Chapter 140 "Your Name" Goes to Japan for Promotion!

"Warmly welcome the crew of the "Your Name" movie to Japan!"

"Warmly welcome Director Wu Yuan to Japan!"

"Hollywood's Asian Tiger, the Light of Asian Directors!"

"Best Director at the Berlin Film Festival, winner of the Japan Film Academy Award for Best Foreign Film!"

"A super popular international director from mainland China!"

When Wu Yuan walked out of Tokyo's Haneda International Airport, he was surprised to see fans holding signs outside to welcome him.

"Are these my fans?" Wu Yuan asked doubtfully.

"Yes, these are the fans who heard that Director Wu was coming to Japan and came here to greet you." The Japanese distribution representative, the head of Toho Film Company, bowed.

I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it.

Wu Yuan is clear about the good box office results of "The Embalmer" in Japan.

He is also confident that he should have a group of fans in Japan, and he should be quite famous.

But he didn't expect that movie fans would come to pick him up at the airport.

He has never enjoyed this kind of treatment in China or North America.

All I can say is that Japan is indeed the birthplace of Asian star-chasing culture. The atmosphere is indeed very lively.

Surrounded by bodyguards, Wu Yuan walked towards the pick-up car, while extending his hand to wave hello to the fans surrounding him, and kept saying thank you.

It doesn’t matter whether they understand Mandarin or not.

Of course they can understand it!

The girls excitedly waved the cheering cards in their hands and cheered for each other.

"Ah ah, Wu Jun thanks us!"

"Wu Jun is so handsome!"

"He has such a good figure and is so tall!"

"It is indeed a continent with a large population. Even the director has a good image and temperament, and is more handsome than the actors from his country!"

Yes, the reason Wu Yuan has such a group of fanatical fans is all because of his good looks.

Although his "The Embalmer" did well at the box office in Japan, it really doesn't make movie fans become his die-hard fans. At most, they will pay attention to his new movie when it is released.

These fans who come to pick him up at the airport don't just like watching his movies.

They all saw Wu Yuan's photos on the Internet or in newspapers, were attracted by his good looks, and then got to know him and fell in love with him.

Wu Yuan's exposure in Japan is not small.

This is thanks to Disney and the Japanese distribution company that took over the Japanese distribution of "Your Name".

When "Pirates of the Caribbean" was released, Disney also focused on Wu Yuan and Depp as two promotional points in Japan.

Although the two of them did not come to Japan for any activities, when "Pirates of the Caribbean" was released in Japan, reports and promotions about them frequently appeared in newspapers and news.

The intensity of "Your Name" is even greater. The Japanese distribution company has been promoting it in Japan for a month. News about the film's release, as well as director Wu Yuan's past resume and photos, It has been spread everywhere for a long time.

There is no way, the publicity point of "Your Name" can only be centered around Wu Yuan, otherwise you expect Japanese fans to know Hu Ge and Liu Yifei?

With such intense publicity, of course there are a group of Japanese fans who are attracted by Wu Yuan's good looks.

As we all know, Sakura girls and Sakura mothers are inherently good-looking people and like good-looking celebrities.

In the 1990s, Japan's "flower boys" took the whole of Asia by storm.

One of the best is Kimura Takuya.

How influential is Kimura Takuya in Japan?

Half a year later, Kimura Takuya's movie "2046" starring Sunglasses King was shortlisted for the Cannes Film Festival competition.

Kimura said at the Cannes Film Festival that Cannes is like Atami, which triggered a craze in Japan to travel to Atami.

Just because of his words, it affected Japan's tourism industry.

In the eyes of the Sakura girls attracted by Wu Yuan, Wu Yuan is even more handsome than Kimura Takuya.

The most important thing is that his body proportions are much better than Kimura Takuya.

Wu Yuan, who is 1.85 meters tall, has a body proportion that is not comparable to Takuya Kimura, who is 1.76 meters tall.

In the Japanese entertainment industry, it is difficult to find a male star as tall and handsome as Wu Yuan!

It was the first time for Wu Yuan to receive such a warm welcome and feel the love of fanatical fans. He was flattered.

This is something I have never experienced in my dream and reality in my entire life!

As he walked out of the airport surrounded by these people holding support signs, Wu Yuan reluctantly turned around and waved goodbye to them until he got into the car.

"I now understand what it feels like to be a star."

After getting in the car, Wu Yuan said with emotion.

Liu Yifei and Hu Ge, who were completely ignored by these fans, looked at him with admiration.

"Brother, you also have so many fans in Japan!" Liu Yifei said enviously.

