Chapter 349 Targeting the Japanese Market

Chapter 349 Targeting the Japanese Market

Chapter 349 Targeting the Japanese Market

"You are indeed a talented director, Wang Sang. You are much more popular than an old man like me."

After saying hello and leaving, Keita Miyamoto came over and teased with a smile.

And when he noticed that Wang Hao's gaze was still vaguely lingering on Nagasawa Masami's round buttocks and slender thighs because she was wearing a dress, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes, and a smile that all men understands appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Sure enough, it’s better to be young!
Keita Miyamoto is actually not very old, only about 47 or 48 years old, less than 50 years old. As a leader of a company, he is considered to be in his prime.

However, years of being obsessed with work and business pressure have already drained his body. He has less energy than before and is powerless to do many things.

"Wang Sang, please stay with us for a few more days. We will then be able to show our hospitality to you."

Miyamoto Keita's words completely drew Wang Hao's attention back. He smiled and said, "Thank you, President Miyamoto."

The two smiled at each other and agreed to meet tomorrow.

There was nothing worthy of praise about the cocktail party that followed. Although it was learned from Hollywood, Keita Miyamoto did not invite a group of party girls this time. The atmosphere of the whole cocktail party was still relatively high-end and elegant.

After the cocktail party, Wang Hao did not return to the high-end hotel where he was staying, but was arranged by Miyamoto Keita to a more private and luxurious private hot spring club nearby.

Of course, it is not suitable to take a hot spring bath after drinking alcohol.

But in addition to hot springs, this club also has other surprises.

After taking a shower and changing into a Japanese bathrobe, Wang Hao pushed open the wooden door and saw Masami Nagasawa, who had just greeted him at the cocktail party. She was still in her formal dress and kneeling on the tatami in the room.

When Nagasawa Masami saw Wang Hao coming in, she was not panicked at all. A gentle smile immediately appeared on her face. At the same time, according to the custom of the Japanese people, she leaned over and knelt down to Wang Hao.

"Lord Hao, it's late at night."

Born in 1987, she is now in her twenties, the most brilliant and wonderful age. At this moment, her smile is as gentle and beautiful as the childhood sweetheart next door, which is particularly contrasting with the sexy dress.

No wonder there is a saying in Japan that "memories of summer are yukata, fireworks and Nagasawa Masami."

Wang Hao didn't expect that Miyamoto Keita was so smart. He just looked at her a few more times and sent the girl over at night.

But considering the atmosphere in the entertainment industry in Japan, it’s not surprising.

People say that China's entertainment industry is dark, but in fact, compared with the entertainment industries in Japan and South Korea, it is nothing.

Especially when it comes to the control of male and female artists, there is at least legal protection in China, and there are platforms such as the Internet as a voice channel, so artists and celebrities can have the ultimate back-up plan when both sides are desperate.

For Japan and South Korea, there seems to be no other choice but to surrender.

Of course, what does this darkness have to do with Wang Hao? As a vested interest, he just needs to enjoy the service.

Wang Hao thought this in his heart and walked up to the kneeling Nagasawa Masami.

At the same time, looking down at the young beauty in front of him, his thoughts raced and he thought of another thing.

Although Sony is a large and influential company in Japan, they do not have the ability to completely dominate the Japanese entertainment industry.

For example, Masami Nagasawa belongs to Toho Entertainment Agency.

This brokerage company is a subsidiary of Toho Co., Ltd.

Their company is one of the five major film companies in Japan, and originated from the "Tokyo Takarazuka Theater" founded in 1932.

Toho means "Tokyo Takarazuka". It started out as a theater and later developed the film industry.

In addition to the film-related industries, Toho also owns several well-known theaters in Tokyo, such as the "Imperial Theater", the first Western-style theater in Japan.

Many well-known comic movies, such as the Doraemon series, Crayon Shin-chan series, Detective Conan series, Naruto series, etc., are produced by them.

It can be seen that their development in live-action movies is still somewhat uneven.

Therefore, the other party arranged for their leading actress to come, perhaps with the intention of getting closer to Wang Hao, the internationally renowned director.

