Chapter 1,370 Sheng Mien

Needless to say, when Suoh Yuxiong was trying to poach people, Ning Weimin and Matsumoto Keiko were certainly unaware.

As for those who had a close cooperative relationship with them but were used as a tool by the Burning Department to put pressure on them, they felt innocent and at a loss when faced with the pressure from the Burning Department.

However, huge difficulties are the time that can best test the mentality and crisis handling ability of partners.

At this critical moment when personal careers face important choices, when individuals face how to choose a team, it is often the moment when the truth comes out and the heart is revealed.

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Sawaguchi Yasuko, born on June 11, 1965 in Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, is now 22 years old.

In 1983, Sawaguchi Yasuko graduated from Osaka Prefectural Izumiyo High School and later took the preliminary test of the common subjects of the university entrance examination.

In 1984, she won the highest award in the first "Toho Cinderella Selection" and entered the entertainment industry.

In July of the same year, Sawaguchi Yasuko participated in the film "Criminal Story 3: The Poem of Tide Sao" invested by Toho, and officially debuted.

Soon, she was elected as the GG girl of the cosmetics company under the name of "Cinderella Cinderella".

In April 1985, Sawaguchi Yasuko made her first TV drama appearance, and the morning drama "Soy Sauce Axiang's Daughter" on NHK TV helped her to appear on the TV screen.

In December of the same year, Sawaguchi Yasuko starred in Toho's film "Sisters' Hill" and won the Academy Award for Best Newcomer.

Needless to say, from this beautiful resume, it can be seen how happy it is for a newcomer in the entertainment industry to have a wealthy film company like Toho as a "father".

As long as you become an artist under Toho, you are not afraid of not having a movie to shoot.

This agency is backed by Toho, but it is a one-stop service for self-production and self-sales, which is super awesome!

However, to be honest, despite this, it is difficult to say clearly what opportunities everyone has.

Although Toho arranged so many performance opportunities for Sawaguchi, it was not the works produced by Toho that really made Sawaguchi Yasuko famous.

Rather, it was the movie "Li Xianglan" in which she participated as one of the leading actresses through the open selection of Kiri Studio in the second half of 1986.

Since its release on March 8, 1987, this big-budget movie produced by Kiri Studio at a cost of 1 billion yen and in cooperation with the three major Chinese film studios has achieved a total box office of 2.87 billion yen in the Japanese domestic market until it was released.

Although it failed to break the 3 billion yen mark, it is a bit regrettable.

But such a box office result is a miraculous success for a biographical film that suffers from inherent commercial attributes and focuses on literary and artistic nature.

Especially for other movies released by major film companies this year, the box office of this movie is still far ahead. If nothing unexpected happens, it will be the local annual box office champion.

Needless to say, the excellent box office results also reflect the influence of the film on the public to a certain extent.

In particular, based on the support of feminist organizations and the story background reflecting a special historical era, this movie is also very favored by many film critics and has a high evaluation of it.

In addition, Matsumoto Keiko also made a lot of headlines at the Cannes Film Festival, and Ning Weimin successfully secured a place for "Li Xianglan" to participate in the screening in Cannes, and through "insider trading" with the French studio, reached conditions for the film to be released in the five major cities in France, and also achieved a decent box office.

So that this movie has become a film that the Japanese industry and the outsiders are quite proud of, and it is considered to be a successful international film that has been recognized by the European market.

It further enhances the "artistic style" of this film, making it a popular work to win awards in major film awards in Japan this year.

Therefore, as the main actors participating in this film, they all unexpectedly ushered in a double harvest of fame and fortune.

Among them, Matsumoto Keiko is of course the most worthy winner.

She is both the heroine and the investor, and no one can compare to her huge gains.

But if we were to ask who among the other actors gained the most, it would probably be Sawaguchi Yasuko.

As a newcomer, Sawaguchi Yasuko, who had just debuted, was chosen by Nomura Yoshitaro to play the role of "Young Li Xianglan" because she looked like Li Xianglan.

Although her role only took up a quarter of the film, she was still the protagonist.

Although her performance was a little immature, due to her age, she perfectly expressed the simple and unsophisticated characteristics of Li Xianglan's teenage years.

This natural beauty and performance formed a perfect contrast with the mature style and skillful acting skills of the older Matsumoto Keiko, producing a positive effect of complementing each other.

It can be said that this is almost a role that fits her own conditions perfectly, and it is far more impressive to the audience than Li Xianglan's friend played by Ishida Yoshiko.

So her luck came. In just a few weeks after the release, she became completely popular and became the most popular young actress in 1987.

She quickly became a first-line actress from a semi-newcomer, and interviews were one after another.

This situation can be called overnight fame. She has millions of fans and her number of fans is rising rapidly.

