The next day is Thursday, the winter solstice in China and two days before Christmas Eve in the West.
The day before Christmas Eve is actually nothing to many Japanese people, but this day this year is a very special day for many people.
Because today is the last day for the movie "Love in the Rain" to be released in Japan.
This movie, which is an imported literary film, created a miracle.
That is, without too much publicity, not counting today, but counting as of midnight today, that is, yesterday, this movie actually only took 49 days to earn 9.71 billion yen. box office.
This result has exceeded the Hollywood blockbuster "ET", which had a total box office of 9.62 billion yen after 70 days of release.
Today is already December 22nd. At this point in time, basically the number one box office hit in Japan this year is "Love in the Rain", and the Hollywood blockbuster "ET" that swept the world, Can only settle for second place.
Of course, since these two movies are imported movies, these two box offices are counted as imported box office. If it is a local box office, it must be the movie "Antarctic Story" starring Takakura Ken.
What is it but a miracle that a literary film originating from mainland China can achieve such results?
Many people say that this is a typical box office dark horse, because before this, no one would have thought that this movie could achieve such a high box office, or even rank first in the total box office.
Especially the ability to surpass "ET Alien", which is even more incredible.
At the same time, the box office of 9.71 billion yen also made history, which is the highest record in the history of Japanese movie box office so far.
Although this achievement cannot be said to be unprecedented, it is definitely unprecedented.
It is precisely because of this good result that in response to the requests of many fans, one of the partners, Toho Pictures, decided to hold a screening ceremony after the last movie.
In fact, the so-called screening ceremony is a fan meeting, which means that the starring actors of the film will appear on stage and answer questions from fans and reporters.
Of course, ordinary movies don’t get this treatment, but why did this movie come from mainland China?
Now is the period of friendship between China and Japan. Officials from both sides are sparing no effort to promote exchanges between the two sides, and cultural exchanges are the most important and harmless way.
In the past, Japan only went to China unilaterally for exchanges. Now it is not easy for a Chinese film to shine in Japan, so it will definitely have to make a big fuss.
Therefore, with the efforts of diplomats from both sides and the instructions of the top leaders of both sides, this screening ceremony was held.
Therefore, the fate of Zhu Lin and Xu Qingdong this time is really not just Cao Zhiqiang's own idea.
In fact, even if Cao Zhiqiang does not push it, Japan will invite Zhu Lin, Cao Zhiqiang and Xu Qingdong to come to Japan.
Needless to say, doing this is a matter of face for China, and it is also a good thing for Japan.
Japan is doing this to show its openness. At the same time, after doing this, it can also ask China to open up the qualifications for the introduction of more cultural works and introduce more Japanese film and television works.
If it were 2023, Chinese people might think this was a cultural invasion by Japan, but in 1983, this was friendly exchanges.
In fact, Cao Zhiqiang knows very well that Japan's current friendship is not really good for China, but is all for its own interests.
Not to mention that Japan is now thinking about opening the door to mainland China all day long, and then dumping Japanese products to the mainland to seize the mainland market.
Let’s just talk about cultural exchange, which is not a good idea.
Because the cultural strengths of China and Japan are not equal at this time, Japan's culture is higher than that of the mainland.
Therefore, if the entry of Japanese films is really fully liberalized, it will not only have an impact on the mainland's cultural market, but also affect the people's hearts in the mainland.
It is precisely because of this that during this period, mainland China, on the surface, said it was open and inclusive, but in fact it was very cautious about the introduction of foreign language films. Not only did it have to strictly review the plots, but it also had strict requirements on the quantity of introductions.
This is actually similar to a business protection policy and is understandable.
After all, when you are weak, you need to protect your own products and culture through policies to avoid excessive impact.
If you are free and open when your strength is still very weak, you will only be eaten up by others.
Therefore, it is naturally wrong to close the country, but necessary restrictions are needed. Complete openness and freedom will do no harm to the current country.
In fact, if you look at it later, you will see that even though the country has such control, the effect is not very big, and it still creates a large number of people who worship foreign things.
Basically, many people born in the 1950s and 1960s who consider themselves elites still cannot change their thinking even when the country becomes stronger. They still think that the moon abroad is round and that domestic products are not as good as foreign products.
