According to common sense. Judging from the taste of the food at Xingping Restaurant, its business can't be too bad. But actually. This store's business is very ordinary. Hira Kiyosugi felt that this was probably related to the fact that Yukihira Joichiro insisted on adding those strange things to the set meal. However, Ping Qingshan is not the owner of this store, so he didn't pay too much attention to it. If we were to shoot a food exploration variety show in the future, could we come here to take some shots, or hold a cooking competition? I think it would be fun to hold this kind of competition in this world. After sitting on the sofa and chatting with Yukihira Joichiro for a while, Ping Qingshan got up and started his afternoon schedule. ~~
The son of the Pingqing family. You don't need to take a taxi when you go out. A white Mercedes has stopped by the roadside. This car was bought for him by his family after he was in an accident and was admitted to the hospital. To be more precise, it was bought for him by Ping Qingshan’s grandfather. He said he wanted to ensure his grandson's safety. All I can say is that the beating Ping Qingshan received when he traveled through time was not in vain. The crying scene was really well acted. The old man not only provided Ping Qingshan with a car, but also hired a driver. The driver was a retired Russian soldier. His Russian name was very long and Ping Qingshan could not remember it at all. He only remembered the driver's Japanese name. Just like many foreigners in China like to name themselves Cao Cao, this Russian driver was very interested in Oda Nobunaga and gave himself a Japanese name, Nobunaga. In addition to being Taira Kiyonari's driver, "Nobunaga" is also his bodyguard. When the driver was hired, his cheap father was against it, saying that what happened to Ping Qingshan was a low-probability event and that having a bodyguard was a bit too high-profile. But the old man insisted on his own way and ended up in the current situation. It can be seen that grandparents’ kinship exists everywhere. At the beginning, Ping Qingshan was not used to it. But after three years, I've gotten used to it no matter how uncomfortable it is. It's quite convenient because there are people driving wherever you go. Moreover, this bodyguard is very dedicated and responsible. He will appear when he is supposed to, and Ping Qingshan won't even know where he is when he shouldn't be. "To the Tokyo Library."
After greeting the driver, Ping Qingshan sat in the back seat. This car is Ping Qingshan's private car. Therefore, many things in the back row were arranged by Ping Qingshan himself, including the storage bag in front of him for magazines, and the ice cola in the center armrest box in the back row. As well as handheld game consoles such as PSP and NDS. These two little guys, which were out of date in the previous life, are now shining brightly. Occasionally, Ping Qingshan will use them to create some nostalgic works. Although this world is extremely close to the world line of the previous life, there are still some differences. Some games that existed in previous lives do not exist in this world. For example, the Ace Attorney series that Hira Kiyosugi likes very much does not exist in this world. But at the same time, some games that Ping Qingshan had never heard of were very popular in this world. Some time ago, a simulation game called "World Tree" was released on NDS. It is a game about building a country from the perspective of a god, and it is quite fun. Therefore, even though it is an old handheld game console, Ping Qingshan can still play a lot of new things occasionally. However, with the establishment of the crew, Ping Qingshan has not played these game consoles for a long time. On the contrary, I spend more time flipping through magazines. Especially the magazine in Ping Qingshan's hand. Movie House Ping Qingshan was not sure whether this magazine existed in the previous life. But in this world, it has become one of his favorite magazines. It is considered the most authoritative magazine in the field of Japanese films, and its circulation has always been among the top entertainment magazines. It not only contains introductions and reviews of various films, but also behind-the-scenes stories and highlights of the filming of various films, and even interviews with some filmmakers. Although for Ping Qingshan, the so-called new concepts and new ideas in the magazine are actually a bit outdated, this magazine that combines functionality and entertainment is still quite interesting to read. “Is this the latest issue?” Ping Qingshan picked up the magazine and casually asked the driver. "Yes, Master." The Russian driver's Japanese was not very good, so he spoke very concisely. Ping Qingshan was already used to this. After getting the answer, I didn't talk any more and just started flipping through the magazine. In the past, Ping Qingshan read it page by page. But this time, he flipped directly from the back to the front, and soon he found the section he wanted to read on the third-to-last page of the magazine. 【New Trends in Movies】
