Life in Tokyo starting as a child star

Kitai Chengshi woke up at 5:40 the next morning.

Although he would set aside an hour for morning exercises every morning, waking up at 5:40 in the morning was still too early for Kitai Chengshi.

After all, a 10-year-old's body still needs enough sleep.

In order to ensure his physical development at a child's age, Kitai Chengshi would basically sleep for 10 hours.

But he couldn't not get up.

LINE message alert tone.

Various phone calls came in.

In the quiet room in the early morning, it was like a whole C4 bomb was placed.

Kitai Chengshi was sleeping soundly, but was directly woken up by his mobile phone.

Then he got up and picked up the phone to take a look.

Only then did he realize that the person who called was actually Kitano Fumi.

And the other party made more than one call.

Kitai Chengshi's LINE and personal email were both "bombed" by the other party.

This made Kitai Chengshi confused.

What's going on?

We had no grudges in the past and no hatred in the present, why did you "bomb" me while sleeping?

Kitasumi is not a fool.

He certainly knew that the other party was so anxious to contact him, it must be about the promotional video.

But the problem is that Kitano Fumi, a serious and famous director, is like a child who keeps knocking on the door without anyone answering?

Kitasumi answered the phone helplessly.

"Hello? Director Kitano?"

"Ah, Kitano boy, you finally woke up."

Kitano Fumi's smiling voice soon came from the other end of the phone: "It's worth it that I used all kinds of means to wake you up early in the morning."

His tone was smug, and Kitasumi's mouth twitched, who had not slept well.

". From what Director Kitano said. Did you do this on purpose?"

This was just a casual question, equivalent to a teasing greeting between friends.

But what Kitasumi didn't expect was that Kitano Fumi on the other end not only didn't deny it at all, but also admitted it very straightforwardly.

"Of course! I've been staying up all night waiting for the data to be reproduced. Seeing me suffer, you, the direct beneficiary, are still asleep. Of course, I feel unbalanced."

"."Kitasumi.

I take back my words. This famous director who "only thinks I am the best" is just a kid.

He is justified in disturbing people's sleep.

Hearing Kitano Fumi's smug laughter, Kitasumi said expressionlessly: "If there is nothing serious, I will tell the Japanese Actors Association that you have abused child actors."

"Ahem, come on, Kitasumi boy, I was just joking with you just now, don't be so stingy."

Hearing the words "abusing child actors", Kitano Fumi's laughing voice was instantly stuck and he coughed a few times.

"Abusing child actors" is not a small crime in Japan.

In serious cases, it is likely to cause the entire image of his director to collapse.

Although he knew that Kitasumi was probably joking.

But Kitano Fumi couldn't help rolling his eyes.

When other actors saw him, they bowed 90 degrees respectfully. Only Kitasumi, a little guy, was unwilling to suffer any loss and could communicate with him on an equal footing.

Kitasumi didn't care about Kitano Fumi's thoughts. After working together for so long, he probably knew that Kitano Fumi was similar to Shimizuyama, both of whom were carefree and informal. It was not a big problem to play a joke with him.

Compared to this

"By the way, what does Director Kitano mean by 'direct beneficiary'?"

Kitasumi asked.

He was very good at observing people's expressions, and naturally he could feel from Kitano Fumi's relaxed tone that this promotional video was probably a success.

Otherwise, Kitano Fumi wouldn't have 'bombed' him early in the morning.

But the problem lies in this 'direct beneficiary'.

Even if the promotional video of "The Reason I'm Here" was successful, it didn't really have much to do with him.

After all, the salary he received was not linked to the box office of the movie.

How could he be a 'direct beneficiary'?

"You are really sharp, kid."

Kitano Fumi didn't expect it.

The words he accidentally said were actually caught by Kitasumi Shi.

It seems that this little guy is really sharp beyond ordinary people.

Since it has come to this, there is no need to keep it a secret.

"Let me just tell you, Kitasumi boy, our promotional video has been a great success this time. Just one night has passed, and the number of reproductions of the promotional video has exceeded 70,000."

"70,000 reproductions?"

Even though he was prepared, Kitasumi Shi was still surprised when he heard the news.

As mentioned earlier, 50,000 reproductions on the first day can be considered a successful promotion in Japan.

100,000 reproductions on the first day is a topic of conversation.

The most important thing is that the reproduction number does not grow at a fixed rate.

It will not grow by 50,000 today and 50,000 tomorrow.

After your promotional video causes a sensation and attracts the attention of others.

Maybe on the second day, under the word-of-mouth promotion of the audience, the reproduction number will show an increase of 100,000, 150,000, etc.

This is also why the number of reproductions on the first day in Japan can, to a certain extent, reflect the biggest factor in whether the film promotion is successful.

Not to mention that it has been less than half a day since the promotional video of "The Reason I'm Here" was uploaded to the website.

It is already quite remarkable to have 70,000 reproductions.

