Chapter 1371 Shengmi En
Needless to say, when Zhou Fang Yuxiong used the method of poaching, Ning Weimin and Matsumoto Keiko certainly did not know about it.
As for those who have a close cooperative relationship with them, but are used by the Burning Department as a useful tool to exert pressure, facing the persecution from the Burning Department, they are quite innocent and unjust and embarrassed.
However, huge difficulties are the times that most test the partners’ mentality and ability to handle crises.
At this critical moment when a personal career faces an important decision, when an individual faces how to choose a team to join, it is often the moment when the truth is revealed and the most popular moment is revealed.
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Yasuko Sawaguchi, born on June 11, 1965 in Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, is 22 years old.
In 1983, Yasuko Sawaguchi graduated from Senyo High School in Osaka Prefecture and later took the preliminary examination for common subjects in the college entrance examination.
In 1984, she won the highest award in the first "Toho Cinderella Screening" and entered the entertainment industry.
In July of the same year, Yasuko Sawaguchi participated in the performance of the movie "Criminal Story 3: The Poetry of the Sassy" invested by Toho, and made her official debut.
Soon, she was selected as an advertising girl for a cosmetics company under the name "Cinderella Cinderella".
In April 1985, Yasuko Sawaguchi appeared in a TV series for the first time. What helped her get on the TV screen was NHK TV's morning drama "Soy Sauce Aka's Daughter".
In December of the same year, Yasuko Sawaguchi starred in Toho's film "Sisters" and won the Academy Award for Best Newcomer.
Needless to say, from this beautiful resume, you can see how lucky a newcomer in the entertainment industry is to have a rich film studio like Toho as his "father".
As long as you become an artist under Dongho, you are not afraid of not being able to film.
This firm is backed by Toho, but it provides a one-stop service that is produced and sold by itself, which is super awesome!
But to be honest, despite this, it is difficult to tell clearly the opportunities for everyone.
Although Toho has arranged so many performance opportunities for Sawaguchi, it is not the works produced by Toho that really make Yasuko Sawaguchi popular.
But in the second half of 1986, she passed the open selection of Fog Studios and participated in the movie "Li Xianglan" as one of the heroines.
Since its release on March 8, 1987, this big-budget film, which was produced by Fog Studios in cooperation with three major Chinese film studios at a cost of one billion yen, has been sold in the Japanese domestic market until its release. It earned 2.87 billion yen at the box office.
Although it was a bit regretful that it failed to break the three billion yen mark.
But this kind of box office performance is already a huge success equivalent to a miracle for a biographical film that has inherent commercial attributes and focuses on literature and art.
Especially for other movies released by major film companies this year, this movie is still far ahead at the box office. If nothing else, it will be the local annual box office champion.
Needless to say, the excellent box office results also reflect the film's influence on the public to a certain extent.
Especially based on the support of feminist organizations and the story background that reflects a special historical era, this film is also very favored by many film critics and speaks highly of it.
In addition, Matsumoto Keiko also made quite a splash at the Cannes Film Festival, and Ning Weimin successfully secured a spot for "Li Xianglan" to participate in the Cannes screening, and through "insider trading" with a French studio , met the conditions for the film to be released in five major cities in France, and also achieved a decent box office.
So much so that this film has become something that both the Japanese industry and outside the industry are very proud of, thinking it is a film that has successfully gone international and is a rare film that has been recognized by the European market.
It further enhances the "artistic style" of this film, making it a popular work to win awards in Japan's major film awards this year.
So as the main actors who participated in this movie, it was no surprise that they ushered in a double harvest of fame and fortune.
Among them, Keiko Matsumoto is of course the well-deserved winner.
She is both a heroine and an investor, and her gains are unparalleled.
But if we say who among the other actors has gained the most, it is probably Yasuko Sawaguchi.
As a newcomer, Yasuko Sawaguchi, who had just debuted, was selected by Yoshitaro Nomura because she looked exactly like Li Xianglan, and received the role of "Girl Li Xianglan".
Although her role only takes up a quarter of the entire film, the protagonist is still the protagonist.
Although her performance is a little green, due to her age, she perfectly expresses Li Xianglan's simple and simple qualities as a girl.
This natural beauty and performance form a perfect contrast with the mature style and skillful acting skills of the older Keiko Matsumoto, creating a mutually reinforcing and benign effect.
It can be said that this is a role that is almost incomparable to her own conditions. It is far more impressive to the audience than Li Xianglan's friend played by Ryoko Ishida.
So her luck came. In just a few weeks after its release, she became completely popular and became the hottest young actress in 1987.
She quickly became a first-line actor from a newbie actor, and she was interviewed one after another.
This situation can be called overnight fame. Millions of viewers love her, and the number of fans is rising rapidly.
