Chapter 65 Agreement and Casting

In order to let the young man in the suit understand what they meant, Zhuang Long had just switched to speaking English. Therefore, when he talked to Su Yun next, he also used English - the main reason was to make it clear to the young man in the suit sitting opposite him, so that he would know that his trick had not succeeded.

Unexpectedly, this strategy not only angered the young man in the suit, but also attracted other big fish.

For someone like Su Yun who has been an avid gamer since childhood, it is impossible that he does not know the name of Gunpei Yokoi, the father of GB (Game Boy).

He is the backbone of Nintendo and the director of the development department. The well-known products in the gaming industry such as Game & Watch, Famicom, Game Boy, and VIRTUA BOY were all designed and developed under his leadership.

Unfortunately, after Nintendo's most classic "Famicom" entered China, it was squeezed out by the domestic copycat "Subor Learning Machine" due to various factors such as the weak concept of intellectual property rights at the time. Since then, a multi-year battle began between Nintendo, which wanted to expand into the Chinese market, and China, which regarded games as a scourge.

Although Subor occupies the fond childhood memories of the post-70s, 80s and 90s generations, if you think carefully, these fond memories all come from Nintendo's "gift".

When Su Yun saw Gunpei Yokoi coming over to ask about the cross key, she immediately recalled a piece of gossip she had seen before: It is said that the Game & Watch, the generally recognized prototype of modern handheld game consoles, was born because Gunpei Yokoi was inspired by seeing some office workers on the Shinkansen fiddling with calculators to kill time.

From the first generation of handheld game consoles to modern smartphones, the benefit is that they can kill people’s fragmented time and allow them to carry entertainment with them on the go - and they taste great!

The profits from this palm-sized device not only helped Nintendo pay off its nearly 7 billion yen debt, but also left it with a surplus of nearly 4 billion yen. In the end, it even directly prompted Nintendo, a former toy manufacturer, to successfully transform into a game manufacturer.

"What cross key? It's just a little girl's wild fantasy. I didn't expect there would be fools who believe it." The young man in a suit opposite was not used to the Japanese treating the Chinese so politely, and immediately said something in a sarcastic tone.

"It is precisely because people have always had fantastic ideas that they can create an innovative future." Zhuang Long responded bluntly.

Yoshida, the translator, also glared at him angrily, but had no time to speak: Su Yun's breaking of the handle and Zhuang Long's sudden attack just now made him realize that the two customers he received were both masters of the legendary Chinese Kung Fu. In order to avoid the escalation of the incident, he could only pay close attention to the two customers' every move.

Especially Su Yun, children cannot stand anger the most, and once they take action, even what is reasonable becomes unreasonable.

It was unknown how cautious Yoshida was in his heart. Su Yun, who knew the outcome, simply glanced at the young man in the suit with great pity: it was their short-sightedness that led them to easily give up the exclusive rights to the 4000 series chipsets just because they wanted to engage in a price war with other companies. This allowed Intel, which designed and developed the 4000 series, to earn billions of dollars from patent licensing alone in the next few years.

Finally, Bus Computer Corporation disappeared into the history in the fierce market competition; but Intel, relying on the momentum of microprocessors, became the essential core provider of tens of millions of products in dozens of major industries, firmly occupying the leading position in the market for half a century.

Of course, the idea of ​​beating up the young man in a suit was not something they didn't want to do. The main thing was that Su Yun listened to Zhuang Long's advice and was careful about their position: although most of the Japanese on the train were scolding the young man in a suit and any one of them could easily beat him up, if a fight really broke out, between the Japanese on the train and the two Chinese, they would definitely be the ones to suffer.

If it were in China, would she join forces with her indignant compatriots to beat the young man in a suit into a mosaic?

Unfortunately, now that they are in a car in a foreign country, they have to engage in this kind of "verbal battle" based on mental attacks, which directly defeats the young man in the suit in the area that he is most proud of. Even if he is not convinced in his heart, he has to admit it verbally, and only by apologizing and bowing like a shrimp can he let go of the anger in his heart.

Using physical force to force this idiot with a head full of anti-China ideas to admit his mistakes and apologize in public is more effective than direct physical attack. It even saves the trouble of looking for an opportunity to put a sack on him and give him a real beating when getting out of the car - after losing such a big person, the reputation of his company will definitely be further damaged.

Well, the young man in suit’s company, which was not doing well to begin with, will probably go bankrupt soon along with him, his family, and the company…

With the filter of childhood in mind and the idea of ​​helping the enemy die sooner and be reborn sooner, Su Yun took Yokoi Gunpei's business card in a friendly manner: "It's not very convenient to chat here, let's make another appointment for another time and place."

Yokoi Gunpei glanced at the young man in a suit and nodded: "Indeed, where are you going? Are you coming to Japan for a tour?"

"We are in Japan on business," Zhuang Long answered, and then added, "Our destination is Kyoto. If you want to find us, you can call this number."

"I will contact you both as soon as possible after reporting my work to the company." Gunpei Yokoi bowed again, then sat back in his seat holding the small piece of paper with the phone number on it as if he had received a treasure.

After Su Yun and the other two got off the car, they were led by translator Yoshida to Hanami-koji in Gion Kobu, where the Iwasaki Geisha House was located.

However, due to the rules of the geisha house, the three were placed in a hotel near Hanami-koji.

After settling down in the room, Iwasaki Mineko, who heard that Su Yun and the others had arrived, also came here soon.

"This is the first version of the script that was revised based on my manuscript." In addition to the script in English and Japanese, Mineko Iwasaki also brought a box of clothes and several staff members in charge of taking makeup photos.

