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The next day, the second episode of "Furuhata Rensaburo" was also released on time.

The murderer in this episode is a kabuki actor, played by a friend of Konemon Matsumoto, who is also quite famous in China.

Asahara Teruso sat in front of the TV. After a brief hesitation, he watched this work.

He has also heard about the main creative staff of this drama. They are the team that produced "The Long Vacation", especially the screenwriter of this drama, who has recently become famous in the broadcast industry.

Kei Fujiwara wrote the phenomenal work "White Night Journey" under the pen name of Shima Keita a year ago. He also won the Naoki Award, becoming the youngest winner of the Naoki Award and the first work to win the award. The Naoki Award is one year old.

It has been held twice, and there are dozens of living recipients throughout East Asia, but among them all, only Kei Fujiwara holds the most valuable trophy.

With the dual buffs of being the first to receive the award and being the youngest awardee, he stood out from the other recipients of the Naoki Award.

The Naoki Award was given to a newcomer. I have to say that it was very bold, but it was also really smart. The effect of this approach was reflected this year. In May of this year, the Ranpo Award announced its winner.

Reward is a forensic mystery that is fairly well written, but it is still not up to par with "White Night Journey".

The Ranpo Prize is a pure newcomer award, but the Naoki Prize is not, so under normal circumstances readers will not compare the Ranpo Prize with the Naoki Prize. It would be a bit unfair to compare the works of new authors with those of mature authors.

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But this time the situation is special, because this time the winner of the Naoki Award is also a newcomer, which makes readers feel relieved to compare.

It's not even better. After a comparison, I feel that "White Night Walk" is much better than the other one. In this way, all readers will have the impression in their minds that the newcomers who win the Naoki Award are stronger than the newcomers who win the Ranpo Award.

Even for newcomers, the value of the Naoki Prize immediately exceeds that of the Ranpo Prize.

However, Kei Fujiwara's latest work seems to have been somewhat ignored, and I don't know if the Naoki Curse has played a role...

This person later entered the broadcast industry and successively produced three dramas: "The Long Vacation", "The Lonely Gourmet" and "Furuhata Jinsaburo". He was a shining dark horse.

What's even more frightening is that he is only 23 years old this year, and his creative career still has a long life. He may reach a high status in the industry in the future.

Not long ago, "Furuhata Rensaburo" invited Asahara Teruo, but after some consideration, he declined.

It's not because he underestimates the future of this drama. For such a young person to be able to produce popular works one after another, he must have the ability. What's more, this "Furuhata Jinsaburo" is the type of mystery he is best at, so he must be capable.

With much attention, the results should not be bad.

It's just that a dark horse is just a dark horse after all. No matter how experienced it is at the moment of its debut, in a real horse racing competition, the one who is truly trustworthy is the one with rich experience and outstanding records.

Until a horn sprouts from its forehead and it transforms into a unicorn, it is just an ordinary horse.

For example, director Hidaka of Tokyo Television Broadcasting Company (ttv) is famous in the Japanese broadcasting industry. His dramas have achieved very good results and he is a frequent visitor to the Academy Awards. Two of his dramas ranked first in the ratings of the year.

, one of them even ranked ninth in the historical ratings. It was higher than "Long Vacation".

He sent an invitation to Asahara Teruo for his new drama, and he will be filming soon. The Japanese broadcast industry does not allow you to star in multiple dramas at the same time, so after some consideration, he had to reject Fujiwara Kei.

However, before rejecting the other party, Asahara Teruo's agent proposed a high salary of 5 million yen as a simple test. If the other party accepted it, he would just star in the mystery drama. From then on, the salary would increase;

The other party refused, so it didn't matter if he accepted TTV's film appointment invitation.

Although this approach seemed more or less philistine and cunning, and might arouse the other party's resentment. However, after some consideration, Asahara Teruo acquiesced to the agent's approach.

That day, the director and producer were silent for a moment after hearing their salary request.

Claiming to go back and discuss with the screenwriter. Logically speaking, the producer can make the decision whether to agree to an actor's salary request. But this group of people is quite special, and it seems that the young screenwriter is the core.

Later, the other party didn't contact them again, probably because they couldn't accept such a high salary.

Although it was expected that the offer of 5 million yen was rejected, Asahara Teruo was still a little disappointed.

Alas, Japanese artists are really in a low-paying industry. When will they be able to live a good life like Hollywood in the United States? Nowadays, many TV sets in ordinary people's homes in mainland China are still black and white, and actors' salaries are almost higher than those in Japan.

With this emotion in his heart, Asahara poured himself a glass of white wine, spread a yoga mat on the floor, and planned to do soft exercises while watching how the drama he had rejected went.

He didn't watch the first episode, but he had already heard that the protagonist of this drama was not a professional film and television actor, but the famous kabuki actor Konemon Matsumoto.

This man is very famous in the cultural world, and the name of the Kabuki family [White Crane House] is famous far and wide.

Five years ago, three generations of father and son, Matsumoto Zaemon, Matsumoto Konemon, and Matsumoto Kantaro, tried to claim the name at the same time. The name-seeking convention they held was a sensation in Japan. This was a pomp that ordinary artists would never be able to put on. nhk

The show and the five major commercial stations all ended the live broadcast, and countless citizens watched on the roadside. The excitement was comparable to the Kanda Festival. It was a gorgeous pomp that ordinary artists would never be able to put on.

Although I am envious, this luxury is earned through the centuries-old inheritance of [White Crane House]. My ancestor Fuyin has good reincarnation skills, so there is nothing I can do about it.

Asahara Teruo said to himself in his heart.

But he still has some "expectations" for Matsumoto Konemon's performance. After all, he is a stage actor, so he may not be accustomed to it when he first appears in film and television dramas, right?

Maybe Fujiwara Kei would have regretted it at that time. If he had known better, he would have agreed to Asahara Teruo's salary of 5 million yen.

However, after watching the main film for less than three minutes, Asahara Teruo knew that he had thought too much.

As a stage actor, Konemon Matsumoto has a steady style and a strong command of lines. Against a black background, he narrates his love like a storyteller.

After entering the main film, Konoe Matsumoto also played a cunning police detective who is personable and full of wisdom very well. The game between him and the murderer was also very exciting. Watching him set up a trap to make the murderer lose control and then collapse,

The audience also subconsciously feels a sense of pleasure.

The murderer in this episode is a Kabuki actor, which is very interesting. The policeman played by the Kabuki actor goes to arrest the Kabuki actor in the drama. And the actor who plays the murderer is also a Kabuki actor in the drama.

He even used his own stage name, which seemed like a deliberate bad taste by Kei Fujiwara. Many viewers will probably smile knowingly when they see this.

But Asahara Teruo couldn't laugh. Matsumoto Konemon was very charming in the play. Although he was forty-eight years old, he didn't look old at all. He looked like he was in his early forties. This may be because of his many years.

It has something to do with daily maintenance and exercise. I heard that this guy has not eaten rice for twenty years. As a Japanese with a love of rice in his genes, this is really not easy.

Moreover, this man and Asahara Teruso seem to have a somewhat different type... If he decides to shift his career focus to film and television in the future, it will indeed pose some threats to him...

But probably not. The [White Crane House] family business is huge, and the house name of [White Crane House] carries not only their personal family glory, but also the expectations of the entire society for Japanese traditional culture. He wants to completely transform

, the audience didn’t agree either.

Thinking of this, Asahara Teruso felt relieved, took a sip of wine, and continued to read while performing soft exercises on the yoga mat.