Chapter 63 Let’s shoot
In Asakusa, Shirakawa Kaede came to Kitano Takeshi's door again.
Unlike last time, Kotaro didn't follow him this time. He was busy in the warehouse of Shirakawa Electric.
Since Shirakawa Electric was officially established, Kotaro volunteered to go into warehousing.
In his words, "Anyway, I have warehousing experience."
Okay, if he is talking about the experience of just arriving in Tokyo and working as a temporary worker for Kashiwagi for two days.
Baichuan Feng plans to train him in warehousing, production, marketing, and other aspects. Regardless of whether he is competent or not, he must at least be familiar with it.
After ringing the doorbell, Shirakawa Feng waited quietly in front of the door. After a month, the sun in the afternoon of July became even more scorching.
"Xiao Feng? Come in quickly." When the long-haired Matsuda Kanko saw that it was Shirakawa Feng, she quickly let him in.
"Miss Kaneko, sorry to bother you." After changing into slippers at the entrance, Shirakawa Kaede greeted Matsuda Kaneko.
Ever since the last time Shirakawa Kaede came as a guest here, Matsuda Kanko has affectionately called him "Xiao Feng".
In her opinion, Shirakawa Kaede is her husband's junior, younger, and quite talented. She fully supports Kitano Takeshi in his career and even takes on the script work, just to make her husband determined to join the film industry.
Relying on this relationship, Matsuda Kanko was very skillful and changed his name to "Xiao Feng".
"Is Senior Brother Kitano at home?" Before even sitting down in the house, Shirakawa Feng asked about Kitano Takeshi's schedule.
He knew that as an artist, Takeshi Kitano might not be at home all the time.
"In the study, Xiaofeng, come with me." Matsuda Kanko took him directly to the study to find Kitano Takeshi, not treating him as an outsider at all.
Turning the corner of the corridor, Matsuda Kanko pushed open a paper sliding door, "Xiao Wu, it's Xiao Feng." After saying that, she turned to look at Shirakawa Feng with a smile, and stretched out her hand to gesture towards the study.
Shirakawa Feng nodded and walked into the study. Kitano Takeshi was writing something with his head down, and when he looked up, he saw Shirakawa Feng, "It's Shirakawa boy, if you don't come again I will come to my house."
Hearing this, Baichuan Feng smiled awkwardly. "Brother Kitano, I was delayed because of something. I will send it to you as soon as you finish reading the manuscript."
After saying that, Baichuan Feng handed him the script that he had prepared long ago. In fact, he had already finished writing this story.
It’s just that because I was busy with Shirakawa Electric’s affairs this month, I almost forgot the boast I made at the beginning.
So as soon as he sorted out the matter of Shirakawa Electric, he immediately came to visit Takeshi Kitano.
Kitano Takeshi, who was sitting upright, put down the pen in his hand, took the manuscript paper from Shirakawa Kaede and began to read it carefully.
At this time, Matsuda Kanko brought two cups of tea, gently placed them on their table, nodded, and quietly left.
In fact, she is also an artist, and a female comic artist. She was even a program host on Taisho TV.
She and Takeshi Kitano met at a small theater in Asakusa, and over the years they naturally came together.
Now, according to the previous ceremony, she and Kitano Takeshi have become husband and wife. In fact, they just had a meal together and didn't even go through the naturalization procedures. To outsiders, it might be more like living together.
However, as his wife, Mikiko Matsuda has always taken care of everything for Takeshi Kitano, including his work and life.
While her husband was talking with his friends, she served him two cups of fragrant tea and quietly left the study.
The traditional Japanese style and the artist's dancing skills are not contradictory in her, just like RB where the old and the new coexist.
While Kitano Takeshi was reading the script, Shirakawa Kaede was also looking around the study.
The style is very retro. There is no desk in the traditional sense, only a low table.
There is a tatami mat at the entrance, and some calligraphy and paintings are hung on the wall. The whole study room exudes a light charm.
I didn’t expect that Takeshi Kitano, who looks rough on the outside, has such an elegant side.
Baichuan Feng lowered his head and glanced at the desk. On it was what should be a half-written story by Takeshi Kitano.
As a manzai, I look at him laughing and joking on stage. But in private, especially off stage, I rack my brains every day to write some jokes that can make everyone laugh.
Being an artist is not just about making fun of yourself on stage, they take it as a profession. Making the audience laugh is their duty.
“This is really unexpected.”
The silence of the study was suddenly interrupted by Takeshi Kitano's exclamation.
He raised his head and looked at Baichuan Feng, "Take out your Meiji student ID."
"Eh?" Shirakawa Feng didn't follow Kitano Takeshi's train of thought.
"Meiji, student ID." Kitano Takeshi emphasized again.
Baichuan Feng took out his little notebook and handed it to him blankly.
Kitano Takeshi flipped open his student ID and looked at it. "So you are really a student of Meiji."
Baichuan Feng's eyes went dark. "Brother Kitano, we have known each other for more than a day or two. Do you think I have been lying to you before?"
"But you really don't plan to drop out of Meiji School?" Kitano Takeshi returned the student ID to him and did not forget to encourage him again.
Baichuan Feng ignored him.
"Shirakawa boy, you are composing music and lyrics, and writing stories. This is not what a Meiji Business School student should do."
Kitano Takeshi picked up the tea in front of him and took a small sip.
"Senior Brother Kitano is my role model." Baichuan Feng replied casually.
"Haha" Kitano Takeshi laughed out loud. He knew that Shirakawa Kaede was implying that a student from the Faculty of Science and Engineering ended up becoming a manzai.
Does this make sense? It makes sense.
"But this story seems like something you could write. The sentimentality, happiness and sadness, fits the image of you in my mind, Shirakawa boy."
Brother Kitano, do you have any misunderstandings about me... No, do you have any misunderstandings about yourself?
In his mind, Shirakawa Kaede had already begun to imagine the scene of Kitano Takeshi fighting with his left and right hands.
"Although it is a pure love story, it also has some connotations of death, which is not too cliché." After saying this, Kitano Takeshi gently closed the script. He did not return it to Shirakawa Kaede, but placed it on the low table.
Baichuan Feng raised his eyebrows and knew what was going on. "How is it, Senior Brother Kitano? I hope the story didn't disappoint you too much."
Kitano Takeshi sat in of the desk, closed his eyes and thought for a long time. When he opened his eyes again, his eyes were calm.
"Let's shoot"
Go ahead and shoot, the voice deep in Kitano Takeshi's heart tempted him all the time.
Ever since Baichuan Feng mentioned the movie to him last time, the desire and yearning for movies that had been hidden deep in his heart could no longer be suppressed.
Recently, whenever he has free time, he has been obsessed with movies, learning everything about them, including location shooting, filming, scripts, and crew operations.
Thanks to his frequent dealings with TV stations, he also observed the work of the behind-the-scenes staff for a long time.
Even if Baichuan Feng couldn't come up with a story that would move his heart today, he would still try his best to find a story for himself.
Anyway, I have to shoot something, he told himself deep down.
Now, he looked at the script . There happened to be a story that touched him, so he decided to shoot it.
"Okay." Baichuan Feng's eyes were bright. He liked the brightness that appeared when he made up his mind to do something.
"But making a movie is not that easy. It takes a long time to prepare. The first thing is the selection of actors." Kitano Takeshi looked at Shirakawa Kaede with burning eyes.