Anyway, as long as China can make it, foreign countries can definitely make it better. As long as China cannot make it, it will definitely be the industrial pearl of mankind.
From ballpoint pen refills to aircraft carriers, before the mainland built them, these people would praise foreign countries and try to overthrow domestic ones.
Once China builds it, these people start to say that it doesn't matter, that other countries are better, and they don't bother to build something that doesn't work.
How should I put it? Cao Zhiqiang didn't understand it well before, but now he understands it somewhat.
It's very simple. It's the establishment of a person's three views, mainly in adolescence.
If you are introduced to wrong three views when you are a teenager, it will be difficult to change them even when you are older.
In the early days of reform and opening up, because the country was very poor in all aspects and was far behind Western developed countries, once everyone saw the scenery outside, they were immediately shocked by the superficial prosperity of Western society, and then thought that everything in the West was It’s just good, it’s just good, it’s just good.
But in fact, the West just industrialized earlier and became stronger, but not everything is right or good.
For example, the Western democratic system may not actually be the best system.
Later, an epidemic exposed the true nature of the Western system. This is the reason.
However, in this day and age, only a handful of people can see through the essence. Most people cannot see the essence. They only see the prosperity and wealth of Western society, and then they begin to hate themselves and yearn for the West.
At the same time, the West also began to engage in cultural invasion, trying its best to introduce some bad things into the country. Not to mention, it was really effective for a while.
Fortunately, the country is too big, the culture is too strong, and the leadership team is mostly composed of sober people. Only then did the sugar-coating be eaten away, the cannonballs thrown away, and it finally embarked on the fast lane of development, but it was not completely corroded by the dross of the West.
It can only be said that it is thanks to the profoundness and profoundness of Chinese culture and long history that it has strong resistance.
In short, at 3:15 pm on the winter solstice in the Chinese lunar calendar, the broadcast of "Love in the Rain" officially ended at a Toho Cinema in Ikebukuro District.
After this broadcast ends, it means that the movie "Love in the Rain", which has been played for 50 days, will be officially released from now on.
When the picture disappeared and the lights came on, the various sitters in the audience who had been arranged in advance took the lead in applauding.
Other spectators were also infected and applauded together, and the applause quickly became one.
Of course, a few people began to leave their seats and prepare to leave the venue.
But soon, a man wearing a tuxedo and holding a microphone suddenly walked out on the stage in front of the big screen.
As soon as this person appeared, many people who were about to leave sat down again.
The reason is very simple. Many people know this person. He is the famous host and comedian, the Sun Wukong in the Japanese version of Journey to the West - Masaaki Sakai!
Although Masaaki Sakai is a star in movies, TV shows, and singing, he is actually best known as a comedian and host.
However, it was the Japanese TV series "Journey to the West" released in 1978 that really made him a household name.
Although the ratings of "Journey to the West" were only 27.4%, for that year, this rating was already very strong.
After all, "Journey to the West" comes from China and is not Japan's local culture. It is great to have such ratings.
But later, in many variety shows, Sakai Masaaki, as the host, parodied the character of "Journey to the West", so that many Japanese people knew Sakai Masaaki, who played the Monkey King in it.
But what really made him a household name was not this TV series, but the emcee of the Red and White Song Festival.
However, if he became the emcee of the Hongbai Song Club, if nothing unexpected happened, it would be after 1991.
As for now, Sakai Masaaki's most famous label is still Sun Wukong, not the emcee of the Red and White Song Festival.
But no matter what, his appearance here means that there will definitely be a show next.
Because during this period, Masaaki Sakai had already been the emcee of various programs, and even many commercial performances invited him to be the emcee.
Sure enough, after Sakai Masaaki walked to the center of the stage, he quickly smiled with an exaggerated expression: "Hey, hey, don't leave, everyone. There is a surprise waiting for you. So, what is the surprise?"
After deliberately pausing for three seconds, Sakai Masaaki said loudly: "Yes, today is the last day for the release of "Love in the Rain". For this reason, we specially invited the male and female leading actors and directors of this movie.
