The filming of the movie version of "Dragon Sakura" was finally completed at the end of the summer vacation. Lin Junxiu naturally hosted a banquet for the crew members and actors. There is no such thing as a filming banquet in Japan, but as a Chinese core, Lin Junxiu always feels that the movie

After the filming was completed, it was strange that there was no closing party, so I introduced a Japanese-style closing party that combined Chinese and Western styles into my crew.

In order to take care of the Japanese people's admiration for European and American culture, Lin Junxiu's closing banquet is usually held in a high-end hotel in Tokyo, and then the banquet hall is reserved for the buffet. In addition to the crew members, the actors themselves and their relatives will be

In addition to invitations, some friendly reporters and film critics will also be invited. Although the content of the movie plot cannot be disclosed, some tidbits can still be known to these people, which can be regarded as repaying their usual goodwill towards the crew and production company.

All in all, the closing banquet of "Dragon Sakura" was a happy one.

After Lin Junxiu rested at home for two days, he followed Koishi Takaki to the valley area of ​​Taito District. The valley area of ​​Tokyo, Kamamazaki in Osaka Prefecture and Kotobukicho District of Yokohama are the three famous slums in Japan. Because of these three

Not only do these places have serious safety problems, but the urban infrastructure is aging and dilapidated. Therefore, the governments of the three places are unwilling to admit the existence of these places. Even some Japanese directors who try to shoot movies in this area will incur obstruction from the local governments. It is said that

There have also been fantastical things like local governments teaming up with Yakuza organizations to threaten the director.

However, compared to Kamamazaki in Osaka Prefecture and Kotobuki-cho District in Yokohama City, the Valley District in Tokyo is located in the 23 wards of central Tokyo, so it still has a certain strength. After 2002, due to the hosting of the Korea-Japan World Cup, the Valley District

Because of its convenient transportation and cheap accommodation, it has become the preferred accommodation place for European and American backpackers. Due to word-of-mouth spread among this group of backpackers, communities specifically serving European and American backpackers have appeared in the valley area. Compared with the entire valley area,

These small communities have greatly improved in terms of environment and safety, and have become a major achievement of the Taitung District Government.

In addition to European and American backpackers, the valley area is also the largest gathering place for "daily waged day laborers" in the entire Tokyo. Many hardworking men have taken root here because of the low cost of living. There is a large migrant population and the majority are male.

The relatively high position naturally gave birth to another industry. As one of the oldest professions in mankind, although this industry is extremely controversial, it has brought abnormal prosperity to this place.

Precisely because Lin Junxiu knew the subsequent development of the valley area, Lin Junxiu purchased a property in the valley area near Minami-Senju Station. He converted it into a capsule apartment and planned to make money from foreign tourists during the Korea-Japan World Cup.

In addition, Taito District near the barren mountain area retains the old community established by Tokyo after the war, which is the prototype of "Sanchome".

Show Production bought the land between Tamahime Park and Aokawa Park, renovated the original building, and tried to retain the style of Tokyo in the 1960s. In fact, Lin Junxiu originally had some doubts about this place. After all, Tamaki

Hime Park is the messiest place in the entire valley. There are too many homeless people in the park, which makes the safety here very problematic.

However, the Tamahime Inari Shrine next to Tamahime Park is a location that needs to be filmed in the movie, and there is also Aokawa Park that will also be a filming location, so after comprehensive consideration, Lin Junxiu decided to buy this place. Only.

However, he built a very high wall around the perimeter and gave the greatest consideration to safety. After all, after the movie is filmed here, it will be converted into a theme park to defraud foreigners of their money.

"According to the construction company's report, it will take about a month to restore the entire main street." Koishi Takaki said, "The remaining two months will take them about two months to restore the interior of the building to ensure that the overall style is consistent.

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"Tell the construction company that money and time are not a problem, but I need to make sure that there are no problems here." Since Lin Junxiu has considered the idea of ​​subsequent development into a theme park, he will naturally not worry about the problem of unrecoverable costs.

What he wants now is that the place should be completely consistent with the comic and historical settings, so as to attract the attention of viewers and readers, and thus stimulate their interest in visiting. If your theme park is nondescript, don't blame passers-by for not buying it.

After confirming the construction progress of the "Always 3-chome Sunset" movie shooting base, Lin Junxiu and Koishi Takaki returned to the port area. After the car turned into a small street, Lin Junxiu got out of the car. Here

It is not an area where artists will appear, so there are basically no paparazzi watching here. After Lin Junxiu gave Xiaoshi Xiaoshu a few words, he turned and walked towards a nearby building.

If he hadn't come in in person, Lin Junxiu would have never expected that there is a members-only Italian coffee shop here. Although Tokyo does not lack delicacies from all over the world, it is not easy to find these gourmet shops and successfully enter them.

Fortunately, there is a person named Yasushi Akimoto among the people Lin Junxiu knows. It is absolutely right to look for him when you are eating, drinking and having fun in Tokyo. And the appointment to meet Lin Junxiu here is not some beauty, but it happens to be Yasushi Akimoto.

This fat man.

If Lin Junxiu remembers the timeline correctly, the rebellious high school girl group "Presumptive Girls" launched by Akimoto Yasushi at this time became popular because they sang the fourth ending theme of "One Piece" last year. And

In July 2002, which just ended, Presumptive Girls released their second single "Changing Seats".

Compared with the popularity of "Knowing the Heart", "Changing Seats" seems a bit tepid. However, Akimoto Yasushi was not disappointed with them at this time, and still helped them release their third single "Our Lady" in December.

