Seeing that Cao Zhiqiang was so easy to talk to, Nagayama Kozo's heart that he had been holding on to was finally relieved.
In fact, he came in such a hurry today and said he wanted to talk about three things. In fact, it was all a pretense.
The main reason why Nagayama Kozo didn't sleep at night and came directly was because Sayuri Yoshinaga was going to play the heroine.
Here, it doesn't matter if she is just Sayuri Yoshinaga. After all, she is just an actor. Even if she is more famous, she will just say no.
But Yoshinaga Sayuri's husband is not a vegetarian, and he is definitely not an easy person to offend.
Nagayama Kozo was afraid that Cao Zhiqiang, who was young and energetic and didn't know the ropes, would reject the role when he first heard that the heroine was being replaced. That would be a bad thing.
Although Cao Zhiqiang is Chinese, Nagayama Kozo does not mean to look down on him.
On the contrary, Nagayama Kozo still admired Cao Zhiqiang, and even felt some sympathy for each other.
After all, let’s not talk about anything else. In terms of TV dramas, Cao Zhiqiang’s point of view is very similar to Nagayama Kozo, that is, he does not want to continue to produce some traditional and cliched dramas, but hopes to focus more on young people.
In this changing era, those who win the young win the world, at least that's what Nagayama Kozo thinks.
It's just that although Nagayama Kozo has always wanted to make a few urban dramas focusing on young people, he has been suffering from the lack of good scripts.
The appearance of Cao Zhiqiang made Yongshan Kozo's eyes light up, thinking that this was exactly what he needed.
What's even more rare is that some of Cao Zhiqiang's views on urban dramas coincide with Nagayama Kozo's. Therefore, the process of chatting with Cao Zhiqiang makes Nagayama Kozo feel like a spring breeze. He is particularly comfortable and even always inspired. This is when he is chatting with other people. was not available at the time.
Therefore, Nagayama Kozo has never looked down on Cao Zhiqiang, and he also hopes that Cao Zhiqiang can truly stay in Japan and develop well.
It is precisely because of this mentality that Nagayama Kozo hopes to protect Cao Zhiqiang and does not want him to make any mistakes.
Now seeing that Cao Zhiqiang is so aware of current affairs, Yongshan Kozo is completely relieved.
"By the way, Yongshan-san." Cao Zhiqiang, who was having breakfast, suddenly remembered something, "Don't you have a third thing?"
Nagayama Kozo, who was having breakfast, was stunned for a moment, quickly swallowed the sushi in his mouth, then clapped his hands and said, "Ah, I almost forgot.
Well, the third thing is the music talent show you told me about last time. "
"You mean, The Voice of Japan?" Cao Zhiqiang asked.
"Yes, yes." Nagayama Kozo nodded, "That's right, the New Year is coming soon. Every New Year, that is, on December 31st, our major TV stations will launch a series of New Year's Eve programs.
However, in previous years, NHK's Kohaku Utakai was basically the dominant one. Although Fuji TV also launched some related variety shows, such as comedy shows, the ratings were not comparable to Kohaku Utakai.
You should be aware of this, right? "
Cao Zhiqiang nodded: "Of course I know that."
Yes, Cao Zhiqiang has heard a little bit about Japan's New Year's party.
Japan also celebrates the New Year, but their New Year celebration is generally not Chinese New Year’s Eve, but the New Year.
It’s just that the Japanese New Year is not based on the Chinese lunar calendar, but on the Gregorian calendar, which is the AD year.
Every January 1st of the Gregorian calendar is the Japanese New Year, and every year on December 31st of the Gregorian calendar, major TV stations will launch something similar to a New Year's party, but the content of different TV stations is different.
The most famous one is of course NHK’s Red and White Song Contest.
Since its birth in 1951, this program has become a well-known New Year's Eve program in Japan, similar to China's Spring Festival Gala.
Once December 31st arrives every year, almost every household in Japan will watch NHK’s Red and White Song Festival.
Especially in Japan in the 1980s, the status of Kohaku Utakai was basically unmatched.
In the past, every December 31st, the ratings of the Red and White Song Festival could basically remain above 70%, and even 80% was common.
Although Fuji TV will also launch related programs at that time, usually they are comedy programs, but in this case, most of them are just coping with the situation.
After all, in the 1980s, no matter how hard other TV stations tried, they couldn't manage the Red and White Song Festival, so they might as well just let it go.
