Ikkio Zhou doesn't want to have too many direct conflicts with Wu Studio for the time being.
After all, most people in this world have a common problem. They listen to the wind and do it like rain. They don’t think for themselves at all. They are passionate about taking what they think is the truth, and then they climb to the moral high ground and start criticizing and criticizing. Point and point.
And this situation is particularly serious in Japan, which forces others to "socially die" at every turn. Now that the other party has the upper hand in public opinion, being tough is too detrimental to him.
The Fog Studio is in full swing, and everyone believes everything at the moment. There is really no need for him to brave the difficulties and reach out to catch the flying knife.
In his opinion, Fog Studio’s counterattack at this time is just relying on money to win people’s hearts, just like the behavior of politicians running for elections who spend money to win votes for themselves. It is short-lived and cannot last.
He believed that the passivity and pressure this influence caused on him was only temporary and would soon pass.
As long as he calms down the chaos in his own camp, he can start socializing with several TV stations and build closer relationships.
There will be plenty of opportunities to get the other person to call you "Daddy" later on, so there is no need to rush.
He is very good at actively wooing the producers and senior management of the production bureau who have the power to decide on the artists to appear in the TV station. Except that he would use the name of BURNING Entertainment Agency to pay these people a lot of money to spend extravagantly.
Regular dinner parties and golf competitions with bonuses are also organized every month.
Even the top executives of any TV station will receive thank-you gifts from BURNING at the end of the year and on their birthdays.
So it was a sure thing for him to want people from the TV station to stand on his side and work together to kill Fog Studios, which had no foothold in the television field.
The same goes for TBS TV station. Even though he cannot prevent "Black Leather Notepad" from being broadcast in prime time, Director Sasaki refuses to continue to cooperate with Fog Studios, which makes drama critics find faults. , amplifying negative audience feedback.
Sniper Fog Studio can even let other TV stations launch a few dramas.
In short, there are many ways to attack your opponent.
The top priority was that he should find a way to figure out the financial situation of Fog Studios. He was really concerned about this matter.
Because according to common sense, it is impossible for Matsumoto Keiko to have such strong economic strength based on her personal ability.
Even if the tax inspector came out with the investigation results, saying that Fog Film Company invested a lot of stocks and made huge profits in the securities market, thus having sufficient financial resources, he would not believe it.
Because Matsumoto Keiko spends money very aggressively, obviously far beyond what she should be.
Almost 3 billion yen was invested just in the filming of film and television dramas, and it also successively bought Kiri Studio and the studios of Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune.
Could it be that a woman like her has the courage to invest all her wealth in the stock market?
And can you make seven or eight times the profit in the securities market?
This is too ridiculous, it is completely impossible.
Let’s just say that the Japanese stock market has indeed been booming in the past two years, but he himself is also one of the participants.
And he is also a big player. He invested three billion yen in the stock market and used the financial leverage of securities companies, and he also had inside information from securities companies.
But even so, when the profits were at their best, he only made twice as much.
And recently, they lost more than 500 million on NTT.
This is enough to show that money in the stock market is not that easy to make.
He knows what is going on in stock trading.
So, even if the results of the tax department's investigation were true, he believed that someone must have provided Matsumoto Keiko with a huge amount of funds and inside information, so that she could make so much money.
Otherwise there is no other possibility.
In short, Shufang Ikuo now feels more and more that Matsumoto Keiko’s background is a mystery, and he wants to find out more and more how she did all this. He has even considered different investigation results.
If the investigation is clear, if there is any inside story that violates the law, it can certainly be used to coerce Matsumoto Keiko and become one of his trump cards.
If there is a huge monster standing behind the opponent, he can avoid hitting his head and causing bloodshed without knowing it, and then think of a way to deal with it.
As a result, Shufang Ikuo even gave an order to his secretary, "Go and find me a private detective, the best one. I want to investigate Kiri Productions and Kei Matsumoto." The details of this woman.”
Then he added, "No, just to be on the safe side, you'd better find two for me."
"Yes." Of course the secretary didn't care. Anyway, it was the boss's request, and it wasn't his own money. Qian said directly, "I'm sorry to bother you, I'll take care of it right away."
