

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According to the gambling agreement reached between Mizuno Electronics and Toshiba Semiconductor.

Mizuno Electronics ordered 2000 million IC chips in two years at a low price of 3000 yen per IC chip.

Toshiba Semiconductor debugging production line specializes in producing "250 nanometer audio chips" designed by Onigashima's Science and Technology R&D Center.

The Sailor Moon series of dolls are sold globally at a price of 1 yen.

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"Nissan Keizai Shimbun" reported that the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare purchased a batch of Sailor Moon series dolls to help addicts get through the withdrawal reaction period, and the effect is far beyond any drugs and physical treatments on the market.

Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, and has also published academic articles in The Lancet.

This has aroused great concern from the world's anti-drug and anti-drug epidemic charity organizations...

UNODC (United Nations Office for Mulberry Control and Crime Prevention) has sent a working group to Tokyo to investigate, and may promote this withdrawal therapy globally in the future...

In the next stage, Mizuno Electronics is also preparing to launch new "link technology", so that the fantasy game that was originally a one-minute stand-alone game can be played online...

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Through this large business income.

Bunta Takakura became the producer of "High School".

At the same time, through Totland Investment Holdings Co., Ltd., Takakura Bunta donated 70% of the net profits from the Sailor Moon series of dolls to charity organizations related to the world's anti-drug and anti-drug epidemic, as well as foundations affiliated with UNODC.

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The first thing Bunta Takakura did when he became a producer was to delete all the scenes of Ruka Aizawa, played by Shizuka Kudo, and plan to find someone to reshoot it later.

The reason is also very simple. Former producer Takahiro Ishii was hospitalized because Tessai was seriously injured. He took it out on Kudo Shizuka and slapped her into a pig's head.

The subsequent scenes could not be filmed and had to be replaced...

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Kudo Shizuka’s scenes are actually not that small.

The heroines of such hot-blooded movies usually play three roles.

1. Appearing as a charlatan and a target of competition among a group of male animals;

Second, it is to fall in love with the male protagonist and have a youthful action scene, thus becoming the male protagonist’s weakness;

Third, it is purely to reflect men’s debauched life and add a touch of tenderness to an overly masculine story;

The heroine of "Hot Blood High School" Aizawa Ruka not only implements the above three points very well, but also plays a role set as a bar singer and has also given several songs. She is considered an important supporting heroine with very memorable points.

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In fact, in normal crew shooting, supporting heroines with a large number of scenes can be remedied through technical means.

In particular, most of Shizuka Kudo's scenes have been filmed, and the subsequent parts can be completed by hiring a stand-in and editing.

However, director Takashi Miike clearly felt that

Bunta Takakura, the big benefactor, deliberately targeted Shizuka Kudo, so he did not mention this remedial plan.

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Kudo Shizuka left the set with her eyes full of resentment and her face wrapped in a bandage.

In the subsequent shooting part, director Takashi Miike had no specific requirements for the actors' performances, but focused on efficiency.

Compared with the crew of "Ultraman Tiga", the producer, director, screenwriter and actors even discussed a scene over and over again, and the key details were polished back and forth.

The director and the opponent actors constantly arouse the actors' emotions, keep reshooting if the shots are not good, and so on.

Sometimes, when filming a fight scene between Ultraman and a monster, in order to achieve the desired effect, it takes more than a dozen positioning trials.

However, the crew of "Hot Blood High School" did not have such conditions and could only pursue short, fast and efficient shooting.

Because, the atmosphere at Masuka Suka Girls' Academy is becoming more and more tense day by day, and the entire Toariu City is becoming restless.

The crew filmed on campus, and when entering the set at night, you could hear the sounds of fighting, yelling, and fire in the streets outside.

There is not much time left for the crew to shoot...

(End of this chapter)