Now, we invite our lovely teacher Wen Xue and classmate A Qiu to make their official debut! "
As soon as this sentence came out, many people let out exclamations and exclamations, and many girls even covered their mouths with their hands in surprise.
Well, this so-called screening ceremony is actually a secret ceremony.
In other words, they did not advertise it widely in advance, but prepared to suddenly appear on the stage after the last scene to give the audience a surprise attack.
The purpose of this is mainly to create topics while also minimizing investment in site maintenance and the like.
The reason is very simple, that is, to this day, Cao Zhiqiang, who plays Ah Qiu, and Zhu Lin, who plays Wen Xue in the movie, are not only household names in Japan, but they are already well-known and known to many people.
In particular, Cao Zhiqiang caused many fans to go crazy after being reported by a magazine that he was the most popular singer in Japan, "Qingquan in the Forest".
It's just that Cao Zhiqiang is usually very low-key. He stays at home all day and rarely attends various public occasions. Even when he goes out, he wears a mask and a hat. Coupled with the previous protection of Sayuri Yoshinaga, no paparazzi dared to secretly reveal where he lives. Therefore, Many of his fans and fans, also known as fans, never had the chance to meet him or find him.
Perhaps because of this, many Morinaka Aizumi fans go to the cinema to watch movies to support their idol.
It is said that a little girl from Kyoto actually watched thirty-eight shows just to support her idol Morinaka Aizumi. She didn’t know whether it was true or not.
Therefore, if Cao Zhiqiang really announced in advance that he would attend an event in a certain movie theater in the name of "Green Spring in the Forest", he would definitely be surrounded by many fans.
A conservative estimate is that if Cao Zhiqiang really gives notice in advance, there will be at least more than 10,000 fans present, which will be very troublesome by then.
Of course, having more fans coming is actually a good thing, as long as more investment in security is required, but Cao Zhiqiang is not happy.
Cao Zhiqiang wants both.
He wanted to be famous and make money, but he also didn't want to be surrounded by people all day long, so he asked for this kind of surprise appearance.
They didn't tell the audience in advance that Cao Zhiqiang was coming, so it really didn't cause a sensation. However, some reporters from newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations who were invited still said hello in advance until this happened.
In order to ensure surprise, these reporters were originally disguised as ordinary spectators, and all their equipment was packed into bags.
It was only then that they opened their bags, quickly took out the cameras, video recorders, tape recorders, microphones and other interview equipment inside, and rushed to the front of the stage to take pictures of the stage.
Soon, with the background sound of "YAH YAH YAH" and the numerous flashing lights, Zhu Lin, who was wearing a Chinese moon-white cheongsam, Xu Qingdong, who was wearing a gray tunic suit, and Cao Zhiqiang, who was wearing a shirt, jeans and travel shoes, all took them. Holding wireless microphones, they filed onto the stage from the backstage with smiles on their faces.
When Zhu Lin and Xu Qingdong came on stage, the audience could restrain themselves and just applauded.
But when they saw Cao Zhiqiang, who was wearing a white T-shirt and blue jeans, the audience stood up, cheered and screamed.
Immediately afterwards, there were cheers, applause and screams. Various sounds were mixed together, making the entire theater seem to be overturned by the huge sound.
Many girls, in particular, cheered and cried while waving and stamping their feet. Many little girls even burst into tears.
The scene was so lively, which shows everyone's love for Cao Zhiqiang.
You know, this scene was not staged, it was all staged spontaneously by the audience.
In fact, it is understandable.
After all, this is the last scene on the last day of the movie's release.
Normally, most people who want to watch it have already watched it and will not come back to watch it again.
And today is Thursday, which is not a holiday. Everyone goes to work and goes to school. Very few people come to the cinema to watch a movie at three o'clock in the afternoon.
Only those true fans will come to watch movies at this time.
For this reason, many people actually skipped work and classes to watch.
For example, those students wearing school uniforms obviously skipped class to watch.
In other words, 99% of these people are here for Cao Zhiqiang, and 99% are fans of Cao Zhiqiang.
Originally, they just wanted to watch this last movie and have a sense of ceremony.
Who would have thought that now we can actually see real people appear after the movie.
That's not too exciting.
(End of chapter)