In the past, every time at this time, Fuji TV would put out a few comedy variety shows to deal with things before the Kohaku Uta Festival started, and then when the Kohaku Uta Festival started, Fuji TV would broadcast TV series in succession at its own house. way to attract the audience.
Needless to say, this method is really effective, and some people still appreciate it.
However, when Cao Zhiqiang was drinking and chatting with Nagayama Kozo before, he once talked about a talent show, which was similar to the later "The Voice of China" program.
When Nagayama Kozo heard this, he immediately became interested and decided to do something about it.
It's just that he belongs to the TV drama production center, not the producer of variety shows, so he talked to relevant colleagues and hoped to try the program as a Spring Festival special program during the Spring Festival.
If it works, we will officially do it in the future. If it doesn’t work, Fuji TV’s Spring Festival schedule is always running with me anyway, so there is nothing to lose if it fails.
Mentors are easy to select, but candidates to participate in the draft are difficult to find.
Although the purpose of this program is that everyone can participate, whether they are professional singers or non-professional singers, they can be on it if they want, and then they will be selected round by round, and finally officially appear on the show at the finals on the Spring Festival day.
But it is already mid-December, and if the draft is to be carried out step by step, there is not enough time.
So the best way is to find some capable singers to participate in the show.
But really talented singers will be invited to the Red and White Song Festival during the New Year, and they will go to Fuji TV to participate in a talent show.
Then the person in charge of Fuji TV's variety show production center suddenly remembered that Nagayama Kozo was very familiar with the recently popular singer Morinaka Aizumi, so he asked Nagayama Kozo to discuss with Morinaka Aizumi, that is, Cao Zhiqiang, and let Cao Zhiqiang participate. That show, being a talent selector.
Cao Zhiqiang's identity as a Chinese is not a secret in the eyes of caring people, so although Cao Zhiqiang's current songs are very popular, there is a high probability that he will not be invited to the Red and White Song Festival, at least not this year.
In fact, invitations to the Red and White Song Festival are usually made one month in advance and sent to the invitees, and no more than half a month at the latest.
Cao Zhiqiang has not received the invitation letter from the Red and White Song Concert yet, and there is a high probability that he will not participate.
As for why he knew that Cao Zhiqiang did not receive the invitation letter, it is not difficult. After all, at this time, the Red and White Song Festival is basically a routine, and the list of invitees will be circulated among major TV stations early in the morning.
In this way, if other TV stations know the name on the list, they will no longer invite that person to appear on their own TV station.
"This matter is quite embarrassing." Nagayama Kozo said embarrassedly, "But this is a request from my colleague. I will feel sorry if I don't say it, but you don't have to worry. It's not forced, but I just want to ask you what you mean. .”
Speaking of this, Nagayama Kozo asked carefully: "So, Cao Sang, are you interested in participating in this show's audition? If you participate, I believe the final champion will be you!"
Cao Zhiqiang said angrily: "Do you think I care about this?"
Nagayama Kozo was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "That's right, you seem... don't care too much."
Cao Zhiqiang shook his head, put down his chopsticks and said: "Yongshan Sang, you are my friend. Originally, you asked me to help you, but before the end of this month, I want to go back to my hometown in China to reunite with my family. By the way, I will be there." I won’t be in Japan for the New Year’s Eve, so I really can’t do this for you.”
"Yeah?" Yongshan Kosan opened his mouth, "Cao Sang is going back to China?"
"Yes." Cao Zhiqiang nodded, "I am originally Chinese, and I still have relatives there. It's the end of the year soon, so of course I have to go back."
"You should go back and take a look." Nagayama Kozo nodded, "Then when will you come back?"
Cao Zhiqiang smiled: "According to our rules, it has to be after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month."
Yongshan Kozo frowned and said, "On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, what day is that in the Western calendar?"
Cao Zhiqiang thought for a moment and said, "Let me do the math. The fifteenth day of the first lunar month should be February 16 next year in the Western calendar year."
Nagayama Kozo was stunned: "More than a month, does it take so long to return to China?"
Cao Zhiqiang smiled and said: "Of course, I have a lot of things going on there, so I can't live in Japan forever."
Nagayama Kozo sighed and said, "It would be great if you could become a Japanese citizen."
Cao Zhiqiang smiled and said nothing.
Not to mention how difficult it is to obtain Japanese nationality at this time, even if he can join, Cao Zhiqiang will not join Japan.