After saying that, he went to do what Zhou Fang Ikuo ordered.
It should be said that judging from this matter, Shu Fang Ikuo is not a confused person.
Many changes in life do have signs. If you are confused, you will usually ignore these signs.
Zhou Fangyuxiong obviously noticed these signs and was cautious.
But the problem is, smart people are no better.
In addition to often misinterpreting these signs, when these signs are actually noticed, remedial opportunities are often missed.
This is probably the sadness of life.
To be honest, Ning Weimin didn't leave much time for Ikuo Shu to react. It was only a week at most, and that was because of the holding of the second Tokyo Film Festival.
On September 20, Ning Weimin personally went to the airport to greet the domestic Xi Film Studio team who came to participate in the film festival.
As a Chinese who "lives in Cao's camp but is in Han", he has already established a considerable influence in Tokyo.
He once again had the courage to take on his responsibilities and gave full play to his role as the "leading party".
Not only did he consciously bear the food and accommodation expenses of fellow villagers including Wu Tianming, Lu Liping and Zhang Yimou, but he also arranged for them to stay at the New Otani Hotel. And he also used these few days to accompany Matsumoto Keiko's connections in the film industry to accompany the film delegation from the West Film Studio to get to know some members of the Tokyo Film Festival organizing committee.
Later, we took them to visit the studios of Shochiku Pictures and Fog Studios, and organized an exchange meeting for Chinese and Japanese filmmakers.
Ning Weimin even sent them the award-winning film "Old Well" in front of the film delegation from the West Film Studio, and together with Songzhu Pictures, he arranged five screenings in four theaters Hall, signed a contract to screen the film "Old Well" during the film festival.
And even the copies of the screenings were brought by Ning Weimin from China in advance, and he spent his own money to have Japanese and English subtitles made.
For this, all members of the Xiying Studio delegation are quite satisfied and extremely grateful.
Especially when they didn’t know that this movie would win the Best Picture Award and the Best Actor Award, they all regarded Ning Weimin as a "like Zhuan Zhusai Mengchang", A good person who is dedicated to supporting the development of domestic films.
No one would have thought that he also had selfish motives and came here for the rare goods.
So when Wu Tianming found out that Ning Weimin had been supporting Chen Peisi in making comedy films, he was not only quite embarrassed about himself back then. I expressed my apology for rejecting "Father and Son", which is a statement that I want to "let go of grudges with a smile".
And on the opening day of the Tokyo Film Festival, the West Film Studio delegation led by Wu Tianming also appeared on the red carpet of the opening ceremony together with Ning Weimin and Matsumoto Keiko.
This scene, both for Japanese filmmakers and the Japanese media, almost completely confirmed Keiko Matsumoto’s pro-China stance and her friendly relationship with Chinese filmmakers.
As a result, no one will doubt whether she also has a certain influence on Chinese movies.
Of course, this isn't a bad thing.
After all, in this era, the Japanese look down on China because China is poor, but they still have an anti-war and repentant attitude.
So not only will no one mind such a scene at the film festival, but some people will consider whether they can use Matsumoto Keiko's relationship to open up a cultural market with a billion people.
This can be regarded as Ning Weimin plating Matsumoto Keiko with a brilliant golden light.
After that, Ning Weimin no longer needed to hold back, and directly took the video that was secretly shot in Zhou Fang Ikuo's office to TBS TV station and Fuji TV station for exposure.
Not to mention that the news department of Fuji TV was so excited after watching it that they immediately arranged for editing staff to prepare for broadcast.
Even the news department of TBS TV station was very excited after seeing it and quickly changed the scheduled program time.
After all, it is shocking gossip news, and may even involve the possibility of crime.
This kind of video is completely real, no matter how you cover it up, it will be useless.
And they also know that it is not the exclusive news of their own TV station, and whoever releases it first has an advantage.
Therefore, without asking Director Sasaki for instructions at all, just relying on Deputy Director Kaga's face, the director of the TBS News Department took the lead and inserted it into the daytime news.
Poor Ikuo Shufang, he still thinks that he is really a "leader of the entertainment industry" who can control the media.
He never would have thought that when one day he himself became the protagonist of a scandal, the media who usually wanted to see his face would not give him any face at all.
