Chapter 913: There are too few film festival awards..... Add more!!

The Dream Factory filming base in Ota Ward has many film crews coming and going, the popularity of the whole park is very sufficient, and you can see stars and well-known actors appearing from time to time.

This filming base, which cost billions, is now very famous in the industry, with rich scenes and convenient support, many film production companies that are not very strong will come here to book filming venues for filming.

Even the urban area outside the factory has built many supporting services around film shooting...... including hotels, restaurants, shopping malls, convenience stores, temporary actor agencies..... and cinemas, entertainment cities, KTVs, bars, and even some red-light districts for entertainment.......

It attracted many people from surrounding cities to work, and also made the economic data of Ota Ward climb rapidly...... making the Ota Ward government very happy!

The speed of urban renewal can be said to be changing with each passing day, completely different from the stubbornness and rigidity of Japan in others' impressions.

This is natural, in the rapidly developing bubble era, everyone is pursuing earning more, naturally different from Japan after the lost thirty years~

"Naoki-san~"

Park Director Katsuyoshi Ishikawa still came out to pick up Naoki Nagayama in person, with a humble smile on his face,

"Welcome to Dream Factory~"

"Ishikawa-kun, why be so polite~"

Naoki Nagayama patted Katsuyoshi Ishikawa on the shoulder, and suddenly realized that this guy seemed to be much fatter than before, as if he had eaten a lot of oil and water.....

"Recently..... haven't been exercising much, right?!"

"Ah, this!" Katsuyoshi Ishikawa shrank his shoulders, "Recently I've been busy, I'm in the park every day, I don't have time...."

"Then you still have to care more about your body, if you eat too much and get too fat, a series of problems will appear!"

Naoki Nagayama's words were absolutely from the bottom of his heart; from his previous experience, after getting fat, fatty liver, high blood lipids, high blood pressure..... all kinds of strange symptoms would appear.

However, these words sounded like another meaning in Katsuyoshi Ishikawa's ears.

"What does Naoki-san mean? Eat too much? Did he find out about me taking kickbacks?!"

"Getting too fat will cause problems?! This must be a warning to me, this must be a warning to me!!"

"Kuso, I only took such a little bit of gift money! And they actually sent audit personnel!"

The park director of the film shooting base, managing so many film crews' shooting sets, and far away from the company headquarters......

Just open your mouth and there will be a lot of funds sent over, and even something like pillow business..... It's just that Katsuyoshi Ishikawa hasn't been completely corrupted yet....

In fact, the business of the Ota Ward filming base is too good, and their own *101st Proposal* is also being filmed, and Dayou-san from the headquarters found that there were too few people when he came to inspect last month, and the management and supervision of the main business were insufficient, so he sent an assistant to Katsuyoshi Ishikawa......

Katsuyoshi Ishikawa is mainly responsible for business, so the assistant is naturally responsible for financial matters; this is originally a routine operation of mature enterprises to prevent branches from getting out of control.

Just like Tree Friend Capital, although there is Gentai Nakai, an absolute confidant, the financial personnel are still sent from the Tree Friend headquarters! The same goes for the dance halls, KTVs, agencies, etc. under his name......

But Katsuyoshi Ishikawa doesn't think so; he doesn't count as a confidant, and he did indeed take a little bit....... The financial person was sent here the day before yesterday, and Naoki Nagayama came to warn him in person today......

"I didn't expect Naoki Nagayama, this guy, to be so young, but his scheming is so deep! No wonder he can earn so much money!"

Complaining like this in his heart, but his face was full of sincere smiles:

"Yes, I will definitely find time to exercise!"

Naoki Nagayama nodded and walked inside: "Hmm, keeping your body healthy is the most important...... Life is only a hundred years, fighting to the end, the body is still the most important!"

"What is Naoki-san here for today?"

"Mainly to see if *101st Proposal* is being filmed smoothly...." Naoki Nagayama said, "By the way, book my movie venue in advance!"

"I see, I'll take you there right away......"

Katsuyoshi Ishikawa diligently led the way for his own president; no matter what, serving his own boss well was absolutely not wrong.

Xu Mudao's *101st Proposal* hadn't started long, and he wasn't too anxious..... just repeating and polishing some scenes, letting the crew run in first; this was learned from Naoki Nagayama~

"Other extras, follow the usual way of eating, speak in a low voice.... Male and female leads, remember you are on a blind date for the first time, be reserved and polite...."

In the indoor scene of the restaurant, Xu Mudao urged the male and female leads who were on a blind date,

"Ready..... action!"

With a head of flowing hair, wearing a kimono, Hitomi Kuroki (Kaoru Yabuki) sat straight on the opposite side of the dining table, while opposite her was Toshiyuki Nishida (Tatsuro Hoshino), who was wearing a somewhat ill-fitting suit and was very nervous......

