Chapter 228: Between men and women, where is there pure friendship

The beauty effect exists everywhere.

In fact, in the audience survey three days later by TBS, the Japanese public who truly walked into the cinema to watch 'The Message' because of Chen Nuo was less than 30%, most of whom were women.

The proportion of men who bought tickets because of Takeshi Kitano was not much different.

However, the Japanese audience who chose to watch the movie because of the two women who appeared briefly in the advertisement and were unknown reached a staggering 21%.

It can be seen that at any time, in any place, don't ignore the lustful psychology of men.

Liu Yifei, who didn't know that she had a small group of face-value fans in Japan, arrived in Tokyo on the day of the premiere of 'The Message' in Japan.

This time she came to Japan, firstly to plan to promote the movie with Chen Nuo.

Secondly, it was also because 'Hana Yori Dango' was about to start shooting in April, and she had to come over in advance to communicate with the director and screenwriter.

This was the first time in history that a mainland actor went to Japan to appear in a regular big movie, and also played the female lead in a heavy-weight play.

When this news spread back then, it caused quite a sensation in the mainland.

I don't know how many people started to re-examine the Huanxin company, or Chen Nuo's interpersonal relationship in the three East Asian countries.

How the fuck did it get involved with TBS again? Not only did he appear in variety shows, but he also helped the company's artists win the female lead in their 2008 heavy-weight play?

What kind of magical fairy operation is this?

This market in Japan, which entertainment company in the world doesn't want to break into?

Everyone knows that Japanese fans are the most willing to spend money for idols.

But besides Faye Wong who relied on singing the theme song of FF8 to become a little popular in the four islands of East Japan back then and held a concert, which female star from the two sides and three places of China can have fans of a certain scale?

Back then, when Liu Yifei went to East Japan to release a record, many people were waiting to see a joke, whether they were insiders or ordinary people, they were not optimistic.

In the end, the result was indeed as everyone expected.

Many posts on the forum talking about this matter later, most of the comments in the comment area were four words: "Overestimating one's capabilities."

Filmed a few TV dramas, played a few vase female leads, and really thought of yourself as Teresa Teng, Faye Wong? It's really ridiculous.

And this time, under Chen Nuo's strong push, Liu Yifei once again impacted the Japanese market, conducting a second Japanese strategy. After the surprise, many netizens were divided into two factions.

One faction thought it was still hopeless, while the other faction thought that with Brother Nuo making a move, it was really hard to say.

The poll initiated by NetEase Entertainment for this purpose had more than 90,000 netizens participating, with those who were optimistic and those who were not both accounting for a little over 40%, which was considered a tie.

I don't know if it was because she was worried about her future. In any case, there was no joy on Liu Yifei's face along the way, and she didn't say anything,

which made Liu Xiaoli, who was sitting next to her on the plane, sing a solo show all the way.

Liu Xiaoli actually always felt that Chen Nuo and the others were too inflated, which was why they brought a movie like 'The Message' to Japan to show.

Before this, only their Americans had done this kind of face-slapping thing in Japan!

And, from the perspective of promotion, Liu Xiaoli believed that 'The Message' was actually imitating 'Zhenzhugang' from back then.

For example, weakening the war in the poster. Their country's 'Zhenzhugang' had used it.

Originally, "Beware of Japanese aggression" was printed on other posters in Asia, but in the local movie posters in Japan, it was not mentioned at all.

Except for a small broken boat that was on fire, the largest layout was Ben Affleck passionately kissing Kate Beckinsale on the forehead.

'Zhenzhugang' packaged itself as a romance movie, just as 'The Message' packaged itself as an intellectual battle movie.

But Liu Xiaoli knew that compared to the Japanese version of 'Zhenzhugang' which deleted many lines reflecting Japanese aggression, 'The Message' released in Japan was even more outrageous than the domestic version.

The bloody scenes that were deleted in the country were reproduced here in their original form.

In this way, still want to sell money in Japan? Isn't this wishful thinking?

Therefore, what Liu Xiaoli kept nagging Liu Yifei about along the way wasn't the release of 'The Message', but 'Hana Yori Dango'.

"Xixi, your company really provided you with a good opportunity this time."

"Sony has contacted me again. If you can gain popularity in Japan through 'Hana Yori Dango' this time, the record you released last time might even become popular again."

"Xixi, through this play this time, we can also get on good terms with the people at TBS. If we can open up this relationship, you will definitely have great development in Japan."

"I heard that many people on the internet in Japan are dissatisfied with you playing Makino Tsukushi, you"

"Xixi, why aren't you talking?"

Liu Yifei looked at the drifting clouds outside the plane window and said lightly: "Mom, let's go watch 'The Message' in Japan again tonight."

"Ah, why?"

Liu Yifei raised her head slightly and said: "Mom, I want to watch it again, to see if what those people on the internet said is right."