In fact, when his arrogant and domineering bullying image appeared on the screens of two TV stations, he was still in his office, hugging his still fresh plaything - Yasuko Sawaguchi, I want to find out some secrets about Matsumoto Keiko’s financial resources from her mouth.
In his opinion, after all, Yasuko Sawaguchi is an artist who has been cooperating with Fog Studio for more than half a year, so it is impossible that there is no news at all.
Maybe she discovered something, but just ignored it without taking it seriously. Maybe she could remember it with her own reminder. In that case, there might be a more convenient breakthrough.
"President, I really can't answer your question. What do you mean by economic background? Do you mean the sponsored companies?"
"Haha, are you serious? You don't understand, or are you pretending to be stupid? Of course, I am referring to the man who supports Matsumoto Keiko behind her back, or gives her power, just like I do to you. Such a person? "
"Isn't this possible? She is already married. Are you talking about her husband? He seems to be very rich and has a high-end restaurant in Ginza. People from the production team have been there, and it’s really high-definition. And I heard that there are now branches in Kyoto and Osaka. Ah, he is also an agent for a new type of suitcase. I received it as a gift from a production crew to facilitate business trips. It is also a very popular and fashionable product now."
Sawaguchi Yasuko said hesitantly.
"Are you talking about that Chinese guy? Ha, hahaha, you are so good at telling jokes. I can only say that you completely misunderstood what I meant, or that you are too naive and made wrong judgments. Let me tell you, a pretty boy like that , it’s just a shield for someone to manipulate her. I suspect that Matsumoto Keiko and he are just a couple in name, but in fact, her marriage is just a cover-up. It may be the private property of a big shot, or it is underground. Lover."
"Oh, what did you say? How is this possible?"
"Why is it impossible, don't be too naive..."
Zhou Fangyuxiong looked at it. Yasuko Sawaguchi turned around to talk to him with a dubious expression on his face.
Suddenly he felt a little more interested. While moving his hands into her clothes, he put his face close to her ear and whispered, "You know, he can figure out a female star's wealth. The entertainment industry in Japan is so big. No matter how popular a female star is, she can still make a lot of money. Take you for example. If you make more than 20 million yen a year for an advertising endorsement, you can only get 10 million. Yen. Your annual income of 100 million yen is not bad. Matsumoto Keiko has her own agency and is worth more than you, but her income is only 200 million yen at most. If she acts more, she might be able to When it reaches 300 million yen, that’s it.”
"What's more, female celebrities are no better than male celebrities. The time when they can make the most money is very short, that is, the years when they have the best appearance. However, they have to spend a lot of money for their appearance, and they also have to maintain a corresponding dignity and maintain their reputation. Of course, luxury also costs more money, so based on Matsumoto Keiko's own ability, she can accumulate a net worth of 6 to 7 billion yen at most."
"But think about her buying the fog. How much money did the studio and several studios spend? Let alone one billion or two billion yen to invest in multiple movies and TV series. Don't say that she shouldn't have so much money to support her in such a waste. Regarding money, if she really has so much money, how can she have the courage to make such a big gamble? "You know, the movie is a high-risk industry, even the 'Big Five' are not sure about it now. project. If we look at the regular movie box office, the probability of losing money on almost every project is as high as 90%. Is this normal? You said that her husband supports his beloved woman at all costs. Is it normal? How is it possible that he still has the ability to spend billions of yen to make up for her shortfall? "
And Yasuko Sawaguchi didn't know whether she couldn't stand Ikugo Shufu's strength or was convinced by his rhetorical question.
At this time, there was no way to refute, only moaning and gasping.
However, just when the two were tired of it and were about to have a more ridiculous physical conversation, there was suddenly a loud knock on the office door.
This made Zhou Fang Yuxiong extremely disappointed, and he could only quickly take his hand out of the warm place.
"Come in."
The secretary opened the door with an anxious look on his face, without any concern for Ikuo Suho's mood.
What’s even more strange is that he turned on the TV in the office without asking for instructions.
"President, it's not good, something happened, please watch the news..."
As a result, Shufang Ikuo only looked at the TV screen for a moment, and his face turned pale. (End of this chapter)