The two people playing the heroine's sister and the hero's sister were enlivening the atmosphere on the side.

"Doesn't Kaoru-san like to eat crab?"

Tatsuro Hoshino's sentence made Kaoru Yabuki opposite him laugh non-stop, because before eating, she and her sister were chatting about today's blind date, and joked that he was like a crab.....

"Sister is on a blind date for the first time, so she is a bit nervous...." the sister explained.

"Hoshino-san looks very calm~" Kaoru Yabuki looked for a topic.

"Ha~" In front of this great beauty, Tatsuro Hoshino seemed to have found something worth showing off, "Actually, I've already been here 100 times!"

"!!!" The younger brother on the side almost sprayed the food in his mouth, and immediately explained, "Second time, he is second time....."

The two opposite also thought it was just a joke, and the atmosphere eased a lot, so they continued to chat:

"May I ask how old Hoshino-san is this year?"

"28!"

"!!!" The younger brother explained again, "Haha, he is actually already 42~"

"Then why are you not married yet?"

Kaoru Yabuki smiled and interrupted: "Chie, asking like that is impolite..... can't you tell just by looking?"

"......." Who is the one who is impolite?!

The scene fell into an awkward silence, and Kaoru Yabuki also realized she said the wrong thing, and hurriedly made up for it:

"Just by looking, you must be focused on working hard, and have no chance to meet girls...."

"Ah..... hahaha, that's how it is!!"

The atmosphere at the scene instantly returned to being lively and gentle....

"......."

"Why is Kaoru-san not married yet?"

"......."

"Everyone must see Kaoru-san like a high-mountain flower, so no one dares to pursue!"

"Hahaha~"

Xu Mudao watched the scenes performed at the scene behind the camera, and was actually silently evaluating the performance of the actors in the field. Toshiyuki Nishida is worthy of being an old actor, and the awkward and reserved attitude was performed very well..... Hitomi Kuroki is a bit stiff, maybe it's because of the stage play.....

The two supporting actors are unexpectedly compatible, performing very loosely...... but it's still a bit worse when cooperating with others.....

"CUT!"

After this scene was filmed, Xu Mudao shouted cut,

"Nishida-san, the performance is very good, but there is some insufficiency in the cooperation with the younger brother.... Hitomi-chan, relax a bit, sitting too straight......."

After finishing the performance of the crew, Xu Mudao shouted at the crew:

"Props team, change the crab! Come again!"

Seeing that they were filming, Naoki Nagayama didn't walk up..... quietly stood behind the crew and watched for a while.

Xu Mudao can now command the crew with ease, and the communication with the actors is also very smooth during filming...... In fact, that take just now was already okay, but Naoki Nagayama saw that Xu Mudao was polishing the cooperation between the crew and the actors......

"He is already a mature director!"

Naoki Nagayama sighed, and decided not to disturb them...... otherwise, this crew, which is mainly Xu Mudao, might have to re-establish the backbone again.....

"Ishikawa-kun, let's go~"

"Eh? Naoki-san, aren't you going to meet Xu Mudao-kun?" Katsuyoshi Ishikawa was somewhat surprised.

"Not going....." Naoki Nagayama didn't explain anything, silently retreated from this set, and then said to Katsuyoshi Ishikawa, "Ishikawa-kun, take me to see the imitation ancient area!"

"Yes!"

Katsuyoshi Ishikawa led Naoki Nagayama towards another area of the park.

*Hayato's Legend: New World* took place more than 30 years ago, when there were already many high-rise buildings in the core area of Tokyo, but other places were not like today, with low buildings, wires entangled everywhere, and even some shanty areas..... those places where the real bottom-level people lived.

In the filming base, a fairly large area was specially built.... Naoki Nagayama walked through the set and was very satisfied.

"Japan doesn't have a place like Kowloon Walled City..... If there were, it would really have the yakuza style when filming...."

In such a complex and narrow street, chase scenes and fight scenes would be very exciting.

"Ishikawa-kun, help me tidy up the scenes here during this time...." Naoki Nagayama said to Katsuyoshi Ishikawa, who had been on the side, "Prepare some clothes from 30 years ago...... and post some recruitment notices for me at the extra agency...... want some male extras with fierce looks, to play yakuza members....."

"Yes, I understand!"

In the afternoon, Naoki Nagayama returned to the Tree Friend building.

"Dayou-san~"

"Naoki-san, everyone is here!"

After seeing Naoki Nagayama, Dayou-san took him directly into the conference room, which was full of familiar faces, all of whom were members of the Tokyo International Film Festival Preparatory Committee.

