Chapter 524: Is the release of a movie a child's play?!

The media in the entertainment industry has always been famous for its rapid actions and keeping up with hot topics.

As long as there is a little bit of wind and grass, newspapers, magazines, and interview commentary programs on the street will tell the outside world what happened, and even analyze the cause of the event and subsequent development.

However, this time, they were severely played by a guy named Ma Sai!

As the editor-in-chief of the entertainment section of the *Yomiuri Shimbun*, Mukai Yukio has always considered himself one of the most well-informed people in the entertainment industry.

Not only because he has more than a dozen capable entertainment reporters and countless paparazzi informants under his hand, but also because he has good relationships with major agencies, film production companies, and TV stations.

So he can know any news in the first time, no, even in advance.

But the news of *Love Letter*'s sudden launch and the release of *Snow Flower* was only known when his niece called to ask him!

"Is *Love Letter* really a movie starring Akina-chan?" "Where can I see the movie now?" "Why is *Snow Flower* not in the preview of Akina-chan's song release?" "..."

"Nani? Uncle Mukai, aren't you the most well-informed person in the entertainment industry? You don't even know?"

"The most well-informed person... actually doesn't know..."

"Well-informed... don't know..."

The words of his niece echoed in Mukai Yukio's mind... This is simply an insult to his ten-year career!

!

"Ma Sai, this guy, is the release of a movie such a child's play? He didn't even notify the media in advance?"

After hanging up the phone, Mukai Yukio became more and more angry, and finally slapped the table and stood up suddenly.

He walked to the door of the office in a few steps, opened the office door with a "swish,"

And slapped his palms twice hard, attracting the attention of entertainment reporters and editors outside.

"Those with more than ten years of work experience, all come in!"

"

After the words were finished, four or five people with sparse hair, sallow faces, and eyes occasionally emitting fine light walked into the office and closed the door gently.

Then the employees outside heard loud scolding.

Curious young employees gathered at the door of the office to listen, only hearing words like "slap in the face," "shame," "eating for free," etc., seemingly very dissatisfied that they didn't get the news.

When the office door opened again, the guys gathered at the door scattered...

Vaguely, the editor-in-chief could still be heard saying:

"Hurry up and figure this out! If there is no definite news by the evening paper, return the year-end bonus you received this year!"

So the young juniors saw several senior elders with red eyes start to call frantically, and after a while, someone ran out in a hurry with several newcomers...

Well... the reporter who had a good relationship with Shuyu Film at *Yomiuri Shimbun* was a newcomer who had been there for more than a year, and was interviewing outside at this time, so he didn't receive Yoshimura Otomo's call...

Ma Sai didn't stay in the studio foolishly. After sending Tsuruko back to the apartment in Waseda, he didn't drive, but took the subway and turned around in Tokyo.

The sky was getting dark, and the peak hour of getting off work arrived.

The Tokyo subway at this time is not generally crowded. Even with a tall and big figure like Ma Sai, he couldn't avoid being wrapped by the crowd and stuffed into the subway.

However, at this time, you can see that there is already a row of large *Love Letter* posters on the advertising space of the subway station wall.

A row of white snow, a lady in a black coat, an exquisite side face... as well as the movie name of loveletter and the characters starring.

"Dentsu's efficiency is really high!"

Ma Sai had already heard young people discussing what movie this was, and why the lead actress was Nakamori Akina. This is a big subversion of the image!

He went down at several stations along the way, looked at the advertisements around the subway station, some had them, some had already been replaced. Then he came to the most important place, Shibuya Station.

Shibuya Crossing, later known as the "world's largest intersection," now has a volume that cannot be underestimated!

The advertising space here, like the advertising space in Times Square in New York, is one of the most expensive outdoor advertisements, and has long been chartered by the most powerful companies... Coca-Cola, Mitsubishi Estate, Toyota Motor, etc.

Ma Sai still had an opportunity to be exposed on the dynamic advertising screen here through an intermediary with a special relationship.

After waiting for a while outside the crowded subway station, he saw the trailer for *Love Letter* appear... instantly attracting many passing pedestrians...

As night fell, the snow didn't stop, but entered a stable stage, as if it just wanted people to feel it for a while longer.

Ma Sai, who returned to Sanyingyuan, saw Eitaro playing foolishly in the yard, like when he was a child, while Nyotaro sat on the corridor, looking like he was looking at a fool...

Seeing the owner come back, Eitaro ran over immediately and wanted to pounce, but Ma Sai had to dodge...

"Eitaro, don't you know your paws are full of snow water?"

However, the silly dog didn't give up, ran over again, making Ma Sai have to press the dog's head and bring it into the house to wipe it dry.

When he was outside, he didn't find it, but when he returned to Sanyingyuan, he found that the pager was actually prompting that someone had called. Ma Sai pressed the small screen and found that there were two calls, and they were different phone numbers... one was from Akina's house, and the other was a strange number...

"This pager should only be called by Akina..." Ma Sai scratched his head and dialed back according to the latest number.