Not only is it a matter of national sentiments, but even in terms of future, Cao Zhiqiang will not join a country that is already in decline.
In fact, many people have a misunderstanding, that is, the Japanese economy only began to decline after 1985, and it failed to recover after the economic bubble burst.
But that's not the case.
In fact, as early as the late 1970s, or to be precise after 1974, Japan's economy was already in decline, and it was no longer in a period of rapid growth.
For example, Japan's real GDP growth rate last year was only 3.1%, which can be said to be quite sluggish.
If there are no accidents, and based on the history of Cao Zhiqiang's previous life, Japan's real GDP growth rate by the end of 1983 should be even lower, only 2.3%.
In other words, the Japanese economy during this period actually had problems and had already entered an era of low growth.
It’s just that it’s slightly better than the growth rate after 1991, which was often a few tenths.
The Japanese economy is a complicated matter, so I won’t go into details.
What can be said is that in Japan at this time, despite the blooming flowers, the sun is actually setting.
Moreover, Japan is a very conservative country with serious xenophobia. If Cao Zhiqiang, a mainlander, wants to develop here, he will never really get ahead.
No matter how powerful and talented he is, at best he can just be a singer with some money, and it is absolutely impossible to go further.
But it's different in the country.
Although the country seems very poor now, the sun is rising slowly at seven or eight o'clock.
And at this time, there are more opportunities in the country.
Because when it first opened, there were blue oceans and opportunities everywhere. Cao Zhiqiang could become a billionaire in the future just by finding something to do.
Even if you live in a house, after thirty years, you will become a house owner. When the house price rises, you can sell it at will and earn a dozen small goals. It will still be easy.
If you want to go further, you can also do trade.
Since the current domestic communications and transportation are not developed enough, goods from the north to the south are in such a rush. If you persist, you won't have to go far. In the late 1990s, you can easily achieve a few small goals.
Even if you don't engage in trade, just copy books and sing, you can still make more money at home than in Japan.
As for the price of a tape in China, the unit price is not as good as in Japan, but the population base is large.
In China, one of Cao Zhiqiang's vests, singer Aqiang, has sold three to four million albums. If converted into Japanese yen, it is definitely no less than what he earns in Japan.
What's more, Cao Zhiqiang has more ways to make money than these, and he can even pursue more.
Even if talking about money is too vulgar, let's talk about something more practical.
At least in China, Cao Zhiqiang is basically nothing to be afraid of except in rare cases.
Cao Zhiqiang's base is all in China, and his connections are also in China. As long as he doesn't seek death in the future, he doesn't have to worry about anything in China.
What's more, Cao Zhiqiang continues to collect the wool of the system. Through his own introduction to domestic milk technology, with domestic heritage and the current international situation, after China has various internationally advanced technologies thirty years in advance, so many variables are added together. , the future is hard to say.
It is very likely that the domestic economy will be able to develop in advance without waiting until two thousand years later.
Especially for infrastructure construction, the more it is done when the economic foundation is poor, the better the results will be.
Therefore, no matter how good the outside world is, it is not our own country.
At least, you don't have to worry about being criticized or frightened at home, but it's hard to say that abroad.
If nothing else, let’s talk about this incident of Yoshinaga Sayuri openly stealing a role.
Here in Japan, because of Sayuri Yoshinaga's status and the power of her husband, Cao Zhiqiang is obviously very angry, but he can only greet her with a smile and a happy welcome, so that people can feel that he is being promoted.
But the script was obviously written by Cao Zhiqiang, so he is supposed to be the one with the most say in casting.
However, this is not the case. In Japan, how can you, a foreigner who writes a book, stand up to local bosses?
If they want to ban you as a foreigner, it only takes one sentence.
If this were done in China, with Cao Zhiqiang's current status, who in the entertainment industry would dare to do this to Cao Zhiqiang?
Let's put it this way, in China, Cao Zhiqiang is a proper uncle.
But in Japan, Cao Zhiqiang had to hide in a small building and pretend to be low-key.
Even bluefin tuna and Black Sea caviar, he dare not eat openly here in Japan.
If it weren't for money, or if it weren't for the mysterious organization's lies, he wouldn't be too lazy to come to Japan to pretend to be a grandson.
Now, he has basically done everything he should do in Japan, so it is naturally time to go back.
(End of chapter)
