The "production committee" system invented by Anno Hideaki not only saved his "Neon Genesis Evangelion", but also saved several Japanese movies that were in a state of collapse. Japanese movies once guided the development of Asian movies and influenced global film art.

Aesthetic. But like France, the birthplace of film, Japanese filmmakers fell into the quagmire of art films and were unable to extricate themselves, and eventually gradually killed themselves. The French government still has money to continue its film industry, but the Japanese government obviously does not have this

Capital, not to mention the American father who regards Japan as a dumping market for his own domestic industries, will not allow the Japanese government to formulate such an un"politically correct" economic policy.

Because the industrialization of Japanese films has not been completed, Japanese film companies naturally lack financing methods such as "film completion guarantees". Therefore, when American films, led by "Dinosaurs", began to conquer the world, Japanese films finally

It's on its last legs. Simply put, the "production committee" is a business organization like a foundation established by the production company to find a group of big guys to invest together, with the purpose of sharing risks and sharing benefits.

Generally speaking, the production committee will be composed of a production company, the copyright company of the original work, one of Japan's five major TV stations and one of Japan's five major film companies, and then a large brokerage company and advertising agencies such as Dentsu and Hakuhodo.

The company is jointly formed. But to be honest, this so-called "production committee" is not necessarily very rich. It is basically impossible to engage in large-scale production, but at least types of movies such as fashion films and idol films that are easy to attract sponsorship are still

There are companies willing to form.

After it was revealed that Lin Junsu was the owner of a blogging company and he had watched the TV programs and commercials he had planned, the "Purple Flower Diding Production Committee" that Lin Junsu had been planning for the filming of "Call for Love in the Center of the World" was finally officially launched.

Different producers have different habits for naming the production committee. Most of them are used to directly including the title of the work, but some people like to play tricks. Lin Junxiu is the latter. The symbol of purple flower ground appears in "

In the novel "Call for Love in the Center of the World", it is the place where the hero's grandfather asked the hero to bury his ashes together with the ashes of his lover. At the same time, the cover of the novel also incorporates the element of purple flowers, so Lin Junxiu was on the production committee.

There is a joke in the naming.

As the publisher of "Call for Love in the Center of the World", Kodansha was the first to join the production committee. TBS TV, the core station of TBS TV network, and MBS TV, the quasi-core station, also joined. This is due to the TBS TV network

The reason why he has always been friendly to Lin Junxiu.

Japanese TV networks are usually divided into four levels: core station, quasi-core station, basic station and ordinary station. The core station is generally the initiating station of the TV network, usually located in Tokyo; the sub-core station is second only to the core station in the TV network.

The TV stations of the station are generally located in Osaka Prefecture. This is due to the "East-West Dispute" within Japan; the basic stations are the backbone TV stations of the TV network located in various major regions in Japan; the ordinary stations are TV stations that do not belong to the above three levels.

In addition to Kodansha, TBS TV and MBS TV, companies including Toho, Sony Music Entertainment Japan, Johnny Storm, Dentsu Kazuhide Productions have also joined the production committee, "Call for Love in the Center of the World"

Finally we can start shooting.

The main roles of "Call for Love in the Center of the World" are mainly three, but five actors are needed. This movie will have the male protagonist as the main protagonist, so the adult actor who plays the male protagonist is the top priority in casting. The original movie chose

The actor is Osawa Takao, but Lin Junxiu wants to choose Higashiyama Noriyuki this time. Higashiyama Noriyuki is also one of the powerful people in Johnny & Associates, and he is also one of the few people who have expressed goodwill to Lin Junxiu very early. For reasons

In return for Noriyuki Higashiyama's reason for quelling the rumors about discord between himself and his agency, Lin Junshu recommended Higashiyama Noriyuki to the production committee to audition. And Lin Shunxiu, a high school actor who played the leading role of Matsumoto Sakutaro, chose Obara Yukirai

Audition, this is what Lin Junxiu promised.

As the actress for the heroine Ritsuko Fujimura in adulthood and childhood, Junxiu Lin did not change anyone else, but directly chose Yuki Shibasaki and Rio Kanno from the original version. However, since this movie was born earlier than the original version, Junxiu Lin was a little worried that Rio Kanno would

Because he was too young, it was difficult to pass the test. As for the role of Hirose Aki, Lin Junxiu could only say sorry to Nagasawa Masami silently in his heart, because Lin Junxiu sent the audition invitation for this role to Ishihara Satomi and Hirose Aki.

It is regarded as Nagasawa Masami's famous work, but it seems that it is about to change now.

Among the remaining important supporting roles, the hero's friends Oki Ryuujie and Johnny also have roles in high school that require young actors. Unfortunately, Akanishi Jin and Kamenashi Kazuya's image and acting skills are not up to par, so Lin Junxiu had to

I reluctantly sent audition invitations to V6's Ken Miyake and KinKi Kids' Tsuyoshi Domoto. However, Junxiu Lin estimated that the chances of these two being cast were relatively low, because given their status, it would be difficult for them to move to the big screen.

They must be chasing the male lead. At the same time, their roles in the movie are less than that of Yuki Obara, who is a junior. According to Johnny's current temperament, seniors must be strictly prohibited from supporting their juniors.

"Toshihide-kun, there is no problem with the audition invitations of Higashiyama Noriyuki and Obara Yuki, but there is no problem with Miyake Ken and Domoto Tsuyoshi." Not long after Lin Junxiu's audition invitation was sent out, Lin Junxiu received a call from Fujishima Keiko.