Because this is considered a semi-audition, we didn't choose a formal shooting location. The hotel room happened to be of typical Japanese style, and with the kimono for the trial, it was more suitable than a filming location that required setting up the scenery.

It is also for this reason that director Akira Kurosawa, who came with Iwasaki Mineko, did not fall into his "problem" of extreme perfectionism.

Su Yun secretly glanced at his neck and wrists covered by his clothes. Due to the box office failure of his previous movie and the problems of his creative pursuit, Kurosawa Akira once tried to commit suicide at home. When he was found in the bathroom, he had 5 cuts on his neck and 16 cuts on his hands...

Fortunately, the wounds were not deep and were discovered in time, so there was no life-threatening situation.

It is hard to imagine that a man who was known as the emperor of the Japanese film industry and had won many international awards early on would be so desperate.

I don’t know if it’s the influence of the perfectionist style or the pessimism that’s ingrained in the Japanese.

Previously in Hong Kong, Iwasaki Mineko said that she had originally accepted an invitation from the Soviet Union to direct a Russian-language feature film, but there were too many issues between the two parties and it had not yet been finalized, so she took advantage of the situation and invited this famous director both at home and abroad.

The timing is very clever: after the development of television, the entire Japanese film industry was in decline. Faced with this market where no matter what you shoot, you will only lose money. A legendary director like Kurosawa Akira tried to do his most hated job of writing TV scripts in order to make a living.

Now, when a director who is willing to spend a lot of time and money to pursue higher quality films meets an investor who is willing to spend any amount of money just to clear his bad reputation, it is a perfect match.

Kurosawa Akira had obviously done his homework before coming, and was very satisfied with Su Yun's kimono image and acting skills - the Japanese version of "The Perfect Match" had already been released in various parts of Japan and had earned a lot of box office. If it weren't for Su Yun's small figure and the fact that the movie had been taken off the screen for some time, she might have been recognized when she came.

"The atmosphere when the two of them work together is the effect of one plus one being greater than two." Iwasaki Mineko smiled and spoke for Zhuang Long, who was not favored by Kurosawa Akira. "In a few days, the movie "Artificial Intelligence" they worked on together will be released in Japanese theaters. As long as Kurosawa-kun goes to see it, he will understand that what I said is true."

The well-informed Iwasaki Mineko probably understood where Kurosawa's dislike for Sho Takashi came from: when Kurosawa attempted suicide in 1971, his screen muse, the lead actor Toshiro Mifune, was filming the blockbuster "Two Wolves in the Wild" in Hollywood with French actor Alain Delon.

They were once a golden pair, one's career was at its peak, while the other's career fell to the bottom. On the surface, they said that there was no breakup and nothing serious, but who would believe it?

Good-looking people usually have some inexplicable similarities in their aura. This young man, Zhuang Long, looks just like an oriental version of Alain Delon. After changing into a suit, he has the temperament of the gang leader played by Toshiro Mifune in the movie "Drunken Angel"... Under this double attack, it is hard to guarantee that Kurosawa Akira could not help but have some opinions about him.

Of course, Kurosawa Akira quickly adjusted himself: the actors that Iwasaki Mineko had chosen to play the heroine's childhood and her first love were indeed good-looking and had excellent acting skills.

And it is said that they are all Asian actors who have won high box office in North America - this is the most rare point.

The story of Memoirs of a Geisha has already received a lot of attention in Japan and the United States because of the controversy between the original prototype and the original work. Now with the addition of two Asian faces who can make a mark in the North American film market, the box office should not lose money...

If Su Yun knew what Kurosawa Akira was thinking right now, she would probably shed tears for him.

"For the actress who becomes a maiko at the age of 15, and the actor who becomes the owner of a geisha house later, we are trying to contact the two actresses, Yamaguchi Momoe and Yoshinaga Sayuri. They are both quite suitable in terms of age now." Iwasaki Mineko continued, "Similarly, for other actors, in addition to Mr. Sho Takashi, we are also trying to contact a new actor, Miura Tomokazu..."

Looking at the photo on the table, Kurosawa Akira nodded slowly.

"What we need most urgently is a young actor who entered the geisha house at the same time as Chiyo. I haven't found a suitable candidate yet..." Even if this role is a "spare tire" to succeed the heroine, such "inadequacy" must be minimized within a certain range. Otherwise, when the heroine is depressed in the plot, this person who rose to the top at the same time will not be enough to convince the public.

However, young actors of Su Yun's level are hard to come by, and the requirement for this backup role is that the gap between the actor and Su Yun must not be too big. How can one find such an actor easily?

Compared with the leading and supporting roles for adult actors, it is more difficult to find this child actor.

After seeing off Iwasaki Mineko, Kurosawa Akira and others, Su Yun and Zhuang Long finished their dinner and then turned on the TV out of boredom.

Because they felt that Su Yun was too young and needed adult care, and because Japanese-style rooms have beds, the two of them stayed in a large room. When it was time to rest, the hotel staff would help make two beds.

"The Japanese teacher hasn't arrived yet. Are you planning to prepare on your own?" After passing the audition, Iwasaki Mineko said that a Japanese teacher would be arranged for the two of them, so Zhuang Long made a joke to Su Yun who was watching TV.

He also glanced at the screen on the TV: it looked like an idol singer audition program, with a group of lively and noisy little girls and young women, which made him feel a little dazzled.

"No, I'm helping to find young actors." Su Yun stared at the little girl on the screen whose name was marked as "Puchi Fuzi" and replied in a deep voice.