Chapter 440: President of PHS

When Shen Lang saw Sato Eisuke for the first time, he discovered that the person on the phone that day was actually a young man who looked like he had just graduated from college.

As for the other person, he is not tall, has gray hair, wears black-framed glasses, and is dressed very fashionably. How can I describe him?
She is the kind of "trendsetter" who has wrinkles on her face but is at the forefront of fashion!
Sato Eisuke didn't expect that Shen Lang, who hung up the phone bluntly that day, didn't look aggressive, and he was even more handsome than in interviews and movies.

"Kimura Takuya definitely doesn't have the looks of him at his age!" Sato was convinced in his heart, "The key is, with Shen Lang's looks, if he were in Japan, he could be popular with both herbivorous and carnivorous types. It's so scary. He might be able to debut as a singer..."

Han Zhiyu and Ting Xianghao became nervous when they saw the two "Jiaobenji" people coming in. Could it be that the "Jiaobenji" people also wanted to invite Shen Lang to film a movie?
As we all know, the domestic film industry has not seen much improvement in these years since the economic bubble was burst.

The investment is small, the script is small, the subject matter is small, and everything is done with the goal of saving costs.

We can’t even absorb the artists from our own country, let alone invite artists from abroad to film. This situation can be said to be "rare" in recent years!
However, the two of them thought that with Shen Lang's current international fame, it seemed reasonable to invite him to star in a movie. As long as the script was not too bad, it was almost certain that he would make money.

Thinking of this, both of them became nervous.

"Teacher Shen, this is Mr. Kobayashi Michiru, the president of Shochiku Film!" Sato immediately introduced the old man who was traveling with him.

Xiaolingtong? What a good name. Shen Lang liked it very much.

Xiao Lingtong bowed deeply to Shen Lang and said, "Shen Sang, I am your fan!"

As the only member of the company who had learned Chinese, Sato quickly prepared the translation.

Unexpectedly, Shen Lang spoke in a fluent and standard Tokyo accent: "It turns out to be President Kobayashi. It's the first time we meet. Welcome!"

Everyone present was dumbfounded.

Especially Han Zhiyu, he looked at Ting Xianghao in amazement and asked: "He can actually speak Japanese?"

Ting Xianghao swallowed his saliva, shook his head and said, "I don't know this either!"

When Xiao Lingtong saw that Shen Lang could speak Japanese, he was overjoyed and said, "Shen Sang, I didn't expect your Japanese to be so good. You are really a language genius!"

Shen Lang waved his hand and said shamelessly: "I really like to study movies, especially the movies from East Asia's South Korea and your country. I watched a lot of them, and then I became familiar with them naturally after learning from them."

“Of course, there are still many words I don’t understand very well, but there are some words in Japanese that I am very familiar with.”

"For example, hot springs, soups, outdoors, bubble baths, Ginza, secretaries, touch touch りがいいですね.!"

When Xiao Lingtong and Sato heard this, their faces turned red and sweat broke out on their foreheads!
"Hahaha, just kidding, everyone sit down... everyone sit down!"

At this time, outside the house, Wang Yanni looked at the house with admiration and said, "Teacher Shen is really amazing. He can even speak Japanese. Unlike me, I can't even understand the 50 sounds. I really want to know what Teacher Shen's last sentence means!"

Xiao Zhuli: "Secretary, your stockings feel great!"

Wang Yanni: “Yeah?”

"That's the last sentence Brother Lang just said!"

"Ah? How come he... No, how come you... also know Japanese?"

“There are so many teaching videos here…”

"Get lost, Mr. Shen is so handsome, his learning channels are not the same as yours, you must be talking nonsense, right!"

"Nimma! Beauty is justice, right?"

……

In the room, Shen Lang introduced Han Zhiyu and Ting Xianghao to Xiao Lingtong.

Xiao Lingtong was originally the president of a major Japanese film company, so how could he not have heard of Ting Xianghao?

Seeing him present, Xiao Lingtong immediately became alert, because he was a competitor.

Han Zhiyu was also anxious: "Mr. Shen, what do you think? I think three million is already very sincere. If you have thought it over, I brought the contract and we can sign it immediately." Shen Lang had also watched "Train to Busan 2" in his previous life.

He couldn't remember the plot.

But it is obvious that the quality of a movie that made him unable to even remember the plot can be imagined.

The only thing Shen Lang can remember now is that "Train to Busan 2" actually has no direct connection with the first one.

Anyway, almost all the protagonists of the first film have been replaced, and the story has changed from the first film's reflection on human nature to a complete zombie movie.

If the core of a movie cannot be sublimated, then no matter how big the investment is, to be honest, Shen Lang thinks it is a garbage movie that has no nutrition and will not resonate with people.

It’s a pity that if time and space had not changed the script, "Train to Busan 2" would have been such a rubbish movie.

It's very much like a movie that the director rushed out to sell sentimentality in order to make money.

Just in case, Shen Lang asked Ting Xianghao, "Director, is the script out yet?"

Ting Xianghao and Han Zhiyu thought that the 300 million US dollars impressed Shen Lang, so they hurriedly took out the script from their bag and handed it to Shen Lang with both hands.

Shen Lang took the script and took a look. Sure enough, the second part was the same plot as he remembered. He soon lost interest in the script.

When Ting Xianghao saw Shen Lang close the script after reading it for a few seconds, he thought Shen Lang was going to sign the contract, so he quickly asked Han Zhiyu to take out the contract and hand it to Shen Lang.

Shen Lang took the contract and smiled, then turned to look at the president of Xiaolingtong and said, "President Xiaolin, if you are still planning to shoot a film like Adam and Eve on the Moon, I hope you won't mention it again!"

Xiao Lintong's face turned red, he adjusted his glasses and said, "Mr. Shen, I want to tell you two things first!"

"Mr. Hao Er from Mango TV in China is my distant nephew. He has recommended you to me more than once, saying that you are the treasure of the entire world film industry!"

Kobayashi Koji? The rare TV host who is popular among Chinese people?

Koji, who has been running around in various film crews for many years and plays the role of a "devil"?

The Japanese man Kobayashi Koji who married a Yamashiro woman?

Shen Lang smiled and said, "So you are Mr. Hao Er's relative. Hello, hello."

With Kobayashi Koji's endorsement, Shen Lang was much more polite to Kobayashi Michi than before.

Xiaolin Michi was overjoyed when he saw this, so he continued, "Last time I asked Sato to call you and told you the ideas of the screenwriters in the company, but you rejected it. I thought about it and finally made a decision!"

"I would like to invite you to write, direct, and act in a movie, and our company will provide the funds! What do you think?"

Hearing this, Shen Lang looked at the other party in surprise. He did not expect that this Japanese man was so sincere.

Isn't that a coincidence?

Lao Lu once said that he had the opportunity to star in "Kikujiro's Summer" or "Departures".

"Ding! Congratulations to Donkey Bao for getting the chance to film "Departures"!"

"President Kobayashi is the chairman of the China-Japan Friendship Association, so he has long been suppressed by certain forces in Jiaobenji. Although the film company has been around for a hundred years, it is now struggling!"

"Donkey Bao's performance will be an important opportunity for Xiaolindong to break through his career, get out of trouble, and avoid bankruptcy!"

“Please cherish this hard-won opportunity to be the lead actor! Let this movie become a milestone in the history of Asian and even world cinema!”

"Reward: Increase of panel-related attributes! Donkey Bao needs to figure it out on his own during the shooting!"

(End of this chapter)