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Wang Laosan was very happy, knelt down directly, and said with a smile on his face: "Talk, you can talk about whatever you want."

Takeshi Iwata knew that this kind of stuff couldn't stand the scare, even if it was empty bombs just now, it was enough to deal with scumbags like Wang Laosan.

……

Chapter 168 Supervisor Iwata, please be more cautious, okay?

"200?"

"Correct."

"JPY?"

"Correct."

"Fuck! Just buy my head for such a small amount of money? You're not telling the truth!"

"Boss Iwata! The conscience of heaven and earth! Everything the little one said is true."

As the saying goes, the wicked have their own grind.

When Takeshi Iwata put his fierce side in front of Wang Laosan, Wang Laosan couldn't be evil at all.

Soon, Wang Laosan told everything he knew.

Especially the money thing.

In fact, there is nothing complicated in general.

Zhou Fang and the others paid money and planned to hire Wang Laosan for a very clear purpose, which was to kill Iwata Takeshi.

Coincidentally, Takeshi Iwata's movie "This Killer Is Not So Cold" also has such a plot.

But in reality, it's not as simple as the movie. In other words, Zhou Fang and the others are looking for Wang Laosan, who is not a professional 'cleaner' like Leon.

To kill a person, one must know some information. Wang Laosan is not stupid. Although he did not get much information, Wang Laosan also knows that Takeshi Iwata's identity is definitely not just an ordinary director.

These days, the film industry and gangsters are almost a community of destiny.

Japan is already restraining, but Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan are getting more and more violent, and there are often news of fights caused by movies.

For example, the death of Mr. Bruce Lee is still very mysterious until now, and there are many versions that have been spread, but the gangsters can't be avoided.

Wang Laosan may not be very familiar with Japan, but he has heard of these things.

Ever since, I wanted to explore the way, but after exploring the way twice...

Good guy!This idea is not ordinary hard!

Iwata Takeshi is not an ordinary director, he is clearly a gangster boss, and he is just playing as a director!

As far as the people on that set are concerned, everyone is basically a member of the underworld.

And those gunshots, that firepower.

The clearest is now.

That gun is real!

My life is of the utmost importance. Whatever your Boss Iwata wants to hear, of course my third son, Wang, will say anything.

To tell the truth, Iwata Takeshi is very disgusted with the state that Wang Laosan is showing now.

I almost call myself a prince.

This kind of person is capable of bullying his own compatriots.

But right now, Takeshi Iwata still has to make good use of this Wang Laosan and the Fuqing Gang.

"200 million for my head?"

"Yes, absolutely true."

"Zhou Fang, that's all he did?"

"Zhou Fang? Boss Iwata, who is Zhou Fang?"

Ok?

Iwata Takeshi saw Wang Laosan's bewildered expression, it was definitely not a fake.

This guy doesn't even know Zhou Fang... oh, I see.

The ferocious Yakuza leader supervised with a weird smile on his face.

"I tell you, you got kickbacks from others!"

After Iwata Takeshi said a few words, Wang Laosan felt that someone had poured a bucket of cold water on his head for three or nine days.

"Fucking grass! Black! Really fucking black!"

……

Prince Hotel.

The TV in front of Thierry and Marco has only rustling snowflakes left.

"This Killer Is Not So Cold" has finished playing, and the two of them haven't recovered for a while.

"This movie seems to be..."

"At least very unique."

"It seems to make a lot of sense."

"No, it doesn't make any sense at all."

"But, I feel like there is."

"Well, there should be, then..."

"Marco, my dear friend, what do you want to ask?"

"Like it?"

"Of course I like it, I like it too much!"

Both Thierry and Marco felt that they had watched a very remarkable movie.

Maybe this movie is just a movie about a killer.

However, there are many unexplainable places in it.

Is Takeshi Iwata the killer special?

Or is Shinobu this girl very interesting?

Well, as far as Shinobu is concerned, both Thierry and Marco were a little surprised.

After all, last year, what they saw was an extremely innocent girl who couldn't speak.

But here, she smokes, she swears, and she... But she is really a good girl.

All in all it was pretty good.

So……

"I see, I'm going to call now."

"It's so late, are you crazy?"

"That's right, what can I do?"

"Who knows, wait until tomorrow."

Thierry got up and poured two glasses of the red wine he had opened earlier.

One for Marco, one for himself.

"Marco, I was thinking of something."

"what's up?"

"We all know that the era of Akira Kurosawa has passed, so, is there anyone who can inherit the mantle of this master?"

"You mean...to introduce Takeshi Iwata to Europe and even the world? Push him to the height of Akira Kurosawa?"

"Ha! You are really smart."

"If it succeeds, then the two of us are definitely..."

"Film connoisseurs discovering the masters of Asian cinema."

After the two of them finished speaking, they couldn't help laughing.

Many years later, Marco Muller, the chairman of the Venice Film Festival, and Thierry, the chairman of the Cannes Film Festival, will still recall from time to time the night they talked at the Prince Hotel in Tokyo.

……

Takarazuka Building, today seems to be no different from the past.

However, the arrival of Takeshi Iwata cheered up many people.

"Iwata-san, congratulations!"

"Oh? Shimadani-san, what do you want to congratulate me for?"

"It's been confirmed! "This Killer Is Not So Cold" has a great possibility to be shortlisted for this year's Cannes Film Festival!"

"Thank you."

Sitting in Shimadani's office, drinking coffee leisurely, Iwata Takeshi got such good news.

Shimadani's statement is still very reliable. After all, it will take a few days before the real official announcement from Cannes.

However, as far as the current situation is concerned, it is almost certain.

If it's not Takeshi Iwata's movie, who else could it be?

As for this result, Takeshi Iwata actually expected it early on.

Even if there are no other factors, this "The Killer Is Not So Cold" alone is at least enough for him to be shortlisted for Cannes.

Although, the original version of this movie did not win any awards, but this is because the movie itself was not for winning awards, it was Luc Besson who wanted to get enough funds to shoot "The Fifth Element".

Now, Takeshi Iwata took it directly, and it just happened to be in time for the Cannes Film Festival, so it was a matter of course to be shortlisted.

The original film has received very high international ratings, so Takeshi Iwata is full of confidence and told everyone in advance that this film will definitely go to Cannes.

He set up a flag, but the flag did not fall.

Plan pass.

So, it's just a matter of the film going to Cannes?

"In addition, Thierry and Mr. Marco are very interested in the several films they supervise."

"Of course there's no problem."

"However, it is very difficult to release it, probably to enter the video tape market."

"I understand that."

The two talked about business cooperation.

The previous works, to be honest, can only enter the video tape market, after all, it was the past.

To be honest, in fact, it is very difficult for an Asian film to open up the European and American markets.

Even if Japan has done a good job in this regard, cultural barriers are really difficult to deal with.

In fact, what Takeshi Iwata understands is that Asia is going global. As far as movies are concerned, action movies are the first to open up the situation.

Hong Kong martial arts action movie!

Japan is indeed inferior in this regard. Sword and halberd films were once all the rage back then, especially Akira Kurosawa, but right now, they have really declined a lot.

Can Takeshi Iwata carry the banner?

"Director Iwata, the Ministry of Education has confirmed that Director Iwata is the standard-bearer of Japanese New Wave movies!"

"what?"

Hearing this statement, Takeshi Iwata was stunned.

The Ministry of Education is too good at blowing it, right?