Chapter 85: Three Articles of Agreement

In early August, a week after meeting Kitano Takeshi at the last summer festival, Shirakawa Kaede sat with this senior brother again.
The location has also changed from Asakusa last time to the current Shonan Coast in Kanagawa.
This is the filming location of the movie. The sea, the beach, and the rising and falling waves perfectly match Takeshi Kitano's imagination of the sea.
The location is also very close to Tokyo, no more than an hour away, making it very convenient for people to travel between the two places.
Especially Shirakawa Kaede, he also has to take care of Ota District. It's close, so if anything happens, he can rush back quickly.
Fortunately, it’s summer vacation and I don’t have to go to school. Besides Shirakawa Electric, the only place to go is the movie.
He had enough energy to deal with these things, but if there were any, he had to talk to this senior brother in advance. Baichuan Feng was afraid that he would violate martial ethics again.
Shirakawa Feng found Kitano Takeshi who was pointing at the coast with the crew members, "Brother Kitano."
Kitano Takeshi, who was wearing a T-shirt and sandals, turned around and called out from a distance, "What's up, Shirakawa boy?"
"About the filming..." Baichuan Feng hesitated to speak.
Kitano Takeshi said a few words to the crew members around him, then nodded to signal them to go and get busy.
Seeing that he was free, Baichuan Feng walked up to his side, stood shoulder to shoulder with him, and looked at the rough sea.
"Brother Kitano, the filming is about to start, but there are some things we need to discuss first."
Baichuan Feng almost coughed after being filled with a mouthful of salty sea breeze.
Well, this is the smell of the sea.
"Hey, Shirakawa boy, do you have any suggestions for movies? Tell me about it." The ambitious Takeshi Kitano waved his hand, signaling Shirakawa Feng to speak frankly.
The crew was about to start filming. Looking at his dozens of subordinates surrounding him, Takeshi Kitano was in high spirits and his tone of voice became much louder.
"Well, you know it, brother. I have other things to do, and school will start soon, so the shooting period can't be too long."
Baichuan Feng looked at Kitano Takeshi and raised two fingers. "Two months at most. It would be best if we finish the filming before the end of September. Brother, what do you think..."
Kitano Takeshi looked at him with amusement. This kid started giving suggestions before the movie even started filming.
However, this movie is quite special. The difficulty lies in the conception, but the actual shooting was actually very quick.
Many scenes are shot in almost the same location, and the dialogues are very few.
This will reduce a lot of time for scene changes, such as the Shonan Coast under your feet.
According to Takeshi Kitano's estimate, more than half of the film's shots will be completed here, so the shooting of the entire film will not even take two months.
However, he did not express his opinion immediately, but nodded calmly, indicating Baichuan Feng to continue.
Seeing Kitano Takeshi nod, Shirakawa Feng didn't hesitate and continued to make three rules with him, "Also, apart from this movie, I will not appear in any more films in the future."
"Ahem..." Shirakawa Kaede coughed lightly, "After all , I am the president-san."
"Haha," Kitano Takeshi laughed out loud. He reached out and patted Shirakawa Kaede on the shoulder. "Shirakawa boy, you look like a president."
After laughing, he nodded again, "I know, the crew will give priority to filming your scenes. After all, we can't disturb our president's work."
After all, Shirakawa was half-forced here by me, so it's only right that I take care of him.
As long as it doesn't conflict with the filming of the crew, he doesn't care about these things.
Shirakawa Kaede heaved a sigh of relief after hearing Kitano Takeshi's assurance.
"Oh, by the way, you don't have to focus the promotion of your movie on me, you know..."
"I understand." Kitano Takeshi gave him an ambiguous look, "Tanaka Yuko-san, the later publicity will take care of it, don't worry."
Shirakawa Kaede felt a little embarrassed when Kitano Takeshi looked at him, but he was too lazy to explain, so he just let it be.
According to Shirakawa Feng's estimation, the filming of the movie would be completed, and the research and development of the Walkman at Shirakawa Electric would also be gaining some results.
He couldn't help with research and development, so he had to rely on Yamazaki Teru, a top student, to overcome the problem.
The Obsidian Record Player business is on the right track. We just need to run it step by step. Hasegawa Hiroshi will take care of it.
He was more relieved that he had seniors in charge of finance and human resources. Besides, he would go back to Ota Ward every day, so he could take care of everything.
So during this two-month break, Shirakawa Kaede had the energy to participate in Kitano Takeshi's movie.
He had already planned the schedule to perfection.
As soon as the conversation with Takeshi Kitano ended, he began to busy himself with the arrangements of the crew.
There was no official shooting today, just the scene selection and setting in advance. But even so, Kitano Takeshi was still very busy.
This was his first time directing a manzai. Many of the senior members of the crew actually looked down on him and looked down on manzai.
The people arranged by Mori Changxing were easy to deal with. After all, they had worked together before and had some kind of friendship with each other.
However, some of the staff are from Shochiku.
Shochiku is one of the oldest studios in Japan's film industry. It is no exaggeration to say that it is a living fossil in the film industry.
The people working behind the scenes there, compared to their peers, already feel that they have more experience and think highly of themselves.
What's more, a manzai master like Takeshi Kitano is the director. Although people don't say it, they secretly despise him in their hearts.
Before Takeshi Kitano had even walked around for a while, he could hear shouts of various questions coming from the venue from time to time.
"Kitano-san, that's bad. The film I brought is the wrong size. I may not be able to shoot tomorrow."
“Why didn’t you check ahead of time?!”
“Who could have thought that there would be problems with the film that producer Sang bought?”
“…”
"Kitano-san, the camera position here isn't very logical. I've never filmed like this before."
"Kitano-san, I suggest adding some overhead shots. Too many static shots will make the audience fall asleep~"
In just an hour, Takeshi Kitano, who was full of energy just now, was overwhelmed by various problems.
But he couldn't get angry at everyone directly , because he knew that these troublemakers were just waiting for him, a rookie, to make a fool of himself.
Kitano Takeshi, whose face was flushed with frustration, walked back and forth on the beach with his hands on his hips like an angry bull.
The originally soft gray-black sand under his feet soon seemed to have been plowed and was full of gullies.
"Brother Kitano, don't give up. Remember the spirit of the Showa men."
Baichuan Feng couldn't give him any advice, he could only encourage him like this.
If he, as a director, is stumped at the first hurdle, that would be troublesome, and it is unknown how long the subsequent shooting period would take.
Hearing Shirakawa Kaede's encouragement, Kitano Takeshi was stunned.
Then he touched his head, as if he had thought of something. "Shirakawa boy, you are right. How could a Showa man be stumped by these things?"
After that, he continued to go to Mori Changxing and others to discuss the matter in a heroic and high-spirited manner.
Looking at this scene, Baichuan Feng smacked his lips. He wondered what tricks this senior brother Kitano was going to get up to next.
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