Both Old Man Xi and Mary knew that their relationship with Lin Junxiu was rather awkward, and there were not many people in the office who could talk to Lin Junxiu. Only Jingzi had been cooperating with Lin Junxiu, so there was no problem with communication. Therefore.

Now the communication between the firm and Lin Junxiu is handed over to Keiko Fujishima, and since Keiko learned about Lin Junxiu's net worth and current partners, she has never tired of this identity.

"You also know the rules of the office. It is impossible for seniors to play roles for juniors. Although the main protagonist of this drama is Noriyuki Higashiyama, the roles of Ken Miyake and Tsuyoshi Domoto are far less than Yuki Obara. This is not allowed.

"

"What about Akanishi Jin and Kamenashi Kazuya?" Lin Junxiu gritted his teeth and prepared to pull down his two younger brothers.

As for Ninomiya Kazuya, all the directors and producers in the Japanese film industry are his biological father, so he has no shortage of film resources. And with Ninomiya Kazuya’s pursuit, Lin Junxiu’s idol pure love film is really popular.

Lowered his style.

"If possible, I hope the agency can strengthen their acting training. Although their debut plans are probably still far away, it shouldn't be too much to build their popularity now, right? After all, the actors I want cannot be given to me.

, then I have no choice but to 'negotiate'."

"During this period, I will arrange for an acting teacher to strengthen their training." Fujishima Keiko agreed.

Although Akanishi Jin and Kamenashi Kazu are also recognized as "Little Johnny Hayashi" in the office, on the other hand, they are also their own die-hards. Fujishima Keiko has no reason to object if they benefit their own people.

"If they pass the audition, I will arrange for an acting teacher to accompany the team throughout the whole process."

Since the movie screen is much larger than the TV screen, the art of film performance is also called "detail art". Many actors who apparently performed well in TV dramas can easily have problems on the big screen. Either because of stiff expressions or facial expressions.

It was impossible to control, so Fujishima Keiko also knew that the acting skills of Akanishi Jin and Kamenashi Kazuya required professional acting teachers to help correct and train them all the time. Although the office's expenses increased, Keiko felt that the expense was worth it.

After negotiating with Keiko Fujishima about Akanishi Jin and Kamenashi Kazuya, Lin Junxiu was called away by the person in charge of Japan's Sony Music Entertainment. Japan's Sony Music Entertainment joined the production committee this time because Lin Junxiu included the original soundtrack of the movie.

The distribution rights were handed over to them, and Japan's Sony Music Entertainment already had a superstitious trust in Junxiu Lin's creative ability.

"Jun Lin, please come to our place this time because the old man wants to introduce a friend to you." Shigeo Maruyama said with a smile.

He pointed to the middle-aged man next to him and introduced, "This is Kitagawa Naoki-kun. He is currently the CEO of SMEJ United Records, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Japan. I believe that Kitagawa-kun will succeed me in the near future."

The position will bring Sony Music Entertainment Japan to an even more glorious place."

Maruyama Shigeo hinted to Lin Junxiu almost explicitly.

Of course Lin Junxiu knows Naoki Kitagawa. If Shigeo Maruyama laid a solid foundation for Sony Music Entertainment Japan, then Kitagawa is the person who brought Sony Music Entertainment Japan to the top. SMEJ United Records is almost the least popular record under Sony Music Entertainment Japan.

The humble label was mainly established for idol actors to make cross-border records. But after Kitagawa took over the label, he developed it into a famous idol singer label in Japan. And Kitagawa is very good at cross-border cooperation.

His most successful marketing case is the singer Lily Chou, who was introduced in Shunji Iwai's movie "All About Lily Chou".

After Kitagawa became the president of Sony Music Entertainment Japan, Sony Music Entertainment Japan began to fully participate in the idol market. Whether it was the 48 series headed by AKB48 or the later Sakamichi series, it was all decided when Kitagawa was in power. For such an idol

Boss, Lin Junxiu was naturally very enthusiastic to win over him. Kitagawa Naoki was a little confused when Maruyama Shigeo introduced him to Lin Junxiu, but he knew how much Maruyama valued Lin Junxiu. Kitagawa couldn't help but secretly think in his heart, could it be that that

Are the rumors true?

"There are three original songs for "Call for Love in the Center of the World" this time. The theme song is called "Close Your Eyes Softly." I hope Hirai Ken-san will sing it." Lin Junxiu said. Since he wants to sell it to Sony, then

It would be better to just name "Sony One Sister", no, just "Sony One Brother". "The remaining two songs, "SOMEDAY" and "Meet You", I hope to be sung by Sano Motoharu-san and Watanabe Misato-san.

"Sano Motoharu and Watanabe Misato are both singers of Epic Records, and Epic Records is also a label under Sony Music. Most of the singers on this label are powerful, and there is a certain distance between them and mainstream singers.

"I'm not a professional in music, but I believe in Lin Jun's ability." Shigeo Maruyama said very sincerely.

"Thanks to Maruyama-san for your trust, I will definitely live up to your expectations and trust." Lin Junxiu said.

"Lin Jun, I wonder if I can be the producer of this record?" Kitagawa Naoki suddenly said.

"I have no objection, as long as your company approves it internally." Lin Junxiu replied without rejecting Kitagawa Naoki.

After communicating with Sony Music, Dentsu also provided Lin Junxiu with the list of brands and products of the first batch of sponsors. At the same time, the priority levels were also noted at the end of the list. Some needed to be highlighted in the movie, and some only needed to be exposed.

That’s it, and some can be mentioned in the subtitles after the film. Why does the production committee need an advertising agency like Dentsu or Hakuhodo? Because they can help you solve many problems of brand placement, which can save the director’s worries.
Chapter completed!