"Minasan, good afternoon~" Naoki Nagayama greeted everyone with a relaxed face, "Calling everyone here today, actually there is only one thing...... the opening date of the Tokyo International Film Festival is approaching, let's confirm the final process of the activity one last time......"

In fact, large-scale activities are constantly changing until the last moment, and it's not like there haven't been cases of changing programs at the last moment in the Kohaku Uta Gassen.

"I will give the opening speech at the opening ceremony...."

Naoki Nagayama announced this directly, without giving everyone space to continue discussing, and incidentally confirmed some points that were still being debated,

"The opening film is *Our Little Sister*....."

"The broadcast of the opening ceremony will be carried out jointly by the five major TV stations......"

"The award presenters....."

"......."

As the initiator, organizer, and undertaker of the Tokyo International Film Festival...... Tree Friend indeed has a great say in this activity, but if you want the Tokyo International Film Festival to exert its due influence, you need the cooperation of other parties.

Therefore, in terms of broadcast rights, media interviews, award presenters, exhibition venues, and promoted films, Naoki Nagayama made many concessions to major TV stations, old production factories like Toho and Toei, and official representatives......

Except for the opening speech and the opening film, Tree Friend Films' exposure in other aspects was the lowest among all parties.

"Mr. Naoki Nagayama....."

Chie Nakano, the department head of Toho, expressed his opinion after Naoki Nagayama finished speaking,

"Toho has no opinion on other aspects..... but regarding the film awards......"

Naoki Nagayama and Shuichi Ido looked at each other; is this about interfering with the awards?

This is the most important area of the Tokyo Film Festival. If the awards are not objective and lack authority, then this film festival has no possibility of continuing from the beginning.

"Regarding the selection of awards, it has all been handed over to the jury to decide..... Toho should also have jurors participating, right? Does Department Head Nakano not trust the jury led by Shohei Imamura?"

"Ah, no no no, we naturally agree with Shohei Imamura's jury very much." Chie Nakano shook his head hurriedly; this point cannot be admitted, "It's just that..... we feel that the awards in the main competition unit are too few!"

Currently, there are only six awards in the main competition unit, the Film Festival Grand Prize, the Jury Grand Prize, the Best Director Award, the Best Actor, the Best Actress, and the Ozu Memorial Award....... It is indeed a bit small..... not even a fraction of the Blue Ribbon Awards.

"Then what does Department Head Nakano mean?"

"I want to propose adding some encouragement awards for the film festival outside the main competition unit..... for example, the Youth Film Award, used to encourage young directors..... the Critic's Special Award, used to encourage films that have caused controversy in the film circle...."

"And the Artistic Contribution Award, Special Achievement Award...... used to praise people who have made outstanding contributions to film art."

Naoki Nagayama listened to the names of these awards, and instantly understood...... these awards are not judged from the quality of the film itself, but use words like encouragement and contribution....

It's actually just dividing the spoils within the film circle!!!

Generally speaking, for various film selection activities, the first session definitely doesn't have these awards...... because the selection itself doesn't necessarily have any authority and popularity, and those senior big shots don't necessarily look up to them......

This Tokyo International Film Festival, it seems that those big shots are also very optimistic about it!

Originally, Naoki Nagayama thought it would be the second or third film festival before this group of people would ask for such awards!

"I see..... then how will the winners of these awards be selected?" Naoki Nagayama nodded, looked at the other members, and said noncommittally, "It's only ten days until the opening now!"

"Haha, daijobu!" Department Head Nakano was very happy to see that Naoki Nagayama did not oppose, "As long as Naoki-san doesn't oppose, our preparatory committee can vote and decide by ourselves...... anyway, representatives from the film industry such as Toho, Toei, Shochiku, Kadokawa, etc. are all here...."

"Hmm.... that's fine~"

Anyway, it's just printing a certificate and giving an award, it's not the main competition unit, so Naoki Nagayama didn't oppose it.

He looked at Shuichi Ido:

"Xiu-san, let you preside over this matter...... just don't have too many awards~"

"Me?" Shuichi Ido was surprised, then instantly understood, and nodded immediately, "Yes, I will preside over it!"

Behind Shuichi Ido is the Tokyo University of the Arts, and the academic school is also a not-small faction in the film circle; they definitely have the need for this kind of honorary award!

Leave this matter to them to compete with each other, Naoki Nagayama mainly just wants the Tokyo International Film Festival to be held properly......

Everything else can be put aside....

After this small disturbance, the meeting continued, regarding the film screening at various venues, where to register if there are other films going abroad or being introduced, etc.

The sunlight outside looked very bright, near Yoyogi Park, film festival posters could be seen everywhere, flags were fluttering in the wind, and the footsteps of the Tokyo International Film Festival were approaching step by step~ ===== CHAPTER 914 =====