Tokyo Literary Godfather

At six o'clock in the afternoon on Sunday, Kei Fujiwara arrived at the kabuki performance theater of [White Crane House] in Shinjuku District, Tokyo on time.

[White Crane House] is very famous in Tokyo. There were many spectators who came to watch that day. In addition to the audience, there were also many media professionals.

There were many congratulatory flower baskets piled up outside the theater. Shibazaki Hideaki and Mizuhara Yui were unable to be there, so they also bought flower baskets to celebrate.

"Today is the celebration of the tenth anniversary of the famous kabuki artist Mr. Matsumoto Konemon. People from all walks of life have expressed their congratulations, and many celebrities have come to the scene in person."

Hearing the standard broadcast tone, Kei Fujiwara subconsciously looked at the reporter speaking in front of the camera, looked at the logo on the microphone in her hand, and recognized it as a reporter from NHK.

From here we can see the great influence of [White Crane House] in the Japanese cultural world. NHK is a national media and has come here to report in person. This is like holding an anniversary celebration for a folk performance group in China, but the central government , Shi sent someone to interview.

This is almost impossible, but it also shows that Japan attaches great importance to national art and culture.

Kabuki is a traditional Japanese performing arts, which has been preserved to this day together with Noh and Kyogen. It is regarded as the quintessence of the country, and both the government and the people attach great importance to it. Together with Chinese Peking Opera, it is called "the sister flower of oriental traditional art".

Kabuki originated in 1603, and the ancestor was Izumo Akuni, a beautiful woman well-known to women and children in Japan. She was originally a priestess of Izumo Taisha Shrine in Shimane Prefecture. She created "Qingwu", which is very popular and is regarded as the founder of Kabuki.

In the beginning, Kabuki performers were both male and female, but later on, it often happened that customers had affairs with female performers. In order to please Kabuki performers, they would even abandon their wives and children. This had a very bad impact on society and also led to The dissatisfaction of the people came.

In order to put an end to such debauchery and immorality, major theater troupes began to deliberately eliminate female actors. In the end, all roles, both male and female, were performed by men, and women almost disappeared from kabuki performances.

After Kei Fujiwara got out of the car, he saw a group of reporters looking for celebrities in the crowd as if they had electronic eyes on their heads. When he saw a familiar face, he swarmed up and ran to interview.

Kei Fujiwara had no choice but to put on the prepared hat and mask, and walked straight into the theater after getting off the car. Fortunately, he was not noticed by the reporters.

Kei Fujiwara showed his ticket outside the door, and was taken directly to the VIP seats on the second floor by the doorman. He could sit high and watch, with an excellent view.

"Teacher Fujiwara, you are here too." A familiar voice sounded. Kei Fujiwara looked up and saw that it was Kashi Yoshida. Sitting next to Yoshida Kashi is a woman in her forties, wearing a pearl necklace around her neck. Her temperament is elegant and noble, and it can be seen that she was a beauty when she was young.

This is the wife of Director Yoshida. She is more than ten years older than Yoshida Kashi. They are considered a model couple, very loving. People in the broadcasting industry, especially the top executives of TV stations, are easily exposed to beauties, and there are many temptations in life. As the station director, there are many people who are willing to take the initiative to throw themselves into the arms of Yoshida Kashi, but I have never heard of this. People have some romantic events.

Even Mizuhara Yui said that Director Yoshida was a decent person, and thanks to his role model and his actions, the atmosphere in Fukuyama Dai was pretty good.

Fujiwara Kei bowed slightly: "Director Yoshida, you are here too, what a coincidence."

"Yes, Mr. Arima is a good friend of mine. When I was young, I also received a lot of help from his father Kantaro Matsumoto." Yoshida Kashi said, "It seems that Mr. Fujiwara is also interested in kabuki, so why not watch it together? .”

With that said, Yoshida Kashi said to the secretary sitting next to him: "Sakamoto-kun, please change seats with Mr. Fujiwara."

"Yes." Secretary Sakamoto stood up and asked politely: "Teacher Fujiwara, could you please sit down..."

Kei Fujiwara handed him the ticket directly and sat next to Kashi Yoshida.

Perhaps because he didn't regard himself as a subordinate mentally, Fujiwara Kei didn't feel any discomfort. Instead, he sat on a chair and chatted with Yoshida Kashi.

"The ratings of "Furuhata Rensaburo" are very gratifying, and the results of "The Lonely Gourmet" are also excellent, worthy of Mr. Fujiwara." Kashi Yoshida praised.

"I don't dare to take it seriously. This is not my fault alone. Miss Mizuhara, Shibasaki, and the new Mr. Kobayashi all worked hard for the work. In comparison, I am the most relaxed."

"The students with the best grades in a class are often not the ones who work the hardest." Yoshida Kazushi sighed. "Talent is sometimes the least helpful thing. I still remember when I was studying, there was a short guy in the class. I ranked first in every exam, but I would go play baseball for two hours after school every day. And I would go home and study as soon as school was over, but my grades were not as good as my opponent's. That was the most painful thing in my life. The lesson is to realize the horror of genius."

"You are really flattering." Kei Fujiwara bowed slightly.

"Oh, if possible, I really want to keep working with Fujiwara-sensei like this."

But Kei Fujiwara just smiled this time and didn't say anything.

Regarding the contract he signed with Kei Fujiwara, Yoshida Kashi actually felt a little bit of regret in his heart. But what I regret is not the gambling contract and the sharing rules. It's just more money. Anyway, the biggest benefit is the TV station.

What Yoshida Kafumi regrets is that he only signed a two-year contract with Fujiwara Kei.

In fact, when he first signed Kei Fujiwara, Yoshida Kashi was just out of love for talent, but he didn't actually think he could produce such amazing works. His idea at the time was that this young man had just written a famous novel and had unprecedented confidence. He felt that he was invincible, so he signed a short-term contract first.

Give him two years and let him be frustrated. When he recognizes the reality, becomes less depressed, and has more screenwriting experience, it won't be too late to sign a long-term contract with him, and the conditions can be appropriately reduced.

However, the result was unexpected for Director Yoshida, so he began to regret his original decision. Sometimes I would regret so much that I would toss and turn in the middle of the night and find it difficult to sleep.

If I had known that this guy was so fierce, no matter what he said, whether it was stalking him, whether he offered more generous terms, or even if he fell in love with the female anchor on the stage, he would have to ask him to sign more A two-year contract, five years as the base, ten years as the best.

It’s only been two years, which is really heartbreaking!

"It turns out you are Mr. Fujiwara. It's better to see it than to hear it." Mrs. Yoshida bowed at this time, looked over Yoshida Kashi and said to Fujiwara Kei with a smile, and stretched out her hand, "I have read the book "White Night Journey" , I like it very much, can I shake your hand?"

"Of course." Fujiwara Kei said and stretched out his hand.

The two of them sat on the left and right sides of Yoshida Kashi, and reached out to shake hands. Yoshida Kashi took a deep breath and put away his bulging belly to make it easier for the two to shake hands.

"I have long heard that Mr. Fujiwara is young, promising and handsome. When I saw him in person, I just felt that he was more handsome than the legend." Mrs. Yoshida said with a smile, "Does Mr. Fujiwara have a girlfriend?"

Fujiwara Kei smiled and said: "Not yet."

"It's really strange. There must be many girls who like someone like you."

Yoshida Kashi said: "Fujiwara-sensei has several works to create at the same time. He is very busy and has no time to take care of emotional issues. It is normal."

"That's it..." Mrs. Yoshida said, "I wonder what kind of girls Mr. Fujiwara likes? I can help you observe suitable girls. Women can see women more clearly than men."