"Director Wu's "The Embalmer" is very popular in Japan, and "Pirates of the Caribbean" is also doing very well at the box office in Japan." Hu Ge affirmed: "He must be very popular in Japan!"

I have to admit that in Japan, where the current star-chasing atmosphere is more intense, Wu Yuan's enthusiasm does seem to be higher than in mainland China.

This also makes Hu Ge and Liu Yifei more confident about the release of "Your Name" in Japan.

"I am a director, and the popularity of the movie cannot be transferred to me." Wu Yuan smiled, not flattered by the flattery, but said seriously:

"If "Your Name" can be a big hit in Japan this time, you two will really become popular in Japan."

"I have studied the Japanese film market, and Japanese movie fans like this kind of fresh style campus love movie."

"This kind of two-way running and two-way redemption story is also what Japanese movie fans like.

"As long as this movie can be a big hit in Japan, you two can also say that you are Asian superstars in the future. "

Wu Yuan is still quite optimistic about Liu Yifei and Hu Ge.

He thinks the two of them have the potential to become popular in Japan.

Japanese Sakura girls are more attracted to Hu Ge's looks.

Now they still like Hu Ge with semi-long hair, which perfectly fits the image of a Japanese flower boy.

Not to mention Liu Yifei, she later released a record in Japan, which sold more than 100,000 copies and had a Japanese fan club.

Her looks and personality are the type that Japanese otakus like very much.

In addition, the role of "Sanye" is really popular.

As long as "Your Name" can sell well, the fame of these two leading actors in Japan will definitely skyrocket.

Not to mention becoming a top Asian superstar like Zhang Guorong, but there is still a chance for them to break into the ranks of first- and second-tier movie stars in Japan.

If Chinese-language films want to go overseas, it is not enough to rely on Wu Yuan as a director.

It also needs We need to bring out a group of actors who can become famous in all Asian countries.

Just like Hollywood actors are world-famous and are international superstars wherever they go.

For Wu Yuan, it is not too late to promote the Asian strategy of mainland actors now.

The afterglow of Hong Kong's golden age in the 1980s and 1990s is still there, and Japan and South Korea have become accustomed to chasing Hong Kong superstars.

People like Zhang Guorong, Cheng Long, Hua Zai, Chow Yun-fat, and Liang Chaowei have a wide popularity base in Japan and South Korea.

Although it is now yesterday's flower, Japan has Johnny's and Sony's strong rise, and Korean idols are also gaining momentum.

But in the film field, the kingdom established by Hong Kong Island movies is still there, and there is still a fan base!

While Chinese-language movies have not been forgotten, Wu Yuan wants to use mainland movies as soon as possible to fill the gap left by Hong Kong Island movies after their decline!

"When promoting, you two should be more active and do more business." Wu Yuan solemnly instructed Hu Ge and Liu Yifei.

"That." Liu Yifei raised her hand weakly: "Brother, what is business?"

"Oh. "Wu Yuan slapped his forehead. There is no such saying yet.

"When you are doing promotion, you should be as enthusiastic and positive as possible, interact more with fans, smile more, and be as friendly as possible, so that they will be impressed and never forget you!"

Wu Yuan encouraged: "This time, the promotion of "Your Name" is not only related to the box office of the movie."

"I have also talked with Mr. Cai of Tangren. Once "Your Name" sells well in Japan, I will promote "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" to be broadcast in Japan."

"The influence of a movie and a TV series is enough to make you the most popular foreign star in Japan this year! "

The broadcast he was referring to was certainly not broadcast on the expensive paid China TV.

Wu Yuan has been in contact and negotiation with the Japanese distribution company.

The Japanese distribution company promised to help Wu Yuan contact Japan's Fuji TV to help promote the broadcast of the "Chinese Paladin" TV series in Japan.

Although even if it is broadcast on Fuji TV, it will be late at night and not in prime time.

But this is one of the three major TV stations in Japan, covering tens of millions of Japanese viewers!

Of course, only if "Your Name" can sell well in Japan and trigger a viewing craze, Fuji TV is willing to buy the Japanese broadcast of "Chinese Paladin". Broadcasting rights.

Who said that the two works are starred by Hu Ge and Liu Yifei? If they are really scheduled one after another, the ratings are guaranteed.

Wu Yuan is working hard to do this, not to help Tangren out of kindness.

Tangren does not have the channels to export TV series and movies overseas.

Wu Yuan and Cai Yinong made it clear that if they can negotiate the broadcast of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" in Japan, Guangying Times will take 80% of the copyright fees, and Tangren can only take 20%.

There is no other reason. The extra 30% is the channel fee. Without Wu Yuan, Tangren would not be able to operate "Legend of Sword and Fairy" in Japan and would not get a penny.