"Hi~"

Wang Hao's thoughts were suddenly interrupted. He subconsciously reached out and clapped his hands, then took a step back.

Who cares? Anyway, this time I came to Japan, in addition to purchasing the film adaptation rights of anime works, I also wanted to cooperate with Japanese companies to build the East Asian Film and Television Cultural Alliance in advance.

The honeymoon period between China and the United States will end in the near future. By then, even if Galaxy Group’s science fiction films can be released in the United States, the results will certainly not be ideal.

Therefore, he still needs to plan ahead, first establish his own base in Asia, attract a group of reliable partners, and cultivate a sufficient group of fans.

Therefore, if possible, it is not impossible to pull Toho Co., Ltd. onto one's own chariot.

It just so happens that the other party is quite strong in animated films and can make up for the shortcomings of Galaxy Group in this regard.

While thinking this in his mind, Wang Hao did not stop his actions.

He seemed like a king or god high above, his spirit transcending his body, looking down at his subjects below.

And Nagasawa Masami seemed to be overwhelmed by his powerful aura. She behaved exceptionally gentle and submissive, and ignored Wang Hao's orders and arrangements.

Wang Hao was very satisfied with this kind of service.

No wonder there is a saying that the ideal life of world peace is to live in the British countryside, with American water, electricity, and gas pipes in the house, hire a Chinese cook, marry a Japanese wife, and find a French lover.

In this kind of happy thing, the Japanese "wives" really bring a completely different kind of enjoyment and can greatly satisfy a man's vanity.

The key is that Nagasawa Masami's appearance and figure are also excellent. Isn't there a saying that "North of the equator, Nagasawa Masami"? Wang Hao can say that this is true tonight. Of course, he himself is not false, and he didn't fall asleep until midnight.

The next day, when he went to Sony Pictures to meet Keita Miyamoto, he looked full of energy and did not show any sign of fatigue.

"Wang Sang, how was your rest last night?"

"Very good."

The two men smiled at each other and then started talking about business.

Because of "Inception", the Japanese part of the [Galaxy Cinematic Universe] has been opened up.

As the headquarters of the Brilliant Group, it would obviously be a waste if it were just left there and merely served as a background in the movie universe.

So taking advantage of the popularity of "Inception", Galaxy Group plans to cooperate with Sony Pictures and Japanese TV stations to develop some derivative movies or TV series based on the "Galaxy Cinematic Universe" and taking place in Japan.

In this regard, [Galaxy Cinematic Universe] previously had ready-made examples in South Korea and the United States, but the Japanese entertainment industry has always been relatively closed, so now Galaxy Group has begun to expand its business in this area.

Sony Pictures is naturally happy to see Galaxy Group's ideas and plans come true.

After all, being able to make the pie bigger is always a good thing.

Wang Hao and Miyamoto Keita also reached a preliminary agreement on this matter, and finally decided that the two companies would jointly establish a new film and television company in Japan to jointly develop derivative works here.

As for what these derivative works will be, Wang Hao has already arranged for the screenwriting department of Galaxy Pictures to create an outline for a TV series in advance.

"Unnatural Death" is the first derivative work that Galaxy Group is going to develop in Japan.

The original version of this work is a medical suspense drama broadcast on TBS TV in Japan, directed by Ayuko Tsukahara, Kentaro Takemura, and Yoshiaki Murao, written by Akiko Nogi, starring Satomi Ishihara, and co-starring Masataka Kubota, Arata Iura, and others.

The drama tells the story of Mikoto Misumi, a forensic doctor who works at the "Institute of Unnatural Death Causes", and her colleagues who work together to investigate the true causes of death of people who have died abnormally and thus change the real world.

Of course, as a spin-off of the Galaxy Cinematic Universe, the story content is bound to undergo some changes.

The general main plot and characters remain the same. It is still the forensic doctor Mikoto Misumi and her colleagues who are investigating the real cause of death of abnormal deaths. However, after a series of strange and bizarre cases, they find that many deaths ultimately point to the Brilliant Group.

In other words, through the first season of this TV series, the giant biopharmaceutical company Brilliant Group based in Japan will be introduced.