When April came, she was also rated by some well-known magazines as "April's most loved newcomer in the entertainment industry" and "among the new generation of movie stars, the female artist that audiences most want to marry." On the unimpressive ranking list, the number of votes leads the way.
Newcomers such as Risa Tachibana, Noriko Sakai, Fuyumi Sakamoto, and Yoko Minamino, who also became popular this year, cannot compare with her at all.
It can be said that she set off a "Yasuko Sawaguchi whirlwind" in Japan with this film, which shows that the audience is really fascinated by her.
And after "Li Xianglan" was released in the mainland of the Republic, she was also familiar to Chinese audiences because of this movie, and gained a large number of fans from the mainland of the Republic across the ocean.
Having international influence is of course even more desirable. This undoubtedly represents huge popularity and audience love, and actors in the final analysis rely on popularity.
There is no doubt that film salaries have increased, and invitations to commercial performances and various advertising contracts, which are the easiest ways to make money, are also coming one after another.
After all, Mainland China is also one of the major investment markets valued by many large Japanese companies. Both Sanyo and Hitachi want to invite her to shoot TV commercials and place them in Mainland China.
Logically speaking, Yasuko Sawaguchi should be grateful to Fog Studios and director Yoshitaro Nomura who made her possible.
In particular, Fog Studios’ next two productions, “Crazy Rich Asians” and “Black Leather Notebook,” have also asked her to continue their cooperation.
And taking into account the changes in her popularity and fame, she was given generous remuneration close to that of a first-line actor - 8 million yen for the movie and 1.5 million yen per episode for the TV series.
You know, for their similar supporting roles in "Crazy Rich Asians", Miura Tomokazu and Utsui Ken's salaries were only 10 million yen and 9 million yen.
Also starring in the same TV series, Miura Tomokazu, as the male protagonist, was paid only 2.5 million yen per episode, while Utsui Ken's salary was 1.5 million yen per episode, which was completely equivalent to Sawaguchi Yasuko.
Wu Studio can ignore the differences between men and women, and does not consider acting experience or industry qualifications. The price offered to her is definitely not stingy.
It is impossible for other studios to provide it, and it is enough for other actresses to be jealous.
But because Sawaguchi Yasuko became famous after all, and she became famous too quickly, too early.
The rapid popularity that happened almost overnight caused the young Yasuko Sawaguchi's mentality to undergo extreme changes that were difficult to adapt to.
In fact, the kindness given by Wu Studio did not make her grateful and devoted herself to filming.
On the contrary, she developed an illusion and fell into illusory arrogance, thinking that fame was everything and that what she got was completely deserved.
Sawaguchi Yasuko can clearly feel the benefits of becoming popular.
The people around me are more affectionate towards me, and the staff in the crew are more polite to me.
She was even pleasantly surprised to find that even the director of "Crazy Rich Asians" was extremely tolerant of the new cast members who joined the cast.
Even if she makes a mistake, she will not be called over and scolded by the director like in the past.
On the contrary, the director would comfort her and encourage her, which felt extremely good.
There are also better benefits for food, clothing, housing and transportation.
It turns out that becoming a big star is like this, as if the whole world is infinitely tolerant of you and willing to offer you goodwill. It's good to be famous, but even the director has to give himself face.
Who would have dared to think of this two or three months ago?
Sawaguchi Yasuko was very satisfied. She was so happy that she became more and more relaxed and relaxed. She no longer focused on acting.
Gradually, I began to think that I was no longer a nobody, but a rising star in the entertainment industry, a big shot in the future!
No, now he is a big shot!
It’s not that she needs Fog Studio anymore, it’s that Fog Studio needs her.
In particular, she is a girl from a very ordinary family background. Her father is an ordinary company employee and her mother is an ordinary housewife.
Furthermore, the contract she signed with Toho Entertainment was on a "monthly salary basis". This is the practice of all agencies to exploit newcomers, even when Yamaguchi Momoe entered the industry.
In other words, whatever price Wu Studio gave her had no practical meaning to her.
According to the contract, in the first two years, she will not receive a share of all filming remuneration, and will only receive 100,000 yen in pocket money from Toho Entertainment every month.
Such income is almost non-existent in the bubble economy.
If she wants to make money, she can only get it by relying on the income from advertising and commercial performances.
This caused a major conflict between her personal interests and the filming work of Fog Studios.
It was better in the beginning when filming "Crazy Rich Asians" in Singapore.
After all, we are not in Japan, so it is not that convenient to do anything. The most she can do is contact Japanese fashion magazines.
She usually spends half a day or a day taking photos and gets a labor fee of 1.8 million yen, but even so, it is almost as much as her income for a year.
So after filming the Singapore scene, she, Miura Yuka, Utsui Ken and others rushed back to Tokyo, Japan to join the crew of "Black Leather Notepad".
She became more and more interested in making extra money and became more and more anxious, but she became more and more casual about the filming work.