"ism", and also tied this song up as the theme song of the cutscenes of TBS TV's ace sports variety show "Sports Kingdom". It is a pity that neither "Changing Seats" nor "Motherism" copied "Knowing It All"

》success, even sales continued to decline. So Akimoto Yasushi decisively gave up on this group and began to squeeze the last value out of them.

In 2003 and 2004, the last two years of this group, they released three singles and one album each year; and the single media was upgraded from ordinary 12-inch CDs to DVDs, and of course the price also increased.

Usually, when a group is about to die and when it is becoming popular, the management company's approach is the same. That is to speed up the frequency of disc releases and increase the unit price of discs. It's just that the sales of groups that are about to die are getting lower and lower, while

The groups that are becoming popular are getting more and more popular. Obviously, it is presumed that the girl is the former.

Through the high-frequency release frequency of singles, albums and photos, Presumed Girls, which squeezed out the last bit of oil and water, disbanded in 2004. With the fall of Presumed Girls, the original members of AKB48 are stepping on them with longing.

The corpse of the senior looked at the entertainment industry.

"Hey, Hide-chan, here!" Yasushi Akimoto is the only person in the entertainment industry who can use such an intimate nickname so glibly.

I don't know why, but Akimoto Yasushi felt "heartbeat" from the first moment he saw Lin Junxiu. Akimoto Yasushi once thought that he had awakened some extraordinary talent in Lin Junxiu, but after his experience in Ginza and

After half a year of research in Kabukicho, Akimoto Yasushi determined that his "heartbeat" for Lin Junxiu came from "heroes cherish heroes." Akimoto Yasu dared to touch his own conscience and swear that Lin Junxiu, a seemingly harmless little boy,

The milk dog is definitely a sultry master. Of course, if Akimoto Yasushi has a conscience.

Yasushi Akimoto, who thinks he has discovered Lin Junxiu's true side, has a small plan, which is to take away Lin Junxiu's first time. Of course, he won't do it himself, after all, even if he is willing, Lin Junxiu may not be happy.

But Qiu Yuankang believed that he should act as Lin Junxiu's spiritual father and teach his son to understand the true meaning of the beauty of life, so now Lin Junxiu has finally grown up. Qiu Yuankang felt that he needed to introduce some good cabbages to Lin Junxiu,

Then watching his "son" serve cabbage is every father's joy.

"Akimoto-san." No matter in the entertainment or literary circles, Akimoto-san is Lin Junxiu's senior, so Lin Junxiu dare not forget the etiquette.

Fortunately, Lin Junxiu does not have the ability to read minds. If he saw Qiu Yuanyao looking at him so kindly, but all he could think about was where he wanted to take his son Lin Junxiu to eat meat, Lin Junxiu would definitely remind him not to think about Taozi.

"We haven't seen each other for a long time!"

"After all, Xiu Jiang is busy studying and working in the entertainment industry, and occasionally has to take care of writing. It's really hard." Qiu Yuanyasu is one of the few people who knows Lin Junxiu well.

While I marvel at Lin Junxiu's income, I also admire Lin Junxiu's self-discipline. He is a playful age, but Lin Junxiu's work schedule is more stringent than that of a rigid middle-aged man.

"By the way, this is the presumptive girl's new single. Take it home and listen to it." Yasushi Akimoto took out a CD from his bag and gave it to Lin Junxiu.

Looking at the serious signature on the cover, Lin Junxiu asked with some confusion: "Qiu Yuan-san, I no longer have a radio show, and I rarely appear in variety shows. So I don't have much chance to recommend you.

As for the combination, this CD will be wasted."

"Don't be stupid, Hide-chan, how much does a CD cost? Do you think Epic Records Japan will go bankrupt because I gave you this extra CD?" Akimoto Yasu teased.

Epic Records Japan is one of the record labels under Japan's Sony Music Entertainment (SMEJ), so Junsu and Lin can be considered brothers and sisters in a broad sense. After all, Lin Junsu's record distribution contract is with Sony Records Japan, a subsidiary of SMEJ.

.Of course, SRJ is SMEJ’s biological son, and ERJ can only be regarded as an adopted son.

"Akimoto-san, you invited me to this Italian coffee shop just to recommend your combination, right?" Lin Junxiu was already looking at the menu. Although the price of this coffee shop is within Lin Junxiu's affordability range,

Obviously the price is much higher than that of most coffee shops. Lin Junxiu didn't believe that Akimoto Yasushi invited him to such a coffee shop just to give him a CD.

"Actually, I have an idea that I want to talk to Mr. Lin, because I always feel that my thoughts are blocked." Qiu Yuanyasu said seriously.

"Oh? There are times when Akimoto-san is troubled by creativity?" Lin Junxiu looked at Akimoto Yasu with interest and said.

"Jun Lin himself is an idol, so how does Jun Lin view the idol profession? In other words, what exactly do idols sell? Another important question is, how can the success of an idol be copied?

?" Qiu Yuanyasu asked.

Lin Junxiu did not expect that Qiu Yuanyao would ask such a difficult question. There has never been a so-called standard in the idol industry, because you never know who the next popular idol will be.

"The official statement is that what our idols sell is dreams, but we all know that what our idols really sell is our 'people'. And sadly, the 'people' our idols sell are not necessarily us.

The real self. To be precise, this is a 'person' who looks like us but actually has many packaging and personas. He is me, he is not me, but he is still me." Lin Junxiu used a

A very philosophical statement.

"The word 'character' is used very well." Yasushi Akimoto nodded, "Just like the most eye-catching thing in film and television works is the character, and the character's setting becomes the basis of his popularity. Idol industry
Chapter completed!