In addition to the TV series Unnatural, Galaxy Cinematic Universe will also have a horror monster movie in Japan this year.

The movie is tentatively named "Distortion Crisis". It mainly tells the story of an earthquake that caused an accident in the biological experiments being conducted by the Brilliant Group. The mutated marine creatures escaped from the laboratory as a result, triggering a series of horror stories.

This story not only shows another side of the Brilliant Group and improves the setting of this company, but the subsequent story development of the film can also be expanded and connected to other films.

Moreover, the Fukushima nuclear leak happened in March last year. Wang Hao knew that these unscrupulous guys would discharge nuclear waste water into the sea in the future and make people all over the world pay for their mistakes.

Wang Hao would feel unhappy if he didn't make a movie to secretly satirize them at a time like this.

As for whether this kind of movie will anger the Japanese government?
The one Wang Hao was talking about in the movie was the Brilliant Group. What does it have to do with the Japanese government?

Besides, his movie is nothing special, as there is already "Godzilla" as a representative.

Moreover, one thing that Japan and South Korea are better than China in terms of film and television themes is that they don't interfere with creative freedom. The main principle is that you can satirize yours and I continue to do mine.

After preliminarily confirming the cooperation in Japan for the following year, Wang Hao enjoyed the service of Masami Nagasawa again that night. While taking a hot spring bath afterwards, he also told the other party about the cooperation between his company and Sony Pictures in filming.

The main reason is that she accompanied him for two nights, and Wang Hao is not a heartless person. The movie called "Distortion Crisis" can have a biological scientist as the heroine, and Masami Nagasawa can be arranged to play the role.

Masami Nagasawa was also extremely grateful for Wang Hao's arrangement.

Although she has participated in many movies and TV series in Japan, and has appeared in 2000 movies from 20 to now, given the current state of the Japanese film and television industry, there are not many truly big productions.

There is no other role that she can play the leading role, so being able to become the heroine of "Distortion Crisis" this time is indeed an opportunity for her, and it is worth her gratitude for the past two days.

It’s a pity that Nagasawa Masami had her own business work to do. After serving Wang Hao for two nights, she flew to another city on the morning of the third day.

At the same time, on the same day, Yusuke Ogawa also went to the hotel to visit Wang Hao in person, bringing with him the information he had sorted out over the past few days.

"Director Wang, these are the science fiction comics that we selected based on your requirements."

As soon as they met, Yusuke Ogawa bowed respectfully, then took out a file bag and placed the sorted documents in front of Wang Hao.

Wang Hao picked up the information and saw that the two at the top were "Ghost in the Shell" and "Battle Angel Alita" that he had previously instructed the other party to pay special attention to.

Then there is a series of comics including "Secret", "Macross", "Star Cleaners", "cowboy bebop", "Killing Cycle", "iMENTOR", "Akira", and "The Distance of the Moon".

Wang Hao was not impatient and carefully looked through the materials page by page.

Wang Hao has a general understanding of the story contents of more well-known works such as "Ghost in the Shell" and "Battle Angel Alita", so he is still concerned about the copyright of the comics and the acquisition price.

As for comic works he is not very familiar with, such as "Secret", "Star Cleaners" and "Cowboy Bebop", he focuses on the general content of the story to determine whether these works can be well integrated into the "Galaxy Cinematic Universe".

Fortunately, Yusuke Ogawa is indeed a senior comic fan, and he also understands Wang Hao's meaning well. The works he chose are very consistent with the "Galaxy Cinematic Universe".

For example, the movie "Secret" tells the story of a researcher named Aoki and his team who were assigned to a secret government agency called "Forensic Ninth Laboratory of the Scientific Police Research Institute" in 2060. Together with the stunningly handsome head of the "Ninth" laboratory, Xing Gang, they solved various unsolved cases by extracting images seen before birth from the victims' brains.

Of course, facing the memories of the dead is also cruel beyond imagination...

This story happens to be connected to the [Galaxy Cinematic Universe] subconscious therapy device and the previous "The Call", "Source Code" and "Inception".

(End of this chapter)