Liu Xiaoli said dissatisfiedly: "Xixi, what's going on. You've been debuted for so long, why do you still take what those people say seriously? You have to know."

Liu Yifei interrupted: "I also asked Chen Nuo, he told me to look at a film review on Douban... I want to go to the cinema myself now to see if it's really like what the review said. Mom, if you don't accompany me, I'll go by myself."

Liu Xiaoli had nothing to say. At this time, she really missed the obedient and well-behaved precious daughter she had at the beginning.

After arriving in Japan, the mother and daughter and Li Jing, the assistant specially hired by the Huanxin company for Liu Yifei to film in Japan, prepared to find a cinema to watch the midnight premiere of 'The Message'.

As a result...

At 10:30 PM, when the three of them arrived at the Fukada Cinema closest to their hotel according to the address, they were stunned by the scene in front of them.

A winding long dragon, starting from the entrance of the cinema, I don't know how many times it bent in the middle, lined up to the street, and looking at it, it was actually crowded with people.

But the discipline of the Japanese was undoubtedly highlighted at this time; so many people, they lined up in an orderly manner, and not a single person cut the line.

The three women didn't know that Fukada Taro, the owner of Fukada Cinema, was laughing happily in the cinema at this time, calling his subordinates to contact the Nakamura family immediately and ask them to send copies over.

Seeing this rather strange and shocking posture on the street in the middle of the night, Liu Xiaoli really thought that Hayao Miyazaki had a new movie released.

As a result, when she went to the ticket window to ask, these people were actually here to watch 'The Message'.

Liu Xiaoli felt that this world was simply crazy.

Until she walked into the cinema hall and sat in the front two rows of remaining seats, she still hadn't recovered.

"Do these Japanese people not know what kind of movie they are coming to watch? It's anti-Japanese. How could there be so many people?"

Li Jing, the assistant specially hired by the Huanxin company for Liu Yifei to film in Japan, who was a returnee who had studied in Japan for six years, answered at this time: "I just asked, the advertisement news our company put in Japan is particularly good, these people all came after watching the advertisement."

"And in this Tokyo with tens of millions of people, there are only seven cinemas in total showing our movie. So these cinemas are particularly crowded."

Liu Xiaoli nodded knowingly. It turned out that everyone was gathered together, which was no wonder.

Speaking of which, Liu Xiaoli was quite satisfied with Li Jing, the assistant hired by the Huanxin company for Liu Yifei. Not to mention that she understood Chinese, Japanese, and English, she was also shrewd and capable in handling various things.

It could be seen that she was absolutely carefully selected by the Huanxin company, specifically looking for a strong woman with great ability for her own daughter who didn't save trouble.

Liu Xiaoli had also gone to ask about her monthly salary, thinking about whether she should spend her own money to hire another one. As a result, the number she asked made her not recover for a long time.

It really deserves to be a Waseda graduate, and the Huanxin company is really willing to spend money, and it seems that they really care about her own daughter.

After this, Liu Xiaoli didn't have much thought about waiting for the contract to expire and letting Liu Yifei jump ship.

Liu Yifei didn't pay attention to the conversation between the two people beside her. She actually didn't care about the box office of 'The Message' in Japan, and was staring blankly at the movie screen that hadn't started yet, thinking about other things in her heart:

Is the Gu Xiaoman she played really not vital enough, not moving enough?

Then... what kind of role can open up?

Aiya, it's really a headache.

Forget it, don't think about it, see Chen Nuo this time, and ask him properly. Very coincidentally, Ayase Haruka was actually in the same cinema hall as them at this time.

Because she had made up her mind to watch the premiere, she had asked her agent to buy the tickets early.

Unlike Liu Yifei who watched the movie from the front row just to find her own acting shortcomings,

before the movie started, Ayase Haruka sat in the corner at the very back, even took off her mask, cheered up, and prepared to enjoy this war-background, which should be quite good and exciting intellectual battle movie.

She heard the chatter of the two girls in the front row, and couldn't help but secretly agree in her heart that Chen-kun's appearance in military uniform was indeed too heart-moving.

I don't know what kind of Japanese soldier he played in the movie? Is it the kind of role that is both bad and charming like the Joker?

00:00, the cinema hall went black on time, and the big screen lit up accordingly.

Amidst a burst of ethereal music, a listless little person walked on the road, suddenly stepped on a road paved with movie film, and then the film wrapped him up, letting him welcome a rebirth glowing with five-colored clouds.

Afterwards, a string of English letters appeared on the little person's head: RebornPicture.

Although Ayase Haruka didn't know that this somewhat childish promotional film opening was made by Framestore, which did the special effects for 'The Dark Knight', at the cost of 50,000 euros by Chen Nuo, she still felt it was quite interesting.

Then, the movie officially started.

The Chinese version of 'The Message' was a total of 1 hour, 51 minutes, and 31 seconds, while the 'The Message' released in Japan and South Korea was 2 hours, 1 minute, and 17 seconds. The nearly 10 minutes difference in the middle was deleted by a certain bureau in the country on the grounds of being too bloody and realistic.