After waiting for a few seconds, a strange voice came from the receiver,

"Moshi Moshi Moshi Moshi, this is Ken-On."

Ma Sai paused and immediately replied: "Moshi Moshi Moshi Moshi, this is Shuyu Film, I am looking for Miss Nakamori Akina, I made an appointment before..."

"Ah, Akina-san... please wait a moment." He heard the sound of high heels walking away, and then someone walked over.

"Moshi Moshi Moshi Moshi, this is Nakamori Akina." This time it was the main person.

"Akina, it's me..." Ma Sai said. "Sorry I just saw the pager... but wasn't it called from home before?"

Nakamori Akina was also very helpless: "Originally, I had already returned home, so I wanted to call Naoki-san... But because of the sudden release of *Love Letter*, many reporters called the agency, and there were interview invitations... so I was temporarily called back..."

"Suddenly have to work overtime..." Ma Sai sighed. "It's really hard work!"

"Yes, I originally wanted to get off work early and go see *Love Letter* with Naoki-san..." Akina's tone was full of regret. "Unfortunately, there is no chance now~"

"Then we can only find another chance..."

Ma Sai also felt a pity. Today is already the 25th. In the last few days of this year, Akina should be very busy, and he himself, perhaps because of the release of *Love Letter*, will also be busy. Before the end of the year, perhaps even meeting will be difficult...

Nakamori Akina waited for the interview on the Ken-On side, and had to hang up the phone after saying a few words to Ma Sai, while Ma Sai in Sanyingyuan looked at the snowflakes still falling in the yard...

No words all night~

The next morning, Ma Sai was awakened by the bright light.

Winter mornings are generally dim, but today is very different. It looks much brighter outside the window.

Ma Sai opened the window. Along with the cold air, what he saw was a silver-clad world.

The surface of the buildings seen from afar put on a white cotton coat; the small road that no one had walked on was covered with a flawless white carpet; the bamboo leaves surrounded by Sanyingyuan were also wearing white felt hats.

Occasionally, one or two snowflakes fell, and the reflected light made the whole city much brighter.

However, inside the courtyard, on a whole piece of snow, there were messy plum blossom footprints... Distinguish it more carefully, a white dog is playing in the yard!

"No wonder Eitaro didn't come to wake me up today, it turned out to be playing by itself~" Ma Sai said lightly, "Silly dog~"

Since there was thick snow, Ma Sai gave up walking the dog and prepared breakfast in Sanyingyuan with peace of mind, and read the newspaper by the way.

Last night, Ma Sai fell asleep, but the whole entertainment industry didn't rest.

The headlines of all entertainment sections this morning were discussing the newly released movie. *Yomiuri Shimbun*, *Asahi Shimbun*, *Mainichi Shimbun*, and other newspapers all reported this suddenly appeared movie without exception.

And the titles are all very interesting:

*"The sudden 'Love Letter', who is it for?" "Unexpected encounter, just like a young man's crush..." "The day of Tokyo's first snow, when 'Love Letter' is opened!" "A gift for Tokyo at the end of the year!"*

Of course, there are also some reports that are a bit problematic:

*" 'Love Letter' breaks into Tokyo, who gave the confidence?" "Shock! Tokyo occupied by 'Love Letter' in a short time!" "Should we go see 'Love Letter'?"*

Some newspapers have even found the stills of *Love Letter* again, and some film critics have already seen this movie and started to score this movie.

Whether it is good or bad, in short, this movie *Love Letter* appeared in the eyes of all Tokyo people.

Ma Sai looked at an article in the *Tokyo Sports Newspaper* with interest. It actually linked the creation of *Snow Flower* with *Love Letter*, and then secretly compared this to Ma Sai's love letter to Nakamori Akina... It's really talented! Almost guessed it!

After breakfast, Ma Sai, who was very relaxed, came to the studio and found that Yoshimura Otomo and Yin Yin Tangxiu had arrived here early.

"Xiu-san, were you at the film technology factory yesterday?" Ma Sai looked at Yin Yin Tangxiu, who was a bit tired.

"Yes, urging them to speed up the copying, and then went to several movie theaters with the film delivery person..." Yin Yin Tangxiu yawned. "I agreed with the movie theater bosses yesterday to coordinate the schedule, plus the two copies that can come out today, it should be able to hold on."

"That's good~" Ma Sai patted him on the shoulder. "Xiu-san, when were you busy until yesterday?"

"Two o'clock in the morning!" Yin Yin Tangxiu rubbed his eyes. "When the snow was the heaviest... I didn't even go home, I slept in the company for a while."

"This... then go and rest today~"

At this time, Yoshimura Otomo interjected: "You can't rest for now today!"

He also stayed up late yesterday, and now he opened his eyes full of bloodshot eyes: "I made an appointment with the media this morning to hold a media briefing!"

"Eh? This morning?" Ma Sai was surprised.

"Hmm, in the screening hall of Iwanami Cinema." Yoshimura Otomo continued, "I have already made an appointment with the reporters and people from Ken-On, and Miss Nakamori Akina will come over by then."