"Battle Royale": A new movie invested by two giants, Sony and Dentsu. There is not much information about it at the moment. The name sounds like a horror movie. It is said to be directed by a new director. I don't know what the final film will look like, but I am looking forward to it. [Review: Ichiro Hayashida] It was just a few dozen words, but Ping Qingshan read it for a long time. After two lifetimes, I finally stepped onto the stage. This is a small step for him, but a big step for Japanese entertainment. Ping Qingshan was amused by his own rather immature thoughts. After a slight smile, he quickly calmed down. It was strange that he was very excited before reading the magazine, but after reading it, he found that he was not as excited as he thought. After touching the words on the magazine, Ping Qingshan summarized the reasons. "Too little ink." But on second thought, my crew has only been established for less than a month, and it is already great to be published in such an authoritative magazine. However, just after Ping Qingshan had calmed down, he found that there was an introduction to a new movie right below his crew section. "Saint Seiya? A live-action movie? Produced by Hollywood!!" Compared with the few sentences of "Battle Royale", the introduction of "Saint Seiya The Movie" is too long. Not only are there stills, but the article also repeatedly emphasizes that the release time is the end of this year. If you calculate it this way, if "Battle Royale" goes well, the two will coincide with the same release date. However, this kind of blockbuster and low-budget films like Battle Royale are not on the same track and there is no conflict. But even so, Ping Qingshan was still a little unhappy. Even though the movie hasn't been released yet, this film critic named Ichiro Hayashida has already praised it to the sky. Um.. No, the name of this movie...why does it sound familiar? Ping Qingshan looked back at the introduction of the film carefully. Finally I got some impression. In his previous life, Ping Qingshan also watched Saint Seiya when he was a child, so he knew that the Saint Seiya IP had been made into a live-action movie. Chapter 9: Coffee is too bitter The live-action version of Saint Seiya is a blockbuster movie, a terrible movie. Similar to the movie "The Great Wall" co-produced by China and Hollywood, it is the product of combining local elements with the Hollywood system. However, the final results of the two films are completely different. Although "The Great Wall" has a bad reputation, it has good box office performance. But the movie adapted from the Japanese Saint Seiya IP ended up being an indescribable mess. The story is completely original and the orphan Seiya fights only for money. The armor is also hideously ugly, and the whole film is filled with 5-cent special effects.
It can be seen that the director wanted to lean towards Marvel's direction, but in the end he leaned towards nothing. As a result, the box office was a huge failure. The investment of 81 billion yen only brought in less than 500 million US dollars in box office revenue. Thinking of this, Ping Qingshan felt much better. Then he took out his cell phone and checked the production committee of the "Saint Seiya" movie. Ping Qingshan wanted to confirm through the list of the production committee whether this movie was the big flop in his previous life. Any reader who has watched the anime must have been impressed by the XXX production committee at the end of the OP of the anime. In fact, it’s not just animation. This production committee model is also very common in the Japanese film industry. Take for example "Battle Royale" which is about to enter the filming stage by Hira Kiyosugi. To shoot the movie "Battle Royale". The first thing to do is to set up a Battle Royale Film Production Committee. To set up this production committee, a company that has a status in the film industry, or at least is related to it, is needed to initiate it. The Battle Royale film production committee was initiated by Sony Pictures. Once Sony Pictures initiates an invitation to establish a production committee, a dedicated producer will take the plan to run the project. This time period can be long or short. For example, the crew of Ping Qingshan's Battle Royale was set up very quickly. In just one week, the production committee had a skeleton plan. The first to join the committee were naturally the initiators Sony and Dentsu, followed by Nippon Television, Nippon Video, Hirakiyosugi Studio, BP Entertainment, Bandai Toys, Sony Games, and Musashino Animation, which successively joined the committee. Seeing this, you may have also discovered it. The first few companies are okay, but the ones later on are getting more and more outrageous. Companies like Bandai Toys, Sony Games, and Musashino Animation seem to have nothing to do with the film industry. Hey~~ This is the peculiarity of the Japanese production committee. Due to Article 667 of the Japanese Civil Code. The copyright of literary and artistic works produced by a production committee belongs to the production committee in common. Therefore, in addition to receiving a percentage of the production committee's share, investors who participate in the "Production Committee" will also obtain market development rights for the use of copyright after the work is completed. Simply put, it is to turn a single work into an IP. Toy companies can produce various related models and toys, game companies can develop related games for sale, and publishing houses can adapt movies into books for publication. In this way, for the investors participating in the "production committee", even if the box office revenue of the movie is not good, the investment companies can still recover some losses through derivative products.
However, this model also has many disadvantages, which I will not elaborate on due to space considerations. In addition to these, the approximate investment cost of a film can be broken down through the list of a film's production committee. For example, for the movie Saint Seiya, when Ping Qingshan took a look, he saw that all the companies were big companies, including Dentsu, Sony, Toei, TV Asahi, and Hayashiyama Bunko, the publisher of the "Movie House" magazine. "No wonder you're so boastful. You guys actually have an investment in this..."