Now, this part was fully enjoyed by the Japanese audience.

Before watching the movie, Ayase Haruka always thought that the most attractive part of the movie should be the rival play between Takeshi Kitano and Chen Nuo, everyone looking for a mole together, and playing psychological games.

However, after the movie finished playing, Ayase Haruka's tear stains were still not dry, and what was in her mind wasn't Takeshi Kitano or Chen Nuo, but other messy things.

At the same time, she also knew that she had been deceived! And it was absolutely intentional by the film company!

What intellectual battle, what game, this was a cruel game of cat and mouse played by a group of cruel Japanese soldiers, and the strength and wisdom shown by the women inside were the main theme that the movie wanted to express.

At this time, the audience in the cinema hall where she was actually only had two-thirds left.

Ayase Haruka sat in the corner, waiting for the audience to leave, and those discussions also reached her ears.

"... Why would the authorities allow this movie to be released?"

"... Are those wine-bag and rice-sack people crazy... can't they see..."

"Too pitiful, those people inside..."

"Is what's filmed inside real..."

"Exciting... that's right, Shinichi and the others will definitely like it too."

"Liar, this movie should be banned... Yes, complain about it..."

"I think the soldiers inside are too"

Ayase Haruka had never heard so many contradictory and completely different evaluations after a movie ended.

If she hadn't watched this movie, she would definitely be very surprised.

But now... she understood too well.

Because after watching the movie, her mood was also so complicated.

Her agent was a woman in her 30s, named Hirohara Suzu.

Ayase Haruka noticed that this mature woman, who had always been calm, was now also red-eyed.

Obviously, it wasn't just her who was stimulated by the bloody and violent scenes in the movie more than half an hour ago.

Ayase Haruka felt that no woman would still stand on the side of the Japanese military after watching that scene.

Even if the actors in the movie were mostly Chinese, and she was a genuine Nihonjin.

Hirohara Suzu turned her head and asked: "Haruka-chan, what do you think? What do you think of this movie?"

Ayase Haruka carefully identified the feelings in her heart and said seriously: "I think... regardless, it is indeed a good movie that can move people's hearts."

But, I am now certain that Chen-kun doesn't like Japan.

At least the Japan of the past. She added silently in her heart.

She wasn't the only one who saw it.

The next day, various entertainment news on the internet appeared with sporadic reports about 'Sound of the Wind'.

Although there weren't many, the discussions under every online news were very intense.

This was a very rare situation in such a dead-silent society like Japan. People here generally only care about typhoons, earthquakes, and work.

Movies and such, very few people would argue because of them.

"'Sound of the Wind' is a good movie, but it's not a movie suitable for Japanese people to watch." This was a film review title from a famous film critic Nicole on Japan Yahoo, and it was also a just-right summary.

Amidst this turmoil, the first week of 'Sound of the Wind' in Japan passed just like that.

Chen Nuo also flew from South Korea to Japan, preparing to carry out the original promotion, and meet that American independent film company here.

What Twilight!

When he heard Qi Yun mention vampires, he was alert, and when he heard that word again

He could only say, so what if it's Georgetown University? What's the use of high education! No literary talent at all!

Actually translated twilight so vulgarly.

It's clearly called 'Twilight'!

And what absolute refusal of box office commission? Sigh, Chen Nuo could only say about this, no matter how smart the brain is, it can't compare to rebirth.

Chen Nuo arrived in Tokyo with a sharpened knife, preparing to get a share of the most cost-effective film in history.

After hearing the current situation from the happy and worried Nakamura father and son, he decisively canceled the original promotional activities.

What kind of trick is this, even letting him go to Harajuku to hold some fan meeting.

Do you know how that former Prime Minister who was what-what died?

The extreme right-wing in Japan are so ruthless even when killing their own people, killing him, this Chinese person, definitely has no psychological burden, okay.

Therefore, when Liu Yifei saw Chen Nuo, she almost laughed to death, "Hahahaha, Chen Nuo, are you that necessary?"

Chen Nuo felt it was quite necessary. Is there any problem with being wrapped from head to toe? As long as you can walk, it's very normal.

Without Linghu, he was even prepared to fly back to South Korea.

However, hearing Liu Yifei's heartless laughter, Chen Nuo couldn't help but sneer and said: "Laugh, you. Do you know how well our 'The Message' is selling in Japan?"

Liu Yifei giggled and said: "What do you want to say?"

Chen Nuo said coldly: "I want to say, I exchanged my life safety for 500 million yen in box office, and I think it's very worth it."

Liu Xiaoli, who was watching the two of them joking with a smile on the side, exclaimed and asked: "Xiao Chen, has it already sold 500 million? This is only one week? And, don't you only have thirty-something cinemas?"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 229 =====