Although the promotional video of "Keng Hao Den" won 300,000 reproductions as soon as it was released.

But they spent a lot of money on extensive publicity.

And because "Keng Hao Den" itself is a national work, this movie itself is within the audience's attention.

And "The Reason I'm Here" did not launch a large number of various advertisements for publicity like other movies.

In other words, these 70,000 reproductions are basically the real audience reproductions. This is more valuable.

Kita Chengshi almost dared not imagine.

After today, the reproduction number of this promotional video will grow at a terrifying rate.

But

"What does this have to do with the 'direct beneficiaries' you mentioned, Director Kitano?"

It is naturally good that "The Reason I'm Here" has received attention.

But this has nothing to do with the 'direct beneficiaries'.

"Kitamura, you probably haven't read the comments under the promotional video yet, right? It's still early, you can go check it out first."

Kitano Fumi answered with a smile.

"Hmm? Comments?"

According to Kitano Fumi's instructions, Kitamura Shi clicked on the comments under the official account of "The Reason I'm Here".

Just as he expected.

There are indeed many good reviews.

Kitamura Shi also took a special look at the Chinese version of the promotional video.

As expected, many Chinese people also gave good reviews to this promotional video.

But Kitamura Shi soon found the problem.

Whether in China or Japan, many of these good reviews are focused on the theme song "Fireworks".

In Japan, many viewers expressed their desire to get the movie soundtrack CD as soon as possible.

Get the movie soundtrack CD?

Wait.

Is this possible?

"Is it possible that the movie soundtrack CD of "Fireworks" has been confirmed to be physical?"

Looking surprised, Kitamura Shi asked.

As mentioned before, Japan's physical industry is quite developed.

And in this physical industry, music CD discs are even more enduring.

Even with the increasing popularity of streaming music, it still accounts for more than 50% of Japan's music sales.

To be honest, when Kita Sumire heard the news, it was a little hard to imagine that in this era of smartphones, you can enjoy all music by just plugging in headphones and turning on various music players.

The old and inconvenient CD discs can still occupy such a sales share in Japan.

Combining the meaning of Kitano Fumi's words and the various requests in the comment area

Kita Sumire naturally thought of the path of physical CD of the theme song of "Fireworks".

Kitano Fumi did not hide it from Kita Sumire. Seeing that he had guessed it, he smiled and nodded immediately, regardless of whether the other party could see it or not.

"Yes, the theme song of "Fireworks" has basically been confirmed to be CD. Many record companies have contacted me today alone, but because it is a movie invested by Yingdong Film Company, I can't make a specific decision for the time being."

When he said this, Kitano Fumi's voice paused and became a little excited.

"Kitamura, you may not know, but the '1-minute preview' strategy you came up with is really effective! Now the "Fireworks" on the Internet is not only hot, but also a big hit!"

"This is true."

Kitamura was speechless.

It was indeed his idea to use the spare '1 minute' to play the theme song of "Fireworks".

But Kitamura was just casually mentioning it at the time, thinking that playing a 1-minute preview at the end of the video might help the data of the number of reproductions.

As a result, it is more than just 'helpful'?

You know, the main movie of "The Reason I'm Here" has not been released yet.

As a result, the theme song of "Fireworks" has been confirmed to be a physical CD?

This. Isn't the order completely reversed?

Generally speaking, shouldn't the movie "The Reason I'm Here" be a big hit first, and then drive the physicalization of "Fireworks"?

But Kitamura thought about it.

The soundtrack of Japanese music master Masaru Hisaishi, coupled with the solid singing skills of the "national-level singer" he acquired after being in prison and the weird skills of the system.

Under these three conditions, it is not surprising to have such an effect.

Moreover, although it is rare in the industry that the theme song is confirmed to be CD first, it is not uncommon.

"Now, Kitasumi boy, you understand why you are the 'direct beneficiary', right? You little guy, you are going to make a fortune this time."

When he said this, Kitano Fumi couldn't help but feel a little envious.

Unlike the electronic version of "The Moonlight Is Beautiful Tonight".

This time it is a physical CD version, which is a real 'killing' weapon, a dragon-slaying sword that can 'kill' people.

A normal package of a movie soundtrack CD like this is at least between 2,000 and 3,000 yen, which will not only play the song "Fireworks", but also some movie soundtracks.

Although the big head of the record company, Hisaishi Masaru and the lyrics and composition of the lyricist must be deducted, he, the movie director, will also take a part of it.

But even so, the money that Kitasumi Minoru got is enough for him to make a fortune.

At least 50 to 60 million yen in profit after tax!

Not to mention the special editions and stuff like that.

That would make even more money.

This is definitely a pleasant surprise.

I roughly confirmed the time for signing the physical CD contract with Kitano Fumi on the phone.

Looking at the increasingly popular "Fireworks", Kita Sumimi was also refreshed.

I am more confident about the upcoming "The Reason I'm Here".

There is one more chapter - I will code it soon!