Chapter 297 Everything is ready
“Sakura (Sakura), Sakura (Sakura)...”
As the Japanese folk song "Sakura" played, the banquet became more and more lively , pushing the atmosphere to a climax.
Fangyan took Suzuki Yoko from the literary world to the film world, and took the initiative to say hello to Matsuzaka Keiko and Kurihara Komaki.
“Long time no see.”
"Long time no see, Mr. Fang Yan!"
The two women said in unison, greeting each other.
"You have never come to Japan before, so I don't have the opportunity to congratulate you in person."
Matsusaka Keiko's eyes were filled with tears, "Now I can finally say, Mr. Fang Yan, congratulations on winning the Akutagawa Dragon Nosuke Award"
Kurihara Komaki added: "There is also the National Book Award."
"Thank you, cheers."
Fang Yan clinked glasses with them with a smile and drank the wine in one gulp.
After Matsuzaka Keiko finished drinking, she pursed her lips and heard Kurihara Komaki mention her thoughts after watching the movie "Naman Nayama Nagou".
The copy has already been sent to Songzhu Film Company, and a preview screening was organized within the company. Senior executives, directors, actors and others all watched it. This kind of literary film seems a bit tame at first glance.
However, the taste is revealed when you taste it carefully.
After watching the movie, it received rave reviews. Even the president, Shiro Kido, was moved by the love between father and son in the movie.
"So, Shochiku is very important to this movie?"
Look left and right in Dialect.
"Of course!"
Matsuzaka Keiko said with excitement in her tone: "This is your work, Mr. Fangyan! It is a testimony of friendly cultural exchanges between China and Japan! And it is the recipient of the Akutagawa Ryunosuke Award. This is an adaptation! Shochiku put one hundred percent, no, two hundred percent of his effort and effort into it.”
Kurihara Komaki said that the publisher of "Mountain Postman" is served by Vice President Yurai Okuyama, who has specially created a series of promotional plans specifically for the film, which is extremely rare in Shochiku Company.
Fang Yan then asked if Kido Shiro and Okuyama Rong were also present.
"The vice president is over there."
Matsusaka Keiko pointed at the middle-aged man who was drinking with Shi Fangyu and others.
Wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, with some white hair in his black hair, his whole face looked particularly serious.
"Hello, Mr. Fang Yan!"
"Hello."
Under the introduction of Kurihara Komaki and the others, Fang Yan met Okuyama as he wished.
The two quickly got closer to each other by talking about movies, and then slowly started talking.
“The love between father and son contained in this film is very attractive to me.”
Okuyama was full of praise and said: "But what attracts me most is the skill of expressing emotions and feelings, the subtle and silent way of moisturizing things, the estrangement between father and son, the hazy emotions between son and girl, and the communication between man and dog. These emotions... The flow of veins blends into the surrounding scenery and colors. I have only seen this technique in the works of Akira Kurosawa before.”
Fangyan did not take credit for himself, but attributed it to himself. Photographer Zhang Yimou and artist Huo Jianqi.
Then he asked playfully: "Based on this film, how high do you think they are compared to Akira Kurosawa?"
"They should be five to six points in skill." Okuyama Rongdian commented.
Fang Yan asked: "So, is an art film like this popular in Japan?"
Okuyama nodded firmly, saying that this is what Japanese audiences like: the simple folk customs, pure emotions, warm artistic conception, fresh pictures, healing warmth, and slow narrative rhythm. Although it may be slow at the box office, But Shochiku was ready.
Matsusaka Keiko watched Fang Yan take another glass of wine from the waiter's plate and asked lightly:
"What preparations are there?"
" We plan to combine the short-term and the long-term.” Okuyama first talked about the short-term plan.
Five days before the release of "Mountain Postman", promotional activities were carried out intensively. Except for the press conference on the first day, the remaining four days were all media interviews specially arranged for dialects, at least four every day.
“Four a day?”
Fang Yan was startled.
Hey guys, none of the donkeys in the production team would do this!
“This is all a lot of hard work for Mr. Fang Yan. Of course, we will not stand idly by.”
Okuyama Rong said that since Fangyan had been interviewed by NHK, Fuji and other TV stations, he would not be allowed to fight alone.
As long as the actresses signed by Shochiku Film Company, including Matsuzaka Keiko and Kurihara Komaki, take turns to partner with Fangyan, assist in interviews, and cooperate with publicity, that is, they will use the fame of Japanese actresses to give Fangyan and His novels and movies are hype.
“I can’t agree to this right now.”
Dialect cannot make the decision casually, and must ask the delegation for instructions and consent.
“Understand, understand, completely understandable.”
Okuyama smiled knowingly and said that they would also communicate with the visiting delegation and finalize the matter as soon as possible.
"If it is really feasible, then please take care of me next time, Mr. Fang Yan."
Kurihara Komaki bent down slightly, smiling.
Matsusaka Keiko also followed suit, her big eyes were smiling and charming, the water covered the mist and surrounded the ground, and her charm was rippling.
Is this a test for cadres?
Use this to challenge my weakness?
Fang Yan raised his eyebrows, and then continued to listen to Okuyama Rong's film planning plan.
In order to cooperate with the publicity, in addition to the indispensable media campaign, Songzhu also specially printed an exquisite promotional brochure.
The above will introduce the background of the film's creation, the human geography knowledge of the Xiangxi area where it was filmed, and even contact the China-Japan News Agency to print the script into a Chinese and Japanese version.
The design is comprehensive, which shows that a lot of effort has been put into it.
When I think of this, although Songzhu is "squeezing" his own labor force, he is very happy to be "squeezed".
After all, they had been preparing for the release of the film for several months, and they only had to give interviews for five days.
“As for the long-term aspect, we have already contacted several theaters that we often cooperate with in Osaka, Kyoto, Nagoya and other places, and have arranged a half-year schedule for "Yamamura Postman"."
Okuyama Rong said: "Especially in Yanbo Cinema."
Fang Yan asked curiously: "Yanbo Cinema?"
Kurihara Komaki explained that Iwanami Cinema is a famous art theater in Japan that specializes in showing art films.
It used to be a bookstore business. Later, the president of Toho Towa, the largest film company in Japan at the time, approached me and asked Iwanami to open a cinema specifically for literary films. Do long-term trading.
Although the theater only has more than 100 seats, the movies shown here can be shown on a cycle every six months or a year.
“Are there many cinemas like this in Japan?”
Dian Yan was greatly surprised.
"There are quite a few."
Okuyama Rong said that Shochiku is also in contact with the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
Not to mention that "Nayama, That Man, That Dog" is one of the first batch of Chinese novels introduced to Japan. As a winner of the Akutagawa Ryunosuke Award, it should be qualified to be selected into college textbooks and middle school textbooks, so that Japanese Students study well and reflect well!
“This is really a good idea!”
Fang Yan narrowed his eyes.
As I chatted with them, I began to look forward to the premiere on October 22nd.
(End of this chapter)