The current situation of negotiations with Fuji TV is that Fuji TV The TV station is willing to spend 2.3 million yen, or 300,000 yen per episode, to purchase the broadcast rights of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy".

This price is really not low. Now the price of a Japanese local drama is only between 3 million and 5 million yen per episode, and this kind of drama is more than an hour per episode, with a total of about 20 episodes, and 2-4 episodes are broadcast per week.

The price of a daily drama that is broadcast every day from Monday to Friday, with each episode lasting 30 minutes, is even lower, only a few hundred thousand yen per episode.

It is expected that if "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" is broadcast in Japan, it will be edited into about 25 episodes, each episode is more than an hour.

That is, the total price is 75 100,000 RMB, this price is too low for Wu Yuan.

At least it should be sold for 10 million, and Guangying Times took 8 million, which is reasonable!

Thinking of this, Wu Yuan looked back and forth between Hu Ge and Liu Yifei.

If "Your Name" + "Chinese Paladin" made these two famous in Japan, wouldn't they make a lot of money in Japan?

Oh, that's not right.

The pay in Japan is notoriously low, even lower than the pay of mainland actors now.

There is almost no money for appearing on various variety shows, only hard work fees.

The entertainment industry in Taiwan is a comprehensive study of Japanese entertainment, and the actor pay and notice fees are super low.

So the stars from Taiwan, once they become famous, they think of developing in the mainland as soon as possible, because they really despise the low prices in the island.

Even if Hu Ge and Liu Yifei become popular in Japan, they can't make much money. At most, they can only earn some hard work fees. If they can get endorsements, they can make money.

In Japanese entertainment, the real big money is all the various producers, TV series producers, movie producers, and album producers.

Actors, singers, and comedians can only drink some soup and water.

Two poor kids.

Wu Yuan looked at Liu Yifei and Hu Ge with a bit of pity.

Being an actor is really not profitable these days.

When they were filming "Your Name", their pay was 150,000 and 100,000 respectively. When they were filming "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", one was 8,000 per episode and the other was only 3,000 per episode.

The one who made 3,000 was Hu Ge. Who said he was an artist of Tangren, so he must lower the price.

Adding up the two works, Liu Yifei could only make 300,000 or 400,000, and Hu Ge only 200,000.

Wu Yuan can at least earn nine figures from these two works.

Wu Yuan's belief in running a film company has become more firm.

"Brother, what's wrong?" Feeling Wu Yuan's somewhat pitying eyes, Liu Yifei touched her face and asked in a strange way.

"Nothing." Wu Yuan shook his head and laughed, and asked the Japanese representative sitting in the co-pilot seat: "How long will it take to get to the hotel?"

"We will be there in 20 minutes. Director Wu, do you have any instructions?"

"Nothing."

Wu Yuan and his party arrived in Japan on March 26.

The Japanese premiere of "Your Name" was set on March 28, 2004.

After resting in the hotel for one night, feeling the exotic atmosphere in Tokyo, and shopping for a day.

The Japanese premiere of "Your Name" is here.

Compared to the grand premiere in Beijing, the premiere of "Your Name" held by Dongbao Film Company was much more shabby.

After all, it is a small country with few people. In addition, Wu Yuan and others do not know any Japanese stars or insiders, so it is not easy for Toho Company to invite people casually.

So at the premiere of "Your Name" in Japan, in addition to inviting a group of journalists and media, the most invited were film critics and lucky fans who won the premiere tickets.

Wu Yuan was quite satisfied with this arrangement. He really needed Japanese film critics to give feedback on the film as soon as possible to guide the audience to watch "Your Name" in the cinema.

He was very confident in his film and believed that as long as the Japanese audience really watched the film, they would not like it to death, but they would definitely not hate it.

Because the version he prepared for Japanese release, in addition to specially inviting voice actors to dub the actors, there were some changes in the plot.

Compared with the implicit mainland version, the Japanese version is closer to the original.

For example, at the end, Sanye and Lin Wenjie met on the top of the mountain. They were afraid of forgetting each other in the future, so they wrote their names on each other's hands with a water writing pen. The mainland version really just wrote names.

The Japanese version is the same as the original version. Lin Wenjie wrote the four words "I like you" on Sanye's palm.

There is no such thing as premature love among high school students in Japan. Girls aged 16 can register for marriage with their boyfriends with the consent of their parents!

Wu Yuan openly showed the complete love story of Lin Wenjie and Luo Sanye in the movie!

He imagined that this beautiful and fresh tear-jerking movie would definitely conquer Japanese fans who love to watch this type of movie!

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