"??? Akina will also come? When did this happen?"

"Yes! Discussed in the middle of the night. Does Naoki-san have any opinions?" Yoshimura Otomo picked up the phone again and wanted to contact several more reporters.

Yoshimura Otomo almost spent the whole day yesterday on the phone, and also organized a media meet-and-greet temporarily, which can be said to have done a lot of things...

And Ma Sai was actually sleeping... so he could only be submissive:

"Hai, no problem at all, I will be there!"

Yoshimura Otomo continued: "Besides this meet-and-greet, we will have many programs to go on today, and several interviews to record... They are all very simple. I believe Naoki-san will definitely have no problem."

"What do you mean, am I alone?"

"Of course not, there is also Ms. Akina. You are the leads!" Yoshimura Otomo explained. "It's not a large-scale program. It will be recorded today and can be released tomorrow, but it is on various TV stations, so you will run around today and won't get a rest~"

"... Alright~" Ma Sai knew this was unavoidable, but thinking about the good side, he could see Akina today~

Just at this moment, Yin Yin Tangxiu added on the side: "Our first wave of promotion should be considered almost over... However, next, it is intensive continued promotion."

"In addition, Naoki-san, this is just Tokyo... This week we might also need to go to other cities for promotion."

Ma Sai was also prepared: "Is it like the promotion of the first movie?"

"Hmm, be prepared!" Yin Yin Tangxiu nodded, ready for the days when he was on the road for a few days and nights... "Also, this year's New Year, we might also be on the road..."

Ma Sai nodded helplessly. After all, it was his own request to be released during the first snow. Now Yin Yin Tangxiu and Yoshimura Otomo didn't say anything, but were silently cooperating. How could he retreat!

It's just that he has to find a time to call his mother to explain.

Also, the gifts purchased... probably need Tsuruko to help bring them back~

In the mansion in Setagaya, Fukasaku Kinji woke up.

Nestled at home recuperating, he didn't know the turmoil outside. He didn't see it on TV yesterday, he didn't like watching TV...

And this morning, he was just about to have a good breakfast, but suddenly found that the newspaper was full of a movie called *Love Letter*!

"What is going on?!" Fukasaku Kinji didn't understand. Is the change of this era so fast?

"Shuyu Film? Director Ma Sai... Aren't they showing *Ring*? Didn't they just show *Crows Zero* a few months ago? How come there is another *Love Letter*?!"

Fukasaku Kinji hurriedly flipped through the articles in the newspaper, still muttering in his mouth:

"No publicity before filming... No media briefing during filming... No disclosure meeting after filming, and not even a preview! To think it was released directly?"

"What exactly does Ma Sai want to do? Is the movie a child's play?"

At this time, his wife Nakahara Sanae said: "This movie... there are advertisements everywhere now!"

"What do you mean?" Fukasaku Kinji asked urgently.

"In record stores, bus stops, subway stations, intersections... and on TV." Nakahara Sanae said, "On the way to buy groceries, you can see movie posters casually!"

"This... wasn't it not there yesterday?" Fukasaku Kinji was a bit dumbfounded.

"Yes, it is said that it appeared suddenly, just when it snowed." Nakahara Sanae explained, "I heard that it was specifically released when it snowed!"

Fukasaku Kinji suddenly remembered the report on the day of the *Ring* preview. Although most of them were about his own scandal, there was indeed an article written that Ma Sai said his next movie would be released when the first snow falls in Tokyo!

"So he planned it at that time!" Fukasaku Kinji felt that he had understood Ma Sai's mind. "To think he combined *Love Letter* with Tokyo's first snow? Or a romance movie... really a good idea!"

As a director, he also wanted to be able to shoot similar movies that are bundled with reality, such as thinking of surfing and thinking of *A Scene at the Sea*; thinking of gas stations, thinking of *The Stationmaster*; thinking of Shiba Inu, thinking of *Hachiko Monogatari*...

Wait a minute! These movies are actually all works of Ma Sai!

!

This guy, to think he had such ambition from that time?!

"Wife, give me the phone..."

Subconsciously, Fukasaku Kinji wanted to call someone he knew, wanting to make some trouble for this *Love Letter*.

But looking back, all the resources were used to suppress *Ring*! Even *Crows Zero* had to let go helplessly... At this time, he had no cards left!

Looking at the report of *Love Letter*, Fukasaku Kinji's thinking was running at high speed, and suddenly, another possibility emerged:

"Releasing *Love Letter* in the last week before the New Year, he wouldn't be specifically choosing this time! Just to participate in this year's film selection! Let other opponents be caught off guard!

!"

Like falling into a conspiracy theory, Fukasaku Kinji even suspected whether Ma Sai secretly held artificial snow!

Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence that it snowed on Christmas!

Nakahara Sanae looked at her husband who was talking to himself, and actually felt a bit pitiful. It was fine to have sexual scandals before, but now he is a bit crazy. Wouldn't it be a problem in his mental aspect?

Wait, if he is crazy, can his property be supervised by me?!