By April, she was rated by some well-known magazines as "the most popular newcomer in the entertainment industry in April" and "the female artist that the audience most wants to marry among the new generation of movie stars", and she led the way in the number of votes in the rankings with no style such as appearance and beautiful legs.

Newcomers such as Tachibana Risa, Sakai Noriko, Sakamoto Fuyumi, and Minamino Yoko, who also became popular this year, can't be compared with her at all.

It can be said that she set off a "Sawaguchi Yasuko whirlwind" in Japan with this film, which shows that the audience is really fascinated by her.

Moreover, after "Li Xianglan" was released in the mainland of the Republic, she was also familiar to the Chinese audience because of this film, and gained a large number of fans from the mainland of the Republic across the ocean.

Having international influence is of course something that is more desirable, which undoubtedly represents huge popularity and audience love, and actors are ultimately popular.

There is no doubt that the salary has increased, and the most profitable commercial performance invitations and various GG contracts have also come one after another.

After all, the Chinese mainland is also one of the major investment markets that many large Japanese companies value. Sanyo and Hitachi both want to invite her to shoot TV GG for release in the Chinese mainland.

Logically, Sawaguchi Yasuko should be grateful to the Mist Studio and director Nomura Yoshitaro for making her.

Especially the two works that Mist Studio will produce next, "Crazy Rich Asians" and "Black Leather Notebook", also asked her to continue to cooperate.

And considering the changes in her popularity and fame, she was also offered a generous salary close to that of a first-line actor - 8 million yen for movies and 1.5 million yen per episode for TV series.

You know, in "Crazy Rich Asians", the same supporting roles, Miura Tomokazu and Utsui Ken's salaries were only 10 million yen and 9 million yen.

In the same TV series, Miura Tomokazu, as the male lead, was paid only 2.5 million yen per episode, while Utsui Ken's salary was 1.5 million per episode, which was completely comparable to Sawaguchi Yasuko.

Mist Studios ignored the differences between men and women, and did not consider acting experience and industry qualifications. The price they offered her was definitely not stingy.

It was simply impossible for other studios to offer this price, which was enough to make other actresses jealous.

But after all, Sawaguchi Yasuko became famous, and she became famous too quickly and too early.

The rapid popularity that happened almost overnight caused the young Sawaguchi Yasuko's mentality to change rapidly and it was difficult to adapt to extreme changes.

In fact, the kindness of Mist Studios did not make her grateful and work hard to film well.

Instead, she had an illusion and fell into illusory arrogance, thinking that fame was everything and what she got was completely deserved.

Sawaguchi Yasuko could clearly feel the benefits of being famous.

The people around her were more intimate with her, and the staff in the crew were more polite to her.

She was even surprised to find that the new crew, even the director of "Crazy Rich Asians", was extremely tolerant of her.

Even if she made a mistake, she would not be called over and scolded by the director as in the past.

On the contrary, the director would comfort her and encourage her, which was a very good feeling.

She also had better treatment in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation.

It turned out that this was how it felt to be a big star, as if the whole world was infinitely tolerant of you and willing to offer you kindness.

It was good to be famous, and even the director had to give you face.

Who would have dared to think of this two or three months ago?

Sawaguchi Yasuko was very proud and satisfied. She was extremely happy, and she became more and more relaxed and more and more floating, and no longer focused on acting.

Gradually, she began to think that she was no longer a small figure, but a rising star in the entertainment industry, a big figure in the future!

No, she was a big figure now!

It was no longer that she needed the Mist Studio, but that the Mist Studio needed her.

Especially since she was a girl from an ordinary family, her father was an ordinary company employee, and her mother was an ordinary housewife.

Moreover, the contract she signed with Toho Entertainment was a "monthly payment system", which was the practice of all agencies to exploit newcomers, even when Yamaguchi Momoe entered the industry.

In other words, no matter what price Mist Studios gave her, it had no practical significance for her.

According to the contract, she did not get any share of the filming remuneration in the first two years, and only received 100,000 yen pocket money from Toho Entertainment every month.

Such income was almost nothing in the bubble economy.

If she wanted to make money, she could only rely on the income from GG and commercial performances.

This caused a major conflict between her personal interests and the filming work of Mist Studios.

It was better when she was filming "Crazy Rich Asians" in Singapore at the beginning.

After all, it was not in Japan, so it was not so convenient to do anything. At most, she would contact Japanese fashion magazines.

Usually, she would take half a day or a day to take pictures and get a labor fee of 1.8 million yen, but even so, one time was almost equivalent to her income for almost a year.

So after finishing the filming in Singapore, she rushed back to Tokyo, Japan with Tomokazu Miura, Ken Utsui and others to join the crew of "Black Leather Notebook".

