Chapter 325: Preparation for Movie Adaptation

Utsumi Takuto was picking up his chopsticks, preparing to pick up some food to eat.

As a result, upon hearing this proposal, he was so scared that his chopsticks almost fell off.

He came back to his senses, calmed his mind, and asked uncertainly, "Teacher Akiwara, could you say that again?"

"I would like to ask you to shoot a movie about Japan Sinks."

Akiwara Yuto followed the flow and said it again word by word.

"You aren't joking, are you?"

"I have no reason to joke with you."

Hearing these words, Utsumi Takuto could only nod stiffly, and then started to calculate in his heart.

After a while, he seemed to have realized something and immediately said, "Did you write a book about Japan Sinks?"

However, when asking this, he was actually very uncertain in his heart.

Because in his memory, Akiwara Yuto was a detective writer, and at most had occasionally written two traditional novels.

And the topic of Japan Sinks sounded like sci-fi.

But soon, Akiwara Yuto confirmed his guess.

"Yes, I wrote a book about Japan Sinks," Akiwara Yuto replied.

He looked at Utsumi Takuto, who still had some confusion on his face, and explained.

After spending about 30 minutes, he finished telling the main plot of the movie version of "Japan Sinks."

In Akiwara Yuto's view, the movie plot mode of this book actually didn't have much to say.

Similar to those Hollywood disaster blockbusters, they were all about scientists discovering disasters and then warning the government, and then the different reactions of the government and the citizens.

Although the plot was simple, it couldn't stop the gimmick from being big!

Like the first version and the second version of "Japan Sinks" in his past life, the Douban ratings were all only around 6.5, and the foreign ratings were not high either.

One could imagine what the situation was like after it was filmed.

However, relying on the gimmick of Japan Sinks, this movie still ran rampant in the movie market, and even made a lot of money.

In fact, Akiwara Yuto also understood that the enthusiasm of the Nihon public for this movie could not be separated from the reality they faced.

The Nihon mainland was located at the junction of the Pacific and Eurasian plates, which was a high-frequency earthquake zone, so earthquakes occurred frequently.

According to incomplete statistics, there were more than 1,000 felt earthquakes every year, accounting for 10% of the total number of earthquakes in the world.

Besides earthquakes, there were 83 large and small active volcanoes in Nihon, accounting for one-tenth of the world's total active volcanoes.

It could be said that as long as the activity at the plate junction was a little more intense, the whole of Nihon would face a "disaster."

Such an environment also made the Nihon people have an extremely strong "sense of crisis" in their hearts; after all, there were too many precedents of people dying in disasters.

So when "Japan Sinks" was just released, it quickly won the total box office champion in Nihon history, and it wasn't broken until many years later.

Therefore, in Akiwara Yuto's view, as long as this kind of movie was filmed, there was basically no possibility of losing money.

Even, if the box office couldn't reach number one in the year, it could be considered a failure.

He drank some water to moisten his throat and continued, "Utsumi-san, give me your opinion after listening."

Utsumi Takuto was silent for a while before saying, "Teacher Akiwara, this is a movie destined to be remembered in history, but..."

"But?"

"But I cannot serve as the director of this movie," Utsumi Takuto said in a tangled manner.

Akiwara Yuto was about to ask why, and he continued, "You know, the movies I've shot before were all realistic themes, such as the gangster type, and the script "Memories of Murder" you gave me before didn't leave this scope either."

"But the movie "Japan Sinks" is already completely in the sci-fi field, so I'm sorry, I don't have the confidence in this regard."

Akiwara Yuto pondered after listening.

He found that Utsumi Takuto made sense; wanting to rely on one director to complete the filming of all types of movies was indeed a bit whimsical.

"Then do you have any suitable directors to recommend?" Akiwara Yuto asked.

Although he had some understanding of Nihon movies, to be honest, he really didn't know any Nihon sci-fi movie directors.

Because whether it was in his past life or in this world, Nihon sci-fi movies were not very good, but many sci-fi animated movies were eye-catching.

Utsumi Takuto pondered for a while and didn't answer this question immediately, but asked.

"Teacher Akiwara, are you still planning to use the form of an independent investor this time?"

Akiwara Yuto shook his head and said, "I am preparing to find a few suitable partners."

The cost of "Japan Sinks" in his past life was estimated to be 2 billion yen, and this amount of money far exceeded the existing working capital of Tsutaya Bookstore.

After all, because of the pre-sale system without deposit, a large amount of money was still in the hands of the bookstore, and it could only be settled at the end of every month.

And the opening of chain bookstores and related publicity were also burning a lot of money.

So in order to share the cost, he was prepared to find a movie company to cooperate with.

"Then can you consider Tokyo Movie Co., Ltd.?" Utsumi Takuto made a suggestion.

And Akiwara Yuto touched his chin and pondered after hearing this name.

Tokyo Movie Co., Ltd. was also one of the big movie companies in the industry. But the industry initiative regarding box office sharing initiated in the industry before seemed to have seen their signatures.

So although he and the other party had never had direct contact, it could be considered that there was a bit of "grudge."

Just when he was considering, Utsumi Takuto continued to explain, "Teacher Akiwara, I have been cooperating with Tokyo Movie recently and know the internal situation better. So I know that Tokyo Movie is still willing to accept cooperation."

After a pause, he added, "I can understand your thoughts, but what I want to say is that the industry association initiative that time was not promoted by them."

Akiwara Yuto laughed, "Utsumi-san, what relationship do you have with them?"

Utsumi Takuto said with a wry smile, "Just a simple cooperative relationship, but I think that since we want to shoot this movie well, we still need the most suitable distributor and investor."

Akiwara Yuto pondered repeatedly for a while and finally decided to meet the relevant person in charge of Tokyo Movie first, and then discuss the cooperation matters.

This was not a matter of holding a grudge, but what kind of view the other party had on this movie, such as how the distribution rights were calculated, and the investment amount.

If they were really full of sincerity, he might be able to agree.

He informed Utsumi Takuto that he would meet first and then talk, and the latter breathed a sigh of relief after hearing it.

Immediately after, the two put aside work and talked about romantic affairs.

In Utsumi Takuto's narration, Akiwara Yuto learned that the other party had already slept with the female lead to the third female lead of the current film crew, which was speechless.

However, he didn't say much; unspoken rules and the like were very common in the Nihon entertainment industry, and even the voice actor industry followed suit and started "pillow business."

At 11:00 PM, the two said goodbye and separated.

Akiwara Yuto returned home and fell into a deep sleep.

But what he didn't expect was that, driven by the Keihan Society, a public opinion storm related to himself was rapidly rolling toward him... ===== CHAPTER 326 =====