She also worked hard to take on endorsements, commercial performances, and other tasks that required energy and time.
So much so that it often conflicts with the shooting plan.
Director Yoshitaro Nomura tolerated this again and again, and finally lost his temper.
After Yasuko Sawaguchi was two hours late, he scolded her severely in public and threatened to kick her out of the crew if she continued like this.
At this point, Yasuko Sawaguchi calmed down a little.
After all, this old director is different from Yutaka Osawa. His many years of filming qualifications have made him majestic, and he is also someone who has supported her. If she is not convinced, someone will poke her in the back.
What’s more, the heroine is Keiko Matsumoto, who has many scenes with her and is usually present at the scene. This boss has enough power to manipulate her in terms of status and industry experience. She really doesn’t dare to make mistakes and is a little scared. .
But on the other hand, not daring to resist doesn't mean she doesn't hold a grudge, it's just that she is forced to tolerate and suppress.
So when Ikuo Subo secretly took action against Fog Studios for the first time, a large number of actors resigned and the crew stopped filming.
Sawaguchi Yasuko was not worried at all, but laughed in her heart, happily watching the crew's jokes, full of the pleasure of anticipation.
Especially because of this, she became careless and light-hearted, and all her time could be used to make money.
Either attending a large-scale event, or being a host, or a guest, or going on stage to perform, or simply being a mascot to drink and play with...
These are truly profitable businesses, and she can earn millions of yen at a time.
In just ten days, she increased her personal wealth to 40 million yen.
She wished that the crew would just stop filming forever, never start filming, or even break up completely.
To be honest, she has just become famous and cannot afford the price for the time being, otherwise it would be no problem to pay 50 to 60 million yen.
Otherwise, how did a top-tier actress like Yamaguchi Momoe earn 400 million yen a year before she retired?
That's how it came about.
If I relied solely on film salary, it is estimated that my annual income would have shrunk by more than ten times.
It must be said that Yasuko Sawaguchi's mentality of "being unlucky to his benefactor, but willing to sit on the sidelines" can be said to be a vivid interpretation of the principle of "raising rice and grudges against rice and hatred".
So in September, when Fog Studio officially launched a war on the combustion system, Yasuko Sawaguchi suddenly received a phone invitation from Ikuo Shubo, and went to the appointment without any hesitation.
She didn’t even bring her assistant with her, nor did she notify her agent.
She also took all the bait given to her by Su Fang Ikuo's face-to-face lobbying.
Not only did he not have any vigilance or suspicion, but he felt that he was lucky and had met a new noble person.
She determined that as long as she resigned from the current crew, she could rely on Ikugo Suho's favor to fly further to the branches and become a real golden phoenix.
And to be honest, she had been secretly jealous of Matsumoto Keiko for a long time, and her eyes were blood red.
I am even dissatisfied from the bottom of my heart, thinking that Matsumoto Keiko should have retired long ago at her age, and hate that she has been blocking the path of all young actresses.
In particular, she still remembers that Fuji TV voluntarily backed down due to project conflicts between Fuji TV and Fog Studios on the movie "Li Xianglan".
Otherwise, she would be the "Li Xianglan" used by Fuji TV, and she would have nothing to do with Matsumoto Keiko.
This inevitably made her feel like she was being "persecuted" and ended up being robbed by others.
Matsumoto Keiko has become so famous and made so much money as a studio owner!
Why is this?
This is a character that should belong entirely to me. I am obviously closer to the prototype of the character than her image.
This bitch took away my opportunity and luck for great career development!
Damn it!
But the problem is that Keiko Matsumoto has a transcendent status and has always represented "justice within the circle."
Sawaguchi Yasuko, let alone provoking her in public, even if she said bad things about her behind her back, she would be worried about being found out and used to please Matsumoto Keiko.
She really wanted to tear Matsumoto Keiko to pieces, but she knew better that this kind of thing would only add insult to injury.
If you attack the opponent forcefully when the opponent is stronger than you, you may be in trouble first.
Now that Keiko Matsumoto has caused such big trouble as Ikuo Shufang, it seems like the opportunity has come for her to show off her anger. She can not only take revenge but also benefit herself. Only a fool would not do it. ?
Ever since, her courage suddenly grew. She went back and called her agent directly, asking the agent to come to her residence for an interview.
I plan to have a direct showdown with my agent to discuss specific ways to get the maximum benefit from resigning.
She didn't dare to treat her agent like this before.
But now, of course it doesn’t matter.
After all, she is no longer the same as she used to be. Not only is she a first-rate and popular actor, but she also has many guarantees from Shu Fang Ikuo.
Even Toho Entertainment, she is not like before. That requires submissiveness and submission, and you can put forward your own ideas and requirements.
Otherwise, we can simply leave Toho Entertainment and switch to a combustion-based agency.
(End of this chapter)