She became more and more concerned and anxious about making extra money, but became more and more casual about filming.

She also desperately took on endorsements, commercial performances, and other jobs that required energy and time.

This often conflicted with the filming schedule.

Director Yoshitaro Nomura tolerated this again and again, but finally couldn't help but lose his temper.

Once, after Sawaguchi Yasuko was late for two hours, he scolded her severely in public and threatened to kick her out of the crew if she continued like this.

At this point, Sawaguchi Yasuko restrained herself a little.

After all, this old director is different from Osawa Yutaka. His many years of filming qualifications have made him majestic. He is also the one who has promoted her. If she is not convinced, she will be stabbed in the back.

Moreover, the heroine is Matsumoto Keiko and she has many rival scenes, usually on the scene. This boss is enough to control her in terms of status and industry qualifications. She really dare not act rashly and is a little scared.

But on the other hand, not daring to resist does not mean that she does not hold a grudge, but is forced to endure and suppress.

So when Suho Yuxiong secretly took action against the fog studio for the first time, causing a large number of actors to resign and the crew to stop filming.

Sawaguchi Yasuko was not worried at all, but laughed in her heart, happily watching the jokes of the crew, full of the pleasure of expectation.

In particular, she has become free from work and can spend all her time making money.

She can attend some large-scale events, host, guest, perform on stage, or simply serve as a mascot to accompany drinking and playing...

These are real ways to make money, and she can earn millions of yen at a time.

In just over ten days, she has increased her personal wealth to 40 million yen.

She even hopes that the crew will stop filming forever, never start filming, or completely disband.

To be honest, this is because she has just become popular and cannot ask for a price for the time being. Otherwise, it would be no problem to ask for 50 or 60 million yen.

Otherwise, how did a first-line actress like Yamaguchi Baihui earn 400 million yen a year before retiring?

This is how it came about.

If it was only based on film pay, the annual income would probably shrink by more than ten times.

It has to be said that Sawaguchi Yasuko's mentality of "being happy to stand by and watch the benefactor's misfortune" can be said to be a perfect interpretation of the principle of "a little bit of kindness, a big bit of hatred".

So in September, when the Mist Studio officially launched a war against the Burning Series, Sawaguchi Yasuko suddenly received a phone call from Suho Ikuo and went to the appointment without any hesitation.

She didn't even bring her assistant with her, nor did she notify her agent.

She accepted Suho Ikuo's face-to-face lobbying and the bait he threw to her.

Not only was she not wary or suspicious, but she felt that she was lucky and met a new nobleman.

She believed that as long as she quit the current crew, she could completely rely on Suho Ikuo's favor to fly further to the branches and become a real golden phoenix.

And to be honest, she had actually been secretly jealous of Matsumoto Keiko in her heart, with bloodshot eyes.

She even refused to accept it from the bottom of her heart, thinking that Matsumoto Keiko should have retired long ago at her age, and hated her for always blocking the way for all young actresses.

In particular, she still remembered that Fuji TV and Mist Studio had a conflict in the film "Li Xianglan", and Fuji TV took the initiative to give in.

Otherwise, she would be the "Li Xianglan" used by Fuji TV, and Matsumoto Keiko had nothing to do with it.

This made her feel that she was "persecuted" and that something was taken away by others.

Matsumoto Keiko was so popular and made so much money as the owner of the studio!

Why?

This role should have belonged to me completely, and I was obviously closer to the prototype of the character than her image.

This bitch took away my opportunity and luck for career development!

Damn it!

But the problem is that Matsumoto Keiko's status is transcendent and has always represented "justice in the circle."

Let alone provoking her in public, Sawaguchi Yasuko even had to worry about being exposed by others if she said bad things about her behind her back, and then used to please Matsumoto Keiko.

She really wanted to tear Matsumoto Keiko apart, but she knew better that such things could only add insult to injury.

If you go hard when the other party is stronger than you, you might end up losing first.

Now that Matsumoto Keiko has caused such a big trouble for Suho Ikuo, it seems that it is time for her to vent her anger. It can not only retaliate, but also benefit herself. Only a fool would not do it?

So, her courage suddenly grew. She went back and called her agent directly, asking her agent to come to her residence for a meeting.

She planned to confront her agent directly and discuss the specific method of how to get the most benefits by quitting the performance.

She didn't dare to treat her agent like this before.

But now, of course, it doesn't matter.

After all, she is different from the past. Not only is she a first-class popular actor, but she also has many guarantees from Suho Ikuo.

Even if it is Toho Entertainment, she doesn't need to be submissive and submissive like before. She can put forward her own ideas and requirements.

Otherwise, she might as well leave Toho Entertainment and switch to a burning agency.